prospective transferee’s or purchaser’s agreement to the terms of this provision); (c) as required by law, regulation, subpoena, or other order, (d) to Bank’s regulators or as otherwise in connection with Bank’s examination or audit; and (e) as Bank considers appropriate in exercising remedies under this Agreement. Confidential information does not include information that either: (i) is in the public domain or in Bank’s possession when disclosed to Bank, or becomes part of the public domain after disclosure to Bank; or (ii) is disclosed to Bank by a third party, if Bank does not know that the third party is prohibited from disclosing the information.
as Bank establishes under Section 2.1.1, and (b) if Borrower is not Streamline Facility Eligible, eighty percent (80.0%), net of any offsets related to each specific Account Debtor, including, without limitation, Deferred Revenue (except for Deferred Revenue in connection with licenses, annual maintenance and professional service invoices, so long as, at such time, no Event of Default exists), or such other percentage as Bank establishes under Section 2.1.1
“Advance Request and Invoice Transmittal” is in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C and shows Eligible Accounts and/or Aggregate Eligible Accounts which Bank may finance and, for each such Account, includes the Account Debtor’s, name, address, invoice amount, invoice date and invoice number.
“Affiliate” is a Person that owns or controls directly or indirectly the Person, any Person that controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the Person, and each of that Person’s senior executive officers, directors, partners and, for any Person that is a limited liability company, that Person’s managers and members.
“Aggregate Eligible Accounts” is defined in Section 2.1.1.
“Applicable Rate” is (a) at any time that Borrower is not Streamline Facility Eligible, a per annum rate equal to the Prime Rate plus three-quarters of one percent (0.75%), and (b) at any time that Borrower is Streamline Facility Eligible, a per annum rate equal to the Prime Rate plus one-quarter of one percent (0.25%)
“Bank Expenses” are all audit fees and expenses and reasonable costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) for preparing, negotiating, administering, defending and enforcing the Loan Documents (including appeals or Insolvency Proceedings).
“Borrower’s Books” are all Borrower’s books and records including ledgers, records regarding Borrower’s assets or liabilities, the Collateral, business operations or financial condition and all computer programs or discs or any equipment containing the information.
“Business Day” is any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which Bank is closed.
“Closing Date” is the date of this Agreement.
“Code” is the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in Massachusetts, as amended and as may be amended and in effect from time to time.
“Collateral” is any and all properties, rights and assets of Borrower granted by Borrower to Bank or arising under the Code, now, or in the future, in which Borrower obtains an interest, or the power to transfer rights, as described on Exhibit A.
“Collateral Handling Fee” is defined in Section 2.2.4.
“Collections” are all funds received by Bank from or on behalf of an Account Debtor for Financed Receivables.
“Compliance Certificate” is attached as Exhibit B.
“Contingent Obligation” is, for any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or not, of that Person for (i) any indebtedness, lease, dividend, letter of credit or other obligation of another such as an obligation directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed, co-made, discounted or sold with recourse by that Person, or for which that Person is directly or indirectly liable; (ii) any obligations for undrawn letters of credit for the account of that Person; and (iii) all obligations from any interest rate, currency or commodity swap agreement, interest rate cap or collar agreement, or other agreement or arrangement designated to protect a Person against fluctuation in interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity prices; but
“Contingent Obligation” does not include endorsements in the ordinary course of business. The amount of a Contingent Obligation is the stated or determined amount of the primary obligation for which the Contingent Obligation is made or, if not determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability for it determined by the Person in good faith; but the amount may not exceed the maximum of the obligations under the guarantee or other support arrangement.
“Credit Extension” is any Advance, or any other extension of credit by Bank for Borrower’s benefit.
“Current Liabilities” are all obligations and liabilities of Borrower to Bank, plus, without duplication, the aggregate amount of Borrower’s Total Liabilities which mature within one (1) year.
“Deferred Revenue” is all amounts received or invoiced, as appropriate, in advance of performance under contracts and not yet recognized as revenue.
“Early Termination Fee” is defined in Section 2.1.1.
“Eligible Accounts” are billed Accounts in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business that meet all Borrower’s representations and warranties in Section 5.3, have been, at the option of Bank, confirmed in accordance with Section 2.1.1 (d), and are due and owing from Account Debtors deemed creditworthy by Bank in its sole discretion. Without limiting the fact that the determination of which Accounts are eligible hereunder is a matter of Bank discretion in each instance, Eligible Accounts shall not include the following Accounts (which listing may be amended or changed in Bank’s discretion with notice to Borrower):
(a) Accounts that the Account Debtor has not paid within ninety (90) days of invoice date (or within one hundred twenty (120) days of invoice date for Accounts for which the Account Debtor is Sun Microsystems);
(b) Accounts for which the Account Debtor does not have its principal place of business in the United States, unless agreed to by Bank in writing, in its sole discretion, on a case-by-case basis;
(c) Accounts for which the Account Debtor is a federal, state or local government entity or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof except for Accounts of the United States if the payee has assigned its payment rights to Bank and the assignment has been acknowledged under the Assignment of Claims Act of 1940 (31 U.S.C. 3727);
(d) Accounts for which Borrower owes the Account Debtor, but only up to the amount owed (sometimes called “contra” accounts, accounts payable, pre-bill, milestone, customer deposits or credit accounts);
(e) Accounts for demonstration or promotional equipment, or in which goods are consigned, sales guaranteed, sale or return, sale on approval, bill and hold, or other terms if the Account Debtor’s payment may be conditional;
(f) Accounts for which the Account Debtor is Borrower’s Affiliate, officer, employee, or agent;
(g) Accounts in which the Account Debtor disputes liability or makes any claim and Bank believes there may be a basis for dispute (but only up to the disputed or claimed amount), or if the Account Debtor is subject to an Insolvency Proceeding, or becomes insolvent, or goes out of business; and
(h) Accounts for which Bank reasonably determines collection to be doubtful or any Accounts which are unacceptable to Bank for any reason.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, when Borrower is Streamline Facility Eligible, Eligible Accounts shall also not include the following Accounts (which listing may be amended or changed in Bank’s discretion with notice to Borrower):
(a) Accounts for which the Account Debtor is a federal, state or local government entity or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof;
(b) Accounts owing from an Account Debtor (other than Sun Microsystems), fifty percent (50%) or more of whose Accounts have not been paid within ninety (90) days of invoice date;
(c) Accounts for which the Account Debtor is Sun Microsystems, fifty percent (50%) or more of whose Accounts have not been paid within one hundred twenty (120) days of invoice date; and
(d) Accounts owing from an Account Debtor, including Affiliates, whose total obligations to Borrower exceed forty percent (40.0%) of all Accounts, for the amounts that exceed that percentage, unless otherwise approved by Bank in writing.
“ERISA” is the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and its regulations.
“Events of Default” are set forth in Article 8.
“Facility Amount” is Three Million One Hundred Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($3,125,000.00).
“Facility Fee” is defined in Section 2.2.2.
“Finance Charges” is defined in Section 2.2.3.
“Financed Receivables” are all those Eligible Accounts and Aggregate Eligible Accounts, including their proceeds which Bank finances and makes an Advance, as set forth in Section 2.1.1. A Financed Receivable stops being a Financed Receivable (but remains Collateral) when the Advance made for the Financed Receivable has been fully paid.
“Financed Receivable Balance” is the total outstanding gross face amount, at any time, of any Financed Receivable.
“GAAP” is generally accepted accounting principles.
“Governmental Authority” is any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, any securities exchange and any self-regulatory organization.
“Guarantor” is any guarantor of the Obligations.
“Indebtedness” is (a) indebtedness for borrowed money or the deferred price of property or services, such as reimbursement and other obligations for surety bonds and letters of credit, (b) obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c) capital lease obligations and (d) Contingent Obligations.
“Insolvency Proceeding” is any proceeding by or against any Person under the United States Bankruptcy Code, or any other bankruptcy or insolvency law, including assignments for the benefit of creditors, compositions, extensions generally with its creditors, or proceedings seeking reorganization, arrangement, or other relief.
“Intellectual Property Collateral” is defined in the IP Agreement.
“Inventory” is all “inventory” as defined in the Code in effect on the date hereof with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made, and includes without limitation all merchandise, raw materials, parts, supplies, packing and shipping materials, work in process and finished products, including without limitation such inventory as is temporarily out of Borrower’s custody or possession or in transit and including any returned goods and any documents of title representing any of the above.
“Investment” is any beneficial ownership of (including stock, partnership interest or other securities) any Person, or any loan, advance or capital contribution to any Person.
“IP Agreement” is defined in Section 12.10.
“Lien” is a mortgage, lien, deed of trust, charge, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance.
“Loan Documents” are, collectively, this Agreement, the IP Agreement, any note, or notes or guaranties executed by Borrower or any Guarantor, and any other present or future agreement between Borrower and/or for the benefit of Bank in connection with this Agreement, all as amended, extended or restated.
“Lockbox” is defined in Section 2.2.7.
“Material Adverse Change” is: (i) A material impairment in the perfection or priority of Bank’s security interest in the Collateral or in the value of such Collateral; (ii) a material adverse change in the business, operations, or condition (financial or otherwise) of Borrower; (iii) a material impairment of the prospect of repayment of any portion of the Obligations; or (iv) Bank determines, based upon information available to it and in its reasonable judgment, that there is a reasonable likelihood that Borrower shall fail to comply with one or more of the financial covenants in Section 6 during the next succeeding financial reporting period.
“Maturity Date” is April 1, 2008.
“Minimum Finance Charge” is an amount equal to the amount of Finance Charges Bank would have earned in any quarter if Borrower’s outstanding Obligations during such quarter averaged eight percent (8.0%) of the Facility Amount.
“Obligations” are all advances, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties owing, arising, due or payable by Borrower to Bank now or later under this Agreement or any other document, instrument or agreement, account (including those acquired by assignment) primary or secondary, such as all Advances, Finance Charges, Facility Fee, Early Termination Fee, Collateral Handling Fee, interest, fees, expenses, professional fees and attorneys’ fees, or other amounts now or hereafter owing by Borrower to Bank.
“Perfection Certificate” is defined in Section 5.1.
“Permitted Indebtedness” is:
| (a) | Borrower’s indebtedness to Bank under this Agreement or the Loan Documents; |
| (c) | Indebtedness to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of business; and |
| (d) | Indebtedness secured by Permitted Liens. |
“Permitted Investments” are: (i) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States or its agency or any state maturing within 1 year from its acquisition, (ii) commercial paper maturing no more than 1 year after its creation and having the highest rating from either Standard & Poor’s Corporation or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., (iii) Bank’s certificates of deposit issued maturing no more than 1 year after issue, and (iv) any other investments administered through Bank.
“Permitted Liens” are:
(a) Liens arising under this Agreement or other Loan Documents;
(b) Liens arising in connection with any Subordinated Debt (provided that Bank has consented to such Liens);
(c) Liens for taxes, fees, assessments or other government charges or levies, either not delinquent or being contested in good faith and for which Borrower maintains adequate reserves on its Books, if they have no priority over any of Bank’s security interests;
(d) Purchase money Liens securing no more than Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) in the aggregate amount outstanding (i) on equipment acquired or held by Borrower incurred for financing the acquisition of the equipment, or (ii) existing on equipment when acquired, if the Lien is confined to the property and improvements and the proceeds of the equipment;
(e) Leases or subleases and non-exclusive licenses or sublicenses granted in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business, if the leases, subleases, licenses and sublicenses do not prohibit granting Bank a security interest; and
(f) Liens incurred in the extension, renewal or refinancing of the indebtedness secured by Liens described in (a) through (e), but any extension, renewal or replacement Lien must be limited to the property encumbered by the existing Lien and the principal amount of the indebtedness may not increase.
“Person” is any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, company, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, firm, joint stock company, estate, entity or government agency.
“Prime Rate” is Bank’s most recently announced “prime rate,” even if it is not Bank’s lowest rate.
“Prior Agreement” is defined in Section 12.11.
“Quick Assets” is, on any date, Borrower’s unrestricted cash plus net accounts receivable, determined according to GAAP.
“Reconciliation Period” is each calendar month.
“Registered Organization” is any “registered organization” as defined in the Code with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made.
“Requirement of Law” is as to any Person, the organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law (statutory or common), treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
“Responsible Officer” is each of the Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer and Controller of Borrower.
“Streamline Facility Eligible” occurs when Borrower has an Adjusted Quick Ratio of at least 1.30 to 1.0 as of the last day of the immediately preceding month.
“Subordinated Debt” is debt incurred by Borrower subordinated to Borrower’s debt to Bank (pursuant to a subordination agreement entered into between Bank, Borrower and the subordinated creditor), on terms acceptable to Bank.
“Subsidiary” is any Person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, or any other business entity of which more than 50% of the voting stock or other equity interests is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Person or one or more Affiliates of the Person
“Total Liabilities” is on any day, obligations that should, under GAAP, be classified as liabilities on Borrower’s consolidated balance sheet, including all Indebtedness, and current portion of Subordinated Debt permitted by Bank to be paid by Borrower, but excluding all other Subordinated Debt.
[Signature pages follows.]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as a sealed instrument under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as of the date first above written.
BORROWER: | | | |
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AXS-ONE INC. | | | |
By:
| /s/ William P. Lyons | | | |
Name: | William P. Lyons | | | |
Title: | CEO | | | |
BANK: | | | |
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SILICON VALLEY BANK | | | |
By:
| /s/ Gage Gilmore | | | |
Name: | Gage Gilmore | | | |
Title: | VP | | | |
EXHIBIT A
The Collateral consists of all of Borrower’s right, title and interest in and to the following:
All goods, equipment, inventory, contract rights or rights to payment of money, leases, license agreements, franchise agreements, general intangibles (including payment intangibles) accounts (including health-care receivables), documents, instruments (including any promissory notes), chattel paper (whether tangible or electronic), cash, deposit accounts, fixtures, letters of credit rights (whether or not the letter of credit is evidenced by a writing), commercial tort claims, securities, and all other investment property, supporting obligations, and financial assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, wherever located; and any copyright rights, copyright applications, copyright registrations and like protections in each work of authorship and derivative work, whether published or unpublished, now owned or later acquired; any patents, trademarks, service marks and applications therefor; trade styles, trade names, any trade secret rights, including any rights to unpatented inventions, know-how, operating manuals, license rights and agreements and confidential information, now owned or hereafter acquired; or any claims for damages by way of any past, present and future infringement of any of the foregoing; and
All Borrower’s books relating to the foregoing and any and all claims, rights and interests in any of the above and all substitutions for, additions, attachments, accessories, accessions and improvements to and replacements, products, proceeds and insurance proceeds of any or all of the foregoing.
EXHIBIT B

SPECIALTY FINANCE DIVISION
Compliance Certificate
I, an authorized officer of AXS-ONE INC. (“Borrower”) certify under the Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (the “Agreement”) between Borrower and Silicon Valley Bank (“Bank”) as follows (all capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement):
Borrower represents and warrants for each Financed Receivable:
Each Financed Receivable is an Eligible Account.
Borrower is the owner with legal right to sell, transfer, assign and encumber such Financed Receivable;
The correct amount is on the Advance Request and Invoice Transmittal and is not disputed;
Except with respect to Deferred Revenue to the extent that it is not offset in accordance with the definition of Advance Rate, payment is not contingent on any obligation or contract and Borrower has fulfilled all its obligations as of the Advance Request and Invoice Transmittal date;
Each Financed Receivable is based on an actual sale and delivery of goods and/or services rendered, is due to Borrower, is not past due or in default, has not been previously sold, assigned, transferred, or pledged and is free of any liens, security interests and encumbrances other than Permitted Liens;
There are no defenses, offsets, counterclaims or agreements for which the Account Debtor may claim any deduction or discount;
It reasonably believes no Account Debtor is insolvent or subject to any Insolvency Proceedings;
It has not filed or had filed against it Insolvency Proceedings and does not anticipate any filing;
Bank has the right to endorse and/ or require Borrower to endorse all payments received on Financed Receivables and all proceeds of Collateral.
No representation, warranty or other statement of Borrower in any certificate or written statement given to Bank contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statement contained in the certificates or statement not misleading.
Additionally, Borrower represents and warrants as follows:
Borrower and each domestic Subsidiary is duly existing and in good standing in its state of formation and qualified and licensed to do business in, and in good standing in, any state in which the conduct of its business or its ownership of property requires that it be qualified except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change. The execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents have been duly authorized, and do not conflict with Borrower’s organizational documents, nor constitute an event of default under any material agreement by which Borrower is bound. Borrower is not in default under any agreement to which or by which it is bound in which the default could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.
Borrower has good title to the Collateral, free of Liens except Permitted Liens. All inventory is in all material respects of good and marketable quality, free from material defects.
Borrower is not an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act. Borrower is not engaged as one of its important activities in extending credit for margin stock (under Regulations X, T and U of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors). Borrower has complied in all material respects with the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Borrower has not violated any laws, ordinances or rules, the violation of which could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change. None of Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s properties or assets has been used by Borrower or any Subsidiary or, to the best of Borrower’s knowledge, by previous Persons, in disposing, producing, storing, treating, or transporting any hazardous substance other than legally. Borrower and each Subsidiary has timely filed all required tax returns and paid, or made adequate provision to pay, all material taxes, except those being contested in good faith with adequate reserves under GAAP. Borrower and each Subsidiary has obtained all consents, approvals and authorizations of, made all declarations or filings with, and given all notices to, all government authorities that are necessary to continue its business as currently conducted except where the failure to obtain or make such consents, declarations, notices or filings would not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Change.
Borrower is in compliance with the Financial Covenant(s) set forth in Section 6.7 of the Agreement.
All representations and warranties in the Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on this date, and Borrower represents that there is no existing Event of Default.
Financial Covenant
| | Required | | Actual | | Compliance |
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Maximum Net Loss | | $______* | | $______ | | Yes No |
* As set forth in Section 6.7 of the Agreement.
Stream Line Facility Eligibility/Determination of Pricing
| | Required | | Actual | | Eligible/Pricing Level |
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Adjusted Quick Ratio | | ≥1.30 : 1.0 | | ____:1.0 | | Yes No |
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Exhibit C
[to be provided by Bank]