Payment; Reports Within twenty (20) days after the close of each calendar quarter, Partner will deliver to SAP a report (“Payment Report”) which will provide all information reasonably required by SAP identifying each Customer by an unique customer number for computation, customer name (no abbreviations), customer address (street, city, postal code, country), group (if any), and/or confirmation of the fees, if any, due or credited to Licensor for the period being reported, including without limitation:
(i) license information (material code/software description, license quantity, license metric, license term for non-perpetual licenses, and associated license or subscription fee due SAP), and (ii) SAP support fees, associated support rate and indicating whether it is first year support or a renewal, and associated license fee. The payment report shall be submitted to SAP even if no license and support fee is due. Partner will submit the payment report electronically via a reporting tool made available by SAP to Partner. SAP will inform in writing Partner in case of change to the reporting format and Partner shall submit its payment reports under such new reporting format for all future quarterly reporting periods. Partner agrees that the Payment Report is binding on Partner once it is submitted to SAP and Partner may not withdraw, modify or cancel any orders set forth in the Payment Report.
8. AUDIT.
(a) SAP shall have the right to once annually conduct an audit to verify the compliance of (i) Partner, and/or (ii) any of its Affiliates involved in the performance of obligations under any part of the Agreement, with the terms of the Agreement, in particular Partner´s compliance obligations as set forth in Section 12 below. Notwithstanding foregoing, in the event SAP reasonably believes that a breach of the terms of this Agreement, in particular the compliance obligations set forth in Section 12 below, has occurred or will most likely occur, SAP shall have the right to perform an audit.
(b) The audit will be conducted by SAP or its nominated independent expert. By choosing the expert, SAP will take into account Partner’s legitimate business interests. SAP will bear the costs of the audit unless the expert establishes a breach by the Partner in which case Partner must bear the costs.
(c) SAP will provide one (1) week advance notice of an audit unless a) SAP reasonably believes that evidence to be reviewed will be compromised or b) required by investigating authorities.
(d) The audit will take place during normal business hours and SAP will instruct its expert to conduct the audit in such a manner that it will not unreasonably interfere with Partner’s business operations.
(e) Partner must make full disclosure to the expert, and ensure that (i) Partner and its Affiliates involved in the performance of obligations under any part of this Agreement and any of (ii) Partner’s Representatives cooperate fully and provide information, grant viewing access to all necessary and useful documents and permit the making of copies of them. Financial records that relate to the subject matter of the audit must be readily available for inspection during audits by SAP or its expert. Partner also agrees to make its employees, officers, and directors involved in the performance of obligations under this Agreement available for meetings and interviews with SAP and/or its expert for the audit. Partner agrees to provide appropriate workspace for the expert.
(f) The expert will be bound in writing to confidentiality for the benefit of SAP and the Partner. The expert will undertake not to disclose information to SAP, except for the purpose of providing a report of the audit and, in case of a breach of any part of this Agreement, any information establishing such a breach.
(g) Partner’s Confidential Information disclosed during the audit will not be used by SAP for any purpose other than to verify and prove if a breach of any part of this Agreement has occurred.
(h) Partner must include audit terms with its agreements with any third party used by Partner in connection with its sales and marketing activities under this Agreement (hereinafter “Intermediary/ies”) which are materially as protective as the terms in this Section 8.
(i) SAP reserves the right to suspend new business with the Partner in the event of a lack of reasonable and/or timely cooperation by Partner and its representatives in case of an audit. Furthermore, SAP may terminate the Agreement in accordance with Section 10.1 (Termination) below in case Partner does not cooperate with SAP during an audit as outlined in this Section 8.
Financial Statements; Reports Provide Bank with the following by submitting to the Financial Statement Repository or otherwise submitting to Bank:
(a) a Borrowing Base Statement (and any schedules related thereto and including any other information reasonably requested by Bank with respect to Borrower’s Accounts) within thirty (30) days after the end of each month;
(b) within thirty (30) days after the end of each month, (A) monthly accounts receivable agings for Borrower’ Enterprise Accounts, aged by invoice date, (B) monthly accounts payable agings, aged by invoice date, and outstanding or held check registers, if any, and (C) monthly reconciliations of accounts receivable agings for Borrower’ Enterprise Accounts (aged by invoice date), and general ledger;
(c) 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 in a form reasonably acceptable to Bank (the “Monthly Financial Statements”), which Monthly Financial Statements shall include a detailed cash report that shows month-end balances for all of the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ Collateral Accounts;
(d) within thirty (30) days after the last day of each month and together with the Monthly Financial Statements, a completed Compliance Statement, confirming that, as of the end of such month, Borrower was in full compliance with all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and setting forth calculations showing compliance with the financial covenants set forth in this Agreement and such other information as Bank may reasonably request, including, without limitation, a statement that at the end of such month there were no held checks;
(e) as soon as available, and in any event within thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal quarter of Borrower, a recurring revenue cohort report in a form reasonably acceptable to Bank;
(f) within sixty (60) days after the end of each fiscal year of Borrower, and contemporaneously with any updates or amendments thereto, (A) annual operating budgets (including income statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements, by month) for the then current fiscal year of Borrower, and (B) annual financial projections for such fiscal year (on a quarterly basis), in each case as approved by the Board, together with any related business forecasts used in the preparation of such annual financial projections;
(g) as soon as available, and in any event within one hundred eighty (180) days following the end of Borrower’s fiscal year, audited consolidated financial statements prepared under GAAP, consistently applied, together with an unqualified opinion (provided that such opinion may contain a “going concern” qualification typical for venture backed companies similar to Borrower) on the financial statements from an independent certified public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to Bank, which includes any of the “Big Four” US accounting firms;
(h) in the event that Borrower becomes subject to the reporting requirements under the Exchange Act within ten (10) days of filing, copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by Borrower and/or any Guarantor with the SEC, any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of the SEC or with any national securities exchange, or distributed to its shareholders, as the case may be. Documents required to be delivered pursuant to the terms hereof (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto, on Borrower’s website on the internet at Borrower’s website address; provided, however, Borrower shall promptly notify Bank in writing (which may be by electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents;
(i) within ten (10) days of delivery, copies of all statements, reports and notices made available to Borrower’s security holders or to any holders of Subordinated Debt;
(j) prompt report of any legal actions pending or threatened in writing against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to result in a judgment against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of, individually or in the aggregate, Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000) or more; and
(k) promptly, from time to time, such other information regarding Borrower or compliance with the terms of any Loan Documents as reasonably requested by Bank. Any submission by Borrower of a Compliance Statement, a Borrowing Base Statement or any other financial statement submitted to the Financial Statement Repository pursuant to this Section 6.2 or otherwise submitted to Bank shall be deemed to be a representation by Borrower that (i) as of the date of such Compliance Statement, Borrowing Base Statement or other financial statement, the information and calculations set forth therein are true, accurate and correct, (ii) as of the end of the compliance period set forth in such submission, Borrower is in complete compliance with all required covenants except as noted in such Compliance Statement, Borrowing Base Statement or other financial statement, as applicable, (iii) as of the date of such submission, no Events of Default have occurred or are continuing, (iv) all representations and warranties other than any representations or warranties that are made as of a specific date in Section 5 remain true and correct in all material respects as of the date of such submission except as noted in such Compliance Statement, Borrowing Base Statement or other financial statement, as applicable, (v) as of the date of such submission, Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries 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 except as otherwise permitted pursuant to the terms of Section 5.9, and (vi) as of the date of such submission, no Liens have been levied or claims made against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries relating to unpaid employee payroll or benefits of which Borrower has not previously provided written notification to Bank.