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): June 27, 2019

 

DOCUMENT SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

New York   001-32146   16-1229730
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

200 Canal View Boulevard

Suite 300

Rochester, NY

  14623
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (585) 325-3610

 

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 obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

[  ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
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[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Ticker symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.02 par value per share   DSS   The NYSE American LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company [  ]

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [  ]

 

 

 

     
 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

The disclosure set forth below in Item 2.03 is incorporated in its entirety into this Item 1.01.

 

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

 

On June 27, 2019, Premier Packaging Corporation. (“Premier”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Document Security Systems, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into an Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Citizens Bank N.A. (“Citizens”), pursuant to which Citizens provided Premier with a loan in the principal amount of $1,156,741.69 (the “Loan”) as evidenced by a consolidated term note (the “Note”) in the principal amount of $1,156,741.69 with a maturity date of June 27, 2029. Premier shall pay to Citizens consecutive monthly installments of principal and interest in the amount of $7,180.61 against the Note based on a twenty (20) year amortization. The aggregate principal balance outstanding under the Note bears interest at a per annum rate equal to 4.22%. Premier has the option to prepay all or any part of the principal balance of the Note at a premium rate. In connection with the Loan, Premier granted Citizens a security interest in all of its assets including the property located at 6 Framark Drive, Victor, New York 14564 (the “Property”) . Under the terms of the Agreement, Premier is subject to certain financial negative covenants, including:

 

  Current Ratio - Premier shall not permit its Current Assets (as defined in the Agreement) to Current Liabilities (as defined in the Agreement) to be less than 1.25 to 1.0, at any time, reported on a rolling four quarter basis;
  Debt to Tangible Net Worth Ratio – Premier shall not permit the ratio of its Indebtedness (as defined in the Agreement) to Tangible Net Worth (as defined in the Agreement) to be greater than 3.0 to 1.0 at any time; and
  EBITDA – Premier shall not permit the ratio of its EBITDA, minus taxes paid in cash, Distributions and Unfinanced CAPEX, to Interest Expense plus CMLTD (as all of such terms are defined in the Agreement), to be less than 1.15 to 1.0 for any fiscal year for the four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending at the end of each fiscal quarter.

 

The Agreement includes customary representations, warranties and covenants (affirmative and negative), including, but not limited to, restrictive covenants that, among other things, limit Premier’s ability to: dispose of all or any part of its business or property; merge or consolidate with or into any other business organization; incur additional indebtedness; declare or pay any dividend or make a distribution on any class of Premier’s capital stock; in each case subject to certain specified exceptions set forth in the Agreement.

 

The Agreement also includes standard events of default, including, but not limited to, payment defaults; breaches of covenants following any applicable cure period; default or breach of any liability, obligation, covenant or undertaking to Citizens; failure to maintain the Collateral (as defined in the Agreement); default or breach of any material liability, obligation or undertaking of Premier or any Guarantor of the Obligations (as defined in the Agreement) to any person other than Citizens or its affiliates; the liquidation, termination or dissolution of Premier or any Guarantor, or the merger or consolidation of Premier or any Guarantor with or into another entity, or Premier’s or any Guarantor’s ceasing to carry on actively its present business or the appointment of a receiver for its property, or, without the prior written consent of Citizens, the sale or transfer of ownership of any interest in Premier; or the institution by or against Premier or any Guarantor of any proceedings under the Bankruptcy Code 11 USC §101 et seq. or any other insolvency, debtor relief or debt adjustment law or any other law in which Premier or any Guarantor is alleged to be insolvent or unable to pay its debts as they mature. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, Citizens may declare all outstanding obligations immediately due and payable without notice or demand, take such actions as it considers necessary or reasonable to protect its security interest in the Collateral and take such other actions as are set forth in the Agreement.

 

The Company and its subsidiaries, Secuprint, Inc. and Plastic Printing Professionals, Inc., each acted as individual guarantors (individually a “Guarantor” and collectively the “Guarantors”) of Premier’s payment of the Loan to Citizens pursuant to the terms of a Guaranty (the “Guaranty”).

 

In connection with the Loan, Premier and Citizens entered into a Commercial Mortgage, Security Agreement and Assignment of Leases and Rents With Consolidation, Modification and Extension Agreement (the “CEMA”), pursuant to which Premier and Citizens consolidated prior mortgages granted by Premier to Citizens with the mortgage granted by Premier to Citizens in connection with the Loan to form a single first mortgage lien on the Property. Pursuant to the CEMA, Premier also assigned to Citizens its rights under any and all leases, rents and other amounts owed to Premier with respect to the lease, use or occupancy of the Property.

 

     
 

 

The form of Agreement, Note, CEMA and Guaranty are filed as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The foregoing summary description of the terms of the Agreement, Note, CEMA and Guaranty are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of each exhibit.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
10.1   Form of Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement by and between Premier Packaging Corporation. and Citizens Bank N.A.,
     
10.2   Form of Consolidated Term Note,
     
10.3   Form of Commercial Mortgage, Security Agreement and Assignment of Leases and Rents With Consolidation, Modification and Extension Agreement by and between Premier Packaging Corporation. and Citizens Bank N.A.,
     
10.4   Form of Guaranty

 

     
 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  DOCUMENT SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.
     
Dated: July 1, 2019 By: /s/ Frank D. Heuszel
  Name: Frank D. Heuszel
  Title: Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer

 

     
 

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

This LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into at Rochester, New York, as of June 27, 2019 , between Premier Packaging Corporation, a New York corporation , with its chief executive office located at 6 Framark Drive, Victor, New York 14564 (the “Borrower”) and Citizens Bank, N.A., a national banking association, with an address of 833 Broadway, Albany, New York 12207 (the “Bank”).

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, and in consideration of the granting by the Bank of financial accommodations to or for the benefit of the Borrower, including without limitation respecting the Obligations (as hereinafter defined), the Borrower represents to and agrees with the Bank as follows:

 

1. THE LOAN

 

1.1 Term Loan . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Bank hereby agrees to make a loan to Borrower in the original principal amount of $1,156,741.69 (the “Loan”). The Loan shall be evidenced by that certain Consolidated Term Note, of even date herewith (the “Note”) made by Borrower in favor of the Bank in the original principal amount of $1,156,741.69 . Any payment or other amounts received by the Bank on account of any Obligations (as hereinafter defined), whether before or after the maturity date of the Note, whether as scheduled or as accelerated in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents or applicable law, shall be applied in such order of priority as the Bank may elect. This Agreement, the Note, all agreements, documents and instruments related to Bank Product Obligations and all Hedging Contracts (each as hereinafter defined), and any and all other documents, amendments or renewals executed and delivered in connection with any of the foregoing, if any, are collectively hereinafter referred to as the “Loan Documents.” For the avoidance of doubt, each Loan Document or other agreement or instrument referred to herein or in any other Loan Document means such agreement or instrument as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time.

 

1.2 Interest . Interest respecting the Loan will be charged to Borrower on the principal amount from time to time outstanding at the applicable interest rates specified in the Note, and Borrower agrees to pay such interest, as well as all other amounts coming due under the Loan Documents, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Note and the other Loan Documents.

 

1.3 Repayment . The Loan shall be payable to Bank on or before the maturity date of the Note. Any payment or other amounts received by the Bank on account of any Obligations (as hereinafter defined), whether before or after the maturity date of the Note, whether as scheduled or as accelerated in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents or applicable law, shall be applied in such order of priority as the Bank may elect.

 

2. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST

 

2.1 Grant of Security Interest . The Borrower hereby grants to the Bank (for its own account and as agent on behalf of each Bank Affiliate to the extent an Obligation is owed to such Bank Affiliate at any time) a security interest in, a lien on and pledge and assignment of the Collateral. The security interest granted by this Agreement is given to and shall be held by the Bank as security for the payment and performance of all Obligations, including, without limitation, all amounts outstanding pursuant to the Loan Documents.

 

 
 

 

2.2 Definitions . The following definitions shall apply:

 

  (a) “Bank Affiliate” shall mean any “Affiliate” of the Bank and “Affiliate” shall mean with respect to any person, (a) any person which, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such person, or (b) any person who is a director or officer (i) of such person, (ii) of any subsidiary of such person, or (iii) any person described in clause (a) above. For purposes of this definition, control of a person shall mean the power, direct or indirect, (x) to vote 5% or more of the Capital Stock having ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or comparable equivalent) of such person, or (y) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person whether by contract or otherwise. Control may be by ownership, contract, or otherwise.
     
  (b) “Bank Product Obligation” shall mean each obligation and liability of Borrower, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising or contracted, under each agreement to which Borrower and Bank and/or any Bank Affiliate are parties, relating to any of the following products, services or facilities extended by Bank or any Bank Affiliate to Borrower: (i) cash management services; (ii) swaps, caps, floors, collars, options, forwards, cross rights or obligations, or combination thereof or similar transaction, with respect to interest rate, foreign exchange, currency, commodity, index, credit or equity risks or similar products, including, without limitation, all products, services and facilities under each Hedging Contract in effect from time to time (including, without limitation, all regularly occurring payment obligations thereunder and all amounts due upon termination thereof), (iii) letters of credit; (iv) commercial credit card and merchant card services; and (v) other banking products and services as may be requested by Borrower from time to time from Bank or any Bank Affiliate.
     
  (c) “Code” shall mean the New York Uniform Commercial Code, as amended from time to time or, in connection with any lien as to which the laws of another jurisdiction govern perfection or enforcement thereof, the Uniform Commercial Code of that jurisdiction.
     
  (d) “Collateral” shall mean all of the Borrower’s present and future right, title and interest in and to any and all of the personal property of the Borrower whether such property is now existing or hereafter created, acquired or arising and wherever located from time to time, including without limitation:

 

  (i) accounts;
     
  (ii) chattel paper;
     
  (iii) goods;
     
  (iv) inventory;
     
  (v) equipment;
     
  (vi) fixtures;
     
  (vii) farm products;
     
  (viii) instruments;
     
  (ix) investment property;
     
  (x) documents;
     
  (xi) commercial tort claims;

 

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  (xii) deposit accounts;
     
  (xiii) letter-of-credit rights;
     
  (xiv) general intangibles;
     
  (xv) supporting obligations; and
     
  (xvi) records of, accession to and proceeds and products of the foregoing.

 

  (e) “Debtors” shall mean the Borrower’s customers who are obligated to the Borrower.
     
  (f) “Hedging Contract” shall mean each agreement to which Borrower and Bank and/or any Bank Affiliate are parties relating to any swap, cap, floor, collar, option, forward, cross right or obligation, or combination thereof or similar transaction, with respect to interest rate, foreign exchange, currency, commodity, index, credit or equity risk.
     
  (g) “Obligation(s)” shall mean, without limitation, all loans, advances, indebtedness, notes, liabilities, Bank Product Obligations and amounts, liquidated or un-liquidated, owing by the Borrower to the Bank or any Bank Affiliate at any time, of each and every kind, nature and description, whether arising under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or otherwise, and whether secured or unsecured, direct or indirect (that is, whether the same are due directly by the Borrower to the Bank or any Bank Affiliate, or are due indirectly by the Borrower to the Bank or any Bank Affiliate as endorser, guarantor or other surety, or as borrower of obligations due third persons which have been endorsed or assigned to the Bank or any Bank Affiliate, or otherwise), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising or contracted, including, without limitation, payment when due of all amounts outstanding from time to time under the Loan Documents. Said term shall also include all interest and other charges chargeable to the Borrower or due from the Borrower to the Bank or any Bank Affiliate from time to time and all costs and expenses referred to in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.
     
  (h) “Person” or “party” shall mean individuals, partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies and all other entities.

 

All words and terms used in this Agreement other than those specifically defined herein shall have the meanings accorded to them, if any, in the Code.

 

2.3 Ordinary Course of Business . Subject to the Bank’s rights and remedies hereunder and as provided by law or in equity, the parties agree that (a) the Borrower will hold, process, sell, use or consume in the manufacture or processing of finished goods, or otherwise dispose of inventory for fair consideration, all in the ordinary course of the Borrower’s business, but not, without limitation, by way, directly or indirectly, of sales to creditors or in bulk or sales or other dispositions occurring under circumstances which would or could create any lien or interest adverse to the Bank’s security interest in the inventory or other right hereunder in the proceeds resulting therefrom, and (b) the Borrower may receive from the Debtors all amounts due as proceeds of the Collateral at the Borrower’s own cost and expense, and also liability, if any; provided, however, that the Bank may at any time, without cause or notice, and whether or not an Event of Default has occurred or DEMAND has been made, terminate all or any part of the Borrower’s rights described in the preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Agreement in respect of the Collateral, and, without limitation, notify Debtors to make all payments due as proceeds of the Collateral to the Bank. Until Bank shall otherwise notify Borrower, all proceeds of and collections of Collateral shall be retained by Borrower and used solely for the ordinary and usual operation of Borrower’s business. From and after notice by Bank to Borrower, all proceeds of and collections of the Collateral shall be held in trust by Borrower for Bank and shall not be commingled with Borrower’s other funds or deposited in any account of Borrower at any bank other than the Bank, and Borrower agrees to deliver to Bank on the dates of receipt thereof by Borrower, duly endorsed to Bank or to bearer, or assigned to Bank, as may be appropriate, all proceeds of the Collateral in the identical form received by Borrower.

 

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2.4 Allowances . Absent an Event of Default the Borrower may grant such allowances or other adjustments to Debtors (exclusive of extending the time for payment of any item which shall not be done without first obtaining the Bank’s written consent in each instance) as the Borrower may reasonably deem to accord with sound business practice, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, accepting the return of all or any part of the inventory (subject to the provisions set forth in this Agreement with reference to returned inventory).

 

2.5 Records . The Borrower shall deliver to the Bank from time to time promptly at the Bank’s request all invoices, original documents of title, contracts, chattel paper, instruments and any other writings relating thereto, and other evidence of performance of contracts, or evidence of shipment or delivery of the merchandise or of the rendering of services; and the Borrower will deliver to the Bank promptly at the Bank’s request from time to time additional copies of any or all of such papers or writings, and such other information with respect to any of the Collateral and such schedules of inventory, schedules of accounts and such other writings as the Bank may in its sole discretion deem to be necessary or effectual to evidence any loan hereunder or the Bank’s security interest in the Collateral.

 

2.6 Legends . The Borrower shall promptly make, stamp or record such entries or legends on the Borrower’s books and records or on any of the Collateral (including, without limitation, chattel paper) as Bank shall request from time to time, to indicate and disclose that Bank has a security interest in such Collateral.

 

2.7 Inspection . The Bank, or its representatives, at any time and from time to time but not to exceed more than 2 times in any calendar year provided an event of default occurred and is continuing, shall have the right at the sole cost and expense of Borrower, and the Borrower will permit the Bank and/or its representatives: (a) to examine, check, make copies of or extracts from any of the Borrower’s books, records and files (including, without limitation, orders and original correspondence); (b) to perform field exams or otherwise inspect and examine the Collateral and to check, test or appraise the same as to quality, quantity, value and condition; and (c) to verify the Collateral or any portion or portions thereof or the Borrower’s compliance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

2.8 Search Reports . Bank shall receive prior to the date of this Agreement UCC search results under all names used by the Borrower during the prior five (5) years, from each jurisdiction where any Collateral is located, from the State, if any, where the Borrower is organized and registered (as such terms are used in the Code), and the State where the Borrower’s chief executive office is located. The search results shall confirm that the security interest in the Collateral granted Bank hereunder is prior to all other security interests in favor of any other person and the Borrower hereby authorizes the Bank to file UCC financings statements and any other records or writings in each jurisdiction the Bank shall deem necessary or advisable in order to perfect and protect the security interest in the Collateral granted to Bank hereunder.

 

3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

The Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Bank as of the date of this Agreement and, as applicable, covenants to the Bank, that:

 

3.1 Organization and Qualification . Borrower is a duly organized and validly existing corporation under the laws of the State of its incorporation with the exact legal name set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement. Borrower is in good standing under the laws of said State, has the power to own its property and conduct its business as now conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted, and is duly qualified to do business under the laws of each state where the nature of the business done or property owned requires such qualification.

 

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3.2 Subsidiaries . Borrower has no subsidiaries other than as specifically disclosed to the Bank in writing prior to the date this representation and warranty is deemed made and the Borrower has never consolidated, merged or acquired substantially all of the assets of any other entity or person other than as previously specifically disclosed to the Bank in writing prior to the date this representation and warranty is deemed made.

 

3.3 Corporate Records . Borrower’s corporate charter, articles or certificate of organization or incorporation and all amendments thereto, as well as Borrower’s bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement and all other organizational documents, as applicable, have been duly filed and are in proper order. All outstanding capital stock or other evidence of ownership issued by the Borrower was and is properly issued and all books and records of the Borrower, including but not limited to its minute books, bylaws and books of account, are accurate and up to date and will be so maintained.

 

3.4 Title to Properties; Absence of Liens . Borrower has good and clear record and marketable title to all of its properties and assets, and all of its properties and assets including the Collateral are free and clear of all mortgages, liens, pledges, charges, encumbrances and setoffs, other than the security interest therein granted to the Bank and those mortgages, deeds of trust, leases of personal property and security interests previously specifically consented to in writing by the Bank.

 

3.5 Places of Business . The location of Borrower’s chief executive office is correctly stated in the preamble to this Agreement, and Borrower shall, during the term of this Agreement, keep the Bank currently and accurately informed in writing of each of its other places of business, and shall not change the location of such chief executive office or open or close, move or change any material existing or new place of business without giving the Bank at least thirty (30) days prior written notice thereof.

 

3.6 Valid Obligations . The execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and each represents a legal, valid and binding obligation of Borrower and is fully enforceable according to its terms, except as limited by laws relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights.

 

3.7 Conflicts . There is no provision in Borrower’s organizational or charter documents, if any, or in any indenture, contract or agreement to which Borrower is a party which prohibits, limits or restricts the execution, delivery or performance of the Loan Documents and neither the execution, delivery nor performance of the Loan Documents constitute a default, event of default or event of similar import under any indenture, contract or agreement to which Borrower is a party.

 

3.8 Governmental Approvals . The execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents does not require any approval of or filing with any governmental agency or authority.

 

3.9 Litigation, etc . There are no actions, claims or proceedings pending or to the knowledge of Borrower threatened against Borrower which might materially adversely affect the ability of Borrower to conduct its business or to pay or perform the Obligations or which might adversely affect any material portion of the Collateral or the Bank’s interest therein.

 

3.10 Accounts and Contract Rights . All accounts arise out of legally enforceable and existing contracts, and represent unconditional and undisputed bona fide indebtedness by a Debtor, and are not and will not be subject to any discount (except such cash or trade discount as may be shown on any invoice, contract or other writing delivered to the Bank). No contract right, account, general intangible or chattel paper is or will be represented by any note or other instrument, and no contract right, account or general intangible is, or will be represented by any conditional or installment sales obligation or other chattel paper, except such instruments or chattel paper as have been or immediately upon receipt by the Borrower will be delivered to the Bank (duly endorsed or assigned), which Borrower hereby covenants to cause to be timely done, and such delivery, in the case of chattel paper, shall include all executed copies except those in the possession of the installment buyer and Borrower shall cause to be delivered to the Bank immediately upon receipt thereof by Borrower all security for and guaranties of any of the Collateral together with such assignments and endorsements thereof as the Bank may request.

 

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3.11 Title to Collateral . At the date hereof the Borrower is (and as to Collateral that the Borrower may acquire after the date hereof, on the date of such acquisition, will be) the lawful owner of the Collateral, and the Collateral and each item thereof is, will be and shall at all times this Agreement remains in effect continue to be free of all restrictions, liens, encumbrances or other rights, title or interests (other than the security interest therein granted to the Bank under the Loan Documents and the interests of each mortgagee, beneficiary, lessee or secured party to the extent, and only to the extent, arising under a mortgage, deed of trust, lease of personal property and security agreement, credits, defenses, recoupments, set-offs or counterclaims whatsoever. The Borrower has and will have full power and authority to grant to the Bank a security interest in the Collateral and, the Borrower has not transferred, assigned, sold, pledged, encumbered, subjected to lien or granted any security interest in, and will not transfer, assign, sell (except sales or other dispositions in the ordinary course of business in respect to inventory as expressly permitted in this Agreement), pledge, encumber, subject to lien or grant any security interest in any of the Collateral (or any of the Borrower’s right, title or interest therein), to any person other than the Bank. The Collateral is and will be valid and genuine in all respects. The Borrower hereby warrants and covenants to defend the Bank’s right to and interest in the Collateral against all claims and demands of all persons whatsoever.

 

3.12 Location of Collateral . Except for sale, processing, use, consumption or other disposition in the ordinary course of business, the Borrower will keep all inventory and equipment only at locations specified in this Agreement or specified to the Bank in writing. The Borrower shall, during the term of this Agreement, keep the Bank currently and accurately informed in writing of each location where the Borrower’s records relating to its accounts and contract rights, respectively, are kept, and shall not remove such records or any of them to another location without giving the Bank at least thirty (30) days prior written notice thereof.

 

3.13 Third Parties . The Bank shall not be deemed to have assumed any liability or responsibility to the Borrower or any third person for the correctness, validity or genuineness of any instruments or documents that may be released or endorsed to the Borrower by the Bank (which shall automatically be deemed to be without recourse to the Bank in any event) or for the existence, character, quantity, quality, condition, value or delivery of any goods purporting to be represented by any such documents; and the Bank, by accepting such security interest in the Collateral, or by releasing any Collateral to the Borrower, shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation or liability to any supplier or Debtor or to any other third party, and the Borrower agrees to indemnify and defend the Bank and hold it harmless in respect to any claim or proceeding arising out of any matter referred to in this paragraph.

 

3.14 Payment of Accounts . Each account or other item of Collateral, other than inventory and equipment, will be paid in full on or before the date shown as its due date in the schedule of Collateral, in the copy of the invoice(s) relating to the account or other Collateral or in contracts relating thereto. Upon any suspension of business, assignment or trust mortgage for the benefit of creditors, dissolution, petition in receivership or under any chapter of the Bankruptcy Code as amended from time to time by or against any Debtor, any Debtor becoming insolvent or unable to pay its debts as they mature or any other act of the same or different nature amounting to a business failure, the Borrower will immediately notify the Bank thereof.

 

3.15 Taxes . The Borrower has filed all Federal, state and other tax returns required to be filed (except for such returns for which current and valid extensions have been filed), and all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges due from the Borrower have been fully paid. The Borrower has established on its books reserves adequate for the payment of all Federal, state and other tax liabilities (if any).

 

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3.16 Use of Proceeds . The proceeds of the Loan will not be used for personal, family or household purposes or the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or margin securities within the meaning of Regulations U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 12 C.F.R. Parts 221 and 224. The Collateral is not, and will not be, used or acquired primarily for personal, family or household purposes.

 

3.17 Environmental . As of the date hereof neither the Borrower nor any of Borrower’s agents, employees or independent contractors (1) have caused or are aware of a release or threat of release of Hazardous Materials (as defined herein) on any of the premises or personal property owned or controlled by Borrower (“Controlled Property”) or any property abutting Controlled Property (“Abutting Property”), which could give rise to liability under any Environmental Law (as defined herein) or any other Federal, state or local law, rule or regulation; (2) have arranged for the transport of or transported any Hazardous Materials in a manner as to violate, or result in potential liabilities under, any Environmental Law; (3) have received any notice, order or demand from the Environmental Protection Agency or any other Federal, state or local agency under any Environmental Law; (4) have incurred any liability under any Environmental Law in connection with the mismanagement, improper disposal or release of Hazardous Materials; or (5) are aware of any inspection or investigation of any Controlled Property or Abutting Property by any Federal, state or local agency for possible violations of any Environmental Law.

 

To the best of Borrower’s knowledge, neither Borrower, nor any prior owner or tenant of any Controlled Property, committed or omitted any act which caused the release of Hazardous Materials on such Controlled Property which could give rise to a lien thereon by any Federal, state or local government. No notice or statement of claim or lien affecting any Controlled Property has been recorded or filed in any public records by any Federal, state or local government for costs, penalties, fines or other charges as to such property. All notices, permits, licenses or similar authorizations, if any, required to be obtained or filed in connection with the ownership, operation, or use of the Controlled Property, including without limitation, the past or present generation, treatment, storage, disposal or release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment, have been duly obtained or filed.

 

Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold the Bank and each Bank Affiliate harmless from all Claims (as hereinafter defined) arising from or in any way related to (i) any and all of its violations of any Environmental Law (including those arising from any lien by any Federal, state or local government arising from the presence of Hazardous Materials) or (ii) the presence of Hazardous Materials located on or emanating from any Controlled Property or Abutting Property whether existing or not existing and whether known or unknown at the time of the execution hereof and regardless of whether or not caused by, or within the control of Borrower, including, without limitation, any inspection, investigation, cleanup, environmental engineering or other remedial response efforts. Borrower further agrees to reimburse Bank and each Bank Affiliate upon demand for any costs incurred by Bank in connection with the foregoing. Borrower agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be continuous and shall survive the repayment of all Obligations and other debts to Bank, if any, and shall continue so long as a valid claim may be lawfully asserted against the Bank or any Bank Affiliate.

 

The term “Hazardous Materials” includes but is not limited to any and all substances (whether solid, liquid or gas) defined, listed, or otherwise classified as pollutants, hazardous wastes, hazardous substances, hazardous materials, extremely hazardous wastes, or words of similar meaning or regulatory effect under any present or future Environmental Law or that may have a negative impact on human health or the environment, including but not limited to petroleum and petroleum products, asbestos and asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, lead, radon, radioactive materials, flammables and explosives.

 

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The term “Environmental Law” means any present and future Federal, state and local laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations and the like, as well as common law, relating to protection of human health or the environment, relating to Hazardous Materials, relating to liability for or costs of remediation or prevention of releases of Hazardous Materials or relating to liability for or costs of other actual or threatened danger to human health or the environment. The term “Environmental Law” includes, but is not limited to, the following statutes, as amended, any successor thereto, and any regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, and any state or local statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations and the like addressing similar issues: the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act; the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (including but not limited to Subtitle I relating to underground storage tanks); the Solid Waste Disposal Act; the Clean Water Act; the Clean Air Act; the Toxic Substances Control Act; the Safe Drinking Water Act; the Occupational Safety and Health Act; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act; the Endangered Species Act; the National Environmental Policy Act; the River and Harbors Appropriation Act, New York Environmental Conservation Law, Chapter 43-B of the New York Consolidated Laws.

 

4. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

4.1 Payments and Performance . Borrower will duly and punctually pay all Obligations becoming due to the Bank and each Bank Affiliate and will duly and punctually perform all Obligations on its part to be done or performed under each of the Loan Documents.

 

4.2 Books and Records; Inspection . Borrower will at all times keep proper books of account in which full, true and correct entries will be made of its transactions in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied and which are, in the opinion of a Certified Public Accountant acceptable to Bank, adequate to determine fairly the financial condition and the results of operations of Borrower. Borrower will at all reasonable times make its books and records available in its offices for inspection, examination and duplication by the Bank and the Bank’s representatives and will permit inspection of the Collateral and all of its properties by the Bank and the Bank’s representatives. Borrower will from time to time furnish the Bank with such information and statements as the Bank may request in its sole discretion with respect to the Obligations or the Bank’s security interest in the Collateral. Borrower shall, during the term of this Agreement, keep the Bank currently and accurately informed in writing of each location where Borrower’s records relating to its accounts and contract rights are kept, and shall not remove such records to another location without giving the Bank at least thirty (30) days prior written notice thereof.

 

4.3 Financial Statements . Borrower will furnish to Bank:

 

  (a) as soon as available to Borrower, but in any event within 120 days after the close of each fiscal year end, a full and complete signed copy of financial statements of Premier Packaging Corporation, reviewed by certified public accountants acceptable to Bank, which shall include a balance sheet of Premier Packaging Corporation, as at the end of such year, statement of cash flows and statement of profit and loss of Premier Packaging Corporation reflecting the results of its operations during such year, bearing the unqualified opinion of such certified public accountants and prepared on an annual basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied together with any so-called management letter;
     
  (b) as soon as available to Borrower, but in any event within 45 days after the close of each fiscal quarter end, a full and complete copy of management prepared financial statements of Premier Packaging Corporation;
     
  (c) as soon as available to Borrower, but in any event within 30 days after the close of each fiscal year end, management prepared projections of Premier Packaging Corporation;

 

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  (d) as soon as available to Borrower, but in any event within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an inventory listing for Premier Packaging Corporation;
     
  (e) as soon as available to Borrower, but in any event within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an accounts receivable aging report;
     
  (f) as soon as available to Borrower, but in any event within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an accounts payable aging report;
     
  (g) as soon as available to Borrower, but in any event within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a covenant compliance certificate on the bank’s form.
     
  (h) from time to time, such financial data and information about Borrower as Bank may reasonably request; and
     
  (i) any financial data and information about any guarantors of the Obligations as Bank may reasonably request.

 

4.4 Conduct of Business . The Borrower will maintain its existence in good standing and comply with all laws and regulations of the United States and of each applicable state thereof and of each applicable political subdivision thereof, and of any governmental authority which may be applicable to it or to its business; provided that this covenant shall not apply to any tax, assessment or charge which is being contested in good faith and with respect to which reserves have been established and are being maintained.

 

4.5 Notice to Account Debtors . The Borrower agrees, promptly upon the request of the Bank, to notify all or any of the Debtors in writing of the Bank’s security interest in the Collateral in whatever manner the Bank requests and, hereby authorizes the Bank, at the Borrower’s expense, to notify all or any of the Debtors of the Bank’s security interest in the Borrower’s accounts and the other Collateral and, without limiting any other right or remedy the Bank may have at any time, to direct all or any Debtors to make all payments with respect to the accounts and the other Collateral directly to the Bank following the occurrence of an Event of Default or the Maturity Date.

 

4.6 Contact with Accountant . The Borrower hereby authorizes the Bank to directly contact and communicate with any accountant employed by Borrower in connection with the review and/or maintenance of Borrower’s books and records or preparation of any financial reports delivered by or at the request of Borrower to Bank.

 

4.7 Operating and Deposit Accounts . The Borrower shall maintain with the Bank its primary operating and deposit accounts.. At the option of the Bank, all loan payments and fees will automatically be debited from the Borrower’s primary operating account and all advances will automatically be credited to the Borrower’s primary operating account.

 

4.8 Taxes . Borrower will promptly pay all real and personal property taxes, assessments and charges and all franchise, income, unemployment, retirement benefits, withholding, sales and other taxes assessed against it or payable by it before delinquent; provided that this covenant shall not apply to any tax assessment or charge which is being contested in good faith and with respect to which reserves have been established and are being maintained. The Bank may, at its option, from time to time, discharge any taxes, liens or encumbrances of any of the Collateral, and the Borrower will pay to the Bank on demand or the Bank in its sole discretion may charge to the Borrower all amounts so paid or incurred by it, together with interest thereon until paid at the rate set forth in the Note that applies during the continuance of an Event of Default.

 

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4.9 Maintenance . Borrower will keep and maintain the Collateral and its other properties, if any, in good repair, working order and condition. Borrower will immediately notify the Bank of any loss or damage to or any occurrence which would adversely affect the value of any Collateral. The Bank may, at its option, from time to time, take any other action that the Bank may deem proper to repair, maintain or preserve any of the Collateral, and the Borrower will pay to the Bank on demand or the Bank in its sole discretion may charge to the Borrower all amounts so paid or incurred by it, together with interest thereon until paid at the rate set forth in the Note that applies during the continuance of an Event of Default.

 

4.10 Insurance . Borrower will maintain in force property and casualty insurance on all Collateral and any other property of the Borrower, if any, against risks customarily insured against by companies engaged in businesses similar to that of the Borrower containing such terms and written by such companies as may be satisfactory to the Bank, such insurance to be payable to the Bank as its interest may appear in the event of loss and to name the Bank as insured pursuant to a standard loss payee clause; no loss shall be adjusted thereunder without the Bank’s approval; and all such policies shall provide that they may not be canceled without first giving at least ten (10) days written notice of cancellation to the Bank. In the event that the Borrower fails to provide evidence of such insurance, the Bank may, at its option, secure such insurance and charge the cost thereof to the Borrower. At the option of the Bank, all insurance proceeds received from any loss or damage to any of the Collateral shall be applied either to the replacement or repair thereof or as a payment on account of the Obligations. From and after the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Bank is authorized to cancel any insurance maintained hereunder and apply any returned or unearned premiums, all of which are hereby assigned to the Bank, as a payment on account of the Obligations.

 

4.11 Notification of Default . Immediately upon becoming aware of the existence of any condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default, or any condition or event which would upon notice or lapse of time, or both, constitute an Event of Default, Borrower shall give Bank written notice thereof specifying the nature and duration thereof and the action being or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

 

4.12 Notification of Material Litigation . Borrower will immediately notify the Bank in writing of any litigation or of any investigative proceedings of a governmental agency or authority commenced or threatened against it which would or might be materially adverse to the financial condition of Borrower, any guarantor of the Obligations or any material part of the Collateral.

 

4.13 Pension Plans . With respect to any pension or benefit plan maintained by Borrower, or to which Borrower contributes (“Plan”), the benefits under which are guarantied, in whole or in part, by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation created by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, P.L. 93-406, as amended (“ERISA”) or any governmental authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (“Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation”), Borrower will (a) fund each Plan as required by the provisions of Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; (b) cause each Plan to pay all benefits when due; (c) furnish Bank (i) promptly with a copy of any notice of each Plan’s termination sent to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (ii) no later than the date of submission to the Department of Labor or to the Internal Revenue Service, as the case may be, a copy of any request for waiver from the funding standards or extension of the amortization periods required by Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and (iii) notice of any Reportable Event as such term is defined in ERISA; and (d) subscribe to any contingent liability insurance provided by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to protect against employer liability upon termination of a guarantied pension plan, if available to Borrower.

 

4.14 Lien Law . If any account or general intangible included in the Collateral represents money owing pursuant to any contract for the improvement of real property or for a public improvement for purposes of the Lien Law of the State of New York (the “Lien Law”), Borrower shall (i) give Bank notice of such fact; (ii) receive and hold any money advanced by Bank with respect to such account or general intangible as a trust fund to be first applied to the payment of trust claims as such term is defined in the Lien Law (Section 71 or otherwise); and (iii) until such trust claim is paid, not use or permit the use of any such money for any purpose other than the payment of such trust claims.

 

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5. NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

5.1 Financial Covenants . The Borrower will not at any time or during any fiscal period (as applicable) fail to be in compliance with any of the financial covenants in this section.

 

  (a) Definitions . The following definitions shall apply to this Section:

 

(i) “Capital Expenditures” (“CAPEX”) shall mean for any period, all acquisitions or machinery, equipment, land, leaseholds, buildings, improvements and all other expenditures considered to be for fixed assets under GAAP, consistently applied. Where an asset is acquired under a capital lease, the amount required to be capitalized shall be considered a capital expenditure during the first year of the lease.

 

(ii) “Current Assets” shall mean current assets as defined under GAAP.

 

(iii) “Current Liabilities” shall mean current liabilities as defined under GAAP.

 

(iv) “Current Maturity of Long-Term Debt” (“CMLTD”) shall mean, for any period, the current scheduled principal or capital lease payments required to be paid during the applicable period.

 

(v) “Distributions” shall mean all cash dividends to shareholders, and all cash distributions of Subchapter S corporations, to partners of partnerships, to members of limited liability companies or to beneficiaries of trusts.

 

(vi) “Earnings” shall mean earnings as defined under GAAP.

 

(vii) “EBITDA” shall mean, 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.

 

(viii) “GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time in the United States.

 

(ix) “Indebtedness” shall mean (x) all indebtedness for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services, and all obligations under leases which are or should be, under GAAP, recorded as capital leases, in respect of which a person is directly or contingently liable as borrower, guarantor, endorser or otherwise, or in respect of which a person otherwise assures a creditor against loss, (y) all obligations for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services secured by (or for which the holder has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any lien upon property (including without limitation accounts receivable and contract rights) owned by a person, whether or not such person has assumed or become liable for the payment thereof, and (z) all other liabilities and obligations which would be classified in accordance with GAAP as liabilities on a balance sheet or to which reference should be made in footnotes thereto.

 

(x) “Intangible Assets” shall mean, 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 and copyrights.

 

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(xi) “Interest Expense” shall mean, for any period, ordinary, regular, recurring and continuing expenditures for interest on all borrowed money.

 

(xii) “Tangible Net Worth” shall mean, as of the date of determination thereof, total assets, excluding all Intangible Assets and all obligations owed from affiliates or any employee, less total liabilities.

 

(xiii) “Unfinanced CAPEX” shall mean, for any period, Capital Expenditures less new long-term Indebtedness issued during such period to fund the Capital Expenditures.

 

  (b) Current Ratio . The Borrower shall not permit the Current Assets to Current Liabilities to be less than 1.25 to 1.0, at any time, reported on a rolling four quarter basis.
     
  (c) Debt to Tangible Net Worth . The Borrower shall not permit the ratio of its Indebtedness to Tangible Net Worth to be greater than 3.0 to 1.0 at any time.
     
  (d) EBITDA (after Taxes, Distributions and Unfinanced CAPEX) to Interest Expense plus CMLTD . The Borrower shall not permit the ratio of its EBITDA, minus taxes paid in cash, Distributions and Unfinanced CAPEX, to Interest Expense plus CMLTD, to be less than 1.15 to 1.0 for any fiscal year for the 4 consecutive fiscal quarters ending at the end of each fiscal quarter.

 

5.2 Limitations on Indebtedness . Borrower shall not incur any indebtedness or create, assume, guarantee, become contingently liable for, or suffer to exist indebtedness in addition to indebtedness to the Bank, except (i) indebtedness or liabilities of Borrower directly connected with the liens and security interests approved by the Bank in accordance with Section 3.4, and (ii) indebtedness or liabilities other than for money borrowed, that are unsecured and incurred or arise in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business.

 

5.3 [ Intentionally Omitted .]

 

5.4 Loans or Advances . The Borrower shall not make any loans or advances or distributions or pay dividends in excess of $400,000 annually to any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability corporation, trust, or other organization or person, including without limitation its officers and employees; provided, however, that Borrower may make advances to its employees, including its officers, with respect to expenses incurred by such employees in the ordinary course of business which expenses are reimbursable by Borrower, and provided further, however, that Borrower may extend credit in the ordinary course of business in accordance with customary trade practices.

 

5.5 Dividends and Distributions . Borrower shall not, without prior written consent of the Bank, pay any dividends on or make any distribution on account of any class of Borrower’s capital stock in cash or in property (other than additional shares of such stock), or redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of such stock, except, so long as Borrower is not in default hereunder, if Borrower is a Subchapter S corporation, under the regulations of the Internal Revenue Service of the United States, distributions to the stockholders of Borrower in such amounts as are necessary to pay the tax liability of such stockholders due as a result of such stockholders’ interest in the Borrower.

 

5.6 Investments . The Borrower shall not make investments in, or advances to, any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, trust or other organization or person other than as previously specifically consented to in writing by the Bank. The Borrower will not purchase or otherwise invest in or hold securities, non-operating real estate or other non-operating assets or purchase all or substantially all the assets of any entity other than as previously specifically consented to in writing by the Bank.

 

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5.7 Merger . Borrower shall not merge or consolidate or be merged or consolidated with or into any other entity.

 

5.8 Capital Expenditures . The Borrower shall not, directly or indirectly, make or commit to make capital expenditures by lease, purchase, or otherwise, except in the ordinary and usual course of its business for the purpose of replacing machinery, equipment or other personal property which, as a consequence of wear, duplication or obsolescence, is no longer used or necessary in the Borrower’s business.

 

5.9 Sale of Assets . Borrower shall not sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any of its assets, except inventory in the ordinary and usual course of business and except for machinery, equipment or other personal property which, as a consequence of wear, duplication or obsolescence, is no longer used or necessary in the Borrower’s business, provided that fair consideration is received therefor; provided, however, in no event shall the Borrower sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any equipment purchased with the proceeds of any loans, including with limitation the Loan, made by the Bank.

 

5.10 Restriction on Liens . Borrower shall not grant any security interest in, or mortgage of, any of its properties or assets including the Collateral. Borrower shall not enter into any agreement with any person other than the Bank that prohibits the Borrower from granting any security interest in, or mortgage of, any of its properties or assets including the Collateral.

 

5.11 Other Business . Borrower shall not engage in any business other than the business in which it is currently engaged or a business reasonably allied thereto.

 

5.12 Change of Name, etc . Borrower shall not change its legal name or the State or the type of its organization, without giving the Bank at least 30 days prior written notice thereof.

 

6. DEFAULT

 

6.1 Default . “Event of Default” shall mean the occurrence of one or more of any of the following events after the expiration of all applicable notice and cure periods:

 

  (a) default or breach of any liability, obligation, covenant or undertaking to Bank or any Bank Affiliate of the Borrower or any guarantor of the Obligations, hereunder or otherwise, including, without limitation, failure to pay in full and when due any installment of principal or interest, regularly scheduled or termination payments under Hedging Contracts or any other amount or default or breach of the Borrower or any guarantor of the Obligations under any other Loan Document or any other agreement with the Bank or Bank Affiliate;
     
  (b) failure of the Borrower or any guarantor of the Obligations to maintain aggregate collateral security value satisfactory to the Bank;
     
  (c) default or breach of any material liability, obligation or undertaking of the Borrower or any guarantor of the Obligations to any person other than the Bank or any Bank Affiliate;
     
  (d) if any statement, representation or warranty heretofore, now or hereafter made by the Borrower or any guarantor of the Obligations in connection with any of the Loan Documents or any other agreement, document or instrument related to the Obligations, or in any supporting financial statement of the Borrower or any guarantor of the Obligations shall be determined by the Bank to have been false or misleading in any material respect when made;
     
  (e) if the Borrower or any guarantor of the Obligations is a corporation, trust, partnership or limited liability company, the liquidation, termination or dissolution of any such organization, or the merger or consolidation of such organization with or into another entity, or its ceasing to carry on actively its present business or the appointment of a receiver for its property, or, without the prior written consent of the Bank, the sale or transfer of ownership of any interest in the Borrower;

 

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  (f) the death of the Borrower or any guarantor of the Obligations and, if the Borrower or any guarantor of the Obligations is a partnership or limited liability company, the death of any partner or member;
     
  (g) the institution by or against the Borrower or any guarantor of the Obligations of any proceedings under the Bankruptcy Code 11 USC §101 et seq. or any other insolvency, debtor relief or debt adjustment law or any other law in which the Borrower or any guarantor of the Obligations is alleged to be insolvent or unable to pay its debts as they mature, or the making by the Borrower or any guarantor of the Obligations of an assignment for the benefit of creditors or the granting by the Borrower or any guarantor of the Obligations of a trust mortgage for the benefit of creditors;
     
  (h) the service upon the Bank of a writ in which the Bank is named as trustee of the Borrower or any guarantor of the Obligations;
     
  (i) a judgment or judgments for the payment of money shall be rendered against the Borrower or any guarantor of the Obligations, and any such judgment shall remain unsatisfied and in effect for any period of thirty (30) consecutive days without a stay of execution;
     
  (j) any levy, lien (including mechanics lien), seizure, attachment, execution or similar process shall be issued or levied on any of the property of the Borrower or any guarantor of the Obligations;
     
  (k) the termination or revocation of any guaranty of the Obligations; or
     
  (l) the occurrence of such a change in the condition or affairs (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower or any guarantor of the Obligations, or the occurrence of any other event or circumstance, such that the Bank, in its sole discretion, deems that it is insecure or that the prospects for timely or full payment or performance of any obligation of the Borrower or any guarantor of the Obligations to the Bank has been or may be impaired.

 

6.2 Acceleration . If an Event of Default shall occur, at the election of the Bank, all Obligations shall become immediately due and payable without notice or demand, except with respect to Obligations payable on DEMAND, which shall be due and payable on DEMAND, whether or not an Event of Default has occurred.

 

The Bank is hereby authorized, at its election, after an Event of Default or after DEMAND, without any further demand or notice except to such extent as notice may be required by applicable law, to take possession and/or sell or otherwise dispose of all or any of the Collateral at public or private sale; and the Bank may also exercise any and all other rights and remedies of a secured party under the Code or which are otherwise accorded to it in equity or at law, all as Bank may determine, and such exercise of rights in compliance with the requirements of law will not be considered adversely to affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral. If notice of a sale or other action by the Bank is required by applicable law, unless the Collateral is perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value or is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market, the Borrower agrees that ten (10) days written notice to the Borrower, or the shortest period of written notice permitted by such law, whichever is smaller, shall be sufficient notice; and, unless prohibited by applicable law, the Bank, its officers, attorneys and agents may bid and become purchasers at any such sale, if public, and may purchase at any private sale any of the Collateral that is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market or which is the subject of widely distributed standard price quotations. Any sale (public or private) shall be without warranty and free from any right of redemption, which the Borrower hereby waives and releases effective, without any further action whatsoever, immediately upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, and may be free of any warranties as to the Collateral if Bank shall so decide. No purchaser at any sale (public or private) shall be responsible for the application of the purchase money. Any balance of the net proceeds of sale remaining after paying all Obligations shall be returned to such party as may be legally entitled thereto; and if there is a deficiency, the Borrower shall be responsible for repayment of the same to the Bank, each applicable Bank Affiliate and other party legally entitled thereto, with interest at the rate set forth in the Note that applies during the continuance of an Event of Default. Upon demand by the Bank, the Borrower shall assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Bank at a place designated by the Bank which is reasonably convenient to the Bank and the Borrower. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the Bank has extended credit and other financial accommodations to the Borrower upon reliance of the Borrower’s granting the Bank the rights and remedies contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents including without limitation the right to take immediate possession of the Collateral upon the occurrence of an Event of Default or after DEMAND with respect to Obligations payable on DEMAND and the Borrower hereby acknowledges that the Bank is entitled to equitable and injunctive relief to enforce any of its rights and remedies hereunder or under the Code and the Borrower hereby waives any defense to such equitable or injunctive relief based upon any allegation of the absence of irreparable harm to the Bank.

 

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All amounts received by the Bank in respect of the Obligations, whether from Borrower, any guarantor of the Obligations, any endorser of the Note or any other person, or from any disposition of any of the Collateral, or otherwise, shall be applied by the Bank in such order of priority as the Bank may elect, including, without limitation, if the Bank so elects, in the following order:

 

First , to pay all outstanding fees, expenses and costs of the Bank under the Loan Documents;

 

Second , to pay, pro rata, interest on the Note and scheduled payments under all Hedging Contracts, if any;

 

Third , to pay, pro rata, principal outstanding on the Note and all amounts due in accordance with the terms of the Hedging Contracts upon the termination thereof;

 

Fourth, to pay any other Obligations; and

 

Last , the balance, if any, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by law.

 

The Bank shall not be required to marshal any present or future security for (including but not limited to this Agreement and the Collateral subject to the security interest created hereby), or guarantees of, the Obligations or any of them, or to resort to such security or guarantees in any particular order; and all of its rights hereunder and in respect of such securities and guaranties shall be cumulative and in addition to all other rights, however existing or arising. To the extent that it lawfully may do so, the Borrower hereby agrees that it will not invoke and irrevocably waives the benefits of any law relating to the marshaling of collateral which might cause delay in or impede the enforcement of the Bank’s rights under this Agreement or under any other instrument evidencing any of the Obligations or under which any of the Obligations is outstanding or by which any of the Obligations is secured or guaranteed. Except as required by applicable law, the Bank shall have no duty as to the collection or protection of the Collateral or any income thereon, nor as to the preservation of rights against prior parties, nor as to the preservation of any rights pertaining thereto beyond the safe custody thereof.

 

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6.3 Power of Attorney . The Borrower hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Bank as the Borrower’s true and lawful attorney, with full power of substitution, at the sole cost and expense of the Borrower but for the sole benefit of the Bank, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default or after DEMAND with respect to Obligations payable on DEMAND, to convert the Collateral into cash, including, without limitation, completing the manufacture or processing of work in process, and the sale (either public or private) of all or any portion or portions of the inventory and other Collateral; to enforce collection of the Collateral, either in its own name or in the name of the Borrower, including, without limitation, executing releases or waivers, compromising or settling with any Debtors and prosecuting, defending, compromising or releasing any action relating to the Collateral; to receive, open and dispose of all mail addressed to the Borrower and to take therefrom any remittances or proceeds of Collateral in which the Bank has a security interest; to notify Post Office authorities to change the address for delivery of mail addressed to the Borrower to such address as the Bank shall designate; to endorse the name of the Borrower in favor of the Bank upon any and all checks, drafts, money orders, notes, acceptances or other instruments of the same or different nature; to sign and endorse the name of the Borrower on and to receive as secured party any of the Collateral, any invoices, freight or express receipts, or bills of lading, storage receipts, warehouse receipts, or other documents of title of the same or different nature relating to the Collateral; to sign the name of the Borrower on any notice of the Debtors or on verification of the Collateral; and to sign, if necessary, and file or record on behalf of the Borrower any financing or other statement in order to perfect or protect the Bank’s security interest. The Bank shall not be obliged to do any of the acts or exercise any of the powers hereinabove authorized, but if the Bank elects to do any such act or exercise any such power, it shall not be accountable for more than it actually receives as a result of such exercise of power, and it shall not be responsible to the Borrower except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. All powers conferred upon the Bank by this Agreement, being coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable so long as any Obligation of the Borrower or any guarantor or surety to the Bank shall remain unpaid or the Bank is obligated under this Agreement to extend any credit to the Borrower.

 

6.4 Nonexclusive Remedies . All of the Bank’s rights and remedies not only under the provisions of this Agreement but also under any other agreement or transaction shall be cumulative and not alternative or exclusive, and may be exercised by the Bank at such time or times and in such order of preference as the Bank in its sole discretion may determine.

 

7. MISCELLANEOUS

 

7.1 Waivers . The Borrower waives notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration, notice of nonpayment, demand, presentment, protest or notice of protest of the Obligations, and all other notices, consents to any renewals or extensions of time of payment thereof, and generally waives any and all suretyship defenses and defenses in the nature thereof. No delay or omission on the part of the Bank or any Bank Affiliate in exercising any right under any of the Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver of such right or of any other right of the Bank, nor shall any delay, omission or waiver on any one occasion be deemed a bar to or waiver of the same or any other right on any future occasion. No course of dealing and no delay or omission of the Bank or any Bank Affiliate in exercising or enforcing any of its rights, powers, privileges, remedies, immunities or discretion under the Loan Documents or under applicable law shall constitute a waiver thereof; and no waiver by the Bank of any Event of Default or of any DEMAND shall operate as a waiver of any other Event of Default or any other DEMAND, or of the same Event of Default or DEMAND on any other occasion. No term or provision of any of the Loan Documents shall be waived, altered or modified except with the prior written consent of the Bank, which consent makes explicit reference to the term or provision in question. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, no other agreement or transaction, of whatsoever nature, entered into between the Bank or any Bank Affiliate and the Borrower at any time (whether before, during or after the effective date or term of this Agreement) shall be construed in any particular way as a waiver, modification or limitation of any of the Bank’s (or any Bank Affiliate’s) rights, powers, privileges, remedies, immunities or discretion under the Loan Documents or applicable law (nor shall anything in any Loan Document be construed as a waiver, modification or limitation of any of rights, powers, privileges, remedies, immunities or discretion of the Bank under any such other agreement or transaction) and all of the same may be exercised by the Bank (or Bank Affiliate) at such time or times and in such order of preference as the Bank in its sole discretion may determine.

 

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7.2 Waiver of Homestead . To the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, the Borrower hereby waives and terminates any homestead rights and/or exemptions respecting any of its property under the provisions of any applicable homestead laws.

 

7.3 Deposit Collateral . The Borrower hereby grants to the Bank (for its own account and as agent on behalf of each Bank Affiliate to the extent an Obligation is owed to such Bank Affiliate at any time) a continuing lien and security interest in any and all deposits or other sums at any time credited by or due from the Bank or any Bank Affiliate to the Borrower and any cash, securities, instruments or other property of the Borrower in the possession of the Bank or any Bank Affiliate, whether for safekeeping or otherwise, or in transit to or from the Bank or any Bank Affiliate (regardless of the reason the Bank or Bank Affiliate had received the same or whether the Bank or Bank Affiliate has conditionally released the same) as security for the full and punctual payment and performance of all of the Obligations and such deposits and other sums may be applied or set off against the Obligations at any time, whether or not then due, whether or not demand has been made and whether or not other collateral is then available to the Bank or any Bank Affiliate.

 

7.4 Indemnification . The Borrower shall indemnify, defend and hold the Bank and each Bank Affiliate, as well as any assignee of the Bank as described in Section 7.9 below, and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and attorneys (each an “Indemnitee”) harmless of and from all claims, losses, liabilities (including negligence, tort and strict liability), damages, demands, judgments, settlements, suits, and all legal proceedings and any and all costs and expenses in connection therewith (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) (to the extent applicable given the circumstances, each a “Claim”) that in any way relate to or arise out of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, the Obligations, the Collateral, or the Indemnitee’s relationship with the Borrower or any guarantor or endorser of the Obligations (each of which may be defended, compromised, settled or pursued by the Indemnitee with counsel of the Bank’s election, but at the expense of the Borrower); provided, however that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to indemnify, defend or hold harmless any Indemnitee for any Claim to the extent the Claim is determined by a final, nonappealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted directly and proximately from the actual, but not imputed, gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Indemnitee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the provisions of this Section 7.4 shall survive payment of the Obligations, and/or any termination or ineffectiveness of this Agreement, or any release or discharge related to the Obligations or this Agreement executed by the Bank (or the assignee) in favor of the Borrower.

 

7.5 Costs and Expenses . The Borrower shall pay to the Bank on demand any and all costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, court costs, litigation and other expenses) incurred or paid by the Bank in establishing, maintaining, protecting or enforcing any of the Bank’s rights or the Obligations, including, without limitation, any and all such costs and expenses incurred or paid by the Bank in defending the Bank’s security interest in, title or right to the Collateral or in collecting or attempting to collect or enforcing or attempting to enforce payment of the Obligations, including in connection with post-judgment collection efforts, if any.

 

7.6 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute but one agreement.

 

7.7 Severability . If any provision of this Agreement or portion of such provision or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall to any extent be held invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement (or the remainder of such provision) and the application thereof to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

 

7.8 Complete Agreement . This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement and understanding between and among the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior proposals, negotiations, agreements and understandings among the parties hereto with respect to such subject matter.

 

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7.9 Binding Effect of Agreement . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns of the parties hereto, and shall remain in full force and effect (and the Bank shall be entitled to rely thereon) until released in writing by the Bank. The Bank may transfer and assign any or all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and/or any of the other Loan Documents and deliver all of any part of the Collateral to one more assignees, who shall, respectively, thereupon have all of such transferred and assigned rights and obligations of the Bank; and the Bank shall then be relieved and discharged of any responsibility or liability with respect to the transferred and assigned obligations. The Borrower may not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement. Except as expressly provided herein or in the other Loan Documents, nothing, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any person, other than the parties hereto, any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.

 

7.10 Further Assurances . Borrower will from time to time execute and deliver to Bank such documents, and take or cause to be taken, all such other or further action, as Bank may request in order to effect and confirm or vest more securely in Bank all rights contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, to correct clerical errors) or to vest more fully in or assure to the Bank the security interest in the Collateral granted to the Bank by this Agreement or any other Loan Document or to comply with applicable statute or law and to facilitate the collection of the Collateral (including, without limitation, the execution of stock transfer orders and stock powers, endorsement of promissory notes and instruments and notifications to obligors on the Collateral). Borrower authorizes the Bank to file financing statements, continuation statements or amendments without the signature of Borrower thereon, and any such financing statements, continuation statements or amendments may be filed at any time in any jurisdiction. Bank may at any time and from time to time file financing statements, continuation statements and amendments thereto which contain any information required by the Code for the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement, continuation statement or amendment, including whether Borrower is an organization, the type of organization and any organization identification number issued to Borrower. Borrower agrees to furnish any such information to Bank promptly upon request. In addition, Borrower shall at any time and from time to time take such steps as Bank may reasonably request for Bank (i) to obtain an acknowledgment, in form and substance satisfactory to Bank, of any bailee having possession of any of the Collateral that the bailee holds such Collateral for Bank, (ii) to obtain “control” (as defined in the Code) of any Collateral comprised of deposit accounts, electronic chattel paper, letter of credit rights or investment property, with any agreements establishing control to be in form and substance satisfactory to Bank, and (iii) otherwise to insure the continued perfection and priority of Bank’s security interest in any of the Collateral and the preservation of its rights therein. Borrower hereby constitutes Bank its attorney-in-fact to execute, if necessary, and file all filings required or so requested for the foregoing purposes, all acts of such attorney being hereby ratified and confirmed; and such power, being coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable until this Agreement terminates in accordance with its terms, all Obligations are irrevocably paid in full and the Collateral is released.

 

7.11 Amendments and Waivers . This Agreement may be amended and Borrower may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, only if Borrower shall obtain the Bank’s prior, express written consent to each such amendment, action or omission to act. No course of dealing and no delay or omission on the part of Bank in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver of such right or any other right and waiver on any one or more occasions shall not be construed as a bar to or waiver of any right or remedy of Bank on any future occasion.

 

7.12 Terms of Agreement . This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect so long as any Obligations or obligation of Borrower to Bank shall be outstanding, or the Bank shall have any obligation to extend any financial accommodation hereunder, and is supplementary to each and every other agreement between Borrower and Bank and shall not be so construed as to limit or otherwise derogate from any of the rights or remedies of Bank or any of the liabilities, obligations or undertakings of Borrower under any such agreement, nor shall any contemporaneous or subsequent agreement between Borrower and the Bank be construed to limit or otherwise derogate from any of the rights or remedies of Bank or any of the liabilities, obligations or undertakings of Borrower hereunder, unless such other agreement specifically refers to this Agreement and expressly so provides.

 

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7.13 Notices . Any notice under or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be a signed writing or other authenticated record (within the meaning of Article 9 of the Code). Any notices under or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be deemed duly received and effective if delivered in hand to any officer or agent of the Borrower or Bank, or three (3) Business Days (meaning any day that is neither a Saturday, Sunday nor legal holiday on which the Bank is authorized or required to be closed at the address set forth above) after mailing if mailed by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the Borrower or Bank at the address set forth in this Agreement or such other address as either party may from time to time designate by written notice to the other party.

 

7.14 Governing Law . This Agreement and, unless provided to the contrary therein, the other Loan Documents shall be governed by federal law applicable to the Bank and, to the extent not preempted by federal law, the laws of the State of New York.

 

7.15 Reproductions . This Agreement and the other Loan Documents, as well as all other documents which have been or may be hereinafter furnished by Borrower to the Bank may be reproduced by the Bank by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, xerographic or similar process, and any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made in the regular course of business).

 

7.16 Multiple Borrowers . If more than one person constitutes the Borrower, all of the Obligations shall be joint and several as among each and of such persons; provided, however, the release by the Bank of any one such person shall not release any other person obligated on account of the Obligations, or any of them. Any and all present and future debts of any one such person to any other such person constituting the Borrower are hereby subordinated to the full payment and performance of all Obligations. Each reference in the Loan Documents to the Borrower shall be deemed to refer to each such person constituting the Borrower individually and also to all such persons jointly. No person liable for any Obligation may seek contribution from any other person also liable, unless and until all Obligations to the Bank of the person from whom contribution is sought have been irrevocably and indefeasibly satisfied in full. The release or compromise by the Bank of any Collateral shall not release any person liable for any of the Obligations.

 

7.17 Jurisdiction and Venue . Borrower irrevocably submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any Federal or state court sitting in New York, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Obligations, the Collateral or any of the Loan Documents. Borrower irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, any objection it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that the same has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Borrower hereby consents to any and all process which may be served in any such suit, action or proceeding, (i) by mailing a copy thereof by registered and certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to the Borrower’s address shown in this Agreement or as notified to the Bank and (ii) by serving the same upon the Borrower in any other manner otherwise permitted by law, and agrees that such service shall in every respect be deemed effective service upon Borrower.

 

7.18 JURY WAIVER . THE BORROWER AND BANK EACH HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY, AND AFTER AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, (A) WAIVE ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN CONNECTION WITH THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, THE OBLIGATIONS, THE COLLATERAL AND ALL MATTERS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND DOCUMENTS EXECUTED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH AND (B) AGREE NOT TO SEEK TO CONSOLIDATE ANY SUCH ACTION WITH ANY OTHER ACTION IN WHICH A JURY TRIAL CANNOT BE, OR HAS NOT BEEN, WAIVED. THE BORROWER CERTIFIES THAT NEITHER THE BANK NOR ANY OF ITS REPRESENTATIVES, AGENTS OR COUNSEL HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT THE BANK WOULD NOT IN THE EVENT OF ANY SUCH PROCEEDING SEEK TO ENFORCE THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

 

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Executed as an instrument under seal as of _____________ , 2019 .

 

  Borrower:
     
  Premier Packaging Corporation
     
  By:  
    Frank D. Heuszel, CEO

 

Accepted: Citizens Bank, N.A., a national banking association

 

By:    
Name: Douglas Dandurand  
Title: Vice President  

 

[Signature Page to LOAN AGREEMENT]

 

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DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE

 

to

 

Loan and Security Agreement (see Section 3.4)

dated as of June 27, 2019

 

None.

 

 
 

 

CONSOLIDATED TERM NOTE

 

(Fixed rate)

 

June 27, 2019

 

$1,156,741.69 Victor, New York

 

For value received, the undersigned Premier Packaging Corporation, a New York corporation with an address of 6 Framark Drive, PO Box 352, Victor, New York 14564 (the “Borrower”), promises to pay to the order of Citizens Bank, N.A., a national banking association with an address of 833 Broadway, Albany, New York 12207 (together with its successors and assigns, the “Bank”), the principal amount of One Million One Hundred Fifty Six Thousand Seven Hundred Forty One and 69/100 Dollars ($1,156,741.69) on or before June 27, 2029 (the “Maturity Date”), as set forth below, together with interest as set forth below from the date hereof on the unpaid principal balance from time to time outstanding until paid in full. The Borrower shall pay consecutive monthly installments of principal and interest, based on a twenty (20) year amortization, as follows: $7,180.61 commencing on July 27, 2019, and the same amount on the 27th day of each month thereafter; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall pay the entire then outstanding unpaid principal balance under this Note on the last such scheduled installment payment date, together with all accrued and unpaid interest and all other amounts outstanding under the Loan Documents (as hereinafter defined). The aggregate principal balance outstanding shall bear interest thereon at a per annum rate equal to 4.22%.

 

This Note is the Term Note referred to in the Loan and Security Agreement of even date herewith by and between the Borrower and the Bank (as amended, restated or otherwise supplemented from time to time, the “Loan Agreement;” and capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning giving to such terms in the Loan Agreement) and the obligations and liabilities hereunder of Borrower and each endorser hereof constitute Obligations that are secured by the Collateral as well as by any additional collateral hereafter granted to the Bank by the Borrower or any endorser or guarantor hereof or by any other party to secure the obligations arising hereunder.

 

Principal and interest shall be payable at the Bank’s main office or at such other place as the Bank may designate in writing in immediately available funds in lawful money of the United States of America without set-off, deduction or counterclaim. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of actual number of days elapsed and a 360-day year.

 

If Borrower prepays all or any part of the principal balance of this Note, then Borrower shall pay to the Bank a prepayment premium (“ Premium ”) equal to the Prepaid Principal multiplied by the Premium Percentage. The term (“ Premium Percentage ”) shall mean five percent (5%) beginning on the date of this Note and ending on (and including) the first anniversary date of this Note; four percent (4%) beginning on the day after the first anniversary date of this Note and ending on (and including) the second anniversary date of this Note; three percent (3%) beginning on the day after the second anniversary date of this Note and ending on (and including) the third anniversary date of this Note; two percent (2%) beginning on the day after the third anniversary date of this Note and ending on (and including) the fourth anniversary date of this Note; one percent (1%) beginning on the day after the fourth anniversary date of this Note and ending on (and including) the fifth anniversary date of this Note; and zero percent (0%) beginning on the day after the fifth anniversary date of this Note and thereafter. The term “ Prepaid Principal ” shall mean the principal being prepaid on the Prepayment Date. The term “ Prepayment Date ” shall mean the date the prepayment is tendered. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, a Premium shall not be due on any partial prepayment until the total of all partial prepayments paid during the calendar year (in which the partial prepayment is being tendered) has exceeded 20% of the original principal amount of this Note. All partial prepayments shall be applied in such order and manner as Bank may from time to time determine in its sole discretion. A Premium shall be due whether a prepayment is made voluntarily or, where allowed by applicable law, made involuntarily as a result of the acceleration of maturity upon a default or otherwise. Failure by Bank to collect or demand a Premium at the time of prepayment shall not be deemed a waiver of Bank’s right to such Premium or to any future premium. Except for the foregoing, Borrower may pay all or a portion of the amount owed earlier than it is due. Early payments will not, unless agreed to by Bank in writing, relieve Borrower of Borrower’s obligation to continue to make payments under the payment schedule. Rather, early payments will reduce the Principal Balance due and may result in Borrower’s making fewer payments. Borrower agrees not to send Bank payments marked “paid in full”, “without recourse”, or similar language. If Borrower sends such a payment, Bank may accept it without losing any of the Bank’s rights under this Note, and Borrower will remain obligated to pay any further amount owed to Bank.

 

 
 

 

All amounts received by the Bank in respect of principal, interest or any other amount due under this Note or any of the other Loan Documents shall be applied by the Bank in accordance with the Loan Agreement. The Borrower hereby authorizes the Bank to charge any deposit account which the Borrower may maintain with the Bank for any payment required hereunder without prior notice to the Borrower.

 

If pursuant to the terms of this Note, the Borrower is at any time obligated to pay interest on the principal balance at a rate in excess of the maximum interest rate permitted by applicable law for the Loan evidenced by this Note, the applicable interest rate shall be immediately reduced to such maximum rate and all previous payments in excess of the maximum rate shall be deemed to have been payments in reduction of principal and not on account of the interest due hereunder.

 

The Borrower and every endorser or guarantor of this Note, regardless of the time, order or place of signing, waives presentment, demand, protest, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration and all other notices of every kind in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance or enforcement of this Note and assents to any extension or postponement of the time of payment or any other indulgence, to any substitution, exchange or release of collateral, and to the addition or release of any other party or person primarily or secondarily liable and waives all recourse to suretyship and guarantor defenses generally, including any defense based on impairment of collateral.

 

Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, interest shall accrue at a rate per annum equal to the aggregate of 5.0% plus the rate provided for herein. If any payment due under this Note is unpaid for 10 days or more, the Borrower shall pay, in addition to any other sums due under this Note (and without limiting the Bank’s other remedies on account thereof), a late charge equal to the greater of $35.00 or 5.0% of such unpaid amount (which amount shall be subject to and limited so as not to be in violation of the provisions of Section 254-b of New York Property Law, if applicable). Such late charge shall only apply to monthly installments due and payable hereunder prior to the maturity date or any acceleration by Payee of the indebtedness evidenced hereby. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no late charge will be due on the final payment of the unpaid principal balance owed on the Maturity Date. In addition the Borrower shall pay the Bank’s customary fee if any payment made on account of this Note is dishonored.

 

This Note shall be binding upon the Borrower and each endorser and guarantor hereof and upon their respective heirs, successors, assigns and legal representatives, and shall inure to the benefit of the Bank and its successors, endorsees and assigns.

 

The Borrower and each endorser and guarantor hereof each authorizes the Bank to complete this Note if delivered incomplete in any respect. A photographic or other reproduction of this Note may be made by the Bank, and any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence with the same effect as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding, whether or not the original is in existence.

 

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The Borrower will from time to time execute and deliver to the Bank such documents, and take or cause to be taken, all such other further action, as the Bank may request in order to effect and confirm or vest more securely in the Bank all rights contemplated by this Note or any other loan documents related thereto (including, without limitation, to correct clerical errors) or to vest more fully in or assure to the Bank the security interest in any collateral securing this Note or to comply with applicable statute or law.

 

This Note shall be governed by federal law applicable to the Bank and, to the extent not preempted by federal law, the laws of the State of New York.

 

This Note is being given solely for the purpose of amending and restating the terms of the Existing Notes (as defined below). In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Note and the Existing Notes, the terms of this Note shall control. This Note does not create a new or further indebtedness or obligation other than the principal indebtedness or obligation secured by or which under any contingency may be secured by the Mortgage. As used herein, the term Existing Notes shall mean collectively (i) that certain promissory note made by Primo DiFelice to The Canandaigua National Bank and Trust Company in the amount of $300,000.00, (ii) that certain promissory note made by Primo DiFelice to The Canandaigua National Bank and Trust Company in the amount of $250,000.00, (iii) that certain consolidated promissory note made by Primo DiFelice to The Canandaigua National Bank and Trust Company in the amount of $550,000.00 as assigned to M & T Real Estate, Inc., (iv) that certain promissory note made by Bzdick Properties, LLC to M & T Real Estate, Inc. in the amount of $293,046.95, (v) that certain consolidated promissory note made by Bzdick Properties, LLC to M & T Real Estate, Inc. in the amount of $758,000.00, (vi) that certain amended promissory note made by Bzdick Properties, LLC to M & T Real Estate, Inc. in the amount of $610,574.03 as assigned to RBS Citizens, N.A., (vii) that certain promissory note made by Premier Packaging Corporation to RBS Citizens, N.A. in the amount of $688,034.70, (viii) that certain consolidated promissory note made by Premier Packaging Corporation to RBS Citizens, N.A. in the amount of $1,200,000.00, and (ii) that certain Gap Note dated the date hereof made by Premier Packaging Corporation to Citizens Bank in the amount of 4,864.74.

 

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  Borrower:
     
  Premier Packaging Corporation
     
  By:  
    Frank D. Heuszel, CEO
     
  6 Framark Drive,
  PO Box 352
  Victor, New York 14564

 

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COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT AND ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS WITH CONSOLIDATION, MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION AGREEMENT

 

between

 

PREMIER PACKAGING CORPORATION

 

and

 

CITIZENS BANK, N.A.

 

  Dated: June 27, 2019
     
  Location:

6 Framark Drive
Town of Victor
County of Ontario
State of New York

     
  SBL: 28.05-1-50.218

 

RECORD AND RETURN TO:

 

Phillips Lytle LLP

1400 First Federal Plaza

Rochester, New York 14614

Attention: Michael Overmyer, Esq.

 

 
 

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT AND ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS WITH CONSOLIDATION, MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION AGREEMENT

 

This COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT AND ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS WITH CONSOLIDATION, MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION AGREEMENT (as amended, restated or otherwise supplemented from time to time, this “Mortgage”) is entered into at Rochester, New York, as of June 27, 2019, between Premier Packaging Corporation, a New York corporation with an address of 6 Framark Drive, Victor, New York 14564 (the “Mortgagor”) and Citizens Bank, N.A., a national banking association, with an address of 833 Broadway, Albany, New York 12207 (the “Bank”). Bank is entering into this Mortgage for its own account and as agent on behalf of each Bank Affiliate (this, and all other capitalized terms used in this Mortgage and not otherwise defined, shall have the meaning given to such terms in that certain Loan Agreement of even date herewith by and between the Mortgagor and the Bank (as amended, restated or otherwise supplemented from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”) to the extent an Obligation is owed to such Bank Affiliate at any time.

 

The real property which is the subject matter of this Mortgage has the following address: 6 Framark Drive, Victor, New York 14564 (the “Address”).

 

WHEREAS, the Bank is the owner and holder of one or more mortgages covering all or a portion of the Property, which mortgages are more particularly described on Exhibit B attached hereto and made a part hereof, and upon which mortgage there now remains an unpaid principal sum of One Million One Hundred Fifty Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy Six and 95/100 Dollars ($1,151,876.95) (the “ Prior Mortgage” ), and

 

WHEREAS, the Mortgagor has applied to the Bank for an additional loan in the principal amount of Four Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty Four and 74/100 Dollars ($4,864.74) ( “Additional Loan” ), and

 

WHEREAS , the Additional Loan will be evidenced by a certain Promissory Note of the Mortgagor to the Bank in the principal amount of the Additional Loan dated the date hereof and will be secured by a Mortgage made by the Mortgagor to the Bank covering the Property dated the date hereof (the “Additional Mortgage” ) which Additional Mortgage is intended to be recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Monroe County, New York prior to the recording of this instrument, and

 

WHEREAS, the Mortgagor and the Bank desire to consolidate the Prior Mortgage and the Additional Mortgage so as to form a single first mortgage lien on the Property securing the aggregate principal sum of One Million One Hundred Fifty Six Thousand Seven Hundred Forty One and 69/100 Dollars ($1,156,741.69) and interest (the “Loan” ) and to modify and amend the terms thereof, and

 

WHEREAS , the Loan has been modified pursuant to a certain Consolidated Mortgage Note dated as of the date hereof evidencing the principal sum of One Million One Hundred Fifty Six Thousand Seven Hundred Forty One and 69/100 Dollars ($1,156,741.69) (the “Note” ), and

 

WHEREAS, the outstanding principal balance on the Note as of the date hereof is One Million One Hundred Fifty Six Thousand Seven Hundred Forty One and 69/100 Dollars ($1,156,741.69), and

 

WHEREAS, the Mortgagor and Bank have agreed to consolidate and modify the Prior Mortgage and the Additional Mortgage as herein set forth, and

 

WHEREAS, this COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE, SECURITY AGREEMENT AND ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS WITH CONSOLIDATION, MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION AGREEMENT (the “Mortgage” ) does not create or secure any new or additional indebtedness but secures the same indebtedness secured by said Prior Mortgage and Additional Mortgage as hereinabove mentioned.

 

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NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements of the Mortgagor and the Bank, the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) and other good and valuable consideration each to the other in hand paid, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and to secure the payment of an indebtedness in the principal sum of One Million One Hundred Fifty Six Thousand Seven Hundred Forty One and 69/100 Dollars ($1,156,741.69), lawful money of the United States of America, to be paid with interest (said indebtedness, interest and all other sums which may or shall become due hereunder, collectively referred to as the “Debt” ), according to the Note, and any and all modifications, amendments, extensions, renewals, restatements, consolidations, replacements and increases thereof, the Mortgagor and the Bank agree as follows:

 

MODIFICATION PROVISIONS

 

The terms, conditions, provisions, covenants, agreements, warranties and privileges including and not by way of limitation, prepayment privileges, if any, contained in the Prior Mortgage and the Additional Mortgage are hereby modified, extended and amended in their entirety and restated as hereinafter set forth, and as so modified, extended, amended and restated are hereby ratified, confirmed and approved. The security of the notes, bonds and other evidence of indebtedness secured by the Prior Mortgage and the Additional Mortgage shall not be impaired by anything herein contained, but whenever the terms, provisions, covenants and conditions of this instrument conflict in any way with the terms, provisions, covenants and conditions of the notes, bonds or other evidence of indebtedness and/or the Prior Mortgage and the Additional Mortgage, or any of them, the terms, provisions, covenants and conditions of this instrument shall control and prevail. This instrument secures sums due by the Mortgagor to the Bank in the principal sum of One Million One Hundred Fifty Six Thousand Seven Hundred Forty One and 69/100 Dollars ($1,156,741.69) plus accrued interest therein, in lawful money of the United States of America, to be paid pursuant to the terms of the Note, and any further modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements, consolidations and replacements thereof.

 

CONSOLIDATION PROVISION

 

The Prior Mortgage and Additional Mortgage are hereby consolidated and combined and made equal and coordinate liens so they will together form a single first mortgage lien on the Property for the full amount to the Loan and interest, and said mortgages and the bonds, notes or other obligations secured thereby shall be treated and are hereafter referred to as if they but one mortgage and one note, given to secure and to evidence the payment of the Loan.

 

MORTGAGOR’S ESTOPPEL

 

The Mortgagor certifies to the Bank that there is now due and owing on the Note and secured by this Mortgage, without offset or defense of any kind, the principal sum of One Million One Hundred Fifty Six Thousand Seven Hundred Forty One and 69/100 Dollars ($1,156,741.69) lawful money of the United States of America.

 

1. Mortgage, Obligations and Future Advances

 

1.1 Mortgage . For valuable consideration paid and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Mortgagor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally mortgages, grants, bargains, transfers, sells, conveys, sets over and assigns to the Bank and its successors and assigns forever, all of Mortgagor’s right, title and interest in and to the “Property” described below, to secure the prompt payment and performance of the Obligations, including without limitation, all amounts due and owing and all obligations respecting the Note and all substitutions, modifications, extensions or amendments to any of the Loan Documents.

 

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A principal indebtedness of up to $1,156,741.69 is evidenced by the Loan Documents and secured by this Mortgage as of the date of this Mortgage, but this Mortgage shall nevertheless secure payment and performance of all Obligations.

 

1.2 Security Interest in Property . As continuing security for the Obligations the Mortgagor hereby pledges, assigns and grants to the Bank, and its successors and assigns, a security interest in any of the Property (as hereinafter defined) constituting fixtures. This Mortgage is and shall be deemed to be a security agreement and financing statement pursuant to the terms of the Uniform Commercial Code of New York (the “Uniform Commercial Code”) as to any and all personal property constituting fixtures and as to all such property the Bank shall have the rights and remedies of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code in addition to its rights hereunder. This Mortgage constitutes a financing statement filed as a fixture filing under Section 9-502(c) of the Uniform Commercial Code covering any Property which now is or later may become a fixture.

 

1.3 Collateral Assignment of Leases and Rents . The Mortgagor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally assigns to the Bank and its successors and assigns, as collateral security for the Obligations all of the Mortgagor’s rights and benefits under any and all Leases (as hereinafter defined) and any and all rents and other amounts now or hereafter owing with respect to the Leases or the use or occupancy of the Property. This collateral assignment shall be absolute and effective immediately, but the Mortgagor shall have a license, revocable by the Bank, to continue to collect rents owing under the Leases until an Event of Default (as hereinafter defined) occurs. In addition the Bank shall have all of the rights against lessees of the Property set forth in Section 291-f of the Real Property Law of New York,

 

1.4 Conditions to Grant . The Bank shall have and hold the above granted Property unto and to the use and benefit of the Bank, and its successors and assigns, forever; provided, however, the conveyances, grants and assignments contained in this Mortgage are upon the express condition that, if Mortgagor shall irrevocably and indefeasibly pay and perform the Obligations in full, including, without limitation, all principal, interest and premium thereon and other charges, if applicable, in accordance with the terms and conditions in the Loan Documents and this Mortgage, shall pay and perform all other Obligations as set forth in this Mortgage and shall abide by and comply with each and every covenant and condition set forth herein and in the Loan Documents, the conveyances, grants and assignments contained in this Mortgage shall be appropriately released and discharged.

 

1.5 Property . The term “Property,” as used in this Mortgage, shall mean that certain parcel of land and the fixtures, structures and improvements and all personal property constituting fixtures, as that term is defined in the Uniform Commercial Code, now or hereafter thereon located at the Address, as more particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto, together with: (i) all rights now or hereafter existing, belonging, pertaining or appurtenant thereto; (ii) all judgments, awards of damages and settlements hereafter made as a result or in lieu of any Taking, as hereinafter defined; (iii) all of the rights and benefits of the Mortgagor under any present or future leases and agreements relating to the Property, including, without limitation, rents, issues and profits, or the use or occupancy thereof together with any extensions and renewals thereof, specifically excluding all duties or obligations of the Mortgagor of any kind arising thereunder (the “Leases”); and (iv) all tenements, hereditaments, appurtenances, estates and rights of Mortgagor and all contracts, permits and licenses respecting the use, operation or maintenance of the Property.

 

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1.6 Cross-Collateral and Future Advances . It is the express intention of the Mortgagor that this Mortgage secure payment and performance of all of the Obligations, whether now existing or hereinafter incurred by reason of future advances by the Bank or otherwise, and regardless of whether such Obligations are or were contemplated by the parties at the time of the granting of this Mortgage. Notice of the continuing grant of this Mortgage shall not be required to be stated on the face of any document evidencing any of the Obligations, nor shall such documents be required to otherwise specify that they are secured hereby.

 

1.7 Maximum Principal Amount Secured . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Mortgage, the maximum amount of principal indebtedness secured by this Mortgage or which under any contingency may be secured by this Mortgage is the amount of $1,156,741.69 .

 

1.8 Trust Fund . Pursuant to Section 13 of the New York Lien Law, Mortgagor shall receive the advances secured hereby and shall hold the right to receive the advances as a trust fund to be applied first for the purpose of paying the cost of any improvement on the Property and shall apply the advances first to the payment of the cost of any such improvement on the Property before using any part of the total of the same for any other purpose.

 

2. Representations, Warranties, Covenants

 

2.1 Representations and Warranties . The Mortgagor represents and warrants that:

 

  (a) This Mortgage has been duly executed and delivered by the Mortgagor and is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Mortgagor enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally;
     
  (b) The Mortgagor is the sole legal owner of the Property, holding good and marketable fee simple title to the Property, subject to no liens, encumbrances, leases, security interests or rights of others, other than those in favor of the Bank (the “Permitted Encumbrances”);
     
  (c) The Mortgagor has, prior to the date of this Mortgage, delivered to the Bank a complete and accurate copy of each Lease that is in effect as of the date of this Mortgage and the Mortgagor is the sole legal owner of the entire lessor’s interest in those Leases, if any, with full power and authority to encumber the Property in the manner set forth herein, and the Mortgagor has not executed any other assignment of those Leases or any of the rights or rents arising thereunder;
     
  (d) As of the date hereof, there are no Hazardous Materials in, on or under the Property, except as expressly disclosed in writing to and acknowledged by the Bank; and
     
  (e) Each Obligation is a commercial obligation and does not represent a loan used for personal, family or household purposes and is not a consumer transaction.

 

2.2 Recording; Further Assurances . The Mortgagor covenants that it shall, at its sole cost and expense and upon the request of the Bank, cause this Mortgage, and each amendment, modification or supplement hereto, to be recorded and filed in such manner and in such places, and shall at all times comply with all such statutes and regulations as may be required by law in order to establish, preserve and protect the interest of the Bank in the Property and the rights of the Bank under this Mortgage. Mortgagor will from time to time execute and deliver to the Bank such documents, and take or cause to be taken, all such other or further action, as the Bank may request in order to effect and confirm or vest more securely in the Bank all rights contemplated by this Mortgage (including, without limitation, to correct clerical errors) or to vest more fully in, or assure to the Bank the security interest in, the Property or to comply with applicable statute or law. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Mortgagor authorizes the Bank to file financing statements, continuation statements or amendments without the signature of the Mortgagor thereon, and any such financing statements, continuation statements or amendments may be filed at any time in any jurisdiction. The Bank may at any time and from time to time file financing statements, continuation statements and amendments thereto that describe the Property as defined in this Mortgage and which contain any other information required by Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code for the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement, continuation statement or amendment, including whether Mortgagor is an organization, the type of organization and any organization identification number issued to Mortgagor; Mortgagor also authorizes the Bank to file financing statements describing any agricultural liens or other statutory liens held by the Bank. Mortgagor agrees to furnish any such information to the Bank promptly upon request. Mortgagor hereby constitutes the Bank its attorney-in-fact to execute and file all filings required or so requested for the foregoing purposes, all acts of such attorney being hereby ratified and confirmed; and such power, being coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable until this Mortgage terminates in accordance with its terms, all Obligations are paid in full and the Property is released.

 

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2.3 Restrictions on the Mortgagor . The Mortgagor covenants that it will not, nor will it permit any other person to, directly or indirectly, without the prior written approval of the Bank in each instance:

 

  (a) Sell, convey, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, lease or dispose of all or any part of any legal or beneficial interest in the Mortgagor or the Property or any part thereof or permit any of the foregoing, except as expressly permitted by the terms of this Mortgage (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Bank hereby consents to each of the Leases described in Section 2.1(c) above);
     
  (b) Permit the use, generation, treatment, storage, release or disposition of any Hazardous Materials in, on or under the Property other than strictly in accordance with all applicable Environmental Laws; or
     
  (c) Permit to be created or suffer to exist any mortgage, lien, security interest, attachment or other encumbrance or charge on the Property or any part thereof or interest therein (except for the Permitted Encumbrances), including, without limitation, (i) any lien arising under any Environmental Law, and (ii) any mechanics’ or materialmen’s lien. The Mortgagor further agrees to give the Bank prompt written notice of the imposition, or notice, of any lien referred to in this Section and to take any action necessary to secure the prompt discharge or release of the same. The Mortgagor agrees to defend its title to the Property and the Bank’s interest therein against the claims of all persons and, unless the Bank requests otherwise, to appear in and diligently contest, at the Mortgagor’s sole cost and expense, any action or proceeding that purports to affect the Mortgagor’s title to the Property or the priority or validity of this Mortgage or the Bank’s interest hereunder.

 

2.4 Operation of Property . The Mortgagor covenants and agrees as follows:

 

  (a) The Mortgagor will not permit the Property to be used for any unlawful or improper purpose, will at all times comply with all Federal, state and local laws, ordinances and regulations, and the provisions of any Lease, easement or other agreement affecting all or any part of the Property, and will obtain and maintain all governmental or other approvals relating to the Mortgagor, the Property or the use thereof, including without limitation, any applicable zoning or building codes or regulations and any laws or regulations relating to the handling, storage, release or cleanup of Hazardous Materials, and will give prompt written notice to the Bank of (i) any violation of any such law, ordinance or regulation by the Mortgagor or relating to the Property, (ii) receipt of notice from any Federal, state or local authority alleging any such violation and (iii) the presence or release on the Property of any Hazardous Materials;

 

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  (b) The Mortgagor will at all times keep the Property insured for such losses or damage, in such amounts and by such companies as may be required by law and which the Bank may require, provided that, in any case, the Mortgagor shall maintain: (i) physical hazard insurance on an “all risks” basis in an amount not less than 100% of the full replacement cost of the Property; (ii) flood insurance if and as required by applicable Federal law and as otherwise required by the Bank; (iii) comprehensive commercial general liability insurance; (iv) rent loss and business interruption insurance; and (v) such other insurance as the Bank may require from time to time, including builder’s risk insurance in the case of construction loans. All policies regarding such insurance shall be issued by companies licensed to do business in the state where the policy is issued and also in the state where the Property is located, be otherwise acceptable to the Bank, provide deductible amounts acceptable to the Bank, name the Bank as mortgagee, loss payee and additional insured, and provide that no cancellation or material modification of such policies shall occur without at least Ten (10) days prior written notice to the Bank. Such policies shall include (i) a mortgage endorsement determined by the Bank in good faith to be equivalent to the “standard” mortgage endorsement so that the insurance, as to the interest of the Bank, shall not be invalidated by any act or neglect of the Mortgagor or the owner of the Property, any foreclosure or other proceedings or notice of sale relating to the Property, any change in the title to or ownership of the Property, or the occupation or use of the Property for purposes more hazardous than are permitted at the date of inception of such insurance policies; (ii) a replacement cost endorsement; (iii) an agreed amount endorsement; (iv) a contingent liability from operation endorsement; and (v) such other endorsements as the Bank may request. The Mortgagor will furnish to the Bank upon request such original policies, certificates of insurance or other evidence of the foregoing as are acceptable to the Bank. The terms of all insurance policies shall be such that no coinsurance provisions apply, or if a policy does contain a coinsurance provision, the Mortgagor shall insure the Property in an amount sufficient to prevent the application of the coinsurance provisions. In addition, Mortgagor shall comply with all provisions of Section 291-g of the Real Property Law of New York, to the extent applicable;
     
  (c) Mortgagor will not pursuant to Section 291-f of the Real Property Law of New York enter into or modify any Lease after the date of this Mortgage without the prior written approval of the Bank and will not modify any Lease in any material respect without the prior written consent of the Bank, and Mortgagor will not execute any assignment of any of the Leases except in favor of the Bank, or accept any rentals under any Lease for more than one month in advance and will at all times perform and fulfill every term and condition of the Leases;
     
  (d) Mortgagor will at all times (i) maintain complete and accurate records and books regarding the Property in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and (ii) permit the Bank and the Bank’s agents, employees and representatives, at such reasonable times as the Bank may request, to enter and inspect the Property and such books and records; and
     
  (e) Mortgagor will at all times keep the Property in good and first-rate repair and condition (damage from casualty not excepted) and will not commit or permit any strip, waste, impairment, deterioration or alteration of the Property or any part thereof.

 

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2.5 Payments . The Mortgagor covenants to pay when due: all Federal, state, municipal, real property and other taxes, betterment and improvement assessments and other governmental levies, water rates, sewer charges, insurance premiums and other charges on or in any way related to the Property, this Mortgage or any Obligation secured hereby that could, if unpaid, result in a lien on the Property or on any interest therein. If and when requested by the Bank, the Mortgagor shall deposit from time to time with the Bank sums determined by the Bank to be sufficient to pay when due the amounts referred to in this Section. The Mortgagor shall have the right to contest any notice, lien, encumbrance, claim, tax, charge, betterment assessment or premium filed or asserted against or relating to the Property; provided that it contests the same diligently and in good faith and by proper proceedings and, at the Bank’s request, provides the Bank with adequate cash security, in the Bank’s reasonable judgment, against the enforcement thereof. The Mortgagor shall furnish to the Bank the receipted real estate tax bills or other evidence of payment of real estate taxes for the Property within thirty (30) days prior to the date from which interest or penalty would accrue for nonpayment thereof. The Mortgagor shall also furnish to the Bank evidence of all other payments referred to above within fifteen (15) days after written request therefor by the Bank. If Mortgagor shall fail to pay such sums, the Bank may, but shall not be obligated to, advance such sums. Any sums so advanced by the Bank shall be added to the Obligations, repaid by the Mortgagor to the Bank on demand and shall bear interest until repaid at the rate set forth in the Note that applies during the continuance of an Event of Default.

 

2.6 Notices; Notice of Default . The Mortgagor will deliver to the Bank, promptly upon receipt of the same, copies of all notices or other documents it receives that affect the Property or its use, or claim that the Mortgagor is in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms hereof or that the Mortgagor or any tenant is in default of any terms of the Leases. The Mortgagor further agrees to deliver to the Bank written notice promptly upon the occurrence of any Event of Default or event that with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

 

2.7 Takings . In case of any condemnation or expropriation for public use of, or any damage by reason of the action of any public or governmental entity or authority to, all or any part of the Property (a “Taking”), or the commencement of any proceedings or negotiations that might result in a Taking, the Mortgagor shall immediately give written notice to the Bank, describing the nature and extent thereof. The Bank may, at its option but at the Mortgagor’s expense, appear in any proceeding for a Taking or any negotiations relating to a Taking and the Mortgagor shall immediately give to the Bank copies of all notices, pleadings, determinations and other papers relating thereto. The Mortgagor shall in good faith and with due diligence and by proper proceedings file and prosecute its claims for any award or payment on account of any Taking. The Mortgagor shall not settle any such claim without the Bank’s prior written consent. The Mortgagor shall hold any amounts received with respect to such awards or claims, by settlement, judicial decree or otherwise, in trust for the Bank and immediately pay the same to the Bank. The Mortgagor authorizes any award or settlement due in connection with a Taking to be paid directly to the Bank in amounts not exceeding the Obligations. The Bank may apply such amounts to the Obligations in such order as the Bank may determine.

 

2.8 Insurance Proceeds . The proceeds of any insurance resulting from any loss with respect to the Property shall be paid to the Bank and, at the option of the Bank, be applied to the Obligations in such order as the Bank may determine; provided, however, that if the Bank shall require repair of the Property, the Bank may release all or any portion of such proceeds to the Mortgagor for such purpose. Any insurance proceeds paid to the Mortgagor shall be held in trust for the Bank and promptly paid to it.

 

3. Certain Rights of the BANK

 

3.1 Legal Proceedings . The Bank shall have the right, but not the duty, to intervene or otherwise participate, at the Mortgagor’s expense, in any legal or equitable proceeding that, in the Bank’s reasonable judgment, might affect the Property or any of the rights created or secured by this Mortgage. The Bank shall have such right whether or not there shall have occurred an Event of Default hereunder.

 

3.2 Appraisals/Assessments . The Bank shall have the right, at the Mortgagor’s sole cost and expense, to obtain appraisals, environmental site assessments or other inspections of the portions of the Property that are real estate at such times as the Bank deems necessary or as may be required by applicable law, or its prevailing credit or underwriting policies.

 

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3.3 Financial Statements . The Bank shall have the right, at the Mortgagor’s sole cost and expense, to require delivery of financial statements in form and substance acceptable to the Bank from the Mortgagor or any guarantor of any of the Obligations and the Mortgagor hereby agrees to deliver such financial statements and/or cause any such guarantor to so deliver any such financial statement when required by the Bank.

 

3.4 Leases and Rent Roll . The Mortgagor shall deliver to the Bank (i) during each calendar year and at such other times as the Bank shall request a rent roll for the Property, in form acceptable to the Bank, listing all tenants and occupants and describing all of the Leases; and (ii) at such times as the Bank shall request executed copies of all the Leases.

 

4. Defaults and Remedies

 

4.1 Events of Default . Each Event of Default described in the Loan Agreement shall constitute an Event of Default under this Mortgage.

 

4.2 Remedies . On the occurrence of any Event of Default or after DEMAND with respect to Obligations payable on DEMAND, the Bank shall have all of the rights and remedies set forth in the Loan Agreement, and may, at any time thereafter, at its option and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, without notice, exercise any or all of the following remedies:

 

  (a) Enter, take possession of, manage and operate the Property (including all personal property and all records and documents pertaining thereto) and any part thereof and exclude the Mortgagor therefrom and take all actions it deems necessary or proper to preserve the Property and operate the Property as a mortgagee in possession with all the powers as could be exercised by a receiver or as otherwise provided herein or by applicable law; provided, however, the entry by the Bank upon the Property for any reason shall not cause the Bank to be a mortgagee in possession, except upon the express written declaration of the Bank;
     
  (b) With or without taking possession of the Property, receive and collect all rents, income, issues and profits (“Rents”) from the Property (whether past due or thereafter accruing), including as may arise under the Leases, and the Mortgagor appoints the Bank as its true and lawful attorney with the power for the Bank in its own name and capacity to demand and collect Rents and take any action that the Mortgagor is authorized to take under the Leases. The Bank shall (after payment of all costs and expenses incurred) apply any Rents received by it to the Obligations in such order as the Bank determines, or in accordance with any applicable statute, and the Mortgagor agrees that exercise of such rights and disposition of such funds shall not be deemed to cure any default or constitute a waiver of any foreclosure once commenced nor preclude the later commencement of foreclosure for breach thereof. The Bank shall be liable to account only for such Rents actually received by the Bank. Lessees under the Leases are hereby authorized and directed, following notice from the Bank, to pay all amounts due the Mortgagor under the Leases to the Bank, whereupon such lessees shall be relieved of any and all duty and obligation to the Mortgagor with respect to such payments so made;

 

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  (c) Sell the Property or any part thereof or interest therein pursuant to exercise of its power of sale pursuant to Article 14 of the New York Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law (to the extent applicable) or otherwise at public auction on terms and conditions as the Bank may determine, or otherwise foreclose this Mortgage in any manner permitted by law, and upon such sale the Mortgagor shall execute and deliver such instruments as the Bank may request in order to convey and transfer all of the Mortgagor’s interest in the Property, and the same shall operate to divest all rights, title and interest of the Mortgagor in and to the Property. In the event this Mortgage shall include more than one parcel of property or subdivision (each hereinafter called a “portion”), the Bank shall, in its sole and exclusive discretion, be empowered to (a) foreclose upon any such portion without impairing its right to foreclose subsequently upon any other portion or the entirety of the Property from time to time thereafter, and (b) determine in what order the portions are to be presented for sale. A deficiency judgment may be obtained after all or any portion of the Property has been sold, with such judgment taking into account the value of all of the parcels previously sold, and the period of time allowable for such judgment shall be deemed to run from the date of the last sale. In addition, the Bank may in its discretion subordinate this Mortgage to one or more Leases for the sole purpose of preserving any such Lease in the event of a foreclosure;
     
  (d) Cause one or more environmental assessments to be taken, arrange for the cleanup of any Hazardous Materials or otherwise cure the Mortgagor’s failure to comply with Environmental Law or other applicable law, and the Mortgagor shall provide the Bank or its agents with access to the Property for such purposes; provided that the exercise of any of such remedies shall not be deemed to have relieved the Mortgagor from any responsibility therefor or given the Bank “control” over the Property or cause the Bank to be considered to be a mortgagee in possession, “owner” or “operator” of the Property for purposes of any Environmental Law or other applicable law, rule or regulation; and
     
  (e) Take such other actions or proceedings as the Bank deems necessary or advisable to protect its interest in the Property and ensure payment and performance of the Obligations, including, without limitation, appointment of a receiver without prior notice (and the Mortgagor hereby waives any right to object to such appointment) and exercise of any of the Bank’s remedies provided herein or in any other Loan Document or otherwise available to a secured party or mortgagee under the Uniform Commercial Code or under other applicable law.

 

In addition, the Bank shall have all other remedies provided by applicable law, including, without limitation, the right to pursue an action by summary proceeding pursuant to Article 7 of the Real Property Action and Proceedings Law of the State of New York, or a judicial sale of the Property or any portion thereof by deed, assignment or otherwise.

 

The Mortgagor agrees and acknowledges that the acceptance by the Bank of any payments from either the Mortgagor or any guarantor after the occurrence of any Event of Default, the exercise by the Bank of any remedy set forth herein or the commencement, discontinuance or abandonment of foreclosure proceedings against the Property shall not waive the Bank’s subsequent or concurrent right to foreclose or operate as a bar or estoppel to the exercise of any other rights or remedies of the Bank. The Mortgagor agrees and acknowledges that the Bank, by making payments or incurring costs described herein, shall be subrogated to any right of the Mortgagor to seek reimbursement from any third parties, including, without limitation, any predecessor in interest to the Mortgagor’s title or other party who may be responsible under any law, regulation or ordinance relating to the presence or cleanup of Hazardous Materials.

 

4.3 Advances . If the Mortgagor fails to pay or perform any of its obligations respecting the Property, the Bank may in its sole discretion do so without waiving or releasing Mortgagor from any such obligation. Any such payments may include, but are not limited to, payments for taxes, assessments and other governmental levies, water rates, insurance premiums, maintenance, repairs or improvements constituting part of the Property. Any amounts paid by the Bank hereunder shall be, until reimbursed by the Mortgagor, part of the Obligations and secured by this Mortgage, and shall be due and payable to the Bank, on demand, together with interest thereon to the extent permitted by applicable law, at the interest rate set forth in the Note that applies during the continuance of an Event of Default.

 

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4.4 Cumulative Rights and Remedies . All of the foregoing rights, remedies and options (including without limitation the right to enter and take possession of the Property, the right to manage and operate the same, and the right to collect Rents, in each case whether by a receiver or otherwise) are cumulative and in addition to any rights the Bank might otherwise have, whether at law or by agreement, and may be exercised separately or concurrently and none of which shall be exclusive of any other. The Mortgagor further agrees that the Bank may exercise any or all of its rights or remedies set forth herein without having to pay the Mortgagor any sums for use or occupancy of the Property.

 

4.5 Mortgagor’s Waiver of Certain Rights . To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Mortgagor hereby waives the benefit of all present and future laws (i) providing for any appraisal before sale of all or any portion of the Property or (ii) in any way extending the time for the enforcement of the collection of the Obligations or creating or extending a period of redemption from any sale made hereunder.

 

5. Miscellaneous

 

5.1 Costs and Expenses . To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Mortgagor shall pay to the Bank, on demand, all reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses and reasonable consulting, accounting, appraisal, brokerage and similar professional fees and charges) incurred by the Bank in connection with the Bank’s interpretation, recordation of this Mortgage, exercise, preservation or enforcement of any of its rights, remedies and options set forth in this Mortgage and in connection with any litigation, proceeding or dispute whether arising hereunder or otherwise relating to the Obligations, together with interest thereon to the extent permitted by applicable law, until paid in full by the Mortgagor at the highest rate set forth in any of the notes evidencing the Obligations. Any amounts owed by the Mortgagor hereunder shall be, until paid, part of the Obligations and secured by this Mortgage, and the Bank shall be entitled, to the extent permitted by law, to receive and retain such amounts in any action for a deficiency against or redemption by the Mortgagor, or any accounting for the proceeds of a foreclosure sale or of insurance proceeds.

 

5.2 Indemnification Regarding Leases . The Mortgagor hereby agrees to defend, and does hereby indemnify and hold the Bank and each other Indemnitee harmless from all Claims in any way connected to the assignment of the Leases and from all demands that may be asserted against any Indemnitee arising from any undertakings on the part of the Bank or any other Indemnitee to perform any obligations under the Leases. It is understood that the assignment of the Leases shall not operate to place responsibility for the control or management of the Property upon the Bank or any Indemnitee or make them liable for performance of any of the obligations of the Mortgagor under Leases, respecting any condition of the Property or any other agreement or arrangement, written or oral, or applicable law.

 

5.3 Indemnification Regarding Hazardous Materials . The Mortgagor hereby agrees to defend, and does hereby indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee from and against any and all Claims of any environmental engineering or cleanup firm incurred by such Indemnitee and arising out of or in connection with the Property or resulting from the application of any Environmental Law relating to the presence or cleanup of Hazardous Materials on or affecting the Property. The Mortgagor agrees its obligations hereunder shall be continuous and shall survive termination or discharge of this Mortgage and/or the repayment of all debts to the Bank including repayment of all Obligations.

 

5.4 Indemnitee’s Expenses . If any Indemnitee is made a party defendant to any litigation or any claim is threatened or brought against such Indemnitee concerning this Mortgage or the Property or any part thereof or therein or concerning the construction, maintenance, operation or the occupancy or use thereof by the Mortgagor or other person or entity, then the Mortgagor shall indemnify, defend and hold each Indemnitee harmless from and against all liability by reason of said litigation or claims, including attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by such Indemnitee in connection with any such litigation or claim, whether or not any such litigation or claim is prosecuted to judgment. The within indemnification shall survive payment of the Obligations, and/or any termination, release or discharge executed by the Bank or any other Indemnitee in favor of the Mortgagor.

 

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5.5 Waivers . The Mortgagor waives notice of nonpayment, demand, presentment, protest or notice of protest of the Obligations and all other notices, consents to any renewals or extensions of time of payment thereof, and generally waives any and all suretyship defenses and defenses in the nature thereof.

 

5.6 Waiver of Homestead . To the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, the Mortgagor hereby waives and terminates any homestead rights and/or exemptions respecting the Property under the provisions of any applicable homestead laws, including without limitation, Section 5206 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules of New York.

 

5.7 Statutory Construction . The clauses and covenants contained in this Mortgage that are construed by Section 254 of the Real Property Law of New York shall be construed as provided in those sections. The additional clauses and covenants contained in this Mortgage shall afford rights supplemental to and not exclusive of the rights conferred by the clauses and covenants construed by Section 254 and shall not impair, modify, alter or defeat such rights, notwithstanding that such additional clauses and covenants may relate to the same subject matter or provide for different or additional rights in the same or similar contingencies as the clauses and covenants construed by Section 254. The rights of the Bank arising under the clauses and covenants contained in this Mortgage shall be separate, distinct and cumulative and none of them shall be in exclusion of the others. No act of Bank shall be construed as an election to proceed under any one provision herein to the exclusion of any other provision, anything herein or otherwise to the contrary notwithstanding. In the event of any inconsistencies between the provisions of Section 254 and the provisions of this Mortgage, the provisions of this Mortgage shall prevail.

 

5.8 Joint and Several . If there is more than one Mortgagor, each of them shall be jointly and severally liable for payment and/or performance of all obligations secured by this Mortgage and the term “Mortgagor” shall include each as well as all of them.

 

5.9 Severability . If any provision of this Mortgage or portion of such provision or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall to any extent be held invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Mortgage (or the remainder of such provision) and the application thereof to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

 

5.10 Complete Agreement . This Mortgage and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement and understanding between and among the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior proposals, negotiations, agreements and understandings among the parties hereto with respect to such subject matter.

 

5.11 Binding Effect of Agreement . This Mortgage shall run with the land and be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns of the parties hereto, and shall remain in full force and effect (and the Bank shall be entitled to rely thereon) until all Obligations are fully and indefeasibly paid. The Bank may transfer and assign this Mortgage and deliver any collateral to the assignee, who shall thereupon have all of the rights of the Bank; and the Bank shall then be relieved and discharged of any responsibility or liability with respect to this Mortgage and such collateral. Except as expressly provided herein or in the other Loan Documents, nothing, expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any party, other than the parties hereto, any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Mortgage or the other Loan Documents.

 

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5.12 Governing Law . This Mortgage shall be governed by federal law applicable to the Bank and, to the extent not preempted by federal law, the laws of the State of New York.

 

5.13 Jurisdiction and Venue . The Mortgagor irrevocably submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any Federal or state court sitting in New York, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Mortgage. The Mortgagor irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, any objection it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that the same has been brought in an inconvenient forum. The Mortgagor hereby consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding (i) by the mailing of a copy thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to the Mortgagor’s address set forth herein or such other address as has been provided in writing to the Bank and (ii) in any other manner permitted by law, and agrees that such service shall in every respect be deemed effective service upon the Mortgagor.

 

5.14 JURY WAIVER . THE MORTGAGOR AND THE BANK EACH HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY, AND AFTER AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, (A) WAIVE ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS MORTGAGE, THE OBLIGATIONS, ALL MATTERS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND DOCUMENTS EXECUTED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH AND (B) AGREE NOT TO CONSOLIDATE ANY SUCH ACTION WITH ANY OTHER ACTION IN WHICH A JURY TRIAL CAN NOT BE, OR HAS NOT BEEN WAIVED. THE MORTGAGOR CERTIFIES THAT NEITHER THE BANK NOR ANY OF ITS REPRESENTATIVES, AGENTS OR COUNSEL HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT THE BANK WOULD NOT IN THE EVENT OF ANY SUCH PROCEEDING SEEK TO ENFORCE THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

 

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EXECUTED as of the date first above written.

 

  Mortgagor:
     
  Premier Packaging Corporation
     
  By:  
    Frank D. Heuszel, CEO

 

STATE OF NEW YORK :
  SS.
COUNTY OF :

 

On the ___ day of June in the year 2019 , before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared, Frank D. Heuszel, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.

 

   
  NOTARY PUBLIC
   
   
  TYPE OR PRINT NAME

 

[Signature Page to Mortgage]

 

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  CITIZENS BANK, N.A., a national banking association
     
  By:  
    Douglas Dandurand, Vice President

 

STATE OF NEW YORK)  
   
COUNTY OF MONROE) ss:  

 

On the ___ day of June in the year 2019 before me, the undersigned a notary public in and for the State of New York, personally appeared Douglas Dandurand, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument.

 

   
  Notary Public

 

[Signature Page to Mortgage]

 

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EXHIBIT “A”

 

Property Description

 

All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situate in the Village of Victor, County of Ontario and State of New York, being Lot 5 of the School Street Industrial Park Subdivision, as shown on a map prepared by Cornwall Consultants, P.C., and filed in the Ontario County Clerk’s Office on November 3, 1989 at map number 17502.

 

Also, all that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situate in the Village of Victor, County of Ontario and State of New York, being Lot 6 of the School Street Industrial Park Subdivision, as shown on a map prepared by Cornwall Consultants, P.C., and filed in the Ontario County Clerk’s Office on November 3, 1989, at map number 17502.

 

The above-described Lots 5 and 6 are now known collectively as Lot R-6 of the School Street Industrial Park Subdivision as shown on a resubdivision map prepared by David Anderson and filed in the Ontario County Clerk’s Office on January 7, 1997, as map number 23392.

 

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EXHIBIT “B”

 

A:

 

1. That certain mortgage from Primo DiFelice to The Canandaigua National Bank and Trust Company in the original principal amount of $300,000.00 recorded in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office on August 16, 1991 in Liber 716 of Mortgages at Page 1191;

 

2. That certain mortgage from Primo DiFelice to The Canandaigua National Bank and Trust Company in the original principal amount of $250,000.00 recorded in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office on April 29, 1994 in Liber 844 of Mortgages at Page 126;

 

which mortgages 1 and 2 were consolidated to form a single lien in the amount of $550,000.00 by Mortgage Modification and Extension Agreement recorded in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office on April 29, 1994 in Liber 844 of Mortgages at Page 456;

 

which mortgages were further consolidated and modified to form a single lien in the amount of $550,000.00 by Mortgage Consolidation Agreement recorded in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office on January 15, 1997 in Liber 954 of Mortgages at Page 456;

 

which mortgages, as consolidated were assigned to M & T Real Estate, Inc. by Assignment of Mortgage recorded in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office on January 15, 1997 in Liber 954 of Mortgages at Page 454.

 

3. That certain mortgage from Bzdick Properties, LLC to M & T Real Estate, Inc. in the original principal amount of $293,046.95 recorded in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office on January 15, 1997 in Liber 954 of Mortgages at Page 457;

 

which mortgage was consolidated with the above mortgages to form a single lien in the amount of $758,000.00 by Mortgage Spreader, Consolidation and Modification Agreement recorded in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office on January 15, 1997 in Liber 954 of Mortgages at Page 465;

 

which mortgages, as consolidated, were further consolidated and modified to form a single lien in the amount of $610,574.03 by Mortgage Modification and Extension Agreement recorded in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office on February 1, 2007 in Liber 1896 of Mortgages at Page 462;

 

which mortgages, as consolidated, were assigned by M & T Real Estate (successor by merger to M & T Real Estate, Inc.) to RBS Citizens, N.A. recorded in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office on September 2, 2011 in Liber 2281 of Mortgages at Page 915.

 

4. That certain mortgage from Premier Packaging Corporation to RBS Citizens, N.A. in the original principal amount of $688,034.70 recorded in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office on September 2, 2011 in Liber 2281 of Mortgages at Page 918;

 

which mortgage was consolidated with the above mortgages to form a single lien in the amount of $1,200,000.00 by Consolidation, Extension and Modification Agreement recorded in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office on September 2, 2011 in Liber 2281 of Mortgages at Page 950.

 

B: That certain mortgage from Premier Packaging Corporation to RBS Citizens, National Association in the original principal amount of $450,000.00 dated December 6, 2013 and recorded in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office on December 9, 2013 in Liber 2518 of Mortgages at Page 447;

 

C: That certain mortgage from Premier Packaging Corporation Citizens Bank, N.A. in the original principal amount of $4,864.74 dated June 27, 2019 and to be recorded in the Monroe County Clerk’s Office;

 

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GUARANTY

 

  TO: Citizens Bank, N.A., a national banking association (the “Bank”)
     
  RE: Premier Packaging Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Borrower”)

 

To induce the Bank to make or continue to make loans, advances, or grant other financial accommodations to the Borrower, in consideration thereof and for loans, advances or financial accommodations heretofore or hereafter granted by the Bank to or for the account of the Borrower, the undersigned Plastic Printing Professionals, Inc. (the “Guarantor”) absolutely and unconditionally guarantees the full and punctual payment to the Bank or each Bank Affiliate (this, and other capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning given to such terms in the Loan and Security Agreement of even date herewith, by and between the Borrower and the Bank) of all sums which may be presently due and owing and of all sums which shall in the future become due and owing to the Bank or to a Bank Affiliate from the Borrower, whether direct or indirect, whether as a borrower, guarantor, surety or otherwise, including, without limitation, interest, reasonable attorneys’ fees and other amounts accruing after the filing of a petition in bankruptcy by or against Borrower, notwithstanding the discharge of Borrower from such obligations, together with all costs and expenses incurred by the Bank in connection with such obligations, this Unlimited Guaranty (this “Guaranty”) and the enforcement thereof, and also guarantees the due performance by the Borrower of all its obligations under all other present and future contracts and agreements with the Bank or any Bank Affiliate, including, without limitation, all Hedging Contracts. This is a guaranty of payment and not collection.

 

Guarantor also agrees:

 

  (1) to indemnify, defend and hold Indemnitees harmless from and against all Claims, except Guarantor shall have no obligation hereunder to indemnify, defend or hold harmless any Indemnitee for any Claim to the extent the Claim is determined by a final, nonappealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted directly and proximately from the actual, but not imputed, gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Indemnitee;
     
  (2) that this Guaranty shall not be impaired by any modification, supplement, extension, renewal or amendment of any contract or agreement to which the parties thereto may hereafter agree, nor by any modification, increase, release or other alteration of any of the obligations hereby guaranteed or of any security therefor, nor by any agreements or arrangements whatsoever with the Borrower or anyone else, all of which may be done without notice to or consent by the Guarantor;
     
  (3) that the liability of the Guarantor hereunder is direct and unconditional and due immediately upon uncured default or breach of the Borrower without demand or notice and without requiring the Bank or any Bank Affiliate first to resort to any other right, remedy or security;
     
  (4) that Guarantor shall have no right of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnity whatsoever until the Bank and each Bank Affiliate is indefeasibly paid in full, nor any right of recourse to security for the debts and obligations of the Borrower to the Bank or any Bank Affiliate;
     
  (5) that the liability of the Guarantor is unlimited and shall be joint and several with the liabilities of any other guarantors;
     
  (6) that if the Borrower or the Guarantor or any other guarantor should at any time become insolvent or make a general assignment, or if a petition in bankruptcy or any insolvency or reorganization proceedings shall be filed or commenced by, against or in respect of the Borrower or the Guarantor, or any other guarantor of the obligations guaranteed hereby, any and all obligations of the Guarantor shall be immediately due and payable without notice;

 

 
 

 

  (7) that the Bank’s books and records showing the account between the Bank and the Borrower shall be admissible in any action or proceeding, shall be binding upon the Guarantor for the purpose of establishing the items therein set forth and shall constitute conclusive proof thereof;
     
  (8) that this Guaranty is, as to the Guarantor, a continuing Guaranty that shall remain effective under successive transactions until expressly terminated as hereinafter provided;
     
  (9) that this Guaranty may be terminated as to the Guarantor only by giving the Bank sixty (60) days’ prior written notice by registered or certified mail, and thereupon this Guaranty shall terminate with respect to Guarantor only at the expiration of said sixty (60) day period, which shall then be the effective date of termination, and that such termination shall be applicable only to transactions having their inception after the effective date of termination and shall not affect rights and obligations arising out of transactions or indebtedness or extensions or renewals thereof having their inception prior to such date, including renewals, extensions, modifications and refinancings of such prior transactions, or arising out of extensions of credit made pursuant to a commitment previously made by the Bank;
     
  (10) that the termination or dissolution of Guarantor shall not effect the termination of this Guaranty as to Guarantor;
     
  (11) that termination, release or limitation of any guaranty of the obligations guaranteed hereby by any other guarantor shall not affect the continuing liability hereunder of the Guarantor;
     
  (12) that nothing shall discharge or satisfy the liability of the Guarantor hereunder except the full indefeasible payment and performance of all of the Borrower’s debts and obligations to the Bank and all Bank Affiliates with interest and costs of collection;
     
  (13) that this Guaranty shall not be affected by the illegality, invalidity or unenforceability of the obligations guaranteed, by any fraudulent, illegal or improper act by the Borrower, the legal incapacity or any other defense of the Borrower, the Guarantor or any other person obligated to the Bank consequential to transactions with the Borrower nor by the invalidation, by operation of law or otherwise, of all or any part of the obligations guaranteed hereby, including but not limited to any interest accruable on the obligations guaranteed hereby during the pendency of any bankruptcy or receivership proceeding of the Borrower;
     
  (14) that any and all present and future debts and obligations of the Borrower to Guarantor are hereby waived and postponed in favor of and subordinated to the full indefeasible payment and performance of all present and future debts and obligations of the Borrower to the Bank;
     
  (15) the Guarantor hereby grants to the Bank a continuing lien and security interest in all deposits or other sums at any time credited by or due from the Bank or any Bank Affiliate to the Guarantor and any property of the Guarantor at any time in the possession of the Bank or any Bank Affiliate whether for safekeeping or otherwise, or in transit to or from the Bank or any Bank Affiliate (regardless of the reason the Bank or Bank Affiliate had received the same or whether the Bank or Bank Affiliate has conditionally released the same) as security for the full and punctual payment and performance of all of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and such deposits and other sums may be applied or set off against such obligations 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 Bank or any Bank Affiliate;

 

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  (16) that if at any time payment of all or any part of the obligations guaranteed hereunder is rescinded or otherwise must be restored by the Bank to the Borrower or to the creditors of the Borrower or any representative of the Borrower or representative of the Borrower’s creditors for any reason whatsoever including as a result of a voidable preference or fraudulent transfer or conveyance upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower or the Guarantor, or to the creditors of the Guarantor or any representative of the Guarantor or representative of the creditors of Guarantor upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Guarantor or otherwise, this Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, as though such payments had not been made, and shall survive as an obligation of the Guarantor, and shall not be discharged or satisfied by said payment or payments, notwithstanding the return of the original of this Guaranty to the Guarantor or to the Borrower, or any other apparent termination of Guarantor’s obligations hereunder;
     
  (17) that any rights and remedies available to the Bank under this Guaranty are cumulative, and not exclusive of any rights and remedies otherwise available to the Bank at law or in equity;
     
  (18) that the Bank’s delay or omission in exercising any of the Bank’s rights and remedies shall not constitute a waiver of these rights and remedies, nor shall the Bank’s waiver of any right or remedy operate as a waiver of any other right or remedy available to the Bank. The Bank’s waiver of any right or remedy on any one occasion shall not be considered a waiver of same on any subsequent occasion, nor shall this be considered to be a continuing waiver;
     
  (19) that this Guaranty incorporates all discussions and negotiations between the Bank and the Guarantor concerning the guaranty and indemnification provided by the undersigned hereby, and that no such discussions or negotiations shall limit, modify, or otherwise affect the provisions hereof, there are no preconditions to the effectiveness of this Guaranty and that no provision hereof may be altered, amended, waived, canceled or modified, except by a written instrument executed and acknowledged by the Bank’s duly authorized officer;
     
  (20) that this Guaranty and all documents which have been or may be hereinafter furnished by the Guarantor to the Bank may be reproduced by the Bank by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, xerographic or similar process, and that any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not such reproduction was made in the regular course of business); and
     
  (21) Guarantor will furnish to Bank as soon as available to Guarantor any financial data and information as Bank may reasonably request.

 

Guarantor waives: notice of acceptance hereof, presentment and protest of any instrument and notice thereof, notice of default and all other notices to which the Guarantor might otherwise be entitled; and any and all defenses, including without limitation, any and all defenses which the Borrower or any other party may have to the fullest extent permitted by law, any defense to this Guaranty based on impairment of collateral or on suretyship defenses of every type; any right to exoneration or marshaling. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Guarantor waives and terminates any homestead rights and/or exemptions respecting any premises under the provisions of any applicable homestead law. To the extent that it lawfully may, Guarantor hereby further agrees not to invoke any law relating to the marshaling of collateral which might cause delay in or impede the enforcement of the Bank’s rights under this Guaranty or otherwise respecting the guaranteed obligations, and to the extent that it lawfully may do so, the Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives the benefits of all such laws. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the Bank shall have no duty as to the collection or protection of any collateral, if any, securing the guaranteed obligations beyond the safe custody thereof.

 

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Guarantor will from time to time execute and deliver to the Bank, and take or cause to be taken, all such other further action as the Bank may request in order to effect and confirm or vest more securely in the Bank all the rights contemplated in this Guaranty (including, without limitation, to correct clerical errors) or respecting any of the obligations guaranteed hereby or to comply with applicable statute or law.

 

The execution and delivery of this Guaranty is in furtherance of the Guarantor’s limited liability company purposes, is not contrary to or in violation of its operating agreement and the person executing this Guaranty on Guarantor’s behalf has been duly authorized to do so.

 

This Guaranty shall be governed by federal law applicable to the Bank and, to the extent not preempted by federal law, the laws of the Commonwealth/State of New York, shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns of the Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Bank’s successors and assigns.

 

If any provision of this Guaranty is found to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity of the remainder of the Guaranty shall not be affected.

 

Guarantor irrevocably submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any Federal or state court sitting in New York, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guaranty. Guarantor irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, any objection it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that the same has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Guarantor hereby consents to any and all process which may be served in any such suit, action or proceeding, (i) by mailing a copy thereof by registered and certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to the Guarantor’s address shown below or as notified to the Bank and (ii) by serving the same upon the Guarantor in any other manner otherwise permitted by law, and agrees that such service shall in every respect be deemed effective service upon the Guarantor.

 

GUARANTOR AND BANK EACH HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY, AND AFTER AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, (A) WAIVE ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS GUARANTY, THE OBLIGATIONS GUARANTEED HEREBY, ALL MATTERS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND DOCUMENTS EXECUTED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH AND (B) AGREE NOT TO SEEK TO CONSOLIDATE ANY SUCH ACTION WITH ANY OTHER ACTION IN WHICH A JURY TRIAL CAN NOT BE, OR HAS NOT BEEN WAIVED. GUARANTOR CERTIFIES THAT NEITHER THE BANK NOR ANY OF ITS REPRESENTATIVES, AGENTS OR COUNSEL HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT THE BANK WOULD NOT IN THE EVENT OF ANY SUCH PROCEEDING SEEK TO ENFORCE THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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Executed as an instrument under seal and dated as of June __, 2019.

 

  Guarantor:
     
  By:  
    Frank D. Heuszel, CEO

 

  Address:   6 Framark Drive, PO Box 352,
    Victor, New York 14564

 

[Signature Page to Plastic Printing Guaranty]

 

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