SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-QSB
[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 1997
OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM ______ TO _______
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 0-28490
GUARDIAN INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Formerly Everest Security Systems Corporation, formerly Everest
Funding Corporation, formerly Burningham Enterprises, Inc.)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
NEVADA 58-1799634
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
3880 N. 28 TERRACE (954) 926-5200
HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA 33020 (The Company's telephone number,
(Address of principal offices) including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was
required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.
YES [X] NO [ ]
As of August 14, 1997, there are 6,503,802 shares of Class A Voting Common
Stock and 484,035 shares of Class B Nonvoting Common Stock of the issuer
outstanding.
TRANSITIONAL SMALL BUSINESS DISCLOSURE FORMAT
YES [ ] NO [X]
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GUARDIAN INTERNATIONAL, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
JUNE 30, 1997 AND DECEMBER 31, 1996
JUNE 30, DECEMBER 31,
1997 1996
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(UNAUDITED) *
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Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 381,145 $ 1,037,861
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful
accounts of $163,560 at June 30, 1997 and $166,315
at December 31, 1996 706,064 569,180
Other 73,459 20,736
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Total current assets 1,160,668 1,627,777
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Property and equipment, net 672,145 484,859
Customer accounts, net 7,801,288 5,124,449
Intangible assets, net 1,824,088 1,718,377
Deposits and other assets
118,641 26,517
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Total assets $ 11,576,830 $ 8,981,979
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Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 707,935 $ 578,592
Unearned revenue 251,869 123,961
Current portion of long term obligations 161,606 84,004
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Total current liabilities 1,121,410 786,557
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Long term obligations, less current portion 7,662,176 5,079,832
Shareholders' equity:
Class A voting common stock, $.001 par value,
100,000,000 Shares authorized, 6,503,802 and
6,453,802 Shares issued and outstanding
at June 30, 1997 and December 31, 1996,
respectively 6,504 6,454
Class B non voting common
stock, $.001 par value, 484,035 Shares
authorized, 484,035 issued and outstanding at
June 30, 1997 and December 31, 1996 484 484
Additional paid-in capital 4,745,714 4,777,772
Accumulated deficit (1,953,020) (1,467,762)
Treasury stock (6,438) --
Notes receivable from sale of stock -- (201,358)
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2,793,244 3,115,590
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Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity $ 11,576,830 $ 8,981,979
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*Excerpted from audited Financial Statements filed with the Company's Form
10-KSB for the period ended December 31, 1996.
The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral part
of these statements.
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GUARDIAN INTERNATIONAL, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1997 AND 1996
(UNAUDITED)
FOR THE THREE MONTHS FOR THE SIX MONTHS
ENDED JUNE 30, ENDED JUNE 30,
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1997 1996 1997 1996
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Revenues:
Monitoring $1,006,509 $ 639,297 $1,819,355 $1,213,646
Installation and service 325,672 84,646 735,313 176,594
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Total revenue 1,332,181 723,943 2,554,668 1,390,240
Operating expenses:
Monitoring 201,870 144,163 353,429 257,977
Installation and service 481,475 105,480 884,973 173,230
General and administrative 385,659 195,162 786,013 377,166
Amortization of customer contracts 224,011 80,847 417,827 249,933
Depreciation and amortization 79,199 57,109 157,564 81,022
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Total operating expenses 1,372,214 582,761 2,599,806 1,139,328
Income (loss) from operations (40,033) 141,182 (45,138) 250,912
Interest expense 243,181 137,231 440,120 248,420
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Net income (loss) $ (283,214) $ 3,951 $ (485,258) $ 2,492
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Income (Loss) per share $ (0.04) $ 0.00 $ (0.08) $ 0.00
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Average number of shares outstanding 6,557,691 2,126,902 6,455,746 2,077,796
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The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral part
of these statements.
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GUARDIAN INTERNATIONAL, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1997 AND 1996
(UNAUDITED)
1997 1996
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Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss $ (485,258) $ 2,492
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash
provided by (used in)
Operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 157,564 81,022
Amortization of customer accounts 417,827 249,933
Amortization of deferred financing costs 70,460 -
Provision for doubtful accounts 62,870 8,494
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable (199,754) (196,165)
Intangibles and other assets (175,710) 43,962
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 16,693 94,327
Unearned revenue 127,908 45,230
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Net cash (used in) provided by
operating activities (7,400) 329,295
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Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of fixed assets (80,989) (172,138)
Acquisition of customer accounts (3,055,666) (2,688,479)
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Net cash used in investing activities (3,136,655) (2,860,617)
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Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments of long term obligations (1,351,372) (943,345)
Proceeds from line of credit 3,845,149 3,488,570
Purchase of treasury stock (6,438) -
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Net cash provided by financing activities 2,487,339 2,545,225
Net change in cash and cash equivalents (656,716) 13,903
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period 1,037,861 14,263
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $ 381,145 $ 28,166
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Noncash investing and financing activities:
Financed acquisition of property and equipment 166,168 31,939
Recognition of Class B common stock to be issued 130,500 -
Accrue commitment fee to senior lender 112,500 -
Issuance of common stock to purchase
customer contracts 39,000 -
Write-off of note receivable from sale of stock 201,358 -
Supplemental disclosures:
Interest paid $ 364,770 $ 248,420
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Income taxes paid $ - $ -
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The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral part
of these statements.
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GUARDIAN INTERNATIONAL, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The accounting policies followed by the Company are described in Guardian
International, Inc.'s (the "Company's") Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1996.
In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated
financial statements contain adjustments (consisting only of normal and
recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the Company's consolidated
balance sheets as of June 30, 1997 and December 31, 1996, the consolidated
statements of operations for the three and six month periods ended June 30,
1997 and 1996, and the consolidated statements of cash flows for the six
month periods ended June 30, 1997 and 1996.
The results of operations for the three and six month periods ended June 30,
1997 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the
full year.
2. ACQUISITIONS
On August 28, 1996, Everest Security Systems Corporation ("Everest") acquired
all of the outstanding common stock of Guardian International, Inc.
("Guardian"), a non public company, by issuing to Guardian's shareholders
3,226,902 authorized but unissued shares of Everest, representing 50% of
Everest at August 28, 1996. In addition, the merger agreement required that
$1,750,000 be paid to the principal shareholder of Guardian as consideration
for consummating the transaction as a return of capital (including repayment
of remaining shareholder loans of $82,162 at the merger date). The
transaction has been accounted for under the purchase method of accounting as
a reverse acquisition with Guardian being deemed the acquirer. The name of
the surviving entity was changed from Everest to Guardian. The consolidated
balance sheets at June 30, 1997 and December 31, 1996, the consolidated
statements of operations for the three and six month periods ended June 30,
1997, and the consolidated statement of cash flows for the six month periods
ended June 30, 1997 include the accounts and activity of the surviving entity
and its wholly-owned subsidiary (Specialty Device Installers, Inc.). The
consolidated statements of operations for the three and six month periods
ended June 30, 1996, and the consolidated statement of cash flows for the six
month period ended June 30, 1996 include the accounts and activity strictly
of Guardian.
In addition, pursuant to the merger, the Company issued 484,035 shares of
Class B non voting common stock to the Company's senior lender, Heller
Financial, Inc. ("Heller") or ("the Senior Lender") for cancellation of their
existing Capital Appreciation Rights, as defined in the loan agreement. Also,
in accordance with the terms of an agreement, Heller is entitled to receive
an additional 150,000 shares of Class B non voting common stock. It was not
determined until the quarter ended June 30, 1997 whether the additional
150,000 Class B shares would be transferred by the former Guardian
shareholders from their personal shares, or whether such shares would be
issued by the Company. Initial discussions indicated the former shareholders
would transfer personal shares to fulfill this obligation. During the quarter
ended June 30, 1997 it was decided the Company will issue the shares. The
shares will be valued at $0.87 per share, capitalized as a cost of the
acquisition of Everest and amortized over the remaining life of the debt
expiring in May 1999 (see Note 4). The Company
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has accrued for the deferred cost of $130,500 (150,000 shares at $0.87 per
share), recorded an increase in paid in capital of $130,350 to recognize the
shares to be issued, and recorded $150 in accrued expense to recognize the
par value of the shares to be issued - such amount will be reclassified to
Class B common stock upon issuance of the shares, which is expected to occur
during the third quarter of fiscal 1997.
In May 1997 the Company completed the acquisition of the customer contracts
as well as certain other assets of Alarm Control, Inc. ("Alarm Control" or
"the Seller"). A total of approximately two thousand two hundred (2,200)
customer contracts were acquired, which is expected to increase monthly
revenue by over $60,000 per month. The purchase price consisted of $2.2
million in cash, 50,000 shares of common stock, and an option to the Seller
to purchase 100,000 additional shares of common stock at $2.50 per share (the
market price of the Company's stock on the date of the transaction was $.78)
3. WRITE-OFF OF NOTES RECEIVABLE FROM SALE OF STOCK
During the time period between fiscal 1995 and the eight month period ended
August 31, 1996, and prior to its merger with Guardian International, Inc.,
Everest Security Systems Corporation issued, among other issuances of common
stock, 485,000 shares of Common Stock at $2.00 per share. The issuance was
exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 504 of Regulation D promulgated
under the Securities Act. These shares were issued in a private placement to
accredited investors. As consideration for 285,000 of the shares issued
pursuant to such offering, Everest received notes with original balances
totaling $570,000. As of the date of the merger of Guardian and Everest, the
balances outstanding on the notes was $201,358, which was recorded by
Guardian. After exhaustive collection efforts by the Company subsequent to
the merger, no further monies have been received, nor are any additional
collections anticipated. In light of the above factors, during the quarter
ended June 30, 1997 the Company wrote off the $201,358 as a direct reduction
to equity (paid in capital).
4. RENEWED CREDIT FACILITY
In May 1997 the Company refinanced its existing credit facility (the
"Renewed Credit Facility") with Heller. Under the Renewed Credit Facility,
the maximum credit facility available to the Company was increased from $7
million available under the existing agreement to $15 million, and will be
further increased to $20 million at such time as the Company achieves a
Tangible Net Worth (as defined under the terms of the New Credit Facility)
of $5 million, provided that there have been no defaults under the Renewed
Credit Facility. There can be no assurances that the Company will achieve a
Tangible Net Worth (as defined) of $5 million. Interest under the Renewed
Credit Facility is based on the 90 day LIBOR plus an additional percentage
varying from 4% to 5%, depending on the Company's outstanding borrowings and
Tangible Net Worth (as defined). The Renewed Credit Facility expires in May
1999, and shall automatically renew from year to year thereafter unless
terminated. The loan is collateralized by the Company's assets.
Additionally, guarantees limited to potential losses, damages, costs and
expenses incurred by Heller regarding certain Company representations have
been provided by Harold and Sheilah Ginsburg, both of whom are directors,
officers, and principal shareholders of the Company.
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Availability under the Renewed Credit Facility is subject to certain
"Borrowing Base" limitations (as such term is defined). The Renewed Credit
Facility includes customary covenants, including, but not limited to,
restrictions related to the incurring of other debt (see Note 6), the
encumbrance or sale of the Company's assets, and the payment of dividends or
making of other distributions to the Company's shareholders, and other
financial performance covenants. (See Amended and Restated Loan and Security
Agreement attached as Exhibit 10(b)).
5. LOSS PER SHARE
Primary loss per share is computed for the three and six month periods ended
June 30, 1997 and 1996 by dividing net loss by the total of the weighted
average number of shares outstanding. Common stock equivalents have not been
considered in calculating loss per share because their effect would be
anti-dilutive.
6. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On July 15, 1997, the Company executed an Agreement and Plan of Merger with
SPS Holdings, Inc. ("SPS") which provides for the merger of SPS with and into
a wholly-owned subsidiary of Guardian; thus, after the merger, SPS will
operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The shareholders of SPS
will receive, in the aggregate, approximately 6 million shares of Class A
Common Stock of the Company as consideration for the merger, which shares
will constitute approximately 46% of the shares of Class A Common Stock of
the Company outstanding after the consummation of the merger. The SPS
shareholders will also receive registration rights in connection with the
merger. In connection with the merger, the majority shareholders of the
Company, the Ginsburgs, will enter into a shareholders agreement with the SPS
shareholders regarding the composition of the Company's Board of Directors,
and the retention of Richard Ginsburg as President and CEO, after
consummation of the merger. The consummation of the merger is subject to and
conditioned upon, among other things, certain consents and approvals,
including the consent of Heller pursuant to the terms of the Renewed Credit
Facility. Closing of the merger transaction is expected to occur before the
end of August 1997.
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GUARDIAN INTERNATIONAL, INC.
ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. In connection with the safe harbor provisions of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Reform Act"), the Company
is hereby providing cautionary statements identifying important factors that
could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those
projected in forward-looking statements (as such term is defined in the Reform
Act) made by or on behalf of the Company herein or orally, whether in
presentations, in response to questions or otherwise. Any statements that
express, or involve discussions as to, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives,
assumptions or future events or performance (often, but not always, identified
through the use of words or phrases such as the Company or management
"believes," "expects," "anticipates," "hopes," words or phrases such as "will
result," "are expected to," "will continue," "is anticipated," "estimated,"
"projection" and "outlook," and words of similar import) are not historical
facts and may be forward-looking. Such forward-looking statements involve
estimates, assumptions, and uncertainties, and, accordingly, actual results
could differ materially from the those expressed in the forward-looking
statements. Such uncertainties include, among others, the following: (i) the
ability of the Company to add additional customer accounts to its account base
through acquisitions from third parties, to generate new accounts internally,
and to form strategic alliances; (ii) the level of subscriber attrition, (iii)
the availability of capital to the Company relative to certain larger companies
in the security alarm industry which have significantly greater capital and
resources, and (iv) increased false alarm fines and/or the possibility of
reduced public response to alarm signals and (v) other risk factors described in
the Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC") from time to time.
The Company cautions that the factors described above could cause actual
results or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in any
forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company. Any
forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is
made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking
statement or statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date on
which such statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated
events. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for
management to predict all of such factors. Further, management cannot assess the
impact of each such factor on the business or the extent to which any factor, or
combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those
contained in any forward-looking statements.
OVERVIEW
The majority of the Company's revenues is derived from recurring payments
for the monitoring of security systems, pursuant to contracts with initial terms
typically ranging from one to five years. The remainder of the Company's
revenues is derived from the sale and installation of security systems and
servicing of such installed systems. Monitoring and service revenues are
recognized as the service is provided. Installation revenue is recognized when
the required work is completed. All direct installation costs, which include
equipment, labor and installation overhead, and selling and marketing costs, are
generally expensed in the period when incurred. In cases where the Company
maintains ownership of the equipment, however, the costs of such equipment is
capitalized to property and equipment and amortized over seven years.
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Alarm monitoring revenues generate significant gross margins, whereby
installation and service activity may result in direct costs exceeding revenues.
Management believes, however, that such installation and service activity is
necessary for the generation and retention of alarm monitoring subscribers.
All direct external costs associated with purchases of subscriber accounts
(primarily through the Independent Alarm Acquisition Program and Dealer Program
described in the Company's Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1996) are capitalized and amortized over 10 years on a straight-line basis. In
contrast, the Company's costs related to the sales, marketing and installation
of new alarm monitoring systems generated by the Company's internal sales force
are generally expensed in the period in which incurred. In cases where the
Company maintains ownership of the equipment, however, the costs of such
equipment are capitalized to property and equipment and amortized over seven
years. To date, the Company has not had a large internal sales force, and the
number of subscriber accounts generated internally during the three and six
month periods ended June 30, 1997 and 1996 was not material. In the future, if
the Company expands its internal sales operations, as anticipated, the
accounting treatment for such internally generated revenues would result in
higher operating expenses in the period such revenues are generated, but lower
amortization expenses as a percentage of revenues.
The Company loses customers from time to time for various reasons,
including, primarily, the following: (i) the customer moves; (ii) a business or
commercial account closes or goes out of business; (iii) a customer is
dissatisfied with the Company's level of service; (iv) a building or home is
destroyed; or (v) the customer can no longer afford to pay for service.
Subscriber attrition has a direct impact on the Company's results of operations,
since it affects both the Company's revenues and its amortization expense.
Attrition can be measured in terms of canceled subscriber accounts and the
resulting decreased monitoring revenue. Net attrition for a given period of time
is defined as the number of accounts disconnecting service during the period in
question, net of any replacement of such subscriber by means of Dealer or
independent company replacement during the guarantee period, or by other account
replacement methods employed by the Company; these methods might include, for
example, the solicitation of monitoring contracts from new occupants (where
attrition is attributable to customer relocation). Net subscriber attrition of
the Company's own customers during the three and six month periods ended June
30, 1997 and 1996 was less than 10%.
The Company has developed an in-house system for identifying and
decreasing account attrition, which consists of the following: (1) the
identification of possible lost accounts via a daily test; (2) false alarm
tracking; (3) early account delinquent procedures; (4) quality customer service;
(5) control lockout; (6) early identification of new tenants/residences in homes
with alarms installed by the Company; and (7) aggressive problem solving by
management. The No-Tolerance Attrition Policy procedures identify possible
account attrition at various stages and attempt to prevent lost accounts or
replace lost accounts by quick and efficient intervention.
Amounts paid to independent alarm companies and Dealers are capitalized
and amortized over ten years. If a customer signed on by an independent alarm
company or Dealer is lost and not replaced, the unamortized contract amount is
written off. Such write offs are included in amortization of customer contracts
in the accompanying Statements of Operations.
MRR represents the monthly recurring revenue the Company is entitled to
receive under subscriber contracts in effect at the end of the period. Included
in MRR and the number of subscribers are amounts associated with subscribers
with past due balances. The Company maintains the policy and practice of taking
every economically feasible action to preserve the revenue stream associated
with these contractual obligations. To this end, the Company actively works both
towards the collection of amounts owed and the
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retention of subscribers. In certain instances, this collection and evaluation
period may exceed six months in length. When, in the judgment of the Company's
collection personnel, all reasonable efforts have been made to collect balances
due and certain legal steps are taken to ensure proper cancellation of the
relevant monitoring contract, nonpaying subscribers are disconnected from the
Company's monitoring center and are included in the calculation of net
subscriber and MRR attrition.
Specialty Device Installers, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Company ("SDI"), provides installation services to third party security alarm
companies, many of which are competitors of the Company. During the first
quarter of fiscal year 1997, the Company significantly downsized SDI, as a
result of SDI's poor operating performance and because the Company intends to
focus on its core business of alarm installation, monitoring, and related
services for its own customers.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
As discussed in Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, the
Company is the surviving corporation of a merger of Guardian with the Company's
predecessor, Everest, which was consummated on August 28, 1996. The transaction
was a reverse acquisition for accounting purposes, with Guardian deemed to be
the acquirer. The consolidated balance sheets at June 30, 1997 and December 31,
1996, the consolidated statements of operations for the three and six month
periods ended June 30, 1997, and the consolidated statement of cash flows for
the six month period ended June 30, 1997 include the accounts and activity of
the surviving entity and its wholly owned subsidiary, SDI. The consolidated
statements of operations for the three and six month periods ended June 30,
1996, and the consolidated statement of cash flows for the six month period
ended June 30, 1996 include the accounts and activity strictly of Guardian.
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The following table sets forth certain operating data as a percentage of total
revenues for the periods indicated.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL REVENUES
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FOR THE THREE MONTH FOR THE SIX MONTH
PERIODS ENDED PERIODS ENDED
JUNE 30, JUNE 30,
1997 1996 1997 1996
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(UNAUDITED) (UNAUDITED)
Revenues:
Monitoring 75.6% 88.3% 71.2% 87.3%
Installation and service 24.4 11.7 28.8 12.7
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Total revenues 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Operating expenses:
Monitoring 15.2 19.9 13.8 18.6
Installation and service 36.2 14.6 34.6 12.5
General and administrative 28.9 27.0 30.8 27.1
Amortization of customer
contracts 16.8 11.1 16.4 18.0
Depreciation and amortization 5.9 7.9 6.2 5.8
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Total operating expenses 103.0 80.5 101.8 82.0
Income (loss) from operations (3.0) 19.5 (1.8) 18.0
Interest expense 18.3 19.0 17.2 17.9
Net income (loss) (21.3)% 0.5% (19.0)% .1%
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Neither the Company nor the pre-merged Guardian International, Inc. (see
Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements) has ever had any net
income, and the Company has a history of consistent and sometimes significant
net losses. Although no assurance can be given by the Company as to when or if
the Company will realize net earnings, the Company anticipates that, based on
its strategy of continued growth and customer account expansion, and barring any
unforeseen significant changes in the nature of its business or operations
(including its method of financing customer account acquisitions through its
existing and/or any new credit facility with its Senior Lender, and the
accounting for such acquisitions), it will continue to record net losses until
such time as the Company's retail customer contract base totals more than
approximately 20,000 and it has significantly reduced its indebtedness. At June
30, 1997, the Company had approximately 10,900 retail customers, compared to
approximately 7,700 retail customer contracts at June 30, 1996. The Company
recently increased its credit availability with Heller from $7 million to $15
million (see Note 4 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements) which, the
Company believes, will provide sufficient capital availability for achieving a
customer contract base of 20,000 customers. There can be no assurances, however,
that the Company will achieve a customer contract base of 20,000 customers. See
Note 6 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements regarding the Company's
plans to acquire another company pursuant to a merger of such company with and
into a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
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Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ("EBITDA")
is another important factor in considering profitability. EBITDA does not
represent cash flow from operations as defined by generally accepted accounting
principles, should not be construed as an alternative to net earnings and is
indicative neither of the Company's operating performance nor of cash flows
available to fund all the Company's cash needs. Items excluded from EBITDA are
significant components in understanding and assessing the Company's financial
performance. Nevertheless, management believes presentation of EBITDA enhances
an understanding of the Company's financial condition, results of operations and
cash flows because EBITDA is used by the Company to satisfy its debt service
obligations and its capital expenditure and other operational needs as well as
to provide funds for growth. In addition, EBITDA has been used by the investment
community to determine the current borrowing capacity and to estimate the
long-term value of companies with recurring cash flows from operations and net
losses. The following table provides a calculation of EBITDA for the three and
six month periods ended June 30, 1997 and 1996:
FOR THE THREE MONTH FOR THE SIX MONTH
PERIODS ENDED PERIODS ENDED
JUNE 30, JUNE 30,
1997 1996 1997 1996
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(UNAUDITED) (UNAUDITED)
Net income (loss) $(283,214) $ 3,951 $(485,258) $ 2,492
Plus:
Amortization of customer
contracts 224,011 80,847 417,827 249,933
Depreciation and
amortization 79,199 57,109 157,564 81,022
Interest expense 243,181 137,231 440,120 248,420
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EBITDA $ 263,177 $279,138 $ 530,253 $581,867
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THREE AND SIX MONTH PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 1997 COMPARED TO THREE AND SIX MONTH
PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 1996
Total revenues for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 1997
increased 84% and 84% to $1.3 million and $2.6 million, respectively, from
$724,000 and $1.4 million during the corresponding periods in the prior year.
Monitoring revenues for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 1997
increased by 57% and 50% to $1.0 million and $1.8 million, respectively, from
$639,000 and $1.2 million during the corresponding periods of the prior fiscal
year. Installation and service revenues for the three and six month periods
ended June 30, 1997 increased by 285% and 316% to $326,000 and $735,000,
respectively, compared to $85,000 and $177,000 during the corresponding period
of the prior fiscal year. Total retail subscribers numbered approximately 10,900
at June 30, 1997, compared to approximately 7,700 at June 30, 1996, a net
increase of 42%. The increase in revenues and number of subscribers from 1996 to
1997 is primarily attributable to the Company's ongoing Independent Alarm
Acquisition Program and Dealer Program as described in the Company's Form 10-KSB
for the fiscal year Ended December 31, 1996. Additionally, in May 1997 the
Company purchased approximately 2,200 retail customers from Alarm Control, Inc
("ACI"). During the three and six month periods ended June 30, 1997 SDI
generated $123,000 and $370,000 in installation and service revenue, compared to
$0 during the respective periods of 1996. As discussed under the caption
"Overview" above, the Company significantly downsized SDI during the first
quarter of fiscal year 1997.
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Total operating expenses for the three and six month periods ended June
30, 1997 increased 135% and 128% to $1.4 million and $2.6 million, respectively,
compared to $583,000 and $1.1 million during the corresponding periods of the
prior fiscal year. Monitoring expenses increased 40% and 37% to $202,000 and
$353,000, respectively, compared to $144,000 and $258,000 during the
corresponding periods in the prior fiscal year. The increase in monitoring costs
from 1996 to 1997 was a result of the significant increase in monitoring
revenues and number of subscriber accounts (see previous paragraph). As a
percentage of monitoring revenues during the three and six month periods ended
June 30, 1997, monitoring expenses were 20% and 19%, respectively, compared to
23% and 21% during the corresponding periods of the prior fiscal year.
Installation and service costs during the three and six month periods ended June
30, 1997 increased by 356% and 411% to $481,000 and $885,000, respectively,
compared to $105,000 and $173,000 during the corresponding periods of the prior
fiscal year. Included in installation and service costs during the three and six
month periods ended June 30, 1997 is $118,000 and $328,000 incurred by SDI,
compared to $0 and $0 during the corresponding periods in 1996. The increase in
total installation and service costs from 1996 to 1997 was the result of
increases in related revenues from 1996 to 1997 (see previous paragraph). As a
percentage of installation and service revenue, installation and service costs
were 148% and 120% during the three and six month periods ended June 30, 1997,
respectively, compared to 125% and 98%, respectively, during the corresponding
periods in the prior fiscal year. The Company does not now generate, nor does it
anticipate generating in the future, any appreciable margins or profits, and may
incur future losses from such installation and service activity, but such
activity is considered necessary to the generation and retention of alarm
monitoring subscribers.
Total gross profit, defined as total revenues less monitoring and
installation and service costs, increased by 37% and 37% to $683,000 and $1.2
million, during the three and six month periods ended June 30, 1997,
respectively, compared to $250,000 and $431,000 during the corresponding periods
of the prior fiscal year. Gross profit from monitoring revenues increased by 63%
and 53% to $805,000 and $1.5 million during the three and six month periods
ended June 30, 1997, respectively, compared to $495,000 and $956,000 during the
corresponding periods of the prior fiscal year. Gross profit (loss) from
installation and service activities was $(156,000) and $(151,000) during the
three and six month periods ended June 30, 1997, respectively, compared to
$(21,000) and $3,000 during the corresponding periods of the prior fiscal year.
See the previous two paragraphs for a discussion of revenues and expenses of
such monitoring and installation and service activity.
General and administrative costs ("G&A") increased by 98% and 108% to
$386,000 and $786,000, respectively, during the three and six month periods
ended June 30, 1997, compared to $195,000 and $377,000 during the corresponding
periods of the prior fiscal year. Included in G&A costs during the three and six
month periods ended June 30, 1997 period were $26,000 and $96,000 incurred by
SDI, respectively, compared to $0 and $0 during the corresponding periods in
1996. The increase in G&A costs from 1996 to 1997 is related primarily to the
Company's growth in revenue, resulting in an increase in the Company's overhead
cost structure. As a percentage of total revenues, G&A was 29% and 31% during
the three and six month periods ended June 30, 1997 period, respectively,
compared to 27% and 27% during the corresponding periods of the prior fiscal
year.
Amortization of customer contracts increased 177% and 67% to $224,000 and
$418,000 during the three and six month periods ended June 30, 1997,
respectively, compared to $81,000 and $250,000 during the corresponding periods
in the prior fiscal year. The increase in such costs from 1996 to 1997 resulted
from the increase in the amount of capitalized customer contracts, which
increased from a net balance of $4.5 million at June 30, 1996 to $7.8 million at
June 30, 1996.
Depreciation and amortization increased by 39% and 94% to $79,000 and
$158,000, during the three and six month periods ended June 30, 1997,
respectively, compared to $57,000 and $81,000 during
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the corresponding periods of the prior fiscal year. Such costs include
depreciation of property and equipment (the gross balance of which increased
from $597,000 at June 30, 1996 to $1.0 million at June 30, 1997 as a result of
(i) the Company's continued expansion activities and (ii) the merger of Guardian
and Everest, which resulted in additional property and equipment being
acquired), goodwill amortization (a gross balance of $1.2 million in goodwill
was recorded in connection with the merger of Guardian and Everest, which is
being amortized over 10 years), and amortization of certain other intangible
assets.
Interest expense increased 77% and 77% to $243,000 and $440,000 during the
three and six month periods ended June 30, 1997, compared to $137,000 and
$248,000 during the corresponding periods of the prior fiscal year. The increase
in interest expense was the result of additional debt incurred primarily in
connection with the cost of acquiring subscriber accounts. The majority of such
subscriber acquisition costs were financed by Heller. Total borrowings under the
credit facility increased from $4.4 million as of June 30, 1996 to $7.4 million
as of June 30, 1997.
Net income (loss) was $(283,000), or $(.04) per share, and $(485,000), or
$(.08) per share, for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 1997,
compared to $4,000, or $.00 per share, and $2,000, or $.00 per share, during the
corresponding periods of the prior fiscal year.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
In May 1997 the Company entered into the Renewed Credit Facility with
Heller for $15 million, expiring in May 1999 with automatic yearly renewals
unless terminated. See Note 4 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for
further discussion of the terms of the Renewed Credit Facility.
The Renewed Credit Facility will be used primarily for acquisitions of
subscriber accounts. The Company's continued plan of growth through acquisitions
of subscriber accounts is contingent upon its ability to borrow under the
Renewed Credit Facility.
At June 30, 1997, the Company had working capital of $36,000, and a
current ratio of 1.0 to 1. Net cash used in operating activities during the six
month period ended June 30, 1997 was $7,000; the Company incurred a net loss of
$485,000 during such period; however, included in such losses was depreciation
and amortization expenses totaling $646,000, and a cash outflow of $200,000
related to an increase in accounts receivable. Net cash used in investing
activities was $3.1 million during the six month period ended June 30, 1997,
comprised of acquisition of customer accounts of $3.1 million, including $2.2
million of contracts purchased from Alarm Control in May 1997 (see Note 2 of
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements), and purchases of fixed assets of
$81,000. Net cash provided by financing activities was $2.4 million during the
six month period ended June 30, 1997, consisting of proceeds under borrowings
from Heller of $3.8 million (including $2.2 million relating to the Alarm
Control transaction in May 1997) less repayments to Heller and other long-term
debt of $1.3 million, and purchase of treasury stock of $6,000. The Company's
cash balance amounted to $381,000 at June 30, 1997.
Total shareholders' equity was $2.8 million as of June 30, 1997,
decreasing by a net amount of $322,000 during the six month period ended June
30, 1997, consisting of a decrease of $485,000 resulting from the net loss
incurred during the period, an increase of $39,000 resulting from the issuance
of 50,000 shares of Class A Common Stock to Alarm Control in connection with the
purchase of Alarm Control's customer contracts as well as certain other assets,
an increase of $130,000 resulting from an accrual for the additional 150,000
shares of Class B Common Stock to be issued to Heller (see Note 2 of Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements), and a decrease of $6,000 resulting from the
purchase of treasury stock.
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As more fully described in Note 6 of Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements, in July 1997 the Company executed an Agreement and Plan of Merger
with SPS Holdings, Inc. ("SPS") which provides for the merger of SPS with and
into a wholly-owned subsidiary of Guardian; thus, after the merger, SPS will
operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The shareholders of SPS
will receive, in the aggregate, approximately 6 million shares of Class A Common
Stock of the Company as consideration for the merger, which shares will
constitute approximately 46% of the shares of Class A Common Stock of the
Company outstanding after the consummation of the merger. Closing of the merger
transaction is expected to occur by the end of August 1997.
Upon consummation of the merger of the Company and SPS, the Company will
assume approximately $4.4 million in debt as well as all of the other assets and
liabilities of SPS. The majority of the SPS debt is owed to a financial
institution. As discussed in Note 6 of Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements, Heller must approve the merger transaction. Additionally, the
Company is seeking to borrow funds from Heller under the Renewed Credit Facility
to repay SPS's debt to the financial institution.
Except for the SPS merger transaction discussed above, the Company does
not currently have any significant commitments for capital outlays.
CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK
Financial instruments which potentially subject the Company to
concentrations of credit risk consist principally of trade receivables from a
large number of customers, including both residential and commercial customers.
The Company extends credit to its customers in the normal course of business,
performs periodic credit evaluations and maintains allowances for potential
credit losses.
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GUARDIAN INTERNATIONAL, INC.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Each of the Company and SDI experiences routine litigation in the normal
conduct of its business. Neither the Company nor SDI believes that any such
pending litigation will have, individually or in the aggregate, a material
adverse effect on its respective business or financial condition.
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
(a) Exhibits
EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION
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3(i) Articles of Incorporation dated October 30, 1986 incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3(i) of the Company's Form 10-SB filed
May 6, 1996
3(i)(a) Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3(i)(a) the Company's Form 10-SB filed
May 6, 1996
3(i)(b) Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3(i)(b) of the Company's Form 10-SB filed
May 6, 1996
3(i)(c) Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3(i)(c) of the Company's Form 10-SB/A filed
January 24, 1997
3(ii) Amended Bylaws of the Company incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3(ii) of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB filed March 31,
1997
3(ii)(a) Directors' Consent Dated August 15, 1996 adopting Amendment to the
Bylaws incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(ii)(a) of the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB filed March 31, 1997
4 Specimen Stock Certificate incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4
of the Company's Form 10-SB filed May 6, 1996
10(b) Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as of
May 22, 1997 among Guardian International, Inc., the Borrowing
Subsidiaries From Time to Time Party Hereto, as Borrowers, and
Heller Financial, Inc., as Lender
27 Financial Data Schedule
(b) Reports on Form 8-K
1. Form 8-K/A filed April 22, 1997 submitting audited financial statements of
Guardian International, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994,
and audited financial statements of Guardian International, Inc. for the two
fiscal years ended December 31, 1995 and 1994
2. Form 8-K/A filed April 22, 1997 submitting audited financial statements of
Guardian International, Inc. for the eight month period ended August 31,
1997
3. Form 8-K filed May 5, 1997 announcing termination of previously announced
merger discussions with a privately held Florida based security company.
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4. Form 8-K filed May 22, 1997 announcing the purchase of the customer
contracts as well as certain other assets from Alarm Control, Inc.; also
announcing an increase in the size of the Company's Board of Director form
three to six, and announcing the appointment of three new Board members.
5. Form 8-K filed June 19, 1997 announcing the execution of a letter of intent
to merge with SPS Holdings, Inc.
SIGNATURES
In accordance with Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, as of the 14th of August, 1997.
GUARDIAN INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By: /s/ ROBERT K. NORRIS
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Robert K. Norris
Chief Financial Officer
and Senior Executive
Vice President
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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT
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10(b) Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated as
of May 22, 1997 among Guardian International, Inc., the
Borrowing Subsidiaries From Time to Time Party Hereto, as
Borrowers, and Heller Financial, Inc., as Lender
27 Financial Data Schedule
EXHIBIT 10(b)
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AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF MAY 22, 1997
AMONG
GUARDIAN INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
AND
THE BORROWING SUBSIDIARIES FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
AS BORROWERS,
AND
HELLER FINANCIAL, INC.,
AS LENDER
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1 DEFINITIONS........................................................1
1.1 Certain Defined Terms...............................................1
1.2 Accounting Terms....................................................2
1.3 Other Definitional Provisions.......................................2
1.4 Effect of Amendment and Restatement.................................2
SECTION 2 LOANS AND COLLATERAL...............................................3
2.1 Loans...............................................................3
2.2 Interest............................................................4
2.3 Commitment Fee......................................................5
2.4 Payments and Prepayments............................................6
2.5 Term of this Agreement..............................................7
2.6 Statements; Application of Payments.................................7
2.7 Grant of Security Interest..........................................8
2.8 Appointment of Borrower Representative..............................8
2.9 Taxes...............................................................9
2.10 Right of First Refusal..............................................9
2.11 Addition of Borrowing Subsidiaries.................................10
SECTION 3 CONDITIONS TO LOANS...............................................10
3.1 Conditions to Loans................................................10
SECTION 4 BORROWERS' REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.........................11
4.1 Organization, Powers, Capitalization...............................11
4.2 Authorization of Borrowing, No Conflict............................12
4.3 Financial Condition................................................12
4.4 Indebtedness and Liabilities.......................................12
4.5 Contract Warranties................................................12
4.6 Names..............................................................13
4.7 Locations; FEIN....................................................13
4.8 Title to Properties; Liens.........................................13
4.9 Perfection.........................................................13
4.10 Litigation; Adverse Facts..........................................13
4.11 Payment of Taxes...................................................13
4.12 Performance of Agreements..........................................14
4.13 Employee Benefit Plans.............................................14
4.14 Intellectual Property..............................................14
4.15 Broker's Fees......................................................14
4.16 Environmental Compliance...........................................14
4.17 Solvency...........................................................14
4.18 Disclosure.........................................................14
4.19 Insurance..........................................................15
4.20 Compliance with Laws...............................................15
4.21 Bank Accounts......................................................15
4.22 Subsidiaries.......................................................15
4.23 Use of Proceeds and Margin Security................................15
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4.24 Employee Matters...................................................15
4.25 Governmental Regulation............................................15
4.26 Activities and Licenses............................................16
4.27 Current Credit Policies and Procedures.............................16
SECTION 5 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.............................................16
5.1 Financial Statements and Other Reports.............................16
5.2 Access to Accountants..............................................16
5.3 Inspection.........................................................16
5.4 Collateral Records.................................................17
5.5 Contract Covenants; Verification...................................17
5.6 Collection of Accounts and Payments................................17
5.7 Endorsement........................................................17
5.8 Corporate Existence................................................18
5.9 Payment of Taxes...................................................18
5.10 Maintenance of Properties; Insurance...............................18
5.11 Compliance With Laws...............................................18
5.12 Further Assurances.................................................18
5.13 Collateral Locations...............................................18
5.14 Bailees............................................................19
5.15 Other Documents....................................................19
5.16 Custodian..........................................................19
5.17 Contract Administration............................................19
5.18 Inspection of Alarm Systems........................................20
SECTION 6 PERFORMANCE COVENANTS.............................................20
6.1 Senior Debt to Tangible Net Worth..................................20
6.2 Weighted Average MRI...............................................20
6.3 MRI in excess of $300..............................................20
6.4 Annualized Net Attrition Rate......................................20
6.5 Debt Service Coverage..............................................21
6.6 Tangible Net Worth.................................................21
SECTION 7 NEGATIVE COVENANT.................................................21
7.1 Indebtedness and Liabilities.......................................21
7.2 Guaranties.........................................................22
7.3 Transfers, Liens and Related Matters...............................22
7.4 Investments and Loans..............................................23
7.5 Restricted Junior Payments.........................................23
7.6 Restriction on Fundamental Changes.................................23
7.7 Changes Relating to Subordinated Debt..............................24
7.8 Transactions with Affiliates.......................................24
7.9 Environmental Liabilities..........................................24
7.10 Conduct of Business................................................24
7.11 Compliance with ERISA..............................................24
7.12 Tax Consolidations.................................................24
7.13 Subsidiaries.......................................................24
7.14 Fiscal Year........................................................24
7.15 Press Release; Public Offering Materials...........................24
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7.16 Bank Accounts......................................................25
7.17 No Sales Outside of Certain States.................................25
7.18 Certain Required Forms; No Amendments to Current Credit Policies...25
SECTION 8 DEFAULT, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES......................................25
8.1 Event of Default...................................................25
8.2 Suspension of Commitment...........................................27
8.3 Acceleration.......................................................27
8.4 Remedies...........................................................28
8.5 Appointment of Attorney-in-Fact....................................28
8.6 Limitation on Duty of Lender with Respect to Collateral. .........29
8.7 Application of Proceeds............................................29
8.8 License of Intellectual Property...................................29
8.9 Assigned Agreements................................................29
8.10 Waivers, Non-Exclusive Remedies....................................30
SECTION 9 MISCELLANEOUS.....................................................30
9.1 Assignments and Participations.....................................30
9.2 Set Off............................................................30
9.3 Expenses and Attorneys' Fees.......................................31
9.4 Indemnity..........................................................31
9.5 Amendments and Waivers.............................................32
9.6 Notices............................................................32
9.7 Survival of Warranties and Certain Agreements......................33
9.8 Indulgence Not Waiver..............................................33
9.9 Marshaling; Payments Set Aside.....................................33
9.10 Entire Agreement...................................................33
9.11 Independence of Covenants..........................................33
9.12 Severability.......................................................33
9.13 Headings...........................................................33
9.14 APPLICABLE LAW. ..................................................34
9.15 Successors and Assigns.............................................34
9.16 No Fiduciary Relationship; Limitation of Liabilities...............34
9.17 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION............................................34
9.18 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL...............................................34
9.19 Construction.......................................................35
9.20 Counterparts; Effectiveness........................................35
9.21 No Duty............................................................35
9.22 Confidentiality....................................................35
SECTION 10 CROSS-GUARANTY...................................................35
10.1 Guaranty...........................................................35
10.2 Contribution with Respect to Guaranty Obligations..................35
10.3 Obligations Absolute...............................................36
10.4 WAIVER.............................................................36
10.5 Recovery...........................................................37
10.6 Liability Cumulative...............................................37
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ANNEXES
Annex A - Definitions
Annex B - Reporting Requirements
Annex C - Eligible Contracts
Annex D - List of Acceptable Alarm Systems
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A - Borrowing Base Certificate
Exhibit B - [Intentionally Omitted]
Exhibit C - Compliance Certificate
SCHEDULES
Schedule 3.1(A) - List of Closing Documents
Schedule 4.1(A) - Jurisdictions of Organization and Qualification
Schedule 4.1(B) - Capitalization of Loan Parties
Schedule 4.3 - Pro Forma
Schedule 4.6 - Trade Names (Present and Past Five Years)
Schedule 4.7 - Location of Principal Place of Business, Books
and Records and Collateral; FEIN
Schedule 4.14 - Intellectual Property
Schedule 4.21 - Bank Accounts
Schedule 4.22 - Subsidiaries
Schedule 4.24 - Employee Matters
Schedule 4.26 - Licenses
Schedule 4.27 - Current Credit Policies
Schedule 7.1 - Indebtedness
Schedule 7.3 - Other Liens
Schedule 7.4 - Investments
Schedule 7.6 - Form of Guarantee or Replacement Clause
Schedule 7.10 - Business of the Loan Parties
Schedule 7.17 - National Accounts
Schedule 7.18(1) - Form of Contract
Schedule 7.18(2) - Form of Dealer Agreement
Schedule A-1 - Indebtedness to be Repaid from the Initial Advance
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AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
This AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT is dated as of May
22, 1997 and entered into by and among GUARDIAN INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Nevada
corporation with its principal place of business at 3880 North 28th Terrace,
Hollywood, Florida 33020 ("New Guardian"), the Borrowing Subsidiaries from time
to time party hereto (New Guardian and such Borrowing Subsidiaries may be
individually referred to herein as a "Borrower" and collectively as
"Borrowers"), and HELLER FINANCIAL, INC., a Delaware corporation ("Lender"),
with offices at 500 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60661. All capitalized
terms used herein are defined in Annex A of this Agreement.
WHEREAS, Guardian International, Inc., a Florida corporation ("Old
Guardian") and Lender are parties to that certain Loan and Security Agreement
dated as of November 16, 1994 (as from time to time amended, the "Prior Loan
Agreement") pursuant to which Lender extended a credit facility to Old Guardian
to provide working capital financing for Old Guardian and to provide funds for
other general corporate purposes of Old Guardian; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of
August 15, 1996, Old Guardian, on August 28, 1996, merged with and into Everest
Security Systems Corporation, a Nevada corporation ("Everest") and, upon the
consummation of such merger, (a) Everest changed its name to Guardian
International, Inc., a Nevada corporation, (b) by operation of law and pursuant
to that certain letter agreement dated as of August 15, 1996 from New Guardian
to Lender, New Guardian assumed all of the "Obligations" of Old Guardian under
the Prior Loan Agreement and the other Prior Loan Documents, and (c) from and
after the effective date of such merger, all references to "Borrower" in the
Prior Loan Agreement and the other Prior Loan Documents were thereafter deemed
to refer to New Guardian, as the survivor of the merger (such merger, together
with the other transactions consummated on or about such date in connection with
or related to such merger, being referred to herein as the "Merger
Transactions"); and
WHEREAS, New Guardian secured its obligations under the Prior Loan
Agreement by granting to Lender a security interest in and lien upon certain of
its property; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to amend and restate the Prior Loan
Agreement in order to (a) increase the amount of the facility to $15,000,000
(subject to further increase on the terms and conditions provided herein), and
(b) otherwise modify the terms and conditions set forth in the Prior Loan
Agreement, all on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements,
provisions and covenants herein contained, Borrowers and Lender agree as
follows:
SECTION 1 DEFINITIONS
1.1 CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in
this Agreement shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in Annex A to
this Agreement.
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1.2 ACCOUNTING TERMS. For purposes of this Agreement, all accounting terms not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in
conformity with GAAP. Financial statements and other information furnished to
Lender pursuant to subsection 5.1 (including Annex B referred to therein) shall
be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect at the time of such
preparation. In the event any "Accounting Changes" (as defined below) shall
occur and such changes affect performance covenants, standards or terms in this
Agreement, then Borrower Representative and Lender agree to enter into
negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to
equitably reflect such Accounting Changes with the desired result that the
criteria for evaluating the financial condition of Borrowers shall be the same
after such Accounting Changes as if such Accounting Changes had not been made,
and until such time as such an amendment shall have been executed and delivered
by Borrowers and Lender, (A) all performance covenants, standards and terms in
this Agreement shall be calculated and/or construed as if such Accounting
Changes had not been made, and (B) Borrowers shall prepare footnotes to each
Compliance Certificate and the financial statements required to be delivered
hereunder that show the differences between the financial statements delivered
(which reflect such Accounting Changes) and the basis for calculating
performance covenant compliance (without reflecting such Accounting Changes).
"Accounting Changes" means: (a) changes in accounting principles required by
GAAP and implemented by Borrowers; (b) changes in accounting principles
recommended by Borrowers' certified public accountants; and (c) changes in
carrying value of any Borrower's (or any Subsidiary's) assets, liabilities or
equity accounts resulting from (i) the application of purchase accounting
principles (A.P.B. 16 and/or 17 and EITF 88-16 and FASB 109) to the Merger
Transactions, or (ii) as the result of any other adjustments that, in each case,
were applicable to, but not included in, the Pro Forma. All such adjustments
resulting from expenditures made subsequent to the Closing Date (including, but
not limited to, capitalization of costs and expenses or payment of pre-Closing
Date liabilities) shall be treated as expenses in the period the expenditures
are made and deducted as part of the calculation of EBITDA in such period.
1.3 OTHER DEFINITIONAL PROVISIONS. References to "Sections", "subsections",
"Annexes", "Exhibits" and "Schedules" shall be to Sections, subsections,
Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules, respectively, of this Agreement unless
otherwise specifically provided. Any of the terms defined in Annex A or
otherwise in the Loan Documents may, unless the context otherwise requires, be
used in the singular or the plural depending on the reference. In this
Agreement, words importing any gender include the other genders; the words
"including," "includes" and "include" shall be deemed to be followed by the
words "without limitation"; references to agreements and other contractual
instruments shall be deemed to include subsequent amendments, assignments, and
other modifications thereto, but only to the extent such amendments, assignments
and other modifications are not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement or any
other Loan Document; references to Persons include their respective permitted
successors and assigns or, in the case of governmental Persons, Persons
succeeding to the relevant functions of such Persons; and all references to
statutes and related regulations shall include any amendments of same and any
successor statutes and regulations.
1.4 EFFECT OF AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT. This Agreement shall supersede in all
respects the Prior Loan Agreement from and after the Closing Date with respect
to the transactions hereunder and with respect to the Existing Obligations. The
parties hereto acknowledge and agree, however, that (i) this Agreement and all
other Loan Documents executed and delivered herewith do not constitute a
novation, payment and reborrowing or termination of the Existing Obligations
under the Prior Loan Agreement and the other Prior Loan Documents as in effect
prior to the Closing Date, (ii) such Existing Obligations are in all respects
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continuing and outstanding (including without limitation all accrued interest on
the Existing Obligations to the Closing Date and all accrued fees under the
Prior Loan Agreement to the Closing Date, which accrued interest and fees shall
be payable in accordance with the terms of the Prior Loan Agreement) with only
the terms being modified from and after the Closing Date as provided in this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (iii) the Liens in favor of Lender
securing payment of such Existing Obligations are in all respects continuing and
in full force and effect with respect to all Obligations; and (iv) all
references in the other Loan Documents to the Prior Loan Agreement shall be
deemed to refer without further amendment to this Agreement.
SECTION 2 LOANS AND COLLATERAL
2.1 LOANS
(A) LOAN. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and in
reliance upon the representations and warranties of Borrowers herein set forth,
Lender agrees to lend to Borrowers from time to time an aggregate amount not to
exceed at any time the Maximum Loan Amount. Amounts borrowed under this
subsection 2.1(A) may be repaid and reborrowed at any time prior to the earlier
of (i) the termination of the Commitment pursuant to subsection 8.3 or (ii) the
TermiLender shall have no obligation to make advances under this subsection
2.1(A) to any Borrower to the extent any requested advance would cause the
principal balance of the Loan then outstanding to exceed the Maximum Loan
Amount; PROVIDED that Lender may, in its sole discretion, elect from time to
time to make Loans in excess of the Maximum Loan Amount. The parties hereto
acknowledge and agree that the outstanding principal balance of the Existing
Obligations is $7,650,971.37 as of the Closing Date, and such principal balance
is hereby restated as part of the Loan outstanding under, and governed by, this
Agreement. Each Borrower shall execute and deliver to Lender a note dated the
Closing Date and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to Lender (each a
"Note" and, collectively, the "Notes"). Each Note shall represent the obligation
of each Borrower to pay the amount of the Commitment or, if less, the aggregate
unpaid principal amount of all advances to such Borrower (including without
limitation the Existing Obligations) together with interest thereon.
(1) "Maximum Loan Amount" means, as of any date of determination, the
lesser of (a) the Applicable Commitment Amount, or (b) the Borrowing Base.
(2) "Borrowing Base" means, as of any date of determination, an amount
equal to the lesser of (a) one hundred percent (100%) of Borrowers' Net
Investment in Eligible Contracts included in the Borrowing Base from time to
time pursuant to subsection 2.1(B), or (b) aggregate MRI in respect of all
Contracts as of the last day of the then most recently ended month, multiplied
by (x) 25, at any time from and after the Closing Date through July 31, 1997, or
(y) 24 at any time thereafter. The Borrowing Base shall be determined from time
to time based on the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered by
Borrower Representative to Lender.
(B) ELIGIBLE CONTRACTS. "Eligible Contract" means each Contract which, in
Lender's sole determination, is not ineligible by reason of any of the criteria
set forth on Annex C at the time of delivery and thereafter (except to the
extent any such criteria is expressly stated in Annex C to apply only at
delivery or only thereafter). A Contract shall be included in the Borrowing Base
only when and for so long as, in
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Lender's sole determination, none of the exclusionary criteria set forth on
Annex C applies to such Contract. If a Contract is determined by Lender to be,
or is treated by Lender as, an Eligible Contract, Lender reserves the right to
change its determination or treatment of such Contract and to remove such
Contract from the Borrowing Base if Lender subsequently determines in its sole
discretion that such Contract is not, or has ceased to be, an Eligible Contract.
(C) BORROWING MECHANICS. If any Borrower desires to borrow under this
subsection 2.1, Borrower Representative shall, via an Authorized Officer and on
behalf of such Borrower, give Lender telephonic notice by 11:00 a.m. (Chicago
time) (promptly confirmed via telecopy) on the date which is one (1) Business
Day prior to the proposed Funding Date. Any such requested borrowing shall be in
a minimum amount of $25,000. Lender shall not incur any liability to any
Borrower for acting upon any telephonic notice that Lender believes in good
faith to have been given by an Authorized Officer of Borrower Representative or
other person authorized to borrow on behalf of any Borrower or for otherwise
acting in good faith under this subsection 2.1(C). Lender will not make any
advance pursuant to any telephonic notice or otherwise unless Lender has also
received the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate then required to be
delivered pursuant to Annex B. The making of an advance pursuant to telephonic
notice shall constitute a Loan under this Agreement. Each such advance to each
Borrower shall be deposited on the applicable Funding Date therefor in
immediately available funds in such account as such Borrower Representative may
from time to time designate to Lender in writing.
2.2 INTEREST.
(A) So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Loans and all other Obligations shall bear interest from the date such Loans are
made or such other Obligations become due to the date paid at a blended rate per
annum equal to the Base Rate plus (i) the Applicable Level I Margin, in the case
of Loans and other Obligations having an aggregate principal balance of up to
$5,000,000; (ii) the Applicable Level II Margin, in the case of Loans and other
Obligations having an aggregate principal balance over $5,000,000 but not in
excess of $12,000,000; and (iii) the Applicable Level III Margin, in the case of
Loans and other Obligations in excess of $12,000,000 (collectively, the
"Interest Rate"). The Applicable Level I Margin, Applicable Level II Margin and
Applicable Level III Margin will be 5.00%, 4.75% and 4.25% per annum,
respectively, as of the Closing Date. The Applicable Level I Margin, Applicable
Level II Margin and Applicable Level III Margin (collectively, the "Applicable
Margins") may be adjusted (up or down) after the Closing Date based upon
Borrowers' Tangible Net Worth, as determined by reference to the following grid:
APPLICABLE MARGINS
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LEVEL I LEVEL II LEVEL III
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Tangible Net Worth of less than 5.00% 4.75% 4.25%
$5,000,000
Tangible Net Worth equal to 4.50% 4.25% 4.00%
or greater than $5,000,000
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By way of example, if Borrowers' Tangible Net Worth as of a specific date
of determination was less than $5,000,000 and the aggregate principal balance of
the Loans and other Obligations exceeded $12,000,000 as of such date, the
interest rate would be (x) the Base Rate plus 5.00% per annum, in respect of the
first $5,000,000 of the principal balance of the Loans and other Obligations;
(y) the Base Rate plus 4.75% per annum, in respect of the portion of the Loans
and other Obligations having a principal balance of $5,000,000.01, up to
$12,000,000; and (z) the Base Rate plus 4.25% per annum, in respect of the
portion of the Loans and other Obligations having a principal balance of
$12,000,000.01 or more.
Any adjustments in the Applicable Margins after the Closing Date will
become effective as of the first day of the first calendar month following the
delivery to Lender of the monthly unaudited or annual audited (as applicable)
financial statements of Borrowers evidencing Borrowers' right to receive (or
Lender's right to impose) an adjustment. Concurrently with the delivery of any
financial statements evidencing Borrowers' right to receive (or Lender's right
to impose) an adjustment, Borrower Representative shall deliver to Lender a
certificate, signed by its chief financial officer, setting forth, in reasonable
detail, the basis for such adjustment in the Applicable Margins.
(B) After the occurrence of an Event of Default and for so long as such
Event of Default continues, the Loans and all other Obligations shall, at
Lender's option, bear interest at a rate per annum equal to three percent (3.0%)
plus the then applicable Interest Rate (the "Default Rate").
(C) Interest on the Loans and all other Obligations shall be computed on
the daily principal balance on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number
of days elapsed in the period during which it accrues and shall be payable
monthly in arrears on the first day of each month.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement
or the other Loan Documents, Borrowers shall not be required to pay, and Lender
shall not be permitted to collect, any amount of interest in excess of the
maximum amount of interest permitted by law ("Excess Interest"). If any Excess
Interest is provided for or determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to
have been provided for in this Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents,
then in such event: (1) the provisions of this subsection shall govern and
control; (2) neither any Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall be obligated to
pay any Excess Interest; (3) any Excess Interest that Lender may have received
hereunder shall be, at Lender's option, (a) applied as a credit against the
outstanding principal balance of the Obligations or accrued and unpaid interest
(not to exceed the maximum amount permitted by law), (b) refunded to the payor
thereof, or (c) any combination of the foregoing; (4) the interest rate(s)
provided for herein shall be automatically reduced to the maximum lawful rate
allowed from time to time under applicable law (the "Maximum Rate"), and this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to have been and shall
be, reformed and modified to reflect such reduction; and (5) neither any
Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have any action against Lender for any
damages arising out of the payment or collection of any Excess Interest.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if for any period of time interest on any
Obligations is calculated at the Maximum Rate rather than the applicable rate
under this Agreement, and thereafter such applicable rate becomes less than the
Maximum Rate, the rate of interest payable on such Obligations shall remain at
the Maximum Rate until Lender shall have received the amount of interest which
Lender would have received during such period on such Obligations had the rate
of interest not been limited to the Maximum Rate during such period.
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2.3 COMMITMENT FEE. As consideration for Lender's agreement to make the
Commitment available to Borrowers hereunder, Borrowers, jointly and severally,
shall pay to Lender a fee (the "Commitment Fee") in an aggregate amount equal to
three-quarters of one percent (.75%) of the Commitment. The full amount of the
Commitment Fee shall be deemed to have been fully earned by Lender as of the
Closing Date. The Commitment Fee shall be paid in periodic installments on the
date of each advance made under subsection 2.1, each such installment to be in
an amount equal to three-quarters of one percent (.75%) of the requested amount
of such advance. Each Borrower hereby authorizes and directs Lender to cause
such installments to be paid by deducting the amount thereof from the proceeds
of each such advance and retaining the amount so deducted for Lender's own
account. The aggregate Commitment Fee payable during the term of this Agreement
shall equal (a) $112,500, so long as the Applicable Commitment Amount is
$15,000,000, or (b) $150,000, in the event the Applicable Commitment Amount is
increased to $20,000,000. Any voluntary commitment reductions which may be made
by Borrowers (or by Borrower Representative on behalf of Borrowers) pursuant to
subsection 2.4(C) shall not be given effect in determining the amount of the
Commitment Fee payable hereunder. Any installments of the Commitment Fee which
remain unpaid on the Termination Date shall be due and payable in full without
notice or demand on such date. Any amounts paid in respect of the Commitment Fee
prior to an increase in the Applicable Commitment Amount from $15,000,000 to
$20,000,000 shall be credited against the remaining amount of the Commitment Fee
then due.
2.4 PAYMENTS AND PREPAYMENTS
(A) MANNER AND TIME OF PAYMENT. All Remittances and other proceeds of
Collateral shall be paid to Lender by Collecting Banks on a daily basis pursuant
to subsection 5.6 and, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, such amounts will be applied by Lender FIRST, to any outstanding
fees, costs and expenses owing to Lender which are then due and payable; SECOND,
to accrued and unpaid interest then due and payable, and LAST, to the principal
balance of the Obligations (but without any permanent reduction of the
Commitment). Without limitation of the foregoing, in its sole discretion, Lender
may deem interest and other amounts payable hereunder (other than the principal
balance of the Loan) to be paid by causing such amounts to be added to the
principal balance of the Loan, all as set forth on Lender's books and records.
If Lender elects to bill Borrowers for any amount due hereunder, such amount
shall be immediately due and payable with interest thereon as provided herein.
All payments, howsoever made, shall be made without deduction, defense, setoff
or counterclaim. Payments made directly by any Borrower of the Obligations, if
any, shall be made in same day funds delivered to Lender by wire transfer (or by
an electronic funds transfer method acceptable to Lender) to Lender's account
pursuant to the following wire transfer instructions:
Bank: First National Bank of Chicago
One First National Plaza
Chicago, IL 60670
ABA No.: 0710-0001-3
Account No.: 5553288
Reference: Heller Financial, Inc./Sales Finance Division for the
benefit of Guardian International, Inc. and
Subsidiaries
or at such other place as Lender may direct from time to time by notice to
Borrower Representative. Borrowers shall receive credit for payments made from
the Blocked Accounts to the Lender's Depository
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Account on the day Lender receives good funds in the Lender's Depository
Account for such proceeds. Borrowers shall receive credit for funds remitted to
Lender directly by any Borrower by wire transfer on the date such funds are
received in Lender's account specified above if Borrower Representative has
given Lender telephonic notice by 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) of the transfer of
such funds and such funds are received in such account by 1:00 p.m. (Chicago
time) on such day. In the absence of timely notice and receipt, such funds shall
be deemed to have been paid by such Borrower on the next succeeding Business
Day.
(B) MANDATORY PREPAYMENTS. At any time that the principal balance of the
Loan exceeds the Maximum Loan Amount, Borrowers shall immediately repay the Loan
to the extent necessary to reduce the principal balance to an amount that is
equal to or less than the Maximum Loan Amount.
(C) VOLUNTARY PREPAYMENTS AND REPAYMENTS. Borrowers may at any time on at
least three (3) days' prior written notice from Borrower Representative to
Lender (i) voluntarily prepay all or part of the Loan and permanently reduce
(but not terminate) the Commitment; or (ii) repay the Loan and the other
Obligations in full and terminate the Commitment; provided that upon such
termination, all Loans and other Obligations (including without limitation the
full amount of the Commitment Fee payable pursuant to subsection 2.3, as
determined without giving effect to such Commitment reduction) shall be
immediately due and payable in full. Each such written notice shall specify the
amount of such prepayment and the date on which such prepayment is to be made
and shall further specify whether or not Borrowers intend to permanently reduce
or terminate the Commitment in connection with such prepayment (it being
acknowledged and agreed that no such reduction or termination shall be effected
in connection with any prepayment unless the Lender has received such written
notice from Borrower Representative specifying Borrowers' intention to so reduce
or terminate the Commitment). Upon any such prepayment and reduction or
termination of the Commitment, each Borrower's right to request advances shall
simultaneously be permanently reduced or terminated, as the case may be.
(D) PAYMENTS ON BUSINESS DAYS. Whenever any payment to be made hereunder
shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment may
be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be
included in the computation of the amount of interest or fees due hereunder.
2.5 TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall be effective until May 22,
1999 (the "Original Term") and shall automatically renew from year to year
thereafter (each such year a "Renewal Term") unless terminated by either
Borrower Representative, on behalf of Borrowers, or Lender, as the case may be,
giving the other party not less than ninety (90) days prior written notice of
its or their intention to terminate at the end of the Original Term or at the
end of any Renewal Term. The Commitment shall (unless earlier terminated)
terminate on the Termination Date. In addition, this Agreement may be terminated
as set forth in subsection 8.3 hereof. Upon termination in accordance with
subsection 8.3 or on the Termination Date, all Obligations shall become
immediately due and payable without notice or demand. Notwithstanding any
termination, until all Obligations (including without limitation the full amount
of the Commitment Fee payable pursuant to subsection 2.3) have been fully paid
and satisfied, Lender shall be entitled to retain security interests in and
liens upon all Collateral, and even after payment of all Obligations hereunder,
Borrowers' obligation to indemnify Lender in accordance with the terms hereof
shall continue.
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2.6 STATEMENTS; APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS. Lender shall render a monthly
statement of account to Borrower Representative within twenty (20) days
after the end of each month. Such statement of account shall constitute an
account stated unless Borrower Representative makes written objection thereto
within thirty (30) days from the date such statement is mailed to Borrower
Representative. In addition, Lender shall deliver to Borrower Representative a
weekly Availability report, which report shall indicate, as of the last Business
Day of the immediately preceding calendar week for the week then ended, the
aggregate amount of deposits made to the Lender's Depository Account, and the
amount applied to the Obligations pursuant to subsection 2.4(A). Borrowers,
jointly and severally, promise to pay all of the Obligations as such amounts
become due or are declared due pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. After
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Borrower
irrevocably waives the right to direct the application of any and all payments
at any time or times thereafter received by Lender from or on behalf of any
Borrower, and each Borrower hereby irrevocably agrees that Lender shall have the
continuing exclusive right to apply and to reapply any and all payments received
at any time or times after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event
of Default against the Obligations in such manner as Lender may deem advisable
notwithstanding any previous entry by Lender upon any books and records.
2.7 GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST. To secure the payment and performance of
the Obligations, including all renewals, extensions, restructurings and
refinancings of any or all of the Obligations, each Borrower hereby grants to
Lender a continuing security interest, lien and mortgage in and to all right,
title and interest of such Borrower in the following property of such Borrower,
whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising and regardless of
where located (all being collectively referred to as the "Collateral"): (A)
Accounts; (B) Inventory; (C) general intangibles (as defined in the UCC); (D)
documents (as defined in the UCC) or other receipts covering, evidencing or
representing goods; (E) instruments (as defined in the UCC); (F) chattel paper
(as defined in the UCC); (G) Equipment; (H) Intellectual Property; (I)
Investment Property; (J) all deposit accounts of such Borrower maintained with
any bank or financial institution; (K) all cash and other monies and property of
such Borrower in the possession or under the control of Lender or any assignee
or participant; (L) without duplication of the foregoing, all Contracts,
Contract Obligor Documents, Contract Rights, Remittances and Underlying
Collateral; (M) all books, records, ledger cards, files, correspondence,
computer programs, tapes, disks and related data processing software that at any
time evidence or contain information relating to any of the property described
above or are otherwise necessary or helpful in the servicing or collection
thereof or realization thereon; and (N) proceeds of all or any of the property
described above.
2.8 APPOINTMENT OF BORROWER REPRESENTATIVE. Each Borrowing Subsidiary from
time to time party hereto hereby designates New Guardian as its representative
and agent on its behalf for the purposes of requesting advances, giving
instructions with respect to the disbursement of the proceeds of the Loans,
executing and delivering Borrowing Base Certificates, Lists of Contracts,
Compliance Certificates and other reports and certificates required to be
delivered hereunder, giving and receiving all other notices and consents
hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents and taking all other actions
(including in respect of compliance with covenants) on behalf of any Borrower or
Borrowers under the Loan Documents. New Guardian hereby accepts such
appointment. Lender may regard any notice or other communication pursuant to any
Loan Document from Borrower Representative as a notice or communication from all
Borrowers, and may give any notice or communication required or permitted to be
given to any Borrower or Borrowers hereunder to Borrower Representative on
behalf of such Borrower or Borrowers. Each Borrower agrees that each notice,
election, representation and warranty, covenant, agreement and undertaking made
on its behalf by Borrower
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Representative shall be deemed for all purposes to have been made by such
Borrower and shall be binding upon and enforceable against such Borrower to the
same extent as if the same had been made directly by such Borrower.
2.9 TAXES.
(A) NO DEDUCTIONS. Any and all payments or reimbursements made hereunder
shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all taxes,
levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with
respect thereto; excluding, however, the following: taxes imposed on the income
of Lender by the jurisdiction under the laws of which Lender is organized or
doing business or any political subdivision thereof and taxes imposed on its
income by the jurisdiction of Lender's applicable lending office or any
political subdivision thereof (all such taxes, levies, imposts, deductions,
charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto excluding such
taxes imposed on income, herein "Tax Liabilities"). If Borrowers shall be
required by law to deduct any such amounts from or in respect of any sum payable
hereunder to Lender, then the sum payable hereunder shall be increased as may be
necessary so that, after making all required deductions, Lender receives an
amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made.
(B) CHANGES IN TAX LAWS. In the event that, subsequent to the Closing
Date:
(1) any changes in any existing law, regulation, treaty, directive or
official pronouncement having the force of law or application thereof,
or
(2) any new law, regulation, treaty, directive enacted or application
thereof, or
(3) compliance by Lender with any request or directive (having the
force of law) from any governmental authority, agency or
instrumentality,
does or shall subject Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to
this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any Loans made hereunder, or change
the basis of taxation of payments to Lender of principal, fees, interest or any
other amount payable hereunder (except for income taxes or franchise taxes
imposed generally by federal, state or local taxing authorities with respect to
interest or commitment or other fees payable hereunder or changes in the rate of
tax on the overall net income of Lender), and the result of any of the foregoing
is to increase the cost to Lender of making or continuing any Loan hereunder, or
to reduce any amount receivable hereunder, then, in any such case, Borrowers,
jointly and severally, shall promptly pay to Lender, upon its demand, any
additional amounts necessary to compensate Lender, on an after-tax basis, for
such additional cost or reduced amount receivable, as reasonably determined by
Lender with respect to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents. If Lender
becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this subsection, it
shall promptly notify Borrower Representative of the event by reason of which
Lender has become so entitled. A certificate as to any additional amounts
payable pursuant to the foregoing sentence submitted by Lender to Borrower
Representative shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding
for all purposes unless, within fifteen days following the date of such
certificate, Borrower Representative delivers to Lender a written objection
thereto setting forth the substantive basis for such objection in detail.
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2.10 RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL. So long as this Agreement remains in effect,
Borrower Representative shall provide Lender with a written copy of any bona
fide financing proposals or commitments received by any Borrower or any other
Loan Party from any source other than Lender (each, a "Third Party Proposal").
Lender shall have the right, within thirty (30) days from Lender's receipt of
any such Third Party Proposal, to deliver to Borrowers a written commitment (the
"Lender's Proposal") containing terms and conditions at least as favorable to
Borrowers and the other Loan Parties as the terms and conditions set forth in
such Third Party Proposal. Each Borrower and each other Loan Party acknowledges
and agrees that if Lender delivers such a Lender's Proposal within such thirty
(30) day period, Borrowers and/or the applicable Borrower shall reject the Third
Party Proposal in favor of the Lender's Proposal. Neither any Borrower or any
other Loan Party shall execute and deliver or otherwise become liable in respect
of any Third Party Proposals or any commitment fees or similar payments related
thereto unless and until Lender has been afforded the opportunity to provide a
Lender's Proposal pursuant to the foregoing. Nothing contained in this
subsection 2.10 shall be deemed or construed as obligating Lender to provide a
Lender's Proposal following the delivery of any Third Party Proposal.
2.11 ADDITION OF BORROWING SUBSIDIARIES. In the event New Guardian forms
or acquires any Subsidiary after the date hereof, such Subsidiary may be added
to this Agreement as a "Borrower" hereunder, subject to the satisfaction of each
of the following conditions precedent: (a) Lender shall have given its prior
written consent to the formation or acquisition of such Subsidiary; (b) New
Guardian shall have requested in writing that such Subsidiary become a Borrowing
Subsidiary; (c) New Guardian and/or such Subsidiary shall have delivered to
Lender such financial statements, reports and other information regarding such
Subsidiary and its business as Lender shall have requested and the substance of
such statements, reports and other information shall be satisfactory to Lender;
(d) Lender shall have completed such other due diligence in respect of such
Subsidiary and the business to be conducted thereby as Lender may request, and
shall be satisfied with the results of such diligence; (e) Lender shall have
given its prior written consent to the addition of such Subsidiary as a
Borrowing Subsidiary; and (f) such Subsidiary shall have executed and delivered
such counterpart signature pages to this Agreement and such other Loan Documents
(including without limitation UCC-1 financing statements covering all of the
Collateral in which a Lien is granted to Lender hereunder, Lockbox Agreements
and Custodial Agreements) as Lender may request in connection with the addition
of such Subsidiary as a Borrowing Subsidiary.
SECTION 3 CONDITIONS TO LOANS
3.1 CONDITIONS TO LOANS. The obligations of Lender to execute and deliver this
Agreement and to make Loans on the Closing Date and on each Funding Date are
subject to satisfaction of all of the conditions set forth below.
(A) CLOSING DATE DELIVERIES. Lender shall have received, in form and
substance satisfactory to Lender, all documents, instruments and information
identified on Schedule 3.1(A) and all other agreements, notes, certificates,
orders, authorizations, financing statements, opinions and other documents which
Lender may at any time reasonably request.
(B) SECURITY INTERESTS. Lender shall have received satisfactory evidence
that all security interests and liens granted to Lender by each Borrower
pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents have
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been duly perfected and constitute first priority liens on the Collateral,
subject only to Permitted Encumbrances.
(C) REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The representations and warranties
contained herein and in the Loan Documents shall be true, correct and complete
in all material respects on and as of that Funding Date to the same extent as
though made on and as of that date, except for any representation or warranty
limited by its terms to a specific date and taking into account any amendments
to the Schedules or Exhibits as a result of any disclosures made by Borrowers to
Lender after the Closing Date and approved by Lender.
(D) NO DEFAULT. No event shall have occurred and be continuing or would
result from the consummation of the requested borrowing that would constitute an
Event of Default or a Default.
(E) PERFORMANCE OF AGREEMENTS. Each Loan Party shall have performed in all
material respects all agreements and satisfied all conditions which any Loan
Document provides shall be performed by it on or before that Funding Date.
(F) NO PROHIBITION. No order, judgment or decree of any court, arbitrator
or governmental authority shall purport to enjoin or restrain Lender from making
any Loans.
(G) MARGIN REGULATIONS. The making of the Loans requested on such Funding
Date shall not violate Regulation G, Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
(H) NO LITIGATION. There shall not be pending or, to the best knowledge of
any Authorized Officer of any Borrower, threatened, any action, charge, claim,
demand, suit, proceeding, petition, governmental investigation or arbitration
against or affecting any Loan Party or any property of any Loan Party that has
not been disclosed by Borrowers in writing, and there shall have occurred no
development in any such action, charge, claim, demand, suit, proceeding,
petition, governmental investigation or arbitration that, in the opinion of
Lender, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(I) COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 2.1. Each Borrower (or Borrower Representative
on behalf of Borrowers) shall have given all notices required as of such Funding
Date pursuant to subsection 2.1.
(J) AVAILABILITY. After giving effect to the making of any advance on any
Funding Date, the outstanding principal balance of the Loan shall not exceed the
Maximum Loan Amount.
SECTION 4 BORROWERS' REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
In order to induce Lender to enter into this Agreement, and to make Loans
hereunder, Borrowers, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to Lender
with respect to all Loan Parties that the following statements are and, after
giving effect to the Related Transactions, will be true, correct and complete:
4.1 ORGANIZATION, POWERS, CAPITALIZATION.
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(A) ORGANIZATION AND POWERS. Each of the Loan Parties is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation and qualified to do business in all states where
such qualification is required, which jurisdictions are listed on Schedule
4.1(A). Each of the Loan Parties has all requisite corporate power and authority
to own and operate its properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and
proposed to be conducted and to enter into each Loan Document.
(B) CAPITALIZATION. The authorized capital stock of each of the Loan
Parties is as set forth on Schedule 4.1(B). Except as set forth on Schedule
4.1(B), all issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Loan
Parties are duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable, free
and clear of all Liens (other than Liens in favor of Lender) and such shares
were issued in compliance with all applicable state and federal laws concerning
the issuance of securities. The capital stock of each of the Loan Parties is
owned by the stockholders and in the amounts set forth on Schedule 4.1(B);
provided that in the case of New Guardian, such Schedule identifies the amount
of capital stock owned by each of the principal stockholders thereof and the
amount collectively held by the public stockholders . No shares of the capital
stock of any Loan Party, other than those described above, are issued and
outstanding. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.1(B), there are no preemptive or
other outstanding rights, options, warrants, conversion rights or similar
agreements or understandings for the purchase or acquisition from any Loan
Party, of any shares of capital stock or other securities of any such entity.
4.2 AUTHORIZATION OF BORROWING, NO CONFLICT. Each applicable Loan Party has the
corporate power and authority to incur the Obligations and to grant security
interests in the Collateral. On the Closing Date, the execution, delivery and
performance of the Loan Documents by each Loan Party signatory thereto will have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and, if applicable,
shareholder action. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party
of each Loan Document and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement do not and will not be in contravention of any applicable law,
the corporate charter or bylaws of any Loan Party or any agreement or order by
which any Loan Party or any Loan Party's property is bound. This Agreement is,
and the other Loan Documents, when executed and delivered will be, the legally
valid and binding obligations of the applicable Loan Parties respectively, each
enforceable against the Loan Parties, as applicable, in accordance with their
respective terms.
4.3 FINANCIAL CONDITION. All financial statements concerning Borrowers and
their Subsidiaries which have been or will hereafter be furnished by or on
behalf of Borrowers to Lender pursuant to this Agreement have been or will be
prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods
involved (except as disclosed therein) and do or will present fairly the
financial condition of the corporations covered thereby as at the dates thereof
and the results of their operations for the periods then ended. The Pro Forma (a
copy of which is attached hereto as Schedule 4.3) was prepared by Borrowers
based on the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Borrowers dated March 31,
1997 and was prepared in accordance with GAAP, with only such adjustments
thereto as would be required in accordance with GAAP. The Projections delivered
and to be delivered have been and will be prepared by Borrowers in light of the
past operations of the businesses of Borrowers and their Subsidiaries, and such
Projections represent and will represent the good faith estimate of Borrowers
and their senior management concerning the most probable course of Borrowers'
business as of the date such Projections are prepared and delivered.
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4.4 INDEBTEDNESS AND LIABILITIES. As of the Closing Date, no Loan Party has (a)
any Indebtedness except as reflected on the Pro Forma; or (b) any Liabilities
other than as reflected on the Pro Forma or as incurred in the ordinary course
of business following the date of the Pro Forma.
4.5 CONTRACT WARRANTIES. All original Contract Obligor Documents have been
delivered by the applicable Loan Party to the Custodian in accordance with the
terms of the Custodial Agreement. There have been no modifications or amendments
to any Contract or any other Contract Obligor Document. No Borrower has granted
any extensions of time for the payment of any Contract, compromised any Contract
for less than the full face value thereof, released in whole or in part any
Contract Obligor or other Contract Rights Payor liable for the payment of any
Contract, or allowed any credit whatsoever in respect of any Contract or any
other Contract Obligor Document, other than in accordance with Borrowers'
Current Credit Policies, which grant, compromise, release or allowance would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as specifically
disclosed in the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered to Lender,
each Contract constitutes an Eligible Contract and no Borrower is aware of any
facts or information which would cause any such Contract to be ineligible
hereunder. Each Contract and each other Contract Obligor Document applicable
thereto was executed by the applicable Contract Obligor in connection with the
purchase of an Alarm System or Alarm System monitoring and other security
services.
4.6 NAMES. No Loan Party conducts business and has not at any time during the
past five years conducted business under any name, trade name or fictitious
business name other than those names set forth with respect to each Loan Party
on Schedule 4.6.
4.7 LOCATIONS; FEIN. Schedule 4.7 sets forth the location of each Loan Party's
principal place of business, the location of each Loan Party's books and
records, the location of each Loan Party's service centers for the
administration of Contracts, the location of all other offices of each Loan
Party and all Collateral locations, and such locations are each such Loan
Party's sole locations for its business and the Collateral. Schedule 4.7 also
sets forth each Loan Party's federal employer identification number.
4.8 TITLE TO PROPERTIES; LIENS. Each Loan Party has good, sufficient and legal
title, subject to Permitted Encumbrances, to all its respective material assets.
Except for Permitted Encumbrances, all such properties and assets are free and
clear of Liens. To the best knowledge of each Loan Party after due inquiry,
there are no actual, threatened or alleged defaults with respect to any leases
of real property under which any Loan Party is lessee which would have a
Material Adverse Effect.
4.9 PERFECTION. This Agreement creates a valid and, except for the Permitted
Encumbrances, first priority security interest in the Collateral, securing the
payment and performance of the Obligations and all actions necessary to perfect
and protect such security interest have been duly taken.
4.10 LITIGATION; ADVERSE FACTS. There are no judgments outstanding against any
Loan Party or affecting any property of any Loan Party nor is there any action,
charge, claim, demand, suit, proceeding, petition, governmental investigation or
arbitration now pending or, to the best knowledge of each Borrower after due
inquiry, threatened against or affecting any Loan Party or any property of any
Loan Party which could reasonably be expected to result in any Material Adverse
Effect. No Loan Party has received any opinion or memorandum or legal advice
from legal counsel to the effect that it is exposed to any liability which could
reasonably be expected to result in any Material Adverse Effect.
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4.11 PAYMENT OF TAXES. All material tax returns and reports of each Loan Party
required to be filed by any of them have been timely filed, and all taxes,
assessments, fees and other governmental charges upon such Persons and upon
their respective properties, assets, income and franchises which are shown on
such returns as due and payable have been paid when due and payable. None of the
United States income tax returns of any Loan Party are under audit. No tax liens
have been filed and, to the best knowledge and belief of each Authorized Officer
of each Loan Party, no claims are being asserted with respect to any such taxes.
The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of each Loan Party in respect of
any taxes or other governmental charges are in accordance with GAAP.
4.12 PERFORMANCE OF AGREEMENTS. None of the Loan Parties is in default in the
performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or
conditions contained in any contractual obligation of any such Person, and no
condition exists that, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both,
would constitute such a default which, in either case, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.13 EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS. Each Loan Party and each ERISA Affiliate is in
compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions of ERISA, the
IRC and all other applicable laws and the regulations and interpretations
thereof with respect to all Employee Benefit Plans. No material liability has
been incurred by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate which remains unsatisfied
for any taxes or penalties with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan.
4.14 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. Each Loan Party owns, is licensed to use or
otherwise has the right to use, all Intellectual Property used in or necessary
for the conduct of its business as currently conducted that are material to the
financial condition, business or operations of any Loan Party, and all such
Intellectual Property is identified on Schedule 4.14.
4.15 BROKER'S FEES. No broker's or finder's fee or commission will be payable
with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby. In addition, there
are no investment banking fees, broker's or finders fees or similar fees or
payments payable by any Loan Party to any Person in connection with the Merger
Transactions which remain unpaid, nor are any claims by any Person for any such
fees or payments outstanding.
4.16 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE. Each Loan Party has been and is currently in
compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, including obtaining and
maintaining in effect all permits, licenses or other authorizations required by
applicable Environmental Laws. There are no claims, liabilities, investigations,
litigation, administrative proceedings, whether pending or, to the best
knowledge of any Borrower, threatened, or judgments or orders relating to any
Hazardous Materials asserted or threatened against any Loan Party or relating to
any real property currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by any Loan
Party.
4.17 SOLVENCY. As of and from and after the date of this Agreement, each Loan
Party: (a) owns and will own assets the fair saleable value of which are (i)
greater than the total amount of liabilities (including contingent liabilities)
of such Loan Party and (ii) greater than the amount that will be required to pay
the probable liabilities of such Loan Party as they mature; (b) has capital that
is not unreasonably small in relation
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to its business as presently conducted or any contemplated or undertaken
transaction; and (c) does not intend to incur and does not believe that it will
incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due.
4.18 DISCLOSURE. No representation or warranty of or with respect to any
Borrower or any other Loan Party contained in this Agreement, the financial
statements, the other Loan Documents, or any other document, certificate or
written statement furnished to Lender by or on behalf of any such Person for use
in connection with the Loan Documents contains any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading in
light of the circumstances in which the same were made. The Projections and pro
forma financial information contained in such materials are based upon good
faith estimates and assumptions believed by such Persons to be reasonable at the
time made, it being recognized by Lender that such projections as to future
events are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period
or periods covered by any such projections may differ from the projected
results. There is no material fact known to any Borrower that has had or will
have a Material Adverse Effect and that has not been disclosed herein or in such
other documents, certificates and statements furnished to Lender for use in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. There is no material fact
known to any Borrower that has had or will have a Material Adverse Effect and
that has not been disclosed herein or in such other documents, certificates and
statements furnished to Lender or any Lender for use in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby.
4.19 INSURANCE. Each Loan Party maintains adequate insurance policies for
public liability and property damage for its business and properties, no notice
of cancellation has been received with respect to such policies and each Loan
Party is in compliance with all conditions contained in such policies.
4.20 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. No Loan Party is in violation of any law, ordinance,
rule, regulation, order, policy, guideline or other requirement of any domestic
or foreign government or any instrumentality or agency thereof, having
jurisdiction over the conduct of its business or the ownership of its
properties, including, without limitation, any violation relating to any use,
release, storage, transport or disposal of any Hazardous Material, which
violation would subject any Loan Party, or any of their respective officers, to
criminal liability or have a Material Adverse Effect and no such violation has
been alleged.
4.21 BANK ACCOUNTS. Schedule 4.21 sets forth the account numbers and locations
of all bank accounts of each Loan Party.
4.22 SUBSIDIARIES. No Borrower has any Subsidiaries other than as set forth on
Schedule 4.22. No other Loan Party has any Subsidiaries.
4.23 USE OF PROCEEDS AND MARGIN SECURITY. Borrowers shall use the proceeds of
all Loans solely to fund its working capital needs and general corporate
purposes in the ordinary course of business. The proceeds of all Loans shall be
used for proper business purposes consistent with all applicable laws, statutes,
rules and regulations. No portion of the proceeds of any Loan shall be used by
any Borrower in any manner that might cause the borrowing or the application of
such proceeds to violate Regulation G, Regulation U, Regulation T or Regulation
X or any other regulation of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System or to violate the Exchange Act.
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4.24 EMPLOYEE MATTERS. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.24, (a) no Loan Party
nor any of such Loan Party's employees is subject to any collective bargaining
agreement, (b) no petition for certification or union election is pending with
respect to the employees of any Loan Party and no union or collective bargaining
unit has sought such certification or recognition with respect to the employees
of any Loan Party, and (c) there are no strikes, slowdowns, work stoppages or
controversies pending or, to the best knowledge of any Borrower, threatened
between any Loan Party and its respective employees, other than employee
grievances arising in the ordinary course of business which could not reasonably
be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.24, no Loan Party is subject to an
employment contract with any employee.
4.25 GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION. None of the Loan Parties is, or after giving
effect to any loan will be, subject to regulation under the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935, the Federal Power Act or the Investment Company Act
of 1940 or to any federal or state statute or regulation limiting its ability to
incur indebtedness for borrowed money.
4.26 ACTIVITIES AND LICENSES. All Contracts and other Contract Obligor
Documents, and all advertising, origination and administration activities,
procedures and materials with regard to all Contracts and other Contract Obligor
Documents or accounts made, created, acquired, assumed, collected or serviced by
or on behalf of any Borrower or any other Loan Party, comply in all material
respects with all applicable federal, state and local laws, ordinances, rules
and regulations, including but not limited to those related to the provision of
Alarm System installation and monitoring, Contract administration, consumer
protection, equal credit opportunity, fair debt collection, rescission rights
and disclosures, except where failure to comply would not have a Material
Adverse Effect. Schedule 4.26 attached hereto (as the same may be amended or
revised from time to time) completely and accurately lists all licenses and
permits obtained by such Loan Party, in each state in which it conducts
business, in connection with its activities. All such licenses and permits are
in full force and effect, and no additional licenses or permits are required in
connection with the conduct of the business of any Loan Party.
4.27 CURRENT CREDIT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. Borrowers' Current Credit Policies
are attached hereto as Schedule 4.27. There have been no amendments, supplements
or other modifications to such Current Credit Policies other than those made or
effected by Borrowers with the prior written consent of Lender.
SECTION 5 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Borrowers covenant and agree that, so long as the Commitment hereunder
shall be in effect and until payment in full of all Obligations, unless Lender
shall otherwise give its prior written consent, Borrowers shall perform, and
shall cause each other Loan Party to perform, all covenants in this Section 5
applicable to such Person.
5.1 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND OTHER REPORTS. Each Borrower will maintain, and
cause each other Loan Party to maintain, a system of accounting established and
administered in accordance with sound business practices to permit preparation
of financial statements in conformity with GAAP. Borrowers will deliver to
Lender the financial statements and other reports and information at the times
and in the manner described in Annex B hereto.
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5.2 ACCESS TO ACCOUNTANTS. Each Borrower authorizes Lender to discuss the
financial condition and financial statements of such Borrower and each other
Loan Party with Borrowers' and the Loan Parties' independent public accountants
upon reasonable notice to Borrower Representative of its intention to do so.
5.3 INSPECTION. Each Borrower shall and shall cause each other Loan Party to
permit Lender and any authorized representatives designated by Lender to visit
and inspect any of the properties of such Borrower or any such Loan Party,
including its and their financial and accounting records, and to make copies and
take extracts therefrom, and to discuss its and their affairs, finances and
business with its and their officers and independent public accountants, at such
reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably
requested. Each Borrower acknowledges that Lender intends to make such
inspections on at least a quarterly basis.
5.4 COLLATERAL RECORDS. Each Loan Party shall keep full and accurate books and
records relating to the Collateral and shall mark such books and records to
indicate Lender's security interests in the Collateral.
5.5 CONTRACT COVENANTS; VERIFICATION. Each applicable Loan Party shall, at its
own expense, use its best efforts to assure prompt payment of all amounts due or
to become due under the Contracts. Lender shall have the right, at any time or
times hereafter, to verify the validity, amount or any other matter relating to
any Contract or Contract Right, by mail, telephone or in person. After the
occurrence of an Event of Default, no Borrower shall, without the prior consent
of Lender, adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment of any Contract or
Contract Right, or release wholly or partly any Contract Obligor with respect
thereto, or allow any credit or discount thereon, other than in accordance with
Borrowers' Current Credit Policies.
5.6 COLLECTION OF ACCOUNTS AND PAYMENTS. Each Borrower shall establish a
lockbox (individually, a "Blocked Account" and collectively, the "Blocked
Accounts") in such Borrower's name with a bank acceptable to Lender (each, a
"Collecting Bank") (subject to irrevocable instructions acceptable to Lender as
hereinafter set forth) to which all Contract Obligors and other Contract Rights
Payors in respect of Contracts payable to such Borrower shall directly remit all
Remittances on such Contracts and in which such Borrower will immediately
deposit all Remittances received by such Borrower or any other cash payments
constituting proceeds of Collateral in the identical form in which such
Remittance or such other payment was received, whether by cash, check, wire
transfer or other instrument. In addition, Lender shall establish a depository
account at a centrally located bank (the "Lender's Depository Account"). Each
Collecting Bank shall acknowledge and agree, in a manner satisfactory to Lender,
that all payments made to the Blocked Accounts are the sole and exclusive
property of Lender and that such Collecting Bank has no right of setoff against
any Blocked Account and that all such payments received will be promptly
transferred to the Lender's Depository Account on a daily basis. Each Loan Party
hereby agrees that all payments received by Lender, whether by cash, check, wire
transfer or any other instrument, made to any such Blocked Account or otherwise
received by Lender and whether on the Contracts or as proceeds of other
Collateral or otherwise will be the sole and exclusive property of Lender.
Borrower shall irrevocably instruct each Collecting Bank that such Collecting
Bank shall promptly transfer all payments or deposits to each Blocked Account
into the Lender's Depository Account on a daily basis. Each Loan Party, and any
of its Affiliates, employees, agents or other Persons acting for or in concert
with such Loan Party, shall, acting as trustee for Lender, receive, as the sole
and exclusive property of Lender, any monies, checks, notes, drafts or any other
payments relating to and/or proceeds of Contracts or other Collateral which come
into the possession or under the control of
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such Loan Party or any of such Loan Party's Affiliates, employees, agents or
other Persons acting for or in concert with such Loan Party, and immediately
upon receipt thereof, such Loan Party or such Persons shall remit the same or
cause the same to be remitted, in kind, to a Blocked Account or to Lender, by
deposit directly into the Lender's Depository Account or at Lender's address set
forth in subsection 9.6 below.
5.7 ENDORSEMENT. Each Loan Party hereby constitutes and appoints Lender and all
Persons designated by Lender for that purpose as such Loan Party's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact, with power to endorse such Loan Party's name to any
Remittance or any other items of payment or proceeds described in subsection 5.6
above that come into Lender's possession or under Lender's control solely for
depositing same into Lender's Depositary Account. Both the appointment of Lender
as each Loan Party's attorney and Lender's rights and powers are coupled with an
interest and are irrevocable until payment in full and complete performance of
all of the Obligations.
5.8 CORPORATE EXISTENCE. Each Loan Party will at all times preserve and keep in
full force and effect its corporate existence and all rights and franchises
material to its business. Borrower Representative will promptly notify Lender of
any change in the corporate structure of any Borrower or any other Loan Party.
5.9 PAYMENT OF TAXES. Each Borrower will, and will cause each other Loan Party
to, pay all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges imposed upon it or
any of its properties or assets or with respect to any of its franchises,
business, income or property before any penalty accrues thereon PROVIDED that no
such tax need be paid if the applicable Borrower or any such other Loan Party is
contesting same in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and
diligently conducted and if such Borrower or such Loan Party has established
appropriate reserves as shall be required in conformity with GAAP.
5.10 MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES; INSURANCE. Each Borrower will, and will cause
each other Loan Party to, maintain or cause to be maintained in good repair,
working order and condition all material properties used in the business of such
Borrower and each other Loan Party and will make or cause to be made all
appropriate repairs, renewals and replacements thereof. Each Borrower will, and
will cause each other Loan Party to, maintain or cause to be maintained, with
financially sound and reputable insurers, public liability and property damage
insurance with respect to its business and properties against loss or damage of
the kinds customarily carried or maintained by corporations of established
reputation engaged in similar businesses and in amounts reasonably acceptable to
Lender. Each Borrower shall and will cause each other Loan Party to cause Lender
to be named as loss payee on all insurance policies relating to any Collateral
and as additional insured under all liability policies, in each case pursuant to
appropriate endorsements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Lender.
5.11 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. Each Borrower will (a) comply with and will cause
each other Loan Party to comply with the requirements of all applicable laws,
rules, regulations and orders of any governmental authority (including, without
limitation, laws, rules regulations and orders relating to taxes, employer and
employee contributions, securities, employee retirement and welfare benefits,
environmental protection matters, employee health and safety, and other federal,
state and local laws, rules, regulations and orders described in subsection
4.26) as now in effect and which may be imposed in the future in all
jurisdictions in which any Loan Party is now doing business or may hereafter be
doing business, and (b) maintain or obtain and will cause each other Loan Party
to maintain or obtain, all licenses and permits now held or hereafter required
by any such Person, for which the loss, suspension, revocation or failure to
obtain or renew, could
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have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.12 FURTHER ASSURANCES. Each Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan
Party to, from time to time, execute such guaranties, financing or continuation
statements, documents, security agreements, reports and other documents or
deliver to Lender such instruments, certificates of title or other documents as
Lender at any time may reasonably request to evidence, perfect or otherwise
implement the guaranties and security for repayment of the Obligations provided
for in the Loan Documents.
5.13 COLLATERAL LOCATIONS. Each Borrower will, and will cause each other Loan
Party to, keep the Collateral at the applicable locations specified on Schedule
4.7. With respect to any new location (which in any event shall be within the
continental United States), each Borrower will, and will cause each other Loan
Party to, execute such documents and take such actions as Lender deems necessary
to perfect and protect the security interests of the Lender in the Collateral.
5.14 BAILEES. If any Collateral is at any time in the possession or control of
any warehouseman, bailee or any agents or processors of or for any Loan Party,
such Loan Party shall, upon the written request of Lender, notify such
warehouseman, bailee, agent or processor of the security interests in favor of
Lender created hereby and shall instruct such Person to hold all such Collateral
for Lender's account subject to Lender's instructions.
5.15 OTHER DOCUMENTS. Each Borrower will, and will cause each other Loan Party
to, maintain accurate and complete files relating to the Contracts and other
Collateral to the satisfaction of Lender, and such files will contain copies of
all Contract Obligor Documents together with all relevant credit memoranda and
all collection information and correspondence relating to such Contract Obligor
Documents.
5.16 CUSTODIAN. Lender shall have the right at any time to utilize Custodian to
maintain custody of the Contract Obligor Documents. Each Borrower will, and will
cause each other Loan Party to, deliver all original Contract Obligor Documents
to the Custodian from time to time pursuant to the terms of the Custodial
Agreement, and each Loan Party agrees that at all times prior to such delivery,
such original Contract Obligor Documents shall be held by the applicable Loan
Party in trust for the benefit of Lender. Each Loan Party agrees not to
interfere with Custodian's performance of its duties under the Custodial
Agreement or to take any action that would be inconsistent in any way with the
terms of the Custodial Agreement. All custodial fees, and the costs and expenses
of the Custodian, shall be paid by Borrowers.
5.17 CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
(A) Each Borrower shall perform all aspects of servicing, administering,
collecting, liquidating, accounting for and managing (collectively,
"administering", "administer", or "administration") its Contracts which it
customarily performs, in accordance with Borrowers' Current Credit Policies.
Each Borrower shall provide such administration in a reasonable and prudent way
that does not, in Lender's determination, adversely affect the value of the
Collateral to Lender. The administration performed by each Borrower shall
include but not be limited to all administration currently performed by Borrower
Representative in respect of its Contracts, including without limitation all
customer service, insurance claim tracking and collection, enforcement of
guaranties or similar recovery arrangements with Dealers or Sellers, insurance
maintenance, Contract enforcement, Contract billing, payment processing,
portfolio and Contract accounting, portfolio
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management, delinquency collection, repossession, foreclosure, resale, and
maintenance of current Contract Obligor location information (name, address and
phone number). Each Borrower shall maintain current, accurate, and complete
records of activity and comments regarding collection, insurance, payments, and
other material events in respect of each of its Contracts. Each Borrower shall
at all times maintain computerized records regarding collection history,
payments, Contract accounting, customer service notes, and Contract Obligor
names and addresses. Each Borrower shall require each applicable Contract
Obligor to maintain all required insurance. Each Borrower shall administer and
otherwise deal with its Contracts in compliance with all applicable laws.
(B) Each Borrower shall administer its Contracts at its existing service
center set forth on Schedule 4.7, or at such other locations that Borrower
Representative provides prior written notice of to Lender and Lender approves
for Contract administration.
(C) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary (i) each Borrower shall
remain liable under all of its Contracts and any other contracts and agreements
between each Borrower and any Contract Obligors or otherwise included in or
related to the Collateral, to the extent set forth therein, and shall perform
all of its duties and obligations thereunder to the same extent as if this
Agreement had not been executed, (ii) the exercise by Lender of any rights under
any of the Loan Documents shall not release any Borrower from any of its duties
or obligations under any Contracts or any such other contracts and agreements,
and (iii) Lender shall not have any obligation or liability under the Contracts
or any such other contracts and agreements, nor shall Lender be obligated to
perform any of the obligations or duties of any Borrower thereunder or to take
any action to collect or enforce any rights thereunder.
(D) Each Borrower shall administer its Contracts at its own expense. If in
Lender's opinion, any Borrower fails to administer any Contracts in accordance
with Borrowers' Current Credit Policies as from time to time in effect or
otherwise in accordance with this Agreement, Lender shall notify Borrowers of
the deficiencies in such administration and the applicable Borrower shall have
ten (10) Business Days to cure any such deficiencies. In addition, in the event
that any Borrower fails to administer the Contracts in accordance with this
Agreement or if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
Lender may, in Lender's or any Borrower's name, take over all or part of the
Contract administration. If Lender takes over all or part of such
administration, Borrowers shall pay to Lender on demand all out-of-pocket costs
incurred by Lender in the performance of such administration obligations, and
Borrowers shall also pay Lender, for the administration performed by Lender, an
administration fee (exclusive of out-of-pocket costs) established by Lender, and
until so paid such costs and fee shall be part of the Loan secured by all of the
Collateral.
5.18 INSPECTION OF ALARM SYSTEMS. Borrowers at all times will have physically
inspected not less than five percent (5%) of the Alarm Systems to confirm that
such Alarm Systems are (A) installed as fixtures at the premises of the
applicable Contract Obligor , (B) connected to Borrowers' dedicated phone line,
and (C) otherwise in good condition and working order, ordinary wear and tear
excepted.
SECTION 6 PERFORMANCE COVENANTS
Borrowers covenant and agree that so long as the Commitment remains in
effect and until payment in full of all Obligations, Borrowers shall comply with
and shall cause each other Loan Party to comply with all covenants in this
Section 6 applicable to such Person.
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6.1 SENIOR DEBT TO TANGIBLE NET WORTH. Borrowers shall not at any time permit
the ratio of Senior Debt to Tangible Net Worth to exceed 6.0 to 1.0.
6.2 WEIGHTED AVERAGE MRI. Borrowers shall not at any time permit the Weighted
Average MRI of all Contracts to exceed $55.00.
6.3 MRI IN EXCESS OF $300. Borrowers shall not at any time permit more than ten
percent (10%) of all Contracts owned by the Loan Parties in the aggregate to
have a MRI of more than $300.00.
6.4 ANNUALIZED NET ATTRITION RATE. Borrowers shall not at any time permit the
Annualized Net Attrition Rate to exceed 8.0%.
6.5 DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE.
(a) Borrowers shall not permit Debt Service Coverage for the respective
periods set forth below to be less than the amount set forth below for such
period.
PERIOD RATIO
Eight Months ended 8/31/97 1.0 to 1.0
Nine Months ended 9/30/97 1.0 to 1.0
Ten Months ended 10/31/97 1.0 to 1.0
Eleven Months ended 11/30/97 1.0 to 1.0
Twelve Months ended 12/31/97 1.0 to 1.0
Twelve Months ended 1/31/98 1.0 to 1.0
Twelve Months ended 2/28/98 1.0 to 1.0
(b) Thereafter, Borrowers shall not permit Debt Service Coverage for the
twelve month period ending on the last day of each month to be less than 1.75 to
1.0.
6.6 TANGIBLE NET WORTH. At all times from and after the Closing Date, Borrowers
shall maintain a Tangible Net Worth of $1,500,000; PROVIDED that, if the
Applicable Commitment Amount is increased to $20,000,000, Borrowers shall at all
times from and after the date of such increase maintain a Tangible Net Worth of
not less than $5,000,000.
SECTION 7 NEGATIVE COVENANT
Borrowers covenant and agree that so long as the Commitment remains in
effect and until payment in full of all Obligations, Borrowers shall comply with
and shall cause each other Loan Party to comply with
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All covenants in this Section 7 Applicable to such Person.
7.1 INDEBTEDNESS AND LIABILITIES. No Borrower will, nor will any Borrower
permit any other Loan Party to, directly or indirectly create, incur, assume,
guaranty, or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable, on a
fixed or contingent basis, with respect to any Indebtedness except: (a) the
Obligations; (b) intercompany Indebtedness among Borrowers and their
Subsidiaries (other than SDI); PROVIDED that such Indebtedness is subordinated
in right of payment to the Obligations; (c) Indebtedness not to exceed $150,000
in the aggregate at any time outstanding secured by purchase money Liens
(including for computation purposes outstanding purchase money Indebtedness
existing on the Closing Date and identified on Schedule 7.1); (d) Indebtedness
in respect of Capital Leases incurred to acquire computer Equipment, up to
$150,000 in the aggregate; (e) Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and
identified on Schedule 7.1; and (f) Subordinated Debt issued or incurred by
Borrowers so long as (i) at the time any such Subordinated Debt is issued or
incurred by any Borrower and after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing; (ii) the terms and conditions of such
Subordinated Debt, including without limitation the subordination provisions
applicable thereto, the payment and maturity terms thereof, and any covenants,
representations and warranties, defaults and indemnities applicable thereto, are
acceptable to Lender and its counsel, and (iii) Lender shall have given its
prior written consent to the issuance or incurrence of such Subordinated Debt,
such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Except for Indebtedness
described permitted in the preceding sentence, Borrowers will not, and will not
permit any other Loan Party to, incur any Liabilities except for trade payables,
accounts payable and normal accruals in the ordinary course of business not yet
due and payable or with respect to which the applicable Borrower or the
applicable other Loan Party is contesting in good faith the amount or validity
thereof by appropriate proceedings and then only to the extent that such
Borrower or such Loan Party has established adequate reserves therefor, if
appropriate under GAAP.
7.2 GUARANTIES. Except for endorsements of instruments or items of payment for
collection in the ordinary course of business, Borrowers shall not and shall not
permit any other Loan Party to guaranty, endorse, or otherwise in any way become
or be responsible for any obligations of any other Person, whether directly or
indirectly by agreement to purchase the indebtedness of any other Person or
through the purchase of goods, supplies or services, or maintenance of working
capital or other balance sheet covenants or conditions, or by way of stock
purchase, capital contribution, advance or loan for the purpose of paying or
discharging any indebtedness or obligation of such other Person or otherwise.
7.3 TRANSFERS, LIENS AND RELATED MATTERS.
(A) TRANSFERS. Borrowers shall not and shall not permit any other Loan
Party to sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose
of, or grant any option with respect to any of the Collateral, except that
Borrowers and the other Loan Parties may (i) sell Inventory in the ordinary
course of business; and (ii) make Asset Dispositions of Equipment, fixtures or
real property if all of the following conditions are met: (1) the fair market
value of assets sold or otherwise disposed of in any single transaction or
series of related transactions does not exceed $100,000 and the aggregate fair
market value of assets sold or otherwise disposed of in any Fiscal Year by all
of the Loan Parties collectively does not exceed $250,000; (2) the consideration
received is at least equal to the fair market value of such assets; (3) the sole
consideration received is cash; (4) after giving effect to the sale or other
disposition of the assets included within such Asset Disposition, Borrowers are
in compliance on a pro forma basis with the covenants set forth
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in Section 6 recomputed for the most recently ended month for which information
is available and is in compliance with all other terms and conditions contained
in this Agreement; and (5) no Event of Default shall result from such sale or
other disposition.
(B) LIENS. Except for Permitted Encumbrances, Borrowers will not and will
not permit any other Loan Party to directly or indirectly create, incur, assume
or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any of the Collateral or any
other assets of such Person or any proceeds, income or profits therefrom.
(C) NO NEGATIVE PLEDGES. Neither any Borrower nor any other Loan Party
shall enter into or assume any agreement (other than the Loan Documents)
prohibiting the creation or assumption of any Lien upon its properties or
assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired.
(D) NO RESTRICTIONS ON LOAN PARTY DISTRIBUTIONS TO BORROWERS. Except as
provided herein, no Borrower will nor will any Borrower permit any other Loan
Party directly or indirectly to create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or
become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the
ability of any such Loan Party to: (1) pay dividends or make any other
distribution on any of such Loan Party's capital stock owned by any Borrower or
any other Subsidiary of any Borrower; (2) subject to subordination provisions,
pay any indebtedness owed to any Borrower or any other Subsidiary of any
Borrower; (3) make loans or advances to any Borrower or any other Subsidiary of
any Borrower; or (4) transfer any of its property or assets to any Borrower or
any other Subsidiary of any Borrower.
7.4 INVESTMENTS AND LOANS. Borrowers shall not and shall not permit any other
Loan Party to make or permit to exist investments in or loans to any other
Person, except: (a) Cash Equivalents; (b) loans and advances to employees for
moving, entertainment, travel and other similar expenses in the ordinary course
of business in an aggregate outstanding amount not in excess of $10,000 at any
time; (c) New Guardian may make investments in SDI in an aggregate amount not in
excess of $100,000, the proceeds of which shall be used solely to wind up the
business of SDI, to satisfy all of SDI's outstanding liabilities and to effect
the dissolution of SDI; and (d) other investments existing on the Closing Date
and described on Schedule 7.4.
7.5 RESTRICTED JUNIOR PAYMENTS. No Borrower will nor will any Borrower permit
any other Loan Party to directly or indirectly declare, order, pay, make or set
apart any sum for any Restricted Junior Payment, except that: (a) Subsidiaries
of any Borrower may make Restricted Junior Payments with respect to their common
stock to the extent necessary to permit such Borrower to pay the Obligations, to
make Restricted Junior Payments permitted under clauses (b) and (c) below and to
permit such Borrower to pay expenses incurred in the ordinary course of
business; (b) Borrowers may make payments of interest on any Subordinated Debt
permitted pursuant to Section 7.1 as and when due on a non-accelerated basis in
accordance with the terms of the applicable agreements evidencing or governing
such Subordinated Debt; and (c) New Guardian may consummate repurchases of its
outstanding capital stock from its stockholders (other than the Ginsburg Group
(as defined in subsection 8.1(F)) so long as the aggregate amount of such
repurchases does not exceed $100,000.
7.6 RESTRICTION ON FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES. Neither any Borrower nor any other Loan
Party will: (a) enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation; (b)
liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or
dissolution), except that SDI shall cease operations as promptly as practicable;
(c) convey, sell, lease, sublease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one
transaction or a series of transactions, all or any
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substantial part of its business or assets, or the capital stock of any of its
Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter acquired; or (d) acquire by
purchase or otherwise all or any substantial part of the business or assets of,
or stock or other evidence of beneficial ownership of, any Person, except that
any Borrower may acquire assets from another Person pursuant to a Bulk Contract
Purchase so long as (i) at the time of any such transaction and after giving
effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing; (ii) the applicable Seller shall have agreed in writing to be bound
by a guarantee or replacement clause substantially similar to that set forth in
Schedule 7.6; and (iii) Lender shall have completed such due diligence in
respect of the portfolio of Contracts to be acquired pursuant to such Bulk
Contract Purchase (or series of related such transactions) as it may request and
Lender shall have given its prior written consent to the consummation thereof by
the applicable Borrower, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed; provided that the requirements of this clause (iii) need not be
satisfied in the case of (A) any such Bulk Contract Purchase (or series of
related such transactions) which is for an aggregate amount of $250,000 or less,
or (B) any such Bulk Contract Purchase (or series of related such transactions)
which is for an aggregate amount in excess of $250,000 but equal to or less than
$500,000, if the average initial term of the Contracts included in such Bulk
Contract Purchase is 36 months or more.
7.7 CHANGES RELATING TO SUBORDINATED DEBT. Borrowers will not, and will not
permit any other Loan Party to, change or amend the terms of any documents or
instruments evidencing or governing any Subordinated Debt if the effect of such
amendment is to: (a) increase the interest rate on such Indebtedness; (b) change
the dates upon which payments of principal or interest are due on such
Indebtedness; (c) change any event of default or add any covenant with respect
to such Indebtedness; (d) change the payment provisions of such Indebtedness;
(e) change the subordination provisions thereof; or (f) change or amend any
other term if such change or amendment would materially increase the obligations
of the obligor or confer additional material rights on the holder of such
Indebtedness in a manner adverse to any Borrower, any other Loan Party, or
Lender.
7.8 TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES. Borrowers will not, and will not permit any
other Loan Party to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any
transaction (including the purchase, sale or exchange of property or the
rendering of any service) with any Affiliate or with any officer, director or
employee of any Loan Party, except for transactions in the ordinary course of
and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of such Borrower's or such Loan
Party's business and upon fair and reasonable terms which are fully disclosed to
Lender and which are no less favorable to such Borrower or such Loan Party than
it would obtain in a comparable arm's length transaction with an unaffiliated
Person.
7.9 ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITIES. Borrowers will not and will not permit any other
Loan Party to: (a) violate any applicable Environmental Law; (b) dispose of any
Hazardous Materials (except in accordance with applicable law) into or onto or
from, any real property owned, leased or operated by any Loan Party; or (c)
permit any Lien imposed pursuant to any Environmental Law to be imposed or to
remain on any real property owned, leased or operated by any Loan Party.
7.10 CONDUCT OF BUSINESS. From and after the Closing Date, no Borrower will nor
will any Borrower permit any other Loan Party to engage in any business other
than businesses of the type engaged in by such Borrower or such Loan Party on
the Closing Date, as described on Schedule 7.10.
7.11 COMPLIANCE WITH ERISA. Borrowers will not and will not permit any other
Loan Party to establish any new Employee Benefit Plan or amend any existing
Employee Benefit Plan if the liability or increased
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liability resulting from such establishment or amendment is material. No Loan
Party shall fail to establish, maintain and operate each Employee Benefit Plan
in compliance in all material respects with the provisions of ERISA, the IRC and
all other applicable laws and the regulations and interpretations thereof.
7.12 TAX CONSOLIDATIONS. Borrowers will not, and will not permit any other Loan
Party to, file or consent to the filing of any consolidated income tax return
with any Person (other than New Guardian).
7.13 SUBSIDIARIES. No Borrower will, nor will any Borrower permit any other
Loan Party to, establish, create or acquire any new Subsidiaries without the
prior written consent of Lender.
7.14 FISCAL YEAR. Neither any Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall change its
Fiscal Year.
7.15 PRESS RELEASE; PUBLIC OFFERING MATERIALS. Borrowers will not and will not
permit any other Loan Party to disclose the name of Lender in any press release
or in any prospectus, proxy statement or other materials filed with any
governmental entity relating to a public offering of the capital stock of any
Loan Party.
7.16 BANK ACCOUNTS. Borrowers will not and will not permit any other Loan Party
to establish any new bank accounts or lockboxes, or amend, terminate or replace
any Blocked Account or lockbox agreement without Lender's prior written consent,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed (but shall be
subject to the execution and delivery of a replacement lockbox agreement or
similar agreement conforming to the requirements of Section 5.6 and otherwise
acceptable to Lender).
7.17 NO SALES OUTSIDE OF CERTAIN STATES. Other than with respect to the
national accounts listed and described on Schedule 7.17, Borrowers shall not and
shall not permit any other Loan Party to market, attempt to purchase or purchase
any Contracts outside of the State of Florida unless, prior to taking any such
actions, the applicable Borrower or the applicable Loan Party delivers to Lender
the applicable Compliance Documents.
7.18 CERTAIN REQUIRED FORMS; NO AMENDMENTS TO CURRENT CREDIT POLICIES.
Borrowers will not and will not permit any other Loan Party to purchase or enter
into (as the case may be) any of the following in a form other than that
previously approved by Lender as being satisfactory to it in form and substance:
(a) Contracts and other Contract Obligor Documents; or (b) Dealer Agreements. As
at the Closing Date and until such time as otherwise approved by Lender, the
approved forms are as attached as Schedules 7.18(1) and 7.18(2), respectively.
Borrowers will not and will not permit any other Loan Party to amend, supplement
or otherwise modify its Current Credit Policies in any respect without the prior
written consent of Lender.
SECTION 8 DEFAULT, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
8.1 EVENT OF DEFAULT. "Event of Default" shall mean the occurrence or existence
of any one or more of the following:
(A) PAYMENT. Failure to make payment of any of the Obligations when due; or
(B) DEFAULT IN OTHER AGREEMENTS. (1) Failure of any Loan Party to pay when
due any principal or interest on any Indebtedness or (2) breach or default of
any Loan Party with respect to any Indebtedness;
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if such failure to pay, breach or default entitles the holder to cause such
Indebtedness having an individual principal amount in excess of $75,000 or
having an aggregate principal amount in excess of $150,000 to become or be
declared due prior to its stated maturity; or
(C) BREACH OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS. Failure of any Loan Party to perform or
comply with any term or condition contained in subsections 5.1, 5.3, 5.5 or 5.6
or contained in Section 6 or Section 7; or
(D) BREACH OF WARRANTY. Any representation, warranty, certification or
other statement made by any Loan Party in any Loan Document or in any statement
or certificate at any time given by such Person in writing pursuant or in
connection with any Loan Document is false in any material respect on the date
made; or
(E) OTHER DEFAULTS UNDER LOAN DOCUMENTS. Any Borrower or any other Loan
Party defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in
this Agreement or the other Loan Documents and such default is not remedied or
waived within ten (10) days after receipt by Borrowers of notice from Lender of
such default (other than occurrences described in other provisions of this
subsection 8.1 for which a different grace or cure period is specified or which
constitute immediate Events of Default); or
(F) CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP. (1) The Individual Guarantors, Richard Ginsburg
and Rhonda Ginsburg (collectively, the "Ginsburg Group") shall collectively
cease to own and/or exclusively control such amount of the issued and
outstanding voting common stock of New Guardian as is necessary to nominate and
elect a majority of the Board of Directors of New Guardian, provided that (a)
such limitation shall not prevent any member of the Ginsburg Group from
transferring all or any part of their ownership interests in New Guardian's
common stock (i) to any other member of the Ginsburg Group, or (ii) into any
trust established by such member for estate planning purposes so long as such
member retains exclusive voting control, for his or her lifetime, over all such
shares so placed in trust; and (b) such limitation shall terminate upon the
completion of a Qualified Public Offering; or (2) any other Loan Party ceases to
be a wholly-owned Subsidiary of New Guardian; or
(G) INVOLUNTARY BANKRUPTCY; APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVER, ETC. (1) A court
enters a decree or order for relief with respect to any Loan Party in an
involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, which decree or
order is not stayed or other similar relief is not granted under any applicable
federal or state law; or (2) the continuance of any of the following events for
sixty (60) days unless dismissed, bonded or discharged: (a) an involuntary case
is commenced against any Loan Party under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency
or other similar law now or hereafter in effect; or (b) a decree or order of a
court for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee,
custodian or other officer having similar powers over any Loan Party, or over
all or a substantial part of its property, is entered; or (c) an interim
receiver, trustee or other custodian is appointed without the consent of the
applicable Loan Party, for all or a substantial part of the property of Loan
Party; or
(H) VOLUNTARY BANKRUPTCY; APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVER, ETC. (1) An order for
relief is entered with respect to any Loan Party or any Loan Party commences a
voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consents to the
entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case or to the conversion of an
involuntary case to a voluntary case under
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any such law or consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a
receiver, trustee or other custodian for all or a substantial part of its
property; or (2) any Loan Party makes any assignment for the benefit of
creditors; or (3) the board of directors of any Loan Party adopts any resolution
or otherwise authorizes action to approve any of the actions referred to in this
subsection 8.1(H); or
(I) LIENS. Any lien, levy or assessment is filed or recorded with respect
to or otherwise imposed upon all or any part of the Collateral or the assets of
any Loan Party by the United States or any department or instrumentality thereof
or by any state, county, municipality or other governmental agency (other than
Permitted Encumbrances) and such lien, levy or assessment is not stayed,
vacated, paid or discharged within forty-five (45) days; or
(J) JUDGMENT AND ATTACHMENTS. Any money judgment, writ or warrant of
attachment, or similar process involving (1) an amount in any individual case in
excess of $100,000 or (2) an amount in the aggregate at any time in excess of
$200,000 (in either case not adequately covered by insurance as to which the
insurance company has acknowledged coverage) is entered or filed against any
Loan Party or any of their respective assets and remains undischarged,
unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of thirty (30) days or in any event
later than five (5) days prior to the date of any proposed sale thereunder; or
(K) DISSOLUTION. Any order, judgment or decree is entered against any Loan
Party decreeing the dissolution or split up of such Loan Party and such order
remains undischarged or unstayed for a period in excess of thirty (30) days; or
(L) SOLVENCY. Any Loan Party ceases to be solvent (as represented by such
Loan Party in subsection 4.17) or admits in writing its present or prospective
inability to pay its debts as they become due; or
(M) INJUNCTION. Any Loan Party is enjoined, restrained or in any way
prevented by the order of any court or any administrative or regulatory agency
from conducting all or any material part of its business and such order
continues for more than thirty (30) days; or
(N) INVALIDITY OF LOAN DOCUMENTS. Any of the Loan Documents for any reason,
other than a partial or full release in accordance with the terms thereof,
ceases to be in full force and effect or is declared to be null and void, or any
Loan Party denies that it has any further liability under any Loan Documents to
which it is party, or gives notice to such effect; or
(O) FAILURE OF SECURITY. Lender does not have or ceases to have a valid and
perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral (subject to
Permitted Encumbrances), in each case, for any reason other than the failure of
Lender to take any action within its control; or
(P) DAMAGE, STRIKE, CASUALTY. Any material damage to, or loss, theft or
destruction of, any material portion of the Collateral, whether or not insured,
or any strike, lockout, labor dispute, embargo, condemnation, act of God or
public enemy, or other casualty which causes, for more than ninety (90)
consecutive days, the cessation or substantial curtailment of revenue producing
activities at any facility of any Loan Party if any such event or circumstance
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(Q) LICENSES AND PERMITS. The loss, suspension or revocation of, or failure
to renew, any license or permit not held or hereafter acquired by any Loan
Party, if such loss, suspension, revocation or failure to renew could have a
Material Adverse Effect.
8.2 SUSPENSION OF COMMITMENT. Upon the occurrence of any Default or Event of
Default, notwithstanding any grace period or right to cure, Lender, without
notice or demand, may immediately cease making additional Loans and the
Commitment shall be suspended; PROVIDED that, in the case of a Default, if the
subject condition or event is waived, cured or removed within any applicable
grace or cure period, the Commitment shall be reinstated.
8.3 ACCELERATION. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in the
foregoing subsections 8.1(G) or 8.1(H), all Obligations shall automatically
become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or
other requirements of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by
Borrowers, and the Commitment shall thereupon terminate. Upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of any other Event of Default, Lender may, by written
notice to Borrowers, declare all or any portion of the Obligations to be, and
the same shall forthwith become, immediately due and payable and the Commitment
shall thereupon terminate.
8.4 REMEDIES. If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
Lender may exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to all other
rights and remedies provided for herein or in any other Loan Document or
otherwise available to it, all the rights and remedies of a secured party on
default under the UCC (whether or not the UCC applies to the affected
Collateral) and may also (a) notify any or all Contract Obligors or other
applicable Contract Rights Payors to make all payments directly to Lender; (b)
require Borrowers to, and each Borrower hereby agrees that it will, at its
expense and upon request of Lender forthwith, assemble all or part of the
Collateral as directed by Lender and make it available to Lender at a place to
be designated by Lender which is reasonably convenient to both parties; (c)
withdraw all cash in any Blocked Account and apply such monies in payment of the
Obligations in the manner provided in subsection 8.7; (d) without notice or
demand or legal process (except for such notice or demand, if any, as is
expressly required by the Code), enter upon any premises of any Borrower and
take possession of the Collateral; and (e) without notice except as specified
below, sell the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public
or private sale, at any of the Lender's offices or elsewhere, at such time or
times, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, and at such price or prices
and upon such other terms as Lender may deem commercially reasonable. Each
Borrower agrees that, to the extent notice of sale shall be required by law, at
least ten (10) days notice to Borrowers of the time and place of any public sale
or the time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute
reasonable notification. At any sale of the Collateral, if permitted by law,
Lender may bid (which bid may be, in whole or in part, in the form of
cancellation of indebtedness) for the purchase of the Collateral or any portion
thereof for the account of Lender. Lender shall not be obligated to make any
sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. Borrowers
shall remain jointly and severally liable for any deficiency. Lender may adjourn
any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and
place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the
time and place to which it was so adjourned. Lender shall not be required to
proceed against any Collateral but may proceed against Borrowers or any Borrower
directly. To the extent permitted by law, each Borrower hereby specifically
waives all rights of redemption, stay or appraisal which it has or may have
under any law now existing or hereafter enacted.
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8.5 APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEY-IN-FACT. Each Borrower hereby constitutes and
appoints Lender as such Borrower's attorney-in-fact with full authority in the
place and stead of such Borrower and in the name of such Borrower, Lender or
otherwise, from time to time in Lender's discretion after the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default to take any action and to execute
any instrument that Lender may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the
purposes of this Agreement, including: (a) to ask, demand, collect, sue for,
recover, compound, receive and give acquittance and receipts for moneys due and
to become due under or in respect of any of the Collateral; (b) if the
Obligations shall have been accelerated, to adjust, settle or compromise the
amount or payment of any Contract, or release wholly or partly any Contract
Obligor or other applicable Contract Rights Payor thereunder or allow any credit
or discount thereon; (c) to receive, endorse, and collect any drafts or other
instruments, documents and chattel paper, in connection with clause (a) above;
(d) to file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings that
Lender may deem necessary or desirable for the collection of any of the
Collateral or otherwise to enforce the rights of Lender with respect to any of
the Collateral; (e) to sign and endorse any invoices, freight or express bills,
bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, assignments, verifications and
notices in connection with Accounts and other documents relating to the
Collateral; (f) prepare, file and sign such Borrower's name on any proof of
claim in bankruptcy or similar document against any Contract Obligor or other
Contract Rights Payor; (g) prepare, file and sign such Borrower's name on any
notice of Lien, assignment or satisfaction of Lien or similar document in
connection with the Collateral; and (h) use the information recorded on or
contained in any data processing equipment and computer hardware and software
relating to the Collateral to which such Borrower has access. The appointment of
Lender as each Borrower's attorney and Lender's rights and powers are coupled
with an interest and are irrevocable until payment in full and complete
performance of all of the Obligations.
8.6 LIMITATION ON DUTY OF LENDER WITH RESPECT TO COLLATERAL. Beyond the safe
custody thereof, Lender shall have no duty with respect to any Collateral in its
possession or control (or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee)
or with respect to any income thereon or the preservation of rights against
prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto. Lender shall be deemed to
have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral
in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to
that which Lender accords its own property. Lender shall not be liable or
responsible for any loss or damage to any of the Collateral, or for any
diminution in the value thereof, by reason of the act or omission of any
warehouseman, carrier, forwarding agency, consignee or other agent or bailee
select ed by Lender in good faith.
8.7 APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of
an Event of Default, the proceeds of any sale of, or other realization upon, all
or any part of the Collateral shall be applied: FIRST, to all fees, costs and
expenses incurred by Lender with respect to this Agreement, the other Loan
Documents or the Collateral; SECOND, to all fees due and owing to Lender; THIRD,
to accrued and unpaid interest on the Obligations (including any interest which
but for the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, would have accrued on such
amounts); FOURTH, to the principal amounts of the Obligations outstanding; and
FIFTH, to any other indebtedness or obligations of any Borrower owing to Lender.
8.8 LICENSE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. Each Borrower hereby assigns, transfers
and conveys to Lender, effective upon the occurrence of any Event of Default
hereunder, the nonexclusive right and license to use all Intellectual Property
owned or used by such Borrower together with any goodwill associated therewith,
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all to the extent necessary to enable Lender to realize on the Collateral and
any successor or assign to enjoy the benefits of the Collateral. This right and
license shall inure to the benefit of all successors, assigns and transferees of
Lender and its successors, assigns and transferees, whether by voluntary
conveyance, operation of law, assignment, transfer, foreclosure, deed in lieu of
foreclosure or otherwise. Such right and license is granted free of charge,
without requirement that any monetary payment whatsoever be made to any Borrower
by Lender. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Borrower (a) hereby grants
the Lender and any successor servicer appointed by the Lender an irrevocable
license to use any Software utilized by such Borrower in connection with
monitoring, collecting or otherwise servicing and administering the Contracts;
(b) shall immediately upon demand by Lender deliver all such Software and any
other books, records, backup tapes, files or other information (of any kind
whatsoever, whether stored or kept electronically, on disk or otherwise) of such
Borrower pertaining to monitoring, collecting or otherwise servicing and
administering the Contracts; and (c) shall cooperate fully with the Lender in
promptly obtaining any licenses or modifications thereto as the Lender deems
necessary to enable Lender or any successor servicer appointed by Lender to use
any Software.
8.9 ASSIGNED AGREEMENTS. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
each Loan Party hereby irrevocably authorizes and empowers Lender to assert,
either directly or on behalf of such Loan Party, any claims such Loan Party may
have, from time to time, against any other party to any Assigned Agreement or to
otherwise exercise any right or remedy of such Loan Party under any Assigned
Agreement (including, without limitation, the right to enforce directly against
any party to an Assigned Agreement all of such Loan Party's rights thereunder
(including all recourse or other recovery rights against any Dealer or Seller
and any guarantees given to such Loan Party pursuant to any Dealer Agreement or
Bulk Contract Purchase Document in respect of any Contracts), to make all
demands and give all notices and to make all requests required or permitted to
be made by such Loan Party under any Assigned Agreement).
8.10 WAIVERS, NON-EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES. No failure on the part of Lender to
exercise, and no delay in exercising and no course of dealing with respect to,
any right under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall operate as a
waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise by Lender of any right
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The rights in this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of
any other remedies provided by law.
SECTION 9 MISCELLANEOUS
9.1 ASSIGNMENTS AND PARTICIPATIONS. Lender may assign its rights and delegate
its obligations under this Agreement and further may assign, or sell
participations in, all or any part of the Loans, the Commitment or any other
interest herein to an Affiliate or to another Person. In the case of an
assignment authorized under this subsection 9.1, the assignee shall have, to the
extent of such assignment, the same rights, benefits and obligations as it would
if it were a Lender hereunder. Lender shall be relieved of its obligations
hereunder with respect to the Commitment or assigned portion thereof. Each
Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that any assignment will give rise to a
direct obligation of such Borrower to the assignee and that the assignee shall
be considered to be a "Lender". Lender may furnish any information concerning
any Borrower and the other Loan Parties in its possession from time to time to
assignees and participants (including prospective assignees and participants).
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9.2 SET OFF. In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under
applicable law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, upon the
occurrence of any Event of Default, Lender and each assignee or participant is
hereby authorized by each Borrower at any time or from time to time, without
notice to such Borrower, any other Loan Party or to any other Person, any such
notice being hereby expressly waived, to set off and to appropriate and to apply
any and all balances held by it at any of its offices for the account of such
Borrower (regardless of whether such balances are then due to such Borrower) and
any other property at any time held or owing by that Lender or that assignee or
participant to or for the credit or for the account of such Borrower against and
on account of any of the Obligations then outstanding; PROVIDED, that no
participant shall exercise such right without the prior written consent of
Lender.
Each Borrower hereby agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that
any Lender or assignee or participant may exercise its right of setoff with
respect to amounts in excess of its pro rata share of the Obligations (or, in
the case of a participant, in excess of its pro rata participation interest in
the Obligations) and that such Lender, assignee or participant, as the case may
be, shall be deemed to have purchased for cash in the amount of such excess,
participations in each other Lender's, assignee's or participant's share of the
Obligations.
9.3 EXPENSES AND ATTORNEYS' FEES. Whether or not the transactions contemplated
hereby shall be consummated, Borrowers, jointly and severally, agree to promptly
pay all fees, costs and expenses incurred by Lender in connection with any
matters contemplated by or arising out of this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents including the following, and all such fees, costs and expenses shall
be part of the Obligations, payable on demand and secured by the Collateral: (a)
fees, costs and expenses (including fees of accountants and other professionals
retained by Lender and, at any time that a Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, allocated costs of internal counsel) incurred in connection with the
examination, review, due diligence investigation, documentation and closing of
the financing arrangements evidenced by the Loan Documents; PROVIDED that Lender
agrees to use its best efforts to limit the amount of attorneys' fees and
related expenses payable in connection with the review, documentation and
closing of the transactions contemplated hereunder as of the Closing Date to an
amount not in excess of $20,000 and further agrees that Borrowers shall only be
liable for fifty percent (50%) of any attorneys' fees and related costs in
excess of such amount incurred as of the Closing Date; (b) fees, costs and
expenses (including fees of accountants and other professionals retained by
Lender and, at any time that a Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
allocated costs of internal counsel) incurred from and after the Closing Date in
connection with the review, negotiation, preparation, documentation, execution
and administration of the Loan Documents, the Loans, and any amendments,
waivers, consents, forbearances and other modifications relating thereto or any
subordination or intercreditor agreements; (c) fees, costs and expenses incurred
in creating, perfecting and maintaining perfection of Liens in favor of Lender,
including all fees, costs and expenses of the Custodian; (d) fees, costs and
expenses incurred in connection with forwarding to Borrowers the proceeds of
Loans including Lender's standard wire transfer fee; (e) fees, costs, expenses
and bank charges, including bank charges for returned checks, incurred by Lender
in establishing, maintaining and handling lock box accounts, blocked accounts or
other accounts for collection of the Collateral; (f) fees, costs, expenses
(including attorneys' fees and, at any time that an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, allocated costs of internal counsel) and costs of
settlement incurred in collecting upon or enforcing rights against the
Collateral or incurred in any action to enforce this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents or to collect any payments due from any Borrower or any other Loan
Party under this Agreement or any other Loan
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Document or incurred in connection with any refinancing or restructuring of the
credit arrangements provided under this Agreement, whether in the nature of a
"workout" or in connection with any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings or
otherwise.
9.4 INDEMNITY. In addition to the payment of expenses pursuant to subsection
9.3, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated,
Borrowers jointly and severally agree to indemnify, pay and hold Lender and any
assignee or participant, and the officers, directors, employees, agents,
affiliates and attorneys of Lender and such assignees and participants
(collectively called the "Indemnitees") harmless from and against any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
claims, costs, expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever
(including the fees and disbursements of counsel for such Indemnitees in
connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial proceeding
commenced or threatened, whether or not such Indemnitee shall be designated a
party thereto) that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against that
Indemnitee, in any manner relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, the statements contained in the commitment letters, if any, delivered
by Lender, Lender's agreement to make the Loans hereunder, the use or intended
use of the proceeds of any of the Loans or the exercise of any right or remedy
hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (the "Indemnified Liabilities");
PROVIDED that no Borrower shall have any obligation to an Indemnitee hereunder
with respect to Indemnified Liabilities arising from the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of that Indemnitee as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction.
9.5 AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. This Agreement together with the other Loan
Documents constitutes the entire agreement among Lender and the Loan Parties
with respect to the subject matter hereto, and no amendment, modification,
termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or of the other Loan
Documents, or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, shall be
effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Lender and each
applicable Loan Party. Each amendment, modification, termination or waiver shall
be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for
which it was given.
9.6 NOTICES. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, all notices shall
be in writing addressed to the respective party as set forth below and may be
personally served, telecopied or sent by overnight courier service or United
States mail and shall be deemed to have been given: (a) if delivered in person,
when delivered; (b) if delivered by telecopy, on the date of transmission if
transmitted on a Business Day before 4:00 p.m. (Chicago time) or, if not, on the
next succeeding Business Day; (c) if delivered by overnight courier, upon
receipt by the addressee thereof (which receipt shall be deemed to have occurred
on the date on which such delivery shall have been signed for by any person at
such address, as determined by the applicable courier); or (d) if by U.S. Mail,
four Business Days after depositing in the United States mail, with postage
prepaid and properly addressed.
If to Borrower Representative, GUARDIAN INTERNATIONAL, INC.
any other Borrower or any 3880 North 28th Terrace
other Loan Party: Hollywood, Florida 33020
Attn: Richard Ginsburg, President
Telecopy No.: (954) 926-1822
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With a copy to: NAVON, KOPELMAN & O'DONNELL, P.A.
2699 Stirling Road, Suite B100
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33312
Attn: Samuel D. Navon, Esq.
Telecopy No.: (954) 983-7021
If to Lender: HELLER FINANCIAL, INC.
Attn: Portfolio Manager,
Sales Finance Division
500 West Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois 60661
Telecopy No.: (312) 441-7924
With a copy to: HELLER FINANCIAL, INC.
Attn: Legal Department
500 West Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois 60661
Telecopy No. (312) 441-7173
or to such other address as the party addressed shall have previously designated
by written notice to the serving party, given in accordance with this subsection
9.6.
9.7 SURVIVAL OF WARRANTIES AND CERTAIN AGREEMENTS. All agreements,
representations and warranties made herein shall survive the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans hereunder.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or implied by law to the contrary,
the agreements of Borrowers set forth in subsections 9.3 and 9.4 shall survive
the payment of the Loans and the termination of this Agreement.
9.8 INDULGENCE NOT WAIVER. No failure or delay on the part of Lender in the
exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder or under the Loan Documents
shall impair such power, right or privilege or be construed to be a waiver of
any default or acquiescence therein, nor shall any single or partial exercise of
any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or
of any other right, power or privilege.
9.9 MARSHALING; PAYMENTS SET ASIDE. Lender shall not be under any obligation to
marshal any assets in favor of any Loan Party or any other party or against or
in payment of any or all of the Obligations. To the extent that any Loan Party
makes a payment or payments to Lender or Lender enforces its security interests
or exercise its rights of setoff, and such payment or payments or the proceeds
of such enforcement or setoff or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated,
declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be
repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law, state
or federal law, common law or equitable cause, then to the extent of such
recovery, the Obligations or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied,
and all Liens, rights and remedies therefor, shall be revived and continued in
full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such enforcement
or setoff had not occurred.
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9.10 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents referred to
herein embody the final, entire agreement among the parties hereto and supersede
any and all prior commitments, agreements, representations, and understandings,
whether written or oral, relating to the subject matter hereof and may not be
contradicted or varied by evidence of prior, contemporaneous, or subsequent oral
agreements or discussions of the parties hereto. There are no oral agreements
among the parties hereto.
9.11 INDEPENDENCE OF COVENANTS. All covenants hereunder shall be given
independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted
by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception
to, or be otherwise within the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid
the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default if such action is taken or
condition exists.
9.12 SEVERABILITY. The invalidity, illegality or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction of any provision in or obligation under this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents shall not affect or impair the validity, legality or
enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations under this Agreement,
or the other Loan Documents or of such provision or obligation in any other
jurisdiction.
9.13 HEADINGS. Section and subsection headings in this Agreement are included
herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this
Agreement for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect.
9.14 APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE
CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF
ILLINOIS, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.
9.15 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns
except that no Loan Party may assign its rights or obligations hereunder without
the prior written consent of Lender.
9.16 NO FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIP; LIMITATION OF LIABILITIES.
(A) No provision in this Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents
and no course of dealing between the parties shall be deemed to create any
fiduciary duty by Lender to any Loan Party.
(B) Neither Lender, nor any affiliate, officer, director, employee,
attorney, or agent of Lender shall have any liability with respect to, and each
Borrower hereby waives, releases, and agrees not to sue any of them upon, any
claim for any special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages suffered
or incurred by such Borrower or any other Loan Party in connection with, arising
out of, or in any way related to, this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents, or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of
the other Loan Documents. Each Borrower hereby waives, releases, and agrees not
to sue Lender or any of Lender's affiliates, officers, directors, employees,
attorneys, or agents for punitive damages in respect of any claim in connection
with, arising out of, or in any way related to, this Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents, or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
or any of the transactions contemplated hereby.
9.17 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. EACH BORROWER HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE JURISDICTION
OF ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT LOCATED WITHIN THE COUNTY OF
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COOK, STATE OF ILLINOIS AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT, SUBJECT TO LENDER'S
ELECTION, ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE LITIGATED IN SUCH COURTS. EACH
BORROWER ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, GENERALLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY, THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS AND
WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES TO BE BOUND
BY ANY JUDGMENT RENDERED THEREBY IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER
LOAN DOCUMENTS OR THE OBLIGATIONS.
9.18 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH BORROWER AND LENDER EACH HEREBY WAIVE THEIR
RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR
ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS. EACH BORROWER AND
LENDER EACH ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO
A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH HAS ALREADY RELIED ON THE WAIVER IN ENTERING
INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THAT EACH WILL CONTINUE TO
RELY ON THE WAIVER IN THEIR RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. EACH BORROWER AND LENDER
EACH FURTHER WARRANT AND REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS
LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THAT EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL
RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
9.19 CONSTRUCTION. Each Borrower and Lender each acknowledge that it has had
the benefit of legal counsel of its own choice and has been afforded an
opportunity to review this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with its legal
counsel and that this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be construed
as if jointly drafted by Borrowers and Lender.
9.20 COUNTERPARTS; EFFECTIVENESS. This Agreement and any amendments, waivers,
consents, or supplements may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all of which
counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. This
Agreement shall become effective upon the execution of a counterpart hereof by
each of the parties hereto.
9.21 NO DUTY. All attorneys, accountants, appraisers, and other professional
Persons and consultants retained by Lender shall have the right to act
exclusively in the interest of Lender and shall have no duty of disclosure, duty
of loyalty, duty of care, or other duty or obligation of any type or nature
whatsoever to any Loan Party or any shareholders of any Loan Party or any other
Person.
9.22 CONFIDENTIALITY. Lender agrees to exercise its best efforts to keep any
non public information delivered or obtained pursuant to the Loan Documents,
confidential from Persons other than those employed by or engaged by Lender in
evaluating, approving, structuring or administering the Loans and those employed
by or engaged by Lender's assignees or participants, or potential assignees or
participants.
SECTION 10 CROSS-GUARANTY
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10.1 GUARANTY. Each Borrower hereby absolutely and unconditionally guaranties
to Lender the full and prompt payment of all Obligations owed or hereafter owing
to Lender by each other Borrower. Notwithstanding any provision herein contained
to the contrary, each Borrower's liability under this Section 10 (which
liability is in any event in addition to amounts for which such Borrower is
primarily liable under the other Sections of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents) shall be limited to an amount not to exceed as of any date of
determination the greater of:
(A) the net amount of all Loans advanced to any other Borrower under this
Agreement and then reloaned or otherwise transferred to such Borrower; or
(B) the amount which could be claimed by Lender from such Borrower under
this Section 10 without rendering such claim voidable or avoidable under Section
548 of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state Uniform
Fraudulent Transfer Act, Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act or similar statute or
common law after taking into account, among other things, such Borrower's right
of contribution and indemnification from the other Borrowers under subsection
10.2 hereof.
10.2 CONTRIBUTION WITH RESPECT TO GUARANTY OBLIGATIONS.
(A) To the extent that any Borrower shall make a payment under this Section
10 of all or any of the Obligations for which such Borrower is not primarily
liable (a "Guarantor Payment") which, taking into account all other Guarantor
Payments then previously or concurrently made by the other Borrowers, exceeds
the amount which such Borrower would otherwise have paid if each Borrower had
paid the aggregate Obligations satisfied by such Guarantor Payment in the same
proportion that such Borrower's "Allocable Amount" (as defined below) (in effect
immediately prior to such Guarantor Payment) bore to the aggregate Allocable
Amounts of all Borrowers in effect immediately prior to the making of such
Guarantor Payment, THEN such Borrower shall be entitled to received contribution
and indemnification payments from, and be reimbursed by, each of the other
Borrowers for the amount of such excess, PRO RATA based upon their respective
Allocable Amounts in effect immediately prior to such Guarantor Payment.
(B) As of any date of determination, the "ALLOCABLE AMOUNT" of any Borrower
shall be equal to the maximum amount of the claim which could then be recovered
from such Borrower under this Section 10 without rendering such claim voidable
or avoidable under Section 548 of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code or under any
applicable state Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance
Act or similar statute or common law.
(C) This subsection 10.2 is intended only to define the relative rights of
Borrowers and nothing set forth in this subsection 10.2 is intended to or shall
impair the obligations of Borrowers, jointly and severally, to pay any amounts
as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement, including, without limitation, Section 2 hereof, and nothing
contained in this subsection 10.2 shall limit the liability of any Borrower to
pay the Obligations for which it is primarily liable.
(D) The parties hereto acknowledge that the rights of contribution and
indemnification hereunder shall constitute assets of any Borrower to which such
contribution and indemnification is owing.
10.3 OBLIGATIONS ABSOLUTE. The liability of each Borrower to Lender under this
Section 10 shall not be affected or impaired by any of the following acts by
Lender: (i) any acceptance of collateral security,
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guarantors, accommodation parties or sureties for any or all Obligations; (ii)
one or more extensions or renewals of any Obligations (whether or not for longer
than the original period) or any modification of the interest rates, fees,
maturities or principal amount of, or other contractual terms applicable to, any
Obligations; (iii) any waiver or indulgence granted to any Borrower, any delay
or lack of diligence in the enforcement of Obligations, or any failure to
institute proceedings, file a claim, give any required notices or otherwise
protect any Obligations; (iv) any full or partial release of, compromise or
settlement with, or agreement not to sue any Borrower or any guarantor or other
person liable in respect of any Obligations; (v) the acceptance of any
instrument in renewal or substitution of any Obligation; (vi) any failure to
obtain collateral security (including rights of setoff) for any Obligations, or
to obtain or maintain the proper or sufficient creation and perfection thereof,
or to establish the priority thereof, or to preserve, protect, insure, care for,
exercise or enforce any collateral security; or any modification, alteration,
substitution, exchange, surrender, cancellation, termination, release or other
change, impairment, limitation, loss or discharge of any collateral security;
(vii) any assignment, pledge or other transfer of any Obligations or any
evidence thereof; or (viii) any manner, order or method of application of any
payments or credits upon Obligations. Each Borrower hereby waives any and all
defenses and discharges available to a surety, guarantor, or accommodation
co-obligor, other than payment in full in cash of the Obligations and
termination of the Commitment pursuant thereto.
10.4 WAIVER. EACH BORROWER HEREBY WAIVES PRESENTMENT, DEMAND FOR PAYMENT,
NOTICE OF DISHONOR OR NONPAYMENT, AND PROTEST OF ANY INSTRUMENT EVIDENCING
LIABILITIES.
10.5 RECOVERY. If any payment is applied by Lender to the Obligations and is
hereafter set aside, recovered, rescinded or required to be returned for any
reason (including, without limitation, the bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization of any Borrower or any other obligor), the Obligations to which
such payment was applied shall for the purposes of this Section 10 be deemed to
have continued in existence, notwithstanding such payment and application and
this guaranty shall be enforceable as to such Obligations as fully as if such
payment and application had never been made.
10.6 LIABILITY CUMULATIVE. The liability of Borrowers under this Section 10 is
in addition to and shall be cumulative with all liabilities of each Borrower to
Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which any such
Borrower is a party or in respect of any Obligations of the other Borrowers,
without any limitation as to amount, unless the instrument or agreement
evidencing or creating such other liability specifically provides to the
contrary.
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Witness the due execution hereof by the respective duly authorized officers
of the undersigned as of the date first written above.
HELLER FINANCIAL, INC. GUARDIAN INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Nevada
corporation
By:_______________________ By:___________________________
Title:____________________ Title: President
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