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xhibit 10.9
SENIOR SUBORDINATED REVOLVING
CREDIT AGREEMENT
BY AND BETWEEN
CLARIENT, INC.
AND
SAFEGUARD DELAWARE,
INC.
DATED AS OF MARCH 7,
2007
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DEFINITIONS
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LOANS TO BORROWER; ISSUANCE OF
WARRANTS
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2.1. Advances
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2.2. Use of Proceeds
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2.3. Interest
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2.4. Payments
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2.5. Manner of Payment
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2.6. Prepayments
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2.7. Issuance of Warrants
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CLOSING; DELIVERIES; CONDITIONS TO
ADVANCE
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3.1. Closing Date
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3.2. Closing Deliveries and
Actions
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3.3. Conditions to Subsequent
Advances
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
BORROWER
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4.1. Organization and
Qualification
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4.2. Power and Authority
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4.3. Subsidiaries and
Affiliates
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4.4. Capitalization
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4.5. Authorization
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4.6. No Violations or
Conflicts
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4.7. Consents and
Approvals
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4.8. Financial Statements;
Disclosure
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4.9. Absence of Changes
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4.10. Litigation
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4.11. Intellectual
Property
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4.12. Title to Assets, Properties
and Rights
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4.13. Compliance with Laws; Legal
Requirements
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4.14. Employees and Labor
Matters
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4.15. Brokers and Finders
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4.16. Tax Matters
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4.17. Books and Records
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4.18. Offering Valid
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COVENANTS
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5.1. Negative Covenants
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5.2. Affirmative
Covenants
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5.3. Right of First Offer and
Refusal
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5.4. No Third-Party
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SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND
AGREEMENTS, ETC.
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES
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7.1. Events of Default
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7.2. Remedies
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MISCELLANEOUS
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8.1. Governing Law; Submission to
Jurisdiction
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8.2. Assignments; Successors; Third
Party Rights
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8.3. Entire Agreement;
Amendment
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8.4. Notices
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8.5. Failure or Indulgence Not
Waiver; Remedies Cumulative
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8.6. Severability
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8.7. Section Headings;
Construction
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8.8. Counterparts
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8.9. Fees and Expenses
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8.10. Reinstatement
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8.11. Payment on Non-Business
Days
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8.12. Time of Day
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8.13. WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL
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LENDER REPRESENTATIONS
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9.1. Lender
Representations
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Exhibits
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Exhibit A
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Form of Note
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Exhibit B-1
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Form of Commitment Fee Warrant ($.01 Exercise
Price)
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Exhibit B-2
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Form of Commitment Fee Warrant (Discounted
Market Price)
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Exhibit B-3
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Form of Usage Fee Warrant
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Exhibit C
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Form of Borrowing Request
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SENIOR SUBORDINATED REVOLVING
CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS SENIOR SUBORDINATED REVOLVING
CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is
made and entered into as of March 7, 2007, by and among CLARIENT,
INC, a Delaware corporation (“ Borrower
”), and SAFEGUARD DELAWARE, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
“ Lender ”).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, Borrower has requested, and
Lender has agreed to provide to Borrower a subordinated revolving
credit facility in the maximum aggregate principal amount of
$12,000,000, on the terms and conditions set forth
herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises and mutual covenants and obligations hereafter set
forth and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto,
intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
1.
Definitions.
For purposes of this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the following meanings:
“ Advance
” and “ Advances ” have the
respective meanings set forth in Section 2.1(a) hereof.
“ Agreement
” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“ Balance Sheet
Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.8
hereof.
“ Balance Sheet
” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.8 hereof.
“ Bankruptcy Law
” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(b)
hereof.
“ Borrower
” has the meaning set fort in the Preamble.
“Borrowing
Request” means
the form to be provided by Borrower to Lender in connection with
each requested Advance, which shall be in the form of Exhibit
C attached hereto.
“ Business Day
” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or legal
holiday in the State of Delaware or the State of
California.
“ Capitalized
Lease ” means, with respect to any Person, any lease
of such Person as lessee that, in accordance with GAAP, is required
to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a balance
sheet of that Person.
“ Capitalized Lease
Obligation ” means, with respect to any Capitalized
Lease of any Person, the amount of the obligation of the lessee of
such Capitalized Lease that , in accordance with GAAP, would appear
on a balance sheet of such lessee in respect of such Capitalized
Lease.
“ Closing
” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 hereof.
“ Closing Date
” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 hereof.
“ CLRT Asset
Sale ” means the sale of certain assets relating to
Borrower’s business of developing, manufacturing, and selling
telepathology, virtual microscopy and/or automated imaging
instruments, including
without limitation 100% of the
membership interests of CLRT, pursuant to (and as such assets are
described in) an asset purchase agreement substantially in the
draft form attached to that certain consent letter, dated as of
March 7, 2007, by and among GECC, as lender, and the Borrower,
Clarient Diagnostic Services, Inc., and CLRT Acquisition, LLC, as
borrowers, as Exhibit A thereto.
“ Code ”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“ Comerica
Agreement ” means that certain Loan Agreement by and
between Borrower and Comerica Bank dated as of February 13, 2003,
as amended, including without limitation by that certain First
Amendment to Loan Agreement dated as of October 21, 2003, that
certain Second Amendment to Loan Agreement dated as of January 22,
2004, that certain Third Amendment to Loan Agreement dated as of
January 31, 2005, that certain Fourth Amendment to Loan Agreement
dated as of March 11, 2005, that certain Consent and Waiver dated
as of July 13, 2005, that certain letter agreement dated as of
January 26, 2006, that certain Waiver and Fifth Amendment to Loan
Agreement dated as of August 1, 2006, that certain Sixth Amendment
to Loan Agreement dated as of February 28, 2006, that certain
Seventh Amendment to Loan Agreement dated as of January 17, 2007,
and that certain Waiver and Eighth Amendment to Loan Agreement
dated as of February 28, 2007, and all documents, instruments and
agreements executed and delivered in connection therewith, as the
same may be further amended from time to time, with the prior
written consent of Lender, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed.
“Commitment”
means the maximum aggregate
principal amount which may be borrowed hereunder, being, as of the
date hereof, Twelve Million Dollars ($12,000,000), as the same may
be reduced from time to time pursuant to and in accordance with
Section 2.6 hereof.
“ Commitment Fee
Warrants ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.7(a) hereof.
“Common
Stock” means
the common stock, par value $0.01, of Borrower.
“ Default
” means an event, condition, or circumstance the occurrence
of which would, with the passage of time, the giving of notice, or
both, constitute an Event of Default.
“ Encumbrances
” means all claims, liens, charges, security interests,
pledges, mortgages, or other restrictions or
encumbrances.
“ Environmental
Laws ” means any and all applicable federal, state,
local, and foreign laws and regulations relating to the protection
of human health and safety or emissions, discharge, releases,
threatened releases, removal, remediation, or abatement of
pollutants, contaminants, chemicals, or industrial, hazardous, or
toxic substances or wastes into or in the environment (including,
without limitation, air, surface water, ground water, or land) or
otherwise used in connection with the manufacture, processing,
distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport, or
handling of pollutants, contaminants, hazardous or toxic substances
or wastes, as defined under such applicable laws.
“ ERISA ”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time.
“ Event of
Default ” means an event described in Section 7.1
hereof.
“ Financial
Statements ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.8
hereof.
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“ GAAP ”
means United States generally accepted accounting principles
applied on a consistent basis.
“ GE Capital
” means General Electric Capital Corporation, a Delaware
corporation.
“GE Capital
Facility” means, collectively, (a) that certain Loan and
Security Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2006, by and
among Borrower, Clarient Diagnostic Services, Inc., CLRT
Acquisition, LLC, and GE Capital; and (b) (i) that certain
Master Lease Agreement, dated as of June 23, 2004, by and between
ChromaVision Oncology Services, Inc. (predecessor to Clarient
Diagnostic Services, Inc., an affiliate of Borrower) and GE
Capital, and (ii) that certain Master Security Agreement, dated as
of July 15, 2003, by and between Borrower and GE Capital, and, in
each case, all documents, instruments and agreements executed and
delivered in connection therewith, as the same may be further
amended from time to time, with the prior written consent of
Lender, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed.
“ Governmental
Authority ” means any court or any federal, state,
municipal, or other domestic or foreign government or governmental
or regulatory department, commission, board bureau, agency,
authority, or instrumentality.
“ Guaranteed
Obligations ” means as to any Person, without
duplication, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing, providing
comfort or otherwise supporting any Indebtedness, lease, dividend,
or other obligation (“ primary obligation ”) of
any other Person in any matter; provided that the term
Guaranteed Obligations shall not include endorsements for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The
amount of any Guaranteed Obligation at any time shall be deemed to
be an amount equal to the lesser at such time of (x) the stated or
determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect to which
such Guaranteed Obligation is incurred and (y) the maximum amount
for which such Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the
instrument embodying such Guaranteed Obligation, or, if not stated
or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability
(assuming full performance) in respect thereof.
“ Intangible
Assets ” means all assets of Borrower which would be
classified in accordance with GAAP as intangible assets, including
without limitation, all franchises, licenses, permits, patents,
patent applications, copyrights, trademarks, trade-names, goodwill,
experimental or organization expenses and other like intangibles,
the cash surrender value and other like intangibles of any life
insurance policy, treasury stock and unamortized debt
discount.
“ Indebtedness
” of a Person means at any date, without duplication, (a) all
obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations
of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other
similar instruments, or upon which interest payments are
customarily made, (c) all obligations of such Person to pay the
deferred purchase price of property or services incurred in the
ordinary course of business if the purchase price is due more than
six (6) months from the date the obligation in incurred, (d) all
Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person, (e) the principal
balance outstanding under any synthetic lease, tax retention,
operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance
sheet financing product, (f) all obligations of such Person to
purchase securities (or other property) which arise out of or in
connection with the issuance or sale of the same or substantially
similar securities (or property), (g) all contingent or
non-contingent obligations of such Person to reimburse any bank or
other Person in respect of amounts paid under a letter of credit or
similar instrument, (h) all equity securities of such Person
subject to repurchase or redemption otherwise than at the sole
option of such Person, (i) all “ earnouts ” and
similar payment obligations of such Person, (j) all Indebtedness
secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such
Indebtedness if otherwise an obligation of such Person, (k) all
obligations of such Person under any foreign exchange contract,
currency swap agreement, interest rate
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swap, cap or collar agreement or
other similar agreement or arrangement designed to alter the risks
of that Person arising from fluctuations in currency values or
interest rates, in each case whether contingent or matured, (l) all
Guaranteed Obligations of such Person; and (m) all obligations of
such Person to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of
business and more than ninety (90) days past due.
“ Intellectual
Property ” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.11(a) hereof.
“ Laws ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 4.13 hereof.
“ Lender ”
has the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereto.
“ Licenses and
Permits ” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.13(b) hereof.
“ Liquidity
Event ” means (a) the liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of Borrower, whether voluntary or involuntary, (b) a
sale of all or substantially all of the assets of Borrower, or (c)
a merger or acquisition of Borrower by another Person by means of
any transaction or series of related transactions (including any
reorganization, merger or consolidation) where the holders of the
voting securities of Borrower immediately preceding such
transaction or series of transactions own directly or indirectly,
following such transaction or series of transactions, less than
fifty percent (50%) of the voting securities of Borrower or the
surviving entity in such transaction or series of
transactions.
“ Loan ”
means, collectively, the aggregate amount of all Advances from time
to time outstanding hereunder.
“ Loan Documents
” means this Agreement, the Note, the Warrants, the
Subordination Agreements, and any other agreements, documents,
instruments and writings now or hereafter existing, creating,
evidencing, guarantying, securing or relating to any of the
liabilities of Borrower to Lender pursuant to and in connection
with this Agreement, together with all amendments, modifications,
renewals or extensions thereof.
“ Material Adverse
Effect ” means a material adverse change in, or a
material adverse effect on, the business, operations, properties,
assets, liabilities, financial condition or results of operations
of Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or
Borrower’s ability to perform its obligations under this
Agreement, the Note or the Warrants.
“ Maturity Date
” means the later of (a) December 8, 2008 or (b) ninety-one
(91) days after the date on which all Indebtedness owing under the
GE Capital Facility shall have been paid in full and GE Capital
shall have no obligation to extend or make loans under the GE
Capital Facility.
“ Note ”
means that certain subordinated Revolving Credit Note issued by
Borrower in favor of Lender pursuant to this Agreement, in the form
of Exhibit A hereto.
“ Order ”
means any order, execution, writ, injunction, judgment, decree,
ruling, assessment, or arbitration award.
“ Outstanding
Amounts ” means the aggregate principal amount of
Indebtedness, plus interest thereon, outstanding hereunder and
under the Note on any date of determination.
“ Permitted
Liens ” means (a) deposits or pledges to secure
obligations under workmen’s compensation, social security or
similar laws, or under unemployment insurance, (b) deposits or
pledges to secure bids, tenders, contracts (other than contracts
for the payment of money), leases, statutory
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obligations, surety and appeal bonds
and other obligations of like nature arising in the ordinary course
of business, (c) mechanic’s, workmen’s
materialmen’s or other like Encumbrances attaching only to
equipment and real property arising in the ordinary course of
business with respect to obligations which are not due, or which
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings which
suspend the collection thereof and in respect of which adequate
reserves have been made in accordance with GAAP (provided that such
proceedings, do not in Lender’s reasonable discretion,
involve any substantial risk of the sale, loss or forfeiture of
such property or assets or any interest therein), (d) Liens
set forth in Schedule 4.12(a) , (e) Encumbrances being
contested in good faith, (f) Liens created or assumed in
connection with the financing or acquisition of capital assets in
an aggregate principal amount outstanding not greater than $500,000
at any time; provided that such liens secure only such assets
acquired and do not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the
purchase price of the subject assets; and (g) attachment or
judgment Encumbrances which individually or when aggregated with
all other attachments and judgments exceed by more than $50,000 any
insurance coverage applicable thereto (and as to which the
insurance company has acknowledged coverage in writing), subject to
customary deductibles and continue unsatisfied or unstayed for a
period of ten (10) days.
“ Permitted Sale/Equity
Transaction ” means an asset sale by Borrower or any
Subsidiary of Borrower or issuance of equity by Borrower which
results in Borrower’s receipt of net proceeds in excess of
$7,000,000, including, without limitation, the CLRT Asset
Sale.
“ Person ”
means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability
company, association, joint stock company, trust, joint venture,
unincorporated organization or governmental entity or any
department, agency, or political subdivision thereof.
“ Required
Consents ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7
hereof.
“ Returns
” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.16
hereof.
“ SEC ”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental
Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“ Securities Act
” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“ Securities
Laws ” means the Securities Act, the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, Sarbanes-Oxley and the applicable accounting
and auditing principles, rules, standards and practices
promulgated, approved or incorporated by the SEC or the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board, as each of the foregoing may be
amended and in effect on any applicable date hereunder.
“ Subordination
Agreements ” means, collectively, (a) that certain
Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement dated as of even date
herewith, by and among Borrower, Comerica Bank, and Lender; and
(b) that certain Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement
dated as of even date herewith, by and among Borrower, GE Capital,
and Lender.
“ Subsidiary
” means any corporation, company or partnership in which
(i) any general partnership interest or (ii) more than
50% of the stock or other units of ownership which by the terms
thereof has the ordinary voting power to elect the Board of
Directors, managers or trustees of the entity, at the time as of
which any determination is being made, is owned by Borrower, either
directly or through another Subsidiary.
“ Tax ” as
used in this Agreement, the term “Tax” means any of the
Taxes and the term “Taxes” means, with respect to any
Person, (i) all applicable domestic and foreign income taxes
(including any tax
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on or based upon net income, or
gross income, or income as specially defined, or earnings, or
profits, or selected items of income, earnings or profits) and all
applicable domestic and foreign gross receipts, sales, use, ad
valorem, transfer, franchise, license, withholding, payroll,
employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium,
environmental, property or windfall profits taxes, alternative or
add-on minimum taxes, customs duties or other taxes, fees,
assessments or charges of any kind whatsoever, together with any
interest and any penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts
imposed by any taxing authority (domestic or foreign) on such
Person and (ii) any liability for the payment of any amount of the
type described in the immediately preceding clause (i) as a result
of being a “transferee” (within the meaning of Section
6901 of the Code or any other applicable law) of another Person or
a member of an affiliated, consolidated or combined
group.
“ Usage Fee
Warrants ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.7(a) hereof.
“ Warrants
” means, collectively, the Commitment Fee Warrants and the
Usage Fee Warrants, if any.
2.
LOANS TO BORROWER; ISSUANCE OF
WARRANTS.
2.1.
Advances .
(a)
Generally
. Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Subordination
Agreements, including without limitation receipt of the closing
deliveries specified in Section 3.2 and the other conditions
specified in Section 3.3, Lender shall advance funds to Borrower
(each such advance, individually, an “ Advance ”, and all such
advances, the “ Advances ”) by wire transfer of
immediately available funds via Federal Reserve System
to:
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Recipient Bank:
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Comerica Bank
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11512 El Camino Real
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Suite 350B
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San Diego, CA 92130
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858 509-2399
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Contact — Hang Landrum
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ABA#:
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121137522
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Account Name:
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Clarient, Inc. - Money Market
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Account #:
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1892035252
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(b)
Advance
Procedures .
(i)
Subject to and
upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including without
limitation the conditions specified in Section 3.3, Borrower may
request an Advance, in a minimum principal amount of $1,000,000 (or
the total remaining Commitment, if less), up to an aggregate
outstanding amount for all Advances not to exceed the
Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, amounts borrowed pursuant to this Section 2.1 may
be repaid and reborrowed at any time prior to the Maturity Date, at
which time all Advances then outstanding shall be immediately due
and payable.
(ii)
Whenever Borrower
desires an Advance, Borrower will notify Lender by facsimile
transmission or email no later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern time, not
less than one (1) Business Day prior to the Business Day on which
the Advance is to be funded. Each such notification shall be
in the form of a Borrowing Request in substantially the form of
Exhibit C hereto. Lender shall wire the
amount
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of Advances made
under this Section 2.1(b) to the wire address set forth in
Section 2.1(a), or to such other wire address as Borrower has
advised Lender in writing in connection with such Borrowing
Request.
2.2. Use of Proceeds
. The proceeds from the Note shall be used by Borrower for
general working capital and business purposes.
2.3. Interest .
Interest shall accrue on the unpaid principal balance of each
Advance at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum, accruing
daily. Interest shall be capitalized quarterly, and shall
otherwise be payable in the manner provided in Section 2.4
below. Interest shall be cumulative and shall be calculated
on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, for the actual number of
days elapsed.
2.4.
Payments .
(a)
Principal
Generally . Subject to the terms
and conditions of the Subordination Agreements and to Section 7 and
Section 2.6(b) hereof, the principal balance outstanding hereunder,
together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, shall be due
and payable on the Maturity Date.
(b)
Interest
. Subject
to the terms and conditions of the Subordination Agreements,
payments of accrued interest on the principal balance outstanding
hereunder from time to time, shall be made (i) on the Maturity
Date, and (ii) if earlier, immediately upon receipt by the Borrower
of any deferred proceeds of, or other deferred or escrowed
consideration with respect to, any Permitted Sale/Equity
Transaction, together with accrued and unpaid fees and costs
incurred by Lender in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby.
2.5. Manner of Payment
. All payments and prepayments of principal and interest
shall be made by wire of immediately available funds as directed by
Lender pursuant to written instructions provided to Borrower from
time to time. If any payment of principal or interest
required hereunder is due on a day that is not a Business Day, such
payment shall be due on the next succeeding Business Day, and such
extension of time shall be taken into account in calculating the
amount of interest payable hereunder. All payments and
prepayments shall be credited first to accrued and unpaid interest,
and then to the outstanding principal amount of
Advances.
2.6.
Prepayments .
(a)
Optional
Prepayments . Subject to the terms
and conditions of the Subordination Agreements, Borrower may prepay
all or any portion of the outstanding principal balance due under
the Note and any interest accrued thereon, at any time and from
time to time, without premium or penalty, provided that Borrower
shall have given Lender not less than one (1) Business Day prior
written notice of its intent to so prepay, and the amount of such
prepayment. Any such prepayment shall not reduce the
Commitment unless so requested in writing by Borrower.
(b)
Mandatory
Prepayments and Reduction of Commitment . Subject to the terms
and conditions of the Subordination Agreements:
(i)
immediately upon
the closing of a Permitted Sale/Equity Transaction, Borrower shall
cause to be paid to Lender a one-time payment of the outstanding
principal in an amount not to exceed the lesser of $6,000,000 or
fifty percent (50%) of the cash proceeds received at the closing of
such Permitted Sale/Equity Transaction. Upon such occurrence
the Commitment shall be immediately and irrevocably reduced to Six
Million Dollars ($6,000,000).
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(ii)
Immediately upon
the consummation of a Liquidity Event (other than a Permitted
Sale/Equity Transaction), all amounts outstanding hereunder shall
be paid in full and the Commitment shall be immediately and
irrevocably terminated.
2.7.
Issuance of Warrants .
(a)
Commitment Fee
Warrants . Lender shall receive,
in connection with the Closing warrants (such warrants, the
“ Commitment Fee
Warrants ”):
(i)
in the form of
Exhibit B-1 attached hereto, to purchase shares of Common
Stock, exercisable in the sole discretion of the holder
thereof. Such Warrants shall entitle, but not obligate, the
holder thereof to purchase 125,000 shares of Common Stock of
Borrower at an exercise price of $.01 per share.
(ii)
in the form of
Exhibit B-2 attached hereto, to purchase shares of Common
Stock, exercisable in the sole discretion of the holder
thereof. Such Warrants shall entitle, but not obligate, the
holder thereof to purchase 62,500 shares of Common Stock of
Borrower at an exercise price equal to 85% of the trailing ten-day
average closing price of Common Stock of the Borrower on the date
prior to the Closing Date.
(b)
Usage Fee
Warrants . Lender shall receive,
in connection with each Advance, warrants (such warrants, the
“ Usage Fee
Warrants ”), in the form of
Exhibit B-3 attached hereto, to purchase shares of Common
Stock, exercisable in the sole discretion of the holder
thereof. Such Usage Fee Warrants shall entitle, but not
obligate, the holder thereof to purchase 31.25 shares of Common
Stock of Borrower for each $1,000 in principal subject to such
Advance, at an exercise price of $.01 per share; provided, however,
that for the avoidance of doubt, Usage Fee Warrants shall only be
issuable with respect to incremental Advances which result in an
increase of the aggregate principal Indebtedness under this
Agreement in excess of the previous maximum amount of
aggregate principal Indebtedness incurred by Borrower under this
Agreement. By way of example, if (i) Borrower initially
receives an advance of $2,000,000, Lender would be entitled to
Usage Fee Warrants to purchase 62,500 shares of Common Stock and
(ii) Borrower subsequently prepays such advances and thereafter
receives Advances of $5,000,000, Lender would be entitled to
receive additional Usage Fee Warrants to purchase 93,750 shares of
Common Stock (correlating to the $3,000,000 of Indebtedness in
excess of the previously borrowed $2,000,000 of
Indebtedness). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event
(i) Lender has received Usage Fee Warrants to purchase more than
187,500 shares of Common Stock (the “ Usage Fee Cap ”) (as a result of
Advances in excess of $6,000,000) and (ii) that, on or prior to May
15, 2007, the Commitment is reduced to $6,000,000 and the mandatory
prepayment has been paid, each as required by Section 2.6(b)(i),
then Lender shall automatically upon such reduction forfeit and
return to Borrower for cancellation any Usage Fee Warrants issued
to it in excess of the Usage Fee Cap (and, to the extent Lender has
exercised any such Usage Fee Warrants which it would have been
required to forfeit and return to Borrower as provided in this
sentence, Lender shall forfeit and return to Borrower for
cancellation the shares of Common Stock issued to it upon exercise
of such Usage Fee Warrants).
(c)
Registrable
Securities . All of the Common
Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants thereof, shall
constitute Registrable Securities under Borrower’s
Registration Rights Agreement with Lender dated November 8,
2005.
3.
CLOSING;
DELIVERIES; conditions to Advance.
3.1. Closing Date
. The closing of this Agreement (the “
Closing ”) is taking place on the date hereof
(“ Closing Date ”) and is being held at
the offices of Pepper Hamilton LLP, 3000 Two Logan
8
Square, 18 th and Arch Streets, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, 19103 contemporaneously with the execution of this
Agreement.
3.2. Closing Deliveries and
Actions . The parties acknowledge the following
deliveries and other actions at the Closing:
(a)
Borrower has
delivered or caused to be delivered to Lender a fully executed
counterpart of this Agreement, the Note, and the Commitment Fee
Warrants and Lender has delivered or caused to be delivered to
Borrower a fully executed counterpart to this
Agreement;
(b)
Borrower has
delivered a certificate, executed on behalf of Borrower by the
Chief Executive Officer thereof, dated as of the date hereof,
certifying the incumbency of each of the officers of Borrower
executing this Agreement, and all other documents, instruments or
certificates to be executed and delivered by Borrower, and
attaching certified copies of (i) the resolutions of a special
committee of the Board of Directors of Borrower approving this
Agreement, the Warrants, and the other transactions contemplated
hereby, (ii) true, complete, and accurate copies of each of (x) the
Certificate of Incorporation of Borrower, certified by the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, and (y) the Bylaws of
Borrower, each of which remain in full force and effect, without
modification, as of the date of the Closing, and (iii) a
certificate of good standing, issued by the Secretary of State of
each jurisdiction in which Borrower is qualified to and conducts
business, certifying that Borrower is in good standing, as of a
recent date prior to the Closing, in each such
jurisdiction;
(c)
Borrower, Lender
and Comerica shall have entered into a Subordination Agreement in
form and substance satisfactory to the parties;
(d)
Borrower, Lender
and GE Capital shall have entered into a Subordination Agreement in
form and substance satisfactory to the parties;
(e)
Borrower and
Lender have delivered a fully executed Amendment to Safeguard
Reimbursement Agreement; and
(f)
Borrower shall
have paid to Lender all professional fees and out-of pocket costs
and expenses payable by Lender to third parties in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby and set forth in an invoice
delivered to Borrower at least one (1) Business Day prior to the
Closing Date.
3.3. Conditions to
Subsequent Advances . It shall be a condition to
Lender’s funding any subsequent Advance:
(a)
Borrower shall
have delivered to Lender a Borrowing Request;
(b)
Borrower has
delivered to Lender a certificate, executed on behalf of Borrower
by an officer thereof, dated as of the date of such proposed
Advance, certifying that that no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing on the date of such Advance or will be
caused by such Advance; and that each of Borrower’s
representations and warranties made herein and in the other Loan
Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as if
remade on the date of such Advance (unless they relate to a
specific date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all
material respects on and as of such date); and
(c)
all amounts
(including, without limitation, fees) required to have been paid
pursuant to this Agreement, the Note, and the Warrants (to the
extent same are permitte