LOAN AGREEMENT
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LOAN AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), is made and entered into the 27th day
of December 1999, by and between GREYSTONE FUNDING CORPORATION, a Virginia
corporation (the "Lender"), and SCHICK TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company") and SCHICK TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a New York
corporation ("Schick New York"). The Company and Schick New York are hereinafter
individually referred to herein as a "Borrower" and collectively as the
"Borrowers."
W I T N E S S E T H :
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WHEREAS, the Borrowers are engaged in the business of designing,
developing and manufacturing, marketing, selling and servicing digital
radiographic imaging systems and devices for the dental and medical markets and
other related fields (collectively, the "Business Operations"); and
WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested the Lender to extend to the
Borrowers a loan and line of credit in the principal amount of up to $7,500,000,
which the Borrowers will utilize in connection with the Business Operations and
as contemplated by this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Lender is ready, willing and able to make such line of credit
available to the Borrowers upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
herein contained, the parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. Defined Terms. In addition to the other terms
defined elsewhere in this Agreement, as used herein, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
"Additional Warrants" shall mean, in addition to the Initial
Warrants, those additional Warrants entitling the Lender to purchase up to
13,000,000 shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustment as provided therein),
which shall be issued to the Lender based upon the maximum level of Advances
made by the Lender to the Borrowers hereunder, all as described in Section 2.03
of this Agreement.
"Advances" shall mean funds advanced under the Line of Credit from
time to time by the Lender to either or both of the Borrowers pursuant to this
Agreement; each of which Advances shall be subject at all times to the terms and
conditions set forth herein.
"Advance Period" shall mean the period from the Agreement Date to a
date which shall be two (2) years following the Agreement Date.
"Advance Requests" shall mean a Borrower's written request made
during the Advance Period to the Lender for any one or more Advances under the
Line of Credit provided for herein.
"Affiliate" shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person
in control of, controlled by, or under common control with the first Person, and
any other Person who has a substantial interest, direct or indirect, in the
first Person or any of its Affiliates, including, without limitation, any
officer or director of the first Person or any of its Affiliates; for the
purpose of this definition, a "substantial interest" shall mean the direct or
indirect legal or beneficial ownership of more than five (5%) percent of any
class of stock or similar interest.
"Agreement" shall mean this Loan Agreement as it may from time to
time be amended and/or supplemented.
"Agreement Date" shall mean the date this Agreement is executed by
the Lender, being the date set forth on the signature page hereof.
"Applicable Law" shall mean all applicable provisions of all (a)
constitutions, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations and orders of all
governmental and/or quasi-governmental bodies, (b) Government Approvals, and (c)
orders, judgments and decrees of all courts and arbitrators.
"Business Day" shall mean a day other than (a) a Saturday, (b) a
Sunday, or (c) in the case of a day on which any payment hereunder is to be made
in the State of New York, a day on which commercial banks in the State of New
York are authorized or required by law to close.
"Capital Base" shall mean, for any fiscal period in question, the
sum of (a) the consolidated stockholders' equity of the Company and its
consolidated Subsidiaries, as calculated in accordance with GAAP, and (b) all
Subordinated Debt outstanding at the end of such fiscal period.
"Capital Expenditures" shall mean with respect to any Person, all
expenditures of such Person for tangible assets which are capitalized, and the
fair value of any tangible assets leased by such Person under any lease which
would be a Capitalized Lease, determined in accordance with GAAP, including all
amounts paid or accrued by such Person in connection with the purchase (whether
on a cash or deferred payment basis) or lease (including Capitalized Lease
Obligations) of any machinery, equipment, tooling, real property, improvements
to real property (including leasehold improvements), or any other tangible asset
of the Borrowers which is required, in accordance with GAAP, to be treated as a
fixed asset on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person.
"Capitalized Lease" shall mean any lease which is or should be
capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee thereunder in accordance with
GAAP.
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"Capitalized Lease Obligation" shall mean with respect to any
Person, the amount of the liability which reflects the amount of future payments
under all Capitalized Leases of such Person as at any date, determined in
accordance with GAAP.
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to
time.
"Collateral" shall mean all now-owned and hereafter-acquired
tangible and intangible personal property of the Borrowers, including, without
limitation, all cash, marketable securities, accounts receivable, inventories,
Contract rights, patents, trademarks, copyrights and other general intangibles,
machinery, equipment and interests in real estate of the Borrowers, together
with all products and proceeds thereof.
"Common Stock" shall mean the common stock, $.01 par value per
share, of the Company; being the only issued class or series of voting
securities of the Company.
"Contract" shall mean any indenture, agreement (other than this
Agreement), other contractual restriction, lease in which either of the
Borrowers is a lessor or lessee, license, instrument, or certificates of
incorporation of the Borrowers.
"Current Assets" shall mean, at a particular date, all assets which
would, in conformity with GAAP, be properly classified as current assets on the
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at such date.
"Current Liabilities" shall mean, at a particular date, all
liabilities which would, in conformity with GAAP, be properly classified as
current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as at such date, including all Line of Credit Advances then
outstanding under the Line of Credit Note.
"Current Ratio" shall mean, on any given date, the ratio of Current
Assets to Current Liabilities.
"Default" shall mean any of the events specified in Article VII
hereof, whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of
time, or both, or any other condition, has been satisfied.
"EBITDA" shall mean earnings before interest, taxes,
depreciation and amortization.
"ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as in effect from time to time.
"ERISA Affiliate" shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other
Person which is under common control with the first Person within the meaning of
Section 414(b) or 414(c) of the Code.
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"Event of Default" shall mean any of the events specified in Article
VII hereof, provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of
time, or both, or any other condition, has been satisfied.
"Excess Available Cash" shall mean for any particular fiscal quarter
in question, 100% of the positive amount, if any, by which the Company's and
Subsidiaries cash and cash equivalents on the last Business Day of the quarter,
as set forth in its statement of cash flows for such quarter, collectively on
the final day of such fiscal quarter, exceed (i) the total of (x) Net Cash to be
Used in Operating Activities, (y) Net Cash to be Used in Investing Activities
and (z) any required principal payments to DVI, for the coming fiscal quarter as
set forth in the Company's budget or (ii) an amount equal to the Company's
average monthly cash expenditures during the fiscal quarter in question.
"Existing Indebtedness" shall mean any Indebtedness of the
Borrowers incurred prior to the Agreement Date. Existing Indebtedness
shall include obligations to DVI.
"Existing Liens" shall mean any Lien or other encumbrance that was
incurred as a result of any Existing Indebtedness.
"Fiscal Year" shall mean the fiscal year of the Borrowers which ends
on March 31 of each year. In the event that such Fiscal Year is so changed from
March 31 to another date with the consent of the Lender, then the quarterly
periods and annual periods referred to in Article V hereof shall also be amended
to coincide with such Fiscal Year, as so changed.
"GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States of America, consistently applied, unless the context otherwise
requires, with respect to any financial terms, ratios or covenants contained
herein, as then in effect with respect to the preparation of financial
statements; provided, however, that if any change in GAAP enacted subsequent to
the Agreement Date shall affect the financial covenants referred to herein, the
parties shall, in good faith, appropriately amend such covenants to reflect such
changes in GAAP.
"Government Approval" shall mean an authorization, consent,
non-action, approval, license or exemption of, registration or filing with, or
report to, any governmental or quasi-governmental department, agency, body or
other unit.
"Guaranty", "Guaranteed" or to "Guarantee", as applied to any
Indebtedness or Liability, shall mean and include the following, unless entered
into in the ordinary course of business: (a) a guaranty, directly or indirectly,
in any manner, including by way of endorsement (other than endorsements of
negotiable instruments for collection), of any part or all of such obligation,
and (b) an agreement, contingent or otherwise, and whether or not constituting a
guaranty, assuring, or intended or the practical effect of which is to assure,
the payment or performance (or payment of damages in the event of
non-performance) of any part or all of such obligation whether by (i) the
purchase of securities or obligations, (ii) the purchase, sale or lease (as
lessee or lessor) of property, or the purchase or sale of services, primarily
for the purpose of enabling the obligor with respect to such obligation to make
any payment or performance (or
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payment of damages in the event of non-performance) of or on account of any part
or all of such obligation, or to assure the owner of such obligation against
loss, (iii) the supplying of funds to or in any other manner investing in the
obligor with respect to such obligation, (iv) the repayment of amounts drawn
down by beneficiaries of letters of credit not arising out of the import of
goods, (v) the supplying of funds to or investing in a Person on account of all
or any part of such Person's obligation under a Guaranty of any such obligation
or indemnifying or holding harmless, in any way, such Person against any part or
all of such obligation, or (vi) otherwise.
"Indebtedness" of any Person shall mean, without duplication, (i)
all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase
price of property or services, (ii) all indebtedness of such Person evidenced by
a note, bond, debenture or similar instrument, (iii) the outstanding undrawn
amount of all letters of credit issued for the account of such Person and,
without duplication, all un-reimbursed amounts drawn thereunder, (iv) all
indebtedness of any other person or entity secured by any Lien on any property
owned by such Person, whether or not such indebtedness has been assumed, (v) all
contingent obligations of such Person, (vi) all unfunded benefit liabilities of
such Person, (vii) all payment obligations of such Person under any interest
rate protection agreement (including, without limitation, any interest rate
swaps, caps, floors, collars and similar agreements) and currency swaps and
similar agreements, (viii) all indebtedness and liabilities of such Person
secured by any Lien or mortgage on any property of such Person, whether or not
the same would be classified as a liability on a balance sheet, (ix) the
liability of such Person in respect of banker's acceptances and the estimated
liability under any participating mortgage, convertible mortgage or similar
arrangement, (x) the aggregate principal amount of rentals or other
consideration payable by such Person in accordance with GAAP over the remaining
unexpired term of all Capitalized Leases of such Person, (xi) all judgments or
decrees by a court or courts or competent jurisdiction entered against such
Person, (xii) all indebtedness, payment obligations, contingent obligations,
etc. of any partnership in which such Person holds a general partnership
interest, provided that if such indebtedness is non-recourse, only the portion
of such indebtedness equal to such Person's percentage ownership interest in
such partnership shall be included in this definition, (xiii) all convertible
debt and subordinated debt owed by such Person, (xiv) all preferred stock issued
by such Person that, in either case, are redeemable for cash on a mandatory
basis, a cash equivalent, a note receivable or similar instrument or are
convertible on a mandatory basis to Indebtedness as defined herein (other than
Indebtedness described in clauses (iii), (vi), (x), (xi) or (xiv) of this
definition), and (xv) all obligations, liabilities, reserves and any other items
which are listed as a liability on a balance sheet of such Person determined on
a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, but excluding (A) all general
contingency reserves and reserves for deferred income taxes and investment
credit and (B) all customary trade payables and accrued expenses not more than
sixty (60) days past due and (C) any indebtedness of such Person evidenced by a
note or notes that is secured by a pledge of cash or cash equivalents with a
value equal to or greater than the amount of the related indebtedness and which
generates cash flow sufficient to pay all sums due on such indebtedness when the
same are due and payable.
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"Initial Warrants" shall mean warrants to purchase 3,000,000 shares
of Common Stock of the Company in the form of Exhibit "B" annexed hereto.
"Interest Coverage Ratio" shall mean, as to the Company and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any given fiscal period, the ratio of
EBITDA earned in such fiscal period to the total amount of Interest Expense
incurred in such fiscal period.
"Interest Expense" shall mean, with respect to any Person for any
fiscal period, all interest on, or the interest component of, all Indebtedness.
"Investment", as applied to any Borrower, shall mean: (a) any shares
of capital stock, assets, evidence of Indebtedness or other security issued by
any other Person to a Borrower or any Subsidiary, (b) any loan, advance or
extension of credit to, or contribution to the capital of, any other Person,
other than credit terms extended to customers in the ordinary course of
business, (c) any Guaranty of any indebtedness or liability of any other Person,
(d) any obligation owed to a Borrower secured by a Lien on, or payable out of
the proceeds of production from, any property of any other Person, whether or
not such obligation shall have been assumed by such Person, (e) any other
investment by a Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof in any assets or securities
of any other Person, and (f) any commitment to make any Investment.
"Lien", as applied to the property or assets (or the income or
profits therefrom) of any Borrower, shall mean (in each case, whether the same
is consensual or nonconsensual or arises by contract, operation of law, legal
process or otherwise): (a) any mortgage, lien, pledge, attachment, assignment,
deposit arrangement, encumbrance, charge, lease constituting a Capitalized Lease
Obligation, conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or other
security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of any property
(including, without limitation, stock of any Subsidiary) of a Borrower, or upon
the income or profits therefrom, (b) any arrangement, express or implied, under
which any property of a Borrower is transferred, sequestered or otherwise
identified for the purpose of subjecting or making available the same for the
payment of indebtedness or the performance of any other liability in priority to
the payment of the general, unsecured creditors of a Borrower, (c) any
Indebtedness which remains unpaid more than five (5) calendar days after the
same shall have become due and payable and which, if unpaid, might by law
(including but not limited to bankruptcy or insolvency laws) or otherwise be
given any priority whatsoever over the general, unsecured creditors of a
Borrower, (d) any agreement (other than this Agreement) or other arrangement,
express or implied, which, directly or indirectly, prohibits a Borrower from
creating or incurring any Lien on any of its properties or assets or which
conditions the ability to do so on the security, on a pro rata or other basis,
of indebtedness other than indebtedness outstanding under this Agreement, and
(e) any arrangement, express or implied, under which any right or claim of a
Borrower is subject or subordinated in any way to any right or claim of any
other Person.
"Line of Credit" shall mean the line of credit in the maximum
principal amount outstanding at any one time of $7,500,000 to be made by the
Lender to the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement.
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"Maturity Date" shall mean the earlier of (a) the first date on
which the Company shall have received, in the aggregate, $12,500,000 or more
from equity and/or debt financings consummated subsequent to the Agreement Date,
or (b) December 27, 2004.
"Material Adverse Effect" shall mean any event or condition that has
or could reasonably be anticipated to have a material adverse effect on the
Working Capital, condition (financial or otherwise), assets, liabilities,
reserves, business, prospects, management or Business Operations of either of
the Borrowers, when taken individually or as a consolidated whole.
"Net Income", as applied to the Borrowers, shall mean the net income
(or loss) of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the period in
question, after giving effect to deduction of or provision for all operating
expenses, all taxes and reserves (including reserves for deferred taxes) and all
other proper deductions, all determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that,
for purposes of calculating Net Income, there shall be excluded and no effect
shall be given to:
(a) any restoration of any contingency reserve, except to the
extent that provision for such reserve was made out of income for the subject
period;
(b) any net gains or losses on the sale or other disposition,
not in the ordinary course of business, of Investments and/or other capital
assets, provided that there shall also be excluded any related charges for taxes
thereon; and
(c) any net gain arising from the collection of the proceeds
of any insurance policy or policies.
"Note" shall mean the Line of Credit Promissory Note, dated the
Agreement Date in the maximum principal amount of $7,500,000 issued by the
Borrowers and payable to the order of the Lender, to represent the aggregate
amounts outstanding from time to time under the Line of Credit, all in the form
of Exhibit "A" annexed hereto and made a part hereof.
"Obligations" shall mean the collective reference to all
Indebtedness and other liabilities and obligations of every kind and description
owed by the Borrowers to the Lender from time to time, however evidenced,
created or incurred, whether direct or indirect, primary or secondary, fixed or
contingent, now or hereafter existing, due or to become due, including but not
limited to obligations represented by or arising under this Agreement, the Note
and/or the Security Documents.
"Permitted Liens" shall mean those Liens expressly permitted to
Section 6.02 below.
"Person" shall mean any individual, partnership, corporation,
limited liability company, banking association, business trust, joint stock
company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, governmental
authority or other entity of whatever nature.
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"Principal Payment Date" shall mean the date which is forty-five
(45) days after the last business day of each December, March, June and
September commencing on May 15, 2000.
"Registration Rights Agreement" shall mean the Registration Rights
Agreement in the form of Exhibit "D" hereto, dated the Agreement Date by and
between the Lender and the Company pursuant to which the Company will register
the shares of the Company's Common Stock underlying the Warrants.
"SEC" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any
successor to the functions of such agency.
"Security Agreement" shall mean the Security Agreement in the form
of Exhibit "C" hereto, dated the Agreement Date, by and between the Lender and
the Borrower, as same may be amended and/or supplemented from time to time in
accordance therewith, pursuant to which the Lender has received a continuing
priority lien and security interest in and to all of the Collateral,
subordinated only to the first priority Lien of the Senior Lender.
"Security Documents" shall mean the collective reference to: (a) the
Security Agreement, (b) any specific assignments executed and delivered pursuant
to the Security Agreement, and (c) all UCC Financing Statements and other
documents filed or recorded to evidence and/or perfect the foregoing, or to
further or collaterally secure same, all as may be amended or supplemented from
time to time in accordance therewith.
"Senior Lender" shall mean DVI Financial Services, Inc.
("DVI") which has provided the Borrower with loans and advances up to
$6,222,415.63 in the aggregate (the "Senior Indebtedness"); which is
secured by first priority Liens on the Collateral.
"Subordinated Debt" shall mean all indebtedness for money borrowed
and other liabilities of the Borrower, whether or not evidenced by promissory
notes, which is subordinated in right of payment, in a manner satisfactory to
the Lender (as evidenced by its prior written approval thereof), to all other
Obligations of the Borrowers to the Lender.
"Subsidiary" or "Subsidiaries" shall mean the individual or
collective reference to any corporation of which 50% or more of the outstanding
shares of stock of each class having ordinary voting power (other than stock
having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) is at the
time owned by the Company, directly or indirectly through one or more
Subsidiaries of the Company. Schick New York is a Subsidiary of the Company.
"UCC Financing Statements" shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code
financing statements on Form UCC-1 (or other applicable form) executed by the
Borrowers, in form for filing and recording in the appropriate state and county
jurisdictions in which any of the Borrower maintains any assets or conducts any
business.
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"Warrants" shall mean the collective reference to the Initial
Warrants and the Additional Warrants.
"Working Capital" shall mean, on any given date, the amount by which
the Borrowers' consolidated Current Assets shall exceed their consolidated
Current Liabilities, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
Section 1.02. Use of Defined Terms. All terms defined in this Agreement
shall have their defined meanings when used in the Note, the Security Documents,
and all certificates, reports or other documents made or delivered pursuant to
this Agreement, unless otherwise defined therein or unless the specific context
shall otherwise require.
Section 1.03. Accounting Terms. All accounting terms not
specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP.
ARTICLE II. GENERAL TERMS
Section 2.01. The Line of Credit.
(a) Advances; Periodic Repayments of Advances. Subject at all times to all
of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including Section 2.02, Section
2.03 and Article IV hereof, during the Advance Period the Lender hereby agrees
to provide to the Borrowers a Line of Credit of up to a maximum of $7,500,000.
The Lender shall have no obligation to provide any Advances and the Borrowers
shall not submit any Advance Request to the Lender at any time (i) in which a
Default or an Event of Default hereunder shall have occurred and be continuing,
or (ii) following the Advance Period. Unless an Event of Default hereunder shall
have occurred and be continuing or this Agreement shall be sooner terminated
pursuant to the terms hereof, all outstanding Advances, together with all unpaid
accrued interest thereon, shall be due and payable in full by the Borrowers to
the Lender on the Maturity Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise
agreed to in writing by the Lender in connection with the Restructuring Plan or
otherwise, on each Principal Payment Date, the Company shall reduce all Advances
outstanding on such Principal Payment Date by making a cash payment against such
Advances to the Lender in an amount which shall be equal to the Excess Available
Cash, if any, during the calendar quarter immediately preceding the Interest
Payment Date in question.
(b) Interest. The Borrowers shall pay the Lender interest on all
outstanding Advances under the Line of Credit at the rate of ten (10%) percent
per annum, all in accordance with the Note. Such interest shall be payable on a
quarterly basis on the last Business Day of each of December, March, June and
September, commencing December 30, 1999 (each an "Interest Payment Date"). The
amount of interest payable on each Interest Payment Date shall be based on the
average outstanding amount of the Advances in the calendar quarter immediately
preceding such Interest Payment Date (for the December 30, 1999 Interest Payment
Date, calculated from the Agreement Date to December 30, 1999). Interest shall
be based on a three hundred sixty (360) day year, counting the actual number of
days in each month. Unless a Default or Event of Default exists at the beginning
of any calendar quarter, the interest shall be calculated at the non-default
rate set forth in the Note; and in the event that a Default or Event of
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Default shall occur during any calendar quarter, then the additional interest
attributable to the increase in interest rate resulting therefrom shall be
payable on demand (or, in the absence of demand, on the next scheduled Interest
Payment Date in conjunction with the quarterly interest payment).
(c) Prepayment. The Borrowers shall have the right to prepay outstanding
Advances in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, at any time and from
time to time.
(d) Maturity Date. Unless an Event of Default hereunder shall have
occurred and be continuing, hereof, the Borrowers shall pay in full all of the
Obligations in respect of the Line of Credit on the Maturity Date, subject to
prior mandatory prepayments or reductions of outstanding Advances out of Excess
Available Cash as provided in Section 2.01(a) hereof.
(e) The Note. The Loan shall be evidenced by the Note, the terms and
conditions of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part
hereof.
Section 2.02. Procedure for Making Advances. (a) Simultaneous with each
Advance Request, the Company will deliver to the Lender (i) a certificate
executed by the President, Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of
Borrower attesting in their capacity as executive officers of such Borrower
that, as at the date of each Advance Request, no Default or Event of Default
hereunder shall have occurred and be continuing, and (ii) a reasonably detailed
statement of the intended use of the proceeds of such Advance, including if
applicable the item or items to be purchased and the Indebtedness or other
liabilities to be paid (the "Advance Analysis");
(b) The Lender shall notify the Company, in writing, within five (5)
Business Days of receipt of the Advance Analysis whether or not the Lender will
make the Advance. The Lender may refuse to make the Advance if: (i) it does not
approve the use of the proceeds of such Advance Request for the uses set forth
in the Advance Analysis (the "Written Notification"), which approval shall not
be unreasonably withheld. Among other things, it shall not be unreasonable for
the Lender to disapprove the Advance Request because either of the Borrowers has
suffered a Material Adverse Effect and such Material Adverse Effect remains
uncured. In addition, the Lender may refuse to make an Advance if, in the
exercise of its sole discretion it determines that it would be imprudent to make
such Advance because of the status of any litigation or investigation respecting
either of the Borrowers or their officers or directors;
(c) If Lender does not approve the Advance Request for any reason other
than the status of any litigation or investigation, the Written Notification
shall provide a reasonably detailed explanation of the reason(s) therefor. Upon
approval of the Advance Request by the Lender it will authorize an immediate
drawing of such Advance under the Line of Credit and fund the Advance for the
purposes specified in the Advance Analysis for any reason other than the status
of any litigation or investigation. In the event that the Lender does not
approve the Advance Analysis, the parties shall promptly undertake in good faith
to expeditiously resolve the matter; if the parties do not resolve the matter to
their mutual satisfaction by the earlier of (a) five (5) business days after
Borrower's receipt of the Written Notification, or (b) ten (10) business days
after Lender's receipt of the Advance Analysis, the parties shall submit this
matter to arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under
its Commercial
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Arbitration Rules, and jointly request that said arbitration be conducted in an
expedited manner, and the parties shall abide by and perform any decision and/or
award rendered by the arbitrator(s) and agree that a judgment of any court
having jurisdiction may be entered upon the award, and that neither party shall
seek to challenge or overturn the decision and/or award rendered by the
arbitrator(s). Any arbitration proceedings conducted hereunder shall be held in
New York, New York; and
(d) If the actual use of proceeds differs materially from the purposes
specified in the Advance Analysis, the Company shall notify the Lender in a
writing which shall provide (i) a reasonably detailed explanation of the reasons
for the change; and (ii) an updated statement of the intended use of proceeds.
After receipt of such notice, the parties shall follow the procedures enumerated
in Sections 2.02(b) and 2.02(c) above.
Section 2.03. Issuance of Initial Warrants and Additional
Warrants.
(a) On the Agreement Date, the Company shall issue to the Lender the
Initial Warrants.
(b) In addition to the Initial Warrants to be issued to the Lender on the
Agreement Date, it is the intention of the Company and the Lender that the
Lender shall be entitled to receive Additional Warrants based upon the maximum
level of Advances outstanding during the Advance Period. Accordingly, it is
hereby agreed that with respect to all Advances from $1,000,001 to $7,500,000 in
the aggregate, for each dollar Advanced by the Lender to the Borrowers
hereunder, the Lender shall be entitled to receive Warrants to purchase two (2)
shares of Company Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.75 per share (subject
to adjustment to protect the holder against dilution as provided in the
Warrants);
(c) By way of example of the application of Section 2.03(a) and (b)
above, if the Borrowers have outstanding at any one time under this Agreement
Advances of $3,000,000, then the Lender shall be entitled to receive Warrants to
purchase an aggregate of 7,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock, as follows
(i) the Initial Warrants entitling the Lender to purchase 3,000,000 shares of
Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.75 per share; and (ii) Additional
Warrants entitling the Lender to purchase 4,000,000 shares of Common Stock at an
exercise price of $0.75 per share.
(d) By way of further example, based upon a maximum of $7,500,000 of
Advances which may be made by the Borrowers hereunder, if at any time or from
time to time prior to the Maturity Date there shall be outstanding at any time
the full $7,500,000 of Advances, the Lender shall be entitled to receive Initial
Warrants and Additional Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 16,000,000 shares
of Company Common Stock, at the exercise prices described herein and in the
Warrants.
(e) In all cases described in this Section 2.03, the number of shares of
Common Stock and exercise prices per share are subject to adjustment to protect
the holder against dilution, all as provided in the form of Warrants.
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(f) On or before the date that the Lender shall make each and every
Advance under this Agreement pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section
2.02 above, the Company shall issue to the Lender the appropriate number of
Additional Warrants contemplated by this Section 2.03.
(g) The form and content of all Additional Warrants, other than the number
of shares of Common Stock issuable upon full exercise thereof, shall be
identical in all material respects to the Initial Warrant.
Section 2.04. Security for the Obligations. The Note and all other
Obligations shall at all times be secured by a security interest in all of the
Collateral which shall be subordinated only to the first priority Lien of the
Senior Lender, all pursuant to the terms of the Security Agreement and any
specific assignments executed and delivered pursuant thereto; all as evidenced
by UCC Financing Statements which the Lender and its counsel may require to be
executed and filed.
Section 2.05. Further Obligations. With respect to all Obligations for
which the interest rate is not otherwise specified herein (whether such
Obligations arise hereunder, pursuant to the Note or any of the Security
Documents, or otherwise), such Obligations shall bear interest at the rate(s) in
effect from time to time pursuant to the Note.
Section 2.06. Obligations Unconditional. The payment and performance of
all Obligations shall constitute the absolute and unconditional obligations of
the Borrowers, and shall be independent of any defense or rights of set-off,
recoupment or counterclaim which the Borrower might otherwise have against the
Lender. All payments required by this Agreement and/or the Note or Security
Documents shall be paid free of any deductions and without abatement, diminution
or set-off.
Section 2.07. Reversal of Payments. To the extent that any payment or
payments made to or received by the Lender pursuant to this Agreement, the Note
or any of the Security Documents are subsequently invalidated, declared to be
fraudulent or preferential, set aside, or required to be repaid to any trustee,
receiver or other person under any state or federal bankruptcy or other such
law, then, to the extent thereof, such amounts shall be revived as Obligations
and continue in full force and effect hereunder and be secured pursuant to the
Security Documents, as if such payment or payments had not been received by the
Lender.
Section 2.08. Return of Warrants to the Company.
(a) In the event that the Lender refuses to make Advances duly requested
by the Borrowers in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof AND such refusal is:
(i) based on the Lender's concern over developments relating to the
pendency of any investigation or litigation respecting either of the
Borrowers or their officers or directors at the sole discretion of the
Lender, or
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(ii) determined by arbitration to be an unreasonable refusal by the
Lender to make Advances as provided in Section 2.02(c) hereof,
the Company shall be entitled to receive from the Lender the number
of Warrants described in Section 2.08(b) hereof;
(b) If prior to date of such refusal to make Advances, the Lender has
Advanced to the Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement:
(i) up to a maximum level of Advances of $2,500,000, the Lender
shall return 2,000,000 Warrants to the Company;
(ii) between a maximum level of Advances of $2,500,000 and
$5,000,000, the Lender shall return 1,000,000 Warrants to the Company; and
(iii) more than a maximum level of Advances of $5,000,000, the
Lender shall not be required to return any Warrants to the Company;
(c) If the DVI Consent shall not have been received by February 15, 2000,
the Lender shall return 3,000,000 Warrants to the Company.
ARTICLE III. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Borrowers hereby jointly and severally make the following
representations and warranties to the Lender, all of which representations and
warranties shall survive the Agreement Date, the delivery of the Notes and the
making of Advances, and are as follows:
Section 3.01. Financial Matters.
(a) The Borrowers have heretofore furnished to the Lender (i) the audited
consolidated financial statements (including consolidated balance sheets,
consolidated statements of income and consolidated statements of cash flows) of
the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at March 31, 1996, 1997, and
1998 and for each of the three (3) consecutive Fiscal Years ended on such dates,
and (ii) the unaudited consolidated financial statements (including consolidated
balance sheets, consolidated statements of income and consolidated statements of
cash flows) of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the March 31,
1999 (collectively, the "Financial Statements").
(b) The Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP on
a consistent basis for all periods, are complete and correct in all material
respects, and fairly present the consolidated financial condition of the Company
and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at said dates, and the results of
operations for the periods stated. The books of account and other financial
records of the Company and each of the Subsidiaries have been maintained in
accordance with GAAP, consistently applied. The Borrowers acknowledge that the
financial results set forth in its Financial Statements for the first, second
and third quarters of the Fiscal
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Year ended March 31,1999 will require restatement and that the representations
set forth in this Section 3.01(b) are subject to, and qualified by, any such
Restatement(s).
(c) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has any liabilities,
Indebtedness, obligations or commitments of any kind or nature whatsoever,
whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise above $100,000 in the
aggregate or $25,000 individually (collectively "Liabilities and
Contingencies"), including, without limitation, Liabilities and Contingencies
under employment agreements and with respect to any "earn-outs", stock
appreciation rights, or related compensation obligations, except: (i)
Liabilities and Contingencies disclosed in the Financial Statements or footnotes
thereto, or in the Pro Forma Balance Sheet, (ii) Liabilities and Contingencies
not incurred in the ordinary course of the Business Operations, all of which
(and the amounts thereof, to the extent determinable) are disclosed on Schedules
to this Agreement (to the extent required to be so disclosed hereunder) or in
public filings made with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (true and complete copies of which filings have been furnished to the
Lender), (iii) Liabilities and Contingencies incurred in the ordinary course of
business and consistent with past practice since the date of the most recent
Financial Statements, which are not required to be disclosed on Schedules to
this Agreement, or (iv) those Liabilities which are not required to be disclosed
under GAAP. The reserves, if any, reflected on the consolidated balance sheet of
the Company and the Subsidiaries included in the most recent Financial
Statements are appropriate and reasonable. The Borrowers have not had and do not
presently have any contingent obligations, liabilities for taxes or unusual
forward or long-term commitments except as specifically set forth in the
Financial Statements or in Schedule "3.01" annexed hereto.
(d) Except as otherwise reflected on Schedule "3.01," Schedule "3.04" or
Schedule "3.05" to this Agreement, since the date of the most recent Financial
Statements, no Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred and shall be
continuing, including, without limitation, the following:
(i) there has been no change in any assumptions underlying, or in
any methods of calculating, any bad debt, contingency or other reserve
relating to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries;
(ii) there have been no write-downs in the value of any inventory
of, and there have been no write-offs as uncollectible of any notes,
accounts receivable or other receivables of, the Company and the
Subsidiaries, except for write-downs and write-offs in the ordinary course
of business and consistent with past practice, none of which shall be
material (and all of which are described in the Schedules to this
Agreement or in the Financial Statements);
(iii) no material debts have been canceled, no claims or rights of
substantial value have been waived and no significant properties or assets
(real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible) have been sold,
transferred, or otherwise disposed of by the Company or any Subsidiary,
except in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past
practice;
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(iv) there has been no change in any method of accounting or
accounting practice utilized by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries;
(v) no material casualty, loss or damage has been suffered by the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries, regardless of whether such casualty,
loss or damage is or was covered by insurance; and
(vi) no action described in this Section 3.01(d) has been agreed to
be taken by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries.
Section 3.02. Organization; Corporate Existence. Each of the Borrowers:
(a) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the States of Delaware or New York, (b) has all requisite corporate
power and authority to own its properties and to carry on its businesses as now
conducted and as proposed hereafter to be conducted, (c) is duly qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation in each and every jurisdiction where such
qualification is necessary and where the failure to so qualify would have a
material adverse effect on its financial condition, business, operations, assets
or properties, and (d) has all requisite corporate power and authority to
execute and deliver, and perform all of its obligations under this Agreement,
the Notes, the Warrants and the Security Documents. True and complete copies of
the: (i) Certificates of Incorporation of each of the Borrowers, as amended and
restated to date, and (ii) By-Laws of each of the Borrowers, together with all
amendments thereto, have been furnished to the Lender.
Section 3.03. Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance by
each of the Borrowers of their respective obligations under this Agreement, the
Notes, the Warrants, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Security
Documents have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action and will
not, either prior to or as a result of the consummation of the Advances
contemplated by this Agreement: (a) violate any provision of Applicable Law, any
order of any court or other agency of government, any provision of the
Certificates of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Borrowers, or any Contract,
indenture, agreement or other instrument to which any of the Borrowers is a
party, or by which any of the Borrowers or any of their assets or properties are
bound, other than in agreements between the Company and DVI relating to the
creating of Liens or (b) be in conflict with, result in a breach of, or
constitute (after the giving of notice of lapse of time or both) a default
under, or, except as may be provided in this Agreement, result in the creation
or imposition of any Lien of any nature whatsoever upon any of the property or
assets of any of the Borrowers pursuant to, any such Contract, indenture,
agreement or other instrument. Except in respect of the filing of a Form 10-K
(including amendments thereto) and/or a Form 8-K or Form 10-Q under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Borrowers are not required to
obtain any Government Approval, consent or authorization from, or to file any
declaration or statement with, any governmental instrumentality or agency in
connection with or as a condition to the execution, delivery or performance of
any of this Agreement, the Notes, the Warrants or the Security Documents.
Section 3.04. Litigation. Except as disclosed on Schedule "3.04" annexed
hereto, there is no action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity or by or
before any governmental instrumentality or other agency now pending or, to the
knowledge of the Borrowers, threatened against or
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directly affecting the Borrowers or any of their respective assets, which, if
adversely determined, would have a Material Adverse Effect on any of such assets
or on the business, operations, properties, assets or condition, financial or
otherwise, of the Borrowers.
Section 3.05. Material Contracts. Except as disclosed on Schedule "3.05"
annexed hereto, none of the Borrowers is a party to any Contract, agreement or
instrument or subject to any charter or other corporate restriction that could
have a Material Adverse Effect on the Business Operations, properties, assets or
operations of the Borrowers or is subject to any liability or obligation under
or relating to any collective bargaining agreement, or in default in the
performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or
conditions contained in any Contract, agreement or instrument to which it is a
party or by which any of its assets or properties is bound, which default,
individually or in the aggregate, could have a Material Adverse Effect on
Borrower.
Section 3.06. Title to Properties. The Borrowers have good and marketable
title to all of their respective properties and assets, free and clear of all
mortgages, security interests, restrictions, encumbrances or other Liens of any
kind, except for restrictions on the nature of use thereof imposed by Applicable
Law, and except for Existing Liens, none of which materially interfere with the
use and enjoyment of such properties and assets in the normal course of the
Business Operations as presently conducted, or materially impair the value of
such properties and assets for the purpose of such business.
Section 3.07. Real Properties. Each of the Borrowers is the record
fee owner or lessee of all of the Real Properties owned or leased by such
Borrower, and:
(a) All of the owned and leased real properties (other than real
properties under Immaterial Leases) will be owned or leased free and clear of
any and all mortgages, liens, charges, easements and encumbrances binding upon
any of the Borrowers, except for the Mortgages and the Lease Assignments, and
except for encumbrances or imperfections of title listed in Schedule "3.07"
annexed hereto or other related immaterial zoning, easements or other
restrictions of record, none of which shall: (i) be material in amount; (ii)
materially detract from the value of any of the Real Properties; (iii)
materially impair the use of any of the Real Properties in connection with the
Business Operations; or (iv) render title to any of the Real Properties
unmarketable or indefeasible;
(b) Except as set forth in Schedule "3.07" annexed hereto, the Real
Properties and all buildings and improvements located thereon have been
constructed to have access, ingress, egress, water supply, storm and sanitary
sewage facilities, telephone, gas, electricity, fire protection, and, without
limitation, other required public utilities, which are adequate for the uses
thereof in the Borrowers' business; and all access, ingress and egress to and
from the Real Properties, and all utility connections thereto, are by public
streets and roads;
(c) Except as set forth in Schedule "3.07" annexed hereto, all buildings
and improvements located on the Real Properties (including, without limitation,
the roofs, basements, appliances, the plumbing, heating and electric systems,
the cesspools and septic systems, if any, and the elevators, if any) are in good
working order, condition and repair (reasonable wear and
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tear excepted) for the purposes currently used by the Borrowers, and, to the
Borrowers' knowledge, are maintained in accordance with Applicable Law in all
material respects; and, to the Borrowers' knowledge, no condition exists
pursuant to which any adjoining or other landowner may claim damage to such
landowner's property by reason of drainage from or any other condition existing
upon the Real Properties; and
(d) Except as set forth in Schedule "3.07" annexed hereto, the use of the
Real Properties in and for the purposes of the Business Operations is in full
compliance with all building, zoning and other Applicable Law in all material
respects.
Section 3.08. Machinery and Equipment. The machinery and equipment owned,
leased and/or otherwise used by the Borrowers is covered under the Security
Agreement and is, as to each individual material item of machinery and
equipment, and in the aggregate as to all such machinery and equipment, in good
and usable condition and in a state of good maintenance and repair (reasonable
wear and tear excepted), and adequate for its use in the Business Operations.
Section 3.09. Capitalization. Except as set forth on Schedule "3.09"
annexed hereto, the Company has no Subsidiaries other than Schick New York.
Neither the Company nor Schick New York owns any capital stock, equity or assets
of any other corporation, form or entity, except for the Company's investment in
Photobit Corporation. Schedule "3.09" annexed hereto fully describes the
capitalization of Photobit Corporation and the nature of the Company's
investment therein.
Section 3.10. Solvency. The Advances made and to be made by the Borrowers
under this Agreement, do not and will not render the Borrowers insolvent or with
unreasonably small capital for their business; value of all of the assets and
properties of the Borrowers do now, and will, upon the funding of the Advances
contemplated hereby, exceed the aggregate Liabilities and Indebtedness of the
Borrowers (including contingent liabilities); none of the Borrowers is
contemplating either the filing of a petition under any state or federal
bankruptcy or insolvency law, or the liquidation of all or any substantial
portion of its assets or property and the Borrowers have no knowledge of any
Person contemplating the filing of any such petition against the Borrowers.
Section 3.11. Patents, Trademarks and Other Intellectual Property.
Schedule "3.11" annexed hereto correctly sets forth a list and brief
description of:
(a) all patents, patent applications, copyright registrations and
applications, registered trade names, and trademark registrations and
applications, both domestic and foreign, which are presently owned, filed or
held by any of the Company, any Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates (or any
of them), and/or any of the directors or officers of the Company, and which are
used in the Business Operations;
(b) all material licenses, both domestic and foreign, which are owned or
controlled by any of the Company, any Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates
(or any of them), and/or any of the directors or officers of the Company, and
which are used in the Business Operations; and
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(c) all material written franchises, licenses and/or similar arrangements
granted to any of the Company, any Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates (or
any of them), and/or any of the directors or officers of the Company for the
benefit of the Business Operations, or granted to others by the Company for the
benefit of the Business Operations. All letters patent, patent applications,
copyright registrations and applications, registered trade names, trademark
registrations and applications, franchises, licenses and other arrangements set
forth in Schedule "3.11" are, except as otherwise provided by their terms and
conditions, assignable to the Lender, subject to the rights of the Senior
Lender(s), and do not, to the knowledge of any Borrower, infringe upon the
rights of others, and are not subject to any pending challenge except as set
forth in Schedule "3.11". To the best of the Borrower's knowledge, no product,
system or apparatus sold by Borrower infringes on any patent owned by others.
Section 3.12. Full Disclosure. Except as set forth on Schedule "3.12"
annexed hereto, no statement of fact made by or on behalf of any of the
Borrowers in this Agreement, in any Security Document, or in any agreement,
certificate or schedule furnished to the Lender pursuant hereto (including,
without limitation, all registration statements, proxy materials and Forms 10-K,
10-Q, 8-K, and amendments thereto, for the fiscal period from July 1997 through
September 30, 1999, as filed with the SEC) contains or will contain any untrue
statement of a material fact, or omits or will omit to state any material fact
necessary to make any statements contained herein or therein not misleading.
Except for matters of a general economic or political nature which do not affect
the Borrower uniquely, there is no fact presently known to the Borrower which
has not been disclosed to the Lender, which materially adversely affects, or so
far as the Borrower can foresee, will materially adversely affect, their
property, business, operations or condition (financial or otherwise).
Section 3.13. No Investment Company. None of the Borrowers is an
"investment company", or a company "controlled" by an "investment
company", as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended.
Section 3.14. Margin Securities. None of the Borrowers owns or has any
present intention of acquiring any "margin security" within the meaning of
Regulation G (12 CFR Part 207), or any "margin stock" within the meaning of
Regulation U (12 CFR Part 221), of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (herein called "margin security" and "margin stock"). None of the
proceeds of the Line of Credit will be used, directly or indirectly, for the
purpose of purchasing or carrying, or for the purpose of reducing or retiring
any Indebtedness which was originally incurred to purchase or carry, any margin
security or margin stock or for any other purpose which might constitute the
transactions contemplated hereby a "purpose credit" within the meaning of said
Regulation G or Regulation U, or cause this Agreement to violate any other
regulation of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any rules or regulations
promulgated under such statutes.
Section 3.15. Tax Returns. Except as otherwise set forth in footnotes to
the consolidated balance sheet of Borrowers as at September 30, 1999, and except
for any non-material misstatement of income tax obligations and except for any
returns currently on extension
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pursuant to properly filed extension, the Borrowers have filed all federal,
state and local tax returns required to be filed by any of them and have paid or
made adequate provision (as reflected in the balance sheets described in Section
3.01 hereof) for the payment of all federal, state and local taxes, charges and
assessments.
Section 3.16. ERISA. Except as set forth in Schedule "3.16" annexed
hereto, none of the Borrowers nor any ERISA Affiliate of any of the Borrowers
maintains or has any obligation to make any contributions to any pension, profit
sharing or other similar plan providing for deferred compensation to any
employee. With respect to any such plan(s) as may now exist or may hereafter be
established by the Borrowers or any ERISA Affiliate of any of the Borrowers, and
which constitutes an "employee pension benefit plan" within the meaning of
Section 3(2) of ERISA, except as set forth on Schedule "3.16": (a) the Borrowers
or the subject ERISA Affiliate have paid and shall cause to be paid when due all
amounts necessary to fund such plan(s) in accordance with its terms, (b) except
for normal premiums payable by the Borrowers to the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation ("PBGC"), the Borrowers or the subject ERISA Affiliate have not
taken and shall not take any action which could result in any Liability to the
PBGC, or any of its successors or assigns, (c) the present value of all vested
accrued benefits thereunder shall not at any time exceed the value of the assets
of such plan(s) allocable to such vested accrued benefits, (d) there have not
been and there shall not be any transactions such as would cause the imposition
of any tax or penalty under Section 4975 of the Code or under Section 502 of
ERISA, which would adversely affect the funded benefits attributable to the
Borrowers or the subject ERISA Affiliate, (e) there has not been and there shall
not be any termination or partial termination thereof (other than a partial
termination resulting solely from a reduction in the number of employees of the
Borrowers or an ERISA Affiliate of the Borrowers, which reduction is not
anticipated by the Borrowers), and there has not been and there shall not be any
"reportable event" (as such term is defined in Section 4043(b) of ERISA) on or
after the effective date of Section 4043(b) of ERISA with respect to any such
plan(s) subject to Title IV of ERISA, (f) no "accumulated funding deficiency"
(as defined in Section 412 of the Code) has been or shall be incurred on or
after the effective date of Section 412 of the Code, (g) except as otherwise
reflected on Schedule "3.16" annexed hereto, such plan(s) have been and shall be
determined to be "qualified" within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code,
and have been and shall be duly administered in compliance with ERISA and the
Code, and (h) the Borrowers are not aware of any fact, event, condition or cause
which might adversely affect the qualified status thereof. As respects any
"multiemployer plan" (as such term is defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA) to
which any of the Borrowers or any ERISA Affiliate thereof has heretofore been,
is now, or may hereafter be required to make contributions, such Borrowers or
such ERISA Affiliate has made and shall make all required contributions thereto,
and there has not been and shall not be any "complete withdrawal" or "partial
withdrawal" (as such terms are respectively defined in Sections 4203 and 4205 of
ERISA) therefrom on the part of the Borrowers or such ERISA Affiliate.
Section 3.17. Compliance with Laws. The Borrowers are in compliance in all
material respects with all occupational safety, health, wage and hour,
employment discrimination, environmental, flammability, labeling and other
Applicable Law which are material to their respective businesses and the
Business Operations, and the Borrowers are not aware of any state
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of facts, events, conditions or occurrences which may now or hereafter
constitute or result in a violation of any of such Applicable Law, or which may
give rise to the assertion of any such violation, the effect of which could have
a material adverse effect on any Borrowers.
Section 3.18. Licenses and Permits. Each of the Borrowers have all
federal, state and local licenses and permits required to be maintained in
connection with and material to the Business Operations (including all Food and
Drug Administration ("FDA") permits and licenses), and all such licenses and
permits are valid and in full force and effect.
Section 3.19. Environmental Laws.
(a) Except as disclosed on Schedule "3.19" annexed hereto: (i) the
Borrowers have complied in all material respects with all Environmental Laws
relating to their respective businesses and properties, and (ii) there exists no
Hazardous Substances in or under any Existing Real Properties or storage tanks,
except those that are stored and used in compliance with Applicable Laws.
(b) Except as disclosed in Schedule "3.19" annexed hereto, to the best of
the Borrowers' knowledge, there exist no past or present violations of
Environmental Laws which will result in a material adverse effect on the
business, operations, prospects, assets, property or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Borrowers.
(c) During the term of this Agreement, and for so long as any Loans remain
outstanding, the Borrower shall comply in all material respects with all
applicable Environmental Laws, and shall, in addition, promptly notify the
Lender of any and all claims, demands or Notices received under any
Environmental Laws and the Borrowers' response thereto.
(d) As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following
meanings:
"Environmental Laws" include all federal, state, and local laws, rules,
regulations, ordinances, permits, orders, and consent decrees agreed to by the
Borrowers, relating to health, safety, and environmental matters applicable to
the business and property of the Borrowers. Such laws and regulations include
but are not limited to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ("RCRA"), 42
U.S.C. ss.6901 et seq., as amended; the New Jersey Environmental Cleanup and
Recovery Act ("ECRA"); the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. ss.9601 et seq., as amended; the Toxic
Substances Control Act ("TSCA"), 15 U.S.C. ss.2601 et seq., as amended; and the
Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. ss.1331 et seq., as amended.
"Hazardous Substances", "Release", "Respond" and "Response" shall
have the meanings assigned to them in CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. ss.9601, as amended.
"Notice" means any summons, citation, directive, information request,
notice of potential responsibility, notice of violation or deficiency, order,
claim, complaint, investigation, proceeding, judgment, letter, or other
communication, written or oral, actual or threatened, from the United States
Environmental Protection Agency or other federal, state, or local agency or
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authority, or any other entity or individual, public or private, concerning any
intentional or unintentional act or omission which involves management of
Hazardous Substances on or