form8k_0314011.htm
 
 
 



UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT


Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):
March 14, 2011

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FRANKLIN COVEY CO.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission File No. 1-11107


Utah
 
87-0401551
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
(IRS Employer Identification Number)
 
 
2200 West Parkway Boulevard
Salt Lake City, Utah  84119-2099
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (801) 817-1776

Former name or former address, if changed since last report: Not Applicable
 

 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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[ ]      Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 
 



 

Item 1.01      Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On March 14, 2011, Franklin Covey Co. (the Company) entered into an amended and restated secured credit agreement (the Restated Credit Agreement) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the Lender).  The Lender also provides the majority of the Company’s day-to-day banking services.

The Restated Credit Agreement provides a revolving line of credit facility (the Revolving Loan) with a maximum borrowing amount of $10.0 million and a term loan (the Term Loan) with maximum available borrowing of up to $5.0 million.  Both credit facilities may be used for general business purposes.  The key terms and conditions of the Revolving Loan and Term Loan are as follows:

1.  
Revolving Loan – The $10.0 million Revolving Loan matures on March 14, 2012.  The Company may draw on the Revolving Loan and repay amounts borrowed in unlimited repetition up to the maximum allowed amount so long as no event of default has occurred and is continuing.  The interest rate on the revolving line of credit is LIBOR plus 2.50% per annum.

2.  
Term Loan – The Term Loan allows the Company to borrow up to $5.0 million through September 1, 2011 (the Draw Period).  Following the close of the Draw Period, the amount borrowed on the term loan will be repaid in 24 equal monthly installments, commencing on October 1, 2011 and concluding on September 1, 2013.  The interest rate on the Term Loan is LIBOR plus 2.65% per annum.

The Restated Credit Agreement also contains customary representations and warranties as well as provisions for repayment, guarantees, and other security.

The Restated Credit Agreement requires the Company to be in compliance with specified financial covenants, including (a) A Funded Debt to EBITDAR (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, Amortization, and Rental Expense) Ratio of less than 3.00 to 1.00; (b) A Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio greater than 1.5 to 1.0; (c) An annual limit on capital expenditures (not including capitalized curriculum development) of $8.0 million; and (d) A minimum net worth of $67.0 million.  These financial covenants remain substantially unchanged from the previous line of credit amendment financial covenants.  In the event of noncompliance with these financial covenants and other defined events of default, the Lender is entitled to certain remedies, including acceleration of the repayment of amounts outstanding on the Revolving Loan and Term Loan.

In connection with the Restated Credit Agreement, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Security Agreement, an Amended and Restated Repayment Guaranty, and separate Promissory Notes for the Revolving Loan and the Term Loan.

The foregoing description of the Restated Credit Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the Amended and Restated Security Agreement, the Amended and Restated Repayment Guaranty, and the new Promissory Notes, which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 through 10.5 attached hereto.


 
 

 

Item 2.03
Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement

On March 14, 2011, the Company entered into the Restated Credit Agreement with the Lender as described above in Item 1.01.  The information in Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference herein.


Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)  
Exhibits:

 
10.1
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement by and between JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Franklin Covey Co., dated March 14, 2011.

 
10.2
Amended and Restated Security Agreement by and among Franklin Covey Co., Franklin Development Corporation, Franklin Covey Travel, Inc., Franklin Covey Client Sales, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., dated March 14, 2011.

 
10.3
Amended and Restated Repayment Guaranty by and among Franklin Development Corporation, Franklin Covey Travel, Inc., Franklin Covey Client Sales, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., dated March 14, 2011.

 
10.4
Amended and Restated Secured Promissory Note between Franklin Covey Co. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. for $10.0 million revolving loan, dated March 14, 2011.

 
10.5
Amended and Restated Secured Promissory Note between Franklin Covey Co. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. for $5.0 million term loan, dated March 14, 2011.




 
 

 
 
SIGNATURES


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

     
FRANKLIN COVEY CO.
         
         
Date:
March 17, 2011
 
By:
/s/ Stephen D. Young
       
Stephen D. Young
       
Chief Financial Officer
         



exhibit10_1.htm
 
 
 


 
Exhibit 10.1

 
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
 
by and between
 
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
a national banking association
 
as Lender
 
and
 
FRANKLIN COVEY CO.
a Utah corporation
 
as Borrower
 
Dated as of March 14, 2011


 
 
 

 


 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
1
RECITALS
1
DEFINITIONS
2
 
1.1
Definitions
2
 
1.2
Interpretation
10
 
1.3
Accounting Terms
10
 
1.4
Actions by Lender
11
 
1.5
Knowledge of Borrower
11
THE LOAN
11
 
2.1
Agreement to Lend and Borrow
11
 
2.2
Procedures for Advances
12
 
2.3
Conditions Precedent to Advances
13
 
2.4
Evidence of Indebtedness
13
 
2.5
Interest
13
 
2.6
Payment of Principal and Interest; Application of Payments
15
 
2.7
Manner and Time of Payment
16
 
2.8
Illegality
16
 
2.9
Additional Costs
16
 
2.10
Bank Records
17
 
2.11
Guaranty
17
 
2.12
Security
17
 
2.13
Fees and Expenses
17
LETTERS OF CREDIT
18
 
3.1
Issuance of Letters of Credit
18
 
3.2
Reimbursement Obligations
19
 
3.3
Obligations Absolute
19
 
3.4
Assumption of Risk and Liability
20
LOAN CLOSING; INITIAL ADVANCE
20
 
4.1
Conditions Precedent
20
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
22
 
5.1
Consideration
22
 
5.2
Organization, Powers, Good Standing and Subsidiaries
22
 
5.3
Authorization of Loan Documents
22
 
5.4
No Material Defaults
23
 
5.5
Litigation; Adverse Facts
23
 
5.6
Title to Properties; Liens
23
 
5.7
Disclosure
24
 
5.8
Payment of Taxes
24
 
5.9
Securities Activities
24
 
5.10
Government Regulations
24
 
5.11
Rights to Property Agreements, Permits, and Licenses
24
 
5.12
Compliance with Laws
24
 
5.13
Financial Condition
25
 
5.14
Personal Property
25
 
5.15
Other Loan Documents
25
 
5.16
Contracts; Labor Matters
25
 
5.17
ERISA
25
 
5.18
Pension and Welfare Plans
25
 
5.19
Occupational Safety and Health Matters
26
COVENANTS OF BORROWER
26

 
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6.1
Consideration
26
 
6.2
No Encumbrances
26
 
6.3
Compliance with Laws
26
 
6.4
Lender Inspections
26
 
6.5
Intentionally Omitted
26
 
6.6
Ownership of Collateral
26
 
6.7
Information and Statements
27
 
6.8
Financial Covenants
27
 
6.9
Representations and Warranties
28
 
6.10
Trade Names
28
 
6.11
Intentionally Omitted
28
 
6.12
Notice of Litigation, Material Adverse Change or Event of Default
28
 
6.13
Intentionally Omitted
28
 
6.14
Maintenance of Business
28
 
6.15
Material Agreements
28
 
6.16
Right of Entry
28
 
6.17
Transfer of Assets
28
 
6.18
Dividends and Other Distributions
29
 
6.19
Change of Control
29
 
6.20
Loans, Investments, Guaranties, Subordinations
29
 
6.21
Acquisition of All or Substantially All Assets
29
 
6.22
Government Regulation
29
 
6.23
Intentionally Omitted
29
 
6.24
Intentionally Omitted.
30
 
6.25
Additional Guarantors
30
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
30
 
7.1
Events of Default
30
 
7.2
Remedies
30
MISCELLANEOUS
   
31
 
8.1
Assignment
32
 
8.2
Notices
32
 
8.3
Intentionally Omitted
32
 
8.4
Inconsistencies with the Loan Documents
32
 
8.5
No Waiver
33
 
8.6
Lender Approval of Instruments and Parties
33
 
8.7
Lender Determination of Facts
33
 
8.8
Incorporation of Preamble, Recitals and Exhibits
33
 
8.9
Payment of Expenses
33
 
8.10
Disclaimer by Lender
33
 
8.11
Indemnification
34
 
8.12
Titles and Headings
34
 
8.13
Number and Gender
34
 
8.14
Brokers
34
 
8.15
Change, Discharge, Termination, or Waiver
34
 
8.16
Choice of Law
34
 
8.17
Disbursements in Excess of Loan Amount
34
 
8.18
Participations; Assignments
35
 
8.19
Counterparts
35
 
8.20
Time is of the Essence
35
 
8.21
Attorneys’ Fees
35
 
8.22
Jury Waiver
35
 
8.23
Waiver of Special Damages
35
 
8.24
MISCELLANEOUS WAIVERS
35

 
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8.25
Integration
36
 
8.26
Binding Effect
36
 
8.27
Survival
36
 
8.28
Exchange of Information
36
 
8.29
Regulation FD
36
 
8.30
No Claims, etc.; Release
37
 
8.31
USA PATRIOT ACT NOTIFICATION
37
 
8.32
Exhibits and Schedules
37
COLLATERAL RELEASES
37
 
9.1
Full Release
37
EXHIBIT A
39
COVENANT COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
40
SCHEDULE 1
41
EXHIBIT B
42
SCHEDULE 1
44
SCHEDULE 5.2(d)
46
SCHEDULE 5.5
47
SCHEDULE 5.6
48


 
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AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
 
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT is made as of March 14, 2011, by and between FRANKLIN COVEY CO., a Utah corporation (“Borrower”), whose address is 2200 West Parkway Blvd., Salt Lake City, Utah 84119, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a national banking association (“Lender”), whose mailing address is 201 South Main Street, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111.
 
RECITALS:
 
A. Lender has previously extended to Borrower a revolving line of credit loan (the “Revolving Loan”) pursuant to a Revolving Line of Credit Agreement dated as of March 14, 2007 (as amended and modified from time to time, the “Original Loan Agreement”), and evidenced by a Secured Promissory Note dated March 14, 2007 (as amended and modified from time to time, the “Revolving Loan Note”).  As of the date hereof, the maximum principal amount of the Revolving Loan is TEN MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($10,000,000.00). 
 
B. Repayment of the Revolving Loan is guaranteed pursuant to the terms of a Repayment Guaranty dated as of March 14, 2007 (as amended and modified from time to time, the “Guaranty”), executed by FRANKLIN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, a Utah corporation (“Development”), FRANKLIN COVEY TRAVEL, INC., a Utah corporation (“Travel”), and FRANKLIN COVEY CLIENT SALES, INC., a Utah corporation (“Client Sales”) (individually and collectively, as the context requires, and jointly and severally, “Guarantor”), in favor of Lender.
 
C. The Revolving Loan is secured by, among other things, (i) a Security Agreement dated as of March 14, 2007 (as amended and modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), executed by Borrower and Guarantor, as “debtor,” in favor of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a national banking association, not in its individual capacity, but solely as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) for Lender; (ii) a Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of March 14, 2007 (as amended and modified from time to time, the “Stock Pledge Agreement”), executed by Borrower, as “pledgor,” in favor of Collateral Agent; and (iii) an Account Control Agreement dated as of March 14, 2007 (as amended and modified from time to time, the “Account Control Agreement”), executed by Borrower and Guarantor, as “debtor,” Collateral Agent, as “creditor,” and Zions First National Bank, a national banking association, as “bank” (collectively, the “Security Documents”).
 
D. Borrower desires to obtain a term loan from Lender in the original principal amount of FIVE MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($5,000,000.00) (the “Term Loan” and, together with the Revolving Loan, individually and collectively, as the context requires, the “Loan”), which shall be evidenced by a Secured Promissory Note of even date herewith (as amended and modified from time to time, the “Term Loan Note” and, together with the Revolving Loan Note, individually and collectively, as the context requires, the “Note”) and secured by, among other things, the Security Documents.
 
E. Subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, Borrower and Lender now desire to enter into this Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as amended or modified from time to time, this “Agreement”) to amend and restate the Original Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents identified herein to: (i) provide the Term Loan on the terms set forth in the Loan Documents, including, without limitation, this Agreement and the Term Loan Note; (ii) extend the maturity date of the Revolving Loan from March 14, 2011 to March 14, 2012; (iii) modify the method by which the interest rate applicable under the Loan Documents will be calculated; and (iv) make such other modifications as are set forth herein and in such amended and restated Loan Documents.
 

 
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and conditions herein contained, the parties agree as follows:
 
ARTICLE 1
 

 
DEFINITIONS
 
1.1 Definitions.  As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
 
Account Control Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.
 
Adjusted LIBOR Rate” means, with respect to a LIBOR Rate Advance for the relevant Interest Period, the sum of (i) the Applicable Margin plus (ii) the quotient of (a) the LIBOR Rate applicable to such Interest Period, divided by (b) one minus the Reserve Requirement (expressed as a decimal) applicable to such Interest Period.
 
Adjusted One Month LIBOR Rate” means, with respect to a CB Floating Rate Advance for any day, the sum of (i) 2.50% per annum for Revolving Loan Advances or 2.65% per annum for Term Loan Advances plus (ii) the quotient of (a) the interest rate determined by Lender or its Affiliates by reference to the Page to be the rate at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time, on such date or, if such date is not a Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day for dollar deposits with a maturity equal to one (1) month, divided by (b) one minus the Reserve Requirement (expressed as a decimal) applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market with a maturity equal to one (1) month.
 
Advance” means, as the context requires, any Revolving Loan Advance or Term Loan Advance.
 
Affiliate” of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such Person.  For the purposes of this definition, “control,” when used with respect to any Person, means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.  The term “Affiliate” does not include the officers, directors, or employees of a Person, if the Person is a corporation, and does not include the employees or managers of a Person, if the Person is a limited liability company or limited partnership.
 
Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.
 
Applicable Margin” means with respect to (a) any LIBOR Rate Advance that is a Revolving Loan Advance, 2.50% per annum; (b) any LIBOR Rate Advance that is a Term Loan Advance, 2.65% per annum; (c) any CB Floating Rate Advance based on the Prime Rate that is a Revolving Loan Advance, 0.00% per annum; and (d) with respect to any CB Floating Rate Advance based on the Prime Rate that is a Term Loan Advance, 0.15% per annum.
 
Authorized Representative” means, for any Person, the person or persons designated by that Person to take any and all actions on the part of that Person under any of the Loan Documents or in connection with the Loan.
 
Average Quarterly Outstanding Balance” means the aggregate sum of the outstanding and unpaid balance of the Revolving Loan for each day during a calendar quarter (or portion thereof) with respect to which the Unused Commitment Fee is being computed, divided by the number of days in that calendar quarter (or portion thereof).
 
Borrower” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement, together with its successors and permitted assigns.
 

 
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Borrower Operating Documents” means the Articles of Incorporation of Borrower, as filed with the predecessor filing office to the Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Corporations and Commercial Code on December 2, 1983, and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Borrower, dated effective as of January 11, 2002, and all modifications and amendments to those documents, pursuant to which Borrower has been formed and exists.
 
Business Day” means (a) with respect to the Adjusted One Month LIBOR Rate and any borrowing, payment or rate selection of LIBOR Rate Advances, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks generally are open in Utah and/or New York for the conduct of substantially all of their commercial lending activities and on which dealings in United States dollars are carried on in the London interbank market and (b) for all other purposes, a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which Lender’s branch located at 201 South Main Street, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, Utah is authorized or obligated to close.
 
Capital Expenditures” means expenditures for fixed or capital assets as determined in accordance with GAAP.
 
CB Floating Rate” means, with respect to a CB Floating Rate Advance, the sum of (i) the Applicable Margin plus (ii) the Prime Rate; provided that the CB Floating Rate shall, on any day, not be less than the Adjusted One Month LIBOR Rate.  The CB Floating Rate is a variable rate and any change in the CB Floating Rate due to any change in the Prime Rate or the Adjusted One Month LIBOR Rate is effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate or the Adjusted One Month LIBOR Rate, respectively.
 
CB Floating Rate Advance” means any Advance under this Agreement when and to the extent that its interest rate is determined by reference to the CB Floating Rate.
 
Change of Control” (a) means the closing of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of Borrower’s or Guarantor’s assets; (b) shall be deemed to have occurred at such time as a “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), directly or indirectly, of more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of all classes of stock then outstanding of Borrower entitled to vote in the election of directors; or (c) Borrower’s or Guarantor’s merger into or consolidation with any other entity, or any other reorganization or transfer, directly or indirectly, of the ownership interests in Borrower or Guarantor, in which the holders of the outstanding ownership interests in Borrower or Guarantor immediately prior to such transaction receive or retain, in connection with such transaction on account of their ownership interests, ownership interests representing less than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the entity surviving such transaction; provided, however, that a Change of Control shall not include a merger effected exclusively for the purpose of changing the domicile of Borrower or Guarantor or a merger of a Guarantor into Borrower or another Guarantor.
 
Closing Date” means the date upon which Borrower, Guarantor and Lender have executed and delivered each of the Loan Documents and each of the conditions precedent and other requirements in Article 4 have been satisfied or waived, as determined by Lender in its sole and absolute discretion.
 
Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor statute promulgated in replacement thereof, together with all temporary, final and other Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Code.
 
Collateral” means all of Borrower’s and Guarantor’s assets and proceeds thereof, including, without limitation, the personal property subject to the Security Agreement, including proceeds, products, interest on and investments thereof from time to time, and all other property, interests in property, and rights to property securing any or all of Borrower’s and Guarantor’s payment and other obligations under the Loan Documents from time to time.
 

 
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Collateral Agent” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.
 
Consolidated Entities” means Borrower and any Subsidiaries thereof, including, without limitation, Guarantor.
 
Covenant Compliance Certificate” means a Covenant Compliance Certificate in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, which shall be in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A from Borrower to Lender certifying compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.8 of this Agreement, together with such other supporting documents and information as Lender may require from time to time in accordance herewith.
 
Default Interest Rate” means a rate of interest equal to the lesser of (a) the aggregate of THREE PERCENT (3%) per annum plus the Interest Rate, or (b) the highest rate legally permissible under applicable Requirements of Law.  The Default Interest Rate shall change from time to time as and when the Interest Rate changes.
 
Draw Period” means the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on September 1, 2011.
 
Early Termination Fee” means, as of the date of any early termination of the Revolving Loan by Borrower pursuant to Section 2.6(c), an amount equal to the sum of (a) the Unused Commitment Fee for the portion of the calendar quarter that has passed as of such date and (b) using a discount rate of seven percent (7%), the net present value of the aggregate amount of future Unused Commitment Fees which would have been due (assuming an Average Quarterly Outstanding Balance of $0.00) for each calendar quarter (or portion thereof) remaining in the term of the Revolving Loan after the date Borrower terminates the Revolving Loan.
 
EBITDAR” shall have the meaning given in Section 6.8(a).
 
ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any successor statute of similar import, together with the regulations thereunder, in each case as in effect from time to time.  References to sections of ERISA shall be construed to also refer to any successor sections.
 
ERISA Affiliate” means any corporation, partnership, or other trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is, along with Borrower or Guarantor, a member of a controlled group of corporations or a controlled group of trades or businesses, as described in sections 414(b) and 414(c), respectively, of the Code or section 4001 of ERISA, or a member of the same affiliated service group within the meaning of section 414(m) of the Code.
 
Event of Default” means the occurrence of any of the events listed in Section 7.1 and the expiration of any applicable notice and cure period provided in said section.
 
Financing Statement” means one or more UCC financing statements and/or addenda thereto, prepared or to be prepared by Lender, naming Borrower and/or Guarantor, as applicable, as debtor, in favor of Lender, as secured party, and perfecting Lender’s security interest in the Collateral now owned or hereafter acquired by Borrower and Guarantor, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, filed or to be filed with the Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Corporations and Commercial Code and in such other offices for recording or filing such statements in such jurisdictions as Lender shall desire to perfect Lender’s liens and security interest or reflect such interest in appropriate public records.  As of the date hereof, the term “Financing Statement” shall include each of the following UCC financing statements, together with any addenda or amendments thereto filed with the Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Corporations and Commercial Code: (i) File # 315031200792 filed on March 9, 2007, naming Borrower as debtor and Lender as secured party; (ii) File # 315038200703 filed on March 9, 2007, naming Development as debtor and Lender as secured party; (iii) File # 315039200706 filed on March 9, 2007, naming Travel as debtor and
 

 
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Lender as secured party; and (iv) File # 315041200797 filed on March 9, 2007, naming Client Sales as debtor and Lender as secured party.
 
GAAP shall have the meaning given in Section 1.3.
 
Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
 
Guarantor” shall mean, individually and collectively, as the context requires, the “Guarantor” identified in the Recitals and any Person that becomes a guarantor pursuant to Section 6.25.
 
Guarantor Loan Documents” means the Guaranty and any other guaranties, agreements, documents, or instruments now or hereafter executed by Guarantor evidencing, guarantying, securing or otherwise related to the obligations of Guarantor or the Loan, as the Guaranty and such other guaranties, agreements, documents, and instruments may be amended, modified, extended, renewed, or supplemented from time to time.
 
Guarantor Operating Documents” means the articles of incorporation, articles of organization, certificate of partnership, bylaws, operating agreements and limited partnership agreements of Guarantor, as applicable, and all modifications and amendments to those documents, pursuant to which Guarantor has been formed and exists.
 
Guaranty” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.
 
Indebtedness” means, as to any Person (a) indebtedness created, issued, incurred or assumed by such Person for borrowed money or evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments; (b) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business that do not remain unpaid for more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the initial invoice date with respect thereto and that are not past due); (c) all indebtedness secured by a lien on any asset of such Person whether or not such indebtedness is assumed by such Person; (d) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person or in any manner providing for the payment of any indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person or otherwise protecting the holder of such indebtedness against loss (excluding endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business); (e) the amount of all reimbursement obligations and other obligations of such Person (whether due or to become due, contingent or otherwise) in respect of letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances, surety or other bonds (but excluding surety or other bonds in favor of Governmental Authorities) and similar instruments; (f) all obligations under leases capitalized in accordance with GAAP; and (g) all other obligations that would be included as liabilities on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP.
 
Interest Period” means, with respect to a LIBOR Rate Advance, each period commencing on the first day of a calendar month and ending on the first day of the next succeeding calendar month; provided, however, that (i) the first Interest Period shall commence on the Closing Date; and (ii) any Interest Period that would otherwise extend past the Maturity Date shall end on the Maturity Date.
 
Interest Rate” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.5(a).
 
Lender” means JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a national banking association whose address is as set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement, its successors and assigns.
 

 
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Letter of Credit” means a written agreement by Lender to honor drafts or other demands for payment in compliance with the conditions specified in a letter of credit extended by Lender pursuant to this Agreement, on such form(s) of letter of credit as customarily issued by Lender and on such terms as Lender shall require in its reasonable discretion.
 
Letter of Credit Application and Agreement” means Lender’s then-current form of Letter of Credit Application and Agreement or such other application form as Lender shall then require.
 
Letter of Credit Limit” means the aggregate issued and committed amount of THREE MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($3,000,000.00).
 
Letter of Credit Interest Rate” means the per annum interest rate set forth in the Letter of Credit Application and Agreement executed and delivered by Borrower in connection with any Letter of Credit.
 
LIBOR Rate” means with respect to any LIBOR Advance for any Interest Period, the interest rate determined by Lender by reference to Reuters Screen LIBOR01, formerly known as Page 3750 of the Moneyline Telerate Service (together with any successor or substitute, the “Service”) or any successor or substitute page of the Service providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of the Service, as determined by Lender from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market (the “Page”), to be the rate at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of the Interest Period for dollar deposits with a maturity equal to such Interest Period. If no LIBOR Rate is available to Lender, the applicable LIBOR Rate for the relevant Interest Period shall instead be the rate determined by Lender to be the rate at which Lender offers to place U.S. dollar deposits having a maturity equal to such Interest Period with first-class banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.
 
LIBOR Rate Advance” means any Advance under this Agreement when and to the extent that its interest rate is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate.
 
Lien or Encumbrance” and “Liens and Encumbrances” means any assignment as security, conditional sale for security purposes, grant in trust, lien, mortgage, pledge, security interest, title retention arrangement, other encumbrance, or other interest or right securing the payment of money or the performance of any other liability or obligation, whether voluntarily or involuntarily created and whether arising by agreement, document, or instrument, under any law, ordinance, regulation, or rule (federal, state, or local), or otherwise.
 
Loan” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.
 
Loan Documents” means the documents described in Section 4.1(i), any International Swap and Derivatives Association Master Agreement (and any confirmation related thereto and any other Swap Agreement), and any other guaranties, agreements, documents, or instruments now or hereafter evidencing, guarantying or securing the Obligations of Borrower hereunder, as this Agreement, the other documents described in Section 4.1, and such other agreements, documents, and instruments may be amended, modified, extended, renewed, or supplemented from time to time.
 
Loan Party” means Borrower, Guarantor and each other Person that from time to time is or becomes obligated to Lender or Collateral Agent under any Loan Document or grants any Lien or Encumbrance to Lender or Collateral Agent with respect to any Collateral.
 
Material Adverse Change” means any change in the assets, liabilities, financial condition, or results of operations of Borrower or Borrower and Guarantor on an aggregate basis, or any other event or condition with respect to Borrower or Borrower and Guarantor together, that materially and adversely affects
 

 
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any of the following: (i) the likelihood of performance by Borrower or Borrower and Guarantor together of any Obligations or the ability of Borrower or Borrower and Guarantor together to perform such Obligations, (ii) the legality, validity or binding nature of any of the Obligations of Borrower or Guarantor, (iii) any Lien or Encumbrance securing any of such Obligations, or (iv) the priority of any Lien or Encumbrance securing any of such Obligations.
 
Maturity Date” means, individually and collectively, as the context requires, the Revolving Loan Maturity Date and the Term Loan Maturity Date.
 
Multiemployer Plan” means a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA which is maintained for employees of Borrower or Guarantor.
 
Note” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.
 
Obligations” means all obligations, indebtedness and liabilities of Borrower, whether individual, joint and several, absolute or contingent, direct or indirect, liquidated or unliquidated, now or hereafter existing, in favor of Lender, including without limitation, all liabilities, all interest, costs and fees arising under or from the Loan Documents or any other note, open account, overdraft, letter of credit application, endorsement, surety agreement, guaranty, credit card, lease, Rate Management Transaction, acceptance, foreign exchange contract or depository service contract, whether payable to Lender or to a third party and subsequently acquired by Lender, any monetary obligations (including interest) incurred or accrued during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceedings, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding, and all renewals, extensions, modifications, consolidations, rearrangements, restatements, replacements or substitutions of any of the foregoing.  “Rate Management Transaction” means any transaction (including an agreement with respect thereto) evidenced by a Swap Agreement or that is a rate swap, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap, equity or equity index option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction, forward transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option, derivative transaction or any other similar transaction (including any option with respect to any of these transactions) or any combination thereof, whether linked to one or more interest rates, foreign currencies, commodity prices, equity prices or other financial measures. Borrower and Lender specifically contemplate that the Obligations include indebtedness or other obligations hereafter incurred by Borrower to Lender.
 
Occupational Safety and Health Law” means the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended, and any other federal, state or local statute, law, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order or decree regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning employee health and/or safety.
 
Other Loans” means any loan, financing arrangement or extension of credit to Borrower or its Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, Guarantor, from Lender, any Affiliate of Lender, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. or any of its Affiliates, or any of its Affiliates.
 
Payment Date” means the first (1st) day of each calendar month after the Closing Date.
 
PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
 
Permitted Exceptions” means the following: (a) the sale, transfer, or other disposition of any Collateral that is (i) consumed or worn out in ordinary usage and that is promptly replaced with similar items of equal or greater value or (ii) sold in the ordinary course of business; (b) the Loan Documents; (c) purchase money liens on items of the Collateral; (d) intentionally omitted; (e) Liens and Encumbrances against Borrower or Guarantor set forth on Schedule 5.6 in effect on the Closing Date; (f) covenants, restrictions, rights, rights-of-way, easements and minor irregularities and encumbrances in title which do not materially
 

 
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interfere with the business or operations of Borrower or Guarantor as presently conducted; (g) Liens and Encumbrances arising by statute in connection with worker’s compensation and unemployment insurance (other than Liens and Encumbrances arising under ERISA), good faith cash deposits in connection with tenders, contracts or leases to which Borrower or Guarantor is a party or other cash deposits required to be made in the ordinary course of business (provided in each case that the obligation is not for borrowed money and that the obligation secured is not overdue or, if overdue, is being contested in good faith); (h) mechanics’, workmen’s, materialmen’s, landlords’, carriers’ or other similar Liens and Encumbrances arising in the ordinary course of Borrower’s or Guarantor’s business with respect to obligations which are not due or which are being contested in good faith; (i) the pledge of assets for the purpose of securing an appeal, stay or discharge in the course of any legal proceeding, provided that the aggregate amount of liabilities of Borrower and Guarantor secured by a pledge of Collateral, including interest and penalties thereon, if any, shall not be in excess of $2,000,000 at any one time outstanding; and (j) any interest or title of a lessor under any operating lease to Borrower or Guarantor.
 
Person” means any natural person, any unincorporated association, any corporation, any partnership, any joint venture, any limited liability company, any trust, any other legal entity, or any Governmental Authority.
 
Pledged Securities” means all of the shares of the common stock of Guarantor owned and pledged by Borrower, together with all dividends therefrom (whether in cash or in equity securities), all stock splits or reissuances thereof, all distributions thereon or in respect thereof, all rights with respect thereto, including voting and appraisement rights, all investments thereof, interest thereon and proceeds thereof, all securities, cash or other assets in replacement thereof.
 
Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum announced from time to time by Lender or its Affiliates as its or their prime rate.  The Prime Rate is a variable rate and each change in the Prime Rate is effective from and including the date the change is announced as being effective.  THE PRIME RATE IS A REFERENCE RATE AND MAY NOT BE LENDER’S OR ITS AFFILIATES’ LOWEST RATE.
 
Quarterly Payment Date” means the last day of each of March, June, September and December of each calendar year until the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, unless any such day is not a Business Day, in which case the Quarterly Payment Date shall be the next succeeding Business Day.
 
Regulation D” means Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as from time to time in effect and any successor thereto or other regulation or official interpretation of said Board of Governors relating to reserve requirements applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve System.
 
Reimbursement Obligations shall have the meaning given in Section 3.2(a).
 
Reportable Event” has the meaning given to such term in ERISA, but shall not include any event for which the thirty (30) day reporting requirement has been waived by the PBGC.
 
Request for Advance” means a completed, written Request for Advance in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, which shall be in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B from Borrower to Lender requesting a Term Loan Advance from Lender, together with such other documents and information as Lender may require from time to time in accordance herewith.
 
Requirements of Law means (a) the organizational documents of an entity and (b) any law, regulation, ordinance, code, decree, treaty, ruling or determination of an arbitrator, court or other Governmental Authority, or any Executive Order issued by the President of the United States, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or to which such Person, any of its property or the conduct of its business is subject.
 

 
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Reserve Requirement” means, with respect to an Interest Period, the maximum aggregate reserve requirement (including all basic, supplemental, marginal and other reserves) which is imposed under Regulation D.
 
Revolving Loan” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.
 
Revolving Loan Advance” means a disbursement of the Revolving Loan proceeds.
 
Revolving Loan Amount” means, effective as of March 14, 2011, the amount of up to TEN MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($10,000,000.00), plus any sum in addition thereto advanced by Lender in its sole and absolute discretion in accordance with the Loan Documents, to be disbursed pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
 
Revolving Loan Note” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.
 
Revolving Loan Maturity Date” means March 14, 2012.
 
Security Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.
 
Stock Pledge Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.
 
Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent.  As used in this definition, “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.
 
Swap Agreement” means any agreement between Borrower and Lender with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions.
 
Term Loan” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.
 
Term Loan Advance” means a disbursement of the Term Loan proceeds.
 
Term Loan Amount” means, effective as of March 14, 2011, the amount of up to FIVE MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($5,000,000.00), plus any sum in addition thereto advanced by Lender in its sole and absolute discretion in accordance with the Loan Documents, to be disbursed pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
 
Term Loan Note” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.
 
Term Loan Maturity Date” means September 1, 2013.
 
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Transfer” means (a) the granting of any Lien or Encumbrance on the Collateral or any part thereof to any Person, except the security interests in favor of Lender or Collateral Agent, the Permitted Exceptions and other matters which have been approved in writing by Lender; (b) any sale, transfer, conveyance, lease or vesting of the Collateral or any part thereof or interest therein to or in any Person, whether voluntary, involuntary, by operation of law, or otherwise, except the Permitted Exceptions, which would result in a Material Adverse Change (without taking into consideration subsections (iii) and (iv) of the definition of Material Adverse Change); (c) any Change of Control; or (d) the execution of any agreements to do any of the foregoing, except the Permitted Exceptions.
 
Unused Commitment Fee” means, with respect to each calendar quarter (or portion thereof) during the term of the Revolving Loan, an amount equal to (i) the Revolving Loan Amount minus (ii) the Average Quarterly Outstanding Balance for such calendar quarter (or portion thereof) with respect to which the Unused Commitment Fee is being computed, with the resulting number being multiplied by ONE QUARTER OF ONE PERCENT (0.25%) per annum (i.e., 0.0625% per quarter).  If the Unused Commitment Fee is being computed for less than a full calendar quarter, the percentage used in the preceding sentence will be computed on a daily basis for the number of days for which the fee is being computed.
 
1.2 Interpretation.  Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise clearly requires, the following rules of construction shall apply to this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents:
 
(a) Number; Inclusion.  References to the plural include the singular, the plural, the part and the whole; “or” has the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase “and/or”; and “including” has the meaning represented by the phrase “including without limitation”.
 
(b) Documents Taken as a Whole.  The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder,” “hereto” and similar terms in this Agreement or any other Loan Document refer to this Agreement or such other Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement or such other Loan Document.
 
(c) Headings.  The section and other headings contained in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents and the Table of Contents (if any) preceding this Agreement or the other Loan Documents are for reference purposes only and shall not control or affect the construction of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the interpretation thereof in any respect.
 
(d) Implied References to This Agreement.  Article, section, subsection, clause, schedule and exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
 
(e) Persons.  Reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, as the case may be.
 
(f) Modifications to Documents.  Reference to any agreement (including this Agreement and any other Loan Document together with the schedules and exhibits hereto or thereto), document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as amended, modified, replaced, substituted for, superseded or restated.
 
1.3 Accounting Terms.  For purposes of this Agreement, all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein or in the Recitals shall have the meanings assigned to them in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices and principles (“GAAP”), consistently applied.  In the event that GAAP changes during the term of this Agreement such that the covenants contained in Section 6.8 would then be calculated in a different manner or with different components, (a) Borrower and Lender agree to amend this Agreement in such respects as are necessary to conform those covenants as criteria for evaluating the Consolidated Entities’ financial condition to substantially the same criteria as were effective prior to such
 

 
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change in GAAP and (b) the Consolidated Entities shall be deemed to be in compliance with the covenants contained in Section 6.8 following any such change in GAAP if and to the extent that the Consolidated Entities would have been (and would continue to be) in compliance therewith under GAAP as in effect immediately prior to such change.
 
1.4 Actions by Lender.  Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, all determinations, consents, approvals, disapprovals, calculations, requirements, requests, acts, actions, elections, selections, opinions, judgments, options, exercise of rights, remedies or indemnities, satisfaction of conditions or other decisions of or to be made by Lender under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall be made in the reasonable discretion of Lender.  Any reference to Lender’s “sole and absolute discretion” or similar phrases has the meaning represented by the phrase “sole and absolute discretion, acting in good faith”.
 
1.5 Knowledge of Borrower.  As used herein and in any other Loan Document, the phrase “to the knowledge of Borrower,” “to the knowledge of Guarantor” or such similar phrases shall mean to the actual, conscious knowledge of Borrower’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer.
 
ARTICLE 2
 

 
THE LOAN
 
2.1 Agreement to Lend and Borrow.
 
(a) Revolving Loan.
 
(i) Agreement to Lend and Borrow.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Lender agrees to lend to Borrower, and Borrower agrees to borrow from Lender from time to time prior to the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, Revolving Loan Advances of the proceeds of the Revolving Loan up to the Revolving Loan Amount.  Lender’s commitment to make Revolving Loan Advances shall be decreased at the same time and in the same amount as the aggregate stated amount of any outstanding Letters of Credit.
 
(ii) Revolving Nature of Loan.  Prior to the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, the Revolving Loan Amount may be drawn, repaid, and drawn again, on a revolving basis, in unlimited repetition so long as (i) the aggregate of all outstanding Revolving Loan Advances does not exceed, at any time, the Revolving Loan Amount, and (ii) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.  Although the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loan Note may be zero from time to time, the Loan Documents will remain in full force and effect until the Revolving Loan Maturity Date or all obligations of Borrower or Guarantor relating to the Revolving Loan are indefeasibly paid and performed in full, whichever is later.  Borrower shall have the right to terminate the Revolving Loan upon Borrower’s specific written direction and attendant payment in full to Lender of all Obligations with respect to the Revolving Loan, including, without limitation, the Early Termination Fee.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, Lender may suspend or terminate its commitment to make Revolving Loan Advances of the proceeds of the Revolving Loan without notice to Borrower or further act on the part of Lender.
 
(b) Term Loan
 
(i) Agreement to Lend and Borrow.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Lender agrees to lend to Borrower, and Borrower agrees to borrow from Lender from time to time prior to the end of the Draw Period, Term Loan Advances up to the Term Loan Amount.
 

 
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(ii) Nature of Term Loan.  Prior to the end of the Draw Period, the Term Loan Amount may be drawn so long as (i) the aggregate amount of all previous Term Loan Advances does not exceed the Term Loan Amount, and (ii) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.  Borrower shall have the right to prepay the Term Loan, in whole or in party, without premium or penalty; provided, however, that if Borrower pays all or a portion of the principal balance of the Term Loan on a date other than the last day of an Interest Period or the Term Loan Maturity Date (whether by acceleration, prepayment or otherwise), Borrower shall pay Lender amounts sufficient (Lender’s reasonable opinion) to compensate Lender for any loss, cost, or expense incurred as a result thereof.  Proceeds of the Term Loan prepaid or repaid by Borrower may not be reborrowed.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, Lender may suspend or terminate its commitment to make Term Loan Advances without notice to Borrower or further act on the part of Lender.
 
(c) Use of Proceeds.  The proceeds of the Loan may be used by Borrower for its general working capital purposes or other Borrower purposes.
 
2.2 Procedures for Advances.
 
(a) Revolving Loan.
 
(i) Sweep Account.  At the election of Borrower, the Revolving Loan may be linked to any account or accounts of Borrower established by Borrower with Lender (“Sweep Account”) pursuant to any agreement between Borrower and Lender establishing a sweep account arrangement (together with all amendments, modifications, and replacements thereof, the “Sweep Account Agreement”).  All references in the Sweep Account Agreement to a line of credit are amended to refer to the Revolving Loan.
 
(ii) Revolving Loan Advances.  For as long as the Revolving Loan is linked to a Sweep Account, Lender is authorized and directed to (A) disburse Revolving Loan Advances for deposit into the Sweep Account on each Business Day as needed to cover all checks and other charges against the Sweep Account; and (B) disburse all collected funds in the Sweep Account on each Business Day to Lender to be applied as payments on the Revolving Loan.
 
(b) Term Loan.
 
(i) Requests for Term Loan Advances.  Each request for a Term Loan Advance shall be in writing and in the form of a Request for Advance.  Lender, at its option, may set a cutoff time, after which all requests for Term Loan Advances will be treated as having been requested on the next succeeding Business Day.  In addition to complying with the other requirements of this Agreement, each Request for Advance shall specify the date (which shall be a Business Day) and the amount of the requested Term Loan Advance.
 
(ii) Term Loan Advances; Draw Period.  Term Loan Advances may be made only during the Draw Period.  The right of Borrower to receive Term Loan Advances shall expire at the conclusion of the Draw Period, and no new Term Loan Advances shall be made hereunder during the Term-Out Period.  Any principal amounts for which disbursement has not been requested during the Draw Period shall not be disbursed hereunder and Borrower shall not be liable to repay such non-disbursed amounts.
 
(iii) Timing of Disbursement of Advances.  Provided the conditions for the making of Term Loan Advances contained herein are satisfied, Lender shall disburse each Term Loan Advance on the date requested by Borrower in the applicable Request for Advance.  Upon acceptance of a Request for Advance made hereunder, Lender will make the
 

 
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amount of each Term Loan Advance available to Borrower in immediately available funds by initiating a wire or other transfer to the deposit account designated by Borrower in the Request for Advance.
 
(c) Authorized Persons.  The persons initially authorized to request Advances are all Authorized Representatives of Borrower.  At Lender’s request, Borrower shall provide Lender with documentation satisfactory to Lender indicating the names of those employees of Borrower authorized by Borrower to request Advances or to otherwise sign a Request for Advance and other documents, and Lender shall be entitled to rely upon such documentation until notified in writing by Borrower of any change(s) in the names of the employees so authorized.
 
2.3 Conditions Precedent to Advances.  The obligation of Lender to make Advances is subject to the fulfillment, to the satisfaction of Lender in its sole and absolute discretion, of each of the following conditions; provided, however, that Lender, in its sole and absolute discretion, may waive any of the following conditions:
 
(a) With respect to Revolving Loan Advances, the amount of any new Revolving Loan Advance, together with the amount of all prior Revolving Loan Advances then outstanding and the aggregate stated amount of all Letters of Credit then outstanding, shall not exceed the Revolving Loan Amount;
 
(b) With respect to Term Loan Advances, (i) Lender shall have received a Request for Advance pursuant to Section 2.2(b); (ii) the amount of the requested Term Loan Advance, together with the amount of all prior Term Loan Advances previously made, shall not exceed the Term Loan Amount, and (iii) the date such Term Loan Advance is to be made shall not be after the end of the Draw Period;
 
(c) No Event of Default shall exist and be continuing or shall result from such Advance;
 
(d) The representations and warranties made by Borrower contained herein and in the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Advance with the same effect as if made on and as of the date of such Advance (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date); and
 
(e) Borrower shall have provided such additional information and documents as Lender may reasonably request.
 
Each Request for Advance submitted by Borrower hereunder, and the acceptance of each Revolving Loan Advance, shall constitute a representation and warranty by Borrower hereunder, as of the date of each such request and as of the date of each Advance, that the conditions in this Section 2.3 are satisfied.
 
2.4 Evidence of Indebtedness.  The Loan shall be evidenced by the Note.  Disbursements of the Loan shall be charged and funded under the Note.  If there is any inconsistency between the Note and this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail.
 
2.5 Interest.
 
(a) Interest Rate.  Borrower shall pay interest to Lender on the outstanding unpaid principal amount under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents at the following rates (collectively, the “Interest Rate”): (i) the Adjusted LIBOR Rate, except (ii) during the continuance of any period after Borrower has elected to replace the entire outstanding balance of any LIBOR Rate Advance in accordance with this Agreement with a CB Floating Rate Advance, or the CB Floating
 

 
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Rate is otherwise in effect pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, during which period Borrower shall pay interest to Lender at the CB Floating Rate.
 
(b) Default Interest Rate.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default hereunder or under any of the Loan Documents, at the option of Lender, the outstanding and unpaid principal balance of the Loan shall bear interest, payable on demand, at a rate per annum equal to the Default Interest Rate.  Lender may also, at its option, from time to time, add any unpaid accrued interest to principal and such sum will bear interest therefrom until paid at the rate provided in this Agreement (including at the Default Interest Rate, as and when applicable).  The application of the Default Interest Rate shall not be interpreted or deemed to extend any cure period set forth in this Agreement, or otherwise to limit any of Lender’s remedies under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.
 
(c) Effective Rate.  Borrower agrees to pay an effective rate of interest that is the sum of (i) the interest rate provided in this Agreement and (ii) any additional rate of interest resulting from any other charges or fees paid or to be paid in connection herewith that are determined to be interest or in the nature of interest.  Any other provision of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, Lender and Borrower agree that none of the terms and provisions contained herein or in any of the Loan Documents shall be construed to create a contract for the use, forbearance or detention of money requiring payment of interest at a rate in excess of the maximum interest rate permitted to be charged by the Requirements of Laws of the State of Utah.  In such event, if any holder of the Note shall collect monies which are deemed to constitute interest which would otherwise increase the effective interest rate on the Note to a rate in excess of the maximum rate permitted to be charged by applicable Requirements of Law, all such sums deemed to constitute interest in excess of such maximum rate shall, at the option of the holder, be credited to the payment of other amounts payable under the Loan Documents or returned to Borrower.
 
(d) Inability to Determine Interest Rate.  If Lender determines that (i) quotations of interest rates for the relevant deposits referred to in the definition of Adjusted LIBOR Rate are not being provided for purposes of determining the interest rate on a LIBOR Rate Advance as provided in this Agreement, or (ii) the relevant interest rates referred to in the definition of Adjusted LIBOR Rate do not accurately cover the cost to Lender of making, funding or maintaining LIBOR Rate Advances, then Lender shall, at Lender’s option, give notice of such circumstances to Borrower, whereupon (A) the obligation of Lender to make LIBOR Rate Advances shall be suspended until Lender notifies Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to the suspension no longer exists, and (B) Borrower shall repay in full the then outstanding principal amount of each LIBOR Rate Advance, together with accrued interest, on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable to the LIBOR Rate Advance; provided, however, that, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Borrower shall be entitled to simultaneously replace the entire outstanding balance of any LIBOR Rate Advance repaid in accordance with this Section with an Advance bearing interest at the CB Floating Rate plus the Applicable Margin for CB Floating Rate Advances in the same amount. If Lender determines on any day that quotations of interest rates for the relevant deposits referred to in the definition of Adjusted One Month LIBOR Rate are not being provided for purposes of determining the interest rate on any CB Floating Rate Advance on any day, then each CB Floating Rate Advance shall bear interest at the Prime Rate plus the Applicable Margin for CB Floating Rate Advances until Lender determines that quotations of interest rates for the relevant deposits referred to in the definition of Adjusted One Month LIBOR Rate are being provided.
 
(e) Computation of Interest.  Interest shall be computed by applying the ratio of the annual Interest Rate over a year of three hundred sixty (360) days, multiplied by the outstanding principal balance, multiplied by the actual number of days the principal balance is outstanding.
 

 
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2.6 Payment of Principal and Interest; Application of Payments.
 
(a) Payments of Interest.  Commencing on the Payment Date occurring in April 2011, and continuing on each monthly Payment Date thereafter, installments of all accrued and outstanding interest under the Revolving Loan and the Term Loan shall be due and payable by Borrower to Lender.
 
(b) Principal Payments; Maturity.
 
(i) Revolving Loan Principal; Payment at Maturity.  The outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loan, together with all unpaid accrued interest thereon, and all other amounts payable by Borrower with respect to the Revolving Loan pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents, shall be due and payable on the Revolving Loan Maturity Date in lawful money of the United States of America.
 
(ii) Term Loan Principal; Payment at Maturity.  The outstanding principal balance of the Term Loan as of the end of the Draw Period shall be paid during the Term-Out Period in twenty-four (24) equal monthly installments commencing October 1, 2011 and on each Payment Date thereafter through the Term Loan Maturity Date.  All outstanding principal under the Term Loan, together with all unpaid accrued interest thereon, and all other amounts payable by Borrower with respect to the Term Loan pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents, shall be due and payable on the Term Loan Maturity Date in lawful money of the United States of America.
 
(c) Early Termination of Revolving Loan.  Borrower shall have the right to terminate the Revolving Loan at any time prior to the Revolving Loan Maturity Date by (i) giving written notice of its intent to do so to Lender; (ii) paying the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loan, together with all unpaid accrued interest thereon, and all other amounts payable by Borrower with respect to the Revolving Loan Note or pursuant to the terms of any other Loan Documents; and (iii) paying the Early Termination Fee.
 
(d) Application of Payments.  Unless otherwise agreed to in writing or otherwise required by applicable Requirements of Law, payments will be applied first to accrued, unpaid interest, then to any unpaid collection costs, late charges and other charges, and any remaining amount to principal; provided, however, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender reserves the right to apply payments among principal, interest, late charges, collection costs and other charges at its sole and absolute discretion.
 
(e) No Deductions.  All payments of principal or interest hereunder or under the Note shall be made (i) without deduction of any present and future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, which amounts shall be paid by Borrower, and (ii) without any other set off.  Borrower will pay the amounts necessary such that the gross amount of the principal and interest received by Lender is not less than that required hereby and by the Note.
 
(f) Authorization for Direct Payments (ACH Debits).  To effectuate any payment due hereunder or under any other Loan Documents, Borrower hereby authorizes Lender to initiate debit entries to Borrower’s account number at Lender identified by Borrower to Lender in writing and to debit the same to such account.  This authorization to initiate debit entries shall remain in full force and effect until Lender has received written notification of its termination in such time and in such manner as to afford Lender a reasonable opportunity to act on it.  Borrower represents that Borrower is and will be the owner of all funds in such account.  Borrower acknowledges: (i) that such debit entries may cause an overdraft of such account which may result in Lender’s refusal to honor items drawn on such account until adequate deposits are made to such account; (ii) that Lender is under no
 

 
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duty or obligation to initiate any debit entry for any purpose; and (iii) that if a debit is not made because the above-referenced account does not have a sufficient available balance, or otherwise, the payment may be late or past due.
 
(g) Late Charges.  If any payment of interest or principal required pursuant to any provision of this Agreement is not received by Lender within ten (10) days after its due date, then, in addition to the other rights and remedies of Lender pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Borrower will be charged five percent (5.0%) of the regularly scheduled payment or Twenty-Five and No/100 Dollars ($25.00), whichever is greater, up to the maximum amount of One Thousand Five Hundred and No/100 Dollars ($1,500.00) per late charge.  Such late charge will be immediately due and payable and is in addition to any other costs, fees, and expenses that Borrower may owe as a result of such late payment.
 
2.7 Manner and Time of Payment.  All amounts payable by Borrower on or with respect to the Loan, or pursuant to the terms of any other Loan Documents, shall be paid without condition or reservation of right, in lawful money of the United States of America at 201 South Main Street, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111, or at such other place as Lender may from time to time designate in writing, not later than 1:00 p.m. (Utah time), in same day funds, on the date due, and to such account of Lender as Lender may designate; funds received by Lender after that time shall be deemed to have been paid on the next succeeding Business Day.  If any payment would otherwise be due on a day which is not a Business Day, the payment instead shall be due on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in computing the interest due in respect of said payment.
 
2.8 Illegality.  If any applicable domestic or foreign law, treaty, rule or regulation now or later in effect (whether or not it now applies to Lender or its Affiliates) or the interpretation or administration thereof by a governmental authority charged with such interpretation or administration, or compliance by Lender or its Affiliates with any guideline, request or directive of such an authority (whether or not having the force of law), shall make it unlawful or impossible for Lender or its Affiliates to maintain or fund the LIBOR Rate Advances evidenced by the Note, then, upon notice to Borrower by Lender, the outstanding principal amount of the LIBOR Rate Advances, together with accrued interest and any other amounts payable to Lender under the Note or the other Loan Documents on account of the LIBOR Rate Advances shall be repaid (a) immediately upon Lender’s demand if such change or compliance with such requests, in Lender’s judgment, requires immediate repayment, or (b) at the expiration of the last Interest Period to expire before the effective date of any such change or request; provided, however, that subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Borrower shall be entitled to simultaneously replace the entire outstanding balance of any LIBOR Rate Advance in accordance with this Section with a CB Floating Rate Advance in the same amount.
 
2.9 Additional Costs. If any applicable domestic or foreign law, treaty, government rule or regulation now or later in effect (whether or not it now applies to Lender or its Affiliates) or the interpretation or administration thereof by a governmental authority charged with such interpretation or administration, or compliance by Lender or its Affiliates with any guideline, request or directive of such an authority generally applicable to financial institutions (whether or not having the force of law), shall (a) affect the basis of taxation of payments to Lender of any amounts payable by Borrower under the Note or the other Loan Documents (other than taxes imposed on the overall net income of Lender by the jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority of the jurisdiction in which Lender has its principal office), or (b) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement (including, without limitation, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation deposit insurance premiums or assessments) against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by Lender, or (c) impose any other condition with respect to the Note or the other Loan Documents and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to Lender of extending, maintaining or funding any Advance or to reduce the amount of any sum receivable by Lender on any Advance, or (d) affect the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by Lender (or any corporation controlling Lender) and Lender determines that the amount of such capital is
 

 
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increased by or based upon the existence of Lender’s obligations under the Note or the other Loan Documents and the increase has the effect of reducing the rate of return on Lender’s (or its controlling corporation’s) capital as a consequence of the obligations under the Note or the other Loan Documents to a level below that which Lender (or its controlling corporation) could have achieved but for such circumstances (taking into consideration its policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by Lender to be material, then Borrower shall pay to Lender, from time to time, upon request by Lender, additional amounts sufficient to compensate Lender for the increased cost or reduced sum receivable; provided, however, that Borrower shall not be required to compensate Lender for any increased costs or reduced sums receivable incurred more than 180 days prior to the date Borrower receives the Lender’s notice described in the next sentence. Whenever Lender shall learn of circumstances described in this Section which are likely to result in additional costs to Borrower, Lender shall give prompt written notice to Borrower of the basis for and the estimated amount of any such anticipated additional costs.  A statement as to the amount of the increased cost or reduced sum receivable, prepared in good faith and in reasonable detail by Lender and submitted by Lender to Borrower, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error in computation.  If Lender requests any compensation from Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.9, Borrower shall have the right immediately to terminate this Agreement, without any Early Termination Fee, upon the indefeasible payment in full of all Loans then outstanding together with all unpaid accrued interest thereon at the rate applicable prior to Lender’s request, and all other amounts payable by Borrower with respect to the Obligations or pursuant to the terms of any other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, the amount of any compensation due pursuant to this Section 2.9 and accrued prior to the date of Borrower’s termination of this Agreement.
 
2.10 Bank Records.  Lender shall, in the ordinary course of business, make notations in its records of the date, amount, interest rate and Interest Period of each Advance hereunder, the amount of each payment on the Advances, and other information. Such records shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive as to the outstanding principal balance of and interest rate or rates applicable to the Note.
 
2.11 Guaranty.  Payment of the Note and performance of Borrower’s obligations hereunder shall be unconditionally guaranteed by Guarantor pursuant to the Guaranty and secured by, among other things, the Security Agreement, which shall be a first priority security interest in and to all of the personal property assets of Borrower and Guarantor, as more fully described in the Security Agreement, subject to Permitted Exceptions.
 
2.12 Security.  Payment of the Note shall be secured by and/or guaranteed by, among other things, the following:
 
(a) the Guaranty;
 
(b) the Security Agreement, which shall secure the Obligations and the Guaranty and be a first priority security interest in and to all of the personal property assets of Borrower and Guarantor, as more fully described in the Security Agreement, subject to Permitted Exceptions;
 
(c) the Stock Pledge Agreement, which shall secure the Obligations and be a first priority security interest in and to the Pledged Securities, subject to Permitted Exceptions; and
 
(d) the Account Control Agreement, which shall secure the Obligations and the Guaranty and perfect the security interest given to Collateral Agent in and to all of Borrower’s and Guarantor’s deposit accounts described therein.
 
2.13 Fees and Expenses.
 
(a) Unused Commitment Fee.  During the term hereof, Borrower shall pay to Lender the applicable Unused Commitment Fee on each Quarterly Payment Date.  The Unused Commitment
 

 
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Fee shall be calculated on a quarterly basis and payable quarterly in arrears for the calendar quarter or portion thereof throughout the term of the Revolving Loan and on the Revolving Loan Maturity Date.
 
(b) Early Termination Fee.  As set forth in Section 2.6(c) above, Borrower shall pay to Lender the Early Termination Fee in the event Borrower elects to terminate the Revolving Loan prior to the Revolving Loan Maturity Date.
 
(c) Additional Provisions Regarding Fees.  The fees described in this Section 2.13 shall be payable in addition to, and not in lieu of, interest, expense reimbursements, indemnification and other Obligations.  Borrower acknowledges that all fees and other amounts described in this Section 2.13 have been fully earned by Lender at the time of payment and are non-refundable to Borrower in the event this Agreement is terminated or expires as provided herein.  All fees specified or referred to in this Agreement shall bear interest, if not paid when due, at the Default Interest Rate.  Borrower hereby authorizes Lender, at its sole option and direction, without prior notice to Borrower, to make a Revolving Loan Advance in the amount of any of the fees provided for in this Section 2.13 if not paid within ten (10) days of when due.
 
ARTICLE 3
 

 
LETTERS OF CREDIT
 
3.1 Issuance of Letters of Credit.
 
(a) Issuance of Letters of Credit.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the policies, procedures, and requirements of Lender for issuance of Letters of Credit in effect from time to time, Lender agrees to issue, from time to time on or before the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, Letters of Credit upon request by and for the account of Borrower.  Unless otherwise approved by Lender, Letters of Credit (i) will expire on the earlier of the date stated therein or thirty (30) days prior to the Revolving Loan Maturity Date; and (ii) will not exceed, in the aggregate stated amount outstanding at any time, the lesser of (A) Letter of Credit Limit or (B) the difference between the Revolving Loan Amount and the then outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loan.  Each reference in this Agreement to “issue” or “issuance” or other forms of such words in relation to Letters of Credit will also include any extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit.  Requests for the issuance of a Letter of Credit will be processed by Lender in accordance with its policies, procedures, and requirements then in effect.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender may suspend or terminate its agreement to issue Letters of Credit hereunder.
 
(b) Issuance Procedures.  Lender’s obligation to issue Letters of Credit is expressly conditioned upon the receipt and approval by Lender, in its sole and absolute discretion, of each of the following items and the satisfaction by Borrower of the following conditions:
 
(i) Borrower shall deliver to Lender the Letter of Credit Application and Agreement in form and content satisfactory to Lender, duly executed (and acknowledged where necessary) by the appropriate parties thereto.
 
(ii) The stated face amount of the requested Letter of Credit, when aggregated with the stated face amount of all Letters of Credit then issued and outstanding, will not exceed the Letter of Credit Limit.
 
(iii) The stated face amount of the requested Letter of Credit, when aggregated with (A) the stated face amount of all Letters of Credit then issued and outstanding and (B) the then outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loan, will not exceed the Revolving Loan Amount.
 

 
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(iv) The representations and warranties of Borrower contained in all of the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of each issuance as though made on and as of that date (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date) and no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing as of the date of issuance of the Letter of Credit or request therefor.
 
3.2 Reimbursement Obligations.
 
(a) Borrower hereby agrees to pay to Lender the following (collectively, the “Reimbursement Obligations”):
 
(i) On the date of each drawing under a Letter of Credit, a sum equal to (A) the amount of such drawing under the Letter of Credit to the extent actually paid by Lender plus (B) any and all transaction charges or other charges and expenses which Lender may pay or incur relative to the drawing or Letter of Credit;
 
(ii) All payments or drawings due and owing to Lender which are related to any Letter of Credit shall bear interest payable from the date such amounts become payable (in the case of an amount payable on demand, from the date Lender is first entitled to demand payment, regardless as to whether a demand for payment is actually made) until payment in full, at an annual rate at all times equal to the Letter of Credit Interest Rate, but in no event above the maximum rate permitted by law.  Interest accruing pursuant to this Section 3.2(a)(ii) shall be due and payable on the day on which amounts due hereunder are paid or earlier upon demand of Lender.  All interest becoming due and payable under this Agreement shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a year of 360 days.
 
(b) The Reimbursement Obligations shall be paid as herein provided without notice from or demand of Lender to Borrower.  The Reimbursement Obligations and the other obligations from Borrower to Lender shall at all times be full recourse obligations of Borrower.
 
(c) Lender, in its sole and absolute discretion, is authorized, but not obligated, to make Advances under the Note without notice to Borrower or any Guarantor to satisfy any amounts owing to Lender by Borrower as a result of any drawing.
 
3.3 Obligations Absolute.  The Reimbursement Obligations of Borrower shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Letter of Credit Application and Agreement, under all circumstances whatsoever, including, without limitation, the following circumstances:
 
(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of a Letter of Credit or any of the Loan Documents;
 
(b) any amendment or waiver of or any consent to or departure from a Letter of Credit or any of the Loan Documents;
 
(c) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right which Borrower may have at any time against Lender, any holder of a Letter of Credit, or any other person or entity, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated herein or in any of the Loan Documents or any unrelated transactions; or
 

 
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(d) any statement or any other document presented under or in connection with a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect whatsoever.
 
3.4 Assumption of Risk and Liability.  Borrower hereby assumes all risk of the acts or omissions of any holder of a Letter of Credit, and any beneficiary or transferee of a Letter of Credit with respect to its use of a Letter of Credit.  Neither Lender nor any of its employees, officers, directors, agents or representatives shall be liable or responsible for:
 
(a) the use which may be made of a Letter of Credit or for any acts or omissions of Lender in connection therewith;
 
(b) the validity, sufficiency or genuineness of documents, or of any endorsements thereon, whether submitted in connection with a drawing under a Letter of Credit, or otherwise, even if such documents or endorsements should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, fraudulent, forged, inaccurate or untrue;
 
(c) payment by Lender against presentation of documents which do not strictly comply with the terms of a Letter of Credit, including failure of any such documents to bear reference or adequate reference to a Letter of Credit or the failure of any holder or beneficiary of a Letter of Credit to comply fully with conditions required in order to obtain honor of a drawing under a Letter of Credit;
 
(d) the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason;
 
(e) omissions, interruptions, losses or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages by mail, cable, telegraph, telex, telephone, facsimile transmission or otherwise;
 
(f) any loss or delay in the transmission of any document or draft required in order to make a drawing under a Letter of Credit; or
 
(g) any other circumstances whatsoever in making or failing to make payment under a Letter of Credit.
 
ARTICLE 4
 
LOAN CLOSING; INITIAL ADVANCE
 
4.1 Conditions Precedent.  Lender’s obligation to close the Loan and to disburse the initial Advance and to perform the remainder of its obligations under this Agreement are expressly conditioned upon the receipt and approval by Lender, in its sole and absolute discretion, of each of the following items and the satisfaction by Borrower of the following conditions on or before the Closing Date unless otherwise waived by Lender in its sole and absolute discretion:
 
(a) Borrower’s payment of all fees and costs payable under this Agreement;
 
(b) Receipt, review and approval by Lender of copies of the Borrower Operating Documents and the Guarantor Operating Documents;
 
(c) The representations and warranties of Borrower and/or Guarantor in Article 5 and elsewhere in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects;
 

 
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(d) No Event of Default shall exist and be continuing;
 
(e) Receipt, review and approval by Lender, in its sole discretion, of such financial statements and tax returns for Borrower and/or Guarantor as Lender may require;
 
(f) A determination by Lender that the Collateral provides an adequate loan-to-value coverage ratio for the Loan and all Other Loans which are secured by the Collateral;
 
(g) The original certificates representing the Pledged Securities, together with blank transfer powers in form and substance acceptable to Lender shall have been delivered to Lender;
 
(h) Receipt, review and approval by Lender of the policies of insurance required under Article 6 hereof;
 
(i) Borrower’s delivery to Lender of the following documents, in form and content satisfactory to Lender, duly executed (and acknowledged where necessary) by the appropriate parties thereto:
 
(i) This Agreement;
 
(ii) The Revolving Loan Note;
 
(iii) The Term Loan Note
 
(iv) An Amended and Restated Guaranty;
 
(v) An Amended and Restated Security Agreement;
 
(vi) Any Financing Statements deemed necessary or advisable by Lender to be filed with the Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Corporations and Commercial Code or any other filing office;
 
(vii) A closing certificate from Borrower and each Guarantor;
 
(viii) Resolutions of the directors, members, managers, or partners of Borrower and Guarantor, as applicable, approving the Loan Documents and the Guarantor Loan Documents; and
 
(ix) Such other documents that Lender may require in its sole and absolute discretion.
 
Borrower acknowledges and agrees that in addition to the Loan Documents listed above in this Section 4.1(i), the following Loan Documents were executed and/or delivered in connection with the Original Loan Agreement prior to the date hereof, and continue in full force and effect, as modified or amended to date: (1) the Stock Pledge Agreement; (2) the original certificates representing the Pledged Securities; (3) blank stock transfer powers executed by the holders of all Pledged Securities in favor of Lender; (4) an acknowledgement and consent to the pledge of the Pledged Securities pursuant to the Stock Pledge Agreement from each issuer of the Pledged Securities; (5) the Account Control Agreement; (6) the Financing Statements specifically identified in the definition of such term contained in this Agreement; (7) closing certificates from Borrower and each Guarantor; and (8) resolutions of the directors, members, managers, or partners of Borrower and Guarantor, as applicable, approving the Original Loan Agreement and related documents.
 

 
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ARTICLE 5
 
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
 
5.1 Consideration.  As an inducement to Lender to execute this Agreement and to disburse the proceeds of the Loan, Borrower represents and warrants to Lender that the following statements set forth in this Article 5 are true, correct and complete as of the date hereof and will be true, correct and complete as of the Closing Date.
 
5.2 Organization, Powers, Good Standing and Subsidiaries.
 
(a) Organization and Powers.  Each of Borrower and Guarantor is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Utah.  Borrower and Guarantor have all requisite power and authority, rights and franchises to own and operate their properties, to carry on their businesses as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, and to enter into and perform this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.  The address of Borrower’s chief executive office and principal place of business is 2200 West Parkway Blvd., Salt Lake City, Utah 84119.
 
(b) Good Standing.  Borrower and Guarantor have made all filings and each is in good standing in the State of Utah, and in each other jurisdiction in which the character of the property it owns or the nature of the business it transacts makes such filings necessary or where failure to make such filings would result in a Material Adverse Change.
 
(c) Organizational Identification Number.  The organizational identification number of Borrower and each Guarantor, as defined and contemplated by the Utah Uniform Commercial Code, is as set forth in the Financing Statement.
 
(d) Subsidiaries.  Schedule 5.2(d) attached hereto sets forth a complete list of Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries, including the percentage of voting stock in each Subsidiary owned, directly or indirectly, by Borrower.
 
5.3 Authorization of Loan Documents.
 
(a) Authorization.  The execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents (to which Borrower or Guarantor, respectively, is a party) by (i) Borrower are within Borrower’s corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary action by Borrower and its directors and shareholders; and (ii) Guarantor are within Guarantor’s corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary action by Guarantor and its directors and shareholders.
 
(b) No Conflict.  The execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents by Borrower will not violate (i) the Borrower Operating Documents; (ii) any legal requirement affecting Borrower or any of its properties except where a violation of such requirement would not result in a Material Adverse Change; or (iii) any agreement to which Borrower is bound or to which it is a party, except where a violation of any such agreement would not result in a Material Adverse Change, and will not result in or require the creation (except as provided in or contemplated by this Agreement) of any Lien or Encumbrance upon any of such properties.  The execution, delivery and performance of the Guarantor Loan Documents by Guarantor will not violate (1) any provision of the Guarantor Operating Documents; (2) any legal requirement affecting Guarantor or any of Guarantor’s respective properties except where a violation of such requirement would not result in a Material Adverse Change; or (3) any agreement to which Guarantor is bound or to which Guarantor is a party, except where a violation of any such agreement would not result in a Material Adverse Change, and will not result in or require the creation (except as provided in or contemplated by this Agreement) of any Lien or Encumbrance upon any of such properties.
 

 
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(c) Governmental and Private Approvals.  All governmental or regulatory orders, consents, permits, authorizations and approvals required for the present use and operation of Borrower’s business and the Collateral have been obtained and are in full force and effect, except where failure to obtain such orders, consents, permits, authorizations or approvals would not result in a Material Adverse Change.  To the knowledge of Borrower, no additional governmental or regulatory actions, filings or registrations with respect to Borrower’s business and the Collateral, and no approvals, authorizations or consents of any trustee or holder of any Indebtedness or obligation of Borrower or Guarantor are required for the due execution, delivery and performance by Borrower or Guarantor of their respective duties and obligations under the Loan Documents or the Guarantor Loan Documents.
 
(d) Binding Obligations.  This Agreement and the other Loan Documents have been duly executed by Borrower, and are legally valid and binding obligations of Borrower, enforceable against Borrower in accordance with their terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Requirements of Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.  The Guarantor Loan Documents have been duly executed by Guarantor, and are the legally valid and binding obligations of Guarantor, enforceable against Guarantor in accordance with their terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Requirements of Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.
 
5.4 No Material Defaults.  There exists no material violation of or material default by Borrower and, to the knowledge of Borrower, no event has occurred which, upon the giving of notice or the passage of time, or both, would constitute a material default, which in each case, would result in a Material Adverse Change, with respect to the terms of (a) any instrument evidencing or securing any Indebtedness of Borrower or Guarantor, (b) any instrument evidencing or securing any Indebtedness secured by the Collateral, (c) any agreement affecting the Collateral, (d) any license, permit, statute, ordinance, Requirements of Law, judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree, rule, or regulation of any Governmental Authority, or any determination or award of any arbitrator, to which Borrower, Guarantor or the Collateral is a party or may be bound, or (e) any document, instrument, or agreement by which Borrower, or any of its properties, is bound and, with respect to this clause (e), (i) which involves any Loan Document, (ii) which involves the Collateral and is not adequately covered by insurance, (iii) which might materially and adversely affect the ability of Borrower or Guarantor to perform its respective obligations under any of the Loan Documents or any other material document, instrument, or agreement to which it is a party, or (iv) which, subject to the Permitted Exceptions, might adversely affect the first priority of the liens created by this Agreement, the Security Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.
 
5.5 Litigation; Adverse Facts.  Except as disclosed on Schedule 5.5 attached hereto, there is no action, suit, investigation, proceeding, or arbitration (whether or not purportedly on behalf of Borrower or Guarantor) at law or in equity or before or by any foreign or domestic court or other governmental entity (a “Legal Action”), pending or, to the knowledge of Borrower, threatened in writing against or affecting the Collateral, Borrower or Guarantor, individually or in the aggregate in excess of $500,000, which would result in any Material Adverse Change.  Neither Borrower nor Guarantor is (a) in violation of any applicable Requirements of Law which violation would result in a Material Adverse Change, (b) subject to, or in default with respect to, any other legal requirement that would result in a Material Adverse Change, or (c) in default with respect to any agreement to which Borrower or Guarantor is a party or to which either is bound where such default would result in a Material Adverse Change.  There is no Legal Action pending or, to the knowledge of Borrower or Guarantor, threatened in writing against or affecting Borrower or Guarantor questioning the validity or the enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.
 
5.6 Title to Properties; Liens.  Each of Borrower and Guarantor has good, sufficient, and legal title to the Collateral and all other properties and assets reflected in its most recent balance sheet delivered to Lender, except (a) for assets disposed of in the ordinary course of business since the date of such balance
 

 
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sheet, (b) for Permitted Exceptions and (c) where failure to have such title would not result in a Material Adverse Change.  Borrower and/or Guarantor, as applicable, is the sole owner of the Collateral, and the Collateral is free from any adverse Lien or Encumbrance, security interest, or encumbrance of any kind whatsoever, excepting only Liens or Encumbrances and security interests in favor of Lender or Collateral Agent, Permitted Exceptions and other matters which have been approved in writing by Lender in its sole and absolute discretion.  All Liens and Encumbrances against Borrower or Guarantor in effect on the Closing Date (and which are included as Permitted Exceptions under clause (e) of the definition of Permitted Exceptions) are set forth on Schedule 5.6 attached hereto.
 
5.7 Disclosure.  To the knowledge of Borrower, there is no fact that would result in a Material Adverse Change which has not been disclosed in this Agreement or in other documents, certificates, and written statements furnished to Lender in connection herewith.
 
5.8 Payment of Taxes.  All tax returns and reports of Borrower and Guarantor which are required to be filed by Borrower or Guarantor have been timely filed, and all taxes, assessments, fees, and other governmental charges upon Borrower or Guarantor, and upon their respective properties, assets, income, and franchises which are due and payable have been paid when due and payable, except, in each case, where failure to do so would not result in a Material Adverse Change.  Borrower knows of no proposed tax assessment against it that would result in a Material Adverse Change, and neither Borrower nor Guarantor has contracted with any government entity in connection with such taxes.  To the knowledge of Borrower, all tax returns and reports of Guarantor required to be filed have been timely filed, and all taxes, assessments, fees, and other governmental charges upon Guarantor and upon its properties, assets, income, and franchises which are due and payable have been paid when due and payable, except, in each case, where failure to do so would not result in a Material Adverse Change.
 
5.9 Securities Activities.  Neither Borrower nor Guarantor is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock (as defined within Regulations G, T, and U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), and not more than twenty-five percent (25.0%) of the value of Borrower’s and/or Guarantor’s assets consists of such margin stock.  No part of the Loan will be used to purchase or carry any margin stock or to extend credit to others for that purpose or for any other purpose that violates the provisions of Regulations U or X of said Board of Governors.  No portion of any Advance or of Loan proceeds shall be used directly or indirectly to purchase ineligible securities, as defined by applicable regulations of the Federal Reserve Board, underwritten by any affiliate of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. during the underwriting period and for thirty (30) days thereafter.
 
5.10 Government Regulations.  Neither Borrower nor Guarantor is subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Federal Power Act, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935,  or any other federal or state statute or regulation limiting its ability in incur Indebtedness for money borrowed.
 
5.11 Rights to Property Agreements, Permits, and Licenses.  Borrower and/or Guarantor is the true owner of all rights in and to all existing agreements, permits, and licenses relating to the Collateral, and will be the true owner of all rights in and to all future agreements, permits, and licenses relating to the Collateral, except, in each case, where failure to be such an owner would not result in a Material Adverse Change. Borrower’s and/or Guarantor’s interest in all such agreements, permits, and licenses is not subject to any present claim (other than the Permitted Exceptions, under the Loan Documents or as otherwise approved by Lender in its sole and absolute discretion), set-off, or deduction, other than in the ordinary course of business, which would result in a Material Adverse Change.
 
5.12 Compliance with Laws.  Borrower’s and Guarantor’s business does, and shall at all times, comply fully with all applicable Requirements of Law, except, in each case, where failure to comply would not result in a Material Adverse Change.  The Collateral, and the uses to which the Collateral are and will be put, shall at all times comply fully with all applicable Requirements of Laws, except, in each case, where failure to comply would not result in a Material Adverse Change.
 

 
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5.13 Financial Condition.  The financial statements and all financial data previously delivered to Lender in connection with the Loan or relating to Borrower or Guarantor are true, correct, and complete in all material respects.  Such financial statements comply with the requirements of this Agreement and fairly present the financial position of the parties who are the subject thereof as of the date thereof.  No Material Adverse Change has occurred and, except for this Loan and the Permitted Exceptions, no borrowings have been made by Borrower or Guarantor since the date thereof which are secured by, or might give rise to, a Lien or Encumbrance, security interest, or claim against the Collateral or the proceeds of the Loan or the Other Loans.
 
5.14 Personal Property.  Borrower and/or Guarantor is now, and shall continue to be, the sole owner of all personal property which constitutes a portion of the Collateral free from any adverse lien, security interest, or adverse claim of any kind whatsoever, except (a) Permitted Exceptions, (b) liens and security interests in favor of Lender or Collateral Agent, and (c) other matters which have been approved in writing by Lender in its sole and absolute discretion.
 
5.15 Other Loan Documents.  Each of the representations and warranties of Borrower or Guarantor contained in any of the other Loan Documents, the Guarantor Loan Documents or the agreements, guaranties, documents, or instruments now or hereafter evidencing, guarantying or securing the Indebtedness of Borrower or Guarantor under the Other Loans, as such agreements, guaranties, documents, and instruments may be amended, modified, extended, renewed, or supplemented from time to time, is true and correct in all material respects.  All of such representations and warranties are incorporated herein for the benefit of Lender.
 
5.16 Contracts; Labor Matters.  Except as disclosed to Lender in writing (a) neither Borrower nor Guarantor is subject to any charge, corporate restriction, judgment, decree or order, which would result in a Material Adverse Change; (b) no labor contract to which Borrower or Guarantor is a party or is otherwise subject is scheduled to expire prior to the Maturity Date except to the extent that such expiration would not result in a Material Adverse Change; (c) neither Borrower nor Guarantor has, within the two-year period preceding the date of this Agreement, taken any action which would have constituted or resulted in a “plant closing” or “mass layoff” within the meaning of the Federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 or any similar applicable federal, state or local Requirements of Law, and on the date hereof Borrower and Guarantor have no reasonable expectation that any such action is or will be required at any time prior to the initial Maturity Date; and (d) on the date of this Agreement (i) neither Borrower nor Guarantor is a party to any material labor dispute and (ii) there are no strikes or walkouts relating to any labor contracts to which Borrower or Guarantor is a party or is otherwise subject.
 
5.17 ERISA.  Each of Borrower and Guarantor is in compliance with ERISA in all material respects.  No Reportable Event or Prohibited Transaction (as defined in ERISA) or termination of any Pension Plan has occurred and no written notice of termination has been filed with respect to any Pension Plan published or maintained by Borrower or Guarantor that is subject to ERISA.  Neither Borrower nor Guarantor has incurred any material funding deficiency within the meaning of ERISA or any material liability to the PBGC in connection with any such plan established or maintained by Borrower or Guarantor.  Neither Borrower nor Guarantor is a party to any Multiemployer Plan.
 
5.18 Pension and Welfare Plans.  Each Pension Plan of Borrower or Guarantor complies in all material respects with all applicable statutes and governmental rules and regulations; no Reportable Event has occurred and is continuing with respect to any Pension Plan; neither Borrower nor Guarantor nor any ERISA Affiliate has withdrawn from any Multiemployer Plan in a “complete withdrawal” or a “partial withdrawal” as defined in Sections 4203 or 4205 of ERISA, respectively; no steps have been instituted by Borrower or Guarantor to terminate any Pension Plan; no contribution failure has occurred with respect to any Pension Plan sufficient to give rise to a Lien or Encumbrance under Section 302(f) of ERISA; no condition exists or event or transaction has occurred in connection with any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which could reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence by Borrower or Guarantor or any ERISA Affiliate of any material liability, fine or penalty; and neither Borrower nor Guarantor nor any ERISA Affiliate is a
 

 
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“contributing sponsor” as defined in Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA of a “single-employer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA which has two or more contributing sponsors at least two of whom are not under common control.  Neither Borrower nor Guarantor has any contingent liability with respect to any Welfare Plan which covers retired or terminated employees and their beneficiaries.
 
5.19 Occupational Safety and Health Matters.  Except as disclosed to Lender in writing, Borrower and each property, operation and facility that Borrower may own, operate or control (a) complies in all respects with all applicable Occupational Safety and Health Laws, except to the extent the noncompliance would not result in a Material Adverse Change; (b) is not subject to any judicial or administrative proceeding alleging the violation of any Occupational Safety and Health Law; (c) has not received any written notice (i) that it may be in violation of any Occupational Safety and Health Law, (ii) threatening the commencement of any proceeding relating to allegedly unlawful, unsafe or unhealthy conditions, or (iii) alleging that it is or may be responsible for any response, cleanup, or corrective action, including but not limited to any remedial investigation/feasibility studies, under any Occupational Safety and Health Law; (d) to Borrower’s knowledge, is not the subject of federal or state investigation evaluating whether any investigation, remedial action or other response is needed to respond to any allegedly unsafe or unhealthful condition; (e) has not filed any notice under or relating to any Occupational Safety and Health Law indicating or reporting any potentially unsafe or unhealthful condition, and there exists no basis for such notice irrespective of whether or not such notice was actually filed; and (f) has no contingent liability in connection with any unsafe or unhealthful condition.
 
ARTICLE 6
 
COVENANTS OF BORROWER
 
6.1 Consideration.  As an inducement to Lender to execute this Agreement and to make Advances hereunder, Borrower hereby covenants as set forth in this Article 6, which covenants shall remain in effect so long as the Note shall remain unpaid, unless otherwise waived by Lender in its sole and absolute discretion.
 
6.2 No Encumbrances.  Neither Borrower nor Guarantor will permit any Lien or Encumbrance to be made or filed against the Collateral, or any portion thereof, except for Permitted Exceptions, or permit any receiver, trustee, or assignee for the benefit of creditors to be appointed to take possession of the Collateral or any portion thereof.
 
6.3 Compliance with Laws.  Borrower will comply and, to the extent Borrower is able, will cause Guarantor to comply with all Requirements of Laws and requirements of all Governmental Authorities having jurisdiction over Borrower, Guarantor or the Collateral, except to the extent that noncompliance would not result in a Material Adverse Change.
 
6.4 Lender Inspections.  Upon reasonable prior notice, throughout the term of the Loan and during normal business hours, Borrower shall permit Lender and Lender’s representatives, inspectors, and consultants to enter upon the premises where any Collateral may be located and inspect the Collateral, to audit, examine, and copy all contracts, records (including, but not limited to, financial and accounting records pertaining to the Loan or the Collateral) which are kept at such premises or at Borrower’s offices, and to discuss the affairs, finances, and accounts of Borrower with representatives of Borrower and, to the extent Borrower is able, will cause others to provide access to Lender and Lender’s representatives, inspectors, and consultants to audit, examine, and copy all contracts, books, documents and records.
 
6.5 Intentionally Omitted.
 
6.6 Ownership of Collateral.  Borrower and/or Guarantor is and will be the sole owner of the Collateral (except as described in Section 5.6), whether acquired before or after the Closing Date, free from any adverse Lien or Encumbrance, security interest, or adverse claim of any kind whatsoever, except for
 

 
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Permitted Exceptions, security interests and Liens or Encumbrances in favor of the interest of a lessor pursuant to a lease of personal property approved by Lender and the Liens or Encumbrances and security interests approved by Lender pursuant to the Loan Documents.
 
6.7 Information and Statements.  Borrower shall deliver to Lender the following:
 
(a) Annual Financial Statements.  Within one hundred twenty (120) days of the end of its fiscal year, the complete consolidated financial statements of the Consolidated Entities, which shall consist of a balance sheet, statements of income, cash flow and retained earnings, and a schedule of contingent liabilities as of the end of such annual period, such financial statements to be audited by an independent certified public accountant of recognized standing acceptable to Lender in its reasonable discretion.  Lender consents to the engagement of KPMG.
 
(b) Quarterly Financial Statements.  Within sixty (60) days of the end of each fiscal quarter (other than the final quarter of a fiscal year), the complete consolidated financial statements of the Consolidated Entities which shall consist of a balance sheet, statements of income, cash flow and retained earnings, and a schedule of contingent liabilities as of the end of each such quarterly period, such financial statements to be certified as true and correct by the president or chief financial officer of Borrower.
 
(c) Other Information.  As soon as reasonably practicable, but in any event within thirty (30) days after a request therefor, such information concerning Borrower, Guarantor, any Subsidiaries thereof and the assets, business, financial condition, operations, property, prospects, and results of operations of Borrower, Guarantor and any other Subsidiaries thereof as Lender reasonably requests from time to time.
 
(d) Covenant Compliance Information.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Borrower will be required to timely deliver, as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any event within fifteen (15) days after a request therefor from Lender, such financial information as may be necessary to promptly and accurately calculate any financial ratio or covenant required under this Agreement, even if such information is not specifically enumerated herein.  Any review of any Borrower-prepared financial statements used to test any financial ratio or covenant will not waive Lender’s rights to require further review or audit of such information or any rights if such further review or audit indicates financial information contrary to Borrower-prepared financial statements.  Borrower agrees to deliver to Lender a Covenant Compliance Certificate at the same time as the delivery of the financial statements required pursuant to Sections 6.7(a) and (b).
 
(e) Intentionally Omitted.
 
6.8 Financial Covenants.  The Consolidated Entities shall not:
 
(a) Funded Debt to EBITDAR Ratio.  Permit its ratio of (A) total liabilities, plus the net present value of payments under operating leases at a discount rate of seven percent (7%), but excluding (1) accounts arising from the purchase of goods and services in the ordinary course of business, (2) accrued expenses or losses, and (3) deferred revenues or gains, to (B) net income, plus amortization expense, depreciation expense, interest expense, income tax expense, and rents and operating lease payments, less extraordinary gains and losses (collectively, “EBITDAR”), for the twelve (12) month period then ending, to be greater than 3.00 to 1.00 as of the end of each fiscal quarter of Borrower.
 
(b) Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.  Permit its ratio of (A) net income before income tax expense, plus amortization expense, depreciation expense, interest expense, rent and operating lease payments, minus any distributions or dividends, for the twelve (12) month period then ending, to (B)
 

 
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prior period current maturities of long term debt and capital leases, interest expense, cash taxes paid, rent and operating lease payments, for the same such period, to be less than 1.50 to 1.00 as of the end of each fiscal quarter of Borrower.
 
(c) Capital Expenditures.  Make Capital Expenditures, exclusive of curriculum development costs, in excess of $8,000,000.00 for each fiscal year of Borrower.
 
(d) Minimum Net Worth.  Permit its Net Worth to be less than SIXTY-SEVEN MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($67,000,000.00).  As used in this Section 6.8(d), the term “Net Worth” means the Consolidated Entities’ total assets less total liabilities, in each case as determined in accordance with GAAP.
 
Such covenant or any computations required to determine or test compliance with such covenant may be made by Lender at any time or times and in its sole and absolute discretion based on information available to Lender.
 
6.9 Representations and Warranties.  Until repayment of the Note and all other obligations secured by the Security Agreement, the representations and warranties of Article 5 shall remain true and complete in all material respects.
 
6.10 Trade Names.  Borrower and Guarantor shall promptly notify Lender in writing of any change in the legal, trade, or fictitious business names used by Borrower or Guarantor, or a change in the state of formation of Borrower or Guarantor, and shall, upon Lender’s request, authorize the preparation and filing of any additional financing statements and/or execute or cause to be executed any other certificates or documents necessary to reflect the change in legal, trade, or fictitious business names, or a change in state of formation.
 
6.11 Intentionally Omitted.
 
6.12 Notice of Litigation, Material Adverse Change or Event of Default.  Borrower will give, or cause to be given, prompt written notice to Lender of (a) any action or proceeding which is instituted by or against Borrower or Guarantor in any federal or state court, or before any commission or other regulatory body, federal, state or local, foreign or domestic, or any such proceedings which are threatened in writing against Borrower or Guarantor which, if adversely determined, would result in a Material Adverse Change, (b) any other action, event, or condition of any nature which would result in a Material Adverse Change, and (c) any actions, proceedings, or written notices adversely affecting the Collateral, or Lender’s or Collateral Agent’s interest therein, except to the extent any such action, proceeding or notice would not result in a Material Adverse Change, and (d) the occurrence of an Event of Default.
 
6.13 Intentionally Omitted.
 
6.14 Maintenance of Business.  Borrower and Guarantor shall maintain and preserve all rights and franchises material to their respective businesses.
 
6.15 Material Agreements.  Unless such actions would not result in a Material Adverse Change, Borrower shall not make, consent to, or permit any alteration, amendment, modification, release, waiver or termination of any material agreement to which it is a party without the prior written consent of Lender, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
 
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6.17 Transfer of Assets.  Unless such action would result in a Material Adverse Change (without taking into consideration subsections (iii) and (iv) of the definition of Material Adverse Change), Borrower and Guarantor may sell, convey, transfer, assign or dispose of any properties or assets, or any right, title or interest therein, or any part thereof, or enter into any lease covering all or any portion thereof or an undivided interest therein, either voluntarily, involuntarily, or otherwise; provided, however, that neither Borrower nor Guarantor shall sell, transfer, lease, or otherwise dispose of all or any substantial part of the assets, business, operations, or property of Borrower or Guarantor, other than such a sale, transfer, lease or disposition to Borrower or another Guarantor.
 
6.18 Dividends and Other Distributions.  The Consolidated Entities may directly or indirectly declare or pay dividends to its shareholders, members, partners or others on or on account of any shares, membership interests, partnership interests or other securities of any of the Consolidated Entities, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a result of such declaration or payment.
 
6.19 Change of Control.  Without the prior written consent of Lender, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, Borrower and Guarantor shall not cause, permit or suffer any Change of Control to occur.
 
6.20 Loans, Investments, Guaranties, Subordinations.  From and after the date hereof, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a result of such action, and provided that at any time the amounts involved do not exceed $1,000,000 in any individual case or $5,000,000 in the aggregate, the Consolidated Entities may, directly or indirectly (a) make loans or advances to other Persons, (b) purchase or otherwise acquire capital stock or other securities of other Persons, limited liability company interests or partnership interests in other Persons, or warrants or other options or rights to acquire capital stock or securities of other Persons or limited liability company interests or partnership interests in other Persons, (c) make capital contributions to other Persons, (d) otherwise invest in or acquire interests in other Persons, (e) guaranty or otherwise become obligated in respect of Indebtedness of other Persons, (f) subordinate claims against, or obligations of other Persons to, the Consolidated Entities to any other indebtedness of such Person, or (g) incur Indebtedness; provided, however, that, for the avoidance of doubt, (1) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a result of the taking of any of the foregoing actions, or if the amounts involved exceed the caps specified in this Section, the Consolidated Entities may not do or take any of the actions listed in this Section without the prior written consent of Lender and (2) the line of credit in the maximum principal amount of £100,000.00 incurred by Franklin Covey Europe, Ltd. incurred prior to and outstanding as of the Closing Date (and any refinance thereof up to such amount) shall not be subject to the caps specified in this Section.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the prior written consent of Lender shall not be required for intercompany transactions between or among the Consolidated Entities.
 
6.21 Acquisition of All or Substantially All Assets.  Unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a result of such action, and provided that the amounts involved do not exceed $1,000,000 in any individual case or $5,000,000 in the aggregate, Borrower and Guarantor may, directly or indirectly, acquire by purchase, lease, or otherwise all or substantially all of the assets of any other Person; provided, however, that, for the avoidance of doubt, (1) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a result of the taking of any of the foregoing actions, or if the amounts involved exceed the caps specified in this Section, Borrower or Guarantor may not do or take any of the actions listed in this Section without the prior written consent of Lender and (2) the amounts of any transactions entered into by any of the Consolidated Entities within sixty (60) days prior to the Closing Date shall be subject to the caps specified in this Section.
 
6.22 Government Regulation.  Borrower shall not (a) be or become subject at any time to any law, regulation, or list of any government agency (including, without limitation, the U.S. Office of Foreign Asset Control list) that prohibits or limits Lender from making any advance or extension of credit to Borrower or from otherwise conducting business with Borrower, or (b) fail to provide documentary and other evidence of Borrower’s identity as may be requested by Lender at any time to enable Lender to verify
 

 
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Borrower’s identity or to comply with any applicable law or regulation, including, without limitation, Section 326 of the USA Patriot Act of 2001, 31 U.S.C. Section 5318.
 
6.23 Intentionally Omitted.
 
6.24 Intentionally Omitted.
 
6.25 Additional Guarantors.  Upon the formation of any domestic Subsidiary of Borrower, Borrower shall cause such Subsidiary to be added as a Guarantor under the Guaranty.
 
ARTICLE 7
 
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
 
7.1 Events of Default.  The occurrence of any one or more of the following shall constitute an Event of Default under this Agreement:
 
(a) Failure by Borrower or Guarantor to pay any monetary amount within ten (10) days of the date when due under any Loan Document.
 
(b) Failure by Borrower or Guarantor to perform or comply with the provisions of Sections 6.2, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.10, 6.17, 6.18, 6.19, 6.20, or 6.21.
 
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 7.1, any failure by Borrower or Guarantor to perform any obligation not involving the payment of money, or to comply with any other term or condition applicable to Borrower or Guarantor under any Loan Document and the expiration of thirty (30) days after written notice of such failure by Lender to Borrower or Guarantor.
 
(d) The occurrence of a Material Adverse Change.
 
(e) Any representation or warranty by Borrower or Guarantor in any Loan Document is materially false, incorrect, or misleading as of the date made.
 
(f) Borrower or Guarantor (i) is unable or admits in writing Borrower’s or Guarantor’s inability to pay Borrower’s or Guarantor’s monetary obligations as they become due, (ii) fails to pay when due any monetary obligation, whether such obligation be direct or contingent, to any person in excess of $1,000,000, unless such obligation is being contested in good faith by Borrower or Guarantor, as determined by Lender in its reasonable discretion, (iii) makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (iv) applies for, consents to, or acquiesces in, the appointment of a trustee, receiver, or other custodian for Borrower or Guarantor or the property of Borrower or Guarantor or any part thereof, or in the absence of such application, consent, or acquiescence, a trustee, receiver, or other custodian is appointed for Borrower or Guarantor or the property of Borrower or Guarantor or any part thereof, and such appointment is not discharged within sixty (60) days.
 
(g) Commencement of any case under the Bankruptcy Code, Title 11 of the United State Code, or commencement of any other bankruptcy arrangement, reorganization, receivership, custodianship, or similar proceeding under any federal, state, or foreign Requirements of Law by or against Borrower or Guarantor and with respect to any such case or proceeding that is involuntary, and such case or proceeding is not dismissed with prejudice within sixty (60) days of the filing thereof.
 
(h) A final judgment or decree for monetary damages or a monetary fine or penalty (not subject to appeal or as to which the time for appeal has expired) is entered against Borrower or Guarantor by any Government Authority, which together with the aggregate amount of all other such
 

 
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judgments or decrees against Borrower or Guarantor that remain unpaid or that have not been discharged or stayed and are not covered by insurance, exceeds $250,000, and such judgment or decree is not paid and discharged or stayed or appealed within thirty (30) days after the entry thereof.
 
(i) The dissolution of Borrower or Guarantor or the commencement of any action or proceeding which seeks as one of its remedies the dissolution of Borrower or Guarantor.
 
(j) All or any material part of the Collateral of Borrower or Guarantor is attached, levied upon, or otherwise seized by legal process, and such attachment, levy, or seizure is not quashed, stayed, or released within twenty (20) days of the date thereof.
 
(k) The occurrence of any Transfer, unless Lender delivers to Borrower its prior written consent to such Transfer.
 
(l) Guarantor shall take any action to repudiate its Guaranty, or the Guaranty shall otherwise cease to be in full force and effect.
 
(m) The occurrence of any default and the failure to cure such default during applicable cure periods, if any, or an Event of Default, as such term is defined in any other Loan Document.
 
(n) Any failure, breach or default under the Other Loans, it being the intention and agreement of Lender and Borrower to cross-default the Loan and the Other Loans.
 
(o) The occurrence or existence of any default, event of default or other similar condition or event (however described) with respect to a Swap Agreement.
 
7.2 Remedies.
 
(a) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, upon the happening, and during the continuance, of any Event of Default under this Agreement, Lender’s obligation to make Advances or to issue Letters of Credit shall abate and Lender shall, at its option, have the remedies provided herein and in any other Loan Document, including, without limitation, the option to declare all outstanding indebtedness to be immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, and the following remedies:  (i) Lender may, at its option, apply any of Borrower’s or Guarantor’s funds in its possession to the outstanding indebtedness under the Note whether or not such indebtedness is then due; (ii) Lender or Collateral Agent may exercise all rights and remedies available to them under any or all of the Loan Documents; and (iii) Lender shall have the right to perform Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement.  All sums expended by Lender or Collateral Agent for such purposes shall be deemed to have been disbursed to and borrowed by Borrower and evidenced by the Note and secured by the Security Agreement.
 
(b) Borrower hereby constitutes and appoints Lender, or an independent contractor selected by Lender, during the continuance of an Event of Default, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution for the purposes of performance of Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement in the name of Borrower.  It is understood and agreed that the foregoing power of attorney shall be deemed to be a power coupled with an interest which cannot be revoked until repayment of the Loan.
 
(c) In addition to any other rights and remedies of Lender, if an Event of Default exists and is continuing, Lender is authorized at any time and from time to time during the continuance of the Event of Default, without prior notice to Borrower (any such notice being waived by Borrower to the fullest extent permitted by law) to set-off and apply any and all deposits or deposit accounts
 

 
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(general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held by Lender to or for the credit or the account of Borrower against any and all obligations of Borrower under the Loan Documents, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not Lender shall have made demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such amounts owed may be contingent or unmatured.  If Lender exercises such setoff right, Lender exercising such right agrees promptly to notify Borrower after any such setoff and application made by Lender; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
 
ARTICLE 8
 
MISCELLANEOUS
 
8.1 Assignment.  Borrower shall not assign any of its rights under this Agreement.
 
8.2 Notices.  All notices, requests, demands and consents to be made hereunder to the parties hereto shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or sent by registered mail or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested (except for any notice address which is a post office box, in which case notice may be given by first class mail), through the United States Postal Service to the addresses shown below, or such other address which the parties may provide to one another in accordance herewith.  Such notices, requests, demands and consents, if sent by mail, shall be deemed given two (2) Business Days after deposit in the United States mail, and if delivered by hand, shall be deemed given when delivered.
 

 
To Lender
 
or Collateral Agent:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
201 South Main Street, Suite 300
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
Attn:  Paul Sommer
 
with a copy to:
Holland & Hart LLP
222 South Main Street, Suite 2200
Salt Lake City, Utah 84101
Attn: Scott R. Irwin, Esq.
 
To Borrower:
Franklin Covey Co.
2200 West Parkway Blvd.
Salt Lake City, Utah 84119
Attn: Stephen D. Young
 
with a copy to:
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
136 South Main Street, Suite 1000
Salt Lake City, Utah 84101
Attn: Nolan S. Taylor, Esq.
 
8.3 Intentionally Omitted.
 
8.4 Inconsistencies with the Loan Documents.  In the event of any inconsistencies between the terms of this Agreement and any terms of any of the Loan Documents, the terms of this Agreement shall govern and prevail.
 
8.5 No Waiver.  No waiver by Lender of any Event of Default or conditions or covenants contained herein (including, without limitation, with respect to the making of Advances) shall extend to any subsequent or other Event of Default or conditions or covenants contained herein or impair any consequence of such subsequent Event of Default or conditions or covenants contained herein.
 

 
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8.6 Lender Approval of Instruments and Parties.  All proceedings taken in accordance with transactions provided for herein, and all surveys, appraisals, and documents required or contemplated by this Agreement and the persons responsible for the execution and preparation thereof shall be satisfactory to and subject to approval by Lender.  Lender’s counsel shall be provided with copies of all documents which they may reasonably request in connection with the Agreement.
 
8.7 Lender Determination of Facts.  Lender shall at all times be free to establish independently, to its satisfaction, the existence or nonexistence of any fact or facts, the existence or nonexistence of which is a condition of this Agreement.
 
8.8 Incorporation of Preamble, Recitals and Exhibits.  The preamble, recitals, and exhibits hereto are hereby incorporated into this Agreement.  Each of Borrower and Guarantor hereto acknowledges the accuracy of the recitals.
 
8.9 Payment of Expenses.  Borrower shall pay or cause to be paid all taxes and assessments and all expenses, charges, costs, and fees provided for in this Agreement or relating to the Loan or the Collateral, including, without limitation, any fees incurred for recording or filing any of the Loan Documents, fees of any consultants, reasonable fees and expenses of Lender’s or Collateral Agent’s counsel in negotiating, documenting, administering and enforcing the Loan, whether prior to or after the Closing Date, documentation and processing fees, printing, photostating and duplicating expenses, air freight charges, escrow fees, costs of inspections of the Collateral, and premiums of hazard insurance policies and surety bonds.  Borrower hereby authorizes Lender to disburse the proceeds of the Loan to pay such expenses, charges, costs, and fees notwithstanding that Borrower may not have requested a disbursement of such amount.  Lender may make such disbursements notwithstanding the fact that the Loan is not “in balance” or that Borrower is in default under the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.  Such disbursement shall be added to the outstanding principal balance of the Note.  The authorization hereby granted shall be irrevocable, and no further direction or authorization from Borrower shall be necessary for Lender to make such disbursements.  However, the provision of this Section 8.9 shall not prevent Borrower from paying such expense, charges, costs, and fees from its own funds.  All such expenses, charges, costs, and fees shall be Borrower’s obligation regardless of whether or not Borrower has requested and met the conditions for an Advance.  The obligations on the part of Borrower under this Section 8.9 shall survive the closing of the Loan and the repayment thereof.  Borrower hereby authorizes Lender, in its sole and absolute discretion, to pay such expenses, charges, costs, and fees at any time by a disbursement of the Loan.
 
8.10 Disclaimer by Lender.  Lender shall not be liable to any contractor, subcontractor, supplier, laborer, architect, engineer, or any other party for services performed or materials supplied in connection with the Collateral.  Neither Lender nor Collateral Agent shall be liable for any debts or claims accruing in favor of any such parties against Borrower or others or against the Collateral.  Borrower is not and shall not be an agent of Lender or Collateral Agent for any purpose.  Neither Lender nor Collateral Agent is a joint venture partner with Borrower in any manner whatsoever.  Prior to default by Borrower under this Agreement and the exercise of remedies granted herein, neither Lender nor Collateral Agent shall be deemed to be in privity of contract with any contractor or provider of services to the Collateral, nor shall any payment of funds directly to a contractor, subcontractor, or provider of services be deemed to create any third party beneficiary status or recognition of same by Lender or Collateral Agent.  Approvals granted by Lender for any matters covered under this Agreement shall be narrowly construed to cover only the parties and facts identified in any written approval or, if not in writing, such approvals shall be solely for the benefit of Borrower.
 
8.11 Indemnification.  TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, BORROWER AGREES TO PROTECT, INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND SAVE HARMLESS LENDER OR COLLATERAL AGENT, THEIR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS, ATTORNEYS, AND EMPLOYEES FOR, FROM, AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LIABILITY, EXPENSE, OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND OR NATURE AND FOR, FROM, AND AGAINST ANY SUITS, CLAIMS, OR DEMANDS, INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEY’S FEES AND EXPENSES ON ACCOUNT OF ANY MATTER OR THING
 

 
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OR ACTION, WHETHER IN SUIT OR NOT, ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH, EXCLUDING HOWEVER, ANY MATTERS ARISING OUT OF AN INDEMNIFIED PARTY’S GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OR ANY MATTERS ARISING AFTER EITHER OF LENDER OR COLLATERAL AGENT HAS TAKEN TITLE TO OR POSSESSION OF THE COLLATERAL.  Upon receiving knowledge of any suit, claim, or demand asserted by a third party that Lender or Collateral Agent believes is covered by this indemnity, Lender or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, shall give Borrower notice of the matter and an opportunity to defend it, at Borrower’s sole cost and expense, with legal counsel satisfactory to Lender or Collateral Agent, as the case may be.  Lender or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, may also require Borrower to so defend the matter.  The obligations on the part of Borrower under this Section 8.11 shall survive the closing of the Loan and the repayment thereof.
 
8.12 Titles and Headings.  The headings at the beginning of each section of this Agreement are solely for convenience and are not part of this Agreement.  Unless otherwise indicated, each reference in this Agreement to a section or an exhibit is a reference to the respective section herein or exhibit hereto.
 
8.13 Number and Gender.  In this Agreement the singular shall include the plural and the masculine shall include the feminine and neuter gender and vice versa, if the context so requires.
 
8.14 Brokers.  Borrower and Lender represent to each other that neither of them knows of any brokerage commissions or finders’ fee due or claimed with respect to the transaction contemplated hereby.  Borrower and Lender shall indemnify and hold harmless the other party for, from and against any and all loss, damage, liability, or expense, including costs and reasonable attorney fees, which such other party may incur or sustain by reason of or in connection with any misrepresentation by the indemnifying party with respect to the foregoing.
 
8.15 Change, Discharge, Termination, or Waiver.  No provision of this Agreement may be changed, discharged, terminated, or waived except in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the change, discharge, termination, or waiver is sought.  No failure on the part of Lender to exercise, and no delay by Lender in exercising, any right or remedy under the Loan Documents or under the law shall operate as a waiver thereof.
 
8.16 Choice of Law.  THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF UTAH WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.  THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS MAY BE TRIED AND LITIGATED IN THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF SALT LAKE, STATE OF UTAH OR, IN ANY OTHER COURT IN WHICH A PARTY SHALL INITIATE LEGAL OR EQUITABLE PROCEEDINGS AND WHICH HAS SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OVER THE MATTER IN CONTROVERSY.  EACH OF BORROWER AND LENDER WAIVES, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF SALT LAKE, STATE OF UTAH.
 
8.17 Disbursements in Excess of Loan Amount.  In the event the total disbursements by Lender exceed the amount of the Loan, to the extent permitted by the laws of the State of Utah, the total of all disbursements shall be secured by the Collateral.  All other sums expended by Lender pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Documents shall be deemed to have been paid to Borrower and shall be secured by, among other things, the Collateral.
 

 
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8.18 Participations; Assignments.  Lender shall have the right at any time to sell, assign, transfer, negotiate, or grant participations in all or any part of the Loan or the Note to one or more participants.  Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that any such disposition will give rise to a direct obligation of Borrower to each such participant.  Lender may at any time, without the consent of Borrower, assign all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement and the Note to a Federal Reserve Bank.  Borrower shall have the right, without any obligation to pay the Early Termination Fee, to terminate the Revolving Loan prior to the Revolving Loan Maturity Date within ninety (90) days after receiving written notice from Lender that it intends to assign or grant participations in the Revolving Loan, provided that Borrower otherwise complies with the requirements of Section 2.6(c) hereof.
 
8.19 Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one agreement.  Borrower and Lender agree and acknowledge that facsimile or electronic mail signature pages will be acceptable and shall be conclusive evidence of execution of any Loan Document, resolution or other agreement relating to the Loan.
 
8.20 Time is of the Essence.  Time is of the essence of this Agreement.
 
8.21 Attorneys’ Fees.  Borrower agrees to pay all costs of administration, enforcement and collection and preparation for any Event of Default or any action taken by Lender or Collateral Agent (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees), whether or not any action or proceeding is brought (including, without limitation, all such costs incurred in connection with any bankruptcy, receivership, or other court proceedings (whether at the trial or appellate level)), together with interest thereon from the date of demand at the Default Interest Rate.
 
8.22 Jury Waiver.  EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).  EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
 
8.23 Waiver of Special Damages. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, BORROWER SHALL NOT ASSERT, AND HEREBY WAIVES, ANY CLAIM AGAINST LENDER, ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES (AS OPPOSED TO DIRECT OR ACTUAL DAMAGES) ARISING OUT OF, IN CONNECTION WITH, OR AS A RESULT OF, THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY AGREEMENT OR INSTRUMENT CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, THE TRANSACTIONS, THE LOAN OR THE USE OF THE PROCEEDS THEREOF.
 
8.24 MISCELLANEOUS WAIVERS.  TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, BORROWER HEREBY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO REQUIRE MARSHALLING OF ASSETS BY LENDER.  WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (EACH, A “PROCEEDING”), BORROWER IRREVOCABLY (A) SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS HAVING JURISDICTION IN THE CITY OF SALT LAKE, COUNTY OF SALT LAKE AND STATE OF UTAH, AND (B) WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY HAVE AT ANY TIME TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT, WAIVES ANY CLAIM THAT ANY PROCEEDING HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN
 

 
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INCONVENIENT FORUM AND FURTHER WAIVES THE RIGHT TO OBJECT, WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PROCEEDING, THAT SUCH COURT DOES NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER SUCH PARTY.  NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL PRECLUDE LENDER FROM BRINGING A PROCEEDING IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION NOR WILL THE BRINGING OF A PROCEEDING IN ANY ONE OR MORE JURISDICTIONS PRECLUDE THE BRINGING OF A PROCEEDING IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.  BORROWER FURTHER AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT, IN ADDITION TO ANY METHODS OF SERVICE OF PROCESS PROVIDED FOR UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY PROCEEDING IN ANY UTAH STATE OR UNITED STATES COURT SITTING IN THE CITY OF SALT LAKE AND COUNTY OF SALT LAKE MAY BE MADE BY CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, DIRECTED TO BORROWER AT THE ADDRESS INDICATED BELOW, AND SERVICE SO MADE SHALL BE COMPLETE UPON RECEIPT; EXCEPT THAT IF BORROWER SHALL REFUSE TO ACCEPT DELIVERY, SERVICE SHALL BE DEEMED COMPLETE FIVE (5) DAYS AFTER THE SAME SHALL HAVE BEEN SO MAILED.
 
8.25 Integration.  The Loan Documents contain the complete understanding and agreement of Borrower and Lender and supersede all prior representations, warranties, agreements, arrangements, understandings, and negotiations. PURSUANT TO UTAH CODE ANNOTATED SECTION 25-5-4, BORROWER IS NOTIFIED THAT THE WRITTEN LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF ANY ALLEGED PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower and Lender acknowledge and agree that this Agreement shall not constitute a novation of the obligations and liabilities of Borrower under the Original Loan Agreement.
 
8.26 Binding Effect.  The Loan Documents will be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, Borrower and Lender and their respective successors and assigns.  Borrower may not delegate its obligations under the Loan Documents.
 
8.27 Survival.  The representations, warranties, and covenants of Borrower and the Loan Documents shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of the Loan.
 
8.28 Exchange of Information.  Borrower agrees that Lender may exchange financial information about Borrower or Guarantor with its affiliates and other related entities and its participants and prospective participants.  Borrower agrees that Lender may provide any information Lender may have about Borrower, Guarantor or about any matter relating to this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents to J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or their successors, or to any one or more purchasers or potential purchasers of the Loan.  Borrower agrees that Lender may at any time sell, assign, or transfer one or more interests or participations in all or any part of its rights or obligations in and to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to one or more purchasers whether or not related to or affiliated with Lender.  Borrower hereby authorizes Lender, at its sole discretion and without notice to or consent of Borrower or Guarantor, to disclose to Collateral Agent on a confidential basis any information, financial or otherwise, which it may possess concerning Borrower or Guarantor.
 
8.29 Regulation FD.  Lender acknowledges that it is aware, and Lender will advise its directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors (collectively, “Representatives”) who are informed as to the matters which are the subject of this Agreement, that the United States securities laws prohibit any Person who has received from an issuer material, non-public information concerning such issuer from purchasing or selling securities of such issuer or from communicating such information to any other Person under circumstances in which it is reasonably foreseeable that such Person is likely to purchase or sell securities.  Lender further agrees that it will keep, and it will advise its Representatives of its obligations to keep, confidential any material non-public information disclosed to Lender by Borrower or any Person acting on Borrower’s behalf.
 

 
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This Section 8.29 is a confidentiality agreement for purposes of Regulation FD promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
 
8.30 No Claims, etc.; Release. Borrower acknowledges and agrees that neither Borrower nor Guarantor has any claims, counterclaims, defenses, or set-offs with respect to the Loan or the Loan Documents.  Borrower fully, finally, and forever releases and discharges Lender and its successors, assigns, directors, officers, employees, agents, and representatives from any and all actions, causes of action, claims, debts, demands, liabilities, obligations, and suits, of whatever kind or nature, in law or equity, that Borrower has or in the future may have, whether known or unknown, in respect of the Loan, the Loan Documents, or the actions or omissions of Lender in respect of the Loan or the Loan Documents, in each case which arise from events occurring prior to the date of this Agreement.
 
8.31 USA PATRIOT ACT NOTIFICATION.  Required Notice:
 
USA PATRIOT ACT.  Lender hereby notifies Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies Borrower, which information includes the name and address of Borrower and other information that will allow Lender to identify Borrower in accordance with the Act.
 
8.32 Exhibits and Schedules.  The following exhibits and schedules to this Agreement are fully incorporated herein as if set forth at length:
 
Exhibit A – Form of Covenant Compliance Certificate
Exhibit B – Form of Request for Advance
Schedule 5.2(d) – Subsidiaries
Schedule 5.5 – Litigation
Schedule 5.6 – Existing Liens and Encumbrances
 
ARTICLE 9
 
COLLATERAL RELEASES
 
9.1 Full Release.  Unless either of Lender or Collateral Agent otherwise consents in writing, the Collateral or any part thereof shall not be released from the Lien and Encumbrance of the Security Agreement until all Indebtedness and Obligations of Borrower and Guarantor under the Loan Documents have been indefeasibly paid and performed in full.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Lender and Borrower have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
 
FRANKLIN COVEY CO.
a Utah corporation
 
 
By:
  /s/ Stephen D. Young
Name:
Stephen D. Young
Title:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
   "Borrower"
 
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
a national banking association
 
 
By:
  /s/ Toncy C. Nielsen
Name:
Tony C. Nielsen
Title:
Senior Vice President
  " Lender"
 

 
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EXHIBIT A
 
FORM OF COVENANT COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
 

 
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COVENANT COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
 
To:           JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
201 South Main Street, Suite 300
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
 
For the [Quarter/Fiscal Year] Ending: _______________, 20___ (the “Reporting Period”).
 
FRANKLIN COVEY CO., a Utah corporation (“Borrower”), makes this certification to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a national banking association (“Lender”), under that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated March __, 2011 (the “Credit Agreement”) by and between Borrower and Lender.  Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
 
The undersigned hereby certifies to Lender that as reported on the most recent financial statements described below and submitted herewith to Lender, Borrower is in full and compliance with each and every financial covenant set forth in the Credit Agreement and each other covenant set forth in the Credit Agreement.  The financial covenant requirements compared to the actual results are determined to be as follows, which results are further described on the Financial Covenant Calculations set forth on Schedule 1 attached hereto, each of which Borrower certifies to be true and correct:
 
Funded Debt to EBITDAR Ratio Covenant.  The Consolidated Entities shall not permit its ratio of (A) total liabilities, plus the net present value of operating leases at a discount rate of seven percent (7%), but excluding (1) accounts arising from the purchase of goods and services in the ordinary course of business, (2) accrued expenses or losses, and (3) deferred revenues or gains, to (B) net income, plus amortization expense, depreciation expense, interest expense, income tax expense, and rents and operating lease payments, less extraordinary gains and losses (collectively, “EBITDAR”), for the twelve (12) month period then ending, to be greater than 3.00 to 1.00 as of the end of each fiscal quarter of Borrower.
 
Maximum Ratio for Reporting Period:       3.00 to 1.00
 
Actual Ratio for Reporting Period:                   _____________                                                            
 
In Compliance:                                                                Yes ¨ No ¨
 
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Covenant.  The Consolidated Entities shall not permit its ratio of (A) net income before income tax expense, plus amortization expense, depreciation expense, interest expense, rent and operating lease payments, minus any distributions or dividends, for the twelve (12) month period then ending, to (B) prior period current maturities of long term debt and capital leases, interest expense, cash taxes paid, rent and operating lease payments, for the same such period, to be less than 1.50 to 1.00 as of the end of each fiscal quarter of Borrower.
 
Minimum Ratio for Reporting Period:        1.50 to 1.00
 
Actual Ratio for Reporting Period:                              ____________                                     
 
In Compliance:                                                                Yes ¨ No ¨
 

 
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Capital Expenditures Covenant.  The Consolidated Entities shall not make Capital Expenditures, exclusive of curriculum development costs, in excess of $8,000,000.00 for each fiscal year of Borrower.
 
Maximum Capital Expenditures for Reporting Period:                        $8,000,000.00
 
Actual Capital Expenditures for Reporting Period:                                                                                                   $___________________           
 
In Compliance:                                                                                                   Yes ¨              No ¨    N/A ¨
 
Minimum Net Worth Covenant.  The Consolidated Entities shall not permit its Net Worth to be less than SIXTY-SEVEN MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($67,000,000.00).  As used in Section 6.8(d) of the Credit Agreement, the term “Net Worth” means the Consolidated Entities’ total assets less total liabilities, in each case as determined in accordance with GAAP.
 
Minimum Net Worth as of End of Reporting Period:                        $67,000,000.00
 
Actual Net Worth as of End of Reporting Period:                                                                                                    $____________________           
 
In Compliance:                                                                                                             Yes ¨    No ¨
 
In addition, the undersigned certifies to Lender that, during the period covered by the financial statements and through the date of this Certification:
 
A.           No Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
 
B.           Borrower has not pledged any of its assets except as permitted in the Credit Agreement.
 
C.           There has been no change in GAAP or in the application thereof to the Consolidated Entities’ financial statements since the date of the audited financial statements referred to in Section 6.7 of the Credit Agreement which were last delivered to Lender.
 
Dated as of _______________, 20___.
 
Very truly yours,
 
FRANKLIN COVEY CO.
a Utah corporation
 
By:
 
Name:
 
Title:
 
 
 

 
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SCHEDULE 1
TO COVENANT COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
 
FINANCIAL COVENANT CALCULATIONS
 

 
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EXHIBIT B
 
FORM OF REQUEST FOR ADVANCE
 

 
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[insert date]

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
201 South Main Street, Suite 300
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
 
Request for Advance No.:_____________________
 
Ladies/Gentlemen:
 
Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of March 14, 2011 (the “Credit Agreement”) between FRANKLIN COVEY CO., a Utah corporation (“Borrower”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a national banking association (“Lender”).  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning given them in the Credit Agreement.
 
In accordance with Section 2.2(b) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned Borrower hereby requests that Lender make a Term Loan Advance to us in the amount of $____________________ [insert amount] by means of and to the account specified in Lender’s Commercial Banking Funds Transfer Request Form attached hereto as Schedule 1 [complete and execute form].
 
Borrower hereby certifies, as of the date hereof and as of the date the Term Loan Advance requested hereby is made, that:
 
(a)           no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing nor will an Event of Default occur after giving effect to such Term Loan Advance as a result of such Term Loan Advance;
 
(b)           each of the representations and warranties made by Borrower in or pursuant to the Loan Documents is true and correct in all material respects on and as of such date as if made on and as of the date hereof (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date);
 
(c)           Borrower has satisfied all conditions precedent and all other requirements for the Advance of the funds requested herein as provided in the Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents; and
 
(d)           the Draw Period for Term Loan Advances has not expired.
 
 
Very truly yours,
 
FRANKLIN COVEY CO.
a Utah corporation
 
By:
 
Name:
 
Title:
 
 
 

 
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SCHEDULE 1
TO REQUEST FOR ADVANCE
 
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
COMMERCIAL BANKING
FUNDS TRANSFER REQUEST FORM

[See Attached]
 
 
 

 
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Chart 1
 
 

 
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SCHEDULE 5.2(d)
 
SUBSIDIARIES
 
Franklin Covey Client Sales, Inc.
Franklin Development Corporation
Franklin Covey Travel, Inc.
Franklin Covey Mexico, Inc.
Franklin Covey Proprietary Limited
Franklin Covey Middle East W.L.L.
Franklin Covey Canada, Ltd.
Franklin Covey Japan Co., Ltd.
Franklin Covey Europe, Ltd.
Franklin Covey de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V.
 

 

 
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SCHEDULE 5.5
 
LITIGATION
 
1.  
Roberto Hernandez Villegas v. Franklin Covey Co., et al. Exp Num 1610/2008; Federal District of Mexico.  Franklin Covey De Mexico, FranklinCovey, Leadership Technologies and Mario Borguino were named in a complaint regarding a labor dispute filed in October of 2008. FranklinCovey asserts that neither it nor its affiliates is a responsible party as an employer of Roberto Hernandez because in selling the business to Leadership Technologies the agreement states that all were in agreement that Leadership Technologies bought the business as is and took on any liabilities that might arise post execution which included employee and labor matters.  FranklinCovey has encouraged Leadership Technologies to settle.  The matter is still pending.
 
2.  
Ermina Sabic v. FranklinCovey Products, LLC. Case No. 2:10-cv-00343 in the United States District Court, District of Utah, Central Division.  Sabic filed a wrongful termination complaint on or about May 26, 2009, against FranklinCovey citing FranklinCovey Printing’s conduct in terminating Ms. Sabic violated her rights under the Family Medical Leave Act and promissory estoppel. FranklinCovey asserts that FranklinCovey Printing’s actions did not violate the FMLA. Discovery is ongoing. This matter is still pending.
 
3.  
Moore Wallace North America, Inc. dba TOPS v. Franklin Covey Co., Franklin Covey Products, LLC and Franklin Covey Product Sales, Inc. Case No 10 CH 17234 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, County Department, Chancery Division.  TOPS filed a Complaint against Franklin Covey Products, LLC (“Products”) in Illinois for breach of contract.  It also named FranklinCovey, and its now dissolved subsidiary Franklin Covey Product Sales, Inc., in the Complaint and alleged that FranklinCovey should be liable for Products’ debts under the doctrine of alter ego or fraudulent transfer.  FranklinCovey has denied any liability for Products’ debts and believes it has good defenses to TOPS’ claims.  The matter is still in discovery and no trial date has been set.
 


 
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SCHEDULE 5.6
 
EXISTING LIENS AND ENCUMBRANCES
 
Debtor
 
Secured Party
 
Collateral
 
Jurisdiction
 
Initial Filing Date
 
Initial Filing No.
 
Franklin Covey Co.
Zions First National Bank
Account #2918002 with Zions First National Bank
Utah
01/24/2007
312076200702
Franklin Covey Co.
De Lage Landen Financial Services, Inc.
Specific Equipment
Utah
12/18/2007
334402200793
Franklin Covey Co.
De Lage Landen Financial Services, Inc.
Specific Equipment
Utah
03/12/2008
339496200808
Franklin Covey Co.
Zions First National Bank
Membership interest in Franklin Covey Products
Utah
07/07/2008
347064200808

 
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exhibit10_2.htm
 
 


Exhibit 10.2
 

 
AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT
 
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made as of March 14, 2011, by and among FRANKLIN COVEY CO., a Utah corporation (“Borrower”), and FRANKLIN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, a Utah corporation, FRANKLIN COVEY TRAVEL, INC., a Utah corporation, and FRANKLIN COVEY CLIENT SALES, INC., a Utah corporation (individually and collectively, as the context requires, “Guarantor” and, together with Borrower, individually and collectively, as the context requires, “Debtor”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a national banking association (the “Secured Party”), in conjunction with the Guaranty made by Guarantor in favor of Secured Party and the Loan made to Borrower by Secured Party pursuant to the Loan Agreement.
 
RECITALS
 
A. Secured Party has previously extended to Borrower a revolving line of credit loan in the original principal amount of $18,000,000.00 pursuant to a Revolving Line of Credit Agreement dated as of March 14, 2007 (as amended and modified from time to time, the “OriginalLoan Agreement”).
 
B. Debtor executed a Security Agreement dated March 14, 2007, granting a security interest in favor of Secured Party in all of Debtor’s personal property assets as therein provided (the “Original Security Agreement”).
 
C. Guarantor has executed the Guaranty in favor of Secured Party, pursuant to which Guarantor has agreed to guaranty repayment of the Loan and all other Obligations.
 
D. Borrower and Secured Party, as lender, have entered into the Loan Agreement, pursuant to which Secured Party, subject to the terms and conditions contained therein, is to make the Loan to Borrower.
 
E. Debtor and Secured Party desire to restate and replace the Original Security Agreement with this Agreement to give effect to the amendments and modifications made in the Loan Agreement.
 
AGREEMENT
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
 
1. Definitions.  All capitalized terms used herein without definitions shall have the respective meanings provided therefor in the Loan Agreement.  All terms defined in the Utah Uniform Commercial Code, Utah Code Annotated Sections 70A-9a-101 et seq., and used herein shall have the same definitions herein as specified therein.  However, if a term is defined in Article 9a of the Utah Uniform Commercial Code differently than in another Article of the Utah Uniform Commercial Code, the term has the meaning specified in Article 9a.  In addition to the foregoing, the following terms as used herein (including, without limitation, in the Recitals to this Agreement) are defined as follows:
 
1.1 Event of Default” means the failure of Debtor to pay or perform any of the Obligations as and when due to be paid or performed under the terms of the Loan Documents.
 
1.2 Guaranty” means that certain Amended and Restated Repayment Guaranty of even date herewith from Guarantor in favor of Secured Party, as the same may be amended or modified from time to time.
 
1.3 Loan” means the Loan extended by Secured Party to Borrower pursuant and subject to the Note, the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
 

 
 

 
 
1.4 Loan Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement of even date herewith by and between Borrower and Secured Party, as the same may be amended or modified from time to time.
 
1.5 Loan Documents” means, collectively, the Loan Agreement, the Note, the Security Documents, and all other documents that from time to time govern or evidence the Obligations or secure payment or performance thereof, as such documents may be amended or modified from time to time.
 
1.6 Note” means (i) that certain Amended and Restated Secured Promissory Note (Revolving Loan) of even date herewith executed by Borrower and payable to Secured Party in the maximum principal amount of $10,000,000.00, as the same may be amended or modified from time to time, and (ii) that certain Secured Promissory Note (Term Loan) of even date herewith executed by Borrower and payable to Secured Party in the original principal amount of $5,000,000.00, as the same may be amended or modified from time to time.
 
1.7 Obligations” means all obligations, indebtedness and liabilities of Borrower or Guarantor, whether individual, joint and several, absolute or contingent, direct or indirect, liquidated or unliquidated, now or hereafter existing, in favor of Secured Party, including without limitation, all liabilities, all interest, costs and fees arising under or from the Loan Documents or any other note, open account, overdraft, letter of credit application, endorsement, surety agreement, guaranty, credit card, lease, Rate Management Transaction, acceptance, foreign exchange contract or depository service contract, whether payable to Secured Party or to a third party and subsequently acquired by Secured Party, any monetary obligations (including interest) incurred or accrued during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceedings, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding, and all renewals, extensions, modifications, consolidations, rearrangements, restatements, replacements or substitutions of any of the foregoing.  “Rate Management Transaction” means any transaction (including an agreement with respect thereto) evidenced by a Swap Agreement or that is a rate swap, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap, equity or equity index option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction, forward transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option, derivative transaction or any other similar transaction (including any option with respect to any of these transactions) or any combination thereof, whether linked to one or more interest rates, foreign currencies, commodity prices, equity prices or other financial measures. Each of Borrower, Guarantor and Secured Party specifically contemplate that the Obligations include indebtedness or other obligations hereafter incurred by Borrower or any Guarantor to Secured Party.
 
1.8 Personal Property” means all right, title, and interest of Debtor in (i) all personal property now or hereafter owned by Debtor, (ii) all other rights and interests of Debtor now or hereafter held in personal property, including, without limiting the foregoing, all of Debtor’s present and future “Accounts,” “Cash Proceeds,” “Chattel Paper,” “Collateral,” “Deposit Accounts,” “Electronic Chattel Paper,” “Equipment,” “Fixtures,” “General Intangibles,” “Goods,” “Instruments,” “Inventory,” “Investment Property,” “Letter-of-Credit Rights,” “Noncash Proceeds,” and “Tangible Chattel Paper” (as such terms are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of Utah, or any other jurisdiction, as applicable (the “Uniform Commercial Code”)), (iii) all personal property and rights and interests in personal property of similar type or kind hereafter acquired by Debtor, (iv) all of Debtor’s right, title and interest in and to all deposit accounts maintained with Secured Party or any affiliate of Secured Party, (v) all appurtenances and additions thereto and substitutions or replacements thereof, and (vi) all proceeds thereof (as hereinafter provided).
 

 
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2. Grant of Security Interest.  Debtor hereby grants to Secured Party, to secure the payment and performance in full of all of the Obligations, a security interest in and so pledges and assigns to Secured Party all of the “Collateral” as described in the Loan Agreement, together with all of Debtor’s Personal Property and all other personal property assets of Debtor, wherever located, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising, and all proceeds and products thereof (all of the same being hereinafter called the “Collateral”), including, without limitation, “Accounts,” “Cash Proceeds,” “Chattel Paper,” “Collateral,” “Deposit Accounts,” “Electronic Chattel Paper,” “Equipment,” “Fixtures,” “General Intangibles,” “Goods,” “Instruments,” “Inventory,” “Investment Property,” “Letter-of-Credit Rights,” “Noncash Proceeds,” and “Tangible Chattel Paper,” as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code, as more particularly described on Exhibit A hereto, and all insurance claims and other proceeds or products thereof, whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising, wherever located and whether in Debtor’s possession and control or in the possession and control of a third party.  Secured Party acknowledges that the attachment of its security interest in any additional commercial tort claim as original collateral is subject to Debtor’s compliance with Section 4.7.
 
3. Authorization to File Financing Statements.  Debtor hereby irrevocably authorizes Secured Party at any time and from time to time to file in any filing office in any Uniform Commercial Code jurisdiction any initial financing statements and amendments thereto that (a) indicate the Collateral (i) as all assets of Debtor or words of similar effect, regardless of whether any particular asset comprised in the Collateral falls within the scope of Article 9a of the Uniform Commercial Code, or (ii) as being of an equal or lesser scope or with greater detail, and (b) provide any other information required by part 5 of Article 9a of the Uniform Commercial Code, for the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement or amendment, including (i) whether Debtor is an organization, the type of organization and any organizational identification number issued to Debtor and, (ii) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or indicating Collateral as as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, a sufficient description of real property to which the Collateral relates.  Debtor agrees to furnish any such information to Secured Party promptly upon Secured Party’s request.  Debtor also ratifies its authorization for Secured Party to have filed in any Uniform Commercial Code jurisdiction any like initial financing statements or amendments thereto if filed prior to the date hereof.
 
4. Other Actions.  To further the attachment, perfection and first priority of, and the ability of Secured Party to enforce, Secured Party’s security interest in the Collateral, and without limitation on Debtor’s other obligations in this Agreement, Debtor agrees, in each case at Debtor’s expense, to take the following actions with respect to the following Collateral:
 
4.1 Promissory Notes and Tangible Chattel Paper.  If Debtor shall at any time hold or acquire any promissory notes or tangible chattel paper having an original principal amount of $100,000 or more (but excluding loans made pursuant to Borrower’s management common stock loan program), Debtor shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver such promissory notes or tangible chattel paper to Secured Party, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as Secured Party may from time to time specify.
 
4.2 Deposit Accounts.  For each deposit account that Debtor at any time opens or maintains, Debtor shall, at Secured Party’s request and option, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Secured Party, either (a) cause the depositary bank to comply at any time with instructions from Secured Party to such depositary bank directing the disposition of funds from time to time credited to such deposit account, without further consent of Debtor, or (b) arrange for Secured Party to become the customer of the depositary bank with respect to the deposit account, with Debtor being permitted, only with the consent of Secured Party, to exercise rights to withdraw funds from such deposit account.  Secured Party agrees with Debtor that Secured Party shall not give any such instructions or withhold any withdrawal rights from Debtor, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or would occur, if effect were given to any withdrawal not otherwise permitted by the Loan Documents.  The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to (i) any deposit
 

 
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account for which Debtor, the depositary bank and Secured Party have entered into a cash collateral agreement specially negotiated among Debtor, the depositary bank and Secured Party for the specific purpose set forth therein, (ii) a deposit account for which Secured Party is the depositary bank and is in automatic control, and (iii) deposit accounts specially and exclusively used for payroll, payroll taxes and other employee wage and benefit payments to or for the benefit of Debtor’s salaried employees.
 
4.3 Investment Property.  If Debtor shall at any time hold or acquire any certificated securities in any Guarantor, Debtor shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to Secured Party, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as Secured Party may from time to time specify.  If any securities now or hereafter acquired by Debtor are uncertificated and are issued to Debtor or its nominee directly by the issuer thereof, Debtor shall promptly notify Secured Party thereof and, at Secured Party’s request and option, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Secured Party, either (a) cause the issuer to agree to comply with instructions from Secured Party as to such securities, without further consent of Debtor or such nominee, or (b) arrange for Secured Party to become the registered owner of the securities.  If any securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, or other investment property now or hereafter acquired by Debtor are held by Debtor or its nominee through a securities intermediary or commodity intermediary, Debtor shall promptly notify Secured Party thereof and, at Secured Party’s request and option, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Secured Party, either (i) cause such securities intermediary or (as the case may be) commodity intermediary to agree to comply with entitlement orders or other instructions from Secured Party to such securities intermediary as to such securities or other investment property, or (as the case may be) to apply any value distributed on account of any commodity contract as directed by Secured Party to such commodity intermediary, in each case without further consent of Debtor or such nominee, or (ii) in the case of financial assets or other investment property held through a securities intermediary, arrange for Secured Party to become the entitlement holder with respect to such investment property, with Debtor being permitted, only with the consent of Secured Party, to exercise rights to withdraw or otherwise deal with such investment property.  Secured Party agrees with Debtor that Secured Party shall not give any such entitlement orders or instructions or directions to any such issuer, securities intermediary or commodity intermediary, and shall not withhold its consent to the exercise of any withdrawal or dealing rights by Debtor, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or, after giving effect to any such investment and withdrawal rights not otherwise permitted by the Loan Documents, would occur.  The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any financial assets credited to a securities account for which Secured Party is the securities intermediary.
 
4.4 Collateral in the Possession of a Bailee.  If any Collateral is at any time in the possession of a bailee, Debtor shall promptly notify Secured Party thereof and, at Secured Party’s request and option, shall promptly obtain an acknowledgement from the bailee, in form and substance satisfactory to Secured Party, that the bailee holds such Collateral for the benefit of Secured Party, and that such bailee agrees to comply, without further consent of Debtor, with instructions from Secured Party as to such Collateral.  Secured Party agrees with Debtor that Secured Party shall not give any such instructions unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur after taking into account any action by Debtor with respect to the bailee.
 
4.5 Electronic Chattel Paper and Transferable Records.  If Debtor at any time holds or acquires an interest in any electronic chattel paper or any “transferable record,” as that term is defined in Section 201 of the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, or in Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction, Debtor shall promptly notify Secured Party thereof and, at the request and option of Secured Party, shall take such action as Secured Party may reasonably request to vest in Secured Party control, under Section 9a-105 of the Uniform Commercial Code, of such electronic chattel paper or control under Section 201 of the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or, as
 

 
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the case may be, Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, as so in effect in such jurisdiction, of such transferable record.  Secured Party agrees with Debtor that Secured Party will arrange, pursuant to procedures satisfactory to Secured Party and so long as such procedures will not result in Secured Party’s loss of control, for Debtor to make alterations to the electronic chattel paper or transferable record permitted under Section 9a-105 of the Uniform Commercial Code or, as the case may be, Section 201 of the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act for a party in control to make without loss of control, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur after taking into account any action by Debtor with respect to such electronic chattel paper or transferable record.
 
4.6 Letter-of-Credit Rights.  If Debtor is at any time a beneficiary under a letter of credit, Debtor shall promptly notify Secured Party thereof and, at the request and option of Secured Party, Debtor shall, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Secured Party, either (i) arrange for the issuer and any confirmer or other nominated person of such letter of credit to consent to an assignment to Secured Party of the proceeds of the letter of credit, or (ii) arrange for Secured Party to become the transferee beneficiary of the letter of credit.
 
4.7 Commercial Tort Claims.  If Debtor shall at any time hold or acquire a commercial tort claim, Debtor shall promptly notify Secured Party in a writing signed by Debtor of the particulars thereof and grant to Secured Party in such writing a security interest therein and in the proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement, with such writing to be in form and substance satisfactory to Secured Party.
 
4.8 Other Actions as to Any and All Collateral.  Debtor further agrees, at the request and option of Secured Party, to take any and all other actions Secured Party may determine to be necessary or useful for the attachment, perfection and first priority of, and the ability of Secured Party to enforce, Secured Party’s security interest in any and all of the Collateral, including, without limitation, (a) executing, delivering and, where appropriate, filing financing statements and amendments relating thereto under the Uniform Commercial Code, to the extent, if any, that Debtor’s signature thereon is required therefor, (b) causing Secured Party’s name to be noted as secured party on any certificate of title for a titled good if such notation is a condition to attachment, perfection or priority of, or ability of Secured Party to enforce, Secured Party’s security interest in such Collateral, (c) complying with any provision of any statute, regulation or treaty of the United States as to any Collateral if compliance with such provision is a condition to attachment, perfection or priority of, or ability of Secured Party to enforce, Secured Party’s security interest in such Collateral, (d) using commercially reasonable efforts to obtain governmental and other third party waivers, consents and approvals in form and substance satisfactory to Secured Party, including, without limitation, any consent of any licensor, lessor or other person obligated on Collateral, (e) using commercially reasonable efforts to obtain waivers from mortgagees in form and substance satisfactory to Secured Party, and (f) taking all actions under any earlier versions of the Uniform Commercial Code or under any other law, as reasonably determined by Secured Party to be applicable in any relevant Uniform Commercial Code or other jurisdiction, including any foreign jurisdiction.  Upon the execution of any real property lease to which Debtor is a party as a tenant, Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be delivered to Secured Party a landlord waiver and consent from the landlord under each such lease, in a form reasonably acceptable to Secured Party.
 
4.9 Contesting Liens.  Borrower shall promptly discharge, or cause to be discharged, any liens or claims of lien filed or otherwise asserted in writing against the Collateral other than the Permitted Exceptions.  If Borrower fails either to promptly discharge or contest any such liens or claims of lien, then Secured Party may, in its sole and absolute discretion, but shall not be required to, procure the release and discharge of any such lien and any judgment or decree thereon, and in furtherance thereof may, in its sole and absolute discretion, effect any settlement or compromise.  All amounts expended by Secured Party in connection with the provisions of this Section shall be
 

 
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deemed to constitute an Advance under a Loan Agreement.  In settling, compromising or arranging for the discharge of any liens under this Section, Secured Party shall not be required to establish or confirm the validity or amount of the lien.
 
5. Relation to Other Loan Documents.  The provisions of this Agreement supplement the provisions of any other Loan Documents granted by Debtor to Secured Party which secures the payment or performance of any of the Obligations.  Nothing contained in the other Loan Documents shall derogate from any of the rights or remedies of Secured Party hereunder.
 
6. Intentionally Omitted.
 
7. Representations and Warranties Concerning Debtor’s Legal Status.  If requested by Secured Party, Debtor shall complete and deliver to Secured Party a certificate signed by Debtor and entitled “Perfection Certificate” (the “Perfection Certificate”).  Debtor represents and warrants to Secured Party as follows: (a) Debtor’s exact legal name is that indicated in the introductory paragraph hereto and in the Perfection Certificate, if any, and on Exhibit B attached hereto, (b) Debtor is an organization of the type, and is organized in the jurisdiction set forth in the introductory paragraph hereto and in the Perfection Certificate, if any, and on Exhibit B attached hereto, (c) the Perfection Certificate, if any, and Exhibit B attached hereto accurately set forth Debtor’s organizational identification number or accurately state that Debtor has none, (d) the Perfection Certificate, if any, and Exhibit B attached hereto accurately set forth Debtor’s place of business or, if more than one, its chief executive office, as well as Debtor’s mailing address, if different, (e) all other information set forth on the Perfection Certificate, if any, pertaining to Debtor is accurate and complete as of the date on which it was executed by Debtor, and (f) Borrower will promptly notify Secured Party in writing of a change in any information provided in the Perfection Certificate since the date on which it was executed by Debtor.
 
8. Covenants Concerning Debtor’s Legal Status.  Debtor covenants with Secured Party as follows: (a) without providing at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to Secured Party, Debtor will not change its name, its place of business or, if more than one, chief executive office, or its mailing address or organizational identification number if it has one, (b) if Debtor does not have an organizational identification number and later obtains one, Debtor shall forthwith notify Secured Party of such organizational identification number, and (c) Debtor will not change its type of organization, jurisdiction of organization or other legal structure.
 
9. Representations and Warranties Concerning Collateral, etc.  Debtor further represents and warrants to Secured Party as follows: (a) Debtor is the owner of or has other rights in or power to transfer the Collateral, free from any right or claim or any person or any adverse Lien or Encumbrance or security interest, except for Liens or Encumbrances and security interests in favor of Secured Party, Permitted Exceptions and other Liens or Encumbrances permitted by the Loan Agreement, (b) none of the Collateral constitutes, or is the proceeds of, “farm products” as defined in Section 9-102(a)(34) of the Uniform Commercial Code, (c) Debtor holds no commercial tort claim except as indicated on the Perfection Certificate, or as Debtor has notified Secured Party in writing, (d) Debtor has at all times operated its business in compliance with all applicable provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended, and with all applicable provisions of federal, state and local statutes and ordinances dealing with the control, shipment, storage or disposal of hazardous materials or substances except, in each case where failure to comply would not result in a Material Adverse Change, (e) all other information set forth on the Perfection Certificate, if any, pertaining to the Collateral is accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date of such certificate, and (f) the security interests granted herein are perfected and are of first priority, except to the extent of the Permitted Exceptions.
 
10. Covenants Concerning Collateral, etc.  Debtor further covenants with Secured Party as follows except to the extent that failure to do so would not cause a Material Adverse Change: (a) the Collateral, to the extent not delivered to Secured Party pursuant to Section 4, will be kept at those locations listed on the Perfection Certificate, if any, and on Exhibit B attached hereto and Debtor will not remove the
 

 
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Collateral from such locations, other than in the ordinary course of business or as permitted under the Loan Agreement or the Guaranty, without providing at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to Secured Party, (b) except for the security interest herein granted and liens permitted by the Loan Documents, including without limitation the Permitted Exceptions, Debtor shall be the owner of or have other rights in the Collateral free from any right or claim of any other person, lien, security interest or other encumbrance, and Debtor shall defend the same against all claims and demands of all persons at any time claiming the same or any interests therein adverse to Secured Party, (c) Debtor shall not pledge, mortgage or create, or suffer to exist any right of any person in or claim by any person to the Collateral, or any security interest, lien or encumbrance in the Collateral in favor of any person, other than Secured Party, except for liens permitted by the Loan Documents, including without limitation the Permitted Exceptions, (d) Debtor will keep the Collateral in good order and repair, normal wear and tear excepted, and will not use the same in violation of law, (e) Debtor will permit Secured Party, or its designee, upon reasonable prior notice, to enter upon any portion of the premises where any Collateral may be located for purposes of inspection of the Collateral; provided, however, that inspection by Secured Party (or by Secured Party’s inspector) of the Collateral or any portion thereof is for the sole purpose of protecting the security of Secured Party and is not to be construed as a representation by Secured Party that there has been compliance with applicable law or any other requirement or condition and Debtor may make or cause to be made such other independent inspections as Debtor may desire for its own protection, and nothing contained herein shall be construed as requiring Secured Party to oversee or supervise the Collateral, (f) Debtor will pay promptly when due all taxes, assessments, governmental charges and levies upon the Collateral or incurred in connection with the use or operation of such Collateral or incurred in connection with this Agreement, (g) Debtor will continue to operate its business in compliance with all applicable provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended, and with all applicable provisions of federal, state and local statutes and ordinances dealing with the control, shipment, storage or disposal of hazardous materials or substances, and (h) unless such action would result in a Material Adverse Change (without taking into consideration subsections (iii) and (iv) of the definition of Material Adverse Change), Debtor may sell or otherwise dispose, or offer to sell or otherwise dispose, of the Collateral or any interest therein except that Debtor shall not sell or otherwise dispose of, or offer to sell or otherwise dispose of, all or a substantial part of the Collateral other than to Borrower or a Guarantor.
 
11. Insurance.
 
11.1 Maintenance of Insurance.  Debtor will maintain with financially sound and reputable insurers insurance with respect to its properties and business against such casualties and contingencies as shall be in accordance with general practices of businesses engaged in similar activities in similar geographic areas.  All such insurance policies shall (a) be in such minimum amounts that Debtor will not be deemed a co-insurer under applicable insurance laws, regulations and policies, (b) be issued by an insurance company licensed to do business in the state where the property is located having a rating of “A-” VIII or better by A.M. Best Co., in Best’s Rating Guide, (c) name “JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., any and all subsidiaries as their interest may appear” as additional insureds on all liability insurance, (d) be endorsed to show that Borrower’s insurance shall be primary and all insurance carried by Secured Party is strictly excess and secondary and shall not contribute with Borrower’s insurance, (e) be evidenced by a certificate of insurance to be provided to Collateral, (f) include either policy or binder numbers on the Accord form, and (g) otherwise shall be in such amounts, contain such terms, be in such forms and be for such periods as may be reasonably satisfactory to Secured Party.  In addition, all such insurance shall be payable to Secured Party as loss payee.  Without limiting the foregoing, Debtor will (x) keep all of its physical property insured with casualty or physical hazard insurance on an “all risks” basis, with broad form flood and earthquake coverages and electronic data processing coverage, with a full replacement cost endorsement and an “agreed amount” clause in an amount equal to 100% of the full replacement cost of such property, (y) maintain all such workers’ compensation or similar insurance as may be required by law, and (z) maintain, in amounts and with deductibles equal to those generally maintained by businesses engaged in similar activities in similar geographic areas, general public liability insurance against claims of
 

 
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bodily injury, death or property damage occurring, on, in or about the properties of Debtor; and business interruption insurance.
 
11.2 Insurance Proceeds.  The proceeds of any casualty insurance in respect of any casualty loss of any of the Collateral shall, subject to the rights, if any, of other parties with an interest having priority in the property covered thereby, (a) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, be disbursed to Debtor for direct application by Debtor solely to the repair or replacement of Debtor’s property so damaged or destroyed, and (b) in all other circumstances, be held by Secured Party as cash collateral for the Obligations.  Secured Party may, at its reasonable option which option shall be exercised within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of such proceeds, disburse from time to time all or any part of such proceeds so held as cash collateral, upon such terms and conditions as Secured Party may reasonably prescribe, for direct application by Debtor solely to the repair or replacement of Debtor’s property so damaged or destroyed, or Secured Party may ratably distribute to each Secured Party all or any part of such proceeds for application to the Obligations.
 
11.3 Continuation of Insurance.  All policies of insurance shall provide for at least thirty (30) days’ prior written cancellation notice to Secured Party.  In the event of failure by Debtor to provide and maintain insurance as herein provided, Secured Party may, at its option, provide such insurance and charge the amount thereof to Debtor.  Debtor shall furnish Secured Party with certificates of insurance and policies evidencing compliance with the foregoing insurance provision.
 
12. Collateral Protection Expenses; Preservation of Collateral.
 
12.1 Expenses Incurred by Secured Party.  In Secured Party’s sole and absolute discretion, if Debtor fails to do so, Secured Party may discharge taxes and other encumbrances (other than Permitted Exceptions) at any time levied or placed on any of the Collateral, unless such taxes and encumbrances are being contested in good faith, maintain any of the Collateral, make repairs thereto and pay any necessary filing fees or insurance premiums.  Debtor agrees to reimburse Secured Party on demand for all expenditures so made.  Secured Party shall not have any obligation to Debtor to make any such expenditures, nor shall the making thereof be construed as the waiver or cure of any Default or Event of Default.
 
12.2 Secured Party’s Obligations and Duties.  Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, Debtor shall remain obligated and liable under each contract or agreement comprised in the Collateral to be observed or performed by Debtor thereunder.  Secured Party shall not have any obligation or liability under any such contract or agreement by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by Secured Party of any payment relating to any of the Collateral, nor shall Secured Party be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of Debtor under or pursuant to any such contract or agreement, to make inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by Secured Party in respect of the Collateral or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any such contract or agreement, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to Secured Party or to which Secured Party may be entitled at any time or times.  Secured Party’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safe keeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under Section 9a-207 of the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise, shall be to deal with such Collateral in the same manner as Secured Party deals with similar property for its own account.
 
13. Securities and Deposits.  Secured Party may at any time following and during the continuance of an Event of Default, at its sole option, transfer to itself or any nominee any securities constituting Collateral, receive any income thereon and hold such income as additional Collateral or apply it to the Obligations.  Whether or not any Obligations are due, Secured Party may following and during the continuance of an Event of Default, demand, sue for, collect, or make any settlement or compromise which it
 

 
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deems desirable with respect to the Collateral.  Regardless of the adequacy of Collateral or any other security for the Obligations and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any deposits or other sums at any time credited by or due from Secured Party to Debtor may at any time be applied to or set off against any of the Obligations.  If Secured Party exercises such setoff right, Secured Party exercising such right agrees promptly to notify Debtor after any such setoff and application made by Secured Party; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
 
14. Notification to Account Debtors and Other Persons Obligated on Collateral.  If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Debtor shall, at the request and option of Secured Party, notify account debtors and other persons obligated on any of the Collateral of the security interest of Secured Party in any account, chattel paper, general intangible, instrument or other Collateral and that payment thereof is to be made directly to Secured Party or to any financial institution designated by Secured Party as Secured Party’s agent therefor, and Secured Party may itself, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, without notice to or demand upon Debtor, so notify account debtors and other persons obligated on Collateral.  After the making of such a request or the giving of any such notification, Debtor shall hold any proceeds of collection of accounts, chattel paper, general intangibles, instruments and other Collateral received by Debtor as trustee for Secured Party without commingling the same with other funds of Debtor and shall turn the same over to Secured Party in the identical form received, together with any necessary endorsements or assignments.  Secured Party shall ratably distribute to each Secured Party the proceeds of collection of accounts, chattel paper, general intangibles, instruments and other Collateral received by Secured Party, for application by each Secured Party to the Obligations, such proceeds to be immediately credited after final payment in cash or other immediately available funds of the items giving rise to them.
 
15. Power of Attorney.
 
15.1 Appointment and Powers of Secured Party.  Debtor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Secured Party and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of Debtor or in Secured Party’s own name, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments that may be necessary or useful to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hereby gives said attorneys the power and right, on behalf of Debtor, without notice to or assent by Debtor, to do the following:
 
(a) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, generally to sell, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise dispose of or deal with any of the Collateral in such manner as is consistent with the Uniform Commercial Code and as fully and completely as though Secured Party were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and to do, at Debtor’s expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things which Secured Party deems necessary or useful to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and Secured Party’s security interest therein, in order to effect the intent of this Agreement, all at least as fully and effectively as Debtor might do, including, without limitation, (i) the filing and prosecuting of registration and transfer applications with the appropriate federal, state, local or other agencies or authorities with respect to trademarks, copyrights and patentable inventions and processes, (ii) upon written notice to Debtor, the exercise of voting rights with respect to voting securities, which rights may be exercised, if Secured Party so elects, with a view to causing the liquidation of assets of the issuer of any such securities, and (iii) the execution, delivery and recording, in connection with any sale or other disposition of any Collateral, of the endorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to such Collateral;
 
(b) to the extent that Debtor’s authorization given in Section 3 is not sufficient, to file such financing statements with respect hereto, with or without Debtor’s signature, or a
 

 
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photocopy of this Agreement in substitution for a financing statement, as Secured Party may deem appropriate and to execute in Debtor’s name such financing statements and amendments thereto and continuation statements which may require Debtor’s signature; and
 
(c) to file for record, at Borrower’s cost and expense and in Borrower’s name, any notices that Secured Party considers necessary or desirable to protect the Collateral.
 
15.2 Ratification by Debtor.  To the extent permitted by law, Debtor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This power of attorney is a power coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.
 
15.3 No Duty on Secured Party.  The powers conferred on Secured Party hereunder are solely to protect its interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such powers.  Secured Party shall be accountable only for the amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither it nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to Debtor for any act or failure to act, except for Secured Party’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
 
16. Rights and Remedies.  If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Secured Party, without any other notice to or demand upon Debtor, shall have in any jurisdiction in which enforcement hereof is sought, in addition to all other rights and remedies, the rights and remedies of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code and any additional rights and remedies which may be provided to a secured party in any jurisdiction in which Collateral is located, including, without limitation, the right to take possession of the Collateral, and for that purpose Secured Party may, so far as Debtor can give authority therefor, enter upon any premises on which the Collateral may be situated and remove the same therefrom.  During continuance of an Event of Default, Secured Party may in its discretion require Debtor to assemble all or any part of the Collateral at such location or locations within the jurisdiction(s) of Debtor’s principal office(s) or at such other locations as Secured Party may reasonably designate.  Unless the Collateral is perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value or is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market, Secured Party shall give to Debtor at least ten Business Days prior written notice of the time and place of any public sale of Collateral or of the time after which any private sale or any other intended disposition is to be made.  Debtor hereby acknowledges that ten Business Days prior written notice of such sale or sales shall be reasonable notice.  In addition, Debtor waives any and all rights that it may have to a judicial hearing in advance of the enforcement of any of Secured Party’s rights and remedies hereunder, including, without limitation, its right following an Event of Default to take immediate possession of the Collateral and to exercise its rights and remedies with respect thereto.
 
17. Standards for Exercising Rights and Remedies.  To the extent that applicable law imposes duties on Secured Party to exercise remedies in a commercially reasonable manner, Debtor acknowledges and agrees that it is not commercially unreasonable for Secured Party (a) to fail to incur expenses reasonably deemed significant by Secured Party to prepare Collateral for disposition or otherwise to fail to complete raw material or work in process into finished goods or other finished products for disposition, (b) to fail to obtain third party consents for access to Collateral to be disposed of, or to obtain or, if not required by other law, to fail to obtain governmental or third party consents for the collection or disposition of Collateral to be collected or disposed of, (c) to fail to exercise collection remedies against account debtors or other persons obligated on Collateral or to fail to remove liens or encumbrances on or any adverse claims against Collateral, (d) to exercise collection remedies against account debtors and other persons obligated on Collateral directly or through the use of collection agencies and other collection specialists, (e) to advertise dispositions of Collateral through publications or media of general circulation, whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized nature, (f) to contact other persons, whether or not in the same business as Debtor, for expressions of interest in acquiring all or any portion of the Collateral, (g) to hire one or more professional auctioneers to assist in the disposition of Collateral, whether or not the collateral is of a specialized nature, (h) to dispose of Collateral by utilizing Internet sites that provide for the auction of assets of the types included in the
 

 
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Collateral or that have the reasonable capability of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets, (i) to dispose of assets in wholesale rather than retail markets, (j) to disclaim disposition warranties, (k) to purchase insurance or credit enhancements to insure Secured Party against risks of loss, collection or disposition of Collateral or to provide to Secured Party a guaranteed return from the collection or disposition of Collateral, or (l) to the extent deemed appropriate by Secured Party, to obtain the services of other brokers, investment bankers, consultants and other professionals to assist Secured Party in the collection or disposition of any of the Collateral.  Debtor acknowledges that the purpose of this Section 17 is to provide non-exhaustive indications of what actions or omissions by Secured Party would fulfill Secured Party’s duties under the Uniform Commercial Code or other law of the State of Utah or any other relevant jurisdiction in Secured Party’s exercise of remedies against the Collateral and that other actions or omissions by Secured Party shall not be deemed to fail to fulfill such duties solely on account of not being indicated in this Section 17.  Without limitation upon the foregoing, nothing contained in this Section 17 shall be construed to grant any rights to Debtor or to impose any duties on Secured Party that would not have been granted or imposed by this Agreement or by applicable law in the absence of this Section 17.
 
18. No Waiver by Secured Party, etc.  Secured Party shall not be deemed to have waived any of its rights or remedies in respect of the Obligations or the Collateral unless such waiver shall be in writing and signed by Secured Party.  No delay or omission on the part of Secured Party in exercising any right or remedy shall operate as a waiver of such right or remedy or any other right or remedy.  A waiver on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to or waiver of any right or remedy on any future occasion.  All rights and remedies of Secured Party with respect to the Obligations or the Collateral, whether evidenced hereby or by any other instrument or papers, shall be cumulative and may be exercised singularly, alternatively, successively or concurrently at such time or at such times as Secured Party deems expedient.
 
19. Suretyship Waivers by Debtor.  Debtor waives demand, notice, protest, notice of acceptance of this Agreement, notice of loans made, credit extended, Collateral received or delivered or other action taken in reliance hereon and all other demands and notices of any description.  With respect to both the Obligations and the Collateral, Debtor assents to any extension or postponement of the time of payment or any other indulgence, to any substitution, exchange or release of or failure to perfect any security interest in any Collateral, to the addition or release of any party or person primarily or secondarily liable, to the acceptance of partial payment thereon and the settlement, compromising or adjusting of any thereof, all in such manner and at such time or times as Secured Party may deem advisable.  Secured Party shall have no duty as to the collection or protection of the Collateral or any income therefrom, the preservation of rights against prior parties, or the preservation of any rights pertaining thereto beyond the safe custody thereof as set forth in Section 12.2.  Debtor further waives any and all other suretyship defenses.
 
20. Marshalling.  Secured Party shall not be required to marshal any present or future collateral security (including but not limited to the Collateral) for, or other assurances of payment of, the Obligations or any of them or to resort to such collateral security or other assurances of payment in any particular order, and all of its rights and remedies hereunder and in respect of such collateral security and other assurances of payment shall be cumulative and in addition to all other rights and remedies, however existing or arising.  To the extent that it lawfully may, Debtor hereby agrees that it will not invoke any law relating to the marshalling of collateral which might cause delay in or impede the enforcement of Secured Party’s rights and remedies under this Agreement or under any other instrument creating or evidencing any of the Obligations or under which any of the Obligations is outstanding or by which any of the Obligations is secured or payment thereof is otherwise assured, and, to the extent that it lawfully may, Debtor hereby irrevocably waives the benefits of all such laws.
 
21. Proceeds of Dispositions; Expenses.  Debtor shall pay to Secured Party on demand any and all expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, incurred or paid by Secured Party in protecting, preserving or enforcing Secured Party’s rights and remedies under or in respect of any of the Obligations or any of the Collateral.  After deducting all of said expenses, the residue of any proceeds of collection or sale or other disposition of the Collateral shall, to the extent actually received in cash, be
 

 
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distributed ratably to each Secured Party, which shall be applied to the payment of the Obligations in such order or preference as each Secured Party may determine, proper allowance and provision being made for any Obligations not then due.  Upon the final payment and satisfaction in full of all of the Obligations and after making any payments required by Sections 9-608(a)(1)(C) or 9a-615(a)(3) of the Uniform Commercial Code, any excess shall be returned to Debtor.  In the absence of final payment and satisfaction in full of all of the Obligations, Debtor shall remain liable for any deficiency.
 
22. Overdue Amounts.  Until paid, all amounts due and payable by Debtor hereunder shall be a debt secured by the Collateral and shall bear, whether before or after judgment, interest at the rate of interest for overdue principal set forth in the Loan Documents.
 
23. CHOICE OF LAW.  THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF UTAH WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.  THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS MAY BE TRIED AND LITIGATED IN THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF SALT LAKE, STATE OF UTAH OR, IN ANY OTHER COURT IN WHICH A PARTY SHALL INITIATE LEGAL OR EQUITABLE PROCEEDINGS AND WHICH HAS SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OVER THE MATTER IN CONTROVERSY.  EACH OF DEBTOR AND SECURED PARTY WAIVES, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF SALT LAKE, STATE OF UTAH.
 
24. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  EACH OF DEBTOR AND SECURED PARTY HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED UPON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).  EACH OF DEBTOR AND SECURED PARTY (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
 
25. WAIVER OF SPECIAL DAMAGES. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, DEBTOR SHALL NOT ASSERT, AND HEREBY WAIVES, ANY CLAIM AGAINST SECURED PARTY, ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES (AS OPPOSED TO DIRECT OR ACTUAL DAMAGES) ARISING OUT OF, IN CONNECTION WITH, OR AS A RESULT OF, THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY AGREEMENT OR INSTRUMENT CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, THE TRANSACTIONS, THE LOAN OR THE USE OF THE PROCEEDS THEREOF.
 
26. MISCELLANEOUS WAIVERS.  WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT (EACH, A “PROCEEDING”), DEBTOR IRREVOCABLY (A) SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS HAVING JURISDICTION IN THE CITY OF SALT LAKE, COUNTY OF SALT LAKE AND STATE OF UTAH, AND (B) WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY HAVE AT ANY TIME TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT, WAIVES ANY CLAIM THAT ANY PROCEEDING HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM AND FURTHER WAIVES THE RIGHT TO OBJECT, WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PROCEEDING, THAT SUCH COURT
 

 
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DOES NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER SUCH PARTY.  NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL PRECLUDE SECURED PARTY FROM BRINGING A PROCEEDING IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION NOR WILL THE BRINGING OF A PROCEEDING IN ANY ONE OR MORE JURISDICTIONS PRECLUDE THE BRINGING OF A PROCEEDING IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.  DEBTOR FURTHER AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT, IN ADDITION TO ANY METHODS OF SERVICE OF PROCESS PROVIDED FOR UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY PROCEEDING IN ANY UTAH STATE OR UNITED STATES COURT SITTING IN THE CITY OF SALT LAKE AND COUNTY OF SALT LAKE MAY BE MADE BY CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, DIRECTED TO DEBTOR AT THE ADDRESS INDICATED IN THE GUARANTY OR THE LOAN AGREEMENT, AS THE CASE MAY BE, AND SERVICE SO MADE SHALL BE COMPLETE UPON RECEIPT; EXCEPT THAT IF DEBTOR SHALL REFUSE TO ACCEPT DELIVERY, SERVICE SHALL BE DEEMED COMPLETE FIVE (5) DAYS AFTER THE SAME SHALL HAVE BEEN SO MAILED.
 
27. Miscellaneous.  The headings of each section of this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not define or limit the provisions thereof.  This Agreement and all rights and obligations hereunder shall be binding upon Debtor and its respective successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of Secured Party and its successors and assigns.  If any term of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity of all other terms hereof shall in no way be affected thereby, and this Agreement shall be construed and be enforceable as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable term had not been included herein.  Debtor acknowledges receipt of a copy of this Agreement. All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be made in the manner required or permitted by the Uniform Commercial Code and otherwise in accordance with the terms and at the addresses set forth in the Loan Agreement and the Guaranty.  Debtor hereby authorizes Secured Party, at its sole discretion and without notice to or consent of Debtor, to disclose to Secured Party on a confidential basis any information, financial or otherwise, which it may possess concerning Debtor.  Secured Party acknowledges that it is aware, and Secured Party will advise its directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors (collectively, “Representatives”) who are informed as to the matters which are the subject of this Agreement, that the United States securities laws prohibit any Person who has received from an issuer material, non-public information concerning such issuer from purchasing or selling securities of such issuer or from communicating such information to any other Person under circumstances in which it is reasonably foreseeable that such Person is likely to purchase or sell securities.  Secured Party further agrees that it will keep, and it will advise its Representatives of its obligations to keep, confidential any material non-public information disclosed to Secured Party by Borrower or any Person acting on Borrower’s behalf.  This Section is a confidentiality agreement for purposes of Regulation FD promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
 
28. Integration.  This Agreement, together with the Loan Documents, constitute the entire agreement between Debtor and Secured Party as to the subject matter hereof and may not be altered or amended except by written agreement signed by Debtor and Secured Party.  All other prior and contemporaneous agreements, arrangements, and understandings between the parties hereto as to the subject matter hereof are, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, rescinded. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Debtor and Secured Party acknowledge and agree that this Security Agreement shall not constitute a novation of the obligations and liabilities of Debtor under the Original Security Agreement.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, intending to be legally bound, Debtor and Secured Party have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
 
 
FRANKLIN COVEY CO.
a Utah corporation
 
 
By:
  /s/ Stephen D. Young
Name:
Stephen D. Young
Title:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
FRANKLIN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
a Utah corporation
 
 
By:
  /s/ Stephen D. Young
Name:
Stephen D. Young
Title:
President
 
FRANKLIN COVEY TRAVEL, INC.
a Utah corporation
 
 
By:
  /s/ Stephen D. Young
Name:
Stephen D. Young
Title:
President
 
FRANKLIN COVEY CLIENT SALES, INC.
a Utah corporation
 
 
By:
  /s/ Stephen D. Young
Name:
Stephen D. Young
Title:
President
 
Debtor
 
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
a national banking association
 
 
By:
  /s/ Tony C. Nielsen
Name:
Tony C. Nielsen
Title:
Senior Vice President
    "Secured Party"

 

 

 
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EXHIBIT A
 
DESCRIPTION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
 
All of Debtor’s assets, including, without limitation, “Accounts,” “Cash Proceeds,” “Chattel Paper,” “Collateral,” “Deposit Accounts,” “Electronic Chattel Paper,” “Equipment,” “Fixtures,” General Intangibles,” “Goods,” “Instruments,” “Inventory,” “Investment Property,” “Letter-of-credit Rights,” “Noncash Proceeds,” and “Tangible Chattel Paper,” as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code.  Such assets include, without limitation:
 
(a) All personal property, (including, without limitation, all goods, supplies, equipment, furniture, furnishings, fixtures, machinery, inventory, construction materials and software embedded in any of the foregoing) in which Debtor now or hereafter acquires an interest or right, together with any interest of Debtor in and to personal property which is leased or subject to any superior security interest, and all books, records, leases and other agreements, documents, and instruments of whatever kind or character, relating to such personal property;
 
(b) All fees, income, rents, issues, profits, earnings, receipts, royalties, and revenues which, after the date hereof and while any portion of the Obligations remains unpaid or unperformed, may accrue from such personal property or any part thereof, or which may be received or receivable by Debtor from any hiring, using, letting, leasing, subhiring, subletting, subleasing, occupancy, operation, or use thereof;
 
(c) All of Debtor’s present and future rights to receive payments of money, services, or property, including, without limitation, rights to receive capital contributions or subscriptions from Debtor’s partners or shareholders, amounts payable on account of the sale of partnership interests in Debtor or the capital stock of Debtor, accounts and other accounts receivable, deposit accounts, chattel paper (whether tangible or electronic), notes, drafts, contract rights, instruments, general intangibles, and principal, interest, and payments due on account of goods sold or leased, services rendered, loans made or credit extended, together with title to or interest in all agreements, documents, and instruments evidencing securing or guarantying the same;
 
(d) All other intangible property (and related software) and rights relating to the personal property described in Paragraph (a) above or the operation or use thereof, including, without limitation, all governmental and private contracts, agreements, permits, licenses, and approvals relating thereto, all names under or by which such property may at any time be sold, marketed, operated or known, all rights to carry on business under any such names, or any variant thereof, all trade names and trademarks, copyrights, patents, trademark, patent and copyright applications and registrations, patterns, designs, drawings, plans and specifications, other proprietary information and intellectual property, and royalties relating in any way thereto, and all goodwill and software in any way relating thereto;
 
(e) Debtor’s rights under all insurance policies covering the Personal Property, or any other part of the Collateral, and any and all proceeds, loss payments, and premium refunds payable regarding the same;
 
(f) All causes of action, claims, compensation, and recoveries for any damage to, destruction of, or condemnation or taking of the Personal Property, or any other part of the Collateral, or for any conveyance in lieu thereof, whether direct or consequential, or for any damage or injury to the Personal Property, or any other part of the Collateral, or for any loss or diminution in value of the Personal Property, or any other part of the Collateral;
 
(g) All Debtor’s rights in proceeds of the Loan evidenced by the Note;
 
(h) All of Debtor’s rights under any agreements affecting the Personal Property, whether now existing or hereafter arising; and
 

 
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(i) All proceeds from sale or disposition of any of the aforesaid collateral.
 
As used in this Exhibit A the terms “Obligations,” “Note,” “Collateral,” and “Personal Property” shall have the meanings set forth in the Security Agreement to which this Exhibit A is attached.
 

 

 
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EXHIBIT B
 
FINANCING STATEMENT INFORMATION
 
The Secured Party is:
 
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
201 South Main Street, Suite 300
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
 
The Debtor is:
 
Name, Type of Organization and Jurisdiction
 
Address
 
Organizational Identification No.
 
Employer Identification No.
FRANKLIN COVEY CO., a Utah corporation
2200 West Parkway Blvd.
Salt Lake City, Utah 84119
852657-0142
 
87-0401551
 
FRANKLIN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, a Utah corporation
2200 West Parkway Blvd.
Salt Lake City, Utah 84119
 
976652-0142
87-0448924
FRANKLIN COVEY TRAVEL, INC., a Utah corporation
2200 West Parkway Blvd.
Salt Lake City, Utah 84119
 
1303276-0142
 
87-0555873
 
FRANKLIN COVEY CLIENT SALES, INC., a Utah corporation
2200 West Parkway Blvd.
Salt Lake City, Utah 84119
 
1318682-0142
 
87-0561601
 

The Collateral is the Personal Property described on Exhibit A to the Security Agreement.
 

 
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exhibit10_3.htm
 
 


Exhibit 10.3
 
AMENDED AND RESTATED REPAYMENT GUARANTY
 
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED REPAYMENT GUARANTY (as amended, modified, extended, and renewed from time to time, the “Guaranty”), dated as of March 14, 2011, is made by FRANKLIN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, a Utah corporation, FRANKLIN COVEY TRAVEL, INC., a Utah corporation and FRANKLIN COVEY CLIENT SALES, INC., a Utah corporation (individually and collectively, as the context requires, and jointly and severally, “Guarantor”), in favor of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a national banking association (“Lender”), in conjunction with the Loan made to FRANKLIN COVEY CO., a Utah corporation (“Borrower”), by Lender pursuant to the Loan Agreement.
 
RECITALS
 
A. Lender has previously extended to Borrower a revolving line of credit loan in the original principal amount of $18,000,000.00 pursuant to a Revolving Line of Credit Agreement dated as of March 14, 2007 (as amended and modified from time to time, the “OriginalLoan Agreement”).
 
B. Guarantor executed a Repayment Guaranty dated March 14, 2007 in favor of Lender, pursuant to which Guarantor has agreed to guaranty repayment of the Loan and all other Obligations (the “Original Guaranty”).
 
C. Borrower and Lender have entered into the Loan Agreement, pursuant to which Lender, subject to the terms and conditions contained therein, is to make the Loan to Borrower.
 
D. Guarantor and Lender desire to restate and replace the Original Guaranty with this Guaranty to give effect to the amendments and modifications made in the Loan Agreement.
 
AGREEMENT
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
 
1. DEFINITIONS.  Except as otherwise provided in this Guaranty, all terms defined in the Loan Agreement shall have the same meaning when used in this Guaranty.  In addition, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 
(a) Change of Control” (a) means the closing of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of Guarantor’s assets; (b) shall be deemed to have occurred at such time as a “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), directly or indirectly, of more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of all classes of stock then outstanding of Guarantor entitled to vote in the election of directors; or (c) Guarantor’s merger into or consolidation with any other entity, or any other reorganization or transfer, directly or indirectly, of the ownership interests in Guarantor, in which the holders of the outstanding ownership interests in Guarantor immediately prior to such transaction receive or retain, in connection with such transaction on account of their ownership interests, ownership interests representing less than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the entity surviving such transaction; provided, however, that a Change of Control shall not include a merger effected exclusively for the purpose of changing the domicile of Guarantor or a merger of a Guarantor into Borrower or another Guarantor.
 

 
 

 
 
(b) Loan” means the Loan extended by Lender to Borrower pursuant to the Loan Agreement.
 
(c) Loan Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement of even date herewith between Borrower and Lender, as amended, modified, extended or renewed from time to time.
 
(d) Actions by Lender.  Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Guaranty, all determinations, consents, approvals, disapprovals, calculations, requirements, requests, acts, actions, elections, selections, opinions, judgments, options, exercise of rights, remedies or indemnities, satisfaction of conditions or other decisions of or to be made by Lender under this Guaranty shall be made in the reasonable discretion of Lender.  Any reference to Lender’s “sole and absolute discretion” or similar phrases has the meaning represented by the phrase “sole and absolute discretion, acting in good faith”.
 
2. GUARANTY. FOR GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, THE RECEIPT AND SUFFICIENCY OF WHICH GUARANTOR ACKNOWLEDGES, GUARANTOR UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY,  AND JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY, GUARANTEES  THE FULL PAYMENT AND PERFORMANCE WHEN DUE, BY ACCELERATION OR OTHERWISE, OF EACH AND ALL OBLIGATIONS.  GUARANTOR AGREES THAT IMMEDIATELY UPON A FAILURE IN PAYMENT OR PERFORMANCE WHEN DUE OF ANY OR ALL OBLIGATIONS, GUARANTOR WILL PAY TO LENDER THE FULL AMOUNT OF, OR PERFORM IN FULL, SUCH OBLIGATIONS.  ALL PAYMENTS UNDER THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE MADE TO LENDER IN LAWFUL MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AT THE ADDRESS OF LENDER DESIGNATED IN THE LOAN AGREEMENT OR SUCH OTHER LOCATION AS LENDER MAY DESIGNATE IN WRITING.  ANY AMOUNT PAYABLE UNDER THIS GUARANTY NOT PAID WHEN DUE, AND ANY JUDGMENT FOR SUCH AN AMOUNT AND INTEREST THEREON, SHALL BEAR INTEREST AT THE DEFAULT INTEREST RATE FROM THE DUE DATE OR SUCH JUDGMENT DATE, RESPECTIVELY, UNTIL SUCH AMOUNT AND INTEREST THEREON ARE PAID IN FULL.  GUARANTOR AGREES TO PAY SUCH INTEREST ON DEMAND.  ALL OF GUARANTOR’S OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER WILL BE PAID AND PERFORMED BY GUARANTOR WITHOUT COUNTERCLAIM, DEDUCTION, DEFENSE, DEFERMENT, REDUCTION, OR SET-OFF (all of the foregoing obligations of Guarantor and any and all other obligations, duties and responsibilities of Guarantor hereunder shall be referred to herein collectively as the “Guarantor Obligations”).
 
3. SECURITY.  Payment and performance of the Guarantor Obligations by Guarantor shall be secured by the Security Agreement by and between Guarantor and Lender, pursuant to which Lender has and shall continue to have a first priority security interest in all personal property assets of each Guarantor, subject to Permitted Exceptions.
 
4. GUARANTOR REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.  Guarantor represents and warrants to Lender as of the date of this Guaranty:
 
(a) Organization and Powers.  Guarantor is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Utah.  Guarantor has all requisite power and authority, rights and franchises to own and operate its properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, and to enter into and perform this Guaranty and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party.  The address of Guarantor’s chief executive office and principal place of business is c/o Franklin Covey Co., 2200 West Parkway Blvd., Salt Lake City, Utah 84119.
 
(b) Good Standing.  Guarantor has made all filings and is in good standing in the State of Utah, and in each other jurisdiction in which the character of the property it owns or the nature of
 

 
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the business it transacts makes such filings necessary and where failure to make such filings would result in a Material Adverse Change.
 
(c) Authorization.  The execution, delivery and performance of the Guarantor Loan Documents by Guarantor are within Guarantor’s corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary action by Guarantor and its directors and shareholders, as applicable.
 
(d) No Conflict.  The execution, delivery and performance of the Guarantor Loan Documents by Guarantor will not violate (1) any provision of the Guarantor Operating Documents; (2) any legal requirement affecting Guarantor or any of Guarantor’s respective properties except where a violation of such requirement would not result in a Material Adverse Change; or (3) any agreement to which Guarantor is bound or to which Guarantor is a party, except where a violation of any such agreement would not result in a Material Adverse Change, and will not result in or require the creation (except as provided in or contemplated by this Guaranty and the Loan Agreement) of any Lien or Encumbrance upon any of such properties.
 
(e) No Approvals, etc.  All governmental or regulatory orders, consents, permits, authorizations and approvals required for the present use and operation of the Guarantor’s business and the Collateral pledged by Guarantor have been obtained and are in full force and effect, except where failure to obtain such orders, consents, permits, authorizations or approvals would not result in a Material Adverse Change.  To the knowledge of Guarantor, no additional governmental or regulatory actions, filings or registrations with respect to the Guarantor’s business and the Collateral pledged by Guarantor, and no approvals, authorizations or consents of any trustee or holder of any Indebtedness or obligation of Guarantor are required for the due execution, delivery and performance by Guarantor of their respective duties and obligations under the Guarantor Loan Documents.
 
(f) Binding Obligations.  This Guaranty and the other Guarantor Loan Documents have been duly executed by Guarantor, and are the legally valid and binding obligations of Guarantor, enforceable against Guarantor in accordance with their terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Requirements of Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.
 
(g) Solvency.  After giving effect to this Guaranty, Guarantor is solvent.  As used in the preceding sentence, “solvent” means, with respect to any person, that at the time of determination:
 
(i) the fair value of its assets, both at fair valuation and at present fair saleable value, is in excess of the total amount of its liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent claims; and
 
(ii) it is then able and expects to be able to pay its debts as they mature; and
 
(iii) it has capital sufficient to carry on its business as conducted and as proposed to be conducted.
 
Contingent liabilities (such as litigation, guaranties, including but not limited to this Guaranty, and pension plan liabilities) shall be computed at the amount which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at the time, represents the amount which can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
 
(h) Inducement.  Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that this Guaranty is being executed and delivered in connection with, and as an inducement for Lender to extend, various credit accommodations to Borrower that are beneficial to the ongoing business and operations of Borrower and Guarantor.
 

 
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5. GUARANTOR COVENANTS.  Until the Obligations are paid and performed in full, Guarantor agrees that, unless Lender otherwise agrees in writing in Lender’s absolute and sole discretion:
 
(a) Keeping Informed About Borrower and Transaction.  Guarantor understands the Obligations and the Guarantor Obligations and has had access to information about the financial condition of Borrower and the ability of Borrower to perform the Obligations.  Guarantor assumes responsibility for acquiring and maintaining all necessary information concerning the financial condition of the Borrower, and any and all endorsers and other guarantors of any instrument or document evidencing all or any part of the Obligations, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Obligations or any part thereof that diligent inquiry would reveal, and Guarantor hereby agrees that Lender shall have no duty to advise Guarantor of information known to Lender regarding such condition or circumstances.
 
(b) Transfer of Assets.  Unless such action would result in a Material Adverse Change (without taking into consideration subsections (iii) and (iv) of the definition of Material Adverse Change), Guarantor may sell, convey, transfer, assign or dispose of Guarantor’s properties or assets, or any right, title or interest, or any part thereof, or enter into any lease covering all or any portion thereof or an undivided interest therein, either voluntarily, involuntarily, or otherwise; provided, however, that Guarantor shall not sell, transfer, lease, or otherwise dispose of all or any substantial part of its properties or assets other than such a sale, transfer, lease or disposition to Borrower or another Guarantor.
 
(c) Change of Control.  Without the prior written consent of Lender, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, Guarantor shall not cause, permit, or suffer any Change of Control to occur.
 
6. SPECIAL PROVISIONS.
 
(a) Nature of Guaranty.  This Guaranty is absolute, continuing, irrevocable, and unconditional.  This Guaranty is a guaranty of payment and performance when due and not of collection.  This Guaranty shall be effective and remain in full force and effect until all Obligations are paid and performed in full, regardless of (i) the genuineness, regularity, legality, validity, or enforceability of any or all of the liens and encumbrances securing the Obligations, the Loan Documents, or the Obligations, (ii) any law, regulation, or rule (federal, state, or local) or any action by any Governmental Authority discharging, reducing, varying the terms of payment, or otherwise modifying any of the Obligations or any of the liens and encumbrances securing the Obligations, or (iii) the death, dissolution, or liquidation of Borrower or any Guarantor.
 
(b) Enforcement Against Guarantor Without Other Action.  Lender, in its sole and absolute discretion, may enforce this Guaranty against any Guarantor without first having sought enforcement of any Loan Documents against Borrower, any other Guarantor, or any collateral.
 
(c) Events Not Affecting Guarantor Obligations.  The following shall not affect, impair, or delay the enforcement of this Guaranty, regardless of the impact upon any contribution, exoneration, indemnification, reimbursement, subrogation, and other rights of Guarantor:
 
(i) The bankruptcy, death, disability, dissolution, incompetence, insolvency, liquidation, or reorganization of Borrower.
 
(ii) Any defense of Borrower to payment or performance of any or all Obligations, or enforcement of any or all liens and encumbrances securing the Obligations on this Guaranty.
 

 
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(iii) The disallowance, discharge, modification of the terms of, reduction in the amount of, or stay of enforcement of any or all Obligations, or any or all liens and encumbrances securing the Obligations, in any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or other legal proceeding or by any law, ordinance, regulation, or rule (federal, state, or local).
 
(iv) The cessation of liability of Borrower for any or all Obligations without full satisfaction of such Obligations.
 
(d) Acts and Omissions of Lender Not Affecting this Guaranty.  The following acts and omissions of Lender, in each case in its sole and absolute discretion, shall not affect, delay, or impair this Guaranty, regardless of the impact upon any contribution, exoneration, indemnification, reimbursement, subrogation, or other rights of Guarantor:
 
(i) Lender may compromise, delay enforcement, fail to enforce, release, settle, or waive any or all Obligations of Borrower or any or all rights and remedies of Lender against Borrower.
 
(ii) Lender may make advances, issue letters of credit, or grant other financial accommodations for Borrower without requiring satisfaction of all conditions precedent in the Loan Documents.
 
(iii) Lender may obtain, substitute, and release collateral or additional collateral for the Obligations or this Guaranty.
 
(iv) Lender may fail to perfect, fail to protect the priority of, and fail to insure any or all liens and encumbrances in such collateral.
 
(v) Lender may fail to inspect, insure, maintain, preserve, or protect any or all such collateral.
 
(vi) Lender may enforce, compromise, delay enforcement, fail to enforce, settle, or waive any rights and remedies of Lender as to any or all such collateral.
 
(vii) Lender may assemble, sell, or otherwise dispose of any collateral in any manner and order Lender determines in its absolute and sole discretion, and disposition may be for no value, or for less than fair market value, of the collateral in the absolute and sole discretion of Lender.  With respect to any collateral that is personal property, Lender shall give Guarantor ten (10) days’ prior written notice of any sale or other disposition, except for personal property collateral that is perishable, threatens to decline speedily in value, is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market, or is cash, cash equivalents, certificates of deposit or the like, and except as to Lender’s right of set-off.  Guarantor’s sole right with respect to all collateral shall be to bid at a sale thereof in accordance with applicable law.
 
(viii) Lender may obtain additional obligors for any or all Obligations, and may substitute or release Borrower or any other obligor.
 
(ix) Lender may fail to file or pursue a claim in any bankruptcy, insolvency, probate, reorganization, or other proceeding as to any or all Obligations or any or all liens and encumbrances securing the Obligations.
 
(x) Lender may subordinate (A) any or all liens and encumbrances securing the Obligations or this Guaranty, or (B) any or all Obligations.
 

 
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(xi) Lender may amend, modify, extend, renew, restate, supplement, or terminate in whole or in part any or all Loan Documents.
 
(xii) Lender may assign any or all of its rights and delegate its obligations under the Loan Documents, in whole or in part (including, without limitation, by participation).
 
(xiii) Lender may do any other act or make any other omission that might otherwise constitute an extinguishment or a legal or equitable discharge of, or defense by, Guarantor.
 
7. GUARANTOR WAIVERS.
 
(a) Note and Notice Waivers.  Guarantor waives, to the full extent permitted by law, presentment, notice of dishonor, protest, notice of protest, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration, and all other notices or demands of any kind (including, without limitation, notice of the acceptance by Lender of this Guaranty, notice of the existence, creation, non-payment, or non-performance of any or all Obligations, and notice of the acts or omissions described in Sections 6(c) and 6(d), excepting only notices specifically provided for in this Guaranty).
 
(b) Waiver of Acts and Omissions of Lender.  Guarantor waives any defense to enforcement of the Guarantor Obligations or any liens and encumbrances granted by Guarantor based on acts and omissions of Lender described in Sections 6(c) and 6(d).
 
(c) Waiver of Statutory Provisions.  Guarantor waives any and all rights and benefits under Utah Code Annotated § 78-37-1, Utah Code Annotated § 57-1-32 and any other similar or replacement statutes or rules now or hereafter in effect and any other statutes or rules now or hereafter in effect that purport to confer specific rights upon, or make specific defenses or procedures available to, guarantors, or limit the right of Lender to recover a deficiency judgment, or to otherwise proceed, against any person or entity obligated for payment of the Loan, after any trustee’s sale, any judicial foreclosure sale or any personal property sale of any collateral securing the Loan.
 
(d) Waiver of Statute of Limitations.  To the full extent permitted by law, Guarantor waives any and all statutes of limitations as a defense to any or all Obligations.
 
(e) Waiver of Law and Equitable Principles Conflicting With This Guaranty.  Guarantor waives any and all provisions of law and equitable principles that conflict with this Guaranty.
 
(f) Waiver of Any Obligation of Lender to Inform Guarantor.  Guarantor waives any right to require Lender, and Lender shall have no obligation, to provide to Guarantor any information concerning performance of the Obligations, the ability of Borrower to perform the Obligations, or any other matter, regardless of what information Lender may have from time to time.
 
(g) Waiver of Contribution, Exoneration, Indemnification, Reimbursement, Subrogation, and Other Rights Against Borrower and Other Loan Parties.  Until such time as the Obligations have been fully satisfied, Guarantor waives any and all present and future claims, remedies, and rights of Guarantor against Borrower or any other guarantor, any collateral, and any other property, interests in property, or rights to property of Borrower or any other guarantor (i) arising from any performance by Guarantor hereunder, (ii) arising from any application of any collateral or any other property, interests in property, or rights to property of Guarantor to payment or performance of the Obligations, or (iii) otherwise arising in respect of the Loan Documents, regardless of whether such claims, remedies, and rights arise under any present or future agreement, document, or instrument or are provided by any law, ordinance, regulation, or rule (federal, state, or local) (including, without limitation, (A) any and all rights of contribution, exoneration, indemnity, reimbursement, and subrogation, and (B) any and all rights to participate in the rights and remedies of Lender against Borrower, any other guarantor, and any collateral).
 

 
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(h) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  EACH OF GUARANTOR AND LENDER (BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF) HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED UPON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).  EACH OF GUARANTOR AND LENDER (BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF) (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS GUARANTY BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
 
(i) WAIVER OF SPECIAL DAMAGES. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, GUARANTOR SHALL NOT ASSERT, AND HEREBY WAIVES, ANY CLAIM AGAINST LENDER, ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES (AS OPPOSED TO DIRECT OR ACTUAL DAMAGES) ARISING OUT OF, IN CONNECTION WITH, OR AS A RESULT OF, THIS GUARANTY OR ANY AGREEMENT OR INSTRUMENT CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, THE TRANSACTIONS, THE LOAN OR THE USE OF THE PROCEEDS THEREOF.
 
(j) MISCELLANEOUS WAIVERS.  TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, GUARANTOR HEREBY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO REQUIRE MARSHALLING OF ASSETS BY LENDER.  WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR THE OTHER GUARANTOR LOAN DOCUMENTS (EACH, A “PROCEEDING”), GUARANTOR IRREVOCABLY (A) SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS HAVING JURISDICTION IN THE CITY OF SALT LAKE, COUNTY OF SALT LAKE AND STATE OF UTAH, AND (B) WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY HAVE AT ANY TIME TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT, WAIVES ANY CLAIM THAT ANY PROCEEDING HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM AND FURTHER WAIVES THE RIGHT TO OBJECT, WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PROCEEDING, THAT SUCH COURT DOES NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER SUCH PARTY.  NOTHING IN THIS GUARANTY SHALL PRECLUDE LENDER FROM BRINGING A PROCEEDING IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION NOR WILL THE BRINGING OF A PROCEEDING IN ANY ONE OR MORE JURISDICTIONS PRECLUDE THE BRINGING OF A PROCEEDING IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.  GUARANTOR FURTHER AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT, IN ADDITION TO ANY METHODS OF SERVICE OF PROCESS PROVIDED FOR UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ALL SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY PROCEEDING IN ANY UTAH STATE OR UNITED STATES COURT SITTING IN THE CITY OF SALT LAKE AND COUNTY OF SALT LAKE MAY BE MADE BY CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, DIRECTED TO GUARANTOR AT THE ADDRESS INDICATED BELOW, AND SERVICE SO MADE SHALL BE COMPLETE UPON RECEIPT; EXCEPT THAT IF GUARANTOR SHALL REFUSE TO ACCEPT DELIVERY, SERVICE SHALL BE DEEMED COMPLETE FIVE (5) DAYS AFTER THE SAME SHALL HAVE BEEN SO MAILED.
 
8. SUBORDINATION.  If from time to time Borrower shall have liabilities or obligations to Guarantor, such liabilities and obligations and any and all assignments as security, grants in trust, liens, mortgages, security interests, other encumbrances, and other interests and rights securing such liabilities and
 

 
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obligations shall at all times be fully subordinate with respect to (a) assignment as security, grant in trust, lien, mortgage, security interest, other encumbrance, and other interest and right (if any), (b) time and right of payment and performance, and (c) rights against any collateral therefor (if any), to payment and performance in full of the Obligations and the right of Lender to realize upon any or all Collateral.  Guarantor agrees that such liabilities and obligations of Borrower to Guarantor shall not be secured by any assignment as security, grant in trust, lien, mortgage, security interest, other encumbrance or other interest or right in any property, interests in property, or rights to property of Borrower and that during the continuance of an Event of Default, Borrower shall not pay, and Guarantor shall not receive, payments of any or all liabilities or obligations of Borrower to Guarantor until after payment and performance of the Obligations in full, unless Lender consents thereto in writing.  If, notwithstanding the foregoing, during the continuance of an Event of Default, Guarantor receives any payment from Borrower, such payment shall be held in trust by Guarantor for the benefit of Lender, shall be segregated from the other funds of Guarantor, and shall forthwith be paid by Guarantor to Lender and applied to payment of the Obligations, whether or not then due.  To secure this Guaranty, Guarantor grants to Lender a lien and security interest in all liabilities and obligations of Borrower to Guarantor, in any assignments as security, grants in trust, liens, mortgages, security interests, other encumbrances, other interests or rights securing such liabilities and obligations, and in all of Guarantor’s right, title, and interest in and to any payments, property, interests in property, or rights to property acquired or received by Guarantor from Borrower in respect of any liabilities or obligations of Borrower to Guarantor.
 
9. LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS.  The provisions of this Guaranty are severable, and in any action or proceeding involving any state corporate law, or any state, federal or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations of Guarantor under this Guaranty would otherwise be held or determined to be avoidable, invalid or unenforceable on account of the amount of Guarantor’s liability under this Guaranty, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Guaranty to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by Guarantor or Lender, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount that is valid and enforceable as determined in such action or proceeding (such highest amount determined hereunder being Guarantor’s “Maximum Liability”). This Section 9 with respect to the Maximum Liability of Guarantor is intended solely to preserve the rights of Lender hereunder to the maximum extent not subject to avoidance under applicable law, and neither Guarantor nor any other person or entity shall have any right or claim under this Section 9 with respect to the Maximum Liability, except to the extent necessary so that the obligations of Guarantor hereunder shall not be rendered voidable under applicable law.
 
10. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF LENDER.  The rights and remedies of Lender shall be cumulative and non-exclusive.  Delay, discontinuance, or failure to exercise any right or remedy of Lender shall not be a waiver thereof, of any other right or remedy of Lender, or of the time of the essence provision.  Exercise of any right or remedy of Lender shall not cure or waive any Event of Default or invalidate any act done in response to any Event of Default.
 
11. SURVIVAL.  The representations, warranties, and covenants of Guarantor in this Guaranty shall survive the execution and delivery of this Guaranty.
 
12. INTEGRATION, ENTIRE AGREEMENT, CHANGE, DISCHARGE, TERMINATION, WAIVER, APPROVAL, CONSENT, ETC.  This Guaranty contains the complete understanding and agreement of Guarantor and Lender and supersedes all prior representations, warranties, agreements, arrangements, understandings, and negotiations.  No provision of this Guaranty may be changed, discharged, supplemented, terminated, or waived except in a writing signed by the parties thereto.  Delay or failure by Lender to insist on performance of any obligation when due or compliance with any other term or condition in this Guaranty shall not operate as a waiver thereof or of any other obligation, term, or condition or of the time of the essence provision.  Acceptance of late payments or performance shall not be a waiver of the time of the essence provision, the right of Lender to require that subsequent payments or performance be made when due, or the right of Lender to declare an Event of Default if subsequent payments or performance are not made when due.  Any approval, consent, or statement that a matter is satisfactory by Lender under this
 

 
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Guaranty must be in writing executed by Lender and shall apply only to the person(s) and facts specifically set forth in the writing.
 
13. BINDING EFFECT.  This Guaranty shall be binding upon Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of Lender and their successors and assigns, and the executors, legal administrators, personal representatives, heirs, devisees, and beneficiaries of Guarantor, provided, however, that Guarantor may not delegate any of its obligations under this Guaranty and any purported delegation shall be void.  Lender may from time to time in its absolute and sole discretion assign its rights and delegate its obligations under the Loan Documents, in whole or in part, without notice to or consent by Guarantor (including, without limitation, participation).  In addition to any greater or lesser limitation provided by law, Guarantor shall not assert against any assignee of Lender any claims or defenses Guarantor may have against Lender, except claims and defenses, if any, arising under this Guaranty.
 
14. COSTS, EXPENSES, AND FEES.  Guarantor shall promptly pay to Lender, upon demand, with interest thereon at the Default Interest Rate, reasonable attorneys’ fees and all costs and other expenses paid or incurred by Lender in enforcing or exercising its rights or remedies created by, connected with or provided for in this Guaranty.
 
15. SEVERABILITY.  If any provision or any part of any provision of this Guaranty is unenforceable, the enforceability of the other provisions or the other provisions and the remainder of the subject provision, respectively, shall not be affected and they shall remain in full force and effect.
 
16. CHOICE OF LAW.  THIS GUARANTY AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF UTAH WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.  THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS GUARANTY AND THE OTHER GUARANTOR LOAN DOCUMENTS MAY BE TRIED AND LITIGATED IN THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF SALT LAKE, STATE OF UTAH OR, IN ANY OTHER COURT IN WHICH A PARTY SHALL INITIATE LEGAL OR EQUITABLE PROCEEDINGS AND WHICH HAS SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OVER THE MATTER IN CONTROVERSY.  EACH OF GUARANTOR, AND BY ACCEPTANCE HEREOF,  LENDER WAIVES, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF SALT LAKE, STATE OF UTAH.
 
17. TIME OF THE ESSENCE.  Time is of the essence with regard to each provision of this Guaranty as to which time is a factor.
 
18. NOTICES AND DEMANDS.  All notices, requests, demands and consents to be made hereunder to the parties hereto shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or sent by registered mail or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested (except for any notice address which is a post office box, in which case notice may be given by first class mail), through the United States Postal Service to the addresses shown below, or such other address which the parties may provide to one another in accordance herewith.  Such notices, requests, demands and consents, if sent by mail, shall be deemed given two (2) Business Days after deposit in the United States mail, and if delivered by hand, shall be deemed given when delivered.
 
To Lender:                            JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
201 South Main Street, Suite 300
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
Attn:  Paul Sommer
 

 
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with a copy to:                      Holland & Hart LLP
222 S. Main Street, Suite 2200
Salt Lake City, Utah 84101
Attn: Scott R. Irwin, Esq.
 
To Guarantor:                        co/ Franklin Covey Co.
2200 West Parkway Blvd.
Salt Lake City, Utah 84110
Attn: Stephen D. Young
 
with a copy to:                      Dorsey & Whitney LLP
136 South Main Street, Suite 1000
Salt Lake City, Utah 84101
Attn: Nolan S. Taylor, Esq.

19. JOINT AND SEVERAL OBLIGATIONS.  This Guaranty may be executed by more than one person, and in such event the obligations hereunder shall be the joint and several obligations of each such person.  Each reference to Guarantor shall be a reference to each person executing this Guaranty individually and to all such persons collectively.  Each Guarantor’s liability is independent of the obligations of the other Guarantors.  Lender may bring an action against any Guarantor to enforce this Guaranty, whether an action is brought against the other Guarantors.
 
20. PARTIAL PERFORMANCE.  Guarantor’s performance of a portion, but not all, of the Obligations shall in no way limit, affect, modify or abridge Guarantor’s liability for the Obligations which are not performed.  Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that Lender is awarded a judgment in any suit brought to enforce Guarantor’s covenant to perform a portion of the  Obligations, such judgment shall in no way be deemed to release Guarantor from its covenant to perform any portion of the Obligations which is not the subject of the suit.
 
21. INDEMNIFICATION OF LENDER.  TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, GUARANTOR AGREES TO PROTECT, INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND SAVE HARMLESS LENDER, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AGENTS, ATTORNEYS, AND EMPLOYEES FOR, FROM, AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LIABILITY, EXPENSE, OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND OR NATURE AND FOR, FROM, AND AGAINST ANY SUITS, CLAIMS, OR DEMANDS, INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEY’S FEES AND EXPENSES ON ACCOUNT OF ANY MATTER OR THING OR ACTION, WHETHER IN SUIT OR NOT, ARISING OUT OF THIS GUARANTY, OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH, EXCLUDING HOWEVER, ANY MATTERS ARISING OUT OF AN INDEMNIFIED PARTY’S GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OR ANY MATTERS ARISING AFTER LENDER HAS TAKEN TITLE TO OR POSSESSION OF THE COLLATERAL PLEDGED BY ANY GUARANTOR DOCUMENT.  Upon receiving knowledge of any suit, claim, or demand asserted by a third party that Lender believes is covered by this indemnity, Lender shall give Guarantor notice of the matter and an opportunity to defend it, at Guarantor's sole cost and expense, with legal counsel satisfactory to Lender.  Lender may also require Guarantor to so defend the matter.  The obligations on the part of Guarantor under this Section 21 shall survive the payment and performance of the Obligations.
 
22. RESCISSION OR RETURN OF PAYMENTS.  If at any time or from time to time, whether before or after payment and performance of the Obligations in full, all or any part of any amount received by Lender in payment of, or on account of, any Obligation is or must be, or is claimed to be, avoided, rescinded, or returned by Lender to Guarantor or any other person for any reason whatsoever (including, without limitation, bankruptcy, insolvency, or reorganization of Guarantor or any other person), such Obligation and any liens and encumbrances that secured such Obligation at the time such avoided, rescinded, or returned payment was received by Lender shall be deemed to have continued in existence or shall be reinstated, as the case may be, all as though such payment had not been received.
 

 
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23. NO CLAIMS; RELEASE. Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that Guarantor has no claims, counterclaims, defenses, or set-offs with respect to the Loan, this Guaranty or the other Loan Documents.  Guarantor fully, finally, and forever releases and discharges Lender and its successors, assigns, directors, officers, employees, agents, and representatives from any and all actions, causes of action, claims, debts, demands, liabilities, obligations, and suits, of whatever kind or nature, in law or equity, that Guarantor has or in the future may have, whether known or unknown, in respect of the Loan, this Guaranty or the other Loan Documents, or the actions or omissions of Lender in respect of the Loan, this Guaranty or the other Loan Documents, in each case which arise from events occurring prior to the date of this Guaranty.
 
24. COUNTERPART EXECUTION.  This Guaranty may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original and all of which together will constitute one and the same document.  Signature pages may be detached from the counterparts and attached to a single copy of this Guaranty to physically form one document.  Facsimile signature pages will be acceptable, provided originally signed signature pages are provided to each of the other parties by overnight courier.
 
25. RIGHT OF SET-OFF.  In addition to any other rights and remedies of Lender, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, including the failure of Guarantor to timely perform any obligation hereunder, Lender is authorized at any time and from time to time during the continuance of such default or  Event of Default, without prior notice to Guarantor (any such notice being waived by Guarantor to the fullest extent permitted by law) to set-off and apply any and all deposits or deposit accounts (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held by Lender to or for the credit or the account of Guarantor against any and all obligations of Guarantor under the Loan Documents, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not Lender shall have made demand under this Guaranty or any other Loan Document and although such amounts owed may be contingent or unmatured.
 
25.           AMENDMENT.  This Guaranty, together with the Loan Documents, constitute the entire agreement between Guarantor and Lender as to the subject matter hereof and may not be altered or amended except by written agreement signed by Guarantor and Lender.  All other prior and contemporaneous agreements, arrangements, and understandings between the parties hereto as to the subject matter hereof are, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, rescinded. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Guarantor and Lender acknowledge and agree that this Guaranty shall not constitute a novation of the obligations and liabilities of Guarantor under the Original Guaranty.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be executed as of the date first above written.
 
FRANKLIN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
a Utah corporation
 
 
By:
  /s/ Stephen D. Young
Name:
Stephen D. Young
Title:
President
 
FRANKLIN COVEY TRAVEL, INC.
a Utah corporation
 
 
By:
  /s/ Stephen D. Young
Name:
Stephen D. Young
Title:
President
 
FRANKLIN COVEY CLIENT SALES, INC.
a Utah corporation
 
 
By:
  /s/ Stephen D. Young
Name:
Stephen D. Young
Title
President
 
 
Guarantor

 

 
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Exhibit 10.4


AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE
(Revolving Loan)
 
$10,000,000.00
Salt Lake City, Utah
 
March 14, 2011
 
1.           PROMISE TO PAY.
 
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, FRANKLIN COVEY CO., a Utah corporation (“Maker”), with a business address of 2200 West Parkway Blvd., Salt Lake City, Utah 84119, promises to pay to the order of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a national banking association (“Holder”), at its office at 201 South Main Street, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84111, or at such other place as Holder may from time to time designate in writing, the principal sum of up to TEN MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($10,000,000.00) or so much thereof as shall from time to time be disbursed as Revolving Loan Advances under that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as it may be amended, modified, extended, and renewed from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”) of even date herewith between Maker and Holder, together with accrued interest from the date of disbursement on the unpaid principal at the applicable rate as set forth in Section 5 hereof.  This Amended and Restated Secured Promissory Note (as it may be amended, modified, extended, and renewed from time to time, the “Note”) is issued pursuant to, entitled to the benefits of, and referred to as the “Revolving Loan Note” in the Loan Agreement.  In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Note and the provisions of the Loan Agreement, the Loan Agreement shall control.
 
2.           DEFINITIONS.
 
The following terms shall have the following meanings when used herein.  Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings set forth in the Loan Agreement.
 
Interest Rate” means the “Interest Rate” (as defined in the Loan Agreement) applying the Applicable Margin (whether for LIBOR Rate Advances or CB Floating Rate Advances) for Revolving Loan Advances.
 
Maturity Date” means the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, as defined in Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement.
 
3.           MATURITY DATE.
 
Absent the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default hereunder or under any of the Loan Documents, the unpaid principal balance hereof, together with all unpaid interest accrued thereon, and all other amounts payable by Maker under the terms of the Loan Documents, shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date.  If the Maturity Date should fall (whether by acceleration or otherwise) on a day that is not a Business Day, payment of the outstanding principal shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in computing the interest included in such payment.
 
4.           REVOLVING LINE OF CREDIT.
 
The Revolving Loan evidenced hereby is a revolving line of credit and Maker shall be entitled to reborrow amounts prepaid prior to the Maturity Date.  Although the outstanding principal balance of this Note may be zero from time to time, this Note and the other Loan Documents will remain in full force and effect until the Maturity Date or until all obligations of Maker or Guarantor relating to the Revolving Loan are indefeasibly paid and performed in full, whichever is later.  Upon the occurrence, and continuance, of any Event of Default, Holder may suspend or terminate its
 

 
 

 

commitment to make Revolving Loan Advances of the proceeds hereof without notice to Maker or further act on the part of Holder.

5.           INTEREST.
 
 
(a)
Absent a continuing Event of Default hereunder or under any of the Loan Documents, each Advance made hereunder shall bear interest at the Interest Rate in effect from time to time as determined in accordance with the Loan Agreement, subject to the limitations of Section 15 of this Note. Interest on this Note shall be computed by applying the ratio of the annual Interest Rate over a year of three hundred sixty (360) days, multiplied by the outstanding principal balance, multiplied by the actual number of days the principal balance is outstanding.
 
 
(b)
All payments of principal and interest due hereunder shall be made (i) without deduction of any present and future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, which amounts shall be paid by Maker, and (ii) without any other set off.  Maker will pay the amounts necessary such that the gross amount of the principal and interest received by Holder is equal to that required by this Note.
 
 
(c)
Interest accruing hereunder shall be payable by Maker to Holder monthly, the first of which interest payments shall be payable on the Payment Date occurring in April 2011, and on each Payment Date thereafter as provided in the Loan Agreement.  If any payment of interest to be made by Maker hereunder shall become due on a day which is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in computing the interest in such payment.
 
6.           LAWFUL MONEY.
 
Principal and interest are payable in lawful money of the United States of America.
 
7.           APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS; LATE CHARGE; DEFAULT RATE.
 
 
(a)
Unless otherwise agreed to, in writing, or otherwise required by applicable law, payments will be applied first to accrued, unpaid interest, then to any unpaid collection costs, late charges and other charges, and any remaining amount to principal; provided however, upon a continuing Event of Default, Holder reserves the right to apply payments among principal, interest, late charges, collection costs and other charges at its discretion.  All prepayments shall be applied to the indebtedness owing hereunder in such order and manner as Holder may from time to time determine in its reasonable discretion.
 
 
(b)
If any payment required under this Note is not paid within ten (10) days after such payment is due, then, at the option of Holder, Maker shall pay a late charge equal to five percent (5.0%) of the amount of such payment or Twenty-Five and No/100 Dollars ($25.00), whichever is greater, up to the maximum amount of One Thousand Five Hundred and No/100 Dollars ($1,500.00) per late charge to compensate Holder for administrative expenses and other costs of delinquent payments.  This late charge may be assessed without notice, shall be immediately due and payable and shall be in addition to all other rights and remedies available to Holder.
 
 
(c)
Upon a continuing Event of Default or upon maturity by acceleration, Holder, at its option, may also, if permitted under applicable law, do one or both of the following, in addition to any other right or remedy available to Holder: (i) increase the applicable interest rate on this Note to the Default Interest Rate, and (ii) add any unpaid accrued interest to principal and
 

 
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such sum will bear interest therefrom until paid at the rate provided in this Note (including any increased rate).  The interest rate hereunder will not exceed the maximum rate permitted by applicable law.  Application of the Default Interest Rate will not cure any Event of Default.

8.           SECURITY; GUARANTY.
 
This Note is secured by one or more liens and security interests upon the Collateral, as more particularly set forth in the Loan Agreement and other Loan Documents, and payments hereunder are unconditionally guaranteed by Guarantor pursuant to the Guaranty.
 
9.           EVENT OF DEFAULT.
 
The occurrence of any of the following shall be deemed to be an event of default (“Event of Default”) hereunder:
 
 
(a)
Failure by Maker to pay any monetary amount within ten (10) days of when due under any Loan Document; or
 
 
(b)
The occurrence of any event of default under any of the other Loan Documents.
 
10.           REMEDIES.
 
Upon the occurrence, and during the continuance, of an Event of Default, then at the option of Holder, the entire balance of principal together with all accrued interest thereon, and all other amounts payable by Maker under the Loan Documents shall, without demand or notice, immediately become due and payable.  Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (and so long as such Event of Default shall continue), without notice or demand, the entire balance of principal hereof, together with all accrued interest thereon, all other amounts due under the Loan Documents, and any judgment for such principal, interest, and other amounts shall bear interest at the Default Interest Rate.  Maker may also, at its election, add any unpaid accrued interest to principal and such sum will bear interest therefrom until paid at the Default Interest Rate.  The Interest Rate under this Note will not exceed the maximum rate permitted by applicable law under any circumstances.  No delay or omission on the part of Holder in exercising any right under this Note or under any of the other Loan Documents hereof shall operate as a waiver of such right and no application of the Default Interest Rate or addition of interest to principal shall constitute an election of remedies by Holder nor shall any such exercise of any right cure any Event of Default under the Loan Documents.
 
11.           WAIVER.
 
 
(a)
Maker, endorsers, guarantors, and sureties of this Note hereby waive diligence, demand for payment, presentment for payment, protest, notice of nonpayment, notice of protest, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration, notice of dishonor, and notice of nonpayment, and all other notices or demands of any kind (except notices specifically provided for in the Loan Documents) and expressly agree that, without in any way affecting the liability of Maker, endorsers, guarantors, or sureties, Holder may extend any maturity date or the time for payment of any installment due hereunder, otherwise modify the Loan Documents, accept additional security, release any Person liable, and release any security or guaranty.  Maker, endorsers, guarantors, and sureties waive, to the full extent permitted by law, the right to plead any and all statutes of limitations as a defense.
 
 
(b)
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, MAKER SHALL NOT ASSERT, AND HEREBY WAIVES, ANY CLAIM AGAINST HOLDER, ON ANY
 

 
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THEORY OF LIABILITY, FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES (AS OPPOSED TO DIRECT OR ACTUAL DAMAGES) ARISING OUT OF, IN CONNECTION WITH, OR AS A RESULT OF THIS NOTE OR ANY AGREEMENT OR INSTRUMENT CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, THE REVOLVING LOAN OR THE USE OF THE PROCEEDS THEREOF.

12.           CHANGE, DISCHARGE, TERMINATION, OR WAIVER.
 
No provision of this Note may be changed, discharged, terminated, or waived except in a writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the change, discharge, termination, or waiver is sought.  No failure on the part of Holder to exercise and no delay by Holder in exercising any right or remedy under this Note or under the law shall operate as a waiver thereof.
 
13.           ATTORNEYS’ FEES.
 
If this Note is not paid when due or if any Event of Default occurs, Maker promises to pay all costs of enforcement and collection and preparation therefor, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, whether or not any action or proceeding is brought to enforce the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, all such costs incurred in connection with any bankruptcy, receivership, or other court proceedings (whether at the trial or appellate level)) or with regard to any arbitration or other dispute resolution proceeding.
 
14.           SEVERABILITY.
 
If any provision of this Note is unenforceable, the enforceability of the other provisions shall not be affected and they shall remain in full force and effect.
 
15.           INTEREST RATE LIMITATION.
 
Maker hereby agrees to pay an effective rate of interest that is the sum of the interest rate provided for herein, together with any additional rate of interest resulting from any other charges of interest or in the nature of interest paid or to be paid in connection with the Revolving Loan, including without limitation, the Origination Fee and any other fees to be paid by Maker pursuant to the provisions of the Loan Documents.  Holder and Maker agree that none of the terms and provisions contained herein or in any of the Loan Documents shall be construed to create a contract for the use, forbearance or detention of money requiring payment of interest at a rate in excess of the maximum interest rate permitted to be charged by the laws of the State of Utah.  In such event, if any holder of this Note shall collect monies which are deemed to constitute interest which would otherwise increase the effective interest rate on this Note to a rate in excess of the maximum rate permitted to be charged by the laws of the State of Utah, all such sums deemed to constitute interest in excess of such maximum rate shall, at the option of Holder, be credited to the payment of other amounts payable under the Loan Documents or returned to Maker.
 
16.           NUMBER AND GENDER.
 
In this Note the singular shall include the plural and the masculine shall include the feminine and neuter gender, and vice versa.
 
17.           HEADINGS.
 
Headings at the beginning of each numbered section of this Note are intended solely for convenience and are not part of this Note.
 

 
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18.           CHOICE OF LAW.
 
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF UTAH WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.  THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS NOTE AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF SALT LAKE, STATE OF UTAH OR, AT THE SOLE OPTION OF HOLDER, IN ANY OTHER COURT IN WHICH HOLDER SHALL INITIATE LEGAL OR EQUITABLE PROCEEDINGS AND WHICH HAS SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OVER THE MATTER IN CONTROVERSY.  EACH OF MAKER AND HOLDER WAIVES, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION 18.
 
19.           INTEGRATION.
 
The Loan Documents contain the complete understanding and agreement of Holder and Maker and supersede all prior representations, warranties, agreements, arrangements, understandings, and negotiations. PURSUANT TO UTAH CODE ANNOTATED SECTION 25-5-4, MAKER IS NOTIFIED THAT THIS NOTE AND OTHER WRITTEN LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF ANY ALLEGED PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
 
20.           COUNTERPARTS.
 
This document may be executed and acknowledged in counterparts, all of which executed and acknowledged counterparts shall together constitute a single document.
 
21.           BINDING EFFECT.
 
The Loan Documents will be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, Holder, Maker, and their respective successors and assigns.  Maker may not delegate its obligations hereunder or under the Loan Documents.
 
22.           TIME OF THE ESSENCE.
 
Time is of the essence with regard to each provision of the Loan Documents as to which time is a factor.
 
23.           SURVIVAL.
 
The representations, warranties, and covenants of Maker in the Loan Documents shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of the Revolving Loan.
 
24.           RENEWAL AND EXTENSION.
 
This Note is given in replacement, renewal and/or extension of, but not in extinguishment of the indebtedness evidenced by, that certain Secured Promissory Note dated March 14, 2007, executed by Maker in the original principal amount of EIGHTEEN MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($18,000,000.00), including previous renewals or modifications thereof, if any (the “Prior Note
 

 
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and together with all loan agreements, credit agreements, reimbursement agreements, security agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust, pledge agreements, assignments, guaranties, and any other instrument or document executed in connection with the Prior Note, the “Prior Related Documents”), and is not a novation thereof. All interest evidenced by the Prior Note shall continue to be due and payable until paid. Maker fully, finally, and forever releases and discharges Holder and its successors, assigns, directors, officers, employees, agents, and representatives (each a “Bank Party”) from any and all causes of action, claims, debts, demands, and liabilities, of whatever kind or nature, in law or equity, of Maker, whether now known or unknown to Maker (a) in respect of the Obligations evidenced by the Prior Note and the Prior Related Documents, or of the actions or omissions of any Bank Party in any manner related to the Obligations evidenced by the Prior Note or the Prior Related Documents and (b) arising from events occurring prior to the date of this Note.  All Collateral continues to secure the payment of this Note and the Obligations. The provisions of this Note are effective on the date that this Note has been executed by all of the signers and delivered to Holder.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Maker has executed and delivered this Note as of the day and year first above written.
 

 
FRANKLIN COVEY CO.
a Utah corporation
 
By:
  /s/ Stephen D. Young
Name:
Stephen D. Young
Title:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
Maker
 
 
 

 
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Exhibit 10.5

SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE
(Term Loan)
 
$5,000,000.00
Salt Lake City, Utah
 
March 14, 2011
 
1.           PROMISE TO PAY.
 
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, FRANKLIN COVEY CO., a Utah corporation (“Maker”), with a business address of 2200 West Parkway Blvd., Salt Lake City, Utah 84119, promises to pay to the order of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a national banking association (“Holder”), at its office at 201 South Main Street, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84111, or at such other place as Holder may from time to time designate in writing, the principal sum of up to FIVE MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($5,000,000.00) or so much thereof as shall from time to time be disbursed as Term Loan Advances under that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as it may be amended, modified, extended, and renewed from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”) of even date herewith between Maker and Holder, together with accrued interest from the date of disbursement on the unpaid principal at the applicable rate as set forth in Section 5 hereof.  This Secured Promissory Note (as it may be amended, modified, extended, and renewed from time to time, the “Note”) is issued pursuant to, entitled to the benefits of, and referred to as the “Term Loan Note” in the Loan Agreement.  In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Note and the provisions of the Loan Agreement, the Loan Agreement shall control.
 
2.           DEFINITIONS.
 
The following terms shall have the following meanings when used herein.  Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings set forth in the Loan Agreement.
 
Interest Rate” means the “Interest Rate” (as defined in the Loan Agreement) applying the Applicable Margin (whether for LIBOR Rate Advances or CB Floating Rate Advances) for Term Loan Advances.
 
Maturity Date” means the Term Loan Maturity Date, as defined in Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement.
 
3.           MATURITY DATE.
 
Absent the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default hereunder or under any of the Loan Documents, the unpaid principal balance hereof, together with all unpaid interest accrued thereon, and all other amounts payable by Maker under the terms of the Loan Documents, shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date.  If the Maturity Date should fall (whether by acceleration or otherwise) on a day that is not a Business Day, payment of the outstanding principal shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in computing the interest included in such payment.
 
4.           TERM LOAN.
 
The Term Loan evidenced hereby is a term loan and Maker shall be entitled to draw on this Note through the end of the Draw Period.  Proceeds of the Term Loan prepaid or repaid by Maker may not be reborrowed.  Upon the occurrence, and continuance, of any Event of Default, Holder may suspend or terminate its commitment to make Term Loan Advances of the proceeds hereof without notice to Maker or further act on the part of Holder.
 

 
 

 
 
Term Loan Advances may be made only during the Draw Period.  The right of Maker to receive Term Loan Advances shall expire at the conclusion of the Draw Period, and no new Term Loan Advances shall be made hereunder during the Term-Out Period.  Any principal amounts for which disbursement has not been requested during the Draw Period shall not be disbursed hereunder and Maker shall not be liable to repay such non-disbursed amounts.
 
5.           INTEREST; AMORTIZATION.
 
 
(a)
Absent a continuing Event of Default hereunder or under any of the Loan Documents, each Advance made hereunder shall bear interest at the Interest Rate in effect from time to time as determined in accordance with the Loan Agreement, subject to the limitations of Section 15 of this Note. Interest on this Note shall be computed by applying the ratio of the annual Interest Rate over a year of three hundred sixty (360) days, multiplied by the outstanding principal balance, multiplied by the actual number of days the principal balance is outstanding.
 
 
(b)
All payments of principal and interest due hereunder shall be made (i) without deduction of any present and future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, which amounts shall be paid by Maker, and (ii) without any other set off.  Maker will pay the amounts necessary such that the gross amount of the principal and interest received by Holder is equal to that required by this Note.
 
 
(c)
Interest accruing hereunder shall be payable by Maker to Holder monthly, the first of which interest payments shall be payable on the Payment Date occurring in April 2011, and on each Payment Date thereafter as provided in the Loan Agreement.  The outstanding principal balance of this Note as of the end of the Draw Period shall be paid during the Term-Out Period in twenty-four (24) equal monthly installments commencing October 1, 2011 and on each Payment Date thereafter through the Maturity Date.  If any payment to be made by Maker hereunder shall become due on a day which is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in computing the interest in such payment.
 
6.           LAWFUL MONEY.
 
Principal and interest are payable in lawful money of the United States of America.
 
7.           APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS; LATE CHARGE; DEFAULT RATE.
 
 
(a)
Unless otherwise agreed to, in writing, or otherwise required by applicable law, payments will be applied first to accrued, unpaid interest, then to any unpaid collection costs, late charges and other charges, and any remaining amount to principal; provided however, upon a continuing Event of Default, Holder reserves the right to apply payments among principal, interest, late charges, collection costs and other charges at its discretion.  All prepayments shall be applied to the indebtedness owing hereunder in such order and manner as Holder may from time to time determine in its reasonable discretion.
 
 
(b)
If any payment required under this Note is not paid within ten (10) days after such payment is due, then, at the option of Holder, Maker shall pay a late charge equal to five percent (5.0%) of the amount of such payment or Twenty-Five and No/100 Dollars ($25.00), whichever is greater, up to the maximum amount of One Thousand Five Hundred and No/100 Dollars ($1,500.00) per late charge to compensate Holder for administrative expenses and other costs of delinquent payments.  This late charge may be assessed without
 

 
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notice, shall be immediately due and payable and shall be in addition to all other rights and remedies available to Holder.

 
(c)
Upon a continuing Event of Default or upon maturity by acceleration, Holder, at its option, may also, if permitted under applicable law, do one or both of the following, in addition to any other right or remedy available to Holder: (i) increase the applicable interest rate on this Note to the Default Interest Rate, and (ii) add any unpaid accrued interest to principal and such sum will bear interest therefrom until paid at the rate provided in this Note (including any increased rate).  The interest rate hereunder will not exceed the maximum rate permitted by applicable law.  Application of the Default Interest Rate will not cure any Event of Default.
 
8.           SECURITY; GUARANTY.
 
This Note is secured by one or more liens and security interests upon the Collateral, as more particularly set forth in the Loan Agreement and other Loan Documents, and payments hereunder are unconditionally guaranteed by Guarantor pursuant to the Guaranty.
 
9.           EVENT OF DEFAULT.
 
The occurrence of any of the following shall be deemed to be an event of default (“Event of Default”) hereunder:
 
 
(a)
Failure by Maker to pay any monetary amount within ten (10) days of when due under any Loan Document; or
 
 
(b)
The occurrence of any event of default under any of the other Loan Documents.
 
10.           REMEDIES.
 
Upon the occurrence, and during the continuance, of an Event of Default, then at the option of Holder, the entire balance of principal together with all accrued interest thereon, and all other amounts payable by Maker under the Loan Documents shall, without demand or notice, immediately become due and payable.  Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (and so long as such Event of Default shall continue), without notice or demand, the entire balance of principal hereof, together with all accrued interest thereon, all other amounts due under the Loan Documents, and any judgment for such principal, interest, and other amounts shall bear interest at the Default Interest Rate.  Maker may also, at its election, add any unpaid accrued interest to principal and such sum will bear interest therefrom until paid at the Default Interest Rate.  The Interest Rate under this Note will not exceed the maximum rate permitted by applicable law under any circumstances.  No delay or omission on the part of Holder in exercising any right under this Note or under any of the other Loan Documents hereof shall operate as a waiver of such right and no application of the Default Interest Rate or addition of interest to principal shall constitute an election of remedies by Holder nor shall any such exercise of any right cure any Event of Default under the Loan Documents.
 
11.           WAIVER.
 
 
(a)
Maker, endorsers, guarantors, and sureties of this Note hereby waive diligence, demand for payment, presentment for payment, protest, notice of nonpayment, notice of protest, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration, notice of dishonor, and notice of nonpayment, and all other notices or demands of any kind (except notices specifically provided for in the Loan Documents) and expressly agree that, without in any way affecting the liability of Maker, endorsers, guarantors, or sureties, Holder may extend any maturity date or the time
 

 
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for payment of any installment due hereunder, otherwise modify the Loan Documents, accept additional security, release any Person liable, and release any security or guaranty.  Maker, endorsers, guarantors, and sureties waive, to the full extent permitted by law, the right to plead any and all statutes of limitations as a defense.

 
(b)
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, MAKER SHALL NOT ASSERT, AND HEREBY WAIVES, ANY CLAIM AGAINST HOLDER, ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES (AS OPPOSED TO DIRECT OR ACTUAL DAMAGES) ARISING OUT OF, IN CONNECTION WITH, OR AS A RESULT OF THIS NOTE OR ANY AGREEMENT OR INSTRUMENT CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, THE TERM LOAN OR THE USE OF THE PROCEEDS THEREOF.
 
12.           CHANGE, DISCHARGE, TERMINATION, OR WAIVER.
 
No provision of this Note may be changed, discharged, terminated, or waived except in a writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the change, discharge, termination, or waiver is sought.  No failure on the part of Holder to exercise and no delay by Holder in exercising any right or remedy under this Note or under the law shall operate as a waiver thereof.
 
13.           ATTORNEYS’ FEES.
 
If this Note is not paid when due or if any Event of Default occurs, Maker promises to pay all costs of enforcement and collection and preparation therefor, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, whether or not any action or proceeding is brought to enforce the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, all such costs incurred in connection with any bankruptcy, receivership, or other court proceedings (whether at the trial or appellate level)) or with regard to any arbitration or other dispute resolution proceeding.
 
14.           SEVERABILITY.
 
If any provision of this Note is unenforceable, the enforceability of the other provisions shall not be affected and they shall remain in full force and effect.
 
15.           INTEREST RATE LIMITATION.
 
Maker hereby agrees to pay an effective rate of interest that is the sum of the interest rate provided for herein, together with any additional rate of interest resulting from any other charges of interest or in the nature of interest paid or to be paid in connection with the Term Loan, including without limitation, the Origination Fee and any other fees to be paid by Maker pursuant to the provisions of the Loan Documents.  Holder and Maker agree that none of the terms and provisions contained herein or in any of the Loan Documents shall be construed to create a contract for the use, forbearance or detention of money requiring payment of interest at a rate in excess of the maximum interest rate permitted to be charged by the laws of the State of Utah.  In such event, if any holder of this Note shall collect monies which are deemed to constitute interest which would otherwise increase the effective interest rate on this Note to a rate in excess of the maximum rate permitted to be charged by the laws of the State of Utah, all such sums deemed to constitute interest in excess of such maximum rate shall, at the option of Holder, be credited to the payment of other amounts payable under the Loan Documents or returned to Maker.
 

 
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16.           NUMBER AND GENDER.
 
In this Note the singular shall include the plural and the masculine shall include the feminine and neuter gender, and vice versa.
 
17.           HEADINGS.
 
Headings at the beginning of each numbered section of this Note are intended solely for convenience and are not part of this Note.
 
18.           CHOICE OF LAW.
 
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF UTAH WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.  THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS NOTE AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF SALT LAKE, STATE OF UTAH OR, AT THE SOLE OPTION OF HOLDER, IN ANY OTHER COURT IN WHICH HOLDER SHALL INITIATE LEGAL OR EQUITABLE PROCEEDINGS AND WHICH HAS SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OVER THE MATTER IN CONTROVERSY.  EACH OF MAKER AND HOLDER WAIVES, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION 18.
 
19.           INTEGRATION.
 
The Loan Documents contain the complete understanding and agreement of Holder and Maker and supersede all prior representations, warranties, agreements, arrangements, understandings, and negotiations. PURSUANT TO UTAH CODE ANNOTATED SECTION 25-5-4, MAKER IS NOTIFIED THAT THIS NOTE AND OTHER WRITTEN LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF ANY ALLEGED PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
 
20.           COUNTERPARTS.
 
This document may be executed and acknowledged in counterparts, all of which executed and acknowledged counterparts shall together constitute a single document.
 
21.           BINDING EFFECT.
 
The Loan Documents will be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, Holder, Maker, and their respective successors and assigns.  Maker may not delegate its obligations hereunder or under the Loan Documents.
 
22.           TIME OF THE ESSENCE.
 
Time is of the essence with regard to each provision of the Loan Documents as to which time is a factor.
 

 
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23.           SURVIVAL.
 
The representations, warranties, and covenants of Maker in the Loan Documents shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of the Term Loan.
 

 

 

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Maker has executed and delivered this Note as of the day and year first above written.
 
 
FRANKLIN COVEY CO.
a Utah corporation
 
 
By:
  /s/ Stephen D. Young
Name:
Stephen D. Young
Title:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
Maker

 

 
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