EXHIBIT 10.4
SECURITY AGREEMENT
by and between
RAY CARROLL COUNTY GRAIN GROWERS,
INC., as Creditor
SHOW ME ETHANOL, LLC, as
Borrower
DATED AS OF MARCH 31,
2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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DEFINITIONS.
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2.
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SUBORDINATED
NOTE.
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2.1.
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Subordinated
Debt.
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3.
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COLLATERAL.
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3.1.
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Grant of
Security Interest to Creditor.
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3.2.
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Leasehold
Deed of Trust.
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3.3.
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Other
Security.
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4.
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PRESERVATION
OF COLLATERAL AND PERFECTION OF SECURITY INTERESTS
THEREIN.
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4.1.
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Creditor’s Enforcement Rights with Respect
to Accounts.
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4.2.
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Information.
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5.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
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5.1.
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Locations.
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5.2.
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Organization, Authority and No
Conflict.
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5.3.
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Names and
Trade Names.
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5.4.
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Enforceability.
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6.
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AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS.
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6.1.
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Maintenance
of Records.
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6.2.
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Notices.
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6.3.
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Insurance.
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6.4.
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Collateral.
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6.5.
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Taxes.
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6.6.
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Intellectual
Property.
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7.
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DEFAULT.
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7.1.
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Payment.
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7.2.
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Breach of
this Agreement and the Other Loan Documents.
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7.3.
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Breaches of
Other Obligations.
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7.4.
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Breach of
Representations and Warranties.
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7.5.
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Loss of
Collateral.
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7.6.
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Levy,
Seizure or Attachment.
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7.7.
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Bankruptcy
or Similar Proceedings.
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7.8.
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Appointment
of Receiver.
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7.9.
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Judgmen t.
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7.10.
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Dissolution
of Borrower.
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7.11.
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Material
Adverse Effect.
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8.
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REMEDIES
UPON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT; APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS.
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8.1.
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Acceleration
of Liabilities.
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8.2.
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Other Rights
and Remedies.
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8.3.
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Rights and
Remedies Cumulative.
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8.4.
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Application
of Proceeds.
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9.
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INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK.
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10.
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AMENDMENTS.
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11.
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INDEMNIFICATION.
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12.
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NOTICE.
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13.
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CHOICE OF
GOVERNING LAW; CONSTRUCTION; FORUM SELECTION.
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14.
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HEADINGS OF
SUBDIVISIONS.
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15.
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POWER OF
ATTORNEY.
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CONFIDENTIALITY.
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COUNTERPARTS.
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18.
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WAIVER OF
JURY TRIAL; OTHER WAIVERS.
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STATUTORY
NOTICE.
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SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT (as amended, m od
ified or supplemented from time to
time, this “ Agreement ”) made this 31st day of
March, 2009 (the “ Closing Date ”) by and
between Ray-Carroll County Grain Growers, Inc. as Creditor (“
Creditor ”), and Show Me Ethanol, LLC, having its
principal place of business at 26530 Highway 24 East, Carrollton,
MO 64633 (“ Borrower ”).
WITNESSETH
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WHEREAS, Borrower has executed a Subordinated
Secured Promissory Note in the original principal sum of
$12,000,000.00 of even date herewith in favor of Creditor (the
“ Subordinated Note ”) and the parties wish to
provide security for Borrower’s obligation in connection
therewith on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
Subordinated Note between Borrower and Creditor, and for other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged by Borrower, the parties agree as
follows:
“ Account ” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in the UCC.
“ Account Debtor ” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in the UCC.
“ Assignment and Acceptance ”
shall have the meaning in Section 11
hereof.
“ Business Day ” shall mean
any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any day on which banks
in Kansas City, Missouri are required or permitted to
close.
“ Chattel Paper ” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in the UCC.
“ Collateral ” shall mean all
of the property of Borrower described herein, together with all
other real or personal property of Borrower or any other Person now
or hereafter pledged to Creditor, for the benefit of Creditor and
Lenders, to secure, either directly or indirectly, repayment of any
of the Liabilities.
“Creditor” shall mean Ray-Carroll County Grain Growers,
Inc.
“ Deposit Accounts ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in the UCC.
“ Documents ” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in the UCC.
“ Environmental Laws ” shall
mean all federal, state, district, local and foreign laws, rules,
regulations, ordinances, and consent decrees relating to health,
safety, hazardous substances, pollution and environmental matters,
as now or at any time hereafter in effect, applicable to
Borrower’s business or facilities owned or operated by
Borrower, including laws relating to emissions, discharges,
releases or threatened releases of pollutants, contamination,
chemicals, or hazardous, toxic or dangerous substances, materials
or wastes into the environment (including, without limitation,
ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or
subsurface strata) or otherwise relating to the generation,
manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage,
disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials.
“ Equipment ” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in the UCC.
“ Event of Default ” shall
have the meaning specified in Section 7
hereof.
“ Fixtures ” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in the UCC.
“ General Intangibles ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in the UCC.
“ Goods ” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in the UCC.
“ Hazardous Materials ” shall
mean any hazardous, toxic or dangerous substance, materials and
wastes, including, without limitation, hydrocarbons (including
naturally occurring or man-made petroleum and hydrocarbons),
flammable explosives, asbestos, urea formaldehyde insulation,
radioactive materials, biological substances, polychlorinated
biphenyls, pesticides, herbicides and any other kind and/or type of
pollutants or contaminants (including, without limitation,
materials which include hazardous constituents), sewage, sludge,
industrial slag, solvents and/or any other similar substances,
materials, or wastes and including any other substances, materials
or wastes that are or become regulated under any Environmental Law
(including, without limitation any that are or become classified as
hazardous or toxic under any Environmental Law).
“ Indemnified Party ” shall
have the meaning specified in Section 14
hereof.
“ Instruments ” shall have
the meaning ascribed to such term in the UCC.
“ Intercreditor Agreement ”
shall mean that Intercreditor Agreement by and among FCS Financial,
PCA, the Borrower and Creditor dated the date hereof.
“ Inventory ” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in the UCC.
“ Investment Property ” shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in the UCC.
“Leasehold Dead of Trust”
shall mean that Missouri Leasehold
Deed of Trust, Assignment of Rents and Security Agreement by and
among the trustee named therein and Borrower as grantor, dated the
date hereof.
“ Liabilities ” shall mean
the indebtedness owed by Borrower to Creditor pursuant to the
Subordinated Note.
“ Loan Documents ” shall mean
this Agreement, the Subordinated Note, Leasehold Deed of Trust and
all other agreements, instruments and documents, including, without
limitation, guaranties, mortgages, trust deeds, pledges, powers of
attorney, consents, assignments, contracts, notices, security
agreements, leases, financing statements, bank account agreements,
banking and related services or cash management agreements and all
other writings heretofore, now or from time to time hereafter
executed by or on behalf of Borrower or any other Person and
delivered to Creditor and/or any Lender or to any parent, Affiliate
or subsidiary of Creditor and/or any Lender in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby, as each of the same may be
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
“ Material Adverse Effect ”
shall mean (i) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse
effect on the business, property, assets, operations or prospects
of Borrower as determined by Creditor in its sole discretion,
determined in good faith, (ii) a material impairment of the ability
of Borrower to perform any of its obligations under the Loan
Documents as determined by Creditor in its sole discretion,
determined in good faith, (iii) a material adverse effect upon the
Collateral or its value as determined by Creditor in its sole
discretion, determined in good faith, or (iv) a material impairment
of the enforceability or priority of Creditor’s liens upon
the Collateral or the legality, validity, binding effect or
enforceability of the Loan Documents as determined by Creditor in
their sole discretion, determined in good faith.
“ Other Agreements ” shall
mean the Loan Documents.
“ Person ” shall mean any
individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, trust,
unincorporated organization, association, corporation, limited
liability company, institution, entity, party or foreign or United
States government (whether federal, state, county, city, municipal
or otherwise), including, without limitation, any instrumentality,
division, agency, body or department thereof.
“ Proceeds ” shall have the
meaning ascribed to such term in the UCC.
“ Register ” shall have the
meaning set forth in subsection 11(d)
hereof.
“ Senior Loan Agreements ”
shall mean that certain Construction and Term Loan Agreement by and
among Borrower, FCS Financial, PCA, as administrative Creditor, and
the banks named therein, dated as of March 1, 2007 and that certain
Revolving Creditor Agreement by and between Borrower and FCS
Financial, PCA, dated November 6, 2007, as they may be
amended.
“ Senior Loan Documents ”
shall mean the Senior Loan Agreements, the promissory note
evidencing the loan made by the Senior Loan Agreements, a deed of
trust in support of the loan made under the Senior Loan Agreement,
and all other instruments and documents executed and delivered by
Borrower, as amended from time to time, and any renewal and
extensions thereof.
“Subordinated Note”
in the original principal sum of
$12,000,000.00 from Borrower to Creditor of even date
herewith.
“ Subsidiary ” shall
mean any corporation of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the
outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a
majority of the board of directors of such corporation
(irrespective of whether at the time stock of any other class of
such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of
the happening of any contingency) is at the time, directly or
indirectly, owned by Borrower, or any partnership, joint venture or
limited liability company of which more than fifty percent (50%) of
the outstanding equity interests are at the time, directly or
indirectly, owned by Borrower or any partnership of which Borrower
is a general partner.
“ Supporting Obligations ”
shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the UCC.
“ UCC ” shall mean the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in Missouri from time to
time.
The Liabilities shall be performed in accordance
with the provisions of the Subordinated Note.
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Grant of
Security Interest to Creditor .
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As security for the payment and performance of
all Liabilities of Borrower hereunder and under the Subordinated
Note, Borrower hereby assigns to Creditor and grants to Creditor, a
continuing security interest in the following property of Borrower,
whether now or hereafter owned, existing, acquired or arising and
wherever now or hereafter located:
(a) all
Accounts and all Goods whose sale, lease or other disposition by
Borrower has given rise to Accounts and have been returned to, or
repossessed or stopped in transit by, Borrower;
(b) all
Chattel Paper, Instruments, Documents and General Intangibles
(including, without limitation, all patents, patent applications,
trademarks, trademark applications, trade names, trade secrets,
goodwill, copyrights, copyright applications, registrations,
licenses, software, franchises, customer lists, tax refund claims,
claims against carriers and shippers, guarantee claims, contract
rights, payment intangibles, security interests, security deposits
and rights to indemnification);
(d) all
Goods (other than Inventory), including, without limitation,
Equipment, vehicles and Fixtures;
(e) all
Investment Property;
(f) all
Deposit Accounts, bank accounts, deposits and cash;
(g) Commercial
Tort Claims;
(h) All
Supporting Obligations;
(i) any
other property of Borrower now or hereafter in the possession,
custody or control of Creditor or any parent, affiliate or
subsidiary of Creditor, for any purpose (whether for safekeeping,
deposit, collection, custody, pledge, transmission or otherwise);
and
(j) all
additions and accessions to, substitutions for, and replacements,
products and Proceeds of the foregoing property, including, without
limitation, proceeds of all insurance policies insuring the
foregoing property, and all of Borrower’s books and records
relating to any of the foregoing and to Borrower’s
business.
In addition to the foregoing Collateral, the
Liabilities shall be secured by a Leasehold Deed of Trust, to be
executed, delivered at the time of entry into this
Agreement.
Creditor, in its sole discretion, without
waiving or releasing any obligation, liability or duty of Borrower
under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any Event of
Default, may at any time or times hereafter, but shall not be
obligated to, pay, acquire or accept an assignment of any security
interest, lien, encumbrance or claim asserted by any Person in,
upon or against the Collateral. All sums paid by
Creditor in respect thereof and all costs, fees and expenses
including, without limitation, reasonable attorney fees, all court
costs and all other charges relating thereto incurred by Creditor
shall constitute Liabilities, payable by Borrower to Creditor on
demand.
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PRESERVATION OF COLLATERAL AND PERFECTION OF
SECURITY INTERESTS THEREIN .
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Borrower shall, at Creditor’s request, at
any time and from time to time, authenticate, execute and deliver
to Creditor such financing statements, documents and other
agreements and instruments (and pay the cost of filing or recording
the same in all public offices deemed necessary or desirable by
Creditor) and do such other acts and things or cause third parties
to do such other acts and things as Creditor may deem necessary or
desirable in its sole discretion in order to establish and maintain
a valid, attached and perfected security interest in the Collateral
in favor of Creditor to secure payment of the
Liabilities, and in order to facilitate the collection of the
Collateral. Borrower irrevocably hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints Creditor (and all Persons designated by
Creditor for that purpose) as Borrower’s true and lawful
attorney and Creditor-in-fact to execute and file such financing
statements, documents and other agreements and instruments and do
such other acts and things as may be necessary to preserve and
perfect Creditor’s security interest in the
Collateral. Borrower further ratifies and confirms the
prior filing by Creditor of any and all financing statements which
identify Borrower as debtor, Creditor as secured party and any or
all Collateral as collateral. Borrower shall deliver to
Creditor any and all evidence of ownership of any of the Equipment
including, without limitation, certificates of title and
applications of title and shall take all actions and execute all
documents required to cause the security interest of Creditor
hereunder to be noted upon any such certificates of title. Borrower
shall indicate on its records concerning the Collateral a notation,
in form satisfactory to Creditor, of the security interest of
Creditor hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Borrower shall not be obligated to record the Creditor on
certificates of title for rolling stock or motor
vehicles.
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Creditor’s Enforcement Rights with Respect
to Accounts .
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Creditor may, at any time and from time to time
after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, whether before or after notification to any Account Debtor
and whether before or after the maturity of any of the Liabilities,
(i) enforce collection of any of each Borrower’s
Accounts or other amounts owed to Borrower by suit or otherwise;
(ii) exercise all of Borrower’s rights and remedies with
respect to proceedings brought to collect any Accounts or other
amounts owed to Borrower; (iii) surrender, release or exchange
all or any part of any Accounts or other amounts owed to Borrower,
or compromise or extend or renew for any period (whether or not
longer than the original period) any indebtedness thereunder;
(iv) sell or assign any Account of Borrower or other amount
owed to Borrower upon such terms, for such amount and at such time
or times as Creditor deems advisable; (v) prepare, file and
sign Borrower’s name on any proof of claim in bankruptcy or
other similar document against any Account Debtor or other Person
obligated to Borrower; and (vi) do all other acts and things
which are necessary, in Creditor’s sole discretion, to
fulfill Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents and to allow Creditor to collect the Accounts
or other amounts owed to Borrower. In addition to any
other provision hereof, Creditor may at any time, after the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, at
Borrower’s expense, notify any parties obligated on any of
the Accounts to make payment directly to Creditor of any amounts
due or to become due thereunder.
Promptly following request therefore by
Creditor, Borrower shall deliver to Creditor such business or
financial data, reports, appraisals and projections as Creditor may
reasonably request.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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Borrower hereby represents and warrants to
Creditor, which representations and warranties (whether appearing
in this Section or elsewhere) shall be true at the
time of Borrower’s execution hereof and the closing of the
transactions described herein or related hereto, shall remain true
until the repayment in full and satisfaction of all the Liabilities
and termination of this Agreement, provided, that representations
and warranties made as of a particular date shall be true and
correct as of such date.
The offices where Borrower keeps its books,
records and accounts (or copies thereof) concerning the Collateral,
Borrower’s principal place of business and all of
Borrower’s other places of business, locations of Collateral
and post office boxes and locations of bank accounts are as set
forth in Exhibit A . The Collateral,
including, without limitation, the Equipment (except any part
thereof which Borrower shall have advised Creditor in writing
consists of Collateral normally used in more than one state) is
kept, or, in the case of vehicles, based, only at the addresses set
forth on Exhibit A .
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Organization, Authority and No
Conflict .
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Borrower is a duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing in its state of organization and duly
qualified and in good standing in all states where the nature and
extent of the business transacted by it or the ownership of its
assets makes such qualification necessary or if Borrower is not so
qualified, Borrower may cure any such failure without losing any of
its rights, incurring any liens or material penalties, or otherwise
affecting Creditor’s rights. Borrower’s
state of organization, form of organization and organizational
identification number is set forth on Schedule 5.2
hereto. Borrower has the right and power and is duly
authorized and empowered to enter into, execute and deliver this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents and perform its obligations
hereunder and thereunder. Borrower’s execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents does not conflict with the provisions of the
organizational documents of Borrower, any statute, regulation,
ordinance or rule of law, or any agreement, contract or other
document which may now or hereafter be binding on Borrower, except
for conflicts with agreements, contracts or other documents which
would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and Borrower’s
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents shall not result in the imposition of any lien or
other encumbrance upon any of Borrower’s property under any
existing indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or Creditor
agreement or other agreement or instrument by which Borrower or any
of its property may be bound or affected.
Borrower’s name has always been as set
forth on the first page of this Agreement and Borrower uses no
trade names, assumed names, fictitious names or division names in
the operation of its business.
This Agreement and the other Loan Documents to
which Borrower is a party are the legal, valid and binding
obligations of such Borrower and are enforceable against Borrower
in accordance with their respective terms.
Until payment and satisfaction in full of all
Liabilities and termination of this Agreement, unless Borrower
obtains Creditor’s prior written consent waiving or modifying
any of such Borrower’s covenants hereunder in any specific
instance, Borrower covenants and agrees as follows:
Borrower shall at all times keep accurate and
complete books, records and accounts with respect to all of
Borrower’s business activities, in accordance with sound
accountin
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