SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND
SECURITY AGREEMENT (this
“ Agreement ”) dated as of the Effective Date by
and between SILICON VALLEY BANK (“ BANK
”), and LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION , a Delaware
corporation (“ Borrower ”), provides the terms
on which Bank shall lend to Borrower and Borrower shall repay Bank.
The parties agree as follows:
A. Borrower is engaged in the business of
purchasing and servicing loans made by WebBank to Borrower Members
(collectively, the “ Borrower Member Loans ”,
and each, a “ Borrower Member Loan ”). Upon the
making of a Borrower Member Loan, Borrower purchases such Borrower
Member Loan pursuant to the Loan Servicing Documents. In order to
fund the making and purchase of each Borrower Member Loan, Borrower
issues and sells to Lender Members, and such Lender Members
purchase from Borrower, Borrower Securities (as defined herein).
The Borrower Securities are repaid by Borrower solely from the
proceeds of such Borrower Member Loan and otherwise are without
recourse to Borrower.
B. Bank, in its capacity as Collection
Agent, Gold Hill Venture Lending 03, LP (“ Gold Hill
”), in its capacity as Administrative Agent, and certain
Lenders named therein entered into (i) that certain Loan and
Security Agreement dated February 19, 2008 (as amended from
time to time, the “ Prior Gold Hill Loan Agreement
”) pursuant to which Gold Hill made advances to Borrower in
the original principal amount of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000)
(the “ Existing 2008 Gold Hill Line ”), and
(ii) that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated
May 18, 2009 (as amended from time to time, the “
Prior Joint Loan Agreement ”) pursuant to which Gold
Hill made advances to Borrower in the original principal amount of
Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) (the “ Existing 2009 Gold
Hill Line ”) and Bank made advances to Borrower in the
original principal amount of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) (the
“ Existing 2009 Bank Line ”). In addition, Bank
has entered into that certain Amended and Restated Loan and
Security Agreement dated October 7, 2008 (as amended from time
to time, the “ Prior Bank Loan Agreement ”, and
together with the Prior Gold Hill Loan Agreement and the Prior
Joint Loan Agreement, collectively, the “ Prior Loan
Agreements ”) pursuant to which Bank made advances to
Borrower in the aggregate original principal amount of Four Million
Dollars ($4,000,000) (the “ Existing 2008 Bank Line
”, and together with the Existing 2009 Bank Line, the “
Bank Line ”).
C. Borrower has requested that Bank
(i) consent to a Lien on the Secured Member Payment Dependent
Note Collateral (as defined herein) in favor of Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, as Collateral Trustee, for the benefit of
Lender Members holding Secured Member Payment Dependent Notes (the
“ Trustee Lien ”), and (ii) consolidate the
three (3) Prior Loan Agreements into two (2) loan agreements,
and Bank has so agreed, but only to the extent, in accordance with
the terms, subject to the conditions and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement and the
Gold Hill Loan Agreement (as defined herein).
D. In consideration of the foregoing, and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, Borrower hereby amends and
restates the Prior Bank Loan Agreement in its entirety and the
Prior Joint Loan Agreement with respect to the Existing 2009 Bank
Line, and covenants, promises, agrees, represents and warrants,
with and for the benefit of Bank, as follows:
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ACCOUNTING AND OTHER TERMS
Accounting terms not defined in this Agreement
shall be construed following GAAP. Calculations and determinations
must be made following GAAP. Capitalized terms not otherwise
defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in
Section 13. All other terms contained in this Agreement,
unless otherwise indicated, shall have the meaning provided by the
Code to the extent such terms are defined therein.
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AND TERMS OF PAYMENT
2.1 Promise to Pay . Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to
pay Bank the outstanding principal amount of all Credit Extensions
and accrued and unpaid interest thereon as and when due in
accordance with this Agreement.
2.1.1 Bank Line . Borrower represents and warrants to Bank that
as of the date of this Agreement, the outstanding principal balance
of the Bank Line is $4,208,186.39. Borrower acknowledges and agrees
that the provisions of this Agreement and the Loan Documents shall
supersede and replace (i) the Prior Joint Loan Agreement with
respect to the Existing 2009 Bank Line, (ii) the Prior Bank
Loan Agreement in its entirety, and (iii) there is no further
availability to borrower under the Bank Line. The advances under
the Existing 2009 Bank Line are hereinafter referred to
individually, as an “ Existing 2009 Bank Line Advance
” and collectively as the “ Existing 2009 Bank Line
Advances ”; the advances under the Existing 2008 Bank
Line are hereinafter referred to individually, as an “
Existing 2008 Bank Line Advance ” and collectively as
the “ Existing 2008 Bank Line Advances ”; and
the Existing 2009 Bank Line Advances and the Existing 2008 Bank
Line Advances are each hereinafter referred to individually, as an
“ Advance ” and collectively as the “
Advances ”. With respect to each Advance, Borrower has
caused WebBank to execute and deliver a listing of the notes
payable to Borrower in the amount of the portion of the Eligible
Loan financed by such Advance (the “ Financed Loan
Note ”) and each such Financed Loan Note will be stored
electronically in the Borrower’s lending account and
electronically endorsed by WebBank to Borrower. Upon any
Bank’s request, Borrower shall deliver to such Bank evidence
satisfactory to such Bank that the Financed Loan Notes for such
Bank have been electronically endorsed by WebBank to Borrower. The
portion of the Eligible Loan financed by the Advance and evidenced
by the Financed Loan Note is a “ Financed Loan
”. Borrower shall immediately electronically endorse the
Financed Loan Note or Financed Loan Notes to Bank using the
Standard Assignment Forms.
2.3
Repayment of Credit Extensions .
(a) Principal and Interest Payments
. Borrower shall continue to make equal monthly payments of
principal and interest, each in an amount sufficient to fully
amortize the amount of each outstanding Advance during the
Repayment Period. Notwithstanding the forgoing, all unpaid
principal and accrued and unpaid interest is due and payable in
full on the Maturity Date. An Advance may only be prepaid in
accordance with Sections 2.4, 2.5, and 2.6.
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(i) Subject to Section 2.3(c), the
principal amount outstanding for each Existing 2008 Bank Line
Tranche One shall accrue interest at a fixed per annum rate of
eight and one-half of one percent (8.50%) which interest shall be
payable monthly in accordance with Section 2.3(a)
above.
(ii) Subject to Section 2.3(c), the
principal amount outstanding for each Existing 2008 Bank Line
Tranche Two and Existing 2009 Bank Line Advance shall accrue
interest at a fixed per annum rate of ten percent (10%), which
interest shall be payable monthly in accordance with Section 2.3(a)
above.
(c) Default Rate . Immediately upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
Obligations shall bear interest at a rate per annum which is five
(5) percentage points above the rate that is otherwise
applicable thereto (the “ Default Rate ”).
Payment or acceptance of the increased interest rate provided in
this Section 2.3(c) is not a permitted alternative to timely
payment and shall not constitute a waiver of any Event of Default
or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of
Bank.
(d) 360-Day Year . Interest shall
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of
days elapsed.
(e) Debit of Accounts . Bank may
debit any of Borrower’s deposit accounts, including the
Operating Account, for principal and interest payments or any other
amounts Borrower owes Bank when due. These debits shall not
constitute a set-off.
(f) Payments . Unless otherwise
provided, interest is payable monthly on the first (1
st ) calendar day of each month. Payments of
principal and/or interest received after 12:00 p.m. Pacific
time are considered received at the opening of business on the next
Business Day. When a payment is due on a day that is not a Business
Day, the payment is due the next Business Day and additional fees
or interest, as applicable, shall continue to accrue.
2.4 Permitted Prepayment of Advances
. So long as no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, Borrower shall have the option to
prepay all, but not less than all, of each Advance, provided
Borrower (a) delivers written notice to Bank of its election
to prepay such Advance at least thirty (30) days prior to such
prepayment, and (b) pays, on the date of such prepayment (i)
all outstanding principal plus accrued and unpaid interest for such
Advance, (ii) the Final Payment for such Advance, and
(iii) all other sums, if any, that shall have become due and
payable for such Advance, including interest at the Default Rate
with respect to any past due amounts.
2.5 Mandatory Prepayment Upon an
Acceleration . If the
Advances are accelerated following the occurrence of an Event of
Default or otherwise, Borrower shall immediately pay to Bank an
amount equal to the sum of: (i) all outstanding principal plus
accrued interest, (ii) the Final Payment, plus (iii) all
other sums, if any, that shall have become due and payable,
including interest at the Default Rate with respect to any past due
amounts.
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2.6 Mandatory Prepayment Upon Prepayment of
Eligible Loans . Upon the
request of Bank, Borrower shall pay to Bank the aggregate amount of
Financed Loans which were repaid or Charged-off, in whole or in
part, during such fiscal quarter.
2.7
Fees . Borrower shall pay
to Bank:
(a) Final Payment . On the earliest
of (i) the Maturity Date, (ii) the termination of the
Bank Line or (iii) the prepayment of the Advances, Borrower
shall pay, in addition to the outstanding principal, accrued and
unpaid interest, and all other amounts due on such date, an amount
equal to the Final Payment.
(b) Bank’s Expenses . All
Bank Expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses, plus expenses for documentation and negotiation of this
Agreement, incurred through and after the Effective Date, when
due.
2.8 Additional Costs . If any law or regulation increases any
Bank’s costs or reduces its income for any loan, Borrower
shall pay the increase in cost or reduction in income or additional
expense; provided, however, that Borrower shall not be liable for
any amount attributable to any period before one hundred eighty
(180) days prior to the date Bank notifies Borrower of such
increased costs. Bank agrees that they shall allocate any increased
costs among their customers similarly affected in good faith and in
a manner consistent with Bank’s customary
practice.
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CREATION OF SECURITY INTEREST
(a) Borrower hereby grants to Bank, to
secure the payment and performance in full of all of the
Obligations a continuing security interest in, and pledges to Bank,
the Collateral, wherever located, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired or arising, and all proceeds and products thereof.
Borrower represents, warrants, and covenants that the security
interest granted herein shall be a first priority perfected
security interest in the Collateral (subject only to Permitted
Liens that may have priority to Bank, and Bank’s Liens as
permitted under this Agreement). If Borrower shall acquire a
commercial tort claim, Borrower shall promptly notify Bank in a
writing signed by Borrower of the general details thereof and grant
to Bank, in such writing a security interest therein and in the
proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement, with such
writing to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Bank.
(b) Borrower hereby assigns, pledges,
delivers, and transfers to Bank, a continuing first priority
security interest in and against all right, title and interest of
the following, whether now or hereafter existing or acquired by
Borrower:
(i) any and all Pledged CD now or hereafter
issued from time to time to Borrower by Bank in accordance with
Section 6.8, including without and general intangibles arising
therefrom or relating thereto; and all documents, instruments and
agreements evidencing the same; and all extensions, renewals,
modifications and replacements of the foregoing; and any interest
or other amounts payable in connection therewith.
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(ii) all proceeds of the foregoing
(including whatever is receivable or received when any and all
Pledged CD or proceeds is invested, sold, collected, exchanged,
returned, substituted or otherwise disposed of, whether such
disposition is voluntary or involuntary, including rights to
payment and return premiums and insurance proceeds under insurance
with respect to any Pledged CD, and all rights to payment with
respect to any cause of action affecting or relating to the Pledged
CD); and
(iii) all
renewals, replacements and substitutions of items of any Pledged
CD.
If this Agreement is terminated, Bank’s
Liens in the Collateral shall continue until the Obligations (other
than inchoate indemnity obligations) are repaid in full in cash.
The parties to this Agreement do not intend that Borrower’s
delivery of any Pledged CD to Bank as herein provided will
constitute an advance payment of any Obligations or liquidated
damages, nor do the parties intend that any Pledged CD increase the
dollar amount of the Obligations.
4.2 Authorization to File Financing
Statements . Borrower
hereby authorizes Bank to file financing statements, without notice
to Borrower, with all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect or
protect Bank’s interest or rights hereunder.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Borrower
represents and warrants to Bank as follows:
5.1 Due Organization, Authorization; Power and
Authority . Borrower is
duly existing and in good standing as a Registered Organization in
its jurisdiction of formation and is qualified and licensed to do
business and is in good standing in any jurisdiction in which the
conduct of its business or its ownership of property requires that
it be qualified except where the failure to do so could not
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on
Borrower’s business. In connection with this Agreement,
Borrower has delivered to Bank a completed certificate signed by
Borrower, entitled “Perfection Certificate”. Borrower
represents and warrants to Bank that (a) Borrower’s
exact legal name is that indicated on the Perfection Certificate
and on the signature page hereof; (b) Borrower is an
organization of the type and is organized in the jurisdiction set
forth in the Perfection Certificate; (c) the Perfection
Certificate accurately sets forth Borrower’s organizational
identification number or accurately states that Borrower has none;
(d) the Perfection Certificate accurately sets forth
Borrower’s place of business, or, if more than one, its chief
executive office as well as Borrower’s mailing address (if
different than its chief executive office); (e) Borrower (and
each of its predecessors) has not, in the past five (5) years,
changed its jurisdiction of formation, organizational structure or
type, or any organizational number assigned by its jurisdiction;
and (f) all other information set forth on the Perfection
Certificate pertaining to Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries is
accurate and complete (it being understood and agreed that Borrower
may from time to time update certain information in the Perfection
Certificate after the Effective Date to the extent permitted by one
or more specific provisions in this Agreement).
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The execution, delivery and performance by
Borrower of the Loan Documents to which it is a party have been
duly authorized, and do not (i) conflict with any of
Borrower’s Operating Documents, (ii) contravene,
conflict with, constitute a default under or violate any material
Requirement of Law, (iii) contravene, conflict or violate any
applicable order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination
or award of any Governmental Authority by which Borrower or any its
Subsidiaries or any of their property or assets may be bound or
affected, (iv) require any action by, filing, registration, or
qualification with, or Governmental Approval from, any Governmental
Authority (except such Governmental Approvals which have already
been obtained and are in full force and effect or
(v) constitute an event of default under any material
agreement by which Borrower is bound. Borrower is not in default
under any agreement to which it is a party or by which it is bound
in which the default could have a material adverse effect on
Borrower’s business.
5.2 Collateral . Borrower has good title to, has rights in, and
the power to transfer each item of the Collateral upon which it
purports to grant a Lien hereunder, free and clear of any and all
Liens except Permitted Liens. Borrower has no deposit accounts
other than the deposit accounts with Bank, the Clearing Account,
the Trust Account, the Borrower Account, the Investor Account, the
deposit accounts, if any, described in the Perfection Certificate
delivered to Bank in connection herewith, or of which Borrower has
given Bank notice and taken such actions as are necessary to give
Bank a perfected security interest therein. The Eligible Loans are
bona fide, existing obligations of the Loan Debtors.
The Collateral is not in the possession of any
third party bailee (such as a warehouse) except as otherwise
provided in the Perfection Certificate. None of the components of
the Collateral shall be maintained at locations other than as
provided in the Perfection Certificate or as Borrower has given
Bank notice pursuant to Section 7.2. In the event that
Borrower, after the date hereof, intends to store or otherwise
deliver any portion of the Collateral to a bailee, then Borrower
will first receive the written consent of Bank and such bailee must
execute and deliver a bailee agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to Bank in its sole discretion. Upon any Transfer
permitted under Section 7.1(e) hereof prior to an Event of
Default, Bank’s Lien in such assets shall be released without
any further act of Bank or Borrower. Bank shall take all actions
reasonably requested by Borrower, at Borrower’s expense, to
evidence such release.
Bank and Borrower hereby acknowledge and agree
that, notwithstanding anything set forth to the contrary herein,
(a) the Collateral shall include all amounts deposited into
the Clearing Account, to the extent that such amounts are proceeds
of Financed Loans, and (b) the first priority security
interest granted by Borrower to Bank pursuant to the Loan Agreement
shall at all times remain in full force and effect with respect to
all proceeds of, and any other amounts received in connection with,
all Financed Loans regardless of the locations of such proceeds and
amounts, including, without limitation, any such proceeds and
amounts deposited into the Clearing Account.
5.3 Financed Loans . Borrower represents and warrants for each
Financed Loan and each Pledged Investor Loan:
(a) Borrower is the owner of and has the
legal right to sell, transfer, assign and encumber such Financed
Loan and/or Pledged Investor Loan;
(b) The amount of such Financed Loan and/or
Pledged Investor Loan is not disputed;
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(c) Such Financed Loan and/or Pledged
Investor Loan is due to Borrower, is not past due or in default,
has not been previously sold, assigned, transferred, or pledged and
is free of any Liens, security interests and encumbrances other
than Permitted Liens;
(d) The Financed Loan Note and/or Pledged
Investor Note is in Borrower’s possession and has not been
transferred to any third party;
(e) Borrower reasonably believes no Loan
Debtor is insolvent or subject to any Insolvency
Proceedings;
(f) No Borrower Member Loan is the subject
of an Insolvency Proceeding and Borrower does not anticipate any
filing; and
(g) Bank has the right to endorse and/or
require Borrower to endorse all Financed Loan Notes and Pledged
Investor Notes.
5.4 Litigation . There are no actions or proceedings pending
or, to the knowledge of the Responsible Officers, threatened in
writing by or against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries involving
more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000).
5.5 No Material Deviation in Financial
Statements . All
consolidated financial statements for Borrower and any of its
Subsidiaries delivered to Bank fairly present in all material
respects Borrower’s consolidated financial condition and
Borrower’s consolidated results of operations. There has not
been any material deterioration in Borrower’s consolidated
financial condition since the date of the most recent financial
statements submitted to Bank.
5.6 Solvency . The fair salable value of Borrower’s
assets (including goodwill minus disposition costs) exceeds the
fair value of its liabilities; Borrower is not left with
unreasonably small capital after the transactions in this
Agreement; and Borrower is able to pay its debts (including trade
debts) as they mature.
5.7
Regulatory Compliance .
(a) Borrower is not an “investment
company” or a company “controlled” by an
“investment company” under the Investment Company Act.
Borrower is not engaged as one of its important activities in
extending credit for margin stock (under Regulations T and U of the
Federal Reserve Board of Governors). Borrower has complied in all
material respects with the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
Neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is a “holding
company” or an “affiliate” of a “holding
company” or a “subsidiary company” of a
“holding company” as each term is defined and used in
the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005. Borrower has not
violated any laws, ordinances or rules, the violation of which
could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on
its business. None of Borrower’s or any of its
Subsidiaries’ properties or assets has been used by Borrower
or any Subsidiary or, to the best of Borrower’s knowledge, by
previous Persons, in disposing, producing, storing, treating, or
transporting any hazardous substance other than legally. Borrower
and each of its Subsidiaries have obtained all consents, approvals
and authorizations of, made all declarations or filings with, and
given all notices to, all Governmental Authorities that are
necessary to continue their respective businesses as currently
conducted.
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(b) In originating and/or servicing each
Eligible Loan, Borrower has complied in all material respects with
all applicable federal, state and local laws, including without
limitation, securities, usury, truth-in-lending, equal credit
opportunity, fair credit reporting, licensing or other similar
laws. Borrower has made commercially reasonable efforts to
authenticate the identity of each Loan Debtor and to verify
information provided by the Loan Debtor in connection with each
Eligible Loan. Based on such authentication and verification,
Borrower represents and warrants to the best of its knowledge that
(i) each Loan Debtor had full legal capacity to execute and
deliver all loan documents evidencing the Eligible Loan made to
such Loan Debtor and (ii) each loan document evidencing each
Eligible Loan is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
applicable Loan Debtor and is enforceable in accordance with its
terms.
5.8 Subsidiaries; Investments
. Borrower does not own any stock,
partnership interest or other equity securities except for
Permitted Investments.
5.9 Tax Returns and Payments; Pension
Contributions . Borrower
has timely filed all required tax returns and reports, and Borrower
has timely paid all foreign, federal, state and local taxes,
assessments, deposits and contributions owed by Borrower. Borrower
may defer payment of any contested taxes, provided that Borrower
(a) in good faith contests its obligation to pay the taxes by
appropriate proceedings promptly and diligently instituted and
conducted, (b) notifies Bank in writing of the commencement
of, and any material development in, the proceedings,
(c) posts bonds or takes any other steps required to prevent
the Governmental Authority levying such contested taxes from
obtaining a Lien upon any of the Collateral that is other than a
“Permitted Lien”. Borrower is unaware of any claims or
adjustments proposed for any of Borrower’s prior tax years
which could result in additional taxes becoming due and payable by
Borrower. Borrower has paid all amounts necessary to fund all
present pension, profit sharing and deferred compensation plans in
accordance with their terms, and Borrower has not withdrawn from
participation in, and has not permitted partial or complete
termination of, or permitted the occurrence of any other event with
respect to, any such plan which could reasonably be expected to
result in any liability of Borrower, including any liability to the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or its successors or any other
governmental agency.
5.10 Use of Proceeds . Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Credit
Extensions solely to finance Borrower Member Loans assigned to
Borrower in the ordinary course of business of WebBank and
Borrower, and not for working capital purposes or for personal,
family, household or agricultural purposes.
5.11 Full Disclosure . No written representation, warranty or other
statement of Borrower in any certificate or written statement given
to Bank, as of the date such representation, warranty, or other
statement was made, taken together with all such written
certificates and written statements given to Bank, contains any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements contained in the certificates
or statements not misleading (it being recognized by Bank that the
projections and forecasts provided by Borrower in good faith and
based upon reasonable assumptions are not viewed as facts and that
actual results during the period or periods covered by such
projections and forecasts may differ from the projected or
forecasted results).
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Borrower shall
do all of the following:
6.1
Government Compliance .
(a) Maintain its and all its
Subsidiaries’ legal existence and good standing in their
respective jurisdictions of formation and maintain qualification in
each jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify would
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on
Borrower’s business or operations. Borrower shall comply, and
have each Subsidiary comply, with (a) all Bank Secrecy Act and
Anti-Money Laundering laws, regulations and requirements imposed by
the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and (b) all laws,
ordinances and regulations to which it is subject, noncompliance
with which could have a material adverse effect on Borrower’s
business.
(b) Obtain and maintain all of the
Governmental Approvals necessary for the performance by Borrower of
its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party,
the grant of a security interest to Bank in all of its property,
the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan
Servicing Documents, and the conduct of Borrower’s operations
including without limitation in any jurisdiction in which it
purchases and/or sells Borrower Member Loans. Borrower shall
promptly provide copies of any such obtained Governmental Approvals
to Bank.
6.2
Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates .
(a) Deliver to Bank: (i) as soon as
available, but no later than thirty (30) days after the last
day of each month, a company prepared consolidated balance sheet
and income statement covering Borrower’s consolidated
operations for such month certified by a Responsible Officer and in
a form acceptable to Bank; (ii) as soon as available, but no
later than one hundred eighty (180) days after the last day of
Borrower’s fiscal year, audited consolidated financial
statements prepared under GAAP, consistently applied, together with
an unqualified opinion on the financial statements from an
independent certified public accounting firm acceptable to Bank in
its reasonable discretion; (iii) within five (5) days of
delivery, copies of all statements, reports and notices made
available to Borrower’s security holders or to any holders of
Subordinated Debt; (iv) in the event that Borrower becomes
subject to the reporting requirements under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, within five (5) days of filing, all
reports on Form 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission or a link thereto on Borrower’s or
another website on the Internet; (v) a prompt report of any
legal actions pending or threatened against Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries that could result in damages or costs to Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) or
more; (vi) within thirty (30) days after the last day of
Borrower’s fiscal year, copies of all annual financial
projections commensurate in form and substance with those provided
to Borrower’s venture capital investors; (vii) budgets,
sales projections, operating plans and other financial information
reasonably requested by Bank; (viii) copies of all Bank Secrecy
Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) internal and independent
testing reports as requested by Bank in its reasonable discretion;
and (ix) promptly, copies of any communications with the
Securities and Exchange Commission which relate to the status of
Borrower Member Loans as “securities” under federal
law.
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(b) Upon Bank’s request, deliver to
Bank a detailed accounting of the current balances of the Clearing
Account, Trust Account, and the Borrower Account.
(c) Within thirty (30) days after the
last day of each month, deliver to Bank with the monthly financial
statements, a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a
Responsible Officer setting forth calculations showing compliance
with the Minimum Collateral Value Ratio set forth in this Agreement
on a quarterly basis (or monthly basis if requested by
Bank).
(d) Allow Bank to audit Borrower’s
Collateral at Borrower’s expense. Such audits shall be
conducted no more often than once every twelve (12) months
unless a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
(e) Upon Bank’s request, deliver to
Bank a copy of the final, signed loan documents evidencing Eligible
Loans, including without limitation the Financed Loan Notes, and
assignments of such Eligible Loans by WebBank to
Borrower;
(f) Upon Bank’s request, deliver to
Bank, a schedule of all Eligible Loans financed with the Advances,
in form and substance acceptable to Bank, including, without
limitation, the loan amounts, the loan numbers and the names of the
borrowers and the Lender Members participating in such
loans.
6.3 Taxes; Pensions . Make, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to
make, timely payment of all foreign, federal, state, and local
taxes or assessments (other than taxes and assessments which
Borrower is contesting pursuant to the terms of Section 5.9
hereof) and shall deliver to Bank, on demand, appropriate
certificates attesting to such payments, and pay all amounts
necessary to fund all present pension, profit sharing and deferred
compensation plans in accordance with their terms.
6.4 Insurance . Keep its business and the Collateral insured
for risks and in amounts standard for companies in Borrower’s
industry and location and as Bank may reasonably request. Insurance
policies shall be in a form, with companies, and in amounts that
are satisfactory to Bank. All property policies shall have a
lender’s loss payable endorsement showing the Bank, as an
additional lender loss payee and waive subrogation against Bank,
and all liability policies shall show Bank, or have endorsements
showing, Bank as an additional insured. All policies (or the loss
payable and additional insured endorsements) shall provide that the
insurer shall endeavor to give the Bank at least thirty
(30) days notice before canceling, amending, or declining to
renew its policy. At the Bank’s request, Borrower shall
deliver certified copies of policies and evidence of all premium
payments. Proceeds payable under any policy shall, at Bank’s
option, be payable to Bank on account of the Obligations. If
Borrower fails to obtain insurance as required under this
Section 6.4 or to pay any amount or furnish any required proof
of payment to third persons and Bank, Bank may make all or part of
such payment or obtain such insurance policies required in this
Section 6.4, and take any action under the policies Bank deems
prudent.
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(a) Except as set forth is in this
Section 6.5(a), maintain all of its primary operating and
investment accounts, including, without limitation, the Operating
Account, with Bank and Bank’s Affiliates. All collections on
Borrower Member Loans shall be managed through the Clearing
Account, which Clearing Account shall be free of any Liens.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower may in the ordinary course
of business maintain at Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (i) the Trust
Account in trust for Lender Members; (ii) the Borrower Account
solely to process incidental amounts for Borrower Members, provided
that the balance of the Borrower Account shall not at any time
exceed $5,000; and (iii) the Investor Account solely to
process amounts collected on Borrower Member Loans financed by any
Investor Credit Facility.
(b) For each Collateral Account that
Borrower maintains, Borrower shall cause the applicable bank or
financial institution (other than Bank) at, or with which, any
Collateral Account is maintained to execute and deliver a Control
Agreement or other appropriate instrument with respect to such
Collateral Account to perfect Bank’s Liens in such Collateral
Account in accordance with the terms hereunder. The provisions of
the previous sentence shall not apply to (i) deposit accounts
exclusively used for payroll, payroll taxes and other employee wage
and benefit payments to or for the benefit of Borrower’s
employees and identified to Bank by Borrower.
6.6 Protection of Intellectual Property
Rights . Borrower shall:
(a) protect, defend and maintain the validity and
enforceability of its intellectual property; (b) promptly
advise Bank in writing of material infringements of its
intellectual property; and (c) not allow any intellectual
property material to Borrower’s business to be abandoned,
forfeited or dedicated to the public without Bank’s written
consent.
6.7 Litigation Cooperation
. From the date hereof and
continuing through the termination of this Agreement, make
available to Bank, without expense to Bank, Borrower and its
officers, employees and agents and Borrower’s books and
records, to the extent that Bank may deem them reasonably necessary
to prosecute or defend any third-party suit or proceeding
instituted by or against Bank with respect to any Collateral or
relating to Borrower.
6.8 Value of
Pledged CDs; Mininum Collateral Value Ratio .
(a) Maintain at all times Pledged CDs with
a Value of not less than the Minimum CD Value. All Pledged CDs
shall constitute part of the Collateral from and after the date of
issuance by Bank.
(b) Maintain at all times, to be tested as
of the last day of each calendar quarter (or at the end of each
calendar month if requested by Bank), a Minimum Collateral Value
Ratio of not less than 1:05:1.00. In the event that the Minimum
Collateral Value Ratio at any time is less than 1:05:1.00, Borrower
shall immediately either (i) provide Bank with additional
Pledged CDs with a Value sufficient to eliminate any such
deficiency or (ii) deliver electronic endorsements to Bank,
with respect to Pledged Investor Notes in the aggregate principal
amount necessary to cause the Minimum Collateral Value Ratio to be
equal to or greater than 1.05 to1.00, together with evidence
satisfactory to Bank that Norwest Venture Partners X, LP and Canaan
VII L.P. have endorsed such Pledged Investor Notes to
Borrower.
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6.9 Right to Invest . Grant to Bank or its Affiliates a right (but
not an obligation) for Bank to purchase an aggregate amount of up
to Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) in Borrower’s
Subsequent Financing on the same terms, conditions and pricing
offered to its investors (the “ Subsequent Financing
Investment ”). Borrower shall give Bank at least thirty
(30) days prior written notice of the Subsequent Financing
containing the terms, conditions and pricing of the Subsequent
Financing delivered to Bank’s address set forth in
Section 10 hereof. The right granted hereunder shall survive
the termination of this Agreement.
6.10 Clearing Account; Lockbox;
Collections . Prior to
the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, Borrower
shall have the right to collect all payments and other amounts
received in connection with Borrower Member Loans (“ Loan
Collections ”); provided, however, that Borrower shall
have the right to collect all payments and other amounts received
in connection with Borrower Member Loans which are not Financed
Loans without regard to whether an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing. Upon receipt by Borrower of any Loan
Collections, Borrower shall immediately deposit such Loan
Collections into the Clearing Account (or shall receive such
payments and other amounts directly into the Clearing Account) and
deliver to Bank a detailed breakdown of such Loan Collections
showing the interests of Bank in such Loan Collections. Borrower
shall, within four (4) days of such time as Loan Collections
are deposited into the Clearing Account, distribute such Loan
Collections as follows:
(a) With respect to any Loan Collections
received in connection with a Financed Loan, (i) when directed
by Bank, into a lockbox account that Bank controls (the “
Lockbox Account ”) and (ii) at all other times,
into the Operating Account. Provided no Event of Default exists,
Borrower shall transfer all amounts deposited into the Lockbox
Account from the Lockbox Account to the Operating Account within
one (1) Business Day of receipt in the Lockbox Account. All
Financed Loans and the proceeds thereof are Collateral and
immediately upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Bank may
without notice apply all Loan Collections from Financed Loans and
other proceeds of such Financed Loans and the balance of the
Lockbox Account to the Obligations. This Section does not impose
any affirmative duty on Bank to perform any act other than as
specifically set forth herein.
(b) With respect to any Loan Collections
received in connection with Borrower Member Loans which are not
Financed Loans and which are not financed by the Investor Credit
Facility, into the Trust Account.
(c) With respect to any Loan Collections
received in connection with Eligible Loans financed by the Investor
Credit Facility, into the Investor Account.
(d) With respect to any amounts received in
connection with Borrower Member Loans attributable to
Borrower’s service or collection charges, into the Operating
Account.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section 6.9, Borrower shall immediately upon receipt deposit
amounts due to Borrower for origination fees charged by Borrower
for Borrower Member Loans into the Operating Account (or shall
receive such payments and other amounts directly into the Operating
Account).
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6.11 Control of Financed Loans
. Borrower shall create and store a
single authoritative copy of each Financed Loan Note which
authoritative copy shall (a) identify Borrower as the assignee
of such note or notes, and (b) be unique, identifiable and
unalterable except to the extent that (i) copies or revisions that
add or change an identified assignee of such authoritative copy can
only be made with the participation of Borrower, (ii) each
copy of the authoritative copy is readily identifiable as a copy
that is not the authoritative copy, and (iii) any revision of
the authoritative copy is readily identifiable as an authorized or
unauthorized revision.
6.12 Portfolio Financial Servicing Company
Contract . Within thirty
(30) days after the Effective Date, Borrower shall make
commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to Bank a duly executed
amendment to the Portfolio Financial Servicing Company Contract by
and between Borrower and Portfolio Financial Servicing Company in
form and substance satisfactory to Bank in their reasonable
discretion and granting Bank third party beneficiary rights under
the Portfolio Financial Servicing Company Contract with respect to
servicing of the Financed Loans on terms acceptable to Bank in
their reasonable discretion.
6.13 Further Assurances . Borrower shall execute any further instruments
and take further action as Bank reasonably requests to perfect or
continue Bank’s Liens in the Collateral, or to effect the
purposes of this Agreement.
Borrower shall
not do any of the following without the Bank’s prior written
consent:
7.1 Dispositions . Convey, sell, lease, transfer or otherwise
dispose of (collectively, “ Transfer ”), or
permit any of its Subsidiaries to Transfer, all or any part of its
business or property, except for Transfers (a) of Inventory
and cash to trade creditors, both in the ordinary course of
business; (b) of worn-out or obsolete Equipment; (c) in
connection with Permitted Liens and Permitted Investments; and
(d) of non-exclusive licenses for the use of the property of
Borrower or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(e) Transfers in the ordinary course of business of any
Borrower Member Loans which are not Financed Loans; and
(f) Transfers of amounts received in connection with Borrower
Member Loans which are not Financed Loans in accordance with
Section 6.9(b) of this Agreement; and (g) issuance and
sale of Borrower Securities.
7.2 Changes in Business, Management, Ownership,
or Business Locations .
(a) Engage in or permit any of its Subsidiaries to engage in
any business other than the businesses currently engaged in by
Borrower and such Subsidiary, as applicable, or reasonably related
thereto; (b) liquidate or dissolve; or (c) (i) have a
change of management in which any Key Person ceases to hold such
offices with Borrower or (ii) enter into any transaction or
series of related transactions in which the stockholders of
Borrower who were not stockholders immediately prior to the first
such transaction own more than forty-nine percent (49%) of the
voting stock of Borrower immediately after giving effect to such
transaction or related series of such transactions (other than by
the sale of Borrower’s equity securities in a public offering
or to venture capital investors so long as Borrower identifies to
Bank the venture capital investors prior to the closing of the
transaction). Borrower shall not, without at least thirty
(30) days prior written notice to Bank: (1) add any new
offices or business locations, including warehouses (unless such
new offices or business locations contain less than Ten Thousand
Dollars ($10,000) in Borrower’s assets or property),
(2) change its jurisdiction of organization, (3) change
its organizational structure or type, (4) change its legal
name, or (5) change any organizational number (if any)
assigned by its jurisdiction of organization.
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7.3 Mergers or Acquisitions
. Merge or consolidate, or permit
any of its Subsidiaries to merge or consolidate, with any other
Person, or acquire, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to acquire,
all or substantially all of the capital stock or property of
another Person. A Subsidiary may merge or consolidate into another
Subsidiary or into Borrower.
7.4 Indebtedness . Create, incur, assume, or be liable for any
Indebtedness, or permit any Subsidiary to do so, other than
Permitted Indebtedness.
7.5 Encumbrance . Create, incur, allow, or suffer any Lien on
any of its property, or assign or convey any right to receive
income, including the sale of any Accounts, or permit any of its
Subsidiaries to do so, except for Permitted Liens, permit any
Collateral not to be subject to the first priority security
interest granted herein, or enter into any agreement, document,
instrument or other arrangement (except with or in favor of Bank)
with any Person which directly or indirectly prohibits or has the
effect of prohibiting Borrower from assigning, mortgaging,
pledging, granting a security interest in or upon, or encumbering
any of Borrower’s intellectual property, except as is
otherwise permitted in Section 7.1 hereof and the definition
of “Permitted Lien” herein.
7.6 Maintenance of Collateral
Accounts . Maintain any
Collateral Account except pursuant to the terms of
Section 6.5(b) hereof.
7.7 Distributions; Investments
. (a) Pay any dividends or make
any distribution or payment or redeem, retire or purchase any
capital stock provided that (i) Borrower may convert any of
its convertible securities into other securities pursuant to the
terms of such convertible securities or otherwise in exchange
thereof, (ii) Borrower may pay dividends solely in common
stock; and (iii) Borrower may repurchase the stock of former
employees or consultants pursuant to stock repurchase agreements so
long as an Event of Default does not exist at the time of such
repurchase and would not exist after giving effect to such
repurchase, provided such repurchase does not exceed in the
aggregate of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) per fiscal year; or
(b) directly or indirectly make any Investment other than
Permitted Investments, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do
so.
7.8 Transactions with Affiliates
. Directly or indirectly enter into
or permit to exist any material transaction with any Affiliate of
Borrower, except for transactions that are in the ordinary course
of Borrower’s business, upon fair and reasonable terms that
are no less favorable to Borrower than would be obtained in an
arm’s length transaction with a non-affiliated
Person.
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7.9 Subordinated Debt . (a) Make or permit any payment on any
Subordinated Debt, except under the terms of the subordination,
intercreditor, or other similar agreement to which such
Subordinated Debt is subject, or (b) amend any provision in
any document relating to the Subordinated Debt which would increase
the amount thereof or adversely affect the subordination thereof to
Obligations owed to Bank.
7.10 Compliance . Become an “investment company” or
a company controlled by an “investment company”, under
the Investment Company Act of 1940 or undertake as one of its
important activities extending credit to purchase or carry margin
stock (as defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System), or use the proceeds of any Credit
Extension for that purpose; fail to meet the minimum funding
requirements of ERISA, permit a Reportable Event or Prohibited
Transaction, as defined in ERISA, to occur; fail to comply with the
Federal Fair Labor Standards Act or any federal or state securities
laws, or violate any other law or regulation, if the violation
could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on
Borrower’s business, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do
so; withdraw or permit any Subsidiary to withdraw from
participation in, permit partial or complete termination of, or
permit the occurrence of any other event with respect to, any
present pension, profit sharing and deferred compensation
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