UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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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)    August 17, 2018


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GROWLIFE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


                           Delaware                           

                000-50385                

                  90-0821083                  

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)


5400 Carillon Point

                        Kirkland, WA 98033                        

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)


                              (866) 781-5559                              

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


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


[  ]  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

[  ]  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

[  ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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


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.


Asset Purchase Agreement- Go Green Hydroponics, Inc.


On August 17, 2018, GrowLife, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Go Green Hydroponics, Inc., a California corporation (the “Seller”) and TCA - Go Green SPV, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (“Seller Equity Holder”), pursuant to which the Company acquired the intellectual property and assumed the lease for the property located at 15721 Ventura Blvd., Encino, CA 91436 (the “Purchased Assets’). In addition, the Company acquired the inventory of Go Green, but agreed to pay the Seller. 100% of the proceeds generated from the sale of the closing inventory until all closing inventory has been sold. The Company intends to operate a retail store, sale over the internet and sell on a direct basis at this location.


Concurrently, the Company and Seller Equity Holder entered into a Security Agreement for securing the assets of Company as collateral for the obligations of Company as set forth in the Agreement (the “Security Agreement”). In consideration for the sale and assignment of the Purchased Assets, the Company shall pay Seller: (i) 100% of the proceeds generated from the sale of the closing inventory until all closing inventory has been sold, and (ii) the Company agreed to pay the Seller 5% of all gross revenue of Company earned or in any way related to the Purchased Assets generated between October 1, 2018 and December 31, 2019, up to a maximum of $200,000.


The foregoing description of the Agreement and Security Agreement is not complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Agreement and Security Agreement as set forth within Exhibit 10.1 and 10.2 which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. All defined terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning as set forth in the Agreement and Security Agreement.


Item 2.01  Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.


The information provided in response to Item 1.01 of this report is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.01.


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


The information provided in response to Item 1.01 of this report is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.


Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(d)   Exhibits .


Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

10.1

 

Asset Purchase Agreement dated August 17, 2018, entered into by and between GrowLife, Inc. and Go Green Hydroponics Inc.

 

 

 

10.2

 

Security Agreement dated August 17, 2018, entered into by and between GrowLife, Inc. and Go Green Hydroponics Inc.


SIGNATURES


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



 

GROWLIFE, INC.

 

 

 

Date:  August 23, 2018

By:

/s/ Marco Hegyi

 

 

Marco Hegyi

 

 

Chief Executive Officer


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Exhibit 10.1

 

ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

by and among

 

GO GREEN HYDROPONICS INC.,

as Seller,

 

TCA – GO GREEN  SPV, LLC,

as Seller Equityholder,

 

AND

 

GROWLIFE INC.,

as Buyer

 

 

Dated as of August 17, 2018

 

 

 



ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

THIS ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into,  as of August 17 , 2018 (the “ Execution Date ”), by and among (i) GO GREEN HYDROPONICS, INC. , a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of California (the “ Seller ”), (ii) TCA – GO GREEN  SPV, LLC. , a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the State of Florida (the “ Seller Equityholder ”), and (iii) GROWLIFE, INC. , a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Buyer ”).  The Seller, the Seller Equityholder and the Buyer are sometimes referred to below individually as a “ Party ” and collectively as the “ Parties ”.  Capitalized terms used in the Recitals of this Agreement and not defined therein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in Section 1.1 of this Agreement.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Seller is engaged in the Business; and

 

WHEREAS, the Seller desires to sell, transfer and otherwise convey to the Buyer, and the Buyer desires to purchase from the Seller, the Purchased Assets, and the Buyer agrees to pay to the Seller and the Seller Equityholder the consideration set forth in this Agreement including the assumption by the Buyer of the Assumed Liabilities, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement (collectively, the “ Transactions ”).

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the agreements, covenants, representations and warranties hereinafter set forth and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are forever acknowledged and confessed, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

 

1.1        Definitions .  For the purposes of this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

Action ” means any written action, claim, proceeding, litigation, arbitration, mediation, suit, investigation or regulatory inquiry (whether civil, criminal, administrative or judicial), or any appeal therefrom or any material demand letter threatening the initiation of any of the foregoing.

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any other Person which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person, (ii) any other Person that, directly or indirectly, owns or controls, whether beneficially, or as trustee, guardian or other fiduciary, ten percent (10%) or more of the equity interests having ordinary voting power in the election of directors of such Person, or (iii) any other Person who is a director, officer, joint venturer, shareholder, member, or partner (a) of such Person, (b) of any subsidiary of such Person, or (c) of any Person described in clause (i) above.  For the purposes of

 



this definition, control of a Person shall mean the power (direct or indirect) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

Agreement ” means this Asset Purchase Agreement (including all Schedules and Exhibits to this Asset Purchase Agreement), as originally executed by the Parties and as this Asset Purchase Agreement may be subsequently amended, restated, modified, or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

Assumed Liabilities ” (i) all Liabilities under, arising from or relating to the Assumed Contracts with respect to matters occurring thereunder on or after the Closing Date, (ii) all Liabilities agreed to be paid by the Buyer pursuant to Section 3.1(b) of the Disclosure Schedules; and (iii) such other Liabilities as mutually agreed in writing by the Seller and the Buyer prior to the Closing Date.

 

Business ” means the business conducted by the Seller as of the Execution Date in connection with their ownership and operation of the Purchased Assets and, as it relates to Section 3.1, any and all business conducted by the Buyer following the Execution Date in connection with the ownership and operation of the Purchased Assets.

 

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or a day on which commercial banks in Florida are authorized or required to close by Law.

 

Buyer ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this Agreement.

 

Buyer Obligations ” means, now existing or in the future, any debt, liability or obligation of any nature whatsoever (including any required performance of any covenants or agreements), whether secured, unsecured, recourse, nonrecourse, liquidated, unliquidated, accrued, voluntary or involuntary, direct or indirect, absolute, fixed, contingent, ascertained, unascertained, known, unknown, whether or not jointly owed with others, whether or not from time to time decreased or extinguished and later decreased, created or incurred, or obligations existing or incurred under this Agreement and the Buyer Security Agreement by the Buyer, as such obligations may be amended, supplemented, converted, extended or modified from time to time.

 

Buyer Security Agreement ” means that certain Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof, between the Seller, Seller Equityholder and the Buyer.

 

Closing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1 of this Agreement.

 

Closing Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1 of this Agreement.

 

Closing Inventory ” shall mean those assets identified as “Closing Inventory” on Schedule 2.1(a) hereto.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Communication ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.6 of this Agreement.

 

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Confidential Information ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4 of this Agreement.

 

Contract ” means any written agreement, arrangement, lease, mortgage, contract, note, power of attorney, insurance policy, covenant, understanding, commitment or instrument relating to the Business, the Purchased Assets or the operation thereof to which Seller is a party or by which any of the Purchased Assets are bound.

Dollars ” or “ $ ” means lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

Employee Benefit Plan ” means every plan, fund, contract, program and arrangement (whether written or not) that is maintained or contributed to by Seller (or any member of its “controlled group” as that term is used in Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code) for the benefit of current or former employees of Seller, including those intended to provide: (i) medical, surgical, health care, hospitalization, dental, vision, workers’ compensation, life insurance, death, disability, legal services, severance, sickness or accident benefits (whether or not defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA); (ii) pension, profit sharing, stock bonus, retirement, supplemental retirement or deferred compensation benefits (whether or not tax qualified and whether or not defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA); (iii) bonus, incentive compensation, member interest option, member interest appreciation right, phantom member interest or member interest purchase benefits; or (iv) salary continuation, unemployment, supplemental unemployment, termination pay, vacation, holiday benefits or material fringe benefits (whether or not defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA).  The term “Employee Benefit Plan” also includes every such plan, fund, contract, program and arrangement: (a) that Seller has committed to implement, establish, adopt or contribute to in the future; (b) for which Seller has or may have any Liability as a result of the direct sponsor’s affiliation to the applicable Seller or its owners (whether or not such affiliation exists at the date of this Agreement and notwithstanding that the plan is not maintained by such Seller for the benefit of its current or former employees); (c) that is in the process of terminating (but such term does not include any arrangement that has been terminated and completely wound up prior to the date of this Agreement such that Seller has no present or potential Liability with respect to such arrangement); or (d) for or with respect to which Seller has or may have any Liability under any common law successor doctrine, express successor liability provisions of Law, provisions of a collective bargaining agreement, labor or employment law, or agreement with a predecessor employer.

 

Employees ” means the individuals employed by the Seller performing job functions for the Business.

 

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

Excluded Assets ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 of this Agreement.

 

Execution Date ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this Agreement.

 

Executive Order ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.20 of this Agreement.

 

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Governance Documents ” means, with respect to any entity, all documents (i) pursuant to which the legal existence of the entity is established, (ii) that were adopted or approved by the owners, board of directors, partners, members, managers or other similar management authority of the entity and set forth provisions for the regulation and management of the entity’s internal affairs, and (iii) that are binding upon any owners of the entity and establish the governance, economic and/or other rights of such owners in their capacity as such.

 

Government Entity ” means any federal, state, local or foreign government, court, agency, commission, department or other authority or instrumentality.

 

Knowledge of the Seller ” means the actual knowledge, together with the knowledge that would have been obtained after reasonable inquiry, of the Seller Equityholder.

 

Law ” or “ Laws ” means all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws (including common law), codes, constitutions, statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances and policies, and all applicable orders, writs, judgments, arbitration awards, decrees, administrative or judicial promulgations, injunctions, rulings, determinations, agreements with, and rulings of or by any Government Entity.

 

Leased Real Property ” shall mean the property located at 15721 Ventura Boulevard, Encino, California 91436.

 

Liability ” means any debt, liability, commitment or obligation of any kind, character or nature whatsoever, whether known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, monetary or non-monetary, accrued, fixed, absolute, contingent or otherwise, and whether due or to become due.

 

Liens ” means all mortgages, claims, leases, options, hypothecations or similar restrictions, liens, pledges, security interests, and charging orders and any other encumbrance, right or interest of any kind or character, whether vested or contingent, that evidences or secures a debt or payment obligation or adverse ownership interest in the property or rights in question, whether imposed by agreement, understanding, law, equity or otherwise, or liens, interests or encumbrances both now existing or hereafter arising which would encumber the Purchased Assets arising under any agreement binding on Seller or its property or arising from any act of Seller or arising pursuant to any right, title or interest, lien or encumbrance which could hereafter be asserted as a result of the transfer of the Purchased Assets by Seller.

 

Material Adverse Effect ” means any event, occurrence, fact, condition, change or effect that is, or is reasonably likely in the future to be, individually or in the aggregate, materially adverse to the Business or, as applicable, the Purchased Assets.

 

Ordinary Course ” means, with respect to Seller, the ordinary course of Seller’s business, consistent with past practice in nature, scope and magnitude.

 

Outside Closing Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(b) of this Agreement.

 

Parties ” and “ Party ” have the meanings set forth in the Preamble to this Agreement.

 

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Permitted Liens ” means (i) any and all Liens for real estate Taxes, tangible personal property Taxes, assessments and other governmental charges for the calendar year in which the Closing occurs and subsequent years not yet due and payable, (ii) any and all Liens created by the Buyer in connection with the Transactions or any third party financing obtained by the Buyer, (iii) any and all Liens securing the Buyer Obligation hereunder and under the Buyer Security Agremeent, (iv) inchoate statutory, mechanics’, laborers’ and materialmen’s Liens arising in the ordinary course, and (v) Liens arising in connection with worker’s compensation and unemployment insurance which are not overdue or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which provision for the payment of such Liens has been reflected in the books and records of the Seller.

 

Person ” means any person, individual, sole proprietorship, corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, organization, unincorporated organization, institution, joint stock company, business, government, governmental agency or political subdivision thereof, Government Entity, or any other entity or institution of any type whatsoever.

 

Preamble ” means the first paragraph of this Agreement.

 

Property Lease ” shall mean that certain lease relating to the Leased Real Property.

 

Purchase Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a) of this Agreement.

 

Purchased Assets ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 of this Agreement.

 

Representatives ” means, with respect to any Person, the directors, officers, members, managers, partners, shareholders, employees, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, consultants, agents and other authorized representatives of such Person.

 

Seller Equityholder ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this Agreement.

 

Seller ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this Agreement.

 

Seller’s Disclosure Schedules ” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of Article V of this Agreement.

 

Tax ” or “ Taxes ” means all taxes, assessments, charges, duties, fees, levies or other governmental charges (including interest, penalties or additions associated therewith), including income, franchise, capital stock, real property, personal property, tangible, estimated withholding, employment, payroll, social security, unemployment compensation, disability, transfer, sales, use, franchise, excise, gross receipts, value-added and all other taxes of any kind imposed by any Government Entity, whether disputed or not, whether inchoate, accrued, invoiced, levied, or otherwise, and any charges, interest or penalties imposed or that may be imposed thereon by any Government Entity.

 

Transaction Documents ” means the agreements, certificates, documents and instruments required to be delivered by the Parties pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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Transactions ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals of this Agreement.

 

Transfer Taxes ” means sales, use, transfer, real property transfer, recording, documentary, stamp, registration and other similar Taxes or fees in connection with the purchase and sale of the Purchased Assets.

 

1.2        Rules of Construction .  The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.  References herein to Sections, subsections, Schedules, Exhibits and the like are to Sections and subsections of, or Schedules or Exhibits attached to, this Agreement unless otherwise expressly provided.  The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”.  Unless the context in which used herein otherwise clearly requires, “or” has the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase “and/or”.  Defined terms include in the singular number the plural and in the plural number the singular.  Reference to any agreement, document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, except where otherwise explicitly provided, and reference to any promissory note includes any promissory note which is an extension or renewal thereof or a substitute or replacement therefor.  Reference to any Law, rule, regulation, order, decree, requirement, policy, guideline, directive or interpretation means as amended, modified, codified, replaced or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect on the determination date, including rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.  When any reference is made with respect to information, documents or materials being supplied, provided or otherwise made available to a Person or such Person’s Representatives, such information, documents, or materials shall be deemed to include any information, documents, or materials supplied, provided or otherwise made available in any written form in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions.  Disclosure made on any Disclosure Schedule attached to this Agreement shall be deemed to have been made on another Disclosure Schedule attached to this Agreement when it is cross-referenced in such other applicable section or Disclosure Schedule or is readily apparent on its face that such a disclosure would belong on such other Disclosure Schedule attached to this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE II.

THE PURCHASE AND SALE

 

2.1        Purchased Assets .  Subject to the terms, conditions and other provisions of this Agreement, at the Closing, the Seller shall grant, sell, assign, transfer and deliver to the Buyer, and the Buyer shall purchase from the Seller, all right, title and interest in, to and under all of the Seller’s respective assets of every kind, nature and description, whether real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, wherever located, whether used in, held for use in or otherwise relating to the Business, other than the Excluded Assets (collectively, the “ Purchased Assets ”), free and clear of any and all valid Liens, other than the Permitted Liens.  The Purchased Assets include the following:

 

(a)       all tangible personal property, including trucks, tractors, trailers, automobiles and other vehicles, forklifts and related equipment, supplies, machinery, equipment, inventories, parts, furniture, computers and related hardware, office furnishings, and tools, in

 

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each case, wherever located, including, to the extent in the possession of the Seller on the Closing Date, the assets set forth on Schedule 2.1(a) attached to this Agreement;

 

(b)       improvements and fixtures erected on the Leased Real Property subject to any rights of the Landlord under the terms of the Property Lease;

 

(c)       all inventions (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice), improvements, patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, trade names and corporate names and all derivations thereof and all goodwill associated with each of the foregoing; all copyrightable works, all copyrights and applications; all trade secrets and confidential business information (including ideas, research and development, know-how, formulas, compositions, manufacturing and production processes and techniques, technical data, designs, drawings, and specifications); all information regarding either Seller’s past, current and prospective customers and suppliers (including any and all lists thereof (including contact information), purchase and sale history, correspondence, complaints, and any and all other data, reports, and information of any kind kept or maintained by or on behalf of either Seller), pricing and cost information, and business and marketing plans and proposals; all telephone and facsimile numbers and telephone directory listings, all email addresses, all website domains, all computer software (whether owned or licensed), all other proprietary rights, and all copies and tangible embodiments (in whatever form or medium) of any of the foregoing, as applicable (collectively, the “ Intellectual Property ”), and all associated goodwill, licenses and sublicenses, remedies against infringements, and rights to protection of interests under any Laws;

 

(d)       the Contracts, to the extent assignable, set forth on Schedule 2.1(d) attached to this Agreement (collectively, the “ Assumed Contracts ”);

 

(e)       causes of action, choses in action, rights of recovery, rights of setoff and rights of recoupment and all other rights or claims against third parties related to any Purchased Asset;

 

(f)       to the extent transferable under applicable Law, permits, authorizations, approvals, decisions, zoning orders, franchises, registrations, licenses, filings, certificates, variances or similar rights used by or in connection with the Business (collectively, the “ Permits ”), including the Permits set forth on Schedule 2.1(f) attached to this Agreement;

 

(g)       rights, to the extent assignable, under any agreements in favor of either Seller or for the benefit of either Seller with current or former employees, contractors or third parties, with respect to non-competition, non-solicitation, or other restrictive covenants, regardless of whether any such Person accepts an offer of employment from the Buyer or continues to perform services for the Buyer; and

 

(h)       books, records, ledgers, files, documents, correspondence, lists, plans, drawings and specifications, creative materials, advertising and promotional materials, studies, reports, and other printed or written materials, including records related to inventory and maintenance of the Purchased Assets, whether in written or electronic form, other than employment records that may not be transferred pursuant to applicable Law.

 

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2.2        Excluded Assets .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement and for the avoidance of doubt the Purchased Assets will not include the following assets of the Seller (collectively, the “ Excluded Assets ”), which shall be retained by the Seller:

 

(a)       restricted and unrestricted cash and cash equivalents (including all restricted cash held by or for the benefit of the Seller), cash accounts (including cash accounts serving as collateral for secured debt, letters of credit, insurance policies or programs), marketable securities and certificates of deposit, deposits made with respect to Contracts, utility deposits, temporary investments of cash, and all bank accounts and all electronic fund transfer accounts;

 

(b)       the security deposit held with respect to the Leased Real Property;

 

(c)       all amounts due to the Seller from any other Person who is an Affiliate of Seller;

 

(d)       all amounts due to the Seller from any Employee for advances or loans made by the Seller to such Employee;

 

(e)       the Seller’s corporate minute books, Governance Documents and tax records, and any other records which the Seller is required to retain by Law ( provided , however , that the Buyer shall be entitled to receive, at its expense, copies of such portions thereof as the Buyer may reasonably request which are related to the Business);

 

(f)       personnel records for Employees;

 

(g)       any and all of the Seller’s actions, claims, demands, rights, defenses, counterclaims, suits and causes of action, whether known or unknown, in law, equity or otherwise, against any third party and the proceeds or benefits thereof;

 

(h)       any insurance policies and all insurance proceeds arising in connection with the ownership or operation of the Purchased Assets or the Business prior to the Closing Date;

 

(i)       all claims, rights, interests and proceeds with respect to refunds of Taxes for periods ending prior to the Closing Date and all rights to pursue appeals of the same;

 

(j)       any prepaid expenses (including insurance premiums);

 

(k)      any personal property of any Employees of the Seller;

 

(l)       any Employee Benefit Plan;

 

(m)     the consideration delivered by the Buyer to the Seller pursuant to this Agreement;

 

(n)      any and all rights of the Seller under this Agreement and the Transaction Documents;

 

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(o)       any proceeds whenever received relating to any overpayment, a refund,  or reimbursement of United States federal taxes for the period prior to the Closing Date; or

 

(p)       the proceeds, benefits and other recoveries on account of the foregoing items in subparagraphs (a) through (o).

 

ARTICLE III.

CONSIDERATION

 

3.1        Consideration; Payment of Purchase Price; Assumption of the Property Lease .

 

In consideration for the sale, assignment, and conveyance of the Seller’s right, title, and interest in, to and under the Purchased Assets, the Buyer shall:

 

(a)       pay or deliver on behalf of the Seller, to the Seller Equityholder, by wire transfer of immediately available funds on a bi-weekly basis  to the Wells Fargo account of Seller, which shall remain open through December 31, 2019, the following:

 

(i)       one hundred percent (100%) of the proceeds of all Closing Inventory sold by the Buyer following the Closing Date for the preceding two-week period until all of such Closing Inventory shall have been sold; and

 

(ii)       during the period beginning on October 1, 2018 and ending on December 31, 2019, five percent (5%) of all gross revenue of the Buyer earned or in any way relating to the Business, the Purchased Assets or in any way relating to the Leased Rental Property during the preceding two-week period, subject to a maximum of Two-Hundred Thousand and No/100 United States Dollars ($200,000.00) (together with the amounts owed under Section 3.1(a)(i), the “ Purchase Price ”); and

 

(b)       assume the Assumed Liabilities set forth in Section 3.1(b) of the Disclsoure Schedules, including, but not limited to, the Seller’s obligations under the Property Lease as of the Closing Date.

 

3.2        Closing Costs and Payments .

 

(a)        Transfer Taxes .  To the extent any Liability exists for any Transfer Taxes, including documentary stamp taxes, imposed in connection with the purchase and sale of the Purchased Assets and the Assumed Liabilities, the Buyer shall pay all such Transfer Taxes on the Closing Date.

 

ARTICLE IV.

CLOSING

 

4.1        Closing .  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the closing of the Transactions (the “ Closing ”) will take place at 10:00 a.m., local time, on August 17, 2018, subject to the satisfaction (or valid waiver) of all of the conditions to Closing set forth in Article VIII of this Agreement, or such other date as the Parties may mutually determine.  The date on which the Closing actually occurs is referred to herein as the “ Closing Date ”.  The Closing shall take place

 

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at the offices of Lucosky Brookman LLP, at 101 Wood Avenue South, Woodbridge, New Jersey 08830, or at such other place or by any other means (including the electronic exchange of signatures) as the Parties may determine.  The Closing shall take effect as of 12:01 a.m. prevailing New York City time on the Closing Date, it being acknowledged and agreed by the Parties that the results of operations of the Seller and the Business up to the day prior to the Closing Date shall be for the Seller’s account, and the results of operations of the Purchased Assets will be for the Buyer’s account beginning on the Closing Date.

 

4.2        Closing Deliveries .

 

(a)       At the Closing, the Seller shall duly execute and/or deliver, or cause to be duly executed and/or delivered, in a form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Buyer:

 

(i)       a bill of sale from the Seller with respect to all of the Purchased Assets of Seller, in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A ;

 

(ii)      to the extent available, certificates of title for all trucks, vehicles and all other titled Purchased Assets; and

 

(iii)     Lien release and termination documentation of all Liens on any of the Purchased Assets, other than the Permitted Liens.

 

(b)       At the Closing, the Buyer shall duly execute and/or deliver, or cause to be duly executed and/or delivered, in a form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Seller Equityholder,

 

(i)       the Buyer Security Agreement; and

 

(ii)      an Assumption Agreement or such other document evidencing the assumption in respect of the Property Lease..

 

(c)       At the Closing, each Party shall execute and deliver such other instruments of transfer and/or assignment, certificates, deeds, bills of sale, evidence of filing and/or recording, and other documents as are required pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or applicable Law or are reasonably necessary to effectuate the Transactions.

 

ARTICLE V.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER AND THE SELLER EQUITY HOLDER

 

Except as expressly set forth in the Disclosure Schedules attached to this Agreement pursuant to this Article V and incorporated by reference herein (the “ Seller’s Disclosure Schedules ”), as of the Execution Date and as of the Closing Date, the Seller, and the Seller Equity holder, as applicable, represent and warrant to the Buyer the following:

 

5.1        Organization; Qualification and Power .

 

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(a)       The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of California.  Seller has the requisite corporate power and corporate authority to own, operate or lease the properties and assets now owned, operated or leased by it and to carry on the Business as currently conducted by the Seller.

 

(b)       Seller Equityholder is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Florida.  Seller Equityholder has the requisite limited liability company power and limited liability company authority to own, operate or lease the properties and assets now owned, operated or leased by it and to carry on the Business as currently conducted by Seller Equityholder.

 

5.2        Authorization of Transactions .  Each of the Seller and the Seller Equityholder has full legal capacity or entity power and entity authority, as applicable, to enter into and perform such Party’s obligations under this Agreement and all other Transaction Documents to which it is a party.  The Seller’s board of directors or applicable governing body has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which the Seller is a party.  This Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which the Seller or the Seller Equityholder is a party have been, or upon execution thereof by the Seller or the Seller Equityholder, as applicable, will be, duly executed and delivered by the Seller or the Seller Equityholder, as applicable, and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other Parties of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which each other Party is a party, are, or will be, the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Seller or the Seller Equityholder, as applicable, and enforceable against the Seller or the Seller Equityholder, as applicable, in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium and other Laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) Laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable remedies.

 

5.3        Noncontravention .  Except as set forth on Schedule 5.3 attached to this Agreement, neither the execution and the delivery of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which the Seller is a party nor the consummation of the Transactions: (i) will violate any Law to which Seller is subject; (ii) will violate any provision of the articles of incorporation, bylaws, operating agreement, or other organizational documents of the Seller; (iii) will conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel, or require any notice or consent under any agreement, contract, lease, license, instrument or other arrangement to which the Seller is a party or by which any of the Purchased Assets is bound; or (iv) require the Seller to give any notice to, make any filing with, or obtain any authorization, consent or approval of any Government Entity in order for the Parties to consummate the Transactions, except to the extent any failure to so comply would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.4        Brokers’ Fees .  Except as set forth on Schedule 5.4 attached to this Agreement, no investment banker, broker, finder or financial intermediary has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of the Seller or any of their Affiliates, or is entitled to any brokerage fees, finder’s fees or commissions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Seller or any of its Affiliates, in connection with the Transactions.

 

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5.5        Title to Purchased Assets .  The Seller has good and marketable title to, or in the case of leased or licensed assets, valid leasehold interests or licenses to, the Purchased Assets owned, leased or licensed by it, free and clear of all valid Liens, except for the Liens set forth on Schedule 5.5 attached to this Agreement and the Permitted Liens.  At the Closing, the Seller will assign and convey to the Buyer title to the Purchased Assets free and clear of all valid Liens except the Permitted Liens an the Assumed Liabilities.

 

5.6        Employee Matters . To the Knowledge of the Seller, each Employee of the Seller  as of the Closing is an “at-will” Employee.

 

5.7        Full Disclosure .  To the Knowledge of the Seller, no representation or warranty by the Seller in this Agreement and no statement contained in the Seller’s Disclosure Schedules or any Transaction Document of the Seller furnished or to be furnished to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement contains any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading.

 

ARTICLE VI.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER

 

As of the Execution Date and as of the Closing Date, the Buyer represents and warrants to the Seller and the Seller Equityholder the following:

 

6.1        Organization .  The Buyer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware. Buyer has the requisite corporate power and authority to own, operate or lease the properties and assets now owned, operated or leased by it and to carry on the Business as currently conducted by the Seller.

 

6.2        Authorization of Transactions .  The Buyer has full entity power and entity authority to enter into and perform the Buyer’s obligations under this Agreement and all other Transaction Documents to which it is a party.  The Buyer’s governing body has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which the Buyer is a party.  This Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which the Buyer is a party have been, or upon execution thereof by the Buyer will be, duly executed and delivered by the Buyer and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other Parties of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which each other Party is a party, are, or will be, the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Buyer and enforceable against the Buyer in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium and other Laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) Laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable remedies.

 

6.3        Noncontravention .  Except as set forth on Schedule 6.3 attached to this Agreement, neither the execution and the delivery of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which the Buyer is a party nor the consummation of the Transactions: (i) will violate any Law to which the Buyer is subject; (ii) will violate any provision of the articles of organization, operating agreement, or other organizational documents of the Buyer; (iii) will

 

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conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel, or require any notice or consent under any agreement, contract, lease, license, instrument or other arrangement to which the Buyer is a party or by which any of its assets is bound; or (iv) require the Buyer to give any notice to, make any filing with, or obtain any authorization, consent or approval of any Government Entity in order for the Parties to consummate the Transactions.

 

6.4        Brokers’ Fees .  Except as set forth on Schedule 6.4 attached to this Agreement, no investment banker, broker, finder or financial intermediary has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of the Buyer or any of its Affiliates, or is entitled to any brokerage fees, finder’s fees or commissions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Buyer or any of its Affiliates, in connection with the Transactions.

 

ARTICLE VII.

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

 

7.1        Employee Matters .

 

(a)       Effective as of the Closing, the Seller agrees to terminate the employment of all of the Employees. The Buyer agrees to immediately employ certain Employees of its choosing on  terms and conditions to be determined in sole discretion of Buyer.

 

(b)       The Seller will pay, in the Ordinary Course of their business payroll practices, all obligations owed to Employees through the day prior to the Closing Date, including all salary, wage, bonus, paid time off, benefits, overtime, taxes, and other compensation or other amounts payable to or with respect to the Employees. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent that (i) any Employee is entitled to receive reimbursement payments for medical insurance from Seller or (ii) Seller is responsible for any payments in respect of any Employee under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA), Buyer agrees to assume such payments for Employees specifically set forth in Section 7.1(b) of the Disclosure Schedules; any Employees of Seller not included therein must be informed in writing prior to Closing that COBRA coverage will be available but shall be responsibility of the Employee to pay any and all premiums.

 

(c)       Nothing in this Section 7.1, whether express or implied, confers upon any Employee or any other Person any rights or remedies, including any right to employment or recall, or any right to claim any particular compensation, benefit or aggregation of benefits, of any kind or nature whatsoever.

 

7.2        Assignment of Contracts, Rights, Etc .  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement shall not constitute an agreement or attempted agreement to transfer, sublease or assign any Contract, or any Action or right with respect to any benefit arising thereunder or resulting therefrom, or any Permit, if an attempted transfer, sublease or assignment thereof, without the required consent of any other party thereto, would constitute a breach thereof or in any way affect the rights of the Buyer thereunder.  To the extent not obtained on or prior to the Closing Date, the Seller and the Buyer shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain the consent of any such third party to any of the foregoing to the transfer or

 

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assignment thereof to the Buyer in all cases in which such consent is required for such transfer or assignment.  If such consent is not obtained, then the asset for which such consent could not be obtained shall be deemed to be an Excluded Asset hereunder, and the Parties shall cooperate in any arrangements necessary or desirable to provide for the Buyer the benefits thereunder, including enforcement by the Seller for the benefit of Buyer of any and all rights of the Seller thereunder against the other party thereto and the accrual to the Buyer of all economic rights thereunder.

 

7.3        Publicity; Confidentiality .  No Party shall make any public disclosure concerning this Agreement, the Transactions, or the existence of and/or particulars of any negotiations related hereto, including the terms, conditions, consideration to be paid or other facts related to this Agreement, except to the extent that public disclosure is required by applicable Law or is otherwise made to a Government Entity, in which case, to the extent practicable, the Parties will use their reasonable best efforts to reach mutual agreement on disclosure language prior to making such disclosure.  Each Party will, and will cause its Representatives to, maintain in confidence all written information obtained in confidence from the other Parties in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions (the “ Confidential Information ”), unless the use or disclosure of such Confidential Information is reasonably necessary in connection with (a) obtaining any approval; (b) negotiations with the holders of the Seller’s debt and other obligations (and each of the foregoing party’s Representatives); (c) the negotiation of the terms of this Agreement or the Transactions; or (d) a valid court order.  Confidential Information shall not include information that is or becomes publicly known through no wrongful act of any Party.  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, any non-disclosure or confidentiality agreement previously executed by the Parties shall remain in full force and effect until the Closing.

 

7.4        Preservation and Access to Records After Closing .  After the Closing, the Seller and the Buyer shall each keep and preserve in their original form all records of the Business existing as of the Closing, and which constitute a part of the Excluded Assets or the Purchased Assets.  For purposes of this Agreement, the term “ records ” includes all documents, electronic data and other compilations of information in any form.  The Buyer will allow the Seller and their Representatives access to the records transferred to the Buyer at the Closing.

 

7.5        Cooperation on Tax Matters .  Following the Closing, the Parties shall reasonably cooperate with each other and shall make available to one another, as reasonably requested and at the expense of the requesting party, and to any taxing authority, any information which may be relevant to determining the amounts payable under this Agreement, and shall preserve all such information, records and documents (to the extent a part of the Purchased Assets delivered to the Buyer at the Closing) at least until the expiration of any applicable statute of limitations or extensions thereof.  The Seller shall be responsible for filing any and all Tax Returns and Tax documentation relating to the Business, Seller,  or the Seller’s operations.

 

7.6        Audit Cooperation .  The Seller and the Seller Equityholder agrees to cooperate reasonably and in good faith with the Buyer in connection with the audit of the Buyer’s financial statements after the Closing.  Without limiting the Seller’s and the Seller Equityholder’s obligations pursuant to the preceding sentence, in connection therewith, Seller and the Seller Equityholder shall make available to the Buyer any and all financial information within the

 

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control of such Seller or the Seller Equityholder, as applicable, to the extent germane to such audit.

 

7.7        Tax Effects .  None of the Parties (nor such Parties’ counsel or accountants) has made or is making any representations to any other Party (nor such Party’s counsel or accountants) concerning any of the Tax effects of the Transactions provided for in this Agreement as each Party represents that each has obtained, or may obtain, independent Tax advice with respect thereto and upon which it, if so obtained, has solely relied.

 

7.8        Misdirected Payments .  The Parties covenant and agree to promptly remit to the other Party any payments received, which payments are on or in respect of accounts or notes receivable owned by (or are otherwise payable to) such other Party.

 

7.9        Reporting Requirements Relating to Sale of Purchased Assets and Operation of Business .

 

(a)       Following the date hereof until Seller shall have been paid the entirety of the Purchase Price,  Buyer shall provide to Seller and Seller Equityholder bi-monthly reports on the 15 th and the last Business Day of each month, setting forth in reasonable detail all matters relating to the sale and disposition of the Purchased Assets by the Buyer during the preceding two week period.

 

(b)       Buyer shall at all times maintain a system of accounting capable of producing its individual and consolidated (if applicable) financial statements relating to the Business in compliance with GAAP (provided that monthly financial statements shall not be required to have footnote disclosure, are subject to normal year-end adjustments and need not be consolidated), and shall furnish to the Seller Equityholder or its authorized representatives such information regarding the business affairs, operations and financial condition of the Business may from time to time request or require.

 

(c)       No change with respect to the accounting principles shall be made by the Buyer without giving prior notification to Seller Equityholder. The Buyer represents and warrants to Seller Equityholder that the financial statements to be delivered at all times after the date hereof accurately reflect and will accurately reflect the financial condition of the Business in all material respects. Seller Equityholder shall have the right at all times during business hours to inspect the books and records of the Buyer relating to the Business and make extracts therefrom.

 

(d)       Buyer shall submit to Seller Equityholder true and correct copies of all bank statements received by the Buyer relating to the Business within five (5) days after the Buyer’s receipt thereof from its bank.

 

(e)       Promptly upon receipt thereof, Buyer shall provide to Seller Equityholder copies of interim and supplemental reports, if any, submitted to the Buyer relating to the Business by independent accountants in connection with any interim audit or review of the books of the Buyer.

 

7.10      Return of Security Deposit .  No later than March 31, 2019 Buyer shall reimburse Seller for the security deposit, consisting of $6,500, placed by Seller in relation to the Leased

 

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Property, less any costs or deductions noted by Landlord at time of Closing for damage or repair outside ordinary wear and tear.

 

7.11      As-Is Where-Is Sale; Seller’s and Seller Equityholder’s Disclaimers .  IT IS EXPRESSLY UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED BY THE BUYER THAT, EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER AND THE SELLER EQUITYHOLDER SET FORTH IN ARTICLE V OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE PURCHASED ASSETS ARE BEING SOLD BY THE SELLER AND PURCHASED BY THE BUYER IN THEIR THEN PRESENT CONDITION AT THE CLOSING “AS IS” AND “WHERE IS”, “WITHOUT RECOURSE”, AND WITH ALL FAULTS AND DEFECTS, LATENT OR OTHERWISE, AND THAT THE SELLER AND THE SELLER EQUITYHOLDER ARE MAKING NO ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES TO THE BUYER OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, BY OPERATION OF LAW OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING AS TO (A) THE VALUE, NATURE, LOCATION QUALITY, OR CONDITION OF THE PURCHASED ASSETS, INCLUDING THE WATER, SOIL, AND GEOLOGY AS TO THE LEASED REAL PROPERTY; (B) THE INCOME TO BE DERIVED FROM THE BUSINESS OR THE PURCHASED ASSETS OR THE OPERATIONS OR RESULTS OF OPERATIONS OR ECONOMIC FORECASTS OR PROJECTIONS CONCERNING EARNINGS OR PROFITS; (C) THE SUITABILITY OF THE PURCHASED ASSETS FOR ANY AND ALL ACTIVITIES AND USES THAT THE BUYER MAY CONDUCT AT THE LEASED REAL PROPERTY; (D) THE COMPLIANCE OF OR BY THE PURCHASED ASSETS OR THE BUSINESS WITH ANY LAWS, RULES, ORDINANCES, OR REGULATIONS OF ANY APPLICABLE GOVERNMENT ENTITY; (E) THE HABITABILITY, SUITABILITY, MERCHANTABILITY, MARKETABILITY, PROFITABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR ANY PURPOSE OF THE PURCHASED ASSETS OR THE LEASED REAL PROPERTY; (F) THE MANNER OR QUALITY OF THE CONSTRUCTION OR MATERIALS, IF ANY, INCORPORATED INTO THE PURCHASED ASSETS OR THE LEASED REAL PROPERTY; (G) THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF THE PURCHASED ASSETS OR THE LEASED REAL PROPERTY OR THE MANNER, QUALITY, STATE OF REPAIR, OR LACK OF REPAIR OF THE PURCHASED ASSETS OR THE LEASED REAL PROPERTY; (H) COMPLIANCE WITH ANY ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS OR LAND USE LAWS, RULES, REGULATIONS, ORDERS, OR REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING THE EXISTENCE IN OR ON THE OWNED REAL PROPERTY OR THE LEASED REAL PROPERTY OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; (I) THE ENFORCEABILITY OF ANY ASSUMED CONTRACT OR RIGHT ASSIGNED HEREUNDER; OR (J) ANY OTHER MATTER WITH RESPECT TO THE PURCHASED ASSETS OR THE LEASED REAL PROPERTY.  THE BUYER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT, EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER AND THE SELLER EQUITYHOLDER SET FORTH IN ARTICLE V OF THIS AGREEMENT, IT IS FULLY RELYING ON THE BUYER’S (OR THE BUYER’S REPRESENTATIVES’) INSPECTIONS OF THE PURCHASED ASSETS AND THE LEASED REAL PROPERTY AND NOT UPON ANY STATEMENT (ORAL OR WRITTEN) WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN MADE OR MAY BE MADE (OR PURPORTEDLY MADE) BY THE SELLER OR THE SELLER EQUITYHOLDER OR ANY OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.  THE BUYER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE BUYER HAS (OR THE BUYER’S REPRESENTATIVES HAVE) THOROUGHLY INSPECTED AND EXAMINED THE PURCHASED ASSETS AND THE LEASED REAL PROPERTY TO THE EXTENT DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE

 

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BUYER IN ORDER TO ENABLE THE BUYER TO EVALUATE THE CONDITION OF THE PURCHASED ASSETS AND THE LEASED REAL PROPERTY AND ALL OTHER ASPECTS OF THE PURCHASED ASSETS OR THE LEASED REAL PROPERTY, AND THE BUYER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT, EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER AND THE SELLER EQUITYHOLDER SET FORTH IN ARTICLE V OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE BUYER IS RELYING SOLELY UPON ITS OWN (OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES’) INSPECTION, EXAMINATION AND EVALUATION OF THE PURCHASED ASSETS OR THE LEASED REAL PROPERTY AND THEIR CONDITION.  THE BUYER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY CONDITION OF THE PURCHASED ASSETS OR THE LEASED REAL PROPERTY THAT THE BUYER DISCOVERS OR DESIRES TO CORRECT OR IMPROVE PRIOR TO OR AFTER THE CLOSING SHALL BE AT THE BUYER’S SOLE EXPENSE.

 

THE BUYER HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE SELLER WOULD NOT AGREE TO SELL THE PURCHASED ASSETS ON THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT ARE SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT IF THE BUYER DID NOT AGREE TO EACH AND EVERY PROVISION IN THIS SECTION 7.11 .

 

THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 7.11 SHALL SURVIVE THE EXPIRATION OR THE TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE CLOSING (AS APPLICABLE).

 

7.12       Waiver of Compliance with Bulk Sales Law . Buyer waives compliance with the provisions of Article 6 of the California Uniform Commercial Code relating to bulk sale in connection with this sale of assets, subject to the indemnities of Selling Parties contained in this Agreement. Nothing in this paragraph will stop or prevent Buyer from asserting as a bar or defense to any proceeding brought under the bulk sale law that such law does not apply to the sale contemplated under this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE VIII.

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

8.1        Conditions to the Obligations of the Buyer .  The obligations of the Buyer to effect the Transactions are subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions, unless waived in writing by the Buyer:

 

(a)       except for those representations and warranties which are made as of a particular date, the representations and warranties of the Seller and the Seller Equityholder set forth in Article V of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Execution Date and as of the Closing Date as if made at and as of the Closing Date (except with respect to those representations and warranties which are qualified as to materiality, which shall be true and correct in all respects as of the Closing Date).  The representations and warranties of the Seller and the Seller Equityholder set forth in Article V of this Agreement which are made as of a particular date shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such specific date;

 

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(b)       each of the Seller and the Seller Equityholder shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing;

 

(c)       the Seller and the Seller Equityholder shall have executed, as applicable, and delivered to the Buyer all of the documents and other items required to be delivered by them at the Closing pursuant to Section 4.2(a) and Section 4.2(b) of this Agreement;

 

(d)       no Action shall be pending or threatened before any Government Entity that seeks to or does, and no Law shall be in effect that will, prevent consummation of any of the Transactions;

 

(e)       the Buyer shall have been assigned (or shall have received assurances reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer that it will be assigned) the Property Leases; and

 

(f)       no portion of the Leased Real Property shall have been (i) destroyed by fire, windstorm or other casualty or (ii) condemned or sold under threat of condemnation, or be the subject of a condemnation proceeding.

 

8.2        Conditions to the Obligations of the Seller and the Seller Equityholder .  The obligations of the Seller and the Seller Equityholder to effect the Transactions are subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions, unless waived in writing by the Seller Equityholder:

 

(a)       except for those representations and warranties which are made as of a particular date, the representations and warranties of the Buyer set forth in Article VI of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Execution Date and as of the Closing Date as if made at and as of the Closing Date (except with respect to those representations and warranties which are qualified as to materiality, which shall be true and correct in all respects as of the Closing Date).  The representations and warranties of the Buyer set forth in Article VI of this Agreement which are made as of a particular date shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such specific date;

 

(b)       the Buyer shall have performed in all material respects all obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing;

 

(c)       the Buyer shall have executed, as applicable, and delivered to the Seller and the Seller Equityholder all of the documents and other items required to be delivered by the Buyer at the Closing pursuant to Sections 4.2(b) of this Agreement; and

 

(d)       no Action shall be pending or threatened before any Government Entity that seeks to or does, and no Law shall be in effect that will, prevent consummation of any of the Transactions.

 

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ARTICLE IX.

INDEMNIFICATION

 

9.1       The Seller and Seller Equityholder, jointly and severally, indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Buyer, and any of its affiliates, officers, directors, shareholders, partners, members, employees, agents, servants, counsel, representatives, participants, successors, or assigns (collectively the “ Buyer Indemnitees ”) from and against any losses, liabilities, damages, deficiencies, costs, or expenses, including, without limitation, interest, penalties, court costs, and reasonable attorney’s fees, based upon, arising out of, or otherwise related to this Agreement and any facts and circumstances in connection with the foregoing, including but not limited to any claims arising from the Seller or Seller Equityholder’s breach of any obligations under this Agreement (“ Buyer Claims ”); provided that no such Buyer Claims shall have been the result of the gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct of any Buyer Indemnitee.  

 

9.2       The Buyer, jointly and severally, indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Seller, the Seller Equityholder, and any of their respective affiliates, officers, directors, shareholders, partners, members, employees, agents, servants, counsel, representatives, participants, successors, or assigns (collectively the “ Seller Indemnitees ”) from and against any losses, liabilities, damages, deficiencies, costs, or expenses, including, without limitation, interest, penalties, court costs, and reasonable attorney's fees, based upon, arising out of, or otherwise related to this Agreement and any facts and circumstances in connection with the foregoing, including but not limited to any claims arising from the Buyer’s breach of any obligations under this Agreement (“ Seller Claims ”); provided that no such Seller Claims shall have been the result of the gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct of any Seller Indemnitee.

 

ARTICLE X.

TERMINATION AND SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE

 

10.1      Events of Termination .  This Agreement may be terminated and the Transactions contemplated hereby may be abandoned at any time prior to the Closing by mutual written consent of the Parties.

 

10.2      Effect of Termination .  In the event that this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 10.1 , all further obligations of the Parties under this Agreement shall terminate without further Liability of any Party to any other Party hereunder except for those provisions that expressly survive the termination of this Agreement; provided , however , that no Party shall be released from Liability hereunder, subject to the express provisions of this Agreement, if this Agreement is terminated and the Transactions abandoned by reason of (i) the failure of such Party to have performed its obligations hereunder, or (ii) any knowing misrepresentation made by such Party of any matter set forth herein.

 

10.3      Specific Performance .  Each of the Parties acknowledges and agrees that the other Party would be damaged irreparably in the event any of the provisions of this Agreement are not performed in accordance with their specific terms or otherwise are breached; it is and will continue to be difficult to ascertain the nature, scope and extent of such harm; and a remedy at law for such failure or breach will be inadequate.  Accordingly, each of the Parties agrees that the other Party is entitled to specific enforcement and/or an injunction (including a temporary

 

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restraining order, preliminary injunction and/or or permanent injunctive relief) to prevent breaches of the provisions of this Agreement and to enforce specifically this Agreement in any action instituted in any court of the United States or any state having jurisdiction over the Parties and the matter in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled, at law or in equity.

 

ARTICLE XI.

MISCELLANEOUS

 

11.1      Further Assurances .  Each of the Parties hereby covenants that, from time to time after the Closing Date, at any other Party’s request and without further consideration, it will do, execute, acknowledge and deliver, or cause to be done, executed, acknowledged and delivered, all such further acts, conveyances, transfers, assignments, powers of attorney and assurances as reasonably may be required more effectively to convey, transfer to and vest in the Buyer, and to put the Buyer in possession of, any of the Purchased Assets transferred or assigned hereunder and otherwise to carry out the purposes of this Agreement; provided , however , that, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, no Party shall be required to make any material monetary expenditures, commence or participate in any Action before any Government Entity, or offer or grant any material accommodation (financial or otherwise) to any Person in connection with the obligations described in this Section 11.1 .

 

11.2      Legal Fees and Costs .

 

(a)       Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Party hereto shall bear and be responsible for any and all fees, costs and expenses incurred by such Party (including all fees and expenses of its Representatives) in connection with the negotiation and consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including any and all agreements entered into before and contemporaneous with this Agreement.

 

(b)       In the event a Party elects to incur legal expenses to enforce or interpret any provision of this Agreement by judicial proceedings, the prevailing Party will be entitled to recover such legal expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs, and necessary disbursements at all court levels, in addition to any other relief to which such Party shall be entitled to hereunder.

 

11.3      Governing Law .  The Parties agree that this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Nevada without regard to conflict of Laws principles.

 

11.4      Binding Effect; Assignment .  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.  No Party may assign this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Parties, except that the Buyer may assign all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to an Affiliate of the Buyer.

 

11.5      Waiver of Breach .  The waiver by any Party of a breach or violation of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate as, or be construed to constitute, a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or any other provision hereof.  This Agreement may only be amended, or rights hereunder waived, by agreement in writing by the Party to be charged.

 

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11.6      Notice .  Any notice, request, demand, waiver, consent, approval, or other communication (collectively, a “ Communication ”) that is required or permitted to be given to any Party under this Agreement will be valid only if it is in writing (whether or not this Agreement expressly provides for it to be in writing) and given to that Party by electronic mail transmission, facsimile transmission, hand delivery, overnight mail, or first-class, postage prepaid, United States mail at the mailing address or electronic mail address or facsimile number set forth below or to any other mailing address or electronic mail address or facsimile number as a Party designates by written notice given in the manner provided in this Section 11.6 :

 

 

(a)

If to the Seller:

 

 

 

 

 

Go Green Hydroponics, Inc.

 

 

c/o TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP

 

 

3960 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 500

 

 

Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

 

 

Attention: ____________________

 

 

Facsimile No.: ____________________

 

 

Email: ____________________ Attention:

 

 

Email:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

If to the Seller Equityholder:

 

 

 

 

 

TCA – Go Green SPV, LLC

 

 

c/o TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP

 

 

3960 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 500

 

 

Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

 

 

Attention: Gregory Felix

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

If to the Buyer:

 

 

 

 

 

Grow Life, Inc.

 

 

5400 Carillon Point

 

 

Kirkland, WA 98033

 

 

Attention: Marco Hegyi

 

 

 

 

 

Email: mhegyi@growlifeinc.com

 

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With a copy to:

 

 

 

 

 

Horwitz + ArmstrongAttention: Jessica Lockett

 

 

14 Orchard Suite 200

 

 

Lake Forest CA 92630

 

 

Facsimile No.: (949) 540-6578

 

 

Email: jlockett@horwitzarmstrong.com

 

A Communication under this Agreement will be effective and deemed to have been given (i) one (1) Business Day after being sent by hand delivery, electronic mail transmission, facsimile transmission or overnight mail, with confirmation of receipt, or (ii) five (5) Business Days following the date mailed when mailed by first-class, postage prepaid, United States mail. Each Party promptly shall notify the other Party of any change in its mailing address, electronic mail address, or facsimile number for Communications.  The delivery to a Party’s legal counsel of a copy of a Communication will not constitute delivery of the Communication to the Party, unless so confirmed in writing by the Party’s counsel.

 

11.7      Severability .  In the event any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason and in any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall in no event affect, prejudice, or disturb the validity of the remainder of this Agreement, which shall be and remain in full force and effect, enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

11.8      Gender and Number .  Whenever the context of this Agreement requires, the gender of all words herein shall include the masculine, feminine, and neuter, and the number of all words herein shall include the singular and plural.

 

11.9      Divisions and Headings .  The divisions of this Agreement into sections and subsections and the use of captions and headings in connection therewith are solely for convenience and shall have no legal effect in construing the provisions of this Agreement.

 

11.10    Third-Party Beneficiaries .  Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the terms and provisions of this Agreement are intended solely for the benefit of the Parties and their respective permitted successors or assigns, and it is not the intention of the Parties to confer, and this Agreement shall not confer, third-party beneficiary rights upon any other Person.

 

11.11    Force Majeure .  Whenever a period of time is prescribed herein for action to be taken by a Party, such Party shall not be liable or responsible for, and there shall be excluded from the computation for any period of time, any delays due to strikes, riots, acts of God, shortages of labor or materials, war, Laws or any other cause of any kind whatsoever which is beyond the reasonable control of such Party.

 

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11.12    Entire Agreement; Amendment .  This Agreement (together with all Schedules and Exhibits attached hereto and certificates and documents to be delivered in connection herewith) supersedes all previous Contracts or understandings, including any offers, letters of intent, proposals or letters of understanding, and constitutes the entire agreement of whatsoever kind or nature existing between or among the Parties respecting the within subject matter, and no Party shall be entitled to benefits other than those specified herein.  As between or among the Parties, no oral statements or prior written material not specifically incorporated herein shall be of any force and effect.  The Parties specifically acknowledge that in entering into and executing this Agreement, the Parties rely solely upon the representations and agreements contained in this Agreement and any certificates and other documents being executed and delivered in connection herewith.  No changes in or amendments or additions to this Agreement shall be recognized unless and until made in writing and signed by all Parties hereto.  The Schedules and Exhibits hereto constitute an integral and material part of this Agreement, are incorporated herein by reference, and shall be considered part of this Agreement for all purposes.

 

11.13    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL .  THE BUYER, THE SELLER AND THE SELLER EQUITYHOLDER, AFTER CONSULTING OR HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL, EACH KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES, IRREVOCABLY, THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER, OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT EXECUTED OR CONTEMPLATED TO BE EXECUTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT OR COURSE OF DEALING IN WHICH THE BUYER AND THE SELLER AND/OR THE SELLER EQUITYHOLDER ARE ADVERSE PARTIES.  THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE BUYER ACQUIRING THE PURCHASED ASSETS.

 

11.14    MANDATORY FORUM SELECTION .  TO INDUCE THE BUYER TO PURCHASE THE PURCHASED ASSETS, THE SELLER AND THE SELLER EQUITYHOLDER IRREVOCABLY AGREE THAT ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER, RELATING TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, THIS AGREEMENT OR RELATED TO ANY MATTER WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF OR INCIDENTAL TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT EXECUTED OR CONTEMPLATED TO BE EXECUTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT (WHETHER OR NOT SUCH CLAIM IS BASED UPON BREACH OF CONTRACT OR TORT) SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF THE STATE AND/OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA; PROVIDED , HOWEVER , THE BUYER MAY, AT THE BUYER’S SOLE OPTION, ELECT TO BRING ANY ACTION IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.  THIS PROVISION IS INTENDED TO BE A “MANDATORY” FORUM SELECTION CLAUSE AND GOVERNED BY AND INTERPRETED CONSISTENT WITH FLORIDA LAW.  SELLER AND THE SELLER EQUITYHOLDER HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT HAVING ITS SITUS IN SAID COUNTY, AND WAIVES ANY OBJECTION BASED ON FORUM NON CONVENIENS.  SELLER AND THE SELLER EQUITYHOLDER HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS AND CONSENTS THAT ALL SUCH SERVICE OF PROCESS

 

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MAY BE MADE BY CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, DIRECTED TO SUCH PARY OR PARTIES AS SET FORTH HEREIN IN THE MANNER PROVIDED BY APPLICABLE STATUTE, LAW, RULE OF COURT OR OTHERWISE.

 

11.15    Execution in Counterparts .  For the convenience of the Parties, this Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same document.  Signature and acknowledgement pages may be detached from the counterparts and attached to a single copy of this Agreement to physically form one document.  Facsimile or email transmissions of any executed original and/or retransmission of any executed facsimile or email transmission shall be deemed to be the same as the delivery of an executed original.  At the request of any Party hereto, the other Parties hereto shall confirm facsimile or email transmissions by executing duplicate original documents and delivering the same to the requesting Party or Parties.

 

11.16    No Strict Construction .  The Parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents.  Accordingly, in the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement and the Transaction Documents shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any Party hereto by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents.

 

11.17    Recitals .  The Parties agree that the Recitals set forth above are true and correct in all respects.

 

[Signatures on Following Pages]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed and delivered as of the date and year first above written by a duly authorized officer or representative of each Party hereto or in an individual capacity, as the case may be.

 

 

SELLER:

 

 

 

Witnesses:

GO GREEN HYDROPONICS, INC.

 

 

 

/s/ Alexander Lewis

By:

/s/ Gregory Felix

Print Name: Alexander Lewis

Name:

Gregory Felix

 

Title:

CEO

/s/ Nelson Ramus

 

 

Print Name Nelson Ramus

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELLER EQUITYHOLDER:

 

 

 

 

TCA – GO GREEN SPV, LLC

 

 

 

/s/ Alexander Lewis

By:

/s/ Gregory Felix

Print Name: Alexander Lewis

Name:

Gregory Felix

 

Title:

CEO

/s/ Nelson Ramus

 

 

Print Name: Nelson Ramus

 

 

 

 

[ Signature Page to Asset Purchase Agreement ]

 

 



 

BUYER:

 

 

 

 

GROW LIFE, INC.

 

 

 

/s/ Mark Scott

 

 

Print Name: Mark Scott

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Marco Hegyi

/s/ William Scott

Name:

Marco Hegyi

Print Name: William Scott

Title:

CEO

 

 

[ Signature Page to Asset Purchase Agreement ]

 

 



SCHEDULE 2.1(a)

 

PURCHASED ASSETS

 

 

See Exhibit 2.1 (a) for inventory, not provided

 

Non Inventory, Fixed Assets as of August 17, 2018

 

Fridge

Money Counter

3 computers

C02 storage cage

2 large cages for tray storage

Pallet jack

16-20 Warehouse shelves

2 televisions

Cash drawer

Quickbooks POS Software

Quickbooks Financial Software

POS barcode scanner

Sebra label printer

10-12 Display lighting fixtures

2 display cases with lighting

Desk

Book Shelf

Food Pantry Cabinet

2 folding chairs

Folding table

10-12 shelves for nutrient display

Security alarm system

Street signage, Large with lighting

Cactus Garden

Security gate for front door

Warehouse ladder

Regular ladder

 



SCHEDULE 2.1(d)

 

ASSUMED CONTRACTS

 

All contracts for the provision of utilities and other services relating to the Leased property.

 

Gas – SoCal Gas #06751156560

 

Water and power – Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) #9206390000

 

Telephone – AT&T #030-601-6261,001

 

Water cooler – Ready Refresh 0033231044

 

Internet – AT&T U-Verse 129816776

 

Waste disposal – Waste Management #19-04103-33002

 

Credit card processing – Merchant Services 5436-8455-5792-3793

 

Security – ADT 402353403

 

Any other similar contracts.

 



SCHEDULE 2.1(f)

 

PERMITS

 

N/A

 

 



SCHEDULE 3.1(b)

 

ASSUMED LIABILITIES

 

Any Employee related liabilities arising as a result of the termination of Sellers Employees who were employed by Seller at or with 7 days prior to the Closing, except those which are specifically related to the fact that an Employee was not in fact at-will employee at the time of termination or pre-Closing acts or omissions of Seller.

 



SCHEDULE 5.3

 

NON-CONTRAVENTION EXCEPTIONS

 

None

 

 



SCHEDULE 5.4

 

SELLER BROKER’S FEE EXCEPTIONS

 

None.

 

 



SCHEDULE 5.5

 

TITLE EXCEPTIONS

 

None.

 

 



SCHEDULE 6.4

 

BUYER BROKER’S FEE EXCEPTIONS

 

None.

 

 



SCHEDULE 7.1(b)

 

LIST OF EMPLOYEES FOR COBRA COVERAGE

 

There is one employee whose personal insurance premiums we pay in part. The policy is in his personal name.

 

 



EXHIBIT A

 

BILL OF SALE

 

This Bill of Sale (this “ Bill of Sale ”) is made in relation to that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 17, 2018 (the “ Agreement ”), by and between Go Green Hydroponics, Inc. (the “ Seller ”), and Growlife, Inc. (the “ Buyer ”), and TCA – Go Green SPV, LLC.

 

1.         In consideration of the agreements provided in the Agreement and other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the  hereby assigns, transfers, conveys and delivers, or causes to be assigned, transferred, conveyed and delivered to Buyer, its successors and assigns, forever the Seller’s whole rights, title to, and interest in and to the assets set forth on Exhibit A hereto (the “ Assets ”).

 

2.         Nothing in this Bill of Sale, express or implied, is intended or shall be construed to confer upon, or give to, any person, corporation or other entity, other than the parties to this Bill of Sale, any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities.

 

3.         This Bill of Sale shall bind and inure to the Seller and the Buyer and their respective successors and assigns.

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller has duly executed this Bill of Sale as of August 17, 2018.

 

 

GO GREEN HYDROPONICS, INC.

 

 

By:  /s/ Gregory Felix

Name: Gregory Felix

Title: CEO

 



EXHIBIT A

 

None

 

 



Exhibit 10.2

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

This SECURITY AGREEMENT (the “ Security Agreement ”) dated and made effective as of August 17, 2018, is executed by Growlife, Inc. , a Delaware corporation (the “ Debtor ”), with its chief executive offices located at 5400 Carrilon Point, Kirkland WA 98033, and Go Green Hydroponics, Inc. ,  (“ Go Green ”) and TCA – Go Green SPV, LLC (“ TCA , and together with Go Green, the “ Secured Party ”).

 

R E C I T A L S :

 

WHEREAS, Debtor desires to purchase certain assets from Go Green pursuant to that certain Asset Purchase Agreement of even date herewith among Debtor and the Secured Party (as amended, renewed, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “ Purchase Agreement ”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the undertakings of the Secured Party to the Debtor under the Purchase Agreement and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Debtor and Secured Party hereby agree as follows:

 

A G R E E M E N T S:

 

1          DEFINITIONS.

 

1.1             Defined Terms .  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Security Agreement (including the Recitals) shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Purchase Agreement.  For the purposes of this Security Agreement, the following capitalized words and phrases shall have the meanings set forth below.

 

(a)       “ Capital Securities ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) of such Person’s capital, whether now outstanding or issued or acquired after the date hereof, including common shares, preferred shares, membership interests in a limited liability company, limited or general partnership interests in a partnership or any other equivalent of such ownership interest.

 

(b)       “ Collateral ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 hereof.

 

(c)       “ Obligor ” shall mean Debtor, or any other party liable with respect to the Obligations.

 

(d)       “ Obligations ” shall mean all obligations or liabilities of any kind of Debtor to Secured Party under the Purchase Agreement.

 

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(e)       “ Organizational Identification Number ” means, with respect to Debtor, the organizational identification number assigned to Debtor by the applicable governmental unit or agency of the jurisdiction of organization of Debtor, if any.

 

(f)       “ Taxes ” shall mean any and all present and future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, charges or withholdings, and any and all liabilities (including interest and penalties and other additions to taxes) with respect to the foregoing.

 

1.2             Other Terms Defined in UCC .  All other capitalized words and phrases used herein and not otherwise specifically defined herein or in the Purchase Agreement shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the UCC, to the extent the same are used or defined therein.

 

1.3             Other Interpretive Provisions .

 

(a)       The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.  Whenever the context so requires, the neutral gender includes the masculine and feminine, the single number includes the plural, and vice versa, and in particular the word “Debtor” shall be so construed.

 

(b)       Section and Schedule references are to this Security Agreement unless otherwise specified.  The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Security Agreement shall refer to this Security Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Security Agreement

 

(c)       The term “including” (or words of similar import) is not limiting, and means “including, without limitation”.

 

(d)       In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”; the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”, and the word “through” means “to and including”.

 

(e)       Unless otherwise expressly provided herein: (i) references to agreements  and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent such amendments, restatements, supplements and other modifications are not prohibited by the terms of this Security Agreement or the Purchase Agreement; and (ii) references to any statute or regulation shall be construed as including all statutory and regulatory provisions amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such statute or regulation.

 

(f)       To the extent any of the provisions of the Purchase Agreement are inconsistent with the terms of this Security Agreement, the provisions of this Security Agreement shall govern.

 

(g)       This Security Agreement and the Purchase Agreement may use several different limitations, tests or measurements to regulate the same or similar matters.  All such

 

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limitations, tests and measurements are cumulative and each shall be performed in accordance with its terms.

 

2          SECURITY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS.

 

2.1             Security for Obligations .  As security for the payment and performance of the Obligations, Debtor does hereby pledge, assign, transfer, deliver and grant to Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, a continuing and unconditional first priority security interest in and to any and all property of Debtor, of any kind or description, tangible or intangible, wheresoever located and whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired, including the following (all of which property for Debtor, along with the products and proceeds therefrom, are individually and collectively referred to as the “ Collateral ”):

 

(a)       all property of, or for the account of, Debtor now or hereafter coming into the possession, control or custody of, or in transit to, Secured Party or any agent or bailee for Secured Party or any parent, affiliate or subsidiary of Secured Party or any participant with Secured Party in the Obligations (whether for safekeeping, deposit, collection, custody, pledge, transmission or otherwise), including all cash, earnings, dividends, interest, or other rights in connection therewith and the products and proceeds therefrom, including the proceeds of insurance thereon; and

 

(b)       the additional property of Debtor, whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired, and wherever now or hereafter located, together with all additions and accessions thereto, substitutions, betterments and replacements therefor, products and Proceeds therefrom, and all of Debtor’s books and records and recorded data relating thereto (regardless of the medium of recording or storage), together with all of Debtor’s right, title and interest in and to all computer software required to utilize, create, maintain and process any such records or data on electronic media, identified and set forth as follows:

 

(i)        All Accounts and all goods whose sale, lease or other disposition by Debtor has given rise to Accounts and have been returned to, or repossessed or stopped in transit by, Debtor, or rejected or refused by a Customer;

 

(ii)       All Inventory, including raw materials, work-in-process and finished goods;

 

(iii)      All goods (other than Inventory), including embedded software, Equipment, vehicles, furniture and Fixtures;

 

(iv)      All Software and computer programs;

 

(v)       All Securities, Investment Property, Financial Assets and Deposit Accounts, and all funds at any time deposited therewith, and all funds and amounts reserved or held back by any Payment Processing Companies;

 

(vi)      All As-Extracted Collateral, Commodity Accounts, Commodity Contracts, and Farm Products;

 

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(vii)     All Chattel Paper, Electronic Chattel Paper, Instruments, Documents, Letter of Credit Rights, all proceeds of letters of credit, Health-Care-Insurance Receivables, Supporting Obligations, notes secured by real estate, Commercial Tort Claims and General Intangibles, including Payment Intangibles; and

 

(viii)    All real estate property owned by Debtor and the interest of Debtor in fixtures related to such real property;

 

(ix)      All Proceeds (whether Cash Proceeds or Non-cash Proceeds) of the foregoing property, including all insurance policies and proceeds of insurance payable by reason of loss or damage to the foregoing property, including unearned premiums, and of eminent domain or condemnation awards.

 

2.2            Possession and Transfer of Collateral .  Until an default of the Buyer has occurred under the Purchase Agreement, but subject to Secured Party’s rights under the Purchase Agreement, Debtor shall be entitled to possession and use of the Collateral (other than Instruments or Documents (including Tangible Chattel Paper and Investment Property consisting of certificated securities) and other Collateral required to be delivered to Secured Party pursuant to this Section 2 ).  The cancellation or surrender of any promissory note evidencing an Obligation, upon payment or otherwise, shall not affect the right of Secured Party to retain the Collateral for any other of the Obligations, except upon payment in full of the Obligations.  Debtor shall not sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise), license, lease or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to any of the Collateral, except as permitted pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

 

2.3            Financing Statements .  Debtor authorizes Secured Party to prepare and file such financing statements, amendments and other documents and do such acts as Secured Party deems necessary in order to establish and maintain valid, attached and perfected, first priority security interests in the Collateral in favor of Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, free and clear of all Liens and claims and rights of third parties whatsoever, except Permitted Liens.  Debtor hereby irrevocably authorizes Secured Party at any time, and from time to time, to file in any jurisdiction any initial financing statements and amendments thereto that: (a) indicate the Collateral: (i) is comprised of all assets of Debtor (or words of similar effect), regardless of whether any particular asset comprising a part of the Collateral falls within the scope of Article 9 of the UCC of the jurisdiction wherein such financing statement or amendment is filed; or (ii) as being of an equal or lesser scope or within greater detail as the grant of the security interest set forth herein; and (b) contain any other information required by Section 5 of Article 9 of the UCC of the jurisdiction wherein such financing statement or amendment is filed regarding the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement or amendment, including: (A) whether Debtor is an organization, the type of organization and any Organizational Identification Number issued to Debtor; and (B) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or indicating Collateral as as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, a sufficient description of the real property to which the Collateral relates.  Debtor agrees to furnish any such information to Secured Party promptly upon request.  In addition, Debtor shall make appropriate entries on its books and records disclosing the security interests of

 

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Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, in the Collateral.  Debtor hereby agrees that a photogenic or other reproduction of this Security Agreement is sufficient for filing as a financing statement and Debtor authorizes Secured Party to file this Security Agreement as a financing statement in any jurisdiction.

 

2.4            Preservation of the Collateral .  Secured Party may, but is not required to, take such actions from time to time as Secured Party deems appropriate to maintain or protect the Collateral. Secured Party shall have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral if Secured Party takes such action as Debtor shall reasonably request in writing which is not inconsistent with Secured Party’s status as a secured party, but the failure of Secured Party to comply with any such request shall not be deemed a failure to exercise reasonable care; provided , however , Secured Party’s responsibility for the safekeeping of the Collateral shall: (i) be deemed reasonable if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which Secured Party accords its own property; and (ii) not extend to matters beyond the control of Secured Party, including acts of God, war, insurrection, riot or governmental actions.  In addition, any failure of Secured Party to preserve or protect any rights with respect to the Collateral against prior or third parties, or to do any act with respect to preservation of the Collateral, not so requested by Debtor, shall not be deemed a failure to exercise reasonable care in the custody or preservation of the Collateral.  Debtor shall have the sole responsibility for taking such action as may be necessary, from time to time, to preserve all rights of Debtor and Secured Party in the applicable Collateral against prior or third parties.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, where Collateral consists, in whole or in part, of Capital Securities, Debtor represents to, and covenants with, Secured Party that Debtor has made arrangements for keeping informed of changes or potential changes affecting the Capital Securities (including rights to convert or subscribe, payment of dividends, reorganization or other exchanges, tender offers and voting rights), and Debtor agrees that Secured Party shall have no responsibility or liability for informing Debtor of any such or other changes or potential changes or for taking any action or omitting to take any action with respect thereto.

 

2.5            Other Actions as to any and all Collateral .  Debtor further agrees to take any other action reasonably requested by Secured Party to ensure the attachment, perfection and first priority of, and the ability of Secured Party to enforce, the security interest of Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, in any and all of the Collateral, including: (i) causing Secured Party’s name to be noted as secured party on any certificate of title for a titled good if such notation is a condition to attachment, perfection or priority of, or ability of the bank to enforce, the security interest of Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, in such Collateral; (ii) complying with any provision of any statute, regulation or treaty of the United States as to any material portion of the Collateral as soon as possible but not more than forty-five (45) days after such request if compliance with such provision is a condition to attachment, perfection or priority of, or ability of Secured Party to enforce, the security interest of Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, in such Collateral; (iii) obtaining governmental and other third party consents and approvals, including, without limitation, any consent of any licensor, lessor or other Person with authority or control over or an interest in any material portion of the Collateral as soon as possible but not more than forty-five (45) days after such request;

 

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(iv) obtaining waivers from mortgagees and landlords in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Secured Party which affect any material portion of the Collateral as soon as possible but not more than forty-five (45) days after such request; and (v) taking all actions required by the UCC in effect from time to time or by other law, as applicable in any relevant UCC jurisdiction, or by other law as applicable in any foreign jurisdiction.  Debtor further agrees to indemnify and hold Secured Party harmless against claims of any Persons not a party to this Security Agreement concerning disputes arising over the Collateral, except to the extent resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Secured Party or its Affiliates.

 

2.6            Collateral in the Possession of a Warehouseman or Bailee .  If any material portion of the Collateral at any time is in the possession of a warehouseman or bailee, Debtor shall promptly notify Secured Party thereof, and, as soon as possible, but not more than forty-five (45) days later, shall obtain a Collateral Access Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Secured Party from such warehouseman or bailee.

 

2.7            Letter-of-Credit Rights .  If Debtor at any time is a beneficiary under a letter of credit now or hereafter issued in favor of Debtor, Debtor shall promptly notify Secured Party thereof and, at the request and option of Secured Party, Debtor shall, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Secured Party, either: (i) arrange for the issuer and any confirmer of such letter of credit to consent to an assignment to Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, of the proceeds of any drawing under the letter of credit; or (ii) arrange for Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, to become the transferee beneficiary of the letter of credit, with Secured Party agreeing, in each case, that the proceeds of any drawing under the letter to credit are to be applied as provided in the Purchase Agreement.

 

2.8            Commercial Tort Claims .  If Debtor shall at any time hold or acquire a Commercial Tort Claim, Debtor shall promptly notify Secured Party in writing signed by Debtor of the details thereof and grant to Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, in such written notice or other written instrument, a security interest therein and in the proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Security Agreement, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Secured Party, and shall execute any amendments hereto deemed reasonably necessary by Secured Party to perfect the security interest of Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, in such Commercial Tort Claim.

 

2.9            Electronic Chattel Paper and Transferable Records .  If Debtor at any time holds or acquires an interest in any electronic chattel paper or any “transferable record”, as that term is defined in Section 201 of the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, or in Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction, Debtor shall promptly notify Secured Party thereof and, at the request of Secured Party, shall take such action as Secured Party may reasonably request to vest in Secured Party control under Section 9-105 of the UCC of such electronic chattel paper or control under Section 201 of the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or, as the case may be, Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic

 

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Transactions Act, as so in effect in such jurisdiction, of such transferable record.  Secured Party agrees with Debtor that Secured Party will arrange, pursuant to procedures reasonably satisfactory to Secured Party and so long as such procedures will not result in Secured Party’s loss of control, for Debtor to make alterations to the electronic chattel paper or transferable record permitted under Section 9-105 of the UCC or, as the case may be, Section 201 of the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, for a party in control to make without loss of control.

 

2.10          Additional Requirements on Collateral .  Debtor shall fully cooperate with Secured Party to obtain and keep in effect one or more control agreements in Deposit Accounts, Electronic Chattel Paper, Investment Property and Letter-of-Credit Rights Collateral.  Such control agreements shall only be required if, in the reasonable discretion of the Secured Party, the nature of the Collateral requires any such control agreements in order for the Secured Party to perfect its security interests in any Collateral as granted hereunder, and in such event, Debtor shall promptly provide any such control agreements upon request from the Secured Party. In addition, Debtor, at the Debtor’s expense, shall promptly: (A) execute all notices of security interest for each relevant type of Software and other General Intangibles in forms suitable for filing with any United States or foreign office handling the registration or filing of patents, trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property and any successor office or agency thereto; and (B) take all commercially reasonable steps in any hearing, suit, action, or other proceeding before any such office or any similar office or agency in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, to diligently prosecute or maintain, as applicable, each application and registration of any Software, General Intangibles or any other intellectual property rights and assets that are part of the Collateral, including filing of renewals, affidavits of use, affidavits of incontestability and opposition, interference and cancellation proceedings.

 

3          REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

 

Debtor makes the following representations and warranties to Secured Party:

 

3.1            Debtor Organization and Name . Debtor is a corporation, duly organized, existing and in good standing under the laws of its State of organization, with full and adequate power to carry on and conduct its business as presently conducted.  Debtor is duly licensed or qualified in all foreign jurisdictions wherein the nature of its activities requires such qualification or licensing.  Debtor’s Organizational Identification Number, if applicable, is set forth in the Purchase Agreement.  The exact legal name of Debtor is as set forth in the first paragraph of this Security Agreement, and Debtor currently does not conduct, nor has it during the last five (5) years conducted.

 

3.2            Authorization .  Debtor has full right, power and authority to enter into this Security Agreement and to perform all of its duties and obligations under this Security Agreement.  The execution and delivery of this Security Agreement and the Purchase Agreement will not, nor will the observance or performance of any of the matters and things herein or therein set forth, violate or contravene any provision of law or of the articles of incorporation, bylaws, operating agreement, or other governing documents of Debtor.  All

 

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necessary and appropriate action has been taken on the part of Debtor to authorize the execution and delivery of this Security Agreement.

 

3.3            Validity and Binding Nature .  This Security Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of Debtor, enforceable against Debtor in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting the enforceability of creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity.

 

3.4            Consent; Absence of Breach .  The execution, delivery and performance of this Security Agreement and any other documents or instruments to be executed and delivered by Debtor in connection herewith, do not and will not: (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, or filings with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any governmental authority or any other Person (other than filings or notices pursuant to federal or state securities laws or other than any consent or approval which has been obtained and is in full force and effect); (b) conflict with: (i) any provision of law or any applicable regulation, order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental authority; (ii) the articles of incorporation, bylaws, or other organic or governance document of Debtor; or (iii) any agreement, indenture, instrument or other document, or any judgment, order or decree, which is binding upon Debtor or any of its properties or assets; or (c) require, or result in, the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of Debtor, other than Liens in favor of Secured Party created pursuant to this Security Agreement and Permitted Liens.

 

3.5            Ownership of Collateral; Liens .  Debtor is the sole owner of all the Collateral, free and clear of all Liens, charges and claims (including infringement claims with respect to patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights and other intellectual property rights), other than Permitted Liens.

 

3.6            Adverse Circumstances .  No condition, circumstance, event, agreement, document, instrument, restriction, litigation or proceeding (or threatened litigation or proceeding or basis therefor) exists which: (i) would have a Material Adverse Effect upon Debtor; or (ii) would constitute a default of the Buyer under the Purchase Agreement.  

 

3.7            Security Interest .  This Security Agreement creates a valid security interest in favor of Secured Party in the Collateral and, when properly perfected by filing in the appropriate jurisdictions, or by possession or control of such Collateral by Secured Party or delivery of such Collateral to Secured Party, shall constitute a valid, perfected, first-priority security interest in such Collateral.

 

3.8            Place of Business .  The principal place of business and books and records of Debtor is set forth in the preamble to this Security Agreement, and the location of all Collateral, if other than at such principal place of business, is as set forth on Schedule 3.8 attached hereto and made a part hereof, and Debtor shall promptly notify Secured Party of any change in such locations.  Debtor will not remove or permit the Collateral to be removed from such locations without the prior written consent of Secured Party, except as permitted pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

 

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3.9            Complete Information .  This Security Agreement and all financial statements, schedules, certificates, confirmations, agreements, contracts, and other materials and information heretofore or contemporaneously herewith furnished in writing by Debtor to Secured Party for purposes of, or in connection with, this Security Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby is, and all written information hereafter furnished by or on behalf of Debtor to Secured Party pursuant hereto or in connection herewith will be, true and accurate in every material respect on the date as of which such information is dated or certified, and none of such information is or will be incomplete by omitting to state any material fact necessary to make such information not misleading in light of the circumstances under which made (it being recognized by Secured Party that any projections and forecasts provided by Debtor are based on good faith estimates and assumptions believed by Debtor to be reasonable as of the date of the applicable projections or assumptions and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections and forecasts may differ from projected or forecasted results).

 

4           REMEDIES.

 

Upon the occurrence of any default in the payment or performance of any of the covenants, conditions and agreements contained in this Security Agreement or any other default under the Purchase Agreement, Secured Party shall have all rights, powers and remedies set forth in this Security Agreement or the Purchase Agreement or in any other written agreement or instrument relating to any of the Obligations or any security therefor, as a secured party under the UCC or as otherwise provided at law or in equity. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Secured Party may, at its option upon the occurrence of a default under this Security Agreement or the Purchase Agreement, declare its commitments to Debtor to be terminated and all Obligations to be immediately due and payable, or, if provided in the Purchase Agreement, all commitments of Secured Party to Debtor shall immediately terminate and all Obligations shall be automatically due and payable, all without demand, notice or further action of any kind required on the part of Secured Party.  Debtor hereby waives any and all presentment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest, and all other notices and demands in connection with the enforcement of Secured Party’s rights under this Security Agreement and the Purchase Agreement, and hereby consents to, and waives notice of release, with or without consideration, of any Collateral, notwithstanding anything contained herein or in the Purchase Agreement to the contrary.  In addition to the foregoing:

 

4.1            Possession and Assembly of Collateral .  Secured Party may, without notice, demand or the initiation of legal process of any kind, take possession of any or all of the Collateral (in addition to Collateral of which Secured Party already has possession), wherever it may be found, and for that purpose may pursue the same wherever it may be found, and may at any time enter into any of Debtor’s premises where any of the Collateral may be or is supposed to be, and search for, take possession of, remove, keep and store any of the Collateral until the same shall be sold or otherwise disposed of and Secured Party shall have the right to store and conduct a sale of the same in any of Debtor’s premises without cost to Secured Party.  At Secured Party’s request, Debtor will, at Debtor’s sole expense, assemble the Collateral and make it available to Secured Party at a place or places

 

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to be designated by Secured Party which is reasonably convenient to Secured Party and Debtor.

 

4.2            Sale of Collateral .  Secured Party may sell any or all of the Collateral at public or private sale, upon such terms and conditions as Secured Party may deem proper, and Secured Party may purchase any or all of the Collateral at any such sale.  Debtor acknowledges that Secured Party may be unable to effect a public sale of all or any portion of the Collateral because of certain legal and/or practical restrictions and provisions which may be applicable to the Collateral and, therefore, may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales to a restricted group of offerees and purchasers.  Debtor consents to any such private sale so made even though at places and upon terms less favorable than if the Collateral were sold at public sale.  Secured Party shall have no obligation to clean-up or otherwise prepare the Collateral for sale.  Secured Party may apply the net proceeds, after deducting all costs, expenses, attorneys’ and paralegals’ fees incurred or paid at any time in the collection, protection and sale of the Collateral and the Obligations, to the payment of the Obligations, returning the excess proceeds, if any, to Debtor.  Debtor shall remain liable for any amount remaining unpaid after such application, with interest at the Default Rate.  Any notification of intended disposition of the Collateral required by law shall be conclusively deemed reasonably and properly given if given by Secured Party at least ten (10) calendar days before the date of such disposition.  Debtor hereby confirms, approves and ratifies all acts and deeds of Secured Party relating to the foregoing, and each part thereof, and expressly waives any and all claims of any nature, kind or description which it has or may hereafter have against Secured Party or its representatives, by reason of taking, selling or collecting any portion of the Collateral.  Debtor consents to releases of the Collateral at any time (including prior to default) and to sales of the Collateral in groups, parcels or portions, or as an entirety, as Secured Party shall deem appropriate.  Debtor expressly absolves Secured Party from any loss or decline in market value of any Collateral by reason of delay in the enforcement or assertion or non-enforcement of any rights or remedies under this Security Agreement.

 

4.3            Standards for Exercising Remedies .   To the extent that applicable law imposes duties on Secured Party to exercise remedies in a commercially reasonable manner, Debtor acknowledges and agrees that it is not commercially unreasonable for Secured Party: (i) to incur expenses deemed necessary by Secured Party to prepare Collateral for disposition or otherwise to complete raw material or work-in-process into finished goods or other finished products for disposition; (ii) to fail to obtain third party consents for access to Collateral to be disposed of, or to obtain or, if not required by other law, to fail to obtain governmental or third party consents for the collection or disposition of Collateral to be collected or disposed of; (iii) to fail to exercise collection remedies against Customers or other Persons obligated on Collateral or to remove liens or encumbrances on or any adverse claims against Collateral; (iv) to exercise collection remedies against Customers and other Persons obligated on Collateral directly or through the use of collection agencies and other collection specialists; (v) to advertise dispositions of Collateral through publications or media of general circulation, whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized nature; (vi) to contact other Persons, whether or not in the same business as Debtor, for expressions of interest in acquiring all or any portion of the Collateral; (vii) to hire one or more

 

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professional auctioneers to assist in the disposition of Collateral, whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized nature; (viii) to dispose of Collateral by utilizing internet sites that provide for the auction of assets of the types included in the Collateral or that have the reasonable capability of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets; (ix) to dispose of assets in wholesale rather than retail markets; (x) to disclaim disposition warranties, including any warranties of title; (xi) to purchase insurance or credit enhancements to insure Secured Party against risks of loss, collection or disposition of Collateral or to provide to Secured Party a guaranteed return from the collection or disposition of Collateral; or (xii) to the extent deemed appropriate by Secured Party, to obtain the services of other brokers, investment bankers, consultants and other professionals to assist Secured Party in the collection or disposition of any of the Collateral.  Debtor acknowledges that the purpose of this section is to provide non-exhaustive indications of what actions or omissions by Secured Party would not be commercially unreasonable in Secured Party’s exercise of remedies against the Collateral and that other actions or omissions by Secured Party shall not be deemed commercially unreasonable solely on account of not being indicated in this Section.  Without limitation upon the foregoing, nothing contained in this Section shall be construed to grant any rights to Debtor or to impose any duties on Secured Party that would not have been granted or imposed by this Security Agreement or by applicable law in the absence of this Section.

 

4.4            UCC and Offset Rights .  Secured Party may exercise, from time to time, any and all rights and remedies available to it under the UCC or under any other applicable law in addition to, and not in lieu of, any rights and remedies expressly granted in this Security Agreement or in any other agreements between any Obligor and Secured Party, and may, without demand or notice of any kind, appropriate and apply toward the payment of such of the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, including costs of collection and attorneys’ and paralegals’ fees and costs, and in such order of application as Secured Party may, from time to time, elect, any indebtedness of Secured Party to any Obligor, however created or arising, including balances, credits, deposits, accounts or moneys of such Obligor in the possession, control or custody of, or in transit to Secured Party.  Debtor, on behalf of itself and any Obligor, hereby waives the benefit of any law that would otherwise restrict or limit Secured Party in the exercise of its right, which is hereby acknowledged, to appropriate at any time hereafter any such indebtedness owing from Secured Party to any Obligor.

 

4.5            Additional Remedies .  Upon the occurrence of an default of the Buyer hereunder or under the Purchase Agreement, Secured Party shall have the right and power to:

 

(a)        instruct Debtor, at its own expense, to notify any parties obligated on any of the Collateral, including any Customers and Payment Processing Companies, to make payment directly to Secured Party of any amounts due or to become due thereunder, or Secured Party may directly notify such obligors of the security interest of Secured Party, and/or of the assignment to Secured Party of the Collateral and direct such obligors to make payment to Secured Party of any amounts due or to become due with respect thereto, and thereafter, collect any such amounts due on the Collateral directly from such Persons obligated thereon;

 

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(b)       enforce collection of any of the Collateral, including any Accounts, by suit or otherwise, or make any compromise or settlement with respect to any of the Collateral, or surrender, release or exchange all or any part thereof, or compromise, extend or renew for any period (whether or not longer than the original period) any indebtedness thereunder;

 

(c)       take possession or control of any proceeds and products of any of the Collateral, including the proceeds of insurance thereon;

 

(d)       extend, renew or modify for one or more periods (whether or not longer than the original period) the Obligations or any obligation of any nature of any other obligor with respect to the Obligations;

 

(e)       grant releases, compromises or indulgences with respect to the Obligations, any extension or renewal of any of the Obligations, any security therefor, or to any other obligor with respect to the Obligations;

 

(f)       transfer the whole or any part of Capital Securities which may constitute Collateral into the name of Secured Party or Secured Party’s nominee without disclosing, if Secured Party so desires, that such Capital Securities so transferred are subject to the security interest of Secured Party, and any corporation, association, or any of the managers or trustees of any trust issuing any of such Capital Securities, or any transfer agent, shall not be bound to inquire, in the event that Secured Party or such nominee makes any further transfer of such Capital Securities, or any portion thereof, as to whether Secured Party or such nominee has the right to make such further transfer, and shall not be liable for transferring the same;

 

(g)       vote the Collateral;

 

(h)       make an election with respect to the Collateral under Section 1111 of the Bankruptcy Code or take action under Section 364 or any other section of Bankruptcy Code; provided , however , that any such action of Secured Party as set forth herein shall not, in any manner whatsoever, impair or affect the liability of Debtor hereunder, nor prejudice, waive, nor be construed to impair, affect, prejudice or waive Secured Party’s rights and remedies at law, in equity or by statute, nor release, discharge, nor be construed to release or discharge, Debtor, any guarantor or other Person liable to Secured Party for the Obligations; and

 

(i)        at any time, and from time to time, accept additions to, releases, reductions, exchanges or substitution of the Collateral, without in any way altering, impairing, diminishing or affecting the provisions of this Security Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, or any of the other Obligations, or Secured Party’s rights hereunder, under the Obligations.

 

Debtor hereby ratifies and confirms whatever Secured Party may do with respect to the Collateral and agrees that Secured Party shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistakes of fact or law with respect to actions taken in connection with the Collateral.

 

4.6            Attorney-in-Fact .  Debtor hereby irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints Secured Party (and any officer of Secured Party or any Person designated by Secured Party for that purpose) as Debtor’s true and lawful proxy and attorney-in-fact (and

 

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agent-in-fact) in Debtor’s name, place and stead, with full power of substitution, to: (i) take such actions as are permitted in this Security Agreement; (ii) execute such financing statements and other documents and to do such other acts as Secured Party may require to perfect and preserve Secured Party’s security interest in, and to enforce such interests in the Collateral; and (iii) upon the occurrence of an default under this Security Agreement under the Purchase Agreement, carry out any remedy provided for in this Security Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, or otherwise at law or in equity, including endorsing Debtor’s name to checks, drafts, instruments and other items of payment, and proceeds of the Collateral, executing change of address forms with the postmaster of the United States Post Office serving the address of Debtor, changing the address of Debtor to that of Secured Party, opening all envelopes addressed to Debtor and applying any payments contained therein to the Obligations, and changing any merchant accounts or instructions to Payment Processing Companies regarding any credit/debit card payments from Customers.  Debtor hereby acknowledges that the constitution and appointment of such proxy and attorney-in-fact are coupled with an interest and are irrevocable.  Debtor hereby ratifies and confirms all that such attorney-in-fact may do or cause to be done by virtue of any provision of this Security Agreement.

 

4.7            No Marshaling .  Secured Party shall not be required to marshal any present or future collateral security (including this Security Agreement and the Collateral) for, or other assurances of payment of, the Obligations or any of them or to resort to such collateral security or other assurances of payment in any particular order.  To the extent that it lawfully may, Debtor hereby agrees that it will not invoke any law relating to the marshaling of collateral which might cause delay in or impede the enforcement of Secured Party’s rights under this Security Agreement or under any other instrument creating or evidencing any of the Obligations or under which any of the Obligations is outstanding or by which any of the Obligations is secured or payment thereof is otherwise assured, and, to the extent that it lawfully may, Debtor hereby irrevocably waives the benefits of all such laws.

 

4.8            No Waiver .  No default under this Security Agreement or under the Purchase Agreement shall be waived by Secured Party except in writing.  No failure or delay on the part of Secured Party in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver of the exercise of the same or any other right at any other time; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy hereunder.  There shall be no obligation on the part of Secured Party to exercise any remedy available to Secured Party in any order.  The remedies provided for herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided at law or in equity.  Debtor agrees that in the event that Debtor fails to perform, observe or discharge any of its Obligations or liabilities under this Security Agreement or any other agreements with Secured Party, no remedy of law will provide adequate relief to Secured Party, and further agrees that Secured Party shall be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages.

 

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4.9            Application of Proceeds .  Secured Party will, within three (3) Business Days after receipt of cash or solvent credits from collection of items of payment, proceeds of Collateral or any other source, apply the whole or any part thereof against the Obligations secured hereby.  Secured Party shall further have the exclusive right to determine how, when and what application of such payments and such credits shall be made on the Obligations, and such determination shall be conclusive upon Debtor.  Any proceeds of any disposition by Secured Party of all or any part of the Collateral may be first applied by Secured Party to the payment of expenses incurred by Secured Party in connection with the Collateral, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses and costs as provided for in Section 5.13 hereof.

 

5          MISCELLANEOUS.

 

5.1            Entire Agreement .  This Security Agreement and the Purchase Agreement: (i) are valid, binding and enforceable against Debtor and Secured Party in accordance with their respective provisions and no conditions exist as to their legal effectiveness; (ii) constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof; and (iii) are the final expression of the intentions of Debtor and Secured Party.  No promises, either expressed or implied, exist between Debtor and Secured Party, unless contained herein or therein.  This Security Agreement, together with the Purchase Agreement, supersedes all negotiations, representations, warranties, commitments, term sheets, discussions, negotiations, offers or contracts (of any kind or nature, whether oral or written) prior to or contemporaneous with the execution hereof with respect to any matter, directly or indirectly related to the terms of this Security Agreement and the Purchase Agreement.  This Security Agreement and the Purchase Agreement are the result of negotiations between Secured Party and Debtor and have been reviewed (or have had the opportunity to be reviewed) by counsel to all such parties, and are the products of all parties.  Accordingly, this Security Agreement and the Purchase Agreement shall not be construed more strictly against Secured Party merely because of Secured Party’s involvement in their preparation.

 

5.2            Amendments; Waivers .  No delay on the part of Secured Party in the exercise of any right, power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise by Secured Party of any right, power or remedy preclude other or further exercise thereof, or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy.  No amendment, modification or waiver of, or consent with respect to, any provision of this Security Agreement or the Purchase Agreement shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and acknowledged by Secured Party, and then any such amendment, modification, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.

 

5.3            WAIVER OF DEFENSES .  DEBTOR WAIVES EVERY PRESENT AND FUTURE DEFENSE, CAUSE OF ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR SETOFF WHICH DEBTOR MAY NOW HAVE OR HEREAFTER MAY HAVE TO ANY ACTION BY SECURED PARTY IN ENFORCING THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT.  PROVIDED SECURED PARTY ACTS IN GOOD FAITH, DEBTOR RATIFIES AND

 

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CONFIRMS WHATEVER SECURED PARTY MAY DO PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT.  THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR SECURED PARTY GRANTING ANY FINANCIAL ACCOMMODATION TO DEBTOR.

 

5.4            MANDATORY FORUM SELECTION .  TO INDUCE SECURED PARTY TO MAKE CERTAIN FINANCIAL ACCOMODATIONS TO DEBTOR, DEBTOR IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER, RELATING TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT OR RELATED TO ANY MATTER WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF OR INCIDENTAL TO THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE COLLATERAL (WHETHER OR NOT SUCH CLAIM IS BASED UPON BREACH OF CONTRACT OR TORT) SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF THE STATE AND/OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, SECURED PARTY MAY, AT SECURED PARTY’S SOLE OPTION, ELECT TO BRING ANY ACTION IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.  THIS PROVISION IS INTENDED TO BE A “MANDATORY” FORUM SELECTION CLAUSE AND GOVERNED BY AND INTERPRETED CONSISTENT WITH FLORIDA LAW.  DEBTOR HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT HAVING ITS SITUS IN SAID COUNTY (OR TO ANY OTHER JURISDICTION OR VENUE, IF SECURED PARTY SO ELECTS), AND WAIVES ANY OBJECTION BASED ON FORUM NON CONVENIENS. DEBTOR HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS AND CONSENTS THAT ALL SUCH SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, DIRECTED TO DEBTOR, AS APPLICABLE, AS SET FORTH HEREIN IN THE MANNER PROVIDED BY APPLICABLE STATUTE, LAW, RULE OF COURT OR OTHERWISE.

 

5.5            WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL .  DEBTOR AND SECURED PARTY, AFTER CONSULTING OR HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL, EACH KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE IRREVOCABLY, ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS UNDER THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT, ANY NOTE, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, ANY OF THE OTHER OBLIGATIONS, THE COLLATERAL, OR ANY AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT DELIVERED OR WHICH MAY IN THE FUTURE BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH OR ARISING FROM ANY LENDING RELATIONSHIP EXISTING IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE FOREGOING, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT OR COURSE OF DEALING IN WHICH SECURED PARTY AND DEBTOR ARE ADVERSE PARTIES, AND EACH AGREES THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY.  THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR SECURED PARTY GRANTING ANY FINANCIAL ACCOMMODATION TO DEBTOR.

 

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5.6            Assignability .  Secured Party, without consent from or notice to anyone, may at any time assign Secured Party’s rights in this Security Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Obligations, or any part thereof and transfer Secured Party’s rights in any or all of the Collateral, and Secured Party thereafter shall be relieved from all liability with respect to such Collateral.  This Security Agreement shall be binding upon Secured Party and Debtor and its respective legal representatives and successors.  All references herein to Debtor shall be deemed to include any successors, whether immediate or remote.  In the case of a joint venture or partnership, the term “Debtor” shall be deemed to include all joint venturers or partners thereof, who shall be jointly and severally liable hereunder.

 

5.7            Binding Effect .  This Security Agreement shall become effective upon execution by Debtor and Secured Party, and shall bind the Debtor and Secured Party, and their respective successors and permitted assigns.  

 

5.8            Governing Law .  Except in the case of the Mandatory Forum Selection Clause in Section 5.4 above, which clause shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with Florida law, this Security Agreement shall be delivered and accepted in and shall be deemed to be a contract made under and governed by the internal laws of the State of Nevada, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of such State, without giving effect to the choice of law provisions of such State.

 

5.9            Enforceability .  Wherever possible, each provision of this Security Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Security Agreement shall be prohibited by, unenforceable or invalid under any jurisdiction, such provision shall as to such jurisdiction, be severable and be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Security Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

5.10          Time of Essence .  Time is of the essence in making payments of all amounts due Secured Party under the Purchase Agreement and in the performance and observance by Debtor of each covenant, agreement, provision and term of this Security Agreement and the Purchase Agreement.

 

5.11          Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures .  This Security Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts and each such counterpart shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same Security Agreement.  Receipt of an executed signature page to this Security Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall constitute effective delivery thereof.  Electronic records of executed this Security Agreement and the Purchase Agreement maintained by Secured Party shall be deemed to be originals thereof.

 

5.12          Notices .  Except as otherwise provided herein, Debtor waives all notices and demands in connection with the enforcement of Secured Party’s rights hereunder.  All notices, requests, demands and other communications provided for hereunder shall be made in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement.

 

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5.13          Costs, Fees and Expenses .  Debtor shall pay or reimburse Secured Party for all reasonable costs, fees and expenses incurred by Secured Party or for which Secured Party becomes obligated in connection with the enforcement of this Security Agreement, including search fees, costs and expenses and attorneys’ fees, costs and time charges of counsel to Secured Party and all taxes payable in connection with this Security Agreement.  In furtherance of the foregoing, Debtor shall pay any and all stamp and other taxes, UCC search fees, filing fees and other costs and expenses in connection with the execution and delivery of this Security Agreement and the Purchase Agreement to be delivered hereunder, and agrees to save and hold Secured Party harmless from and against any and all liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay in paying or omission to pay such costs and expenses.  That portion of the Obligations consisting of costs, expenses or advances to be reimbursed by Debtor to Secured Party pursuant to this Security Agreement or the Purchase Agreement which are not paid on or prior to the date hereof shall be payable by Debtor to Secured Party on demand.  If at any time or times hereafter Secured Party: (a) employs counsel for advice or other representation: (i) with respect to this Security Agreement or the Purchase Agreement; (ii) to represent Secured Party in any litigation, contest, dispute, suit or proceeding or to commence, defend, or intervene or to take any other action in or with respect to any litigation, contest, dispute, suit, or proceeding (whether instituted by Secured Party, Debtor, or any other Person) in any way or respect relating to this Security Agreement; or (iii) to enforce any rights of Secured Party against Debtor or any other Person under of this Security Agreement; (b) takes any action to protect, collect, sell, liquidate, or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral; and/or (c) attempts to or enforces any of Secured Party’s rights or remedies under this Security Agreement, the costs and expenses incurred by Secured Party in any manner or way with respect to the foregoing, shall be part of the Obligations, payable by Debtor to Secured Party on demand.

 

5.14          Termination .  This Security Agreement and the Liens and security interests granted hereunder shall not terminate until the termination of the Purchase Agreement and the commitments to make Loans thereunder and the full and complete performance and satisfaction and payment in full of all the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations to the extent no claim giving rise thereto has been asserted).  Upon termination of this Security Agreement, Secured Party shall also deliver to Debtor (at the sole expense of Debtor) such UCC termination statements, certificates for terminating the liens on the Motor Vehicles (if any) and such other documentation, without recourse, warranty or representation whatsoever, as shall be reasonably requested by Debtor to effect the termination and release of the Liens and security interests in favor of Secured Party affecting the Collateral; provided, however, to the extent any such terminations or releases require Secured Party to expend any sums in terminating or releasing any such Liens, Secured Party may refrain from terminating or releasing such Liens unless and until Debtor pays to Secured Party the estimated cost, as reasonably determined by Secured Party, of effectuating such terminations or releases.

 

5.15          Reinstatement .  This Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against Debtor for liquidation or reorganization, should Debtor become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of any creditor or creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or

 

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any significant part of Debtor’s assets, and shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Obligations, or any part thereof, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee of the Obligations, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent conveyance,” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made.  In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Obligations shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

 

5.16          Increase in Obligations.  It is the intent of the parties to secure payment of the Obligations, as the amount of such Obligations may increase from time to time in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Security Agreement or the Purchase Agreement, and all of the Obligations, as so increased from time to time, shall be and are secured hereby.  Upon the execution hereof, Debtor shall pay any and all documentary stamp taxes and/or other charges required to be paid in connection with the execution and enforcement of this Agreement or the Purchase Agreement and if, as and to the extent the Obligations are increased from time to time in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Security Agreement and the Purchase Agreement, then Debtor shall immediately pay any additional documentary stamp taxes or other charges in connection therewith.

 

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Debtor and Secured Party have executed this Security Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

Debtor :

 

GROWLIFE, INC.

 

 

By: /s/ Marco Hegyi

Name: Marco Hegyi

Title: CEO

 

STATE OF ____________)

SS.

COUNTY OF ____________)

 

 

The undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the said County, in the State aforesaid, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY that Marco Hegyi , Chief Executive Officer of Growlife, Inc. , a Delaware corporation, who is personally known to me to be the same person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing, appeared before me this day in person and acknowledged that he/she signed and delivered the said instrument as his/her own free and voluntary act and as the free and voluntary act of said corporation, for the uses and purposes therein set forth.

 

GIVEN under my hand and notarial seal this _____ day of ________________, 20____.

 

______________________________________

Notary Public

 

My Commission Expires:

 

______________________________________

 

 

[Signature Page –Security Agreement]

 

 



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Debtor and Secured Party have executed this Security Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

 

Agreed and accepted:

 

Secured Party :

 

GO GREEN HYDROPONICS, INC.

 

By:   /s/ Gregory Felix

Name: Gregory Felix

Title: CEO

 

 

TCA - GO GREEN SPV, LLC

 

By:   /s/ Gregory Felix

Name: Gregory Felix

Title: CEO

 

 

[Signature Page –Security Agreement]

 

 



Schedule 3.8

 

Collateral Locations/Places of Business

 

None