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Interactive Health, Inc.
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Apr 29, 8:30 AM ET
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A. Company desires to obtain certain credit facilities from Bank.
B. Bank is willing to extend such credit to Company on the terms and conditions herein set forth.
1. DEFINITIONS
(a) such Account arose in the ordinary course of the business of the Company out of either (i) a bona fide sale of Inventory (as defined in the UCC) by Company, and in such case such Inventory has in fact been shipped to the appropriate Account Debtor or
the sale has otherwise been consummated in accordance with such order, or (ii) services performed by Company under an enforceable contract (written or oral), and in such case such services have in fact been performed for the appropriate Account Debtor in accordance with such contract;
(b) such Account represents a legally valid and enforceable claim which is due and owing to Company by such Account Debtor and for such amount as is represented by the Company to Bank in the applicable Borrowing Base Certificate;
(c) it is evidenced by an invoice (i) dated not later than five (5) Business Days after the date of shipment of the related Inventory giving rise to such Account or (ii) dated as of such other date as may have been mutually agreed to by the Company and the Account Debtor in the ordinary course of business (provided however, that in any event the Company shall invoice at least monthly for services performed) and not more than sixty (60) days have passed since the invoice date corresponding to such Account;
(d) the unpaid balance of such Account as represented by the Company to Bank in the applicable Borrowing Base Certificate is not subject to any defense, counterclaim, setoff, contra account, credit, allowance or adjustment by the Account Debtor because of returned, inferior or damaged Inventory or services, or for any other reason, except for customary discounts allowed by the Company in the ordinary course of business for prompt payment, and, to the extent there is any agreement between the Company, the related Account Debtor and any other person, for any rebate, discount, concession or release of liability in respect of such Account, in whole or in part, the amount of such rebate, discount, concession or release of liability shall be excluded from the Borrowing Base;
(e) the transactions leading to the creation of such Account comply with all applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations of the jurisdiction in which such Account was created where the failure to comply therewith could reasonably be expected to materially impair the collectibility of such Account;
(f) the Company has granted to the Bank pursuant to or in accordance with the Loan Documents (except to the extent not required to do so thereunder) a perfected security interest in such Account prior in right to all other persons or entities and such Account has not been sold, transferred or otherwise assigned or encumbered by Company, as applicable, to any person or entity other than pursuant to or in accordance with the Loan Documents or this Agreement;
(g) it is not owing by an Account Debtor who, as of the date of determination, has failed to pay twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the aggregate amount of their respective Accounts arising from the sale of Inventory owing to Company (i) within 75 (75) days since the original invoice date with respect to any Accounts owing by The Sharper Image or (ii) within sixty (60) days since the original invoice date with respect to all other Accounts;
(h) such Account is not represented by any note, trade acceptance, draft or other negotiable instrument or by any chattel paper, except any such as has been endorsed and delivered by Company pursuant to or in accordance with the Loan Documents or this Agreement on or prior to such Account’s inclusion in any applicable Borrowing Base Certificate;
(i) the Company has not received, with respect to such Account, any notice of the death of the related Account Debtor or any general partner thereof, nor of the dissolution, liquidation, termination of existence, insolvency, business failure, appointment of a receiver for any part of the property of, assignment for the benefit of creditors by, or the filing of a petition in bankruptcy or the commencement of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency laws by or against, such Account Debtor; and
(j) the Account Debtor on such Account is not:
(i) an Affiliate or a Subsidiary of the Company;
(ii) the United States of America or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof (unless the Company has complied with the provisions of the Federal Assignment of Claims Act);
(iii) a citizen or resident of any jurisdiction other than one of the United States; or
(iv) an Account Debtor whose obligations the Bank, acting in its commercially reasonable judgment, has notified the Company are not deemed to constitute an Eligible Account because the collectibility of such Account is or will be impaired.
(k) such Account satisfies any other eligibility criteria reasonably established from time to time by the Bank.
(a) it (i) is subject to a perfected lien in favor of Bank and (ii) is not subject to any other assignment, claim or lien;
(b) it is saleable;
(c) it is in the possession and control of Company and it is stored and held in facilities owned by Company or, if such facilities are not so owned, Bank is in possession of a landlord agreement, bailee agreement or other collateral access agreement satisfactory to Bank with respect thereto, or it constitutes In Transit Inventory;
(d) it is not Inventory produced in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act and subject to the “hot goods” provisions contained in Title 29 U.S.C. §215;
(e) it is not subject to any agreement which would restrict Bank’s ability to sell or otherwise dispose of such Inventory;
(f) it is located in the United States or in any territory or possession of the United States that has adopted Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code;
(g) it is not held by Company on consignment;
(h) it is not work-in-progress inventory;
(i) it is not “in transit” to the Company, unless such “in transit” inventory constitutes “In Transit Inventory” as defined herein; and
(j) Bank shall not have determined in its sole discretion, all in accordance with ordinary and customary asset-based lending standards, that it is unacceptable due to age, type, category, quality, quantity and/or any other reason whatsoever.
(a) the per annum interest rate at which Bank’s Eurodollar Lending Office offers deposits to prime banks in the eurodollar market in an amount comparable to the relevant Eurodollar-based Advance and for a period equal to the relevant Interest Period at approximately the time Company requests such Advance on the first day of such Interest Period; divided by
(b) a percentage equal to 100% minus the maximum rate on such date at which Bank is required to maintain reserves on “Euro-currency Liabilities” as defined in and pursuant to Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or, if such regulation or definition is modified, and as long as Bank is required to maintain reserves against a category of liabilities which includes eurodollar deposits or includes a category of assets which includes eurodollar loans, the rate at which such reserves are required to be maintained on such category;
(a) Such acquisition is of a business or Person engaged in a line of business which is compatible with, or complementary to, the business of the Company;
(b) If such acquisition is structured as a stock acquisition, then the Person so acquired shall either (X) become a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Company or of a Guarantor and Company shall comply, or cause such Guarantor to comply, with Section 8.16 hereof (if applicable) or (Y) such Person shall be merged with and into Company or a Guarantor (with Company or such Guarantor being the surviving entity);
(c) If such acquisition is structured as the acquisition of assets, such assets shall be acquired by Company or a Guarantor;
(d) Company shall have delivered to the Bank not less than fifteen (15) nor more than ninety (90) days prior to the date of such acquisition, notice of such acquisition together with Pro Forma Projected Financial Information, copies of all material documents relating to such acquisition, and historical financial information (including income statements, balance sheets and cash flows) covering at least two (2) complete fiscal years of the acquisition target, if available, prior to the effective date of the acquisition or the entire credit history of the acquisition target, whichever period is shorter, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Bank, and the Bank shall, within five (5) Business Days of receipt of such Pro Forma Projected Financial Information, give notice to the Company that such information is acceptable or unacceptable, and in the event that the Bank, in its sole and reasonable discretion, deems such information unacceptable, the Bank shall provide the Company with a statement explaining the basis for this determination;
(e) Both immediately before and after such acquisition no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and, giving effect to the Pro Forma Projected Financial Information, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(f) The board of directors (or other Person(s) exercising similar functions) of the seller of the assets or issuer of the shares of stock or other ownership interests being acquired shall not have disapproved such transaction or recommended that such transaction be disapproved;
(g) All governmental, quasi-governmental, agency, regulatory or similar licenses, authorizations, exemptions, qualifications, consents and approvals necessary or appropriate under any laws applicable to Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or the acquisition target for or in connection with the proposed acquisition and all necessary or
appropriate non-governmental and other third-party approvals which, in each case, are material to such acquisition shall have been obtained, and all necessary or appropriate declarations, registrations or other filings with any court, governmental or regulatory authority, securities exchange or any other person have been made, and evidence thereof satisfactory in form and substance to the Bank shall have been delivered, or caused to have been delivered, by Company to the Bank;
(h) There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of Company threatened against or affecting the acquisition target in any court or before or by any governmental department, agency or instrumentality, an adverse decision in which would materially adversely affect the financial condition of the acquisition target or the ability of the target company to enter into or perform its obligations in connection with the proposed acquisition, nor are any actions, suits, or proceedings pending, or to the knowledge of the Company threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which would materially adversely affect the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to enter into or perform their respective obligations in connection with the proposed acquisition; and
(i) The purchase price of such proposed new acquisition, computed on the basis of total acquisition consideration paid or incurred, or to be paid or incurred, with respect thereto, including the amount of Funded Debt assumed or to which such assets, businesses or business or ownership interests or shares, or any Person so acquired is subject (and including payments made or to be made under any non-compete agreements), (X) is less than Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000), (Y) when added to the purchase price for each other acquisition consummated hereunder during the same fiscal year as a Permitted Acquisition, does not exceed Eight Million Dollars ($8,000,000) and (Z) when added to the purchase price for each other acquisition consummated hereunder during the life of this agreement as a Permitted Acquisition, does not exceed Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000).
(a) Governmental Obligations;
(b) Obligations of a state of the United States, the District of Columbia or any possession of the United States, or any political subdivision thereof, which are described in Section 103(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and are graded in any of the highest three (3) major grades as determined by at least one Rating Agency; or secured, as to payments of principal and interest, by a letter of credit provided by a financial institution or insurance provided by a bond insurance company which in each case is itself or its debt is rated in one of the highest three (3) major grades as determined by at least one Rating Agency;
(c) Banker’s acceptances, commercial accounts, demand deposit accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, or depository receipts issued by or maintained with any bank, trust company, savings and loan association, savings bank or other financial institution whose deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation and whose reported capital and surplus equal at least $250,000,000, provided that such minimum capital and surplus requirement shall not apply to demand deposit accounts maintained by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(d) Commercial paper rated at the time of purchase within the two highest classifications established by not less than two Rating Agencies, and which matures within 270 days after the date of issue;
(e) Secured repurchase agreements against obligations itemized in paragraph (a) above, and executed by a bank or trust company or by members of the association of primary dealers or other recognized dealers in United States government securities, the market value of which must be maintained at levels at least equal to the amounts advanced; and
(f) Any fund or other pooling arrangement which exclusively purchases and holds the investments itemized in (a) through (e) above.
(a) liens for taxes not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued, provided that provision for the payment of all such taxes has been made on the books of such Person as may be required by GAAP consistently applied;
(b) mechanics’, materialmen’s, banker’s, carriers’, warehousemen’s and similar liens and encumbrances arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations of such Person that are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued, provided that in the case of any such contest (i) any proceedings commenced for the enforcement of such liens and encumbrances shall have been duly suspended; and (ii) such provision for the payment of such liens and encumbrances has been made on the books of such Person as may be required by GAAP, consistently applied;
(c) liens arising in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pensions and social security benefits and similar statutory obligations which are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued, provided that in the case of any such contest (i) any proceedings commenced for the enforcement of such liens shall have been duly suspended; and (ii) such provision for the payment of such liens has been made on the books of such Person as may be required by GAAP, consistently applied;
(d) (i) liens incurred in the ordinary course of business to secure the performance of statutory obligations arising in connection with progress payments or advance payments due under contracts with the United States government or any agency thereof entered into in the ordinary course of business and (ii) liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure the performance of statutory obligations, bids, leases, fee and expense arrangements with trustees and fiscal agents and
other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations incurred in connection with the borrowing of money, any lease-purchase arrangements or the payment of the deferred purchase price of property), provided that full provision for the payment of all such obligations set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) has been made on the books of such Person as may be required by GAAP, consistently applied;
(e) any attachment or judgment lien not constituting an Event of Default under Section 10.1(i) hereof;
(f) leases or subleases of real property interests granted to others in the ordinary course of business and not materially interfering with the business of Company and its Subsidiaries; and
(g) minor survey exceptions or minor encumbrances, easements or reservations, or rights of others for rights-of-way, utilities and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real properties, or any interest of any lessor or sublessor under any lease permitted hereunder, which in each case does not materially interfere with the business of such Person.
2. REVOLVING CREDIT
(a) each such Request for Advance shall set forth the information required on the Request for Advance form annexed hereto as Exhibit “D”;
(b) each such Request for Advance shall be delivered to Bank by 11:00 a.m. (Detroit time) on the proposed date of Advance with respect to Prime-based Advances, and by 11:00 a.m. (Detroit time) three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed date of Advance with respect to Eurodollar-based Advances;
(c) the principal amount of any Eurodollar-based Advance, plus the amount of any outstanding Advances to be then combined therewith having the same Applicable Interest Rate and Interest Period, if any, shall be at least $100,000 or any larger amount in $25,000 increments;
(d) on the proposed date of such Advance, after giving effect to all Advances and Letters of Credit and Acceptances requested on that day, the principal amount of such Advance, plus the aggregate amount of all other outstanding Advances under this Section 2 (including, without duplication, any deemed Advances funded by Bank under Sections 3.5 and 4.3 in respect of the Company’s reimbursement obligations thereof) plus the Letter of Credit Reserve, plus the aggregate unpaid face amount of all outstanding Acceptances shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment;
(e) on the proposed date of such Advance, after giving effect to all Advances and Letters of Credit and Acceptances requested on that day, the principal amount of such Advance, plus the aggregate amount of all other outstanding Advances under this Section 2 (including, without duplication, any deemed Advances funded by Bank under Sections 3.5 and 4.3 in respect of the Company’s reimbursement obligations thereof), plus the Letter of Credit Reserve with respect to Standby Letters of Credit and Wells Fargo Letters of Credit only, plus the aggregate unpaid face amount of all outstanding Acceptances shall not exceed the lesser of the then applicable (i) Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment and (ii) Borrowing Base;
(f) a Request for Advance, once delivered to Bank, shall not be revocable by Company;
(g) each Request for Advance shall constitute a certification by Company, as of the date thereof:
(i) both before and after such Advance, the obligations of the Loan Parties set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Persons are parties are valid, binding and enforceable obligations of such Persons;
(ii) all conditions to Advances of the Revolving Credit have been satisfied (including, without limitation, the delivery of the required Borrowing Base Certificate), and shall remain satisfied to the date of such Advance (both before and after giving effect to such Advance);
(iii) there is no Default or Event of Default in existence, and none will exist upon the making of such Advance (both before and after giving effect to such Advance);
(iv) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects and shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the making of such Advance (both before and after giving effect to such Advance), other than any representation or warranty that expressly speaks only as of a different date; and
(v) the execution of such Request for Advance will not violate the material terms and conditions of any material contract, agreement or other borrowing of Company.
(a) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Revolving Credit Maturity Date; and
(b) any Interest Period which would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the next succeeding Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case, such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day and when an Interest Period begins on a day which has no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month during which such Interest Period is to end, it shall end on the last Business Day of such calendar month.
3. ACCEPTANCES
(a) the face amount of the Acceptance requested, plus the unpaid portion of all other outstanding Acceptances, does not exceed the Acceptance Maximum Amount;
(b) the face amount of the Acceptance requested, plus the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding and requested but not issued Advances (including, without duplication, any deemed Advances funded by Bank under Section 3.5 and 4.3 in respect of the Company’s reimbursement obligations thereof), plus the Letter of Credit Reserve, plus the aggregate unpaid face amount of all other outstanding Acceptances do not exceed the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment;
(c) the face amount of the Acceptance requested, plus the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding and requested but not yet funded Advances, plus the Letter of Credit Reserve with respect to Standby Letters of Credit and the Wells Fargo Letters of Credit only, plus the aggregate unpaid face amount of all other Acceptances do not exceed the lesser of the then applicable (i) Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment and (ii) Borrowing Base;
(d) the obligations of Company set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are valid, binding and enforceable obligations of Company and the valid, binding and enforceable nature of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents has not been disputed by Company;
(e) both immediately before and immediately after creation of the Acceptance requested, no Default or Event of Default exists;
(f) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the Loan Documents are true in all material respects as if made on such date;
(g) Each Acceptance will, when created, be eligible for purchase or discount by Federal Reserve Banks within the meaning of Section 13 of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. §372), as amended from time to time, or any successor act or code, and the applicable guidelines and regulations promulgated thereunder in effect from time to time (herein called the “Act”) and satisfy such other conditions as Bank may reasonably impose; and
(h) Company shall have delivered a duly executed certificate to Bank certifying as to the matters set forth in Section 3.2(a) through (g) and acknowledging that the Bank shall be entitled to rely on such certification without any duty of inquiry.
(b) Upon receipt by Company, Company shall promptly deliver to Bank, upon Bank’s request, a copy of the underlying contract(s), commercial invoice(s), any bill(s) of lading and other documentation as Bank may reasonably request or which the United States Government may request and which relate to any underlying trade transaction(s) to which an Acceptance relates.
(c) Company agree to comply with all laws and regulations applicable to any and all drafts and Acceptances created, discounted or arising hereunder and any and all transactions to which such drafts and Acceptances relate, and Company shall indemnify Bank on demand and hold Bank harmless from any claim, loss, liability or expense (including, without limitation, all attorneys’ fees and expenses and the allocated costs of Bank’s in-house staff counsel) arising from any material violation of any such laws or regulations by Company, or in the event that any Acceptance created hereunder is found to be ineligible under the applicable regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States governing banker’s acceptance for purchase or discount.
(d) Company hereby agrees to: (a) procure promptly any necessary licenses related to any Acceptance created hereunder; (b) comply with all governmental laws and regulations as Bank may at any time reasonably require; (c) to the extent that prudent business judgment and practice would dictate, keep such goods adequately covered at all
times by insurance; and (d) pay any and all taxes related to the goods to which any Acceptance relates.
(e) Bank shall be fully protected and indemnified in relying upon any instructions received from an authorized officer of Company, or any person purporting or representing himself to be an authorized officer, without any duty to confirm the identity of such person or to make any inquiry as to the genuineness of such instructions. Bank shall not be liable for any errors, omissions, delays or interruptions in the transmission of any such instructions. Bank may act upon any verbal instructions given by any authorized officer of Company, or by any person which Bank believes, in good faith, to be an authorized officer of Company. All such verbal instructions to Bank shall be confirmed in writing by Company, either via first class mail, postage prepaid, or telefax or telex transmission, in the form of a Request for Banker’s Acceptance within three (3) Business Days of such verbal instructions. In the event that any such verbal instructions differ in any respect from the written confirmation subsequently furnished to Bank, the verbal instructions shall govern as to all Acceptances created in accordance with such verbal instructions prior to the receipt of such written confirmation. Bank’s determination of the contents of any verbal instructions shall be conclusive and binding upon Company, absent manifest error. Company acknowledges that if Bank issues an Acceptance based on any telephonic, telefaxed or telexed request, confirmation or instructions, it shall be for Company’s convenience, and all risks involved in the use of such procedures shall be borne by Company, and Company expressly agrees to indemnify and hold Bank harmless therefor; provided, however, Bank shall have no duty to confirm the identity of anyone requesting or confirming a request for an Acceptance by telephone or telefax.
(b) The Company shall pay to Bank an acceptance discount commission with respect to each Acceptance created pursuant hereto in an amount equal to the greater of (i) $150 or (ii) the Acceptance Discount Rate times the face amount of such Acceptance, payable upon the creation and discounting of such Acceptance.
(c) The fees described in clauses (a) and (b) above shall be (i) nonrefundable under all circumstances and (ii) calculated on the basis of a 360 day year and assessed for the actual number of days from the date of the creation thereof to the stated expiration thereof. The amount of such acceptance or acceptance discount commission in respect of any Acceptance created hereunder may be paid, in Dollars, in immediately available funds, by Company to Bank or, alternatively, may be deducted from the amount otherwise payable by Bank to or in favor of Company upon Bank’s creation and discounting of such Acceptance, as the case may be.
4. LETTERS OF CREDIT.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Bank may, at any time and from time to time from and after the date hereof, until thirty (30) days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, upon the execution and/or delivery by Company unto Bank of a Letter of Credit Agreement and such other documentation related to the
requested Letter of Credit as Bank may reasonably require, issue Standby Letters of Credit for the account of Company, in an aggregate face amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed $2,500,000. Each Standby Letter of Credit shall contain terms, conditions and provisions acceptable to Bank, in its sole discretion, and shall be in a minimum face amount of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000). No Standby Letter of Credit shall have an expiry date which extends beyond one (1) year from the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit, or ten (10) Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, whichever first occurs.
(b) with respect to any Standby Letters of Credit requested, both before and after giving effect to the issuance thereof, the Letter of Credit Reserve on such date with respect to Standby Letters of Credit does not exceed the Letter of Credit Maximum Amount (Standby);
(c) with respect to any Wells Fargo Letters of Credit requested, both before and after giving effect to the issuance thereof, the Letter of Credit Reserve on such date with respect to the Wells Fargo Letters of Credit does not exceed the Letter of Credit Maximum Amount (Wells Fargo);
(d) with respect to any Commercial Letters of Credit requested, both before and after giving effect to the issuance thereof, the Letter of Credit Reserve on such date with respect to Commercial Letters of Credit does not exceed the Letter of Credit Maximum Amount (Commercial);
(e) both before and after giving effect to the issuance of the Letter of Credit so requested, the Letter of Credit Reserve on such date, plus the aggregate amount of all Advances requested or outstanding on such date (including, without duplication, any deemed Advances funded by Bank under Section 3.5 and 4.3 in respect of the Company’s reimbursement obligations thereof), plus the aggregate unpaid face amount of all outstanding Acceptances on such date, do not exceed the Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment;
(f) with respect to any Standby Letters of Credit and Wells Fargo Letters of Credit requested, both before and after giving effect to the issuance thereof, the Letter of Credit Reserve on such date with respect to Standby Letters of Credit and Wells Fargo Letters of Credit, plus the aggregate amount of all Advances requested or outstanding on such date (including, without duplication, any deemed Advances funded by Bank under Section 3.5 and 4.3 in respect of the Company’s reimbursement obligations thereof), plus the aggregate unpaid face amount of all outstanding Acceptances on such date, do not exceed the lesser of the then applicable (i) Revolving Credit Aggregate Commitment and (ii) Borrowing Base;
(g) both immediately before and after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, the obligations of Company set forth in this Agreement, the applicable Letter of Credit Agreement, and in any of the other Loan Documents to which Company is a party or by which it is otherwise bound shall be valid, binding and enforceable obligations of Company;
(h) both before and after issuance of the Letter of Credit so requested, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or exist;
(i) each of the representations and warranties made by Company in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party or by which it is otherwise bound shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made on and as of such date;
(j) the execution of the Letter of Credit Agreement with respect to the Letter of Credit so requested will not violate the terms and conditions of any contract, agreement, indenture or other borrowing of Company;
(k) Company shall have delivered to Bank, not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the requested date for issuance of such requested Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Agreement related thereto, together with such other documents and materials as may be required pursuant to the terms thereof or as Bank may otherwise reasonably require, and the terms of the proposed Letter of Credit shall be satisfactory to Bank in its sole discretion;
(l) no order, judgment or decree of any court, arbitrator or governmental authority shall purport, by its terms, to enjoin or restrain Bank from issuing the Letter of Credit, and no law, rule, regulation, request or directive (whether or not having the force
of law) shall prohibit or request that Bank refrain from issuing the Letter of Credit requested or letters of credit generally;
(m) (i) there shall have been no introduction of or any change in the interpretation of any law or regulation that would make it unlawful for Bank to issue the requested Letter of Credit, (ii) there shall have been no declaration of a general banking moratorium by banking authorities in the United States of America, the State of Michigan, or any of the respective jurisdictions in which Company or the beneficiary of the requested Letter of Credit is/are located, and (iii) there shall have been no establishment of any new restrictions on transactions involving letters of credit or on banks materially affecting the extension of credit by banks; and
(n) Bank shall have received the issuance and other fees required in connection with the issuance of such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 4.8 hereof.
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit, or any documentation relating to any Letter of Credit, or to any transaction related in any way to such Letter of Credit (collectively, the “Letter of Credit Documents”);
(ii) any amendment, modification, waiver, consent, or any substitution, exchange or release of or failure to perfect any interest in any collateral or security with respect to any of the Letter of Credit Documents;
(iii) the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right which Company may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Person(s) for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), Bank or any other Person, whether in connection with any of the Letter of Credit Documents, the transactions contemplated herein or therein, or any unrelated transactions;
(iv) any draft or other statement or document presented under any Letter of Credit proves to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein is untrue or inaccurate in any respect;
(v) any failure, omission, delay or lack on the part of Bank, or any party to any of the Letter of Credit Documents, to enforce, assert or exercise any right, power or remedy conferred upon Bank, or any such party, under this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any of the Letter of Credit Documents, or any other acts or omissions on the part of Bank or any such party; or
(vi) any other event or circumstances that would, in the absence of this Section 4.4, result in the release or discharge, whether by operation of law or otherwise, of Company from the performance or observance of any obligation, covenant or agreement of Company contained in Section 4.3 of this Agreement.
(b) No setoff, counterclaim, reduction or diminution of any obligation or any defense of any kind or nature which Company has or may have against the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit shall be available hereunder to Company against Bank.
(a) (i) With respect to any Standby Letters of Credit issued hereunder, a per annum letter of credit fee with respect to the undrawn face amount of each Standby Letter of Credit issued pursuant hereto in the amount of the Applicable L/C Commission Rate; (ii) with respect to any Wells Fargo Letter of Credit, a per annum letter of credit fee equal to two and one half percent (2.5%) on the undrawn face amount of each Wells Fargo Letter of Credit issued pursuant hereto; and (iii) with respect to any Commercial Letter of Credit issued hereunder, (x) upon the issuance thereof, the Applicable Commercial L/C Issuance Fee and (y) upon presentation by the beneficiary of the draft (and other required documentation) for payment under such Commercial Letter of Credit, the Applicable Commercial L/C Negotiation Fee.
(b) The fees described in clause (a) above (i) shall be nonrefundable under all circumstances, (ii) with respect to any Standby Letters of Credit and Wells Fargo Letters of Credit, shall be payable upon the issuance of such Letter of Credit and thereafter, semi-annually in advance on January 1 and July 1 of each year, and in the case of Commercial Letters of Credit, shall be payable upon the issuance of such Letter of Credit, and (ii) shall be determined by multiplying the applicable rate times the undrawn amount of the face amount of each such Letter of Credit on the date of determination, and in the case of the fees described in clauses (a)(i) and (a)(ii) above, shall be calculated on the basis of a 360 day year and assessed for the actual number of days from the date of the issuance thereof to the stated expiration thereof.
(c) If any change in any law or regulation or in the interpretation thereof by any court or administrative or governmental authority charged with the administration thereof, adopted after the date hereof, shall either (i) impose, modify or cause to be deemed applicable any reserve, special deposit, limitation or similar requirement against letters of credit issued or participated in by, or assets held by, or deposits in or for the account of, Bank or (ii) impose on Bank any other condition regarding this Agreement,
the Letters of Credit or any participations in such Letters of Credit, and the result of any event referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above shall be to increase the cost or expense to Bank of issuing or maintaining or participating in any of the Letters of Credit (which increase in cost or expense shall be determined by Bank’s reasonable allocation of the aggregate of such cost increases and expenses resulting from such events), then, upon demand by the Bank the Company shall, within thirty (30) days following demand for payment, pay to Bank from time to time as specified by the Bank, additional amounts which shall be sufficient to compensate the Bank for such increased cost and expense, together with interest on each such amount from ten days after the date such payment is due until payment in full thereof at the Prime-based Rate. Each demand for payment under this Section shall be accompanied by a certificate of Bank setting forth the amount of such increased cost or expense incurred by the Bank as a result of any event mentioned in clause (i) or (ii) above, and in reasonable detail, the methodology for calculating and the calculation of such amount, which certificate shall be prepared in good faith and shall be conclusive evidence, absent manifest error, as to the amount thereof.
(d) The Company also agrees to pay, to the Bank the customary fees (including, without limitation, documentation, administration, amendment, payment, processing and cancellation charges) assessed by Bank, at the times, in the amounts and on the terms set forth or to be set forth from time to time in the standard fee schedule of Bank in effect from time to time.
5. SPECIAL PROVISIONS, CHANGES IN CIRCUMSTANCES AND YIELD PROTECTION.
(a) shall subject Bank (or its Eurodollar Lending Office) to any tax, duty or other charge with respect to any Advance or the Revolving Credit Note or shall change the basis of taxation of payments to Bank (or its Eurodollar Lending Office) of the principal of or interest on any Advance or the Revolving Credit Note or any other amounts due under this Agreement in respect thereof (except for changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of Bank or its Eurodollar Lending Office imposed by any jurisdiction in which Bank is organized or engaged in business); or
(b) shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve (including, without limitation, any imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by Bank (or its Eurodollar Lending Office) or shall impose on Bank (or its Eurodollar Lending Office) or the foreign exchange and interbank markets any other condition affecting any Advance or the Revolving Credit Note;
(a) Such margin adjustments shall be given prospective effect only, effective immediately upon the required date of delivery of the financial statements under Sections 8.1(a) and 8.1(b) hereof, establishing applicability of the appropriate adjustments, if any.
(b) Such Margin adjustments under this Section 5.7 shall be made irrespective of, and in addition to, any other interest rate or pricing adjustments hereunder, including any assessment of a default rate of interest hereunder.
(c) The pricing set forth under Level I of the attached Schedule 5.7 shall apply until the delivery of the financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, in accordance with Section 8.1(a) hereof. Upon any failure at any time to deliver any financial statement on a timely basis under this Agreement, and until delivery of such financial statement, the highest pricing level hereunder shall apply.
6. CONDITIONS
(a) Security Agreement;
(b) Parent Pledge Agreement;
(c) Investor Subordination Agreement;
(d) Financing Statements required or requested by Bank to perfect all security interests to be conferred upon Bank under this Agreement and to accord Bank a perfected first priority security position under the Uniform Commercial Code (subject only to the encumbrances permitted hereunder);
(e) Certified copies of uniform commercial code requests for information, or a similar search report certified by a party acceptable to the Bank, dated a date reasonably near to the Closing Date, listing all effective financing statements which name the Company or any Subsidiary (under their present names or under any previous names used within five (5) years prior to the date hereof) as debtors and which are filed in the jurisdictions in which filings are to be made pursuant to the Loan Documents, together with (i) copies of such financing statements, and (ii) executed Uniform Commercial Code (Form UCC-3) Termination Statements, if any, necessary to release all liens and other rights of any Person in any Collateral described in the Loan Documents previously granted by any Person (other than liens permitted by Section 9.5); and
(f) Such other documents or agreements of security and appropriate assurances of validity and perfected first priority of lien or security interest as Bank may reasonably request at any time.
(a) No Default or Event of Default shall exist as of the date of the Advance, the request for the Letter of Credit or the request for an Acceptance; and
(b) Each of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and in each of the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of the Advance, Letter of Credit or Acceptance as if made on and as of such date (other than any representation or warranty that expressly speaks only as of a different date).
7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
(b) To the best knowledge of Company, the financial projections furnished by Company to Bank prior to the date of execution of this Agreement were as of the date thereof and are as of the date of execution of this Agreement reasonable in all material respects taking into account all facts and information known or reasonably available to Company.
(a) all facilities and property owned or leased by the Loan Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries, are in material compliance with all Environmental Laws;
(b) to the best knowledge of the Company, there have been no unresolved and outstanding past, and there are no pending or threatened:
(i) claims, complaints, notices or requests for information received by any Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries with respect to any alleged violation of any Environmental Law, or
(ii) written complaints, notices or inquiries to any Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries regarding potential liability of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries under any Environmental Law; and
(c) to the knowledge of the Company, no conditions exist at, on or under any property now or previously owned or leased by the Loan Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries which, with the passage of time, or the giving of notice or both, would give rise to liability of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries under any Environmental Law.
8. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
(a) as soon as available, but in any event within (i) one hundred twenty (120) days after the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, and (ii) within ninety (90) days after the end of each subsequent fiscal year thereafter of the Company, a copy of the audited Consolidated and unaudited Consolidating financial statements of the Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the related audited statements of income, accumulated earnings, and cash flows for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, certified as being fairly stated in all material respects by one of nationally recognized certified public accounting firms reasonably satisfactory to the Bank;
(b) as soon as available, but in any event not later than (i) forty five (45) days after the end of March, June, September and December of each year, and (ii) thirty (30) days after the end of every other month, in each case other than the last month of each fiscal year, in which case the following items shall be delivered concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements under clauses (a) above), Company prepared unaudited Consolidated and Consolidating financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such month and the related unaudited statements of income and cash flows of the Holdings and its Subsidiaries for the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such fiscal month, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding periods in the previous year, and certified by Company as being fairly stated in all material respects;
(c) within twenty (20) days after and as of the end of each month, including the last month of each fiscal year, (i) a monthly aging of Company’s Accounts, (ii) a monthly aging of Company’s accounts payable, (iii) an inventory report in form satisfactory to Bank, (iv) a Borrowing Base Certificate, and (v) a listing of all outstanding Letters of Credit and Acceptances, in each case in form acceptable to Bank, and in each case, accompanied, if so requested by Bank, by supporting detail reasonably acceptable to Bank;
(d) concurrently with the delivery of each of the financial statements required by Section 8.1(a) and (b)(i) hereof, a statement prepared and certified by the chief financial officer of Company (or in such officer’s absence, a responsible senior officer of Company) (a) setting forth all computations necessary to show compliance by Company with the financial covenants contained in Sections 8.10, 8.11 and 9.7 hereof, (b) stating that as of the date thereof, no condition or event which constitutes a Default hereunder or which with the running of time and/or the giving of notice would constitute an Event of Default hereunder has occurred and is continuing, or if any such event or condition has occurred and is continuing or exists, specifying in detail the nature and period of existence thereof and any action with respect thereto taken or contemplated to be taken by Company and (c) stating that the signer has personally reviewed this Agreement and has made such examination (or had persons under the signer’s supervision make such examination) as signer deemed necessary to enable signer to provide such certification and to attest to its accuracy;
(e) within thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal year, financial projections for Holdings and its Subsidiaries in form satisfactory to Bank;
(f) concurrently with the delivery of each of the financial statements required by Section 8.1(a) and (b)(i) hereof (or more frequently upon the request of the Bank or at the option of the Company), revisions or updates to Schedules 6.4A, 6.4B, 7.6, and 7.9 as may be necessary or appropriate from time to time to update or correct such Schedules, which revisions shall be effective from the date received by the Bank; provided, however, that no such revisions or updates to any Schedules shall be deemed to have cured any breach of warranty or misrepresentations occurring prior to the delivery of such revision or update by reason of the inaccuracy or incompleteness of any such Schedule at the time such warranty or representation previously was made or deemed to be made;
(g) such information as required by the terms and conditions of any security agreements referred to in this Agreement;
(h) such other financial and other reports as delivered to the holders of the Investor Subdebt pursuant to the Investor Subdebt Documents and the holders of any other Subordinated Debt under the applicable Subordinated Debt Documents;
(i) such additional schedules, certificates and reports respecting all or any of the assets being pledged to the Bank, the items or amounts received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in full or partial payment thereof, and any goods (the sale or lease of which shall have given rise to any of the collateral) possession of which has been obtained by Company, all to such extent as Bank may reasonably request, and any such schedule, certificate or report shall be certified as accurate by the Company and shall be in such form and detail as Bank may reasonably specify; and
(j) promptly, and in form to be satisfactory to Bank, such other information as Bank may reasonably request from time to time;
(a) the termination of a Pension Plan pursuant to Subtitle C of Title IV of ERISA or otherwise;
(b) the appointment of a trustee by a United States District Court to administer a Pension Plan;
(c) the commencement by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor thereto of any proceeding to terminate a Pension Plan;
(d) the failure of a Pension Plan to satisfy the minimum funding requirements for any plan year as established in Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended or any similar provision under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;
(e) the withdrawal of Company or any Subsidiary from a Pension Plan; or
(f) a reportable event, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, other than a reportable event for which the notice requirement has been waived by the PBCG.
(b) Promptly notify Bank and provide copies upon receipt of all written claims, complaints, notices or inquiries received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of a material nature relating to its facilities and properties or compliance with Environmental Laws, and promptly cure all violations of or noncompliance with all Environmental Laws to the extent that such violations could reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect and undertake to have dismissed with prejudice to the satisfaction of the Bank any actions and proceedings relating to compliance with Environmental Laws to which Company or any of its Subsidiaries is named a party, other than such actions or proceedings being contested in good faith and with the establishment of a reasonable reserve; and
(c) To the extent necessary to materially comply with Environmental Laws, remediate or monitor contamination arising from a release or disposal of Hazardous Material.
9. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
(a) Indebtedness to Bank and any renewals or refinancing of such Indebtedness;
(b) any Debt described in attached Schedule 9.1 and any renewals or refinancings of such Debt in amounts not exceeding the scheduled amounts (less any required amortization according to the terms thereof) on substantially the same terms as in effect on the Closing Date and otherwise in compliance with this Agreement;
(c) Guarantee Obligations to the extent permitted under Section 9.3;
(d) Subordinated Debt;
(e) any Debt assumed pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition conducted in compliance with this Agreement, provided that such Debt was not entered into, extended or renewed in contemplation of such acquisition and provided further that the aggregate amount of all such Debt shall not exceed $2,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(f) any Debt incurred to finance the acquisition of fixed or capital assets (whether pursuant to a loan or a Capitalized Lease), provided that the aggregate amount of all such Debt shall not exceed $500,000 at any one time outstanding;
(g) Hedging Transactions;
(h) Intercompany Loans, but only to the extent permitted under Section 9.9;
(i) Any Debt owing by any foreign Subsidiary provided that the aggregate amount of all such Debt shall not exceed $500,000 at any one time outstanding; and
(j) additional unsecured Debt not otherwise described above, provided that at the time of and immediately after giving effect to the occurrence thereof, (i) the aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time shall not exceed $700,000 and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(a) inventory leased or sold in the ordinary course of its business;
(b) obsolete, damaged or worn out property, property no longer useful or useable in the conduct of a Company or a Subsidiary’s business; and
(c) (i) mergers or consolidations of any Subsidiary with or into Company (so long as Company shall be the continuing or surviving entity); and (ii) mergers or consolidations of any Subsidiary (excluding Company) with or into any Guarantor, so long as such Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving entity; provided, however, that at the time of each such merger or consolidation under sub-clauses (i) through (ii) of this clause (c), both before and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(d) sales or transfers, including upon voluntary liquidation (other than sales or transfers of stock or other ownership interests) (i) between Company and any Guarantor or (ii) from any Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or any Guarantor;
(e) (i) provided no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such sale (both before and after giving effect to such Asset Sale), Asset Sales in which the sales price is at least the fair market value of the assets sold and the aggregate amount of such Asset Sales (as determined on the basis of the gross sales price
of such Asset Sales) is less than $50,000 in any fiscal year, and (ii) other Asset Sales approved in writing by the Bank.
(a) to Bank;
(b) the Permitted Liens;
(c) liens securing Debt permitted by Section 9.1(e), provided that such liens do not at any time encumber any property other than property subject to such liens prior to such Permitted Acquisition;
(d) liens securing Debt permitted by Section 9.1(f), provided that (i) such liens shall be created substantially simultaneously with the acquisition of such fixed or capital asset, (ii) such liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property, equipment or improvements financed by such Debt, and (iii) the principal amount of Debt secured by any such lien shall at no time exceed 100% of the original purchase price of such property, equipment or improvements and related costs and charges imposed by the vendors thereof; and
(e) liens described in attached Schedule 9.5.
(a) Permitted Investments;
(b) sales on open account and in the ordinary course of business;
(c) Intercompany Loans, Advances or Investments made on or after the Closing Date (provided that any Intercompany Loan hereunder shall be evidenced by and funded under an Intercompany Note encumbered pursuant to the appropriate Loan Document), provided that at the time any such loan, advance or investment is made
(before and after giving effect thereto), no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(d) investments consisting of loans and advances to employees for moving, entertainment, travel and other similar expenses in the ordinary course of business not to exceed $250,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding;
(e) deposits made in the ordinary course of business in order to obtain goods or services in an aggregate amount not to exceed $250,000 at any one time; and
(f) other loans, advances and investments not exceeding $100,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding.
10. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
(a) non-payment when due of: (i) any installment of the principal on the Revolving Credit Note, (ii) any Reimbursement Obligation, (iii) any Acceptance Obligation, or (iv) any interest or fees owing under this Agreement, and in the case of interest payments and fees, continuance thereof for three (3) Business Days;
(b) non-payment of any other amount payable by any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document within three (3) Business Days after notice from the Bank that the same is due and payable;
(c) default in the observance or performance of any of the conditions, covenants or agreements of Company set forth in Sections 8.1(a) through (f), 8.2, 8.3(b), 8.4, 8.5, 8.7(a), 8.10, 8.11, 8.14, 8.16(b) or Section 9 provided that an Event of Default arising from a breach of Sections 8.1(a) through (f) and 8.5 shall be deemed to have been cured upon delivery of the required item;
(d) default in the observance or performance of any of the other conditions, covenants or agreements of Company herein set forth, and continuance thereof for a period of thirty (30) days following the earlier to occur of (i) the obtaining of actual knowledge by the Company or any other Loan Party of such default or (ii) the receipt of written notice by Company or any other Loan Party of such default;
(e) any representation or warranty made by Company or any other Loan Party herein or in any instrument submitted pursuant hereto proves untrue in any material adverse respect when made or deemed made;
(f) default in the observance or performance of any of the conditions, covenants or agreements of Company or any other Loan Party set forth in any collateral document which may be given to secure the indebtedness hereunder or in any other collateral document related to or connected with this Agreement or the indebtedness hereunder and continuance for a period of thirty (30) days following the earlier to occur of (i) the obtaining of actual knowledge by the Company or any other Loan Party of such default or (ii) the receipt of written notice by Company or any other Loan Party of such default;
(g) default in the payment of any other obligation of Company or any other Loan Party for borrowed money in an aggregate amount in excess of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) individually or in the aggregate when due (whether by acceleration or otherwise) and continuance thereof beyond any applicable period of cure, or in the observance or performance of any conditions, covenants or agreements related or given with respect to any obligations for borrowed money in an aggregate amount in excess of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) individually or in the aggregate when due (whether by acceleration or otherwise) which continues beyond any applicable period of cure and which is sufficient to permit any holder thereof to (i) accelerate the maturity of such obligation or (ii) require the purchase or repayment of such obligation before its regular maturity date or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment;
(h) judgments for the payment of money in excess of the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) in the aggregate shall be rendered against Company or any other Loan Party and such judgments shall remain unpaid, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed by appeal or otherwise for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days from the date of its entry and such judgment is not covered by insurance from a solvent insurer who is defending such action without reservation of rights;
(i) the occurrence of any “reportable event”, as defined in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and any amendments thereto, which is determined to constitute grounds for termination by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation of any employee pension benefit plan maintained by or on behalf of Company or any Loan Party for the benefit of any of its employees or for the appointment by the appropriate United States District Court of a trustee to administer such plan, and such reportable event is not corrected and such determination is not revoked within sixty (60) days after notice thereof has been given to the plan administrator or Company (or the applicable Loan Party); or the institution of proceedings by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to terminate any such employee benefit pension plan or to appoint a trustee to administer such plan; or the appointment of a trustee by the appropriate United States District Court to administer any such employee benefit pension plan; or for the appointment by the appropriate United States District Court of a trustee to administer such Pension Plan and such reportable event is not corrected and such determination is not revoked within sixty (60) days after notice thereof has been given to the plan administrator of such Pension Plan (without limiting any of Bank’s other rights or remedies hereunder), or (ii) the institution of proceedings by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to terminate any such Pension Plan or (iii) the appointment of a trustee by the appropriate United States District Court to administer any such Pension Plan, which in either case of (i), (ii) or (iii) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(j) (i) Whitney shall fail to own, directly or indirectly, at least fifty percent (50%) by value and by voting of the aggregate ownership interests of the Holdings or (ii) the occurrence of a [Change of Control] (as defined in the Investor Subordinated Debt Documents);
(k) any material provision of the Investor Subordination Agreement shall at any time for any reason cease to be valid, binding and enforceable (other than in accordance with its terms), or any Subordinated Creditor shall challenge or contest the enforceability of the Investor Subordination Agreement or shall assert, or engage in any action or inaction based on any such assertion, that any provision of the Investor Subordination Agreement has ceased to be or otherwise is not valid, binding or enforceable in accordance with its terms; or the Investor Subordination Agreement shall be terminated (other than in accordance with the terms thereof), invalidated, revoked or set aside or in any way cease to give or provide to the Bank the benefits purported to be created thereby;
(l) any Loan Party shall be dissolved or liquidated (or any judgment, order or decree therefor shall be entered) or; if a creditors’ committee shall have been appointed
for the business of the any Loan Party; or if any Loan Party shall have made a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or shall have been adjudicated bankrupt and if not an adjudication based on a filing by such other Loan Party it shall not have been dismissed within sixty (60) days, or shall have filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization or to effect a plan or arrangement with creditors or shall fail to pay or admits in writing its inability or refusal to pay, its debts generally as such debts become due in the ordinary course of business (except as contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves are made in such party’s financial statements); or shall file an answer to a creditor’s petition or other petition filed against it, admitting the material allegations thereof for an adjudication in bankruptcy or for reorganization; or shall have applied for or permitted the appointment of a receiver or trustee or custodian for any of its property or assets; or such receiver, trustee or custodian shall have been appointed for any of its property or assets (otherwise than upon application or consent of any Loan Party) and shall not have been removed within sixty (60) days; or if an order shall be entered approving any petition for reorganization of any Loan Party and shall not have been reversed or dismissed within sixty (60) days; or any Loan Party shall take any action (corporate or other) authorizing or in furtherance any of the actions described above in this subsection;
(m) any material provision of any Loan Document shall at any time for any reason cease to be valid, binding and enforceable against any Loan Party (other than in accordance with the terms thereof), as applicable, or the validity, binding effect or enforceability thereof shall be contested by the any Loan Party, or any Loan Party shall deny that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document, or any such Loan Document shall be terminated (other than in accordance with the terms thereof), invalidated, revoked or set aside or in any way cease to give or provide to the Bank the benefits purported to be created thereby.
11. MISCELLANEOUS
(b) Company agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Bank, and its respective employees, agents, officers and directors from and against any and all claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities, settlements, damages, costs or expenses of whatever kind or nature (including without limitation, reasonable attorneys and consultants fees, investigation and laboratory fees, environmental studies required by Bank in connection with the violation of Environmental Laws, court costs and litigation expenses, excluding however, any such amounts attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Person seeking indemnification, as the case may be) arising out of or related to (i) the presence, use, disposal, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials on, from or affecting any premises owned or occupied by Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries in violation of or non-compliance with applicable Environmental Laws, (ii) any personal injury (including wrongful death) or property damage (real or personal) arising out of or related to such Hazardous Materials, (iii) any lawsuit or other proceeding brought or threatened, settlement reached or governmental order or decree relating to such Hazardous Materials, (iv) the cost of remediation or monitoring of all Hazardous Materials in violation of or non-compliance with applicable Environmental Laws from all or any portion of any premises owned by Company or their respective Subsidiaries, (v) complying or coming into compliance with all Environmental Laws and/or (vi) any violation of Environmental Laws. The obligations of Company under this Section 11.17(b) shall be in addition to any and all other obligations and liabilities the Company may have to Bank at common law or pursuant to any other agreement.
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