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Exhibit 10.57  


 
 

AMENDMENT NO. 13 TO
  LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT    
  


        AMENDMENT NO. 13, dated as of March 21, 2003, to the LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of March 31, 1998, as amended prior to the date hereof
(as so amended, the "Loan and Security Agreement"), between FOOTHILL CAPITAL CORPORATION, a California corporation, with a place of business located at
2450 Colorado Avenue, Suite 3000W, Santa Monica, California 90404 ("Foothill"), and AXS-ONE INC. (formerly known as COMPUTRON
SOFTWARE, INC.), a Delaware corporation, with its chief executive offices located at 301 Route 17 North, Rutherford, New Jersey 07070 (the
"Borrower"). 


 
 

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        The Borrower has requested Foothill to amend the Loan and Security Agreement to revise the financial covenants. Accordingly, the Borrower and Foothill hereby
agree as follows: 


        1.    Definitions.    All terms used herein which are defined in the Loan and Security Agreement and not otherwise
defined herein are used herein as defined therein. 


        2.    Financial Covenants.    Section 7.20 of the Loan and Security Agreement is hereby amended to read in its
entirety as follows: 



        "EBITDA.    Failure to maintain EBITDA of at least the following amounts, measured on a cumulative basis for the period from the
beginning of each calendar year to each calendar quarter end of such calendar year as set forth below: 



	Quarter End
	 	EBITDA
	 
	

  3/31/03	
 	
($	

650,000	
)
	

  6/30/03	
 	
($	

850,000	
)
	

  9/30/03	
 	
($	

200,000	
)
	

12/31/03	
 	
$	

350,000	
 






provided
that, thereafter, upon receipt of the financial projections required to be delivered to Foothill pursuant to Section 6.3 (fourth paragraph) hereof for each fiscal year, the Borrower
and Foothill shall negotiate in good faith to determine the minimum EBITDA as of the end of each calendar quarter covered by such financial projections and, in the event that the Borrower and Foothill
are unable to agree upon the amounts of such EBITDA on or before the date that is 30 days after the date that Foothill has received such projections, the EBITDA at the end of each calendar
quarter of the fiscal year covered by such financial projections shall not be less than the greater of (i) 80% of the EBITDA contained in such financial projections and (ii) the amount
set forth above for the corresponding calendar quarter end plus 10% of such amount." 




        3.    Conditions Precedent.    This Amendment shall become effective (and the covenants set forth in Section 2
above shall be applicable as of the date of this Amendment) only upon satisfaction in full of the following conditions precedent (the date upon which all such conditions have been satisfied being
herein called the "Effective Date"): 



        (a)    The
representations and warranties contained in this Amendment and in Section 5 of the Loan and Security Agreement and each other Loan Document, after giving
effect to this Amendment, shall be correct on and as of the Effective Date as though made on and as of such date (except where such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date in which
case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date); no Default or Event of Default shall have 






 


occurred and be continuing on the Effective Date or result from this Amendment becoming effective in accordance with its terms; 


        (b)    Foothill
shall have received a counterpart of this Amendment, duly executed by the Borrower; and 


        (c)    All
legal matters incident to this Amendment shall be satisfactory to Foothill and its counsel. 




        4.    Representations and Warranties.    The Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Foothill as follows: 



        (a)    The
Borrower (i) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and (ii) has all requisite
corporate power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform this Amendment, and to perform the Loan and Security Agreement, as amended hereby; 



        (b)    The
execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment by the Borrower, and the performance by the Borrower of the Loan and Security Agreement, as amended hereby
(i) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, (ii) do not and will not contravene its charter or by-laws or any applicable law and (iii) except as
provided in the Loan Documents, do not and will not result in the creation of any Lien upon or with respect to any of its respective properties; 


        (c)    This
Amendment and the Loan and Security Agreement, as amended hereby, constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower, enforceable against the
Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by equitable principles or by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws relating to or limiting
creditors' rights generally; 


        (d)    No
authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the due execution, delivery
and performance by the Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by the Borrower of the Loan and Security Agreement as amended hereby; and 


        (e)    The
representations and warranties contained in Section 5 of the Loan and Security Agreement and each other Loan Document, after giving effect to this Amendment,
are correct on and as of the Effective Date as though made on and as of the Effective Date (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date in which case
such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date), and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on and as of the Effective Date or will result
from this Amendment becoming effective in accordance with its terms. 




        5.    Continued Effectiveness of the Loan and Security Agreement and Loan Documents.    The Borrower hereby
(i) confirms and agrees that each Loan Document to which it is a party is, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects except that on
and after the Effective Date of this Amendment all references in any such Loan Document to "the Loan and Security Agreement", the "Agreement", "thereto", "thereof", "thereunder" or words of like
import referring to the Loan and Security Agreement shall mean the Loan and Security Agreement as amended by this Amendment and (ii) confirms and agrees that to the extent that any such Loan
Document purports to assign or pledge to Foothill, or to grant a security interest in or Lien on, any collateral as security for the obligations of the Borrower from time to time existing in respect
of the Loan and Security Agreement and the Loan Documents, such pledge, assignment and/or grant of the security interest or Lien is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects. 



        6.    Miscellaneous. 


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        (a)    This
Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original
but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. 



        (b)    Section
and paragraph headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purpose. 


        (c)    This
Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. 


        (d)    The
Borrower will pay on demand all reasonable fees, costs and expenses of Foothill in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment
including, without limitation, reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, counsel to Foothill. 



	

 	
 	

AXS-ONE INC.,

a Delaware corporation
	

 	
 	

By:	
/S/  WILLIAM LEVERING      
 Name: William Levering

Title: VP & CFO
	

 	
 	

FOOTHILL CAPITAL CORPORATION,

a California corporation
	

 	
 	

By:	
/S/  DAVID SANCHEZ      
 Name: David Sanchez

Title: Vice President




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