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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-Q
(Mark one)
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2020
OR
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from                      to                     
Commission File Number 001-35940
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CHANNELADVISOR CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
____________________________________________________ 
Delaware   56-2257867
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
3025 Carrington Mill Boulevard, Morrisville, NC
  27560
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
(919) 228-4700
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name, former address and former
fiscal year, if changed since last report)
____________________________________________________ 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:
Title of each class Trading Symbol Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value ECOM New York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  ☒    No   ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).    Yes  ☒    No  ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Large accelerated filer
Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer
Smaller reporting company
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.  ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).    Yes  ☐    No  ☒
The number of outstanding shares of the registrant's common stock, par value $0.001 per share, as of the close of business on October 30, 2020 was 29,000,150.



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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
CHANNELADVISOR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
September 30, 2020 December 31, 2019
  (unaudited)  
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 66,357  $ 51,785 
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $410 and $733 as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively
21,817  22,126 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 12,840  10,452 
Total current assets 101,014  84,363 
Operating lease right of use assets 8,802  11,128 
Property and equipment, net 9,184  9,597 
Goodwill 30,990  23,486 
Intangible assets, net 4,439  1,285 
Deferred contract costs, net of current portion 13,370  12,810 
Long-term deferred tax assets, net 3,649  3,584 
Other assets 979  614 
Total assets $ 172,427  $ 146,867 
Liabilities and stockholders' equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 545  $ 409 
Accrued expenses 14,892  8,577 
Deferred revenue 21,368  21,000 
Other current liabilities 6,375  6,431 
Total current liabilities 43,180  36,417 
Long-term operating leases, net of current portion 6,436  9,767 
Long-term finance leases, net of current portion 12  27 
Other long-term liabilities 2,170  1,007 
Total liabilities 51,798  47,218 
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019
—  — 
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 28,981,204 and 28,077,469 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively
29  28 
Additional paid-in capital 286,208  278,111 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (1,803) (1,740)
Accumulated deficit (163,805) (176,750)
Total stockholders' equity 120,629  99,649 
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 172,427  $ 146,867 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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CHANNELADVISOR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
  Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
  2020 2019 2020 2019
Revenue $ 35,285  $ 31,678  $ 104,760  $ 95,184 
Cost of revenue 7,691  7,251  21,807  21,876 
Gross profit 27,594  24,427  82,953  73,308 
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing 13,477  12,403  38,436  40,808 
Research and development 4,809  4,803  14,153  15,161 
General and administrative 5,974  5,440  17,742  19,272 
Total operating expenses 24,260  22,646  70,331  75,241 
Income (loss) from operations 3,334  1,781  12,622  (1,933)
Other income:
Interest (expense) income, net (1) 205  210  599 
Other income (expense), net (44) 44  (32)
Total other income 161  254  567 
Income (loss) before income taxes 3,338  1,942  12,876  (1,366)
Income tax (benefit) expense (374) 213  171  572 
Net income (loss) $ 3,712  $ 1,729  $ 12,705  $ (1,938)
Net income (loss) per share:
Basic $ 0.13  $ 0.06  $ 0.45  $ (0.07)
Diluted $ 0.12  $ 0.06  $ 0.43  $ (0.07)
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic 28,802,310  28,049,199  28,485,547  27,824,696 
Diluted 30,436,601  28,754,679  29,815,829  27,824,696 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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CHANNELADVISOR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
(in thousands)
  Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
  2020 2019 2020 2019
Net income (loss) $ 3,712  $ 1,729  $ 12,705  $ (1,938)
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustments 438  (530) (63) (595)
Total comprehensive income (loss) $ 4,150  $ 1,199  $ 12,642  $ (2,533)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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CHANNELADVISOR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
  Nine Months Ended September 30,
  2020 2019
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income (loss) $ 12,705  $ (1,938)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to cash and cash equivalents provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 4,655  4,806 
Bad debt expense 479  911 
Stock-based compensation expense 7,732  7,000 
Deferred income taxes (61) 513 
Other items, net (617) 43 
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisition:
Accounts receivable 343  1,007 
Prepaid expenses and other assets (917) 2,282 
Deferred contract costs (1,800) (2,661)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 3,404  (2,112)
Deferred revenue 62  (2,337)
Cash and cash equivalents provided by operating activities 25,985  7,514 
Cash flows from investing activities
Acquisition, net of cash acquired (8,787) — 
Purchases of property and equipment (1,021) (755)
Payment of software development costs (2,283) (1,972)
Cash and cash equivalents used in investing activities (12,091) (2,727)
Cash flows from financing activities
Repayment of finance leases (1,418) (2,357)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options 3,553  968 
Payment of statutory tax withholding related to net-share settlement of restricted stock units (1,299) (2,101)
Payment of line of credit financing costs (179) — 
Cash and cash equivalents provided by (used in) financing activities 657  (3,490)
Effect of currency exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 21  (256)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 14,572  1,041 
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period 51,785  47,185 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $ 66,357  $ 48,226 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
Cash paid for interest $ 109  $ 215 
Cash paid for income taxes, net $ 386  $ 64 
Supplemental disclosure of noncash investing and financing activities
Accrued statutory tax withholding related to net-share settlement of restricted stock units $ 1,889  $ 1,206 
Accrued capital expenditures $ 379  $ 35 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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CHANNELADVISOR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS
ChannelAdvisor Corporation ("ChannelAdvisor" or the "Company") was incorporated in the state of Delaware and capitalized in June 2001. The Company began operations in July 2001. ChannelAdvisor is a provider of software-as-a-service, or SaaS, solutions and its mission is to connect and optimize the world's commerce. ChannelAdvisor's SaaS cloud platform helps brands and retailers worldwide improve their online performance by expanding sales channels, connecting with consumers around the world, optimizing their operations for peak performance and providing actionable analytics to improve competitiveness. The Company is headquartered in Morrisville, North Carolina and maintains sales, service, support and research and development offices in various domestic and international locations.
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Information
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements and footnotes have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, or U.S. GAAP, as contained in the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, Accounting Standards Codification, or ASC, for interim financial information. In the opinion of management, the interim financial information includes all adjustments of a normal recurring nature necessary for a fair presentation of financial position, the results of operations, comprehensive loss and cash flows. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full year or the results for any future periods, especially in light of the potential effects of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic on the Company’s business, operations and financial performance. These unaudited interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and related footnotes for the year ended December 31, 2019, or fiscal 2019, which are included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2019. There have been no material changes to the Company's significant accounting policies from those described in the footnotes to the audited financial statements contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2019. 
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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Standard Description Effect on the Financial Statements or Other Significant Matters
Standards that the Company adopted as of January 1, 2020
Financial Instruments:
ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326)

Effective date:
January 1, 2020

This standard replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology in current U.S. GAAP with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses. The update is intended to provide financial statement users with more useful information about expected credit losses. The Company adopted this standard effective January 1, 2020. The adoption did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements, although it resulted in a change in accounting policy for accounts receivable. Refer to "Accounts Receivable" below for additional information regarding the Company’s accounting policy for accounts receivable following the adoption of ASU 2016-13.
Intangibles:
ASU 2018-15, Intangibles -Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40)

Effective date:
January 1, 2020

This standard aligns the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software. The Company adopted this standard effective January 1, 2020. The adoption did not have an impact on its consolidated financial statements.
Income Taxes:
ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740) Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes 
 

Effective date:
January 1, 2020
This standard amends the approaches and methodologies in accounting for income taxes during interim periods and makes changes to certain income tax classifications. The new standard allows exceptions to the use of the incremental approach for intra-period tax allocation, when there is a loss from continuing operations and income or a gain from other items, and to the general methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period, when a year-to-date loss exceeds the anticipated loss for the year. The standard also requires franchise or similar taxes partially based on income to be reported as income tax and the effects of enacted changes in tax laws or rates to be included in the annual effective tax rate computation from the date of enactment. Lastly, the Company would be required to evaluate when the step-up in the tax basis of goodwill is part of the business combination and when it should be considered a separate transaction. ASU 2019-12 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2020. 
The Company early adopted this standard effective January 1, 2020. The early adoption did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements or related disclosures.
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The Company has reviewed new accounting pronouncements that were issued during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and does not believe that these pronouncements are applicable to the Company, or that they will have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates its estimates, including those related to the accounts receivable allowance, the useful lives of long-lived assets and other intangible assets, income taxes, assumptions used for purposes of determining stock-based compensation, leases, including estimating lease terms and extensions, and revenue recognition, including standalone selling prices for contracts with multiple performance obligations and the expected period of benefit for deferred contract costs, among others. Estimates and assumptions are also required to value assets acquired and liabilities assumed as well as contingent consideration, where applicable, in conjunction with business combinations. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that it believes to be reasonable, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities.

Accounts Receivable

The Company extends credit to customers without requiring collateral. Accounts receivable are stated at amortized cost, net of an allowance for credit losses. The Company records an allowance for credit losses at the time that accounts receivable are initially recorded based on consideration of the current economic environment, expectations of future economic conditions, the Company's historical collection experience and a loss-rate approach whereby impairment is calculated by multiplying an estimated loss rate by the asset’s amortized cost at the balance sheet date. The Company reassesses the allowance at each reporting date. When it becomes apparent, based on age or customer circumstances, that such amounts will not be collected, they are charged to the allowance. Payments subsequently received are credited to the credit loss expense account included within general and administrative expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
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3. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
The following table summarizes quarterly stockholders' equity activity for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands, except number of shares):
Quarterly Activity For The Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020
Common Stock Additional
Paid-In
Capital
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
Accumulated
Deficit
Total
Stockholders'
Equity
Shares Amount
Balance, December 31, 2019 28,077,469  $ 28  $ 278,111  $ (1,740) $ (176,750) $ 99,649 
Cumulative effect of accounting change (1)
—  —  —  —  240  240 
Exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units 394,998  —  87  —  —  87 
Stock-based compensation expense —  —  2,914  —  —  2,914 
Statutory tax withholding related to net-share settlement of restricted stock units (107,398) —  (980) —  —  (980)
Net income —  —  —  —  2,007  2,007 
Foreign currency translation adjustments —  —  —  (800) —  (800)
Balance, March 31, 2020 28,365,069  28  280,132  (2,540) (174,503) 103,117 
Exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units 330,692  2,046  —  —  2,047 
Stock-based compensation expense —  —  2,556  —  —  2,556 
Statutory tax withholding related to net-share settlement of restricted stock units (48,675) —  (659) —  —  (659)
Net income —  —  —  —  6,986  6,986 
Foreign currency translation adjustments —  —  —  299  —  299 
Balance, June 30, 2020 28,647,086  29  284,075  (2,241) (167,517) 114,346 
Exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units 411,651  —  1,420  —  —  1,420 
Stock-based compensation expense —  —  2,262  —  —  2,262 
Statutory tax withholding related to net-share settlement of restricted stock units (77,533) —  (1,549) —  —  (1,549)
Net income —  —  —  —  3,712  3,712 
Foreign currency translation adjustments —  —  —  438  —  438 
Balance, September 30, 2020 28,981,204  $ 29  $ 286,208  $ (1,803) $ (163,805) $ 120,629 
(1) The Company recorded a reduction to accumulated deficit at January 1, 2020 as a result of its adoption of ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses.
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Quarterly Activity For The Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
Common Stock Additional
Paid-In
Capital
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
Accumulated
Deficit
Total
Stockholders'
Equity
Shares Amount
Balance, December 31, 2018 27,347,115  $ 27  $ 271,550  $ (1,707) $ (180,232) $ 89,638 
Exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units 681,944  936  —  —  937 
Stock-based compensation expense —  —  3,398  —  —  3,398 
Statutory tax withholding related to net-share settlement of restricted stock units (178,071) —  (2,277) —  —  (2,277)
Net loss —  —  —  —  (2,329) (2,329)
Foreign currency translation adjustments —  —  —  78  —  78 
Balance, March 31, 2019 27,850,988  28  273,607  (1,629) (182,561) 89,445 
Exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units 290,346  —  15  —  —  15 
Stock-based compensation expense —  —  2,801  —  —  2,801 
Statutory tax withholding related to net-share settlement of restricted stock units (98,975) —  (981) —  —  (981)
Net loss —  —  —  —  (1,338) (1,338)
Foreign currency translation adjustments —  —  —  (143) —  (143)
Balance, June 30, 2019 28,042,359  28  275,442  (1,772) (183,899) 89,799 
Exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units 21,958  —  17  —  —  17 
Stock-based compensation expense —  —  801  —  —  801 
Statutory tax withholding related to net-share settlement of restricted stock units (5,510) —  (49) —  —  (49)
Net income —  —  —  —  1,729  1,729 
Foreign currency translation adjustments —  —  —  (530) —  (530)
Balance, September 30, 2019 28,058,807  $ 28  $ 276,211  $ (2,302) $ (182,170) $ 91,767 
4. BUSINESS COMBINATION, GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Business Combination
On July 23, 2020, the Company entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement") pursuant to which it acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Blueboard, a private limited company organized under the laws of France ("BlueBoard"). BlueBoard is headquartered in Paris, France and is a leader in e-commerce analytics. The acquisition of BlueBoard adds analytic capabilities, including actionable insights into how products are performing across thousands of retailer websites and marketplaces, to the Company's existing cloud-based e-commerce solutions.
Under the Purchase Agreement, the Company paid to the shareholders of BlueBoard a cash purchase price of $9.0 million, which is subject to adjustment as set forth in the Purchase Agreement. A portion of the purchase price has been placed into escrow to secure the indemnification obligations of BlueBoard’s shareholders until July 22, 2021. In addition to the purchase price paid at the closing, the Company may be obligated to pay up to $3.0 million to the BlueBoard shareholders upon the achievement of specified annual revenue targets through July 2023, as set forth in the Purchase Agreement. Pursuant to ASC Topic 805, Business Combinations, or ASC 805, this contingent consideration is deemed to be part of the purchase price and is recorded as a liability based on the estimated fair value of the consideration the Company expects to pay as of the acquisition date. As of September 30, 2020, $1.5 million of contingent consideration was recorded as a liability on the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheet.
The acquisition has been accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with ASC 805. Under the acquisition method of accounting, the Company allocated the purchase price to the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated acquisition-date fair values. The excess of the purchase price over the net assets acquired is recorded as goodwill.
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Based on management's provisional assessment of the acquisition-date fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, the aggregate purchase price of $10.5 million, which is comprised of $9.0 million of cash and $1.5 million for contingent consideration noted above, has been allocated to the Company's assets and liabilities on a preliminary basis as follows: $7.5 million to goodwill, $3.7 million to identifiable intangible assets, including acquired technology of $3.3 million and customer relationships of $0.4 million, $0.6 million to long-term deferred tax liabilities and $0.1 million to working capital as a net current liability. The purchase price allocation in conjunction with the acquisition of BlueBoard is subject to change as additional information becomes available. Any adjustments will be made as soon as practicable, but not later than one year from the acquisition date.
The goodwill arising from the acquisition of BlueBoard represents the future economic benefits expected to arise from other intangible assets that do not qualify for separate recognition, including acquired workforce, as well as expected future synergies. The goodwill recognized is not deductible for income tax purposes.
The Company incurred transaction costs in connection with the acquisition of $0.2 million and $0.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, which are included in general and administrative expense in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.
Comparative pro forma financial information for this acquisition has not been presented because the acquisition is not material to the Company's consolidated results of operations.
Goodwill and Intangible Assets
The following table shows the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 (in thousands):
Balance as of December 31, 2019 $ 23,486 
Goodwill attributable to the BlueBoard acquisition 7,504 
Balance as of September 30, 2020 $ 30,990 
There were no changes to the Company's goodwill during the year ended December 31, 2019.
The Company has acquired intangible assets in connection with its business acquisitions. These assets were recorded at their estimated fair values at the acquisition date and are being amortized over their respective estimated useful lives using the straight-line method. The estimated useful lives and amortization methodology used in computing amortization are as follows:
Estimated Useful Life Amortization Methodology
Customer relationships 7 years Straight-line
Acquired technology 7 years Straight-line
Amortization expense associated with the Company's intangible assets was $0.3 million and $0.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $0.6 million and $0.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
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5. FAIR VALUE OF MEASUREMENTS
The Company uses a three-tier fair value hierarchy to classify all assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis, as well as assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis, in periods subsequent to their initial measurement. The hierarchy requires the Company to use observable inputs when available, and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs when determining fair value. The three tiers are defined as follows:
Level 1. Observable inputs based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2. Inputs, other than quoted prices in active markets, that are observable either directly or indirectly.
Level 3. Unobservable inputs for which there is little or no market data, which require the Company to develop its own assumptions.
The carrying amounts of certain of the Company’s financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate their respective fair values due to their short-term nature.
The acquisition of BlueBoard on July 23, 2020 includes a contingent consideration arrangement, as described in Note 4 above. Contingent consideration was measured at fair value at the acquisition date and is remeasured at fair value at each reporting date until the contingency is resolved.
The fair value of the contingent consideration related to the BlueBoard acquisition was estimated based on a probability-weighted model in which the Company developed various scenarios for achievement of the financial targets. The Company discounted the expected future earn-out payment of each scenario to its net present value using Level 3 inputs and assigned probabilities to achieving each scenario. Key assumptions used in the measurement of fair value of contingent consideration include the Company’s internal financial projections and analysis of BlueBoard's current customer base and expected customer growth, target market, sales potential, risk-free rates and discount rates. Increases or decreases in any valuation inputs in isolation may result in a significantly lower or higher fair value measurement in the future. Subsequent changes in the fair value of contingent consideration are recognized within general and administrative expenses in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations. As of September 30, 2020, the fair value of the contingent consideration was $1.5 million, of which $0.9 million is recorded in "Other current liabilities" and $0.6 million is recorded in "Other long-term liabilities."
6. CAPITALIZED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COSTS
Capitalized software development costs related to creating internally developed software and implementing software purchased for internal use are included in property and equipment in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company capitalized software development costs of $0.9 million and $0.7 million during the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $2.3 million and $2.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Amortization expense related to capitalized internally developed software was $0.5 million and $0.2 million during the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $1.3 million and $0.5 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and is included in cost of revenue or general and administrative expense in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations, depending upon the nature of the software development project. The net book value of capitalized internally developed software was $3.9 million and $2.9 million at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.
7. LINE OF CREDIT
On August 5, 2020, the Company established a $25.0 million revolving credit facility with a commercial lender that is available for use until August 5, 2023. Proceeds from borrowings under the credit facility may be used for working capital and general corporate purposes, including acquisitions. Up to $10.0 million of the facility is available for letters of credit. Additionally, the Company may request increases to the facility, subject to the consent of the lender, provided that the aggregate amount of such increases during the term do not exceed $10.0 million. Amounts borrowed under the facility will bear interest equal to either a base rate plus 2.25% per annum or LIBOR plus 3.25% per annum. The Company will pay a fee on all outstanding letters of credit at a rate of 3.25% per annum. In addition, the Company will pay a quarterly fee at a rate of 0.50% per annum on the undrawn portion of the facility. As collateral for extension of credit under the facility, the Company granted security interests in substantially all of its assets and those of one of its subsidiaries. The agreement for the credit facility contains customary representations and warranties and subjects the Company to affirmative and negative covenants. As of September 30, 2020, the Company had not drawn on, or issued any letters of credit under, the credit facility.
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8. REVENUE FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS
Revenue Recognition and Disaggregation of Revenue
The Company derives the majority of its revenue from subscription fees paid for access to and usage of its SaaS solutions for a specified period of time. A portion of the subscription fee is typically fixed and is based on a specified minimum amount of gross merchandise value, or GMV, or advertising spend that a customer expects to process through the Company's platform over the contract term. The remaining portion of the subscription fee is variable and is based on a specified percentage of GMV or advertising spend processed through the Company's platform in excess of the customer's specified minimum GMV or advertising spend amount. In addition to subscription fees, contracts with customers may include implementation fees for launch assistance and training. Fixed subscription and implementation fees are billed in advance of the subscription term and are due in accordance with contract terms, which generally provide for payment within 30 days. Variable fees are subject to the same payment terms, although they are generally billed the month after they are incurred. The Company also generates revenue from its solutions that allow brands to direct potential consumers from their websites and digital marketing campaigns to authorized resellers. The majority of the Company's contracts have a one year term. The Company's contractual arrangements include performance, termination and cancellation provisions, but do not provide for refunds. Customers do not have the contractual right to take possession of the Company's software at any time. Sales taxes collected from customers and remitted to government authorities are excluded from revenue.
The Company's customers are categorized as follows:
Retailers. The Company generally categorizes a customer as a retailer if it primarily focuses on selling third-party products.
Brands. The Company generally categorizes a customer as a brand if it primarily focuses on selling its own proprietary products.
Other. Other is primarily comprised of strategic partnerships.
The following table summarizes revenue disaggregation by customer type for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):
  Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
  2020 2019 2020 2019
Retailers $ 21,214  $ 20,300  $ 64,202  $ 62,376 
Brands 12,080  9,341  33,860  27,318 
Other 1,991  2,037  6,698  5,490 
$ 35,285  $ 31,678  $ 104,760  $ 95,184 
Contracts with Multiple Performance Obligations
Customers may elect to purchase a subscription to multiple modules, multiple modules with multiple service levels, or, for certain of the Company's solutions, multiple brands or geographies. The Company evaluates such contracts to determine whether the services to be provided are distinct and accordingly should be accounted for as separate performance obligations. If the Company determines that a contract has multiple performance obligations, the transaction price, which is the total price of the contract, is allocated to each performance obligation based on a relative standalone selling price method. The Company estimates standalone selling price based on observable prices in past transactions for which the product offering subject to the performance obligation has been sold separately. As the performance obligations are satisfied, revenue is recognized as discussed above in the product descriptions.
Transaction Price Allocated to Future Performance Obligations
As the Company typically enters into contracts with customers for a twelve-month subscription term, a substantial majority of its performance obligations that have not yet been satisfied as of September 30, 2020 are part of a contract that has an original expected duration of one year or less. For contracts with an original expected duration of greater than one year, the aggregate transaction price allocated to the unsatisfied performance obligations was $28.9 million as of September 30, 2020, of which $17.5 million is expected to be recognized as revenue over the next twelve months.
Deferred Revenue
Deferred revenue represents the unearned portion of subscription and implementation fees. Deferred revenue is recorded when cash payments are received in advance of performance. Deferred amounts are generally recognized within one year. Deferred revenue is included in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets under "Total current liabilities," net
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of any long-term portion that is included in "Other long-term liabilities." The following table summarizes deferred revenue activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 (in thousands):
Balance, beginning of period Net additions Revenue recognized Balance, end of period
Deferred revenue $ 21,459  78,909  (78,610) $ 21,758 
Of the $104.8 million of revenue recognized in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, $11.9 million was included in deferred revenue at January 1, 2020.
Costs to Obtain Contracts
The Company capitalizes sales commissions and a portion of other incentive compensation costs that are directly related to obtaining customer contracts and that would not have been incurred if the contract had not been obtained. These costs are included in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets and are classified as "Prepaid expenses and other current assets," net of any long-term portion that is included in "Deferred contract costs, net of current portion." As of September 30, 2020, $6.8 million was included in "Prepaid expenses and other current assets." Deferred contract costs are amortized to sales and marketing expense over the expected period of benefit, which the Company has determined to be five years based on the estimated customer relationship period. The following table summarizes deferred contract cost activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 (in thousands):
Balance, beginning of period Additions
Amortized costs (1)
Balance, end of period
Deferred contract costs $ 18,414  6,428  (4,623) $ 20,219 
(1) Includes contract costs amortized to sales and marketing expense during the period and the impact from foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.
9. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
In February 2020, the Company’s Compensation Committee implemented changes to the equity compensation program for the Company’s executive officers. Beginning in 2020, 50% of each executive's equity awards were granted in the form of performance-based vesting restricted stock units, or PSUs, that are eligible for vesting only if the Company achieves pre-defined targets set by the Compensation Committee for the Company’s combined year-over-year revenue growth and adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, margin over a multi-year measurement period (a two-year measurement period for fiscal 2020 grants), subject to the executive’s continued service with the Company. For any PSUs to vest, revenue growth must be positive over the performance period. Vesting of these PSU awards is based on a sliding scale of actual performance against the pre-defined goals. The sliding scale ranges from zero vesting and forfeiture of the awards if the Company does not achieve the performance threshold, to an award of up to 150% of the target number of awards if the pre-defined maximum performance is achieved. As soon as reasonably practicable after the completion of the performance period, the Compensation Committee will determine the level of attainment of the performance goal and if the performance threshold is achieved, on the second anniversary of the grant date, subject to the executive’s continued service as of that date, 50% of the earned PSU awards will vest and, on the third anniversary of the grant date, the remaining 50% of earned PSU awards will vest, subject to the executive’s continued service as of that date. The Committee may make adjustments to the manner in which the achievement is determined as it deems equitable and appropriate to exclude the effect of unusual, non-recurring or infrequent matters, transactions or events affecting the Company or its consolidated financial statements; changes in accounting principles, practices or policies or in tax laws or other laws or requirements; or other similar events, matters or changed circumstances. Each adjustment, if any, shall be made solely for the purpose of maintaining the intended economics of the award in light of changed circumstances to prevent the dilution or enlargement of the executive’s rights with respect to the PSUs. The fair value of the PSU awards is determined using the Company’s stock price on the grant date. These awards are equity classified and will be expensed over the requisite service period based on the extent to which achievement of the performance metrics is probable.
The Company recognizes stock-based compensation expense using the accelerated attribution method, net of estimated forfeitures, in which compensation cost for each vesting tranche in an award is recognized ratably from the service inception date to the vesting date for that tranche.
Stock-based compensation expense is included in the following line items in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):
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  Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
  2020 2019 (1) 2020 2019 (1)
Cost of revenue $ 203  $ 169  $ 760  $ 745 
Sales and marketing 544  —  2,061  1,773 
Research and development 485  454  1,708  1,696 
General and administrative 1,030  178  3,203  2,786 
Total stock-based compensation expense $ 2,262  $ 801  $ 7,732  $ 7,000 
(1) Stock-based compensation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 was impacted by forfeitures due to changes in executive management.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company granted the following share-based awards:
Number of Shares Underlying Grant Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Restricted stock units 958,055  $ 11.32 
Performance stock units 142,317  $ 9.27 
Total share-based awards 1,100,372 
10. NET INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE
Basic net income (loss) per share is calculated by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period. Diluted net income (loss) per share is calculated giving effect to all potentially dilutive shares of common stock, including stock options and restricted stock units. The dilutive effect of outstanding awards is reflected in diluted earnings per share by application of the treasury stock method.
The following table summarizes the calculation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per share (in thousands, except share and per share data):
  Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
  2020 2019 2020 2019
Basic:
Net income (loss) $ 3,712  $ 1,729  $ 12,705  $ (1,938)
Weighted average common shares outstanding, basic 28,802,310  28,049,199  28,485,547  27,824,696 
Basic net income (loss) per share $ 0.13  $ 0.06  $ 0.45  $ (0.07)
Diluted:
Net income (loss) $ 3,712  $ 1,729  $ 12,705  $ (1,938)
Weighted average common shares outstanding, basic 28,802,310  28,049,199  28,485,547  27,824,696 
Dilutive effect of:
Stock options 571,884  169,354  334,565  — 
Unvested restricted stock units 1,062,407  536,126  995,717  — 
Weighted average common shares outstanding, diluted 30,436,601  28,754,679  29,815,829  27,824,696 
Diluted net income (loss) per share $ 0.12  $ 0.06  $ 0.43  $ (0.07)
The following equity instruments have been excluded from the calculation of diluted net income (loss) per share because the effect is anti-dilutive:
  Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
  2020 2019 2020 2019
Stock options 145,279  1,923,938  528,777  2,341,209 
Restricted stock units 19,322  269,552  26,397  2,206,636 
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11. INCOME TAXES
At the end of each interim reporting period, the Company estimates its effective income tax rate expected to be applicable for the full year. This estimate is used to determine the income tax provision or benefit on a year-to-date basis and may change in subsequent interim periods.
The Company's effective tax rate was (11.2)% and 11.0% for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and 1.3% and (41.9)% for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The tax (benefit) expense for each of the periods was based on U.S. federal, state, local and foreign income taxes. The Company’s effective tax rate for these periods is lower than the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21% primarily due to operating loss carryforwards which are subject to a valuation allowance. The Company cannot recognize the tax benefit of operating loss carryforwards generated in certain jurisdictions due to uncertainties relating to future taxable income in those jurisdictions in terms of both its timing and its sufficiency, which would enable the Company to realize the benefits of those carryforwards. The change in the effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2020 compared with the same period in the prior year was primarily due to an increase in the UK corporate income tax rate resulting in an increase to the UK deferred tax assets and the acquisition of BlueBoard and their current year operating losses, for which the Company can recognize the tax benefit. The change in the effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared with the same period in the prior year was primarily due to the shift from pre-tax loss for the nine-month period in 2019 to pre-tax income for the nine-month period in 2020.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, or Tax Act, which went into effect on December 22, 2017, significantly revised the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The Tax Act contains, among other things, significant changes to corporate taxation, including reduction of the corporate tax rate from a top marginal rate of 35% to a flat rate of 21%, limitation of the tax deduction for interest expense to 30% of adjusted earnings (except for certain small businesses), repeal of the alternative minimum tax, limitation of the deduction for net operating losses to 80% of current year taxable income, indefinite net operating loss carryforward period and elimination of net operating loss carrybacks, elimination of U.S. tax on foreign earnings (subject to certain important exceptions), immediate deductions for certain new investments instead of deductions for depreciation expense over time, creation of the base erosion anti-abuse tax, the global intangible low taxed income inclusion, which the Company accounts for as a period cost, the foreign derived intangible income deduction and modification or repeal of many business deductions and credits.
The Coronavirus, Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, was enacted on March 27, 2020.  The CARES Act includes both income tax and non-income tax measures to assist companies. Some of the key income tax-related provisions of the CARES Act include the elimination of the 80% limitation on certain net operating loss carryforwards and allowing net operating loss carrybacks, an increase to the interest expense deduction limit, passage of technical corrections to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, and acceleration of the Alternative Minimum Tax Credit refund. In addition to the income tax provisions, the CARES Act includes non-income tax provisions, such as loan programs, penalty and interest-free deferral of certain tax payments, and payroll tax credits. The Company has decided not to apply for any of the loan programs in the CARES Act. The relevant corporate income tax changes have been incorporated into the Company's income tax provision for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 based on the language in the CARES Act and guidance promulgated prior to the issuance of these financial statements. These corporate tax changes had an insignificant impact on the income tax provision for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020. The Company is also monitoring COVID-19 tax relief developments in U.S. states and foreign jurisdictions where the Company has operations. The Company is currently benefiting from penalty and interest-free tax payment deferral in a few of the jurisdictions where the Company has operations, including deferral of the employer portion of the 2020 U.S. Social Security tax payments as provided in the CARES Act.
12. SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise for which discrete financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker, or CODM, for purposes of allocating resources and evaluating financial performance. The Company's CODM reviews financial information presented on a consolidated basis for purposes of allocating resources and evaluating financial performance. As such, the Company's operations constitute a single operating segment and one reportable segment.
Substantially all assets were held in the United States during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and the year ended December 31, 2019. The Company categorizes domestic and international revenue from customers based on their billing address. The following table summarizes revenue by geography for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):
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  Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
  2020
2019 (1)
2020
2019 (1)
Domestic $ 26,135  $ 23,537  $ 78,571  $ 71,207 
International 9,150  8,141  26,189  23,977 
Total revenue $ 35,285  $ 31,678  $ 104,760  $ 95,184 
(1) Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to current period presentation. These reclassifications had no impact on the reported total revenue for the period.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Certain statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The words or phrases "would be," "will allow," "intends to," "will likely result," "are expected to," "will continue," "is anticipated," "estimate," "project," or similar expressions, or the negative of such words or phrases, are intended to identify "forward-looking statements." We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. Because such statements include risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based upon information available to us as of the date of this Quarterly Report, and while we believe such information forms a reasonable basis for such statements, such information may be limited or incomplete, and our statements should not be read to indicate that we have conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all potentially available relevant information. These statements are inherently uncertain and investors are cautioned not to unduly rely upon these statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include those below and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, particularly in Part II – Item 1A, "Risk Factors," and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Statements made herein are as of the date of the filing of this Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission and should not be relied upon as of any subsequent date. Unless otherwise required by applicable law, we do not undertake, and we specifically disclaim, any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect occurrences, developments, unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of such statement.
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes that appear in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and with our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes for the year ended December 31, 2019, which are included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2019.
Our mission is to connect and optimize the world's commerce. Our proprietary software-as-a-service, or SaaS, cloud platform helps brands and retailers worldwide improve their online performance by expanding sales channels, connecting with consumers around the world, optimizing their operations for peak performance and providing actionable analytics to improve competitiveness. More specifically, our suite of solutions allows our customers to manage their product listings, inventory availability, pricing optimization, search terms, orders and fulfillment, and other critical functions across these channels. Our customers utilize our platform to connect with new and existing sources of demand for their products through hundreds of channels, including Amazon, eBay, Facebook, Google and Walmart. Our fulfillment solution makes it easier for customers to connect to their supply chain, which could include distributors, manufacturers and third-party logistics providers. Our brand analytics solution helps leading global brands gain a competitive advantage on their e-commerce channels with actionable insights into how their products are performing across thousands of retailer websites and marketplaces. We also offer solutions that allow brands to send their web visitors or digital marketing audiences directly to authorized resellers and to gain insight into consumer behavior. Overall, our platform delivers significant breadth, scalability and flexibility and facilitates billions of dollars in e-commerce transactions annually across the globe.
We serve customers across a wide range of industries and geographies. Our customers include the online businesses of brands and retailers, as well as advertising agencies that use our solutions on behalf of their clients.
EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW
FINANCIAL RESULTS
Total revenue of $35.3 million and $104.8 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 increased 11.4% and 10.1%, respectively, from the comparable prior year periods;
Revenue was comprised of 76.8% and 23.2% fixed and variable subscription fees, respectively, for the three months ended September 30, 2020 compared with fixed and variable subscription fees of 81.5% and 18.5%, respectively, for the three months ended September 30, 2019;
Revenue was comprised of 75.0% and 25.0% fixed and variable subscription fees, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared with fixed and variable subscription fees of 80.9% and 19.1%, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2019;
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Revenue from our brands customers represented 34.2% and 32.3% of total revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, compared with 29.5% and 28.7% of total revenue for the comparable prior year periods;
Revenue derived from customers located outside of the United States as a percentage of total revenue was 25.9% and 25.0% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, compared with 25.7% and 25.2%, respectively, for the comparable prior year periods;
Gross margin of 78.2% and 79.2% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, improved by 110 and 220 basis points, respectively, compared with 77.1% and 77.0% for the comparable prior year periods;
Operating margin of 9.4% and 12.0% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, improved significantly from 5.6% and (2.0)% for the comparable prior year periods;
Net income of $3.7 million and $12.7 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, improved compared with net income of $1.7 million and net loss of $(1.9) million for the comparable prior year periods;
Adjusted EBITDA, a non-U.S. GAAP measure, of $7.4 million and $25.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, increased 43.9% and 135.9%, respectively, compared with adjusted EBITDA of $5.2 million and $10.8 million for the comparable prior year periods;
Cash and cash equivalents were $66.4 million at September 30, 2020 compared with $51.8 million at December 31, 2019;
Operating cash flow was $26.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared with $7.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019; and
Free cash flow, a non-U.S. GAAP measure, was $22.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared with $4.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.
EFFECTS OF COVID-19 ON OUR BUSINESS

In late February 2020, in response to the rapidly-evolving novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic, we activated our business continuity program led by our business continuity team, to help us manage the situation. In early March, we implemented a COVID-19 work-from-home policy for our various global offices. The transition to a COVID-19 work-from-home model went smoothly because our employees already had the equipment necessary to do their jobs remotely (including laptops and state-of-the-art video conferencing systems), our back-office systems were already cloud-based, and because the majority of our interactions with customers, prospects, and business partners do not require in-person interaction. Accordingly, our business has not been heavily dependent on our physical office locations nor on travel. We have conducted surveys of our employees and the vast majority have responded that they felt as (or more) productive working from home and that they had what they needed to do their jobs. We believe we will be able to operate effectively under this model for the foreseeable future.

COVID-19 has affected e-commerce in different ways. In general, the closing of many physical retail stores and the stay-at-home orders issued by many jurisdictions have driven a substantial shift in commerce to online channels like Amazon and Walmart. Beginning in March, we saw a significant increase in gross merchandise value, or GMV, processed through our platform, which benefited our variable revenue. At the same time, in March and early in the second quarter of 2020, sellers of certain categories of products, like apparel, were impacted by reduced demand while concurrently dealing with store closures and, in some cases, disruptions to supply chains or fulfillment operations. We proactively adjusted contract and/or payment terms for some customers who were facing financial or operational distress in an effort to help them get through this period and to maintain long-term client relationships.

COVID-19 presents our business with both opportunities and risks. Our business has been positively affected by a substantial increase in e-commerce volumes, which drove an increase in GMV and variable revenue during the second and third quarters of 2020 compared to the prior year periods. How long, and to what extent, this level of higher GMV can continue is very difficult to forecast. We believe that the heightened GMV levels we have seen are likely to dissipate somewhat over time as retail stores reopen and stay-at-home orders ease, but we also believe it is possible that some level of increased e-commerce may become permanent as customers become more regular online shoppers.

We also believe that this trend toward online shopping will increase demand for solutions, like ours, that help brands and retailers continue to shift towards digital channels. In March, however, COVID-19 negatively impacted our ability to acquire new customers as many prospects were distracted by having to manage their own pandemic-related business disruptions. In addition, in-person events that have been an important source of contracts with new customers and expansion of contracts with current customers, have been postponed, cancelled or converted to virtual events, with our flagship prospect and customer conferences converted to virtual events for 2020. We also anticipate that some customers may face business continuity
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challenges that may lead to a near-term increase in churn. Thus, while we have experienced some disruption to our ability to acquire new customers and retain certain existing customers, we believe the longer-term demand for our platform will be at least as strong as it has been in the past once the disruptions posted by the pandemic subside.

Lastly, we cannot ignore that in recent months tens of millions of people around the world have lost their jobs due to COVID-19 and that the global economy has experienced, and may continue to experience, economic distress. Governments around the world, including the U.S. Federal government and European Union, have enacted historic fiscal and monetary stimulus programs in an effort to mitigate the economic impact of COVID-19, and we believe these programs have helped support consumer spending. Whether and when, and to what extent, future stimulus programs are enacted is difficult to predict. Therefore, the risk of continued global economic distress remains high and may impact consumer demand and, hence, e-commerce volumes. How long this economic climate lasts, and whether or not the impact on consumer demand is more than offset by the shift to online shopping that we have seen since March is not knowable at this point.

For all of these reasons, it has remained difficult to forecast our revenue and profitability for the remainder of 2020, especially as continued outbreaks of COVID-19 could disrupt our operations and/or those of our customers. However, we believe we currently have sufficient liquidity and that our business model, which is substantially based on subscription revenues, positions us to continue to manage through the challenges presented by COVID-19.
TRENDS IN OUR BUSINESS
The following trends have contributed to the results of our consolidated operations, and we anticipate that they will continue to affect our future results:
Growth in Online Shopping. Consumers continue to move more of their spending from offline to online. The continuing shift to online shopping and overall growth has contributed to our historical growth and we expect that this online shift will continue to benefit our business. Global efforts to implement social distancing, including stay-at-home orders and similar mobility and gathering restrictions, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, have increased e-commerce as consumers have increasingly turned to online purchasing for many products they would have purchased at brick and mortar stores. However, it is unclear to what degree this recent shift in favor of e-commerce will continue once the public health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have begun to subside.
Product Offering Expansion. As online shopping evolves, we continue to expand our product offerings to reflect the needs of companies seeking to attract consumers. We continue to enhance our product offerings by increasing online shopping channel integrations, including marketplace and first-party retail programs, and providing capabilities that allow brands and retailers to be more competitive. This includes support for advertising, advanced algorithmic repricing, machine learning-based demand forecasting, and improving our analytics capabilities, fulfillment features and user experience.
Growth in Mobile Usage. We believe the shift toward mobile commerce will increasingly favor aggregators such as Amazon, eBay, Google and Walmart, all of which are focal points of our platform. These systems understand the identity of the buyer, helping to reduce friction in the mobile commerce process, while offering a wide selection of merchandise in a single location. We believe that the growth in mobile commerce may result in increased revenue for us.
Evolving Fulfillment Landscape. Consumers have been conditioned to expect fast, efficient delivery of products. We believe that determining and executing on a strategy to more expeditiously receive, process and deliver online orders, which we refer to collectively as fulfillment, is critical to success for online sellers. Therefore, it will be increasingly important for us to facilitate and optimize fulfillment services on behalf of our customers, which in turn may result in additional research and development investment.
Focus on Employees. We strive to provide competitive compensation and benefits programs to help attract and retain employees who are focused on facilitating the success of our customers. We implemented a COVID-19 global work-from-home policy beginning in March 2020 to help protect our employees and support our communities’ efforts to slow the transmission of COVID-19. This transition went smoothly, as our workforce is globally distributed and employees have the equipment they need to work from home, including global video communications systems. We are not dependent on our physical office locations or travel for our business operations.
Seasonality. Our revenue fluctuates as a result of seasonal variations in our business, principally due to the peak consumer demand and related increased volume of our customers' GMV during the year-end holiday season. As a result, we have historically had higher revenue in our fourth quarter than other quarters due to increased GMV
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processed through our platform, resulting in higher variable subscription fees. During the second and third quarters of 2020, we saw an increase in GMV processed through our platform, which does not follow the typical seasonal variations in our business, and resulted in higher than normal variable subscription fees. Refer to "Revenue" below for additional information on our current period results.
OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKS
Dynamic E-commerce Landscape. We need to continue to innovate in the face of a rapidly changing e-commerce landscape if we are to remain competitive.
Brands. As the e-commerce landscape evolves to increasingly favor brands, we need to continue to add brands as customers. Brands tend to have longer customer life cycles, stronger financial stability and overall better unit economics than retailers. Brands also offer increased expansion opportunities to grow their e-commerce business through our platform; however they tend to have longer sales cycles. To help drive our future growth, we have made significant investments in our sales force and allocated resources focused on growing our customer base of brands.
Strategic Partnerships. Our business development team's mission is to expand our sales and market opportunities through strategic partner relationships. We plan to continue to invest in initiatives to expand our strategic partnership base to further enhance our offerings for customers and to help support our indirect sales channel efforts. The goal of these strategic partnerships is to further improve the value of our platform for our customers and, when possible, provide us opportunities for incremental revenue streams.
Increasing Complexity of E-commerce. Although e-commerce continues to expand as brands and retailers continue to increase their online sales, it is also becoming more complex due to the hundreds of channels available to brands and retailers and the rapid pace of change and innovation across those channels. In order to gain consumers' attention in a more crowded and competitive online marketplace, an increasing number of brands and retailers sell their merchandise through multiple online channels, each with its own rules, requirements and specifications. In particular, third-party marketplaces are an increasingly important driver of growth for a number of brands and large online retailers. As a result, we need to continue to support multiple channels in a variety of geographies in order to support our targeted revenue growth.
Global Growth in E-commerce. We believe the growth in e-commerce globally presents an opportunity for brands and retailers to engage in international sales. However, country-specific marketplaces are often a market share leader in their regions, as is the case for Zalando in Europe, for example. In order to help our customers capitalize on this potential market opportunity, and to address our customers’ needs with respect to cross-border trade, we intend to continue to invest in our international operations. Doing business overseas involves substantial challenges, including management attention and resources needed to adapt to multiple languages, cultures, laws and commercial infrastructure, as further described in this report under the caption "Risks Related to our International Operations."
Our senior management continuously focuses on these and other trends and challenges, and we believe that our culture of innovation and our history of growth and expansion will contribute to the success of our business. We cannot, however, assure you that we will be successful in addressing and managing the many challenges and risks that we face.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following tables set forth our condensed consolidated statement of operations data and such data expressed as a percentage of revenues for each of the periods indicated.
  Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30, Period-to-Period Change  Period-to-Period Change 
  2020 2019 2020 2019 Q3 2020 to Q3 2019 YTD 2020 to YTD 2019
(dollars in thousands)
Revenue $ 35,285  $ 31,678  $ 104,760  $ 95,184  $ 3,607  11.4  % $ 9,576  10.1  %
Cost of revenue 7,691  7,251  21,807  21,876  440  6.1  (69) (0.3)
Gross profit 27,594  24,427  82,953  73,308  3,167  13.0  9,645  13.2 
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing 13,477  12,403  38,436  40,808  1,074  8.7  (2,372) (5.8)
Research and development 4,809  4,803  14,153  15,161  0.1  (1,008) (6.6)
General and administrative 5,974  5,440  17,742  19,272  534  9.8  (1,530) (7.9)
Total operating expenses 24,260  22,646  70,331  75,241  1,614  7.1  (4,910) (6.5)
Income (loss) from operations 3,334  1,781  12,622  (1,933) 1,553  87.2  14,555  *
Other income:
Interest (expense) income, net (1) 205  210  599  (206) * (389) (64.9)
Other income (expense), net (44) 44  (32) 49  * 76  *
Total other income 161  254  567  (157) (97.5) (313) (55.2)
Income (loss) before income taxes 3,338  1,942  12,876  (1,366) 1,396  71.9  14,242  *
Income tax (benefit) expense (374) 213  171  572  (587) * (401) (70.1)
Net income (loss) $ 3,712  $ 1,729  $ 12,705  $ (1,938) $ 1,983  114.7  $ 14,643  *
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  Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
  2020 2019 2020 2019
(as a percentage of revenue)

(as a percentage of revenue)

Revenue 100.0  % 100.0  % 100.0  % 100.0  %
Cost of revenue 21.8  22.9  20.8  23.0 
Gross profit 78.2  77.1  79.2  77.0 
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing 38.2  39.2  36.7  42.9 
Research and development 13.6  15.2  13.5  15.9 
General and administrative 16.9  17.2  16.9  20.2 
Total operating expenses 68.8  71.5  67.1  79.0 
Income (loss) from operations 9.4  5.6  12.0  (2.0)
Other income:
Interest (expense) income, net 0.0  0.6  0.2  0.6 
Other income (expense), net 0.0  (0.1) 0.0  0.0 
Total other income 0.0  0.5  0.2  0.6 
Income (loss) before income taxes 9.5  6.1  12.3  (1.4)
Income tax (benefit) expense (1.1) 0.7  0.2  0.6 
Net income (loss) 10.5  % 5.5  % 12.1  % (2.0) %
Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization expense is included in the following line items in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):
Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
2020 2019 2020 2019
Cost of revenue $ 1,062  $ 1,046  $ 3,067  $ 2,947 
Sales and marketing 154  205  465  607 
Research and development 61  94  195  277 
General and administrative 378  319  928  975 
Total depreciation and amortization expense $ 1,655  $ 1,664  $ 4,655  $ 4,806 
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REVENUE
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We derive the majority of our revenue from subscription fees paid to us by our customers for usage of our platform for a specified contract term, which is usually one year. A portion of the subscription fee is typically fixed and based on a specified minimum amount of GMV or advertising spend that a customer expects to process through our platform. The remaining portion of the subscription fee is variable and is based on a specified percentage of GMV or advertising spend processed through our platform in excess of the customer's specified minimum GMV or advertising spend amount. In most cases, the specified percentage of excess GMV or advertising spend on which the variable portion of the subscription is based is fixed and does not vary depending on the amount of the excess. We also receive implementation fees, which may include fees for providing launch assistance and training.
Because our customer contracts generally contain both fixed and variable pricing components, changes in GMV between periods do not translate directly or linearly into changes in our revenue. We use customized pricing structures for each of our customers depending upon the individual situation of the customer. For example, some customers may commit to a higher specified minimum GMV amount per month in exchange for a lower fixed percentage fee on that committed GMV. In addition, the percentage fee assessed on the variable GMV in excess of the committed minimum for each customer is typically higher than the fee on the fixed, committed portion. As a result, our overall revenue could increase or decrease even without any change in overall GMV between periods, depending on which customers generated the GMV. In addition, changes in GMV from month to month for any individual customer that are below the specified minimum amount would have no effect on our revenue from that customer, and each customer may alternate between being over the committed amount or under it from month to month. For these reasons, while GMV is an important qualitative and long-term directional indicator, we do not regard it as a useful quantitative measurement of our historic revenues or as a predictor of future revenues.

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We recognize fixed subscription fees and implementation fees ratably over the contract period beginning on the date the customer has access to the software. In determining the amount of revenue to be recognized, we apply the following steps:
Identify the promised services in the contract;
Determine whether the promised services are performance obligations, including whether they are distinct in the context of the contract;
Determine the transaction price;
Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations based on estimated selling prices; and
Recognize revenue as we satisfy each performance obligation.
We generally invoice our customers for the fixed portion of the subscription fee in advance, in monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual installments. We invoice our customers for the implementation fee at the inception of the arrangement. Fixed subscription and implementation fees that have been invoiced are initially recorded as deferred revenue and are generally recognized ratably over the contract term.
In general, we invoice and recognize revenue from the variable portion of subscription fees in the period in which the related GMV or advertising spend is processed.

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Our customers are categorized as follows:
Retailers. We generally categorize a customer as a retailer if it primarily focuses on selling third-party products.
Brands. We generally categorize a customer as a brand if it primarily focuses on selling its own proprietary products.
Other. Other is primarily comprised of strategic partnerships.


Comparison of Q3 2020 to Q3 2019
Revenue increased by 11.4%, or $3.6 million, to $35.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 compared with $31.7 million for the prior year period. The change was primarily due to a $2.3 million increase in variable revenue driven by sustained and broad-based growth in GMV processed on our platform as e-commerce spending remained elevated throughout the quarter compared to the prior year period, consistent with broader e-commerce trends as the COVID-19 pandemic caused a shift in consumer buying behavior during 2020. Fixed revenue increased $1.3 million compared to the prior year period, driven by strong net bookings, particularly from brands customers. Revenue from our brands customers increased 29.3%, or $2.7 million, compared to the prior year period, driven by an increase in new customers and expansions with existing customers, as well as an increase in transaction volume and variable revenue during the quarter as mentioned above.
Comparison of YTD 2020 to YTD 2019
Revenue increased by 10.1%, or $9.6 million, to $104.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared with $95.2 million for the prior year period. The change was similarly due to a $7.9 million increase in variable revenue driven by sustained and broad-based growth in GMV processed on our platform as e-commerce spending remained elevated beginning in March and continuing through the third quarter, consistent with broader e-commerce trends as the COVID-19 pandemic caused a shift in consumer buying behavior. Fixed revenue increased $1.6 million compared to the prior year period, driven by strong net bookings, particularly from brands customers. Revenue from our brands customers increased 23.9%, or $6.5 million, compared to the prior year period, driven by an increase in new customers and expansions with existing customers, as well as an increase in transaction volume and variable revenue during the period as mentioned above. Revenue from our strategic partnerships also increased $1.2 million compared to the prior year period, driven primarily by growth in GMV as mentioned above.
COST OF REVENUE
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Cost of revenue primarily consists of:
Salaries and personnel-related costs for employees providing services to our customers and supporting our platform infrastructure, including benefits, bonuses and stock-based compensation;
Co-location facility costs for our data centers;
Infrastructure maintenance costs; and
Fees we pay to credit card vendors in connection with our customers' payments to us.


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Comparison of Q3 2020 to Q3 2019
Cost of revenue increased by 6.1%, or $0.4 million, to $7.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 compared with $7.3 million for the prior year period. The change was comprised primarily of compensation and employee-related costs due to an increase in quarterly bonuses earned during the period, as well as an increase in headcount, with the prior year period being impacted by our implementation of a plan to reduce expenses and align our operations with evolving business needs in the third quarter of 2019, or the 2019 Actions.
Comparison of YTD 2020 to YTD 2019
Cost of revenue decreased by 0.3%, or $0.1 million, to $21.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared with $21.9 million for the prior year period. The change was comprised primarily of certain customer contingencies accrued in the prior year period that did not materialize.
OPERATING EXPENSES
SALES AND MARKETING EXPENSE
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Sales and marketing expense consists primarily of:
Salaries and personnel-related costs for our sales and marketing and customer support employees, including benefits, bonuses and stock-based compensation;
Amortization of capitalized sales commissions and related incentive payments over their expected term of benefit;
Marketing, advertising and promotional event programs; and
Corporate communications.
Comparison of Q3 2020 to Q3 2019
Sales and marketing expense increased by 8.7%, or $1.1 million, to $13.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 compared with $12.4 million for the prior year period. The change was comprised primarily of increases (decreases) of:
$1.4 million in compensation and employee-related costs, including stock-based compensation expense, due to an increase in quarterly bonuses earned during the period, as well as an increase in headcount in the current year, with the prior year period being impacted by the 2019 Actions; partially offset by
$(0.5) million in our promotional event programs and travel, primarily due to travel and gathering restrictions as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Comparison of YTD 2020 to YTD 2019
Sales and marketing expense decreased by 5.8%, or $2.4 million, to $38.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared with $40.8 million for the prior year period. The change was comprised primarily of decreases of:
$1.7 million in our promotional event programs and travel, primarily due to travel and gathering restrictions as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic; and
$0.5 million in allocated expenses, driven by certain office closures, including our operations in China.
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENSE
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Research and development expense consists primarily of:
Salaries and personnel-related costs for our research and development employees, including benefits, bonuses and stock-based compensation;
Costs related to the development, quality assurance and testing of new technology and enhancement of our existing platform technology; and
Consulting expenses.

Comparison of Q3 2020 to Q3 2019
Research and development expense was $4.8 million for each of the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, with no significant changes in total expense as compared to the prior year period. Within compensation and employee-related costs, there was a $0.2 million increase due to quarterly bonuses earned during the period, which was offset by a $0.2 million decrease due to an increase in capitalized employee-related costs attributable to software development to support the enhancement of our product offerings.
Comparison of YTD 2020 to YTD 2019
Research and development expense decreased by 6.6%, or $1.0 million, to $14.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared with $15.2 million for the prior year period. The change was comprised primarily of
decreases of:
$0.4 million in compensation and employee-related costs due to shifting certain research and development to lower cost office locations;
$0.4 million in compensation and employee-related costs due to an increase in capitalized employee-related costs attributable to software development to support the enhancement of our product offerings; and
$0.2 million in allocated expenses, driven by certain office closures, including our operations in China.
GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE
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General and administrative expense consists primarily of:
Salaries and personnel-related costs for administrative, finance and accounting, information systems, legal and human resource employees, including benefits, bonuses and stock-based compensation;
Consulting and professional fees;
Insurance;
Bad debt expense;
Costs associated with SEC compliance, including with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other regulations governing public companies; and
Transaction related costs.
Comparison of Q3 2020 to Q3 2019
General and administrative expense increased by 9.8%, or $0.5 million, to $6.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 compared with $5.4 million for the prior year period. The change was comprised primarily of increases (decreases) of:
$0.9 million in stock-based compensation expense due to equity forfeitures in the prior year period, primarily as a result of the 2019 Actions; and
$0.2 million in transaction costs associated with our July 2020 acquisition of BlueBoard; partially offset by
$(0.5) million in bad debt expense due to improved cash collections.
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Comparison of YTD 2020 to YTD 2019
General and administrative expense decreased by 7.9%, or $1.5 million, to $17.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared with $19.3 million for the prior year period. The change was comprised primarily of (decreases) increases of:
$(0.6) million in compensation and employee-related costs due to reductions in headcount, primarily as a result of the 2019 Actions;
$(0.6) million in allocated expenses driven by certain office closures, including our operations in China; and
$(0.5) million in executive severance costs in connection with changes in management in the prior year period that did not recur in the current year period; partially offset by
$0.4 million in transaction costs associated with our July 2020 acquisition of BlueBoard.
ADJUSTED EBITDA

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Adjusted EBITDA represents our earnings before interest expense (income), income tax (benefit) expense and depreciation and amortization, adjusted to eliminate stock-based compensation expense, which is a non-cash item, in 2019 only, non-recurring severance and related costs, and in 2020 only, transaction costs associated with our July 2020 acquisition of BlueBoard (see note 4 to our unaudited financial statements included in this report for additional information on the acquisition).
We believe that adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to management and others in understanding and evaluating our operating results. However, adjusted EBITDA is not a measure calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to any measure of financial performance calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. In addition, adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies because other companies may not calculate adjusted EBITDA in the same manner that we do.
Our use of adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider it in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under U.S. GAAP. Some of these limitations are:
although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized may have to be replaced in the future and adjusted EBITDA does not reflect cash capital expenditure requirements for such replacements or for new capital expenditure requirements;
adjusted EBITDA does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs;
adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the potentially dilutive impact of equity-based compensation;
adjusted EBITDA does not reflect interest or income tax payments that may represent a reduction in cash available to us; and
other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate adjusted EBITDA differently, which reduces its usefulness as a comparative measure.
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Because of these and other limitations, you should consider adjusted EBITDA together with U.S. GAAP-based financial performance measures, including various cash flow metrics, net income (loss) and our other U.S. GAAP results. The following table presents a reconciliation of net income (loss) to adjusted EBITDA for each of the periods indicated (in thousands):
  Three Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
  2020 2019 2020 2019
Net income (loss) $ 3,712  $ 1,729  $ 12,705  $ (1,938)
Adjustments:
Interest expense (income), net (205) (210) (599)
Income tax (benefit) expense (374) 213  171  572 
Depreciation and amortization expense 1,655  1,664  4,655  4,806 
Total adjustments 1,282  1,672  4,616  4,779 
EBITDA 4,994  3,401  17,321  2,841 
Stock-based compensation expense 2,262  801  7,732  7,000 
Transaction costs in connection with acquisition 178  —  443  — 
Non-recurring severance and related costs —  965  —  965 
Adjusted EBITDA $ 7,434  $ 5,167  $ 25,496  $ 10,806 
GROSS AND OPERATING MARGINS
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Comparison of Q3 2020 to Q3 2019
Gross margin improved by 110 basis points to 78.2% during the three months ended September 30, 2020 compared with 77.1% for the prior year period as a result of the 11.4% increase in revenue noted above, which exceeded the increase in cost of revenue of 6.1%.
Operating margin improved by 380 basis points to 9.4% during the three months ended September 30, 2020 compared with 5.6% for the prior year period. Our improved operating margin was a result of the 11.4% increase in revenue, which exceeded the increases in operating expenses and cost of revenue of 7.1% and 6.1%, respectively.
Comparison of YTD 2020 to YTD 2019
Gross margin improved by 220 basis points to 79.2% during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared with 77.0% for the prior year period as a result of the 10.1% increase in revenue and 0.3% decrease in cost of revenue noted above.
Operating margin improved by 1400 basis points to 12.0% during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared with (2.0)% for the prior year period. Our improved operating margin was a result of the 10.1% increase in revenue and decreases in operating expenses and cost of revenue of 6.5% and 0.3%, respectively, driven by the 2019 Actions, cost savings attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic, primarily related to travel and promotional event program cancellations, and our continuing strategic efforts to scale our business operations while managing costs.

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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
Our management's discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reported period. In accordance with U.S. GAAP, we base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions, and to the extent that there are differences between our estimates and actual results, our future financial statement presentation, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows will be affected. There were no material changes to our critical accounting policies and use of estimates, which are disclosed in our audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2019.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Refer to Note 2, "Significant Accounting Policies," to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report for a full description of recent accounting pronouncements.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
We derive our liquidity and operating capital primarily from cash flows from operations. Based on our current level of operations and anticipated growth, we believe our future cash flows from operating activities and our existing cash balances will be sufficient to meet our cash requirements for at least the next twelve months.
The foregoing estimate does not give effect to any potential amounts that we may draw under our credit facility, or Credit Facility, with HSBC Bank, or HSBC, that we entered into in August 2020 and which is described in more detail below.
CASH FLOWS
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Free Cash Flow
We view free cash flow as an important financial metric as it demonstrates our ability to generate cash and can allow us to pursue opportunities that enhance shareholder value. Free cash flow is a non-U.S. GAAP financial measure that should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, measures of our financial performance prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The following table presents a reconciliation of cash provided by operating activities, the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measure, to free cash flow for each of the periods indicated (in thousands):
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Nine Months Ended September 30,
2020 2019
Cash and cash equivalents provided by operating activities $ 25,985  $ 7,514 
Less: Purchases of property and equipment (1,021) (755)
Less: Payment of software development costs (2,283) (1,972)
Free cash flow $ 22,681  $ 4,787 
Free cash flow increased by $17.9 million to $22.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared with $4.8 million for the prior year period. The increase in free cash flow was primarily a result of revenue growth during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared with the prior year period, as well as lower operating expenses, primarily related to the 2019 Actions and cost savings in 2020 attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic, improved cash collections and changes in assets and liabilities, which are further described below.
Operating activities cash flows are largely driven by:
The amount of cash we invest in personnel and infrastructure to support the anticipated growth of our business;
The amount and timing of customer payments; and
The seasonality of our business, as noted above, which results in variations in the timing of invoicing and the receipt of payments from our customers.
Investing activities cash flows are largely driven by:
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired;
Capitalized expenditures to create internally developed software and implement software purchased for internal use; and
Purchases of property and equipment to support the expansion of our infrastructure and acquisitions.
Financing activities cash flows are largely driven by:
Proceeds from the exercises of stock options;
Payments on finance lease obligations;
Tax withholdings related to the net-share settlement of restricted stock units; and
Payment of line of credit financing costs.
YTD 2020
Operating Activities
Our cash provided by operating activities of $26.0 million consisted of net income of $12.7 million adjusted for non-cash items totaling $12.2 million, which consisted of stock-based compensation expense, depreciation and amortization expense, bad debt expense and other non-cash items, and cash increases of $1.1 million from changes in assets and liabilities.
The net increase in cash of $1.1 million resulting from changes in assets and liabilities primarily consisted of:
a $3.4 million increase in accrued expenses and accounts payable primarily due to an increase in quarterly bonuses earned during the period and the deferral of payroll taxes associated with COVID-19 pandemic relief;
a $0.3 million decrease in accounts receivable as a result of improved cash collections; and
a $0.1 million increase in deferred revenue as a result of an increase in net bookings during the period. These increases in cash were partially offset by decreases in cash due to:
a $1.8 million increase in deferred contract costs consisting of sales commissions and a portion of other incentive compensation that is deferred and amortized to expense over the expected period of benefit; and
a $0.9 million increase in prepaid expenses and other assets driven by the timing of payments to our vendors during the period.
Investing Activities
Our cash used in investing activities of $12.1 million consisted of:
$8.8 million for the acquisition of BlueBoard, net of cash acquired;
$2.3 million of capitalized software development costs; and
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$1.0 million of capital expenditures primarily related to the purchase of computer equipment.
Financing Activities
Our cash provided by financing activities of $0.7 million consisted of:
$3.6 million in cash received upon the exercise of stock options; partially offset by
$1.3 million used for the payment of taxes related to the net-share settlement of restricted stock units;
$1.4 million used for the repayment of finance leases; and
$0.2 million used for the payment of line of credit financing costs in connection with entering into our Credit Facility as described below.
YTD 2019
Operating Activities
Our cash provided by operating activities of $7.5 million consisted of a net loss of $1.9 million adjusted for non-cash items totaling $13.3 million, which consisted of stock-based compensation expense, depreciation and amortization expense, bad debt expense and other non-cash items, and uses of cash of $3.8 million from changes in assets and liabilities.
The net decrease in cash of $3.8 million resulting from changes in assets and liabilities primarily consisted of:
a $2.7 million increase in deferred contract costs consisting of sales commissions and a portion of other incentive compensation that is deferred and amortized to expense over the expected period of benefit;
a $2.3 million decrease in deferred revenue as a result of the timing of revenue recognition for managed-service contracts; and
a $2.1 million decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses driven by the timing of payments to our vendors during the period and payments for certain customer arrangements for which we collect and remit monthly activity-based fees incurred for specific channels on behalf of our customers (referred to as "agency of record" activities). These decreases in cash were partially offset by increases in cash due to:
a $2.3 million decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets, primarily related to agency of record receipts (we record the amounts due from customers as a result of these arrangements as other receivables); and
a $1.0 million decrease in accounts receivable as a result of increased cash collections during the period.
Investing Activities
Our cash used in investing activities of $2.7 million consisted of:
$2.0 million of capitalized software development costs; and
$0.8 million of capital expenditures primarily related to the purchase of computer equipment.
Financing Activities
Our cash used in financing activities of $3.5 million consisted of:
$2.4 million used for the repayment of finance leases; and
$2.1 million used for the payment of taxes related to the net-share settlement of restricted stock units; partially offset by
$1.0 million in cash received upon the exercise of stock options.
CREDIT FACILITY
On August 5, 2020, we established the Credit Facility with HSBC under which we may borrow up to $25 million. We may use proceeds from borrowings under the Credit Facility for working capital and general corporate purposes, including acquisitions, and up to $10 million is available for letters of credit. We may also request increases in the amount of the Credit Facility, with such increases not to exceed $10 million in the aggregate, subject to HSBC’s consent. As of the date of this report, we have not drawn on, or issued any letters of credit under, the Credit Facility. The Credit Facility matures in August 2023.
Any borrowings under the Credit Facility will bear interest at a per annum interest rate based on a base rate plus 2.25% or LIBOR plus 3.25%. The base rate will equal the highest of (a) the prime rate as publicly announced by HSBC, (b) the sum of (i) the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System plus
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(ii) 0.50%, and (c) the LIBOR rate plus 1.00% per annum, with a floor of 1.50%. The LIBOR rate will be based on London interbank offered rates published by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited for the applicable interest period, with a floor of 0.50%. We will pay a fee on all outstanding letters of credit at a rate of 3.25% per annum. We will pay HSBC a commitment fee on the undrawn portion of the facility at a rate per annum equal to 0.50%. We may terminate the Credit Facility, or prepay any borrowings, at any time in our discretion without premium or penalty.
Each of our existing and future material domestic subsidiaries must guarantee all of our obligations under the Credit Facility, and, in addition, our immaterial domestic subsidiaries may guarantee our obligations. As of the date of this report, we do not have any material domestic subsidiaries, but all of our obligations are guaranteed by our wholly-owned subsidiary CA Washington, LLC. Our obligations under the Credit Facility are secured by first priority liens on substantially all of our assets and those of our subsidiary CA Washington, LLC.
The credit agreement for the Credit Facility, or the Credit Agreement, contains affirmative and negative covenants, including covenants that, without consent of HSBC, limit our ability to, or to permit our subsidiaries to, (a) incur indebtedness, with exceptions permitting, among others, earnouts and other indebtedness incurred in an acquisition; (b) grant or incur liens; (c) make loans and investments, with exceptions permitting, among others, specified acquisitions of up to an aggregate amount of $30 million, subject to satisfaction of a pro forma consolidated leverage ratio; (d) enter into mergers; (e) dispose of assets; (f) pay dividends on our equity and complete distributions, redemptions and equity repurchases; (g) transact with affiliates; and (h) make capital expenditures in excess of $10 million during any fiscal year.
In addition, under the Credit Agreement, we may not permit the ratio of our outstanding indebtedness to consolidated EBITDA to exceed 2.50 to 1.00 as of the last day of any fiscal quarter. We also may not permit the ratio of our consolidated EBITDA (minus maintenance-related capital expenditures paid in cash and minus dividends, distributions and stock repurchases paid in cash) to consolidated interest expense to be less than 3.00 to 1.00 for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters.
The Credit Agreement contains customary events of default. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an event of default, HSBC may terminate the commitments under the Credit Facility and declare the outstanding advances and all other obligations under the Credit Facility immediately due and payable.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of September 30, 2020, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements, as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, Regulation S-K.
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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Market risk is the risk of loss to future earnings, values or future cash flows that may result from changes in the price of a financial instrument. The value of a financial instrument may change as a result of changes in interest rates, exchange rates, commodity prices, equity prices and other market changes. We are exposed to market risk related to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Although we have not drawn on our Credit Facility, we may do so in the future which may subject us to risks from changing interest rates. We do not use derivative financial instruments for speculative, hedging or trading purposes, although in the future we may enter into exchange rate hedging arrangements to manage foreign currency exchange risk. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, there were no material changes to our market risks from those disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2019.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The term "disclosure controls and procedures," as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), refers to controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to a company's management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met. Additionally, in designing disclosure controls and procedures, our management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible disclosure controls and procedures. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2020, the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based upon such evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of such date at the reasonable assurance level.
(b) Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There have not been any changes in our internal control over financial reporting during our fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2020 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II
OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
From time to time, we are subject to litigation and claims arising in the ordinary course of business, but we are not currently a party to any material legal proceedings and we are not aware of any pending or threatened legal proceeding against us that we believe could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, cash flows or financial condition.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
Our business is subject to numerous risks. You should carefully consider the following risks, as well as general economic and business risks, and all of the other information contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, together with any other documents we file with the SEC. Any of the following risks could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition and cause the trading price of our common stock to decline.
RISKS RELATED TO OUR BUSINESS
Global economic conditions, including those resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, could materially adversely affect demand for our solutions and our financial performance.
Our operations and performance depend significantly on worldwide economic conditions. Uncertainty about global economic conditions, including the ongoing global disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and any subsequent outbreaks of COVID-19 or other infectious diseases, could negatively affect our ability to generate sales of our solutions. For example, customers may be unwilling to enter into or renew contracts with us as a result of reduced demand for their own products or their own economic uncertainty. In addition, tighter credit policies, increased unemployment rates, negative financial news or declines in income or asset values and other macroeconomic factors, or the perception that any of these may occur, could have a material negative effect on our customers’ demand for our solutions and, accordingly, on our business, results of operations and financial condition. In addition, a prolonged recession or market correction resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic could decrease technology spending, adversely affecting demand for our solutions, or could lead customers to renegotiate contracts and seek pricing concessions or terminate their contracts, which could negatively impact our revenues and the value of our common stock.
The global pandemic of COVID-19 continues to evolve rapidly, and we continue to monitor the situation closely and assess the potential effects on our business; however, the ultimate impact is highly uncertain and subject to change and will depend on a number of future developments, such as the ultimate geographic spread of the disease, the duration and any future recurrences of the outbreak, the duration and effect of business disruptions and the short-term effects and ultimate effectiveness of the travel restrictions, quarantines, social distancing requirements and business closures in the United States and other countries to contain and treat the disease. Accordingly, we do not yet know the full extent of potential impacts on our business and operations, or those of our business partners and customers, or the global economy as a whole. While the COVID-19 pandemic did not have a significant adverse impact on our results of operations during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, it is possible that the pandemic could adversely affect our revenue growth and financial results for the remainder of 2020 or beyond. Because our solutions are primarily sold on a subscription basis, any such adverse effects may not be fully reflected in our operating results until future periods. Accordingly, the current results and financial condition discussed in this report may not be indicative of our future operating results and trends.
In addition to overall economic and market conditions resulting from COVID-19, our business could be negatively impacted by other developments that result in decreased consumer spending. For example, the United States has recently imposed increased tariffs on certain imports from China and has expressed a willingness for further tariffs on goods imported from China and other countries. Any economic uncertainty caused by the United States tariffs imposed or expected to be imposed on goods from China or other countries, and any retaliatory counter-measures imposed by countries subject to such tariffs, could have a negative impact on consumer spending for discretionary items, which in turn could hurt our brand and retailer customers in a manner that might cause them to spend less on our solutions. Any such outcome could impair our revenues and results of operations.

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We have incurred significant net losses since inception, and even though we achieved net income for the most recent quarters and prior year, it is possible that our operating expenses will increase in the future and we may not be able to maintain profitability.
We had an accumulated deficit of $163.8 million as of September 30, 2020 due to net losses incurred in periods prior to 2019. Although we achieved net income of $12.7 million and $3.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and the year ended December 31, 2019, respectively, it is possible that our operating expenses will increase in the future, which could negatively impact our prospects for maintaining profitability in future periods. If we are not able to maintain profitability, the value of our company and our common stock could decline significantly.
A significant portion of our revenue is attributable to sales by our customers on the Amazon and eBay marketplaces and through advertisements on Google. Our inability to continue to integrate our solutions with these channels would make our solutions less appealing to existing and potential new customers and could significantly reduce our revenue.
A substantial majority of the GMV that our customers process through our platform is derived from merchandise sold on the Amazon and eBay marketplaces or advertised on Google, and a similar portion of our variable subscription fees is attributable to sales by our customers through these channels. These channels, and the other channels with which our solutions are integrated, have no obligation to do business with us or to allow us access to their systems, and they may decide at any time and for any reason to significantly curtail or inhibit our ability to integrate our solutions with their channels. Additionally, Amazon, eBay or Google may make significant changes to their respective business models, policies, systems, plans or ownership, and those changes could impair or inhibit our customers' ability to use our solutions to sell their products on those channels, or may adversely affect the volume of GMV that our customers can sell on those channels or reduce the desirability of selling on those channels. Further, Amazon, eBay or Google could decide to compete with us more vigorously. Any of these results could cause our customers to reevaluate the value of our products and services and potentially terminate their relationships with us and significantly reduce our revenue.
We may not be able to respond to rapid changes in channel technologies or requirements, which could cause us to lose revenue and make it more difficult to maintain profitability.
The e-commerce market is characterized by rapid technological change and frequent changes in rules, specifications and other requirements for brands and retailers to be able to sell their merchandise on particular channels, as well as developments in technologies that can impede the display and tracking of advertisements. Our ability to retain existing customers and attract new customers depends in large part on our ability to enhance and improve our existing solutions and introduce new solutions that can adapt quickly to these technological changes. To achieve market acceptance for our solutions, we must effectively anticipate and offer solutions that meet frequently changing channel requirements in a timely manner. If our solutions fail to do so, our ability to renew our contracts with existing customers and our ability to create or increase demand for our solutions will be impaired.
If we are unable to retain our existing customers, our revenue and results of operations could be adversely affected.
We sell our solutions pursuant to contractual arrangements that generally have one-year terms. Therefore, our revenue growth depends to a significant degree upon subscription renewals. Our customers have no obligation to renew their subscriptions after the subscription term expires, and these subscriptions may not be renewed or, if renewed, may not be renewed on the same or more favorable terms for us. We may not be able to accurately predict future trends in customer renewals, and our customers' renewal rates may decline or fluctuate because of several factors, including their satisfaction or dissatisfaction with our solutions, the cost of our solutions, the cost of solutions offered by our competitors and reductions in our customers' spending levels. Economic conditions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic could also affect our customers’ decisions on whether or not to renew their subscriptions with us. If our customers do not renew their subscriptions, renew on less favorable terms or for fewer modules, or do not purchase additional modules, our revenue may grow more slowly than expected or decline, and our ability to become profitable may be compromised.
As more of our sales efforts are targeted at larger customers, our sales cycle may become more time-consuming and expensive, and we may encounter pricing pressure, which could harm our business and operating results.
The cost and length of our sales cycle varies by customer. As we target more of our sales efforts at selling to larger customers, we may face greater costs, longer sales cycles and less predictability in completing some of our sales. These types of sales often require us to provide greater levels of education regarding our solutions. In addition, larger customers may demand more training and other professional services. As a result of these factors, these sales opportunities may require us to devote greater sales support and professional services resources to individual customers, driving up costs and time required to complete sales and diverting sales and professional services resources to a smaller number of larger transactions.
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We may not be able to compete successfully against current and future competitors. If we do not compete successfully, we could experience lower sales volumes and pricing pressure, which could cause us to lose revenues, impair our ability to pursue our growth strategy and compromise our ability to achieve profitability.
We face intense competition in the market for online channel management solutions and services, and we expect competition to intensify in the future. We have competitors, including some of the channels themselves, with longer operating histories, larger customer bases and greater financial, technical, marketing and other resources than we do. Increased competition may result in reduced pricing for our solutions, longer sales cycles or a decrease in our market share, any of which could negatively affect our revenue and future operating results and our ability to grow our business.
A number of competitive factors could cause us to lose potential sales or to sell our solutions at lower prices or at reduced margins, including:
Potential customers may choose to continue using or to develop applications in-house, rather than pay for our solutions;
The channels themselves, which typically offer software tools, often for free, that allow brands and retailers to connect to them, may decide to compete more vigorously with us;
Competitors may adopt more aggressive pricing policies and offer more attractive sales terms, adapt more quickly to new technologies and changes in customer requirements, and devote greater resources to the promotion and sale of their products and services than we can;
Current and potential competitors have established or may establish cooperative relationships among themselves or with third parties to enhance their products and expand their markets, and consolidation in our industry is likely to intensify. Accordingly, new competitors or alliances among competitors may emerge and rapidly acquire significant market share;
Current and potential competitors may offer software that addresses one or more online channel management functions at a lower price point or with greater depth than our solutions and may be able to devote greater resources to those solutions than we can; and
Software vendors could bundle channel management solutions with other solutions or offer such products at a lower price as part of a larger product sale.
We may not be able to compete successfully against current and future competitors, including any channels that decide to compete against us more vigorously. In addition, competition may intensify as our competitors raise additional capital and as established companies in other market segments or geographic markets expand into our market segments or geographic markets. If we cannot compete successfully against our competitors, our business and our operating and financial results could be adversely affected.
If the e-commerce industry consolidates around a limited number of online channels, or if the complexities and challenges faced by brands and retailers seeking to sell online otherwise diminish, demand for our solutions could decline.
Our solutions enable brands and retailers to manage their merchandise sales through hundreds of disparate online channels. One of the key attractions of our solutions to brands and retailers is the ability to help address the complexity and fragmentation of selling online. Although the number and variety of online channels available to brands and retailers have been increasing, at the same time the share of online sales made through a small number of larger channels, particularly Amazon, has also been increasing. If the trend toward consolidation around a few large online channels accelerates, the difficulties faced by brands and retailers could decline, which might make our solutions less important to brands and retailers and could cause demand for our solutions to decline.
Our growth depends in part on the success of our strategic relationships with third parties.
We anticipate that we will continue to depend on our relationships with various third parties, including marketplaces and technology, content and logistics providers, in order to grow our business. Identifying, negotiating and documenting relationships with these third parties may require significant time and resources as does integrating their content and technology with our solutions. If the third-party content or technology integrated with our solutions is not well received by our customers, our brand and reputation could be negatively affected. Our agreements with third-party business partners are typically non-exclusive and do not prohibit them from working with our competitors or from offering competing services. If and to the extent that any of these third parties compete with us, it could hurt our growth prospects.
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If the e-commerce market does not grow, or grows more slowly than we expect, particularly on the channels that our solutions support, demand for our online channel management solutions could be adversely affected.
For our existing customers and potential customers to be willing to subscribe to our solutions, the internet must continue to be accepted and widely used for selling merchandise. As e-commerce continues to evolve, regulation by federal, state or foreign agencies may increase. Any regulation imposing greater fees for internet use or restricting information exchanged over the internet could result in a decline in the use of the internet, which could harm our business.
In addition, if consumer utilization of our primary e-commerce channels, such as Amazon, eBay and Google, does not grow or grows more slowly than we expect, demand for our solutions would be adversely affected, our revenue would be negatively impacted and our ability to pursue our growth strategy and become profitable would be compromised.
Errors, defects or failures in our software, or human error, could cause our solutions to oversell our customers' inventory or misprice their offerings or could cause other errors, which would hurt our reputation and reduce customer demand.
Complex software applications such as ours may contain errors or defects, particularly when first introduced or when new versions or enhancements are released. Despite our testing and testing by our customers, our current and future products may contain defects. Our customers rely on our solutions to automate the allocation of their inventory simultaneously across multiple online channels, as well as to ensure that their sales comply with the policies of each channel and sometimes to dynamically determine product pricing at any given moment. Some customers subscribe to our solutions on a managed-service basis, in which case our personnel operate our solutions on behalf of the customer. In the event that our solutions do not function properly, or if there is human error on the part of our service staff, errors could occur, including that our customers might inadvertently sell more inventory than they actually have in stock, make sales that violate channel policies or underprice or overprice their offerings. Overselling their inventory could force our customers to cancel orders at rates that violate channel policies. Underpricing would result in lost revenue to our customers and overpricing could result in lost sales. In addition, our pricing policies with our customers are largely based upon our customers' expectations of the levels of their GMV that will be processed through our platform over the term of their agreement with us, and errors in our software or human error could cause transactions to be incorrectly processed that would cause GMV to exceed contractually agreed-upon thresholds, triggering imposition of variable fees on our customers, in which case our variable subscription fee-based revenue could be overstated. Any of these results or other errors could reduce demand for our solutions and hurt our business reputation. Customers could also seek recourse against us in these cases and, while our contractual arrangements with customers typically provide that we are not liable for damages such as these, it is possible that these provisions would not be sufficient to protect us.
If the use of "cookie" tracking technologies is restricted, regulated or otherwise blocked, or if changes in our industry cause cookies to become less reliable or acceptable as a means of tracking consumer behavior, the amount or accuracy of GMV processed on our platform, and our related revenue, could decrease.
Cookies are small data files that are sent by websites and stored locally on an internet user's computer or mobile device. Our customers enable cookies on their sites and monitor internet user activity, such as viewing pages and completing transactions. We collect data via cookies that we ultimately use to report GMV, which translates to revenue. However, internet users can easily disable, delete and block cookies directly through browser settings or through other software, browser extensions or hardware platforms that physically block cookies from being created and stored.
Third-party cookies are downloaded from domains not associated with the address currently being viewed in an internet user's browser. Cookies can be specifically blocked by browser settings; for example, the Safari internet browser blocks third-party cookies by default. Internet users can also download free or paid "ad blocking" software that prevents third-party cookies from being stored on a user's device. On the other hand, first-party cookies are downloaded directly from the address domain of an internet user, and are generally considered safer by privacy concerns. We currently collect data from both first-party and third-party cookie implementations. Our customers currently implementing our third-party cookie solution might be slow to migrate their sites to first-party cookie technologies, which could result in less cookie data that we can collect, and therefore less reported revenue data that we can store.
There have been efforts within our industry to replace cookies with alternative tracking technologies. To the extent these efforts are successful, we may have difficulty adapting to those new tracking technologies and we may become dependent on third parties for access to tracking data. Similarly, privacy regulations may extend to those tracking technologies and restrict how we can use such technologies.
Privacy regulations might also restrict how our customers deploy our cookies and other tracking technologies on their sites, and this could potentially increase the number of internet users that choose to proactively disable cookies and other tracking technologies on their systems. In the European Union, for example, the Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications requires users to give their consent before cookie data can be stored on their local computer or mobile device. Users can decide to opt out of any cookie data creation, which could negatively impact the revenue we might recognize.
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We may have to develop alternative systems to collect user revenue data if users block cookies or regulations introduce barriers to collecting cookie data. In addition, third parties may develop technology or policies to harvest user data including through next-generation web browsers or other means, which could subsequently prevent us from directly importing data to our systems. We may not be able to develop adequate alternatives to cookie data collection, which could negatively impact our ability to reliably measure GMV.
We rely on non-redundant data centers and cloud computing providers to deliver our SaaS solutions. Any disruption of service from these providers could harm our business.
We manage our platform and serve all of our customers from third-party data center facilities and cloud computing providers that are non-redundant, meaning that the data centers and providers are currently not configured as backup for each other. While we engineer and architect the actual computer and storage systems upon which our platform runs, we do not control the operation of the facilities at which they are deployed.
The owners of our data facilities have no obligation to renew their agreements with us on commercially reasonable terms, or at all. If we are unable to renew these agreements on commercially reasonable terms, we may be required to transfer to new data center facilities, and we may incur significant costs and possible service interruption in connection with doing so.
Any changes in third-party service levels at our data centers or any errors, defects, disruptions or other performance problems with our solutions could harm our reputation and damage our customers' businesses. Interruptions in our services could reduce our revenue, require us to issue credits to customers, subject us to potential liability, cause our existing customers to not renew their agreements or adversely affect our ability to attract new customers.
Our data centers and cloud computing providers are vulnerable to damage or interruption from human error, intentional bad acts, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires, war, terrorist attacks, power losses, hardware failures, systems failures, telecommunications failures, cybersecurity incidents and similar events. The occurrence of a natural disaster or an act of terrorism, or vandalism or other misconduct, a decision to close the facilities without adequate notice or other unanticipated problems could result in lengthy interruptions in the availability of our SaaS solutions or impair their functionality. Our business, growth prospects and operating results would also be harmed if our customers and potential customers are not confident that our solutions are reliable.
We rely in part on a pricing model under which a variable portion of the subscription fees we receive from customers is based upon the amount of GMV or advertising spend that those customers process through our platform, and any change in the attractiveness of that model or any decline in our customers' sales could adversely affect our financial results.
We have adopted a pricing model under which a portion of the subscription fees we receive from most of our customers is variable, based on the amount of our customers' GMV or advertising spend processed through our platform that exceeds a specified amount established by contract, which we refer to as variable subscription fees. Most of our customer contracts include this variable subscription fee component. If sales or advertising spend by our customers processed through our platform were to decline, or if more of our customers require fully fixed pricing terms that do not provide for any variability based on their GMV or advertising spend processed through our platform, our revenue and margins could decline.
Our quarterly operating results have fluctuated in the past and may do so in the future, which could cause our stock price to decline.
Our operating results have historically fluctuated due to changes in our business, and our future operating results may vary significantly from quarter to quarter due to a variety of factors, many of which are beyond our control. You should not rely on period-to-period comparisons of our operating results as an indication of our future performance. Factors that may cause fluctuations in our quarterly operating results include, but are not limited to, the following:
the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business and that of our customers;
seasonal patterns in consumer spending;
the addition of new customers or the loss of existing customers;
changes in demand for our software;
the timing and amount of sales and marketing expenses;
changes in the prospects of the economy generally, which could alter current or prospective customers' spending priorities, or could increase the time it takes us to close sales;
changes in our pricing policies or the pricing policies of our competitors;
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costs necessary to improve and maintain our software platform; and
costs related to acquisitions of other businesses.
Our operating results may fall below the expectations of market analysts and investors in some future periods, which could cause the market price of our common stock to decline substantially.
The seasonality of our business creates significant variance in our quarterly revenue, which makes it difficult to compare our financial results on a sequential quarterly basis.
Our customers are brands and retailers that typically realize a significant portion of their online sales in the fourth quarter of each year during the holiday season. As a result of this seasonal variation, our subscription revenue fluctuates, with the variable portion of our subscription fees being higher in the fourth quarter than in other quarters and with revenue generally declining in the first quarter sequentially from the fourth quarter. Our business is therefore not necessarily comparable on a sequential quarter-over-quarter basis and you should not rely solely on quarterly comparisons to analyze our growth.
Failure to adequately manage our growth could impair our ability to deliver high-quality solutions to our customers, hurt our reputation and compromise our ability to maintain profitability.
We have experienced, and may experience in the future, significant growth in our business. If we do not effectively manage our growth, the quality of service of our solutions may suffer, which could negatively affect our reputation and demand for our solutions. Our growth has placed, and may place in the future, a significant strain on our managerial, operational and financial resources and our infrastructure. Our future success will depend, in part, upon the ability of our senior management to manage growth effectively. This will require us to, among other things:
hire additional personnel, both domestically and internationally;
implement additional information management systems;
maintain close coordination among our engineering, operations, legal, finance, sales and marketing and client service and support organizations; and
further develop our operating, administrative, legal, financial and accounting systems and controls.
Moreover, if our sales increase, we may be required to concurrently deploy our hosting infrastructure at multiple additional locations or provide increased levels of customer service. Failure to accomplish any of these requirements could impair our ability to continue to deliver our solutions in a timely fashion, fulfill existing customer commitments or attract and retain new customers.
If we do not retain our senior management team and key employees, or if we fail to attract and retain additional highly skilled sales talent, we may not be able to sustain our growth or achieve our business objectives.
Our future success is substantially dependent on the continued service of our senior management team. Our future success also depends on our ability to continue to attract, retain, integrate and motivate highly skilled technical, sales and administrative employees. Competition for these employees in our industry is intense. As a result, we may be unable to attract or retain these management and other key personnel that are critical to our success, resulting in harm to our key client relationships, loss of key information, expertise or know-how and unanticipated recruitment and training costs. The loss of the services of our senior management or other key employees could make it more difficult to successfully operate our business and pursue our business goals.
Our business and growth objectives also may be hindered if our efforts to expand our sales team do not generate a corresponding increase in revenue. In particular, if we are unable to hire, develop and retain talented sales personnel or if our new sales personnel are unable to achieve expected productivity levels in a reasonable period of time, we may not be able to significantly increase our revenue and grow our business.
If we pursue opportunistic acquisitions or investments they may be unsuccessful and/or divert our management's attention and consume significant resources.
Any acquisition or investment may require us to use significant amounts of cash, issue potentially dilutive equity securities or incur debt. In addition, acquisitions involve numerous risks, any of which could harm our business, including:
difficulties in integrating the operations, technologies, services and personnel of acquired businesses, especially if those businesses operate outside of our core competency of providing e-commerce software solutions;
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inability to achieve our targeted or forecasted financial results following an acquisition;
cultural challenges associated with integrating employees from acquired businesses into our organization;
ineffectiveness or incompatibility of acquired technologies or services;
failure to successfully further develop the acquired technology in order to recoup our investment;
potential loss of key employees of acquired businesses;
inability to maintain the key business relationships and the reputations of acquired businesses;
diversion of management's attention from other business concerns;
litigation for activities of acquired businesses, including claims from terminated employees, customers, former stockholders or other third parties;
in the case of foreign acquisitions, the need to integrate operations across different cultures and languages and to address the particular economic, currency, political and regulatory risks associated with specific countries;
costs necessary to establish and maintain effective internal controls for acquired businesses; and
increased fixed costs.
Several states have enacted, and others may choose to enact in the future, new legislation and increase enforcement efforts of existing legislation requiring online retailers to collect and remit sales tax. If there is increased legislative or enforcement action, e-commerce in general could decline, and any additional taxes may increase the costs we and/or our customers will have to pay to sell their goods through our platform, thereby making our solutions less attractive and potentially resulting in a lower amount of GMV processed through our platform. As a result, our revenue could decline.
An increasing number of states have adopted laws that require out-of-state retailers to collect sales taxes on their behalf. In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed its prior decision that prohibited states from requiring online retailers without a physical presence to collect and remit sales tax. In its decision, the Supreme Court upheld a South Dakota statute that imposed a sales tax collection obligation on remote sellers with sales exceeding specified thresholds. Many states require sales and use tax collection by remote vendors and/or by online marketplaces. The details and effective dates of these collection requirements vary from state to state. This is a rapidly evolving area and we cannot predict what legislative or enforcement action might be taken by the states or Congress. Increased taxation of online sales could result in online shopping losing some of its current advantage over traditional retail models, which could diminish its appeal to consumers. This could cause e-commerce growth to slow, which would, in turn, hurt the business of our customers, potentially make our products less attractive and cause the amount of GMV processed through our platform, and ultimately our revenue, to decline.
In addition, it is possible that one or more states or the federal government or foreign countries may seek to impose a tax collection, reporting or record-keeping obligation on companies like us that facilitate e-commerce, even though we are not an online retailer. Similar issues exist outside of the United States, where the application of value-added tax or other indirect taxes on online retailers and companies like us that facilitate e-commerce is uncertain and evolving. A successful assertion by one or more states requiring us to collect taxes where we presently do not do so, or to collect more taxes in a jurisdiction in which we currently do collect some taxes, could result in substantial tax liabilities, including taxes on past sales, as well as penalties and interest. The imposition of sales tax collection obligations on out-of-state customers could also create additional administrative burdens for us, put us at a competitive disadvantage if they do not impose similar obligations on our competitors and decrease our future sales, which could have a material adverse impact on our business and operating results. In addition, the imposition of sales taxes on our customers who did not collect such taxes in the past could result in them charging higher rates for their products, potentially resulting in lower sales and a lower amount of GMV processed through our platform, which would negatively impact our revenue. Additionally, new legislation could require us to incur substantial costs in order to comply, including costs associated with tax calculation, collection, remittance and audit requirements, any of which could make our platform solutions less attractive.
We may be subject to additional obligations to collect and remit sales tax and other taxes, and we may be subject to tax liability for past sales, which could harm our business.
State, local and foreign jurisdictions have differing rules and regulations governing sales, use, value added and other taxes, and these rules and regulations are subject to varying interpretations that may change over time. In particular, the applicability of such taxes to our platform in various jurisdictions is unclear. Further, these jurisdictions' rules regarding tax nexus are complex and vary significantly. As a result, we could face the possibility of tax assessments and audits, and our liability for these taxes and associated penalties could exceed our original estimates. As described in the Annual Report on Form 10-K, we previously entered into voluntary disclosure agreements, or VDAs, with certain jurisdictions and recorded a
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$2.5 million one-time charge in general and administrative expense for the year ended December 31, 2017. Through December 31, 2018, we paid an aggregate of $2.5 million under the terms of completed VDAs and as a settlement with one jurisdiction that rejected our VDA application and conducted a sales tax audit. We do not currently have any unresolved VDA applications or ongoing sales tax audits, though any successful assertion that we should be collecting additional sales, use, value added or other taxes in those jurisdictions where we have not historically done so and do not accrue for such taxes could result in substantial tax liabilities and related penalties for past sales, discourage customers from purchasing our application or otherwise harm our business and operating results.
Our effective tax rate may fluctuate, and we may incur obligations in tax jurisdictions in excess of accrued amounts.
We are subject to taxation in numerous countries, states and local tax jurisdictions. As a result, our effective tax rate is derived from a combination of applicable tax rates in the various places that we operate. In preparing our financial statements, we estimate the amount of tax that will become payable in each jurisdiction. Nevertheless, our effective tax rate may be different than experienced in the past due to numerous factors, including passage of new federal income tax laws, changes in the mix of our profitability from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, the results of examinations and audits of our tax filings, our inability to secure or sustain acceptable agreements with tax authorities, changes in accounting for income taxes and changes in tax laws. Any of these factors could cause us to experience an effective tax rate significantly different from previous periods or our current expectations and may result in tax obligations in excess of amounts accrued in our financial statements.
For example, in 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, or the Tax Act, went into effect significantly revising the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The Act, among other things, contains significant changes to corporate taxation, including reduction of the corporate tax rate from a top marginal rate of 35% to a flat rate of 21%, limitation of the tax deduction for interest expense to 30% of adjusted earnings (except for certain small businesses), limitation of the deduction for net operating losses to 80% of current year taxable income and elimination of net operating loss carrybacks, one time taxation of offshore earnings at reduced rates regardless of whether they are repatriated, elimination of U.S. tax on foreign earnings (subject to certain important exceptions), immediate deductions for certain new investments instead of deductions for depreciation expense over time, and modifying or repealing many business deductions and credits. Notwithstanding the reduction in the corporate income tax rate, the overall impact of the Tax Act is uncertain and our business and financial condition could be adversely affected. In addition, it is uncertain if and to what extent various states will conform to the Tax Act. The impact of this tax reform on holders of our common stock is also uncertain and could be adverse. We urge our stockholders to consult with their legal and tax advisors with respect to this legislation and the potential tax consequences of investing in or holding our common stock.
Evolving domestic and international data privacy regulations may restrict our ability, and that of our customers, to solicit, collect, process, disclose and use personal information or may increase the costs of doing so, which could harm our business.
Federal, state and foreign governments and supervising authorities have enacted, and may in the future enact, laws and regulations concerning the solicitation, collection, processing, disclosure or use of consumers' personal information. Evolving regulations regarding personal data and personal information, in the European Union and elsewhere, especially relating to classification of IP addresses, machine identification, household data, location data and other information, may limit or inhibit our ability to operate or expand our business.
Such laws and regulations require or may in the future require us or our customers to implement privacy and security policies and practices; permit individuals to access, correct or delete personal information stored or maintained by us or our customers; inform individuals of security incidents that affect their personal information; and, in some cases, obtain consent to use personal information for specified purposes. Other proposed legislation could, if enacted, impose additional requirements and prohibit the use of specific technologies, such as those that track individuals' activities on web pages or record when individuals click on a link contained in an email message. Such laws and regulations could restrict our customers' ability to collect and use web browsing data and personal information, which may reduce our customers' demand for our solutions.
The laws in this area are complex and developing rapidly. In the United States, many state legislatures have adopted legislation that regulates how businesses operate online, including measures relating to privacy, data security and data breaches. Laws in all states require businesses to provide notice to customers whose personally identifiable information has been disclosed as a result of a data breach. The laws are not consistent, and compliance in the event of a widespread data breach is costly. Further, states are constantly adopting new laws or amending existing laws, requiring attention to frequently changing regulatory requirements. For example, California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act, or the CCPA, on June 28, 2018, which went into effect on January 1, 2020 and has been dubbed the first “GDPR-like” law in the United States (referring to the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, described below). The CCPA gives California residents expanded rights to access and delete their personal information, opt out of certain personal information sharing and receive detailed information about how their personal information is used by requiring covered companies to provide new disclosures to California
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consumers (as that term is broadly defined) and provide such consumers new ways to opt-out of certain sales of personal information. The CCPA provides for civil penalties for violations, as well as a private right of action for data breaches that is expected to increase data breach litigation. The CCPA may increase our compliance costs and potential liability. Some observers have noted that the CCPA could mark the beginning of a trend toward more stringent privacy legislation in the United States. Other states are beginning to pass similar laws.
The General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, went into effect in the European Union in May 2018, with the intent of unifying data protection within the European Union under a single law. The GDPR has resulted in significantly greater compliance burdens and costs for companies with customers or operations in the European Union. The GDPR creates a range of new compliance obligations and increases financial penalties for non-compliance, and extends the scope of the European Union data protection law to all companies processing personal data of European Union data subjects, regardless of the company's location. These laws apply not only to third-party transactions, but also to transfers of information between us and our subsidiaries, including employee information.
We will continue to follow developments and work to maintain conforming means of transferring data from Europe, but despite our efforts to address the changes, we may be unsuccessful in establishing conforming means of transferring data from Europe. For example, the European Court of Justice recently invalidated the use of the E.U.-U.S. Privacy Shield, which had enabled the transfer of personal data from the European Union to the United States for companies like us that were self-certified under the Privacy Shield. Alternative data transfer mechanisms, including the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) may still be available while the authorities interpret the decisions and scope of the invalidated Privacy Shield and the alternative permitted data transfer mechanisms. The Standard Contractual Clauses, though approved by the European Commission as a suitable alternative, have faced challenges in European courts, and may be further challenged, suspended or invalidated. At present, there are few if any viable alternatives to the Privacy Shield and the Standard Contractual Clauses, so such developments may require us to implement costly substitutions for the data transfers we undertake in order to perform our services, or prevent such transfers entirely. If we are unable to efficiently process personal data from the European Union, or such transfers are prevented entirely, our ability to acquire customers could be negatively impacted.
There is also significant uncertainty related to the manner in which data protection authorities will seek to enforce compliance with GDPR. For example, it is not clear if the authorities will conduct random audits of companies doing business in the European Union, or if the authorities will just continue to wait for complaints to be filed by individuals who claim their rights have been violated. Enforcement uncertainty and the costs associated with ensuring GDPR compliance could be onerous and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. While we do not currently believe that our compliance with the GDPR will have a material effect on our business, we will continue to monitor regulation and enforcement under this new law.
Changing industry standards and industry self-regulation regarding the collection, use and disclosure of data may have similar effects. Existing and future privacy and data protection laws and increasing sensitivity of consumers to unauthorized disclosures and use of personal information may also negatively affect the public's perception of our customers' sales practices. If our solutions are perceived to cause, or are otherwise unfavorably associated with, insecurity of personal information, whether or not illegal, we or our customers may be subject to public criticism. Public concerns regarding data collection, privacy and security may also cause some consumers to be less likely to visit our customers' websites or otherwise interact with our customers, which could limit the demand for our solutions and inhibit the growth of our business.
Any failure on our part to comply with applicable privacy and data protection laws, regulations, policies and standards or any inability to adequately address privacy or security concerns associated with our solutions, even if unfounded, could subject us to liability, damage our reputation, impair our sales and harm our business. Furthermore, the costs to our customers of compliance with, and other burdens imposed by, such laws, regulations, policies and standards may limit adoption of and demand for our solutions.
Cybersecurity incidents could harm our business and negatively impact our financial results.
Cybersecurity incidents could endanger the confidentiality, integrity and availability of our information resources and the information we collect, use, store and disclose. These incidents may be an intentional attack or an unintentional event, targeted at us or our third-party contractors or consultants, and could involve gaining unauthorized access to our information systems for purposes of misappropriating assets, stealing confidential or personal information, corrupting data or causing operational disruption. Such disruptions may be caused by events such as computer hacking, phishing attacks, ransomware, dissemination of computer viruses, worms and other destructive or disruptive software, denial of service attacks, exploits by trusted insiders and other malicious activity, as well as power outages, natural disasters (including extreme weather), terrorist attacks, user error or other similar events. The possibility of such events may be increased in the current environment in which all of our employees and the employees of our customers are working remotely. We believe that we take reasonable steps that are
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designed to protect the security, integrity and confidentiality of the information we collect, use, store, and disclose, but there is no guarantee that inadvertent or unauthorized data access will not occur despite our efforts. For example, our system redundancy may be ineffective or inadequate, or we could be impacted by software bugs or other technical malfunctions, as well as error or malfeasance by anyone with access to our data. In addition, while we believe we have adequate insurance coverage to compensate for any losses associated with such events, the coverage may in fact not be adequate to cover all potential losses. The development and maintenance of these systems, controls and processes is costly and requires ongoing monitoring and updating as technologies change and efforts to overcome security measures become increasingly sophisticated. Any unauthorized access or use of information, virus or similar breach or disruption to our, our customers', or our partners' systems and security measures could result in disrupted operations, loss of information, damage to our reputation and customer relationships, early termination of our contracts and other business losses, indemnification of our customers, misstated or unreliable financial data, liability for stolen assets or information, increased cybersecurity protection and insurance costs, financial penalties, litigation, regulatory investigations, and other significant liabilities, any of which could materially harm our business.
Activities of our customers or the content of their websites could subject us to liability.
Existing laws relating to the liability of providers of online products and services for activities of their users are in flux both within the United States and internationally. Our customer contracts require that our customers are only permitted to use our products in accordance with applicable law. However, if our customers were to use our products in violation of applicable law, we may become subject to lawsuits and liability arising from their conduct. Additionally, the conduct of our customers may subject us to regulatory enforcement actions or liability.
Although we do not have significant opportunities for users of our service to publish user-defined content, we have certain protections against copyright infringement or defamatory content. Specifically, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA, contains provisions that limit liability for some user-generated materials that infringe copyrights. In addition, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, or CDA, provides immunity from liability for providers of an interactive computer service who publish defamatory information provided by users of the service. Immunity under the DMCA and the CDA has been well-established through case law. On a regular basis, however, challenges to both laws seek to limit immunity. For example, a recent executive order and a letter from several senators to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission have renewed calls for the protections of Section 230 to be scaled back. Any such changes could affect our ability to claim protection under the CDA.
Although these and other similar legal provisions, such as the European Union e-Commerce Directive, provide limited protections from liability for providers like us, those protections may not be interpreted in a way that applies to us, may be amended in the future, or may not provide us with complete protection from liability claims. If we are found not to be protected by the safe harbor provisions of the DMCA, CDA or other similar laws, or if we are deemed subject to laws in other countries that may not have the same protections or that may impose more onerous obligations on us, we may owe substantial damages and our brand, reputation and financial results may be harmed.
RISKS RELATED TO THE SOFTWARE-AS-A-SERVICE (SAAS) MODEL
If we fail to manage and increase the capacity of our hosted infrastructure, our customers may be unable to process transactions through our platform, which could harm our reputation and demand for our solutions.
We have experienced significant growth in the number of users, transactions and data that our hosting infrastructure supports. We seek to maintain sufficient excess capacity in our hosted infrastructure to be sufficiently flexible and scalable to meet the needs of all of our customers. We also seek to maintain excess capacity to facilitate the rapid provision of new customer deployments and the expansion of existing customer deployments and to handle spikes in usage. However, the provision of new hosting infrastructure requires significant lead time. If we do not accurately predict our infrastructure capacity requirements, particularly in the fourth quarter when we typically experience significant increases in the volume of customer transactions processed through our platform, our customers could experience service outages that may subject us to financial penalties or other liabilities, result in customer losses, harm our reputation and adversely affect our ability to grow our revenue.




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We derive most of our revenue from annual subscription agreements, as a result of which a significant downturn in our business may not be immediately reflected in our operating results.
We derive most of our revenue from subscription agreements, which are typically one year in length. As a result, a significant portion of the revenue we report in each quarter is generated from customer agreements entered into during previous periods. Consequently, a decline in new or renewed subscriptions in any one quarter may not be reflected in our financial performance in that quarter but might negatively affect our revenue in future quarters. Accordingly, the effect of significant declines in sales and market acceptance of our solutions, including as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, may not be reflected in our short-term results of operations.
Our business is substantially dependent upon the continued growth of the market for on-demand SaaS solutions. If this market does not continue to grow, demand for our solutions could decline, which in turn could cause our revenues to decline and impair our ability to become profitable.
We derive, and expect to continue to derive, substantially all of our revenue from the sale of our solutions, which are delivered under a SaaS model. As a result, widespread use and acceptance of this business model is critical to our future growth and success. Under the more traditional license model for software procurement, users of the software typically run the applications in-house on their own hardware. Because many companies are generally predisposed to maintaining control of their information technology systems and infrastructure, there may be resistance to the concept of accessing software functionality as a service provided by a third party. In addition, the market for SaaS solutions is still evolving, and existing and new market participants may introduce new types of solutions and different approaches to enable organizations to address their needs. If the market for SaaS solutions fails to grow or grows more slowly than we currently anticipate, demand for our solutions and our revenue, gross margin and other operating results could be negatively impacted.
RISKS RELATED TO OUR INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS
Our international operations subject us to increased challenges and risks. If we do not successfully manage the risks associated with international operations, we could experience a variety of costs and liabilities and the attention of our management could be diverted.
We have international operations and may further expand internationally by opening offices in new countries and regions worldwide. However, our ability to manage our business and conduct our operations internationally requires considerable management attention and resources and is subject to the particular challenges of supporting a rapidly growing business in an environment of multiple languages, cultures, customs, taxation systems, alternative dispute systems, regulatory systems and commercial infrastructures. International expansion will require us to invest significant funds and other resources. Expanding internationally may subject us to new risks that we have not faced before or increase risks that we currently face, including risks associated with:
recruiting and retaining employees in foreign countries;
increased competition from local providers;
compliance with applicable foreign laws and regulations;
compliance with changing foreign privacy, data protection and information security laws and regulations and the risks and costs of noncompliance;
cross-border data transfers among us, our subsidiaries, and our customers, vendors, and business partners;
longer sales or collection cycles in some countries;
credit risk and higher levels of payment fraud;
compliance with anti-bribery laws, such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act;
currency exchange rate fluctuations;
tariffs, customs, trade sanctions, trade embargoes and other barriers to importing or exporting materials and products in a cost-effective and timely manner, or changes in applicable tariffs or customs rules;
foreign exchange controls that might prevent us from repatriating cash earned outside the United States;
economic and political instability in some countries, including terrorist attacks and civil unrest;
less protective intellectual property laws;
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compliance with the laws of numerous foreign taxing jurisdictions in which we conduct business, potential double taxation of our international earnings and potentially adverse tax consequences due to changes in applicable U.S. and foreign tax laws;
increased costs to establish and maintain effective controls at foreign locations; and
overall higher costs of doing business internationally.
If our revenue from our international operations does not exceed the expense of establishing and maintaining these operations, our business and operating results will suffer and we may decide to make changes to our business in an effort to mitigate losses. For example, in the third quarter of 2019, as part of a strategic initiative to reduce our expenses and align our operations with evolving business needs, we discontinued our physical operations in China.
Our European operations could be disrupted due to the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union, commonly referred to as “Brexit.”
Our European headquarters are located in England, and we have offices in Germany, Ireland and Spain supporting brands and retailers throughout Europe. The United Kingdom left the European Union January 31, 2020. Under the current withdrawal agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union, the United Kingdom will be subject to a transition period until December 31, 2020, or the Transition Period, during which European Union rules will continue to apply. The relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union after the Transition Period has not been determined yet. As a result, the impact of Brexit is not yet known and depends on any agreements the United Kingdom and European Union may make to retain access to each other's markets after the Transition Period. The measures or lack of any agreement could disrupt the markets we serve and may increase costs for European consumers and our customers, which may cause consumers to reduce spending on products that our solutions serve and may cause customers to reduce their spending on our solutions. In addition, Brexit could lead to legal uncertainty and potentially divergent national laws and regulations. A withdrawal from the European Union is unprecedented and it is unclear what financial, trade, legal and employment implications the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union will have following the Transition Period and how the withdrawal will affect us. Our operations in the United Kingdom as well as in other countries in the European Union and European Economic Area could be disrupted by Brexit, particularly if there is a change in the United Kingdom’s relationship to the single market. There may continue to be economic uncertainty surrounding the consequences of Brexit that could adversely impact customer confidence resulting in customers reducing their spending budgets on our solutions. These and other adverse consequences such as reduced consumer spending, deterioration in economic conditions, including the economic impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the loss of key international employees, volatility in exchange rates, and prohibitive laws and regulations could have a negative impact on our business, operating results and financial condition.
Further, Brexit has created uncertainty with regard to data protection regulation in the United Kingdom. In particular, while the Data Protection Act of 2018 that “implements” and complements the GDPR achieved Royal Assent on May 23, 2018 and is now effective in the United Kingdom, it is still unclear whether transfer of data from the European Economic Area to the United Kingdom will remain lawful under GDPR. During the Transition Period, EU law will continue to apply in the United Kingdom, including the GDPR, after which the GDPR will be converted into UK law. Beginning in 2021, the United Kingdom will be a “third country” under the GDPR. We may, however, incur liabilities, expenses, costs and other operational losses under GDPR and other applicable privacy laws in connection with any measures we take to comply with them.
We are subject to governmental export and import controls that could impair our ability to compete in international markets due to licensing requirements and subject us to liability if we are not in full compliance with applicable laws.
Our solutions are subject to export controls, including the Commerce Department's Export Administration Regulations and various economic and trade sanctions regulations established by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Controls, and exports of our solutions must be made in compliance with these laws. If we fail to comply with these U.S. export control laws and import laws, including U.S. Customs regulations, we could be subject to substantial civil or criminal penalties, including the possible loss of export or import privileges, fines, which may be imposed on us and responsible employees or managers, and, in extreme cases, the incarceration of responsible employees or managers. Obtaining the necessary authorizations, including any required license, for a particular sale may be time-consuming, is not guaranteed and may result in the delay or loss of sales opportunities.
Furthermore, the U.S. export control laws and economic sanctions laws prohibit the shipment or export of specified products and services to U.S. embargoed or sanctioned countries, governments and persons. Even though we take precautions to prevent our solutions from impermissibly being provided to U.S. sanctions targets, if our solutions and services were to impermissibly be exported to those prohibited countries despite such precautions, we could be subject to government investigations, penalties, reputational harm or other negative consequences.
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Any change in export or import regulations, economic sanctions or related laws, shift in the enforcement or scope of existing regulations, or change in the countries, governments, persons or technologies targeted by such regulations, could result in decreased use of our solutions, or in our decreased ability to export or sell our solutions to existing or potential customers with international operations. Additionally, changes in our solutions may be required in response to changes in export and import regulations, which could lead to delays in the introduction and sale of our solutions in international markets, prevent our customers with international operations from deploying our solutions or, in some cases, prevent the export or import of our solutions to some countries, governments or persons altogether. Any decreased use of our solutions or limitation on our ability to export our solutions or sell them in international markets would hurt our revenue and compromise our ability to pursue our growth strategy.
RISKS RELATED TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
We operate in an industry with extensive intellectual property litigation. Claims of infringement against us may hurt our business.
Our success depends, in part, upon non-infringement of intellectual property rights owned by others and being able to resolve claims of intellectual property infringement without major financial expenditures or adverse consequences. The internet-related software field generally is characterized by extensive intellectual property litigation. Although our industry is rapidly evolving, many companies that own, or claim to own, intellectual property have aggressively asserted their rights. From time to time, we have been subject to legal proceedings and claims relating to the intellectual property rights of others, and we expect that third parties will continue to assert intellectual property claims against us, particularly as we expand the complexity and scope of our business. In addition, most of our subscription agreements require us to indemnify our customers and business partners against claims that our solutions infringe the intellectual property rights of third parties.
Future litigation may be necessary to defend ourselves or our customers and business partners by determining the scope, enforceability, and validity of third-party proprietary rights or to establish our proprietary rights. Some of our competitors have substantially greater resources than we do and are able to sustain the costs of complex intellectual property litigation to a greater degree and for longer periods of time than we could. In addition, patent holding companies that focus solely on extracting royalties and settlements by enforcing patent rights may target us. Regardless of whether claims that we are infringing patents or other intellectual property rights have any merit, these claims are time-consuming and costly to evaluate and defend and could:
hurt our reputation;
adversely affect our relationships with our current or future customers;
cause delays or stoppages in providing our services;
divert management's attention and resources;
require technology changes to our software that would cause us to incur substantial cost;
subject us to significant liabilities; and
require us to cease some or all of our activities.
In addition to liability for monetary damages against us, which may be tripled and may include attorneys' fees under certain statutes, or, in some circumstances, damages against our customers, we may be prohibited from developing, commercializing or continuing to provide some or all of our software solutions unless we obtain licenses from, and pay royalties to, the holders of the patents or other intellectual property rights, or license or develop substitute solutions, which may not be available on commercially favorable terms, or at all.
Our failure to protect our intellectual property rights could diminish the value of our services, weaken our competitive position and reduce our revenue.
We regard the protection of our intellectual property, which includes trade secrets, copyrights, trademarks, domain names and patent applications, as critical to our success. We strive to protect our intellectual property rights by relying on federal, state and common law rights, as well as contractual restrictions. We enter into confidentiality and invention assignment agreements with our employees and contractors, and confidentiality agreements with parties with whom we conduct business in order to limit access to, and disclosure and use of, our proprietary information. However, these contractual arrangements and the other steps we have taken to protect our intellectual property may not prevent the misappropriation of our proprietary information or deter independent development of similar technologies by others.
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We have received patent protection for some of our technologies and are seeking patent protection for other of our technologies but there can be no assurance that any patents will ultimately be issued. We have registered domain names, trademarks and service marks in the United States and in jurisdictions outside the United States and are also pursuing additional registrations. Effective trade secret, copyright, trademark, domain name and patent protection is expensive to develop and maintain, both in terms of initial and ongoing registration requirements and the costs of defending our rights. We may be required to protect our intellectual property in an increasing number of jurisdictions, a process that is expensive and may not be successful or which we may not pursue in every location. We may, over time, increase our investment in protecting our intellectual property through additional patent filings that could be expensive and time-consuming.
We have licensed in the past, and expect to license in the future, some of our proprietary rights, such as trademarks or copyrighted material, to third parties. These licensees may take actions that diminish the value of our proprietary rights or harm our reputation.
Monitoring unauthorized use of our intellectual property is difficult and costly. Our efforts to protect our proprietary rights may not be adequate to prevent misappropriation of our intellectual property. Further, we may not be able to detect unauthorized use of, or take appropriate steps to enforce, our intellectual property rights. Our competitors may also independently develop similar technology. In addition, the laws of many countries, such as China and India, do not protect our proprietary rights to as great an extent as do the laws of European countries and the United States. Further, the laws in the United States and elsewhere change rapidly, and any future changes could adversely affect us and our intellectual property. Our failure to meaningfully protect our intellectual property could result in competitors offering services that incorporate our most technologically advanced features, which could seriously reduce demand for our software solutions. In addition, we may in the future need to initiate infringement claims or litigation. Litigation, whether we are a plaintiff or a defendant, can be expensive, time-consuming and may divert the efforts of our technical staff and managerial personnel, which could harm our business, whether or not such litigation results in a determination that is unfavorable to us. In addition, litigation is inherently uncertain, and thus we may not be able to stop our competitors from infringing upon our intellectual property rights.
Our use of "open source" software could negatively affect our ability to sell our solutions and subject us to possible litigation.
A portion of our technology platform and our solutions incorporates so-called "open source" software, and we may incorporate additional open source software in the future. Open source software is generally licensed by its authors or other third parties under open source licenses. If we fail to comply with these licenses, we may be subject to specified conditions, including requirements that we offer our solutions that incorporate the open source software for no cost, that we make available source code for modifications or derivative works we create based upon, incorporating or using the open source software and that we license such modifications or derivative works under the terms of the particular open source license. If an author or other third party that distributes open source software we use were to allege that we had not complied with the conditions of one or more of these licenses, we could be required to incur significant legal expenses defending against such allegations and could be subject to significant damages, including being enjoined from the sale of our solutions that contained the open source software and required to comply with the foregoing conditions, which could disrupt the sale of the affected solutions. In addition, there have been claims challenging the ownership of open source software against companies that incorporate open source software into their products. As a result, we could be subject to suits by parties claiming ownership of what we believe to be open source software. Litigation could be costly for us to defend, have a negative effect on our operating results and financial condition and require us to devote additional research and development resources to change our products.
RISKS RELATED TO OWNERSHIP OF OUR COMMON STOCK
An active trading market for our common stock may not continue to develop or be sustained.
Although our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE, we cannot assure you that an active trading market for our shares will continue to develop or be sustained. If an active market for our common stock does not continue to develop or is not sustained, it may be difficult for investors in our common stock to sell shares without depressing the market price for the shares or to sell the shares at all.
The trading price of the shares of our common stock has been and is likely to continue to be volatile.
Our stock price has been volatile. The stock market in general and the market for technology companies in particular have experienced extreme volatility that has often been unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies, including very recently in connection with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has resulted in decreased stock prices for many companies notwithstanding the lack of a fundamental change in their underlying business models or prospects. As a result of this volatility, investors may not be able to sell their common stock at or above the price paid for the shares. The market price for our common stock may be influenced by many factors, including:
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actual or anticipated variations in our operating results;
changes in financial estimates by us or by any securities analysts who might cover our stock;
conditions or trends in our industry;
stock market price and volume fluctuations of comparable companies and, in particular, those that operate in the software industry;
announcements by us or our competitors of new product or service offerings, significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships or divestitures;
announcements of investigations or regulatory scrutiny of our operations or lawsuits filed against us;
capital commitments;
investors' general perception of our company and our business;
recruitment or departure of key personnel; and
sales of our common stock, including sales by our directors and officers or specific stockholders.
Stockholders may initiate class action lawsuits against us following periods of volatility in the market prices of our common stock. For example, in 2015, two purported class action complaints were filed against us, alleging violations of the federal securities laws. The cases were later dismissed by federal courts without any liability to us. New litigation, if instituted against us, could cause us to incur substantial costs and divert management's attention and resources from our business.
If equity research analysts do not publish research or reports, or publish unfavorable research or reports, about us, our business or our market, our stock price and trading volume could decline.
The trading market for our common stock is influenced by the research and reports that equity research analysts publish about us and our business, and we have limited research coverage by equity research analysts. Equity research analysts may elect not to initiate or continue to provide research coverage of our common stock, and such lack of research coverage may adversely affect the market price of our common stock. Even if we have equity research analyst coverage, we will not have any control over the analysts or the content and opinions included in their reports. The price of our stock could decline if one or more equity research analysts downgrade our stock or issue other unfavorable commentary or research. If one or more equity research analysts ceases coverage of our company or fails to publish reports on us regularly, demand for our stock could decrease, which in turn could cause our stock price or trading volume to decline.
The issuance of additional stock in connection with financings, acquisitions, investments, our stock incentive plans or otherwise will dilute all other stockholders.
Our certificate of incorporation authorizes us to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of common stock and up to 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock with such rights and preferences as may be determined by our board of directors. Subject to compliance with applicable rules and regulations, we may issue our shares of common stock or securities convertible into our common stock from time to time in connection with a financing, acquisition, investment, our stock incentive plans or otherwise. Any such issuance could result in substantial dilution to our existing stockholders and cause the trading price of our common stock to decline.
Provisions in our corporate charter documents and under Delaware law may prevent or frustrate attempts by our stockholders to change our management and hinder efforts to acquire a controlling interest in us, and the market price of our common stock may be lower as a result.
There are provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws that may make it difficult for a third party to acquire, or attempt to acquire, control of our company, even if a change in control was considered favorable by some or all of our stockholders. For example, our board of directors has the authority to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock. The board of directors can fix the price, rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions of the preferred stock without any further vote or action by our stockholders. The issuance of shares of preferred stock may delay or prevent a change in control transaction. As a result, the market price of our common stock and the voting and other rights of our stockholders may be adversely affected. An issuance of shares of preferred stock may result in the loss of voting control to other stockholders.
Our charter documents also contain other provisions that could have an anti-takeover effect, including:
only one of our three classes of directors is elected each year;
stockholders are not entitled to remove directors other than by a 66 2/3% vote and only for cause;
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stockholders are not permitted to take actions by written consent;
stockholders cannot call a special meeting of stockholders; and
stockholders must give advance notice to nominate directors or submit proposals for consideration at stockholder meetings.
In addition, we are subject to the anti-takeover provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which regulates corporate acquisitions by prohibiting Delaware corporations from engaging in specified business combinations with particular stockholders of those companies. These provisions could discourage potential acquisition proposals and could delay or prevent a change in control transaction. They could also have the effect of discouraging others from making tender offers for our common stock, including transactions that may be in your best interests. These provisions may also prevent changes in our management or limit the price that investors are willing to pay for our stock.
If we fail to maintain proper and effective internal controls, our ability to produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis could be impaired.
We are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, and the rules and regulations of the NYSE. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires, among other things, that we maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting and perform system and process evaluation and testing of our internal control over financial reporting to allow management to report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. This requires that we incur substantial professional fees and internal costs to maintain appropriate and necessary accounting and finance functions and that we expend significant management efforts.
We may discover weaknesses in our system of internal financial and accounting controls and procedures that could result in a material misstatement of our financial statements, and we may in the future discover additional weaknesses that require improvement. In addition, our internal control over financial reporting will not prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system's objectives will be met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud will be detected.
If we are unable to maintain proper and effective internal controls, we may not be able to produce timely and accurate financial statements. If that were to happen, the market price of our stock could decline and we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by the NYSE, the SEC or other regulatory authorities.
We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future and our stock may not appreciate in value.
We have not declared or paid cash dividends on our common stock to date. We currently intend to retain our future earnings, if any, to fund the development and growth of our business. In addition, the terms of any existing or future debt agreements may preclude us from paying dividends. There is no guarantee that shares of our common stock will appreciate in value or that the price at which our stockholders have purchased their shares will be able to be maintained.
We may need additional capital in the future to meet our financial obligations and to pursue our business objectives. Additional capital may not be available on favorable terms, or at all, which could compromise our ability to meet our financial obligations and grow our business.
While we anticipate that our existing cash, together with our cash flow from operations, will be sufficient to fund our operations for at least the next twelve months, we may need to raise additional capital to fund operations in the future or to meet various objectives, including developing future technologies and services, increasing working capital, acquiring businesses and responding to competitive pressures. If we seek to raise additional capital, it may not be available on favorable terms or may not be available at all. Lack of sufficient capital resources could significantly limit our ability to manage our business and to take advantage of business and strategic opportunities. Any additional capital raised through the sale of equity or debt securities with an equity component would dilute our stock ownership. If adequate additional funds are not available, we may be required to delay, reduce the scope of or eliminate material parts of our business strategy, including potential additional acquisitions or development of new technologies.
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ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
Not applicable.
ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
Not applicable.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
Exhibit Number Description of Document
3.1
3.2
4.1
10.1 *+
31.1 *
31.2 *
32.1 **
101.INS * Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File as its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document
101.SCH * Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL * Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF * Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB * Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE * Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104 * Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)
*    Filed herewith.
+ Certain exhibits and schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Registrant hereby undertakes to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted exhibit or schedule upon request by the SEC.
**    These certifications are being furnished solely to accompany this quarterly report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, and are not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the registrant, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

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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 thereunto duly authorized.
 
CHANNELADVISOR CORPORATION
Date: November 5, 2020 By:   /s/ Richard F. Cornetta
  Richard F. Cornetta
  Chief Financial Officer
  (On behalf of the Registrant and as Principal Financial Officer)



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Exhibit 10.1









$25,000,000


CREDIT AGREEMENT*


dated as of August 5, 2020


by and between


CHANNELADVISOR CORPORATION,
as Borrower,


and


HSBC BANK USA, N.A.,
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* Exhibits and schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K and will be furnished on a supplemental basis to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS 1
SECTION 1.1 Definitions 1
SECTION 1.2 Other Definitions and Provisions 18
SECTION 1.3 Accounting Terms 19
SECTION 1.4 UCC Terms 19
SECTION 1.5 References to Agreement and Laws 19
SECTION 1.6 Times of Day 20
SECTION 1.7 Letter of Credit Amounts 20
SECTION 1.8 Covenant Compliance Generally 20
SECTION 1.9 Rounding 20
ARTICLE II REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY 20
SECTION 2.1 Revolving Credit Loans 20
SECTION 2.2 Procedure for Advances of Revolving Credit Loans 21
SECTION 2.3 Repayment and Prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans 21
SECTION 2.4 Voluntary Reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitment 21
SECTION 2.5 L/C Facility 22
SECTION 2.6 Interest 23
SECTION 2.7 Commitment Fee; Upfront Fees 24
SECTION 2.8 Manner of Payment 25
SECTION 2.9 Increase Option 25
ARTICLE III CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCES; INCREASED COSTS; TAXES 25
SECTION 3.1 Changed Circumstances 25
SECTION 3.2 Indemnity for LIBOR Breakage 26
SECTION 3.3 Increased Costs 27
SECTION 3.4 Taxes 28
ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS OF CLOSING AND BORROWING 28
SECTION 4.1 Conditions to Closing and Initial Extensions of Credit 28
SECTION 4.2 Conditions to All Extensions of Credit 29
ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CREDIT PARTIES 30
SECTION 5.1 Organization; Power; Qualification 30
SECTION 5.2 Ownership 30
SECTION 5.3 Authorization; Enforceability 30
SECTION 5.4 Compliance of Agreement, Loan Documents and Borrowing with Laws, Etc 30
SECTION 5.5 Compliance with Law; Governmental Approvals 31
SECTION 5.6 Taxes 31
SECTION 5.7 Intellectual Property Matters 31
SECTION 5.8 Environmental Matters 31
SECTION 5.9 Employee Benefit Matters 31
SECTION 5.10 Margin Stock 31
SECTION 5.11 Investment Company Act, Etc 32
SECTION 5.12 Employee Relations 32
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SECTION 5.13 Financial Statements 32
SECTION 5.14 No Material Adverse Effect 32
SECTION 5.15 Solvency 32
SECTION 5.16 Title to Properties 32
SECTION 5.17 Litigation 32
SECTION 5.18 Sanctions; Anti-Corruption Laws and Anti-Money Laundering Laws 32
SECTION 5.19 Absence of Defaults 33
SECTION 5.20 Disclosure 33
ARTICLE VI AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 33
SECTION 6.1 Financial Statements and Budgets 33
SECTION 6.2 Certificates; Other Reports 34
SECTION 6.3 Notice of Litigation and Other Matters 35
SECTION 6.4 Preservation of Corporate Existence and Related Matters 36
SECTION 6.5 Maintenance of Properties 36
SECTION 6.6 Insurance 36
SECTION 6.7 Payment of Taxes 36
SECTION 6.8 Compliance with Laws and Approvals 36
SECTION 6.9 Compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws; Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions 36
SECTION 6.10 Compliance with ERISA 36
SECTION 6.11 Visits and Inspections 37
SECTION 6.12 Additional Subsidiaries and Collateral 37
SECTION 6.13 Use of Proceeds 37
SECTION 6.14 Further Assurances 37
ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS 38
SECTION 7.1 Indebtedness 38
SECTION 7.2 Liens 39
SECTION 7.3 Investments 40
SECTION 7.4 Fundamental Changes 41
SECTION 7.5 Asset Dispositions 41
SECTION 7.6 Restricted Payments 42
SECTION 7.7 Transactions with Affiliates 43
SECTION 7.8 Accounting Changes; Organizational Documents 43
SECTION 7.9 Payments and Modifications of Subordinated Indebtedness 43
SECTION 7.10 No Further Negative Pledges; Restrictive Agreements 43
SECTION 7.11 Sanctions; Anti-Bribery 44
SECTION 7.12 Capital Expenditures 44
SECTION 7.13 Financial Covenants 44
SECTION 7.14 Disposal of Subsidiary Interests 44
ARTICLE VIII DEFAULT AND REMEDIES 44
SECTION 8.1 Events of Default 44
SECTION 8.2 Remedies 46
SECTION 8.3 Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Non-Waiver; Etc 46
SECTION 8.4 Application of Payments and Proceeds 47
ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS 47
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SECTION 9.1 Notices 47
SECTION 9.2 Amendments, Waivers and Consents 47
SECTION 9.3 Expenses; Indemnity 47
SECTION 9.4 Right of Setoff 49
SECTION 9.5 Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Etc 49
SECTION 9.6 Waiver of Jury Trial 50
SECTION 9.7 Reversal of Payments 50
SECTION 9.8 Successors and Assigns; Participations 50
SECTION 9.9 Performance of Duties 51
SECTION 9.10 All Powers Coupled with Interest 51
SECTION 9.11 Survival 51
SECTION 9.12 Titles and Captions 51
SECTION 9.13 Severability of Provisions 51
SECTION 9.14 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness 51
SECTION 9.15 Term of Agreement 52
SECTION 9.16 USA PATRIOT Act; Anti-Money Laundering Laws 52
SECTION 9.17 No Fiduciary Responsibility 52
SECTION 9.18 Inconsistencies with Other Documents 52

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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A - Form of Revolving Credit Note
Exhibit B - Form of Notice of Borrowing
Exhibit C - Form of Notice of Conversion/Continuation
Exhibit D - Form of Compliance Certificate
SCHEDULES
Schedule 1.1 - Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 5.2 - Subsidiaries and Capitalization
Schedule 7.1 - Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 7.2 - Existing Liens
Schedule 7.3 - Existing Loans, Advances and Investments
Schedule 7.7 - Transactions with Affiliates


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CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of August 5, 2020, by and between CHANNELADVISOR CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as Borrower, and HSBC BANK USA, N.A., as Lender.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
The Borrower has requested, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Lender has agreed to extend, a revolving credit facility to the Borrower.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, such parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1    Definitions. The following terms when used in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them below:
Acquisition” means any transaction, or any series of related transactions, consummated on or after the date of this Agreement, by which any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries (a) acquires any business or all or substantially all of the assets of any Person, or division thereof, whether through purchase of assets, merger or otherwise or (b) directly or indirectly acquires (in one transaction or as the most recent transaction in a series of transactions) at least a majority (in number of votes) of the securities of a corporation which have ordinary voting power for the election of members of the board of directors or the equivalent governing body (other than securities having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) or a majority (by percentage or voting power) of the outstanding ownership interests of a partnership or limited liability company.
Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
Agreement” means this Credit Agreement.
Applicable Law” means all applicable provisions of constitutions, laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, treaties, regulations, permits, licenses, approvals, interpretations and orders of Governmental Authorities and all orders and decrees of all courts and arbitrators.
Applicable Margin” means 2.25% per annum for Base Rate Loans and 3.25% per annum for LIBOR Rate Loans.
Asset Disposition” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition of any Property (including any disposition of Equity Interests and any Sale Leaseback Transaction) by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof.
Bankruptcy Code” means 11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq.

Base Rate” means, at any time, the highest of (a) the Prime Rate, (b) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50% and (c) the LIBOR Rate plus 1.0%; each change in the Base Rate shall take effect simultaneously with the corresponding change or changes in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or LIBOR Rate (provided that clause (c) shall not be applicable during any period in which the LIBOR Rate is




unavailable or unascertainable). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Base Rate shall be less than 1.50%, such rate shall be deemed to be 1.50% for purposes of this Agreement.

Base Rate Loan” means any Revolving Credit Loan bearing interest at a rate based upon the Base Rate.
Benchmark Replacement” means the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate (which may include Term SOFR) that has been selected by the Lender giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a rate of interest as a replacement to the LIBOR Rate for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated or bilateral credit facilities and (b) the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment; provided that, if the Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than zero, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.
Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the LIBOR Rate with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for each applicable Interest Period, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Lender giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of the LIBOR Rate with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of the LIBOR Rate with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated or bilateral credit facilities at such time.
Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Interest Period,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other administrative matters) that the Lender decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Lender in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Lender decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Lender determines that no market practice for the administration of the Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Lender decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement).
Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earlier to occur of the following events with respect to the LIBOR Rate:
(1)    in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of the LIBOR Rate permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide the LIBOR Rate; or
(2) in the case of clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein.
Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the LIBOR Rate:
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(1)    a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of the LIBOR Rate announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide the LIBOR Rate, permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the LIBOR Rate;
(2) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the LIBOR Rate, the U.S. Federal Reserve System, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for the LIBOR Rate, a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for the LIBOR Rate or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for the LIBOR Rate, which states that the administrator of the LIBOR Rate has ceased or will cease to provide the LIBOR Rate permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide the LIBOR Rate; or
(3) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of the LIBOR Rate announcing that the LIBOR Rate is no longer representative.
Benchmark Transition Start Date” means (a) in the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (i) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (ii) if such Benchmark Transition Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the 90th day prior to the expected date of such event as of such public statement or publication of information (or if the expected date of such prospective event is fewer than 90 days after such statement or publication, the date of such statement or publication) and (b) in the case of an Early Opt-in Election, the date specified by the Lender by notice to the Borrower, so long as the Lender has not received, by such date, written notice of objection to such Early Opt-in Election from the Borrower.
Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to the LIBOR Rate and solely to the extent that the LIBOR Rate has not been replaced with a Benchmark Replacement, the period (x) beginning at the time that such Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the LIBOR Rate for all purposes hereunder in accordance with the Section titled “Effect of Benchmark Transition Event” and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the LIBOR Rate for all purposes hereunder pursuant to the Section titled “Effect of Benchmark Transition Event.”
Beneficial Ownership Certification” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.
Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. Sec. 1010.230.
Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.
Borrower” means ChannelAdvisor Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
Business Day” means (a) for all purposes other than as set forth in clause (b) below, any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday on which banks in New York, New York, are open for the
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conduct of their commercial banking business and (b) with respect to all notices and determinations in connection with, and payments of principal and interest on, any LIBOR Rate Loan or any Base Rate Loan as to which the interest rate is determined by reference to the LIBOR Rate, any day that is a Business Day described in clause (a) and that is also a London Banking Day.
Capital Expenditures” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, for any period, (a) the additions to property, plant and equipment and other capital expenditures that are (or would be) set forth in a consolidated statement of cash flows of such Person for such period prepared in accordance with GAAP and (b) Capital Lease Obligations during such period, but excluding expenditures for the restoration, repair or replacement of any fixed or capital asset which was destroyed or damaged, in whole or in part, to the extent financed by the proceeds of an insurance policy maintained by such Person.
Capital Lease Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
Cash Collateralize” means, to deposit in a deposit account or securities account that is subject to an account control agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender or to pledge and deposit with, or deliver to the Lender, as collateral for L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender. “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.
Cash Equivalents” means, collectively, (a) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States or any agency thereof maturing within twelve (12) months from the date of acquisition thereof, (b) commercial paper maturing no more than twelve (12) months from the date of creation thereof and having a rating of A-2 or better, as determined by S&P, or a rating of P-2 or better, as determined by Moody’s, (c) certificates of deposit issued by commercial banks incorporated under the laws of the United States, each having combined capital, surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000 and having a rating of “A” or better by a nationally recognized rating agency, (d) time deposits maturing no more than thirty (30) days from the date of creation thereof with commercial banks or savings banks or savings and loan associations each having membership either in the FDIC or the deposits of which are insured by the FDIC and in amounts not exceeding the maximum amounts of insurance thereunder, (e) money market deposit accounts and mutual funds issued or offered by commercial banks or other  institutions incorporated under the laws of the United States or (f) readily-marketable equities and bonds that have been approved by the board of directors of the Borrower or the chairman of the board of directors of the Borrower.
Cash Management Agreement” means any agreement to provide cash management services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card (including non-card electronic payables and purchasing cards), electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements.
CFC” means a Person that is a controlled foreign corporation under Section 957 of the Code.
Change in Control” means an event or series of events by which (a) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit
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plan of such person or its Subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a “person” or “group” shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all Equity Interests that such “person” or “group” has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time (such right, an “option right”)), directly or indirectly, of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Equity Interests of the Borrower entitled to vote in the election of members of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of the Borrower or (b) a majority of the members of the board of directors (or other equivalent governing body) of the Borrower shall not constitute Continuing Directors. For purposes hereof, “Continuing Directors” means the directors (or equivalent governing body) of the Borrower on the Closing Date and each other director (or equivalent) of the Borrower, if, in each case, such other Person’s nomination for election to the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of the Borrower is approved by at least 51% of the then Continuing Directors.
Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, implemented or issued.
Closing Date” means the date of this Agreement.
Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Collateral” means the collateral security for the Secured Obligations pledged or granted pursuant to the Security Documents.
Collateral Agreement” means the collateral agreement of even date herewith executed by the Credit Parties in favor of the Lender, which shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Lender.
Commitment Fee” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.7.
Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.).
Compliance Certificate” means a certificate of the chief financial officer or the treasurer of the Borrower substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D.
Consolidated” means, when used with reference to financial statements or financial statement items of any Person, such statements or items on a consolidated basis in accordance with applicable principles of consolidation under GAAP.
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Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, the sum of the following determined on a Consolidated basis, without duplication, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP: (a) Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (b) the sum of the following, without duplication, to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period: (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, (ii) expense for Taxes measured by net income, profits or capital (or any similar measures), paid or accrued, including federal and state and local income Taxes, foreign income Taxes and franchise Taxes, (iii) amortization, depreciation, non-cash stock based compensation expense and other non-cash charges (except to the extent that such non-cash charges are reserved for cash charges to be taken in the future), and (iv) extraordinary losses (excluding extraordinary losses from discontinued operations) less (c) the sum of the following, without duplication, to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period: (i) interest income, (ii) federal, state, local and foreign income Tax credits of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period (to the extent not netted from income Tax expense), (iii) any extraordinary gains and (iv) non-cash gains or non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income. For purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA hereunder for any period during which one or more Specified Transactions occurs, such Specified Transaction (and all other Specified Transactions that have been consummated during the applicable period) shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement in such test or covenant such that all income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the Property or Person disposed of in a Specified Disposition shall be excluded and all income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the Property or Person acquired in a Permitted Acquisition shall be included (provided that such income statement items to be included are reflected in financial statements or other financial data reasonably acceptable to the Lender and based upon reasonable assumptions and calculations which are expected to have a continuous impact).
Consolidated Funded Indebtedness” means, for any period, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, (a) all Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (e) and (f) of the definition of “Indebtedness”), plus (b) without duplication, all Guarantees of Indebtedness of the type specified in the foregoing clause (a).
Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, the sum of the following determined on a Consolidated basis, without duplication, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, interest expense (including, without limitation, interest expense attributable to Capital Lease Obligations and all net payment obligations pursuant to Hedge Agreements) for such period.
Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a Consolidated basis, without duplication, in accordance with GAAP; provided, that in calculating Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for any period, there shall be excluded (a) the net income (or loss) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary which shall be subject to clause (c) below), in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has a joint interest with a third party, except to the extent such net income is actually paid in cash to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries by dividend or other distribution during such period, (b) the net income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or that Person’s assets are acquired by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries except to the extent included pursuant to the foregoing clause (a), (c) the net income (if positive), of any Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of such net income (i) is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to such Subsidiary or (ii) would be subject to any taxes payable on such dividends or distributions, but in each
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case only to the extent of such prohibition or taxes and (d) any gain or loss from Asset Dispositions (other than sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business) during such period.
Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of any date, the sum of all items which would be classified as assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness on such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or immediately prior to such date.
Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
Credit Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and the Guarantors.
Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of America, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
Default” means any of the events specified in Section 8.1 which with the passage of time, the giving of notice or any other condition, would constitute an Event of Default.
Dollars” or “$” means, unless otherwise qualified, dollars in lawful currency of the United States.
Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary organized under the laws of any political subdivision of the United States, other than any Subsidiary that is a direct or indirect subsidiary of a CFC.
Early Opt-in Election” means the occurrence of:
(1) the determination by the Lender that with respect to the LIBOR Rate, similar United States dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities being executed at such time, or that include language similar to that contained in the Section titled “Effect of Benchmark Transition Event”, are being executed or amended (as applicable) to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace the LIBOR Rate, and
(2) the election by the Lender to declare that an Early Opt-in Election has occurred and the provision by the Lender of written notice of such election to the Borrower.
Employee Benefit Plan” means (a) any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA that is maintained for employees of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate or (b) any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan that has at any time within the preceding five (5) years been maintained, funded or administered for the employees of any Credit Party or any current or former ERISA Affiliate.
Environmental Claims” means any and all administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, accusations, allegations, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigations (other than internal reports prepared by any Person in the ordinary course of business and
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not in response to any third party action or request of any kind) or proceedings relating in any way to any actual or alleged violation of or liability under any Environmental Law or relating to any permit issued, or any approval given, under any such Environmental Law, including, without limitation, any and all claims by Governmental Authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief resulting from Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to public health or the environment.
Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, foreign, state, provincial and local laws, statutes, ordinances, codes, rules, standards and regulations, permits, licenses, approvals, interpretations and orders of courts or Governmental Authorities, relating to the protection of public health or the environment, including, but not limited to, requirements pertaining to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transportation, handling, reporting, licensing, permitting, investigation or remediation of Hazardous Materials.
Equity Interests” means (a) in the case of a corporation, capital stock, (b) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock, (c) in the case of a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited), (d) in the case of a limited liability company, membership interests, (e) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person and (f) any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.
ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
ERISA Affiliate” means any Person who together with any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is treated as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001(b) of ERISA.
ERISA Event” means the occurrence of any of the following: (a) a “Reportable Event” described in Section 4043 of ERISA, or (b) the withdrawal of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan during a plan year in which it was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA, or (c) the termination of a Pension Plan, the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan or the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination, under Section 4041 of ERISA, if the plan assets are not sufficient to pay all plan liabilities, or (d) the institution of proceedings to terminate, or the appointment of a trustee with respect to, any Pension Plan by the PBGC, or (e) any other event or condition which would constitute grounds under Section 4042(a) of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan, or (f) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA, or (g) the determination that any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan is considered an at-risk plan or plan in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 or 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 or 305 of ERISA or (h) the partial or complete withdrawal of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan if withdrawal liability is asserted by such plan, or (i) any event or condition which results in the reorganization or insolvency of a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4245 of ERISA, or (j) any event or condition which results in the termination of a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4041A of ERISA or the institution by PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA, or (k) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate.
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Event of Default” means any of the events specified in Section 8.1; provided that any requirement for passage of time, giving of notice, or any other condition, has been satisfied.
Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Credit Party, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the liability of such Credit Party for or the guarantee of such Credit Party of, or the grant by such Credit Party of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any liability or guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Credit Party’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the liability for or the guarantee of such Credit Party or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation (such determination being made after giving effect to any applicable keepwell, support or other agreement for the benefit of the applicable Credit Party, including under the keepwell provisions in the Guaranty Agreement). If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal for the reasons identified in the immediately preceding sentence of this definition.
Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to the Lender or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to the Lender, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of the Lender being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or its lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) United States federal withholding Taxes imposed on interest in a Revolving Credit Loan or Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the Closing Date and (c) any United States federal withholding Taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA.
Existing Letters of Credit” means those letters of credit existing on the Closing Date and identified on Schedule 1.1.
FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with) and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1).
FCPA” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5.18.
FDIC” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day, provided that if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average of the quotation for such day on such transactions received by the Lender from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Federal Funds Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Website” means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source.
Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries ending on December 31.
Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.
Governmental Approvals” means all authorizations, consents, approvals, permits, licenses and exemptions of, and all registrations and filings with or issued by, any Governmental Authorities.
Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation or (e) for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (whether in whole or in part). Unless otherwise specified, the amount of any Guarantee shall be the lesser of the amount of the obligations guaranteed and still outstanding and the maximum amount for which the guaranteeing Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee.
Guarantors” means, collectively, (a) all direct and indirect Material Domestic Subsidiaries of the Borrower in existence on the Closing Date or which become a party to the Guaranty Agreement pursuant to Section 6.12, (b) all direct or indirect Immaterial Domestic Subsidiaries that become a party to the Guaranty Agreement and (c) with respect to (i) Obligations owing by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of a Credit Party (other than the Borrower) under any Secured Hedge Agreement or any Secured Cash Management Agreement and (ii) the payment and performance by each Specified Credit Party of its obligations under the Guaranty Agreement with respect to all Swap Obligations, the Borrower.
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Guaranty Agreement” means the unconditional guaranty agreement of even date herewith executed by the Guarantors in favor of the Lender, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, which shall be in form and substance acceptable to the Lender.
Hazardous Materials” means any substances or materials (a) which are or become defined as hazardous wastes, hazardous substances, pollutants, contaminants, chemical substances or mixtures or toxic substances under any Environmental Law, (b) which are toxic, explosive, corrosive, flammable, infectious, radioactive, carcinogenic, mutagenic or otherwise harmful to public health or the environment and are or become regulated by any Governmental Authority, (c) the presence of which require investigation or remediation under any Environmental Law or common law, (d) the discharge or emission or release of which requires a permit or license under any Environmental Law or other Governmental Approval, (e) which are deemed by a Governmental Authority to constitute a nuisance or a trespass which pose a health or safety hazard to Persons or neighboring properties, or (f) which contain, without limitation, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, petroleum hydrocarbons, petroleum derived substances or waste, crude oil, nuclear fuel, natural gas or synthetic gas.
Hedge Agreement” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement. The amount of any net obligation under any Hedge Agreement on any date shall be deemed to be the Hedge Termination Value thereof as of such date.
Hedge Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Hedge Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Hedge Agreements, (a) for any date on or after the date such Hedge Agreements have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Hedge Agreements, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Hedge Agreements.
Immaterial Domestic Subsidiary” means each Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Material Domestic Subsidiary.
Indebtedness” means for any Person at any date and without duplication, the sum of the following: (a) all liabilities, obligations and indebtedness for borrowed money including, but not limited to, obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (b) all obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services of any such Person (including, without limitation, all payment obligations under non-competition, earn-out or similar agreements), except trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business not more than ninety (90) days past due, or that are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided for on the books of such Person, (c) capitalized lease obligations, (d) all
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obligations, contingent or otherwise, of any such Person relative to the face amount of letters of credit, whether or not drawn, (e) all net obligations of such Person under any hedging agreements and (f) all Guarantees of any such Person with respect to any of the foregoing.
Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a), Other Taxes.
Indemnitee” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 9.3(b).
Interest Period” means, as to each LIBOR Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such LIBOR Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a LIBOR Rate Loan and ending on the date one (1), three (3) or six (6) months thereafter, in each case as selected by the Borrower and subject to availability; provided that:
(a)    the Interest Period shall commence on the date of advance of or conversion to any LIBOR Rate Loan and, in the case of immediately successive Interest Periods, each successive Interest Period shall commence on the date on which the immediately preceding Interest Period expires;
(b)    if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day; provided that if any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day;
(c)    any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the relevant calendar month at the end of such Interest Period;
(d)    no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Revolving Credit Maturity Date; and
(e)    there shall be no more than six (6) Interest Periods in effect at any time.
Investment” means, with respect to any Person, that such Person (a) purchases, owns, invests in or otherwise acquires (in one transaction or a series of transactions), directly or indirectly, any Equity Interests, interests in any partnership or joint venture (including, without limitation, the creation or capitalization of any Subsidiary), evidence of Indebtedness or other obligation or security, substantially all or a portion of the business or assets of any other Person or any other investment or interest whatsoever in any other Person, (b) makes any Acquisition or (c) makes or holds, directly or indirectly, any loans, advances or extensions of credit to, or any investment in cash or by delivery of Property in, any Person.
Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. § 80(a)(1), et seq.).
ISP” means the International Standby Practices, International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the applicable time).
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L/C Obligations” means at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn and unexpired amount of the then outstanding Letters of Credit and (b) the aggregate amount of drawings under Letters of Credit which have not then been reimbursed pursuant to Section 2.5.
L/C Sublimit” means the lesser of (a) $10,000,000 and (b) the Revolving Credit Commitment.
Lender” means HSBC Bank USA, N.A., together with its successors and assigns.
Letter of Credit Application” means an application requesting the Lender to issue a Letter of Credit in the form specified by the Lender from time to time.
Letter of Credit Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, a letter of credit agreement or reimbursement agreement and any other document, agreement and instrument required by the Lender and relating to such Letter of Credit, in each case in the form specified by the Lender from time to time.
Letters of Credit” means the collective reference to letters of credit issued pursuant to Section 2.5 and the Existing Letters of Credit.
LIBOR Rate” means, subject to the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement in accordance with Section 3.1(b),
(a)    for any interest rate calculation with respect to a LIBOR Rate Loan, the rate of interest per annum determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars for a period equal to the applicable Interest Period as published by the ICE Benchmark Administration Limited, a United Kingdom company, or a comparable or successor quoting service approved by the Lender, at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) London Banking Days prior to the first day of the applicable Interest Period. If, for any reason, such rate is not so published then the “LIBOR Rate” shall be determined by the Lender to be the arithmetic average of the rate per annum at which deposits in Dollars would be offered by first class banks in the London interbank market to the Lender at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) London Banking Days prior to the first day of the applicable Interest Period for a period equal to such Interest Period, and
(b)    for any interest rate calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan, the rate of interest per annum determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars for an Interest Period equal to one month (commencing on the date of determination of such interest rate) as published by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited, a United Kingdom company, or a comparable or successor quoting service approved by the Lender, at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such date of determination, or, if such date is not a Business Day, then the immediately preceding Business Day. If, for any reason, such rate is not so published then the “LIBOR Rate” for such Base Rate Loan shall be determined by the Lender to be the arithmetic average of the rate per annum at which deposits in Dollars would be offered by first class banks in the London interbank market to the Lender at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such date of determination for a period equal to one month commencing on such date of determination.
Each calculation by the Lender of the LIBOR Rate shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
The LIBOR Rate shall be adjusted for all costs, expenses and liabilities arising from or in connection with reserve percentages prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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(or any successor) for “Eurocurrency Liabilities” (as defined in Regulation D of the Federal Reserve Board, as amended). Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) in no event shall the LIBOR Rate (including any Benchmark Replacement with respect thereto) be less than 0.50% and (y) unless otherwise specified in any amendment to this Agreement entered into in accordance with Section 3.1(b), in the event that a Benchmark Replacement with respect to the LIBOR Rate is implemented then all references herein to the LIBOR Rate shall be deemed references to such Benchmark Replacement.
LIBOR Rate Loan” means any Revolving Credit Loan bearing interest at a rate based upon the LIBOR Rate.
Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, leasehold mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest, hypothecation or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset. For the purposes of this Agreement, a Person shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any asset which it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, Capital Lease Obligation or other title retention agreement relating to such asset.
Loan Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, any Revolving Credit Note, the Letter of Credit Documents, the Security Documents, the Guaranty Agreement and each other document, instrument, certificate and agreement executed and delivered by the Credit Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries in favor of or provided to the Lender or any Secured Party in connection with this Agreement or otherwise referred to herein or contemplated hereby (excluding any Secured Hedge Agreement and any Secured Cash Management Agreement).
London Banking Day” means any day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank Eurodollar market.
Maintenance Capital Expenditure” means all expenditures (by the expenditure of cash or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted hereunder other than the Obligations) by any Person during any measuring period for any improvements, replacements, substitutions or additions to any equipment or property used in the current operation of the business of such Person that are required to be capitalized under GAAP.
Material Adverse Effect” means, with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (a) a material adverse effect on the operations, business, assets, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent) or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) a material impairment of the ability of any such Person to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (c) a material impairment of the rights and remedies of the Lender under any Loan Document or (d) an impairment of the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Credit Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party.
Material Domestic Subsidiary” means each Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that individually represents greater than or equal to either (a) 5% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries or (b) 5% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries; provided that in any event the Borrower and the Material Domestic Subsidiaries on a combined basis shall represent at least 95% of the Consolidated Total Assets and Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries.
Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
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Multiemployer Plan” means a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate is making, or is accruing an obligation to make, or has accrued an obligation to make contributions within the preceding five (5) years.
Non-Guarantor Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Guarantor.
Notice of Borrowing” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.2(a).
Notice of Conversion/Continuation” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.6(c).
Obligations” means, in each case, whether now in existence or hereafter arising: (a) the principal of and interest on (including interest accruing after the filing of any bankruptcy or similar petition) the Revolving Credit Loans, (b) the L/C Obligations and (c) all other fees and commissions (including attorneys’ fees), charges, indebtedness, loans, liabilities, financial accommodations, obligations, covenants and duties owing by the Credit Parties to the Lender, in each case under any Loan Document, with respect to any Revolving Credit Loan or Letter of Credit of every kind, nature and description, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, contractual or tortious, liquidated or unliquidated, and whether or not evidenced by any note and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Credit Party of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws, naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.
Other Connection Taxes” means Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between the Lender and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from the Lender having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Revolving Credit Loan or Loan Document).
Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court, documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment.
PATRIOT Act” means the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).
PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor agency.
Pension Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, which is subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code and which (a) is maintained, funded or administered for the employees of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate or (b) has at any time within the preceding five (5) years been maintained, funded or administered for the employees of any Credit Party or any current or former ERISA Affiliates.
Permitted Acquisition” means any Acquisition permitted pursuant to Section 7.3(h).
Permitted Liens” means the Liens permitted pursuant to Section 7.2.
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Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
Prime Rate” means, at any time, the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by the Lender as its prime rate. Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the day such change in such prime rate occurs. The parties hereto acknowledge that the rate announced publicly by the Lender as its prime rate is an index or base rate and shall not necessarily be its lowest or best rate charged to its customers or other banks.
Property” means any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, including, without limitation, Equity Interests.
Reimbursement Obligation” means the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the Lender pursuant to Section 2.5 for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit.
Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or any successor thereto.
Responsible Officer” means, as to any Person, the chief executive officer, president, vice president, chief financial officer, corporate controller, treasurer or assistant treasurer of such Person, or solely for purposes of the delivery of incumbency certificates, organization documents and resolutions pursuant to Section 4.1(c), the secretary or assistant secretary of such Person or any other officer of such Person designated in writing by the Borrower and reasonably acceptable to the Lender.
Restricted Payment” means any dividend on, or the making of any payment or other distribution on account of, or the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition (directly or indirectly) of, or the setting apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of, any class of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or the making of any distribution of cash, property or assets to the holders of any Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Subsidiary on account of such Equity Interests.
Revolving Credit Commitment” means the commitment of the Lender to make Revolving Credit Loans, as such amount may be modified at any time or from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. The Revolving Credit Commitment on the Closing Date shall be $25,000,000.
Revolving Credit Facility” means the revolving credit facility established pursuant to Article II (including any increase in such revolving credit facility established pursuant to Section 2.9).
Revolving Credit Increase” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.9.
Revolving Credit Loan” means any revolving loan made to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1, and all such revolving loans collectively as the context requires.
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Revolving Credit Maturity Date” means the earliest to occur of (a) August 5, 2023, (b) the date of termination of the entire Revolving Credit Commitment by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.4, and (c) the date of termination of the Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to Section 8.2(a).
Revolving Credit Note” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of the Lender evidencing the Revolving Credit Loans, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A, and any substitutes therefor, and any replacements, restatements, renewals or extension thereof, in whole or in part.
Revolving Credit Outstandings” means, on any date, the sum of (a) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans on such date, after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments occurring on such date plus (b) the aggregate outstanding amount of all L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any extensions of credit occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements of outstanding unpaid drawings under any Letters of Credit or any reductions in the maximum amount available for drawing under Letters of Credit taking effect on such date.
S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Service, a division of S&P Global Inc. and any successor thereto.
Sale Leaseback Transaction” means any transaction whereby a Person shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereinafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that such Person intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property sold or transferred.
Sanctioned Country” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5.18.
Sanctioned Person” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5.18.
Sanctions” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5.18.
SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
Secured Cash Management Agreement” means any Cash Management Agreement between or among the Borrower or any Subsidiary and the Lender or any Affiliate of the Lender.
Secured Hedge Agreement” means any Hedge Agreement between or among the Borrower or any Subsidiary and the Lender or any Affiliate of the Lender.
Secured Obligations” means, collectively, (a) the Obligations and (b) all existing or future payment and other obligations owing under (i) any Secured Hedge Agreement and (ii) any Secured Cash Management Agreement; provided that the “Secured Obligations” of a Credit Party shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Credit Party.
Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Lender and any Affiliate of the Lender that holds any Secured Obligations and, in each case, their respective successors and permitted assigns.
Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. § 77 et seq.).
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Security Documents” means the collective reference to the Collateral Agreement and each other agreement or writing pursuant to which any Credit Party pledges or grants a security interest in any Property or assets securing the Secured Obligations.
SOFR” with respect to any day means the secured overnight financing rate published for such day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as the administrator of the benchmark, (or a successor administrator) on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Website.
Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the Property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature, (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital, and (e) such Person is able to pay its debts and liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the ordinary course of business.
Specified Credit Party” means any Credit Party that is not an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act (determined prior to giving effect to any “keepwell, support or other agreement”).
Specified Disposition” means any Asset Disposition (other than sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business) having gross sales proceeds in excess of $500,000.
Specified Transactions” means (a) any Specified Disposition and (b) any Permitted Acquisition.
Subordinated Indebtedness” means the collective reference to any Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is subordinated in right and time of payment to the Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Lender.
Subsidiary” means as to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding Equity Interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) or other managers of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity is at the time owned by (directly or indirectly) or the management is otherwise controlled by (directly or indirectly) such Person (irrespective of whether, at the time, Equity Interests of any other class or classes of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency). Unless otherwise qualified, references to “Subsidiary” or “Subsidiaries” herein shall refer to those of the Borrower.
Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Credit Party, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, fines, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
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Term SOFR” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR that has been selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body.
UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York.
UK Bribery Act” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5.18.
Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the Benchmark Replacement excluding the Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
United States” means the United States of America.
Wholly-Owned” means, with respect to a Subsidiary, that all of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary are, directly or indirectly, owned or controlled by the Borrower and/or one or more of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries (except for directors’ qualifying shares or other shares required by Applicable Law to be owned by a Person other than the Borrower and/or one or more of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries).
SECTION 1.2    Other Definitions and Provisions.
(a)    With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document: (a) the definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined, (b) whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms, (c) the words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”, (d) the word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”, (e) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (f) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (g) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement, (h) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights, (i) the term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form and (j) 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”. The amount of contingent liabilities or a liability that is contingent, when such liabilities are referenced in this Agreement, shall mean the amount of such liabilities computed as the amount that, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
(b)    Any reference herein to a merger, consolidation, amalgamation, conveyance, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, shall be deemed to apply to a division of or by a limited liability company, or an allocation of assets to a series of a limited liability company (or the unwinding of such a division or allocation), as if it were a merger, consolidation, amalgamation, conveyance, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, as applicable, to, of or with a separate Person. Any division of a limited liability company shall constitute a separate Person hereunder (and each division of any limited liability company that is a Subsidiary, joint venture or any other like term shall also constitute such a Person or entity).
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SECTION 1.3    Accounting Terms.
(a)    All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with GAAP, applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time and in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the audited financial statements required by Section 6.1(a), except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 and FASB ASC 470-20 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded.
(b)    If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Lender shall so request, the Lender and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP; provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Lender financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP; provided, further that (A) all obligations of any Person that are or would have been treated as operating leases for purposes of GAAP prior to the effectiveness of FASB ASC 842 shall continue to be accounted for as operating leases for purposes of all financial definitions and calculations for purpose of this Agreement (whether or not such operating lease obligations were in effect on such date) notwithstanding the fact that such obligations are required in accordance with FASB ASC 842 (on a prospective or retroactive basis or otherwise) to be treated as Capital Lease Obligations in the financial statements and (B) all financial statements delivered to the Lender hereunder shall contain a schedule showing the modifications necessary to reconcile the adjustments made pursuant to clause (A) above with such financial statements.
SECTION 1.4    UCC Terms. Terms defined in the UCC in effect on the Closing Date and not otherwise defined herein shall, unless the context otherwise indicates, have the meanings provided by those definitions. Subject to the foregoing, the term “UCC” refers, as of any date of determination, to the UCC then in effect.
SECTION 1.5    References to Agreement and Laws. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) any definition or reference to formation documents, governing documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual documents or instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are not prohibited by any Loan Document; and (b) any definition or reference to any Applicable Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Applicable Law.
SECTION 1.6    Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
SECTION 1.7    Letter of Credit Amounts. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to mean the maximum face amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all increases thereof contemplated by such Letter of Credit or the
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Letter of Credit Documents therefor (at the time specified therefor in such applicable Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Documents and as such amount may be reduced by (a) any permanent reduction of such Letter of Credit or (b) any amount which is drawn, reimbursed and no longer available under such Letter of Credit).
SECTION 1.8    Covenant Compliance Generally. For purposes of determining compliance under Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.5 and 7.6, any amount in a currency other than Dollars will be converted to Dollars in a manner consistent with that used in calculating Consolidated Net Income in the most recent annual financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with Sections 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3, with respect to any amount of Indebtedness or Investment in a currency other than Dollars, no breach of any basket contained in such sections shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness or Investment is incurred; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.8 shall otherwise apply to such Sections, including with respect to determining whether any Indebtedness or Investment may be incurred at any time under such Sections.
SECTION 1.9    Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be maintained pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio or percentage is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
ARTICLE II
REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY

SECTION 2.1    Revolving Credit Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the Lender agrees to make Revolving Credit Loans in Dollars to the Borrower from time to time from the Closing Date to, but not including, the Revolving Credit Maturity Date; provided, that the Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow Revolving Credit Loans hereunder until the Revolving Credit Maturity Date. The Revolving Credit Loans made by the Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by the Lender in the ordinary course of business, which shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Revolving Credit Loans made by the Lender and the interest and payments thereon. The Lender may request a Revolving Credit Note in addition to such accounts or records. The Revolving Credit Facility and the Revolving Credit Commitment shall terminate on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.
SECTION 2.2    Procedure for Advances of Revolving Credit Loans.
(a)    Requested Loans. The Borrower may request Revolving Credit Loans by giving the Lender irrevocable prior written notice substantially in the form of Exhibit B (a “Notice of Borrowing”) (or by electronic notice as set forth below) not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) (i) three (3) Business Days prior to the date of the requested borrowing date (or such shorter period as may be agreed to by the Lender) in the case of a LIBOR Rate Loan or (ii) one (1) Business Day prior to the date of the requested borrowing date (or such shorter period as may be agreed to by the Lender) in the case of a Base Rate Loan. Each Revolving Credit Loan may only be requested in a minimum amount of $100,000.00. The Borrower authorizes the Lender to disburse the proceeds of each Revolving Credit Loan by crediting
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or wiring such proceeds to the deposit account of the Borrower identified to Lender in writing from time to time.
(b)    Electronic Requests. The Lender will permit electronic transmittal of instructions, authorizations, agreements or reports to the Lender by the Borrower. Unless the Borrower specifically directs the Lender in writing not to accept or act upon electronic communications from the Borrower, the Lender shall have no liability to the Borrower for any loss or damage suffered by the Borrower as a result of the Lender’s honoring of any requests, execution of any instructions, authorizations or agreements or reliance on any reports communicated to the Lender electronically and purporting to have been sent to the Lender by the Borrower and the Lender shall have no duty to verify the origin of any such communication or the authority of the person sending it. Authorization shall be limited to designated Responsible Officers appointed by the Borrower in a writing delivered to the Lender.
SECTION 2.3    Repayment and Prepayment of Revolving Credit Loans.
(a)    Repayment on Termination Date. The Borrower hereby agrees to repay the outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans in full on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, together, in each case, with all accrued but unpaid interest thereon.
(b)    Mandatory Prepayments. If at any time the Revolving Credit Outstandings exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment, the Borrower agrees to repay immediately upon notice from the Lender, Revolving Credit Loans in an amount equal to such excess with each such repayment applied first, to the principal amount of outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and second, with respect to any Letters of Credit then outstanding, a payment of Cash Collateral into a Cash Collateral account opened by the Lender in an amount equal to such excess.
(c)    Optional Prepayments. The Borrower may at any time and from time to time prepay Revolving Credit Loans, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (except as set forth in Section 3.2).
SECTION 2.4    Voluntary Reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitment. The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time, upon prior written notice to the Lender, to permanently reduce, without premium or penalty, the Revolving Credit Commitment in an aggregate principal amount not less than $500,000 or any whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. Each such reduction shall be accompanied by a payment of principal sufficient to reduce the aggregate outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Obligations, as applicable, after such reduction to the Revolving Credit Commitment as so reduced, and if the aggregate amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit exceeds the Revolving Credit Commitment as so reduced, the Borrower shall be required to deposit Cash Collateral in a Cash Collateral account opened by the Lender in an amount equal to such excess.
SECTION 2.5    L/C Facility.
(a)    Availability. The Lender agrees to issue standby Letters of Credit in an aggregate amount not to exceed its L/C Sublimit for the account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof, so long as after giving effect to such issuance (i) the L/C Obligations do not exceed the L/C Sublimit and (ii) the Revolving Credit Outstandings do not exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment. Letters of Credit may be issued on any Business Day from the Closing Date to, but not including the thirtieth (30th) Business Day prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date in such form as may be approved from time to time by the Lender. The undrawn amount of all Letters of Credit shall be reserved under the Revolving Credit Commitment and shall not be available for borrowings thereunder.
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(b)    Terms of Letters of Credit. Each Letter of Credit shall (i) be denominated in Dollars in a minimum amount of $50,000, (ii) expire on a date no more than twelve (12) months after the date of issuance or last renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit (subject to automatic renewal or extension for additional one (1) year periods (but not to a date later than the date set forth below) pursuant to the terms of the Letter of Credit Documents or other documentation acceptable to the Lender), which date shall be no later than the fifth (5th) Business Day prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, and (iii) unless otherwise expressly agreed by the Lender and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued by it (including any such agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit), be subject to the ISP as set forth in the Letter of Credit Documents or as determined by the Lender and, to the extent not inconsistent therewith, the laws of the State of New York. As of the Closing Date, each of the Existing Letters of Credit shall constitute, for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, a Letter of Credit issued and outstanding hereunder.
(c)    Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit. The Borrower may from time to time request that the Lender issue, amend, renew or extend a Letter of Credit by delivering to Lender a Letter of Credit Application therefor, completed to the satisfaction of the Lender, and such other certificates, documents and other Letter of Credit Documents and information as the Lender may request, not later than 11:00 a.m. at least two (2) Business Days prior to the proposed date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, as the case may be. Upon receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the Lender shall process such Letter of Credit Application and the certificates, documents and other Letter of Credit Documents and information delivered to it in connection therewith in accordance with its customary procedures and shall, subject to clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 2.5 and Article IV, promptly issue, amend, renew or extend the Letter of Credit requested thereby (subject to the timing requirements set forth in this Section 2.5(c)) by issuing the original of such Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof or as otherwise may be agreed by the Lender and the Borrower. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to the Lender such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, renewal or extension, including any Letter of Credit Documents, as the Lender may require.
(d)    Reimbursement. The Borrower shall reimburse the Lender for each drawing in full on the date such drawing is made. To the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date of drawing, each drawing paid under a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be repaid to the Lender through a Base Rate Loan; provided that if Revolving Credit Loans are not available for any reason at the time any drawing is paid, then the Borrower shall immediately reimburse to the Lender the full amount drawn, together with interest thereon from the date such drawing is paid to the date such amount is fully repaid by the Borrower, at the rate pursuant to Section 2.6(b) applicable to Base Rate Loans. In such event the Borrower agrees that the Lender, in its sole discretion, may debit any account maintained by the Borrower with the Lender for the amount of any such drawing. If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing or if any L/C Obligations are outstanding on the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, on the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice from the Lender demanding same, the Borrower shall immediately Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as of such date; provided that the obligation to provide such Cash Collateral shall become effective immediately, without demand or other notice of any kind, (x) upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower described in Section 8.1(f) or (g), and (y) if any L/C Obligations remain outstanding on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date. The Lender shall not at any time be obligated to issue any Letter of Credit hereunder if (i) the conditions set forth in Section 4.2 are not satisfied, (ii) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the Lender applicable to letters of credit generally or (iii) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit is a Sanctioned Person. References herein to “issue” and derivations thereof with respect to Letters of Credit shall also include extensions or modifications of any outstanding Letters of Credit, unless the context otherwise requires. To the extent that any provision of
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any Letter of Credit Document is inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 2.5, the provisions of this Section 2.5 shall apply.
(e)    Commissions and Other Charges. The Borrower shall pay to the Lender a letter of credit commission with respect to each Letter of Credit in the amount equal to the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letters of Credit times the Applicable Margin with respect to Revolving Credit Loans that are LIBOR Rate Loans (determined on a per annum basis). Such commissions shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter, on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and thereafter on demand of the Lender. In addition to the foregoing commissions, the Borrower shall pay or reimburse the Lender for such normal and customary fees, costs, charges and expenses as are incurred or charged by the Lender in issuing, effecting payment under, amending or otherwise administering any Letter of Credit issued by it. For the avoidance of doubt, such fees shall be applicable to and paid upon each of the Existing Letters of Credit.
(f)    Obligations Absolute. The Borrower’s obligations under this Section 2.5 shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment which the Borrower may have or have had against the Lender or any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit or any other Person. The Borrower also agrees that the Lender shall not be responsible for, among other things, the validity or genuineness of documents or of any endorsements thereon, even though such documents shall in fact prove to be invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any dispute between or among the Borrower and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred or any claims whatsoever of the Borrower against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any such transferee. The Lender shall not be liable for any error, omission, interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of any message or advice, however transmitted, in connection with any Letter of Credit issued by it, except for errors or omissions caused by the Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final nonappealable judgment.
SECTION 2.6    Interest.
(a)    Interest Rate Options. Subject to the provisions of this Section, at the election of the Borrower, Revolving Credit Loans shall bear interest at (i) the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin or (ii) the LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin (provided that the LIBOR Rate shall not be available until three (3) Business Days after the Closing Date unless the Borrower has delivered to the Lender a letter in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender indemnifying the Lender in the manner set forth in Section 3.2 of this Agreement).
(b)    Default Rate. (i) Immediately upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under Section 8.1(a), (f) or (g), or (ii) at the election of the Lender, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any other Event of Default, (i) the Borrower shall no longer have the option to request LIBOR Rate Loans or Letters of Credit, (ii) all outstanding LIBOR Rate Loans shall bear interest at a rate per annum of two percent (2%) in excess of the rate (including the Applicable Margin) then applicable to LIBOR Rate Loans until the end of the applicable Interest Period and thereafter at a rate equal to two percent (2%) in excess of the rate (including the Applicable Margin) then applicable to Base Rate Loans, (iii) all outstanding Base Rate Loans and other Obligations arising hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to two percent (2%) in excess of the rate (including the Applicable Margin) then applicable to Base Rate Loans or such other Obligations arising hereunder or under any other Loan Document and (iv) all accrued and unpaid interest shall be due and payable on demand of the Lender. Interest shall continue to accrue on the Obligations after the filing
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by or against the Borrower of any petition seeking any relief in bankruptcy or under any Debtor Relief Law.
(c)    Notice and Manner of Conversion or Continuation of Loans. Provided that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing, the Borrower shall have the option to (i) convert at any time, and from time to time, following the third Business Day after the Closing Date all or any portion of any outstanding Base Rate Loans into one or more LIBOR Rate Loans and (ii) upon the expiration of any Interest Period, (x) convert all or any part of its outstanding LIBOR Rate Loans into Base Rate Loans or (y) continue such LIBOR Rate Loans as LIBOR Rate Loans. The Borrower shall give the Lender prior written notice in the form attached as Exhibit C (a “Notice of Conversion/Continuation”) not later than 11:00 a.m. three (3) Business Days before the day on which a proposed conversion or continuation of such Revolving Credit Loan is to be effective. If the Borrower fails to give a timely Notice of Conversion/Continuation prior to the end of the Interest Period for any LIBOR Rate Loan, then the applicable LIBOR Rate Loan shall be continued as a LIBOR Rate Loan for the same Interest Period.
(d)    Interest Payment and Computation. Interest on each Revolving Credit Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on the third Business Day of each calendar quarter. All computations of fees and interest provided hereunder shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365/366-day year).
(e)    Maximum Rate. In no contingency or event whatsoever shall the aggregate of all amounts deemed interest under this Agreement charged or collected pursuant to the terms of this Agreement exceed the highest rate permissible under any Applicable Law which a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final determination, deem applicable hereto (the “Maximum Rate”). In the event that such a court determines that the Lender has charged or received interest hereunder in excess of the Maximum Rate, the rate in effect hereunder shall automatically be reduced to the Maximum Rate and the Lender shall (i) promptly refund to the Borrower any interest received by the Lender in excess of the Maximum Rate or (ii) apply such excess to the principal balance of the Obligations. It is the intent hereof that the Borrower not pay or contract to pay, and that the Lender not receive or contract to receive, directly or indirectly in any manner whatsoever, interest in excess of the Maximum Rate.
SECTION 2.7    Commitment Fee; Upfront Fees.
(a)    Commencing on the Closing Date, the Borrower shall pay to the Lender a non-refundable commitment fee (the “Commitment Fee”) at a rate per annum equal to 0.50% on the actual daily unused portion of the Revolving Credit Commitment. The Commitment Fee shall be payable in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter during the term of this Agreement and ending on the date upon which all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations not then due) shall have been indefeasibly and irrevocably paid and satisfied in full, all Letters of Credit have been terminated or expired (or been Cash Collateralized) and the Revolving Credit Commitment has been terminated.
(b)    On the Closing Date, the Borrower shall pay to the Lender an upfront fee in an amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Commitment.
SECTION 2.8    Manner of Payment. Each payment by the Borrower on account of the principal of or interest on the Revolving Credit Loans or of any fee, commission or other amounts (including the
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Reimbursement Obligation) payable to the Lender hereunder shall be made not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date specified for payment under this Agreement in immediately available funds and shall be made without any setoff, counterclaim or deduction whatsoever. Subject to the definition of Interest Period, if any payment under this Agreement shall be specified to be made upon a day which is not a Business Day, it shall be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day and such extension of time shall in such case be included in computing any interest if payable along with such payment.
SECTION 2.9    Increase Option. The Borrower may from time to time request to increase the Revolving Credit Commitment (each, a “Revolving Credit Increase”) in minimum increments of $1,000,000 so long as, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of such Revolving Credit Increases during the term of this Agreement does not exceed $10,000,000. Revolving Credit Increases pursuant to this Section shall become effective on the date agreed by the Borrower and the Lender. Each Revolving Credit Increase shall be subject to the following conditions: (a) the Lender has agreed to provide such increase, (b) on the proposed date of the effectiveness of such Revolving Credit Increase, (i) the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.2 shall be satisfied and the Lender shall have received a certificate from the Borrower to that effect and (ii) the Borrower shall be in compliance (on a pro forma basis) with the covenants contained in Section 7.13 and (c) the Lender shall have received documents, certificates and opinions consistent with those delivered on the Closing Date as to the organizational power and authority of the Borrower to borrow hereunder after giving effect to such Revolving Credit Increase and such other documents reasonably requested by the Lender. The Lender shall not be obligated to provide any such Revolving Credit Increase.
ARTICLE III
CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCES; INCREASED COSTS; TAXES

SECTION 3.1    Changed Circumstances.
(a)    Circumstances Affecting LIBOR Rate Availability. Subject to clause (b) below, in connection with any request for a LIBOR Rate Loan or a conversion or continuation thereof or otherwise, if for any reason the Lender shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that (i) Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank Eurodollar market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Revolving Credit Loan, (ii) reasonable and adequate means do not exist for the ascertaining the LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period with respect to a proposed LIBOR Rate Loan, (iii) the LIBOR Rate, as applicable, does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to the Lender of making or maintaining such Revolving Credit Loans or (iv) the introduction of, or any change in, any Applicable Law or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by the Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency, shall make it unlawful or impossible for the Lender to honor its obligations hereunder to make or maintain any LIBOR Rate Loan, then thereafter, until the Lender notifies the Borrower that such circumstances no longer exist, the obligation of the Lender to make LIBOR Rate Loans and the right of the Borrower to convert any Revolving Credit Loan to or continue any Revolving Credit Loan as a LIBOR Rate Loan shall be suspended, and the Borrower shall either (A) repay in full (or cause to be repaid in full) the then outstanding principal amount of each such LIBOR Rate Loan together with accrued interest thereon, on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable to such LIBOR Rate Loan, (B) convert the then outstanding principal amount of each such LIBOR Rate Loan to a Base Rate Loan (as of the last day of such Interest Period for any LIBOR Rate Loan) or (C) if the Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain a LIBOR Rate Loan to
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the end of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto, the applicable Revolving Credit Loan shall immediately be converted to a Base Rate Loan for the remainder of such Interest Period.
(b)    Effect of Benchmark Transition Event
(i)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, the Lender may amend this Agreement to replace the LIBOR Rate with a Benchmark Replacement. Any such amendment will become effective at 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the tenth (10th) Business Day after the Lender has provided such proposed amendment to the Borrower without any further action or consent of the Borrower, so long as the Lender has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such amendment from the Borrower. No replacement of the LIBOR Rate with a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to this Section titled “Effect of Benchmark Transition Event” will occur prior to the applicable Benchmark Transition Start Date.
(ii)    In connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Lender will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of the Borrower.
(iii)    The Lender will promptly notify the Borrower of (i) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date and Benchmark Transition Start Date, (ii) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (iii) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes and (iv) the commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Lender pursuant to this Section titled “Effect of Benchmark Transition Event,” including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in the Lender’s sole discretion and without consent from the Borrower, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section titled “Effect of Benchmark Transition Event.”
(iv)    Upon the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any request for a borrowing of a LIBOR Rate Loan, conversion to or continuation of LIBOR Rate Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period, the component of Base Rate based upon the LIBOR Rate will not be used in any determination of the Base Rate.
SECTION 3.2    Indemnity for LIBOR Breakage. In the event that (i) any payment of a LIBOR Rate Loan is required, made or permitted on a date other than the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto (including upon demand by the Lender), (ii) the conversion of any LIBOR Rate Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, or (iii) the failure to convert, continue, borrow or prepay any LIBOR Rate Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate the Lender for the loss, cost and expense
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attributable to such event in an amount computed as follows: the excess, if any, of (x) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the principal amount of such LIBOR Rate Loan had such event not occurred, at the interest rate that would have been applicable to such LIBOR Rate Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such LIBOR Rate Loan), over (y) the amount of interest that would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate with the Lender (or an affiliate of the Lender) would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of the interest period, for U.S. Dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the London interbank eurodollar market. A certificate of the Lender delivered to the Borrower and setting forth any amount or amounts that the Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this paragraph shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay the Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate upon demand.
SECTION 3.3    Increased Costs.
(a)    Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall (i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or advances, loans or other credit extended or participated in by, the Lender (except any reserve requirement reflected in the LIBOR Rate), (ii) subject the Lender to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes and (B) Excluded Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto or (iii) impose on the Lender or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or LIBOR Rate Loans made by the Lender or any Letter of Credit, and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to the Lender of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Revolving Credit Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Revolving Credit Loan), or to increase the cost to the Lender issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by the Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon written request of the Lender, the Borrower shall promptly pay to the Lender any such additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b)    Capital Requirements. If the Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting the Lender or its holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the Lender’s capital or on the capital of its holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Revolving Credit Commitment or the Revolving Credit Loans made by, or the Letters of Credit issued by, the Lender to a level below that which the Lender or its holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration the Lender’s policies and the policies of its holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time upon written request of the Lender the Borrower shall promptly pay to the Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Lender or its holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c)    Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of the Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate it or its holding company as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered to the Borrower, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay the Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof. Failure or delay on the part of the Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of the Lender’s right to demand such compensation.
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(d)    Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of the Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of the Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate the Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than six (6) months prior to the date that the Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions, and of the Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the six-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
SECTION 3.4    Taxes. For purposes of this Section 3.4¸ the term “Applicable Law” includes FATCA. Any and all payments by or on account of the Obligations shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by Applicable Law. If any Applicable Law requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by the Lender, then the Borrower shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that, after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section), the Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made. The Borrower shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law, or at the option of the Lender timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes as permitted by Applicable Law. The Borrower shall indemnify the Lender, within thirty (30) days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by the Lender or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to the Lender and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS OF CLOSING AND BORROWING

SECTION 4.1    Conditions to Closing and Initial Extensions of Credit. The obligation of the Lender to close this Agreement and to make the initial Revolving Credit Loans or issue the initial Letter of Credit, if any, is subject to the receipt and satisfaction by the Lender of each of the following:
(a)    this Agreement, a Revolving Credit Note in favor of the Lender, the Security Documents and the Guaranty Agreement, together with any other applicable Loan Documents;
(b)    a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to the effect that (i) all representations and warranties of the Credit Parties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects, except to the extent any such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality or reference to a Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects, (ii) after giving effect to the Closing Date, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (iii) after giving effect to the Closing Date, each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof is each Solvent and (iv) since December 31, 2019, no event has occurred or condition arisen, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
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(c)    a certificate of a Responsible Officer of each Credit Party certifying as to the incumbency and genuineness of the signature of each officer of such Credit Party executing Loan Documents to which it is a party and certifying that attached thereto is a true, correct and complete copy of (i) the articles or certificate of incorporation or formation (or equivalent), as applicable, of such Credit Party and all amendments thereto, certified as of a recent date by the appropriate Governmental Authority in its jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation (or equivalent), as applicable, (ii) the bylaws or other governing document of such Credit Party as in effect on the Closing Date, (iii) resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors (or other governing body) of such Credit Party authorizing and approving the transactions contemplated hereunder and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (iv) certificates as of a recent date of the good standing of such Credit Party under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization (or equivalent);
(d)    opinions of counsel to the Credit Parties addressed to the Lender with respect to the Credit Parties, the Loan Documents and such other matters as the Lender shall request (which such opinions shall expressly permit reliance by permitted successors and assigns of the Lender without any obligation on the part of counsel to the Credit Parties to update its opinion after the Closing Date);
(e)    all filings and recordations that are necessary to perfect the security in the Collateral and evidence (including lien searches) that upon such filings and recordations such security interests constitute valid and perfected first priority Liens thereon (subject to Permitted Liens);
(f)    payment of (i) all reasonable costs and expenses (including legal fees and expenses) incurred by the Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) the fees set forth or referenced in Section 2.7;
(g)    evidence of property, business interruption and liability insurance covering each Credit Party (with appropriate endorsements naming the Lender as lender’s loss payee on all policies for property hazard insurance and as additional insured on all policies for liability insurance), and if requested by the Lender, copies of such insurance policies;
(h)    at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date, (i) to the extent the Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Borrower and (ii) all documentation and other information requested by the Lender for purpose of compliance with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the PATRIOT Act; and
(i)    such other documents, certificates and instruments reasonably requested by the Lender with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
SECTION 4.2    Conditions to All Extensions of Credit. The obligation of the Lender to make any Revolving Credit Loans (including the initial Revolving Credit Loans) or to issue or extend any Letter of Credit is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on the relevant borrowing, issuance or extension date:
(a)    The representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects, except to the extent any such representation and warranty is qualified by materiality or reference to a Material Adverse Effect, in which case, such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in all respects, on and as of the date of such borrowing, issuance or extension.
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(b)    No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on or after giving effect to such borrowing, issuance or extension.
(c)    The Lender shall have received a Notice of Borrowing or Letter of Credit Application, as applicable.
Each Notice of Borrowing or request for issuance or extension of a Letter of Credit shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that the conditions contained in Section 4.2(a) and (b) have been satisfied. Lender may require a duly completed Compliance Certificate as a condition to making an extension of credit.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CREDIT PARTIES

To induce the Lender to enter into this Agreement and to make Revolving Credit Loans and issue Letters of Credit, the Borrower hereby represents and warrants, on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries, to the Lender both before and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereunder, which representations and warranties shall be deemed made on the Closing Date and as otherwise set forth in Section 4.2, that:
SECTION 5.1    Organization; Power; Qualification. Each Credit Party (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, (b) has the power and authority to own its Properties and to carry on its business as now being and hereafter proposed to be conducted and (c) is duly qualified and authorized to do business in each jurisdiction in which the character of its Properties or the nature of its business requires such qualification and authorization except in jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.2    Ownership. Schedule 5.2 lists the legal name and jurisdiction of organization of each Credit Party and Subsidiary of any Credit Party as of the Closing Date, and for each Subsidiary of any Credit Party as of the Closing Date also indicates the parent entity of such Subsidiary and the percentage of issued and outstanding Equity Interests of such Subsidiary owned by the parent entity. As of the Closing Date, there are no outstanding stock purchase warrants, subscriptions, options, securities, instruments or other rights of any type or nature whatsoever, which are convertible into, exchangeable for or otherwise provide for or require the issuance of Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of the Borrower, except as described on Schedule 5.2.
SECTION 5.3    Authorization; Enforceability. Each Credit Party has the right, power and authority and has taken all necessary corporate and other action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party in accordance with their respective terms. Each of the other Loan Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of each Credit Party that is a party thereto, and each such document constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Credit Party that is a party thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar state or federal Debtor Relief Laws from time to time in effect which affect the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and the availability of equitable remedies.
SECTION 5.4    Compliance of Agreement, Loan Documents and Borrowing with Laws, Etc. The execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of the Loan Documents to which each such
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Person is a party, in accordance with their respective terms, the Revolving Credit Loans hereunder and the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby do not and will not, by the passage of time, the giving of notice or otherwise, (a) require any Governmental Approval (or, if required, such approval has been obtained) or violate any Applicable Law relating to any Credit Party, (b) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under the articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational documents of any Credit Party, (c) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which such Person is a party or by which any of its properties may be bound or any Governmental Approval relating to such Person except to the extent such violation could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (d) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Person other than Permitted Liens or (e) require any consent or authorization of, filing with, or other act in respect of, an arbitrator or Governmental Authority and no consent of any other Person is required in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement other than (i) consents, authorizations, filings or other acts or consents that have been obtained or made or for which the failure to obtain or make could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) consents or filings under the UCC.
SECTION 5.5    Compliance with Law; Governmental Approvals. The Borrower and each Subsidiary thereof (a) has all Governmental Approvals required by any Applicable Law for it to conduct its business, each of which is in full force and effect, (b) is in compliance with each Governmental Approval applicable to it and in compliance with all other Applicable Laws relating to it or any of its respective properties, except in each case of clauses (a) and (b) where the failure to have or comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.6    Taxes. The Borrower and each Subsidiary thereof has filed all United States federal tax returns and all other tax returns required to be filed and has paid all taxes due pursuant to said returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries except such taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, adequate reserves have been provided and except for those returns with respect to which the failure to file would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with respect to any taxes or other governmental charges are adequate in the good faith judgment of the Borrower.
SECTION 5.7    Intellectual Property Matters. Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower and each Subsidiary thereof owns or possesses rights to use all material franchises, licenses, copyrights, copyright applications, patents, patent rights or licenses, patent applications, trademarks, trademark rights, service mark, service mark rights, trade names, trade name rights, copyrights and other rights with respect to the foregoing which are reasonably necessary to conduct its business.
SECTION 5.8    Environmental Matters. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws. There has been no release, or to its knowledge, threat of release, of Hazardous Materials at or from properties owned, leased or operated by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary, now or in the past, in violation of or in amounts or in a manner that could give rise to liability under applicable Environmental Laws that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any notice of violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential liability regarding environmental matters, Hazardous Materials, or compliance with Environmental Laws
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that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.9    Employee Benefit Matters. The Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions of ERISA. No liability has been incurred by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate which remains unsatisfied for any taxes or penalties assessed with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan or any Multiemployer Plan except for a liability that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate is required to contribute to or has ever had a liability to a Multiemployer Plan. As of the Closing Date the Borrower is not nor will be using “plan assets” (within the meaning of 29 CFR § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection with the Revolving Credit Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Revolving Credit Commitment.
SECTION 5.10    Margin Stock. No Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is engaged principally or as one of its important activities in the business of extending credit for the purpose of “purchasing” or “carrying” any “margin stock” (as each such term is defined or used, directly or indirectly, in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System). No part of the proceeds of any of the Revolving Credit Loans or Letters of Credit will be used for purchasing or carrying margin stock or for any purpose which violates, or which would be inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of such Board of Governors.
SECTION 5.11    Investment Company Act, Etc. No Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act and no Credit Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is, or after giving effect to any extension of credit will be, subject to regulation under any other Applicable Law which limits its ability to incur or consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 5.12    Employee Relations. The Borrower knows of no pending, threatened or contemplated strikes, work stoppage or other collective labor disputes involving its employees or those of its Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.13    Financial Statements. The audited financial statements for the periods ended December 31, 2017, December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2019, the unaudited financial statements for the period ended March 31, 2020 and all financial and other information supplied to the Lender after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6.1(a) and (b), in each case have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, and fairly present in all material respects on a Consolidated basis the assets, liabilities and financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at such dates, and the results of the operations and changes of financial position for the periods then ended (other than customary year-end adjustments for unaudited financial statements and the absence of footnotes from unaudited financial statements). Such financial statements show all material indebtedness and other material liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including material liabilities for taxes, material commitments, and Indebtedness, in each case, to the extent required to be disclosed under GAAP.
SECTION 5.14    No Material Adverse Effect. Since December 31, 2019, there has been no change in the business, property, financial condition or results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTION 5.15    Solvency. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a Consolidated basis, are Solvent.
SECTION 5.16    Title to Properties. Each Credit Party and each Subsidiary thereof has such title to the real property owned or leased by it as is necessary or desirable to the conduct of its business and valid and legal title to all of its personal property and assets, except those which have been disposed of by the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries subsequent to such date which dispositions have been in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise expressly permitted hereunder or where the failure to have such title or other interest could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.17    Litigation. There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to its knowledge, threatened against the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof or any of their respective properties in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental Authority that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.18    Sanctions; Anti-Corruption Laws and Anti-Money Laundering Laws.
(a)    None of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries, any director or officer, or any employee, agent, or Affiliate, of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, is a Person (any such Person, a “Sanctioned Person”) that is, or is owned or controlled by Persons that are, (i) the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority or any other relevant sanctions authorities (collectively, “Sanctions”), or (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the target of Sanctions (any such country or territory, a “Sanctioned Country”), including currently, the Crimea region, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria.
(b)    None of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries nor to the knowledge of the Borrower, any director, officer, agent, employee, Affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of any applicable anti-bribery law, including but not limited to, the United Kingdom Bribery Act 2010 (the “UK Bribery Act”) and the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (the “FCPA”). Furthermore, the Borrower and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, its Affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the UK Bribery Act, the FCPA and similar laws, rules or regulations and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
(c)    The Borrower and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, its Affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with all anti-money laundering rules and regulations and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
SECTION 5.19    Absence of Defaults. No Default or an Event of Default has occurred or is continuing.
SECTION 5.20    Disclosure. No financial statement, material report, material certificate or other material information furnished (whether in writing or orally) by or on behalf of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof to the Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information
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so furnished), taken together as a whole, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, pro forma financial information, estimated financial information and other projected or estimated information, such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time (it being recognized that projections are not to be viewed as facts and that the actual results during the period or periods covered by such projections may vary from such projections). As of the Closing Date, the information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification, if applicable, is true and correct in all respects.
ARTICLE VI
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Until all of the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations not then due) have been paid and satisfied in full in cash, all Letters of Credit have been terminated or expired (or been Cash Collateralized) and the Revolving Credit Commitments terminated, the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to:
SECTION 6.1    Financial Statements and Budgets. Deliver to the Lender, in form and detail satisfactory to the Lender:
(a)    Annual Financial Statements. As soon as practicable and in any event within one hundred twenty (120) days (or, if earlier, on the date of any required public filing thereof) after the end of each Fiscal Year, an audited Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such Fiscal Year and audited Consolidated statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows including the notes thereto, all in reasonable detail setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures as of the end of and for the preceding Fiscal Year and prepared in accordance with GAAP and, if applicable, containing disclosure of the effect on the financial position or results of operations of any change in the application of accounting principles and practices during the year. Such annual financial statements shall be audited by an independent certified public accounting firm of recognized national standing acceptable to the Lender, and accompanied by a report and opinion thereon by such certified public accountants prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards that is not subject to any “going concern” or similar qualification or exception or any qualification as to the scope of such audit or with respect to accounting principles followed by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries not in accordance with GAAP (but may contain a “going concern” statement solely with respect to, or resulting solely from, the upcoming maturity date of the Revolving Credit Facility being scheduled to occur within twelve months from the time such report is delivered).
(b)    Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as practicable and in any event within forty-five (45) days (or, if earlier, on the date of any required public filing thereof) after the end of the first three fiscal quarters of each Fiscal Year, an unaudited Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the close of such fiscal quarter and unaudited Consolidated statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows and a report containing management’s discussion and analysis of such financial statements for the fiscal quarter then ended and that portion of the Fiscal Year then ended, including the notes thereto, all in reasonable detail setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures as of the end of and for the corresponding period in the preceding Fiscal Year and prepared by the Borrower in accordance with GAAP and, if applicable, containing disclosure of the effect on the financial position or results of operations of any change in the application of accounting principles and practices during the period, and certified by the chief financial officer of the Borrower to present fairly in all
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material respects the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis as of their respective dates and the results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the respective periods then ended, subject to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
(c)    Annual Budget. As soon as practicable and in any event within sixty (60) days after the end of each Fiscal Year, an operating and capital budget of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the ensuing four (4) fiscal quarters, to be prepared in accordance with GAAP and to include, on a quarterly basis, the following: a quarterly operating and capital budget, and a projected income statement, statement of cash flows and balance sheet, all accompanied by a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to the effect that such budget contains good faith estimates (utilizing assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time of delivery of such budget) of the financial condition and operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period.
SECTION 6.2    Certificates; Other Reports. Deliver to the Lender:
(a)    at each time financial statements are delivered pursuant to Sections 6.1(a) or (b) and at such other times as the Lender shall reasonably request, a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by the chief financial officer, treasurer or corporate controller of the Borrower (which shall (i) contain a listing of each Immaterial Domestic Subsidiary who is not a Guarantor as of the date thereof along with a calculation of the portion of Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries attributable thereto; (ii) state that such officer has reviewed the terms of the Loan Documents and has made, or has caused to be made under such officer’s supervision, a review in reasonable detail of the transactions and condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by such financial statements and that such review has not disclosed the existence of any Default or Event of Default during or at the end of such accounting period and that such officer does not have knowledge of the existence, as at the date of such certificate, of any Default or Event of Default, or, if such officer does have knowledge that a Default or an Event of Default existed or exists, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Borrower has taken, is taking, or proposes to take with respect thereto; (iii) set forth the calculations required to establish whether the Borrower was in compliance with each of the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.13 on the date of such financial statements and (iv) with respect to each Compliance Certificate delivered with the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(a), include an annual recurring revenue report on a trailing twelve month basis as of the end of the Fiscal Year for which such Compliance Certificate is being delivered), together with any report, if any, that was prepared in conjunction with such financial statements, containing management’s discussion and analysis of such financial statements;
(b)    promptly after the same are available, copies of each annual report, proxy or financial statement or other report or communication sent to the stockholders of the Borrower, and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which the Borrower may file or be required to file with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or with any national securities exchange, and in any case not otherwise required to be delivered to the Lender pursuant hereto;
(c)    promptly, and in any event within ten (10) Business Days after receipt thereof by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, copies of each notice or other correspondence received from the SEC (or comparable agency in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction) concerning any investigation or possible investigation or other inquiry by such agency regarding financial or other operational results of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof;
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(d)    promptly following any request therefor, such other information and documentation reasonably requested by the Lender for purpose of compliance with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the PATRIOT Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation; and
(e)    promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof as the Lender may reasonably request.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(a) or (b) or Section 6.2(b) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website; provided that the Borrower shall deliver electronic versions by e-mail (i.e., soft copies) of such documents to the Lender if it requests the Borrower to deliver such soft copies until a written request to cease delivering soft copies is given by the Lender.
SECTION 6.3    Notice of Litigation and Other Matters. Promptly (but in no event later than ten (10) days after any Responsible Officer of any Credit Party obtains knowledge thereof) notify the Lender in writing of: (a) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default and of any other development, financial or otherwise, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) the receipt of any notice from any Governmental Authority of the expiration without renewal, revocation or suspension of, or the institution of any proceedings to revoke or suspend, any license now or hereafter held by the Borrower or any Subsidiary which is required to conduct business in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, other than such expiration, revocation or suspension that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) the receipt of any notice from any Governmental Authority of the institution of any disciplinary proceedings against or with respect to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or the issuance of any order, the taking of any action or any request for an extraordinary audit for cause by any Governmental Authority which, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (d) any judicial or administrative order limiting or controlling the business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary which has been issued or adopted and which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 6.4    Preservation of Corporate Existence and Related Matters. Except as permitted by Section 7.4, preserve and maintain its separate corporate existence or equivalent form and all rights, franchises, licenses and privileges necessary to the conduct of its business, and qualify and remain qualified as a foreign corporation or other entity and authorized to do business in each jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 6.5    Maintenance of Properties. Do all things reasonably necessary to maintain, preserve, protect and keep its Property in good repair, working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and make all reasonably necessary repairs, renewals and replacements for the conduct of its business, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 6.6    Insurance. Maintain insurance with financially sound and reputable insurance companies against at least such risks and in at least such amounts as are customarily maintained by similar businesses and as may be required by Applicable Law and deliver to the Lender upon its request information in reasonable detail as to the insurance then in effect. All such insurance shall, (a) provide
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that no cancellation or material modification thereof shall be effective until at least 30 days (or 10 days for non-payment of premiums) after receipt by the Lender of written notice thereof, (b) in the case of each liability insurance policy, name the Lender as an additional insured party thereunder and (c) in the case of each property insurance policy, name the Lender as lender’s loss payee.
SECTION 6.7    Payment of Taxes. Pay when due all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges and levies upon it or its income, profits or Property, except those that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside.
SECTION 6.8    Compliance with Laws and Approvals. Observe and remain in compliance with all Applicable Laws and maintain in full force and effect all Governmental Approvals, in each case applicable to the conduct of its business except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 6.9    Compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws; Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Sanctions. The Borrower will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with the UK Bribery Act, the FCPA, all anti-money laundering rules and regulations, all similar laws, rules or regulations and all applicable Sanctions.
SECTION 6.10    Compliance with ERISA. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall not (a) terminate, or permit any ERISA Affiliate to terminate, any Employee Benefit Plan so as to result in any material liability to the Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate to the PBGC, (b) permit to exist any occurrence of any Reportable Event (as defined in Title IV of ERISA), or any other event or condition, that presents a material risk of such a termination by the PBGC of any Employee Benefit Plan so as to result in any material liability of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate to the PBGC, (c) be an “employer” (as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA), or permit any ERISA Affiliate to be an “employer,” required to contribute to any Multiemployer Plan or (d) fail to comply in any material respect with any laws or regulations applicable to any Employee Benefit Plan.
SECTION 6.11    Visits and Inspections. Permit representatives of the Lender, from time to time upon prior reasonable notice and at such times during normal business hours, to visit and inspect its properties; inspect, audit and make extracts from its books, records and files, including, but not limited to, management letters prepared by independent accountants; and discuss with its principal officers, and its independent accountants, its business, assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations and business prospects. Excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Lender shall not exercise such rights more often than two (2) times during any calendar year. Any such visits and inspections conducted during the occurrence of an Event of Default shall be at the expense of the Borrower.
SECTION 6.12    Additional Subsidiaries and Collateral. If after the Closing Date, any Subsidiary is created or acquired or any Domestic Subsidiary ceases to be an Immaterial Domestic Subsidiary, (a) promptly notify the Lender of such event and, if such Subsidiary is a Material Domestic Subsidiary, within thirty (30) days after such event (or such longer period as may be agreed by the Lender, with any such agreement to be evidenced by a writing from the Lender, which writing may be in the form of an e-mail), cause such Subsidiary to (i) become a Guarantor by delivering to the Lender a duly executed supplement to the Guaranty Agreement or such other document as the Lender shall deem appropriate for such purpose, (ii) grant a security interest in all Collateral (subject to the exceptions specified in the
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Collateral Agreement) owned by such Subsidiary by delivering to the Lender a duly executed supplement to each applicable Security Document or such other document as the Lender shall deem appropriate for such purpose and comply with the terms of each applicable Security Document, (iii) deliver to the Lender such opinions, documents and certificates referred to in Section 4.1 as may be reasonably requested by the Lender, (iv) deliver to the Lender such updated Schedules to the Loan Documents as requested by the Lender with respect to such Subsidiary, and (v) deliver to the Lender such other documents as may be reasonably requested by the Lender, all in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Lender, and (b) provide all additional information, documents and certificates, and take such additional action, as required by the Security Documents.
SECTION 6.13    Use of Proceeds. The Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Revolving Credit Loans (a) to pay fees, commissions and expenses in connection with this Agreement and (b) for working capital and general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including Permitted Acquisitions. The Borrower will not request any extension of credit, and the Borrower shall not use, and shall ensure that its Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any extension of credit, directly or indirectly, (i) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of the UK Bribery Act, the FCPA or any similar laws, rules or regulations, (ii) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country or (iii) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.
SECTION 6.14    Further Assurances. Execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements and other documents), which may be required under any Applicable Law, or which the Lender may reasonably request, to effectuate the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or to grant, preserve, protect or perfect the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents or the validity or priority of any such Lien, all at the expense of the Credit Parties.  The Borrower also agrees to provide to the Lender, from time to time upon the reasonable request by the Lender, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Lender as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents.
ARTICLE VII
NEGATIVE COVENANTS

Until all of the Obligations (other than contingent, indemnification obligations not then due) have been paid and satisfied in full in cash, all Letters of Credit have been terminated or expired (or been Cash Collateralized) and the Revolving Credit Commitments terminated, the Credit Parties will not, and will not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to:
SECTION 7.1    Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness except:
(a)    the Obligations;
(b)    Indebtedness (i) owing under Hedge Agreements entered into in order to manage existing or anticipated interest rate, exchange rate or commodity price risks and not for speculative purposes and (ii) owing under Cash Management Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
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(c)    Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 7.1, and the renewal, refinancing, extension and replacement (but not the increase in the aggregate principal amount) thereof;
(d)    Guarantees with respect to Indebtedness permitted pursuant to subsections (a) through (c) of this Section;
(e)    unsecured intercompany Indebtedness (i) owed by any Credit Party to another Credit Party, (ii) owed by any Credit Party to any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary (provided that such Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Obligations in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Lender), (iii) owed by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary to any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary and (iv) owed by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary to any Credit Party;
(f)    Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or other similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business;
(g)    Indebtedness under performance bonds, surety bonds, release, appeal and similar bonds, statutory obligations or with respect to workers’ compensation claims, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business, and reimbursement obligations in respect of any of the foregoing;
(h)    Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to officers, directors, managers, consultants and employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(i)    Indebtedness incurred in a Permitted Acquisition, any other Investment or other acquisition permitted hereunder or any Asset Disposition permitted hereunder, in each case to the extent constituting indemnification obligations or obligations in respect of purchase price (including earn-outs) or other similar adjustments;
(j)    (i) Indebtedness assumed in connection with any Permitted Acquisition; provided that such Indebtedness is not incurred in contemplation of such Permitted Acquisition, and (ii) the renewal, refinancing, extension and replacement (but not the increase in the aggregate principal amount) thereof; and
(k)    Indebtedness not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding.
SECTION 7.2    Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any Lien on or with respect to any of its Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:
(a)    Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents;
(b)    Liens in existence on the Closing Date and described on Schedule 7.2, and the replacement, renewal or extension thereof; provided that the scope of any such Lien shall not be increased, or otherwise expanded, to cover any additional property or type of asset, as applicable, beyond that in existence on the Closing Date, except for products and proceeds of the foregoing;
(c)    Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies (excluding any Lien imposed pursuant to any of the provisions of ERISA or Environmental Laws) (i) not yet due or as to which the period of grace (not to exceed thirty (30) days), if any, related thereto has not expired or
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(ii) which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves are maintained to the extent required by GAAP;
(d)    the claims of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen, processors or landlords for labor, materials, supplies or rentals incurred in the ordinary course of business, which (i) are not overdue for a period of more than thirty (30) days, or if more than thirty (30) days overdue, no action has been taken to enforce such Liens and such Liens are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves are maintained to the extent required by GAAP and (ii) do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(e)    deposits or pledges made in the ordinary course of business in connection with, or to secure payment of, obligations under workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security or similar legislation, or to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety bonds (other than bonds related to judgments or litigation), performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business, in each case, so long as no foreclosure sale or similar proceeding has been commenced with respect to any portion of the Collateral on account thereof;
(f)    encumbrances in the nature of zoning restrictions, easements and rights or restrictions of record on the use of real property, which in the aggregate are not substantial in amount and which do not, in any case, detract from the value of such property or impair the use thereof in the ordinary conduct of business;
(g)    Liens arising from the filing of precautionary UCC financing statements relating solely to personal property leased pursuant to operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(h)    Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 8.1(i) or securing appeal or other surety bonds relating to such judgments;
(i)    (i) Liens of a collecting bank arising in the ordinary course of business under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the relevant jurisdiction and (ii) Liens of any depositary bank in connection with statutory, common law and contractual rights of setoff and recoupment with respect to any deposit account of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof;
(j)    any interest or title of a licensor, sublicensor, lessor or sublessor with respect to any assets under any license or lease agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business which do not (i) interfere in any material respect with the business of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or materially detract from the value of the relevant assets of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or (ii) secure any Indebtedness; and
(k)    Liens not otherwise permitted hereunder securing Indebtedness or other obligations in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall this Section permit any consensual Liens on real property or intellectual property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
SECTION 7.3    Investments. Make any Investment, except:
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(a)    (i) Investments existing on the Closing Date in Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date, (ii) Investments existing on the Closing Date (other than Investments in Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date) and described on Schedule 7.3, (iii) Investments made after the Closing Date by any Credit Party in any other Credit Party, (iv) Investments made after the Closing Date by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary in any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, (v) Investments made after the Closing Date by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary in any Credit Party and (vi) Investments which consist of the transfer of Equity Interests of a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary by a Credit Party to another Non-Guarantor Subsidiary;
(b)    Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents;
(c)    Investments by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries consisting of capital expenditures permitted by this Agreement;
(d)    deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure the performance of leases or other obligations as permitted by Section 7.2;
(e)    purchases of assets in the ordinary course of business;
(f)    Guarantees permitted pursuant to Section 7.1;
(g)    extensions of credit by any of the Credit Parties relating to the sale of goods and/or services to customers in the ordinary course of business;
(h)    Investments in the form of Acquisitions in an aggregate amount of consideration (including earnouts) during the term of this Agreement not to exceed $30,000,000; provided that, (i) such Acquisition is non-hostile, (ii) the Person or assets to be acquired are in the same, or substantially similar, business to one or more businesses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries prior to such Acquisition (without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it being agreed that any e-commerce technology Person or assets are deemed to be in the same or substantially similar business), (iii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and (iv) at the time of such Acquisition and after giving pro forma effect thereto and any Indebtedness incurred in connection therewith (and any other appropriate pro forma adjustments), the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00 and the Borrower is in compliance with Section 7.13(b), each such compliance to be determined on the basis of the financial information most recently delivered to the Lender pursuant to Section 6.1(a) or (b); and
(i)    additional Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom.
For purposes of determining the amount of any Investment outstanding for purposes of this Section 7.3, such amount shall be deemed to be the amount of such Investment when made, purchased or acquired (without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment) less any amount realized in respect of such Investment upon the sale, collection or return of capital (not to exceed the original amount invested).
SECTION 7.4    Fundamental Changes. Merge, consolidate or enter into any similar combination with, or enter into any Asset Disposition of all or substantially all of its assets (whether in a single transaction or a series of transactions) with, any other Person or liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution) except:
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(a)    (i) any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Borrower (provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving entity) or (ii) any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into any Guarantor (provided that the Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving entity);
(b)    (i) any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into, or be liquidated into, or may dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation, dissolution, winding up or otherwise) to, any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary and (ii) any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into, or be liquidated into, or may dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation, dissolution, winding up or otherwise) to, any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary;
(c)    any Subsidiary may dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation, dissolution, winding up or otherwise) to the Borrower or any Guarantor; provided that, with respect to any such disposition by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, the consideration for such disposition shall not exceed the fair value of such assets;
(d)    any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge with or into the Person such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary was formed to acquire in connection with any Permitted Acquisition; provided that in the case of any merger involving a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary, a Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving entity; and
(e)    Asset Dispositions permitted by Section 7.5 (other than clause (d) thereof).
SECTION 7.5    Asset Dispositions. Make any Asset Disposition except:
(a)    the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(b)    the write-off, discount, sale or other disposition of defaulted or past-due receivables and similar obligations in the ordinary course of business and not undertaken as part of an accounts receivable financing transaction;
(c)    the sale of obsolete, worn-out or surplus assets no longer used or usable in the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(d)    the transfer by any Credit Party of its assets to any other Credit Party, the transfer of assets to the Borrower or any Guarantor pursuant to any other transaction permitted pursuant to Section 7.4 or the transfer by any Credit Party of Equity Interests of a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary permitted pursuant to Section 7.3(a)(vi);
(e)    the transfer by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary of its assets to any Credit Party (provided that in connection with any new transfer, such Credit Party shall not pay more than an amount equal to the fair market value of such assets as determined in good faith at the time of such transfer);
(f)    the transfer by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary of its assets to any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary;
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(g)    licenses and sublicenses of intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business not interfering, individually or in the aggregate, in any material respect with the conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, provided that no such license may be exclusive except for exclusive licenses to customers of work developed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary exclusively for such customers;
(h)    leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses of real or personal property granted by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to others in the ordinary course of business not detracting from the value of such real or personal property or interfering in any material respect with the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(i)    the sale and/or exchange of Cash Equivalents; and
(j)    Asset Dispositions not otherwise permitted pursuant to this Section; provided that (i) no Default or Event of Default shall exist or would result from such Asset Disposition and (ii) the aggregate fair market value of all property disposed of in reliance on this clause (j) shall not exceed $100,000 in any Fiscal Year.
SECTION 7.6    Restricted Payments. Declare or pay any Restricted Payments; provided that:
(a)    so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may pay dividends in shares of its own common Equity Interests;
(b)    any Subsidiary of the Borrower may pay cash dividends to the Borrower or any Guarantor;
(c)    (i) any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary and (ii) any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary;
(d)    the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make cash payment, in lieu of issuance of fractional shares in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for the Equity Interests of the Borrower or a Subsidiary;
(e)    so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit plans or similar arrangements for management (including directors and officers) or employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; and
(f)    the Borrower may declare and make Restricted Payments in aggregate amount in any Fiscal Year not to exceed $10,000,000 so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and (ii) after giving pro forma effect to such Restricted Payment and any Indebtedness incurred in connection therewith, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00, such compliance to be determined on the basis of the financial information most recently delivered to the Lender pursuant to Section 6.1(a) or (b) as though such Restricted Payment had been made as of the last day of the applicable four fiscal quarter period covered thereby.
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SECTION 7.7    Transactions with Affiliates. Directly or indirectly enter into any transaction, including, without limitation, any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of Property, the rendering of any service or the payment of any management, advisory or similar fees, with (a) any officer, director, or other Affiliate of, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or (b) any Affiliate of any such officer or director, other than (i) transactions permitted by Sections 7.1, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6, (ii) transactions existing on the Closing Date and described on Schedule 7.7, (iii) transactions among Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries, or any of them, not prohibited hereunder, (iv) other transactions in the ordinary course of business on terms at least as favorable as would be obtained by it on a comparable arm’s-length transaction with an independent, unrelated third party as determined in good faith by the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of the Borrower, (v) employment and severance arrangements (including equity incentive plans and employee benefit plans and arrangements) with their respective officers and employees in the ordinary course of business, (vi) stock repurchases permitted hereunder from officers and/or directors of the Borrower for fair market value and (vii) payment of customary fees and reasonable out of pocket costs to, and indemnities for the benefit of, directors, officers and employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
SECTION 7.8    Accounting Changes; Organizational Documents. Change its Fiscal Year end, make any material change in its accounting treatment and reporting practices except as required or allowed by GAAP or amend, modify or change its articles of incorporation (or corporate charter or other similar organizational documents) or amend, modify or change its bylaws (or other similar documents) in any manner materially adverse to the rights or interests of the Lender; provided that the Borrower may change its Fiscal Year end one time during the term of this Agreement so long as the Borrower provides the Lender with at least 10 days’ prior written notice (which written notice may be in the form of an e-mail) of such change.
SECTION 7.9    Payments and Modifications of Subordinated Indebtedness.
(a)    Amend, modify, waive or supplement (or permit the modification, amendment, waiver or supplement of) any of the terms or provisions of any Subordinated Indebtedness in any respect which would materially and adversely affect the rights or interests of the Lender hereunder or would violate the subordination terms thereof.
(b)    Cancel, forgive, make any payment or prepayment on, or redeem or acquire for value (including by way of depositing with any trustee with respect thereto money or securities before due for the purpose of paying when due or at the maturity thereof) any Subordinated Indebtedness to the extent such payment would be prohibited by any subordination provisions applicable thereto.
SECTION 7.10    No Further Negative Pledges; Restrictive Agreements. Create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof to (a) create or assume any Lien upon its properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or requiring the grant of any security for such obligation if security is given for some other obligation, (b) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Borrower or any Subsidiary on its Equity Interests, make loans or advances to any Credit Party or pay any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to any Credit Party or (c) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to any Credit Party or to guarantee Obligations, except (i) pursuant to the Loan Documents or Applicable Law, (ii) customary restrictions in connection with any Permitted Lien (provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets subject to such Permitted Lien), (iii) customary restrictions contained in an agreement related to the sale of Property (to the extent such sale is
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permitted pursuant to Section 7.5) that limit the transfer of such Property pending the consummation of such sale and (iv) customary restrictions in leases, subleases, licenses and sublicenses or asset sale agreements otherwise permitted by this Agreement so long as such restrictions relate only to the assets subject thereto.
SECTION 7.11    Sanctions; Anti-Bribery. Directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Revolving Credit Loans and Letters of Credit, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, (i) to fund any activities or business of or with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the target of Sanctions or (ii) in any other manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the Revolving Credit Loans and Letters of Credit, whether as issuing bank, lender, underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise). No part of the proceeds of the Revolving Credit Loans and Letters of Credit will be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments that could constitute a violation of any applicable anti-bribery law.
SECTION 7.12    Capital Expenditures. Make any Capital Expenditure other than Capital Expenditures in an aggregate amount in any Fiscal Year not to exceed $10,000,000, so long as (a) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and (b) after giving pro forma effect to such Capital Expenditure and any Indebtedness incurred in connection therewith, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00, such compliance to be determined on the basis of the financial information most recently delivered to the Lender pursuant to Section 6.1(a) or (b) as though such Capital Expenditure had been made as of the last day of the applicable four fiscal quarter period covered thereby.
SECTION 7.13    Financial Covenants.
(a)    Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio. As of the last day of any fiscal quarter, permit the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio to be greater than 2.50 to 1.00.
(b)    Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio. As of the last day of any fiscal quarter, permit the ratio of (i) the sum of (A) Consolidated EBITDA less (B) the aggregate amount of all Maintenance Capital Expenditures paid in cash less (C) the aggregate amount of all Restricted Payments made in cash, in each case, for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or immediately prior to such date, to (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or immediately prior to such date, to be less than 3.00 to 1.00.
SECTION 7.14    Disposal of Subsidiary Interests. Permit any Domestic Subsidiary to be a non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary except as a result of or in connection with a dissolution, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or disposition permitted by Section 7.4.
ARTICLE VIII
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

SECTION 8.1    Events of Default. Each of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:
(a)    Nonpayment of (i) principal of any Revolving Credit Loan or Reimbursement Obligation when and as due or (ii) nonpayment of interest on any Revolving Credit Loan or Reimbursement Obligation or the payment of any other Obligation, and with respect to this clause (ii) such default shall continue for a period of three (3) Business Days.
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(b)    Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof in this Agreement, in any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith that is subject to materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifications, shall be incorrect or misleading in any respect when made or deemed made or any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof in this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith that is not subject to materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifications, shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made.
(c)    The Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof shall default in the performance or observance of any covenant or agreement contained in Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.12, or 6.13 or Article VII.
(d)    The Borrower or any Subsidiary shall default in the performance or observance of any term, covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than as specifically provided for in this Section) or any other Loan Document and such default shall continue for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of (i) the Lender’s delivery of written notice thereof to the Borrower and (ii) a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or any Subsidiary having obtained knowledge thereof.
(e)    The Borrower or any Subsidiary shall (i) default in the payment of any Indebtedness (other than the Revolving Credit Loans or any Reimbursement Obligation) the aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts), or with respect to any Hedge Agreement, the Hedge Termination Value, of which is in excess of $500,000 beyond the period of grace if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created, or (ii) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any Indebtedness (other than the Revolving Credit Loans or any Reimbursement Obligation) the aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts), or with respect to any Hedge Agreement, the Hedge Termination Value, of which is in excess of $500,000 or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, with the giving of notice and/or lapse of time, if required, any such Indebtedness to (A) become due, or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity (any applicable grace period having expired) or (B) be cash collateralized.
(f)    The Borrower or any Subsidiary shall (i) commence a voluntary case under any Debtor Relief Laws, (ii) file a petition seeking to take advantage of any Debtor Relief Laws, (iii) consent to or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner any petition filed against it in an involuntary case under any Debtor Relief Laws, (iv) apply for or consent to, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee, or liquidator of itself or of a substantial part of its property, domestic or foreign, (v) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, (vi) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (vii) take any corporate action for the purpose of authorizing any of the foregoing.
(g)    A case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Borrower or any Subsidiary in any court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i) relief under any Debtor Relief Laws, or (ii) the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or the like for the Borrower or any Subsidiary or for all or any substantial part of their respective assets, domestic or foreign, and such case or proceeding shall continue without dismissal or stay for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days, or an order granting
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the relief requested in such case or proceeding (including, but not limited to, an order for relief under such federal bankruptcy laws) shall be entered.
(h)    Any ERISA Event which, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrower in an aggregate amount in excess of $500,000 shall have occurred.
(i)    One or more judgments, orders or decrees shall be entered against the Borrower or any Subsidiary by any court and (i) enforcement proceedings are commenced by any creditor upon such judgments, orders or decrees or (ii) such judgments, orders or decrees continue without having been discharged, vacated or stayed for a period of, with respect to the Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary, thirty (30) consecutive days, or, with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, sixty (60) consecutive days, after the entry thereof, and, in each case, such judgments, orders or decrees are either (A) for the payment of money, individually or in the aggregate (not paid or fully covered by insurance as to which the relevant insurance company has acknowledged coverage), equal to or in excess of $500,000 or (B) for injunctive relief and could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(j)    Any Change in Control shall occur.
(k)    Any material provision of this Agreement or any material provision of any other Loan Document shall for any reason cease to be valid and binding on the Borrower or any Subsidiary party thereto or any such Person shall so state in writing, or any Loan Document shall for any reason cease to create a valid and perfected first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) on, or security interest in, any of the Collateral purported to be covered thereby, in each case other than in accordance with the express terms hereof or thereof.
SECTION 8.2    Remedies. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Lender may (a) terminate the Revolving Credit Commitment and declare the principal of and interest on the Revolving Credit Loans and the Reimbursement Obligations at the time outstanding, and all other Obligations to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by the Borrower, anything in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, and terminate the Revolving Credit Facility and any right of the Borrower to request borrowings or Letters of Credit thereunder; provided, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 8.1(f) or (g), the Revolving Credit Facility shall be automatically terminated and all Obligations shall automatically become due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by the Borrower, anything in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, (b) with respect to all Letters of Credit with respect to which presentment for honor shall not have occurred at the time of an acceleration pursuant to the preceding paragraph, demand that the Borrower deposit in a Cash Collateral account opened by the Lender an amount equal to 105% of the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such Letters of Credit. Amounts held in such Cash Collateral account shall be applied by the Lender to the payment of drafts drawn under such Letters of Credit, and the unused portion thereof after all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, if any, shall be applied to repay the other Secured Obligations and (c) exercise all of its other rights and remedies under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and Applicable Law, in order to satisfy all of the Secured Obligations.
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SECTION 8.3    Rights and Remedies Cumulative; Non-Waiver; Etc. The enumeration of the rights and remedies of the Lender set forth in this Agreement is not intended to be exhaustive and the exercise by the Lender of any right or remedy shall not preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies, all of which shall be cumulative, and shall be in addition to any other right or remedy given hereunder or under the other Loan Documents or that may now or hereafter exist at law or in equity or by suit or otherwise. No delay or failure to take action on the part of the Lender in exercising any right, power or privilege shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege or shall be construed to be a waiver of any Event of Default. No course of dealing between the Borrower and the Lender or its agents or employees shall be effective to change, modify or discharge any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or to constitute a waiver of any Event of Default.
SECTION 8.4    Application of Payments and Proceeds. In the event that the Obligations have been accelerated pursuant to Section 8.2 or the Lender has exercised any remedy set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, all payments received on account of the Secured Obligations and all net proceeds from the enforcement of the Secured Obligations shall be applied to the Secured Obligations in such order as determined by the Lender, with the balance, if any, after all of the Secured Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, paid to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Applicable Law.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 9.1    Notices.
(a)    Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service or mailed by certified or registered mail as follows:
If to the Borrower:
ChannelAdvisor Corporation
3025 Carrington Mill Boulevard, Suite 500
Morrisville, NC 27560
Attention of: General Counsel
Telephone No.: 919-582-6771

If to the Lender:
HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
550 South Tryon Street, Suite 3520
Charlotte, NC 28202
Attention of: Taylor R. Beringer
Telephone No.: 980-335-5109


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(b)    Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received.
SECTION 9.2    Amendments, Waivers and Consents. Subject to Section 3.1(b), any term, covenant, agreement or condition of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents may be amended or waived with the prior written consent of the Lender and the Borrower.
SECTION 9.3    Expenses; Indemnity.
(a)    The Borrower and any other Credit Party, jointly and severally, shall pay (i) all reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by the Lender and its Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel for the Lender (and, if necessary, one local counsel to the Lender in any relevant jurisdiction)), in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by the Lender in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all out of pocket expenses incurred by the Lender (including the fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel for the Lender (and, if necessary, one local counsel to the Lender in any relevant jurisdiction)), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Revolving Credit Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out of pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Revolving Credit Loans or Letters of Credit, in any arbitration proceeding or otherwise.
(b)    THE BORROWER SHALL INDEMNIFY THE LENDER (AND ANY SUB-AGENT THEREOF) AND EACH RELATED PARTY OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING PERSONS (EACH SUCH PERSON BEING CALLED AN “INDEMNITEE”) AGAINST, AND HOLD EACH INDEMNITEE HARMLESS FROM, AND SHALL PAY OR REIMBURSE ANY SUCH INDEMNITEE FOR, ANY AND ALL LOSSES, CLAIMS (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY ENVIRONMENTAL CLAIMS), PENALTIES, DAMAGES, LIABILITIES AND RELATED EXPENSES (INCLUDING THE FEES, CHARGES AND DISBURSEMENTS OF ONE COUNSEL FOR ALL INDEMNITEES TAKEN AS A WHOLE AND, IF REASONABLY NECESSARY, ONE LOCAL COUNSEL IN EACH RELEVANT JURISDICTION, AND SOLELY IN THE CASE OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, ONE ADDITIONAL COUNSEL IN EACH RELEVANT JURISDICTION TO EACH GROUP OF SIMILARLY SITUATED AFFECTED INDEMNITEES), INCURRED BY ANY INDEMNITEE OR ASSERTED AGAINST ANY INDEMNITEE BY ANY PERSON (INCLUDING THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER CREDIT PARTY), ARISING OUT OF, IN CONNECTION WITH, OR AS A RESULT OF (i) THE EXECUTION OR DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR ANY AGREEMENT OR INSTRUMENT CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, THE PERFORMANCE BY THE PARTIES HERETO OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER OR THE CONSUMMATION OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, (ii) ANY REVOLVING CREDIT LOAN OR LETTER OF CREDIT OR THE USE OR PROPOSED USE OF THE PROCEEDS THEREFROM (INCLUDING ANY REFUSAL BY THE LENDER TO HONOR A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER A LETTER OF CREDIT IF THE DOCUMENTS PRESENTED IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH DEMAND DO NOT STRICTLY COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF SUCH LETTER OF CREDIT), (iii) ANY ACTUAL OR ALLEGED PRESENCE OR RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ON OR FROM ANY PROPERTY OWNED OR OPERATED BY ANY
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CREDIT PARTY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, OR ANY ENVIRONMENTAL CLAIM RELATED IN ANY WAY TO ANY CREDIT PARTY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY, (iv) ANY ACTUAL OR PROSPECTIVE CLAIM, LITIGATION, ARBITRATION, INVESTIGATION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO ANY OF THE FOREGOING, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY, WHETHER BROUGHT BY A THIRD PARTY OR BY ANY CREDIT PARTY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ANY INDEMNITEE IS A PARTY THERETO, OR (v) ANY CLAIM (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY ENVIRONMENTAL CLAIMS), INVESTIGATION, LITIGATION, ARBITRATION OR OTHER PROCEEDING (WHETHER OR NOT THE LENDER IS A PARTY THERETO) AND THE PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE THEREOF, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE REVOLVING CREDIT LOANS, THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR ANY DOCUMENTS CONTEMPLATED BY OR REFERRED TO HEREIN OR THEREIN OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, REASONABLE ATTORNEYS AND CONSULTANT’S FEES (SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATION ON THE NUMBER OF COUNSEL INCLUDED IN THE FOURTH PARENTHETICAL OF THIS SECTION 9.3(B)), PROVIDED THAT SUCH INDEMNITY SHALL NOT, AS TO ANY INDEMNITEE, BE AVAILABLE TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH LOSSES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, LIABILITIES OR RELATED EXPENSES ARE DETERMINED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION BY FINAL AND NONAPPEALABLE JUDGMENT TO HAVE RESULTED FROM THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF SUCH INDEMNITEE.
(c)    To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Borrower and each other Credit Party shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Revolving Credit Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in clause (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby except for such damages arising from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after demand therefor. Each party’s obligations under this Section shall survive the termination of the Loan Documents and payment of the obligations hereunder.
(d)    THE BORROWER AND THE LENDER EXPRESSLY INTEND THAT THE FOREGOING INDEMNITY SHALL COVER, AND THAT THE BORROWER SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD THE INDEMNITEES HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST, COSTS, EXPENSES AND LOSSES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF THE NEGLIGENCE OF ANY INDEMNITEE (OTHER THAN GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT).
SECTION 9.4    Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Lender is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, to setoff and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by the Lender to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any other Credit Party against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower or such Credit Party now or hereafter existing under this
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Agreement or any other Loan Document to the Lender, irrespective of whether or not the Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower or such Credit Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of the Lender different from the branch, office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness.
SECTION 9.5    Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Etc.
(a)    This Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any claim, controversy, dispute or cause of action (whether in contract or tort or otherwise) based upon, arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except, as to any other Loan Document, as expressly set forth therein) and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
(b)    The Borrower irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against the Lender or any Related Party of the foregoing in any way relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, in any forum other than the courts of the State of New York sitting in New York County, and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts and agrees that all claims in respect of any such action, litigation or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action, litigation or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against the Borrower or any other Credit Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c)    The Borrower and each other Credit Party irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d)    Each party hereto irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.1. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by Applicable Law.
SECTION 9.6    Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN
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THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 9.7    Reversal of Payments. To the extent any Credit Party makes a payment or payments to the Lender for the ratable benefit of any of the Secured Parties or to any Secured Party directly or the Lender or any Secured Party receives any payment or proceeds of the Collateral or any Secured Party exercises its right of setoff, which payments or proceeds (including any proceeds of such setoff) or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any Debtor Relief Law, other Applicable Law or equitable cause, then, to the extent of such payment or proceeds repaid, the Secured Obligations or part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment or proceeds had not been received by the Lender.
SECTION 9.8    Successors and Assigns; Participations. This Agreement is binding on the Borrower’s and the Lender’s successors and assignees. The Borrower agrees that it may not assign this Agreement without the Lender’s prior written consent. The Lender may sell participations in or assign its Revolving Credit Loan and the rights and obligations hereunder, and may exchange information about the Borrower with actual or potential participants or assignees. If a participation is sold or the loan is assigned, the purchaser will have the right of set-off against the Borrower.
SECTION 9.9    Performance of Duties. Each of the Credit Party’s obligations under this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents shall be performed by such Credit Party at its sole cost and expense.
SECTION 9.10    All Powers Coupled with Interest. All powers of attorney and other authorizations granted to the Lender and any Persons designated by the Lender pursuant to any provisions of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall be deemed coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable so long as any of the Obligations remain unpaid or unsatisfied, any of the Revolving Credit Commitments remain in effect or the Revolving Credit Facility has not been terminated.
SECTION 9.11    Survival. All representations and warranties made under this Agreement shall be made or deemed to be made at and as of the Closing Date (except those that are expressly made as of a specific date), shall survive the Closing Date and shall not be waived by the execution and delivery of this Agreement, any investigation made by or on behalf of the Lender or any borrowing hereunder. Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, the indemnities to which the Lender is entitled under the provisions of Section 9.3 and any other provision of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall continue in full force and effect and shall protect the Lender against events arising after such termination as well as before.
SECTION 9.12    Titles and Captions. Titles and captions of Articles, Sections and subsections in, and the table of contents of, this Agreement are for convenience only, and neither limit nor amplify the provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 9.13    Severability of Provisions. Any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions hereof or thereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of
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such provision in any other jurisdiction. In the event that any provision is held to be so prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the Lender and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such provision to preserve the original intent thereof in such jurisdiction.
SECTION 9.14    Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof and may not be contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous or subsequent oral agreements of the parties. Except as provided in Section 4.1, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Lender and when the Lender shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or in electronic (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) format shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. THIS AGREEMENT AND ALL THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS CONSTITUTE A WRITTEN LOAN AGREEMENT WHICH REPRESENTS THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE INDEBTEDNESS EVIDENCED HEREBY.
SECTION 9.15    Term of Agreement. This Agreement shall remain in effect from the Closing Date through and including the date upon which all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations not then due) arising hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall have been indefeasibly and irrevocably paid and satisfied in full, all Letters of Credit have been terminated or expired (or been Cash Collateralized) or otherwise satisfied in a manner acceptable to the Lender and the Revolving Credit Commitment has been terminated. No termination of this Agreement shall affect the rights and obligations of the parties hereto arising prior to such termination or in respect of any provision of this Agreement which survives such termination.
SECTION 9.16    USA PATRIOT Act; Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the PATRIOT Act or other anti-money laundering rules and regulations, each of them is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Credit Party, which information includes the name and address of each Credit Party and other information that will allow the Lender to identify each Credit Party in accordance with the PATRIOT Act or such anti-money laundering rules and regulations.
SECTION 9.17    No Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby, each Credit Party acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that (a) the facilities provided for hereunder and any related arranging or other services in connection therewith (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) are an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Lender and its Affiliates, on the other hand, and the Borrower is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or thereof), (b) in connection with the process leading to such transaction, the Lender is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary, for the Borrower or any of its Affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other
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Person, (c) the Lender has not assumed an advisory, agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Borrower with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, including with respect to any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document and the Lender has no obligation to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates with respect to the financing transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents and (d) the Lender has not provided and will not provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) and the Credit Parties have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they have deemed appropriate.
SECTION 9.18    Inconsistencies with Other Documents. In the event there is a conflict or inconsistency between this Agreement and any other Loan Document, the terms of this Agreement shall control; provided that any provision of the Security Documents which imposes additional burdens on the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or further restricts the rights of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or gives the Lender additional rights shall not be deemed to be in conflict or inconsistent with this Agreement and shall be given full force and effect.

[Signature pages to follow]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized officers, all as of the day and year first written above.
CHANNELADVISOR CORPORATION, as Borrower

By:    /s/ David Spitz                    
Name:    David Spitz
Title:    Chief Executive Officer











ChannelAdvisor Corporation
Credit Agreement
Signature Page



HSBC BANK USA, N.A.,
as Lender

By:    /s/ Alyssa Champion                
Name:    Alyssa Champion
Title:    Vice President



ChannelAdvisor Corporation
Credit Agreement
Signature Page

Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION
I, David J. Spitz, certify that:
1.I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of ChannelAdvisor Corporation;
2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a)Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b)Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c)Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d)Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a)All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b)Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
Date: November 5, 2020 By: /s/ David J. Spitz
David J. Spitz
Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer)


Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION
I, Richard F. Cornetta, certify that:
1.I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of ChannelAdvisor Corporation;
2.Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a)Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b)Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c)Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d)Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a)All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b)Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Date: November 5, 2020 By: /s/ Richard F. Cornetta
Richard F. Cornetta
Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer)


Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of ChannelAdvisor Corporation (the "Company”) for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2020, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), each of the undersigned officers hereby certifies, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to such officer’s knowledge:
(1)The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; and
(2)The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Company as of the end of the period covered by the Report and results of operations of the Company for the period covered by the Report.
/s/ David J. Spitz /s/ Richard F. Cornetta
David J. Spitz Richard F. Cornetta
Chief Executive Officer Chief Financial Officer
November 5, 2020 November 5, 2020
The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, is not being “filed” by the Company as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (whether made before or after the date of the Report), irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.