Loan Documents [Amendment No. 1] - PNC Bank NA, Inmark Enterprises Inc., U.S. Concepts Inc., Inmark Services Inc. and Optimum Group Inc.
FIRST AMENDMENT TO LOAN DOCUMENTS
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT; SECURITY AGREEMENT; and PLEDGE
AGREEMENT (this "Amendment") is made as of December 29, 1998 among PNC Bank
National Association ("Lender") having offices at One Garret Mountain Plaza,
West Paterson, New Jersey 07424, Inmark Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("Enterprises"), U.S. Concepts, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
("USC"), Inmark Services, Inc. a Delaware corporation ("Services"), and Optimum
Group, Inc., an Ohio corporation (formerly, OG Acquisition Corp.) ("New OGI" and
together with Services and USC, the "Borrower"). Enterprises, USC, Services, and
New OGI are collectively referred to herein as the "Inmark Group".
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT:
A. Lender, Enterprises, Services and New OGI entered into a Loan
Agreement dated as of March 31, 1998 (as amended hereby and as further amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Agreement"), pursuant
to which, among other things, Lender agreed to make (i) Revolving Loans to
Services and New OGI in the aggregate principal amount at any one time
outstanding not to exceed $5,000,000 and (ii) a term loan to Services and New
OGI in the principal amount of $5,000,000, all upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth therein.
B. Enterprises, Services and New OGI entered into a Security Agreement
in favor of Lender dated as of March 31, 1998 (as amended hereby and as further
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Security
Agreement").
C. Enterprises, Services and New OGI entered into a Pledge Agreement in
favor of Lender dated as of March 31, 1998 (as amended hereby and as further
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Pledge
Agreement").
D. Enterprises entered into a Guaranty in favor of Lender dated as of
March 31, 1998 (as amended hereby and as further amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the "Guaranty").
E. Enterprises, Services and New OGI have each requested that Lender
consent to the transaction (the "Proposed Transaction") contemplated by the
Asset Purchase Agreement among U.S. Concepts, Inc., a New York corporation,
Brian Murphy, an individual, ("Murphy"), USC and Enterprises (the "USC
Acquisition Agreement"), including, the purchase and acquisition of the
Purchased Assets and the assumption of the Assumed Liabilities (as such terms
are defined in the USC Acquisition Agreement), and waive any breach by the
Inmark Group of Section 5.1 of the Agreement by reason of the Proposed
Transaction (the "Waiver").
F. Lender has agreed to the Waiver upon the condition, among others,
that each member of the Inmark Group executes and delivers this Amendment.
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AGREEMENT:
1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment shall have the same
meanings given them in the Agreement, unless otherwise defined herein.
2. Addition of USC as Borrower and Grantor. USC hereby becomes and now is for
all purposes a "Borrower" or "Grantor," as the case may be, under (and a party
to) the Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement and all other
Loan Documents (with all the obligations of a Borrower and Grantor in and under
the Loan Documents), as fully as if USC executed and delivered the Agreement and
the other Loan Documents as a Borrower on March 31, 1998 and the term "Borrower"
and "Grantor" in the Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall now include
USC as well as Services and New OGI. Without limiting the generality of the
preceding sentences, (a) USC understands and agrees that all of the
representations and warranties in the Agreement, the Security Agreement, the
Pledge Agreement and the other Loan Documents will be deemed repeated for USC at
the date hereof and at the time that each Revolving Loan is made; and (b) USC is
bound by (including without limitation that it fully adopts and agrees to
perform) all of the covenants, other agreements and other provisions binding on
the Borrower contained in the Loan Documents, including, without limitation, to
repay money borrowed by the Borrower.
3. Grant of Collateral under Security Agreement. As security for the full and
punctual payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) of all of the Obligations, whether pursuant to any
Loan Document or otherwise, USC hereby pledges, transfers and assigns to Lender
(and its successors and assigns), and grants to Lender (and its successors and
assigns) security interests in (a) all of the Collateral now or hereafter owned
by USC (or to which it has any right, title or interest), wherever located and
whether now existing or hereafter created, and (b) all accessions and additions
thereto, replacements and substitutions therefor, and proceeds and products
thereof. (The security interests granted hereby, and all remedies and other
rights stated or referred to in the Security Agreement or any other Loan
Document, shall continue in full force and effect until the later of (i) the
termination of the Revolving Line of Credit, or (ii) the full, final and
indefeasible payment and performance of the Obligations.
4. Grant of Security Collateral under Pledge Agreement. As security for the full
and punctual payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity,
by acceleration or otherwise) of all of the Obligations, whether pursuant to any
Loan Document or otherwise, USC hereby pledges, transfers and assigns to Lender
(and its successors and assigns), and grants to Lender (and its successors and
assigns) security interests in all of its Security Collateral. The security
interests granted hereby, and all remedies and other rights stated or referred
to in the Pledge Agreement or any other Loan Document, shall continue in full
force and effect until the later of (i) the termination of the Revolving Line of
Credit, or (ii) the full, final and indefeasible payment and performance of the
Obligations.
5. Revised Schedules. To take into account the addition of USC as a Borrower and
Grantor, the purchase of the Purchased Assets, the assumption of the Assumed
Liabilities and the other s transactions contemplated by the USC Acquisition
Agreement, the parties hereby amend the Agreement, the Security Agreement and
Pledge Agreement by replacing each of the Schedules thereto with the revised
Schedules set forth in Appendix A-1, Appendix A-2 and Appendix A-3 to this
Amendment (collectively, the "Revised Schedules").
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6. Consent of Other Member of Inmark Group. Each of Enterprises, Services and
New OGI hereby consents to the addition of USC as a Borrower under the Agreement
and the other Loan Document and acknowledges and agrees that such addition shall
not impair, reduce or otherwise affect the obligations of any of them under the
Agreement or any other Loan Document.
7. Waivers and Consents.
a. The Lender hereby grants a waiver of the Inmark Group's
non-compliance with Section 5.1 of the Agreement and of the Event of Default
that would otherwise result from a violation of that Section, solely by reason
of the Proposed Transaction. Subject to the accuracy, non-violation and
satisfaction of each of the representations, warranties, covenants, and
conditions set forth herein, Lender hereby consents to the Proposed Transaction.
Each member of the Inmark Group agrees that it will hereafter comply fully with
this and all other provisions of the Agreement and all other Loan Documents
which remain in full force and effect.
b. The Lender hereby consents to the change of the location of the
chief executive office/chief place of business of Enterprises and Services from
One Plaza Road, Greenvale, New York to 415 Northern Boulevard, Great Neck, New
York and waives any prior breaches of section 4.2 of the Security Agreement
directly related to such change without 30 calendar days prior written notice to
Lender; provided, that, without limiting the generality of the Security
Agreement, at the sole expense of the Inmark Group, the Inmark Group agrees to
execute and deliver to Lender amendments to financing statements and other
similar public filings to reflect such change of location.
c. The Lender hereby consents to the guarantee by Enterprises of the
obligations of USC under that certain Agreement of Sublease dated November 8,
1995 between Ketchum Communications, Inc. and UCS (as assignee of U.S. Concepts,
Inc., a New York corporation).
d. Except as expressly described above, the foregoing waivers and
consents shall not constitute (i) a modification or an alteration of the terms,
conditions or covenants of the Agreement or any other Loan Document or (ii) a
waiver, release or limitation upon the Lender's exercise of any of its rights
and remedies thereunder, which are hereby expressly reserved. This waiver shall
not relieve or release any member of the Inmark Group or any guarantor in any
way from any of its respective duties, obligations, covenants or agreements
under the Agreement or the other Loan Documents or from the consequence of any
Event of Default thereunder, except as expressly described above. These waivers
and consents shall not obligate the Lender, or be construed to require the
Lender, to waive any other Events of Default or defaults, whether now existing
or which may occur after the date of this Amendment.
8. Certain Representations and Warranties. In order to induce the Lender to
enter into this Amendment, each member of the Inmark Group hereby represents and
warrants to the Lender that after giving effect to the transactions contemplated
by the Proposed Transaction:
a. no Event of Default, or any event which, with the giving of notice,
the lapse of time, or both, or the occurrence of any other condition, would
constitute an Event of Default, has occurred and is continuing;
b. the Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement and each
of the
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other Loan Documents (as amended by this Amendment), after giving effect to this
Amendment, continue to be in full force and effect and to constitute the legal,
valid and binding obligations of each member of the Inmark Group that is a party
thereto, enforceable against each member of the Inmark Group in accordance with
their respective terms; and
c. the representations and warranties made by each member of the Inmark
Group in or pursuant to the Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Pledge
Agreement or any other Loan Document (in each case as amended by this
Amendment), or which are contained in any certificate, document or financial or
other statement furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or
therewith, are each true and correct in on and as of the date hereof, as though
made on and as of such date.
d. Appendix B to this Amendment contains a true, complete and correct
copy of the unaudited pro forma balance sheets of the Inmark Group as at
September 30, 1998; (b) such pro forma balance sheets fairly presents on a pro
forma basis the financial condition of the Inmark Group as of that date after
giving effect to the Proposed Transaction; and (c) such pro forma balance sheets
were prepared in accordance with GAAP.
9. Certain Acknowledgments.
The parties acknowledge and agree that the term "Loan Documents"
includes any Documents relating to any derivative, swap or other similar
transactions entered into by any member of the Inmark Group in relation to or in
connection with the other Loan Documents, and correspondingly, the term
"Obligations" as used in the Loan Documents, includes all the liabilities and
obligations under such Documents relating to such derivative, swap or other
similar transactions.
10. Conditions to Effectiveness of this Amendment. This Amendment shall become
effective upon the satisfaction of the following conditions:
a. Notes. In exchange for the Revolving Note and the Term Note, Lender
shall have received an Amended and Restated Revolving Note and an Amended and
Restated Term Note, each payable to the order of Lender, conforming to the
requirements hereof and executed by (a) duly authorized officer(s) of Borrower
(including USC).
b. Certain Other Loan Documents. Lender shall have received each of the
following, duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto (other than
Lender) and each of which shall be in full force and effect:
i. the letter notifying the account debtors of each member of
the Inmark Group of the assignment of the Accounts to Lender,
substantially in the form of Exhibit K to the Agreement (with
the addition of USC as a signatory) that may be delivered by
Lender after an Event of Default.
c. Legal Opinion of Counsel to the Inmark Group - Loan Agreement.
Lender shall have received a favorable opinion, dated the Closing Date, of
Kronish, Lieb, Weiner & Hellman LLP, counsel to the Inmark Group, substantially
in the form of Appendix C to this Amendment.
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d. Legal Opinion of Counsel to the Inmark Group - Acquisition
Agreement. Lender shall have received a favorable opinion, dated the Closing
Date, of Kronish, Lieb, Weiner & Hellman LLP, counsel to the Inmark Group,
substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the USC Acquisition Agreement.
e. Legal Opinion of Seller Counsel - Acquisition Agreement. Lender
shall have received a favorable opinion, dated the date of this Agreement, of
Corbin Silverman & Sanseverino LLP, counsel to Seller under the USC Acquisition
Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit D to the USC Acquisition
Agreement or a letter from such counsel stating that Lender may rely on such
opinion in form reasonably satisfactory to Lender.
f. Acquisition Agreement Closing; etc. (i) The Proposed Transaction
shall have been consummated without any amendment, modification or waiver of any
of the provisions of the USC Acquisition Agreement (other than those made to
comply with the Loan Documents), (ii) the Inmark Group shall have delivered to
Lender a true, complete and correct copy of the USC Acquisition Agreement and
each of the Documents executed and delivered by the parties thereto in
connection therewith, (iii) each of the parties to the USC Acquisition Agreement
shall have executed and delivered to Lender a consent to the collateral
assignment of the USC Acquisition Agreement for the benefit of Lender
substantially in the form of Exhibit N to the Agreement (but taking into account
the conforming changes arising from this Amendment), and (iv) the Inmark Group
shall have delivered to Lender evidence that the indebtedness to Chase Manhattan
Bank referenced in section 2.3 of the USC Acquisition Agreement has been
paid-off and terminated and the security interests granted to the lender parties
to the Seller's Loans have been terminated and released.
g. Fees and Expenses. The Inmark Group shall have paid all expenses of
Lender, including, without limitation, reasonable counsel fees, in connection
with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment and all other
documents and instruments to be executed and delivered pursuant hereto or in
connection herewith, and the transactions contemplated hereby.
h. Certificate of Secretary of Assistant Secretary. Lender shall have
received a certificate from the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each
member of the Inmark Group, dated the Closing Date, certifying (as applicable)
that or as to (i) attached to each such certificate is a (A) true, complete and
correct copy of (I) the resolutions of the Board of Directors of such member of
the Inmark Group authorizing among other things (x) the execution, delivery and
performance of this Amendment (y) in the case of USC, the granting by it of the
Liens provided for in the Loan Documents, and (z) in the case of Parent and USC
authorizing the Acquisition Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby
and (B) the By-Laws of USC and (ii) such resolutions and By-Laws have not been
amended, modified, revoked or rescinded since the dates on which they were
adopted and (iii) the incumbency and signature of each officer signing this
Amendment and any other certificate or other document to be delivered pursuant
hereto (and another officer of such member of the Inmark Group shall certify as
to the incumbency of such Secretary or Assistant Secretary).
i. Organizational Documents; Good Standing Certificates. Lender shall
have received from USC (i) a certificate of the Secretary of State of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, with an attached copy of the Certificate of
Incorporation (or Articles of Incorporation) of USC and (ii) good standing
certificates (or comparable certificates) from each Secretary of State (or a
similar official) of each jurisdiction where it is qualified to do business.
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j. Consents, Licenses, Approvals, etc. Lender shall have received
copies of all consents, licenses and approvals, if any, required in connection
with the execution, delivery and performance by each member of the Inmark Group,
and the validity and enforceability against each member of the Inmark Group of
this Amendment, and such consents, licenses and approvals shall be in full force
and effect.
k. Financial Information; Solvency. Lender shall have received (i) a
copy of each of the financial statements referred to in section 8.d of this
Amendment, and (ii) a certification by the Chief Financial Officer of Parent
substantially in the form of Exhibit O to the Agreement (but taking into account
the Proposed Transactions) regarding such financial statements and the Solvency
of the Inmark Group
l. Recordings and Filings; Other Actions. Any documents (including,
without limitation, financing statements and an assignment of registered
intellectual property) required to be filed, registered or recorded (and that
have not already been so filed, registered or recorded) in order to create, in
favor of Lender a perfected Lien against the Collateral thereunder with respect
to which a Lien may be perfected by a filing under the Uniform Commercial Code
or any other applicable law shall have been delivered to Lender duly executed by
the appropriate member of the Inmark Group and shall be in proper form to be
filed, registered or recorded in each office in each jurisdiction required in
order to create in favor of Lender a perfected Lien on the respective Collateral
described therein having the priority purported to be granted thereby. Lender
shall have also received evidence that all necessary filing fees and all taxes
or other expenses related to such filings, registrations or recordings will be
paid in full. Lender shall have received evidence that all other actions
necessary or, in the opinion of Lender, desirable to perfect the Liens created
by the Loan Documents have been taken.
m. Searches. Lender shall have received the results of recent searches,
in form and substance satisfactory to Lender and by a Person satisfactory to
Lender, of (i) Uniform Commercial Code filings which may have been filed with
respect to personal property of Seller and USC (including under any tradenames
used by it) in each jurisdiction in which it has or, within the last six months,
had personal property, (ii) upper and lower court judgment filings which may
have been filed against Seller or USC in each jurisdiction referred to in clause
(i) above, and (iii) tax lien filings which may have been filed against Seller
or USC in each jurisdiction referred to in clause (i) above.
n. Evidence of Insurance. Lender shall have received evidence
satisfactory to it that USC has obtained policies of insurance required pursuant
to section 4.7.
o. No Legal Restraints. There shall be no (i) litigation, investigation
or other proceeding of or before any Governmental Authority pending or, to the
best of knowledge of each member of the Inmark Group, threatened against any
member of the Inmark Group or any of its properties or revenues that could have
a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) injunction, writ, restraining order or any
order of any nature issued by any Governmental Authority directing that the
transactions provided for in this Amendment not be consummated as therein
provided.
p. Additional Matters. Lender shall have received such other
certificates, opinions, documents and instruments relating to the transactions
contemplated by this Amendment as it may have reasonably requested, and all
corporate and other proceedings and all other documents (including, all
documents referred to herein and not appearing as exhibits hereto) and legal
matters in
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connection with the transactions contemplated by this Amendment shall be
satisfactory in form and substance to Lender and its counsel.
11. North American Holding Corp. The Inmark Group acknowledges, represents,
warrants and covenants with respect to its affiliate North American Holding
Corp. ("NAHC"): (i) 100 percent of the issued and outstanding equity interests
of NAHC is owned by a member of the Inmark Group; (ii) NAHC has no right, title
or interest of any kind in or to any asset or property of any kind (tangible,
intangible or otherwise); (iii) no member of the Inmark Group has at any time or
will at any time permit the conduct of any business of any kind (including,
without limitation, the purchase or acquisition (by transfer, conveyance or
otherwise) of any asset or property of any kind or the assumption of any
liability or obligation of any kind); and (iv) as soon as practicable, Inmark
Group will cause the dissolution of NAHC.
12. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in several counterparts, each
of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, and all of
which together shall constitute one agreement.
13. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed and
interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving
effect to principles of conflicts of law.
14. Effect of Amendment. From and after the effectiveness hereof, all references
to the Agreement, the Security Agreement and the Pledge Agreement in the other
Loan Documents shall mean the Agreement, the Security Agreement and the Pledge
Agreement, respectively, as amended and modified by this Amendment.
15. Ratification. Except as amended and otherwise modified by this Amendment,
the Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement and the other Loan
Documents shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their
respective terms.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of
the day and year first above written.
PNC BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: /s/ Charles W. Jones
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Name/Title: Charles W. Jones
INMARK ENTERPRISES, INC.
By: /s/ Donald A. Bernard
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Name/Title: Donald A. Bernard
Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary
U.S. CONCEPTS, INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
By: /s/ Donald A. Bernard
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Name/Title: Donald A. Bernard
Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary
INMARK SERVICES, INC.
By: /s/ Donald A. Bernard
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Name/Title: Donald A. Bernard
Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary
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OPTIMUM GROUP, INC.
By: Donald A. Bernard
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Name/Title: Donald A. Bernard
Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary
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