-----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, V8ePyMn1bup+sBkQP04wXIobGyz0YisD4/VHy7E6uupg4MbIYPTE2XQiNO5HV04K qOhRWbu770pWxiAeJTDlPg== 0001104659-10-059072.txt : 20101118 0001104659-10-059072.hdr.sgml : 20101118 20101118122754 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-10-059072 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 8 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20101115 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: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20101118 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20101118 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Emrise CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000854852 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, NEC [3679] IRS NUMBER: 770226211 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-10346 FILM NUMBER: 101201949 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 611 INDUSTRIAL WAY CITY: EATONTOWN STATE: NJ ZIP: 07224 BUSINESS PHONE: 732-389-0355 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 611 INDUSTRIAL WAY CITY: EATONTOWN STATE: NJ ZIP: 07224 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MICROTEL INTERNATIONAL INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19951117 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CXR CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 a10-21415_18k.htm 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  November 15, 2010

 

EMRISE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-10346

 

77-0226211

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification
No.)

 

2530 Meridian Parkway, Durham, NC

 

27713

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(408) 200-3040

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(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 (see General Instruction A.2.):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

o            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 Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On November 15, 2010, CXR Larus Corporation (“CXR Larus”) and Bridge Bank, National Association (“Bridge Bank”) executed a Business Financing Agreement dated as of October 22, 2010 (the “Business Financing Agreement”) pursuant to which Bridge Bank agreed to provide to CXR Larus up to $800,000 of advanced on trade accounts receivable at an advance rate of 80% with interest at the Prime Rate plus 3.25%.  To secure Bridge Bank’s obligations, CXR Larus granted Bridge Bank a continuing security interest in certain collateral.

 

EMRISE Corporation (the “Company”) has guaranteed the obligations of CXR Larus under the Business Financing Agreement pursuant to a Guaranty dated as of October 22, 2010, effective November 15, 2010.  In connection with the Business Financing Agreement, GVEC Resources IV, Inc. and Private Equity Management Group LLC (together, the “Lender”) and Bridge Bank also executed a Subordination Agreement on November 15, 2010, dated as of November 8, 2010, pursuant to which the Lender subordinated to Bridge Bank any security interest or lien that it may have in any property of CXR Larus.  Similarly, Charles S. Brand, Thomas P.M. Couse and Joanne Couse (the “Former ACC Shareholders”) and Bridge Bank executed Subordination Agreements on November 15, 2010, dated as of October 22, 2010, pursuant to which the Former ACC Shareholders subordinated to Bridge Bank any security interest or lien that they may have in any property of CXR Larus or the Company.

 

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

 

The information in Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

Item 8.01                                             Other Events.

 

On November 16, 2010, the Company issued a press release regarding the completion the Business Financing Agreement with Bridge Bank.

 

A copy of the Company’s press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 9.01               Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)           Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

10.1

 

Business Financing Agreement, dated October 22, 2010 and executed November 15, 2010, between Bridge Bank, National Association and CXR Larus Corporation.*

 

 

 

10.2

 

Guaranty, dated October 22, 2010 and executed November 15, 2010, between Bridge Bank, National Association and EMRISE Corporation.*

 

 

 

10.3

 

Subordination Agreement, dated November 8, 2010 and executed November 15, 2010, by and between GVEC Resources IV, Inc and Private Equity Management Group LLC and Bridge Bank, National Association.*

 

 

 

10.4

 

Subordination Agreement, dated October 22, 2010 and executed November 15, 2010, by and between Charles S. Brand and Bridge Bank, National Association.*

 

 

 

10.5

 

Subordination Agreement, dated October 22, 2010 and executed November 15, 2010, by and between Thomas P.M. Couse and Bridge Bank, National Association.*

 

 

 

10.6

 

Subordination Agreement, dated October 22, 2010 and executed November 15, 2010, by and between Joanne Couse and Bridge Bank, National Association.*

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release issued by the Company regarding the completion of the Business Financing Agreement between Bridge Bank, National Association and CXR Larus Corporation, dated November 16, 2010.*

 


* Filed herewith.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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

 

 

Date:  November 18, 2010

 

 

EMRISE CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Brandi L. Festa

 

 

 

Brandi L. Festa

 

 

 

Principal Accounting Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

10.1

 

Business Financing Agreement, dated October 22, 2010 and executed November 15, 2010, between Bridge Bank, National Association and CXR Larus Corporation.*

 

 

 

10.2

 

Guaranty, dated October 22, 2010 and executed November 15, 2010, between Bridge Bank, National Association and EMRISE Corporation.*

 

 

 

10.3

 

Subordination Agreement, dated November 8, 2010 and executed November 15, 2010, by and between GVEC Resources IV, Inc and Private Equity Management Group LLC and Bridge Bank, National Association.*

 

 

 

10.4

 

Subordination Agreement, dated October 22, 2010 and executed November 15, 2010, by and between Charles S. Brand and Bridge Bank, National Association.*

 

 

 

10.5

 

Subordination Agreement, dated October 22, 2010 and executed November 15, 2010, by and between Thomas P.M. Couse and Bridge Bank, National Association.*

 

 

 

10.6

 

Subordination Agreement, dated October 22, 2010 and executed November 15, 2010, by and between Joanne Couse and Bridge Bank, National Association.*

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release issued by the Company regarding the completion of the Business Financing Agreement between Bridge Bank, National Association and CXR Larus Corporation, dated November 16, 2010.*

 


* Filed herewith.

 

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EX-10.1 2 a10-21415_1ex10d1.htm EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

 

BUSINESS FINANCING AGREEMENT

 

Borrower:

 

CXR LARUS CORPORATION
894 Faulstich Court
San Jose, CA  95112

 

Lender:

 

BRIDGE BANK, National Association
55 Almaden Boulevard, Suite 100
San Jose, CA 95113

 

This BUSINESS FINANCING AGREEMENT, dated as of October 22, 2010, is made and entered into between BRIDGE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Lender”) and CXR LARUS CORPORATION, a Delaware(“Borrower”) on the following terms and conditions:

 

1.                                      FINANCED RECEIVABLES.

 

1.1                               Funding Requests.  Borrower may request that Lender finance Receivables by delivering to Lender a Funding Request for the Receivables for which a request for financing is made. Lender shall be entitled to rely on all the information provided by Borrower to Lender on or with the Funding Request.  The Lender may honor Funding Requests, instructions or repayments given by the Borrower (if an individual) or by an Authorized Person.

 

1.2                               Acceptance of Receivables.  Upon acceptance by Lender of any Receivable described in a Funding Request, Lender shall make an Advance to Borrower in an amount up to the Advance Rate multiplied by the Receivable Amount of such Receivable. Upon Lender’s acceptance of the Receivable and payment to Borrower of the Advance, the Receivable shall become a “Financed Receivable.”  It shall be a condition to each Advance that (a) all of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5 are true and correct on the date of such Advance as though made at and as of each such date and (b) no Default has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Advance.  Lender has no obligation to finance any Receivable and may exercise its sole discretion in determining whether any Receivable is an Eligible Receivable before financing such Receivable.  In no event shall the Lender be obligated to make any Advance that results in an Overadvance or while any Overadvance is outstanding.

 

1.3                               Rights in Respect of Financed Receivables.  Effective upon Lender’s payment of an Advance, Lender shall have the exclusive right to receive all Collections on the Financed Receivable.  Lender shall have, with respect to any goods related to the Financed Receivable, all the rights and remedies of an unpaid seller under the California Uniform Commercial Code and other applicable law, including the rights of replevin, claim and delivery, reclamation and stoppage in transit.

 

1.4                               Reserve.  The Reserve is a book balance maintained on the records of Lender and shall not be a segregated fund and is not the property of Borrower.

 

1.5                               Due Diligence.  Lender may audit Borrower’s Receivables and any and all records pertaining to the Collateral, at Lender’s sole discretion and at Borrowers expense.  Lender may at any time and from time to time contact Account Debtors and other persons obligated or knowledgeable in respect of Receivables to confirm the Receivable Amount of such Receivables, to determine whether Receivables constitute Eligible Receivables, and for any other purpose in connection with this Agreement.  If any of the Collateral or Borrower’s books or records pertaining to the Collateral are in the possession of a third party, Borrower authorizes that third party to permit Lender or its agents to have access to perform inspections or audits thereof and to respond to Lender’s requests for information concerning such Collateral and records.

 

2.                                      COLLECTIONS, CHARGES AND REMITTANCES.

 

2.1                               Collections.  Subject to the Lender’s timely receipt of accurate application instructions from the Borrower with respect to the source and application of Collections, Lender shall credit to Collections with respect to Financed Receivables received by Lender to Borrower’s Account Balance within three business days of the date good funds are received.  If no Default has occurred and is continuing, Lender agrees to credit the Refundable Reserve with the amount of Collections it receives with respect to Receivables other than Financed Receivables; provided that upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default, Lender may apply all Collections to the Obligations in such order and manner as Lender may determine.  Lender has no duty to do any act other than to turnover such amounts as required above.  If an item of Collections is not honored or Lender does not receive good funds for any reason, the amount shall be included in the Account Balance as if the Collections had not been received and Finance Charges shall accrue thereon.

 

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2.2                               Financed Receivables Activity Report.  Within 15 days after the end of each Monthly Period, Lender shall send to Borrower a report covering the transactions for that Monthly Period, including the amount of all Financed Receivables, all Collections, Adjustments, Finance Charges, and other fees and charges.  The accounting shall be deemed correct and conclusive unless Borrower makes written objection to Lender within 30 days after the Lender sends the accounting to Borrower.

 

2.3                               Reconciliations.  Unless a Default has occurred and is continuing, Lender shall refund to Borrower after each Month End, the Refundable Reserve, if positive, calculated for such Month End, subject to Lender’s rights under Section 3.3 and Lender’s rights of offset and recoupment.  If the Refundable Reserve is negative, Borrower shall immediately pay such amount in the same manner as set forth in Section 3.3 for Overadvances.

 

2.4                               Adjustments.  In the event of a breach of Sections 5 or 6, or in the event any Adjustment or dispute is asserted by any Account Debtor, Borrower shall promptly advise Lender and shall, subject to the Lender’s approval, resolve such disputes and advise Lender of any Adjustments; provided that in no case will the aggregate Adjustments made with respect to any Financed Receivable exceed 2% of its original Receivable Amount unless Borrower has obtained the prior written consent of Lender.  Unless the Advance for the disputed Financed Receivable is repaid in full, Lender shall have the right, at any time, to take possession of any rejected, returned, or recovered personal property. If such possession is not taken by Lender, Borrower is to resell it for Lender’s account at Borrower’s expense with the proceeds made payable to Lender. While Borrower retains possession of any returned goods, Borrower shall segregate said goods and mark them as property of Lender.

 

2.5                               Remittances; Lockbox Account Collection Services.  Borrower shall (i) immediately notify, transfer and deliver to Lender all Collections Borrower receives, (ii) deliver to Lender a detailed cash receipts journal daily until the lockbox is operational, and (iii) immediately enter into a collection services agreement acceptable to Lender (the “Lockbox Agreement”). Borrower shall use the lockbox address as the remit to and payment address for all of Borrower’s Collections and it will be considered an immediate Event of Default if this does not occur or the lockbox is not operational within 60 days of the date of this Agreement.  All Collections received to the lockbox or otherwise received by Lender will be deposited to a non-interest bearing cash collateral account maintained with Lender and Borrower will not have access to that account.

 

3.                                      RECOURSE AND OVERADVANCES.

 

3.1                               Recourse.  Advances and the other Obligations shall be with full recourse against Borrower. If any Advance is not repaid in full within 90 days from the earlier of (a) invoice date, or (b) the date on which such Advance is made, Borrower shall immediately pay the outstanding amount thereof to Lender.

 

3.2                               Overadvances.  Upon any occurrence of an Overadvance, Borrower shall immediately pay down the Advances so that, after giving effect to such payments, no Overadvance exists.

 

3.3                               Borrower’s Payment.  When any Overadvance or other amount owing to Lender becomes due, Lender shall inform Borrower of the manner of payment which may be any one or more of the following in Lender’s sole discretion: (a) in cash immediately upon demand therefore; (b) by delivery of substitute invoices and a Funding Request acceptable to Lender which shall thereupon become Financed Receivables; (c) by deduction from or offset against the Refundable Reserve that would otherwise be due and payable to Borrower; (d) by deduction from or offset against the amount that otherwise would be forwarded to Borrower in respect of any further Advances that may be made by Lender; or (e) by any combination of the foregoing as Lender may from time to time choose.

 

4.                                      FEES AND FINANCE CHARGES.

 

4.1                               Finance Charges.  Lender may, but is not required to, deduct the amount of accrued Finance Charge from Collections received by Lender.  On each Month End Borrower shall pay to Lender any accrued and unpaid Finance Charge as of such Month End.  Lender may deduct the accrued Finance Charges in calculating the Refundable Reserve.

 

4.2                               Fees.

 

(a)                                       Processing Fee.  At the time each Advance is made, Borrower shall pay to Lender the Processing Fee with respect to such Advance.

 

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(b)                                       Termination Fee.  In the event this Agreement is terminated prior to the first anniversary of the date of this Agreement, Borrower shall pay the Termination Fee to Lender, provided however, the Termination Fee will be waived if the termination of this Agreement is in connection with Borrower’s entry into another financing agreement with Lender or an affiliate of Lender.

 

(c)                                        Facility Fee.  Borrower shall pay the Facility Fee to Lender promptly upon the execution of this Agreement and annually thereafter.

 

(d)                                       Recovery Fee.  If Borrower fails to remit any Collections to Lender as provided in Section 2.5, Borrower shall in each case pay to Lender the Recovery Fee for such Collections.

 

5.                                      REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.  Borrower represents and warrants:

 

5.1                               With respect to each Financed Receivable:

 

(a)                              It is the owner with legal right to sell, transfer and assign it;

 

(b)                              The correct Receivable Amount is on the Funding Request and is not disputed;

 

(c)                               Such Financed Receivable is an Eligible Receivable;

 

(d)                              Lender has the right to endorse and/ or require Borrower to endorse all payments received on Financed Receivables and all proceeds of Collateral; and

 

(e)                               No representation, warranty or other statement of Borrower in any certificate or written statement given to Lender contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statement contained in the certificates or statement not misleading.

 

5.2                               Borrower is duly existing and in good standing in its state of formation and qualified and licensed to do business in, and in good standing in, any state in which the conduct of its business or its ownership of property requires that it be qualified.

 

5.3                               The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly authorized, and does not conflict with Borrower’s organizational documents, nor constitute an Event of Default under any material agreement by which Borrower is bound. Borrower is not in default under any agreement to which or by which it is bound.

 

5.4                               Borrower has good title to the Collateral and all inventory is in all material respects of good and marketable quality, free from material defects.

 

5.5                               Borrower’s name, form of organization, chief executive office, and the place where the records concerning all Financed Receivables and Collateral are kept is set forth at the beginning of this Agreement, Borrower is located at its address for notices set forth in this Agreement.

 

5.6                               If Borrower owns, holds or has any interest in, any copyrights (whether registered, or unregistered), patents or trademarks, and licenses of any of the foregoing, such interest has been specifically disclosed and identified to Lender in writing.

 

6.                                      MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.  Borrower will:

 

6.1                               Maintain its corporate existence and good standing in its jurisdictions of incorporation and maintain its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction necessary to Borrower’s business or operations.

 

6.2                               Give Lender at least 30 days prior written notice of changes to its name, organization, chief executive office or location of records.

 

6.3                               Pay all its taxes including gross payroll, withholding and sales taxes when due and will deliver satisfactory evidence of payment to Lender if requested.

 

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6.4                               If requested, provide to Lender a written report within 10 days, if payment of any Financed Receivable does not occur by its due date and include the reasons for the delay.

 

6.5                               If applicable, give Lender copies of all Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K (or equivalents) within 5 days of filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, while any Financed Receivable is outstanding.

 

6.6                               Execute any further instruments and take further action as Lender requests to perfect or continue Lender’s security interest in the Collateral or to affect the purposes of this Agreement.

 

6.7                               Provide Lender with a Compliance Certificate no later than 30 days following each quarter end or as requested by Lender.

 

6.8                               Immediately notify, transfer and deliver to Lender all Collections Borrower receives.

 

6.9                               Not create, incur, assume, or be liable for any indebtedness, other than Permitted Indebtedness.

 

6.10                        Immediately notify Lender if Borrower hereafter obtains any interest in any copyrights, patents, trademarks or licenses that are significant in value or are material to the conduct of its business or the value of any Financed Receivable.

 

6.11                        At all times when any Advances are outstanding or upon request, provide to Lender no later than 30 days after the end of each month the following with respect to Borrower’s financial condition and results of operations for such month and the period then ending: balance sheet, income statement; statement of cash flows, accounts receivable and payable aging, deferred revenue report, a customer deposit listing and such other matters as Lender may request.

 

6.12                        Provide to Lender within 180 days of the fiscal year end, the annual financial statements of Borrower, certified and dated by an authorized financial officer.  These financial statements must be reviewed by a Certified Public Accountant acceptable to Lender.  The statements shall be prepared on a consolidated basis.

 

6.13                        Provide to Lender within 180 days of the fiscal year end, a copy of Borrower’s tax returns.  These tax returns must be reviewed by a Certified Public Accountant acceptable to Lender.

 

6.14                        Maintain its primary depository and operating accounts with Lender and, in the case of any deposit accounts not maintained with Lender, grant to Lender a first priority perfected security interest in and “control” (within the meaning of Section 9104 of the California Uniform Commercial Code) of such deposit account pursuant to documentation acceptable to Lender.

 

6.15                        Provide to Lender promptly upon the execution hereof, the following documents which shall be in form satisfactory to Lender: a guaranty by Parent of Borrower’s obligations to Lender hereunder together with a certificate of the Secretary of Parent with respect to incumbency and resolutions authorizing the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

 

6.16                        Promptly provide to Lender such additional information and documents regarding the finances, properties, business or books and records of Borrower or any guarantor or any other obligor as Lender may request.

 

6.17                        Borrower will not pay any dividends or make any other distribution or payment to Parent or any Affiliate without Lender’s prior written consent.  The difference between the amount Borrower owes to Parent and the amount Parent owes to Borrower shall not be less than $4,000,000 at any time, and any payment that would reduce this difference to less than $4,000,000 will require Lender’s approval and written consent.

 

7.                                      SECURITY INTEREST.  To secure the prompt payment and performance to Lender of all of the Obligations, Borrower hereby grants to Lender a continuing security interest in the Collateral.  Borrower is not authorized to sell, assign, transfer or otherwise convey any Collateral without Lender’s prior written consent, except for the sale of finished inventory in the Borrower’s usual course of business.  Borrower agrees to sign any instruments and documents requested by Lender to evidence, perfect, or protect the interests of Lender in the Collateral.  Borrower agrees to deliver to Lender the originals of all instruments, chattel paper and documents evidencing or related to Financed Receivables and Collateral.  Borrower shall not grant or permit any lien or security in the Collateral or any interest therein other than Permitted Liens.

 

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8.                                      POWER OF ATTORNEY.  Borrower irrevocably appoints Lender and its successors and as true and lawful attorney in fact, and authorizes Lender (a) to, whether or not there has been an Event of Default, (i) demand, collect, receive, sue, and give releases to any Account Debtor for the monies due or which may become due upon or with respect to the Receivables and to compromise, prosecute, or defend any action, claim, case or proceeding relating to the Receivables, including the filing of a claim or the voting of such claims in any bankruptcy case, all in Lender’s name or Borrower’s name, as Lender may choose; (ii) prepare, file and sign Borrower’s name on any notice, claim, assignment, demand, draft, or notice of or satisfaction of lien or mechanics’ lien or similar document; (iii) notify all Account Debtors with respect to the Receivables to pay Lender directly; (iv) receive and open all mail addressed to Borrower for the purpose of collecting the Receivables; (v) endorse Borrower’s name on any checks or other forms of payment on the Receivables; (vi) execute on behalf of Borrower any and all instruments, documents, financing statements and the like to perfect Lender’s interests in the Receivables and Collateral; (vii) debit any Borrower’s deposit accounts maintained with Lender for any and all Obligations due under this Agreement; and (viii) do all acts and things necessary or expedient, in furtherance of any such purposes, and (b) to, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, compromise, or discharge the whole or any part of the Receivables.  Upon the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, all of the power of attorney rights granted by Borrower to Lender hereunder shall be applicable with respect to all Receivables and all Collateral.

 

9.                                      DEFAULT AND REMEDIES.

 

9.1                               Events of Default.  The occurrence of any one or more of the following shall constitute an Event of Default hereunder.

 

(a)                                 Failure to Pay.  Borrower fails to make a payment under this Agreement.

 

(b)                                 Lien Priority.  Lender fails to have an enforceable first lien (except for any prior liens to which Lender has consented in writing) on or security interest in the Collateral.

 

(c)                                  False Information.  Borrower (or any guarantor) has given Lender any materially false or misleading information or representations or has failed to disclose any material fact relating to the subject matter of this Agreement.

 

(d)                                 Death.  Borrower or any guarantor dies or becomes legally incompetent, or if Borrower is a partnership, any general partner dies or becomes legally incompetent.

 

(e)                                  Bankruptcy.  Borrower (or any guarantor) files a bankruptcy petition, a bankruptcy petition is filed against Borrower (or any guarantor) or Borrower (or any guarantor) makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors.

 

(f)                                   Receivers.  A receiver or similar official is appointed for a substantial portion of Borrower’s (or any guarantor’s) business, or the business is terminated.

 

(g)                                  Judgments.  Any judgments or arbitration awards are entered against Borrower (or any guarantor), or Borrower (or any guarantor) enters into any settlement agreements with respect to any litigation or arbitration and the aggregate amount of all such judgments, awards, and agreements exceeds $50,000.

 

(h)                                 Material Adverse Change.  A material adverse change occurs, or is reasonably likely to occur, in Borrower’s (or any guarantor’s) business condition (financial or otherwise), operations, properties or prospects, or ability to repay the credit.

 

(i)                                     Cross-default.  Any default occurs under any agreement in connection with any credit Borrower (or any guarantor) or any of Borrower’s related entities or affiliates has obtained from anyone else or which Borrower (or any guarantor) or any of Borrower’s related entities or affiliates has guaranteed (other than trade amounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business and not more than 60 days past due).

 

(j)                                    Default under Related Documents.  Any default occurs under any guaranty, subordination agreement, security agreement, deed of trust, mortgage, or other document required by or delivered in connection with this Agreement or any such document is no longer in effect.

 

(k)                                 Other Agreements.  Borrower (or any guarantor) or any of Borrower’s related entities or affiliates fails to meet the conditions of, or fails to perform any obligation under any other agreement Borrower (or any guarantor) or any of Borrower’s related entities or affiliates has with Lender or any affiliate of Lender.

 

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(l)                                     Change of Control.  The holders of the capital ownership of the Borrower as of the date hereof cease to own and control, directly and indirectly, at least 90% of the capital ownership of the Borrower.

 

(m)                             Other Breach Under Agreement.  Borrower fails to meet the conditions of, or fails to perform any obligation under, any term of this Agreement not specifically referred to above.

 

9.2                               Remedies. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, (1) without implying any obligation to do so, Lender may cease making Advances or extending any other financial accommodations to Borrower; (2) all or a portion of the Obligations shall be, at the option of and upon demand by Lender, or with respect to an Event of Default described in Section 9.1(e), automatically and without notice or demand, due and payable in full; and (3) Lender shall have and may exercise all the rights and remedies under this Agreement and under applicable law, including the rights and remedies of a secured party under the California Uniform Commercial Code, all the power of attorney rights described in Section 8 with respect to all Collateral, and the right to collect, dispose of, sell, lease, use, and realize upon all Financed Receivables and all Collateral in any commercial reasonable manner.

 

10.                               ACCRUAL OF INTEREST.  All interest and finance charges hereunder calculated at an annual rate shall be based on a year of 360 days, which results in a higher effective rate of interest than if a year of 365 or 366 days were used.  If any amount due under Section 4.2, amounts due under Section 11, and any other Obligations not otherwise bearing interest hereunder is not paid when due, such amount shall bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the Finance Charge Percentage until the earlier of (i) payment in good funds or (ii) entry of a trial judgment thereof, at which time the principal amount of any money judgment remaining unsatisfied shall accrue interest at the highest rate allowed by applicable law.

 

11.                               FEES, COSTS AND EXPENSES; INDEMNIFICATION. The Borrower will pay to Lender upon demand all fees, costs and expenses (including fees of attorneys and professionals and their costs and expenses) that Lender incurs or may from time to time impose in connection with any of the following: (a) preparing, negotiating, administering, and enforcing this Agreement or any other agreement executed in connection herewith, including any amendments, waivers or consents in connection with any of the foregoing, (b) any litigation or dispute (whether instituted by Lender, Borrower or any other person) in any way relating to the Financed Receivables, the Collateral, this Agreement or any other agreement executed in connection herewith or therewith, (c) enforcing any rights against Borrower or any guarantor, or any Account Debtor, (d) protecting or enforcing its interest in the Financed Receivables or the Collateral, (e) collecting the Financed Receivables and the Obligations, or (f) the representation of Lender in connection with any bankruptcy case or insolvency proceeding involving Borrower, any Financed Receivable, the Collateral, any Account Debtor, or any guarantor. Borrower shall indemnify and hold Lender harmless from and against any and all claims, actions, damages, costs, expenses, and liabilities of any nature whatsoever arising in connection with any of the foregoing.

 

12.                               INTEGRATION, SEVERABILITY WAIVER, AND CHOICE OF LAW FORUM AND VENUE.  This Agreement and any related security or other agreements required by this Agreement, collectively: (a) represent the sum of the understandings and agreements between Lender and Borrower concerning this credit; (b) replace any prior oral or written agreements between Lender and Borrower concerning this credit; and (c) are intended by Lender and Borrower as the final, complete and exclusive statement of the terms agreed to by them. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and any other agreements required by this Agreement, this Agreement will prevail. If any provision of this Agreement is deemed invalid by reason of law, this Agreement will be construed as not containing such provision and the remainder of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. Lender retains all of its rights, even if it makes an Advance after a default. If Lender waives a default, it may enforce a later default. Any consent or waiver under, or amendment of, this Agreement must be in writing, and no such consent, waiver, or amendment shall imply any obligation by Lender to make any subsequent consent, waiver, or amendment.  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.  THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA, OR, AT THE SOLE OPTION OF LENDER, IN ANY OTHER COURT IN WHICH LENDER SHALL INITIATE LEGAL OR EQUITABLE PROCEEDINGS AND WHICH HAS JURISDICTION OVER THE SUBJECT MATTER AND PARTIES IN CONTROVERSY.  EACH PARTY HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBSECTION (b) AND STIPULATES THAT THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA SHALL HAVE IN PERSONAM JURISDICTION AND VENUE OVER EACH SUCH PARTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF LITIGATING ANY SUCH DISPUTE, CONTROVERSY, OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR ANY OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS.  SERVICE OF PROCESS SUFFICIENT FOR PERSONAL JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION AGAINST THE BORROWER MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO ITS ADDRESS SPECIFIED FOR NOTICES PURSUANT TO SECTION 13.

 

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13.                               NOTICES; TELEPHONIC AND TELEFAX AUTHORIZATIONS.  All notices shall be given to Lender and Borrower at the addresses or faxes (or e-mail, if applicable) set forth on the signature page of this agreement and shall be deemed to have been delivered when actually received at the designated address.  Lender may honor telephone, fax, e-mail or telefax instructions for Advances or repayments given, or purported to be given, by any one of the Authorized Persons.  Borrower will indemnify and hold Lender harmless from all liability, loss, and costs in connection with any act resulting from telephone or telefax instructions Lender reasonably believes are made by any Authorized Person.  This paragraph will survive this Agreement’s termination, and will benefit Lender and its officers, employees, and agents.

 

14.                               DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION.

 

14.1                        Definitions.  In this Agreement:

 

Account Balance” means at any time the aggregate of the Receivable Amounts of all Financed Receivables at such time, as reflected on the records maintained by Lender.

 

Account Debtor” has the meaning in the California Uniform Commercial Code and includes any person liable on any Receivable, including without limitation, any guarantor of any Receivable and any issuer of a letter of credit or banker’s acceptance assuring payment thereof.

 

Adjustments” means all discounts, allowances, disputes, offsets, defenses, rights of recoupment, rights of return, warranty claims, or short payments, asserted by or on behalf of any Account Debtor with respect to any Financed Receivable.

 

Advance” means as to any Receivable, the advance made by Lender to Borrower in respect of such Receivable pursuant to Section 1.2.

 

Advance Rate” means 80% or such greater or lesser percentage as Lender may from time to time establish in its sole discretion upon notice to Borrower.

 

Affiliate” means, as to any person or entity, any other person or entity directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, such person or entity.

 

Agreement” means this Business Financing Agreement.

 

Authorized Person” means any of Borrower (if an individual) or any one of the individuals authorized to sign on behalf of Borrower.

 

Cash Reserve” means for any Financed Receivable which has been paid in full during a Monthly Period, the amount by which the amount(s) paid on such Financed Receivable exceeds the Advance made on such Financed Receivable.

 

Collateral” means all of Borrower’s rights and interest in any and all personal property, whether now existing or hereafter acquired or created and wherever located, and all products and proceeds thereof and accessions thereto, including but not limited to the following (collectively, the “Collateral”):  (a) all accounts (including health care insurance receivables), chattel paper (including tangible and electronic chattel paper), inventory (including all goods held for sale or lease or to be furnished under a contract for service, and including returns and repossessions), equipment (including all accessions and additions thereto), instruments (including promissory notes), investment property (including securities and securities entitlements), documents (including negotiable documents), deposit accounts, letter of credit rights, money, any commercial tort claim of Borrower which is now or hereafter identified by Borrower or Lender, general intangibles (including payment intangibles and software), goods (including fixtures) and all of Borrower’s books and records with respect to any of the foregoing, and the computers and equipment containing said books and records; and (b) any and all cash proceeds and/or noncash proceeds thereof, including without limitation, insurance proceeds, and all supporting obligations and the security therefore or for any right to payment.

 

Collections” means all payments from or on behalf of an Account Debtor with respect to Receivables.

 

Compliance Certificate” means a certificate in the form attached as Exhibit A to this Agreement by an Authorized Person that, among other things, the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement are true and correct as of the date such certificate is delivered.

 

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Credit Limit” means $800,000, which is intended to be the maximum amount of Advances at any time outstanding.

 

Default” means any Event of Default or any event that with notice, lapse of time or otherwise would constitute an Event of Default.

 

Eligible Receivable” means a Receivable that satisfies all of the following:

 

(a)                                  The Receivable has been created by Borrower in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business and without any obligation on the part of Borrower to render any further performance.

 

(b)                                 There are no conditions which must be satisfied before Borrower is entitled to receive payment of the Receivable, and the Receivable does not arise from COD sales, consignments or guaranteed sales.

 

(c)                                  The Account Debtor upon the Receivable does not claim any defense to payment of the Receivable, whether well founded or otherwise.

 

(d)                                 The Receivable is not the obligation of an Account Debtor who has asserted or may be reasonably expected to assert any counterclaims or offsets against Borrower (including offsets for any “contra accounts” owed by Borrower to the Account Debtor for goods purchased by Borrower or for services performed for Borrower).

 

(e)                                  The Receivable represents a genuine obligation of the Account Debtor and to the extent any credit balances exist in favor of the Account Debtor, such credit balances shall be deducted in calculating the Receivable Amount.

 

(f)                                    Borrower has sent an invoice to the Account Debtor in the amount of the Receivable.

 

(g)                                 Borrower is not prohibited by the laws of the state where the Account Debtor is located from bringing an action in the courts of that state to enforce the Account Debtor’s obligation to pay the Receivable. Borrower has taken all appropriate actions to ensure access to the courts of the state where Account Debtor is located, including, where necessary; the filing of a Notice of Business Activities Report or other similar filing with the applicable state agency or the qualification by Borrower as a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in such state.

 

(h)                                 The Receivable is owned by Borrower free of any title defects or any liens or interests of others except the security interest in favor of Lender, and Lender has a perfected, first priority security interest in such Receivable.

 

(i)                                     The Account Debtor on the Receivable is not any of the following:  (i) an employee, affiliate, parent or subsidiary of Borrower, or an entity which has common officers or directors with Borrower, (ii) the U.S. government or any agency or department of the U.S. government unless Lender agrees in writing to accept the Receivable, Borrower complies with the procedures in the Federal Assignment of Claims Act of 1940 (41 U.S.C.§15) with respect to the Receivable, and the underlying contract expressly provides that neither the U.S. government nor any agency or department thereof shall have the right of set-off against Borrower; or (iii) any person or entity located in a foreign country unless (A) the Receivable is supported by an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a bank acceptable to Lender, and if requested by Lender, the original of such letter of credit and/or any usance drafts drawn under such letter of credit and accepted by the issuing or confirming bank have been delivered to Lender or (b) the Receivable is supported by foreign credit insurance acceptable to Lender.

 

(j)                                     The Receivable is not in default (a Receivable will be considered in default if any of the following occur:  (i) the Receivable is not paid within 90 days from its invoice date; (ii) the Account Debtor obligated upon the Receivable suspends business, makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or fails to pay its debts generally as they come due; or (iii) any petition is filed by or against the Account Debtor obligated upon the Receivable under any bankruptcy law or any other law or laws for the relief of debtors).

 

(k)                                  The Receivable does not arise from the sale of goods which remain in Borrower’s possession or under Borrower’s control.

 

(l)                                     The Receivable is not evidenced by a promissory note or chattel paper, nor is the Account Debtor obligated to Borrower under any other obligation which is evidenced by a promissory note.

 

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(m)                               The Receivable is otherwise acceptable to Lender.

 

Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.

 

Facility Fee” means a payment of an annual fee equal to 1.00 percentage point of the Formula Account Balance due upon the date of this Agreement and each anniversary thereof until this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 17 hereof.

 

Finance Charge” means for each Monthly Period an interest amount equal to the Finance Charge Percentage of the average daily Account Balance outstanding during such Monthly Period.

 

Finance Charge Percentage” means a rate per year equal to the Prime Rate plus 3.25 percentage points plus an additional 5.00 percentage points during any period that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

Financed Receivable” means a Receivable for which Lender makes an Advance pursuant to a Funding Request.

 

Formula Account Balance” means the dollar amount resulting from dividing the Credit Limit by the Advance Rate in effect at the time of calculation.

 

Funding Request” means a writing signed by an Authorized Representative which accurately identifies the Receivables which Lender, at its election, is being requested to finance, and includes for each such Receivable the correct amount owed by the Account Debtor, the name and address of the Account Debtor, the invoice number, the invoice date and the account code in the form of the invoice schedule attached as Exhibit B hereto, together with copies of invoices and such other supporting documentation as the Lender may from time to time request.

 

Lender” means Bridge Bank, National Association, and its successors and assigns.

 

Month End” means the last calendar day of each Monthly Period.

 

Monthly Period” means each calendar month.

 

Obligations” means all liabilities and obligations of Borrower to Lender of any kind or nature, present or future, arising under or in connection with this Agreement or under any other document, instrument or agreement, whether or not evidenced by any note, guarantee or other instrument, whether arising on account or by overdraft, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assignment) absolute or contingent, primary or secondary, due or to become due, now owing or hereafter arising, and however acquired; including, without limitation, all Advances, Finance Charges, fees, interest, expenses, professional fees and attorneys’ fees.

 

Overadvance” means at any time an amount equal to the greater of the following amounts (if any):  (a) the amount by which the total amount of the Advances exceeds the Credit Limit and (b) the amount equal to the sum of (i) the total outstanding amounts of all Advances made with respect to Receivables which were not, or have ceased to be, Eligible Receivables and (ii) the amount by which the total outstanding amount of all Advances (other than those under clause (i) above)) exceeds the product of (x) the Advance Rate and (y) the total outstanding Receivable Amounts of the Eligible Receivables in respect of which such Advances were made.

 

Parent” means EMRISE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation.

 

Permitted Indebtedness” means:

 

(a)                                  Indebtedness under this Agreement or that is otherwise owed to the Lender.

 

(b)                                 Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and specifically disclosed on a schedule to this Agreement.

 

(c)                                  Purchase money indebtedness (including capital leases) incurred to acquire capital assets in ordinary course of business and not exceeding $25,000 in total principal amount at any time outstanding.

 

(d)                                 Other Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25,000 at any time outstanding; provided that such indebtedness is junior in priority (if secured) to the Obligations and provided that the incurrence of such Indebtedness does not otherwise cause and Event of Default hereunder.

 

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(e)                                  Indebtedness incurred in the refinancing of any indebtedness set forth in (a) through (d) above, provided that the principal amount thereof is not increased or the terms thereof are not modified to impose more burdensome terms upon the Borrower.

 

(f)                                    Subordinated Debt.

 

Permitted Liens” means:

 

(a)                                  Liens securing any of the indebtedness described in clauses (a) through (d) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness.

 

(b)                                 Liens for taxes, fees, assessments or other governmental charges or levies, either not delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, provided the same have no priority over any of Lender’s security interests.

 

(c)                                  Liens incurred in connection with the extension, renewal or refinancing of the indebtedness described in clause (e) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness, provided that any extension, renewal or replacement lien shall be limited to the property encumbered by the existing lien and the principal amount of the indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced does not increase.

 

(d)                                 Liens securing Subordinated Debt.

 

Prime Rate” means the greater of 3.25% per year or the variable per annum rate of interest most recently announced by Lender as its “Prime Rate.”  Lender may price loans to its customers at, above, or below the Prime Rate. Any change in the Prime Rate shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of a change in Lender’s Prime Rate.

 

Processing Fee” means a fee equal to 0.25% of the Receivable Amount of each Financed Receivable.

 

Recovery Fee” means for each item of Collections which the Borrower has failed to remit as required by the Agreement, a fee equal to the lesser of $5,000 or 5% of the amount of such item, but in no case less than $1,000.

 

Receivable Amount” means as to any Receivable, the Receivable Amount due from the Account Debtor after deducting all discounts, credits, offsets, payments or other deductions of any nature whatsoever, whether or not claimed by the Account Debtor.

 

Receivables” means Borrower’s rights to payment arising in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business, including accounts, chattel paper, instruments, contract rights, documents, general intangibles, letters of credit, drafts, and bankers acceptances.

 

Refundable Reserve” means for any Month End:

 

(a)                                  The sum of (i) the total of the Cash Reserves as to all Financed Receivables as of such Month End and (ii) the amount of Collections received by Lender during the Monthly Period with respect to Receivables other than Financed Receivables and not previously remitted to Borrower,

 

minus

 

(b)                                 The total for that Monthly Period ending on such Month End of:

 

(i)                                    Processing Fee, Facility Fee, and Recovery Fees;

 

(ii)           Finance Charges;

 

(iii)          Adjustments;

 

(iv)          Any outstanding Overadvance Amounts;

 

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(v)                                all amounts due, including professional fees and expenses, as set forth in Section 11 for which oral or written demand has been made by Lender to Borrower during that Monthly Period to the extent Lender has agreed to accept payment thereof by deduction from the Refundable Reserve; and

 

(vi)                             all amounts collected by Borrower on Financed Receivables during the Monthly Period and not remitted to Lender.

 

Reserve” means as to any Financed Receivable the amount by which the Receivable Amount of the Financed Receivable exceeds the Advance on that Financed Receivable.

 

Reserve Percentage” means 100% less the Advance Rate.

 

Subordinated Debt” means indebtedness of Borrower that is expressly subordinated to the indebtedness of Borrower owed to Lender pursuant to a subordination agreement satisfactory in form and substance to Lender.

 

Termination Fee” means a payment equal to 1.00% of the Formula Account Balance.

 

14.2                        Construction:

 

(a)                                  In this Agreement: (i) references to the plural include the singular and to the singular include the plural; (ii) references to any gender include any other gender; (iii) the terms “include” and “including” are not limiting; (iv) the term “or” has the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase “and/or,” (v) unless otherwise specified, section and subsection references are to this Agreement, and (vi) any reference to any statute, law, or regulation shall include all amendments thereto and revisions thereof.

 

(b)                                 Neither this Agreement nor any uncertainty or ambiguity herein shall be construed or resolved using any presumption against either Borrower or Lender, whether under any rule of construction or otherwise.  On the contrary, this Agreement has been reviewed by each party hereto and their respective counsel.  In case of any ambiguity or uncertainty, this Agreement shall be construed and interpreted according to the ordinary meaning of the words used to accomplish fairly the purposes and intentions of all parties hereto.

 

(c)                                  Titles and section headings used in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be used in interpreting this Agreement.

 

15.                               JURY TRIAL WAIVER.  THE UNDERSIGNED ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IS A CONSTITUTIONAL ONE, BUT THAT IT MAY BE WAIVED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.  TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, EACH PARTY, AFTER CONSULTING (OR HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT) WITH COUNSEL OF ITS, HIS OR HER CHOICE, KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY, AND FOR THE MUTUAL BENEFIT OF ALL PARTIES, WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT, INSTRUMENT OR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNDERSIGNED PARTIES.

 

16.                               JUDICIAL REFERENCE PROVISION.

 

16.1                        In the event the Jury Trial Waiver set forth above is not enforceable, the parties elect to proceed under this Judicial Reference Provision.

 

16.2                        With the exception of the items specified in Section 16.3 below, any controversy, dispute or claim (each, a “Claim”) between the parties arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other document, instrument or agreement between the undersigned parties (collectively in this Section, the “Loan Documents”), will be resolved by a reference proceeding in California in accordance with the provisions of Sections 638 et seq. of the California Code of Civil Procedure (“CCP”), or their successor sections, which shall constitute the exclusive remedy for the resolution of any Claim, including whether the Claim is subject to the reference proceeding. Except as otherwise provided in the Loan Documents, venue for the reference proceeding will be in the state or federal court in the county or district where the real property involved in the action, if any, is located or in the state or federal court in the county or district where venue is otherwise appropriate under applicable law (the “Court”).

 

16.3                        The matters that shall not be subject to a reference are the following: (i) nonjudicial foreclosure of any security interests in real or personal property, (ii) exercise of self-help remedies (including, without limitation, set-off), (iii)

 

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appointment of a receiver and (iv) temporary, provisional or ancillary remedies (including, without limitation, writs of attachment, writs of possession, temporary restraining orders or preliminary injunctions). This reference provision does not limit the right of any party to exercise or oppose any of the rights and remedies described in clauses (i) and (ii) or to seek or oppose from a court of competent jurisdiction any of the items described in clauses (iii) and (iv). The exercise of, or opposition to, any of those items does not waive the right of any party to a reference pursuant to this reference provision as provided herein.

 

16.4                        The referee shall be a retired judge or justice selected by mutual written agreement of the parties. If the parties do not agree within ten (10) days of a written request to do so by any party, then, upon request of any party, the referee shall be selected by the Presiding Judge of the Court (or his or her representative). A request for appointment of a referee may be heard on an ex parte or expedited basis, and the parties agree that irreparable harm would result if ex parte relief is not granted.  Pursuant to CCP § 170.6, each party shall have one peremptory challenge to the referee selected by the Presiding Judge of the Court (or his or her representative).

 

16.5                        The parties agree that time is of the essence in conducting the reference proceedings. Accordingly, the referee shall be requested, subject to change in the time periods specified herein for good cause shown, to (i) set the matter for a status and trial-setting conference within fifteen (15) days after the date of selection of the referee, (ii) if practicable, try all issues of law or fact within one hundred twenty (120) days after the date of the conference and (iii) report a statement of decision within twenty (20) days after the matter has been submitted for decision.

 

16.6                        The referee will have power to expand or limit the amount and duration of discovery.  The referee may set or extend discovery deadlines or cutoffs for good cause, including a party’s failure to provide requested discovery for any reason whatsoever.  Unless otherwise ordered based upon good cause shown, no party shall be entitled to “priority” in conducting discovery, depositions may be taken by either party upon seven (7) days written notice, and all other discovery shall be responded to within fifteen (15) days after service.  All disputes relating to discovery which cannot be resolved by the parties shall be submitted to the referee whose decision shall be final and binding.

 

16.7                        Except as expressly set forth herein, the referee shall determine the manner in which the reference proceeding is conducted including the time and place of hearings, the order of presentation of evidence, and all other questions that arise with respect to the course of the reference proceeding.  All proceedings and hearings conducted before the referee, except for trial, shall be conducted without a court reporter, except that when any party so requests, a court reporter will be used at any hearing conducted before the referee, and the referee will be provided a courtesy copy of the transcript.  The party making such a request shall have the obligation to arrange for and pay the court reporter.  Subject to the referee’s power to award costs to the prevailing party, the parties will equally share the cost of the referee and the court reporter at trial.

 

16.8                        The referee shall be required to determine all issues in accordance with existing case law and the statutory laws of the State of California.  The rules of evidence applicable to proceedings at law in the State of California will be applicable to the reference proceeding.  The referee shall be empowered to enter equitable as well as legal relief, enter equitable orders that will be binding on the parties and rule on any motion which would be authorized in a court proceeding, including without limitation motions for summary judgment or summary adjudication. The referee shall issue a decision at the close of the reference proceeding which disposes of all claims of the parties that are the subject of the reference.  Pursuant to CCP § 644, such decision shall be entered by the Court as a judgment or an order in the same manner as if the action had been tried by the Court and any such decision will be final, binding and conclusive.  The parties reserve the right to appeal from the final judgment or order or from any appealable decision or order entered by the referee.  The parties reserve the right to findings of fact, conclusions of laws, a written statement of decision, and the right to move for a new trial or a different judgment, which new trial, if granted, is also to be a reference proceeding under this provision.

 

16.9                        If the enabling legislation which provides for appointment of a referee is repealed (and no successor statute is enacted), any dispute between the parties that would otherwise be determined by reference procedure will be resolved and determined by arbitration.  The arbitration will be conducted by a retired judge or justice, in accordance with the California Arbitration Act §1280 through §1294.2 of the CCP as amended from time to time.  The limitations with respect to discovery set forth above shall apply to any such arbitration proceeding.

 

16.10                 THE PARTIES RECOGNIZE AND AGREE THAT ALL CONTROVERSIES, DISPUTES AND CLAIMS RESOLVED UNDER THIS REFERENCE PROVISION WILL BE DECIDED BY A REFEREE AND NOT BY A JURY.  AFTER CONSULTING (OR HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT) WITH COUNSEL OF ITS, HIS OR HER OWN CHOICE, EACH PARTY KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY, AND FOR THE MUTUAL BENEFIT OF ALL PARTIES, AGREES THAT THIS REFERENCE PROVISION WILL APPLY TO ANY CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR

 

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CLAIM BETWEEN OR AMONG THEM ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO, THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.

 

17.                               TERM AND TERMINATION.  Borrower and Lender each have the right to terminate the financing of Receivables under this Agreement at any time upon notice to the other: provided that no such termination shall affect Lender’s security interest in the Financed Receivables and other Collateral, and this Agreement shall continue to be effective, and the obligations of Borrower to indemnify Lender with respect to the expenses, damages, losses, costs and liabilities described in Section 11 shall survive until all applicable statute of limitations periods with respect to actions that may be brought against Lender have run, and Lender’s rights and remedies hereunder shall survive any such termination, until all transactions entered into and Obligations incurred hereunder or in connection herewith have been completed and satisfied in full.  Upon any such termination, Borrower shall, upon demand by Lender, immediately repay all Advances then outstanding.

 

18.                               OTHER AGREEMENTS.  (i) Any security agreements, liens and/or security interests securing payment of any obligations of Borrower owing to Lender or its affiliates also secure the Obligations, and are valid and subsisting and are not adversely affected by execution of this Agreement.  An Event of Default under this Agreement constitutes a default under other outstanding agreements between Borrower and Lender or its affiliates; (ii) Lender reserves the right to issue press releases, advertisements, and other promotional materials describing any successful outcome of services provided on Borrower’s behalf. Borrower agrees that Lender shall have the right to identify Borrower by name in those materials.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Borrower and Lender have executed this Agreement on the day and year above written.

 

BORROWER:

 

LENDER:

 

 

 

CXR LARUS CORPORATION

 

BRIDGE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Lawrence A. Taillie

 

By

/s/ Larry La Croix

Name:

Lawrence A. Taillie

 

Name:

Larry La Croix

Title:

President

 

Title:

Senior Vice President

 

 

 

Address for Notices:

 

Address for Notices:

894 Faulstich Court

 

55 Almaden Blvd.

San Jose, CA 95112

 

San Jose, CA 95113

Fax: (408) 573-2706

 

Fax: (408) 423-8510

 

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EX-10.2 3 a10-21415_1ex10d2.htm EX-10.2

Exhibit 10.2

 

BORROWER:  CXR LARUS CORPORATION

 

GUARANTOR: EMRISE CORPORATION

 

GUARANTY

 

To:          BRIDGE BANK, N.A.

 

1.     The Guaranty.  For valuable consideration, the undersigned (“Guarantor”) hereby unconditionally guarantees and promises to pay promptly to Bridge Bank, N.A. (“Lender”), or order, in lawful money of the United States, any and all Indebtedness of CXR LARUS CORPORATION (“Borrower”) to Lender when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, and at all times thereafter.  The liability of Guarantor under this Guaranty is not limited as to the principal amount of the Indebtedness guaranteed and includes, without limitation, liability for all interest, fees, indemnities (including, without limitation, hazardous waste indemnities), and other costs and expenses relating to or arising out of the Indebtedness.  The liability of Guarantor is continuing and relates to any Indebtedness, including that arising under successive transactions which shall either continue the Indebtedness or from time to time renew it after it has been satisfied.  This Guaranty is cumulative and does not supersede any other outstanding guaranties, and the liability of Guarantor under this Guaranty is exclusive of Guarantor’s liability under any other guaranties signed by Guarantor.  If more than one individual or entity sign this Guaranty, their obligations under this Guaranty shall be joint and several.

 

2.     Definitions.  As used herein:

 

(a)   “Borrower” means the individual or the entity named in Paragraph 1 of this Guaranty and, if more than one, then any one or more of them.

 

(b)   “Guarantor” means the individual or the entity signing this Guaranty and, if more than one, then any one or more of them, jointly and severally.

 

(c)   “Indebtedness” means any and all debts, liabilities, and obligations of Borrower to Lender, now or hereafter existing, whether voluntary or involuntary and however arising, whether direct or indirect or acquired by Lender by assignment, succession, or otherwise, whether due or not due, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, determined or undetermined, held or to be held by Lender for its own account or as agent for another or others, whether Borrower may be liable individually or jointly with others, whether recovery upon such debts, liabilities, and obligations may be or hereafter become barred by any statute of limitations, and whether such debts, liabilities, and obligations may be or hereafter become otherwise unenforceable.  Indebtedness includes, without limitation, any and all obligations of Borrower to Lender for reasonable attorneys’ fees and all other costs and expenses incurred by Lender in the collection or enforcement of any debts, liabilities, and obligations of Borrower to Lender.

 

3.     Obligations Independent.  The obligations hereunder are independent of the obligations of Borrower or any other guarantor, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against Guarantor whether action is brought against Borrower or any other guarantor or whether Borrower or any other guarantor be joined in any such action or actions.  Anyone executing this Guaranty shall be bound by its terms without regard to execution by anyone else.

 

4.     Rights of Lender.  Guarantor authorizes Lender, without notice or demand and without affecting its liability hereunder, from time to time to: (a) renew, compromise, extend, accelerate, or otherwise change the time for payment, or otherwise change the terms, of the Indebtedness or any part thereof, including increase or decrease of the rate of interest thereon, or otherwise change the terms of the Indebtedness; (b) receive and hold security for the payment of this Guaranty or any Indebtedness and exchange, enforce, waive, release, fail to perfect, sell, or otherwise dispose of any such security; (c) apply such security and direct the order or manner of sale thereof as Lender in its discretion may determine; and (d) release or substitute any Guarantor or any one or more of any endorsers or other guarantors of any of the Indebtedness.

 

5.     Guaranty to be Absolute.  Guarantor agrees that until the Indebtedness has been paid in full and any commitments of Lender or facilities provided by Lender with respect to the Indebtedness have been terminated, Guarantor shall not be released by or because of the taking, or failure to take, any action that might in any manner or to any extent vary the risks of Guarantor under this Guaranty or that, but for this paragraph, might discharge or otherwise reduce, limit, or modify Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty.  Guarantor waives and surrenders any defense to any liability under this Guaranty based upon any such action, including but not limited to any action of Lender described in the

 

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immediately preceding paragraph of this Guaranty.  It is the express intent of Guarantor that Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty are and shall be absolute and unconditional.

 

6.     Guarantor’s Waivers of Certain Rights and Certain Defenses.  Guarantor waives: (a) any right to require Lender to proceed against Borrower, proceed against or exhaust any security for the Indebtedness, or pursue any other remedy in Lender’s power whatsoever; (b) any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense of Borrower, or the cessation from any cause whatsoever of the liability of Borrower; (c) any defense based on any claim that Guarantor’s obligations exceed or are more burdensome than those of Borrower; and (d) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting Guarantor’s liability hereunder.  No provision or waiver in this Guaranty shall be construed as limiting the generality of any other waiver contained in this Guaranty.

 

7.     Waiver of Subrogation.  Until the Indebtedness has been paid in full and any commitments of Lender or facilities provided by Lender with respect to the Indebtedness have been terminated, Guarantor waives any right of subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification, and contribution (contractual, statutory, or otherwise) including, without limitation, any claim or right of subrogation under the Bankruptcy Code (Title 11, United States Code) or any successor statute, arising from the existence or performance of this Guaranty, and Guarantor waives any right to enforce any remedy which Lender now has or may hereafter have against Borrower, and waives any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any security now or hereafter held by Lender.

 

8.     Waiver of Notices.  Guarantor waives all presentments, demands for performance, notices of nonperformance, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor, notices of intent to accelerate, notices of acceleration, notices of any suit or any other action against Borrower or any other person, any other notices to any party liable on the Indebtedness (including Guarantor), notices of acceptance of this Guaranty, and notices of the existence, creation, or incurring of new or additional Indebtedness.

 

9.     General Partner Liability and Waivers of Other Rights and Defenses.

 

(a)   If Borrower is a partnership and Guarantor is a general partner of that partnership, then Guarantor shall not be liable under this Guaranty for any portion of the Indebtedness which is secured by real property; provided, however, that Guarantor shall remain liable under partnership law for all the Indebtedness.

 

(b)   Guarantor waives any rights and defenses that are or may become available to Guarantor by reason of Sections 2787 to 2855, inclusive, of the California Civil Code.

 

(c)   Guarantor waives all rights and defenses that Guarantor may have because any of the Indebtedness is secured by real property.  This means, among other things:  (i) Lender may collect from Guarantor without first foreclosing on any real or personal property collateral pledged by Borrower; and (ii) if Lender forecloses on any real property collateral pledged by Borrower:  (1) the amount of the Indebtedness may be reduced only by the price for which that collateral is sold at the foreclosure sale, even if the collateral is worth more than the sale price, and (2) Lender may collect from Guarantor even if Lender, by foreclosing on the real property collateral, has destroyed any right Guarantor may have to collect from Borrower.  This is an unconditional and irrevocable waiver of any rights and defenses Guarantor may have because any of the Indebtedness is secured by real property.  These rights and defenses include, but are not limited to, any rights or defenses based upon Section 580a, 580b, 580d, or 726 of the California Code of Civil Procedure.

 

(d)   Guarantor waives any right or defense it may have at law or equity, including California Code of Civil Procedure Section 580a, to a fair market value hearing or action to determine a deficiency judgment after a foreclosure.

 

10.   Security.  To secure all of Guarantor’s obligations hereunder, Guarantor assigns and grants to Lender a security interest in all moneys, securities, and other property of Guarantor now or hereafter in the possession of Lender, all deposit accounts of Guarantor maintained with Lender, and all proceeds thereof.  Upon default or breach of any of Guarantor’s obligations to Lender, Lender may apply any deposit account to reduce the Indebtedness, and may foreclose any collateral as provided in the Uniform Commercial Code and in any security agreements between Lender and Guarantor.

 

11.   Subordination.  Any obligations of Borrower to Guarantor, now or hereafter existing, including but not limited to any obligations to Guarantor as subrogee of Lender or resulting from Guarantor’s performance under this Guaranty, are hereby subordinated to the Indebtedness.  In addition to Guarantor’s waiver of any right of subrogation as set forth in this Guaranty with respect to any obligations of Borrower to Guarantor as subrogee of Lender, Guarantor agrees that, if Lender so requests, Guarantor shall not demand, take, or receive from Borrower, by setoff

 

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or in any other manner, payment of any other obligations of Borrower to Guarantor until the Indebtedness has been paid in full and any commitments of Lender or facilities provided by Lender with respect to the Indebtedness have been terminated.  If any payments are received by Guarantor in violation of such waiver or agreement, such payments shall be received by Guarantor as trustee for Lender and shall be paid over to Lender on account of the Indebtedness, but without reducing or affecting in any manner the liability of Guarantor under the other provisions of this Guaranty.  Any security interest, lien, or other encumbrance that Guarantor may now or hereafter have on any property of Borrower is hereby subordinated to any security interest, lien, or other encumbrance that Lender may have on any such property.

 

12.   Revocation of Guaranty.

 

(a)   Guarantor absolutely, unconditionally, knowingly, and expressly waives any right to revoke this Guaranty as to future Indebtedness and, in light thereof, all protection afforded Guarantor under Section 2815 of the California Civil Code.  Guarantor fully realizes and understands that, upon execution of this agreement, Guarantor will not have any right to revoke this Guaranty as to any future Indebtedness and, thus, may have no control over such Guarantor’s ultimate responsibility for the Indebtedness.  If, contrary to the express intent of this agreement, any such revocation is effective notwithstanding the foregoing waiver, Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that:  (a) no such revocation shall be effective until written notice thereof has been received by Lender; (b) no such revocation shall apply to any Indebtedness in existence on such date (including any subsequent continuation, extension, or renewal thereof, or change in the interest rate, payment terms, or other terms and conditions thereof); (c) no such revocation shall apply to any Indebtedness made or created after such date to the extent made or created pursuant to a legally binding commitment of Lender which is, or is believed in good faith by Lender to be, in existence on the date of such revocation; (d) no payment by Borrower, or from any other source, prior to the date of such revocation shall reduce the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder; and (e) any payment by Borrower or from any source other than such Guarantor, subsequent to the date of such revocation, shall first be applied to that portion of the obligations, if any, as to which the revocation by such Guarantor is effective (and which are not, therefore, guarantied by such Guarantor hereunder), and, to the extent so applied, shall not reduce the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder.

 

(b)   In the event of the death of a Guarantor, the liability of the estate of the deceased Guarantor shall continue in full force and effect as to (i) the Indebtedness existing at the date of death, and any renewals or extensions thereof, and (ii) loans or advances made to or for the account of Borrower after the date of the death of the deceased Guarantor pursuant to a commitment made by Lender to Borrower prior to the date of such death.  As to all surviving Guarantors, this Guaranty shall continue in full force and effect after the death of a Guarantor, not only as to the Indebtedness existing at that time, but also as to the Indebtedness thereafter incurred by Borrower to Lender.

 

(c)   Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that this Guaranty may be revoked only in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this paragraph and shall not be revoked simply as a result of any change in name, location, or composition or structure of Borrower, the dissolution of Borrower, or the termination, increase, decrease, or other change of any personnel or owners of Borrower.

 

13.   Reinstatement of Guaranty.  If this Guaranty is revoked, returned, or cancelled, and subsequently any payment or transfer of any interest in property by Borrower to Lender is rescinded or must be returned by Lender to Borrower, this Guaranty shall be reinstated with respect to any such payment or transfer, regardless of any such prior revocation, return, or cancellation.

 

14.   Stay of Acceleration.  In the event that acceleration of the time for payment of any of the Indebtedness is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, or reorganization of Borrower or otherwise, all such Indebtedness guaranteed by Guarantor shall nonetheless be payable by Guarantor immediately if requested by Lender.

 

15.   No Deductions.  All payments by Guarantor hereunder shall be paid in full, without setoff or counterclaim or any deduction or withholding whatsoever, including, without limitation, for any and all present and future taxes.  In the event that Guarantor or Lender is required by law to make any such deduction or withholding, Guarantor agrees to pay on behalf of Lender such amount directly to the appropriate person or entity, or if the Guarantor cannot legally comply with the foregoing, Guarantor shall pay to Lender such additional amounts as will result in the receipt by Lender of the full amount payable hereunder.  Guarantor shall promptly provide Lender with evidence of payment of any such amount made on Lender’s behalf.

 

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for, and has adequate means of, obtaining from Borrower such information concerning Borrower’s financial condition or business operations as Guarantor may require, and that Lender has no duty, and Guarantor is not relying on Lender, at any time to disclose to Guarantor any information relating to the business operations or financial condition of Borrower.

 

17.   Borrower’s Authorization.  Where Borrower is a corporation, partnership, trust, or limited liability company, it is not necessary for Lender to inquire into the powers of Borrower or of the officers, directors, partners, members, managers, or agents acting or purporting to act on its behalf, and any Indebtedness made or created in reliance upon the professed exercise of such powers shall be guaranteed hereunder, subject to any limitations on Guarantor’s liability set forth herein.

 

18.   Information Relating to Guarantor.  Guarantor authorizes Lender to verify or check any information given by Guarantor to Lender, check Guarantor’s credit references, verify employment, and obtain credit reports. Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that the authorizations provided in this paragraph apply to any individual general partner of Guarantor and to Guarantor’s spouse and any such general partner’s spouse if Guarantor or such general partner is married and lives in a community property state.

 

19.   Guarantor’s Covenants.  Until the Indebtedness has been paid in full and any commitments of Lender or facilities provided by Lender with respect to the Indebtedness have been terminated and each and every term, covenant, and condition of this Guaranty is fully performed, Guarantor agrees:

 

(a)   to provide the following financial information and statements in form and content acceptable to Lender, and such additional information as requested by Lender from time to time:

 

(i)    if Guarantor is a business entity, Guarantor’s annual financial statements upon request of Lender. These financial statements must be audited, (with an opinion satisfactory to Lender) by a Certified Public Accountant (“CPA”) acceptable to Lender;

 

(ii)   if Guarantor is a business entity, Guarantor’s quarterly financial statements upon request of Lender.  These financial statements must be certified and dated by an authorized financial officer of Guarantor;

 

(iii)  if Guarantor is an individual or a trust, Guarantor’s annual financial statements upon request of Lender.  Such statements must be in form satisfactory to Lender and be certified and dated by Guarantor and show Guarantor’s financial condition.  Such statements must include, without limitation, a listing of all assets and liabilities, a listing of all sources of income and of the uses of income, the amount and sources of contingent liabilities, identification of joint owners as to listed assets, and an annual projection of sources and uses of income;

 

(iv)  if Guarantor is an individual or a trust, additional information as requested by Lender from time to time regarding the financial condition of any corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, or other entities in which Guarantor owns, directly or indirectly, a material interest; and

 

(v)   copies of Guarantor’s federal income tax return (with all forms K-1 attached) together with a statement of any contributions made by Guarantor to any subchapter S corporation or trust, and, if requested by Lender, copies of any extensions of the filing date.

 

20.   Taxes.  Guarantor represents and warrants that it is organized and resident in the United States of America.  If Guarantor must make a payment under this Guaranty, Guarantor represents and warrants that it will make the payment from one of its U.S. resident offices to a U.S. office of Lender so that no withholding tax is imposed on the payment.  If notwithstanding the foregoing, Guarantor makes a payment under this Guaranty to which withholding tax applies, then Guarantor shall pay any taxes (other than taxes on net income (a) imposed by the country or any subdivision of the country in which Lender’s principal office or actual lending office is located and (b) measured by the United States taxable income Lender would have received if all payments under or in respect of this Guaranty were exempt from taxes levied by Guarantor’s country) that are at any time imposed on any such payments under or in respect of this Guaranty including, but not limited to, payments made pursuant to this paragraph.  Further, Guarantor shall also pay to Lender, on demand, all additional amounts that Lender specifies as necessary to preserve the after-tax yield Lender would have received if such taxes had not been imposed.

 

21.   Change of Status.  Guarantor shall not enter into any consolidation, merger, or other combination unless Guarantor is the surviving business entity.  Further, Guarantor shall not change its legal structure unless (a) 

 

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Guarantor obtains the prior written consent of Lender and (b) all Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty are assumed by the new business entity.

 

22.   Notices.  All notices required under this Guaranty shall be personally delivered or sent by first class mail, postage prepaid, or by overnight courier, to the addresses on the signature page of this Guaranty, or sent by facsimile to the fax numbers listed on the signature page, or to such other addresses as Lender and Guarantor may specify from time to time in writing.  Notices sent by (a) first class mail shall be deemed delivered on the earlier of actual receipt or on the fourth business day after deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid, (b) overnight courier shall be deemed delivered on the next business day, and (c) telecopy shall be deemed delivered when transmitted.

 

23.   Successors and Assigns.  This Guaranty (a) binds Guarantor and Guarantor’s executors, administrators, successors, and assigns, provided that Guarantor may not assign its rights or obligations under this Guaranty without the prior written consent of Lender, and (b) inures to the benefit of Lender and Lender’s indorsees, successors, and assigns.  Lender may, without notice to Guarantor and without affecting Guarantor’s obligations hereunder, sell, assign, grant participations in, or otherwise transfer to any other person, firm, or corporation the Indebtedness and this Guaranty, in whole or in part.  Guarantor agrees that Lender may disclose to any assignee or purchaser, or any prospective assignee or purchaser, of all or part of the Indebtedness any and all information in Lender’s possession concerning Guarantor, this Guaranty, and any security for this Guaranty.

 

24.   Amendments, Waivers, and Severability.  No provision of this Guaranty may be amended or waived except in writing.  No failure by Lender to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any of its rights, remedies, or powers shall operate as a waiver thereof, and no single or partial exercise of any such right, remedy, or power shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, or power.  The unenforceability or invalidity of any provision of this Guaranty shall not affect the enforceability or validity of any other provision of this Guaranty.

 

25.   Costs and Expenses.  Guarantor agrees to pay all reasonable attorneys’ fees, including allocated costs of Lender’s in-house counsel, and all other costs and expenses which may be incurred by Lender (a) in the enforcement of this Guaranty or (b) in the preservation, protection, or enforcement of any rights of Lender in any case commenced by or against Guarantor or Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code (Title 11, United States Code) or any similar or successor statute.

 

26.   Governing Law and Jurisdiction.  This Guaranty shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of California.  Guarantor irrevocably (a) submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any federal or state court sitting in the State of California in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guaranty and (b) waives to the fullest extent permitted by law any defense asserting an inconvenient forum in connection therewith.  Service of process by Lender in connection with such action or proceeding shall be binding on Guarantor if sent to Guarantor by registered or certified mail at its address specified below.

 

27.   Waiver of Jury Trial.  EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER ANY DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.  EACH PARTY REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER, HAS DETERMINED FOR ITSELF THE NECESSITY TO REVIEW THE SAME WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL, AND KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL.

 

28.           Reference Provision.

 

(a)   The parties prefer that any dispute between them be resolved in litigation subject to a Jury Trial Waiver as set forth above, but the California Supreme Court has held that pre-dispute Jury Trial Waivers not authorized by statute are unenforceable. This Reference Provision will be applicable until: (i) the California Supreme Court holds that a pre-dispute Jury Trial Waiver provision is valid or enforceable; or (ii) the California

 

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Legislature enacts a statute which becomes law, authorizing pre-dispute Jury Trial Waivers of the type contained herein and, as a result, such waivers become enforceable.  In addition, this Reference Provision, if not already applicable as otherwise provided herein, will become applicable, if a Court, contrary to a choice of law provision contained herein, holds that the laws of the State of California apply to the Loan Documents.

 

(b)   Other than (i) nonjudicial foreclosure of security interests in real or personal property,  (ii) the appointment of a receiver or (iii) the exercise of other provisional remedies (any of which may be initiated pursuant to applicable law), any controversy, dispute or claim (each, a “Claim”) between the parties arising out of or relating to this guaranty or any other document, instrument or agreement between the Bank and the undersigned (collectively in this Section, the “Loan Documents”), will be resolved by a reference proceeding in California in accordance with the provisions of Section 638 et seq. of the California Code of Civil Procedure (“CCP”), or their successor sections, which shall constitute the exclusive remedy for the resolution of any Claim, including whether the Claim is subject to the reference proceeding.  Except as otherwise provided in the Loan Documents, venue for the reference proceeding will be in the Superior Court or Federal District Court in the County or District where the real property, if any, is located or in a County or District where venue is otherwise appropriate under applicable law (the “Court”).

 

(c)   The referee shall be a retired Judge or Justice selected by mutual written agreement of the parties.  If the parties do not agree, the referee shall be selected by the Presiding Judge of the Court (or his or her representative).  A request for appointment of a referee may be heard on an ex parte or expedited basis, and the parties agree that irreparable harm would result if ex parte relief is not granted.  The referee shall be appointed to sit with all the powers provided by law.  Pending appointment of the referee, the Court has power to issue temporary or provisional remedies.

 

(d)   The parties agree that time is of the essence in conducting the reference proceedings.  Accordingly, the referee shall be requested, subject to change in the time periods specified herein for good cause shown, to (a) set the matter for a status and trial-setting conference within fifteen (15) days after the date of selection of the referee, (b) if practicable, try all issues of law or fact within ninety (90) days after the date of the conference and (c) report a statement of decision within twenty (20) days after the matter has been submitted for decision.

 

(e)   The referee will have power to expand or limit the amount and duration of discovery.  The referee may set or extend discovery deadlines or cutoffs for good cause, including a party’s failure to provide requested discovery for any reason whatsoever.  Unless otherwise ordered based upon good cause shown, no party shall be entitled to “priority” in conducting discovery, depositions may be taken by either party upon seven (7) days written notice, and all other discovery shall be responded to within fifteen (15) days after service.  All disputes relating to discovery which cannot be resolved by the parties shall be submitted to the referee whose decision shall be final and binding.

 

(f)    Except as expressly set forth in this guaranty, the referee shall determine the manner in which the reference proceeding is conducted including the time and place of hearings, the order of presentation of evidence, and all other questions that arise with respect to the course of the reference proceeding.  All proceedings and hearings conducted before the referee, except for trial, shall be conducted without a court reporter, except that when any party so requests, a court reporter will be used at any hearing conducted before the referee, and the referee will be provided a courtesy copy of the transcript.  The party making such a request shall have the obligation to arrange for and pay the court reporter.  Subject to the referee’s power to award costs to the prevailing party, the parties will equally share the cost of the referee and the court reporter at trial.

 

(g)   The referee shall be required to determine all issues in accordance with existing case law and the statutory laws of the State of California.  The rules of evidence applicable to proceedings at law in the State of California will be applicable to the reference proceeding.  The referee shall be empowered to enter equitable as well as legal relief, provide all temporary or provisional remedies, enter equitable orders that will be binding on the parties and rule on any motion which would be authorized in a trial, including without limitation motions for summary judgment or summary adjudication.  The referee shall issue a decision and pursuant to CCP §644 the referee’s decision shall be entered by the Court as a judgment or an order in the same manner as if the action had been tried by the Court.  The final judgment or order or from any appealable decision or order entered by the referee shall be fully appealable as provided by law.  The parties reserve the right to findings of fact, conclusions of laws, a written statement of decision, and the right to move for a new trial or a different judgment, which new trial, if granted, is also to be a reference proceeding under this provision.

 

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statute is enacted), any dispute between the parties that would otherwise be determined by reference procedure will be resolved and determined by arbitration.  The arbitration will be conducted by a retired judge or Justice, in accordance with the California Arbitration Act §1280 through §1294.2 of the CCP as amended from time to time.  The limitations with respect to discovery set forth above shall apply to any such arbitration proceeding.

 

(i)    EACH PARTY HERETO RECOGNIZES AND AGREES THAT ALL DISPUTES RESOLVED UNDER THIS REFERENCE PROVISION WILL BE DECIDED BY A REFEREE AND NOT BY A JURY.  AFTER CONSULTING (OR HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT) WITH COUNSEL OF ITS OWN CHOICE, EACH PARTY KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY AND FOR ITS BENEFIT AGREES THAT THIS REFERENCE PROVISION WILL APPLY TO ANY DISPUTE WHICH ARISES OUT OF OR IS RELATED TO THIS GUARANTY.

 

29.   Remedies.  All rights and remedies provided in this Guaranty and any instrument or agreement referred to herein are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies otherwise provided by law.  Any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy shall not preclude the further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy.

 

30.   Severability.  The illegality or unenforceability of any provision of this Guaranty or any instrument or agreement referred to herein shall not in any way affect or impair the legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Guaranty or any instrument or agreement referred to herein.

 

Executed this 22nd day of October, 2010.

 

 

 

 

EMRISE CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Carmine T. Oliva

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Carmine T. Oliva

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Address for notices to Lender:

 

Address for notices to Guarantor:

 

 

 

BRIDGE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

 

 

 

2530 Meridian Parkway

Attn: Lee Shodiss

 

 

55 Almaden Boulevard

 

 

San Jose, California 95113

 

Durham, NC 27713

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tel: (408) 556-6502

 

 

Fax: (408) 423-8514

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tel:

(408) 200-3040

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fax:

(408) 550-8340

 

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EX-10.3 4 a10-21415_1ex10d3.htm EX-10.3

Exhibit 10.3

 

This SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT, dated as of November 8, 2010, is between GVEC RESOURCE IV INC. and PRIVATE EQUITY MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC (collectively, “Creditor”), on the one hand, and BRIDGE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, (“Lender”), on the other hand.

 

R E C I T A L S

 

A.    CXR LARUS CORPORATION (“Borrower”) has requested and/or obtained certain credit accommodations from Lender which are or may be from time to time secured by assets and property of Borrower.  EMRISE CORPORATION (“Guarantor”) is guarantying such credit accommodations.

 

B.    Creditor has extended loans or other credit accommodations to Borrower and Guarantor, and/or may extend loans or other credit accommodations to Borrower from time to time.

 

C.    In order to induce Lender to extend credit to Borrower and, at any time or from time to time, at Lender’s option, to make such further loans, extensions of credit, or other accommodations to or for the account of Borrower, or to extend credit upon any instrument or writing in respect of which Borrower may be liable in any capacity, or to grant such renewals or extension of any such loan, extension of credit, or other accommodation as Lender may deem advisable, Creditor is willing to subordinate: (i) all of Borrower’s and Guarantor’s indebtedness and obligations to Creditor arising under or relating to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2007, as amended, or that certain Term Loan A Note dated August 31, 2010 in the original principal amount of $1,000,000 (collectively, the “Subordinated Debt”) to all of Borrower’s and Guarantor’s indebtedness and obligations to Lender under the Business Finance Agreement (as defined herein) as provided in Section 2.2; and (ii) all of Creditor’s security interests, if any, in the property of Borrower and Guarantor securing the Subordinated Debt to all of Lender’s security interests in the property of Borrower or Guarantor securing the Senior Debt (as defined herein).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

 

1.     Creditor subordinates to Lender any security interest or lien that Creditor may have in any property of Borrower or Guarantor.  Notwithstanding the respective dates of attachment or perfection of the security interest of Creditor and the security interest of Lender, the security interest of Lender in the accounts, including health care receivables, chattel paper, general intangibles, inventory, equipment, instruments, including promissory notes, deposit accounts, investment property, documents, letter of credit rights, any commercial tort claim of Borrower or Guarantor which is now or hereafter identified by Borrower or Lender, and other property of the Borrower or Guarantor (the “Collateral”) shall at all times be prior to the security interest of Creditor.

 

2.     All Subordinated Debt is subordinated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement in right of payment to all obligations of Borrower or Guarantor to Lender under that certain Business Financing Agreement dated as of October 23, 2010 by and among Lender and Borrower (the “Business Finance Agreement”), now existing or hereafter arising, together with all costs of collecting such obligations (including attorneys’ fees), including, without limitation, all interest accruing after the commencement by or against Borrower or

 

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Guarantor of any bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding (the “Senior Debt”); provided, however, that in no event shall the principal amount of such Senior Debt exceed $1,000,000.

 

3.     Creditor will not demand or receive from Borrower (and Borrower will not pay to Creditor) all or any part of the Subordinated Debt, by way of payment, prepayment, setoff, lawsuit or otherwise, nor will Creditor exercise any remedy with respect to the Collateral, nor will Creditor accelerate the Subordinated Debt as against Borrower, or commence, or cause to commence, prosecute or participate in any administrative, legal or equitable action against Borrower, until such time as all the Senior Debt is fully paid in cash.  Nothing in the foregoing paragraph shall prohibit Creditor from (i) demanding or receiving from Guarantor all or any part of the Subordinated Debt, (ii) accelerating or otherwise enforcing the Subordinated Debt against Guarantor, otherwise enforcing any rights and remedies against Guarantor, (iii) converting all or any part of the Subordinated Debt into equity securities of Borrower or Guarantor, or (iv) receiving from Borrower payment of reasonable management fees to the extent permitted under the Business Finance Agreement if no Event of Default exists thereunder or would arise from any such payment.

 

4.     Creditor shall promptly deliver to Lender in the form received (except for endorsement or assignment by Creditor where required by Lender) for application to the Senior Debt any payment, distribution, security or proceeds received by Creditor with respect to the Subordinated Debt other than in accordance with this Agreement.

 

5.     In the event of Borrower’s insolvency, reorganization or any case or proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or laws relating to the relief of debtors (a “Proceeding”), these provisions shall remain in full force and effect, and Lender’s claims against Borrower and the estate of Borrower shall be paid in full before any payment is made to Creditor (other than distribution of debt or equity securities issued in a Proceeding in substitution of all or any portion of the Subordinated Debt, in each case that are subordinated to the Senior Debt on comparable terms).

 

6.     Until the Senior Debt is fully paid in cash, Creditor irrevocably appoints Lender as Creditor’s attorney-in-fact, and grants to Lender a power of attorney with full power of substitution, in the name of Creditor or in the name of Lender, for the use and benefit of Lender, without notice to Creditor, to perform at Lender’s option the following acts in any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding involving Borrower:  (i) to file the appropriate claim or claims in respect of the Subordinated Debt on behalf of Creditor if Creditor does not do so prior to 20 days before the expiration of the time to file claims in such proceeding and if Lender elects, in its sole discretion, to file such claim or claims; and (ii) to accept or reject any plan of reorganization or arrangement on behalf of Creditor and to otherwise vote Creditor’s claims in respect of any Subordinated Debt in any manner that Lender deems appropriate for the enforcement of its rights hereunder.

 

7.     Creditor shall immediately affix a legend to the Term Loan A Note and any other instruments evidencing the Subordinated Debt stating that the instruments are subject to the terms of this Agreement. No amendment of the documents evidencing or relating to the Subordinated Debt shall directly or indirectly modify the provisions of this Agreement in any manner which might terminate or impair the subordination of the Subordinated Debt or the subordination of the security interest or lien that Creditor may have in any property of

 

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Borrower or Guarantor. By way of example, such instruments shall not be amended to (i) increase the rate of interest with respect to the Subordinated Debt, or (ii) increase the principal amount or shorten the maturity date with respect to the Subordinated Debt, in each case as applied to Borrower and Guarantor.

 

8.     This Agreement shall remain effective for so long as Borrower or Guarantor owes any amounts of Senior Debt to Lender.  Lender and Borrower hereby agree that the maturity date of the Senior Debt and the Business Finance Agreement shall not be extended to a date later than three months prior to the maturity date (as of the date hereof) of the Subordinated Debt.  If at any time after payment in full of the Senior Debt, any payments of the Senior Debt must be disgorged by Lender for any reason (including, without limitation, the bankruptcy of Borrower or Guarantor), this Agreement and the relative rights and priorities set forth herein shall be reinstated as to all such disgorged payments as though such payments had not been made and Creditor shall immediately pay over to Lender all payments received with respect to the Subordinated Debt to the extent that such payments would have been prohibited hereunder. At any time and from time to time, without notice to Creditor, Lender may take such actions with respect to the Senior Debt as Lender, in its sole discretion, may deem appropriate, including, without limitation, terminating advances to Borrower, increasing the principal amount, extending the time of payment, increasing applicable interest rates, renewing, compromising or otherwise amending the terms of any documents affecting the Senior Debt and any collateral securing the Senior Debt, and enforcing or failing to enforce any rights against Borrower or Guarantor or any other person. No such action or inaction shall impair or otherwise affect Lender’s rights hereunder. Creditor waives the benefits, if any, of California Civil Code Sections 2809, 2810, 2819, 2845, 2847, 2848, 2849, 2850, 2899 and 3433.

 

9.     This Agreement shall bind any successors or assignees of Creditor and shall benefit any successors or assigns of Lender. This Agreement is solely for the benefit of Creditor and Lender and not for the benefit of Borrower or Guarantor or any other party.  Creditor further agrees that if Borrower is in the process of refinancing a portion of the Senior Debt with a new lender, and if Lender makes a request of Creditor, Creditor shall agree to enter into a new subordination agreement with the new lender on substantially the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

10.   This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

 

11.   This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles. Creditor and Lender submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Santa Clara County, California. CREDITOR AND LENDER WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN.  If the jury waiver set forth in this Section is not enforceable, then any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Subordination Agreement, or any of the transactions contemplated therein shall be settled by judicial reference pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 638 et seq. before a referee sitting without a jury, such referee to be mutually acceptable to the parties or, if no agreement is reached, by a referee appointed by the Presiding Judge of the California Superior Court for Santa Clara County.

 

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This Section shall not restrict a party from exercising remedies under the Code or from exercising pre-judgment remedies under applicable law.

 

12.   This Agreement represents the entire agreement with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior negotiations, agreements and commitments. Creditor is not relying on any representations by Lender or Borrower in entering into this Agreement, and Creditor has kept and will continue to keep itself fully apprised of the financial and other condition of Borrower. This Agreement may be amended only by written instrument signed by Creditor and Lender.

 

13.   In the event of any legal action to enforce the rights of a party under this Agreement, the party prevailing in such action shall be entitled, in addition to such other relief as may be granted, all reasonable costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred in such action.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

CREDITOR:

 

LENDER:

 

 

 

PRIVATE EQUITY MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC

 

BRIDGE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jim LeSieur

 

By:

/s/ Larry La Croix

Name:

Jim LeSieur

 

Name:

Larry La Croix

Title:

Chief Operating Officer

 

Title:

Senior Vice President

 

 

 

GVEC RESOURCE IV INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert A. Mosier

 

 

Name:

Robert A. Mosier

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

Address for Notices to Creditor:

 

Address for Notices to Lender:

 

 

 

Attn: Jim LeSieur

 

Attn: Karla Schrader

One Park Plaza, Suite 390

 

55 Almaden Blvd

Irvine, CA 92614

 

San Jose, CA 95113

Tel:

 

Tel: (408) 556-8633

Fax:

 

Fax: (408) 423-8514

 

 

The undersigned approve of the terms of this Agreement.

 

BORROWER:  CXR LARUS CORPORATION

 

By:

/s/ Larry Taillie

 

 

Name:

Larry Taillie

 

 

Title:

President

 

 

 

 

 

 

GUARANTOR: EMRISE CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Carmine Oliva

 

 

Name:

Carmine Oliva

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

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EX-10.4 5 a10-21415_1ex10d4.htm EX-10.4

Exhibit 10.4

 

This SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT, dated as of October 22, 2010 is between CHARLES S. BRAND (“Creditor”), and BRIDGE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, (“Lender”).

 

R E C I T A L S

 

A.    CXR LARUS CORPORATION (“Borrower”) has requested and/or obtained certain credit accommodations from Lender which are or may be from time to time secured by assets and property of Borrower.

 

B.    Creditor has extended loans or other credit accommodations to certain companies affiliated with the Borrower and has received in exchange, among other things, a lien on the assets of Borrower. The loan documents executed in connection with the extension of credit by the Creditor as aforesaid are collectively referred to as the “Creditor Loan Documents.”

 

C.    In order to induce Lender to extend credit to Borrower and, at any time or from time to time, at Lender’s option, to make such further loans, extensions of credit, or other accommodations to or for the account of Borrower, or to extend credit upon any instrument or writing in respect of which Borrower may be liable in any capacity, or to grant such renewals or extension of any such loan, extension of credit, or other accommodation as Lender may deem advisable, Creditor is willing to subordinate: (i) all of Borrower’s indebtedness and obligations to Creditor, whether presently existing or arising in the future (the “Subordinated Debt”) to all of Borrower’s indebtedness and obligations to Lender; and (ii) all of Creditor’s security interests, if any, to all of Lender’s security interests in the property of Borrower.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

 

1.     Creditor subordinates to Lender any security interest or lien that Creditor may have in any property of Borrower. Notwithstanding the respective dates of attachment or perfection of the security interest of Creditor and the security interest of Lender, the security interest of Lender in the accounts, including health care receivables, chattel paper, general intangibles, inventory, equipment, instruments, including promissory notes, deposit accounts, investment property, documents, letter of credit rights, any commercial tort claim of Borrower which is now or hereafter identified by Borrower or Lender, and other property of the Borrower (the “Collateral”) shall at all times be prior to the security interest of Creditor.

 

2.     All Subordinated Debt is subordinated in right of payment to all obligations of Borrower to Lender now existing or hereafter arising, together with all costs of collecting such obligations (including attorneys’ fees), including, without limitation, all interest accruing after the commencement by or against Borrower of any bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding (the “Senior Debt”).  Lender agrees that the Senior Debt, together with any other Senior Indebtedness as that term is defined in the Creditor Loan Documents, shall at no time exceed the aggregate amount of Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00) without the prior written approval of Creditor and in no event shall exceed Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00).

 

3.     Creditor will not demand or receive from Borrower (and Borrower will not pay to Creditor) all or any part of the Subordinated Debt, by way of payment, prepayment, setoff, lawsuit or otherwise, nor will Creditor exercise any remedy with respect to the Collateral, nor will Creditor accelerate the Subordinated Debt, or commence, or cause to commence, prosecute or participate in any administrative, legal or equitable action against Borrower, until such time as all the Senior Debt is fully paid in cash. Nothing in the foregoing paragraph shall prohibit Creditor from converting all or any part of the Subordinated Debt into equity securities of Borrower.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Creditor may accept and retain scheduled payments of principal and interest required to be paid on the Subordinated Debt so long as no payment default has occurred on the Senior Debt and so long as such payments are made by any party other than Borrower.

 

4.     Creditor shall promptly deliver to Lender in the form received (except for endorsement or assignment by Creditor where received by Lender) for application to the Senior Debt, any payment, distribution, security or proceeds received by Creditor from Borrower or through the sale of collateral pledged by Borrower on account of the Subordinated Debt, other than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The foregoing shall not, however, limit the Creditor’s right to receive payment from the affiliates of the Borrower or any other entity obligated to Creditor pursuant to the terms of the Subordinated Debt or through the sale of any collateral which is not pledged to Lender in connection with the Senior Debt.

 

5.     In the event of Borrower’s insolvency, reorganization or any case or proceeding under any bankruptcy or

 

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insolvency law or laws relating to the relief of debtors, these provisions shall remain in full force and effect, and Lender’s claims against Borrower and the estate of Borrower shall be paid in full before any payment is made to Creditor.

 

6.     Until the Senior Debt is fully paid, Creditor agrees to file all claims, proofs of claim or other instruments of similar character necessary to enforce the obligations of the Borrower in respect of the Subordinated Debt and will hold in trust for the Lender and promptly pay over to the Lender in the form received (except for the endorsement by the Creditor where necessary) for application to the then-existing Senior Debt any and all moneys, dividends, or other assets received from Borrower (or via liquidation of its assets) in any such proceedings on account of the Subordinated Debt, unless and until the Lender has been paid in full.  If Creditor shall fail to take such action, the Lender, as attorney-in-fact for the Creditor may take such action on Creditor’s behalf. The Creditor hereby irrevocably appoints Lender as Creditor’s attorney-in-fact.

 

7.     Lender is hereby authorized to file a UCC-3 financing statement amendment form subordinating the UCC-1 financing statement filed in favor of Creditor against Borrower in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.  No amendment of the documents evidencing or relating to the Subordinated Debt shall directly or indirectly modify the provisions of this Agreement in any manner which might terminate or impair the subordination of the Subordinated Debt or the subordination of the security interest or lien that Creditor may have in any property of Borrower.

 

8.     This Agreement shall remain effective for so long as Borrower owes any amounts to Lender. If, at any time after payment in full of the Senior Debt, any payments of the Senior Debt must be disgorged by Lender for any reason (including, without limitation, the bankruptcy of Borrower), this Agreement and the relative rights and priorities set forth herein shall be reinstated as to all such disgorged payments as though such payments had not been made and Creditor shall immediately pay over to Lender all payments received with respect to the Subordinated Debt to the extent that such payments would have been prohibited hereunder. At any time and from time to time, without notice to Creditor, Lender may take such actions with respect to the Senior Debt as Lender, in its sole discretion, may deem appropriate, including, without limitation, terminating advances to Borrower, increasing the principal amount, extending the time of payment, increasing applicable interest rates, renewing, compromising or otherwise amending the terms of any documents affecting the Senior Debt and any collateral securing the Senior Debt, and enforcing or failing to enforce any rights against Borrower or any other person. No such action or inaction shall impair or otherwise affect Lender’s rights hereunder. Creditor waives the benefits, if any, of California Civil Code Sections 2809, 2810, 2819, 2845, 2847, 2848, 2849, 2850, 2899 and 3433.

 

9.     This Agreement shall bind any successors or assignees of Creditor and shall benefit any successors or assigns of Lender. This Agreement is solely for the benefit of Creditor and Lender and not for the benefit of Borrower or any other party. Creditor further agrees that if Borrower is in the process of refinancing a portion of the Senior Debt with a new lender, and if Lender makes a request of Creditor, Creditor shall agree to enter into a new subordination agreement with the new lender on substantially the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

10.   This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

 

11.   This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles. Creditor and Lender submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Santa Clara County, California. CREDITOR AND LENDER WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN.  If the jury waiver set forth in this Section is not enforceable, then any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Subordination Agreement, or any of the transactions contemplated therein shall be settled by judicial reference pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 638 et seq. before a referee sitting without a jury, such referee to be mutually acceptable to the parties or, if no agreement is reached, by a referee appointed by the Presiding Judge of the California Superior Court for Santa Clara County.  This Section shall not restrict a party from exercising remedies under the Code or from exercising pre-judgment remedies under applicable law.

 

12.   This Agreement represents the entire agreement with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior negotiations, agreements and commitments. Creditor is not relying on any representations

 

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by Lender or Borrower in entering into this Agreement, and Creditor has kept and will continue to keep itself fully apprised of the financial and other condition of Borrower. This Agreement may be amended only by written instrument signed by Creditor and Lender.

 

13.   In the event of any legal action to enforce the rights of a party under this Agreement, the party prevailing in such action shall be entitled, in addition to such other relief as may be granted, all reasonable costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred in such action.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

CREDITOR:

 

LENDER:

 

 

 

 

 

BRIDGE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Charles S. Brand

 

By:

/s/ Larry La Croix

Charles S. Brand

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Larry La Croix

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President

 

 

 

Address for Notices:

 

Address for Notices:

 

 

Attn: Lee Shodiss

 

 

55 Almaden Blvd

 

 

San Jose, CA 95113

 

 

Tel: (408) 556-6502

 

 

Fax:(408) 423-8510

 

 

The undersigned approves of the terms of this Agreement.

 

BORROWER:

 

 

CXR LARUS CORPORATION

 

 

By:

/s/ Larry A. Taillie

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Larry A. Taillie

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

President

 

 

 

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EX-10.5 6 a10-21415_1ex10d5.htm EX-10.5

Exhibit 10.5

 

This SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT, dated as of October 22, 2010 is between THOMAS P.M. COUSE (“Creditor”), and BRIDGE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, (“Lender”).

 

R E C I T A L S

 

A.    CXR LARUS CORPORATION (“Borrower”) has requested and/or obtained certain credit accommodations from Lender which are or may be from time to time secured by assets and property of Borrower.

 

B.    Creditor has extended loans or other credit accommodations to certain companies affiliated with the Borrower and has received in exchange, among other things, a lien on the assets of Borrower. The loan documents executed in connection with the extension of credit by the Creditor as aforesaid are collectively referred to as the “Creditor Loan Documents.”

 

C.    In order to induce Lender to extend credit to Borrower and, at any time or from time to time, at Lender’s option, to make such further loans, extensions of credit, or other accommodations to or for the account of Borrower, or to extend credit upon any instrument or writing in respect of which Borrower may be liable in any capacity, or to grant such renewals or extension of any such loan, extension of credit, or other accommodation as Lender may deem advisable, Creditor is willing to subordinate: (i) all of Borrower’s indebtedness and obligations to Creditor, whether presently existing or arising in the future (the “Subordinated Debt”) to all of Borrower’s indebtedness and obligations to Lender; and (ii) all of Creditor’s security interests, if any, to all of Lender’s security interests in the property of Borrower.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

 

1.     Creditor subordinates to Lender any security interest or lien that Creditor may have in any property of Borrower. Notwithstanding the respective dates of attachment or perfection of the security interest of Creditor and the security interest of Lender, the security interest of Lender in the accounts, including health care receivables, chattel paper, general intangibles, inventory, equipment, instruments, including promissory notes, deposit accounts, investment property, documents, letter of credit rights, any commercial tort claim of Borrower which is now or hereafter identified by Borrower or Lender, and other property of the Borrower (the “Collateral”) shall at all times be prior to the security interest of Creditor.

 

2.     All Subordinated Debt is subordinated in right of payment to all obligations of Borrower to Lender now existing or hereafter arising, together with all costs of collecting such obligations (including attorneys’ fees), including, without limitation, all interest accruing after the commencement by or against Borrower of any bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding (the “Senior Debt”).  Lender agrees that the Senior Debt, together with any other Senior Indebtedness as that term is defined in the Creditor Loan Documents, shall at no time exceed the aggregate amount of Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00) without the prior written approval of Creditor and in no event shall exceed Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00).

 

3.     Creditor will not demand or receive from Borrower (and Borrower will not pay to Creditor) all or any part of the Subordinated Debt, by way of payment, prepayment, setoff, lawsuit or otherwise, nor will Creditor exercise any remedy with respect to the Collateral, nor will Creditor accelerate the Subordinated Debt, or commence, or cause to commence, prosecute or participate in any administrative, legal or equitable action against Borrower, until such time as all the Senior Debt is fully paid in cash. Nothing in the foregoing paragraph shall prohibit Creditor from converting all or any part of the Subordinated Debt into equity securities of Borrower.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Creditor may accept and retain scheduled payments of principal and interest required to be paid on the Subordinated Debt so long as no payment default has occurred on the Senior Debt and so long as such payments are made by any party other than Borrower.

 

4.     Creditor shall promptly deliver to Lender in the form received (except for endorsement or assignment by Creditor where received by Lender) for application to the Senior Debt, any payment, distribution, security or proceeds received by Creditor from Borrower or through the sale of collateral pledged by Borrower on account of the Subordinated Debt, other than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The foregoing shall not, however, limit the Creditor’s right to receive payment from the affiliates of the Borrower or any other entity obligated to Creditor pursuant to the terms of the Subordinated Debt or through the sale of any collateral which is not pledged to Lender in connection with the Senior Debt.

 

5.     In the event of Borrower’s insolvency, reorganization or any case or proceeding under any bankruptcy or

 

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insolvency law or laws relating to the relief of debtors, these provisions shall remain in full force and effect, and Lender’s claims against Borrower and the estate of Borrower shall be paid in full before any payment is made to Creditor.

 

6.     Until the Senior Debt is fully paid, Creditor agrees to file all claims, proofs of claim or other instruments of similar character necessary to enforce the obligations of the Borrower in respect of the Subordinated Debt and will hold in trust for the Lender and promptly pay over to the Lender in the form received (except for the endorsement by the Creditor where necessary) for application to the then-existing Senior Debt any and all moneys, dividends, or other assets received from Borrower (or via liquidation of its assets) in any such proceedings on account of the Subordinated Debt, unless and until the Lender has been paid in full.  If Creditor shall fail to take such action, the Lender, as attorney-in-fact for the Creditor may take such action on Creditor’s behalf. The Creditor hereby irrevocably appoints Lender as Creditor’s attorney-in-fact.

 

7.     Lender is hereby authorized to file a UCC-3 financing statement amendment form subordinating the UCC-1 financing statement filed in favor of Creditor against Borrower in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.  No amendment of the documents evidencing or relating to the Subordinated Debt shall directly or indirectly modify the provisions of this Agreement in any manner which might terminate or impair the subordination of the Subordinated Debt or the subordination of the security interest or lien that Creditor may have in any property of Borrower.

 

8.     This Agreement shall remain effective for so long as Borrower owes any amounts to Lender. If, at any time after payment in full of the Senior Debt, any payments of the Senior Debt must be disgorged by Lender for any reason (including, without limitation, the bankruptcy of Borrower), this Agreement and the relative rights and priorities set forth herein shall be reinstated as to all such disgorged payments as though such payments had not been made and Creditor shall immediately pay over to Lender all payments received with respect to the Subordinated Debt to the extent that such payments would have been prohibited hereunder. At any time and from time to time, without notice to Creditor, Lender may take such actions with respect to the Senior Debt as Lender, in its sole discretion, may deem appropriate, including, without limitation, terminating advances to Borrower, increasing the principal amount, extending the time of payment, increasing applicable interest rates, renewing, compromising or otherwise amending the terms of any documents affecting the Senior Debt and any collateral securing the Senior Debt, and enforcing or failing to enforce any rights against Borrower or any other person. No such action or inaction shall impair or otherwise affect Lender’s rights hereunder. Creditor waives the benefits, if any, of California Civil Code Sections 2809, 2810, 2819, 2845, 2847, 2848, 2849, 2850, 2899 and 3433.

 

9.     This Agreement shall bind any successors or assignees of Creditor and shall benefit any successors or assigns of Lender. This Agreement is solely for the benefit of Creditor and Lender and not for the benefit of Borrower or any other party. Creditor further agrees that if Borrower is in the process of refinancing a portion of the Senior Debt with a new lender, and if Lender makes a request of Creditor, Creditor shall agree to enter into a new subordination agreement with the new lender on substantially the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

10.   This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

 

11.   This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles. Creditor and Lender submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Santa Clara County, California. CREDITOR AND LENDER WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN.  If the jury waiver set forth in this Section is not enforceable, then any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Subordination Agreement, or any of the transactions contemplated therein shall be settled by judicial reference pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 638 et seq. before a referee sitting without a jury, such referee to be mutually acceptable to the parties or, if no agreement is reached, by a referee appointed by the Presiding Judge of the California Superior Court for Santa Clara County.  This Section shall not restrict a party from exercising remedies under the Code or from exercising pre-judgment remedies under applicable law.

 

12.   This Agreement represents the entire agreement with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior negotiations, agreements and commitments. Creditor is not relying on any representations

 

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by Lender or Borrower in entering into this Agreement, and Creditor has kept and will continue to keep itself fully apprised of the financial and other condition of Borrower. This Agreement may be amended only by written instrument signed by Creditor and Lender.

 

13.   In the event of any legal action to enforce the rights of a party under this Agreement, the party prevailing in such action shall be entitled, in addition to such other relief as may be granted, all reasonable costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred in such action.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

CREDITOR:

 

LENDER:

 

 

 

 

 

BRIDGE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Thomas P.M. Couse

 

By:

/s/ Larry La Croix

THOMAS P.M. COUSE

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Larry La Croix

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President

 

 

 

Address for Notices:

 

Address for Notices:

 

 

Attn: Lee Shodiss

 

 

55 Almaden Blvd

 

 

San Jose, CA 95113

 

 

Tel: (408) 556-6502

 

 

Fax:(408) 423-8510

 

The undersigned approves of the terms of this Agreement.

 

BORROWER:

 

 

CXR LARUS CORPORATION

 

 

By:

/s/ Larry A. Taillie

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Larry A. Taillie

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

President

 

 

 

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EX-10.6 7 a10-21415_1ex10d6.htm EX-10.6

Exhibit 10.6

 

This SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT, dated as of October 22, 2010 is between JOANNE COUSE (“Creditor”), and BRIDGE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, (“Lender”).

 

R E C I T A L S

 

A.    CXR LARUS CORPORATION (“Borrower”) has requested and/or obtained certain credit accommodations from Lender which are or may be from time to time secured by assets and property of Borrower.

 

B.    Creditor has extended loans or other credit accommodations to certain companies affiliated with the Borrower and has received in exchange, among other things, a lien on the assets of Borrower. The loan documents executed in connection with the extension of credit by the Creditor as aforesaid are collectively referred to as the “Creditor Loan Documents.”

 

C.    In order to induce Lender to extend credit to Borrower and, at any time or from time to time, at Lender’s option, to make such further loans, extensions of credit, or other accommodations to or for the account of Borrower, or to extend credit upon any instrument or writing in respect of which Borrower may be liable in any capacity, or to grant such renewals or extension of any such loan, extension of credit, or other accommodation as Lender may deem advisable, Creditor is willing to subordinate: (i) all of Borrower’s indebtedness and obligations to Creditor, whether presently existing or arising in the future (the “Subordinated Debt”) to all of Borrower’s indebtedness and obligations to Lender; and (ii) all of Creditor’s security interests, if any, to all of Lender’s security interests in the property of Borrower.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS:

 

1.     Creditor subordinates to Lender any security interest or lien that Creditor may have in any property of Borrower. Notwithstanding the respective dates of attachment or perfection of the security interest of Creditor and the security interest of Lender, the security interest of Lender in the accounts, including health care receivables, chattel paper, general intangibles, inventory, equipment, instruments, including promissory notes, deposit accounts, investment property, documents, letter of credit rights, any commercial tort claim of Borrower which is now or hereafter identified by Borrower or Lender, and other property of the Borrower (the “Collateral”) shall at all times be prior to the security interest of Creditor.

 

2.     All Subordinated Debt is subordinated in right of payment to all obligations of Borrower to Lender now existing or hereafter arising, together with all costs of collecting such obligations (including attorneys’ fees), including, without limitation, all interest accruing after the commencement by or against Borrower of any bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding (the “Senior Debt”).  Lender agrees that the Senior Debt, together with any other Senior Indebtedness as that term is defined in the Creditor Loan Documents, shall at no time exceed the aggregate amount of Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00) without the prior written approval of Creditor and in no event shall exceed Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00).

 

3.     Creditor will not demand or receive from Borrower (and Borrower will not pay to Creditor) all or any part of the Subordinated Debt, by way of payment, prepayment, setoff, lawsuit or otherwise, nor will Creditor exercise any remedy with respect to the Collateral, nor will Creditor accelerate the Subordinated Debt, or commence, or cause to commence, prosecute or participate in any administrative, legal or equitable action against Borrower, until such time as all the Senior Debt is fully paid in cash. Nothing in the foregoing paragraph shall prohibit Creditor from converting all or any part of the Subordinated Debt into equity securities of Borrower.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Creditor may accept and retain scheduled payments of principal and interest required to be paid on the Subordinated Debt so long as no payment default has occurred on the Senior Debt and so long as such payments are made by any party other than Borrower.

 

4.     Creditor shall promptly deliver to Lender in the form received (except for endorsement or assignment by Creditor where received by Lender) for application to the Senior Debt, any payment, distribution, security or proceeds received by Creditor from Borrower or through the sale of collateral pledged by Borrower on account of the Subordinated Debt, other than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The foregoing shall not, however, limit the Creditor’s right to receive payment from the affiliates of the Borrower or any other entity obligated to Creditor pursuant to the terms of the Subordinated Debt or through the sale of any collateral which is not pledged to Lender in connection with the Senior Debt.

 

5.     In the event of Borrower’s insolvency, reorganization or any case or proceeding under any bankruptcy or

 

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insolvency law or laws relating to the relief of debtors, these provisions shall remain in full force and effect, and Lender’s claims against Borrower and the estate of Borrower shall be paid in full before any payment is made to Creditor.

 

6.     Until the Senior Debt is fully paid, Creditor agrees to file all claims, proofs of claim or other instruments of similar character necessary to enforce the obligations of the Borrower in respect of the Subordinated Debt and will hold in trust for the Lender and promptly pay over to the Lender in the form received (except for the endorsement by the Creditor where necessary) for application to the then-existing Senior Debt any and all moneys, dividends, or other assets received from Borrower (or via liquidation of its assets) in any such proceedings on account of the Subordinated Debt, unless and until the Lender has been paid in full.  If Creditor shall fail to take such action, the Lender, as attorney-in-fact for the Creditor may take such action on Creditor’s behalf. The Creditor hereby irrevocably appoints Lender as Creditor’s attorney-in-fact.

 

7.     Lender is hereby authorized to file a UCC-3 financing statement amendment form subordinating the UCC-1 financing statement filed in favor of Creditor against Borrower in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.  No amendment of the documents evidencing or relating to the Subordinated Debt shall directly or indirectly modify the provisions of this Agreement in any manner which might terminate or impair the subordination of the Subordinated Debt or the subordination of the security interest or lien that Creditor may have in any property of Borrower.

 

8.     This Agreement shall remain effective for so long as Borrower owes any amounts to Lender. If, at any time after payment in full of the Senior Debt, any payments of the Senior Debt must be disgorged by Lender for any reason (including, without limitation, the bankruptcy of Borrower), this Agreement and the relative rights and priorities set forth herein shall be reinstated as to all such disgorged payments as though such payments had not been made and Creditor shall immediately pay over to Lender all payments received with respect to the Subordinated Debt to the extent that such payments would have been prohibited hereunder. At any time and from time to time, without notice to Creditor, Lender may take such actions with respect to the Senior Debt as Lender, in its sole discretion, may deem appropriate, including, without limitation, terminating advances to Borrower, increasing the principal amount, extending the time of payment, increasing applicable interest rates, renewing, compromising or otherwise amending the terms of any documents affecting the Senior Debt and any collateral securing the Senior Debt, and enforcing or failing to enforce any rights against Borrower or any other person. No such action or inaction shall impair or otherwise affect Lender’s rights hereunder. Creditor waives the benefits, if any, of California Civil Code Sections 2809, 2810, 2819, 2845, 2847, 2848, 2849, 2850, 2899 and 3433.

 

9.     This Agreement shall bind any successors or assignees of Creditor and shall benefit any successors or assigns of Lender. This Agreement is solely for the benefit of Creditor and Lender and not for the benefit of Borrower or any other party. Creditor further agrees that if Borrower is in the process of refinancing a portion of the Senior Debt with a new lender, and if Lender makes a request of Creditor, Creditor shall agree to enter into a new subordination agreement with the new lender on substantially the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

10.   This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

 

11.   This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles. Creditor and Lender submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Santa Clara County, California. CREDITOR AND LENDER WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN.  If the jury waiver set forth in this Section is not enforceable, then any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Subordination Agreement, or any of the transactions contemplated therein shall be settled by judicial reference pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 638 et seq. before a referee sitting without a jury, such referee to be mutually acceptable to the parties or, if no agreement is reached, by a referee appointed by the Presiding Judge of the California Superior Court for Santa Clara County.  This Section shall not restrict a party from exercising remedies under the Code or from exercising pre-judgment remedies under applicable law.

 

12.   This Agreement represents the entire agreement with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior negotiations, agreements and commitments. Creditor is not relying on any representations

 

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by Lender or Borrower in entering into this Agreement, and Creditor has kept and will continue to keep itself fully apprised of the financial and other condition of Borrower. This Agreement may be amended only by written instrument signed by Creditor and Lender.

 

13.   In the event of any legal action to enforce the rights of a party under this Agreement, the party prevailing in such action shall be entitled, in addition to such other relief as may be granted, all reasonable costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred in such action.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

CREDITOR:

 

LENDER:

 

 

 

 

 

BRIDGE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Joanne Couse

 

By:

/s/ Larry La Croix

JOANNE COUSE

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Larry La Croix

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President

 

 

 

Address for Notices:

 

Address for Notices:

 

 

Attn: Lee Shodiss

 

 

55 Almaden Blvd

 

 

San Jose, CA 95113

 

 

Tel: (408) 556-6502

 

 

Fax:(408) 423-8510

 

 

The undersigned approves of the terms of this Agreement.

 

BORROWER:

 

 

CXR LARUS CORPORATION

 

 

By:

/s/ Larry A. Taillie

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Larry A. Taillie

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

President

 

 

 

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EX-99.1 8 a10-21415_1ex99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

EMRISE

NEWS

 

CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

2530 Meridian Parkway

 

 

Durham, NC 27713

 

 

(408) 200-3040 · (408) 550-8340

 

 

www.emrise.com

 

 

 

CONTACT:

 

Allen & Caron Inc

Brandi Festa

 

Rene Caron (investors) Len Hall (media)

Director Finance and Administration

 

(949) 474-4300

(408) 573-2705

 

rene@allencaron.com

bfesta@emrise.com

 

len@allencaron.com

 

EMRISE MEETS GOAL OF THREE NEW FUNDING SOURCES TO SUPPORT GROWTH
WITH NEW FINANCING ARRANGEMENT FOR U.S. SUBSIDIARY

 

DURHAM, NC — November 16, 2010 — EMRISE CORPORATION (NYSE Arca: ERI), a multi-national manufacturer of defense, aerospace and industrial electronic devices and communications equipment, today announced that it has met its goal of establishing new funding sources to support the growth of its subsidiaries in the U.K., France and the U.S. with the signing of a new agreement for up to $800,000 in receivables financing in the U.S. to support the growth of the Company’s U.S. subsidiary.  This is the third new funding arrangement announced by the Company in the last two months.

 

The new accounts receivable backed financing arrangement allows for advances on trade accounts receivables at a rate of 80 percent at an interest rate of the prime rate plus 3.25 percent on outstanding balances and was secured from Bridge Bank in San Jose, CA, a bank dedicated to meeting the financial needs of small to middle-market businesses in the Silicon Valley and elsewhere.

 

EMRISE Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Carmine T. Oliva said with the addition of the Bridge Bank financing arrangement in the U.S., the total of the Company’s new funding sources is now approximately $6.6 million.  In mid-September of this year, an agreement for £2.75 million (approximately $4 million) of credit was secured from Lloyds TBS Commercial Financing to help fund the growth of EMRISE’s U.K. subsidiaries and, later in September, a financing arrangement for €1.35 million (approximately $1.8 million) was secured from Factocic SA, a subsidiary of CIC Group in France, to support the growth of the Company’s French subsidiary.

 

With the approximately $6.6 million of new funding arrangements now in place, EMRISE has been successful in securing new, lower cost sources of funding nearing the same amount that was available to the Company prior to the sale of its Advanced Control Components, Inc., (ACC) subsidiary on August 31st of this year.  The substantially lower interest rates associated with all three of these new sources of funding have resulted in a significant overall reduction in the Company’s borrowing costs from the levels of the last few years.

 

“With these new funding sources, a much improved cash position and significantly lower interest and operating costs, we are aggressively pursuing our goals of increasing revenues and profitability and enhancing stockholder value,” Oliva added.

 

“Because of the significant improvements in our balance sheet and liquidity that resulted from closing the sale of ACC and the immediate pay down of all but $3.8 million of the $16 million debt EMRISE owed to

 



 

its then principal lender and the former shareholders of ACC, the Company has been able to secure these new sources of funding,” Oliva said.

 

About EMRISE Corporation

EMRISE designs, manufactures and markets electronic devices, sub-systems and equipment for aerospace, defense, industrial and communications markets.  EMRISE products perform key functions such as power supply and power conversion; radio frequency (RF) and microwave signal processing; and network access and timing and synchronization of communications networks.  The use of its network products in network timing and synchronization in edge networks is a primary growth driver for the Company’s Communications Equipment business segment.  The use of its power supplies, RF and microwave signal processing devices and subsystems in on-board in-flight entertainment and communications systems is a primary growth driver for the Company’s Electronic Devices business segment. EMRISE serves the worldwide base of customers it has built in North America, Europe and Asia through its operations in the United States, England and France.  For more information, go to www.emrise.com.

 

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

With the exception of historical information, certain matters discussed in this press release are forward looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, including but not limited to the ability of new funding arrangements to support the growth of the Company and the Company’s ability to increase revenues and profitability and enhance stockholder value.  The actual future results of EMRISE could differ from those statements.  The Company refers you to those factors contained in the “Risk Factors” Section of EMRISE’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, as amended, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2010, its Current Reports on Form 8-K filed in recent months, and other EMRISE filings with the SEC.

 

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