-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, EQgRFGS3hoAW5STngtCrg3lA4TnwTtQZDK+xj1hKNZ6fxsUT+p/iJHIDj0/UlWKb /fW50m1UvQfCS6/sZVK9Ow== 0001193125-08-205271.txt : 20081002 0001193125-08-205271.hdr.sgml : 20081002 20081002160557 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-08-205271 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080930 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20081002 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20081002 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SENORX INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001097136 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33382 FILM NUMBER: 081103585 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11 COLUMBIA SUITE A CITY: ALISO VIEJO STATE: CA ZIP: 92656 BUSINESS PHONE: 949-362-4800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 11 COLUMBIA SUITE A CITY: ALISO VIEJO STATE: CA ZIP: 92656 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

September 30, 2008

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)

 

 

SENORX, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-33382   33-0787406
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

3 Morgan, Irvine, California 92618

(Address of principal executive offices)

(949) 362-4800

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 1.01. Entry into a Definitive Material Agreement.

On September 30, 2008, SenoRx, Inc. (the “Company”) and Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) entered into an amendment to the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated February 20, 2007 (as so amended, the “Domestic Loan Agreement”), a Loan and Security Agreement (Ex-Im Loan Facility) (the “Export-Import Loan Agreement”), and an Export-Import Bank of the United States Working Capital Guarantee Program Borrower Agreement (the “Borrower Agreement,” and together with the Domestic Loan Agreement and the Export-Import Loan Agreement, the “Loan Agreement”). The total maximum amount available for borrowing under the Loan Agreement is $12.0 million. Previously, the Company’s credit facility with SVB provided for a maximum borrowing amount of $4.0 million.

Revolving Line

The Loan Agreement provides for a domestic receivables-based revolving line of credit in an aggregate amount of up to $10.0 million, or, if less, the sum of 80% of eligible domestic accounts receivable plus 25% of eligible domestic inventory (the “Domestic Revolving Line”), coupled with a foreign receivables-based revolving line of credit in an aggregate amount of up to $2.5 million, or if less, the sum of 90% of eligible foreign accounts receivable plus 50% of eligible export-related inventory (the “Export-Import Revolving Line,” and together with the Domestic Revolving Line, the “Revolving Line”). No more than $10.0 million, in the aggregate, will be available for combined draw-downs under the Domestic Revolving Line and the Export-Import Revolving Line. The Domestic Revolving Line is subject to a $1.0 million sublimit available for cash management services provided by SVB, including the issuance of short-term letters of credit and foreign exchange contracts. The Export-Import Revolving Line is guaranteed by the U.S. Export-Import Bank. The Revolving Line maturity date is September 30, 2010.

The Revolving Line bears interest at an annual rate equal to the prime rate plus 0.25%, provided that the annual rate applicable to the Revolving Line increases to an annual rate equal to the prime rate plus 1.00% if a financial ratio relating to the Company’s liquidity falls below a specified level. Interest on the Revolving Line is due monthly, with the balance due at the maturity date.

Term Loan

The Loan Agreement provides for a term loan in an aggregate amount of up to $2.0 million (the “Term Loan”), with a maturity date of March 30, 2013, provided that if the Revolving Line is not renewed at its maturity date, all amounts outstanding under the Term Loan will become due at such time. The Term Loan bears interest at an annual rate equal to the prime rate plus 0.75%, provided that the annual rate applicable to the Term Loan increases to an annual rate equal to the prime rate plus 1.50% if a financial ratio relating to the Company’s liquidity falls below a specified level. The Loan Agreement allows for a single advance under the Term Loan, to be requested by the Company no later than November 17, 2008. Monthly payments of interest only on the amount outstanding on the Term Loan are due through March 31, 2009, followed by monthly installments of amortized principal and interest through the maturity date of the Term Loan.

Loan Agreement Obligations

The obligations under the Loan Agreement are secured by security interest on substantially all assets of the Company, excluding intellectual property for which the Company has given a negative pledge against encumbering. The Loan Agreement contains certain restrictive loan covenants, including, among others, financial covenants requiring a minimum tangible net worth and a minimum liquidity ratio, and covenants limiting the Company’s ability to dispose of assets, make acquisitions, be acquired, incur indebtedness, grant liens or enter into negative pledge agreements, make investments, make distributions in respect of the Company’s capital stock (including repurchases of such capital stock) or enter into transactions with affiliates.

The Loan Agreement contains events of default that include, among others, failure to make payments when due, inaccuracy of representations and warranties, violation of covenants, events constituting a material adverse change, bankruptcy and insolvency events, material judgments, and cross defaults to certain other agreements. The occurrence of an event of default could result in the acceleration of the Company’s obligations under the Loan Agreement and an increase to the applicable interest rate, and would permit SVB to exercise remedies with respect to the collateral under the Loan Agreement.


Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information disclosed in Item 1.01 above is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

10.22    Amendment dated September 30, 2008, to the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated February 27, 2007, by and between the Registrant and Silicon Valley Bank.
10.23    Loan and Security Agreement (Ex-Im Loan Facility) dated September 30, 2008, by and between the Registrant and Silicon Valley Bank.
10.24    Export-Import Bank of the United States Working Capital Guarantee Program Borrower Agreement dated September 30, 2008, by and between the Registrant and Silicon Valley Bank.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    SENORX, INC.
Date: October 2, 2008     By:   /s/ Kevin J. Cousins
        Kevin J. Cousins
        Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Finance
EX-10.22 2 dex1022.htm AMENDMENT DATED SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 Amendment dated September 30, 2008

Exhibit 10.22

AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED

LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDMENT to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of September 30, 2008, by and between Silicon Valley Bank (“Bank”) and SenoRx, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”) whose address is 3 Morgan, Irvine, California 92618.

RECITALS

A. Bank and Borrower have entered into that certain Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of February 20, 2007 (as the same may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented or restated, the “Loan Agreement”).

B. Bank has extended credit to Borrower for the purposes permitted in the Loan Agreement.

C. Borrower has requested that Bank amend the Loan Agreement, as herein set forth, and Bank has agreed to the same, but only to the extent, in accordance with the terms, subject to the conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth herein.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement.

2. Amendments to Loan Agreement. The Loan Agreement is amended as follows, effective on the date hereof:

2.1 Section 2.1.1(a). Section 2.1.1(a) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

“(a) Availability. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and to deduction of Reserves, Bank will make Advances to Borrower under this Agreement, provided that, after giving effect to such Advances: (i) the total of the amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit (including drawn but unreimbursed Letters of Credit), plus (ii) an amount equal to the Letter of Credit Reserves, plus (iii) the FX Reserve, plus (iv) amounts used for Cash Management Services, plus (v) the outstanding principal balance of all Advances (and without duplication of amounts included in clause (iv) hereof, including any amounts used for Cash Management Services) shall not exceed the lesser of (X) the Maximum Dollar Amount minus the aggregate amount of Exim Loans or (Y) the Borrowing Base.”


2.2 Modification to Sections 2.1.2, 2.1.3 and 2.1.4. The clause in each of Sections 2.1.2, 2.1.3 and 2.1.4 that now reads as:

“(i) the total of the amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit (including drawn but unreimbursed Letters of Credit), plus (ii) an amount equal to the Letter of Credit Reserves, plus (iii) the FX Reserve, plus (iv) amounts used for Cash Management Services, and plus (v) the outstanding principal balance of any Advances (and without duplication of amounts included in clause (iv) hereof, including any amounts used for Cash Management Services) shall not exceed the lesser of (X) the Maximum Dollar Amount minus the aggregate amount of Existing Equipment Advances then outstanding, or (Y) the Borrowing Base.”

IS HEREBY AMENDED IN EACH SUCH SECTION IN ITS ENTIRETY TO READ AS

FOLLOWS:

“(i) the total of the amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit (including drawn but unreimbursed Letters of Credit), plus (ii) an amount equal to the Letter of Credit Reserves, plus (iii) the FX Reserve, plus (iv) amounts used for Cash Management Services, and plus (v) the outstanding principal balance of any Advances (and without duplication of amounts included in clause (iv) hereof, including any amounts used for Cash Management Services) shall not exceed the lesser of (X) the Maximum Dollar Amount minus the aggregate amount of Exim Loans then outstanding, or (Y) the Borrowing Base.”

2.3 Section 2.1.5. Section 2.1.5 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

“2.1.5 Overall Aggregate Sublimit. In no event shall the total amount of (i) outstanding Letters of Credit (including drawn but unreimbursed Letters of Credit and any Letter of Credit Reserve), and (ii) the FX Reserve, and (iii) the amount of the Revolving Line utilized for Cash Management Services, at any time exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate (the “Overall Sublimit”).

2.4 New Section 2.1.7. A new section is hereby added to the Loan Agreement, which new section shall be denominated as “2.1.7 Term Loan” and shall be deemed placed immediately following Section 2.1.6, and which shall read as follows:

“2.1.7 Term Loan

(a) Availability. During the Draw Period, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Bank agrees to make an advance to Borrower in the amount of $2,000,000 in a single draw (the “Term Loan”) in an aggregate original principal amount not to exceed Two

 

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Million Dollars ($2,000,000). After repayment, no portion of the Term Loan may be reborrowed.

As used herein, the term ‘Draw Period’ means the period of time beginning on the closing date of the August 2008 Amendment and ending on September 30, 2008.

(b) Interest-Only Period. From the date of the making of the Term Loan until the date that is six months thereafter (the “End Interest Period Date”), interest only shall be payable on the Term Loan outstanding from time to time.

(c) Repayment. The aggregate principal amount of all Term Loan Advances outstanding at the end of the interest-only period as aforesaid shall be repaid in forty-eight (48) consecutive equal monthly installments of principal plus interest, beginning on the first day of the month following End Interest Period Date and continuing on the first day of each of the succeeding forty-seven months, and on the last of such scheduled payment dates the entire remaining principal amount of the Term Loan, all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and all other Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations) relating thereto shall be paid in full, provided, however, and notwithstanding the foregoing, the Term Loan and all Obligations relating thereto shall become fully due and payable upon the occurrence of the Revolving Line Maturity Date (as in effect from time to time) if such date shall occur prior to the maturity date as stated above in this clause (c).”

2.5 Section 2.3(a). Section 2.3(a) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

“(a) Interest Rates—Advances (Revolving Line).

(i) Subject to clause (a)(ii) below and Section 2.3(b), the principal amount of Advances outstanding from time to time shall accrue interest at a floating per annum rate equal to twenty-five (25) basis points above the Prime Rate.

(ii) At any and all times that the Liquidity Ratio is less than 2.00 to 1.00 in any month (such occurrence being the “Rate Increase Condition”) as reflected in the monthly financial statements of Borrower delivered to Bank, then, in the immediately succeeding month after the Rate Increase Condition arises and continuing until the month after the Rate Increase Condition no longer is in effect based on the monthly financial statements of Borrower delivers to Bank (at which time the interest rate reverts to that stated in (i) above), the principal amount of Advances outstanding from time to time shall accrue interest at a floating per annum rate equal to one percentage point (1.00%) above the Prime

 

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Rate, with such rate further being subject to the application of Section 2.3(b).

(a-1) Interest Rate—Term Loan.

(i) Subject to clause (a)(ii) below and Section 2.3(b), the principal amount of the Term Loan outstanding from time to time shall accrue interest at a floating per annum rate equal to seventy-five (75) basis points above the Prime Rate.

(ii) If a Rate Increase Condition occurs as reflected in the monthly financial statements of Borrower delivered to Bank, then, in the immediately succeeding month after the Rate Increase Condition arises and continuing until the month after the Rate Increase Condition no longer is in effect based on the monthly financial statements of Borrower delivers to Bank (at which time the interest rate reverts to that stated in (i) above), the principal amount of the Term Loan outstanding from time to time shall accrue interest at a floating per annum rate equal to one and one-half percentage points (1.50%) above the Prime Rate, with such rate further being subject to the application of Section 2.3(b).

(a-2) Interest Rate—Equipment Advances. The interest rate applicable to the Existing Equipment Advances is set forth in the Equipment Advances Provisions.”

2.6 Deletion of Section 2.3(f). Section 2.3(f) regarding minimum monthly interest is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:

“(f) [Reserved]”

2.7 Modified Section 2.4(a). Section 2.4(a) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

“(a) Loan Fee. A fully earned, non-refundable aggregate loan fee in connection with the August 2008 Amendment first year loan fee of $19,750 on the closing date of the August 2008 Amendment; and a fully earned, non-refundable second year revolving loan fee of $25,000 on the first anniversary of the August 2008 Amendment;”

2.8 New Section 2.4(c-1). A new section is hereby added to the Loan Agreement, which new section shall be denominated as “2.4(c-1) Unused Revolving Line Facility Fee” and shall be deemed placed immediately following Section 2.4(c), and which shall read as follows:

“(c-1) Unused Revolving Line Facility Fee. A fee (the “Unused Revolving Line Facility Fee”), payable monthly, in arrears, on a calendar year basis, in an amount equal to 0.375% per annum of the average

 

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unused portion of the Revolving Line credit facility including any unused portion of the credit facility relating to the Exim Agreement, as determined by Bank. Borrower shall not be entitled to any credit, rebate or repayment of any Unused Revolving Line Facility Fee previously earned by Bank pursuant to this Section notwithstanding any termination of the Agreement or the suspension or termination of Bank’s obligation to make loans and advances hereunder;”

2.9 Section 2.4(d). Section 2.4(d) is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

“(d) Collateral Monitoring Fee. (i) For those periods when the average monthly principal amount of Advances is equal to or less than $2,000,000, then a monthly collateral monitoring fee of $500, payable in arrears on the last day of each month (prorated for any partial month at the beginning and upon termination of this Agreement); and (ii) For those periods when the average monthly principal amount of Advances together with Exim Loans is greater than $2,000,000, then a monthly collateral monitoring fee of $2,000, payable in arrears on the last day of each month (prorated for any partial month at the beginning and upon termination of this Agreement), provided that, for purposes of this subsection (d), Advances shall not be deemed to include utilizations relating to Letters of Credit, FX Forward Contracts or Cash Management Services as long as utilizations do not result in a deemed Advance pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof; and”

2.10 Section 4A (Exim Provision)(New). A new section is hereby added to the Loan Agreement, which new section shall be denominated as “4A Exim Agreement; Cross Collateralization; Cross Default” and shall be deemed placed immediately following Section 4, and which shall read as follows:

“4A. EXIM AGREEMENT; CROSS-COLLATERALIZATION; CROSS-DEFAULT.

The following provisions of this Section 4A, and other references in this Agreement to Exim Loans and the Exim Agreement shall only be effective from and after the execution and delivery by Bank and the Borrower of a Loan and Security Agreement (Ex-Im Loan Facility) on or about the date of the August 2008 Amendment (the “Exim Agreement”), which shall be a matter of Bank’s and Borrower’s sole discretion. Both this Agreement and the Exim Agreement shall continue in full force and effect, and all rights and remedies under this Agreement and the Exim Agreement are cumulative. The term “Obligations” as used in this Agreement and in the Exim Agreement shall include without limitation the obligation to pay when due all Credit Extensions made pursuant to this Agreement (the “Non-Exim Loans”) and all interest thereon and the obligation to pay when due all Credit Extensions made pursuant to the Exim Agreement

 

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(the “Exim Loans”) and all interest thereon. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all “Collateral” as defined in this Agreement and as defined in the Exim Agreement shall secure all Exim Loans and all Non-Exim Loans and all interest thereon, and all other Obligations. Any Event of Default under this Agreement shall also constitute an Event of Default under the Exim Agreement, and any Event of Default under the Exim Agreement shall also constitute an Event of Default under this Agreement. In the event Bank assigns its rights under the Exim Agreement and/or under any Note evidencing Exim Loans and/or its rights under this Agreement and/or under any Note evidencing Non-Exim Loans, to any third party, including without limitation the Export-Import Bank of the United States (“Exim Bank”), whether before or after the occurrence of any Event of Default, Bank shall have the right (but not any obligation), in its sole discretion, to allocate and apportion Collateral to the Agreement and/or Note assigned and to specify the priorities of the respective security interests in such Collateral between itself and the assignee, all without notice to or consent of the Borrower.”

2.11 Section 5.2. The first sentence of the second paragraph of Section 5.2 is hereby amended to read as follows: “The Collateral is not in the possession of any third party bailee (such as a warehouse) other than (i) Collateral held by customers of Borrower, in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business, for evaluation at customer sites, and (ii) Collateral located at contract manufacturers and distributors and similar companies as part of the manufacturing or distribution process, to the extent that the aggregate value of the Collateral described in clauses (i) and (ii) does not exceed five percent (5%) of Borrower’s revenues for the preceding fiscal year.”

2.12 Section 6.2. Section 6.2 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

“6.2 Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates.

(a) Borrower shall provide Bank with the following:

 

  (i) if there are Credit Extensions under the Revolving Line then outstanding together with any then proposed Credit Extensions in excess of $2,000,000, a Transaction Report weekly and at the time of each request for an Advance; and otherwise, a Transaction Report shall be delivered within 15 days after the end of each month.

 

  (ii) within fifteen (15) days after the end of each month,

 

  (A) monthly accounts receivable agings, aged by invoice date,

 

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  (B) monthly accounts payable agings, aged by invoice date, and outstanding or held check registers, if any,

 

  (C) monthly reconciliations of accounts receivable agings (aged by invoice date), transaction reports, and general ledger;

 

  (D) inventory reports in form and substance acceptable to Bank; and

 

  (E) a deferred revenue report, in form and substance acceptable to Bank.

 

  (iii) for each month (other than the last month of a calendar quarter), as soon as available, and in any event within thirty (30) days after the end of each such month, monthly unaudited financial statements.

 

  (iv) (A) for each month (other than the last month of a calendar quarter if a Form 10-Q is filed timely with the Securities Exchange Commission), within thirty (30) days after the end of such month, a monthly Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer, certifying that as of the end of such month, Borrower was in full compliance with all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and setting forth calculations showing compliance with the financial covenants set forth in this Agreement and such other information as Bank shall reasonably request, including, without limitation, a statement that at the end of such month there were no held checks; and

(B) for each month that is the last month of a calendar quarter (other than the last calendar quarter of each year), within 5 days after filing of Borrower’s Form 10-Q with the Securities Exchange Commission, a monthly Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer, certifying that as of the end of such month, Borrower was in full compliance with all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and setting forth calculations showing compliance with the financial covenants set forth in this Agreement and such other information as Bank shall reasonably request, including, without limitation, a statement

 

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that at the end of such month there were no held checks; and

(C) for the last month of the last calendar quarter of each year, within 5 days after filing of Borrower’s Form 10-K with the Securities Exchange Commission, a monthly Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer, certifying that as of the end of such month, Borrower was in full compliance with all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and setting forth calculations showing compliance with the financial covenants set forth in this Agreement and such other information as Bank shall reasonably request, including, without limitation, a statement that at the end of such month there were no held checks.

 

  (v) within thirty (30) days after the beginning of each fiscal year of Borrower, (A) annual operating budgets (including income statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements, by month) for such fiscal year of Borrower, and (B) annual financial projections for such fiscal year (on a quarterly basis) as approved by Borrower’s board of directors, together with any related business forecasts used in the preparation of such annual financial projections; plus, as promptly as available, any interim updates of such budgets, projections, and forecasts.

 

  (vii) annual financial statements certified by, and with an unqualified opinion of, independent certified public accountants acceptable to Bank, which shall be included with the Form 10-K required under Section 6.2(b) below.

 

  (viii) quarterly unaudited financial statements (for each quarter other than the last calendar quarter of each year), which shall be included with the Form 10-Q required under Section 6.2(b) below.

(b) At all times that Borrower is subject to the reporting requirements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, within five (5) days after filing, all reports on Form 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or a link thereto on Borrower’s or another website on the Internet.

(c) Prompt written notice of (i) any material change in the composition of the intellectual property, (ii) the registration of any Copyright, including any subsequent ownership right of Borrower in or to

 

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any Copyright, Patent or Trademark not previously disclosed to Bank, or (iii) Borrower’s knowledge of an event that materially adversely affects the value of the intellectual property.”

2.13 Section 6.3(c). Section 6.3(c) is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:

“(c) Lockbox; Collection of Accounts. Borrower shall cause all proceeds of Accounts to be deposited into a lockbox account, or such other “blocked account” as Bank may specify, pursuant to a blocked account agreement in such form as Bank may specify in its good faith business judgment, which proceeds shall be applied to the Obligations in accordance with Section 9.4 hereof, provided that when the aggregate amount of Advances and Exim Loans are less than $2,000,000, then Bank will turn over the proceeds to Borrower by depositing such sums in Borrower’s deposit account with Bank (provided that for purposes hereof, Advances shall not be deemed to include utilizations relating to Letters of Credit, FX Forward Contracts or Cash Management Services as long as any such utilizations do not result in deemed Advances pursuant to the terms and provisions hereof). Whether or not an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, if and when Borrower receives any such payments or proceeds, Borrower shall hold all payments on, and proceeds of, Accounts in trust for Bank, and Borrower shall immediately deliver all such payments and proceeds to Bank in their original form, duly endorsed, to be applied to the Obligations pursuant to the terms of Section 9.4 hereof.”

2.14 Section 6.7. The third sentence of Section 6.7 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: “All policies (or the loss payable and additional insured endorsements) shall provide that the insurer must give Bank at least twenty (20) days notice before canceling, amending, or declining to renew its policy, except in case of cancellation due to Borrower’s nonpayment of premiums or fraud or material misrepresentation by Borrower in obtaining insurance pursuant to the policy or fraud or material misrepresentation by Borrower or Borrower’s representative in pursuing a claim under the policy.

2.15 Section 6.9. Section 6.9 is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

“6.9 (a) Tangible Net Worth. Borrower shall maintain at all times, to be tested as of the last day of each month on a consolidated basis a Tangible Net Worth of at least $4,000,000, plus (i) 50% of all net proceeds received after August 1, 2008 in the sale and issuance of equity securities in financing transactions and 50% of all net proceeds received in the incurrence of Subordinated Debt of the Borrower, plus (ii) 50% of the Borrower’s net income in each fiscal quarter ending after August 1, 2008. Increases in the Minimum Tangible Net Worth based on consideration

 

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received for equity securities and subordinated debt of the Borrower shall be effective as of the end of the month in which such consideration is received, and shall continue effective thereafter. Increases in the Minimum Tangible Net Worth based on net income shall be effective on the last day of the fiscal quarter in which said net income is realized, and shall continue effective thereafter. In no event shall the Minimum Tangible Net Worth be decreased (with the covenant set forth in this Section 6.9(a) being referred to herein as the “Minimum Tangible Net Worth”).

(b) Liquidity Ratio. Borrower shall not cause, suffer, or permit Borrower’s Liquidity Ratio (as defined below) at any time (and to be tested as of the last day of each month on a consolidated basis) to be less than 1.00 : 1.00.

As used herein, the term “Liquidity Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the quotient obtained from dividing (a) the sum of (i) the aggregate amount loan availability for additional Advances hereunder, plus (ii) Borrower’s unrestricted cash and unrestricted cash equivalents in each case as held at Bank, by (b) the then outstanding aggregate amount of the Term Loan.”

2.16 Section 13 (Amended Definitions). The following terms and their respective definitions set forth in Section 13.1 are amended in their entirety as follows:

Borrowing Base” is the sum of (A) 80% of Eligible Accounts, as determined by Bank from Borrower’s most recent Transaction Report; plus (B) 25% of the value Eligible Inventory as determined by Bank from the most recent inventory report provided to Bank pursuant hereto (and with value based on the lower of cost or wholesale fair market value); provided that Advances based on Eligible Inventory shall not exceed the lesser of $2,500,000 or 50% of the aggregate amount of Credit Extensions outstanding hereunder with respect to the Revolving Line; provided, further, that Bank may decrease the foregoing percentages and amounts in its good faith business judgment based on events, conditions, contingencies, or risks which, as determined by Bank, may adversely affect Collateral.

Compliance Certificate” is that certain compliance certificate in the form attached to the September 2008 Amendment as Exhibit C thereto.

Designated Deposit Account” is Borrower’s deposit account, account number 3300551472 maintained with Bank.

Maximum Dollar Amount” is Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000).

 

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Revolving Line” is an Advance or Advances in an aggregate amount of up to the Maximum Dollar Amount minus the aggregate amount of Exim Loans outstanding at any time, subject to the terms and conditions hereof.

Revolving Line Maturity Date” is the date that is two years from the date of the August 2008 Amendment.

2.17 Section 13 (New Definitions). The following new defined terms are hereby added to Section 13.1 and deemed placed therein in their appropriate alphabetical order:

Eligible Inventory” means, at any time, the aggregate of Borrower’s Inventory that (a) consists of raw materials and finished goods, in good, new, and salable condition together with, which are not perishable, returned, consigned, obsolete, not sellable, damaged, or defective, and are not comprised of demonstrative or custom inventory, works in progress, packaging or shipping materials, or supplies; (b) meets all applicable governmental standards; (c) as applicable, has been manufactured in compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act; (d) is not subject to any Liens, except the first priority Liens granted or in favor of Bank under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents; (e) is located at the permitted locations under the Loan Agreement; and (f) is otherwise acceptable to Bank in its good faith business judgment.

Exim Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4A hereof.

Exim Loans” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4A hereof.

September 2008 Amendment” shall mean that certain Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of September 30, 2008 between Bank and Borrower.

3. Limitation of Amendments.

3.1 The amendments set forth in Section 2, above, are effective for the purposes set forth herein and shall be limited precisely as written and shall not be deemed to (a) be a consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of any other term or condition of any Loan Document, or (b) otherwise prejudice any right or remedy which Bank may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with any Loan Document.

3.2 This Amendment shall be construed in connection with and as part of the Loan Documents and all terms, conditions, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in the Loan Documents, except as herein amended, are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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4. Representations and Warranties. To induce Bank to enter into this Amendment, Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Bank as follows:

4.1 Immediately after giving effect to this Amendment (a) the representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents are true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date hereof (except to the extent such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such date), and (b) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

4.2 Borrower has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment and to perform its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment;

4.3 The organizational documents of Borrower delivered to Bank in connection with the execution of the Loan Agreement on or about February 20, 2007 remain true, accurate and complete and have not been amended, supplemented or restated and are and continue to be in full force and effect;

4.4 The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, have been duly authorized;

4.5 The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not and will not contravene (a) any law or regulation binding on or affecting Borrower, (b) any contractual restriction with a Person binding on Borrower, (c) any order, judgment or decree of any court or other governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on Borrower, or (d) the organizational documents of Borrower;

4.6 The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not require any order, consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by any governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on either Borrower, except as already has been obtained or made; and

4.7 This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by Borrower and is the binding obligation of Borrower, enforceable against Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium or other similar laws of general application and equitable principles relating to or affecting creditors’ rights.

5. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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6. Effectiveness. This Amendment shall be deemed effective upon (a) the due execution and delivery to Bank of this Amendment by each party hereto, (b) Borrower’s payment of the fees applicable hereunder and under the Exim Agreement in an aggregate amount equal to $44,750, (c) Borrower's payment of the Bank Expenses arising in connection herewith, and (d) the delivery of such other documents and agreements as Bank may require in connection herewith and in connection with the Exim Agreement. Each reference to the Agreement in the Loan Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the Loan Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

[Signature page follows.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first written above.

 

BANK     BORROWER
Silicon Valley Bank     SenoRx, Inc.
By:  

/s/ Robert Anderson

    By:  

/s/ Lloyd H. Malchow

Name:   Robert Anderson     Name:   Lloyd H. Malchow
Title:   Senior Relationship Manager     Title:   President and CEO

[Signature Page to Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan Agreement

dated as of September 30, 2008]

EX-10.23 3 dex1023.htm LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (EX-IM LOAN FACILITY) DATED SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 Loan and Security Agreement (Ex-Im Loan Facility) dated September 30, 2008

Exhibit 10.23

LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (EX-IM LOAN FACILITY)

THIS LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (EX-IM LOAN FACILITY) (“EX-IM AGREEMENT”) dated as of the Closing Date, between SILICON VALLEY BANK (“Bank”), California Corporation, and SENORX, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), provides the terms on which Bank will lend to Borrower and Borrower will repay Bank. The parties agree as follows:

 

1. ACCOUNTING AND OTHER TERMS

Accounting terms not defined in this EX-IM Agreement will be construed following GAAP Calculations and determinations must be made following GAAP. The term “financial statements” includes the notes and schedules. The terms “including” and “includes” always mean “including (or includes) without limitation” in this or any Loan Document.

 

2. LOAN AND TERMS OF PAYMENT

 

2.1 Promise to Pay.

Borrower will pay Bank the unpaid principal amount of all EX-IM Advances and interest on the unpaid principal amount of the EX-IM Advances.

 

2.1.1 EX-IM Advances.

(a) Bank will make EX-IM Advances not exceeding (i) the lesser of (x) the EX-IM Committed Line or (y) the Foreign Borrowing Base, minus (ii) the outstanding principal balance of any EX-IM Advances. Amounts borrowed under this Section may be repaid and reborrowed during the term of this EX-IM Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other term or provision hereof, no new EX–IM Advances may be made if the aggregate amount of credit extensions under the Domestic Loan Agreement (other than for the Term Loan Advances and the Existing Equipment Advances, as each of such terms in defined in the Domestic Loan Agreement) plus the EX-IM Advances plus any proposed EX-IM Advance exceeds the Maximum Dollar Amount (as defined in the Domestic Loan Agreement).

(b) To obtain an EX-IM Advance, Borrower must notify Bank by facsimile or telephone by 3:00 p.m. Pacific time on the Business Day the EX-IM Advance is to be made. Borrower must promptly confirm the notification by delivering to Bank a completed Transaction Report attached as Exhibit B and submit purchase orders and Export Orders in connection with such EX-IM Advance. Bank will credit EX-IM Advances to Borrower’s deposit account. Bank may make Credit Extensions under this EX-IM Agreement based on instructions from a Responsible Officer or his or her designee or without instructions if the Credit Extensions are necessary to meet Obligations which have become due. Bank may rely on any telephone notice given by a person whom Bank believes is a Responsible Officer or designee. Borrower will indemnify Bank for any loss suffered by Bank from that reliance.

(c) The EX-IM Committed Line terminates on the EX-IM Maturity Date, when all EX-IM Advances and other amounts due under this EX-IM Agreement are immediately payable.


2.2 Overadvances.

If Borrower’s Obligations under Section 2.1.1 exceed the lesser of either (i) the EX-IM Committed Line or (ii) the Foreign Borrowing Base, Borrower must immediately pay Bank the excess. Further, if the EX-IM Advances at any time exceed the limitations set forth in Section 2.1.1(a), including without limitations if the existing EX-IM Advances violate by exceeding the restriction set forth in the second sentence of Section 2.1.1(a), then Borrower must immediately pay Bank any such excess.

 

2.3 Interest Rate, Payments.

(a) Interest Rate.

(i) Subject to clauses (a)(ii) and (a)(iii) below, the principal amount of EX-IM Advances outstanding from time to time shall accrue interest at a floating per annum rate equal to twenty-five (25) basis points above the Prime Rate.

(ii) At any and all times that the Liquidity Ratio in any month (as defined in the Domestic Loan Agreement) is less than 2.00 to 1.00 (the "Rate Increase Condition") as reflected by the monthly financial statements of Borrower delivered to Bank, then, in the immediately succeeding month after the Rate Increase Condition arises and continuing until the month after the Rate Increase Condition no longer is in effect based on the monthly financial statements of Borrower delivers to Bank (at which time the interest rate reverts to that stated in (i) above), the principal amount of EX-IM Advances outstanding from time to time shall accrue interest at a floating per annum rate equal to one percentage point (1.00%) above the Prime Rate, with such rate further being subject to the application of clause (iii) below.

(iii) After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Obligations accrue interest at five percentage points (5%) above the rate effective immediately before the Event of Default. The interest rate increases or decreases when the Prime Rate changes. Interest is computed on a 360 day year for the actual number of days elapsed.

(b) Payments. Interest due on the EX-IM Committed Line is payable on the last day of each month. Bank may debit any of Borrower’s deposit accounts including Account Number 3300551472 for principal and interest payments or any amounts Borrower owes Bank. Bank will notify Borrower when it debits Borrower’s accounts. These debits are not a set-off. Payments received after 12:00 noon Pacific time are considered received at the opening of business on the next Business Day. When a payment is due on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment is due the next Business Day and additional fees or interest accrues. In addition, so long as any principal or interest with respect to any Credit Extension remains outstanding, Bank shall be entitled to charge Borrower a "float" charge in an amount equal to three (3) Business Days interest, at the interest rate applicable to the EX-IM Advances, on all Payments received by Bank. Said float charge is not included in interest for purposes of computing Minimum Monthly Interest under this Agreement. The float charge for each month shall be payable on the last day of the month. Bank shall not, however, be required to credit Borrower's account for the amount of any item of payment which is unsatisfactory to Bank in its good faith business judgment, and

 

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Bank may charge Borrower's Designated Deposit Account for the amount of any item of payment which is returned to Bank unpaid.

 

2.4 Fees.

Borrower will pay:

(a) Bank Expenses. All Bank Expenses incurred through and after the date of this EX-IM Agreement (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) payable when due; and

(b) EX-IM Bank Expenses. On the Closing Date, EX-IM Bank Expenses incurred through the date hereof.

(c) Fees. Borrower shall pay to Bank an initial loan fee of $25,000 in connection herewith, together with a further $25,000 due and payable on the anniversary date hereof.

 

2.5 Use of Proceeds.

Borrower will use the proceeds of the EX-IM Advances only for the purposes specified in the EX-IM Borrower Agreement. Borrower will not use the proceeds of the EX-IM Advances for any purpose prohibited by the EX-IM Borrower Agreement.

 

2.6 EX-IM Guarantee.

To facilitate the financing of EX-IM Eligible Foreign Accounts, the EX-IM Bank has agreed to guarantee the EX-IM Advances made under this EX-IM Agreement, pursuant to a Master Guarantee Agreement, Loan Authorization Agreement and (to the extent applicable) Delegated Authority Letter Agreement (collectively, the “EX-IM Guarantee”). If, at any time after the EX-IM Guarantee has been entered into by Bank, for any reason other than due to any action or inaction of Borrower under the EX-IM Guarantee, (a) the EX-IM Guarantee shall cease to be in full force and effect, or (b) if the EX-IM Bank declares the EX-IM Guarantee void or revokes any obligations thereunder or denies liability thereunder, and any Overadvance results from either of the foregoing, Bank shall provide notice of such Overadvance to Borrower, and Borrower shall immediately pay the amount of the excess to Bank. If, at any time after the EX-IM Guarantee has been entered into by Bank, for any reason other than the one described in the foregoing sentence, (x) the EX-IM Guarantee shall cease to be in full force and effect, or (y) the EX-IM Bank declares the EX-IM Guarantee void or revokes any obligations thereunder or denies liability thereunder, any such event shall constitute an Event of Default under this EX-IM Agreement. Nothing in any confidentiality agreement in this EX-IM Agreement or in any other agreement shall restrict Bank’s right to make disclosures and provide information to the EX-IM Bank in connection with the EX-IM Guarantee.

 

2.7 EX-IM Borrower Agreement.

Borrower shall execute and deliver a Borrower Agreement, in the form specified by the EX-IM Bank (attached hereto as Annex A), in favor of Bank and the EX-IM Bank, together with an amendment thereto, if applicable, as approved by the EX-IM Bank to conform certain terms of such Borrower Agreement to the terms of this EX-IM Agreement (as amended, the “EX-IM Borrower Agreement”). When the EX-IM Borrower Agreement is entered into by Borrower

 

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and the EX-IM Bank and delivered to Bank, this EX-IM Agreement shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions of the EX-IM Borrower Agreement, all of which are hereby incorporated herein by this reference. From and after the time Borrower and the EX-IM Bank have entered into the EX-IM Borrower Agreement and delivered the same to Bank, Borrower expressly agrees to perform all of the obligations and comply with all of the affirmative and negative covenants and all other terms and conditions set forth in the EX-IM Borrower Agreement as though the same were expressly set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the EX-IM Borrower Agreement (if then in effect) and the other terms of this EX-IM Agreement, whichever terms are more restrictive shall apply. Borrower acknowledges and agrees that it has received a form of the Loan Authorization Agreement which is referred to in the EX-IM Borrower Agreement. If the EX-IM Borrower Agreement is entered into by Borrower and the EX-IM Bank and delivered to Bank, Borrower agrees to be bound by the terms of the Loan Authorization Agreement, including, without limitation, by any additions or revisions made prior to its execution on behalf of EX-IM Bank to which Borrower has given prior consent. Upon the execution of the Loan Authorization Agreement by EX-IM Bank and Bank, it shall become an attachment to the EX-IM Borrower Agreement. Borrower shall reimburse Bank for all fees and all out of pocket costs and expenses incurred by Bank with respect to the EX-IM Guaranty and the EX-IM Borrower Agreement, including without limitation all facility fees and usage fees, and Bank is authorized to debit any of Borrower’s deposit accounts with Bank for such fees, costs and expenses when paid by Bank.

 

3. CONDITIONS OF LOANS

 

3.1 Conditions Precedent to Initial EX-IM Advance.

Bank’s obligation to make the initial EX-IM Advance is subject to the condition precedent that it receives the agreements, documents and fees it requires.

 

3.2 Conditions Precedent to all Advances.

Bank’s obligations to make each EX-IM Advance, including the initial EX-IM Advance, is subject to the following:

(a) timely receipt of any export purchase order and an EX-IM Borrowing Base Certificate relating to the request;

(b) receipt of a Transaction Report;

(c) the representations and warranties in Section 5 must be materially true on the date of the Transaction Report and on the effective date of each EX-IM Advance other than those representations and warranties expressly referring to a specific date, which must be materially true as of such date, and no Event of Default may have occurred and be continuing, or result from the EX-IM Advance. Each EX-IM Advance is Borrower’s representation and warranty on that date that the representations and warranties of Section 5 remain true; and

(d) the EX-IM Guarantee will be in full force and effect.

 

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4. CREATION OF SECURITY INTEREST

 

4.1 Grant of Security Interest.

Borrower grants Bank a continuing security interest in all presently existing and later acquired Collateral to secure the payment and performance of all the Obligations. Except for Permitted Liens, any security interest will be a first priority security interest in the Collateral. Bank may place a “hold” on any deposit account pledged as Collateral.

 

4.2 Authorization to File.

Borrower authorizes Bank to file financing statements without notice to Borrower, with all appropriate jurisdictions, as Bank deems appropriate, in order to perfect or protect Bank’s interest in the Collateral.

 

5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Borrower represents and warrants as follows:

 

5.1 Domestic Loan Documents.

The representations and warranties contained in the Domestic Loan Documents, which are incorporated into this EX-IM Agreement, are true and correct.

 

5.2 Accounts Receivable.

(a) For each Account with respect to which EX-IM Advances are requested, on the date each EX-IM Advance is requested and made, such Account shall meet the Minimum EX-IM Foreign Eligibility Requirements, as the case may be, set forth in Section 13.1 below.

(b) All statements made and all unpaid balances appearing in all invoices, instruments and other documents evidencing the Accounts are and shall be true and correct and all such invoices, instruments and other documents, and all of Borrower’s Books are genuine and in all respects what they purport to be. All sales and other transactions underlying or giving rise to each Account shall comply in all material respects with all applicable laws and governmental rules and regulations. Borrower has no knowledge of any actual or imminent Insolvency Proceeding of any Account Debtor whose accounts are an EX-IM Eligible Account in any EX-IM Borrowing Base Certificate. To the best of Borrower’s knowledge, all signatures and endorsements on all documents, instruments, and agreements relating to all Accounts are genuine, and all such documents, instruments and agreements are legally enforceable in accordance with their terms.

 

6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Borrower will do all of the following:

 

6.1 Domestic Loan Documents.

Borrower will comply with all the provisions of the Domestic Loan Documents.

 

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6.2 EX-IM Insurance.

If required by Bank, Borrower will obtain, and pay when due all premiums with respect to, and maintain uninterrupted foreign credit insurance. In addition, Borrower will execute in favor of Bank an assignment of proceeds of any insurance policy obtained by Borrower and issued by EX-IM Bank insuring against comprehensive commercial and political risk (the “EX-IM Bank Policy”). The insurance proceeds from the EX-IM Bank Policy assigned or paid to Bank will be applied to the balance outstanding under this EX-IM Agreement. Borrower will immediately notify Bank and EX-IM Bank in writing upon submission of any claim under the EX-IM Bank Policy. Then Bank will not be obligated to make any further Credit Extensions to Borrower without prior approval from EX-IM Bank.

 

6.3 Borrower Agreement.

Borrower will comply with all terms of the EX-IM Borrower Agreement. If any provision of the EX-IM Borrower Agreement conflicts with any provision contained in this EX-IM Agreement, the more strict provision, with respect to the Borrower, will control.

 

6.4 Terms of Sale.

Borrower will, if required by EX-IM Bank or Bank, cause all sales of products on which the Credit Extensions are based to be (i) supported by one or more irrevocable letters of credit in an amount and of matter, naming a beneficiary and issued by a financial institution acceptable to Bank and negotiated by Bank, or (ii) for any Account which satisfies all of the requirements to constitute an EX-IM Eligible Foreign Account, but where the Accounts from the Buyer exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of all Accounts, to obtain written pre-approval from Bank and EX-IM Bank.

 

6.5 Reporting Requirements.

Borrower shall deliver all reports, certificates and other documents to Bank as provided in the EX-IM Borrower Agreement, including, without limitation, an EX-IM Borrowing Base Certificate on a monthly basis as described on Exhibit C hereof, purchase orders and any other information that Bank and EX-IM Bank may reasonably request. In addition, Borrower shall comply with the reporting requirements set forth in the Domestic Loan Documents.

 

6.6 Further Assurances.

Borrower will execute any further instruments and take further action as Bank requests to perfect or continue Bank’s security interest in the Collateral or to effect the purposes of this EX-IM Agreement.

 

7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS

Borrower will not do any of the following:

 

7.1 Domestic Loan Documents.

Violate or fail to comply with the Domestic Loan Documents.

 

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7.2 EX-IM Borrower Agreement.

Violate or fail to comply with any provision of the EX-IM Borrower Agreement.

 

7.3 EX-IM Agreement.

Take an action, or permit any action to be taken, that causes, or could be expected to cause, the EX-IM Guarantee to not be in full force and effect.

 

8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT

Any one of the following is an Event of Default:

 

8.1 Payment Default.

If Borrower fails to pay any of the Obligations within 3 days after their due date. During the additional period the failure to cure the default is not an Event of Default (but no Credit Extension will be made during the cure period);

 

8.2 Covenant Default.

If Borrower violates any covenant in this EX-IM Agreement or in any of the Domestic Loan Documents or the EX-IM Borrower Agreement or an Event of Default occurs under this EX-IM Agreement or the Domestic Loan Documents.

 

8.3 EX-IM Guarantee.

If the EX-IM Guarantee ceases for any reason to be in full force and effect, or if the EX-IM Bank declares the EX-IM Guarantee void or revokes any obligations under the EX-IM Guarantee.

 

9. BANK’S RIGHTS AND REMEDIES

 

9.1 Rights and Remedies.

When an Event of Default occurs and continues Bank may, without notice or demand, do any or all of the following:

(a) Declare all Obligations immediately due and payable (but if an Event of Default described in Section 8.5 of the Domestic Loan Agreement occurs all Obligations are immediately due and payable without any action by Bank);

(b) Stop advancing money or extending credit for Borrower’s benefit under this EX-IM Agreement or under any other agreement between Borrower and Bank;

(c) Settle or adjust disputes and claims directly with account debtors for amounts, on terms and in any order that Bank considers advisable;

 

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(d) Make any payments and do any acts it considers necessary or reasonable to protect its security interest in the Collateral. Borrower will assemble the Collateral if Bank requires and make it available as Bank designates. Bank may enter premises where the Collateral is located, take and maintain possession of any part of the Collateral, and pay, purchase, contest, or compromise any Lien which appears to be prior or superior to its security interest and pay all expenses incurred. Borrower grants Bank a license to enter and occupy any of its premises, without charge, to exercise any of Bank’s rights or remedies;

(e) Apply to the Obligations any (i) balances and deposits of Borrower it holds, or (ii) any amount held by Bank owing to or for the credit or the account of Borrower;

(f) Ship, reclaim, recover, store, finish, maintain, repair, prepare for sale, advertise for sale, and sell the Collateral; and

(g) Dispose of the Collateral according to the Code.

 

9.2 Power of Attorney.

Effective only when an Event of Default occurs and continues, Borrower irrevocably appoints Bank as its lawful attorney to: (i) endorse Borrower’s name on any checks or other forms of payment or security; (ii) sign Borrower’s name on any invoice or bill of lading for any Account or drafts against account debtors, (iii) make, settle, and adjust all claims under Borrower’s insurance policies; (iv) settle and adjust disputes and claims about the Accounts directly with account debtors, for amounts and on terms Bank determines reasonable; and (v) transfer the Collateral into the name of Bank or a third party as the Code permits. Bank may exercise the power of attorney to sign Borrower’s name on any documents necessary to perfect or continue the perfection of any security interest regardless of whether an Event of Default has occurred. Bank’s appointment as Borrower’s attorney in fact, and all of Bank’s rights and powers, coupled with an interest, are irrevocable until all Obligations have been fully repaid and performed and Bank’s obligation to provide EX-IM Advances terminates.

 

9.3 Accounts Collection.

When an Event of Default occurs and continues, Bank may notify any Person owing Borrower money of Bank’s security interest in the funds and verify the amount of the Account. Borrower must collect all payments in trust for Bank and, if requested by Bank, immediately deliver the payments to Bank in the form received from the account debtor, with proper endorsements for deposit.

 

9.4 Bank Expenses.

If Borrower fails to pay any amount or furnish any required proof of payment to third persons Bank may make all or part of the payment or obtain insurance policies required in Section 6.5 of the Domestic Loan Agreement, and take any action under the policies Bank deems prudent. Any amounts paid by Bank are Bank Expenses and immediately due and payable, bearing interest at the then applicable rate and secured by the Collateral. No payments by Bank are deemed an agreement to make similar payments in the future or Bank’s waiver of any Event of Default.

 

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9.5 Bank’s Liability for Collateral.

If Bank complies with reasonable banking practices it is not liable for: (a) the safekeeping of the Collateral; (b) any loss or damage to the Collateral; (c) any diminution in the value of the Collateral; or (d) any act or default of any carrier, warehouseman, bailee, or other person. Borrower bears all risk of loss, damage or destruction of the Collateral.

 

9.6 Remedies Cumulative.

Bank’s rights and remedies under this EX-IM Agreement, the Loan Documents, and all other agreements are cumulative. Bank has all rights and remedies provided under the Code, by law, or in equity. Bank’s exercise of one right or remedy is not an election, and Bank’s waiver of any Event of Default is not a continuing waiver. Bank’s delay is not a waiver, election, or acquiescence. No waiver is effective unless signed by Bank and then is only effective for the specific instance and purpose for which it was given.

 

9.7 Demand Waiver.

Borrower waives demand, notice of default or dishonor, notice of payment and nonpayment, notice of any default, nonpayment at maturity, release, compromise, settlement, extension, or renewal of accounts, documents, instruments, chattel paper, and guarantees held by Bank on which Borrower is liable.

 

9.8 EX-IM Direction.

Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, EX-IM Bank shall have right to (i) direct Bank to exercise the remedies specified in Section 9.1 and (ii) request that Bank accelerate the maturity of any other loans to Borrower.

 

9.9 EX-IM Notification.

Bank has the right to immediately notify EX-IM Bank in writing if it has knowledge of any of the following events: (1) any failure to pay any amount due under this EX-IM Agreement; (2) the Foreign Borrowing Base is less than the sum of the outstanding Credit Extensions; (3) any failure to pay when due any amount payable to Bank under any Loan owing by Borrower to Bank; (4) the filing of an action for debtor’s relief by, against or on behalf of Borrower; (5) any threatened or pending material litigation against Borrower, or any dispute involving Borrower.

If Bank sends a notice to EX-IM Bank, Bank has the right to send EX-IM Bank a written report on the status of events covered by the notice every 30 days after the date of the original notification, until Bank files a claim with EX-IM Bank or the defaults have been cured (but no EX-IM Advances may be required during the cure period unless EX-IM Bank gives its written approval). If directed by EX-IM Bank, Bank will have the right to exercise any rights it may have against the Borrower to demand the immediate repayment of all amounts outstanding under the EX-IM Loan Documents.

 

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10. NOTICES

All notices or demands by any party about this EX-IM Agreement or any other related agreement must be in writing and be personally delivered or sent by an overnight delivery service, by certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or by telefacsimile to the addresses set forth below. A Party may change its notice address by giving the other Party written notice.

 

If to Borrower:    SenoRx, Inc.
   3 Morgan
   Irvine, California 92618
   Attn: Kevin Cousins
   Fax: 949-362-3519
   Email: kcousins@senorx.com
If to Bank:    Silicon Valley Bank
   38 Technology Drive, Suite 150
   Irvine, CA 92618
   Attn: Robert Anderson
   Fax: (949) 754-0826
   Email: rander@svb.com

 

11. CHOICE OF LAW , VENUE AND JURY TRIAL WAIVER

California law governs the Loan Documents without regard to principles of conflicts of law. Borrower and Bank each submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the State and Federal courts in Orange County, California; provided, however, that nothing in this EX-IM Agreement shall be deemed to operate to preclude Bank from bringing suit or taking other legal action in any other jurisdiction to realize on the Collateral or any other security for the Obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court order in favor of Bank. Borrower expressly submits and consents in advance to such jurisdiction in any action or suit commenced in any such court, and Borrower hereby waives any objection that it may have based upon lack of personal jurisdiction, improper venue, or forum non conveniens and hereby consents to the granting of such legal or equitable relief as is deemed appropriate by such court. Borrower hereby waives personal service of the summons, complaints, and other process issued in such action or suit and agrees that service of such summons, complaints, and other process may be made by registered or certified mail addressed to Borrower at the address set forth in Section 10 of this EX-IM Agreement and that service so made shall be deemed completed upon the earlier to occur of Borrower’s actual receipt thereof or three (3) days after deposit in the U.S. mails, proper postage prepaid.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, BORROWER AND BANK EACH WAIVE THEIR RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON THIS EX-IM AGREEMENT, THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY CONTEMPLATED TRANSACTION, INCLUDING CONTRACT, TORT, BREACH OF DUTY AND ALL OTHER CLAIMS. THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR BOTH PARTIES TO ENTER INTO THIS EX-IM AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS COUNSEL.

 

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WITHOUT INTENDING IN ANY WAY TO LIMIT THE PARTIES’ AGREEMENT TO WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY, if the above waiver of the right to a trial by jury is not enforceable, the parties hereto agree that any and all disputes or controversies of any nature between them arising at any time shall be decided by a reference to a private judge, mutually selected by the parties (or, if they cannot agree, by the Presiding Judge of the Orange County, California Superior Court) appointed in accordance with California Code of Civil Procedure Section 638 (or pursuant to comparable provisions of federal law if the dispute falls within the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal courts), sitting without a jury, in Orange County, California; and the parties hereby submit to the jurisdiction of such court. The reference proceedings shall be conducted pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of California Code of Civil Procedure §§ 638 through 645.1, inclusive. The private judge shall have the power, among others, to grant provisional relief, including without limitation, entering temporary restraining orders, issuing preliminary and permanent injunctions and appointing receivers. All such proceedings shall be closed to the public and confidential and all records relating thereto shall be permanently sealed. If during the course of any dispute, a party desires to seek provisional relief, but a judge has not been appointed at that point pursuant to the judicial reference procedures, then such party may apply to the Orange County, California Superior Court for such relief. The proceeding before the private judge shall be conducted in the same manner as it would be before a court under the rules of evidence applicable to judicial proceedings. The parties shall be entitled to discovery which shall be conducted in the same manner as it would be before a court under the rules of discovery applicable to judicial proceedings. The private judge shall oversee discovery and may enforce all discovery rules and order applicable to judicial proceedings in the same manner as a trial court judge. The parties agree that the selected or appointed private judge shall have the power to decide all issues in the action or proceeding, whether of fact or of law, and shall report a statement of decision thereon pursuant to the California Code of Civil Procedure § 644(a). Nothing in this paragraph shall limit the right of any party at any time to exercise self-help remedies, foreclose against collateral, or obtain provisional remedies. The private judge shall also determine all issues relating to the applicability, interpretation, and enforceability of this paragraph.

 

12. GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

12.1 Successors and Assigns.

This EX-IM Agreement binds and is for the benefit of the successors and permitted assigns of each party. Borrower may not assign this EX-IM Agreement or any rights under it without Bank’s prior written consent which may be granted or withheld in Bank’s discretion. Bank has the right, without the consent of or notice to Borrower, to sell, transfer, negotiate, or grant participation in all or any part of, or any interest in, Bank’s obligations, rights and benefits under this EX-IM Agreement.

 

12.2 Indemnification.

Borrower will indemnify, defend and hold harmless Bank and its officers, employees, and agents against: (a) all obligations, demands, claims, and liabilities asserted by any other party in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents; and (b) all losses or Bank Expenses incurred, or paid by Bank from, following, or consequential to transactions

 

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between Bank and Borrower (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses), except for losses or Bank Expenses caused by Bank’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

12.3 Time of Essence.

Time is of the essence for the performance of all obligations in this EX-IM Agreement.

 

12.4 Severability of Provision.

Each provision of this EX-IM Agreement is severable from every other provision in determining the enforceability of any provision.

 

12.5 Amendments in Writing, Integration.

All amendments to this EX-IM Agreement must be in writing. This EX-IM Agreement represents the entire agreement about this subject matter, and supersedes prior negotiations or agreements. All prior agreements, understandings, representations, warranties, and negotiations between the parties about the subject matter of this EX-IM Agreement merge into this EX-IM Agreement and the Loan Documents.

 

12.6 Counterparts.

This EX-IM Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, are an original, and all taken together, constitute one Agreement.

 

12.7 Survival.

All covenants, representations and warranties made in this EX-IM Agreement continue in full force while any Obligations remain outstanding. The obligations of Borrower in Section 12.2 to indemnify Bank will survive until all statutes of limitations for actions that may be brought against Bank have run.

 

12.8 Confidentiality.

In handling any confidential information, Bank will exercise the same degree of care that it exercises for its own proprietary information, but disclosure of information may be made (i) to Bank’s subsidiaries or affiliates in connection with their business with Borrower, (ii) to prospective transferees or purchasers of any interest in the Loans, (iii) as required by law, regulation, subpoena, or other order, (iv) as required in connection with Bank’s examination or audit and (v) as Bank considers appropriate exercising remedies under this EX-IM Agreement. Confidential information does not include information that either: (a) is in the public domain or in Bank’s possession when disclosed to Bank, or becomes part of the public domain after disclosure to Bank; or (b) is disclosed to Bank by a third party, if Bank does not know that the third party is prohibited from disclosing the information.

 

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12.9 EX-IM Borrower Agreement; Cross-Collateralization; Cross-Default; Conflicts.

This EX-IM Agreement, the Domestic Loan Agreement and the EX-IM Borrower Agreement shall continue in full force and effect, and all rights and remedies under this EX-IM Agreement, the Domestic Loan Agreement and the EX-IM Borrower Agreement are cumulative. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all “Collateral” as defined in this EX-IM Agreement, the Domestic Loan Agreement and as defined in the EX-IM Borrower Agreement shall secure all EX-IM Advances and all interest thereon, and all other Obligations. Any Event of Default under this EX-IM Agreement shall also constitute an Event of Default under the EX-IM Borrower Agreement and the Domestic Loan Agreement; any Event of Default under the Domestic Loan Agreement shall also constitute an Event of Default under the EX-IM Borrower Agreement and this EX-IM Agreement; and any Event of Default under the EX-IM Borrower Agreement shall also constitute an Event of Default under this EX-IM Agreement and the Domestic Loan Agreement. In the event Bank assigns its rights under this EX-IM Agreement, the Domestic Loan Agreement, or the EX-IM Borrower Agreement and/or under any note evidencing EX-IM Advances, to any third party, including, without limitation, the EX-IM Bank, whether before or after the occurrence of any Event of Default, Bank shall have the right (but not any obligation), in its sole discretion, to allocate and apportion Collateral to the EX-IM Borrower Agreement, the Domestic Loan Agreement and/or note assigned and to specify the priorities of the respective security interests in such Collateral between itself and the assignee, all without notice to or consent of the Borrower. Should any term of this EX-IM Agreement conflict with any term of the Domestic Loan Agreement or the EX-IM Borrower Agreement, the more restrictive term in such agreements shall govern Borrower.

 

13. DEFINITIONS

 

13.1 Definitions.

Except as otherwise defined, terms that are capitalized in this EX-IM Agreement will have the same meaning assigned in the Domestic Loan Documents. In this EX-IM Agreement:

Closing Date” is the date each of Bank and Borrower have executed this EX-IM Agreement as indicated on the signature page hereof.

Collateral” is the property described on Exhibit A.

Credit Extension” is any EX-IM Advance, or any other extension of credit by Bank for Borrower’s benefit under this EX-IM Agreement.

Domestic Loan Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of February 20, 2007, as amended by that certain Amendment to Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated on or about the date hereof, and as otherwise amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.

Domestic Loan Documents” the Domestic Loan Agreement, any note or notes executed by Borrower or any other agreement entered into in connection with the Domestic Loan Agreement, between Borrower and Bank.

 

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EX-IM Advance” or “EX-IM Advances” is a loan advance (or advances) under the EX-IM Committed Line.

EX-IM Bank” is the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

EX-IM Bank Expenses” are all audit fees and expenses; reasonable costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) for preparing, negotiating, administering, defending and enforcing the EX-IM Loan Documents (including appeals or Insolvency Proceedings) and the fees that the Bank pays to the EX-IM Bank in consideration of the issuance of the EX-IM Guarantee.

EX-IM Borrower Agreement” is defined in Section 2.7.

EX-IM Committed Line” is an EX-IM Advance or EX-IM Advances of up to Two Million Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500,000).

EX-IM Foreign Eligibility Period” is defined in the term “Eligible Foreign Accounts.”

EX-IM Eligible Foreign Accounts” means Accounts arising in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business from Non-U.S. Account Debtors and that meet all Borrower’s representations and warranties in Section 5.2 and conform in all respects to the EX-IM Borrower Agreement, and either (a) are guaranteed by EX-IM Bank, less any deductible; (b) are supported by letter(s) of credit acceptable to Bank; (c) are owing from an Account Debtor whose principal place of business is located in Canada (provided that Bank has perfected its security interest in such Account to Bank’s satisfaction), or (d) that Bank approves in writing. The following are the minimum requirements (the “Minimum EX-IM Foreign Eligibility Requirements”) for an Account to be an EX-IM Eligible Foreign Account. The Account must not:

 

a. that does not arise from the sale of Items in the ordinary course of the Borrower’s business;

 

b. that is not subject to a valid, perfected, and enforceable first priority security interest in favor of the Lender;

 

c. as to which any covenant, representation or warranty contained in the Loan Documents relating to such Receivable has been breached;

 

d. that is not owned by the Borrower or is subject to any right, claim, or interest of another party other than the Lien in favor of the Lender;

 

e. with respect to which an invoice has not been sent;

 

f. generated by the sale or provision of defense articles or services, subject to exceptions approved in writing by Ex-Im Bank;

 

g. that is due and payable from a military Buyer, subject to exceptions approved in writing by Ex-Im Bank;

 

h.

that is due and payable from a foreign Buyer located in a country with which Ex-Im Bank is legally prohibited from doing business as set forth in the current Country Limitation Schedule. (Note: If the Borrower has knowledge that an export to a country in which Ex-Im

 

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Bank may do business, as set forth in the current Country Limitation Schedule, will be re-exported to a country with which Ex-Im Bank is legally prohibited from doing business, the corresponding receivables (or a pro-rata portion thereof) are not eligible for inclusion in the Export-Related Borrowing Base.);

 

i. that does not comply with the requirements of the Country Limitation Schedule;

 

j. that by its original terms is due and payable more than one-hundred-eighty (180) days from the date of invoice;

 

k. that is not paid within sixty (60) calendar days from its original due date unless insured through Ex-Im Bank (or other acceptable) export credit insurance for comprehensive commercial and political risk, in which case ninety (90) calendar days shall apply;

 

l. that arises from a sale of goods to or performance of services for an employee, stockholder, or subsidiary of the Borrower, intra-company receivables or any receivable from a stockholder, any person or entity with a controlling interest in the Borrower or which shares common controlling ownership with the Borrower;

 

m. that is backed by a letter of credit where the Items covered by the subject letter of credit have not yet been shipped, or where the covered services have not yet provided;

 

n. that the Lender or Ex-Im Bank, in its reasonable judgment, deem uncollectible or unacceptable; this category includes, but is not limited to, finance charges or late charges imposed on the foreign buyer by the Borrower as a result of the foreign buyer’s past due status;

 

o. that is denominated in non-U.S. currency, unless pre-approved in writing by Ex-Im Bank;

 

p. that does not comply with the terms of sale as set forth by Ex-Im Bank;

 

q. that is due and payable from a Buyer who becomes unable to pay its debts or whose ability to pay its debts becomes questionable;

 

r. that arises from a bill-and-hold, guaranteed sale, sale-and-return, sale on approval, consignment, or any other repurchase or return basis or is evidenced by chattel paper;

 

s. for which the Items giving rise to such Accounts Receivable have not been shipped to the Buyer or when the Items are services, such services have not been performed or when the Export Order specifies a timing for invoicing the Items other than shipment or performance and the Items have not been invoiced in accordance with such terms of the Export Order, or the Accounts Receivable do not otherwise represent a final sale;

 

t. that is subject to any offset, deduction, defense, dispute, or counterclaim, or the Buyer is also a creditor or supplier of the Borrower, or the Account Receivable is contingent in any respect or for any reason;

 

u. for which the Borrower has made any agreement with the Buyer for any deduction therefrom, except for discounts or allowances made in the ordinary course of business for prompt payment;

 

v. for which any of the Items giving rise to such Account Receivable have been returned, rejected, or repossessed;

 

w. that arises from the sale of Items that do not meet 50% U.S. Content requirements;

 

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x. that is deemed to be ineligible by Ex-Im Bank.

Bank reserves the right at any time after the Closing Date to adjust the Minimum EX-IM Foreign Eligibility Requirements in its good faith business judgment and establish new criteria to determine the foregoing.

EX-IM Eligible Inventory” means Inventory consisting of finished goods and raw materials that constitutes "Eligible Export-Related Inventory (as defined in the EX-IM Borrower Agreement) that meets all Borrower’s representations and warranties herein and conform in all respects to the EX-IM Borrower Agreement and that is acceptable to Bank in its discretion.

EX-IM Loan Documents” means that certain Export-Import Bank Loan and Security Agreement (“EX-IM Loan Agreement”), any note or notes executed by Borrower or any other agreement entered into in connection with this EX-IM Loan Agreement, pursuant to which EX-IM Bank guarantees Borrower’s obligations under this EX-IM Agreement.

EX-IM Maturity Date” is Revolving Line Maturity Date (as defined in the Domestic Loan Agreement) as in effect as of the date hereof and not as amended or otherwise modified in the Domestic Loan Agreement unless the definition of the EX-IM Maturity Date is specifically and separately amended.

Export Order” is a written export order or contract for the purchase by the buyer from the Borrower of any finished goods or services which are intended for export.

Foreign Borrowing Base” means the lesser of:

(a) Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000); or

(b) (i) ninety percent (90%) of EX-IM Eligible Foreign Accounts as determined by Bank from Borrower’s most recent Transaction Report and the EX-IM Borrowing Base Certificate; plus (ii) 50% of EX-IM Eligible Inventory, provided that EX-IM Advances based on EX-IM Eligible Inventory shall not, in any event, exceed the lesser of $1,500,000 or 50% of the aggregate amount of EX-IM Advances outstanding hereunder at any time or from time to time; provided, further, Bank may decrease the foregoing percentages with respect to clauses (i) and (ii) above in its good faith business judgment based on events, conditions, contingencies, or risks which, as determined by Bank, may adversely affect Collateral.

Loan Documents” are, collectively, this EX-IM Agreement, the Domestic Loan Documents, any note, or notes or guaranties executed by Borrower or Guarantor in connection with this EX-IM Agreement or the Domestic Loan Documents, and any other present or future agreement between Borrower and/or for the benefit of Bank in connection with this EX-IM Agreement or the Domestic Loan Documents, all as amended, extended or restated.

Minimum Foreign Eligibility Requirements” is defined in the term “Eligible Foreign Accounts.”

Obligations” are debts, principal, interest, Bank Expenses and other amounts Borrower owes Bank now or later, including letters of credit and exchange contracts and including interest

 

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accruing after Insolvency Proceedings begin and debts, liabilities, or obligations of Borrower assigned to Bank and the Obligations of Borrower under the Domestic Loan Documents.

Schedule” is any attached schedule of exceptions.

Transaction Report” is that certain report of transactions and schedule of collections in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this EX-IM Agreement to be executed as of the Closing Date.

 

BORROWER:
SENORX, INC.
By:  

/s/ Lloyd H. Malchow

Title:   President and CEO
BANK:
SILICON VALLEY BANK
By:  

/s/ Robert Anderson

Title:   Senior Relationship Manager

Closing Date: September 30, 2008

 

[Signature page to Ex-Im Loan and Security Agreement]


EXHIBIT A

The Collateral consists of all of Borrower’s right, title and interest in and to the following personal property (with defined terms set forth below having the meanings as set forth in the Domestic Loan Agreement):

All goods, Accounts (including health-care receivables), Equipment, Inventory, contract rights or rights to payment of money, leases, license agreements, franchise agreements, General Intangibles (except as provided below), commercial tort claims, documents, instruments (including any promissory notes), chattel paper (whether tangible or electronic), cash, deposit accounts, fixtures, letters of credit rights (whether or not the letter of credit is evidenced by a writing), securities, and all other investment property, supporting obligations, and financial assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, wherever located; and

All Borrower’s Books relating to the foregoing, and any and all claims, rights and interests in any of the above and all substitutions for, additions, attachments, accessories, accessions and improvements to and replacements, products, proceeds and insurance proceeds of any or all of the foregoing.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral does not include any of the following, whether now owned or hereafter acquired: any copyright rights, copyright applications, copyright registrations and like protections in each work of authorship and derivative work, whether published or unpublished, any patents, patent applications and like protections, including improvements, divisions, continuations, renewals, reissues, extensions, and continuations-in-part of the same, trademarks, service marks and, to the extent permitted under applicable law, any applications therefor, whether registered or not, and the goodwill of the business of Borrower connected with and symbolized thereby, know-how, operating manuals, trade secret rights, rights to unpatented inventions, and any claims for damage by way of any past, present, or future infringement of any of the foregoing; provided, however, the Collateral shall include all Accounts, license and royalty fees and other revenues, proceeds, or income arising out of or relating to any of the foregoing.

Pursuant to the terms of a certain negative pledge arrangement with Bank, Borrower has agreed not to encumber any of its copyright rights, copyright applications, copyright registrations and like protections in each work of authorship and derivative work, whether published or unpublished, any patents, patent applications and like protections, including improvements, divisions, continuations, renewals, reissues, extensions, and continuations-in-part of the same, trademarks, service marks and, to the extent permitted under applicable law, any applications therefor, whether registered or not, and the goodwill of the business of Borrower connected with and symbolized thereby, know-how, operating manuals, trade secret rights, rights to unpatented inventions, and any claims for damage by way of any past, present, or future infringement of any of the foregoing, without Bank’s prior written consent.

 

[Exhibit A to Ex-Im Loan and Security Agreement]


EXHIBIT B

Transaction Report

 

[Exhibit B to Ex-Im Loan and Security Agreement]


EXHIBIT C

 

[Exhibit C to Ex-Im Loan and Security Agreement]

EX-10.24 4 dex1024.htm EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES WORKING CAPITAL GUARANTEE PROGRAM Export-Import Bank of the United States Working Capital Guarantee Program

Exhibit 10.24

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

WORKING CAPITAL GUARANTEE PROGRAM

BORROWER AGREEMENT


TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE I

  DEFINITIONS    1

1.01

  Definition of Terms    1

1.02

  Rules of Construction    14

1.03

  Incorporation of Recitals    15

ARTICLE II

  OBLIGATIONS OF BORROWER    15

2.01

  Use of Credit Accommodations    15

2.02

  Security Interests    15

2.03

  Loan Documents and Loan Authorization Agreement    16

2.04

  Export-Related Borrowing Base Certificates and Export Orders    16

2.05

  Schedules, Reports and Other Statements    16

2.06

  Exclusions from the Export-Related Borrowing Base    16

2.07

  Borrowings and Reborrowings    17

2.08

  Repayment Terms    17

2.09

  Financial Statements    17

2.10

  Additional Security or Payment    17

2.11

  Continued Security Interest    18

2.12

  Inspection of Collateral and Facilities    18

2.13

  General Intangibles    19

2.14

  Economic Impact Approval    19

2.15

  Indirect Exports    19

2.16

  Overseas Inventory and Accounts Receivable    20

2.17

  Country Limitation Schedule    21

2.18

  Notice of Certain Even    21

2.19

  Insurance    22

2.20

  Taxes    22

2.21

  Compliance with Laws    22

2.22

  Negative Covenants    22

2.23

  Cross Default    22

2.24

  Munitions List    22

2.25

  Suspension and Debarment, etc.    22

ARTICLE III

  RIGHTS AND REMEDIES    23

 

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3.01

  Indemnification    23

3.02

  Liens    23

ARTICLE IV

  MISCELLANEOUS    24

4.01

  Governing Law    24

4.02

  Notification    24

4.03

  Partial Invalidity    24

4.04

  Waiver of Jury Trial    24

4.05

  Consequential Damages    24

 

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EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

WORKING CAPITAL GUARANTEE PROGRAM

BORROWER AGREEMENT

THIS BORROWER AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into by the entity identified as Borrower on the signature page hereof (“Borrower”) in favor of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (“Ex-Im Bank”) and the institution identified as Lender on the signature page hereof (“Lender”).

RECITALS

Borrower has requested that Lender establish a Loan Facility in favor of Borrower for the purposes of providing Borrower with working capital to finance the manufacture, production or purchase and subsequent export sale of Items.

Lender and Borrower expect that Ex-Im Bank will provide a guarantee to Lender regarding this Loan Facility subject to the terms and conditions of the Master Guarantee Agreement, a Loan Authorization Agreement, and to the extent applicable, the Delegated Authority Letter Agreement or Fast Track Lender Agreement.

Lender and Ex-Im Bank have requested that Borrower execute this Agreement as a condition precedent to Lender establishing the Loan Facility and Ex-Im Bank providing the guarantee.

NOW, THEREFORE, Borrower hereby agrees as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

1.01 Definition of Terms. As used in this Agreement, including the Recitals to this Agreement and the Loan Authorization Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

“Accounts Receivable” shall mean all of Borrower’s now owned or hereafter acquired (a) “accounts” (as such term is defined in the UCC), other receivables, book debts and other forms of obligations, whether arising out of goods sold or services rendered or from any other transaction; (b) rights in, to and under all purchase orders or receipts for goods or services; (c) rights to any goods represented or purported to be represented by any of the foregoing (including unpaid sellers’ rights of rescission, replevin, reclamation and stoppage in transit and rights to returned, reclaimed or repossessed goods); (d) moneys due or to become due to such Borrower under all purchase orders and contracts (which includes Export Orders) for the sale of goods or the performance of services or both by Borrower (whether or not yet earned by performance on the part of Borrower), including the proceeds of the foregoing; (e) any notes, drafts, letters of credit, insurance proceeds or other instruments, documents and writings evidencing or supporting the foregoing; and (f) all collateral security and guarantees of any kind given by any other Person with respect to any of the foregoing.


“Accounts Receivable Aging Report” shall mean a report detailing the Export-Related Accounts Receivable and Export-Related Overseas Accounts Receivable for a Loan Facility, and the applicable terms for the relevant time period; in the case of Indirect Exports, such report shall indicate the portion of such Accounts Receivables corresponding to Indirect Exports.

“Advance Rate” shall mean, with respect to a Loan Facility, the rate specified in Section 5.C. of the Loan Authorization Agreement for each category of Primary Collateral except for Export-Related General Intangibles and Other Collateral. Unless otherwise set forth in writing by Ex-Im Bank, in no event shall the Advance Rate exceed (i) ninety percent (90%) for Eligible Export-Related Accounts Receivable, (ii) seventy five percent (75%) for Eligible Export-Related Inventory, (iii) seventy percent (70%) for Eligible Export-Related Overseas Accounts Receivable or (iv) sixty percent (60%) for Eligible Export-Related Overseas Inventory and (v) twenty five percent (25%) for Retainage Accounts Receivable.

“Affiliated Foreign Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.15.

“Business Day” shall mean any day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is open for business.

“Buyer” shall mean a Person that has entered into one or more Export Orders with Borrower or who is an obligor on Export-Related Accounts Receivable or Export-Related Overseas Accounts Receivable.

“Capital Good” shall mean a capital good (e.g., manufacturing equipment, licensing agreements) that will establish or expand foreign production capacity of an exportable good.

“Collateral” shall mean all real and personal property and interest in real and personal property in or upon which Lender has been, or shall be, granted a Lien as security for the payment of all the Loan Facility Obligations and all products and proceeds (cash and non-cash) thereof.

“Commercial Letters of Credit” shall mean those letters of credit subject to the UCP payable in Dollars and issued or caused to be issued by Lender on behalf of Borrower under a Loan Facility for the benefit of a supplier(s) of Borrower in connection with Borrower’s purchase of goods or services from the supplier in support of the export of the Items.

“Country Limitation Schedule” shall mean the schedule published from time to time by Ex-Im Bank setting forth on a country by country basis whether and under what conditions Ex-Im Bank will provide coverage for the financing of export transactions to countries listed therein.

“Credit Accommodation Amount” shall mean, the sum of (a) the aggregate outstanding amount of Disbursements and (b) the aggregate outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations, which sum may not exceed the Maximum Amount.

“Credit Accommodations” shall mean, collectively, Disbursements and Letter of Credit Obligations.

 

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“Debarment Regulations” shall mean, collectively, (a) the Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) regulations (Common Rule), 53 Fed. Reg. 19204 (May 26, 1988), (b) Subpart 9.4 (Debarment, Suspension, and Ineligibility) of the Federal Acquisition Regulations, 48 C.F.R. 9.400-9.409 and (c) the revised Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) regulations (Common Rule), 60 Fed. Reg. 33037 (June 26, 1995).

“Delegated Authority Letter Agreement” shall mean the Delegated Authority Letter Agreement, if any, between Ex-Im Bank and Lender.

“Disbursement” shall mean, collectively, (a) an advance of a working capital loan from Lender to Borrower under the Loan Facility, and (b) an advance to fund a drawing under a Letter of Credit issued or caused to be issued by Lender for the account of Borrower under the Loan Facility.

“Dollars” or “$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States.

“Economic Impact Approval” shall mean a written approval issued by Ex-Im Bank stating the conditions under which a Capital Good may be included as an Item in a Loan Facility consistent with Ex-Im Bank’s economic impact procedures (or other mechanism for making this determination that Ex-Im Bank notifies Lender of in writing).

“Economic Impact Certification” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(b).

“Effective Date” shall mean the date on which (a) all of the Loan Documents have been executed by Lender, Borrower and, if applicable, Ex-Im Bank and (b) all of the conditions to the making of the initial Credit Accommodations under the Loan Documents or any amendments thereto have been satisfied.

“Eligible Export-Related Accounts Receivable” shall mean Export-Related Accounts Receivable which are acceptable to Lender and which are deemed to be eligible pursuant to the Loan Documents, but in no event shall Eligible Export-Related Accounts Receivable include any Account Receivable:

(a) that does not arise from the sale of Items in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business;

(b) that is not subject to a valid, perfected first priority Lien in favor of Lender;

(c) as to which any covenant, representation or warranty contained in the Loan Documents with respect to such Account Receivable has been breached;

(d) that is not owned by Borrower or is subject to any right, claim or interest of another Person other than the Lien in favor of Lender;

(e) with respect to which an invoice has not been sent;

(f) that arises from the sale of defense articles or defense services;

 

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(g) that arises from the sale of Items to be used in the construction, alteration, operation or maintenance of nuclear power, enrichment, reprocessing, research or heavy water production facilities unless with Ex-Im Bank’s prior written consent;

(h) that is due and payable from a Buyer located in a country with which Ex-Im Bank is prohibited from doing business as designated in the Country Limitation Schedule;

(i) that does not comply with the requirements of the Country Limitation Schedule;

(j) that is due and payable more than one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of the invoice;

(k) that is not paid within sixty (60) calendar days from its original due date, unless it is insured through Ex-Im Bank export credit insurance for comprehensive commercial and political risk, or through Ex-Im Bank approved private insurers for comparable coverage, in which case it is not paid within ninety (90) calendar days from its due date;

(1) of a Buyer for whom fifty percent (50%) or more of the Accounts Receivable of such Buyer do not satisfy the requirements of subclauses (j) and (k) above;

(m) that arises from a sale of goods to or performance of services for an employee of Borrower, a stockholder of Borrower, a subsidiary of Borrower, a Person with a controlling interest in Borrower or a Person which shares common controlling ownership with Borrower;

(n) that is backed by a letter of credit unless the Items covered by the subject letter of credit have been shipped;

(o) that Lender or Ex-Im Bank, in its reasonable judgment, deems uncollectible for any reason;

(p) that is due and payable in a currency other than Dollars, except as may be approved in writing by Ex-Im Bank;

(q) that is due and payable from a military Buyer, except as may be approved in writing by Ex-Im Bank;

(r) that does not comply with the terms of sale set forth in Section 7 of the Loan Authorization Agreement;

(s) that is due and payable from a Buyer who (i) applies for, suffers, or consents to the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee or liquidator of itself or of all or a substantial part of its property or calls a meeting of its creditors, (ii) admits in writing its inability, or is generally unable, to pay its debts as they become due or ceases operations of its present business, (iii) makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iv) commences a voluntary case under any state or federal bankruptcy laws (as now or hereafter in effect), (v) is adjudicated as bankrupt or insolvent, (vi) files a petition seeking to take advantage of any other law providing for the relief of debtors, (vii) acquiesces to, or fails to have

 

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dismissed, any petition which is filed against it in any involuntary case under such bankruptcy laws, or (viii) takes any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

(t) that arises from a bill-and-hold, guaranteed sale, sale-and-return, sale on approval, consignment or any other repurchase or return basis or is evidenced by chattel paper;

(u) for which the Items giving rise to such Accounts Receivable have not been shipped to the Buyer or when the Items are services, such services have not been performed or when the Export Order specifies a timing for invoicing the Items other than shipment or performance and the Items have not been invoiced in accordance with such terms of the Export Order, or the Accounts Receivable otherwise do not represent a final sale;

(v) that is subject to any offset, deduction, defense, dispute, or counterclaim or the Buyer is also a creditor or supplier of Borrower or the Account Receivable is contingent in any respect or for any reason;

(w) for which Borrower has made any agreement with the Buyer for any deduction therefrom, except for discounts or allowances made in the ordinary course of business for prompt payment, all of which discounts or allowances are reflected in the calculation of the face value of each respective invoice related thereto;

(x) for which any of the Items giving rise to such Account Receivable have been returned, rejected or repossessed;

(y) that is included as an eligible receivable under any other credit facility to which Borrower is a party;

(z) any of the Items giving rise to such Accounts Receivable are Capital Goods, unless the transaction is in accordance with Section 2.14;

(aa) that is due and payable from a Buyer that is, or is located in, the United States; provided however, that this subsection (aa) shall not preclude an Export-Related Accounts Receivable arising from the sale of Items to foreign contractors or subcontractors providing services to a United States Embassy or the United States Military located overseas from being deemed an Eligible Export-Related Accounts Receivable; or

(bb) that arises from the sale of Items that do not meet the U.S. Content requirements in accordance with Section 2.0l(b)(ii).

“Eligible Export-Related Inventory” shall mean Export-Related Inventory which is acceptable to Lender and which is deemed to be eligible pursuant to the Loan Documents, but in no event shall Eligible Export-Related Inventory include any Inventory:

(a) that is not subject to a valid, perfected first priority Lien in favor of Lender;

(b) that is located at an address that has not been disclosed to Lender in writing;

 

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(c) that is placed by Borrower on consignment or held by Borrower on consignment from another Person;

(d) that is in the possession of a processor or bailee, or located on premises leased or subleased to Borrower, or on premises subject to a mortgage in favor of a Person other than Lender, unless such processor or bailee or mortgagee or the lessor or sublessor of such premises, as the case may be, has executed and delivered all documentation which Lender shall require to evidence the subordination or other limitation or extinguishment of such Person’s rights with respect to such Inventory and Lender’s right to gain access thereto;

(e) that is produced in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or subject to the “hot goods” provisions contained in 29 U.S.C. §215 or any successor statute or section;

(f) as to which any covenant, representation or warranty with respect to such Inventory contained in the Loan Documents has been breached;

(g) that is not located in the United States unless expressly permitted by Lender, on terms acceptable to Lender;

(h) that is an Item or is to be incorporated into Items that do not meet U.S. Content requirements in accordance with Section 2.01(b)(ii);

(i) that is demonstration Inventory;

(j) that consists of proprietary software (i.e. software designed solely for Borrower’s internal use and not intended for resale);

(k) that is damaged, obsolete, returned, defective, recalled or unfit for further processing;

(l) that has been previously exported from the United States;

(m) that constitutes, or will be incorporated into Items that constitute, defense articles or defense services;

(n) that is an Item or will be incorporated into Items that will be used in the construction, alteration, operation or maintenance of nuclear power, enrichment, reprocessing, research or heavy water production facilities unless with Ex-Im Bank’s prior written consent;

(o) that is an Item or is to be incorporated into Items destined for shipment to a country as to which Ex-Im Bank is prohibited from doing business as designated in the Country Limitation Schedule;

(p) that is an Item or is to be incorporated into Items destined for shipment to a Buyer located in a country in which Ex-Im Bank coverage is not available for commercial reasons as designated in the Country Limitation Schedule, unless and only to the extent that such Items are to be sold to such country on terms of a letter of credit confirmed by a bank acceptable to Ex-Im Bank;

 

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(q) that constitutes, or is to be incorporated into, Items whose sale would result in an Accounts Receivable which would not be an Eligible Export-Related Accounts Receivable;

(r) that is included as eligible inventory under any other credit facility to which Borrower is a party; or

(s) that is, or is to be incorporated into, an Item that is a Capital Good, unless the transaction is in accordance with Section 2.14.

“Eligible Export-Related Overseas Accounts Receivable” shall mean Export-Related Overseas Accounts Receivable which are acceptable to Lender and which are deemed to be eligible pursuant to the Loan Documents but in no event shall include the Accounts Receivable (a) through (bb) excluded from the definition of Eligible Export-Related Accounts Receivable.

“Eligible Export-Related Overseas Inventory” shall mean Export-Related Overseas Inventory which is acceptable to Lender and which is deemed to be eligible pursuant to the Loan Documents, but in no event shall include the Inventory (a) through (r) excluded from the definition of Eligible Export-Related Inventory.

“Eligible Person” shall mean a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability partnership, corporation or limited liability company which (a) is domiciled, organized or formed, as the case may be, in the United States, whether or not such entity is owned by a foreign national or foreign entity; (b) is in good standing in the state of its formation or otherwise authorized to conduct business in the United States; (c) is not currently suspended or debarred from doing business with the United States government or any instrumentality, division, agency or department thereof; (d) exports or plans to export Items; (e) operates and has operated as a going concern for at least one (1) year; (f) has a positive tangible net worth determined in accordance with GAAP; and (g) has revenue generating operations relating to its core business activities for at least one year. An Affiliated Foreign Person that meets all of the requirements of the foregoing definition of Eligible Person other than subclause (a) thereof shall be deemed to be an Eligible Person

“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder

“Export Order” shall mean a documented purchase order or contract evidencing a Buyer’s agreement to purchase the Items from Borrower for export from the United States, which documentation shall include written information that is necessary to confirm such purchase order or contract, including identification of the Items, the name of the Buyer, the country of destination, contact information for the Buyer and the total amount of the purchase order or contract; in the case of Indirect Exports, such documentation shall further include a copy of the written purchase order or contract from a foreign purchaser or other documentation clearly evidencing a foreign purchaser’s agreement to purchase the Items.

“Export-Related Accounts Receivable” shall mean those Accounts Receivable arising from the sale of Items which are due and payable to Borrower in the United States.

 

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“Export-Related Accounts Receivable Value” shall mean, at the date of determination thereof, the aggregate face amount of Eligible Export-Related Accounts Receivable less taxes, discounts, credits, allowances and Retainages, except to the extent otherwise permitted by Ex-Im Bank in writing.

“Export-Related Borrowing Base” shall mean, at the date of determination thereof, the sum of (a) (if Lender elects to include) the Export-Related Inventory Value or Export-Related Historical Inventory Value multiplied by the Advance Rate applicable to Eligible Export-Related Inventory set forth in Section 5.B.(l.) of the Loan Authorization Agreement, plus (b) the Export-Related Accounts Receivable Value multiplied by the Advance Rate applicable to Eligible Export-Related Accounts Receivable set forth in Section 5.B.(2.) of the Loan Authorization Agreement, plus (c) if permitted by Ex-Im Bank in writing, the Retainage Value multiplied by the Advance Rate applicable to Retainages set fort in Section 5.B.(3.) of the Loan Authorization Agreement, plus (d) the Other Assets set forth in Section 5.B.(4.) of the Loan Authorization Agreement multiplied by the Advance Rate agreed to in writing by Ex-Im Bank, plus (e) if permitted by Ex-Im Bank in writing, the Export-Related Overseas Accounts Receivable Value multiplied by the Advance Rate applicable to Eligible Export-Related Overseas Accounts Receivable set forth in Section 5.B.(5.) of the Loan Authorization Agreement, plus (f) if permitted by Ex-Im Bank in writing, the Export-Related Overseas Inventory Value multiplied by the Advance Rate applicable to Eligible Export-Related Overseas Inventory set forth in Section 5.B.(6.) of the Loan Authorization Agreement, less (g) the amounts required to be reserved pursuant to Sections 4.12 and 4.13 of this Agreement for each outstanding Letter of Credit, less (h) such reserves and in such amounts deemed necessary and proper by Lender from time to time.

“Export-Related Borrowing Base Certificate” shall mean a certificate in the form provided or approved by Lender, executed by Borrower and delivered to Lender pursuant to the Loan Documents detailing the Export-Related Borrowing Base supporting the Credit Accommodations which reflects, to the extent included in the Export-Related Borrowing Base, Export-Related Accounts Receivable, Eligible Export-Related Accounts Receivable, Export-Related Inventory, Eligible Export-Related Inventory, Export-Related Overseas Accounts Receivable, Eligible Export-Related Accounts Receivable, Export-Related Overseas Inventory and Eligible Export-Related Overseas Inventory balances that have been reconciled with Borrower’s general ledger, Accounts Receivable Aging Report and Inventory schedule.

“Export-Related General Intangibles” shall mean the Pro Rata Percentage of General Intangibles determined as of the earlier of: (i) the date such General Intangibles are liquidated and (ii) the date Borrower fails to pay when due any outstanding amount of principal or accrued interest payable under the Loan Documents that becomes the basis for a Payment Default on which a Claim is filed.

“Export-Related Historical Inventory Value” shall mean with respect to a Borrower, the relevant Export-Related Sales Ratio multiplied by the lowest of (i) the cost of such Borrower’s Inventory as determined in accordance with GAAP, or (ii) the market value of such Borrower’s Inventory as determined in accordance with GAAP or (iii) the appraised or orderly liquidation value of such Borrower’s Inventory, if Lender has loans and financial accommodations to such Borrower for which it conducts (or contracts for the performance of) such an appraised or orderly liquidation value.

 

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“Export-Related Inventory” shall mean the Inventory of Borrower located in the United States that has been purchased, manufactured or otherwise acquired by Borrower for sale or resale as Items, or to be incorporated into Items to be sold or resold pursuant to Export Orders.

“Export-Related Inventory Value” shall mean, at the date of determination thereof, the lowest of (i) the cost of Eligible Exported-Related Inventory as determined in accordance with GAAP, or (ii) the market value of Eligible Export-Related Inventory as determined in accordance with GAAP or (iii) the lower of the appraised market value or orderly liquidation value of the Eligible Export-Related Inventory, if Lender has other loans and financial accommodations to a Borrower for which it conducts (or contracts for the performance of) such an appraised or orderly liquidation value.

“Export-Related Overseas Accounts Receivable” shall mean those Accounts Receivable arising from the sale of Items which are due and payable outside of the United States either to a Borrower or an Affiliated Foreign Person.

“Export-Related Overseas Accounts Receivable Value” shall mean, with respect to a Loan Facility, at the date of determination thereof, the aggregate face amount of Eligible Export-Related Overseas Accounts Receivable less taxes, discounts, credits, allowances and Retainages, except to the extent otherwise permitted by Ex-Im Bank in writing.

“Export-Related Overseas Inventory” shall mean the Inventory of Borrower located outside of the United States that has been purchased, manufactured or otherwise acquired by such Borrower for sale or resale as Items, or to be incorporated into Items to be sold or resold pursuant to Export Orders.

“Export-Related Overseas Inventory Value” shall mean, at the date of determination thereof, the lowest of (i) the cost of Eligible Export-Related Overseas Inventory as determined in accordance with GAAP, (ii) the market value of Eligible Export-Related Overseas Inventory as determined in accordance with GAAP or (iii) the appraised or orderly liquidation value of the Eligible Export-Related Overseas Inventory, if Lender has other loans and financial accommodations to Borrower or an Affiliated Foreign Person for which it conducts (or contracts for the performance of) such a appraised or orderly liquidation.

“Export-Related Sales Ratio” shall mean with respect to a Borrower, the percentage of such Borrower’s total sales revenue derived from the sale of Eligible Export-Related Inventory over a rolling twelve-month period ending no more than ninety (90) days prior to the date of the relevant Export-Related Borrowing Base Certificate

“Extension” shall mean, with respect to a Loan Facility, an amendment to the Loan Authorization Agreement extending the Final Disbursement Date on the same terms and conditions as the Loan Facility for an aggregate period not to exceed one hundred and twenty (120) days beyond the original Final Disbursement Date, either as agreed to in writing by Ex-Im Bank or, in the case of Delegated Authority, as notified by Lender to Ex-Im Bank pursuant to its authority under the Delegated Authority Letter Agreement.

 

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“Fast Track Lender Agreement” shall mean the Fast Track Lender Agreement, if any, between Ex-Im Bank and Lender.

“Final Disbursement Date” shall mean the last date on which Lender may make a Disbursement set forth in Section 10 of the Loan Authorization Agreement (including as amended by an Extension) or, if such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day; provided, however, to the extent that Lender has not received cash collateral in the amount of the Letter of Credit Obligations or an equivalent full indemnity from Borrower or Guarantor, as applicable, with respect to Letter of Credit Obligations outstanding on the Final Disbursement Date, the Final Disbursement Date with respect to an advance to fund a drawing under such Letter of Credit shall be no later than thirty (30) days after any such drawing which may be no later than the expiry date of the Letter of Credit related thereto.

“GAAP” shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles issued in the United States.

“General Intangibles” shall mean all intellectual property and other “general intangibles” (as such term is defined in the UCC).

“Guarantor” shall mean any Person which is identified in Section 3 of the Loan Authorization Agreement who shall guarantee (jointly and severally if more than one) the payment and performance of all or a portion of the Loan Facility Obligations.

“Guarantee Agreement” shall mean a valid and enforceable agreement of guarantee executed by each Guarantor in favor of Lender.

“Indirect Exports” shall mean finished goods or services that are sold by a Borrower to a Buyer located in the United States, are intended for export from the United States, and are identified in Section 4.A.(2.) of the Loan Authorization Agreement.

“Inventory” shall mean all “inventory” (as such term is defined in the UCC), now or hereafter owned or acquired by Borrower, wherever located, including all inventory, merchandise, goods and other personal property which are held by or on behalf of Borrower for sale or lease or are furnished or are to be furnished under a contract of service or which constitute raw materials, work in process or materials used or consumed or to be used or consumed in Borrower’s business or in the processing, production, packaging, promotion, delivery or shipping of the same, including other supplies.

“ISP” shall mean the International Standby Practices-ISP98, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590 and any amendments and revisions thereof.

“Issuing Bank” shall mean the bank that issues a Letter of Credit, which bank is Lender itself or a bank that Lender has caused to issue a Letter of Credit by way of a guarantee or reimbursement obligation.

“Items” shall mean the finished goods or services which are intended for export from the United States, either directly or as an Indirect Export, meet the U.S. Content requirements in

 

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accordance with Section 2.0l(b)(ii) of this Agreement and are specified in Section 4.A. of the Loan Authorization Agreement.

“Letter of Credit” shall mean a Commercial Letter of Credit or a Standby Letter of Credit.

“Letter of Credit Obligations” shall mean all undrawn amounts of outstanding obligations incurred by Lender, whether direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, due or not due, in connection with the issuance or guarantee by Lender or Issuing Bank of Letters of Credit.

“Lien” shall mean any mortgage, security deed or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, lien, charge, claim, security interest, security title, easement or encumbrance, or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any lease or title retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of, or agreement to give, any financing statement perfecting a security interest under the UCC or comparable law of any jurisdiction) by which property is encumbered or otherwise charged.

“Loan Agreement” shall mean a valid and enforceable agreement between Lender and a Borrower setting forth, with respect to each Loan Facility, the terms and conditions of such Loan Facility.

“Loan Authorization Agreement” shall mean, as applicable, the duly executed Loan Authorization Agreement, Fast Track Loan Authorization Agreement, or the Loan Authorization Notice, setting forth certain terms and conditions of each Loan Facility, a copy of which is attached hereto as Annex A.

“Loan Authorization Notice” shall mean the Loan Authorization Notice executed by Lender and delivered to Ex-Im Bank in accordance with the Delegated Authority Letter Agreement setting forth the terms and conditions of each Loan Facility.

“Loan Documents” shall mean the Loan Authorization Agreement, the Loan Agreement, this Agreement, each promissory note (if applicable), each Guarantee Agreement, and all other instruments, agreements and documents now or hereafter executed by the applicable Borrower, any Guarantor, Lender or Ex-Im Bank evidencing, securing, guaranteeing or otherwise relating to the Loan Facility or any Credit Accommodations made thereunder.

“Loan Facility” shall mean the Revolving Loan Facility, the Transaction Specific Loan Facility or the Transaction Specific Revolving Loan Facility established by Lender in favor of Borrower under the Loan Documents.

“Loan Facility Obligations” shall mean all loans, advances, debts, expenses, fees, liabilities, and obligations, including any accrued interest thereon, for the performance of covenants, tasks or duties or for payment of monetary amounts (whether or not such performance is then required or contingent, or amounts are liquidated or determinable) owing by Borrower to Lender, of any kind or nature, present or future, arising in connection with the Loan Facility.

 

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“Loan Facility Term” shall mean, with respect to a Loan Facility, the number of months or portion thereof from the Effective Date to the Final Disbursement Date as set forth in the Loan Authorization Agreement as amended.

“Master Guarantee Agreement” shall mean the Master Guarantee Agreement between Ex-Im Bank and Lender, as amended, modified, supplemented and restated from time to time.

“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, operations, prospects or financial or other condition of Borrower or any Guarantor, (b) any Borrower’s ability to pay or perform the Loan Facility Obligations in accordance with the terms thereof, (c) the Collateral or Lender’s Liens on the Collateral or the priority of such Lien, or (d) Lender’s rights and remedies under the Loan Documents.

“Maximum Amount” shall mean the maximum Credit Accommodation Amount that may be outstanding at any time under each Loan Facility, as specified in Section 5.A. of the Loan Authorization Agreement.

“Other Assets” shall mean, with respect to a Loan Facility, such other assets of a Borrower to be included in Primary Collateral, which may include cash and marketable securities, or such other assets as Ex-Im Bank agrees to in writing, and disclosed as Primary Collateral in Section 6.A. of the Loan Authorization Agreement. The applicable Advance Rate (to be multiplied by the Other Asset Value) shall be as agreed to by Ex-Im Bank in writing case by case by case and set forth in Section 5.B.(4) of the Loan Authorization Agreement.

“Other Asset Value” shall mean, with respect to a Loan Facility, at the date of determination thereof, the value of the Other Assets as determined in accordance with GAAP

“Other Collateral” shall mean any additional collateral that Lender customarily would require as security for loan facilities on its own account and risk where the permitted borrowing level is based principally on a borrowing base derived from a borrower’s inventory and accounts receivable, but where such additional collateral does not enter into the borrowing base calculation.

“Permitted Liens” shall mean (a) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies not delinquent, or, being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which proper reserves have been taken by Borrower; provided, that, the Lien shall have no effect on the priority of the Liens in favor of Lender or the value of the assets in which Lender has such a Lien and a stay of enforcement of any such Lien shall be in effect; (b) deposits or pledges securing obligations under worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, social security or public liability laws or similar legislation; (c) deposits or pledges securing bids, tenders, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds and other obligations of like nature arising in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business; (d) judgment Liens that have been stayed or bonded; (e) mechanics’, workers’, materialmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business with respect to obligations which are not due; (f) Liens placed upon fixed assets hereafter acquired to secure a portion of the purchase price thereof, provided, that, any such Lien shall not encumber any other property of Borrower; (g) security interests being terminated concurrently with the execution of the Loan Documents; and (h) Liens disclosed in Section 6.D. of the Loan

 

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Authorization Agreement, provided that, except as otherwise permitted by Ex-Im Bank in writing, such Liens in Section 6.D. shall be subordinate to the Liens in favor of Lender on Primary Collateral.

“Person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, limited liability company, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or government (whether national, federal, provincial, state, county, city, municipal or otherwise, including any instrumentality, division, agency, body or department thereof), and shall include such Person’s successors and assigns.

“Pro Rata Percentage” shall mean, with respect to a Loan Facility, as of the date of determination thereof, the principal balance of the Credit Accommodations outstanding as a percentage of the combined principal balance of all loans from Lender to such Borrower including the then outstanding principal balance of the Credit Accommodations plus unfunded amounts under outstanding Letters of Credit.

“Principals” shall mean any officer, director, owner, partner, key employee, or other Person with primary management or supervisory responsibilities with respect to Borrower or any other Person (whether or not an employee) who has critical influence on or substantive control over the transactions covered by this Agreement.

“Retainage” shall mean that portion of the purchase price of an Export Order that a Buyer is not obligated to pay until the end of a specified period of time following the satisfactory performance under such Export Order.

“Retainage Accounts Receivable” shall mean those portions of Eligible Export-Related Accounts Receivable or Eligible Export-Related Overseas Accounts Receivable arising out of a Retainage.

“Retainage Value” shall mean, at the date of determination thereof, the aggregate face amount of Retainage Accounts Receivable as permitted by Ex-Im Bank in writing, less taxes, discounts, credits and allowances, except to the extent otherwise permitted by Ex-Im Bank in writing.

“Revolving Loan Facility” shall mean the credit facility or portion thereof established by Lender in favor of Borrower for the purpose of providing working capital in the form of loans and/or Letters of Credit to finance the manufacture, production or purchase and subsequent export sale of Items pursuant to Loan Documents under which Credit Accommodations may be made and repaid on a continuous basis based solely on credit availability on the Export-Related Borrowing Base during the term of such credit facility

“Special Conditions” shall mean those conditions, if any, set forth in Section 13 of the Loan Authorization Agreement.

“Specific Export Orders” shall mean those Export Orders specified in Section 5.D. of the Loan Authorization Agreement as applicable for a Transaction Specific Revolving Loan Facility or a Transaction Specific Loan Facility.

 

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“Standby Letters of Credit” shall mean those letters of credit subject to the ISP or UCP issued or caused to be issued by Lender for Borrower’s account that can be drawn upon by a Buyer only if Borrower fails to perform all of its obligations with respect to an Export Order.

“Transaction Specific Loan Facility” shall mean a credit facility or a portion thereof established by Lender in favor of Borrower for the purpose of providing working capital in the form of loans and/or Letters of Credit to finance the manufacture, production or purchase and subsequent export sale of Items pursuant to Loan Documents under which Credit Accommodations are made based solely on credit availability on the Export-Related Borrowing Base relating to Specific Export Orders and once such Credit Accommodations are repaid they may not be reborrowed.

“Transaction Specific Revolving Loan Facility” shall mean a Revolving Credit Facility established to provide financing of Specific Export Orders.

“UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code, as the same may be in effect from time to time in the relevant United States jurisdiction.

“UCP” shall mean the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (1993 Revision), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 500 and any amendments and revisions thereof.

“U.S.” or “United States” shall mean the United States of America including any division or agency thereof (including United States embassies or United States military bases located overseas), and any United States Territory (including without limitation, Puerto Rico, Guam or the United States Virgin Islands).

“U.S. Content” shall mean, with respect to any Item, all the costs, including labor, materials, services and overhead, but not markup or profit margin, which are of U.S. origin or manufacture, and which are incorporated into an Item in the United States.

“Warranty” shall mean Borrower’s guarantee to Buyer that the Items will function as intended during the warranty period set forth in the applicable Export Order.

“Warranty Letter of Credit” shall mean a Standby Letter of Credit which is issued or caused to be issued by Lender to support the obligations of Borrower with respect to a Warranty or a Standby Letter of Credit which by its terms becomes a Warranty Letter of Credit.

1.02 Rules of Construction. For purposes of this Agreement, the following additional rules of construction shall apply, unless specifically indicated to the contrary: (a) wherever from the context it appears appropriate, each term stated in either the singular or plural shall include the singular and the plural, and pronouns stated in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall include the masculine, the feminine and the neuter; (b) the term “or” is not exclusive; (c) the term “including” (or any form thereof) shall not be limiting or exclusive; (d) all references to statutes and related regulations shall include any amendments of same and any successor statutes and regulations; (e) the words “this Agreement”, “herein”, “hereof’, “hereunder” or other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole including the schedules, exhibits, and annexes

 

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hereto as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented; (f) all references in this Agreement to sections, schedules, exhibits, and annexes shall refer to the corresponding sections, schedules, exhibits, and annexes of or to this Agreement; and (g) all references to any instruments or agreements, including references to any of the Loan Documents, the Delegated Authority Letter Agreement, or the Fast Track Lender Agreement shall include any and all modifications, amendments and supplements thereto and any and all extensions or renewals thereof to the extent permitted under this Agreement.

1.03 Incorporation of Recitals. The Recitals to this Agreement are incorporated into and shall constitute a part of this Agreement.

ARTICLE II

OBLIGATIONS OF BORROWER

Until payment in full of all Loan Facility Obligations and termination of the Loan Documents, Borrower agrees as follows:

2.01 Use of Credit Accommodations. (a) Borrower shall use Credit Accommodations only for the purpose of enabling Borrower to finance the cost of manufacturing, producing, purchasing or selling the Items. Borrower may not use any of the Credit Accommodations for the purpose of: (i) servicing or repaying any of Borrower’s pre-existing or future indebtedness unrelated to the Loan Facility unless approved by Ex-Im Bank in writing; (ii) acquiring fixed assets or capital assets for use in Borrower’s business; (iii) acquiring, equipping or renting commercial space outside of the United States; (iv) paying the salaries of non U.S. citizens or non-U.S. permanent residents who are located in offices outside of the United States; or (v) in connection with a Retainage or Warranty unless approved by Ex-Im Bank in writing.

(b) In addition, no Credit Accommodation may be used to finance the manufacture, purchase or sale of any of the following:

(i) Items to be sold to a Buyer located in a country as to which Ex-Im Bank is prohibited from doing business as designated in the Country Limitation Schedule;

(ii) that part of the cost of the Items which is not U.S. Content unless such part is not greater than fifty percent (50%) of the cost of the Items and is incorporated into the Items in the United States;

(iii) defense articles or defense services;

(iv) Capital Goods unless in accordance with Section 2.14 of this Agreement;

or

(v) without Ex-Im Bank’s prior written consent, any Items to be used in the construction, alteration, operation or maintenance of nuclear power, enrichment, reprocessing, research or heavy water production facilities.

2.02 Security Interests. Borrower agrees to cooperate with Lender in any steps Lender shall take to file and maintain valid, enforceable and perfected security interests in the Collateral.

 

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2.03 Loan Documents and Loan Authorization Agreement. (a) This Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents applicable to Borrower have been duly executed and delivered on behalf of Borrower, and are and will continue to be legal and valid obligations of Borrower, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.

(b) Borrower shall comply with all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Loan Authorization Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents to which it is a party.

(c) Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Lender that Borrower is an Eligible Person.

2.04 Export-Related Borrowing Base Certificates and Export Orders. (a) In order to receive Credit Accommodations under the Loan Facility, Borrower shall have delivered to Lender an Export-Related Borrowing Base Certificate as frequently as required by Lender but at least within the past month, together with a copy of the Export Order(s) or, for Revolving Loan Facilities, if permitted by Lender, a written summary of the Export Orders (when Eligible Export-Related Inventory and Eligible Overseas Export-Related Inventory are entering the Export-Related Borrowing Base) against which Borrower is requesting Credit Accommodations. In addition, so long as there are any Credit Accommodations outstanding under the Loan Facility, Borrower shall deliver to Lender an Export-Related Borrowing Base Certificate at least once each month. Lender shall determine if daily electronic reporting reconciled monthly may substitute for monthly Export-Related Borrowing Base Certificates. If the Lender requires an Export-Related Borrowing Base Certificate more frequently, Borrower shall deliver such Export-Related Borrowing Base Certificate as required by Lender.

(b) If Lender permits summaries of Export Orders, Borrower shall also deliver promptly to Lender copies of any Export Orders requested by Lender.

2.05 Schedules, Reports and Other Statements. With the delivery of each Export-Related Borrowing Base Certificate required in Section 2.04 above, Borrower shall submit to Lender in writing (a) an Inventory schedule for the preceding month, as applicable, and (b) an Accounts Receivable Aging Report for the preceding month. Borrower shall also furnish to Lender promptly upon request such information, reports, contracts, invoices and other data concerning the Collateral as Lender may from time to time specify.

2.06 Exclusions from the Export-Related Borrowing Base. In determining the Export- Related Borrowing Base, Borrower shall exclude therefrom Inventory which are not Eligible Export-Related Inventory or Eligible Export-Related Overseas Inventory and Accounts Receivable which are not Eligible Export-Related Accounts Receivable or Eligible Export- Related Overseas Accounts Receivable. Borrower shall promptly, but in any event within five (5) Business Days, notify Lender (a) if any then existing Export-Related Inventory or Export- Related Overseas Inventory no longer constitutes Eligible Export-Related Inventory or Eligible Export-Related Overseas Inventory, as applicable or (b) of any event or circumstance which to Borrower’s knowledge would cause Lender to consider any then existing Export-Related Accounts Receivable or Export-Related Overseas Accounts Receivable as no longer constituting an Eligible Export-Related Accounts Receivable or Eligible Export-Related Overseas Accounts Receivable, as applicable.

 

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2.07 Borrowings and Reborrowings. (a) If the Loan Facility is a Revolving Loan Facility or Transaction Specific Revolving Loan Facility, provided that Borrower is not in default under any of the Loan Documents, Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow amounts under such Loan Facility up to the credit available on the current Export-Related Borrowing Base Certificate subject to the terms of this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents until the close of business on the Final Disbursement Date.

(b) If the Loan Facility is a Transaction Specific Loan Facility, provided that Borrower is not in default under any of the Loan Documents, Borrower may borrow (but not reborrow) amounts under the Loan Facility up to the credit available on the current Export-Related Borrowing Base Certificate subject to the terms of this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents until the close of business on the Final Disbursement Date.

2.08 Repayment Terms. (a) The Borrower on a Revolving Loan Facility shall pay in full the outstanding Loan Facility Obligations no later than the first Business Day after the Final Disbursement Date unless such Loan Facility is renewed or extended by Lender consistent with procedures required by Ex-Im Bank.

(b) The Borrower on a Transaction Specific Loan Facility and a Transaction Specific Revolving Loan Facility shall, within two (2) Business Days of the receipt thereof, pay to Lender (for application against the outstanding Loan Facility Obligations) all checks, drafts, cash and other remittances it may receive in payment or on account of the Export-Related Accounts Receivable, Export-Related Overseas Accounts Receivable or any other Collateral, in precisely the form received (except for the endorsement of Borrower where necessary). Pending such deposit, Borrower shall hold such amounts in trust for Lender separate and apart and shall not commingle any such items of payment with any of its other funds or property. Unless a Transaction Specific Loan Facility or Transaction Specific Revolving Loan Facility is renewed or extended by Lender consistent with procedures required by Ex-Im Bank, Borrower shall pay in full all outstanding Loan Facility Obligations no later than the first Business Day after the Final Disbursement Date, except for Eligible Export-Related Accounts Receivables and Eligible Export-Related Overseas Accounts Receivable outstanding as of the Final Disbursement Date and due and payable after such date, for which the principal and accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall be due and payable no later than the first Business Day after the date such Accounts Receivable are due and payable.

2.09 Financial Statements. Borrower shall deliver to Lender the financial statements required to be delivered by Borrower in accordance with Section 11 of the Loan Authorization Agreement.

2.10 Additional Security or Payment. (a) Borrower shall at all times ensure that the Export-Related Borrowing Base equals or exceeds the aggregate outstanding amount of Disbursements. If informed by Lender or if Borrower otherwise has actual knowledge that the Export-Related Borrowing Base is at any time less than the aggregate outstanding amount of Disbursements, Borrower shall, within five (5) Business Days, either (i) furnish additional Collateral to Lender, in form and amount satisfactory to Lender and Ex-Im Bank or (ii) pay to Lender an amount equal to the difference between the aggregate outstanding amount of Disbursements and the Export-Related Borrowing Base.

 

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(b) For purposes of this Agreement, in determining the Export-Related Borrowing Base there shall be deducted from the Export-Related Borrowing Base an amount equal to (i) twenty-five percent (25%) of the undrawn amount of outstanding Commercial Letters of Credit and Standby Letters of Credit and (ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the undrawn amount of outstanding Warranty Letters of Credit less the amount of cash collateral held by Lender to secure Warranty Letters of Credit.

(c) Unless otherwise approved in writing by Ex-Im Bank, for Revolving Loan Facilities (other than Transaction Specific Revolving Loan Facilities), Borrower shall at all times ensure that the sum of the outstanding amount of Disbursements and the undrawn amount of outstanding Commercial Letters of Credit that is supported by Eligible Export-Related Inventory or Eligible Export-Related Overseas Inventory (discounted by the relevant Advance Rate percentages) in the Export-Related Borrowing Base does not exceed sixty percent (60%) of the sum of the total outstanding amount of Disbursements and the undrawn amount of all outstanding Commercial Letters of Credit. If informed by Lender or if Borrower otherwise has actual knowledge that the sum of the outstanding amount of Disbursements and the undrawn amount of outstanding Commercial Letters of Credit that is supported by such Inventory exceeds sixty percent (60%) of the sum of the total outstanding Disbursements and the undrawn amount of all outstanding Commercial Letters of Credit, Borrower shall, within five (5) Business Days, either (i) furnish additional non-Inventory Collateral to Lender, in form and amount satisfactory to Lender and Ex-Im Bank, or (ii) pay down the applicable portion of the outstanding Disbursements or (iii) reduce the undrawn amount of outstanding Commercial Letters of Credit such that the above described ratio is not exceeded.

(d) If informed by Lender or if Borrower otherwise has actual knowledge that the conditions of Section 2.16(g) are at any time not being met, Borrower shall, within five (5) Business Days, either (i) furnish additional Collateral to Lender that is not Eligible Export-Related Overseas Accounts Receivable or Eligible Export-Related Overseas Inventory, in form and amount satisfactory to Lender and Ex-Im Bank, or (ii) remove from the Export-Related Borrowing Base the portion of Eligible Export-Related Overseas Accounts Receivable or Eligible Export-Related Overseas Inventory that supports greater than fifty percent (50%) of the Export-Related Borrowing Base.

2.11 Continued Security Interest. Borrower shall not change (a) its name or identity in any manner, (b) the location of its principal place of business or its jurisdiction of organization or formation, (c) the location of any of the Collateral or (d) the location of any of the books or records related to the Collateral, in each instance without giving thirty (30) days prior written notice thereof to Lender and taking all actions deemed necessary or appropriate by Lender to continuously protect and perfect Lender’s Liens upon the Collateral.

2.12 Inspection of Collateral and Facilities. (a) Borrower shall permit the representatives of Lender and Ex-Im Bank to make at any time during normal business hours inspections of the Collateral and of Borrower’s facilities, activities, and books and records, and shall cause its officers and employees to give full cooperation and assistance in connection therewith.

(b) Borrower agrees to facilitate Lender’s conduct of field examinations at Borrower’s facilities in accordance with the time schedule and content for such examinations

 

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that Lender requests. Such field examinations shall address at a minimum: (x) the value of the Collateral against which Credit Accommodations may be provided, (y) the amount, if any, that the aggregate outstanding amount of Disbursements exceeds the Export-Related Borrowing Base and (z) whether such Borrower is in material compliance with the terms of each of the Loan Documents. Such field examinations shall include an inspection and evaluation of the Export-Related Inventory and Export-Related Overseas Inventory, a book audit of Export-Related Accounts Receivable and Export-Related Overseas Accounts Receivable, a review of the Accounts Receivable Aging Reports and a review of Borrower’s compliance with any Special Conditions. Lenders who opt to use the Export-Related Historical Inventory Value in the Export-Related Borrowing Base calculation shall reconcile those numbers against the calculation for the relevant time periods using the Export-Related Inventory Value. Whenever Export-Related Accounts Receivable or Export-Related Inventory derived from Indirect Exports are in the Export-Related Borrowing Base, Lender shall verify compliance with Section 2.15 herein, including taking a random sampling of ultimate foreign purchasers.

2.13 General Intangibles. Borrower represents and warrants that it owns, or is licensed to use, all General Intangibles necessary to conduct its business as currently conducted except where the failure of Borrower to own or license such General Intangibles could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

2.14 Economic Impact Approval. (a) For Loan Facilities up to and including $10 million, Borrower acknowledges that Capital Goods may not be included as Items, and Export-Related Inventory, Export-Related Overseas Inventory, Export-Related Accounts Receivable and Export-Related Overseas Accounts Receivable in connection with the sale of such Capital Goods may not be included in the Export-Related Borrowing Base, if such Capital Goods would enable a foreign buyer to establish or expand production of a product where, as of the date of the Economic Impact Certification covering such Item: (i) the Buyer is subject to a Final Anti-Dumping (AD) or Countervailing Duty (CVD) order, or a Suspension Agreement arising from a AD or CVD investigation, and such product is substantially the same as the product that is the subject of the AD/CVD order or suspension agreement; or (ii) the Buyer is the subject of a Section 201 injury determination by the International Trade Commission (“ITC”) and such product is substantially the same as a product that is the subject of the ITC injury determination. Borrower may consult with Ex-Im Bank regarding the appropriate application of this Section 2.14(a) and may, at its option, request that Ex-Im Bank issue an Economic Impact Approval covering any Items listed in Section 4.A. of the Loan Authorization Agreement. For Loan Facilities over $10 million involving Items that are Capital Goods, Borrower shall obtain from Ex-Im Bank, and abide by, an Economic Impact Approval covering all Items listed in Section 4(A) of the Loan Authorization Agreement.

(b) Borrower shall provide Lender with a certification in the form of Annex B (an “Economic Impact Certification”) covering the Items stated in Section 4(A) of the Loan Authorization Agreement prior to Lender including such Items in the Loan Authorization Agreement. Prior to Lender amending the Loan Authorization Agreement to include additional Items, Borrower shall provide Lender with an additional Economic Impact Certification covering such additional Items.

2.15 Indirect Exports. Indirect Exports may be included as Items in a Loan Facility provided that funds available under such Loan Facility’s Export-Related Borrowing Base

 

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supported by Accounts Receivable and Inventory derived from Indirect Exports at no time exceed ten percent (10%) of the Maximum Amount of such Loan Facility, and provided, further that (a) the ultimate foreign buyer for the Items must be located in a country in which Ex-Im Bank is not legally prohibited from doing business in accordance with the Country Limitation Schedule, and (b) the Borrower must make available to Lender verifiable evidence of intent to export the Indirect Exports from the United States, which evidence may be contained in the Export Orders and Accounts Receivable Aging Reports and supporting documents. Lender must obtain written consent from Ex-Im Bank prior to including funds derived from Indirect Exports in an Export-Related Borrowing Base above the ten percent (10%) threshold.

2.16 Overseas Inventory and Accounts Receivable. Upon the prior written consent of Ex-Im Bank, Export-Related Overseas Accounts Receivable and Export-Related Overseas Inventory of a Borrower or of an Affiliated Foreign Person (as defined below) may be included in the Export-Related Borrowing Base provided that conditions required by Ex-Im Bank, including the following, are met:

(a) the Affiliated Foreign Person, if any, has been approved by Ex-Im Bank;

(b) the Affiliated Foreign Person, if any, is a Borrower under the relevant Loan Facility;

(c) notwithstanding the Maximum Amount of the Loan Facility, all payments due and payable on such Export-Related Overseas Accounts Receivable are collected through a cash collateral account under Lender’s control;

(d) as of the Effective Date, or such later date when the Export-Related Overseas Accounts Receivable and/or Export-Related Overseas Inventory are added to the Loan Facility, Lender has obtained a valid and enforceable first priority Lien in the Export-Related Overseas Accounts Receivable and Export-Related Overseas Inventory, as applicable;

(e) as of the Effective Date, or such later date when the Export-Related Overseas Accounts Receivable and/or Export-Related Overseas Inventory are added to the Loan Facility, Lender has obtained a legal opinion confirming the security interest in the Export-Related Overseas Accounts Receivable and Export-Related Overseas Inventory;

(f) the Export-Related Overseas Accounts Receivable are due and payable in United States Dollars or other currency acceptable to Ex-Im Bank; and

(g) at no time may the portion of the Export-Related Borrowing Base derived from Eligible Export-Related Overseas Accounts Receivable and Eligible Export-Related Overseas Inventory exceed fifty percent (50%) of the Export-Related Borrowing Base.

For purposes hereof, an “Affiliated Foreign Person” shall mean a subsidiary or affiliate of a Borrower on the same Loan Facility, which has duly executed as a Borrower all of the applicable Loan Documents and any other documents required by Ex-Im Bank, meets all of the requirements of the definition of Eligible Person other than subclause (a) thereof and is in good standing in the country of its formation or otherwise authorized to conduct business in such country.

 

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2.17 Country Limitation Schedule. Unless otherwise informed in writing by Lender or Ex-Im Bank, Borrower shall be entitled to rely on the last copy of the Country Limitation Schedule distributed from Lender to Borrower.

2.18 Notice of Certain Events. Borrower shall promptly, but in any event within five (5) Business Days, notify Lender in writing of the occurrence of any of the following:

(a) Borrower or any Guarantor (i) applies for, consents to or suffers the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee, liquidator or similar fiduciary of itself or of all or a substantial part of its property or calls a meeting of its creditors, (ii) admits in writing its inability, or is generally unable, to pay its debts as they become due or ceases operations of its present business, (iii) makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iv) commences a voluntary case under any state or federal bankruptcy laws (as now or hereafter in effect), (v) is adjudicated as bankrupt or insolvent, (vi) files a petition seeking to take advantage of any other law providing for the relief of debtors, (vii) acquiesces to, or fails to have dismissed within thirty (30) days, any petition filed against it in any involuntary case under such bankruptcy laws, or (vii) takes any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

(b) any Lien in any of the Collateral, granted or intended by the Loan Documents to be granted to Lender, ceases to be a valid, enforceable, perfected, first priority Lien (or a lesser priority if expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6 of the Loan Authorization Agreement) subject only to Permitted Liens;

(c) the issuance of any levy, assessment, attachment, seizure or Lien, other than a Permitted Lien, against any of the Collateral which is not stayed or lifted within thirty (30) calendar days;

(d) any proceeding is commenced by or against Borrower or any Guarantor for the liquidation of its assets or dissolution;

(e) any litigation is filed against Borrower or any Guarantor which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and such litigation is not withdrawn or dismissed within thirty (30) calendar days of the filing thereof;

(f) any default or event of default under the Loan Documents;

(g) any failure to comply with any terms of the Loan Authorization Agreement;

(h) any material provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any reason ceases to be valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms;

(i) any event which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

(j) the aggregate outstanding amount of Disbursements exceeds the applicable Export-Related Borrowing Base.

 

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2.19 Insurance. Borrower will at all times carry property, liability and other insurance; with insurers acceptable to Lender, in such from and amounts, and with such deductibles and other provisions, as Lender shall require, and Borrower will provide evidence of such insurance to Lender on the proper Acord Form, so that Lender is satisfied that such insurance is, at all times, in full force and effect. Each property insurance policy shall name Lender as loss payee or mortgagee and shall contain a lender’s loss payable endorsement in form acceptable to Lender and each liability insurance policy shall name Lender as all additional insured. All policies of insurance shall provide that they may not be cancelled or changed without at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to Lender and shall otherwise be in form and substance satisfactory to Lender. Borrower will promptly deliver to Lender copies of all reports made to insurance companies.

2.20 Taxes. Borrower has timely filed all tax returns and reports required by applicable law, has timely paid all applicable taxes, assessments, deposits and contributions owing by Borrower and will timely pay all such items in the future as they became due and payable. Borrower may, however, defer payment of any contested taxes; provided, that Borrower (a) in good faith contests Borrower’s obligation to pay such taxes by appropriate proceedings promptly and diligently instituted and conducted; (b) notifies Lender in writing of the commencement of, and any material development in, the proceedings; (c) posts bonds or takes any other steps required to keep the contested taxes from becoming a Lien upon any of the Collateral; and (d) maintains adequate reserves therefore in conformity with GAAP.

2.21 Compliance with Laws. Borrower represents and warrants that it has complied in all material respects with all provisions of all applicable laws and regulations, including those relating to Borrower’s ownership of real or personal property, the conduct and licensing of Borrower’s business, the payment and withholding of taxes, ERISA and other employee matters, safety and environmental matters.

2.22 Negative Covenants. Without the prior written consent of Ex-Im Bank and Lender, Borrower shall not: (a) merge, consolidate or otherwise combine with any other Person; (b) acquire all or substantially all of the assets or capital stock of any other Person; (c) sell, lease, transfer, convey, assign or otherwise dispose of any of its assets, except for the sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of business and the disposition of obsolete equipment in the ordinary course of business; (d) create any Lien on the Collateral except for Permitted Liens; (e) make any material changes in its organizational structure or identity; or (f) enter into any agreement to do any of the foregoing.

2.23 Cross Default. Borrower shall be deemed in default under the Loan Facility if Borrower fails to pay when due any amount payable to Lender under any loan or other credit accommodations to Borrower whether or not guaranteed by Ex-Im Bank.

2.24 Munitions List. If any of the Items are articles, services, or related technical data that are listed on the United States Munitions List (part 121 of title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations), Borrower shall send a written notice promptly, but in any event within five (5) Business Days, of Borrower learning thereof to Lender describing the Items(s) and the corresponding invoice amount

2.25 Suspension and Debarment, etc. On the date of this Agreement neither Borrower nor its Principals are (a) debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment with a final determination

 

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still pending, declared ineligible or voluntarily excluded (as such terms are defined under any of the Debarment Regulations referred to below) from participating in procurement or nonprocurement transactions with any United States federal government department or agency pursuant to any of the Debarment Regulations or (b) indicted, convicted or had a civil judgment rendered against Borrower or any of its Principals for any of the offenses listed in any of the Debarment Regulations. Unless authorized by Ex-Im Bank, Borrower will not knowingly enter into any transactions in connection with the Items with any person who is debarred, suspended, declared ineligible or voluntarily excluded from participation in procurement or nonprocurement transactions with any United States federal government department or agency pursuant to any of the Debarment Regulations. Borrower will provide immediate written notice to Lender if at any time it learns that the certification set forth in this Section 2.24 was erroneous when made or has become erroneous by reason of changed circumstances.

ARTICLE III

RIGHTS AND REMEDIES

3.01 Indemnification. Upon Ex-Im Bank’s payment of a Claim to Lender in connection with the Loan Facility pursuant to the Master Guarantee Agreement, Ex-Im Bank may assume all rights and remedies of Lender under the Loan Documents and may enforce any such rights or remedies against Borrower, the Collateral and any Guarantors. Borrower shall hold Ex-Im Bank and Lender harmless from and indemnify them against any and all liabilities, damages, claims, costs and losses incurred or suffered by either of them resulting from (a) any materially incorrect certification or statement knowingly made by Borrower or its agent to Ex-Im Bank or Lender in connection with the Loan Facility, this Agreement, the Loan Authorization Agreement or any other Loan Documents or (b) any material breach by Borrower of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Loan Authorization Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. Borrower also acknowledges that any statement, certification or representation made by Borrower in connection with the Loan Facility is subject to the penalties provided in Article 18 U.S.C. Section 1001.

3.02 Liens. Borrower agrees that any and all Liens granted by it to Lender are also hereby granted to Ex-Im Bank to secure Borrower’s obligation, however arising, to reimburse Ex-Im Bank for any payments made by Ex-Im Bank pursuant to the Master Guarantee Agreement. Lender is authorized to apply the proceeds of, and recoveries from, any property subject to such Liens to the satisfaction of Loan Facility Obligations in accordance with the terms of any agreement between Lender and Ex-Im Bank.

 

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ARTICLE IV

MISCELLANEOUS

4.01 Governing Law. This Agreement and the obligations arising under this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the state governing the Loan Agreement.

4.02 Notification. All notices required by this Agreement shall be given in the manner and to the parties provided for in the Loan Agreement.

4.03 Partial Invalidity. If at any time any of the provisions of this Agreement becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the law of any jurisdiction, neither the legality, the validity nor the enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall in any way be affected or impaired.

4.04 Waiver of Jury Trial. BORROWER HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHTS IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY ACTION, SUIT, PROCEEDING OR OTHER LITIGATION BROUGHT TO RESOLVE ANY DlSPUTE ARISING UNDER, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE LOAN AUTHORIZATION AGREEMENT, ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT, DOCUMENT OR INSTRUMENT EXECUTED OR DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN), OR ACTIONS OR OMISSIONS OF LENDER, EX-IM BANK, OR ANY OTHER PERSON, RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE LOAN AUTHORIZATION AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT.

4.05 Consequential Damages. Neither Ex-Im Bank, Lender nor any agent or attorney for any of them shall be liable to Borrower for consequential damages arising from any breach of contract, tort or other wrong relating to the establishment, administration or collection of the Loan Facility Obligations.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Borrower has caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the 30th day of September, 2008.

 

SENORX, INC.
By:  

/s/ Lloyd H. Malchow

 

(Signature)

Name:  

Lloyd H. Malchow

 

(Print or Type)

Title:  

President and CEO

 

(Print or Type)

ACKNOWLEDGED:

 

SILICON VALLEY BANK
By:  

/s/ Robert Anderson

 

(Signature)

Name:  

Robert Anderson

 

(Print or Type)

Title:  

Senior Relationship Manager

 

(Print or Type)

 

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