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: March 28, 2016
(Date of earliest event reported)

 

ImmuCell Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

DE   001-12934   01-0382980
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification Number)

 

56 Evergreen Drive Portland, Maine   04103
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 
207-878-2770
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if changed since last report)

 

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

 

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Item 1.01 – Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

Item 2.03 – Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

 

On March 28, 2016, ImmuCell Corporation (the "Company") entered into definitive agreements covering certain credit facilities with TD Bank N.A. in the amount of up to $4.5 million. The first facility is a $2.0 million construction loan, drawable over a 12-month period at up to 75% of the lesser of cost or appraised value of the to-be-constructed, commercial-scale production facility for Mast Out ® , during which interest only will be payable at a variable rate equal to the 30-day LIBOR plus 2.25%, which converts to a nine-year term loan facility at the end of construction at the same interest rate with monthly principal and interest payments based on a twenty-year amortization schedule, with a balloon payment of approximately $1,278,000 due in March 2026. The second facility is a $2.5 million term loan, drawable over an 18-month period at up to 80% of the cost of equipment installed in the to-be-constructed, commercial-scale production facility for Mast Out ® , during which interest only will be payable at a variable rate equal to the 30-day LIBOR plus 2.25%, which converts to a seven-year term loan facility at the end of construction at the same interest rate with monthly principal and interest payments based on a seven-year amortization schedule. The Company must first make an equity investment of at least $7 million in the equipment related to this project before proceeds from this second credit facility can be drawn.

 

These credit facilities, as well as the Company’s pre-existing indebtedness to TD Bank N.A., are secured by mortgages and security interests with respect to substantially all of the Company’s assets. The Company must adhere to certain financial covenants set forth in the Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement related to its net worth and operating results relative to its levels of indebtedness and debt service costs, respectively. The Company’s failure to comply with these covenants, to make timely payments of principal and interest, or otherwise to comply with the terms of its agreements with TD Bank N.A. would entitle the lender to accelerate the maturity of such debt and demand repayment in full.

 

The two promissory notes and the Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement executed in connection with these credit facilities are attached as Exhibit 99.1, Exhibit 99.2 and Exhibit 99.3, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

The information shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
EX-99.1   Construction Loan Note for $2,000,000 executed by ImmuCell Corporation in favor of TD Bank N.A. dated March 28, 2016
     
EX-99.2   Term Loan Note for $2,500,000 executed by ImmuCell Corporation in favor of TD Bank N.A. dated March 28, 2016
     
EX-99.3   Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement (covenants) between ImmuCell Corporation and TD Bank N.A. dated March 28, 2016

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

Dated: March 31, 2016 IMMUCELL CORPORATION
     
  By: /s/ Michael F Brigham
    Michael F. Brigham
   

President, Chief Executive Officer and
Principal Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
EX-99.1   Construction Loan Note for $2,000,000 executed by ImmuCell Corporation in favor of TD Bank N.A. dated March 28, 2016
     
EX-99.2   Term Loan Note for $2,500,000 executed by ImmuCell Corporation in favor of TD Bank N.A. dated March 28, 2016
     
EX-99.3   Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement (covenants) between ImmuCell Corporation and TD Bank N.A. dated March 28, 2016

 

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

LOAN #__________

   

CONSTRUCTION LOAN NOTE

 

Date of Note: March 28, 2016
Principal Amount: $2,000,000.00
Maturity Date: March 28, 2026

 

Interest Rate:

An interest rate equal at all times to Two and One Quarter percent (2.25%) per annum in excess of the rate of interest per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) of the one (1) month LIBOR (as hereinafter defined). The Lender shall not be required to notify Borrower of adjustments in said interest rate.

 

“LIBOR” (i.e., the London Interbank Offered Rate) means the rate of interest in U.S. Dollars (rounded upwards, at the Lender's option, to the next 1/8th of one percent) equal to the Intercontinental Exchange Benchmark Administration Ltd. (“ICE, ”or the successor thereto if ICE is no longer making a London Interbank Offered Rate available) (“ICE LIBOR”) rate for the equivalent Interest Period as published by Bloomberg (or such other commercially available source providing quotations of ICE LIBOR as designated by Lender from time to time) at approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time) two (2) London Business Days prior to the Reset Date; provided however, if more than one ICE LIBOR is specified, the applicable rate shall be the arithmetic mean of all such rates. If, for any reason, such rate is not available, the term LIBOR Rate shall mean, for the LIBOR Interest Period applicable thereto, the rate of interest per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) determined by Lender to be the average rates per annum at which deposits in dollars are offered for such LIBOR Interest Period to major banks in the London Interbank market in London, England at approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the Reset Date. The Interest Rate shall be computed on an actual/360 day basis (i.e., interest for each day during which the Principal Amount, or any part thereof, is outstanding shall be computed at the Interest Rate, divided by 360).

 
 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, LIBOR Rate loans shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency liabilities and as such shall be deemed subject to reserve requirements without benefits of credits for proration, exceptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to Lender. The LIBOR Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the LIBOR Reserve Percentage or the LIBOR Interest Period for each LIBOR Rate loan comprising part of the same borrowing (including conversions, extensions and renewals), to a per annum interest rate determined pursuant to the following formula:

 

Adjusted LIBOR Rate =                                 LIBOR Rate               

                                         1 - LIBOR Reserve Percentage

 

 

  

 

For purposes of this calculation LIBOR Reserve Percentage is defined as, for any day, that percentage (expressed as a decimal) which is in effect from time to time under Regulation D, as such regulation may be amended from time to time or any successor regulation, as the maximum reserve requirement (including, without limitation, any basic, supplemental, emergency, special, or marginal reserves) applicable with respect to Eurocurrency liabilities as that term is defined in Regulation D (or against any other category of liabilities that includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate of LIBOR Rate loans is determined), whether or not Lender has any Eurocurrency liabilities subject to such reserve requirement at that time.  

   
LIBOR Interest Period: Initially, the first (1st) LIBOR Interest Period hereunder shall be the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on (and including) April 27, 2016.  Thereafter, each LIBOR Interest Period shall commence on the twenty eighth (28th) day of the calendar month immediately following the previous LIBOR Interest Period (the “ Reset Date ”) and shall end on the same day of the next consecutive month; provided however, (i) no LIBOR Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Loan, and (ii) any LIBOR Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar  month at the end of such LIBOR Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the relevant calendar month at the end of such LIBOR Interest Period.  
   
Construction Loan Agreement: That certain agreement between Borrower and Lender bearing even date herewith pursuant to which Lender has agreed to advance the Principal Amount to the Borrower subject to the terms and conditions of such agreement.
   
Business Day: Any day on which domestic and international transactions are carried on in the London Interbank Market and commercial banks are open for business in London, England and are neither required nor authorized to close in the State.
   
State: Shall mean the State of Maine.

 

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FOR VALUE RECEIVED , ImmuCell Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”), having an address as indicated below, HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY ON THE MATURITY DATE to the order of TD Bank, N.A., a national banking association, (hereinafter, together with its successors and assigns, referred to as the “ Lender ”) at One Portland Square, P.O. Box 9540, Portland, Maine, 04112 , or at such other place as the holder hereof may from time to time designate in writing, in immediately available federal funds, the Principal Amount or so much thereof as shall be advanced by Lender to Borrower pursuant to the Construction Loan Agreement and then remaining unpaid, together with interest on the outstanding Principal Amount from time to time at the Interest Rate. Interest only shall be due and payable monthly, commencing one month from the Date of Note and on the same day of each successive month until March 28, 2017 (the “ Payment Change Date ”).

 

Beginning with the payment next due after the Payment Change Date, principal payments shall be due and payable pursuant to a schedule of principal payments based on a twenty year even amortization to be later attached to this Note as Schedule A to be then provided by the Lender, plus accrued interest, in equal monthly installments, followed by a final installment of all unpaid principal and interest due and payable on the Maturity Date. Borrower may elect an interest rate swap for all or any portion of the loan.

 

For so long as the Interest Rate in effect is a variable rate of interest, the loan evidenced hereby may be prepaid in part or in full at any time without premium. However, upon Borrower’s execution of any ISDA interest rate swap or other hedging agreement in connection with this Construction Loan Note synthetically converting the Interest Rate to an indicative fixed rate, any prepayment shall be subject to the terms of such a swap or hedge agreement, including any provisions relating to termination fees.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower may elect to reduce the “interest only” time period set forth herein and begin amortizing the Loan before the Payment Change Date, provided, however, that the total Loan amount has been fully advanced to the Borrower.

 

Borrower hereby authorizes Lender to charge checking account number 029 06 9962 at TD Bank, N.A. (or such other account maintained by Borrower at TD Bank, N.A. as Borrower shall designate by written notice to Lender) (the “ Deposit Account ”) to satisfy the monthly payments of principal and/or interest due and payable to Lender hereunder on the twenty eighth (28th) day of each month (each, a “ Charge Date ”) and Lender is hereby authorized to charge the Deposit Account on each Charge Date or, if any Charge Date shall fall on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, then the Lender reserves the right to charge the Deposit Account on either the first (1 st ) Business Day immediately preceding or on the first (1 st ) Business day immediately following any such Charge Date until the Note shall be paid in full.

 

Borrower agrees to maintain sufficient funds in the Deposit Account to satisfy the payment due Lender under the Note on each Charge Date during the term of this Note. If sufficient funds are not available in the Deposit Account on any Charge Date to pay the amounts then due and payable under this Note, Lender, in its sole discretion, is authorized to: (a) charge the Deposit Account for such lesser amount as shall then be available; and/or (b) charge the Deposit Account on such later date or dates after the applicable Charge Date that funds shall be available in the Deposit Account to satisfy the payment then due (or balance of such payment then due). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower shall only be entitled to receive credit in respect of any payments of principal and interest due under the Note for funds actually received by Lender as a result of any such charges to the Deposit Account. Borrower shall be liable to Lender for any late fees or interest at the Default Rate on any payments not made on a timely basis by Borrower because of insufficient funds in the Deposit Account on any Charge Date. In the event the Deposit Account continues to contain insufficient funds to fully satisfy the payments due Lender under the Note, Borrower shall be responsible for making all such payments from another source and in no event shall the obligations of Borrower under the Note be affected or diminished as a result of any shortages in the Deposit Account, it being understood and agreed that Borrower shall at all times remain liable for payment in full of all indebtedness under the Note.

 

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Lender may, at Lender’s sole discretion, discontinue charging the Deposit Account at any time on not less than ten (10) days’ written notice to the Borrower, in which event, Borrower shall thereafter be responsible for making all payments hereunder to Lender at the address set forth in Lender’s notice or if no such address is given, then to Lender at P.O. Box 5600, Lewiston, Maine 04243-5600.

 

The Borrower and each endorser and guarantor hereof grant to the Bank a continuing lien on and security interest in any and all deposits or other sums at any time credited by or due from Lender or any Affiliate (as defined in the Construction Loan Agreement) of Lender to the Borrower and/or each endorser or guarantor hereof and any cash, securities, instruments or other property of the Borrower and each endorser and guarantor hereof in the possession of the Lender or any Lender Affiliate, whether for safekeeping or otherwise, or in transit to or from the Lender or any Lender Affiliate (regardless of the reason the Lender or Lender Affiliate had received the same or whether the Lender or Lender Affiliate has conditionally released the same) as security for the full and punctual payment and performance of all of the liabilities and obligations of the Borrower and/or any endorser or guarantor hereof to the Lender or any Lender Affiliate and such deposits and other sums may be applied or set off against such liabilities and obligations of the Borrower or any endorser or guarantor hereof to the Lender or any Lender Affiliate at any time, whether or not such are then due, whether or not demand has been made and whether or not other collateral is then available to the Lender or any Lender Affiliate.

 

Borrower shall pay a late payment charge of six cents ($.06) for each dollar ($1.00) of each payment that is made more than fifteen (15) days after the due date thereof, which charge shall be due and payable with each such late payment.

 

DEFAULT / POST JUDGMENT INTEREST RATE. The Lender shall have the right to charge interest on the unpaid principal balance hereof at an interest rate of four percent (4.0%) per annum in excess of the Interest Rate otherwise payable as provided herein (the “ Default Rate ”) for any period during which the Borrower has failed to make a required payment hereunder within ten (10) days of the due date therefor, or shall be in default under any material provision hereof or there shall be a default under any other document guarantying, governing or securing this Note. The Default Rate shall apply following entry of any judgment hereon notwithstanding any otherwise applicable statutory rate.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Note, if Lender shall reasonably determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that, (i) by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, reasonable and adequate means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBOR Rate, or (ii) it is unlawful for Lender to make or maintain the loan evidenced by the Note as a LIBOR Rate based loan as contemplated by this Note, or to obtain in the interbank Eurodollar market the funds with which to make such LIBOR Rate based loans, Lender shall give prompt written notice thereof to Borrower and after the giving of such notice, until any such notice has been withdrawn by Lender, the Principal Amount shall bear interest at another rate then designated by the Lender, in its sole discretion, for general commercial loan reference purposes.

 

If the adoption of or any change in any applicable law or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other governmental authority made subsequent to the date hereof, shall (a) subject Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to any LIBOR Rate based loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to Lender in respect thereof (except for changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of Lender); (b) impose, modify, or hold applicable, any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in, or for the account of, advances, loans, or other extension of credit (including participations therein) by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of Lender which is not otherwise included in the determination of the Adjusted LIBOR Rate hereunder; or (c) shall impose on such Lender any other condition; and the result of any of the foregoing is to materially increase the cost to Lender of making or maintaining the loan evidenced by this Note as a LIBOR Rate based loan, or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder, then, in any such case, Borrower shall promptly pay Lender, upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate Lender for such additional costs or reduced amount receivable which Lender reasonably deems to be material as determined by Lender, with respect to this Note. A certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this paragraph submitted by Lender to Borrower shall be presumptive evidence of such amounts owing. Lender agrees to use reasonable efforts to avoid, or to minimize, any amounts which might otherwise be payable pursuant to this paragraph provided however, that such efforts shall not cause the imposition on Lender of any additional costs or legal regulatory burdens deemed by Lender in good faith to be material.

 

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During the term hereof, Borrower will deliver to Lender such financial information and reports as may be required by that certain Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated of or about even date herewith, as the same may be amended from time to time. Borrower’s failure to timely supply such information shall constitute an Event of Default hereunder.

 

This Note is secured by, and the parties hereto are entitled to the benefits and security of, that certain Mortgage and Security Agreement dated of or about even date herewith with respect to certain property owned by Borrower and improvements now or in the future existing thereon, located at or about 33 Caddie Lane a/k/a Unit 11, Second Tee Business Park Condominium, Riverside Street, Portland, Maine, as well as an existing Amended and Restated Mortgage and Security Agreement dated on or about September 21, 2015 with respect to certain property with improvements thereon owned by Borrower and located at or about 56 Evergreen Drive, Portland, Maine (together, the “Mortgages”), related collateral assignments of leases and rents and certain security agreements dated on or about September 21, 2015 and of or about even date herewith (the “Security Agreements”) covering all business assets from Borrower to Lender, all of the covenants, conditions and agreements of the Mortgages and Security Agreements being made a part of this Note by this reference.

 

Except as may be otherwise provided in the Construction Loan Agreement or the Mortgages securing Borrower’s obligations hereunder, all monthly payments received by Lender hereunder shall be applied first , to the payment of accrued interest on the Principal Amount, second , to the reduction of the Principal Amount of this Note, and finally , the balance, if any, to the payment of any fees, costs, expenses or charges then payable by Borrower to Lender hereunder, under the Mortgages or under any other document executed and delivered by Borrower in connection with the loan evidenced by this Note.

 

Borrower agrees that if it fails to make any payment due under this Note, or upon the happening of any “ Event of Default ” (as defined in the Construction Loan Agreement) under the Construction Loan Agreement or either of the Mortgages, the outstanding Principal Amount, together with accrued interest and all other expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, shall immediately become due and payable at the option of the holder of this Note, notwithstanding the Maturity Date. For purposes hereof, attorneys’ fees shall include, without limitation, fees and disbursements for legal services incurred by the holder hereof in collecting or enforcing payment hereof whether or not suit is brought, and if suit is brought, then through all appellate actions. From and after any “ Event of Default ” under the Construction Loan Agreement, the interest rate of this Note shall be the “ Default Rate ” (as defined herein).

 

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In no event shall the total of all charges payable under this Note, the Construction Loan Agreement and any other documents executed and delivered in connection herewith and therewith that are or could be held to be in the nature of interest exceed the maximum rate permitted to be charged by applicable law. Should the Lender receive any payment of interest that is or would be in excess of that permitted to be charged under any such applicable law, such payment shall have been, and shall be deemed to have been, made in error and shall thereupon be applied to reduce the principal balance outstanding on this Note.

 

Borrower waives demand, presentment for payment, notice of dishonor, protest and notice of protest of this Note.

 

Any notice, demand or request relating to any matter set forth in this Note shall be given in the manner provided for in the Construction Loan Agreement.

 

Time is of the essence as to all dates set forth herein; provided , however , that whenever any payment to be made under this Note shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment may be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computations of payment of interest.

 

This Note may not be waived, changed, modified, terminated or discharged orally, but only by an agreement in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of any such waiver, change, modification, termination or discharge is sought.

 

BORROWER, AND BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, LENDER, EACH HEREBY AGREES NOT TO ELECT A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY ISSUE TRIABLE OF RIGHT BY JURY, AND WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY FULLY TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY SUCH RIGHT SHALL NOW OR HEREAFTER EXIST WITH REGARD TO THIS NOTE, OR ANY CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER ACTION ARISING IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IS GIVEN KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY BY BORROWER AND LENDER, AND IS INTENDED TO ENCOMPASS INDIVIDUALLY EACH INSTANCE AND EACH ISSUE AS TO WHICH THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY WOULD OTHERWISE ACCRUE. BORROWER AND LENDER ARE EACH HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO FILE A COPY OF THIS PARAGRAPH IN ANY PROCEEDING AS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF THIS WAIVER.

 

This Note and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall in all respects be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State (without giving effect to the State’s principles of conflicts of law). Borrower hereby irrevocably submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any state or federal court in the State sitting in the City of Portland, County of Cumberland, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note, and Borrower hereby agrees and consents that, in addition to any methods of service of process provided for under applicable law, all service of process in any such suit, action or proceeding in any state or federal court in the State sitting in the City of Portland, County of Cumberland, may be made by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, directed to the Borrower at the address indicated below, and service so made shall be complete five (5) days after the same shall have been so mailed.

 

By signing below, Borrower agrees and acknowledges that, under Maine law, no promise, contract, or agreement to lend money, extend credit, forbear from collection of debt or make any other accommodation for the repayment of a debt for more than $250,000 may be enforced against Lender unless the promise, contract, or agreement (or some memorandum or note thereof) is in writing and signed by Lender.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Borrower has executed and delivered this Note on the Date of Note as an instrument under seal.

 

ATTESTING WITNESS   Borrower:
       
    ImmuCell Corporation
       
/s/ David J. Champoux   By: /s/ Michael F. Brigham
      Name: Michael Brigham
      Title:  Its President and CEO
       
    Borrower’s Address:
       
   

56 Evergreen Drive

Portland, Maine 04103

 

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SCHEDULE A to CONSTRUCTION LOAN NOTE

 

TO BE LATER ATTACHED/PROVIDED BY LENDER

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 99.2

 

LOAN #__________

 

TERM LOAN NOTE

 

Date of Note: March 28, 2016
Principal Amount: $2,500,000.00
Maturity Date: September 28, 2024

 

Interest Rate:

An interest rate equal at all times to Two and One Quarter percent (2.25%) per annum in excess of the rate of interest per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) of the one (1) month LIBOR (as hereinafter defined). The Lender shall not be required to notify Borrower of adjustments in said interest rate.

 

“LIBOR” (i.e., the London Interbank Offered Rate) means the rate of interest in U.S. Dollars (rounded upwards, at the Lender's option, to the next 1/8th of one percent) equal to the Intercontinental Exchange Benchmark Administration Ltd. (“ICE, ”or the successor thereto if ICE is no longer making a London Interbank Offered Rate available) (“ICE LIBOR”) rate for the equivalent Interest Period as published by Bloomberg (or such other commercially available source providing quotations of ICE LIBOR as designated by Lender from time to time) at approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time) two (2) London Business Days prior to the Reset Date; provided however, if more than one ICE LIBOR is specified, the applicable rate shall be the arithmetic mean of all such rates. If, for any reason, such rate is not available, the term LIBOR Rate shall mean, for the LIBOR Interest Period applicable thereto, the rate of interest per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) determined by Lender to be the average rates per annum at which deposits in dollars are offered for such LIBOR Interest Period to major banks in the London Interbank market in London, England at approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the Reset Date. The Interest Rate shall be computed on an actual/360 day basis (i.e., interest for each day during which the Principal Amount, or any part thereof, is outstanding shall be computed at the Interest Rate, divided by 360).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, LIBOR Rate loans shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency liabilities and as such shall be deemed subject to reserve requirements without benefits of credits for proration, exceptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to Lender. The LIBOR Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the LIBOR Reserve Percentage or the LIBOR Interest Period for each LIBOR Rate loan comprising part of the same borrowing (including conversions, extensions and renewals), to a per annum interest rate determined pursuant to the following formula:

  

Adjusted LIBOR Rate =                    LIBOR Rate____  ____

   1 - LIBOR Reserve Percentage

 

 

 

 

  For purposes of this calculation LIBOR Reserve Percentage is defined as, for any day, that percentage (expressed as a decimal) which is in effect from time to time under Regulation D, as such regulation may be amended from time to time or any successor regulation, as the maximum reserve requirement (including, without limitation, any basic, supplemental, emergency, special, or marginal reserves) applicable with respect to Eurocurrency liabilities as that term is defined in Regulation D (or against any other category of liabilities that includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate of LIBOR Rate loans is determined), whether or not Lender has any Eurocurrency liabilities subject to such reserve requirement at that time.
   
LIBOR Interest Period: Initially, the first (1st) LIBOR Interest Period hereunder shall be the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on (and including) April 27, 2016.  Thereafter, each LIBOR Interest Period shall commence on the twenty eighth (28th) day of the calendar month immediately following the previous LIBOR Interest Period (the “ Reset Date ”) and shall end on the same day of the next consecutive month; provided however, (i) no LIBOR Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Loan, and (ii) any LIBOR Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar  month at the end of such LIBOR Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the relevant calendar month at the end of such LIBOR Interest Period.  
   
Business Day: Any day on which domestic and international transactions are carried on in the London Interbank Market and commercial banks are open for business in London, England and are neither required nor authorized to close in the State.
   
State: Shall mean the State of Maine.

  

FOR VALUE RECEIVED , ImmuCell Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”), having an address as indicated below, HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY ON THE MATURITY DATE to the order of TD Bank, N.A., a national banking association, (hereinafter, together with its successors and assigns, referred to as the “ Lender ”) at One Portland Square, P.O. Box 9540, Portland, Maine, 04112 , or at such other place as the holder hereof may from time to time designate in writing, in immediately available federal funds, the Principal Amount or so much thereof as shall be advanced by Lender to Borrower pursuant to the terms hereof and then remaining unpaid, together with interest on the outstanding Principal Amount from time to time at the Interest Rate. Interest only shall be due and payable monthly, commencing one month from the Date of Note and on the same day of each successive month until September 28, 2017 or the date on which the full Principal Amount hereof has been advanced by Lender to Borrower, whichever is earlier (the “ Advance Termination Date ”).

 

Beginning with the payment next due after the Advance Termination Date, principal payments shall be due and payable pursuant to a schedule of principal payments based on a seven year even amortization to be later attached to this Note as Schedule A to be then provided by the Lender, plus accrued interest, in equal monthly installments, followed by a final installment of all unpaid principal and interest due and payable on the Maturity Date. Borrower may elect an interest rate swap for all or any portion of the loan.

 

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Borrower shall pay a late payment charge of six cents ($.06) for each dollar ($1.00) of each payment that is made more than fifteen (15) days after the due date thereof, which charge shall be due and payable with each such late payment.

  

For so long as the Interest Rate in effect is a variable rate of interest, the loan evidenced hereby may be prepaid in part or in full at any time without premium. However, upon Borrower’s execution of any ISDA interest rate swap or other hedging agreement in connection with this Term Loan Note synthetically converting the Interest Rate to an indicative fixed rate, any prepayment shall be subject to the terms of such a swap or hedge agreement, including any provisions relating to termination fees.

 

Borrower may request advances hereunder (each, an “ Advance ” and collectively, “ Advances ”) through, to and including the Advance Termination Date, which Advances shall be utilized by Borrower solely for purposes of purchasing machinery and equipment to be installed at the property owned by Borrower and located at or about 33 Caddie Lane a/k/a Unit 11, Second Tee Business Park Condominium, Riverside Street, Portland, Maine (the “ Project ”) and shall not exceed eighty percent (80%) of the invoiced cost of such machinery and equipment, exclusive of taxes and installation charges. Advances shall be used for commercial purposes and not for any personal, family or household use or for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any “margin security” or “margin stock” as such terms are used in Regulations U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 12 C.F.R. §§ 221 and 224.

  

The aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Advances shall not exceed the Principal Amount of this Note at any time. Lender shall not be obligated to make Advances hereunder until such time as Borrower has provided Lender with evidence satisfactory to Lender that Borrower has contributed equity in an amount of not less than Seven Million and 00/100 Dollars ($7,000,000.00), in the form of machinery and equipment purchased with non-borrowed funds, to the Project. Lender shall not be obligated to make Advances after the Advance Termination Date. Lender shall have the right to request periodic reports from Borrower as to the status of the Project from time to time and Lender shall not be obligated to make Advances hereunder until such time as such reports are received and are satisfactory to Lender, in its sole discretion. Lender will have no obligation to make Advances hereunder if: (a) a Default (as hereinafter defined) has occurred and is continuing, (b) an event has occurred which with the passage of time or giving of notice, if left uncured, would constitute a Default hereunder, (c) there occurs a material adverse change in Borrower’s financial condition or business or (d) Borrower has applied funds advanced pursuant to this Note for purposes other than those authorized by Lender.

 

All Advances requested by Borrower hereunder are to be in writing pursuant to a written request (“ Advance Request ”) executed by an Authorized Officer in form and content satisfactory to Lender, and shall include invoices from third party vendors and other documentation satisfactory to Lender, in its sole discretion, establishing that the requested advance amount is equal to a maximum of eighty percent (80%) of the invoiced cost of the equipment to be purchased, less taxes and installation charges. For purposes hereof, the term “Authorized Officer” shall mean any officer (or comparable equivalent) of Borrower authorized by specific resolution of Borrower to request Advances as set forth in an authorization certificate delivered to Lender in the form set forth as Schedule B hereto. Lender shall be entitled to rely on each such authorization certificate received until such time as Lender actually receives an amended authorization certificate amending the information set forth therein. Borrower agrees to be liable for all sums advanced in accordance with the instructions of an Authorized Person.

 

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Upon receiving a request for an Advance in accordance with this paragraph, and subject to the conditions set forth herein, Lender shall make the requested Advance available to Borrower as soon as is reasonably practicable thereafter on the day the requested Advance is to be made. Advances which may be made by Lender from time to time hereunder shall be made available by crediting such proceeds to Borrower’s operating account with Lender.

  

Borrower hereby authorizes Lender to charge checking account number 029 06 9962 at TD Bank, N.A. (or such other account maintained by Borrower at TD Bank, N.A. as Borrower shall designate by written notice to Lender) (the “ Deposit Account ”) to satisfy the monthly payments of principal and/or interest due and payable to Lender hereunder on the twenty eighth (28th) day of each month (each, a “ Charge Date ”) and Lender is hereby authorized to charge the Deposit Account on each Charge Date or, if any Charge Date shall fall on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, then the Lender reserves the right to charge the Deposit Account on either the first (1 st ) Business Day immediately preceding or on the first (1 st ) Business day immediately following any such Charge Date until the Note shall be paid in full.

 

Borrower agrees to maintain sufficient funds in the Deposit Account to satisfy the payment due Lender under the Note on each Charge Date during the term of this Note. If sufficient funds are not available in the Deposit Account on any Charge Date to pay the amounts then due and payable under this Note, Lender, in its sole discretion, is authorized to: (a) charge the Deposit Account for such lesser amount as shall then be available; and/or (b) charge the Deposit Account on such later date or dates after the applicable Charge Date that funds shall be available in the Deposit Account to satisfy the payment then due (or balance of such payment then due). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower shall only be entitled to receive credit in respect of any payments of principal and interest due under the Note for funds actually received by Lender as a result of any such charges to the Deposit Account. Borrower shall be liable to Lender for any late fees or interest at the Default Rate on any payments not made on a timely basis by Borrower because of insufficient funds in the Deposit Account on any Charge Date. In the event the Deposit Account continues to contain insufficient funds to fully satisfy the payments due Lender under the Note, Borrower shall be responsible for making all such payments from another source and in no event shall the obligations of Borrower under the Note be affected or diminished as a result of any shortages in the Deposit Account, it being understood and agreed that Borrower shall at all times remain liable for payment in full of all indebtedness under the Note.

 

Lender may, at Lender’s sole discretion, discontinue charging the Deposit Account at any time on not less than ten (10) days’ written notice to the Borrower, in which event, Borrower shall thereafter be responsible for making all payments hereunder to Lender at the address set forth in Lender’s notice or if no such address is given, then to Lender at P.O. Box 5600, Lewiston, Maine 04243-5600.

 

The Borrower and each endorser and guarantor hereof grant to the Bank a continuing lien on and security interest in any and all deposits or other sums at any time credited by or due from Lender or any Affiliate (as defined in the Security Agreements) of Lender to the Borrower and/or each endorser or guarantor hereof and any cash, securities, instruments or other property of the Borrower and each endorser and guarantor hereof in the possession of the Lender or any Lender Affiliate, whether for safekeeping or otherwise, or in transit to or from the Lender or any Lender Affiliate (regardless of the reason the Lender or Lender Affiliate had received the same or whether the Lender or Lender Affiliate has conditionally released the same) as security for the full and punctual payment and performance of all of the liabilities and obligations of the Borrower and/or any endorser or guarantor hereof to the Lender or any Lender Affiliate and such deposits and other sums may be applied or set off against such liabilities and obligations of the Borrower or any endorser or guarantor hereof to the Lender or any Lender Affiliate at any time, whether or not such are then due, whether or not demand has been made and whether or not other collateral is then available to the Lender or any Lender Affiliate.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Note, if Lender shall reasonably determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that, (i) by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, reasonable and adequate means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBOR Rate, or (ii) it is unlawful for Lender to make or maintain the loan evidenced by the Note as a LIBOR Rate based loan as contemplated by this Note, or to obtain in the interbank Eurodollar market the funds with which to make such LIBOR Rate based loans, Lender shall give prompt written notice thereof to Borrower and after the giving of such notice, until any such notice has been withdrawn by Lender, the Principal Amount shall bear interest at another rate then designated by the Lender, in its sole discretion, for general commercial loan reference purposes.

  

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If the adoption of or any change in any applicable law or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other governmental authority made subsequent to the date hereof, shall (a) subject Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to any LIBOR Rate based loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to Lender in respect thereof (except for changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of Lender); (b) impose, modify, or hold applicable, any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in, or for the account of, advances, loans, or other extension of credit (including participations therein) by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of Lender which is not otherwise included in the determination of the Adjusted LIBOR Rate hereunder; or (c) shall impose on such Lender any other condition; and the result of any of the foregoing is to materially increase the cost to Lender of making or maintaining the loan evidenced by this Note as a LIBOR Rate based loan, or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder, then, in any such case, Borrower shall promptly pay Lender, upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate Lender for such additional costs or reduced amount receivable which Lender reasonably deems to be material as determined by Lender, with respect to this Note. A certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this paragraph submitted by Lender to Borrower shall be presumptive evidence of such amounts owing. Lender agrees to use reasonable efforts to avoid, or to minimize, any amounts which might otherwise be payable pursuant to this paragraph provided however, that such efforts shall not cause the imposition on Lender of any additional costs or legal regulatory burdens deemed by Lender in good faith to be material.

 

During the term hereof, Borrower will deliver to Lender such financial information and reports as may be required by that certain Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated of or about even date herewith, as the same may be amended from time to time. Borrower’s failure to timely supply such information shall constitute a Default hereunder.

  

This Note is secured by, and the parties hereto are entitled to the benefits and security of, that certain security agreement dated of or about even date herewith (the “ 2016 Security Agreement ”) from Borrower to Lender and a certain Amended and Restated Security Agreement dated on or about September 21, 2015 from Borrower to Lender (the “ 2015 Security Agreement or, together with the 2016 Security Agreement, the “Security Agreements”), each covering all business assets of Borrower, as well as a certain Mortgage and Security Agreement with respect to certain property owned by Borrower and improvements now or in the future existing thereon, located at or about 33 Caddie Lane a/k/a Unit 11, Second Tee Business Park Condominium, Riverside Street, Portland, Maine, an existing Amended and Restated Mortgage and Security Agreement dated on or about September 21, 2015 with respect to certain property with improvements thereon owned by Borrower and located at or about 56 Evergreen Drive, Portland, Maine (the two said Mortgage and Security Agreements, together, the “Mortgages”) and related collateral assignments of leases and rents, all of the covenants, conditions and agreements of the said collateral security documents being made a part of this Note by this reference.

  

It is the intention of the parties that Lender shall have a first priority purchase money security interest in equipment purchased by Borrower for which an Advance is made hereunder.

  

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Except as may be otherwise provided in the Security Agreements or the Mortgages securing Borrower’s obligations hereunder, all monthly payments received by Lender hereunder shall be applied first , to the payment of accrued interest on the Principal Amount, second , to the reduction of the Principal Amount of this Note, and finally , the balance, if any, to the payment of any fees, costs, expenses or charges then payable by Borrower to Lender hereunder, under the Mortgages or under any other document executed and delivered by Borrower in connection with the loan evidenced by this Note.

 

Borrower agrees that if it fails to make any payment due under this Note, or upon the happening of any “ Default ” (as defined in the 2016 Security Agreement) under the Security Agreements or an “ Event of Default ” under either of the Mortgages, Lender shall have no obligation to make any further Advances and the outstanding Principal Amount, together with accrued interest and all other expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, shall immediately become due and payable at the option of the holder of this Note, notwithstanding the Maturity Date. For purposes hereof, attorneys’ fees shall include, without limitation, fees and disbursements for legal services incurred by the holder hereof in collecting or enforcing payment hereof whether or not suit is brought, and if suit is brought, then through all appellate actions.

 

DEFAULT / POST JUDGMENT INTEREST RATE. The Lender shall have the right to charge interest on the unpaid principal balance hereof at an interest rate of four percent (4.0%) per annum in excess of the Interest Rate otherwise payable as provided herein (the “ Default Rate ”) for any period during which the Borrower has failed to make a required payment hereunder within ten (10) days of the due date therefor, or shall be in default under any material provision hereof or there shall be a default under any other document guarantying, governing or securing this Note. The Default Rate shall apply following entry of any judgment hereon notwithstanding any otherwise applicable statutory rate.

 

In no event shall the total of all charges payable under this Note and any other documents executed and delivered in connection herewith and therewith that are or could be held to be in the nature of interest exceed the maximum rate permitted to be charged by applicable law. Should the Lender receive any payment of interest that is or would be in excess of that permitted to be charged under any such applicable law, such payment shall have been, and shall be deemed to have been, made in error and shall thereupon be applied to reduce the principal balance outstanding on this Note.

 

Borrower waives demand, presentment for payment, notice of dishonor, protest and notice of protest of this Note.

 

Any notice, demand or request relating to any matter set forth in this Note shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or served for all purposes when presented personally, three (3) days after mailing by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or one (1) day after delivery to a nationally recognized overnight courier service providing evidence of the date of delivery, if to Borrower at 56 Evergreen Drive, Portland, Maine 04103, to the attention of Michael Brigham, President and CEO, and if to Lender, at its address first above written, to the attention of William R. Schad, or at such other address of which a party shall have notified the party giving such notice in writing in accordance with the foregoing requirements.

 

Time is of the essence as to all dates set forth herein; provided , however , that whenever any payment to be made under this Note shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment may be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computations of payment of interest.

 

This Note may not be waived, changed, modified, terminated or discharged orally, but only by an agreement in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of any such waiver, change, modification, termination or discharge is sought.

 

BORROWER, AND BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, LENDER, EACH HEREBY AGREES NOT TO ELECT A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY ISSUE TRIABLE OF RIGHT BY JURY, AND WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY FULLY TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY SUCH RIGHT SHALL NOW OR HEREAFTER EXIST WITH REGARD TO THIS NOTE, OR ANY CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER ACTION ARISING IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IS GIVEN KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY BY BORROWER AND LENDER, AND IS INTENDED TO ENCOMPASS INDIVIDUALLY EACH INSTANCE AND EACH ISSUE AS TO WHICH THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY WOULD OTHERWISE ACCRUE. BORROWER AND LENDER ARE EACH HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO FILE A COPY OF THIS PARAGRAPH IN ANY PROCEEDING AS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF THIS WAIVER.

 

This Note and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall in all respects be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State (without giving effect to the State’s principles of conflicts of law). Borrower hereby irrevocably submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any state or federal court in the State sitting in the City of Portland, County of Cumberland, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note, and Borrower hereby agrees and consents that, in addition to any methods of service of process provided for under applicable law, all service of process in any such suit, action or proceeding in any state or federal court in the State sitting in the City of Portland, County of Cumberland, may be made by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, directed to the Borrower at the address indicated below, and service so made shall be complete five (5) days after the same shall have been so mailed.

 

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By signing below, Borrower agrees and acknowledges that, under Maine law, no promise, contract, or agreement to lend money, extend credit, forbear from collection of debt or make any other accommodation for the repayment of a debt for more than $250,000 may be enforced against Lender unless the promise, contract, or agreement (or some memorandum or note thereof) is in writing and signed by Lender.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Borrower has executed and delivered this Note on the Date of Note as an instrument under seal.

 

ATTESTING WITNESS   Borrower:
     
    ImmuCell Corporation
       
/s/ David J. Champoux   By: /s/ Michael F. Brigham

 

Name:

Title:

Michael Brigham

Its President and CEO

       
    Borrower’s Address :
       
    56 Evergreen Drive
    Portland, Maine 04103

 

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SCHEDULE A to TERM LOAN NOTE

 

TO BE LATER ATTACHED/PROVIDED BY LENDER

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 99.3

 

Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement

 

This Agreement is entered into this 28th day of March, 2016 by, between and among ImmuCell Corporation (the “ Borrower ”) and TD Bank, N.A . (together with its successors and assigns, the “ Lender ”), for itself and as agent for any Affiliate Counterparty (as that term is defined in a certain Mortgage and Security Agreement dated on or about September 21, 2015 (the “ Mortgage ”) with respect to property and improvements therein described and located at or about 56 Evergreen Drive, Portland, Maine (the “ Evergreen Premises ”) and 1039 Riverside, Portland, Maine (the “ Riverside Premises ”), and amends and restates a certain Loan Agreement between Borrower and Lender originally dated on or about August 13, 2010 and previously amended and restated on or about September 21, 2015.

 

RECITALS

 

1.       Borrower and Lender previously entered into loan transactions in the amount of up to an aggregate of $4,600,000 with respect to term debt and line of credit financing in said amount secured by a first mortgage on the Evergreen Premises and all business assets of the Borrower, and Borrower and Lender are entering into loan transactions of or about even date in the original principal amount of up to $4,500,000 to be secured by the same collateral as well as the Riverside Premises (all of the foregoing, together with all modifications, extensions, renewals and replacements thereof, the “ Loans ”).

 

2.       Borrower has entered, or may enter, into one or more Hedging Contracts with an Affiliate Counterparty of Lender (all Hedging Obligations under any such Hedging Contracts, together with the Loans, the “ Indebtedness ”).

 

3.       Under the documents evidencing, securing or relating to the Indebtedness (the “ Loan Documents ”), Borrower is required to maintain, remain in compliance with and otherwise adhere to certain financial covenants (the “ Covenants ”) so long as any of the Indebtedness is outstanding.

 

4.       The parties intend to memorialize the Covenants in a single document that will remain in full force and effect until the Indebtedness governed hereby is paid in full.

 

5.       This agreement is intended by the parties to set forth financial Covenants governing the Indebtedness with respect to the specific types of covenants set forth herein. Certain of the Loan Documents may impose or require compliance with other financial covenants, none of which are affected hereby.

 

AGREEMENT

 

In consideration of the mutual covenants and conditions herein contained, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.        Application of Covenants Generally . The Covenants set forth herein shall apply to the Borrower while any of the Indebtedness remains outstanding, whether now existing or hereafter owing or arising, howsoever evidenced, created, incurred, acquired or owing, whether primary or secondary, joint and/or several, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, or otherwise, remain outstanding. The Covenants may be modified by the parties at any time, but only by a written document signed by the parties.

 

 

 

 

2.        Definitions .

 

Terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Mortgage. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings assigned to them below:

 

CMLTD ” shall mean the current scheduled principal or capital lease payments required to be paid during the following four quarters.

 

Distributions ” shall mean all cash dividends to shareholders.

 

Earnings ” shall mean earnings as defined under GAAP.

 

EBITDA ” means, for any period, Earnings from continuing operations before payment of federal, state and local income taxes, plus Interest Expense, depreciation and amortization, in each case for such period, computed and calculated in accordance with GAAP.

 

GAAP ” means Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in effect from time to time in the United States.

 

Intangible Assets ” means, as of the date of determination thereof, assets that in accordance with GAAP are properly classifiable as intangible assets, including, but not limited to, goodwill, franchises, licenses, patents, trademarks, trade names, deferred assets and copyrights.

 

Interest Expense ” means, for any period, ordinary, regular, recurring and continuing expenses for interest on all borrowed money.

 

Tangible Stockholder Equity ” means, as of the date of determination thereof, total assets, excluding all Intangible Assets, all obligations owed from affiliates or any employee, shareholder, partner or member, any capitalized start-up or development expense, and any write up or reappraisal of the Borrower’s existing assets less total liabilities.

 

3.        Financial Covenants . As long as any Indebtedness remains outstanding, unpaid and/or committed, Borrower shall remain in compliance with the following covenants:

 

A.        Debt Service Coverage Ratio Covenant . The Borrower covenants that beginning with its fiscal quarter end next following the date of this Agreement and continuing with each fiscal quarter thereafter, it shall not permit the ratio of its EBITDA, minus taxes paid in cash and Distributions to Interest Expense plus CMLTD to be less than 1.30 to 1.00.  For purposes of calculating this covenant, EBITDA shall not include any gains or losses from the sale of assets outside the normal course of business or any other extraordinary accounting adjustments or non-recurring items of income or loss, all of the foregoing as determined by the Lender. This covenant will be measured quarterly on a rolling four quarter basis.

 

B.          Debt to Tangible Stockholder Equity . The Borrower covenants that from and after the date hereof, the Borrower shall not permit its ratio of total liabilities to Tangible Stockholder Equity to be above 1.25 to 1.00. This covenant will be measured at and as of the end of each fiscal quarter end following Borrower’s submission of financial statements to Lender as required hereby and by instruments evidencing the Loans dated on or about even date herewith. This covenant will be annually at the end of each fiscal year of Borrower following submission of financial reports, as required hereby.

 

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4.        Financial Reporting . As a material covenant hereof, Borrower agrees to provide Lender and Affiliate Counterparty (i) within one hundred and fifty (150) days after the close of Borrower’s fiscal year, complete audited financial statements for Borrower prepared in accordance with GAAP together with any management letter that shall have been issued, and (ii) within forty five (45) days after the close of each quarter of Borrower’s fiscal year management prepared financial statements including a detailed balance sheet and profit and loss statement, and aging of accounts receivable and accounts payable and a covenant compliance certificate in a form satisfactory to Lender and Affiliate Counterparty; and (iii) such other documents and things evidencing Borrower’s net worth and financial condition as Lender and Affiliate Counterparty may reasonably request from time to time.

 

5.        Covenant calculation . All calculations shall be based upon the financial statements submitted by the Borrower that are acceptable to Lender and Affiliate Counterparty; provided, however, that if Borrower’s financial statements as reported by Borrower do not, in the view of Lender and/or Affiliate Counterparty, accurately reflect Borrower’s operations, and Lender and Affiliate Counterparty make an independent, good faith determination of Borrower’s Net Income, assets or liabilities, such determination will be conclusive.

 

6.        Any default by Borrower under the terms of this Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement shall constitute an Event of Default under the Notes, and any and all documents securing the same, including, without limitation, under the Mortgage, under a Mortgage and Security Agreement dated of or about even date relating to the Riverside Premises, under that certain Amended and Restated Security Agreement dated on or about September 21, 2015 and under a certain Security Agreement dated of or about even date herewith.

 

In witness whereof the parties have set their hands and seals of the date above set forth.

 

  ImmuCell Corporation 
       
/s/ David J. Champoux   By: /s/ Michael F. Brigham
Witness     Michael Brigham
      Its duly authorized President and CEO
       
    TD Bank, N.A.
       
/s/ Joshua R. Dow   By: /s/ William R. Schad
Witness     William R. Schad
      Senior Commercial Loan Officer

 

  

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