Consolidating, Amended and Restated Financing
Agreement and Security Agreement
by and among
CONGRESS FINANCIAL CORPORATION (FLORIDA)
as Lender
and
PREMIX-MARBLETITE MANUFACTURING CO.,
ACROCRETE, INC.,
and
JUST-RITE SUPPLY, INC.,
collectively as Borrower
Dated: January 28, 2000
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.................................................................1
SECTION 2. CREDIT FACILITIES...........................................................7
2.1 Revolving Loans.............................................................7
2.2 Availability Reserves.......................................................8
SECTION 3. INTEREST....................................................................8
SECTION 4. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT........................................................9
4.1 Conditions Precedent to Initial Loans.......................................9
4.2 Conditions Precedent to All Loans..........................................10
SECTION 5. CONTINUATION AND GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST................................11
SECTION 6. COLLECTION AND ADMINISTRATION..............................................12
6.1 Borrower's Loan Account....................................................12
6.2 Statements.................................................................12
6.3 Collection of Accounts.....................................................12
6.4 Payments...................................................................13
6.5 Authorization to Make Loans................................................14
6.6 Use of Proceeds............................................................14
SECTION 7. COLLATERAL REPORTING AND COVENANTS.........................................14
7.1 Collateral Reporting.......................................................14
7.2 Accounts Covenants.........................................................15
7.3 Inventory Covenants........................................................16
7.4 Power of Attorney..........................................................17
7.5 Right to Cure..............................................................17
7.6 Access to Premises.........................................................18
SECTION 8. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.............................................18
8.1 Corporate Existence, Power and Authority; Subsidiaries.....................18
8.2 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Change...........................18
8.3 Chief Executive Office; Collateral Locations...............................19
8.4 Priority of Liens; Title to Properties.....................................19
8.5 Tax Returns................................................................19
8.6 Litigation.................................................................19
8.7 Compliance with Other Agreements and Applicable Laws.......................20
8.8 Bank Accounts..............................................................20
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8.10 Capitalization.............................................................20
8.11 Accuracy and Completeness of Information...................................21
8.12 Survival of Warranties; Cumulative.........................................21
SECTION 9. AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE COVENANTS.........................................21
9.1 Maintenance of Existence...................................................21
9.2 New Collateral Locations...................................................21
9.3 Compliance with Laws, Regulations, Etc.....................................21
9.4 Payment of Taxes and Claims................................................22
9.5 Insurance..................................................................22
9.6 Financial Statements and Other Information.................................22
9.7 Sale of Assets, Consolidation, Merger, Dissolution, Etc....................24
9.8 Encumbrances...............................................................24
9.9 Transactions with Affiliates...............................................24
9.10 Costs and Expenses.........................................................24
9.11 Further Assurances.........................................................25
SECTION 10. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES.............................................25
10.1 Events of Default..........................................................25
10.2 Remedies...................................................................27
SECTION 11. JURY TRIAL WAIVER; OTHER WAIVERS
AND CONSENTS; GOVERNI......................................................28
11.1 Governing Law; Choice of Forum; Service of Process; Jury Trial Waiver......28
11.2 Waiver of Notices..........................................................29
11.3 Amendments and Waivers.....................................................30
11.4 Waiver of Counterclaims....................................................30
11.5 Indemnification............................................................30
SECTION 12. TERM OF AGREEMENT; MISCELLANEOUS...........................................30
12.1 Term.......................................................................30
12.2 Notices....................................................................31
12.3 Partial Invalidity.........................................................32
12.4 Successors.................................................................32
12.5 Entire Agreement...........................................................32
12.7 Joint and Several Liability................................................32
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INDEX TO
EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
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Exhibit A Information Certificate
Schedule 8.4 Existing Liens
Schedule 8.8 Bank Accounts
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CONSOLIDATING, AMENDED AND RESTATED FINANCING AGREEMENT
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AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
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This Consolidating, Amended and Restated Financing Agreement and
Security Agreement dated January 28, 2000, is entered into by and among Congress
Financial Corporation (Florida), a Florida corporation ("Lender") and
Premix-Marbletite Manufacturing Co. ("Premix"), Acrocrete, Inc. ("Acrocrete"),
and Just-Rite Supply, Inc. ("Just-Rite"), all Florida corporations (as
co-borrowers, sometimes collectively referred to herein as "Borrower").
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, on June 20, 1988, Lender and Premix entered into that
certain Amended and Restated Accounts Financing Agreement [Security Agreement],
that certain Inventory Security Agreement Supplement thereto and that certain
Inventory Loans Agreement, each as amended, (collectively, the "Prior Premix
Agreement"), pursuant to which Prior Premix Agreement, Lender entered into
certain financing arrangements with Premix and Lender made certain loans to
Premix; and
WHEREAS, Lender and Acrocrete entered into that certain Accounts
Financing Agreement [Security Agreement] on November 21, 1988, and on February
22, 1991, entered into that certain Inventory Security Agreement Supplement
thereto and that certain Inventory Loans Agreement, each as amended
(collectively, the "Prior Acrocrete Agreement" and, together with the Prior
Premix Agreement, the "Prior Agreements"), pursuant to which Prior Acrocrete
Agreement, Lender entered into certain financing arrangements with Acrocrete and
Lender made certain loans to Acrocrete; and
WHEREAS, Borrower has requested that the Prior Agreements be
consolidated, amended and restated, and that their new affiliate Just-Rite, be
added as a co-borrower under such consolidated financing arrangements; and
WHEREAS, Lender is willing to so amend and establish such financial
arrangements with Borrower on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual conditions and
agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
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All terms used herein which are defined in Article 1 or Article 9 of
the Uniform Commercial Code shall have the meanings given therein unless
otherwise defined in this Agreement. All references to the plural herein shall
also mean the singular and to the singular shall also mean the plural unless the
context otherwise requires. All references to Borrower and Lender pursuant to
the
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definitions set forth in the recitals hereto, or to any other person herein,
shall include their respective successors and assigns. The words "hereof",
"herein", "hereunder", "this Agreement" and words of similar import when used in
this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not any particular
provision of this Agreement and as this Agreement now exists or may hereafter be
amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced. The
word "including" when used in this Agreement shall mean "including, without
limitation". An Event of Default shall exist or continue or be continuing until
such Event of Default is waived in accordance with Section 11.3 or is cured in a
manner satisfactory to Lender, if such Event of Default is capable of being
cured as determined by Lender. Any accounting term used herein unless otherwise
defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings customarily given to such term
in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the respective meanings given to them below:
1.1 "Accounts" shall mean all present and future rights of Borrower to
payment for goods sold or leased or for services rendered, which are not
evidenced by instruments or chattel paper, and whether or not earned by
performance.
1.2 "Availability Reserves" shall mean, as of any date of
determination, such amounts as Lender may from time to time establish and revise
in good faith reducing the amount of Revolving Loans which would otherwise be
available to Borrower under the lending formula(s) provided for herein: (a) to
reflect events, conditions, contingencies or risks which, as determined by
Lender in good faith, do or may affect either (i) the Collateral or any other
property which is security for the Obligations or its value, (ii) the assets,
business or prospects of Borrower or any Obligor or (iii) the security interests
and other rights of Lender in the Collateral (including the enforceability,
perfection and priority thereof) or (b) to reflect Lender's good faith belief
that any collateral report or financial information furnished by or on behalf of
Borrower or any Obligor to Lender is or may have been incomplete, inaccurate or
misleading in any material respect or (c) in respect of any state of facts which
Lender determines in good faith constitutes an Event of Default or may, with
notice or passage of time or both, constitute an Event of Default.
1.3 "Blocked Accounts" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
6.3 hereof.
1.4 "Collateral" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5 hereof.
1.5 "Eligible Accounts" shall mean Accounts created by Borrower which
are and continue to be acceptable to Lender based on the criteria set forth
below. In general, Accounts shall be Eligible Accounts if:
(a) such Accounts arise from the actual and bona fide sale and
delivery of goods by Borrower or rendition of services by Borrower in the
ordinary course of its business which transactions are completed in accordance
with the terms and provisions contained in any documents related thereto;
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(b) such Accounts are not more than ninety (90) days past due
under the original terms of sale and are not unpaid more than one hundred twenty
(120) days after the date of the original invoice for them;
(c) such Accounts comply with the terms and conditions in
Section 7.2(c) of this Agreement;
(d) such Accounts do not arise from sales on consignment,
guaranteed sale, sale and return, sale on approval, or other terms under which
payment by the account debtor may be conditional or contingent;
(e) the chief executive office of the account debtor with
respect to such Accounts is located in the United States of America, or, at
Lender's option, if either: (i) the account debtor has delivered to Borrower an
irrevocable letter of credit issued or confirmed by a Bank satisfactory to
Lender and payable only in the United States of America and in U.S. dollars,
sufficient to cover such Account, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender
and, if required by Lender, the original of such letter of credit has been
delivered to Lender or Lender's agent and the issuer thereof notified of the
assignment of the proceeds of such letter of credit to Lender, or (ii) such
Account is subject to credit insurance payable to Lender issued by an insurer
and on terms and in an amount acceptable to Lender, or (iii) such Account is
otherwise acceptable in all respects to Lender (subject to such lending formula
with respect thereto as Lender may determine);
(f) such Accounts do not consist of progress ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇
and hold invoices or retainage invoices, except as to ▇▇▇▇ and hold invoices, if
Lender shall have received an agreement in writing from the account debtor, in
form and substance satisfactory to Lender, confirming the unconditional
obligation of the account debtor to take the goods related thereto and pay such
invoice;
(g) the account debtor with respect to such Accounts has not
asserted a counterclaim, defense or dispute and does not have, and does not
engage in transactions which may give rise to, any right of setoff against such
Accounts (but the portion of the Accounts of such account debtor in excess of
the amount at any time and from time to time owed by Borrower to such account
debtor or claimed owed by such account debtor may be deemed Eligible Accounts);
(h) there are no facts, events or occurrences which would
impair the validity, enforceability or collectability of such Accounts or reduce
the amount payable or delay payment thereunder;
(i) such Accounts are subject to the first priority, valid and
perfected security interest of Lender and any goods giving rise thereto are not,
and were not at the time of the sale thereof, subject to any liens except those
permitted in this Agreement;
(j) neither the account debtor nor any officer or employee of
the account debtor with respect to such Accounts (except any Accounts owed by
A&R of Mississippi, Inc.) is an officer,
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employee or agent of or affiliated with Borrower directly or indirectly by
virtue of family membership, ownership, control, management or otherwise;
(k) the account debtors with respect to such Accounts are not
any foreign government, the United States of America, any State, political
subdivision, department, agency or instrumentality thereof, unless, if the
account debtor is the United States of America, any State, political
subdivision, department, agency or instrumentality thereof, upon Lender's
request, the Federal Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, as amended or any similar
State or local law, if applicable, has been complied with in a manner
satisfactory to Lender;
(l) there are no proceedings or actions which are threatened
or pending against the account debtors with respect to such Accounts which might
result in any material adverse change in any such account debtor's financial
condition;
(m) such Accounts of a single account debtor and its
affiliates do not constitute more than twenty (20%) percent of all otherwise
Eligible Accounts (but the portion of the Accounts not in excess of such
percentage may be deemed Eligible Accounts);
(n) such Accounts are not owed by an account debtor who has
Accounts more than ninety (90) days past due under the original terms of sale or
unpaid more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the date of the original
invoice for them, which Accounts constitute more than fifty (50%) percent of the
total Accounts of such account debtor;
(o) such Accounts are owed by account debtors whose total
indebtedness to Borrower does not exceed the credit limit with respect to such
account debtors as determined by Lender from time to time (but the portion of
the Accounts not in excess of such credit limit may be deemed Eligible
Accounts); and
(p) such Accounts are owed by account debtors deemed
creditworthy at all times by Lender, as determined by Lender.
General criteria for Eligible Accounts may be established and revised from time
to time by Lender in good faith. Any Accounts which are not Eligible Accounts
shall nevertheless be part of the Collateral.
1.6 "Eligible Inventory" shall mean Inventory consisting of finished
goods held for resale in the ordinary course of the business of Borrower and raw
materials for such finished goods which are acceptable to Lender based on the
criteria set forth below. In general, Eligible Inventory shall not include (a)
work-in-process; (b) components which are not part of finished goods; (c) spare
parts for equipment; (d) packaging and shipping materials; (e) supplies used or
consumed in Borrower's business; (f) Inventory at premises other than those
owned and controlled by Borrower, except if Lender shall have received an
agreement in writing from the person in possession of such Inventory and/or the
owner or operator of such premises in form and substance satisfactory to Lender
acknowledging Lender's first priority security interest in the Inventory,
waiving security interests
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and claims by such person against the Inventory and permitting Lender access to,
and the right to remain on, the premises so as to exercise Lender's rights and
remedies and otherwise deal with the Collateral; (g) Inventory subject to a
security interest or lien in favor of any person other than Lender except those
permitted in this Agreement; (h) ▇▇▇▇ and hold goods; (i) unserviceable,
obsolete or slow moving Inventory; (j) Inventory which is not subject to the
first priority, valid and perfected security interest of Lender; (k) returned,
damaged and/or defective Inventory; and (l) Inventory purchased or sold on
consignment. General criteria for Eligible Inventory may be established and
revised from time to time by Lender in good faith. Any Inventory which is not
Eligible Inventory shall nevertheless be part of the Collateral.
1.7 "Event of Default" shall mean the occurrence or existence of any
event or condition described in Section 10.1 hereof.
1.8 "Financing Agreements" shall mean, collectively, this Agreement and
all notes, guarantees, security agreements and other agreements, documents and
instruments now or at any time hereafter executed and/or delivered by Borrower
or any Obligor in connection with this Agreement, as the same now exist or may
hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or
replaced.
1.9 "GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States of America as in effect from time to time as set forth in the
opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the statements and pronouncements
of the Financial Accounting Standards Board which are applicable to the
circumstances as of the date of determination consistently applied.
1.10 "Information Certificate" shall mean the Information Certificate
of Borrower constituting Exhibit A hereto containing material information with
respect to Borrower, its business and assets provided by or on behalf of
Borrower to Lender in connection with the preparation of this Agreement and the
other Financing Agreements and the financing arrangements provided for herein.
1.11 "Inventory" shall mean all of Borrower's now owned and hereafter
existing or acquired raw materials, work in process, finished goods and all
other inventory of whatsoever kind or nature, wherever located.
1.12 "Loans" shall mean the Revolving Loans.
1.13 "Maximum Credit" shall mean the amount of $4,500,000.
1.14 "Net Amount of Eligible Accounts" shall mean the gross amount of
Eligible Accounts less sales, excise or similar taxes included in the amount
thereof and returns, discounts, claims, credits and allowances of any nature at
any time issued, owing, granted, outstanding, available or claimed with respect
thereto.
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1.15 "Obligations" shall mean any and all Revolving Loans and all other
obligations, liabilities and indebtedness of every kind, nature and description
owing by Borrower to Lender and/or its affiliates, including principal,
interest, charges, fees, costs and expenses, however evidenced, whether as
principal, surety, endorser, guarantor or otherwise, whether arising under this
Agreement or otherwise, whether now existing or hereafter arising, whether
arising before, during or after the initial or any renewal term of this
Agreement or after the commencement of any case with respect to Borrower under
the United States Bankruptcy Code or any similar statute (including the payment
of interest and other amounts which would accrue and become due but for the
commencement of such case, whether or not such amounts are allowed or allowable
in whole or in part in such case), whether direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, joint or several, due or not due, primary or secondary, liquidated
or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, and however acquired by Lender.
1.16 "Obligor" shall mean any guarantor, endorser, acceptor, surety or
other person liable on or with respect to the Obligations or who is the owner of
any property which is security for the Obligations, other than Borrower.
1.17 "Payment Account" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
6.3 hereof.
1.18 "Person" or "person" shall mean any individual, sole
proprietorship, partnership, corporation (including any corporation which elects
subchapter S status under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended),
limited liability company, limited liability partnership, business trust,
unincorporated association, joint stock corporation, trust, joint venture or
other entity or any government or any agency or instrumentality or political
subdivision thereof.
1.19 "Prime Rate" shall mean the rate announced by First Union National
Bank, or its successors, from time to time as its prime rate, whether or not
such announced rate is the best rate available at such Bank.
1.20 "Purchase Agreements" shall mean, individually and collectively,
the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated December 31, 1999, between Just-Rite,
Imperial Industries, Inc., Sellers, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇.
▇▇▇▇▇▇, and the ▇▇▇▇ of Sale, dated January 1, 2000, from Acrocrete to
Just-Rite, together with bills of sale, quitclaim deeds, assignment and
assumption agreements and such other instruments of transfer as are referred to
therein and all side letters with respect thereto, and all agreements, documents
and instruments executed and/or delivered in connection therewith, as all of the
foregoing now exist or may hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented,
extended, renewed, restated or replaced; provided, that, the term "Purchase
Agreements" as used herein shall not include any of the "Financing Agreements"
as such term is defined herein.
1.21 "Purchased Assets" shall mean all of the assets and properties
acquired by Just-Rite from Sellers and Acrocrete pursuant to the Purchase
Agreements.
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1.22 "Rate Reduction Event" shall mean Lender's receipt of Imperial
Industries, Inc.'s audited and certified financial statements, showing net
income in excess of $600,000.
1.23 "Records" shall mean all of Borrower's present and future books of
account of every kind or nature, purchase and sale agreements, invoices, ledger
cards, bills of lading and other shipping evidence, statements, correspondence,
memoranda, credit files and other data relating to the Collateral or any account
debtor, together with the tapes, disks, diskettes and other data and software
storage media and devices, file cabinets or containers in or on which the
foregoing are stored (including any rights of Borrower with respect to the
foregoing maintained with or by any other person).
1.24 "Revolving Loans" shall mean the loans now or hereafter made by
Lender to or for the benefit of Borrower on a revolving basis (involving
advances, repayments and readvances) as set forth in Section 2.1 hereof.
1.25 "Sellers" shall mean A & R Supply, Inc., a Florida corporation,
A & R of ▇▇▇▇▇, Inc., a Florida corporation, A & R of Destin, Inc., a Florida
corporation, and their respective successors and assigns.
1.26 "Value" shall mean, as determined by Lender in good faith, with
respect to Inventory, the lower of (a) cost computed on a first-in-first-out
basis in accordance with GAAP or (b) market value.
SECTION 2. CREDIT FACILITIES
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2.1 Revolving Loans.
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(a) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions contained
herein, Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans to Borrower from time to time in
amounts requested by Borrower up to the amount equal to the sum of:
(i) eighty-five (85%) percent of the Net Amount of
Eligible Accounts, plus
(ii) the lesser of: (A) the sum of thirty-five (35%)
percent of the Value of Eligible Inventory, or (B) $1,000,000,
less
(iii) any Availability Reserves.
(b) Lender may, in its discretion, from time to time, upon not
less than ten (10) days prior notice to Borrower, (i) reduce the lending formula
with respect to Eligible Accounts to the extent that Lender determines in good
faith that: (A) the dilution with respect to the Accounts for any period (based
on the ratio of (1) the aggregate amount of reductions in Accounts other than
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as a result of payments in cash to (2) the aggregate amount of total sales) has
increased in any material respect or may be reasonably anticipated to increase
in any material respect above historical levels, or (B) the general
creditworthiness of account debtors has declined or (ii) reduce the lending
formula(s) with respect to Eligible Inventory to the extent that Lender
determines that: (A) the number of days of the turnover of the Inventory for any
period has changed in any material respect or (B) the liquidation value of the
Eligible Inventory, or any category thereof, has decreased, or (C) the nature
and quality of the Inventory has deteriorated. In determining whether to reduce
the lending formula(s), Lender may consider events, conditions, contingencies or
risks which are also considered in determining Eligible Accounts, Eligible
Inventory or in establishing Availability Reserves.
(c) Except in Lender's discretion, the aggregate amount of the
Loans outstanding at any time shall not exceed the Maximum Credit. In the event
that the outstanding amount of any component of the Loans, or the aggregate
amount of the outstanding Loans, exceed the amounts available under the lending
formulas or the Maximum Credit, as applicable, such event shall not limit, waive
or otherwise affect any rights of Lender in that circumstance or on any future
occasions and Borrower shall, upon demand by Lender, which may be made at any
time or from time to time, immediately repay to Lender the entire amount of any
such excess(es) for which payment is demanded.
2.2 Availability Reserves. All Revolving Loans otherwise available to
Borrower pursuant to the lending formulas and subject to the Maximum Credit and
other applicable limits hereunder shall be subject to Lender's continuing right
to establish and revise Availability Reserves.
SECTION 3. INTEREST
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3.1 Borrower shall pay to Lender interest on the outstanding principal
amount of the non- contingent Obligations at the rate of one (1%) percent per
annum in excess of the Prime Rate, reducing to one-half (1/2%) percent per
annum in excess of the Prime Rate commencing on the first day of the first month
following the occurrence of the Rate Reduction Event, except that, at Lender's
option, without notice, Borrower shall pay to Lender interest at the rate of
three (3%) percent per annum in excess of the Prime Rate, reducing to two and
one-half (21/2%) percent per annum in excess of the Prime Rate commencing on
the first day of the first month following the occurrence of the Rate Reduction
Event: (i) on the non-contingent Obligations for (A) the period from and after
the date of termination or non-renewal hereof until such time as Lender has
received full and final payment of all such Obligations (notwithstanding entry
of any judgment against Borrower), and (B) the period from and after the date of
the occurrence of an Event of Default for so long as such Event of Default is
continuing as determined by Lender and (ii) on the Revolving Loans at any time
outstanding in excess of the amounts available to Borrower under Section 2
(whether or not such excess(es), arise or are made with or without Lender's
knowledge or consent and whether made before or after an Event of Default).
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3.2 Interest shall be payable by Borrower to Lender monthly in arrears
not later than the first day of each calendar month and shall be calculated on
the basis of a three hundred sixty (360) day year and actual days elapsed. The
interest rate shall increase or decrease by an amount equal to each increase or
decrease in the Prime Rate effective on the first day of the month after any
change in such Prime Rate is announced. The increase or decrease shall be based
on the Prime Rate in effect on the last day of the month in which any such
change occurs. All interest accruing hereunder on and after an Event of Default
or termination or non-renewal hereof shall be payable on demand. In no event
shall charges constituting interest payable by Borrower to Lender exceed the
maximum amount or the rate permitted under any applicable law or regulation, and
if any part or provision of this Agreement is in contravention of any such law
or regulation, such part or provision shall be deemed amended to conform
thereto.
SECTION 4. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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4.1 Conditions Precedent to Initial Loans. Each of the following is a
condition precedent to Lender making the initial Loans hereunder:
(a) Lender shall have received, in form and substance
satisfactory to Lender, evidence that the Purchase Agreements have been duly
executed and delivered by and to the appropriate parties thereto and the
transactions contemplated under the terms of the Purchase Agreements have been
consummated prior to or contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement;
(b) Lender shall have received, in form and substance
satisfactory to Lender, all releases, terminations and such other documents as
Lender may request to evidence and effectuate the termination by the existing
lender or lenders to Borrower of their respective financing arrangements with
Borrower and the termination and release by it or them, as the case may be, of
any interest in and to any assets and properties of Borrower and each Obligor,
duly authorized, executed and delivered by it or each of them, including, but
not limited to, (i) UCC termination statements for all UCC financing statements
previously filed by it or any of them or their predecessors, as secured party
and Borrower or any Obligor, as debtor and (ii) satisfactions and discharges of
any mortgages, deeds of trust or deeds to secure debt by Borrower or any Obligor
in favor of such existing lender or lenders, in form acceptable for recording in
the appropriate government office;
(c) Lender shall have received evidence, in form and substance
satisfactory to Lender, that Lender has valid perfected and first priority
security interests in and liens upon the Collateral and any other property which
is intended to be security for the Obligations or the liability of any Obligor
in respect thereof, subject only to the security interests and liens permitted
herein or in the other Financing Agreements;
(d) all requisite corporate action and proceedings in
connection with this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements shall be
satisfactory in form and substance to Lender, and Lender shall have received all
information and copies of all documents, including
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records of requisite corporate action and proceedings which Lender may have
requested in connection therewith, such documents where requested by Lender or
its counsel to be certified by appropriate corporate officers or governmental
authorities;
(e) no material adverse change shall have occurred in the
assets, business or prospects of Borrower since the date of Lender's latest
field examination and no change or event shall have occurred which would impair
the ability of Borrower or any Obligor to perform its obligations hereunder or
under any of the other Financing Agreements to which it is a party or of Lender
to enforce the Obligations or realize upon the Collateral;
(f) Lender shall have completed a field review of the Records
and such other information with respect to the Collateral as Lender may require
to determine the amount of Revolving Loans available to Borrower;
(g) Lender shall have received, in form and substance
satisfactory to Lender, all consents, waivers, acknowledgments and other
agreements from third persons which Lender may deem necessary or desirable in
order to permit, protect and perfect its security interests in and liens upon
the Collateral or to effectuate the provisions or purposes of this Agreement and
the other Financing Agreements, including acknowledgements by lessors,
mortgagees and warehousemen of Lender's security interests in the Collateral,
waivers by such persons of any security interests, liens or other claims by such
persons to the Collateral and agreements permitting Lender access to, and the
right to remain on, the premises to exercise its rights and remedies and
otherwise deal with the Collateral;
(h) Lender shall have received evidence of insurance and loss
payee endorsements required hereunder and under the other Financing Agreements,
in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, and certificates of insurance
policies and/or endorsements naming Lender as loss payee;
(i) Lender shall have received, in form and substance
satisfactory to Lender, the opinion letter of counsel(s) to Borrower with
respect to the Purchase Agreements, the Financing Agreements and the security
interests and liens of Lender with respect to the Collateral and such other
matters as Lender may request; and
(j) the other Financing Agreements and all instruments and
documents hereunder and thereunder shall have been duly executed and delivered
to Lender, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender.
4.2 Conditions Precedent to All Loans. Each of the following is an
additional condition precedent to Lender making Loans to Borrower, including the
initial Loans and any future Loans:
(a) all representations and warranties contained herein and in
the other Financing Agreements shall be true and correct in all material
respects with the same effect as
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though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date
of the making of each such Loan and after giving effect thereto; and
(b) no Event of Default and no event or condition which, with
notice or passage of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, shall
exist or have occurred and be continuing on and as of the date of the making of
such Loan and after giving effect thereto.
SECTION 5. CONTINUATION AND GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
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Pursuant to the Existing Agreements, Borrower granted or caused to be
granted to Lender security interests, liens, rights of set off and assignments
as security in, upon, against and of collateral described in the Existing
Agreements (the "Existing Collateral") in order to secure payment and
performance of all Obligations defined in the Existing Agreements (the "Existing
Obligations"). Borrower hereby restates, reaffirms and continues those grants of
the Existing Collateral pursuant to the remaining provisions of this Section,
and Lender shall retain its interests in the Existing Collateral, in order to
secure the payment and performance of all Obligations (which include the
Existing Obligations) in accordance with the respective terms and provisions of
this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements. To the extent the Collateral
described below in this Section includes assets and properties not included in
the Existing Collateral, Borrower intends to grant, and pursuant to the
remaining provisions of this Section grants, to Lender a continuing security
interest in and to those assets and properties.
To secure payment and performance of all Obligations, Borrower hereby
grants to Lender a continuing security interest in, a lien upon, and a right of
set off against, and hereby assigns to Lender as security, the following
property and interests in property of Borrower, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired or existing, and wherever located (collectively, the "Collateral"):
5.1 Accounts;
5.2 all present and future contract rights, general intangibles
(including duty refunds, trade secrets, processes, drawings, blueprints,
customer lists, choses in action and other claims and existing and future
leasehold interests in equipment, real estate and fixtures), chattel paper,
documents, instruments;
5.3 all present and future monies, securities, credit balances,
deposits, deposit accounts and other property of Borrower now or hereafter held
or received by or in transit to Lender or its affiliates or at any other
depository or other institution from or for the account of Borrower relating to
Accounts or Inventory, whether for safekeeping, pledge, custody, transmission,
collection or otherwise, and all present and future liens, security interests,
rights, remedies, title and interest in, to and in respect of Accounts and other
Collateral, including (a) rights and remedies under or relating to guaranties,
contracts of suretyship, letters of credit and credit and other insurance
related to the Collateral, (b) rights of stoppage in transit, replevin,
repossession, reclamation and other rights and remedies of an unpaid vendor,
lienor or secured party, (c) goods described in invoices, documents,
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contracts or instruments with respect to, or otherwise representing or
evidencing, Accounts or other Collateral, including returned, repossessed and
reclaimed goods, and (d) deposits by and property of account debtors or other
persons securing the obligations of account debtors;
5.4 Inventory;
5.5 Records; and
5.6 all products and proceeds of the foregoing, in any form, including
insurance proceeds and all claims against third parties for loss or damage to or
destruction of any or all of the foregoing.
SECTION 6. COLLECTION AND ADMINISTRATION
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6.1 Borrower's Loan Account. Lender shall maintain one or more loan
account(s) on its books in which shall be recorded (a) all Loans and other
Obligations and the Collateral, (b) all payments made by or on behalf of
Borrower and (c) all other appropriate debits and credits as provided in this
Agreement, including fees, charges, costs, expenses and interest. All entries in
the loan account(s) shall be made in accordance with Lender's customary
practices as in effect from time to time.
6.2 Statements. Lender shall render to Borrower each month a statement
setting forth the balance in the Borrower's loan account(s) maintained by Lender
for Borrower pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including principal,
interest, fees, costs and expenses. Each such statement shall be subject to
subsequent adjustment by Lender but shall, absent manifest errors or omissions,
be considered correct and deemed accepted by Borrower and conclusively binding
upon Borrower as an account stated except to the extent that Lender receives a
written notice from Borrower of any specific exceptions of Borrower thereto
within thirty (30) days after the date such statement has been mailed by Lender.
Until such time as Lender shall have rendered to Borrower a written statement as
provided above, the balance in Borrower's loan account(s) shall be presumptive
evidence of the amounts due and owing to Lender by Borrower.
6.3 Collection of Accounts.
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(a) On or after the occurrence of an Event of Default, at
Lender's request, Borrower shall establish and maintain, at its expense, blocked
accounts or lockboxes and related blocked accounts (in either case, "Blocked
Accounts"), as Lender may specify, with such banks as are acceptable to Lender
into which Borrower shall promptly deposit and direct its account debtors to
directly remit all payments on Accounts and all payments constituting proceeds
of Inventory or other Collateral in the identical form in which such payments
are made, whether by cash, check or other manner. The banks at which the Blocked
Accounts are established shall enter into an agreement, in form and substance
satisfactory to Lender, providing that all items received or deposited in the
Blocked Accounts are the property of Lender, that the depository bank has no
lien upon, or right to setoff against, the Blocked Accounts, the items received
for deposit therein, or the funds from time to time on deposit therein and that
the depository bank will wire, or otherwise
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transfer, in immediately available funds, on a daily basis, all funds received
or deposited into the Blocked Accounts to such bank account of Lender as Lender
may from time to time designate for such purpose ("Payment Account"). Borrower
agrees that all payments made to such Blocked Accounts or other funds received
and collected by Lender, whether on the Accounts or as proceeds of Inventory or
other Collateral or otherwise shall be the property of Lender.
(b) For purposes of calculating the amount of the Loans
available to Borrower, such payments will be applied (conditional upon final
collection) to the Obligations on the business day of receipt by Lender of
immediately available funds in the Payment Account provided such payments and
notice thereof are received in accordance with Lender's usual and customary
practices as in effect from time to time and within sufficient time to credit
Borrower's loan account on such day, and if not, then on the next business day.
For the purposes of calculating interest on the Obligations, such payments or
other funds received will be applied (conditional upon final collec tion) to the
Obligations one (1) business day following the date of receipt of immediately
available funds by Lender in the Payment Account provided such payments or other
funds and notice thereof are received in accordance with Lender's usual and
customary practices as in effect from time to time and within sufficient time to
credit Borrower's loan account on such day, and if not, then on the next
business day.
(c) Borrower and all of its affiliates, subsidiaries,
shareholders, directors, employees or agents shall, acting as trustee for
Lender, receive, as the property of Lender, any monies, checks, notes, drafts or
any other payment relating to and/or proceeds of Accounts or other Collateral
which come into their possession or under their control and immediately upon
receipt thereof, shall deposit or cause the same to be deposited in the Blocked
Accounts, or remit the same or cause the same to be remitted, in kind, to
Lender. In no event shall the same be commingled with Borrower's own funds.
Borrower agrees to reimburse Lender on demand for any amounts owed or paid to
any bank at which a Blocked Account is established or any other bank or person
involved in the transfer of funds to or from the Blocked Accounts arising out of
Lender's payments to or indemnification of such bank or person. The obligation
of Borrower to reimburse Lender for such amounts pursuant to this Section 6.3
shall survive the termination or non-renewal of this Agreement.
6.4 Payments. All Obligations shall be payable to the Payment Account
as provided in Section 6.3 or such other place as Lender may designate from time
to time. Lender may apply payments received or collected from Borrower or for
the account of Borrower (including the monetary proceeds of collections or of
realization upon any Collateral) to such of the Obligations, whether or not then
due, in such order and manner as Lender determines. At Lender's option, all
principal, interest, fees, costs, expenses and other charges provided for in
this Agreement or the other Financing Agreements may be charged directly to the
loan account(s) of Borrower. Borrower shall make all payments to Lender on the
Obligations free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on
account of, any setoff, counterclaim, defense, duties, taxes, levies, imposts,
fees, deductions, withholding, restrictions or conditions of any kind. If after
receipt of any payment of, or proceeds of Collateral applied to the payment of,
any of the Obligations, Lender is required to surrender or return such payment
or proceeds to any Person for any reason, then the Obligations intended to be
satisfied by such payment or proceeds shall be reinstated and continue and this
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Agreement shall continue in full force and effect as if such payment or proceeds
had not been received by Lender. Borrower shall be liable to pay to Lender, and
does hereby indemnify and hold Lender harmless for the amount of any payments or
proceeds surrendered or returned. This Section 6.4 shall remain effective
notwithstanding any contrary action which may be taken by Lender in reliance
upon such payment or proceeds. This Section 6.4 shall survive the payment of the
Obligations and the termination or non-renewal of this Agreement.
6.5 Authorization to Make Loans. Lender is authorized to make the
Loans based upon telephonic or other instructions received from anyone
purporting to be an officer of Borrower or other authorized person or, at the
discretion of Lender, if such Loans are necessary to satisfy any Obligations.
All requests for Loans hereunder shall specify the date on which the requested
advance is to be made (which day shall be a business day) and the amount of the
requested Loan. Requests received after 11:00 a.m. Miami, Florida time on any
day shall be deemed to have been made as of the opening of business on the
immediately following business day. All Loans under this Agreement shall be
conclusively presumed to have been made to, and at the request of and for the
benefit of, Borrower when deposited to the credit of Borrower or otherwise
disbursed or established in accordance with the instructions of Borrower or in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
6.6 Use of Proceeds. Borrower shall use the initial proceeds of the
Loans provided by Lender to Borrower hereunder for costs, expenses and fees in
connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the other Financing Agreements. All other Loans made by Lender to
Borrower pursuant to the provisions hereof shall be used by Borrower only for
general operating, working capital and other proper corporate purposes of
Borrower not otherwise prohibited by the terms hereof. None of the proceeds will
be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any
margin security or for the purposes of reducing or retiring any indebtedness
which was originally incurred to purchase or carry any margin security or for
any other purpose which might cause any of the Loans to be considered a "purpose
credit" within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, as amended.
SECTION 7. COLLATERAL REPORTING AND COVENANTS
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7.1 Collateral Reporting. Borrower shall provide Lender with the
following documents in a form satisfactory to Lender: (a) on a regular basis as
required by Lender, a schedule of Accounts, sales made, credits issued and cash
received; (b) on a monthly basis or more frequently as Lender may request, (i)
perpetual inventory reports, (ii) inventory reports by category and (iii) agings
of accounts payable, (c) upon Lender's request, (i) copies of customer
statements and credit memos, remittance advices and reports, and copies of
deposit slips and Bank statements, (ii) copies of shipping and delivery
documents, and (iii) copies of purchase orders, invoices and delivery documents
for Inventory and Equipment acquired by Borrower; (d) agings of accounts
receivable on a monthly basis or more frequently as Lender may request; and (e)
such other reports as to the Collateral as Lender shall request from time to
time. If any of Borrower's records or reports of the
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Collateral are prepared or maintained by an accounting service, contractor,
shipper or other agent, Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes such service,
contractor, shipper or agent to deliver such records, reports, and related
documents to Lender and to follow Lender's instructions with respect to further
services at any time that an Event of Default exists or has occurred and is
continuing.
7.2 Accounts Covenants.
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(a) Borrower shall notify Lender promptly of: (i) any
material delay in Borrower's performance of any of its obligations to any
account debtor or the assertion of any claims pertaining to an amount exceeding
$10,000, offsets, defenses or counterclaims by any account debtor pertaining to
an amount exceeding $10,000, or any disputes with account debtors pertaining to
an amount exceeding $10,000, or any settlement, adjustment or compromise
thereof, (ii) all material adverse information relating to the financial
condition of any account debtor and (iii) any event or circumstance which, to
Borrower's knowledge would cause Lender to consider any then existing Accounts
as no longer constituting Eligible Accounts. No credit, discount, allowance or
extension or agreement for any of the foregoing shall be granted to any account
debtor without Lender's consent, except in the ordinary course of Borrower's
business in accordance with practices and policies previously disclosed in
writing to Lender. So long as no Event of Default exists or has occurred and is
continuing, Borrower shall settle, adjust or compromise any claim, offset,
counterclaim or dispute with any account debtor. At any time that an Event of
Default exists or has occurred and is continuing, Lender shall, at its option,
have the exclusive right to settle, adjust or compromise any claim, offset,
counterclaim or dispute with account debtors or grant any credits, discounts or
allowances.
(b) Without limiting the obligation of Borrower to deliver
any other information to Lender, Borrower shall promptly report to Lender any
return of Inventory by any one account debtor if the inventory so returned in
such case has a value in excess of $50,000. At any time that Inventory is
returned, reclaimed or repossessed, the Account (or portion thereof) which arose
from the sale of such returned, reclaimed or repossessed Inventory shall not be
deemed an Eligible Account. In the event any account debtor returns Inventory
when an Event of Default exists or has occurred and is continuing, Borrower
shall, upon Lender's request, (i) hold the returned Inventory in trust for
Lender, (ii) segregate all returned Inventory from all of its other property,
(iii) dispose of the returned Inventory solely according to Lender's
instructions, and (iv) not issue any credits, discounts or allowances with
respect thereto without Lender's prior written consent.
(c) With respect to each Account, to the best of our
knowledge: (i) the amounts shown on any invoice delivered to Lender or schedule
thereof delivered to Lender shall be true and complete, (ii) no payments shall
be made thereon except payments immediately delivered to Lender pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement, (iii) no credit, discount, allowance or extension or
agreement for any of the foregoing shall be granted to any account debtor except
as reported to Lender in accordance with this Agreement and except for credits,
discounts, allowances or extensions made or given in the ordinary course of
Borrower's business in accordance with practices and policies previously
disclosed to Lender, (iv) there shall be no setoffs, deductions, contras,
defenses, counterclaims or disputes existing or asserted with respect thereto
pertaining to an amount
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exceeding $10,000, except as reported to Lender in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement, (v) none of the transactions giving rise thereto will violate
any applicable State or Federal laws or regulations, all documentation relating
thereto will be legally sufficient under such laws and regulations and all such
documentation will be legally enforceable in accordance with its terms.
(d) Lender shall have the right at any time or times, in
Lender's name or in the name of a nominee of Lender, to verify the validity,
amount or any other matter relating to any Account or other Collateral, by mail,
telephone, facsimile transmission or otherwise.
(e) Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered to
Lender, with appropriate endorsement and assignment, with full recourse to
Borrower, all chattel paper and instruments which Borrower now owns or may at
any time acquire immediately upon Borrower's receipt thereof, except as Lender
may otherwise agree.
(f) Lender may, at any time or times that an Event of Default
exists or has occurred and is continuing, (i) notify any or all account debtors
that the Accounts have been assigned to Lender and that Lender has a security
interest therein and Lender may direct any or all accounts debtors to make
payment of Accounts directly to Lender, (ii) extend the time of payment of,
compromise, settle or adjust for cash, credit, return of merchandise or
otherwise, and upon any terms or conditions, any and all Accounts or other
obligations included in the Collateral and thereby discharge or release the
account debtor or any other party or parties in any way liable for payment
thereof without affecting any of the Obligations, (iii) demand, collect or
enforce payment of any Accounts or such other obligations, but without any duty
to do so, and Lender shall not be liable for its failure to collect or enforce
the payment thereof nor for the negligence of its agents or attorneys with
respect thereto and (iv) take whatever other action Lender may deem necessary or
desirable for the protection of its interests. At any time that an Event of
Default exists or has occurred and is continuing, at Lender's request, all
invoices and statements sent to any account debtor shall state that the Accounts
and such other obligations have been assigned to Lender and are payable directly
and only to Lender and Borrower shall deliver to Lender such originals of
documents evidencing the sale and delivery of goods or the performance of
services giving rise to any Accounts as Lender may require.
7.3 Inventory Covenants. With respect to the Inventory: (a) Borrower
shall at all times maintain inventory records reasonably satisfactory to Lender,
keeping correct and accurate records itemizing and describing the kind, type,
quality and quantity of Inventory, Borrower's cost therefor and daily
withdrawals therefrom and additions thereto; (b) Borrower shall conduct a
physical count of the Inventory at least once each year, but at any time or
times as Lender may request on or after an Event of Default, and promptly
following such physical inventory shall supply Lender with a report in the form
and with such specificity as may be reasonably satisfactory to Lender concerning
such physical count; (c) Borrower shall not remove any Inventory from the
locations set forth or permitted herein, without the prior written consent of
Lender, except for sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of Borrower's
business and except to move Inventory directly from one location set forth or
permitted herein to another such location; (d) upon Lender's request, Borrower
shall, at its expense, no more than once in any twelve (12) month period, but at
any time or times as Lender may
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request on or after an Event of Default, deliver or cause to be delivered to
Lender written reports or appraisals as to the Inventory in form, scope and
methodology acceptable to Lender and by an appraiser acceptable to Lender,
addressed to Lender or upon which Lender is expressly permitted to rely; (e)
Borrower shall produce, use, store and maintain the Inventory with all
reasonable care and caution and in accordance with applicable standards of any
insurance and in conformity with applicable laws (including the requirements of
the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended and all rules,
regulations and orders related thereto); (f) Borrower assumes all responsibility
and liability arising from or relating to the production, use, sale or other
disposition of the Inventory; (g) Borrower shall not sell Inventory to any
customer on approval, or any other basis which entitles the customer to return
or may obligate Borrower to repurchase such Inventory; (h) Borrower shall keep
the Inventory in good and marketable condition; and (i) Borrower shall not,
without prior written notice to Lender, acquire or accept any Inventory on
consignment or approval.
7.4 Power of Attorney. Borrower hereby irrevocably designates and
appoints Lender (and all persons designated by Lender) as Borrower's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact, and authorizes Lender, in Borrower's or Lender's name,
to: (a) at any time an Event of Default or event which with notice or passage of
time or both would constitute an Event of Default exists or has occurred and is
continuing (i) demand payment on Accounts or other proceeds of Inventory or
other Collateral, (ii) enforce payment of Accounts by legal proceedings or
otherwise, (iii) exercise all of Borrower's rights and remedies to collect any
Account or other Collateral, (iv) sell or assign any Account upon such terms,
for such amount and at such time or times as the Lender deems advisable, (v)
settle, adjust, compromise, extend or renew an Account, (vi) discharge and
release any Account, (vii) prepare, file and sign Borrower's name on any proof
of claim in bankruptcy or other similar document against an account debtor,
(viii) notify the post office authorities to change the address for delivery of
Borrower's mail to an address designated by Lender, and open and dispose of all
mail addressed to Borrower, and (ix) do all acts and things which are necessary,
in Lender's determination, to fulfill Borrower's obligations under this
Agreement and the other Financing Agreements and (b) at any time to (i) take
control in any manner of any item of payment or proceeds thereof, (ii) have
access to any lockbox or postal box into which Borrower's mail is deposited,
(iii) endorse Borrower's name upon any items of payment or proceeds thereof and
deposit the same in the Lender's account for application to the Obligations,
(iv) endorse Borrower's name upon any chattel paper, document, instrument,
invoice, or similar document or agreement relating to any Account or any goods
pertaining thereto or any other Collateral, (v) sign Borrower's name on any
verification of Accounts and notices thereof to account debtors and (vi) execute
in Borrower's name and file any UCC financing statements or amendments thereto.
Borrower hereby releases Lender and its officers, employees and designees from
any liabilities arising from any act or acts under this power of attorney and in
furtherance thereof, whether of omission or commission, except as a result of
Lender's own gross negligence or wilful misconduct as determined pursuant to a
final non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
7.5 Right to Cure. Lender may, at its option, (a) cure any default by
Borrower under any agreement with a third party or pay or bond on appeal any
judgment entered against Borrower, (b) discharge taxes, liens, security
interests or other encumbrances at any time levied on or existing with respect
to the Collateral and (c) pay any amount, incur any expense or perform any act
which, in
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Lender's judgment, is necessary or appropriate to preserve, protect, insure or
maintain the Collateral and the rights of Lender with respect thereto. Lender
may add any amounts so expended to the Obligations and charge Borrower's account
therefor, such amounts to be repayable by Borrower on demand. Lender shall be
under no obligation to effect such cure, payment or bonding and shall not, by
doing so, be deemed to have assumed any obligation or liability of Borrower. Any
payment made or other action taken by Lender under this Section shall be without
prejudice to any right to assert an Event of Default hereunder and to proceed
accordingly.
7.6 Access to Premises. From time to time as requested by Lender, at
the cost and expense of Borrower, (a) Lender or its designee shall have complete
access to all of Borrower's premises during normal business hours and after
notice to Borrower, or at any time and without notice to Borrower if an Event of
Default exists or has occurred and is continuing, for the purposes of
inspecting, verifying and auditing the Collateral and all of Borrower's books
and records, including the Records, and (b) Borrower shall promptly furnish to
Lender such copies of such books and records or extracts therefrom as Lender may
request, and (c) use during normal business hours such of Borrower's personnel,
equipment, supplies and premises as may be reasonably necessary for the
foregoing and if an Event of Default exists or has occurred and is continuing
for the collection of Accounts and realization of other Collateral.
SECTION 8. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Lender the following (which
shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement), the truth and
accuracy of which are a continuing condition of the making of Loans by Lender to
Borrower:
8.1 Corporate Existence, Power and Authority; Subsidiaries. Borrower
is a corporation duly organized and in good standing under the laws of its state
of incorporation and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and in good
standing in all states or other jurisdictions where the nature and extent of the
business transacted by it or the ownership of assets makes such qualification
necessary, except for those jurisdictions in which the failure to so qualify
would not have a material adverse effect on Borrower's financial condition,
results of operation or business or the rights of Lender in or to any of the
Collateral. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the other
Financing Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder
are all within Borrower's corporate powers, have been duly authorized and are
not in contravention of law or the terms of Borrower's certificate of
incorporation, by-laws, or other organizational documentation, or any indenture,
agreement or undertaking to which Borrower is a party or by which Borrower or
its property are bound. This Agreement and the other Financing Agreements
constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of Borrower enforceable in
accordance with their respective terms. Borrower does not have any subsidiaries
except as set forth on the Information Certificate.
8.2 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Change. All financial
statements relating to Borrower which have been or may hereafter be delivered by
Borrower to Lender have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and fairly present
the financial condition and the results of
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operation of Borrower as at the dates and for the periods set forth therein.
Except as disclosed in any interim financial statements furnished by Borrower to
Lender prior to the date of this Agreement, there has been no material adverse
change in the assets, liabilities, properties and condition, financial or
otherwise, of Borrower, since the date of the most recent audited financial
statements furnished by Borrower to Lender prior to the date of this Agreement.
8.3 Chief Executive Office; Collateral Locations. The chief executive
office of Borrower and Borrower's Records concerning Accounts are located only
at the address set forth below and its only other places of business and the
only other locations of Collateral, if any, are the addresses set forth in the
Information Certificate, subject to the right of Borrower to establish new
locations in accordance with Section 9.2 below. The Information Certificate
correctly identifies any of such locations which are not owned by Borrower and
sets forth the owners and/or operators thereof and to the best of Borrower's
knowledge, the holders of any mortgages on such locations.
8.4 Priority of Liens; Title to Properties. The security interests and
liens granted to Lender under this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements
constitute valid and perfected first priority liens and security interests in
and upon the Collateral subject only to the liens indicated on Schedule 8.4
hereto and the other liens permitted under Section 9.8 hereof. Borrower has good
and marketable title to all of its properties and assets subject to no liens,
mortgages, pledges, security interests, encumbrances or charges of any kind,
except those granted to Lender and such others as are specifically listed on
Schedule 8.4 hereto or permitted under Section 9.8 hereof.
8.5 Tax Returns. Borrower has filed, or caused to be filed, in a
timely manner all tax returns, reports and declarations which are required to be
filed by it (without requests for extension except as previously disclosed in
writing to Lender). All information in such tax returns, reports and
declarations is complete and accurate in all material respects. Borrower has
paid or caused to be paid all taxes due and payable or claimed due and payable
in any assessment received by it, except taxes the validity of which are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued and
available to Borrower and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set
aside on its books. Adequate provision has been made for the payment of all
accrued and unpaid Federal, State, county, local, foreign and other taxes
whether or not yet due and payable and whether or not disputed.
8.6 Litigation. Except as set forth on the Information Certificate,
there is no present investigation by any governmental agency pending, or to the
best of Borrower's knowledge threatened, against or affecting Borrower, its
assets or business and there is no action, suit, proceeding or claim by any
Person pending, or to the best of Borrower's knowledge threatened, against
Borrower or its assets or goodwill, or against or affecting any transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, which if adversely determined against Borrower
would result in any material adverse change in the assets, business or prospects
of Borrower or would impair the ability of Borrower to perform its obligations
hereunder or under any of the other Financing Agreements to which it is a party
or of Lender to enforce any Obligations or realize upon any Collateral.
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8.7 Compliance with Other Agreements and Applicable Laws. Borrower is
not in default in any material respect under, or in violation in any material
respect of any of the terms of, any agreement, contract, instrument, lease or
other commitment to which it is a party or by which it or any of its assets are
bound and Borrower is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable
provisions of laws, rules, regulations, licenses, permits, approvals and orders
of any foreign, Federal, State or local governmental authority.
8.8 Bank Accounts. All of the deposit accounts, investment accounts or
other accounts in the name of or used by Borrower maintained at any Bank or
other financial institution are set forth on Schedule 8.8 hereto, subject to the
right of Borrower to establish new accounts upon prompt written notification to
Lender of any significant new accounts.
8.9 Acquisition of Purchased Assets.
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(a) The Purchase Agreements and the transactions contemplated
thereunder have been duly executed, delivered and performed in accordance with
their terms by the respective parties thereto in all respects, including the
fulfillment (not merely the waiver, except as may be disclosed to Lender and
consented to in writing by Lender) of all conditions precedent set forth therein
and giving effect to the terms of the Purchase Agreements and the assignments to
be executed and delivered by Sellers (or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries)
thereunder, Just-Rite acquired and has good and marketable title to the
Purchased Assets, free and clear of all claims, liens, pledges and encumbrances
of any kind, except as permitted hereunder.
(b) All actions and proceedings, required by the Purchase
Agreements, applicable law or regulation (including, but not limited to,
compliance with the ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇ Anti-Trust Improvements Act of 1976, as
amended) have been taken and the transactions required thereunder have been duly
and validly taken and consummated.
(c) No court of competent jurisdiction has issued any
injunction, restraining order or other order which prohibits consummation of the
transactions described in the Purchase Agreements and no governmental or other
action or proceeding has been threatened or commenced, seeking any injunction,
restraining order or other order which seeks to void or otherwise modify the
transactions described in the Purchase Agreements.
(d) Borrower has delivered, or caused to be delivered, to
Lender, true, correct and complete copies of the Purchase Agreements.
8.10 Capitalization. Borrower is solvent and will continue to be
solvent after the creation of the Obligations, the security interests of Lender
and the other transaction contemplated hereunder, is able to pay its debts as
they mature and has (and has reason to believe it will continue to have)
sufficient capital (and not unreasonably small capital) to carry on its business
and all businesses in which it is about to engage. The assets and properties of
Borrower at a fair valuation and at their present fair salable value are, and
will be, greater than the Indebtedness of Borrower, and including subordinated
and contingent liabilities computed at the amount which, to the best of
Borrower's
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knowledge, represents an amount which can reasonably be expected to become an
actual or matured liability.
8.11 Accuracy and Completeness of Information. All information
furnished by or on behalf of Borrower in writing to Lender in connection with
this Agreement or any of the other Financing Agreements or any transaction
contemplated hereby or thereby, including all information on the Information
Certificate is true and correct in all material respects on the date as of which
such information is dated or certified and does not omit any material fact
necessary in order to make such information not misleading. No event or
circumstance has occurred which has had or could reasonably be expected to have
a material adverse affect on the business, assets or prospects of Borrower,
which has not been fully and accurately disclosed to Lender in writing.
8.12 Survival of Warranties; Cumulative. All representations and
warranties contained in this Agreement or any of the other Financing Agreements
shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and shall be deemed
to have been made again to Lender on the date of each additional borrowing or
other credit accommodation hereunder and shall be conclusively presumed to have
been relied on by Lender regardless of any investigation made or information
possessed by Lender. The representations and warranties set forth herein shall
be cumulative and in addition to any other representations or warranties which
Borrower shall now or hereafter give, or cause to be given, to Lender.
SECTION 9. AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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9.1 Maintenance of Existence. Borrower shall at all times preserve,
renew and keep in full, force and effect its corporate existence and rights and
franchises with respect thereto and maintain in full force and effect all
permits, licenses, trademarks, tradenames, approvals, authorizations, leases and
contracts necessary to carry on the business as presently or proposed to be
conducted. Borrower shall give Lender thirty (30) days prior written notice of
any proposed change in its corporate name, which notice shall set forth the new
name and Borrower shall deliver to Lender a copy of the amendment to the
Certificate of Incorporation of Borrower providing for the name change certified
by the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction of incorporation of Borrower as
soon as it is available.
9.2 New Collateral Locations. Borrower may open any new location
within the continental United States provided Borrower (a) gives Lender thirty
(30) days prior written notice of the intended opening of any such new location
and (b) executes and delivers, or causes to be executed and delivered, to Lender
such agreements, documents, and instruments as Lender may deem reasonably
necessary or desirable to protect its interests in the Collateral at such
location, including UCC financing statements.
9.3 Compliance with Laws, Regulations, Etc. Borrower shall, at all
times, comply in all material respects with all laws, rules, regulations,
licenses, permits, approvals and orders of any Federal, State or local
governmental authority applicable to it.
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9.4 Payment of Taxes and Claims. Borrower shall duly pay and discharge
all taxes, assessments, contributions and governmental charges upon or against
it or its properties or assets, except for taxes the validity of which are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued and
available to Borrower and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set
aside on its books. Borrower shall be liable for any tax or penalties imposed on
Lender as a result of the financing arrangements provided for herein and
Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold Lender harmless with respect to the
foregoing, and to repay to Lender on demand the amount thereof, and until paid
by Borrower such amount shall be added and deemed part of the Loans, provided,
that, nothing contained herein shall be construed to require Borrower to pay any
income or franchise taxes attributable to the income of Lender from any amounts
charged or paid hereunder to Lender. The foregoing indemnity shall survive the
payment of the Obligations and the termination or non-renewal of this Agreement.
9.5 Insurance. Borrower shall, at all times, maintain with financially
sound and reputable insurers insurance with respect to the Collateral against
loss or damage and all other insurance of the kinds and in the amounts
customarily insured against or carried by corporations of established reputation
engaged in the same or similar businesses and similarly situated. Said policies
of insurance shall be satisfactory to Lender as to form and amount, and
reasonably satisfactory as to insurer. Borrower shall furnish certificates,
policies or endorsements to Lender as Lender shall require as proof of such
insurance, and, if Borrower fails to do so, Lender is authorized, but not
required, to obtain such insurance at the expense of Borrower. All policies
shall provide for at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to Lender of
any cancellation or reduction of coverage and that Lender may act as attorney
for Borrower in obtaining, and at any time an Event of Default exists or has
occurred and is continuing, adjusting, settling, amending and canceling such
insurance. Borrower shall cause Lender to be named as a loss payee and an
additional insured (but without any liability for any premiums) under such
insurance policies and Borrower shall obtain non-contributory lender's loss
payable endorsements to all insurance policies in form and substance
satisfactory to Lender. Such lender's loss payable endorsements shall specify
that the proceeds of such insurance shall be payable to Lender as its interests
may appear and further specify that Lender shall be paid regardless of any act
or omission by Borrower or any of its affiliates. At its option, Lender may
apply any insurance proceeds received by Lender at any time to the cost of
repairs or replacement of Collateral and/or to payment of the Obligations,
whether or not then due, in any order and in such manner as Lender may determine
or hold such proceeds as cash collateral for the Obligations.
9.6 Financial Statements and Other Information.
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(a) Borrower shall keep proper books and records in which true
and complete entries shall be made of all dealings or transactions of or in
relation to the Collateral and the business of Borrower and its subsidiaries (if
any) in accordance with GAAP, Borrower and Imperial Industries, Inc. shall
furnish or cause to be furnished to Lender: (i) within forty-five (45) days
after the end of each fiscal quarter, quarterly unaudited consolidated financial
statements, and, if Borrower has any subsidiaries, unaudited consolidating
financial statements (including in each case Imperial Industries, Inc.'s
consolidated balance sheets, statements of income and loss, statements of cash
flow,
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and statements of shareholders' equity), all in reasonable detail, fairly
presenting the financial position and the results of the operations of Borrower
and its subsidiaries as of the end of and through such fiscal month and (ii)
within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year, audited consolidated
financial statements of Imperial Industries, Inc., and the accompanying notes
thereto, all in reasonable detail, fairly presenting the financial position and
the results of the operations of Imperial Industries, Inc. and its subsidiaries
as of the end of and for such fiscal year, together with the unqualified opinion
of independent certified public accountants, which accountants shall be an
independent accounting firm selected by Imperial Industries, Inc. and reasonably
acceptable to Lender, that such financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP, and present fairly the results of operations and financial
condition of Imperial Industries, Inc. and its subsidiaries as of the end of and
for the fiscal year then ended.
(b) Borrower shall promptly notify Lender in writing of the
details of (i) any loss, damage, investigation, action, suit, proceeding or
claim relating to the Collateral or any other property which is security for the
Obligations or which would result in any material adverse change in Borrower's
business, properties, assets, goodwill or condition, financial or otherwise and
(ii) the occurrence of any Event of Default or event which, with the passage of
time or giving of notice or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
(c) Borrower shall promptly after the sending or filing
thereof furnish or cause to be furnished to Lender copies of all reports which
Borrower sends to its stockholders generally and copies of all reports and
registration statements which Borrower files with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, any national securities exchange or the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc.
(d) Borrower shall furnish or cause to be furnished to Lender
such budgets, forecasts, projections and other information respecting the
Collateral and the business of Borrower, as Lender may, from time to time,
reasonably request. Lender is hereby authorized to deliver a copy of any
financial statement or any other information relating to the business of
Borrower to any court or other government agency or to any participant or
assignee or prospective participant or assignee. Borrower hereby irrevocably
authorizes and directs all accountants or auditors to deliver to Lender, at
Borrower's expense, copies of the financial statements of Borrower and any
reports or management letters prepared by such accountants or auditors on behalf
of Borrower and to disclose to Lender such information as they may have
regarding the business of Borrower. Any documents, schedules, invoices or other
papers delivered to Lender may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of by Lender
one (1) year after the same are delivered to Lender, except as otherwise
designated by Borrower to Lender in writing.
(e) Borrower shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to
Lender, within ninety (90) days from the date hereof, an opening balance sheet
of Borrower after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the Purchase Agreements, in accordance with GAAP and presents
fairly the financial condition of Borrower as of such date.
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9.7 Sale of Assets, Consolidation, Merger, Dissolution, Etc. Borrower
shall not, directly or indirectly, (a) merge into or with or consolidate with
any other Person or permit any other Person to merge into or with or consolidate
with it, or (b) sell, assign, lease, transfer, abandon or otherwise dispose of
any stock or indebtedness to any other Person or any of its assets to any other
Person (except for (i) sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of business and
(ii) the disposition of worn- out or obsolete Equipment or Equipment no longer
used in the business of Borrower so long as (A) if an Event of Default exists or
has occurred and is continuing, any proceeds are paid to Lender and (B) such
sales do not involve Equipment having an aggregate fair market value in excess
of $200,000 for all such Equipment disposed of in any fiscal year of Borrower),
or (c) form or acquire any subsidiaries, or (d) wind up, liquidate or dissolve
or (e) agree to do any of the foregoing.
9.8 Encumbrances. Borrower shall not create, incur, assume or suffer
to exist any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, charge or other
encumbrance of any nature whatsoever on any of the Collateral, except: (a) liens
and security interests of Lender; (b) liens securing the payment of taxes,
either not yet overdue or the validity of which are being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued and available to Borrower
and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside on its books;
(c) non-consensual statutory liens (other than liens securing the payment of
taxes) arising in the ordinary course of Borrower's business to the extent: (i)
such liens secure indebtedness which is not overdue or (ii) such liens secure
indebtedness relating to claims or liabilities which are fully insured and being
defended at the sole cost and expense and at the sole risk of the insurer or
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued and
available to Borrower, in each case prior to the commencement of foreclosure or
other similar proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been
set aside on its books; and (d) the security interests and liens set forth on
Schedule 8.4 hereto.
9.9 Transactions with Affiliates. Borrower shall not, directly or
indirectly, (a) purchase, acquire or lease any property from, or sell, transfer
or lease any property to, any officer, director, agent or other person
affiliated with Borrower, except in the ordinary course of and pursuant to the
reasonable requirements of Borrower's business and upon fair and reasonable
terms no less favorable to the Borrower than Borrower would obtain in a
comparable arm's length transaction with an unaffiliated person or (b) make any
payments of management, consulting or other fees for management or similar
services, or of any indebtedness owing to any officer, employee, shareholder,
director or other person affiliated with Borrower except reasonable compensation
to officers, employees and directors for services rendered to Borrower in the
ordinary course of business.
9.10 Costs and Expenses. Borrower shall pay to Lender on demand all
costs, expenses, filing fees and taxes paid or payable in connection with the
preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery, recording, administration,
collection, liquidation, enforcement and defense of the Obligations, Lender's
rights in the Collateral, this Agreement, the other Financing Agreements and all
other documents related hereto or thereto, including any amendments, supplements
or consents which may hereafter be contemplated (whether or not executed) or
entered into in respect hereof and thereof, including: (a) all costs and
expenses of filing or recording (including Uniform Commercial Code financing
statement filing taxes and fees, documentary taxes, intangibles taxes and
mortgage recording taxes and fees, if applicable); (b) all insurance premiums,
appraisal fees and search fees;
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(c) costs and expenses of remitting loan proceeds, collecting checks and other
items of payment, and establishing and maintaining the Blocked Accounts,
together with Lender's customary charges and fees with respect thereto; (d)
charges, fees or expenses charged by any Bank or issuer in connection with
letter of credit accommodations; (e) costs and expenses of preserving and
protecting the Collateral; (f) costs and expenses paid or incurred in connection
with obtaining payment of the Obligations, enforcing the security interests and
liens of Lender, selling or otherwise realizing upon the Collateral, and
otherwise enforcing the provisions of this Agreement and the other Financing
Agreements or defending any claims made or threatened against Lender arising out
of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including preparations for
and consultations concerning any such matters); (g) all out-of-pocket expenses
and costs heretofore and from time to time hereafter incurred by Lender during
the course of periodic field examinations of the Collateral and Borrower's
operations, plus a per diem charge at the rate of $300 per person per day for
Lender's examiners in the field and office; and the fees and disbursements of
counsel (including legal assistants) to Lender in connection with any of the
foregoing.
9.11 Further Assurances. At the request of Lender at any time and from
time to time, Borrower shall, at its expense, duly execute and deliver, or cause
to be duly executed and delivered, such further agreements, documents and
instruments, and do or cause to be done such further acts as may be reasonably
necessary or proper to evidence, perfect, maintain and enforce the security
interests and the priority thereof in the Collateral and to otherwise effectuate
the provisions or purposes of this Agreement or any of the other Financing
Agreements. Lender may at any time and from time to time request a certificate
from an officer of Borrower representing that all conditions precedent to the
making of Loans contained herein are satisfied. In the event of such request by
Lender, Lender may, at its option, cease to make any further Loans until Lender
has received such certificate and, in addition, Lender has determined that such
conditions are satisfied. Where permitted by law, Borrower hereby authorizes
Lender to execute and file one or more UCC financing statements signed only by
Lender.
SECTION 10. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
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10.1 Events of Default. The occurrence or existence of any one or more
of the following events are referred to herein individually as an "Event of
Default", and collectively as "Events of Default":
(a) Borrower fails to pay when due any of the Obligations or
fails to perform any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions contained
in this Agreement or any of the other Financing Agreements;
(b) any representation, warranty or statement of fact made by
Borrower to Lender in this Agreement, the other Financing Agreements or any
other agreement, schedule, confirmatory assignment or otherwise shall when made
or deemed made be false or misleading in any material respect;
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(c) any Obligor revokes, terminates or fails to perform any of
the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of any guarantee, endorsement or
other agreement of such party in favor of Lender;
(d) any judgment for the payment of money is rendered against
Borrower or any Obligor in excess of $100,000 in any one case or in excess of
$100,000 in the aggregate and shall remain undischarged or unvacated for a
period in excess of thirty (30) days or execution shall at any time not be
effectively stayed, or any judgment other than for the payment of money, or
injunction, attachment, garnishment or execution is rendered against Borrower or
any Obligor or any of their assets;
(e) any Obligor (being a natural person or a general partner
of an Obligor which is a partnership) dies or Borrower or any Obligor, which is
a partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership or a
corporation, dissolves or suspends or discontinues doing business;
(f) Borrower or any Obligor becomes insolvent (however defined
or evidenced), makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, makes or sends
notice of a bulk transfer or calls a meeting of its creditors or principal
creditors;
(g) a case or proceeding under the bankruptcy laws of the
United States of America now or hereafter in effect or under any insolvency,
reorganization, receivership, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation
law or statute of any jurisdiction now or hereafter in effect (whether at law or
in equity) is filed against Borrower or any Obligor or all or any part of its
properties and such petition or application is not dismissed within thirty (30)
days after the date of its filing or Borrower or any Obligor shall file any
answer admitting or not contesting such petition or application or indicates its
consent to, acquiescence in or approval of, any such action or proceeding or the
relief requested is granted sooner;
(h) a case or proceeding under the bankruptcy laws of the
United States of America now or hereafter in effect or under any insolvency,
reorganization, receivership, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation
law or statute of any jurisdiction now or hereafter in effect (whether at a law
or equity) is filed by Borrower or any Obligor or for all or any part of its
property; or
(i) any default by Borrower or any Obligor under any
agreement, document or instrument relating to any indebtedness for borrowed
money owing to any person other than Lender, or any capitalized lease
obligations, contingent indebtedness in connection with any guarantee, letter of
credit, indemnity or similar type of instrument in favor of any person other
than Lender, in any case in an amount in excess of $100,000 which default
continues for more than the applicable cure period, if any, with respect
thereto, or any default by Borrower or any Obligor under any material contract,
lease, license or other obligation to any person other than Lender, which
default continues for more than the applicable cure period, if any, with respect
thereto;
(j) any change in the controlling ownership of Borrower;
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(k) the indictment or threatened indictment of Borrower or any
Obligor under any criminal statute, or commencement or threatened commencement
of criminal or civil proceedings against Borrower or any Obligor, pursuant to
which statute or proceedings the penalties or remedies sought or available
include forfeiture of any of the property of Borrower or such Obligor;
(l) there shall be a material adverse change in the business,
assets or prospects of Borrower or any Obligor after the date hereof; or
(m) there shall be an event of default under any of the other
Financing Agreements.
10.2 Remedies.
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(a) At any time an Event of Default exists or has occurred
and is continuing, Lender shall have all rights and remedies provided in this
Agreement, the other Financing Agreements, the Uniform Commercial Code and other
applicable law, all of which rights and remedies may be exercised without notice
to or consent by Borrower or any Obligor, except as such notice or consent is
expressly provided for hereunder or required by applicable law. All rights,
remedies and powers granted to Lender hereunder, under any of the other
Financing Agreements, the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law, are
cumulative, not exclusive and enforceable, in Lender's discretion,
alternatively, successively, or concurrently on any one or more occasions, and
shall include, without limitation, the right to apply to a court of equity for
an injunction to restrain a breach or threatened breach by Borrower of this
Agreement or any of the other Financing Agreements. Lender may, at any time or
times, proceed directly against Borrower or any Obligor to collect the
Obligations without prior recourse to the Collateral.
(b) Without limiting the foregoing, at any time an Event of
Default exists or has occurred and is continuing, Lender may, in its discretion
and without limitation, (i) accelerate the payment of all Obligations and demand
immediate payment thereof to Lender (provided, that, upon the occurrence of any
Event of Default described in Sections 10.1(g) and 10.1(h), all Obligations
shall automatically become immediately due and payable), (ii) with or without
judicial process or the aid or assistance of others, enter upon any premises on
or in which any of the Collateral may be located and take possession of the
Collateral or complete processing, manufacturing and repair of all or any
portion of the Collateral, (iii) require Borrower, at Borrower's expense, to
assemble and make available to Lender any part or all of the Collateral at any
place and time designated by Lender, (iv) collect, foreclose, receive,
appropriate, setoff and realize upon any and all Collateral, (v) remove any or
all of the Collateral from any premises on or in which the same may be located
for the purpose of effecting the sale, foreclosure or other disposition thereof
or for any other purpose, (vi) sell, lease, transfer, assign, deliver or
otherwise dispose of any and all Collateral (including entering into contracts
with respect thereto, public or private sales at any exchange, broker's board,
at any office of Lender or elsewhere) at such prices or terms as Lender may deem
reasonable, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery, with the Lender having
the right to purchase the whole or any part
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of the Collateral at any such public sale, all of the foregoing being free from
any right or equity of redemption of Borrower, which right or equity of
redemption is hereby expressly waived and released by Borrower and/or (vii)
terminate this Agreement. If any of the Collateral is sold or leased by Lender
upon credit terms or for future delivery, the Obligations shall not be reduced
as a result thereof until payment therefor is finally collected by Lender. If
notice of disposition of Collateral is required by law, five (5) days prior
notice by Lender to Borrower designating the time and place of any public sale
or the time after which any private sale or other intended disposition of
Collateral is to be made, shall be deemed to be reasonable notice thereof and
Borrower waives any other notice. In the event Lender institutes an action to
recover any Collateral or seeks recovery of any Collateral by way of prejudgment
remedy, Borrower waives the posting of any bond which might otherwise be
required.
(c) Lender may apply the cash proceeds of Collateral actually
received by Lender from any sale, lease, foreclosure or other disposition of the
Collateral to payment of the Obligations, in whole or in part and in such order
as Lender may elect, whether or not then due. Borrower shall remain liable to
Lender for the payment of any deficiency with interest at the highest rate
provided for herein and all costs and expenses of collection or enforcement,
including attorneys' fees and legal expenses.
(d) Without limiting the foregoing, upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default or an event which with notice or passage of time or both would
constitute an Event of Default, Lender may, at its option, without notice, (i)
cease making Loans or reduce the lending formulas or amounts of Revolving Loans
available to Borrower and/or (ii) terminate any provision of this Agreement
providing for any future Loans to be made by Lender to Borrower.
SECTION 11. JURY TRIAL WAIVER; OTHER WAIVERS
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AND CONSENTS; GOVERNING LAW
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11.1 Governing Law; Choice of Forum; Service of Process;
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Jury Trial Waiver.
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(a) The validity, interpretation and enforcement of this
Agreement and the other Financing Agreements and any dispute arising out of the
relationship between the parties hereto, whether in contract, tort, equity or
otherwise, shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of Florida
(without giving effect to principles of conflicts of law).
(b) Borrower and Lender irrevocably consent and submit to the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of the State of Florida and the United States
District Court for the Southern District of Florida and waive any objection
based on venue or forum non conveniens with respect to any action instituted
therein arising under this Agreement or any of the other Financing Agreements or
in any way connected with or related or incidental to the dealings of the
parties hereto in respect of this Agreement or any of the other Financing
Agreements or the transactions related hereto or thereto, in each case whether
now existing or hereafter arising, and whether in contract, tort, equity or
otherwise, and agree that any dispute with respect to any such matters shall be
heard only in the
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courts described above (except that Lender shall have the right to bring any
action or proceeding against Borrower or its property in the courts of any other
jurisdiction which Lender deems necessary or appropriate in order to realize on
the Collateral or to otherwise enforce its rights against Borrower or its
property).
(c) Borrower hereby waives personal service of any and all
process upon it and consents that all such service of process may be made by
certified mail (return receipt requested) directed to its address set forth on
the signature pages hereof and service so made shall be deemed to be completed
five (5) days after the same shall have been so deposited in the U.S. mails, or,
at Lender's option, by service upon Borrower in any other manner provided under
the rules of any such courts. Within thirty (30) days after such service,
Borrower shall appear in answer to such process, failing which Borrower shall be
deemed in default and judgment may be entered by Lender against Borrower for the
amount of the claim and other relief requested.
(d) BORROWER AND LENDER EACH HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL
BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION (i) ARISING UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER FINANCING AGREEMENTS OR (ii) IN ANY WAY CONNECTED
WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO IN RESPECT
OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER FINANCING AGREEMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS
RELATED HERETO OR THERETO IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER
ARISING, AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY OR OTHERWISE. BORROWER AND LENDER
EACH HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF
ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY AND THAT BORROWER OR
LENDER MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OF A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ANY
COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF
THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
(e) Lender shall not have any liability to Borrower (whether
in tort, contract, equity or otherwise) for losses suffered by Borrower in
connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to the transactions or
relationships contemplated by this Agreement, or any act, omission or event
occurring in connection herewith, unless it is determined by a final and
non-appealable judgment or court order binding on Lender, that the losses were
the result of acts or omissions constituting gross negligence or willful
misconduct. In any such litigation, Lender shall be entitled to the benefit of
the rebuttable presumption that it acted in good faith and with the exercise of
ordinary care in the performance by it of the terms of this Agreement.
11.2 Waiver of Notices. Borrower hereby expressly waives demand,
presentment, protest and notice of protest and notice of dishonor with respect
to any and all instruments and commercial paper, included in or evidencing any
of the Obligations or the Collateral, and any and all other demands and notices
of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the Obligations, the Collateral
and this Agreement, except such as are expressly provided for herein. No notice
to or demand on
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Borrower which Lender may elect to give shall entitle Borrower to any other or
further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.
11.3 Amendments and Waivers. Neither this Agreement nor any provision
hereof shall be amended, modified, waived or discharged orally or by course of
conduct, but only by a written agreement signed by an authorized officer of
Lender, and as to amendments, as also signed by an authorized officer of
Borrower. Lender shall not, by any act, delay, omission or otherwise be deemed
to have expressly or impliedly waived any of its rights, powers and/or remedies
unless such waiver shall be in writing and signed by an authorized officer of
Lender. Any such waiver shall be enforceable only to the extent specifically set
forth therein. A waiver by Lender of any right, power and/or remedy on any one
occasion shall not be construed as a bar to or waiver of any such right, power
and/or remedy which Lender would otherwise have on any future occasion, whether
similar in kind or otherwise.
11.4 Waiver of Counterclaims. Borrower waives all rights to interpose
any claims, deductions, setoffs or counterclaims of any nature (other then
compulsory counterclaims) in any action or proceeding with respect to this
Agreement, the Obligations, the Collateral or any matter arising therefrom or
relating hereto or thereto.
11.5 Indemnification. Borrower shall indemnify and hold Lender, and
its directors, agents, employees and counsel, harmless from and against any and
all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs or expenses imposed on, incurred
by or asserted against any of them in connection with any litigation,
investigation, claim or proceeding commenced or threatened related to the
negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery, enforcement, performance or
administration of this Agreement, any other Financing Agreements, or any
undertaking or proceeding related to any of the transactions contemplated hereby
or any act, omission, event or transaction related or attendant thereto,
including amounts paid in settlement, court costs, and the fees and expenses of
counsel. To the extent that the undertaking to indemnify, pay and hold harmless
set forth in this Section may be unenforceable because it violates any law or
public policy, Borrower shall pay the maximum portion which it is permitted to
pay under applicable law to Lender in satisfaction of indemnified matters under
this Section. The foregoing indemnity shall survive the payment of the
Obligations and the termination or non-renewal of this Agreement.
SECTION 12. TERM OF AGREEMENT; MISCELLANEOUS
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12.1 Term.
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(a) This Agreement and the other Financing Agreements shall
become effective as of the date set forth on the first page hereof and shall
continue in full force and effect for a term ending on June 19, 2001 (the
"Renewal Date"), and from year to year thereafter, unless sooner terminated
pursuant to the terms hereof. Lender or Borrower may terminate this Agreement
and the other Financing Agreements effective on the Renewal Date or on the
anniversary of the Renewal Date in any year by giving to the other party at
least sixty (60) days prior written notice; provided,
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that, this Agreement and all other Financing Agreements must be terminated
simultaneously. Upon the effective date of termination or non-renewal of the
Financing Agreements, Borrower shall pay to Lender, in full, all outstanding and
unpaid Obligations and shall furnish cash collateral to Lender in such amounts
as Lender determines are reasonably necessary to secure Lender from loss, cost,
damage or expense, including attorneys' fees and legal expenses, in connection
with any contingent Obligations, including issued and outstanding letter of
credit accommodations and checks or other payments provisionally credited to the
Obligations and/or as to which Lender has not yet received final and
indefeasible payment. Such payments in respect of the Obligations and cash
collateral shall be remitted by wire transfer in Federal funds to such bank
account of Lender, as Lender may, in its discretion, designate in writing to
Borrower for such purpose. Interest shall be due until and including the next
business day, if the amounts so paid by Borrower to the bank account designated
by Lender are received in such bank account later than 12:00 noon, Miami,
Florida time.
(b) No termination of this Agreement or the other Financing
Agreements shall relieve or discharge Borrower of its respective duties,
obligations and covenants under this Agreement or the other Financing Agreements
until all Obligations have been fully and finally discharged and paid, and
Lender's continuing security interest in the Collateral and the rights and
remedies of Lender hereunder, under the other Financing Agreements and
applicable law, shall remain in effect until all such Obligations have been
fully and finally discharged and paid.
(c) If Lender terminates this Agreement upon the occurrence of
an Event of Default or pursuant to Borrower's request, in view of the
impracticality and extreme difficulty of ascertaining actual damages and by
mutual agreement of the parties as to a reasonable calculation of Lender's lost
profits as a result thereof, Borrower agrees to pay to Lender, upon the
effective date of such termination, a termination fee in an amount equal to
one-half percent (.5%) of the Maximum Credit. Such termination fee shall be
presumed to be the amount of damages sustained by Lender as a result of such
early termination and Borrower agrees that it is reasonable under the
circumstances currently existing. In addition, Lender shall be entitled to such
early termination fee upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in
Sections 10.1(g) and 10.1(h) hereof, even if Lender does not exercise its right
to terminate this Agreement, but elects, at its option, to provide financing to
Borrower or permit the use of cash collateral under the United States Bankruptcy
Code. The early termination fee provided for in this Section 12.1 shall be
deemed included in the Obligations.
12.2 Notices. All notices, requests and demands hereunder shall be in
writing and (a) made to Lender at its address set forth below and to Borrower at
its chief executive office set forth below, or to such other address as either
party may designate by written notice to the other in accordance with this
provision, and (b) deemed to have been given or made: if delivered in person,
immediately upon delivery; if by telex, telegram or facsimile transmission,
immediately upon sending and upon confirmation of receipt; if by nationally
recognized overnight courier service with instructions to deliver the next
business day, one (1) business day after sending; and if by certified mail,
return receipt requested, five (5) days after mailing.
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12.3 Partial Invalidity. If any provision of this Agreement is held to
be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not
invalidate this Agreement as a whole, but this Agreement shall be construed as
though it did not contain the particular provision held to be invalid or
unenforceable and the rights and obligations of the parties shall be construed
and enforced only to such extent as shall be permitted by applicable law.
12.4 Successors. This Agreement, the other Financing Agreements and
any other document referred to herein or therein shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of and be enforceable by Lender, Borrower and their respective
successors and assigns, except that Borrower may not assign its rights under
this Agreement, the other Financing Agreements and any other document referred
to herein or therein without the prior written consent of Lender. Lender may,
after notice to Borrower, assign its rights and delegate its obligations under
this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements and further may assign, or
sell participations in, all or any part of the Loans or any other interest
herein to another financial institution or other person, in which event, the
assignee or participant shall have, to the extent of such assignment or
participation, the same rights and benefits as it would have if it were the
Lender hereunder, except as otherwise provided by the terms of such assignment
or participation.
12.5 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the other Financing Agreements,
any supplements hereto or thereto, and any instruments or documents delivered or
to be delivered in connection herewith or therewith represents the entire
agreement and understanding concerning the subject matter hereof and thereof
between the parties hereto, and supersede all other prior agreements,
understandings, negotiations and discussions, representations, warranties,
commitments, proposals, offers and contracts concerning the subject matter
hereof, whether oral or written. In the event of any inconsistency between the
terms of this Agreement and any schedule or exhibit hereto, the terms of this
Agreement shall govern.
12.6 Consolidation, Amendment and Restatement of Existing Agreements;
No Novation. Upon this Agreement becoming effective, the terms and provisions of
the Existing Agreements shall be and hereby are consolidated, amended,
superseded and restated in their entirety by the terms and provisions of this
Agreement. This Agreement shall not constitute a novation.
12.7 Joint and Several Liability. If Borrower consists of more than
one Person (each a "Co-Borrower"), references herein to "Borrower" shall be read
as "each Co-Borrower", "all Co-Borrowers", or "any or all Co-Borrowers",
jointly and severally, whichever reading maximizes Lender's rights and the
Co-Borrowers' obligations under this Agreement. All Co-Borrowers' Obligations
hereunder shall be joint and several.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Lender and Borrower have caused these presents to
be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
LENDER BORROWER
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