SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
FOR ANNUAL AND TRANSITION REPORTS
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Mark One)
[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998
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OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
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Commission File Number 0-19306
EXCEL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
Delaware 11-2780242
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.)
41 Research Way (516) 273-6900
E. Setauket, NY 11733 (Registrant's Telephone Number)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
None.
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, par value $.001 per share
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange 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 [ ]
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to
Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be
contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or
information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this From
10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [X]
The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of
the Registrant was $111,491,625 based on the average bid and ask price as
reported by NASDAQ on March 10, 1999.
The number of shares of the Registrant's common stock outstanding as of
March 10, 1999 was: 11,079,913.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:
Definitive Proxy Statement to be filed in connection with the
Registrant's 1998 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (incorporated by
reference under Part III.)
PART I
This Annual Report on Form 10-K (and other reports issued by the
Company and its officers from time to time) contain certain statements
concerning the Company's future results, future performance, intentions,
objectives, plans, and expectations that are or may be deemed to be
"forward-looking statements". Such statements are made in reliance upon
safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. The Company's actual results may differ significantly from the
results discussed in the forward looking statements. Such forward
looking statements are subject to a number of known and unknown risks and
uncertainties that, in addition to general economic and business
conditions, could cause the Company's actual results, performance, and
achievements to differ materially from those described or implied in the
forward looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to
such differences include, but are not limited to those discussed below
and in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations."
ITEM 1. BUSINESS
General
Excel Technology, Inc. (the "Company") designs, develops,
manufactures and markets laser systems and electro-optical components for
industry, science, and medicine. The word laser is an acronym for "Light
Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation." The essence of the
laser is the ability of a photon (light energy) to stimulate the emission
of other photons, each having the same wavelength (color) and direction
of travel. The laser beam is so concentrated and powerful that it can
produce power densities millions of times more intense than that found on
the surface of the sun, capable of cutting, welding and marking
industrial products, yet can be precisely controlled and directed,
capable of performing delicate surgery on humans.
In October 1992, the Company acquired Quantronix Corporation, a
Delaware corporation ("Quantronix"), for Common Stock and warrants of the
Company valued at approximately $9 million, in a transaction pursuant to
which Quantronix became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The
acquisition of Quantronix and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Control
Laser Corporation, located in Orlando, Florida ("Control Laser"),
Quantronix GmbH, located in Germany ("Quantronix GmbH"), and The Optical
Corporation, located in Oxnard, California ("Optical"), provided the
Company with its industrial, scientific and semiconductor product lines,
supplemented the Company's dental products and provided the Company with
a significant revenue base as well as established manufacturing,
engineering, marketing and customer service capabilities.
On February 14, 1995, the Company acquired Cambridge Technology,
Inc. ("Cambridge"), located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Cambridge is
engaged primarily in the manufacture of laser scanners, essential
components to moving a laser beam with precision at a specified speed.
These products have both industrial and consumer applications, such as
laser marking and etching, high density laser printing and writing,
digitized x-ray imaging and entertainment laser light shows and displays.
The acquisition allowed the Company to expand into new markets and
enhanced its market position in the industrial business. The Company
acquired all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Cambridge in
exchange for $4.75 million, consisting of $4.5 million in cash (of which
$3.5 million was paid on February 14, 1995) and $250 thousand in shares
of Common Stock (which was paid on February 14, 1995). Of the balance
due, $600 thousand was paid in March 1996 and $400 thousand was paid in
February 1997. Pursuant to the acquisition agreement, additional
payments were made due to Cambridge meeting certain performance goals
during the first two fiscal years after the acquisition. In connection
therewith, the Company paid $731 thousand in 1995 and $323 thousand in
1996.
On October 2, 1995, the Company acquired the Photo Research Division
("The Photo Research Division") of Kollmorgen Instruments Corporation
("Kollmorgen"). The Photo Research Division is engaged primarily in the
business of developing, manufacturing and marketing photometric and
spectroradiometer instruments and systems (the "Business"). In
accordance with an Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company purchased
substantially all of the net assets and properties utilized in connection
with the Business, in consideration of $3.5 million in cash. The Company
utilized its own cash to finance the acquisition. Subsequently, the
Company obtained a $3.5 million five-year term loan, from U.S.Trust, the
proceeds of which were utilized by the Company to replenish its own cash
used in financing the acquisition.
On August 14, 1998, the Company acquired substantially all of the
assets and properties of Synrad Inc. ("Synrad"), a company engaged in the
business of developing, manufacturing and marketing sealed CO2 lasers and
related accessories. In accordance with the Asset Purchase Agreement,
Excel Purchasing Company( a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company)
purchased substantially all of Synrad's assets and properties for
consideration of approximately $21.7 million in cash, which includes
transaction costs and the repayment of certain of Synrad's outstanding
debt. In addition the Company assumed certain liabilities, including
trade payables, accrued expenses and other specified liabilities. The
Company funded the acquisition of Synrad by utilizing its own cash and by
borrowing $6.5 million on its $15 million credit facility with The Bank
of New York (the "Bank"). Excel Purchasing Company changed its name to
Synrad, Inc. after the acquisition.
Excel was organized under the laws of Delaware in 1985.
CURRENT PRODUCTS AND APPLICATIONS
Marking Systems
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Control Laser, the Company's subsidiary located in Orlando, Florida,
designs, manufactures and markets industrial laser systems for material
marking and engraving. Control Laser accounted for approximately 27% of
the Company's total sales in 1998. With more than 1,950 systems
installed worldwide, including 1,540 in North America, Control Laser had
over 40% of the domestic market share in 1998. Control Laser's Icon and
Insignia laser systems allow for permanent, high speed, computer -
controlled product marking for the aerospace, automotive, medical device,
electronic, tooling and consumer industries. Customers include
Honeywell, ITT, Bosch, Nissan, Ford, General Electric, General Motors and
Chrysler. Control Laser's marking systems can be used independently or
can be utilized as part of an automated assembly line system. During the
fourth quarter of 1998, the Company started delivery of its new "on the
fly marking system called the Instamark Express.
Carbon Dioxide Lasers
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Synrad, the Company's subsidiary based in Mukilteo, Washington,
manufactures a range of sealed CO2 lasers for cutting, marking, drilling
or other machining applications for a variety of materials. The CO2
lasers range in power from 10W to 240W. Currently, Synrad is developing
higher power sealed CO2 lasers up to 600W. Synrad sells primarily to
OEMs and system integrators who incorporate the lasers with suitable
motion systems and optical assemblies and then sell the complete system.
Applications include desktop engraving systems found in many trophy/award
shops throughout the world, large area flatbed systems for cutting
dieboard or airbag material, and 3D prototyping using paper, sintered
metals and other materials to create 3D models and molds directly from
CAD packages. Higher power lasers also are finding uses in manufacturing
plants for trimming of flashing from injection-molded parts in the
automobile industry, cutting textiles and woven fabrics on continuous
production lines, and slitting/sealing of plastic packaging. Synrad also
manufactures a galvo marking head which when configured with a Synrad
laser, provides a fast and effective method of marking parts with lot
codes, serial number/date information and bar-codes. Synrad accounted
for approximately 15% of the Company's total 1998 sales.
Scanners
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Cambridge, the Company's subsidiary based in Cambridge,
Massachusetts, manufactures high speed mirror positioning components and
sub-systems used to direct laser energy. Cambridge accounted for
approximately 16% to the Company's sales in 1998. These optical scanning
products are key to a variety of applications where visible or invisible
laser energy is positioned quickly and precisely. An increasingly broad
base of laser system applications are served by these products including
laser marking, machining, heat treating, welding and cutting,
semiconductor wafer inspection and processing, laser entertainment,
corporate advertising and a growing number of laser based medical
applications, which include digital radiography, skin resurfacing, eye
treatment and others. With patented designs, Cambridge is a technology
leader in galvanometer-based optical scanning and supports research and
development of new applications through a wide range of academic
institutions, private firms and government agencies.
Photomask Repair Systems
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Quantronix, the Company's subsidiary located in East Setauket, New
York, manufactures and markets Defect Repair Systems (DRS) which are
laser based systems for use in semiconductor production. The DRS
provides a means to repair defects on the complex photomasks used to
produce integrated circuits.
A pioneer in this field, Quantronix has provided laser mask repair
systems to the industry since 1975. Currently, the DRSII Model 840e
system has been the industry standard, with over 100 installed Quantronix
repair systems in operation.
In recognition of the demand for smaller, denser features on next
generation integrated circuits, the Company has embarked on a development
program to produce the next generation machines (DRS II Model 850 and
DRSII Model 855) that will support circuit production through the 0.35
microns, 0.25 microns and 0.18 microns design generations, promoting
product viability in the future.
The initial shipment of a DRSII 850 system took place in November of
1996. The Company is currently working on a new updated machine to be
called the DRS II Model 855 which is scheduled for completion in 1999.
The DRSII 855 is being developed in close contact with leaders
within the semiconductor industry. This Quantronix product line
accounted for approximately 4% of the Company's total sales in 1998.
Scientific and Industrial Solid State Lasers
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Quantronix also manufactures and markets solid-state lasers for
science, industry and OEM uses. On a worldwide basis, scientific lasers
represent one of the most stable and long-established laser markets.
Scientific lasers are used by chemists, biologists, physicists and other
scientists and engineers. In this market, end-users are generally
familiar with the various product specifications, features and
reliability, which are the major factors in choosing between competing
products.
Quantronix's current scientific line includes the Titan and Odin
Series Ultrafast Amplifiers and the Series 527 High Power Green lasers.
Quantronix's Ultrafast Amplifiers incorporate a material called Titanium
Sapphire ("Ti:Sapphire") which has created opportunities for a greater
volume of research than previous materials. Ultrafast Amplifiers deliver
high energy short pulses on the femtosecond or picosecond time scale. (A
femtosecond is one quadrillionth of a second, a picosecond is one
trillionth of a second.) These short pulses enable the investigation of
a wide range of physical, chemical and biological phenomena.
The scientific systems utilize Nd:YLF lasers to produce high energy
pulses at a rate of 1kHz (1000 pulses per second). These pulses drive
the Ti:Sapphire Amplifier that can then pump other optical systems (also
marketed by Quantronix) which deliver tunable light from ultraviolet to
infrared regions of the spectrum. The material properties to be studied
vary over this range.
Quantronix's industrial and OEM solid state lasers offer a variety
of Nd:YAG, Ho:YAG and ER:YAG lasers in various configurations for
material processing applications. The wavelengths of these lasers vary
from 1064 nm to 263 nm.
Quantronix's scientific, industrial and solid state laser products
accounted for approximately 20% of the Company's total 1998 sales.
Optical Products
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Optical, a subsidiary of the Company based in Oxnard, California,
specializes in the manufacture of custom precision optical flats used for
measurement in optical scanners, laser systems, professional motion
picture cameras and other industrial and scientific applications.
Optical accounted for approximately 2% of the Company's sales in 1998.
Light and Color Measurement
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Photo Research, the Company's Chatsworth, California subsidiary, is
a leader in high precision, state of the art electro-optical
instrumentation and systems for light and color measurement. Photo
Research accounted for approximately 9% of the Company's total 1998
sales. The Spectra product line offers systems to a wide variety of
industries for research, quality control and on-line testing. Video
instrumentation provides high resolution CRT and flat panel inspection.
The Photo Research Optical Metrology Laboratory is a supplier of and
service provider to optical radiation standards, calibration and
measurement for major manufacturers of instruments, displays, devices and
materials.
Spare Parts
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Quantronix also sells spare parts and related consumable materials
used primarily in its semiconductor, industrial and scientific systems.
This operation is based in East Setauket, New York. Spare parts and
consumables include replacement optical elements, lamps and electronic
components. This Quantronix product line accounted for approximately 7%
of the Company's total sales in 1998.
Marketing and Sales
The Company's Marketing activities include the presentation of its
product lines at domestic and international trade shows and advertising.
The marketing and sales staff conduct professional meetings, conferences
and in-person and telephone sales calls. The Company also engages
independent manufacturers' representatives for the sale of its products.
Foreign sales of its products are made primarily through foreign
equipment distribution organizations and representatives, Quantronix
GmbH, its German subsidiary, and by Excel Technology Asia Sdn. Bhd., its
Malaysian subsidiary. Quantronix GmbH and Excel Technology, Asia are
engaged in the business of marketing, distributing, integrating and
servicing laser systems (for industrial, semiconductor, scientific and
dental products) manufactured at the Company's facilities in East
Setauket, New York; Orlando, Florida; and Mukilteo, Washington. The
sales territory covered by Quantronix GmbH is primarily Europe and the
sales territory for Excel Technology, Asia is primarily southeast Asia.
The staff of 23 includes 11 engineers who install and service all
products including complex semiconductor, scientific, and other
industrial systems. In addition, Quantronix GmbH provides spare parts
for its installed base.
The following table represents a breakdown between the Company's
domestic and foreign revenues for the years ended December 31, 1998, 1997
and 1996 (in thousands of dollars).
1998 1997 1996
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Dollars Percent Dollars Percent Dollars Percent
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DOMESTIC $42,157 63% $42,186 64% $37,781 66%
FOREIGN 24,935 37% 23,762 36% 19,681 34%
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TOTAL $67,092 100% $65,948 100% $57,462 100%
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Manufacturing
The Company assembles its products at its facilities in East
Setauket, New York; Orlando, Florida; Oxnard, California; Cambridge,
Massachusetts; Chatsworth, California; and Mukilteo, Washington. The
Company relies upon unaffiliated suppliers for the material components
and parts used to assemble its products. Most parts and components
purchased from suppliers are available from multiple sources. To date,
the Company has not experienced any significant delays in obtaining parts
and components for its products. The Company believes that it will be
able to continue to obtain most required components and parts from a
number of different suppliers, although there can be no assurance
thereof. Lack of availability of certain components could require major
redesign of the products and could result in production delays.
Warranty and Customer Services
The Company's warranty for all of its new products varies between
three months and twelve months. The Company also provides field support
services on an individual call basis and through service maintenance
contracts and provides customer support services by telephone to
customers with operational and service problems.
Research and Development
Due to the intense competition and rapid technological change in the
laser and optical industries, the Company believes that it must continue
to improve and refine its existing products and systems and develop new
applications for its technology. Research and development expenses for
the years ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996 were $5.59 million,
$4.86 million and $4.41 million, respectively.
Competition
The laser industry is subject to intense competition and rapid
technological change. Several of the Company's competitors are
substantially larger and have greater financial and other resources than
the Company. Competition among laser manufacturers extends to attracting
and retaining qualified technical personnel. The overall competitive
position of the Company will depend primarily upon a number of factors,
including the price and performance of its products, the compatibility of
its products with existing laser systems and the Company's overall
reputation in the laser industry.
The Company's scientific and industrial solid state lasers face a
number of competitors including Spectra Physics and Coherent Inc., which
are two of the largest solid state laser companies.
The Company's marking systems for material marking applications
compete primarily with those manufactured by A.B. Laser, Lumonics,
Electrox and Rofin-Sinar. These products have generally been subject to
intense price competition in recent years.
In the semiconductor photomask repair market, the Company primarily
competes with NEC. The market for semiconductor products recently has
been oversaturated and has experienced rapid advances in miniaturization
of integrated circuits and computers. These factors are behind the
Company's commitment to continue developing its next generation mask
repair products.
Competition for sealed carbon dioxide lasers comes from Coherent,
Inc. and more recently DEOS, Inc. and Universal Laser Systems. Rofin-
Sinar, a large European manufacturer of industrial lasers, also is
developing competitive products.
In light and color measurement, the major competitor to the
Company's Spectra product is Minolta. Minolta has approximately a 30% to
35% worldwide market share compared with Photo Research's 20% to 25%
share. In the on-line video inspection market, the Company is a
technical leader with Microvision as its key competitor.
In the laser scanner market, General Scanning, which has an
estimated current market share of 45%, is a significant competitor of the
Company. General Scanning also was one of the Company's largest
customers for scanners in 1998 and 1997. The Company has a significant
market presence worldwide with greater than 50% of the closed-loop
optical scanners.
Backlog
As of December 31, 1998, the Company had a backlog of firm orders of
approximately $19 million as compared to a backlog of $14 million as of
December 31, 1997. The Company believes that the current backlog will be
filled during the present fiscal year. Historically, backlog is shipped
within 90 days from the order date.
Patents and Licenses
The Company has several United States patents covering a wide
variety of its products and has applications pending in the United States
patent office. There can be no assurance that any other patents will be
issued to the Company or that such patents, if and when issued, will
provide any protection or benefit to the Company. Although the Company
believes that its patents and its pending patent applications are
valuable, the Company does not consider the ownership of patents
essential to its business. The Company believes that, in general, the
best protection of proprietary technology in the laser industry will come
from market position, technical innovation and product performance.
There is no assurance that any of these advantages will be realized by
the Company.
Government Regulation
The Company is subject to the laser radiation safety regulations of
the Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act administered by the
National Center for Devices and Radiological Health of the FDA. Among
other things, these regulations require a laser manufacturer to file new
product and annual reports, to maintain quality control and sales
records, to perform product testing, to distribute appropriate operating
manuals, to incorporate certain design and operating features in lasers
sold to end-users and to certify and label each laser sold to end-users
as one of four classes (based on the level of radiation from the laser
that is accessible to users). Various warning labels must be affixed and
certain protective devices installed depending on the class of product.
The National Center for Devices and Radiological Health is empowered to
seek fines and other remedies for violations of the regulatory
requirements. The Company believes that it is currently in compliance
with these regulations.
There are two principal methods by which FDA regulated products may
be marketed in the United States. One method is an FDA pre-market
notification filing under Section 510(k) of the Food, Drug and Cosmetics
Act (a "510(k) Application"). Applicants under the 510(k) procedure must
demonstrate that the device for which approval is sought is substantially
equivalent to devices on the market prior to the Medical Device
Amendments of 1976 or devices approved thereafter pursuant to the 510(k)
procedure. The review period for a 510(k) Application is 90 days from
the date of filing the application. While applications not rejected
within the 90-day period are deemed approved, applicants typically defer
marketing until a favorable response to the 510(k) Application is
received from the FDA. In 1992, the Company's three dental products
received 510(k) approval for use in soft tissue applications.
The alternate method, where section 510(k) is not available, is to
obtain pre-market approval ("PMA") from the FDA. Under the PMA
procedure, the applicant must obtain an investigational device exemption
before beginning the substantial clinical testing required to determine
the safety, efficacy and potential hazards of the product. The
preparation of a PMA application is significantly more complex and time
consuming than the 510(k) Application. The review period under a PMA
application is 180 days from the date of filing but the application is
not automatically deemed approved if not rejected during the period and
the FDA often responds with requests for additional information or
clinical reports. The PMA approval process can take up to several years.
The FDA also imposes various requirements on manufacturers and
sellers of products under its jurisdiction, such as labeling,
manufacturing practices, record keeping and reporting requirements. The
FDA also may require post-market testing and surveillance programs to
monitor a product's effects. There can be no assurance that the
appropriate approvals from the FDA will be granted, that the process to
obtain such approvals will not be excessively expensive or lengthy or
that the Company will have sufficient funds to pursue such approvals at
the time they are sought. The failure to receive requisite approvals for
the Company's products or processes, when and if developed, or
significant delays in obtaining such approvals, would prevent the Company
from commercializing its products as anticipated and would have a
materially adverse effect on the business of the Company.
Foreign Regulatory Requirements
Foreign sales of the Company's dental and medical laser systems are
or will be subject in each case to approval by the recipient country.
Regulatory requirements vary widely among the countries, from electrical
approvals to clinical applications similar to the PMA applications filed
with the FDA for sales in the United States. The Company has obtained
appropriate approvals for its dental products in Japan, Korea and certain
European countries including Germany.
Employees
As of December 31, 1998, the Company had 415 full-time employees,
consisting of 2 executive officers, 13 subsidiary executive officers, 116
scientists, engineering and technical personnel and 284 manufacturing,
administrative and sales support personnel. The Company believes that
its relations with its employees are satisfactory. None of the Company's
employees is represented by a union.
Financial Information About Foreign and Domestic Operations and Export
Sales
For the years ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996, the Company
had net sales to customers in foreign countries amounting to
approximately $24.9 million, $23.8 million and $19.7 million,
respectively (approximately 37%, 36% and 34% of total net sales and
services, respectively). These sales included sales by Quantronix GmbH,
the Company's German subsidiary. Quantronix GmbH buys laser systems,
spare parts and related consumable materials from Quantronix and Control
Laser, the Company's New York and Florida subsidiaries, for resale to
European and other foreign customers, and also furnishes field repair
services. See Note 13 of the "Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements."
Foreign currency translation for Quantronix GmbH, the Company's
subsidiary in Germany, is performed utilizing the current rate method
under which assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rate on
the balance sheet date, except for property, plant and equipment which is
translated at historical rates, while revenues, costs and other expenses
are translated at the average exchange rate for the reporting period.
The resulting translation adjustment of $(53) thousand and $(256)
thousand at December 31, 1998 and 1997, respectively, is included as a
component of stockholders' equity. Currency and exchange rate
fluctuations from transaction gains and losses resulted in a net gain of
$55 thousand and net losses of $167 thousand and $178 thousand for the
years ended December 31, 1998 , 1997 and 1996, respectively. Such
amounts are based upon the accounting treatment of foreign intercompany
balances and transaction gains and losses.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
Excel leases approximately 2,900 square feet in New York City from
an unaffiliated landlord for its corporate offices. The lease is for a
five-year period at an average annual rent of $108,000, and expires in
November 2001.
Quantronix constructed its own building during 1997 which was
completed during 1998. The building is approximately 33,500 square feet
located in East Setauket, New York. The building is used for its
manufacturing operations and administrative offices.
Control Laser leases a 50,000 square foot building in Orlando,
Florida from an unaffiliated landlord, which it utilizes for
administrative offices and laser manufacturing operations. Annual rent
is approximately $240,000. The lease expires in December 2001.
Optical leases a 14,000 square foot building in Oxnard, California
from an unaffiliated landlord for manufacturing purposes, at an annual
rent of approximately $90,000. The lease term expired in December 1998.
Optical continues to lease the facility on a month-to-month basis while
searching for another facility.
Cambridge leases a 17,000 square foot building in Cambridge,
Massachusetts from an unaffiliated landlord for manufacturing operations
and administrative offices. The lease is for a ten-year period ending in
October 2006, at an annual rent of approximately $150,000 through October
2003 and $175,000 from November 2003 through October 2006.
Quantronix GmbH leases approximately 7,500 square feet of office
space, used for sales and service, in Darmstadt, Germany from an
unaffiliated landlord at an average annual rent of approximately
$106,000. The lease expires in June 2005.
Photo Research purchased its own building in July 1998. The
building is approximately 22,000 square feet and is located in
Chatsworth, California. The building is used for manufacturing
operations and administrative offices.
Synrad leases a 50,000 square foot building in Mukilteo, Washington
from an unaffiliated landlord, which it utilizes for manufacturing, sales
and administrative operations. Annual rent is approximately $728,000,
which includes all utilities. The lease is for a five year period and
expires in April, 2001.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
From time to time, the Company has disputes that arise in the
ordinary course of its business, none of which the Company believes
should have a material impact on its business. Currently, there are no
material pending legal proceedings to which the Company or its
subsidiaries is a party or to which any of their property is subject.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
None.
PART II
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ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED
STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The Common Stock has been traded on the National Association of
Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System ("NASDAQ") under the symbol
"XLTC" since May 1991, the date of the Company's initial public offering,
and on the NASDAQ National Market System since October 2, 1992. The
following table sets forth the high and low bid quotations reported on
NASDAQ NMS for the Common Stock for the periods indicated.
Year ended: High Low
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December 31, 1998
First Quarter 11-1/4 9-5/8
Second Quarter 10-13/16 8-3/16
Third Quarter 9-1/4 6-3/8
Fourth Quarter 10-5/16 5-3/4
December 31, 1997
First Quarter 10-1/8 7-1/4
Second Quarter 9-1/4 7-1/2
Third Quarter 13-3/8 8-5/8
Fourth Quarter 15-3/8 8-3/4
The above quotations represent prices between dealers, do not
include retail mark-ups, markdowns or commissions and do not necessarily
reflect actual transactions.
As of March 10, 1999, there were approximately 858 holders of record
of Common Stock. Since many shares are registered in street name, the
number of beneficial owners is considerably higher.
The Company has never paid cash dividends on its Common Stock.
Payment of dividends to holders of the Common Stock is within the
discretion of the Company's Board of Directors and will depend, among
other factors, on earnings, capital requirements and the operating and
financial condition of the Company. In addition, under the Company's
revolving line of credit no dividends can be declared. At the present
time, the Company's anticipated capital requirements are such that it
intends to follow a policy of retaining earnings, if any, in order to
finance the development of its business.
ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The following tables summarize certain consolidated financial data
which should be read in conjunction with the report of the Company's
independent auditor and the more detailed consolidated financial
statements and notes thereto which appear elsewhere herein.
Statement of Operations Data
Year Ended December 31,
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1998 1997 1996 1995 1994
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Net sales and
services $67,091,933 65,947,896 57,462,263 43,914,222 33,550,842
Net earnings
(loss) $ 8,881,464 8,234,697 4,892,826 (1,595,835) 1,890,279
Net earnings (loss) per share
Basic $0.79 $0.77 $0.55 ($0.21) $0.22
Diluted $0.78 $0.73 $0.50 ($0.21) $0.22
Weighted average common and
common equivalent shares outstanding
Basic 11,190,197 10,686,763 8,862,217 8,281,194 7,632,230
Diluted 11,395,186 11,327,086 9,757,411 8,281,194 8,563,600
Common stock
cash dividends 0 0 0 0 0
Preferred stock
cash dividends 0 0 0 $162,137 $187,981
Balance Sheet Data
As of December 31,
.......................................................
1998 1997 1996 1995 1994
........... .......... .......... .......... ..........
Total assets $71,293,164 59,219,681 39,816,442 43,007,614 33,082,983
Total liabilities $14,141,209 8,316,574 10,800,102 20,948,036 9,727,602
Working capital $25,577,458 37,166,960 17,492,287 17,609,490 20,963,663
Stockholders'
equity $57,151,955 50,903,107 29,016,340 22,059,578 23,355,381
Long-term
liabilities $ 3,500,000 0 0 7,573,320 3,348,141
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
General
.......
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the
consolidated financial statements of the Company and notes thereto set
forth elsewhere herein.
Summary
.......
The Company achieved revenues of approximately $67.1 million for the
year ended December 31, 1998 as compared to approximately $66 million and
$57.5 million for the years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996,
respectively. Earnings before provision for income taxes were
approximately $13.7 million, $12.6 million and $7.1 million for the years
ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996, respectively. The net earnings
and earnings per share on a diluted basis were approximately $8.9 million
and $0.78 per share in 1998. Excluding the non-recurring investment gain
(after tax effect) in 1998, net earnings and earnings per share on a
diluted basis were approximately $7.8 million and $0.68 per share. The
net earnings and earnings per share on a diluted basis were approximately
$8.2 million and $0.73 per share in 1997 and $4.9 million and $0.50 per
share in 1996.
The following table presents consolidated financial data for the
years ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996 (in thousands of dollars and
as a percentage of total net sales and services.)
Results of Operations
.....................
1998 1997 1996
.... .... ....
Dollars Percent Dollars Percent Dollars Percent
....... ....... ....... ....... ....... .......
Net Sales and Services $67,092 100.0% $65,948 100.0% $57,462 100.0%
Cost of Sales 34,184 51.0% 33,245 50.4% 31,004 54.0%
....... ....... ....... ....... ....... .......
Gross Margin 32,908 49.0% 32,703 49.6% 26,458 46.0%
Operating Expenses:
Selling and Marketing 9,833 14.7% 10,639 16.1% 9,743 17.0%
General and
Administrative 5,565 8.3% 4,805 7.3% 4,212 7.3%
Research and Development 5,586 8.3% 4,861 7.4% 4,406 7.7%
Amortization of Goodwill 723 1.1% 370 0.6% 508 0.9%
....... ....... ....... ....... ....... .......
Earnings from Operations 11,201 16.6% 12,028 18.2% 7,589 13.1%
Non-Operating
Expense (income) (2,482) (3.7%) (615) (1.0%) 511 0.8%
....... ....... ....... ....... ....... .......
Earnings before
provision for
Income Taxes 13,683 20.3% 12,643 19.2% 7,078 12.3%
Provision for
Income Taxes 4,802 7.1% 4,408 6.7% 2,185 3.8%
....... ....... ....... ....... ....... .......
Net Earnings $ 8,881 13.2% $ 8,235 12.5% $ 4,893 8.5%
....... ....... ....... ....... ....... .......
....... ....... ....... ....... ....... .......
Net Sales and Services
......................
Net sales and services for the year ended December 31, 1998
increased to $67.1 million from $65.9 million in 1997 and from $57.5
million in 1996. The increase from 1997 to 1998 of $1.2 million or 1.8
percent was attributable to the acquisition of Synrad, which was
partially offset by a decrease in sales for all products. The increase
of $8.4 million or 14.6 percent from 1996 to 1997 was attributable to
increased sales of all products with the exception of dental.
Gross Margins and Cost of Sales
...............................
Gross margins as a percentage of sales were 49.0 percent compared to
49.6 percent in 1997 and 46.0 percent in 1996. Cost of sales and
services increased to $34.2 million from $33.2 million in 1997 and $31.0
million in 1996. The decrease in gross margins as a percentage of sales
was primarily due to the product mix sold during the year and the
decrease in sales volume. The increase from 1996 to 1997 was primarily
due to improved efficiencies in manufacturing and product mix.
Operating Expenses
..................
Selling and Marketing
Selling and marketing expenses were $9.8 million compared to $10.6
million in 1997 and $9.7 million in 1996. The decrease of $800 thousand
or 7.5 percent was primarily attributable to lower commission expenses
during the year. Selling and marketing expenses as a percentage of sales
decreased to 14.7 percent in 1998 from 16.1 percent in 1997 and 17.0
percent in 1996.
General and Administrative
General and administrative expenses increased to $5.6 million in
1998 from $4.8 million in 1997 and $4.2 million in 1996. The increase of
$760 thousand or 15.8 percent in 1998 was primarily due to the start-up
of our Asian operations in Malaysia and the additional general and
administrative costs of Synrad. General and administrative expenses as a
percentage of sales increased to 8.3 percent as compared to 7.3 percent
in 1996 and 1997.
Research and Development
Research and development costs for the year ended December 31, 1998
were $5.6 million as compared to $4.9 million and $4.4 million for the
years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996, respectively. The increase from
1997 to 1998 was primarily attributable to increased research and
development projects and the acquisition of Synrad. The increase of $500
thousand from 1996 to 1997 was attributable to increased research and
development activity in all products with the exception of dental.
Amortization of Goodwill
The amortization of the excess of cost over fair value of the net
assets of businesses acquired of $723 thousand, $370 thousand and $508
thousand for the years ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996,
respectively, was a result of the acquisition of Quantronix in October
1992, Cambridge in February 1995, Photo Research in October 1995, and
Synrad in August 1998. The increase in 1998 was primarily due to the
acquisition of Synrad. The decrease in 1997 was primarily a result of a
reduction in goodwill due to the establishment of a deferred tax asset in
1996.
Other Income/Expense
Interest expense was $174 thousand, $160 thousand and $608 thousand
for the years ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996, respectively.
Interest expense increased $14 thousand or 8.8 percent from 1997 to 1998
due to the borrowings associated with the acquisition of Synrad.
Interest expense decreased $448 thousand or 74 percent from 1996 to 1997
due to the Company's prepayment of all its term loans with U.S. Trust and
repayment of other long-term debt and notes payable.
The decrease in interest income of $104 thousand from $872 thousand
in 1997 to $768 thousand in 1998 was due to a decrease in the average
investment balances resulting from the utilization of cash and
investments for the acquisition of Synrad. The increase in interest
income of $578 thousand from $294 thousand in 1996 to $872 thousand in
1997 was due to increased average investments.
Other income/expense for the year ended December 31, 1998 was $1.89
million of income compared to $97 thousand of expense in 1997. The
income in 1998 was due primarily to the $1.9 million gain on sale of an
investment and foreign exchange gains.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
...............................
Working capital at December 31, 1998 and 1997 was $25.6 and $37.2
million, respectively. Cash, cash equivalents and investments decreased
by approximately $14.7 million from December 31, 1997 to December 31,
1998. Such decrease was primarily attributable to the cash utilized in
the acquisition of Synrad of $15.2 million, capital expenditures of $5.4
million, the purchase of Treasury Stock of $3.2 million and the repayment
of debt associated with the acquisition of Synrad of $3 million offset by
the net cash provided by operating activities of approximately $10
million and the proceeds from the gain on sale of an investment of $1.9
million. The increase in the balances of accounts receivable and
inventory in 1998 was a result of the acquisition of Synrad.
The Company had capital expenditures of approximately $5.4 million
for the year ended December 31, 1998 which included the purchase of two
new buildings. The Company had capital expenditures of $3.9 million in
1997. The Company anticipates spending approximately $3.5 million for
capital expenditures in 1999.
On August 14, 1998, the Company acquired substantially all of the
assets and properties of Synrad, a company engaged in the business of
developing, manufacturing and marketing sealed CO2 lasers and related
accessories. In accordance with the Asset Purchase Agreement, Excel
Purchasing Company (name changed to Synrad, Inc.) purchased substantially
all of the net assets and properties of Synrad for consideration of
approximately $21.7 million in cash, which includes transaction costs and
the repayment of certain of Synrad's outstanding debt. In addition, the
Company assumed certain liabilities, including trade payables, accrued
expenses and other specified liabilities. The Company funded the
acquisition of Synrad by utilizing its own cash and by borrowing $6.5
million on its credit facility with The Bank of New York.
On July 23, 1998, the Company entered into a $15 million revolving
line of credit with The Bank of New York (the "Bank") for acquisition or
working capital requirements, which matures on July 22, 2003. The
Company borrowed $6.5 million under the line of credit to fund the
acquisition of Synrad. The Company repaid $3 million in December 1998.
At December 31, 1998, the Company had approximately $11.5 million
available for borrowing under the line of credit. Subsequently, on
January 15, 1999 the Company repaid another $1.25 million of this debt.
(See Note 8.)
On January 23, 1998 the Board of Directors authorized the Company to
repurchase up to 2,000,000 of its common shares in the open market at
prevailing market prices. In 1998, the Company purchased 382,763 shares
of its common shares as treasury stock as compared to 375,000 shares
purchased in 1997.
The Company estimates that its current resources and anticipated
cash to be generated from operations will be sufficient to meet its cash
requirements for at least the next 12 months.
Year 2000 Compliance
In 1997, the Company commenced a Year 2000 date conversion project
to address necessary changes, testing and implementation with respect to
its internal computer systems. Project completion is scheduled for June
1999. To date, the cost of this project has not been material to the
Company's results of operations and liquidity and the Company does not
anticipate that the cost of completing the project will be material to
its results of operations or liquidity in 1999. Management anticipates
that the Company's Year 2000 date conversion project as it relates to the
Company's internal systems will be completed on a timely basis.
The Company's applicable products are Year 2000 compliant.
The Company is currently seeking information regarding Year 2000
compliance from vendors, customers and manufacturers associated with the
Company. Project completion for this phase is planned for the middle of
1999. However, given the reliance on third-party information as it
relates to their compliance programs and the difficulty of determining
potential errors on the part of the external service suppliers, no
assurance can be given that the Company's information systems or
operations will not be affected by mistakes, if any, of third parties or
third-party failures to complete the Year 2000 project on a timely basis.
There can be no assurance that the systems of other companies on which
the Company's systems rely will be timely converted or that any such
failure to convert by another company would not have an adverse effect on
the Company's systems.
The cost of the Company's Year 2000 project and the date on which
the Company believes it will complete the necessary modifications are
based on the Company's estimates, which were derived utilizing numerous
assumptions of future events, including the continued availability of
resources, third party modification plans and other factors. The Company
presently believes that the Year 2000 issue will not pose significant
operational problems for its internal information systems and products.
However, if the anticipated modifications and conversions are not
completed on a timely basis, or if the systems of other companies on
which the Company's systems and operations rely are not converted on a
timely basis, the Year 2000 issue could have an adverse effect on the
Company's operations.
The Company does not currently have any contingency plans in place
to address the failure of timely conversion of its and /or third-party
systems with respect to the Year 2000 issue.
Euro Conversion
The January 1, 1999 adoption of the Euro created a single-currency
market in much of Europe. For a transition period from January 1, 1999
through January 1, 2002, the existing local currencies are anticipated to
remain legal tender as denominations of the Euro. The Company does not
anticipate that its operations will be materially adversely affected by
the conversion to the Euro. The Company has analyzed the impact of
conversion to the Euro on its existing systems and operations and
implemented modifications to its systems to enable the Company to handle
Euro invoicing for transactions commencing in 1999. The Company
anticipates that the cost of such modifications should not have a
material adverse effect on its results of operations or liquidity.
New Accounting Standards
In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards, No. 133 (SFAS 133),
"Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities". This
statement is effective for all fiscal quarters and fiscal years beginning
after June 15, 1999. The adoption of this statement is expected to have
no impact on the Company's results of operations or financial position.
Inflation
In the opinion of management, inflation has not had a material
effect on the operations of the Company.
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
None.
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
Follow on next page.
EXCEL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and
Financial Statement Schedule filed with the Annual
Report of the Company on Form 10-K
For the Year ended December 31, 1998.
Page
....
Independent Auditors' Report 20
Consolidated Financial Statements:
Balance Sheets as of December 31, 1998 and 1997 21
Statements of Earnings for each of the three years in the
period ended December 31, 1998. 22
Statements of Stockholders' Equity for each of the three years
in the period ended December 31, 1998. 23
Statements of Cash Flows for each of the three years
in the period ended December 31, 1998. 24
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. 25
Additional Financial Information Pursuant
to the Requirements of Form 10-K:
Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves 40
.............
Schedules not listed above have been omitted because they are either not
applicable or the required information has been given elsewhere in the
consolidated financial statements or notes thereto.
<AUDIT-REPORT>
Independent Auditors' Report
............................
Board of Directors and Stockholders
Excel Technology, Inc. and Subsidiaries
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of
Excel Technology, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1998 and 1997,
and the related consolidated statements of earnings, stockholder's equity
and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 1998. These consolidated financial statements are the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on
our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted
auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the
audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made
by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for
our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to
above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
Excel Technology, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1998 and 1997,
and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1998, in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles.
KPMG LLP
Melville, New York
January 20, 1999
</AUDIT-REPORT>
EXCEL TECHNOLOGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets
December 31, 1998 and 1997
Assets 1998 1997
.... ....
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 5,839,339 6,331,159
Investments 0 14,209,854
Accounts receivable, less allowance
for doubtful accounts of $426,000 in 1998
and $254,000 in 1997 13,383,865 11,522,041
Inventories 15,672,576 12,143,140
Deferred income taxes 873,100 692,500
Other current assets 449,787 584,840
............ ...........
Total current assets 36,218,667 45,483,534
............ ...........
Property, plant and equipment, net 10,874,881 5,392,955
Other assets 497,664 545,725
Deferred income taxes 1,371,000 1,674,600
Excess of cost over fair value of net assets
of businesses acquired, net of accumulated
amortization of $ 2,572,637 and $1,849,332 22,330,952 6,122,867
$ 71,293,164 59,219,681
............ ...........
............ ...........
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
Notes payable $ 105,304 182,888
Accounts payable 3,612,934 2,235,109
Accrued expenses and other
current liabilities 6,922,971 5,898,577
............ ...........
Total current liabilities 10,641,209 8,316,574
............ ...........
Long-term debt 3,500,000 0
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, par value $.001 per share,
2,000,000 shares authorized, none issued 0 0
Common stock, par value $.001 per share:
20,000,000 shares authorized, 11,810,349
and 11,714,471 shares issued
in 1998 and 1997 11,810 11,714
Additional paid-in capital 49,116,700 48,726,078
Retained earnings 14,641,834 5,760,370
Treasury stock, 757,763 shares in 1998 and
375,000 shares in 1997 (6,565,794) (3,339,375)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (52,595) (255,680)
............ ...........
57,151,955 50,903,107
............ ...........
$ 71,293,164 59,219,681
............ ...........
............ ...........
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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<CAPTION>
EXCEL TECHNOLOGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Earnings
Years Ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996
1998
1997 1996
...........
.......... ..........
<S> <C>
<C> <C>
Net sales and services
$67,091,933 65,947,896 57,462,263
Cost of sales and services
34,184,072 33,245,432 31,004,440
........... .......... ..........
Gross profit
32,907,861 32,702,464 26,457,823
........... .......... ..........
Operating expenses:
Selling and marketing
9,832,757 10,639,570 9,742,409
General and administrative
5,565,365 4,805,284 4,212,261
Research and development
5,586,127 4,860,903 4,406,364
Amortization of excess cost over fair value
of net assets of businesses acquired
723,305 369,704 508,124
........... .......... ..........
21,707,554 20,675,461 18,869,158
........... .......... ..........
Earnings from operations
11,200,307 12,027,003 7,588,665
........... .......... ..........
Non operating expenses (income):
Interest expense
174,358 159,888 608,349
Interest income
(767,576) (872,481) (294,114)
Other (income) expense, net
(1,889,716) 96,814 196,902
Earnings before provision for income taxes
13,683,241 12,642,782 7,077,528
Provision for income taxes
4,801,777 4,408,085 2,184,702
........... .......... ..........
Net earnings
8,881,464 8,234,697 4,892,826
Preferred stock dividends
0 0 54,273
........... .......... ..........
Net earnings available to common shareholders $
8,881,464 8,234,697 4,838,553
........... .......... ..........
........... .......... ..........
Basic earnings per common share $
0.79 0.77 0.55
........... .......... ..........
........... .......... ..........
Weighted average common shares outstanding
11,190,197 10,686,763 8,862,217
........... .......... ..........
........... .......... ..........
Diluted earnings per common share $
0.78 0.73 0.50
........... .......... ..........
........... .......... ..........
Weighted average common shares and common equivalents
11,395,186 11,327,086 9,757,411
........... .......... ..........
........... .......... ..........
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
<CAPTION>
Consolidated Statements of
Stockholders' Equity
Years Ended December 31, 1998,
1997 and 1996
Retained Accumulated
Additional Earnings Other Com- Compre-
Preferred Stock Common Stock Treasury
Paid-In (Accumulated prehensive hensive
Shares Amounts Shares Amounts Stock
Capital Deficit) Income Total Income
....... ....... ........ ....... ..........
........... ........... ......... ............ .........
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
<C> <C> <C> <C>
Balance at
December 31, 1995 405,342 $ 405 8,347,453 $ 8,347 0
$29,360,278 $(7,367,153) $ 57,701 $22,059,578 0
Exercise of common
stock options and
warrants 0 0 436,470 437 0
2,198,785 0 0 2,199,222 0
Conversion of
preferred stock (405,342) (405) 405,342 405 0
0 0 0 0 0
Net earnings for
the year 0 0 0 0 0
0 4,892,826 0 4,892,826 4,892,826
Foreign currency trans-
lation adjustment 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 (135,286) (135,286) (135,286)
Comprehensive income,
net of tax 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 4,757,540
....... ...... .......... ....... ............
........... ............ ......... ............ .........
Balance at
December 31, 1996 0 0 9,189,265 9,189 0
31,559,063 (2,474,327) (77,585) 29,016,340 0
Exercise of common
stock options and
warrants 0 0 2,525,206 2,525 0
17,167,015 0 0 17,169,540 0
Acquisition of
treasury stock 0 0 0 0 (3,339,375)
0 0 0 (3,339,375) 0
Net earnings for
the year 0 0 0 0 0
0 8,234,697 0 8,234,697 8,234,697
Foreign currency trans-
lation adjustment 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 (178,095) (178,095) (178,095)
Comprehensive income,
net of tax 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 8,056,602
....... ...... .......... ....... ............
........... ............ ......... ............ .........
Balance at
December 31, 1997 0 0 11,714,471 11,714 (3,339,375)
48,726,078 5,760,370 (255,680) 50,903,107 0
Exercise of common
stock options and
warrants 0 0 95,878 96 0
390,622 0 0 390,718 0
Acquisition of
treasury stock 0 0 0 0 (3,226,419)
0 0 0 (3,226,419) 0
Net earnings
for the year 0 0 0 0 0
0 8,881,464 0 8,881,464 8,881,464
Foreign currency trans-
lation adjustment 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 203,085 203,085 203,085
Comprehensive income,
net of tax 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 9,084,549
....... ...... .......... ....... ............
........... ............ .......... ........... .........
Balance at
December 31, 1998 0 $ 0 11,810,349 $11,810 $(6,565,794)
$49,116,700 $14,641,834 $(52,595) $57,151,955 0
....... ...... .......... ....... ............
........... ............ ......... ............ .........
....... ...... .......... ....... ............
........... ............ ......... ............ .........
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
<CAPTION>
EXCEL TECHNOLOGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Years Ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996
1998
1997 1996
.............
............ ...........
<S> <C>
<C> <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net earnings $ 8,881,464
8,234,697 4,892,826
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash
provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 2,238,350
1,479,499 1,371,942
Provision for bad debts 110,337
71,722 82,743
Deferred income taxes 123,000
139,000 735,000
Gain on sale of investment (1,875,537)
0 0
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of
effects from acquisitions:
Decrease (increase) in accounts receivable 1,121,402
(2,448,303) (1,874,724)
(Increase) decrease in inventories (154,313)
(1,165,733) 2,313,322
Decrease (increase) in other current assets 226,350
(52,545) 157,486
(Increase) decrease in other assets (14,927)
29,239 92,622
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable 21,758
73,369 (890,803)
(Decrease) increase in accrued expenses and
other current liabilities (701,456)
471,521 (1,043,627)
.............
........... ...........
Net cash provided by operating activities 9,976,428
6,832,466 5,836,787
.............
........... ...........
Cash flows from investing activities:
Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired (15,242,943)
(723,150) (1,331,237)
Purchases of property, plant and equipment (5,379,850)
(3,902,132) (1,561,487)
Redemption (purchase) of investments, net 14,209,854
(10,133,809) 1,811,648
Proceeds from sale of investment 1,875,537
0 522,178
.............
........... ...........
Net cash used in investing activities (4,537,402)
(14,759,091) (558,898)
.............
........... ...........
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from exercise of common stock options and warrants 390,718
17,169,540 2,199,222
Purchase of treasury stock (3,226,419)
(3,339,375) 0
Payment of preferred stock dividend 0
0 (162,137)
Payments of notes payable (298,230)
(382,244) (268,501)
Payments of borrowings on long term debt
and revolving credit line, net (3,000,000)
(1,923,024) (6,327,137)
.............
........... ...........
Net cash (used in) provided by
financing activities (6,133,931)
11,524,897 (4,558,553)
.............
........... ...........
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 11,605
(2,797) (6,721)
Effect of exchange rate changes on assets and liabilities 191,480
(175,298) (128,565)
.............
........... ...........
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents (491,820)
3,420,177 584,050
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of year 6,331,159
2,910,982 2,326,932
.............
........... ...........
Cash and cash equivalents - end of year $ 5,839,339
6,331,159 2,910,982
.............
........... ...........
.............
........... ...........
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
Cash paid for:
Interest $ 166,176
159,888 606,801
.............
........... ...........
.............
........... ...........
Income taxes $ 4,021,809
3,989,709 1,577,756
.............
........... ...........
.............
........... ...........
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EXCEL TECHNOLOGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 1998 and 1997
(1) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
..........................................
(a) Principles of Consolidation
...........................
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Excel
Technology, Inc. (Excel), its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Synrad, Inc.
(Synrad), Photo Research, Inc. (Photo Research), Cambridge Technology,
Inc. (Cambridge), Control Laser Corporation and Quantronix Corporation
(Quantronix), and Quantronix's wholly-owned subsidiaries, The Optical
Corp., Quantronix International Corporation (a FSC) and Quantronix GmbH
(collectively referred to as the Company). All material intercompany
transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
(b) Nature of Business
..................
Excel designs, develops, manufactures and markets laser systems and
electro-optical components, primarily for the electronic, semiconductor,
dental, scientific and other industrial markets.
(c) Revenue Recognition
...................
Net sales and services are recognized when the earnings process is
complete, generally upon shipment of products or performance of services.
(d) Investments and Cash Equivalents
................................
The Company records debt and equity securities that have readily
determinable fair values at fair value unless they are classified as held
to maturity. Investments are classified as held to maturity and carried
at amortized cost only if the Company has a positive intent and ability
to hold those securities to maturity. If not classified as held to
maturity, investments are classified as trading securities or securities
available for sale. Unrealized gains or losses for securities available
for sale are excluded from earnings and reported as a net amount as a
separate component of stockholders' equity. Unrealized holding gains and
losses for trading securities are included in earnings. Investments,
which consist primarily of commercial paper, are recorded at fair value.
The Company has classified its investments as trading securities as of
December 31, 1997. The cost of the investments approximated fair value.
Investments with original maturities of three months or less at the time
of purchase are considered cash equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents
of $5.8 million and $6.3 million at December 31, 1998 and 1997,
respectively, consist primarily of money market funds.
(e) Inventories
...........
Inventories consist of material, labor and overhead and are stated
at the lower of average cost or market. Average cost approximates actual
cost on a first-in, first-out basis.
(f) Depreciation and Amortization
.............................
The Company's property, plant and equipment, recorded at cost, are
depreciated or amortized over their estimated useful lives under the
straight-line method. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the life
of the lease or the estimated life of the asset, whichever is less.
Patents are amortized over their estimated useful lives, not
exceeding 17 years, using the straight-line method.
The excess of cost over fair value of net assets of businesses
acquired ("goodwill") is amortized on a straight-line basis over twenty
years. The Company assesses the recoverability of unamortized goodwill
based on the undiscounted projected future cash flows of the related
businesses.
(g) Capitalized Software Development Costs
......................................
The Company has capitalized certain computer software development
costs relating to the development of the Company's third generation
Defect Mask Repair System (DRS III) in accordance with Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 86, "Accounting for the Costs of
Computer Software to be Sold, Leased or Otherwise Marketed."
Capitalization of computer software development costs begins upon
the establishment of technological feasibility. Technological
feasibility for the Company's computer software products is generally
based upon achievement of a detail program design free of high risk
development issues. The establishment of technological feasibility and
the ongoing assessment of recoverability of capitalized computer software
development costs requires considerable judgment by management with
respect to certain external factors, including, but not limited to,
technological feasibility, anticipated future gross revenues, estimated
economic life and changes in software and hardware technology.
Amortization of capitalized computer software costs is provided on a
product-by-product basis at the greater of the amount computed using the
ratio of current gross revenues for a product to the total of current and
anticipated future gross revenues or the straight-line method over the
remaining estimated economic life of the product. An original estimated
economic life of no more than five years is assigned to capitalized
computer software development costs. Approximately $334,000 and $367,000
of software development costs, included in other long-term assets, were
capitalized as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, respectively. During 1998
and 1997, approximately $33,000 and $92,000, respectively, of these costs
were amortized.
(h) Income Taxes
............
The Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities for the
future tax consequences attributable to temporary differences between the
financial reporting bases and the tax bases of the Company's assets and
liabilities at enacted rates expected to be in effect when such amounts
are realized or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and
liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the
period that includes the enactment date.
(i) Foreign Currency Translation
............................
Foreign currency translation for the Company's German subsidiary,
Quantronix GmbH, is performed utilizing the current rate method under
which assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rate on the
balance sheet date, except for property, plant and equipment which is
translated at historical rates, while revenues, costs, and expenses are
translated at the average exchange rate for the reporting period. The
resulting translation adjustment of $(52,595) and $(255,680) at December
31, 1998 and 1997 is included as a component of stockholders' equity. In
addition, there were transaction gains and losses and intercompany
balances not deemed long-term in nature at the balance sheet date that
resulted in a net gain of $55,478, a net loss of $166,906, and a net loss
of $177,506 for the years ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996,
respectively, which is reflected in other (income) expense in the
consolidated statements of earnings.
(j) Net Earnings Per Share
......................
In February 1997, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128 (SFAS 128), "Earnings
per Share," which the Company adopted during 1997. Under SFAS 128, the
Company presents two earnings per share (EPS) amounts. Basic EPS is
calculated based on income available to common shareholders and the
weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the reported
period. Diluted EPS includes additional dilution from potential common
stock including stock issuable pursuant to the exercise of dilutive stock
options and warrants outstanding and the effect of assuming the
conversion of convertible preferred stock. Prior year earnings per share
data have been restated in accordance with the provisions of SFAS 128.
(k) Fair Value of Financial Instruments
...................................
Cash and cash equivalents, investments, accounts receivable, notes
payable, accounts payable and accrued expenses are reflected in the
financial statements at fair value because of the short-term maturity of
these financial instruments. The carrying value of the outstanding
balance on the Company's revolving line of credit approximates its fair
value since the interest rate fluctuates with changes in market
conditions (See Note 8).
(l) Use of Estimates
................
Management of the Company has made a number of estimates and
assumptions relating to the reporting of assets and liabilities and the
discl9osure of contingent assets and liabilities to prepare these
financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
(m) Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation
.......................................
The Company records compensation expense for employee stock options
and warrants only if the market price of the underlying stock exceeds the
exercise price on the date of the grant. On January 1, 1996, the Company
adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, (SFAS 123)
"Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation". The Company has elected not
to implement the fair value based accounting method for employee and
directors' stock options and warrants, but has elected to disclose the
pro forma net earnings and pro forma earnings per share to account for
employee and directors' stock option and warrant grants beginning in 1995
as if such method had been used to account for such stock-based
compensation cost.
(n) Comprehensive Income
....................
In June 1997, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 130 (SFAS 130),
"Reporting Comprehensive Income", which the Company implemented during
the first quarter of 1998. This statement establishes standards for
reporting and display of comprehensive income and its components in a
full set of general purpose financial statements. The components of
comprehensive income are net earnings and foreign currency translation
adjustments.
(o) New Accounting Standards
........................
In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 (SFAS 133)
"Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities". This
statement is effective for all fiscal quarters and fiscal years beginning
after June 15, 1999. The adoption of this statement is expected to have
no impact on the Company's results of operations or financial position.
(2) Acquisitions
............
On February 14, 1995, the Company acquired Cambridge Technology,
Inc. which is engaged primarily in the manufacture of laser scanners,
essential components to moving a laser beam with precision at a specified
speed. These products have both industrial and consumer applications,
such as laser marking and etching, high density laser printing and
writing, digitized x-ray imaging and entertainment laser light shows and
displays. The Company acquired all of the outstanding shares of capital
stock of Cambridge in exchange for $4.75 million, consisting of $4.5
million in cash and $250,000 in shares of Common Stock. Pursuant to the
acquisition agreement, additional payments were made due to Cambridge
meeting certain performance goals during the first two fiscal years after
the acquisition. In connection therewith, the Company paid $731,000 for
1995 and $323,150 for 1996. The amount owed at December 31, 1996 of
$723,150 was paid in 1997. The acquisition was accounted for as a
purchase and the operating results of Cambridge were included in the
consolidated financial statements commencing February 1, 1995. The
excess of the cost of the acquisition over the fair value of the net
assets acquired, amounting to $4,830,000, is being amortized over twenty
years. During 1996 goodwill was reduced by $522,000 as a result of the
sale of Cambridge's medical product line. The sales price, net of
expenses, approximated the net book value of the assets sold.
On August 14, 1998, the Company acquired substantially all of the
assets and properties of Synrad Inc. ("Synrad"), a company engaged in the
business of developing, manufacturing and marketing sealed CO2 lasers and
related accessories, for $21.7 million in cash, which includes
transaction costs, and the repayment of certain of Synrad's outstanding
debt. In addition, the Company assumed certain liabilities including
trade payables, accrued expenses and other specified liabilities. The
Company funded the acquisition of Synrad by utilizing its own cash and by
borrowing $6.5 million on its credit facility of which $3 million was
repaid during 1998 (see Note 8). The acquisition was accounted for as a
purchase. Accordingly, results of Synrad are included in the
consolidated statement of earnings from August 3, 1998 and acquired
assets and liabilities have been recorded at their estimated fair values
at the date of acquisition. The total cost of the acquisition was $21.7
million of which $4.8 million was allocated to identifiable net tangible
assets. The remaining balance of $16.9 million represents the excess of
the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired, which
is being amortized on a straight line basis over 20 years.
Proforma results of operations, assuming the acquisition of Synrad
had been made at the beginning of each period, is as follows, and include
adjustments to interest expense, interest income, amortization expense
and income tax expense.
Year ended December 31,
1998 1997
.......................
Net sales and services $ 83,180,660 $ 93,458,696
Net earnings 8,399,083 8,397,243
Basic earnings per common share $0.75 $0.79
Diluted earnings per common share $0.74 $0.74
The pro forma results of operations are not necessarily indicative
of the actual results of operations that would have occurred had the
purchase been made at the beginning of the periods, or the results which
may occur in the future.
(3) Investments
...........
The Company had an investment in the common stock of a private
company which was carried at a nominal value. In the fourth quarter of
1998, this private company was acquired. As a result, the Company
realized a gain of approximately $1.9 million, net of related expenses,
on the sale of the common stock which is included in other income in the
consolidated statement of earnings.
(4) Inventories
...........
Inventories consist of the following:
December 31,
............
1998 1997
........... ............
Raw materials $ 7,555,877 $ 5,792,455
Work-in-process 6,294,045 5,013,691
Finished goods 1,260,475 619,316
Consigned inventory 562,179 717,678
........... ...........
$15,672,576 $12,143,140
........... ...........
........... ...........
(5) Property, Plant and Equipment
.............................
Property, plant and equipment consists of the following:
December 31,
............
Useful life 1998 1997
........... ........... ...........
Land 0 $ 840,408 $ 440,408
Buildings 30 years 4,989,542 1,617,940
Leasehold improvement Lease term 706,129 686,014
Fixtures and computer
equipment 3-8 years 2,543,376 1,545,797
Machinery and equipment 4-8 years 5,378,219 3,960,658
Laboratory equipment 4-8 years 1,257,158 928,684
........... ...........
15,714,832 9,179,501
Less accumulated depreciation
and amortization (4,839,951) (3,786,546)
........... ...........
$10,874,881 $ 5,392,955
........... ...........
........... ...........
Quantronix acquired land and constructed a building for its
manufacturing operations and administrative offices during 1997, which
was completed during 1998. The building is approximately 33,500 square
feet located in East Setauket, New York. Photo Research also acquired
land and a building for manufacturing operations and administrative
offices during 1998. The building is approximately 22,000 square feet
located in Chatsworth, California.
Depreciation and amortization expense aggregated approximately
$1,442,000, $985,000 and $863,000 for the years ended December 31, 1998,
1997 and 1996, respectively.
(6) Income Taxes
............
Pre-tax income for the years ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996
was comprised of domestic income of $13,660,166, $12,833,403 and
$7,416,546, respectively, and foreign income (loss) of $23,075,
$(190,621) and $(339,018), respectively.
The provision for income taxes consists of:
Year ended December 31,
.......................
1998 1997 1996
........... ......... .........
Current:
Federal $ 4,128,777 3,477,085 1,202,702
State and local 550,000 792,000 280,000
Foreign 0 0 (33,000)
........... ......... .........
$ 4,678,777 4,269,085 1,449,702
Deferred:
Federal $ 123,000 139,000 735,000
State and local 0 0 0
Foreign 0 0 0
........... ......... .........
123,000 139,000 735,000
........... ......... .........
$ 4,801,777 4,408,085 2,184,702
........... ......... .........
........... ......... .........
The current provision for income taxes includes a tax benefit of
$281,000 for 1998, 1997 and 1996 from utilizing Federal net operating
loss carryforwards. The deferred tax provision for 1996 was increased by
$190,000 due to allocating acquired tax benefits to goodwill.
The effective income tax rate differed from the statutory Federal
income tax rate for the following reasons:
Year ended December 31,
.......................
1998 1997 1996
........... ......... .........
Taxes at statutory Federal
income tax rate $ 4,652,300 4,298,600 2,406,400
Amortization of excess of
cost over fair value of net
assets of businesses acquired 96,400 96,400 142,800
Foreign Sales Corporation
(FSC) benefit (349,000) (343,700) (110,500)
Reduction of valuation
allowance (142,000) (411,100) (360,000)
State income taxes, net of
Federal benefit 362,800 523,000 184,500
Other 180,677 244,885 (78,500)
........... ......... .........
$ 4,801,777 4,408,085 2,184,700
........... ......... .........
........... ......... .........
The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to
significant portions of the deferred tax assets and liabilities at
December 31, 1998 and 1997 are presented below:
December 31
.....................
1998 1997
.......... .........
Deferred tax assets:
Excess of tax over financial
statement basis of inventory $ 448,000 411,000
Allowance for doubtful accounts 49,000 50,000
Accrued warranty reserve 118,000 98,000
Other accrued expenses 258,000 134,000
Benefits of U.S. net operating loss
carryforwards 2,148,000 2,428,000
Benefits of foreign net operating loss
carryforwards 110,000 120,000
Capital loss carryforward 0 43,000
Plant and equipment depreciation 11,000 77,000
Other 0 8,000
.......... .........
Total deferred tax assets 3,142,000 3,369,000
Less valuation allowance (734,900) (876,900)
.......... .........
Net deferred tax assets 2,407,100 2,492,100
.......... .........
Deferred tax liabilities:
Capitalized software development costs (113,000) (125,000)
Goodwill amortization (50,000) 0
.......... .........
Total deferred tax liabilities (163,000) (125,000)
.......... .........
Net deferred tax asset $2,244,100 2,367,100
.......... .........
.......... .........
At December 31, 1998, Excel has available net operating loss
carryforwards (NOL's), expiring in 2005 through 2007, of approximately
$1.8 million for income tax purposes. The utilization of NOL's by Excel
for income tax purposes is subject to annual limitations imposed by
Internal Revenue Code Section 382 due to various equity transactions from
1991 to 1993 and alternative minimum tax limitations. If the full amount
of that limitation is not used in any year, the amount not used increases
the allowable limit in the following year.
At December 31, 1998, Quantronix and its subsidiaries have available
for tax purposes utilizable NOL's of approximately $4.5 million expiring
in 2005 through 2007. Such NOL's can only be utilized to offset
Quantronix's future taxable income and are limited, in a similar fashion
to Excel's NOL's, in each year to approximately $560,000 as a result of
the change in ownership from the merger with Excel. During 1996, the
Company reduced goodwill by $1,923,000 for the establishment of deferred
tax assets and the utilization of Quantronix's preacquisition deductible
temporary differences and net operating loss carryforwards.
While management believes that the Company's deferred tax asset will
be realized based on its generation of taxable income in recent years and
its future projected taxable income, the substantial restrictions on and
time periods required to realize certain of the Company's NOL's makes it
appropriate to record a valuation allowance against a portion of those
NOL's. In addition, a valuation allowance has been provided against all
of the Company's foreign net operating loss carryforwards. Accordingly,
Excel has provided a total valuation allowance of $734,900, as of
December 31, 1998. There can be no assurance that the Company will
generate sufficient taxable earnings in future years to fully realize
recorded tax benefits.
(7) Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities
..............................................
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consist of the
following:
December 31
.....................
1998 1997
.......... .........
Salaries, wages, commissions and bonuses $1,859,080 1,690,700
Accrued accounts payable 39,158 228,427
Customer deposits 329,157 869,490
Accrued royalties payable 144,745 13,037
Warranty reserve 407,086 415,912
Unearned service contract revenue 309,231 153,315
Professional fees payable 193,399 111,918
Income taxes payable 1,628,631 931,127
Other 2,012,484 1,484,651
.......... .........
$6,922,971 5,898,577
.......... .........
.......... .........
(8) Long-Term Debt
..............
Long-term debt consists of the following:
December 31
.....................
1998 1997
.......... .........
Revolving line of credit $3,500,000 0
Less current installments 0 0
.......... .........
$3,500,000 0
.......... .........
.......... .........
On July 23, 1998, the Company entered into a credit facility with
The Bank of New York (the "Bank") that provides the Company with a $15
million revolving line of credit for acquisition or working capital
requirements. The term of this agreement is for five years, maturing on
July 22, 2003. This credit facility allows for interest to be calculated
utilizing an Alternative Base Rate ("ABR") or a LIBOR rate plus a premium
ranging from 0.50% to 2.25%. The ABR is the higher rate of either the
prime rate or the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%. The Company has
currently chosen the LIBOR rate plus the premium, as its interest rate,
which was 7.0625% at December 31, 1998. This credit facility contains
certain financial covenants, including a minimum tangible net worth
requirement of at least $15 million, prohibits the payment of dividends
and requires payment of interest on a quarterly basis. The terms provide
for the repayment of the debt in full on its maturity date. The Company
may make voluntary prepayments with a minimum of $100,000 and in $25,000
increments in excess thereof. Borrowings can be made in a minimum of
$500,000 and in increased multiples of $50,000 for borrowings in excess
thereof. On August 14, 1998 the Company borrowed $6.5 million for the
acquisition of Synrad (See Note 2). On December 16, 1998 the Company
reduced the outstanding balance by $3 million thereby leaving $3.5
million outstanding at December 31, 1998. As of December 31, 1998 , the
Company had $11.5 million available on its revolving line of credit.
(9) Stockholders' Equity
....................
(a) Preferred Stock
...............
During the year ended December 31, 1996, all 405,342 shares of
preferred stock then outstanding were converted to common stock. While
outstanding, the Company paid a dividend of $0.40 per share for each year
the preferred stock was not converted or redeemed.
(b) Stock Option Plan
.................
In 1990, Excel adopted a stock option plan (the Plan) which provides
for the granting of incentive stock options and nonincentive stock
options to certain key employees, including officers and directors of
Excel, to purchase an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of common stock, as
amended, at prices and terms determined by the Board of Directors. The
option price per share of incentive stock options must be at least 100%
of the fair market value of the stock on the date of grant, except in the
case of shareholders owning more than 10% of the outstanding shares of
common stock, the option price must be at least 110% of the fair market
value on the date of grant, and for nonincentive stock options such price
may be less than 100% of the fair market value of the stock on the date
of grant. Options granted under the Plan, which terminates on July 30,
2000, may be exercisable for a period of up to ten years. Through
December 31, 1998, all options granted under the Plan have exercise
prices equal to the market value of the stock on the date of grant, vest
ratably over three or five years and expire either five or ten years from
date of grant.
The Plan was amended in August 1993 to provide for the automatic
grant to each member of the Board of Directors, on the date of each
annual meeting of stockholders, non-incentive options to purchase 10,000
shares of common stock at the fair market value of the common stock on
such date.
In 1998, the Company adopted a stock option plan (the 1998 Plan)
which provides for the granting of incentive stock options and
nonincentive stock options to certain key employees, including officers
and directors of the Company and consultants to purchase an aggregate of
1,000,000 shares of common stock at prices and terms determined by the
Board of Directors. The option price per share of incentive stock
options must be at least 100% of the fair market value of the stock on
the date of the grant, except in the case of shareholders owning more
than 10% of the outstanding shares of common stock, it must be at least
110% of the fair market value on the date of the grant, and for
nonincentive stock options such price may be less than 100% of the fair
market value of the stock on the date of grant. Options granted under
the 1998 Plan, which terminates on April 8, 2008, may be exercisable for
a period up to ten years. Through December 31, 1998, all options granted
under the 1998 Plan have exercise prices equal to the market value of the
stock on the date of grant, vest ratably over three or five years and
expire either five or ten years from the date of grant.
On October 19, 1998, the Company elected to reduce the exercise
price of the outstanding stock options to purchase 503,192 shares of
common stock at prices ranging from $7.875 to $12.375 per share (the
average price of which is $9.518 per share) to $7.00 per share, which was
greater than the fair market value of the common stock on the date of the
reduction.
A summary of activity related to the Company's stock option plans is
as follows:
Weighted
average
Number exercise
of shares price
.......... .........
Outstanding at December 31, 1995 1,097,323 $5.12
Granted 695,600 7.50
Exercised (218,215) 5.58
Canceled (146,881) 6.03
..........
Outstanding at December 31, 1996 1,427,827 6.17
Granted 307,850 8.73
Exercised (643,804) 3.28
Canceled (77,115) 4.77
..........
Outstanding at December 31, 1997 1,014,758 7.87
Granted 211,500 8.07
Exercised (66,145) 4.95
Canceled (40,593) 6.78
..........
Outstanding at December 31, 1998 1,119,520 $6.88
..........
..........
At December 31, 1998, a total of 561,677 options were exercisable at
a weighted average exercise price of $6.76, and options for the purchase
of 899,381 common shares were available for future grant under the plans.
The options outstanding as of December 31, 1998 are summarized in
ranges as follows:
Weighted Number of Weighted
Range of average options average
exercise price exercise price outstanding remaining life
.............. .............. ........... ..............
$3.26 - $6.00 $4.74 61,765 1.49 years
$6.01 - $7.00 $7.00 1,057,755 5.53 years
...........
1,119,520
...........
...........
(c) Other
.....
In February 1997, Class B Warrants to purchase 1,191,856 shares of
common stock at $8.00 per share were exercised, and resulted in net
proceeds of approximately $9.5 million to the Company. The remaining
394,369 Class B Warrants were redeemed by the Company at $.05 per warrant
in accordance with their terms. An underwriter's warrant was also
exercised in 1997 that resulted in net proceeds to the Company of
approximately $2.2 million for the issuance of 280,500 shares of common
stock.
In addition, at December 31, 1998, 37,000 warrants were outstanding
that expire between 1999 and 2000 with exercise prices ranging from $4.00
to $6.375. During 1998 and 1997, 11,000 and 383,100, respectively, of
these warrants were exercised and during 1998 3,000 warrants were
canceled.
In 1998, the Company issued 18,733 shares of common stock in
exchange for Quantronix shares that remained outstanding.
(d) Shares Reserved for Issuance
............................
At December 31, 1998 the Company had reserved, authorized and
unissued common shares for the following purposes:
Shares
1990 Stock option plan 1,018,901
1998 Stock option plan 1,000,000
Stock purchase warrants 37,000
.........
2,055,901
.........
.........
(e) Stock-Based Compensation
........................
The per share weighted-average fair value of stock options and
warrants granted during 1998, 1997 and 1996 was $1.36, $2.53 and $3.76,
respectively, on the date of grant using the Black Scholes option-pricing
model with the following weighted-average assumptions: 1998- expected
dividend yield of 0%, risk free interest rate of 5.0%, expected stock
volatility of 20% and an expected option and warrant life of 2.5 years;
1997 - expected dividend yield of 0%, risk free interest rate of 5.5%,
expected stock volatility of 31%, and an expected option and warrant life
of 2.5 years; 1996 - expected dividend yield of 0%, risk free interest
rate of 6%, expected stock volatility of 50%, and an expected option and
warrant life of 5 years.
The Company applies APB Opinion No. 25 in accounting for its stock
option plans and, accordingly, no compensation cost has been recognized
in the consolidated financial statements for its stock options and
warrants which have an exercise price equal to or greater than the fair
value of the stock on the date of the grant. Had the Company determined
compensation cost based on the fair value at the grant date for its stock
options under SFAS 123, the Company's net earnings would have been
reduced to the pro forma amounts indicated below:
1998 1997 1996
........... .......... ..........
Net earnings:
As reported $8,881,464 $8,234,697 $4,892,826
Pro forma $7,946,464 $7,423,697 $4,305,826
Net earnings available to
common shareholders:
As reported $8,881,464 $8,234,697 $4,838,553
Pro forma $7,946,464 $7,423,697 $4,251,553
Basic earnings per common share:
As reported $0.79 $0.77 $0.55
Pro forma $0.71 $0.69 $0.48
Diluted earnings per common share:
As reported $0.78 $0.73 $0.50
Pro forma $0.70 $0.66 $0.44
Pro forma net earnings reflects only options and warrants granted
commencing in 1995. Therefore, the full impact of calculating
compensation cost for stock options and warrants under SFAS 123 is not
reflected in the pro forma net earnings amounts presented above because
compensation cost is reflected over the options' vesting period and
compensation cost for options granted prior to January 1, 1995 was not
considered.
(10) Earnings Per Share
..................
The following is a reconciliation of the numerators and denominators
of the basic and diluted EPS computations:
1998
....
Earnings Shares Per-Share
(Numerator) (Denominator) Amount
........... ........... ..........
Basic EPS $8,881,464 11,190,197 $0.79
Effect of Dilutive Securities:
Options and Warrants 204,989
............
Diluted EPS $8,881,464 11,395,186 $0.78
........... ........... ..........
........... ........... ..........
1997
....
Earnings Shares Per-Share
(Numerator) (Denominator) Amount
........... ........... ..........
Basic EPS $8,234,697 10,686,763 $0.77
Effect of Dilutive Securities:
Options and Warrants 640,323
..........
Diluted EPS $8,234,697 11,327,086 $0.73
........... ........... ..........
........... ........... ..........
1996
....
Earnings Shares Per-Share
(Numerator) (Denominator) Amount
........... ........... ..........
Net Earnings $4,892,826
Less: Preferred Stock Dividends (54,273)
..........
Basic EPS:
Net earnings available to
common shareholders $4,838,553 8,862,217 $0.55
Effect of Dilutive Securities:
Options and Warrants 756,244
Convertible Preferred Stock 54,273 138,950
........... ..........
Diluted EPS:
Net Earnings available to
common shareholders and
assumed conversions $4,892,826 9,757,411 $0.50
........... ........... ..........
........... ........... ..........
(11) Treasury Stock
..............
The Board of Directors of the Company authorized the purchase of up
to 2,000,000 shares of common stock in the open market at prevailing
market prices. As part of this program, the Company acquired 382,763 and
375,000 shares as treasury stock in 1998 and 1997 for $3,226,419 and
$3,339,375, respectively.
(12) Employee Benefit Plan
.....................
The Company has a voluntary contribution pension plan which complies
with Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended. The plan
permits employees to make a voluntary contribution of pretax dollars to a
pension trust, with a matching contribution by the Company equal to 50%
of an employee's basic contribution to the plan up to a maximum of 3% of
their salaries. Company contributions to the plan were approximately
$319,000, $303,000 and $235,000 in 1998, 1997 and 1996, respectively.
(13) Commitments and Contingencies
.............................
(a) Operating Leases
................
The Company and its subsidiaries lease certain buildings, vehicles
and equipment under noncancellable operating leases. At December 31,
1998, the future minimum lease payments under operating leases are as
follows:
1999 1,523,267
2000 1,398,320
2001 904,729
2002 275,056
2003 275,056
Thereafter 702,413
..........
$5,078,841
..........
..........
Rent expense approximated $1.63 million, $1.34 million and $1.29
million for the years ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996,
respectively.
(b) Employment and Consulting Agreements
....................................
Excel has entered into employment agreements with certain key
executives that provide for severance upon termination without cause,
aggregating approximately $1 million.
(14) Foreign and Domestic Operations and Export Sales
................................................
Information concerning foreign and domestic operations and export
sales is as follows:
As of or the year ended
December 31,
1998 1997 1996
Net sales and services to
unaffiliated customers:
United States $61,565,506 58,468,251 50,023,979
Germany 5,526,427 7,479,645 7,438,284
........... .......... ..........
$67,091,933 65,947,896 57,462,263
........... .......... ..........
........... .......... ..........
Operating earnings (loss):
United States $11,258,544 12,088,227 7,695,932
Germany (58,237) (61,224) (107,267)
........... .......... ..........
$11,200,307 12,027,003 7,588,665
........... .......... ..........
........... .......... ..........
Identifiable assets:
United States $68,883,025 54,508,949 35,466,426
Germany 2,410,139 4,710,732 4,350,016
........... .......... ..........
$71,293,164 59,219,681 39,816,442
........... .......... ..........
........... .......... ..........
In determining operating earnings (loss) for each geographic area,
sales and purchases between areas have been accounted for on the basis of
internal transfer prices set by the Company.
Identifiable assets are those tangible and intangible assets used in
operations in each geographic area.
During the years ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996, the Company
had foreign and export sales of approximately $24.9 million, $23.8
million and $19.7 million, representing 37%, 36% and 34%, respectively,
of total net sales and services.
No single customer accounted for more than ten percent of the
Company's net sales and services in 1998, 1997 and 1996, and no account
receivable from any customer exceeded five percent of the Company's total
accounts receivable at December 31, 1998 and 1997.
Schedule II
...........
EXCEL TECHNOLOGY, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves
Years ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996
Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E
Balance at Additions charged Additions Balance at
beginning to cost and (deductions)- end of
Description of period expenses describe period
........... .......... ................. ............ ..........
Allowance for
doubtful accounts:
Year ended December 31,:
1998 $ 254,000 110,000 (128,000) (1) 426,000
190,000 (2)
1997 $ 276,000 72,000 (94,000) (1) 254,000
1996 $ 377,000 83,000 (184,000) (1) 276,000
(1) Uncollectible accounts written off, net of recoveries.
(2) Allowance of acquired subsidiary at date of acquisition.
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANT'S
ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.
PART III
........
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
Information required by this Item 10 with respect to the directors
and executive officers of registrant is hereby incorporated by reference
to registrant's definitive proxy statement to be filed pursuant to
Regulation 14A promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which proxy statement is
anticipated to be filed within 120 days after the end of registrant's
year ended December 31, 1998.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
Information required by this Item 11 is hereby incorporated by
reference to registrant's definitive proxy statement to be filed pursuant
to Regulation 14A promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which proxy statement is
anticipated to be filed within 120 days after the end of registrant's
year ended December 31, 1998.
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
Information required by this Item 12 is hereby incorporated by
reference to registrant's definitive proxy statement to be filed pursuant
to Regulation 14A promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which proxy statement is
anticipated to be filed within 120 days after the end of registrant's
year ended December 31, 1998.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Howard S. Breslow, a director of the Company, is a partner in
Breslow & Walker, LLP, the Company's legal counsel. In 1998, the Company
paid Breslow & Walker, LLP $324,000 for legal services.
PART IV
ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, SCHEDULES, AND
REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
(a) The following documents are filed as part of this report:
1. Consolidated Financial Statements (included in Part II,
Item 8):
Independent Auditors' Report
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 1998 and
December 31, 1997
Consolidated Statements of Earnings for each of the years in
the three-year period ended December 31, 1998
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity for each of the
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1998
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for each of the years in
the three-year period ended December 31, 1998
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
2. Consolidated Financial Statement Schedule and Report of
Independent Auditor (included in Part II Item 8)*
Schedule
........
II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves
..............................
* Financial statement schedules other than those listed are
omitted because they are either not applicable or not required,
or because the information sought is included in the
Consolidated Financial Statements or the Notes thereto.
3. Exhibits included herein:
See Exhibit Index below for exhibits filed as part of this Form
10-K annual report.
(b) Reports on Form 8-K. No reports on Form 8-K were filed in the
last quarter of the period covered by this report.
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
.................
Exhibit
Number Document
.......... ........
2(a) Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated March 20, 1992, by and
among the Company, Excel Merging Corporation and Quantronix
Corporation, as amended July 16, 1992.(1)
(b) Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 14,
1995, by and among, the Company, Excel Merging Corporation
and Cambridge Technology, Inc. (4)
(c) Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 29, 1995 by
and among Kollmorgen Instruments Corporation and Photo
Research, Inc. (5)
(d) Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 14, 1998, by
and among, Excel Purchasing Company, Peter Laakman,
et al. (6)
3(a) Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated November 13,
1990, as amended. (2)
(b) By-Laws, as amended. (1)
4(a) Specimen Certificate for Company's Common Stock. (2)
10(a) 1990 Stock Option Plan, as amended. (3)
(b) Employment Agreement, dated as of January 22, 1996, between
the Company and J. Donald Hill (4), amended as of July 14,
1997.
(c) Employment Agreement, dated as of January 22, 1996, between
the Company and Antoine Dominic (4), amended as of
July 14, 1997.
(d) 1998 Stock Option Plan (filed as Exhibit A to the Company's
Definitive Proxy Statement, dated April 27, 1998 for the
Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 24, 1998).
(e) Loan Agreement, dated August 1998, by and among the
Company and The Bank of New York.
11 Computation of Net earnings per share.
21 List of subsidiaries
23 Consent of KPMG LLP
27 Financial Data Schedule
.........................................................................
(1) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement
on Form S-4, File No. 33-47440.
(2) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement
on Form S-1, File No. 33-39375.
(3) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement
on Form S-1, File No. 33-52612.
(4) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Report on Form 8-K
dated February 28, 1995
(5) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Report on Form 8-K
dated October 13, 1995.
(6) Incorporated by reference to the Company's Report on Form 8-K
dated August 27, 1998.
SIGNATURES
..........
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, THE REGISTRANT HAS DULY CAUSED THIS REPORT TO BE
SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED, THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED.
EXCEL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
By: /s/ J. Donald Hill
..................
J. Donald Hill, Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer
By: /s/ Antoine Dominic
...................
Antoine Dominic, Chief Operating Officer
and Principal Accounting Officer
Date: March 10, 1999
PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,
THIS REPORT HAS BEEN SIGNED BELOW BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS ON BEHALF OF
THE REGISTRANT AND IN THE CAPACITIES AND ON THE DATES INDICATED.
Signature Title Date
......... ..... ....
/s/ J. Donald Hill Director March 10, 1999
..................
J. Donald Hill
/s/ Antoine Dominic Director March 10, 1999
...................
Antoine Dominic
/s/ Steven Georgiev Director March 10, 1999
...................
Steven Georgiev
/s/ Howard S. Breslow Director March 10,1999
.....................
Howard S. Breslow
/s/ Jan Melles Director March 10,1999
..............
Jan Melles
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit 11
Computation of Net Earnings (Loss) per share
BASIC
DILUTED
Year Ended
Year Ended
December 31,
December 31,
....................................
....................................
1998 1997 1996
1998 1997 1996
........... ........... ..........
........... ........... ..........
<S> <C> <C> <C>
<C> <C> <C>
Net earnings $ 8,881,464 $ 8,234,697 $4,892,826
$ 8,881,464 $ 8,234,697 $4,892,826
Less: Preferred Stock dividend <F1> 0 0 (54,273)
0 0 0
........... ........... ..........
........... ........... ..........
Net earnings available to
common shareholders $ 8,881,464 $ 8,234,697 $4,838,553
$ 8,881,464 $ 8,234,697 $4,892,826
........... ........... ..........
........... ........... ..........
........... ........... ..........
........... ........... ..........
Weighted average common shares
outstanding 11,190,197 10,686,763 8,862,217
11,190,197 10,686,763 8,862,217
Weighted average common share
equivalents:
Options and warrants 0 0 0
204,989 640,323 756,244
Preferred stock 0 0 0
0 0 138,950
........... ........... ..........
........... ........... ..........
Weighted average common shares
and common share equivalents 11,190,197 10,686,763 8,862,217
11,395,186 1,327,086 9,757,411
........... ........... ..........
........... ........... ..........
........... ........... ..........
........... ........... ..........
Net earnings per share $0.79 $0.77 $0.55
$0.78 $0.73 $0.50
........... ........... ..........
........... ........... ..........
........... ........... ..........
........... ........... ..........
<FN>
<F1> In 1996, for basic earnings per share, the Company included preferred
stock dividends in its net earnings
available to common shareholders during the portion of the year the
preferred stock was outstanding.
</FN>
</TABLE>
Exhibit 21
..........
List of Subsidiaries
....................
Cambridge Technology, Inc.
109 Smith Place
Cambridge, MA 02138
Control Laser Corp
7503 Chancellor Drive
Orlando, FL 32804
Excel Technology, Asia, Sdn. Bhd.
Lot 5845 Bayan Lepas F.I.Z.
11900 Bayan Lepas, Penang
Malaysia
The Optical Corporation
1800 Lockwood Street
Oxnard, CA 93030
Photo Research, Inc.
9731 Topanga Canyon Pl.
Chatsworth, CA 91311
Quantronix Corporation
41 Research Way
E. Setauket, NY 11733
Quantronix GmbH
Roentgenstrasse, 84
D-6100 Darmstadt
Germany
Synrad, Inc.
6500 Harbour Heights Parkway
Mukilteo, WA 98275
Exhibit 23
..........
Consent of Independent Auditors
...............................
The Board of Directors
Excel Technology, Inc.
and Subsidiaries
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements on
Form S-8 (No. 33-71122) and Forms S-3 (No. 33-34523) of Excel Technology,
Inc. and subsidiaries of our report dated January 20, 1999, relating to the
consolidated balance sheets of Excel Technology, Inc. and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 1998 and 1997, and the related consolidated statements of
earnings, stockholders' equity and cash flows and related schedule for the
three years ended December 31, 1998, which report appears in the December 31,
1998 annual report on Form 10-K of Excel Technology, Inc. and subsidiaries.
KPMG LLP
Melville, New York
March 11, 1999
Exhibit 10 (e)
..............
LOAN AGREEMENT
Dated as of August 14, 1998
EXCEL TECHNOLOGY, INC., a Delaware corporation, having its principal
place of business at 780 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10017 (the
"Borrower"), QUANTRONIX CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, having its
principal place of business at 41 Research Way, East Setauket, New York
11733, THE OPTICAL CORPORATION, a California corporation, having its
principal place of business at 1800 Lockwood Street, Oxnard, California
93030, CAMBRIDGE TECHNOLOGY, INC., a Massachusetts corporation, having its
principal place of business at 109 Smith Place, Cambridge, Massachusetts
02138, CONTROL LASER CORPORATION, a Florida corporation, having its principal
place of business at 7503 Chancellor Drive, Orlando, Florida 32804, PHOTO
RESEARCH, INC., a Delaware corporation, having its principal place of
business at 9731 Topanga Canyon Place, Chatsworth, California 91311-4135,
QUANTRONIX INTERNATIONAL CORP., a Barbados corporation, having its principal
place of business at 41 Research Way, East Setauket, New York 11733, EXCEL
PURCHASING CORPORATION, a Washington corporation, having its principal place
of business at 6500 Harbour Heights Parkway, Mukilteo, Washington 98275, and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York banking corporation, having an office at 530
Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, 10036("Bank") hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
SECTION 1.01. Certain Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be
equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms
defined):
"Acquisition" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto within the
definition of Permitted Acquisition(s) set forth herein.
"Adjusted LIBOR Rate" means, with respect to any Libor Loan for any
Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded, if not already a whole
multiple of 1/100th of one (.01%) percent to the nearest 1/100th of one
(.01%) percent) equal to the quotient of (a) the LIBOR Rate divided by (b) a
percentage equal to 100% minus the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirement on the
date the Adjusted LIBOR Rate is determined.
"Affiliate" means, as to any Person (i) a Person which directly or
indirectly controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with,
such Person; (ii) a Person which directly or indirectly beneficially owns or
holds five (5%) percent or more of any class of voting stock of, or five (5%)
percent or more of the equity interest in, such Person; or (iii) a Person
five (5%) percent or more of the voting stock of which, or five (5%) percent
or more of the equity interest of which, is directly or indirectly
beneficially owned or held by such Person. The term "control" means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.
"Agreement" means this Loan Agreement, as amended, supplemented or
modified from time to time.
"Alternate Base Rate" means, for any day, an interest rate per annum
equal to the higher of (a) the Prime Rate (computed on the basis of the
actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) in effect on such day
or (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus one-half
of one (0.5%) percent (computed on the basis of the actual number of days
elapsed over a year of 360 days). For purposes of this Agreement any change
in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal
Funds Effective Rate shall be effective on the effective date of such change
in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively. If for
any reason the Bank shall have determined (which determination shall be
presumptively correct absent demonstrable error) that it is unable to
ascertain the Federal Funds Effective Rate for any reason, including, without
limitation, the inability or failure of the Bank to obtain sufficient bids or
publications in accordance with the terms thereof, the Alternate Base Rate
shall be determined without regard to clause (b) of the first sentence of
this definition, as appropriate, until the circumstances giving rise to such
inability no longer exist.
"Alternate Base Rate Loan" means a Loan bearing interest at the
Alternate Base Rate in accordance with the provisions of hereof.
"Applicable Margin" shall have the meaning given such term in Section
2.04 of this Agreement.
"Board of Governors" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System of the United States of America.
"Business Day" means a day of the year on which banks are not required
or authorized to close in New York City, provided that, if the relevant day
relates to a Libor Loan, an Interest Period, or notice with respect to a
Libor Loan, the term "Business Day" shall mean a day on which dealings in
dollar deposits are also carried on in the London interbank market and banks
are open for business in London.
"Capital Expenditures" means, as to any Person, the aggregate amount of
any expenditures (including purchase money Liens) by such Person for assets
(including fixed assets acquired under Capital Leases) which it is
contemplated will be used or usable in fiscal years subsequent to the year of
acquisition.
"Capital Lease" means a lease which has been or should be, in accordance
with GAAP, capitalized on the books of the lessee.
"Closing Date" shall mean the date upon which the transactions
contemplated under this Agreement are consummated.
"Collateral" means all property which is subject or is to be subject to
the Lien granted by each applicable Loan Document.
"Commitment" means the Bank's obligation to make Loans to the Borrower
pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement.
"Consolidated Current Assets" means, as to the Loan Parties on a
consolidated basis (but specifically excluding Quantronix GmbH), at any date,
the aggregate amount of all assets which would be properly classified as
current assets at such date, but excluding deferred assets, all computed and
consolidated in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Current Liabilities" means, as to the Loan Parties on a
consolidated basis (but specifically excluding Quantronix GmbH), at any date,
the aggregate amount of all liabilities (including tax and other proper
accruals) which would be properly classified as current liabilities,
including the outstanding principal amount of the Note, all computed and
consolidated in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Tangible Net Worth" means, as to the Loan Parties on a
consolidated basis, the difference between (i) Consolidated Total Assets,
less all intangible assets properly classified as such in accordance with
GAAP, including, but without limitation, patents, patent rights, trademarks,
trade names, franchises, copyrights, licenses, permits and goodwill, and
(ii) Consolidated Total Liabilities.
"Consolidated Total Assets" means, as to the Loan Parties on a
consolidated basis, the aggregate net book value of the consolidated assets
of the Loan Parties after all appropriate adjustments in accordance with GAAP
(including without limitation, reserves for doubtful receivables,
obsolescence, depreciation and amortization and excluding the amount of any
write-up or revaluation of any asset), computed and consolidated in
accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Total Liabilities" means, as to the Loan Parties on a
consolidated basis, all of the consolidated liabilities of the Loan Parties,
including all items which, in accordance with GAAP would be included on the
liability side of the balance sheet (other than capital stock, treasury
stock, capital surplus and retained earnings) computed and consolidated in
accordance with GAAP.
"Debt" means, as to any Person, (i) all indebtedness or liability of
such Person for borrowed money; (ii) indebtedness of such Person for the
deferred purchase price of property or services (including trade
obligations); (iii) obligations of such Person as a lessee under Capital
Leases; (iv) current liabilities of such Person in respect of unfunded vested
benefits under any Plan; (v) obligations of such Person under letters of
credit issued for the account of such Person; (vi) obligations of such Person
arising under acceptance facilities; (vii) all guaranties, endorsements
(other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business) and
other contingent obligations to purchase, to provide funds for payment, to
supply funds to invest in any other Person, or otherwise to assure a creditor
against loss; (viii) obligations secured by any Lien on property owned by
such Person whether or not the obligations have been assumed; and (ix) all
other liabilities recorded as such, or which should be recorded as such, on
such Person's financial statements in accordance with GAAP.
"Default" means any of the events specified in Section 6.01 of this
Agreement, whether or not any requirement for notice or lapse of time or any
other condition has been satisfied.
"Dollars" and the sign "$" mean lawful money of the United States of
America.
"EBITDA" means, with respect to the Loan Parties on a consolidated
basis, for any period, the sum of (i) net income (excluding extraordinary
gains and including extraordinary losses) plus (ii) interest expense plus
(iii) the provision for taxes plus (iv) depreciation expense plus (v)
amortization of intangible assets, all measured or calculated for such
period.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time, the regulations promulgated thereunder and the
published interpretations thereof as in effect from time to time.
"ERISA Affiliate" means any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) which together with any other Person would be treated, with
such Person, as a single employer under Section 4001 of ERISA.
"Eurocurrency Reserve Requirement" means, with respect to the Adjusted
LIBOR Rate for an Interest Period, the daily average of the stated maximum
rate (expressed as a decimal) at which reserves (including any marginal,
supplemental or emergency reserves) are required to be maintained at the
beginning of such Interest Period under any regulation (including, but
without limitation, Regulation D) promulgated by the Board of Governors (or
any successor thereto or other governmental authority having jurisdiction
over the Bank) by the Bank against "Eurocurrency liabilities" (as such term
is used in Regulation D), but without benefit or credit for proration,
exemptions or offsets that might otherwise be available to the Bank from time
to time under Regulation D. Without limiting the effect of the foregoing,
the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirement shall reflect any other reserves
required to be maintained by the Bank against (1) any category of liabilities
that includes deposits by reference to which the Adjusted LIBOR Rate is to
be determined; or (2) any category of extension of credit or other assets
that include loans bearing an Adjusted LIBOR Rate.
"Event of Default" means any of the events specified in Section 6.01 of
this Agreement, provided that any requirement for notice or lapse of time or
any other condition has been satisfied.
"Federal Funds Effective Rate" means, for any period, a fluctuating
interest rate per annum equal for each day during such period to the weighted
average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of
the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published
for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day for the next preceding
Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is
not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the
quotations for such day on such transactions received by the Bank from three
(3) federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
"Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio" means, with respect to the Loan Parties on
a consolidated basis, for any period, the ratio of (i) EBITDA minus Capital
Expenditures during such period minus Repurchase/Redemption Costs during such
period to (ii) Fixed Charges. The Fixed Charge Ratio shall be tested
quarterly for the four consecutive fiscal quarters then ended.
"Fixed Charges" means, with respect to the Loan Parties, on a
consolidated basis, for any period, the sum of (i) the scheduled principal
payments for all Funded Debt plus (ii) one seventh (1/7th) of the highest
aggregate principal amount of Loans outstanding during the prior four (4)
fiscal quarters being measured plus (iii) interest expense.
"Funded Debt" means all Debt which is (i) indebtedness or liability for
borrowed money, (ii) obligations under Capital Leases, (iii) indebtedness or
liability for the deferred purchase price of property (excluding trade
obligations) or (iv)obligations under deferred payment letters of credit and
trade acceptances.
"Funded Debt to EBITDA Ratio" means, with respect to the Loan Parties,
on a consolidated basis, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (i)
Funded Debt as of such date to (ii) EBITDA for the four consecutive fiscal
quarters then ended.
"GAAP" means Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
"Generally Accepted Accounting Principles" means those generally
accepted accounting principles and practices which are recognized as such by
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants acting through the
Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") or through other appropriate
boards or committees thereof and which are consistently applied for all
periods so as to properly reflect the financial condition, operations and
cash flows of a Person, except that any accounting principle or practice
required to be changed by the FASB (or other appropriate board or committee
of the FASB) in order to continue as a generally accepted accounting
principle or practice may be so changed. Any dispute or disagreement between
the Borrower and the Bank relating to the determination of Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles shall, in the absence of manifest error, be
conclusively resolved for all purposes hereof by the written opinion with
respect thereto, delivered to the Bank, of the independent accountants
selected by the Borrower and approved by the Bank for the purpose of auditing
the periodic financial statements of the Borrower.
"Guarantor" or Guarantors" means each of Quantronix Corporation, The
Optical Corporation, Cambridge Technology, Inc., Control Laser Corporation,
Photo Research, Inc., Quantronix International Corp. and Excel Purchasing
Corporation together with any other Person required to guarantee the
obligations of the Borrower in accordance with Section 5.01(l) of this
Agreement.
"Guaranty" or "Guaranties" means a guaranty or guaranties required to be
executed and delivered by a Guarantor or Guarantors pursuant to Section 3.01
(h) and Section 5.01 (l) of this Agreement.
"Hazardous Materials" means any flammable explosives, radioactive
materials, hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, hazardous or toxic
substances, or other regulated materials defined in and regulated under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. Sections 9601, et seq.), the Hazardous Materials
Transportation Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. Section 1801 et seq.), the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. Sections 9601 et seq.),
and in the regulations adopted and publications promulgated pursuant thereto,
or any other federal, state or local environmental law, ordinance, rule or
regulation.
"Interest Determination Date" means the date on which an Alternate Base
Rate Loan is converted to a Libor Loan and, in the case of a Libor Loan, the
last day of the applicable Interest Period.
"Interest Payment Date" means (i) as to each Libor Loan, (x) in the case
of Libor Loans with Interest Periods of one or two months, the last day of
such Interest Period and (y) in the case of Libor Loans with Interest Periods
of three or six months, the last Business Day of each ninety day period
during the applicable Interest Period and the last day of such Interest
Period and (ii) as to each Alternate Base Rate Loan, the last Business Day of
each month.
"Interest Period" means as to any Libor Loan, the period commencing on
the date of such Libor Loan and ending on the numerically corresponding day
in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter, as
the Borrower may elect (or, if there is no numerically corresponding day, on
the last Business Day of such month), provided, however, (i) no Interest
Period shall end later than the Maturity Date, (ii) if any Interest Period
would end on a day which shall not be a Business Day, such Interest Period
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next
succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case
such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (iii)
interest shall accrue from and including the first day of such Interest
Period to but excluding the date of payment of such interest, and (iv) no
Interest Period of particular duration with respect to a Libor Loan may be
selected by the Borrower if the Bank determines, in its sole discretion, that
Libor Loans with such maturities are not generally available.
"Investment" means any stock, evidence of Debt or other security of any
Person, any loan, advance, contribution of capital, extension of credit or
commitment therefor, including without limitation the guaranty of loans made
to others (except for current trade and customer accounts receivable for
services rendered in the ordinary course of business and payable in
accordance with customary trade terms in the ordinary course of business) and
any purchase of (i) any security of another Person or (ii) any business of
any Person or any commitment or option to make any such purchase, or any
other investment.
"Libor Loan" means a Loan bearing interest at a rate based on the
Adjusted LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin in accordance with the
provisions hereof.
"LIBOR Rate" means the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary to
the nearest one-tenth (1/10th) of one (1%) percent) quoted at approximately
11:00 a.m. London time by the Bank two (2) Business Days prior to the
requested Interest Period, for the offering by the Bank to prime commercial
banks in the London interbank market of Dollar deposits in immediately
available funds for a period, and in an amount, comparable to such Interest
Period and principal amount of such Libor Loan, respectively.
"Lien" means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security interest,
hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory
or other), or preference, priority, or other security agreement or
preferential arrangement, charge, or encumbrance of any kind or nature
whatsoever, including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other
title retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same
economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of any financing
statement under the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable law of any
jurisdiction to evidence any of the foregoing.
"Loan(s)" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01
of this Agreement.
"Loan Documents" means this Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranties, the
Security Agreements, the Pledge Agreements, the Patent and Trademark
Assignments and any other document executed or delivered pursuant to this
Agreement.
Loan Party" or "Loan Parties" means one or more, as the context
requires, of the Borrower and the Guarantors.
"Loan Period" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.01 hereof.
"Maturity Date" shall mean the five year anniversary of the Closing
Date.
"Material Adverse Change" means, as to any Person, (i) a material
adverse change in the financial condition, business, operations, properties,
prospects or results of operations of such Person or (ii) any event or
occurrence which could have a material adverse effect on the ability of such
Person to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents.
"Multiemployer Plan" means a Plan described in Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA which covers employees of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
"Note" means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to the order of
the Bank, in substantially the form of Exhibit A annexed hereto, evidencing
the aggregate indebtedness of the Borrower to the Bank resulting from each
Loan made by the Bank to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.
"Other Acquisition(s)" shall mean any proposed Acquisition which does
not meet each of the criterion within the definition of "Permitted
Acquisition" set forth herein; but, which the Bank has consented to in
writing prior to the consummation thereof.
"Patent and Trademark Assignments" means the Patent and Trademark
Collateral Assignment and Security Agreements to be executed and delivered by
the Borrower and certain of the Guarantors pursuant to Section 3.01(i) and
5.01(l) of this Agreement.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity
succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
"Permitted Acquisition(s)" means an Acquisition by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary of the Borrower by merger, consolidation or by purchase of a
voting majority of the stock of another Person or by the purchase of all or
substantially all of the assets of another Person, (or of a division or other
operating component of another Person)(in each such case, an "Acquisition")
if the applicable Acquisition meets each of the following criterion and
satisfies each of the following criterion, as the case may be:
(i) The Acquisition is identified as a "Permitted Acquisition" by the
Borrower in writing to the Bank;
(ii) The Person to be acquired is domiciled in the United States;
(iii) The majority of such Person's revenue is derived from a similar
line of business as that of the Borrower;
(iv) The Bank shall have received a certificate signed by the President
or Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower to the effect that (and including
calculations indicating that) on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the
proposed Acquisition: (a) all representations and warranties contained herein
and in the other Loan Documents will remain true and correct, (b) the
Borrower will remain in compliance with all covenants contained herein and in
the other Loan Documents, and (c) no Default or Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing or will occur as a result of the consummation of the
proposed Acquisition; and
(v) Terms of the documentation relating to the proposed Acquisition
(including, without limitation, a sources and uses statement relating to such
Acquisition) shall provide that the Borrower shall pay at least one third
(1/3) of the purchase price for the proposed Acquisition without the
incurrence of Debt.
"Permitted Investments" means, (i) direct obligations of the United
States of America or any governmental agency thereof, or obligations
guaranteed by the United States of America, provided that such obligations
mature within one year from the date of acquisition thereof; (ii) time
certificates of deposit having a maturity of one year or less issued by any
commercial bank organized and existing under the laws of the United States or
any state thereof and having aggregate capital and surplus in excess of
$1,000,000,000.00; (iii) money market mutual funds having assets in excess
of $2,500,000,000; (iv) commercial paper rated not less than P-1 or A-1 or
their equivalent by Moody's Investor Services, Inc. or Standard & Poor's
Corporation, respectively; or (v) tax exempt securities rated Prime 2 or
better by Moody's Investor Services, Inc. or A-1 or better by Standard &
Poor's Corporation.
"Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a
business trust), limited liability company, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity or a federal, state
or local government, or a political subdivision thereof or any agency of such
government or subdivision.
"Plan" means any employee benefit plan (within the meaning of ERISA)
established, maintained, or to which contributions have been made by the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
"Pledge Agreements" means the pledge agreements to be executed by the
Borrower and Quantronix Corporation as provided in Section 3.01(i) hereof
pursuant to which the Borrower and Quantronix shall pledge to the Bank its
stock in each of its respective Subsidiaries (except Quantronix GmbH.)
"Prime Rate" means the prime commercial lending rate of the Bank as
publicly announced to be in effect from time to time, each change in the
Prime Rate to be effective on the date such change is announced to become
effective.
"Prohibited Transaction" means any transaction prohibited under Section
406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time.
"Regulation D" means Regulation D of the Board of Governors, as the same
may be amended and in effect from time to time.
"Regulation G" means Regulation G of the Board of Governors, as the same
may be amended and in effect from time to time.
"Regulation T" means Regulation T of the Board of Governors, as the same
may be amended and in effect from time to time.
"Regulation U" means Regulation U of the Board of Governors, as the same
may be amended and in effect from time to time.
"Regulation X" means Regulation X of the Board of Governors, as the
same may be amended and in effect from time to time.
"Reportable Event" means any of the events set forth in Section 4043 of
ERISA, for which notice to the PBGC has not been waived.
"Repurchase/Redemption Costs" means, with respect to the Loan Parties on
a consolidated basis, for any period, the aggregate amount expended in order
to repurchase and/or redeem stock.
"Security Agreement" or "Security Agreements" means one or more of the
security agreements to be executed and delivered by the Borrower and each of
the Guarantors pursuant to Section 3.01(i) and Section 5.01 (l) of this
Agreement.
"Subsidiary" means, as to any Person, any corporation, partnership,
limited liability company or joint venture whether now existing or hereafter
organized or acquired (i) in the case of a corporation, of which a majority
of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors
(other than securities having such power only by reason of the happening of a
contingency) are at the time owned by such Person and/or one or more
Subsidiaries of such Person or (ii) in the case of a partnership, limited
liability company or joint venture, of which a majority of the partnership,
membership or other ownership interests are at the time owned by such Person
and/or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.
"Total Commitment" means $15,000,000.00
"Trailing Period" shall mean, as at any date of determination, the then
most recently ended four quarterly fiscal periods of the Borrower, on a
consolidated basis.
"Unfunded Capital Expenditures" means as to the Loan Parties on a
consolidated basis, Capital Expenditures made without the incurrence of Debt.
"Utilization Amount" means, after giving effect to the making of a Loan,
the amount by which the total aggregate amount of the Total Commitment
utilized by the Borrower exceeds the highest aggregate amount of the Total
Commitment then previously utilized by the Borrower; provided, however, for
purposes of the fee to be paid pursuant to Section 2.01(e) hereof, the
Utilization Amount shall not consist of amounts repaid. For purposes of
clarification, an initial borrowing of $5,000,000.00 would result in a
Utilization Amount of $5,000,000.00. A subsequent repayment of $1,000,000.00
and a subsequent borrowing of $2,000,000.00 would result in a Utilization
Amount of $1,000,000.00 (i.e., the amount ($1,000,000.00) by which the Total
Commitment utilized ($6,000,000.00) exceeds the then preceding highest
aggregate amount utilized ($5,000,000.00).
"Year 2000 Issue" shall mean the failure of computer software, hardware
and firmware systems and equipment containing embedded computer chips to
properly receive, transmit, process, manipulate, store, retrieve, re-transmit
or in any other way utilize data and information due to the occurrence of the
year 2000 or the inclusion of dates on or after January 1, 2000.
SECTION 1.02. Computation of Time Periods. In this Agreement in the
computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified
date, the word "from" means "from and including" and the words "to" and
"until" each means "to and including".
SECTION 1.03. Accounting Terms. Except as otherwise herein specifically
provided, each accounting term used herein shall have the meaning given to it
under GAAP.
ARTICLE II
AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE LOANS
SECTION 2.01. Making and Repayment of Loans; Pricing Options;
Loan Fee.
(a) The Bank agrees, during the period commencing the Closing Date
through the Maturity Date (the "Loan Period"), on the terms and conditions
and in reliance upon the representations and warranties hereinafter set forth
in this Agreement, to lend to the Borrower the maximum aggregate amount of
Fifteen Million ($15,000,000.00) Dollars in one or more Loans (each
individually, a "Loan" and collectively, the "Loans").
(b) Loans may be borrowed, repaid and re-borrowed during the Loan
Period. No principal amount of the Loans shall be required to be repaid
during the period commencing the date hereof through the date immediately
preceding the Maturity Date.
(c) The Borrower shall be obligated to pay to the Bank on the Maturity
Date the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Loans and all
accrued but unpaid interest thereon.
(d) Subject to the terms and condition hereof, the Loans shall be
comprised of one or more Alternate Base Rate Loans, Libor Loans, or any
combination thereof.
(e) The Borrower shall pay the Bank a fee in the amount of five eighths
of one (.625%) percent of the principal amount of each Utilization Amount,
upon the giving by the Borrower of the notice of an applicable Loan pursuant
to Section 2.03 hereof.
SECTION 2.02. The Note.
(a) Each Loan shall be evidenced by the Note of the Borrower. The Note
shall be dated the Closing Date and be in the principal amount of Fifteen
Million ($15,000,000.00) Dollars, and shall mature on the Maturity Date, at
which time the entire outstanding principal balance and all interest thereon
shall be due and payable. The Note shall be entitled to the benefits and
subject to the provisions of this Agreement.
(b) Each Loan shall be (i) in the case of each Alternate Base Rate Loan
in the minimum principal amount of $250,000.00, and in increased integral
multiples of $50,000.00 and (ii) in the case of each Libor Loan in the
minimum principal amount of $500,000.00 and in increased integral multiples
of $50,000.00 (except that, if any such Alternate Base Rate Loan so requested
shall exhaust the remaining available Commitment, such Alternate Base Rate
Loan may be in an amount equal to the amount of such remaining available
Commitment).
(c) At the time of the making of each Loan and at the time of each
payment of principal thereon, the holder of the Note is hereby authorized by
the Borrower to make a notation on the schedule annexed there to of the date
and amount, and the type and Interest Period of the applicable Loan or
payment, as the case may be. Failure to make a notation with respect to any
such Loan shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower
hereunder or under the Note with respect to such applicable Loan, and any
payment of principal on the applicable Note by the Borrower shall not be
affected by the failure to make a notation thereof on said schedule.
SECTION 2.03. Payment of Interest; Notice of Loans; Designations,
Conversions and Continuations of Loans.
(a) In the case of an Alternate Base Rate Loan, interest shall be
payable, in arrears, at a rate per annum (computed on the basis of the actual
number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days) equal at all times to the
Alternate Base Rate. Such interest shall be payable on each Interest Payment
Date, commencing with the first Interest Payment Date after the date such
Alternate Base Rate Loan is made, on each Interest Determination Date and on
the Maturity Date. Any change in the rate of interest on an Alternate Base
Rate Loan due to a change in the Alternate Base Rate shall take effect as of
the date of such change in the Alternate Base Rate.
(b) In the case of a Libor Loan, interest shall be payable, in arrears,
at a rate per annum (computed on the basis of the actual number of days
elapsed over a year of 360 days) equal to the Adjusted Libor Rate plus the
Applicable Margin. Such interest shall be payable on each Interest Payment
Date, commencing with the first Interest Payment Date after the date such
Libor Loan is made on each Interest Determination Date and on the Maturity
Date. In the event Libor Loans are available, the Bank shall determine the
rate of interest applicable to each requested Libor Loan for each Interest
Period at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, or as soon as practicable
thereafter, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest
Period and shall notify the Borrower of the rate of interest so determined.
Such determination shall be presumptively correct absent demonstrable error.
(c) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower shall have
the right to select different pricing options (based upon the Alternate Base
Rate or the Adjusted Libor Rate plus the Applicable Margin) in respect of
the Loans. The Borrower shall give the Bank irrevocable written, telephonic
(immediately confirmed in writing) or facsimile notice (i) at least three (3)
Business Days prior to each Loan intended by the Borrower to be comprised in
whole or in part of one or more Libor Loans (subject to availability) and
(ii) prior to 11:00 a.m. on the day of each Loan intended to be comprised
solely of an Alternate Base Rate Loan. In the case of notices relating to
Libor Loans, notices received after 11:00 a.m. on any Business Day shall be
deemed to have been given and received on the next Business Day. Such notices
shall specify the date of such Loan, the amount thereof and whether such Loan
is to be (or what portion or portions thereof are to be) an Alternate Base
Rate Loan or a Libor Loan and, if such Loan or any portion thereof is to
consist of one or more Libor Loans, the principal amounts thereof and
Interest Period or Interest Periods with respect thereto. If no election as
to a type of Loan is specified in such notice, such Loan (or portion thereof
as to which no election is specified) shall be an Alternate Base Rate Loan.
If no election as to the Interest Period is specified in such notice with
respect to any Libor Loan, the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an
Interest Period of one month's duration and if a Libor Loan is requested when
such Loans are not available, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested
an Alternate Base Rate Loan. In the event a Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, Libor Loans shall not be available and all
Loans shall bear interest at a rate equal to the greater of (i) the Alternate
Base Rate plus two (2%) percent; or (ii) the interest rate otherwise in
effect plus two (2%) percent.
(d) The Borrower shall have the right, on such notice to the Bank as is
required pursuant to (c) above, (i) to continue any Libor Loan or a portion
thereof into a subsequent Interest Period (subject to availability) and (ii)
to convert an Alternate Base Rate Loan into a Libor Loan (subject to
availability) subject to the following:
(1) if a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing at the time of any proposed conversion or continuation only
Alternate Base Rate Loans shall be available;
(2) in the case of the pricing designation regarding the initial
Loan, or in the case of a continuation or conversion of less than the full
amount of the applicable Loan, the aggregate principal amount of each Libor
Loan continued or into which a Loan is converted shall be in the minimum
principal amount of $500,000.00 and in increased integral multiples of
$50,000.00;
(3) each continuation or conversion shall be effected by the Bank
applying the proceeds of the new Loan to the Loan (or portion thereof) being
continued or converted;
(4) if the new Loan made as a result of a continuation or
conversion shall be a Libor Loan, the first Interest Period with respect
thereto shall commence on the date of continuation or conversion;
(5) each request for a Libor Loan which shall fail to state an
applicable Interest Period shall be deemed to be a request for an Interest
Period of one month and each request for a Libor Loan made when such Loans
are not available shall be deemed to be a request for an Alternate Base Rate
Loan; and
(6) in the event that the Borrower shall not give notice to
continue a Libor Loan as provided above, such Loan shall automatically be
converted into an Alternate Base Rate Loan at the expiration of the then
current Interest Period.
SECTION 2.04. Applicable Margin. The Applicable Margin shall be
determined on the basis of the Funded Debt to EBITDA Ratio, as calculated
based on the Borrower's consolidated financial statements for its most recent
Trailing Period. The Applicable Margin shall be determined as follows:
Beginning with delivery of the Borrower's consolidated financial
statements and related certificates for the fiscal quarter ending June 30,
1998, and for each fiscal quarter thereafter:
(i) If the Funded Debt to EBITDA Ratio as of the end of the
applicable Trailing Period is less than 1.00 to 1.00, the Applicable Margin
shall be 150 basis points.
(ii) If the Funded Debt to EBITDA Ratio as of the end of the
applicable Trailing Period is equal to or greater than 1.00 to 1.00 but less
than 1.50 to 1.00, the Applicable Margin shall be 175 basis points.
(iii) If the Funded Debt to EBITDA Ratio as of the end of the
applicable Trailing Period is equal to or greater than 1.50 to 1.00 but less
than 2.00 to 1.00, the Applicable Margin shall be 200 basis points.
(iv) If the Funded Debt to EBITDA Ratio as of the end of the
applicable Trailing Period is equal to or greater than 2.00 to 1.00, the
Applicable Margin shall be 225 basis points.
Changes in the Applicable Margin shall become effective on the first day
of the fiscal quarter next following receipt by the Bank of the financial
statements delivered pursuant to Sections 5.01(b)(i) and (ii), as applicable,
and shall relate to existing Libor Loans and to newly made Libor Loans from
and after such effective date.
In the event that the Borrower fails to deliver any financial statements
and the related certificates within five (5) days of the due date therefor
set forth in Section 5.01(b)(i) or (ii) hereof, unless an Event of Default is
declared as a result of such failure, the Applicable Margin shall be as set
forth in clause (iv) above until the Borrower delivers all required financial
statements and certificates at which time the Applicable Margin shall be
redetermined as provided for in this Section 2.04.
Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or an Event
of Default, the Applicable Margin may, as a result of changes in the Funded
Debt to EBITDA Ratio, increase but will not decrease.
SECTION 2.05. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans shall be used by
the Borrower to fund a portion of the purchase prices for Permitted
Acquisitions and Other Acquisitions and for working capital and other general
corporate purposes. No part of the proceeds of any Loan may be used for any
purpose that directly or indirectly violates or is inconsistent with, the
provisions of Regulations G, T, U or X.
SECTION 2.06. Reduction of Commitments. Upon at least three (3) Business
Days' written notice to the Bank, the Borrower may irrevocably elect to have
the unused Commitment terminated in whole or reduced in part provided,
however, that any such partial reduction shall be in a minimum amount of
$250,000.00 or whole multiples thereof. The Commitment, once terminated or
reduced, shall not be reinstated without the express written approval of the
Bank. Loans outstanding in excess of the Commitment, after giving effect to
the termination or reduction thereof, shall be repaid in full to the Bank on
the effective date of such termination or reduction, as the case may be,
together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon.
SECTION 2.07. Prepayment.
(a) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time
to prepay any Alternate Base Rate Loan, in whole or in part, without premium
or penalty on one Business Day prior irrevocable written notice to the Bank
of such prepayment provided, however, that each such prepayment shall be on a
Business Day and shall be a minimum principal amount of $50,000.00 and in
increased integral multiples of $25,000.00.
(b) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to
time, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, including, without
limitation, Section 2.08 hereof, to prepay any Libor Loan, in whole or in
part, on three (3) Business Days' prior irrevocable written notice to the
Bank, provided however, that each such prepayment shall be in the minimum
principal amount of $100,000.00 and in increased integral multiples of
$25,000.00.
(c) Any notice of prepayment shall set forth the prepayment date and
the principal amount of the Loan being prepaid and shall be irrevocable and
shall commit the Borrower to prepay such Loan by the amount and on the date
stated therein. All prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest on
the principal amount being prepaid to the date of prepayment. Each
prepayment shall be applied first towards unpaid interest on the amount being
prepaid and then towards the principal in whole or partial prepayment of
Loans by the Borrower. In the absence of such specification, amounts being
prepaid shall be applied first to any Alternate Base Rate Loan then
outstanding and then to Libor Loans in the order of the expiration of their
respective Interest Periods.
SECTION 2.08. Reimbursement by Borrower. The Borrower shall reimburse the
Bank upon the Bank's demand for any loss, cost or expense incurred or to be
incurred by it (in the Bank's reasonable determination) as a result of any
prepayment or conversion (whether voluntarily or by acceleration) of any
Libor Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan,
or if the Borrower fails to borrow the Libor Loan (or is not able to borrow
because of an Event of Default or for any other reason hereunder) after
having given the irrevocable notice required by this Agreement. Such
reimbursement shall include, but not be limited to, any loss, cost or expense
incurred by the Bank in obtaining, liquidating or redeploying any funds used
or to be used in making or maintaining the Libor Loan.
SECTION 2.09. Increased Costs. If, after the date of this Agreement, the
adoption of, or any change in, any applicable law, regulation, rule or
directive, or any interpretation thereof by any authority charged with the
administration or interpretation thereof:
(i) subjects the Bank to any tax with respect to the Commitment,
the Loans, the Note or on any amount paid or to be paid under or pursuant to
this Agreement, the Loans or the Note (other than any tax measured by or
based upon the overall net income of the Bank);
(ii) changes the basis of taxation of payments to the Bank of any
amounts payable hereunder (other than any tax measured by or based upon the
overall net income of the Bank);
(iii) imposes, modifies or deems applicable any reserve, capital
adequacy or deposit requirements against any assets held by, deposits with or
for the account of, or loans made by, the Bank; or
(iv) imposes on the Bank any other condition affecting its
Commitment, the Loans, the Note or this Agreement; and the result of any of
the foregoing is to increase the cost to the Bank of maintaining this
Agreement or the Commitment or making the Loans, or to reduce the amount of
any payment (whether of principal, interest or otherwise) receivable by the
Bank or to require the Bank to make any payment on or calculated by reference
to the gross amount of any sum received by it, in each case by an amount
which the Bank in its sole judgment deems material, then and in any such
case:
(a) the Bank shall promptly advise the Borrower of such
event, together with the date thereof, the amount of such increased cost or
reduction or payment and the way in which such amount has been calculated;
and
(b) the Borrower shall pay to the Bank, within ten (10) days
after the advice referred to in subsection (a) hereinabove, such an amount or
amounts as will compensate the Bank for such additional cost, reduction or
payment for so long as the same shall remain in effect.
The determination of the Bank as to additional amounts payable pursuant
to this Agreement shall be presumptively correct absent demonstrable error.
SECTION 2.10. Capital Adequacy. If the Bank shall have determined that
the adoption after the date hereof of any law, rule, regulation or
guideline regarding capital adequacy, or any change in any law, rule,
regulation or guideline (whether now existing or hereafter adopted) or in
the interpretation or administration of any of the foregoing by any
governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by the Bank (or any
lending office of the Bank) or the Bank's holding company with any request or
directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law)
of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency, has or would have
the effect of reducing the rate of return on the Bank's capital or on the
capital of the Bank's holding company, if any, as a consequence of its
obligations hereunder to a level below that which the Bank or the Bank's
holding company could have achieved but for such adoption, change or
compliance (taking into consideration the Bank's policies and the policies of
the Bank's holding company with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount
deemed by the Bank to be material, then from time to time the Borrower shall
pay to the Bank such additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Bank
or the Bank's holding company for any such reduction suffered.
SECTION 2.11. Change in Legality. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement, if any change after the date
hereof in law, rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the interpretation
thereof by any governmental authority charged with the administration
thereof, shall make it unlawful for the Bank to make or maintain any Libor
Loan or to give effect to its obligations as contemplated hereby with respect
to a Libor Loan, then, by written notice to the Borrower, the Bank may:
(i) declare that Libor Loans will not thereafter be made
hereunder, whereupon the Borrower shall be prohibited from requesting such
Libor Loans hereunder unless such declaration is subsequently withdrawn; and
(ii) require that, subject to the provisions of this Agreement,
all outstanding Libor Loans made by it be converted to an Alternate Base Rate
Loan, whereupon all of such Libor Loans shall be automatically converted to
an Alternate Base Rate Loan as of the effective date of such notice as
provided in paragraph (b) below.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, a notice to the Borrower
by the Bank pursuant to paragraph (a) above shall be effective, for the
purposes of paragraph (a) above, if lawful, and if any Libor Loans shall then
be outstanding, on the last day of the then current Interest Period;
otherwise, such notice shall be effective on the date of receipt by the
Borrower.
SECTION 2.12. Indemnity. The Borrower will indemnify the Bank against any
loss or expense which the Bank may sustain or incur as a consequence of any
default in payment or prepayment of the principal amount of any Libor Loan or
any part thereof or interest accrued thereon, as and when due and payable (at
the due date thereof, by notice of prepayment or otherwise), or the
occurrence of any Event of Default, including but not limited to any loss or
expense sustained or incurred in liquidating or employing deposits from third
parties acquired to affect or maintain such Libor Loan or any part thereof.
When claiming rights to indemnification under the terms of this Agreement,
the Bank shall provide to the Borrower a statement, signed by an officer of
the Bank, explaining the amount of any such loss or expense (including the
calculation of such amount), which statement shall, in the absence of
demonstrable error, be presumptively correct with respect to the parties
hereto.
SECTION 2.13. Change in LIBOR; Availability of Rates. In the event, and
on each occasion, that, on the day the interest rate for any Libor Loan is to
be determined, the Bank shall have determined (which determination, absent
demonstrable error, shall be presumptively correct and binding upon the
Borrower) that dollar deposits in the amount of the principal amount of the
requested Libor Loan are not generally available in the London interbank
market, or that the rate at which such dollar deposits are being offered will
not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to the Bank of making or
maintaining the principal amount of such Libor Loan during such Interest
Period, such Libor Loan shall be unavailable. The Bank shall, as soon as
practicable thereafter, given written, telex or telephonic notice of such
determination of unavailability to the Borrower. Any request by the Borrower
for an unavailable Libor Loan shall be deemed to have been a request for an
Alternate Base Rate Loan. After such notice shall have been given and until
the Bank shall have notified the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise
to such notice no longer exist, each subsequent request for an unavailable
Libor Loan shall be deemed to be a request for an Alternate Base Rate Loan.
SECTION 2.14. Authorization to Debit Borrower's Account. The Bank is
hereby authorized to debit the Borrower's account maintained with the Bank
for (i) all scheduled payments of principal and/or interest under the Note,
and (ii) the fee described in Section 2.01(e) hereof and all other amounts
due hereunder; all such debits to be made on the days such payments are due
in accordance with the terms hereof.
SECTION 2.15. Late Charges, Default Interest. (a) If the Borrower shall
default in the payment of any principal installment of or interest on any
Loan or any other amount becoming due hereunder, the Borrower shall pay
interest, to the extent permitted by law, on such defaulted amount up to the
date of actual payment (after as well as before judgment) at a rate per annum
(computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of
360 days) equal to two (2%) percent in excess of the higher of (i) the
Alternate Base Rate or (ii) the interest rate otherwise in effect.
(b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
Default, the Borrower shall pay interest on all amounts owing under the Note
and this Agreement (after as well as before judgment) at a rate per annum
(computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of
360 days) equal to two (2%) percent in excess of the interest rate otherwise
in effect hereunder.
SECTION 2.16. Payments. All payments by the Borrower hereunder or under
the Note shall be made in Dollars in immediately available funds at the
office of the Bank by 12:00 noon, New York City time on the date on which
such payment shall be due. Interest on the Note shall accrue from and
including the date of each Loan to but excluding the date on which such Loan
is paid in full or refinanced with a Loan of a different type.
SECTION 2.17. Interest Adjustments. If the provisions of this Agreement
or the Note would at any time otherwise require payment by the Borrower to
the Bank of any amount of interest in excess of the maximum amount then
permitted by applicable law the interest payments shall be reduced to the
extent necessary so that the Bank shall not receive interest in excess of
such maximum amount. To the extent that, pursuant to the foregoing sentence,
the Bank shall receive interest payments hereunder or under the Notes in an
amount less than the amount otherwise provided, such deficit (hereinafter
called the "Interest Deficit") will cumulate and will be carried forward
(without interest) until the termination of this Agreement. Interest
otherwise payable to the Bank hereunder and under the Note for any subsequent
period shall be increased by such maximum amount of the Interest Deficit that
may be so added without causing the Bank to receive interest in excess of the
maximum amount then permitted by applicable law. The amount of the Interest
Deficit shall be canceled upon the full repayment of the Loans and all
interest accrued thereon on the Maturity Date.
SECTION 2.18. Participations, Etc. The Bank shall have the right at any
time, with or without notice to the Borrower, to sell, assign, transfer or
negotiate all or any part of the Note or the Commitment or grant
participations therein to one or more banks (foreign or domestic, including
an affiliate of the Bank), insurance companies or other financial
institutions, pension funds or mutual funds. The Borrower and the Guarantors
agree and consent to the Bank providing financial and other information
regarding their business and operations to prospective purchasers or
participants. To the extent that the Bank should sell, assign, transfer or
negotiate all or any part of the Note or the Commitment, the Bank shall be
forever released and discharged from its obligations under the Note, the
Commitment and this Agreement to the extent same is sold, assigned,
transferred or negotiated. Nothing herein shall be read or construed as
prohibiting or otherwise limiting the ability or right of the Bank to pledge
the Note to a Federal Reserve Bank.
ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS OF LENDING
SECTION 3.01. Conditions Precedent to the Making of the Initial Loan(s).
The obligation of the Bank to make the initial Loan contemplated by this
Agreement is subject to the condition precedent that the Bank shall have
received from the Borrower and the Guarantors the following, each in form and
substance satisfactory to the Bank and its counsel:
(a) The Note, duly executed by the Borrower and payable to the order of
the Bank.
(b) Certified (as of the date of this Agreement) copies of the
resolutions of the board of directors of the Borrower authorizing the Loans
and authorizing and approving this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and
the execution, delivery and performance thereof and certified copies of all
documents evidencing other necessary corporate action and governmental
approvals, if any, with respect to this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
(c) Certified (as of the date of this Agreement) copies of the
resolutions of the Boards of Directors and the shareholders of each of the
Guarantors, authorizing and approving this Agreement, their Guaranties and
any other Loan Document applicable to the Guarantors, and the execution,
delivery and performance thereof and certified copies of all documents
evidencing other necessary corporate action and governmental approvals, if
any, with respect to this Agreement, their Guaranties and the other Loan
Documents.
(d) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Borrower certifying: (i) the names and true signatures of the officer or
officers of the Borrower authorized to sign this Agreement, the Note and the
other Loan Documents to be delivered hereunder on behalf of the Borrower; and
(ii) a copy of the Borrower's by-laws as complete and correct on the date of
this Agreement.
(e) A Certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each of
the Guarantors certifying (i) the names and true signatures of the officer or
officers of the Guarantors authorized to sign this Agreement, their
Guaranties and any other Loan Documents to be delivered hereunder on behalf
of the Guarantors; (ii) a copy of each of the Guarantors' by-laws as complete
and correct on the date of this Agreement; and (iii) the stock ownership of
each Guarantor.
(f) Copies of the certificates of incorporation and all amendments
thereto of the Borrower and each of the Guarantors, certified in each case by
the Secretary of State (or equivalent officer) of the state of incorporation
of the Borrower and each Guarantor and a certificate of existence and good
standing with respect to the Borrower and each Guarantor from the Secretary
of State (or equivalent officer) of the state of incorporation of the
Borrower and each Guarantor and from the Secretary of State (or equivalent
officer) of any state in which the Borrower and each Guarantor is authorized
to do business.
(g) An opinion of Breslow & Walker, LLP, counsel for the Borrower and
the Guarantors as to certain matters referred to in Article IV hereof and as
to such other matters as the Bank or its counsel may reasonably request.
(h) From each of the Guarantors, an executed Guaranty.
(i) From (A) the Borrower and each Guarantor possessing patents or
trademarks, a Patent and Trademark Assignment; (B) the Borrower and
Quantronix Corporation, a Pledge Agreement together with the certificates
evidencing the capital stock in each of its respective Subsidiaries (except
Quantronix GmbH) as pledged pursuant thereto accompanied by irrevocable
proxies and stock powers endorsed in blank; and (C) the Borrower and each
Guarantor, an executed Security Agreement giving to the Bank a first priority
security interest in all assets of the Borrower and each Guarantor including,
but not limited to, all personal property, equipment, fixtures, inventory,
accounts, chattel paper and general intangibles all whether now owned or
hereafter acquired (and together with such pledged stock, collectively, the
"Collateral").
(j) From the Borrower and each Guarantor (A) UCC-1 filings perfecting
the Bank's security interests in the Collateral; and (B) lien searches
conducted against the Borrower and each Guarantor (and to the extent
applicable, the seller of stock or assets under an Acquisition(s) which is
the subject of an initial Loan), demonstrating, in each case, no outstanding
prior Liens, except those disclosed herein and those with respect to which
the Borrower has arranged for satisfaction and termination not later than the
Closing Date.
(k) From the Borrower and each Guarantor, a property damage insurance
policy for the Collateral in the amount of the greater of (1) the replacement
value of the Collateral or (2) the principal amount outstanding under the
Loans, naming the Bank as loss payee with an insurance company acceptable to
the Bank. The policy shall provide for thirty (30) days notice to the Bank
of cancellation or change.
(l) From the Borrower, a demonstration of its best efforts to obtain
from each landlord of premises leased by the Borrower or any Guarantor and in
which premises Collateral is located (with the exception of the landlord of
The Optical Corporation), a landlord's lien waiver.
(m) From the Borrower, evidence satisfactory to the Bank that Quantronix
International Corporation has an insubstantial amount of assets on its books
and records.
(n) The following statements shall be true and the Bank shall have
received a certificate signed by the President or Chief Financial Officer of
the Borrower dated the date hereof, stating that:
(i) The representations and warranties contained in Article IV of
this Agreement and in the Loan Documents are true and correct on and as of
such date;
(ii) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
or would result from the making of the initial Loan; and
(o) All schedules, documents, certificates and other information
provided to the Bank pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement shall
be satisfactory to the Bank and its counsel in all respects.
(p) All legal matters incident to this Agreement and the Loan
transactions contemplated hereby shall be satisfactory to Cullen and Dykman,
counsel to the Bank.
(q) Receipt by the Bank of such other approvals, opinions or documents
as the Bank or its counsel may reasonably request.
(r) Receipt by the Bank of its facility fee of $25,000.00 together with
the applicable fee payable pursuant to Section 2.01(e) in respect of any
initial Loan(s) relating to Acquisitions, and payment of the reasonable legal
fees and expenses of the Bank's counsel.
SECTION 3.02. Conditions Precedent to All Revolving Credit Loans. The
obligation of the Bank to make each Loan (including the initial Loan) shall
be subject to the further condition precedent that on the date of such Loan:
(a) The following statements shall be true and the Bank shall have
received a certificate signed by the President or the Chief Financial Officer
of the Borrower dated the date of such Loan, stating that:
(i) The representations and warranties contained in Article IV of
this Agreement and in the Loan Documents are true and correct on and as of
such date as though made on and as of such date; and
(ii) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
or would result from such Loan.
(b) The Bank shall have received such other approvals, opinions or
documents as the Bank may reasonably request.
SECTION 3.03. Conditions Subsequent. (a) The parties hereto hereby
acknowledge that it is the intention of the Borrower to cause Excel
Purchasing Corporation ("Purchasing") to acquire assets from Synrad, Inc.
and, thereupon, to cause Purchasing to change its name to Synrad,
Inc.("Synrad"). After giving effect to such name change, the Borrower shall
promptly deliver to the Bank (A) UCC-1 financing statements (in substantially
the form executed and delivered by the other Loan Parties in connection
herewith); (B) a Guarantee; and (C) a Patent and Trademark Assignment
relating to all patents and trademarks acquired in such acquisition, in each
case, duly executed by Synrad.
(b) From and after the date hereof, the Borrower shall make all best
efforts to deliver the landlord lien waivers referred to in Section 3.02(l)
hereof and a lien waiver from the landlord of The Optical Corporation.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 4.01. Representations and Warranties. On the date hereof and on
each date that the Borrower requests a Loan, the Borrower and each Guarantor
represents and warrants as follows:
(a) Subsidiaries; Capitalization. Set forth on Schedule 4.01(a) are the
states of incorporation and the classes and number of authorized and
outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Borrower's Subsidiaries.
All of the foregoing shares which are issued and outstanding have been duly
and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, and are owned by
the Persons referred to on Schedule 4.01(a), free and clear of any Lien
except as otherwise provided for herein. Except as set forth on Schedule
4.01(a), there are no outstanding warrants, options, contracts or commitments
of any kind entitling any Person to purchase or otherwise acquire any shares
of capital stock or other equity interest of the Borrower or any Guarantor
nor are there outstanding any securities which are convertible into or
exchangeable for any shares of capital stock or other equity interests of
the Borrower or any Guarantor.
(b) Organization. The Borrower and each Guarantor is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their
respective locations of formation. The Borrower and each Guarantor has the
power to own its assets and to transact the business in which it is presently
engaged and is duly qualified and is in good standing in all other
jurisdictions where the character or nature of its business requires such
qualification.
(c) Due Execution, etc. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Borrower and each Guarantor of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to
which it is a party are within the Borrower's and each Guarantor's corporate
power and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do
not and will not (i) require any consent or approval of the stockholders of
the Borrower or any Guarantor; (ii) do not contravene the Borrower's or any
Guarantor's certificate of incorporation or by-laws; (iii) violate any
provision of or any law, rule, regulation, contractual restriction, order,
writ, judgment, injunction, or decree, determination or award binding on or
affecting the Borrower or any Guarantor; (iv) result in a breach of or
constitute a default under any indenture or loan or credit agreement, or any
other agreement, lease or instrument to which the Borrower or any Guarantor
is a party or by which it or its properties may be bound or affected; and (v)
result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than the
Lien of the Loan Documents) upon or with respect to any of the properties now
owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower or any Guarantor.
(d) No Authorization, etc. No authorization or approval or other action
by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory
body is required for the due execution, delivery and performance by the
Borrower or any Guarantor of any Loan Document to which it is a party, except
authorizations, approvals, actions, notices or filings which have been
obtained, taken or made, as the case may be.
(e) Validity of Loan Documents. The Loan Documents when delivered
hereunder will have been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the
Borrower and each Guarantor and will be legal, valid and binding obligations
of the Borrower and each Guarantor, enforceable against the Borrower and each
Guarantor in accordance with their respective terms.
(f) Financial Statements. The audited consolidated financial statements
of the Borrower for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997, and the
management prepared consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for the
six (6) month fiscal period ended June 30, 1998, copies of each of which have
been furnished to the Bank, fairly present the consolidated financial
condition of the Borrower as at such dates and the consolidated results of
operations of the Borrower for the periods ended on such dates, all in
accordance with GAAP, and since such date there has been (i) no material
increase in the liabilities of the Borrower and the Guarantors and (ii) no
Material Adverse Change in the Borrower or any Guarantor.
(g) No Litigation. There is no pending or threatened action, proceeding
or investigation affecting the Borrower or any Guarantor before any court,
governmental agency or arbitrator, which may either in one case or in the
aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change in the Borrower or any
Guarantor.
(h) Tax Returns. The Borrower has filed all federal, state and local
tax returns required to be filed (subject to extensions granted) and has paid
all taxes, assessments and governmental charges and levies thereon to be due,
including interest and penalties.
(i) Licenses, etc. The Borrower and each Guarantor possesses all
licenses, permits, franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade
names, or rights thereto, to conduct its business substantially as now
conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted, and neither the Borrower
nor any Guarantor is in violation of any similar rights of others.
(j) No Burdensome Agreements. Neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor is
a party to any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement,
lease or instrument or subject to any charter or corporate restriction which
could result in a Material Adverse Change in the Borrower or any Guarantor.
(k) Margin Credit. Neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor is engaged in
the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying
margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation G, T, U or X), and no proceeds
of any Loan will be used to purchase or carry any margin stock or to extend
credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock
or in any other way which will cause the Borrower or any Guarantor to violate
the provisions of Regulations G, T, U or X.
(l) Compliance with Law. The Borrower and each Guarantor is in all
material respects in compliance with all federal and state laws and
regulations in all jurisdictions where the failure to comply with such laws
or regulations could result in a Material Adverse Change in the Borrower or
any Guarantor.
(m) ERISA. The Borrower, each Guarantor and each ERISA Affiliate of the
Borrower or a Guarantor are in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable provisions of ERISA. Neither a Reportable Event nor a Prohibited
Transaction has occurred and is continuing with respect to any Plan; no
notice of intent to terminate a Plan has been filed nor has any Plan been
terminated; no circumstances exist which constitute grounds under Section
4042 of ERISA entitling the PBGC to institute proceedings to terminate, or
appoint a trustee to administrate, a Plan, nor has the PBGC instituted any
such proceedings; neither the Borrower, any Guarantor nor any ERISA Affiliate
of the Borrower or a Guarantor has completely or partially withdrawn under
Sections 4201 or 4204 of ERISA from a Multiemployer Plan; the Borrower, each
Guarantor and each ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower or a Guarantor have met
their minimum funding requirements under ERISA with respect to all of their
Plans and the present fair market value of all Plan assets exceeds the
present value of all vested benefits under each Plan, as determined on the
most recent valuation date of the Plan in accordance with the provisions of
ERISA for calculating the potential liability of the Borrower, any Guarantor
or any ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower or a Guarantor to PBGC or the Plan
under Title IV of ERISA; and neither the Borrower, any Guarantor nor any
ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower or a Guarantor has incurred any liability to
the PBGC under ERISA.
(n) Hazardous Material. The Borrower and each Guarantor is in
compliance with all federal, state or local laws, ordinances, rules,
regulations or policies governing Hazardous Materials and neither the
Borrower nor any Guarantor has used Hazardous Materials on, from, or
affecting any property now owned or occupied or hereafter owned or occupied
by the Borrower or any Guarantor in any manner which violates federal, state
or local laws, ordinances, rules, regulations or policies governing the use,
storage, treatment, transportation, manufacture, refinement, handling,
production or disposal of Hazardous Materials, and that to the best of the
Borrower's and each Guarantor's knowledge, no prior owner of any such
property or any tenant, subtenant, prior tenant or prior subtenant have used
Hazardous Materials on, from or affecting such property in any manner which
violates federal, state or local laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, or
policies governing the use, storage, treatment, transportation, manufacture,
refinement, handling, production or disposal of Hazardous Materials.
(o) Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans shall be used
exclusively for the purposes set forth in Section 2.05 hereof.
(p) Title to Assets. The Borrower and each Guarantor has good and
marketable title to all of its properties and assets. The properties and
assets of the Borrower and each Guarantor are not subject to any Lien other
than those described in Section 5.02(a) hereof.
(q) Casualty. Neither the business nor the properties of the Borrower
or any Guarantor are affected by any fire, explosion, accident, strike, hail,
earthquake, embargo, act of God or of the public enemy, or other casualty
(whether or not covered by insurance), which could result in a Material
Adverse Change in the Borrower or any Guarantor.
(r) Lien Priority. Except as disclosed or Schedule 4.01(r) or as
permitted by Section 5.02(a), the Lien on the Collateral created by the
Security Agreements, the Pledge Agreement, the Patent Assignment and the
Trademark Security Agreement constitute valid first priority perfected
security interests in favor of the Bank.
(s) Credit Agreements. Schedule 4.01(s) is a complete and correct list
of all credit agreements, indentures, purchase agreements, guaranties,
Capital Leases, and other investments, agreements and arrangements presently
in effect providing for or relating to extensions of credit (including
agreements and arrangements for the issuance of letters of credit or for
acceptance financing) in respect of which the Borrower or any Guarantor is in
any manner directly or contingently obligated, and the maximum principal or
face amounts of the credit in question, outstanding or to be outstanding, are
correctly stated, and all Liens of any nature given or agreed to be given as
security therefor are correctly described or indicated in such Schedule.
(t) Financial or Other Advantage. The Guarantors acknowledge they each
have derived or expect to derive a financial or other advantage from the
Loans obtained by the Borrower from the Bank.
(u) Year 2000 Review. The Borrower and the Guarantors have reviewed
the effect of the Year 2000 Issue on the computer software, hardware and
firmware systems and equipment containing embedded microchips owned or
operated by or for the Borrower and the Guarantors or used or relied upon in
the conduct of their business (including systems and equipment supplied by
others or with which such computer systems of the Borrower and the Guarantors
interface). The costs to the Borrower and the Guarantors of any
reprogramming required as a result of the Year 2000 Issue to permit the
proper functioning of such systems and equipment and the proper processing of
data, and the testing of such reprogramming, and of the reasonably
foreseeable consequences of the Year 2000 Issue to the Borrower or any of the
Guarantors (including reprogramming errors and the failure of systems or
equipment supplied by others) are not reasonably expected to result in a
Default or Event of Default or to result in a Material Adverse Change, and
consequences of the Year 2000 Issue to the Borrower or any of the Guarantors
(including reprogramming errors and the failure of systems or equipment
supplied by others) are not reasonably expected to result in a Default or
Event of Default or to have a material adverse effect on the business,
assets, operations, prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Borrower or any of the Guarantors.
(v) Condition of Quantronix International Corp. The books and records
of Quantronix International Corp. reflect an insubstantial amount of assets.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER AND THE GUARANTORS
SECTION 5.01. Affirmative Covenants. So long as any amount shall remain
outstanding under the Note, or so long as the Commitment shall remain in
effect, the Borrower and each Guarantor will, unless the Bank shall otherwise
consent in writing:
(a) Compliance with Laws, Etc. Comply, and cause each Subsidiary of
the Borrower or a Guarantor to comply, in all material respects with all
applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders, where the failure to so
comply could result in a Material Adverse Change in the Borrower or any
Guarantor.
(b) Reporting Requirements. Furnish to the Bank:
(i) Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any
event within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the
Borrower, a copy of the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and
the Guarantors for such year (together with an unaudited consolidating
schedule), including balance sheets with related statements of income and
retained earnings and statements of cash flows, all in reasonable detail and
setting forth in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year,
together with an unqualified opinion, prepared by independent certified
public accountants selected by the Borrower and satisfactory to the Bank, all
such financial statements to be prepared in accordance with GAAP.
(ii) Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as available and in
any event within sixty (60) days after the end of each of the first three
fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a copy of the
consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and the Guarantors for such
quarter (together with an unaudited consolidating schedule), including
balance sheets with related statements of income and retained earnings and
statements of cash flows, all in reasonable detail and setting forth in
comparative form the figures for the comparable quarter and year to date for
the previous fiscal year, prepared by management of the Borrower, all such
financial statements to be prepared in accordance with GAAP.
(iii) Management Letters. Promptly upon receipt thereof, copies
of any reports submitted to the Borrower or any Guarantor by independent
certified public accountants in connection with the examination of the
financial statements of the Borrower or any Guarantor made by such
accountants.
(iv) Accountant's Report. Simultaneously with the delivery of the
annual financial statements referred to in Section 5.01(b)(i), a certificate
of the independent certified public accountants who audited such statements
to the effect that, in making the examination necessary for the audit of such
statements, they have obtained no knowledge of any condition or event which
constitutes a Default or Event of Default, or if such accountants shall have
obtained knowledge of any such condition or event, specify in such
certificate each such condition or event of which they have knowledge and the
nature and status thereof.
(v) Certificate of No Default. Simultaneously with the delivery
of the financial statements referred to in Section 5.01(b)(i) and (ii), a
certificate of the President or the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower,
in each case (1) certifying that no Default or Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, or if a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, a statement as to the nature thereof and the action which is
proposed to be taken with respect thereto; and (2) certifying compliance
(including demonstrating computations) with the covenants contained in
Section 5.03.
(vi) Notice of Litigation. Promptly after the commencement thereof,
notice of all actions, suits and proceedings before any court or governmental
department, commission, board, bureau, agency, or instrumentality, domestic
or foreign, affecting the Borrower or any Guarantor which, if determined
adversely to the Borrower or any Guarantor could result in a Material Adverse
Change in the Borrower or such Guarantor.
(vii) Notice of Defaults and Events of Default. As soon as
possible and in any event within five (5) days after the occurrence of each
Default or Event of Default, a written notice setting forth the details of
such Default or Event of Default and the action which is proposed to be taken
by the Borrower with respect thereto.
(viii) ERISA Reports. Promptly after the filing or receiving
thereof, copies of all reports, including annual reports, and notices which
the Borrower, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Guarantor
files with or receives from the PBGC, the Internal Revenue Service or the
U.S. Department of Labor under ERISA; and as soon as possible after the
Borrower or any Guarantor knows or has reason to know that any Reportable
Event or Prohibited Transaction has occurred with respect to any Plan or that
the PBGC or the Borrower or any Guarantor has instituted or will institute
proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate any Plan, the Borrower will
deliver to the Bank a certificate of the President or the Chief Financial
Officer of the Borrower setting forth details as to such Reportable Event or
Prohibited Transaction or Plan termination and the action the Borrower
proposes to take with respect thereto.
(ix) Reports to Other Creditors. Promptly after the furnishing
thereof, copies of any statement or report furnished to any other party
pursuant to the terms of any indenture, loan, or credit or similar agreement
and not otherwise required to be furnished to the Bank pursuant to any other
clause of this Section 5.01(b).
(x) Proxy Statements, Etc. Promptly after the sending or filing
thereof, copies of all proxy statements, financial statements and reports
which the Borrower, any Guarantor, or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any
Guarantor sends to its public stockholders, if any, and copies of all
regular, periodic, and special reports, all registration statements which the
Borrower, any Guarantor, or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Guarantor
files with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any governmental
authority which may be substituted therefor, or with any national securities
exchange and any press releases or other notices or information publicly
disseminated.
(xi) Notice of Affiliates. Promptly after any Person becomes an
Affiliate of the Borrower, notice to the Bank of such Affiliate.
(xii) Annual Projections. Commencing January 31, 1999 and not
later than January 31 in each fiscal year thereafter, projections for the
then current fiscal year including a profit and loss statement, balance sheet
and cash flow statement.
(xiii) Reports Regarding Permitted Acquisitions. Not more than two
(2) weeks after the funding date of the attendant Loan made in respect of a
Permitted Acquisition, all management and third party due diligence reports
prepared in respect of such Permitted Acquisition shall be delivered to the
Bank.
(xiv) General Information. Such other information respecting the
condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of the Borrower, any
Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Guarantor as the Bank may
from time to time reasonably request including, without limitation, the
proposed inclusion in Collateral of any accounts receivable, the account
debtor(s) of which are governmental entities.
(c) Taxes. Pay and discharge all taxes, assessments and governmental
charges upon the Borrower, any Guarantor, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or
any Guarantor, its or their income and its or their properties prior to the
dates on which penalties are attached thereto, unless and only to the extent
that (i) such taxes shall be contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings by the Borrower, a Guarantor or any such Subsidiary, (ii) there
be adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP entered on the books of
the Borrower, a Guarantor or any such Subsidiary and (iii) no enforcement
proceedings against the Borrower, a Guarantor or any such Subsidiary have
been commenced.
(d) Corporate Existence. Preserve and maintain the Borrower's and each
Guarantor's existence and good standing in the jurisdiction of its
incorporation and the rights, privileges and franchises of the Borrower and
each Guarantor in each case where failure to so preserve or maintain could
result in a Material Adverse Change in the Borrower or a Guarantor.
(e) Maintenance of Properties and Insurance. (i) Keep the respective
properties and assets (tangible or intangible) that are useful and necessary
in the Borrower's, each Guarantor's and each of their Subsidiaries' business,
in good working order and condition, reasonable wear and tear excepted; (ii)
maintain insurance with financially sound and reputable insurance companies
or associations in such amounts and covering such risks as are usually
carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning properties
doing business in the same general areas in which the Borrower or a Guarantor
or any Subsidiary thereof operates; and (iii) cause the Bank to be named as
loss payee on any such insurance policies.
(f) Books of Record and Account. Keep adequate records and proper
books of record and account in which complete entries will be made in a
manner to enable the preparation of financial statements in accordance with
GAAP, reflecting all financial transactions of the Borrower and each
Guarantor.
(g) Visitation. At any reasonable time, and from time to time, permit
the Bank or any agents or representatives thereof, to examine and make copies
of and abstracts from the books and records of, and visit the properties of,
the Borrower, a Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Guarantor
and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Borrower, a
Guarantor or any such Subsidiary with any of the respective officers or
directors of the Borrower, or a Guarantor or any such Subsidiary or the
Borrower's, Guarantor's or any such Subsidiary's independent accountants.
(h) Performance and Compliance with Other Agreements. Perform and
comply with, and cause each Subsidiary of the Borrower or a Guarantor to
perform and comply with, each of the provisions of each and every agreement
the failure to perform or comply with which could result in a Material
Adverse Change in the Borrower, a Guarantor or such Subsidiary.
(i) Continued Perfection of Liens and Security Interest. Record or
file or rerecord or refile the Loan Documents or a financing statement or any
other filing or recording or refiling or rerecording in each and every office
where and when necessary to preserve and perfect the security interests of
the Loan Documents.
(j) Pension Funding. Comply with the following and cause each ERISA
Affiliate of the Borrower or a Guarantor to comply with the following:
(i) engage solely in transactions which would not subject any of
such entities to either a civil penalty assessed pursuant to Section 502(i)
of ERISA or a tax imposed by Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code in
either case in an amount in excess of $25,000.00;
(ii) make full payment when due of all amounts which, under the
provisions of any Plan or ERISA, the Borrower, a Guarantor or any ERISA
Affiliate of any of same is required to pay as contributions thereto;
(iii) all applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and
the regulations promulgated thereunder, including but not limited to Section
412 thereof, and all applicable rules, regulations and interpretations of the
Accounting Principles Board and the Financial Accounting Standards Board;
(iv) not fail to make any payments in an aggregate amount greater
than $25,000.00 to any Multiemployer Plan that the Borrower, a Guarantor or
any ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower or a Guarantor may be required to make
under any agreement relating to such Multiemployer Plan, or any law
pertaining thereto; or
(v) not take any action regarding any Plan which could result in
the occurrence of a Prohibited Transaction.
(k) Licenses. Maintain at all times, and cause any Subsidiary of the
Borrower or a Guarantor to maintain at all times, all licenses or permits
necessary to the conduct of its business or as may be required by any
governmental agency or instrumentality thereof.
(l) New Affiliates. Cause any Affiliate of the Borrower formed after
the date of this Agreement to become a Guarantor of all obligations of the
Borrower to the Bank, whether incurred under this Agreement or otherwise, to
secure its obligations as a Guarantor by granting to the Bank a first
priority security interest in all personal property of such Affiliate (by
delivery of a Security Agreement and UCC-1 financing statements and, if
applicable, a Patent and Trademark Assignment) and to become a party to this
Agreement and thereby become bound to the provisions hereof.
(m) Year 2000 Action. The Borrower and the Guarantors shall take, and
shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to take, all necessary action to
complete in all materials respects by January 1, 1999, the reprogramming of
computer software, hardware and firmware systems and equipment containing
embedded microchips owned or operated by or for the Borrower, the Guarantor
and their Subsidiaries or used or relied upon in the conduct of their
business (including systems and equipment supplied by others or with which
such systems of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries
interface) required as a result of the Year 2000 Issue to permit the proper
functioning of such computer systems and other equipment and the testing of
such systems and equipment, as so reprogrammed. At the request of the Bank,
the Borrower and the Guarantor shall provide, and shall cause each of their
Subsidiaries to provide, to the Bank reasonable assurance of its compliance
with the preceding sentence.
(n) Satisfaction of Conditions Subsequent and Best Efforts Regarding
Landlord Lien Waivers. The Borrower shall take, and shall cause each
Subsidiary or other Person, as applicable, to take (i) all action necessary
in order to satisfy each of the conditions subsequent specified in Section
3.03 hereof within the time periods specified therein; and (ii) all best
efforts in order to cause the delivery to the Bank of each of the landlord's
waiver specified in Section 3.01(l) hereof and a lien waiver executed by the
landlord of The Optical Corporation.
SECTION 5.02. Negative Covenants. So long as any amount shall remain
outstanding under the Note or so long as the Commitment shall remain in
effect, neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor will, without the written
consent of the Bank:
(a) Liens, Etc. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any Lien,
upon or with respect to any of its properties, now owned or hereafter
acquired, except:
(i) Liens in favor of the Bank;
(ii) Liens for taxes or assessments or other government charges or
levies if not yet due and payable or if due and payable if they are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate
reserves are maintained;
(iii) Liens imposed by law, such as mechanics', materialmen's,
landlords', warehousemen's, and carriers' Liens, and other similar Liens,
securing obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business which are
not past due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and for which appropriate reserves have been established;
(iv) Liens under workers' compensation, unemployment insurance,
Social Security, or similar legislation;
(v) Liens, deposits, or pledges to secure the performance of bids,
tenders, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of money), leases
(permitted under the terms of this Agreement), public or statutory
obligations, surety, stay, appeal, indemnity, performance or other similar
bonds, or other similar obligations arising in the ordinary course of
business;
(vi) Liens described in Schedule 5.02(a), provided that no such
Liens shall be renewed, extended or refinanced;
(vii) Judgment and other similar Liens arising in connection with
court proceedings (other than those described in Section 6.01(f)), provided
that the execution or other enforcement of such judgment or Lien is
effectively stayed and the claims secured thereby are being actively
contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings;
(viii) Easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, and other similar
encumbrances which, in the aggregate, do not materially interfere with the
Borrower's or a Guarantor's occupation, use and enjoyment of the property or
assets encumbered thereby in the normal course of its business or materially
impair the value of the property subject thereto;
(ix) Purchase money Liens on any property hereafter acquired or
the assumption of any Lien on property existing at the time of such
acquisition, or a Lien incurred in connection with any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement or a Capital Lease, provided that:
(1) Any property subject to any of the foregoing is acquired
by the Borrower or a Guarantor in the ordinary course of its respective
business and the Lien on any such property is created contemporaneously with
such acquisition;
(2) The obligation secured by any Lien so created, assumed,
or existing shall not exceed 100% of lesser of cost or fair market value of
the property acquired as of the time of the Borrower or a Guarantor acquiring
the same;
(3) Each such Lien shall attach only to the property so
acquired and fixed improvements thereon; and
(4) The obligation secured by such Lien is permitted by the
provisions of Section 5.02(b).
(5) The aggregate obligations secured all such Liens do not
exceed $1,000,000.00.
(b) Debt. Create, incur, assume, or suffer to exist, any Debt, except:
(i) Debt of the Borrower or a Guarantor under this Agreement, the
Note or any other Loan Document or any other Debt of the Borrower or a
Guarantor owing to the Bank;
(ii) Debt described in Schedule 5.02(b), provided that no such Debt
shall be renewed, extended or refinanced;
(iii) Accounts payable to trade creditors for goods or services and
current operating liabilities (other than for borrowed money) in each case
incurred in the ordinary course of business and paid within the specified
time, unless contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings; and
(iv) Debt of the Borrower or a Guarantor secured by purchase money
Liens permitted by Section 5.02(a)(ix).
(c) Lease Obligations. Create, incur, assume, or suffer to exist any
obligation as lessee for the rental or hire of any real or personal property,
except (i) Capital Leases permitted by Section 5.02(a), or (ii) leases
existing on the date of this Agreement and any extensions or renewals thereof
and other leases entered into after the date of this Agreement (other than
Capital Leases) which do not in the aggregate require the Borrower and the
Guarantors to make payments (including taxes, insurance, maintenance, and
similar expenses which the Borrower and the Guarantors are required, in the
aggregate, to pay under the terms of any lease) in any fiscal year of the
Borrower in excess of $1,000,000.00.
(d) Merger. Merge into, or consolidate with or into, or have merged
into it, any Person; and, for the purpose of this subsection (d), the
acquisition or sale by the Borrower or a Guarantor by lease, purchase or
otherwise, of all, or substantially all, of the common stock or the assets of
any Person or of it shall be deemed a merger of such Person with the Borrower
or a Guarantor; provided that this clause (d) shall not prohibit Permitted
Acquisitions, and Other Acquisitions for which the Bank has issued its prior
written consent.
(e) Sale of Assets, Etc. Sell, assign, transfer, lease or otherwise
dispose of any of its assets, (including a saleleaseback transaction) with or
without recourse, except for (i) inventory disposed of in the ordinary course
of business; and (ii) the sale or other disposition of assets no longer used
or useful in the conduct of its business.
(f) Investments, Etc. Make any Investment other than Permitted
Investments.
(g) Transactions With Affiliates. Except in the ordinary course of
business and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the Borrower's or a
Guarantor's business and upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to
the Borrower or a Guarantor than would be obtained in a comparable arm's
length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate, enter into any
transaction, including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, or exchange
of property or the rendering of any service, with any Affiliate.
(h) Prepayment of Outstanding Debt. Pay, in whole or in part, any
outstanding Debt (other than Debt owing to the Bank) of the Borrower or a
Guarantor, which by its terms is not then due and payable.
(i) Guarantees. Guaranty, or in any other way become directly or
contingently obligated for any Debt of any other Person (including any
agreements relating to working capital maintenance, take or pay contracts or
similar arrangements) other than (i) the endorsement of negotiable
instruments for deposit in the ordinary course of business; or (ii)
guarantees existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 5.02(i)
annexed hereto; or (iii) the obligations of the Borrower in respect of the
lease by Excel Purchasing Corporation (to be renamed Synrad, Inc.) of its
place of business located at 6500 Harbour Heights Parkway, Mukilteo,
Washington 98275.
(j) Change of Business. Materially alter the nature of its business.
(k) Fiscal Year. Change the ending date of its fiscal year from
December 31.
(l) Losses. Incur a consolidated net loss for any fiscal year.
(m) Accounting Policies. Change any accounting policies, except as
permitted by GAAP.
(n) Management. Fail to retain each of J. Donald Hill and Antoine
Dominic in a reasonably active full time capacity in the management of the
Borrower.
(o) Hazardous Material. Neither the Borrower, any Guarantor nor any
Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Guarantor shall cause or permit any
property owned or occupied by the Borrower, a Guarantor to be used to
generate, manufacture, refine, transport, treat, store, handle, dispose,
transfer, produce or process Hazardous Materials, except in compliance with
all applicable federal, state and local laws or regulations; nor shall the
Borrower, a Guarantor nor any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Guarantor
cause or permit, as a result of any intentional or unintentional act or
omission on the part of the Borrower, a Guarantor or any such Subsidiary or
any tenant or subtenant, a release of Hazardous Materials onto any property
owned or occupied by the Borrower, a Guarantor, any such Subsidiary or onto
any other property; nor shall fail to comply with all applicable federal,
state and local laws, ordinances, rules and regulations, whenever and by
whomever triggered, or fail to obtain and comply with, any and all approvals,
registrations or permits required thereunder. The Borrower, the Guarantors
or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any Guarantor shall execute any
documentation required by the Bank in connection with the representations,
warranties and covenants contained in this paragraph and Section 4.01 of this
Agreement.
(p) Dividends, Etc. Declare or pay any dividends, purchase, redeem,
retire or otherwise acquire for value any of its capital stock now or
hereafter outstanding, or make any distribution of assets to its stockholders
as such, whether in cash, assets, or in obligations of the Borrower or any
Guarantor; or allocate or otherwise set apart any sum for the payment of any
dividend or distribution on, or for the purchase, redemption or retirement of
any shares of its capital stock; or make any other distribution by reduction
of capital or otherwise in respect of any share of its capital stock;
provided, however, that nothing in this Section 5.02(q) shall be deemed to
prohibit the repurchase(s), prior to the date of this Agreement, by the
Borrower in its current fiscal year of its common stock in the aggregate
amount of $2,192,120.00, and, provided further, that the Borrower may
repurchase its common stock by expenditure of an aggregate amount not
exceeding $1,000,000.00 during each fiscal year commencing from and after
January 1, 1999.
(q) Books and Records of Quantronix International Corp.
Permit the books and records of Quantronix International Corp. to reflect
more than an insubstantial amount of assets.
SECTION 5.03. Financial Requirements. So long as any amount shall remain
outstanding under the Note or so long as the Commitment shall remain in
effect:
(a) Capital Expenditures. The Borrower and the Guarantors will not make
Unfunded Capital Expenditures, on a consolidated basis, in excess of (i)
$6,500,000.00 in the aggregate during the fiscal year ending December 31,
1998; or (ii) $4,500,000.00 in the aggregate during any fiscal year of the
Borrower thereafter.
(b) Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. The Borrower will at all times
maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, calculated on a four quarter basis,
of not less than 1.25 to 1.00.
(c) Funded Debt to EBITDA Ratio. The Borrower will at all times
maintain a Funded Debt to EBITDA Ratio (to be tested quarterly for the four
fiscal quarters then ended) of not more than 2.50 to 1.00.
(d) Tangible Net Worth. The Borrower will at all times maintain a
Tangible Net Worth of not less than $15,000,000.00.
(e) Current Ratio. The Borrower will at all times maintain a ratio of
Consolidated Current Assets to Consolidated Current Liabilities (to be tested
quarterly for the four fiscal quarters then ended) of not less than
1.00:1.00.
ARTICLE VI
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
SECTION 6.01. Events of Default. If any of the following events ("Events
of Default") shall occur and be continuing:
(a) The Borrower shall fail to pay any installment of principal of, or
interest on, the Note when due or any fees or other amounts owed in
connection with this Agreement; or
(b) Any representation or warranty made by the Borrower or any Guarantor
herein or in the Loan Documents or which is contained in any certificate,
document, opinion, or financial or other statement furnished at any time
under or in connection with any Loan Document shall prove to have been
incorrect in any material respect when made; or
(c) The Borrower or any Guarantor shall fail to perform or observe any
term, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement in any other Loan
Document (other than the Note) on its part to be performed or observed; or
(d) The Borrower or any Guarantor shall fail to pay any Debt in the
principal amount of $250,000.00 or more (excluding Debt evidenced by the
Note) of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or any installment, interest or
premium thereon, when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required
prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise) and such failure shall
continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the
agreement or instrument relating to such Debt; or any other default under any
agreement or instrument relating to any such Debt, or any other event shall
occur and shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified
in such agreement or instrument, if the effect of such default or event is to
accelerate, or to permit the acceleration of, the maturity of such Debt; or
any such Debt shall be declared to be due and payable, or required to be
prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment), prior to
the stated maturity thereof; or
(e) The Borrower or any Guarantor shall generally not pay its Debts as
such Debts become due, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its
Debts generally, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors; or any proceeding shall be instituted by or against the Borrower
or any Guarantor seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking
liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection,
relief, or composition of it or its Debts under any law relating to
bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the
entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, or
other similar official for it or for any substantial part of its property and
if instituted against the Borrower or any Guarantor shall remain undismissed
for a period of 30 days; or the Borrower or any Guarantor shall take any
action to authorize any of the actions set forth above in this subsection
(e); or
(f) Any judgment or order or combination of judgments or orders for the
payment of money, in excess of $250,000.00 in the aggregate, which sum shall
not be subject to full, complete and effective insurance coverage, shall be
rendered against the Borrower or any Guarantor and either (i) enforcement
proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or
order or (ii) there shall be any period of 30 consecutive days during which a
stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal
or otherwise, shall not be in effect; or
(g) Any of the following events occur or exist with respect to the
Borrower, any Guarantor or any ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower or any
Guarantor: (i) any Prohibited Transaction involving any Plan; (ii) any
Reportable Event with respect to any Plan; (iii) the filing under Section
4041 of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate any Plan or the termination
of any Plan; (iv) any event or circumstance that might constitute grounds
entitling the PBGC to institute proceedings under Section 4042 of ERISA for
the termination of, or for the appointment of a trustee to administer, any
Plan, or the institution of the PBGC of any such proceedings; (v) complete or
partial withdrawal under Section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA from a Multiemployer
Plan or the reorganization insolvency, or termination of any Multiemployer
Plan; and in each case above, such event or condition, together with all
other events or conditions, if any, could in the opinion of the Bank subject
the Borrower, any Guarantor or any ERISA Affiliate of the Borrower or any
Guarantor to any tax, penalty, or other liability to a Plan, a Multiemployer
Plan, the PBGC, or otherwise (or any combination thereof) which in the
aggregate exceeds or may exceed $50,000.00; or
(h) Any Guarantor shall fail to perform or observe any term or provision
of its Guaranty or any representation or warranty made by any Guarantor (or
any of its officers or partners) in connection with such Guarantor's Guaranty
shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made; or
(i) This Agreement or any other Loan Document, at any time after its
execution and delivery and for any reason, ceases to be in full force and
effect or shall be declared to be null and void, or the validity or
enforceability of any document or instrument delivered pursuant to this
Agreement shall be contested by the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other
party to such document or instrument or the Borrower, any Guarantor or any
other party to such document or instrument shall deny that it has any or
further liability or obligation under any such document or instrument; or
(j) An event of default specified in any Loan Document other than this
Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing.
SECTION 6.02. Remedies on Default. Upon the occurrence and continuance of
an Event of Default the Bank may by notice to the Borrower, (i) terminate the
Commitment, (ii) declare the Note and all interest thereon and all other
amounts payable under this Agreement to be forthwith due and payable,
whereupon the Commitment shall be terminated, the Note, all such interest and
all such amounts shall become and be forthwith due and payable, without
presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby expressly waived by the Borrower and the Guarantors and (iii) proceed
to enforce its rights whether by suit in equity or by action at law, whether
for specific performance of any covenant or agreement contained in this
Agreement or any Loan Document, or in aid of the exercise of any power
granted in either this Agreement or any Loan Document or proceed to obtain
judgment or any other relief whatsoever appropriate to the enforcement of its
rights, or proceed to enforce any other legal or equitable right which the
Bank may have by reason of the occurrence of any Event of Default hereunder
or under any Loan Document, provided, however, upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default referred to in Section 6.01(e), the Commitment shall be
immediately terminated, the Note, all interest thereon and all other amounts
payable under this Agreement shall be immediately due and payable without
presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby expressly waived by the Borrower and the Guarantors. Any amounts
collected pursuant to action taken under this Section 6.02 shall be applied
to the payment of, first, any costs incurred by the Bank in taking such
action, including but without limitation attorneys fees and expenses, second,
to payment of the accrued interest on the Note, third, to payment of the
unpaid principal of the Note, in the order determined by the Bank.
SECTION 6.03. Remedies Cumulative. No remedy conferred upon or reserved
to the Bank hereunder or in any Loan Document is intended to be exclusive of
any other available remedy, but each and every such remedy shall be
cumulative and in addition to every other remedy given under this Agreement
or any Loan Document or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity. No
delay or omission to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of
Default shall impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a
waiver thereof, but any such right and power may be exercised from time to
time and as often as may be deemed expedient. In order to entitle the Bank
to exercise any remedy reserved to it in this Article VI, it shall not be
necessary to give any notice, other than such notice as may be herein
expressly required in this Agreement or in any Loan Document.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 7.01. Amendments, Etc. No amendment, modification, termination or
waiver of any provision of any Loan Document to which the Borrower or any
Guarantor is a party, nor consent to any departure by the Borrower or any
Guarantor from any provision of any Loan Document to which it is a party,
shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and
signed by the Bank, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only
in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.
SECTION 7.02. Notices, Etc. All notices and other communications provided
for hereunder shall be in writing (including telegraphic communication) and
mailed, telegraphed, sent by facsimile or delivered, if to the Borrower or
any Guarantor, at the address of the Borrower set forth at the beginning of
this Agreement and if to the Bank, at the address of the Bank set forth at
the beginning of this Agreement to the attention of Excel Technology, Inc.
Account Officer, or, as to each party, at such other address as shall be
designated by such party in a written notice complying as to delivery with
the terms of this Section 7.02 to the other parties. All such notices and
communications shall be effective when mailed, telegraphed or delivered,
except that notices to the Bank shall not be effective until received by the
Bank.
SECTION 7.03. No Waiver, Remedies. No failure on the part of the Bank to
exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy under any
Loan Document, shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any right under any Loan Document preclude any other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies
provided in the Loan Documents are cumulative and not exclusive of any
remedies provided by law.
SECTION 7.04. Costs, Expenses and Taxes. The Borrower agrees to pay on
demand all costs and expenses of the Bank in connection with the preparation,
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Note, and any other Loan
Documents, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of
counsel for the Bank with respect thereto and with respect to advising the
Bank as to its rights and responsibilities under this Agreement, and all
costs and expenses, if any (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses),
in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement, the Note, and any other
Loan Documents. The Borrower and the Guarantors shall at all times protect,
indemnify, defend and save harmless the Bank from and against any and all
claims, actions, suits and other legal proceedings, and liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, judgments, costs, expenses or
disbursements which the Bank may, at any time, sustain or incur by reason of
or in consequence of or arising out of the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. The
Borrower and the Guarantors acknowledge that it is the intention of the
parties hereto that this Agreement shall be construed and applied to protect
and indemnify the Bank against any and all risks involved in the execution
and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, all of which risks are hereby assumed by the Borrower
and the Guarantors, including, without limitation, any and all risks of the
acts or omissions, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de
jure or de facto government or governmental authority, provided that the
Borrower and the Guarantors shall not be liable for any portion of such
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments,
suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the Bank's gross
negligence or willful misconduct. The provisions of this Section 7.04 shall
survive the payment of the Note and the termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 7.05. Right of Set-off. Upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Event of Default, the Bank is hereby authorized at any
time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set
off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand,
provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time
owing by the Bank or any affiliate of the Bank to or for the credit or the
account of the Borrower or any Guarantor against any and all of the
obligations of the Borrower and the Guarantors now or hereafter existing
under this Agreement, the Note and the other Loan Documents, irrespective of
whether or not the Bank shall have made any demand under this Agreement, the
Note or such other Loan Documents and although such obligations may be
unmatured. The rights of the Bank under this Section 7.05 are in addition to
all other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of
set-off) which the Bank may have.
SECTION 7.06. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective when
it shall have been executed by the Borrower, the Guarantors and the Bank and
thereafter it shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower,
the Guarantors and the Bank and their respective successors and assigns,
except that the Borrower and the Guarantors shall not have any right to
assign its or their rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior
written consent of the Bank.
SECTION 7.07. Further Assurances. The Borrower and each Guarantor agrees
at any time and from time to time at its expense, upon request of the Bank or
its counsel, to promptly execute, deliver, or obtain or cause to be executed,
delivered or obtained any and all further instruments and documents and to
take or cause to be taken all such other action the Bank may deem desirable
in obtaining the full benefits of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
SECTION 7.08. Section Headings, Severability, Entire Agreement. Section
and subsection headings have been inserted herein for convenience only and
shall not be construed as part of this Agreement. Every provision of this
Agreement and each Loan Document is intended to be severable; if any term or
provision of this Agreement, any Loan Document, or any other document
delivered in connection herewith shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable
for any reason whatsoever, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions hereof or thereof shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby. All exhibits and schedules to this Agreement shall be
annexed hereto and shall be deemed to be part of this Agreement. This
Agreement, the Loan Documents and the exhibits and schedules attached hereto
and thereto embody the entire agreement and understanding among the Borrower,
the Guarantors and the Bank and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings relating to the subject matter hereof.
SECTION 7.09. Governing Law. This Agreement, the Note and all other Loan
Documents shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of
the State of New York.
SECTION 7.10. Waiver of Jury Trial. The Borrower, each Guarantor and the
Bank waive all rights to trial by jury in any action or proceeding
involving, directly or indirectly any matter (whether sounding in tort,
contract or otherwise) in any way, arising out of, relating to, or connected
with this Agreement, any other Loan Document or the relationship established
hereunder.
SECTION 7.11. Consent to Jurisdiction.
(a) The Borrower and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably submits to the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of any United States federal or New York state
court in New York or Kings County in any action or proceeding arising out of
or relating to this Agreement and the Borrower and each Guarantor hereby
irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding
may be heard and determined in any such court and irrevocably waives any
objection it may now or hereafter have as to the venue of any such action or
proceeding brought in such a court or the fact that such court is an
inconvenient forum.
(b) The Borrower and each Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally
consents to the service of process in any such action or proceeding in any of
the aforesaid courts by the mailing of copies of such process to it, by
certified or registered mail in accordance with the terms of Section 7.02
herein.
(c) The Borrower and each Guarantor agrees that nothing herein shall
affect the Bank's right to effect service of process in any other manner
permitted by law and the Bank shall have the right to bring any legal
proceeding (including a proceeding for enforcement of a judgment entered by
any of the aforementioned courts) against the Borrower or any Guarantor in
any other court or jurisdiction in accordance with applicable law.
SECTION 7.12. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed
in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an
original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the
date first above written.
EXCEL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
By:................................
Name: J. Donald Hill
Title: Chairman & CEO
QUANTRONIX CORPORATION
By: /s/ J. Donald Hill
................................
Name: J.Donald Hill
Title: Vice President
THE OPTICAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ J. Donald Hill
..............................
Name: J. Donald Hill
Title: Vice President
CAMBRIDGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
By: /s/ J. Donald Hill
..............................
Name: J. Donald Hill
Title: Vice President
CONTROL LASER CORPORATION
By: /s/ J. Donald Hill
..............................
Name: J. Donald Hill
Title: Vice President
PHOTO RESEARCH, INC.
By: /s/ J. Donald Hill
..............................
Name: J. Donald Hill
Title: Vice President
QUANTRONIX INTERNATIONAL CORP.
By: /s/ J. Donald Hill
..............................
Name: J. Donald Hill
Title: Vice President
EXCEL PURCHASING CORPORATION
By: /s/ J. Donald Hill
..............................
Name: J. Donald Hill
Title: Vice President
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By: /s/ Hugh E. Giorgio
..............................
Name: Hugh E. Giorgio
Title: Asst. Vice President
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SCHEDULE 4.01(a)
Capital Stock
State of
Authorized Issued and Owner of
Name of Subsidiary Incorporation Class shares
Outstanding Capital Stock
.......................... ............. .......................
.......... ........... ......................
<S> <C> <C> <C>
<C> <C>
Quantronix Corporation Delaware Common Stock, par value
200 1 Excel Technology, Inc.
$.001 per share
Control Laser Corporation Florida Common Stock, value
5,000,000 1 Excel Technology, Inc.
$.01 per share
Cambridge Technology, Inc. Massachusetts Common Stock
100,000 1 Excel Technology, Inc.
Photo Research, Inc. Delaware Common Stock
100 1 Excel Technology, Inc.
without par value
The Optical Corporation California one class
1,000,000 1 Quantronix Corporation
Quantronix International Barbados Common shares
unlimited 1 Quantronix Corporation
Corp.
Excel Purchasing Washington Common Stock
200 1 Excel Technology, Inc.
Corporation without par value
SCHEDULE 4.01(r)
None
SCHEDULE 4.01 (s)
Nature of Amount of Liens
Securing
Creditor Agreement Credit
Credit
....................... ........... ................
...................
<S> <C> <C> <C>
1. National Credit Cap. Lease $25,000 Lighting
Fixtures
Leasing
2. IBM Credit Corp. Cap. Lease $16,000 AS400
Computer
3. Xerox Corp. Cap. Lease $ 1,500 Xerox
Fax Machine
4. Trinity Capital Cap. Lease $75,000
Oscilloscope
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SCHEDULE 5.02(a)
Creditor Amount Property Subject to Lien
See Schedule 4.01(s)
SCHEDULE 5.02(b)
Creditor Amount
See Schedule 4.01(s)
SCHEDULE 5.02(i)
Description of All Guaranties:
None
EXHIBIT A
.........
NOTE
$15,000,000.00 New York, New York
............, 1998
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, on the Maturity Date, EXCEL TECHNOLOGY, INC., a
[New York] corporation, having its principal place of business at 780
Third Avenue, New York, New York (the "Borrower"), promises to pay to the
order of THE BANK OF NEW YORK ("Bank") at its office located at 530 Fifth
Avenue, New York, New York 10036, the principal sum of the lesser of:
(a) Fifteen Million ($15,000,000.00) Dollars; or (b) the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of all Loans made by Bank to Borrower pursuant to the
Agreement (as defined below).
Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal balance of this
Note from time to time outstanding, at said office, at the rates of
interest, at the times and for the periods set forth in the Agreement.
All payments including prepayments on this Note shall be made in
lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available
funds. Except as otherwise provided in the Agreement, if a payment
becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity
thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and
interest shall be payable thereon at the rate herein specified during
such extension.
Borrower hereby authorizes Bank to enter from time to time the
amount of each Loan to Borrower and the amount of each payment on a Loan
on the schedule annexed hereto and made a part hereof. Failure of Bank
to record such information on such schedule shall not in any way effect
the obligation of Borrower to pay any amount due under this Note.
This Note is the "Note" referred to in that certain Loan Agreement
among the Borrower, certain Guarantors and Bank of even date herewith
(the "Agreement"), as such Agreement may be further amended from time to
time, and is subject to prepayment and its maturity is subject to
acceleration upon the terms contained in said Agreement. All capitalized
terms used in this Note and not defined herein shall have the meanings
given them in the Agreement.
If any action or proceeding be commenced to collect this Note or
enforce any of its provisions, Borrower further agrees to pay all costs
and expenses of such action or proceeding and attorneys' fees and
expenses and further expressly waives any and every right to interpose
any counterclaim in any such action or proceeding. Borrower hereby
submits to the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
and agrees with Bank that personal jurisdiction over Borrower shall rest
with the Supreme Court of the State of New York for purposes of any
action on or related to this Note, the liabilities, or the enforcement of
either or all of the same. Borrower hereby waives personal service by
manual delivery and agrees that service of process may be made by post-
paid certified mail directed to the Borrower at the Borrower's address
set forth above or at such other address as may be designated in writing
by the Borrower to Bank in accordance with Section 7.02 of the Agreement,
and that upon mailing of such process such service be effective with the
same effect as though personally served. Borrower hereby expressly
waives any and every right to a trial by jury in any action on or related
to this Note, the liabilities or the enforcement of either or all of the
same.
The Bank may transfer this Note and may deliver the security or any
part thereof to the transferee or transferees, who shall thereupon become
vested with all the powers and rights above given to Bank in respect
thereto, and Bank shall thereafter be forever relieved and fully
discharged from any liability or responsibility in the matter. The
failure of any holder of this Note to insist upon strict performance of
each and/or all of the terms and conditions hereof shall not be construed
or deemed to be a waiver of any such term or condition.
Borrower and all endorsers and guarantors hereof waive presentment
and demand for payment, notice of non-payment, protest, and notice of
protest.
This Note shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the
laws of the State of New York.
EXCEL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
By:.............................
Name:
Title:
Schedule of Loans
Amount of
Principal Unpaid Name of
Amount of Paid or Principal Person Making
Date Loan Prepaid Balance Notation
........................................................................
.........................................................................
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