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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): February 15, 2022

 

CREATIVE REALITIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Minnesota   001-33169   41-1967918
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

13100 Magisterial Drive, Suite 100, Louisville, KY   40223
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(502) 791-8800

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Emerging growth company

 

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

 

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

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which
registered
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share   CREX   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants to purchase Common Stock   CREXW   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement

  

On February 17, 2022, Creative Realities, Inc. (the” Company”) and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Borrowers”) refinanced their current debt facilities with Slipstream Communications, LLC (“Slipstream”), pursuant to a Second Amended and Restated Credit and Security Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”). The Borrowers include Reflect Systems, Inc. (“Reflect”), which became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company as a result of the closing of the Merger (as defined below) on February 17, 2022. The debt facilities continue to be fully secured by all assets of the Borrowers.

 

The Company raised $10,000,000 in gross proceeds, or $9,950,000 in net proceeds, from entry into a new, 36-month senior secured term loan (the “Acquisition Loan”) with Slipstream as part of the Credit Agreement, which matures on February 17, 2025 (the “Maturity Date”). The Acquisition Loan has an interest rate of 8.0%, with 50.0% warrant coverage (or 2,500,000 warrants). The Company issued to Slipstream a $10,000,000 Acquisition Term Note in connection with obtaining the Acquisition Loan. On the first day of each month, commencing March 1, 2022 through February 1, 2025, the Borrowers will make interest-only payments on the Acquisition Loan (estimated to be $67,000 per monthly payment). No principal payments on the Acquisition Loan are payable until the Maturity Date.

 

The Credit Agreement also provides that the Company’s outstanding loans from Slipstream, consisting of its pre-existing $4.767 million senior secured term loan and $2.418 million secured convertible loan, with an aggregate of $7,185,319.06 in outstanding principal and accrued and unpaid interest under such loans, were consolidated into a term loan (the “Consolidation Term Loan”). The Consolidation Term Loan has an interest rate of 10.0%, with 75.0% warrant coverage (or 2,694,495 warrants). The Company issued to Slipstream a $7,185,319.06 Consolidation Term Note in connection with consolidating the Consolidation Term Loan. On the first day of each month, commencing March 1, 2022 through February 1, 2025, the Borrowers will make interest-only payments on the Consolidation Loan (estimated to be $60,000 per monthly payment). Commencing on September 1, 2023, and on the first day of each month thereafter until the Maturity Date, the Borrowers will make a payment on the Consolidation Term Loan, in an equal monthly installment of principal sufficient to fully amortize the Consolidation Term Loan in eighteen equal installments (estimated to be $399,000 per monthly installment).

 

In connection with the Credit Agreement, the Company issued to Slipstream a warrant to purchase an aggregate of 5,194,495 shares of Company common stock (the “Lender Warrant”). The Lender Warrant has a five-year term, an initial exercise price of $2.00 per share, subject to adjustments in the Lender Warrant, and is not exercisable until August 17, 2022.

 

In certain circumstances, upon a fundamental transaction of the Company, the holder of the Lender Warrant will have the right to require the Company to repurchase the Lender Warrant at its fair value using a Black Scholes option pricing formula; provided that such holder may not require the Company or its successor entity to repurchase the Lender Warrant for the Black Scholes value in connection with a fundamental transaction that is not approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, and therefore not within the Company’s control.

 

Secured Promissory Note

 

On February 17, 2022, in connection with the closing of the Merger described in Item 2.01 below, the Company issued to RSI Exit Corporation (“Stockholders’ Representative”), the representative of Reflect stockholders, a $2.5 million Note and Security Agreement (the “Secured Promissory Note”).

 

The Secured Promissory Note accrues interest at 0.59% (the applicable federal rate) and requires the Company and Reflect to pay equal monthly principal installments of $104,166.67 on the fifteenth (15th) day of each month, commencing on March 15, 2022. Any remaining or unpaid principal shall be due and payable on February 17, 2023. All payments under the Secured Promissory Note will be paid to the escrow agent in the Merger Agreement to be placed into the escrow account to secure the Reflect stockholders’ indemnification obligations until released on the one-year anniversary of the closing of the Merger, at which time any remaining proceeds not subject to a pending indemnification claim will be paid to the exchange agent for payment to the Reflect Stockholders. The obligations of the Company and Reflect set forth in the Secured Promissory Note are secured by a first-lien security interest in various contracts of Reflect, together with all accounts arising under such contracts, supporting obligations related to the accounts arising under such contracts, all related books and records, and products and proceeds of the foregoing. Slipstream subordinated its security interest in such collateral, and the recourse for any breach of the Secured Promissory Note by the Company or Reflect will be against such collateral. The Company has the right to offset amounts payable under the Secured Promissory Note upon a final, non-appealable decision of a court that entitles the Company or its affiliates to any damages for indemnification under the Merger Agreement, or the Stockholders’ Representative’s agreement in writing to such damages.

 

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The foregoing descriptions of the Lender Warrant, Credit Agreement, $10,000,000 Acquisition Term Note, $7,185,319.06 Consolidation Term Note, and Secured Promissory Note are not complete descriptions thereof and are qualified in their entireties by reference to the full text of such documents filed as Exhibits 4.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, and 10.4 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

 

As the Company previously disclosed in the amended registration statement on Form S-4/A filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on January 4, 2022, the Company is party to an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) dated as of November 12, 2021 and as amended on February 8, 2022, with Reflect Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Reflect”), pursuant to which a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Creative Realities, CRI Acquisition Corporation, or “Merger Sub,” will merge with and into Reflect, with Reflect surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Creative Realities. The transaction is referred to herein as the “Merger.” On February 17, 2022, the parties consummated the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, and Reflect is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

 

At the effective time of the Merger, all of Reflect’s shares of common stock and preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, were converted into the right to receive a portion of (i) $18,666,667 in cash, subject to certain adjustments set forth in the Merger Agreement, (ii) 2,333,334 shares of Creative Realities common stock, par value $0.01 per share, referred to herein as the “Creative Realities Shares,” and (iii) contingent cash payable on or after the three-year anniversary of the effective time of the Merger, in an amount by which the closing price of the Creative Realities Shares on such anniversary are less than $6.40 per share, or if certain Reflect customers collectively achieve (i.e. account for) over 85,000 billable devices online at any time on or before December 31, 2022, $7.20 per share, multiplied by the amount of Creative Realities Shares held by the Reflect stockholders at such time.

 

The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement and Merger is not a complete description thereof and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Annex A to the Form S-4 filed January 4, 2022.

 

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

The disclosures set forth in Item 1.01 related to the issuance of the Lender Warrant is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02.

 

On February 17, 2022, in connection with obtaining a waiver of certain restrictions in investment documents between an investor and the Company in order to consummate the financing contemplated by the Credit Agreement, the Company paid consideration to such investor in the form of a warrant (the “Purchaser Warrant”) to purchase 1,400,000 shares of Company common stock in an at-the-market offering under Nasdaq rules. The number of shares of Company common stock subject to the Purchaser Warrant is equal to the waiver fee ($175,000) divided by $0.125 per share. The exercise price of the Purchaser Warrant is $1.41 per share, and the Purchaser Warrant is not exercisable until August 17, 2022. The Purchaser Warrant expires five years from the date of issuance. Under the terms of the Purchaser Warrants, the Company may not effect the exercise of any such warrant, and a holder will not be entitled to exercise any portion of any such warrant, if, upon giving effect to such exercise, the aggregate number of shares of Company common stock beneficially owned by the holder (together with its affiliates) would exceed 4.99% of the number of shares of Company common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the exercise, as such percentage ownership is determined in accordance with the terms of such warrant, which percentage may be increased or decreased at the holder’s election upon 61 days’ notice to the Company subject to the terms of such warrants, provided that such percentage may in no event exceed 9.99%. The Company may not effect the exercise of any such warrant, and a holder will not be entitled to exercise any portion of any such warrant, for a number of warrant shares in excess of that number of warrant shares which, upon giving effect to such exercise, would cause (i) the aggregate number of shares of Company common stock beneficially owned by the holder (together with its affiliates) to exceed 19.99% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Company common stock following such exercise, or (ii) the combined voting power of the securities of the Company beneficially owned by the holder (together with its affiliates) to exceed 19.99% of the combined voting power of all of the securities of the Company then outstanding following such exercise, in either case as such percentage ownership is determined in accordance with the terms of such warrant, unless Company shareholder approval is obtained to exceed more than such 19.99% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Company common stock following such exercise in accordance with the rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market.

 

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The foregoing description of the Purchaser Warrant is not a complete descriptions thereof and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such document filed as Exhibit 4.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated by reference.

 

Based in part upon the representations of Slipstream and the Purchaser, the offering and sales of the Lender Warrant and Purchaser Warrant (collectively, the “Warrants”) are exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The sales of the Warrants by the Company will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and neither of the Warrants, nor the Company common stock issuable pursuant thereto, may be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the SEC or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. The sale of such Warrants did not involve a public offering and were made without general solicitation or general advertising.

 

Neither this Current Report on Form 8-K nor any exhibit attached hereto is an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities of the Company.

 

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

  

Retention Bonus Plan

 

On February 17, 2022, in connection with the closing of the Merger, the Company adopted a Retention Bonus Plan, pursuant to which the Company will pay to key members of Reflect’s management team an aggregate of $1,333,333 in cash, which was paid 50% at the closing of the Merger (the “Closing”), and subject to continuous employment with Reflect or Creative Realities, 25% on the one-year anniversary of Closing and 25% on the two-year anniversary of the Closing. The future cash payments due on the one-year and two-year anniversaries of the Closing are being deposited into an escrow agreement. The Retention Bonus Plan also requires the Company to issue Common Stock having an aggregate value of $666,667 to the plan participants as follows: 50% of the value of such shares will be issued at the Closing, and subject to continuous employment with Reflect or Creative Realities, 25% of the value of such shares will be issued on the one-year anniversary of Closing and the remaining 25% of the value of such shares will be issued on the two-year anniversary of the Closing. The shares to be issued on the Closing will be valued at $2.00 per share, and the shares to be issued after the Closing will be determined based on dividing the value of shares issuable on such date divided by the trailing 10-day volume weighed average price (VWAP) of the shares as of such date as reported on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

 

Upon the resignation of a participant’s employment for “good reason,” or termination of the employment of a participant without “cause,” each as defined in the Retention Bonus Plan, the participant will be fully vested and will receive all cash and shares allocated to such participant under the Retention Bonus Plan. Any amounts unpaid by reason of a lapse in continuous employment or otherwise will be reallocated among the remaining Retention Bonus Plan participants.

 

The foregoing description of the Retention Bonus Plan is not a complete description thereof and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Retention Bonus Plan and the Retention Bonus Plan Award Agreement filed as Exhibits 10.5 and 10.6, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which are incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Executive Compensation

 

As a result of the consummation of the Merger, the annual base salaries of Rick Mills, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Will Logan, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, increased to $450,000 and $350,000, respectively, pursuant to the existing terms of their respective employment agreements. In addition, Will Logan will receive a $75,000 cash bonus upon the closing of the Merger pursuant to the terms of Mr. Logan’s employment agreement.

 

Item 5.07 Submission to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On February 15, 2022, the Company held a special meeting of shareholders (the “Special Meeting”) in Louisville, Kentucky. As of December 27, 2021, the record date for the Special Meeting, 11,998,065 shares of Common Stock of the Company (“Common Stock”) were issued and outstanding. Each share of Common Stock entitled its holder to cast one vote. The items voted on at the Special Meeting and the results of such voting are set forth below:

 

(1) Bonus Plan Proposal. The Company’s shareholders approved the Reflect Retention Bonus Plan that was established immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger for certain employees of Reflect that will continue their services after the effective time of the Merger. There were 6,146,779 votes cast for the Bonus Plan Proposal and 46,905 votes cast against the Bonus Plan Proposal. 3,323 votes abstained, and there were no broker non-votes.

 

(2) Share Issuance Proposal. The Company’s shareholders approved the issuance and potential issuance of Company common stock in connection with (i) the Merger contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (ii) one or more financings consummated subsequent to the date of the Merger Agreement and prior to, or in connection with, the Closing, including Company common stock issuable upon the exercise of any warrants, and the conversion or payment of any principal or accrued interest outstanding under any convertible promissory notes, in each case that may be issued in such financings, and (iii) Common Stock that may be issued in connection with the conversion of any outstanding debt owed to Slipstream in connection with obtaining such financing. There were 6,142,590 votes cast for the Share Issuance Proposal and 48,568 votes cast against the Share Issuance Proposal. 5,849 votes abstained, and there were no broker non-votes.

 

(3) Advisory Compensation Proposal. The Company’s shareholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation that will or may become payable by Creative Realities to its named executive officers in connection with the Merger. There were 6,100,993 votes cast for the Advisory Compensation Proposal and 91,162 votes cast against the Advisory Compensation Proposal. 4,852 votes abstained, and there were no broker non-votes.

 

The Creative Realities Adjournment Proposal was not presented for shareholder approval at the Annual Meeting in light of the approval of the Bonus Plan Proposal, Share Issuance Proposal and Advisory Compensation Proposal at the Special Meeting. No other items were presented for shareholder approval at the Special Meeting.

  

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d)Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number
  Description
4.1   Lender Warrant dated February 17, 2022
4.2   Purchaser Warrant dated February 17, 2022
10.1   Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement
10.2   $10,000,000 Acquisition Term Note
10.3   $7,185,319.06 Consolidation Term Note
10.4   Secured Promissory Note
10.5   Retention Bonus Plan
10.6   Form of Retention Bonus Plan Agreement
99.1   Press Release dated February 18, 2022
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

  

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: February 18, 2022

 

  Creative Realities, Inc
     
  By: /s/ Will Logan
    Will Logan
    Chief Financial Officer

  

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

 

COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

 

CREATIVE REALITIES, INC.

 

Warrant Shares: 5,194,495 Initial Exercise Date: August 17, 2022
   
  Issue Date: February 17, 2022

 

THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, Slipstream Communications, LLC or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after August 17, 2022 (the “Initial Exercise Date”) and on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on February 17, 2027 (the “Termination Date”), but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from Creative Realities, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), up to 5,194,495 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”). This Warrant was issued pursuant to Section 1.9 of that certain Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of February 17, 2022 (the “Credit Agreement”), by and between the Company, the Holder and other signatory thereto.

 

Section 1Definitions. Intentionally Omitted.

 

Section 2Exercise.

 

a) Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company of a duly executed facsimile copy or PDF copy submitted by e-mail (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto, and delivered in accordance with the notice requirements set forth in Section 5(h) (the “Notice of Exercise”). Within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined in Section 2(d)(i) herein) following the date of exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below is specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) Business Day of receipt of such notice. “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed; providedhowever, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to “stay at home”, “shelter-in-place”, “non-essential employee” or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in The City of New York generally are open for use by customers on such day.

 

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b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $1.41 subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).

 

c) Cashless Exercise. If after the Issue Date there is no effective registration statement registering, or the prospectus contained therein is not available for the resale of the Warrant Shares, then this Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares determined according to the following formula:

 

Net Number = (A x B) - (A x C)

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For purposes of the foregoing formula:

 

(A) = the total number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

 

(B) = as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option of the Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise or (z) the Bid Price of the shares of Common Stock on the principal Trading Market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter (including until two (2) hours after the close of “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day) pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or (iii) the VWAP on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day; and

 

(C) = the Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise.

 

If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the characteristics of the Warrants being exercised, and for purposes of Rule 144 of the Securities Act, the holding period of the Warrant Shares being issued may be tacked on to the holding period of this Warrant. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(c). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, without limiting the rights of the Holder to receive cash payments pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) and Section 2(d)(iv) herein and the right of the Holder to exercise this Warrant on a “cashless exercise” pursuant to this Section 2(c), in the event the Company does not have or maintain an effective registration statement, there are no circumstances that would require the Company to make any cash payments or net cash settle the purchase warrants to the holders.

 

Bid Price” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the bid price of the shares of Common Stock for the time in question (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the shares of Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the shares of Common Stock are not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the shares of Common Stock are then reported on the Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

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Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Trading Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.

 

Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, OTCQB or OTCQX (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

 

VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the shares of Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the shares of Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the shares of Common Stock are not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the shares of Common Stock are then reported on the Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, on the Termination Date, this Warrant shall be automatically exercised via cashless exercise pursuant to this Section 2(c).

 

d) Mechanics of Exercise.

 

i. Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale by the Holder without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise of the Warrants and subject to receipt from the Holder by the Company and the Transfer Agent of customary representations reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Transfer Agent in connection with such request), and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate (or an account statement reflecting unrestricted shares of Common Stock), registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is the earliest of (i) two (2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the instance of a cashless exercise) is received by the Company by such date, and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period following delivery of the Notice of Exercise. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the instance of a cashless exercise) is received by the Company on or prior to the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the shares of Common Stock on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the shares of Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise.

 

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ii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.

 

iii. Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause Computershare Limited, or the then current transfer agent of the Company (the “Transfer Agent”) to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

 

iv. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(d)(i) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date (other than a failure solely caused by incorrect or incomplete information provided by the Holder to the Company), and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases shares of Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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v. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.

 

vi. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; providedhowever, that, in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.

 

vii. Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

e) Intentionally Omitted.

 

Section 3Certain Adjustments.

 

a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on its shares of Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

 

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b) [RESERVED.]

 

c) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to (but without duplication of) any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.

 

d) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend (other than cash) or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution.

 

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e) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the shares of Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the shares of Common Stock are effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) and in connection with such transaction the Common Stock is converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant), the securities, cash and other property of the successor or acquiring corporation (or ultimate parent company thereof) or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, as applicable (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of shares of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction, the Company or any Successor Entity shall, at the Holder’s option, exercisable at any time concurrently with, or within thirty (30) days after, the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction (or, if later, the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction), purchase this Warrant from the Holder by paying to the Holder an amount of cash equal to the Black Scholes Value (as defined below) of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction; providedhowever, that, if the Fundamental Transaction is not within the Company’s control, including not approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, Holder shall only be entitled to receive from the Company or any Successor Entity, the same type or form of consideration (and in the same proportion), at the Black Scholes Value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant, that is being offered and paid to the holders of shares of Common Stock of the Company in connection with the Fundamental Transaction, whether that consideration be in the form of cash, stock or any combination thereof, or whether the holders of shares of Common Stock are given the choice to receive from among alternative forms of consideration in connection with the Fundamental Transaction; provided, further, that if holders of shares of Common Stock of the Company are not offered or paid any consideration in such Fundamental Transaction, such holders of shares of Common Stock will be deemed to have received shares of common stock of the Successor Entity (which Successor Entity may be the Company following such Fundamental Transaction) in such Fundamental Transaction. “Black Scholes Value” means the value of this Warrant based on the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg, L.P. (“Bloomberg”) determined as of the day of consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction for pricing purposes and reflecting (A) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable contemplated Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date, (B) an expected volatility equal to the 100 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable contemplated Fundamental Transaction, (C) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the sum of the price per share being offered in cash, if any, plus the value of any non-cash consideration, if any, being offered in such Fundamental Transaction, (D) a remaining option time equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable contemplated Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date and (E) a zero cost of borrow. The payment of the Black Scholes Value will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds within five Business Days of the Holder’s election (or, if later, on the effective date of the Fundamental Transaction). The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the Other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(e) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for the Alternate Consideration, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such Alternate Consideration (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such Alternate Consideration, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant and the Transaction Documents referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.

 

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f) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

 

g) Notice to Holder.

 

i. Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder by facsimile or email a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

 

ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the shares of Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the shares of Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the shares of Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the shares of Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the shares of Common Stock are converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be delivered by facsimile or email to the Holder at its last facsimile number or email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least five (5) calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the shares of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or stock exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the shares of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or stock exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice and provided further, that no notice shall be required if the information is disseminated in a press release or document publicly filed with the Commission. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

 

iii. Voluntary Adjustments by the Company. The Company may, subject to the rules and regulations of the Trading Market, at any time during the term of this Warrant, reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and extend the term of this Warrant for any period of time deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors of the Company, with the prior written consent of the Holder.

 

Section 4Transfer of Warrant.

 

a) Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d) hereof, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant in full. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

 

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b) New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the Initial Exercise Date and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

 

c) Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

 

d) Intentionally Omitted.

 

e) Representation by the Holder. The Holder, by the acceptance hereof, represents and warrants that it is acquiring this Warrant and, upon any exercise hereof, will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Warrant Shares or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act.

  

Section 5Miscellaneous.

 

a) No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3.

 

b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

 

c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

d) Authorized Shares.

 

The Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the shares of Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

 

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Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

 

Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.

 

e) Jurisdiction and Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in accordance with Sections 11.6-11.8 of the Credit Agreement.

 

f) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

 

g) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant or the Credit Agreement, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

 

h) Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provision in Section 11.5 of the Credit Agreement.

 

i) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any shares of Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

j) Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

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k) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

 

l) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company, on the one hand, and the Holder, on the other hand.

 

m) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

 

n) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.

 

  CREATIVE REALITIES, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Will Logan
  Name:  Will Logan
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

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NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

TO: CREATIVE REALITIES, INC.

 

(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

 

(2) Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):

 

☐ in lawful money of the United States; or

 

☐ if permitted the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).

 

(3) Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

 

     

 

The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:

 

     
     
     
     
     

 

(4) Accredited Investor. The undersigned is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]

 

Name of Investing Entity: ________________________________________________________________________

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity: _________________________________________________

Name of Authorized Signatory: ___________________________________________________________________

Title of Authorized Signatory: ____________________________________________________________________

Date: ________________________________________________________________________________________

 

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Exhibit B

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to

 

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Exhibit 4.2

 

NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS SECURITY AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN SECURED BY SUCH SECURITIES.

 

COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

 

CREATIVE REALITIES, INC.

 

Warrant Shares: 1,400,000   Initial Exercise Date: August 17, 2022

 

Issue Date: February 17, 2022

 

THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, Armistice Capital Master Fund Ltd. or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after August 16, 2022 (the “Initial Exercise Date”) and on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on February 16, 2027 (the “Termination Date”), but not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from Creative Realities, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), up to 1,400,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”).

 

Section 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 3, 2022, by and between the Company, the Holder and other purchasers signatory thereto (as may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Purchase Agreement”).

 

Section 2. Exercise.

 

a) Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Initial Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company of a duly executed facsimile copy or PDF copy submitted by e-mail (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto, and delivered in accordance with the notice requirements set forth in Section 5(h) (the “Notice of Exercise”). Within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period (as defined in Section 2(d)(i) herein) following the date of exercise as aforesaid, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price for the Warrant Shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank unless the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below is specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) Business Day of receipt of such notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Notice(s) of Exercise delivered on or prior to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Trading Date prior to the Initial Exercise Date, which may be delivered at any time after the time of execution of the Purchase Agreement, the Company agrees to deliver the Warrant Shares subject to such notice(s) by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Initial Exercise Date and the Initial Exercise Date shall be the Warrant Share Delivery Date for purposes hereunder, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received by such Warrant Share Delivery Date. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof. Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided, however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to “stay at home”, “shelter-in-place”, “non-essential employee” or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in The City of New York generally are open for use by customers on such day.

 

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b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $1.41 subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).

 

c) Cashless Exercise. If after the Issue Date there is no effective registration statement registering, or the prospectus contained therein is not available for the resale of the Warrant Shares, then this Warrant may also be exercised, in whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares determined according to the following formula:

 

Net Number = (A x B) - (A x C)

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For purposes of the foregoing formula:

 

(A) = the total number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is then being exercised if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

 

(B) = as applicable: (i) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is (1) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a day that is not a Trading Day or (2) both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof on a Trading Day prior to the opening of “regular trading hours” (as defined in Rule 600(b) of Regulation NMS promulgated under the federal securities laws) on such Trading Day, (ii) at the option of the Holder, either (y) the VWAP on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise or (z) the Bid Price of the shares of Common Stock on the principal Trading Market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. as of the time of the Holder’s execution of the applicable Notice of Exercise if such Notice of Exercise is executed during “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day and is delivered within two (2) hours thereafter (including until two (2) hours after the close of “regular trading hours” on a Trading Day) pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or (iii) the VWAP on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise if the date of such Notice of Exercise is a Trading Day and such Notice of Exercise is both executed and delivered pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof after the close of “regular trading hours” on such Trading Day; and

 

(C) = the Exercise Price then in effect for the applicable Warrant Shares at the time of such exercise.

 

If Warrant Shares are issued in such a cashless exercise, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act, the Warrant Shares shall take on the characteristics of the Warrants being exercised, and for purposes of Rule 144 of the Securities Act, the holding period of the Warrant Shares being issued may be tacked on to the holding period of this Warrant. The Company agrees not to take any position contrary to this Section 2(c). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, without limiting the rights of the Holder to receive cash payments pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) and Section 2(d)(iv) herein and the right of the Holder to exercise this Warrant on a “cashless exercise” pursuant to this Section 2(c), in the event the Company does not have or maintain an effective registration statement, there are no circumstances that would require the Company to make any cash payments or net cash settle the purchase warrants to the holders.

 

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Bid Price” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the bid price of the shares of Common Stock for the time in question (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the shares of Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the shares of Common Stock are not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the shares of Common Stock are then reported on the Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Trading Day” means a day on which the principal Trading Market is open for trading.

 

Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE American, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the New York Stock Exchange, OTCQB or OTCQX (or any successors to any of the foregoing).

 

VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the shares of Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the shares of Common Stock are then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (b) if OTCQB or OTCQX is not a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price of the shares of Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the shares of Common Stock are not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the shares of Common Stock are then reported on the Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holder and reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, on the Termination Date, this Warrant shall be automatically exercised via cashless exercise pursuant to this Section 2(c).

 

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d) Mechanics of Exercise.

 

i. Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Transfer Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale by the Holder without volume or manner-of-sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144 (assuming cashless exercise of the Warrants and subject to receipt from the Holder by the Company and the Transfer Agent of customary representations reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Transfer Agent in connection with such request), and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate (or an account statement reflecting unrestricted shares of Common Stock), registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is the earliest of (i) two (2) Trading Days after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the instance of a cashless exercise) is received by the Company by such date, and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period after the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). Upon delivery of the Notice of Exercise, the Holder shall be deemed for all corporate purposes to have become the holder of record of the Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant has been exercised, irrespective of the date of delivery of the Warrant Shares, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of a cashless exercise) is received within the earlier of (i) two (2) Trading Days and (ii) the number of Trading Days comprising the Standard Settlement Period following delivery of the Notice of Exercise. If the Company fails for any reason to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a Notice of Exercise by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, provided that payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the instance of a cashless exercise) is received by the Company on or prior to the Warrant Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the shares of Common Stock on the date of the applicable Notice of Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day on the fifth Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to accrue) for each Trading Day after such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. The Company agrees to maintain a transfer agent that is a participant in the FAST program so long as this Warrant remains outstanding and exercisable. As used herein, “Standard Settlement Period” means the standard settlement period, expressed in a number of Trading Days, on the Company’s primary Trading Market with respect to the shares of Common Stock as in effect on the date of delivery of the Notice of Exercise.

 

ii. Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.

 

iii. Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause Computershare Limited, or the then current transfer agent of the Company (the “Transfer Agent”) to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

 

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iv. Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. In addition to any other rights available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(d)(i) above pursuant to an exercise on or before the Warrant Share Delivery Date (other than a failure solely caused by incorrect or incomplete information provided by the Holder to the Company), and if after such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a “Buy-In”), then the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases shares of Common Stock having a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

. No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.

 

. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that, in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto. The Company shall pay all Transfer Agent fees required for same-day processing of any Notice of Exercise and all fees to the Depository Trust Company (or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions) required for same-day electronic delivery of the Warrant Shares.

 

v. Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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e) Holder’s Exercise Limitations. The Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant, pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with the Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates (such Persons, “Attribution Parties”)), would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and Attribution Parties shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i) exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Warrant beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties and (ii) exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion of any other securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any other Common Stock Equivalents) subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates or Attribution Parties. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, for purposes of this Section 2(e), beneficial ownership shall be calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to the Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(e) applies, the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any Affiliates and Attribution Parties) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy of such determination. In addition, a determination as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section 2(e), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C) a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder, the Company shall within one (1) Trading Day confirm orally and in writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this Warrant, by the Holder or its Affiliates or Attribution Parties since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon notice to the Company, may increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this Section 2(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant held by the Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) shall continue to apply. Any increase in the Beneficial Ownership Limitation will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company. The provisions of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section 2(e) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements necessary or desirable to properly give effect to such limitation. The limitations contained in this paragraph shall apply to a successor holder of this Warrant.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and the Holder shall not be entitled to exercise this Warrant for a number of Warrant Shares in excess of that number of Warrant Shares which, upon giving effect to such exercise, would cause (i) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and any other Persons whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Holder’s for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including any “group” of which the Holder is a member, to exceed 19.99% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company following such exercise, or (ii) the combined voting power of the securities of the Company beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and any other Persons whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Holder’s for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act to exceed 19.99% of the combined voting power of all of the securities of the Company then outstanding following such exercise, in each case unless Company shareholder approval is obtained to exceed more than such 19.99% of the total number of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company following such exercise in accordance with the rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market.

 

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For purposes of this Section 2(e), the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock or voting securities beneficially owned by the Holder and its Affiliates and any other Persons whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Holder’s for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act shall include the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of this Warrant with respect to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (x) exercise of the remaining unexercised and non-cancelled portion of this Warrant by the Holder and (y) exercise or conversion of the unexercised, non-converted or non-cancelled portion of any other securities of the Company that do not have voting power (including without limitation any securities of the Company which would entitle the holder thereof to acquire at any time Common Stock, including without limitation any debt, preferred stock, right, option, warrant or other instrument that is at any time convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or otherwise entitles the holder thereof to receive, Common Stock), is subject to a limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation contained herein and is beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates and other Persons whose beneficial ownership of Common Stock would be aggregated with the Holder’s for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

Section 3. Certain Adjustments.

 

a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on its shares of Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

 

b) [RESERVED.]

 

c) Subsequent Rights Offerings. In addition to (but without duplication of) any adjustments pursuant to Section 3(a) above, if at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Common Stock Equivalents or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of shares of Common Stock (the “Purchase Rights”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of shares of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Purchase Right would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Purchase Right to such extent (or beneficial ownership of such shares of Common Stock as a result of such Purchase Right to such extent) and such Purchase Right to such extent shall be held in abeyance for the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

d) Pro Rata Distributions. During such time as this Warrant is outstanding, if the Company shall declare or make any dividend (other than cash) or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Warrant, then, in each such case, the Holder shall be entitled to participate in such Distribution to the same extent that the Holder would have participated therein if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete exercise of this Warrant (without regard to any limitations on exercise hereof, including without limitation, the Beneficial Ownership Limitation) immediately before the date of which a record is taken for such Distribution, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Stock are to be determined for the participation in such Distribution (provided, however, to the extent that the Holder’s right to participate in any such Distribution would result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, then the Holder shall not be entitled to participate in such Distribution to such extent (or in the beneficial ownership of any shares of Common Stock as a result of such Distribution to such extent) and the portion of such Distribution shall be held in abeyance for the benefit of the Holder until such time, if ever, as its right thereto would not result in the Holder exceeding the Beneficial Ownership Limitation).

 

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e) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the shares of Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the shares of Common Stock are effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off, merger or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) and in connection with such transaction the Common Stock is converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant), the securities, cash and other property of the successor or acquiring corporation (or ultimate parent company thereof) or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, as applicable (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction (without regard to any limitation in Section 2(e) on the exercise of this Warrant). For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of shares of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction, the Company or any Successor Entity shall, at the Holder’s option, exercisable at any time concurrently with, or within thirty (30) days after, the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction (or, if later, the date of the public announcement of the applicable Fundamental Transaction), purchase this Warrant from the Holder by paying to the Holder an amount of cash equal to the Black Scholes Value (as defined below) of the remaining unexercised portion of this Warrant on the date of the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction; provided, however, that, if the Fundamental Transaction is not within the Company’s control, including not approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, Holder shall only be entitled to receive from the Company or any Successor Entity, the same type or form of consideration (and in the same proportion), at the Black Scholes Value of the unexercised portion of this Warrant, that is being offered and paid to the holders of shares of Common Stock of the Company in connection with the Fundamental Transaction, whether that consideration be in the form of cash, stock or any combination thereof, or whether the holders of shares of Common Stock are given the choice to receive from among alternative forms of consideration in connection with the Fundamental Transaction; provided, further, that if holders of shares of Common Stock of the Company are not offered or paid any consideration in such Fundamental Transaction, such holders of shares of Common Stock will be deemed to have received shares of common stock of the Successor Entity (which Successor Entity may be the Company following such Fundamental Transaction) in such Fundamental Transaction. “Black Scholes Value” means the value of this Warrant based on the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model obtained from the “OV” function on Bloomberg, L.P. (“Bloomberg”) determined as of the day of consummation of the applicable Fundamental Transaction for pricing purposes and reflecting (A) a risk-free interest rate corresponding to the U.S. Treasury rate for a period equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable contemplated Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date, (B) an expected volatility equal to the 100 day volatility obtained from the HVT function on Bloomberg (determined utilizing a 365 day annualization factor) as of the Trading Day immediately following the public announcement of the applicable contemplated Fundamental Transaction, (C) the underlying price per share used in such calculation shall be the sum of the price per share being offered in cash, if any, plus the value of any non-cash consideration, if any, being offered in such Fundamental Transaction, (D) a remaining option time equal to the time between the date of the public announcement of the applicable contemplated Fundamental Transaction and the Termination Date and (E) a zero cost of borrow. The payment of the Black Scholes Value will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds within five Business Days of the Holder’s election (or, if later, on the effective date of the Fundamental Transaction). The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the Other Transaction Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3(e) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder prior to such Fundamental Transaction and shall, at the option of the Holder, deliver to the Holder in exchange for this Warrant a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to this Warrant which is exercisable for the Alternate Consideration, and with an exercise price which applies the exercise price hereunder to such Alternate Consideration (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such Alternate Consideration, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of this Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction), and which is reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant and the Transaction Documents referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant and the other Transaction Documents with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein.

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f) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

 

g) Notice to Holder.

 

i. Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Holder by facsimile or email a notice setting forth the Exercise Price after such adjustment and any resulting adjustment to the number of Warrant Shares and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

 

ii. Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the shares of Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the shares of Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the shares of Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the shares of Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the shares of Common Stock are converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be delivered by facsimile or email to the Holder at its last facsimile number or email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register of the Company, at least five (5) calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the shares of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or stock exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the shares of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or stock exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice and provided further, that no notice shall be required if the information is disseminated in a press release or document publicly filed with the Commission. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

 

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iii. Voluntary Adjustments by the Company. The Company may, subject to the rules and regulations of the Trading Market, at any time during the term of this Warrant, reduce the then current Exercise Price to any amount and extend the term of this Warrant for any period of time deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors of the Company, with the prior written consent of the Holder.

 

Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.

 

a) Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d) hereof and to the provisions of Article IV of the Purchase Agreement, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company unless the Holder has assigned this Warrant in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the Holder delivers an assignment form to the Company assigning this Warrant in full. The Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by a new holder for the purchase of Warrant Shares without having a new Warrant issued.

 

b) New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the Initial Exercise Date and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

 

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c) Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

 

d) Transfer Restrictions. If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not be either (i) registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws or (ii) eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements pursuant to Rule 144, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer, that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, comply with the provisions of Section 5.7 of the Purchase Agreement.

 

e) Representation by the Holder. The Holder, by the acceptance hereof, represents and warrants that it is acquiring this Warrant and, upon any exercise hereof, will acquire the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise, for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling such Warrant Shares or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act.

 

Section 5. Miscellaneous.

 

a) No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3.

 

b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

 

c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

d) Authorized Shares.

 

The Company covenants that, during the period the Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the shares of Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

 

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Except and to the extent as waived or consented to by the Holder, the Company shall not by any action, including, without limitation, amending its certificate of incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of Holder as set forth in this Warrant against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will (i) not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor upon such exercise immediately prior to such increase in par value, (ii) take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant and (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all such authorizations, exemptions or consents from any public regulatory body having jurisdiction thereof, as may be, necessary to enable the Company to perform its obligations under this Warrant.

 

Before taking any action which would result in an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable or in the Exercise Price, the Company shall obtain all such authorizations or exemptions thereof, or consents thereto, as may be necessary from any public regulatory body or bodies having jurisdiction thereof.

 

e) Jurisdiction and Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be determined in accordance with Section 5.9 of the Purchase Agreement.

 

f) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

 

g) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant or the Purchase Agreement, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

 

h) Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provision in Section 5.4 of the Purchase Agreement.

 

i) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any shares of Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

 

j) Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

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k) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

 

l) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company, on the one hand, and the Holder, on the other hand.

 

m) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

 

n) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.

 

  CREATIVE REALITIES, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Will Logan
  Name: Will Logan
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

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NOTICE OF EXERCISE

 

TO: CREATIVE REALITIES, INC.

 

(1) The undersigned hereby elects to purchase________ Warrant Shares of the Company pursuant
to the terms of the attached Warrant (only if exercised in full), and tenders herewith payment of the exercise price in full, together with all applicable transfer taxes, if any.

 

(2) Payment shall take the form of (check applicable box):

 

[1 in lawful money of the United States; or

 

[1 if permitted the cancellation of such number of Warrant Shares as is necessary, in accordance with the formula set forth in subsection 2(c), to exercise this Warrant with respect to the maximum number of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure set forth in subsection 2(c).

 

(3) Please issue said Warrant Shares in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as is specified below:

 

     

 

The Warrant Shares shall be delivered to the following DWAC Account Number:

 

     
     
     

 

(4) Accredited Investor. The undersigned is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

_____________________

_____________________

 

[SIGNATURE OF HOLDER]

 

Name of Investing Entity: ________________________________________________________________________

Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing Entity:

Name of Authorized Signatory: ___________________________________________________________________

Title of Authorized Signatory: ____________________________________________________________________

Date:

 

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Exhibit B

 

ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

(To assign the foregoing Warrant, execute this form and supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase shares.)

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to

 

Name:    
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Address:    
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Phone Number:    
     
Email Address:    
     
Dated: _______________ __, ______    
     
Holder’s Signature:______________________    
     
Holder’s Address:______________________    

 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

THIS Second Amended and Restated Loan And Security Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 17, 2022 (the “Execution Date”), is by and among (i) Creative Realities, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (“CRI”), Creative Realities Canada, Inc., an Ontario corporation (“CRCI”), Allure Global Solutions, Inc., a Georgia corporation (“AGSI” and together with CRI and CRCI, the “Existing Borrowers”) and Reflect Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Reflect” or “New Borrower” and together with the Existing Borrowers, each a “Borrower” and collectively, referred to herein as the “Borrowers”); and Slipstream Communications, LLC, an Anguillan limited liability company (“Lender”).

 

RECITALS

 

A. Borrowers (other than Reflect) and Lender previously entered into that certain Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement dated March 7, 2021 (the “Existing Credit Agreement”) pursuant to which Lender made to the Existing Borrowers and to Creative Realities, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CRLLC”) and Conexus World Global, LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company (“Conexus” and together with CRLLC being the “Liquidating Borrowers”): (i) a revolving loan in the original principal amount of up to $1,000,000.00 (the “Existing Revolving Loan”); (ii) a term loan in the original principal amount of $4,557,433.58 (the “Existing Consolidation Term Loan”); and (iii) a convertible term loan in the original principal amount of $2,286,213.41 (the “Existing Special Convertible Loan” and together with each of the loans set forth in (i) and (ii) above, collectively, the “Existing Loans”). Each of the Existing Loans is evidenced by a promissory note with a maximum principal amount equal to the amount of the Existing Loan set forth in this Recital A (collectively, the “Existing Notes”).

 

B. As of the date hereof, the outstanding principal amount together with accrued and unpaid interest of the Existing Loans evidenced by the Existing Notes are as follows: (i) the Existing Revolving Loan, $0.00 principal plus accrued but unpaid interest of $0.00; (ii) the Existing Consolidation Term Loan, $4,767,031.47 principal plus accrued but unpaid interest of $0.00; (iii) the Existing Special Convertible Note, $2,418,287.59 principal plus accrued but unpaid interest of $0.00 (the principal amounts outstanding plus the accrued but unpaid interest thereon as of the Closing Date, collectively referred to herein as, the “Existing Advances”).

 

C. Existing Borrowers have requested that Lender (i) restructure the Existing Advances, and (ii) make a new loan to Borrowers in an original principal amount of $10,000,000.00 for the purpose of consummating the acquisition of New Borrower by CRI.

 

D. Lender has agreed to the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement and replacement of the Existing Notes by the terms of this Agreement so long as (i) the security interests, Liens and pledges granted to the Lender in the Existing Credit Agreement are preserved and reaffirmed, (ii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the documents and instruments executed in connection herewith not (a) effect a discharge or novation of any indebtedness or other obligation of the Existing Borrowers under the Existing Credit Agreement or any of the Existing Notes, but rather a restatement and substitution of certain of the terms governing the payment and performance of such indebtedness and other obligations, or (b) release Existing Borrowers of any of their Obligations under any Loan Documents or adversely affect any of the Lender’s rights under any of the Loan Documents, (iii) all security agreements, Liens, security interests, pledges and guarantees granted in accordance with the Existing Credit Agreement remain in full force and effect in favor of the Lender, and (iv) Reflect becomes a Borrower under this Agreement and executes such other Loan Documents as may be required by the Lender, pursuant to which Review will also pledge and grant a Lien on all of its assets to secure its obligations under this Agreement.

 

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E. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in Schedule A.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF CREDIT

 

1.1 Existing Advances. Borrowers acknowledge and agree that (a) as of the Execution Date, the outstanding principal balance of the Existing Advances including accrued and unpaid interest under the Existing Notes are as set forth in Recital B, above; (b) on the Closing Date, (i) the Existing Revolving Loan shall be terminated and no longer available to the Borrowers; (ii) the Credit Agreement and the Existing Notes shall be amended, restated, replaced and superseded in their entirety by this Agreement and the Notes (as defined below), (ii) the Existing Advances outstanding under the Existing Consolidation Term Loan and the Existing Special Convertible Term Loan together with the accrued but unpaid interest thereon from February 1, 2022 to the Closing Date shall be deemed to be advances under the Consolidation Term Loan made pursuant to Section 1.2, below.

 

1.2 Consolidation Term Loan. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Lender is hereby deemed to make an Advance on the Closing Date under a term loan (the “Consolidation Term Loan”) in the principal amount equal to the sum of the Existing Advances outstanding on the Closing Date under the Existing Consolidation Term Loan and the Existing Special Convertible Term Loan (which as of the Closing Date are deemed made under the Consolidation Term Loan to Borrowers). For purposes of clarity, it is understood that in making the Consolidation Term Loan the Lender is not providing any additional funds to Borrowers. Amounts repaid under the Consolidation Term Loan may not be reborrowed. The Consolidation Term Loan shall be evidenced by a promissory note in form and substance acceptable to the Lender (the “Consolidation Term Note,” which shall be delivered in restatement of and replacement for (but not in repayment or satisfaction of) the Existing Consolidation Term Note and the Existing Special Convertible Term Note.

 

1.3 2022 Acquisition Term Loan. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Lender hereby agrees to make a single Advance on the Closing Date to the Borrowers under a term loan (the “2022 Acquisition Term Loan”) in the principal amount equal to Ten Million and No/100 Dollars ($10,000,000.00). Amounts repaid under the 2022 Acquisition Term Loan may not be reborrowed. The 2022 Acquisition Term Loan shall be evidenced by a promissory note in form and substance acceptable to the Lender (the “2022 Acquisition Term Note”). Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement on the Closing Date Lender shall make the 2022 Acquisition Term Loan pursuant to that certain Instruction Letter dated as of the date hereof by CRI and acknowledged and agreed by Lender.

 

1.4 Evidence of Indebtedness; Single Loan. Each of the loans set forth in Sections 1.1 through 1.3, above (collectively referred to herein as, the “Loans”) shall be evidenced by this Agreement. Upon the request of Lender, Borrowers will execute and deliver promissory notes evidencing any or all of the Loans then outstanding. The Loans and all other Obligations of the Borrowers to Lender arising in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall constitute one general obligation of the Borrowers, secured by all of the Collateral.

 

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1.7 Use of Proceeds. Borrowers shall use the proceeds of the 2022 Acquisition Term Loan solely for the acquisition of Reflect and the proceeds of the Consolidation Term Loan solely for the general business requirements of the Borrowers.

 

1.8 Interest. Borrowers shall pay interest to Lender on the outstanding balance of the Loans at the applicable Loan Rate. All computations of interest shall be made by Lender on the basis of a 360-day year, in each case for the actual number of days occurring in the period for which such interest or fee is payable. In no event will Lender charge interest at a rate exceeding the highest rate of interest permissible under any law that a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final determination, deem applicable; provided, however, that if the interest rate exceeds the highest rate of interest permissible under any law applicable to one or more Borrowers, as so determined, that shall not affect the interest rate chargeable to any other Borrower to which such law is not applicable. Effective upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and so long as the same shall be continuing, the Loan Rate shall automatically be increased by six percentage points per annum (6.0%) (such increased rate, the “Default Rate”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, that portion of any interest which is the Default Rate shall be paid in cash. In the event that the Loan Rate or the Default Rate exceeds the highest rate of interest permissible under any law that a court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final determination, deem applicable to one or more Borrower, then the Loan Rate and/or the Default Rate shall be the maximum amount as allowed by applicable law; provided, however, that if the interest rate exceeds the highest rate of interest permissible under any law applicable to one or more Borrowers, as so determined, that shall not affect the interest rate chargeable to any other Borrower to which such law is not applicable. Interest shall accrue on the principal balance of the Loans and shall be paid on a monthly basis and all then-accrued but unpaid interest shall be paid on the Maturity Date. All accrued and unpaid interest existing after the Termination Date, shall be paid upon demand made by Lender.

 

1.9 Warrants. On the Closing Date, CRI will execute and deliver to the Lender, the Warrant in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

 

1.10 Payments. Borrowers hereby jointly and severally promise to pay the amounts outstanding under the Loans as follows:

 

(a) Cash Interest Only. Commencing on March 1, 2022 and on the first day of each month, up to and including February 1, 2025, Borrowers shall make a payment of any accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans to Lender in cash.

 

(c) Principal and Interest. Commencing on September 1, 2023, and on the first day of each month thereafter until the Maturity Date, Borrowers shall make a payment on the Consolidation Term Loan, in an equal monthly installment of principal sufficient to fully amortize the Consolidation Term Loan in eighteen equal installments.

 

(d) Payment in full at Maturity. On the Maturity Date, Borrowers shall pay all outstanding principal remaining on the Loans together with any accrued and unpaid interest related thereto.

 

If any interest or any other payment to Lender under this Agreement becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day.

 

1.11 Prepayment Premium. Borrowers may prepay all or a portion of any Loan at any time without premium or penalty.

 

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1.12 Receipt of Payments. Borrowers shall make each payment under this Agreement without set-off, counterclaim or deduction, and free and clear of all Taxes, not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the day when due in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds to such account as Lender shall designate in writing to CRI from time to time (the “Payment Account”). For purposes of computing interest and fees, all payments shall be deemed received by Lender on the day of receipt of immediately available funds. All payments of principal, interest, fees and other Obligations shall be paid in cash in U.S. Dollars.

 

1.13 Failure to Pay in Full. In the event that at any time any payments are due under this Agreement and less than the full amount is paid by Borrowers, such payments shall first be applied in unpaid fees, then to accrued but unpaid interest on each Loan in such amounts as Lender in its sole and complete discretion shall determine and then to all principal then due in such amount for each Loan as Lender in its sole and complete discretion shall determine.

 

1.14 Joinder. By executing and delivering this Agreement, Reflect hereby becomes a party hereto for all purposes (including, without limitation, the security interest provisions set forth in this Agreement) and a Borrower hereunder.

 

2. CONDITIONS

 

2.1 Conditions Precedent. Lender shall not be obligated to make any Advance or deemed to make any Advance, or to perform any other action hereunder and the Existing Credit Agreement shall remain in effect, until, all of the following conditions have been satisfied in form and substance satisfactory to Lender and its counsel and Lender and its counsel have received evidence thereof satisfactory to them:

 

(a)the Loan Documents have been executed and delivered by the Borrowers on or before the Closing Date, including for purposes of clarity the filing of the UCC-1 evidencing the security interest granted by Reflect in this Agreement, and Lender and its counsel shall have received evidence of the filing thereof;

 

(b)Lender has received executed Notes, with the principal amounts filled in pursuant to this Agreement;

 

(c)Officers’ Certificates by officers of each Borrower;

 

(d)Lender has received UCC (or in the case of CRCI, the PPSA), judgment, and tax lien search results with respect to each Borrower from each Borrower’s jurisdiction of formation;

 

(e)all Indebtedness of Reflect has been repaid and all security interests with respect thereto have been released, including Reflect’s lender’s filings with the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office;

 

(f)the Merger (as defined in the Merger Agreement) has become effective pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement on or before the Closing Date; and

 

(g)the “Purchaser” under the Equity Purchase Agreement has issued a waiver to CRI sufficient to permit CRI to issue the Warrant under this Agreement to Lender, notwithstanding the prohibition set forth in Section 4.12 of the Equity Purchase Agreement.

 

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2.2 Additional Conditions. The obligations of the Lender hereunder in connection with the Closing are subject to the following conditions being met:

 

(a)the accuracy in all material respects when made and on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Borrowers contained herein (unless as of a specific date herein);

 

(b)all obligations, covenants and agreements of the Borrowers required to be
performed at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed;

 

(c)the delivery by the Borrowers of the items set forth in Section 2.1 of this Agreement;

 

(d)there shall have been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Borrowers since the date hereof; and

 

(e)no Default or Event of Default under the Existing Credit Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing and no Default or Event of Default shall occur under this Agreement upon the Closing Date.

 

3. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

 

To induce Lender to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans, each Borrower hereby jointly and severally represents and warrants to Lender (each of which representations and warranties shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement), and promises to and agrees with Lender until the Termination Date as follows:

 

3.1 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law. Each Borrower: (a) is, as of the Closing Date, and will continue to be at all times (i) a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (ii) duly qualified to do business and in good standing (or comparable status in the case of CRCI) in each other jurisdiction where its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (iii) in compliance with all Requirements of Law, except to the extent failure to comply therewith could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (b) has and will continue to have (i) the requisite corporate power and authority and the legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents, and to own, pledge, mortgage or otherwise encumber and operate its properties, to lease the property it operates under lease, and to conduct its business as now, heretofore or proposed to be conducted, and (ii) all licenses, permits, franchises, rights, powers, consents or approvals from or by all Persons or Governmental Authorities having jurisdiction over such Borrower that are necessary or appropriate for the conduct of its business.

 

3.2 Executive Offices; Corporate or Other Names. (a) Each Borrower’s name as it appears in official filings in the state or province of its incorporation or organization, (b) the type of entity of each Borrower, (c) the organizational identification number issued by each Borrower’s state or province of incorporation or organization or a statement that no such number has been issued, (d) each Borrower’s state or province of organization or incorporation, and (e) the location of each Borrower’s chief executive office, corporate offices, other locations of Collateral and locations where records with respect to Collateral are kept, are as set forth in Disclosure Schedule 3.2 and, except as set forth in such schedule, such locations have not changed during the preceding 12 months.

 

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3.3 Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations. The execution, delivery and performance by each Borrower of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and the creation of all Liens provided for herein and therein: (a) are and will continue to be within the Borrower’s power and authority; (b) have been and will continue to be duly authorized by all necessary or proper action; (c) are not and will not be in violation of any Requirement of Law or, conflict with, or breach or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of any Borrower, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which any Borrower is a party or by which any property or asset of any Borrower is bound or affected or any other Contractual Obligation of any Borrower, including the Merger Agreement and the Equity Purchas Agreement; (d) do not and will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than Permitted Encumbrances) upon any of the Collateral; and (e) do not and will not require the consent or approval of any Governmental Authority or any other Person. As of the Closing Date, each Loan Document shall have been duly executed and delivered on behalf of Borrowers, and each such Loan Document upon such execution and delivery shall be and will continue to be a legal, valid and binding obligation of all Borrowers, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally.

 

3.4 Financial Statements; Books and Records. All Financial Statements are true, correct and complete and reflect fairly and accurately the financial condition of the Existing Borrowers (on a consolidated basis) and Reflect as of the date thereof in accordance with GAAP, except (solely with respect to any interim Financial Statements) the absence of footnotes and normal year-end adjustments. Borrowers shall keep adequate Books and Records with respect to the Collateral and their business activities in which proper entries, reflecting all consolidated and consolidating financial transactions, and payments and credits received on, and all other dealings with, the Collateral, will be made in accordance with GAAP and all Requirements of Law and on a basis consistent with the Financial Statements.

 

3.5 Material Adverse Change. Since the date of Borrowers’ most recently audited Financial Statements, no events have occurred that alone or in the aggregate has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Borrowers are not in default, and to Borrowers’ knowledge no third party is in default, under or with respect to any of its Contractual Obligations, that alone or in the aggregate has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.6 No Default or Event of Default. As of the Execution Date and as of the Closing Date no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

3.7 Real Estate; Property. The real estate listed in Disclosure Schedule 3.7 constitutes all of the real property owned, leased, or used by Borrowers in their business, and Borrowers will not execute any material agreement or contract in respect of such real estate after the date of this Agreement without giving Lender written notice thereof. Borrowers hold and will continue to hold good and marketable fee simple title to all of its owned real estate, and good and marketable title to all of its other properties and assets, and valid and insurable leasehold interests in all of its leases (both as lessor and lessee, sublessee or assignee), and none of the properties and assets of Borrowers are or will be subject to any Liens, except Permitted Encumbrances.

 

3.8 Outstanding Indebtedness; PPP Loans. All outstanding Indebtedness of Borrowers as of the Closing Date, including a statement as to whether such Indebtedness is secured or unsecured and, if secured, what constitutes the collateral security therefor, is disclosed on Disclosure Schedule 3.8. All Paycheck Protection Program loans of the Borrowers have been forgiven and all proceeds of such loans were used only in accordance with the laws, rules and regulations applicable to said Program.

 

3.9 Government Regulation. Borrowers are not subject to or regulated under any domestic or foreign federal, national, provincial or state statute, rule or regulation that restricts or limits such Person’s ability to incur Indebtedness, pledge its assets, or to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents. The making of the Loans, the application of the proceeds and repayment thereof, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents do not and will not violate any Requirement of Law.

 

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3.10 Taxes. Except as disclosed in Disclosure Schedule 3.10, all Tax returns, reports and statements required by any Governmental Authority to be filed by Borrowers have, as of the Closing Date, been filed and will, until the Termination Date, be filed with the appropriate Governmental Authority and no Tax Lien has been filed against Borrowers or their property. Proper and accurate amounts have been and will be withheld by Borrowers from their employees for all periods in compliance with all Requirements of Law and such withholdings have and will be timely paid to the appropriate Governmental Authorities. Except as described on Disclosure Schedule 3.10, (i) no Borrower is liable for any Taxes of any other Person pursuant to any agreement, and (ii) to Borrowers’ knowledge, no Borrower is liable for any Taxes as a transferee.

 

3.11 Litigation. No Litigation is pending or, to Borrowers’ knowledge, threatened by or against any Borrower or against Borrowers’ properties or revenues, nor to Borrowers’ knowledge is there any basis for any Litigation (a) with respect to any of the Loan Documents or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or (b) that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule 3.11, as of the Closing Date there is no Litigation pending or threatened against any Borrower that seeks damages in excess of $10,000 or injunctive relief, or that alleges criminal misconduct of any Borrower. Borrowers shall notify Lender promptly in writing upon learning of the existence, threat or commencement of any Litigation against Borrowers or any allegation of criminal misconduct against any Borrower.

 

3.12 Intellectual Property. As of the Closing Date, Borrowers own, or are licensed to use, all Intellectual Property necessary to conduct their business as currently conducted except for such Intellectual Property the failure of which to own or license could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Borrowers will maintain the patenting and registration of all Intellectual Property with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office, or other appropriate Governmental Authority and Borrowers will promptly patent or register, as the case may be, all material new Intellectual Property.

 

3.13 Conduct of Business. Each Borrower (a) shall conduct its business substantially as now conducted or as otherwise permitted hereunder, and (b) shall at all times maintain, preserve and protect all of the Collateral and Borrower’s other property, used or useful in the conduct of its business and keep the same in good repair, working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted) and make, or cause to be made, all necessary or appropriate repairs, replacements and improvements thereto consistent with industry practices.

 

3.14 SEC Filings. CRI has filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by CRI under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof (the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. CRI has never been an issuer subject to Rule 144(i) under the Securities Act.

 

3.15 Solvency. Each of the Borrowers is solvent.

 

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3.16 Merger Agreement. The representations and warranties of CRI, Reflect and the other parties to the Merger Agreement set forth in the Merger Agreement were true and correct in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and are true and correct on the Closing Date. The Merger Agreement has not been modified or amended. No party to the Merger Agreement has breached any covenants or failed to perform any of its obligations under the Merger Agreement or has waived any conditions to the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

3.17 Equity Purchase Agreement. The representations and warranties of CRI set forth in the Equity Purchase Agreement were true and correct in all material respects (or, to the extent representations or warranties are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, in all respects) when made and are true and correct on the Closing Date. Except as set forth on Disclosure Schedule 3.17, the Equity Purchase Agreement has not been modified or amended. CRI has not breached any covenants or failed to perform any of its obligations under the Equity Purchase Agreement or has waived any conditions to the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

3.18 Liquidating Borrowers. The Liquidating Borrowers have been dissolved, their businesses wound up and their assets distributed to one or more Borrowers, all in accordance with the applicable laws of their respective state of organization.

 

3.19 Full Disclosure. No information contained in any Loan Document, the Financial Statements or any written statement furnished by or on behalf of any Borrower under any Loan Document, or to induce Lender to execute the Loan Documents, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made.

 

3.20 Reservation of Securities. CRI shall maintain a reserve from its duly authorized shares of Common Stock for issuance pursuant to the Warrants in such amounts as may then be required to issue all of the shares underlying the Warrants.

 

3.21 Further Assurances. At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of Lender and at the sole expense of Borrowers, Borrowers shall promptly and duly execute and deliver any and all such further instruments and documents and take such further action as Lender may reasonably deem desirable (a) to obtain the full benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (b) to protect, preserve and maintain Lender’s rights in any Collateral, or (c) to enable Lender to exercise all or any of the rights and powers herein granted.

 

4. REPORTS AND NOTICES

 

4.1 Reports and Information. From the Closing Date until the Termination Date, Borrowers shall deliver to Lender such reports and information as Lender may reasonably request.

 

4.2 Notices. Borrowers shall advise Lender promptly, in reasonable detail, of: (a) any Lien, other than Permitted Encumbrances, attaching to or asserted against any of the Collateral; or (b) the occurrence of any Default or other event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5. NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

Borrowers covenant and agree that, without Lender’s prior written consent, from the Closing Date until the Termination Date, Borrowers shall not, directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise:

 

(a) form any subsidiary or merge with or into, consolidate with, acquire all or substantially all of the assets or capital stock of, or otherwise combine with or make any investment in or make any loan or advance to, any Person;

 

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(b) cancel any debt owing to it or create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except: (i) the Obligations, (ii) Indebtedness existing as of the Closing Date (including increases, extensions, renewals and replacements thereof; provided, however that this parenthetical shall not apply to the Reflect Note) and listed on Disclosure Schedule 3.8,or amend or waive any provision of the Reflect Note or prepay any portion of the Reflect Note, (iii) deferred Taxes, (iv) by endorsement of Instruments or items of payment for deposit to the general account of Borrower, (v) Purchase Money Indebtedness, (v) unsecured Indebtedness incurred after the Closing Date that is junior to the Obligations in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not to exceed $500,000;

 

(c) make any changes in any of its business objectives, purposes, or operations that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect repayment of the Obligations or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or engage in any business other than that presently engaged in or proposed to be engaged in on the Closing Date, or amend its Articles of Incorporation (or Articles or Certificate of Organization, as applicable) or Bylaws or other organizational documents;

 

(d) create or permit any Lien on any of its properties or assets, except for Permitted Encumbrances including those set forth on Disclosure Schedule 5(d);

 

(e) sell, transfer, issue, convey, assign or otherwise dispose of any of its material assets or properties;

 

(f) change (i) its name as it appears in official filings in the state or province of its incorporation or organization, (ii) its chief executive office, corporate offices or other Collateral locations, or location of its records concerning the Collateral, (iii) the type of legal entity that it is, (iv) its organization identification number, if any, issued by its state or province of incorporation or organization, or (v) its state or province of incorporation or organization, in each instance without giving at least 30 days prior written notice thereof to Lender and taking all actions, at Borrowers’ expense, deemed necessary or appropriate by Lender to continuously protect and perfect Lender’s Liens upon the Collateral; or

 

(g) make or permit any Restricted Payment.

 

6. SECURITY INTEREST

 

6.1 Grant of Security Interest. As collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance of the Obligations, each Borrower hereby grants and reaffirms its grant pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement to the Lender a security interest in and Lien upon (and all such comparable rights under the PPSA with respect to CRCI) all of its property and assets, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, and whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or in which it now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title, or interest, including without limitation all of the following property (collectively, the “Collateral”):

 

(i) all Accounts, as such capitalized term is defined in the Code;

 

(ii) all Deposit Accounts, as such capitalized term is defined in the Code, all other bank accounts and all funds on deposit therein;

 

(iii) all money, cash and cash equivalents;

 

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(iv) all Investment Property, as such capitalized term is defined in the Code;

 

(v) all stock; provided however in the case of the stock of CRCI, only 60% of its voting stock);

 

(vi) all Goods, including Inventory, Equipment and Fixtures, as such capitalized terms are defined in the Code;

 

(vii) all Chattel Paper, Documents and Instruments, as such capitalized terms are defined in the Code;

 

(viii) all Books and Records;

 

(ix) all General Intangibles, including all Intellectual Property, contract rights, including all of Borrowers’ rights under the Merger Agreement (including rights to indemnification), choses in action, Payment Intangibles and Software, as such capitalized terms are defined in the Code;

 

(x) all Letter-of-Credit Rights, as such capitalized term is defined in the Code;

 

(xi) all Supporting Obligations, as such capitalized term is defined in the Code; and

 

(xii) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds (as such capitalized term is defined in the Code), tort claims, insurance claims, indemnification claims under the Merger Agreement and other rights to payment not otherwise included in the foregoing, and products of all and any of the foregoing and all accessions to, substitutions and replacements for, and rents and profits of, each of the foregoing.

 

6.2 Other Agreements and Acknowledgments. Each Borrower and Lender agree that this Agreement creates, and is intended to create, valid and continuing Liens upon the Collateral in favor of Lender in the manner described herein. Borrowers represent, warrant and promise to Lender that: (i) each Borrower has rights in and the power to transfer each item of the Collateral upon which it purports to grant a Lien pursuant to the Loan Documents, free and clear of any and all Liens or claims of others, other than Permitted Encumbrances; (ii) the security interests granted pursuant to this Agreement will, upon completion of filings and other actions required under applicable law, constitute valid perfected security interests in all of the Collateral in favor of the Lender as security for the prompt and complete payment and performance of the Obligations, enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof against any and all creditors of and purchasers from Borrowers (other than purchasers of Inventory in the ordinary course of business) and such security interests will, upon the satisfaction of the aforementioned conditions, be prior to all other Liens on the Collateral in existence on the date hereof except for Permitted Encumbrances that have priority by operation of law; and (iii) no effective security agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, financing statement, equivalent security or Lien instrument or continuation statement covering all or any part of the Collateral is or will be on file or of record in any public office, except those relating to Permitted Encumbrances. Borrowers promise to defend the right, title and interest of Lender in and to the Collateral against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever.

 

6.3 Collection of Outstanding Accounts. Borrowers agree to use commercially reasonable efforts, and consistent with past practices, to collect on the Accounts.

 

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7. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; RIGHTS AND REMEDIES

 

7.1 Events of Default. The occurrence of any one or more of the following events (regardless of the reason therefor) shall constitute an “Event of Default” hereunder which shall be deemed to be continuing until waived in writing by Lender in accordance with Section 11.3 or until cured by Borrowers:

 

(a) Borrowers shall fail to make any payment in respect of any Obligations when due and payable or declared due and payable;

 

(b) Borrowers shall fail or neglect to perform, keep or observe any of the covenants, promises, agreements, requirements, conditions or other terms or provisions contained in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents with no cure having been effected (to the extent capable of being cured) by Borrowers within (i) ten (10) days with respect to Section 2.3, Section 5(b) and Section 5(g) above, and (ii) twenty (20) days with respect to other provisions not enumerated in this Section 7.1, after the occurrence thereof (such ten-day cure period not being applicable to the conditions subsequent in Section 2.3, above);

 

(c) an event of default shall occur under any Contractual Obligation of the Borrowers (other than this Agreement and the other Loan Documents), and such event of default (i) involves the failure to make any required payment, whether of principal, interest or otherwise, and whether due by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise, in respect of any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) of such Person in an aggregate amount exceeding the Minimum Actionable Amount, or (ii) causes (or permits any holder of such Indebtedness or a trustee to cause) such Indebtedness, or a portion thereof, in an aggregate amount exceeding the Minimum Actionable Amount, to become due prior to its stated maturity or prior to its regularly scheduled date of payment;

 

(d) any representation or warranty in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or in any written statement pursuant hereto or thereto, or in any report, financial statement or certificate made or delivered to Lender by Borrowers shall be materially untrue or incorrect as of the date when made or deemed made;

 

(e) Borrowers shall fail to pay, as or when due, or fail or neglect to perform or breach any Contractual Obligations under or in connection with the Merger Agreement or the Equity Purchase Agreement which might reasonably have a Material Adverse Effect; or Reflect Exit Corporation breaches the Lien Subordination Agreement between it and Lender;

 

(f) there shall be commenced against Borrowers any Litigation seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against all or any substantial part of its assets that results in the entry of an order for any such relief that remains unstayed or undismissed for 30 consecutive days; or Borrowers shall have concealed, removed or permitted to be concealed or removed, any part of its property with intent to hinder, delay or defraud any of its creditors or made or suffered a transfer of any of its property or the incurring of an obligation that may be fraudulent under any bankruptcy, fraudulent transfer or other similar law; or

 

(g) a case or proceeding shall have been commenced involuntarily against any Borrower in a court having competent jurisdiction seeking a decree or order: (i) under the United States Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal, national, provincial, state or foreign bankruptcy or other similar law, and seeking either (A) the appointment of a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) for such Person or of any substantial part of its properties, or (B) the reorganization or winding up or liquidation of the affairs of any such Person, and such case or proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed for 60 consecutive days or such court shall enter a decree or order granting the relief sought in such case or proceeding; or (ii) invalidating or denying any Person’s right, power, or competence to enter into or perform any of its obligations under any Loan Document or invalidating or denying the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any action taken hereunder or thereunder; or

 

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(h) Any Borrower shall (i) commence any case, proceeding or other action under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, conservatorship or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it or seeking appointment of a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) for it or any substantial part of its properties, (ii) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iii) consent to or take any action in furtherance of, or, indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in paragraphs (e) or (f) of this Section or clauses (i) and (ii) of this paragraph, or (iv) shall admit in writing its inability to, or shall be generally unable to, pay its debts as such debts become due; or

 

(i) a judgment or judgments for the payment of money in excess of the Minimum Actionable Amount in the aggregate shall be rendered against Borrowers, unless the same shall be fully covered by insurance and the issuer(s) of the applicable policies shall have acknowledged full coverage in writing within 15 days of judgment, or (ii) vacated, stayed, bonded, paid or discharged within a period of 15 days from the date of such judgment.

 

7.2 Remedies. (a) If any Default shall have occurred and be continuing, then Lender may, upon written notice to Borrowers, take any one or more of the following actions: (i) declare all or any portion of the Obligations to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon such Obligations shall become and be due and payable; or (ii) exercise any rights and remedies provided to Lender under the Loan Documents or at law or equity, including all remedies provided under the Code; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of any Event of Default specified in Sections 7.1 (f), (g) or (h), the Obligations shall become immediately due and payable without presentment, protest, declaration, notice or demand by Lender, all of which are expressly waived by Borrower.

 

(b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Borrowers expressly agree that upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, Lender may collect, receive, assemble, process, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and may forthwith sell, lease, assign, give an option or options to purchase or otherwise dispose of and deliver said Collateral (or contract to do so), or any part thereof, in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any exchange at such prices as it may deem best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk. Lender shall have the right upon any such public sale, to the extent permitted by law, to purchase for the benefit of Lender the whole or any part of said Collateral so sold. Such sales may be adjourned, or continued from time to time with or without notice. Lender shall have the right to conduct such sales on Borrowers’ premises or elsewhere and shall have the right to use any Borrower’s premises without rent or other charge for such sales or other action with respect to the Collateral for such time as Lender deems necessary or advisable.

 

(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and at Lender’s request, Borrowers agree, to assemble the Collateral and make it available to Lender at places that Lender shall reasonably select, whether at its premises or elsewhere. Until Lender is able to effect a sale, lease, or other disposition of the Collateral, Lender shall have the right to complete, assemble, use or operate the Collateral or any part thereof, to the extent that Lender deems appropriate, for the purpose of preserving such Collateral or its value or for any other purpose. Lender shall have no obligation to Borrowers to maintain or preserve the rights of Borrowers as against third parties with respect to any Collateral while such Collateral is in the possession of Lender. Lender may, if it so elects, seek the appointment of a receiver or keeper to take possession of any Collateral and to enforce any of Lender’s remedies with respect thereto without prior notice or hearing. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Borrowers waive all claims, damages, and demands against Lender, its Affiliates, agents, and the officers and employees of any of them arising out of the repossession, retention or sale of any Collateral except such as are determined in a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have arisen solely out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Person. Borrowers agree that ten days’ prior notice by Lender to Borrowers of the time and place of any public sale or of the time after which a private sale may take place is reasonable notification of such matters. Borrowers shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay all amounts to which Lender is entitled.

 

(d) Lender’s rights and remedies under this Agreement shall be cumulative and nonexclusive of any other rights and remedies that Lender may have under any Loan Document or at law or in equity. Recourse to the Collateral shall not be required. All provisions of this Agreement are intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory provisions of law that may be controlling and to be limited, to the extent necessary, so that they do not render this Agreement invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part.

 

7.3 Proceeds. The Proceeds of any sale, disposition or other realization upon any Collateral shall be applied by Lender upon receipt to the Obligations in such order as Lender may deem advisable in its sole and complete discretion, and after the indefeasible payment and satisfaction in full in cash of all of the Obligations, and after the payment by Lender of any other amount required by any provision of law, including Sections 9-608(a)(l) and 9-615(a)(3) of the Code (but only after Lender has received what Lender considers reasonable proof of a subordinate party’s security interest), the surplus, if any, shall be paid to Borrowers or their representatives or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.

 

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8. REGISTRATION RIGHTS; INDEMNIFICATION.

 

8.1 Registration Rights.

 

(a) CRI previously filed with the Commission a registration statement on Form S-3 registering the resale of certain shares of the common stock of CRI previously issued under the Existing Loan Agreement (as amended from time to time, the “Registration Statement”). CRI will agree to make such filings as are necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective until the earliest of (i) such time as all Shares (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement as in effect immediately prior to its amendment hereby) held by Lender and registered under the Registration Statement have been sold; or (ii) the date on which Lender may sell such Shares without restriction under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (including, without limitation, volume restrictions). If after the date the Registration Statement is declared effective, Lender seeks to sell the Shares, CRI shall take all actions reasonably necessary to allow, and shall use reasonable best efforts to ensure that CRI’s transfer agent and counsel facilitate the sale or transfer of the subject Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

(b) CRI shall:

 

(i) advise Lender within two (2) business days:

 

(1) when any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective;

 

(2) of any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional information with respect thereto;

 

(3) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for such purpose;

 

(4) of the receipt by CRI of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Shares included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and

 

(5) if it learns that any statement included in the Registration Statement or related prospectus is misleading and omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, CRI shall not, when so advising Lender of such events, provide Lender with any material, nonpublic information regarding CRI;

 

(ii) use its commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement as soon as reasonably practicable;

 

(iii) upon the occurrence of any event contemplated above, except for such times as CRI is permitted hereunder to suspend, and has suspended, the use of a prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement, CRI shall use its best efforts to as soon as reasonably practicable prepare a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to Lender, such prospectus will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

 

(iv) furnish to the Lender such number of copies of the prospectus, including all amendments and supplements thereto as well as the preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as it may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Shares;

 

(v) use all commercially reasonable efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the Participating Holders; provided, however, that CRI shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business in, or to file a general consent to service of process in, or to subject itself to taxation in regard to its ordinary operations by, any such states or jurisdictions;

 

(vi) use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause all the Shares to be listed on each securities exchange or market, if any, on which equity securities issued by CRI have been listed; and

 

(vii) use its commercially reasonable best efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Shares.

 

(c) Borrower’s obligations under this Section 8.1 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

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8.2 Indemnification. CRI shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify, defend and hold harmless Lender (to the extent a seller under any Registration Statement), the officers, directors, agents, partners, members, managers, stockholders, affiliates, employees and investment advisers of each of them, each person who controls Lender (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, partners, members, managers, stockholders, agents, affiliates, employees and investment advisers of each such controlling person (all the foregoing, the “Indemnified Parties”), to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, demands, suits, actions, judgments, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “Losses”), as incurred, that arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any prospectus included in any Registration Statement or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any prospectus or form of prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, or (ii) any violation or alleged violation by CRI of the Securities Act, Exchange Act or any state securities law or any rule or regulation thereunder, in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Section, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statements, untrue statements, omissions or omissions are based upon information regarding Lender furnished in writing by Lender to CRI expressly for use therein. CRI shall notify Lender promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any proceeding arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Section of which CRI is or becomes aware. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of an indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of any Shares by Lender. Borrower’s obligations under this Section 8.2 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

9. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

 

Each Loan Document shall be binding on and shall inure to the benefit of Borrowers, Lender and their respective successors and assigns, except as otherwise provided herein or therein. Borrowers may not assign, transfer, hypothecate, delegate or otherwise convey its rights, benefits, obligations or duties under any Loan Document without the prior express written consent of Lender. Any such purported conveyance by Borrowers without the prior express written consent of Lender shall be void. There shall be no third-party beneficiaries of any of the terms and provisions of any of the Loan Documents.

 

10. RELEASE (a) Each Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that: (i) no Borrower or any Liquidating Borrower has any claim or cause of action against the Lender (or any of its Affiliates or its or their officers, directors, employees, managers, members, partner, shareholders, attorneys or consultants) in connection with the Loan Documents (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) and (ii) the Lender has heretofore properly performed and satisfied in a timely manner all of its obligations to Borrowers and the Liquidating Borrowers under the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) that are required to have been performed on or prior to the date hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Lender wishes (and Borrowers agree) to eliminate any possibility that any past conditions, acts, omissions, events or circumstances would impair or otherwise adversely affect any of the Lender’s rights, interests, security and/or remedies under the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) or under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. Accordingly, for and in consideration of the agreements contained in this Agreement and other good and valuable consideration, each Borrower (for itself and each other Borrower and the Liquidating Borrowers and the successors, assigns, heirs and representatives of each of the foregoing) (collectively, the “Releasors”) does hereby fully, finally, unconditionally and irrevocably release and forever discharge Lender and each of its Affiliates and its and their managers, members, partners, officers, directors, employees, shareholders attorneys and consultants in their capacities as or for the Lender (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from any and all debts, claims, obligations, damages, costs, attorneys’ fees, suits, demands, liabilities, actions, proceedings and causes of action, in each case, whether known or unknown, contingent or fixed, direct or indirect, and of whatever nature or description, and whether in law or in equity, under contract, tort, statute or otherwise, which any Releasor has heretofore had or now or hereafter can, shall or may have against any Released Party by reason of any act, omission or thing whatsoever done or omitted to be done directly arising out of, connected with or related to the Existing Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement), or any act, event or transaction related or attendant thereto, or the agreements of the Lender contained therein, or the possession, use, operation or control of any of the assets of any Borrower, or the making of any Loans or other Advances, or the management of such Loans or Advances or the Collateral, in each case, solely to the extent arising from any act, omission or thing whatsoever done or omitted to be done on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

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11. GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

11.1 Complete Agreement; Modification of Agreement. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the complete agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, supersede all prior agreements, commitments, understandings or inducements (oral or written, expressed or implied). No Loan Document may be modified, altered or amended except by a written agreement signed by Lender and Borrowers.

 

11.2 Expenses. Borrowers agree to pay their own costs and expenses (including the fees and expenses of all counsel, advisors, consultants and auditors retained in connection therewith), incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of, and, other than as specifically set forth herein, the performance of obligations under, the Loan Documents. Borrowers, jointly and severally, agree to also pay Lender’s costs and expenses (including the fees and expenses of all counsel, advisors, consultants and auditors retained in connection therewith), incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation (including the negotiation of the terms of any other contemplated amendment to the Existing Credit Agreement and related documents), execution and delivery of, and, other than as specifically set forth herein, the performance of obligations under, the Loan Documents and any future amendment of or waiver under any Loan Document and the enforcement of the rights and remedies hereunder and thereunder, including reimbursing Lender for any of such costs and expenses paid by Lender.

 

11.3 No Waiver. Neither Lender’s failure, at any time, to require strict performance by Borrowers of any provision of any Loan Document, nor Lender’s failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, any right, power or privilege hereunder, shall operate as a waiver thereof or waive, affect or diminish any right of Lender thereafter to demand strict compliance and performance therewith. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or future exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. Any suspension or waiver of a Default or other provision under the Loan Documents shall not suspend, waive or affect any other Default or other provision under any Loan Document, and shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy that Lender would otherwise have had on any future occasion. None of the undertakings, indemnities, agreements, warranties, covenants and representations of Borrowers to Lender contained in any Loan Document and no Default by Borrowers under any Loan Document shall be deemed to have been suspended or waived by Lender, unless such waiver or suspension is by an instrument in writing signed by an officer or other authorized employee of Lender and directed to Borrowers specifying such suspension or waiver (and then such waiver shall be effective only to the extent therein expressly set forth), and Lender shall not, by any act (other than execution of a formal written waiver), delay, omission or otherwise, be deemed to have waived any of its rights or remedies hereunder.

 

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11.4 Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of the Loan Documents shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of any Loan Document shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of such Loan Document. Except as otherwise expressly provided for in the Loan Documents, no termination or cancellation (regardless of cause or procedure) of any financing arrangement under the Loan Documents shall in any way affect or impair the Obligations, duties, covenants, representations and warranties, indemnities, and liabilities of Borrowers or the rights of Lender relating to any unpaid Obligation, (due or not due, liquidated, contingent or unliquidated), or any transaction or event occurring prior to such termination, or any transaction or event, the performance of which is not required until after the Termination Date, all of which shall not terminate or expire, but rather shall survive such termination or cancellation and shall continue in full force and effect until the Termination Date; provided, however, that all indemnity obligations of Borrowers under the Loan Documents shall survive the Termination Date.

 

11.5 Notices. Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever any notice, demand, request or other communication shall or may be given to or served upon any party by any other party, or whenever any party desires to give or serve upon any other party any communication with respect to this Agreement, each such communication shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been validly served, given or delivered (a) three days after deposit in the United States Mail, registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, with proper postage prepaid, (b) upon confirmed receipt, when sent by email transmission, (c) one Business Day after deposit with a reputable overnight courier with all charges prepaid or (d) when hand-delivered, all of which shall be addressed to the party to be notified and sent to the address or facsimile number indicated on the signature pages hereto or to such other address (or facsimile number) as may be substituted by notice given as herein provided.

 

11.6 Counterparts; Construction. Any Loan Document may be authenticated in any number of separate counterparts by any one or more of the parties thereto, and all of said counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Valid and binding signatures to any Loan Document may be delivered in original ink, by facsimile or by email or other means of electronic transmission. All references to “including” or any similar term shall mean “including without limitation” and all references to “satisfaction” or “may” of or by Lender or its counsel or any similar term shall mean “in its sole and complete discretion.”

 

11.7 Governing Law. The Loan Documents and the obligations arising under the Loan Documents shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and performed in such state, without regard to the principles thereof regarding conflicts of laws.

 

11.8 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waiver Of Jury Trial. (A) BORROWERS HEREBY CONSENT AND AGREE THAT THE STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, SHALL HAVE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN BORROWERS AND LENDER PERTAINING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR TO ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED OR OPERATE TO PRECLUDE LENDER FROM BRINGING SUIT OR TAKING OTHER LEGAL ACTION IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION TO COLLECT THE OBLIGATIONS, TO REALIZE ON THE COLLATERAL OR ANY OTHER SECURITY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS, OR TO ENFORCE A JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT ORDER IN FAVOR OF LENDER. BORROWERS EXPRESSLY SUBMIT AND CONSENT IN ADVANCE TO SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR SUIT COMMENCED IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND BORROWERS HEREBY WAIVE ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY HAVE BASED UPON LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION, IMPROPER VENUE OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS.

 

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(B) THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE BETWEEN LENDER AND BORROWERS ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO.

 

11.9 Reinstatement. This Agreement shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment of all or any part of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned or restored by Lender upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of Borrower, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.

 

11.10 Joint and Several. Each Borrower agrees that it is jointly and severally liable for, and absolutely and unconditionally guarantees to Lender the prompt payment and performance of, all Obligations under this Agreement and all agreements under the Loan Documents.

 

11.11 Amendment And Restatement; No Novation. This Agreement constitutes an amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement and the Existing Notes, as amended, effective from and after the date hereof. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall constitute a novation of any indebtedness or other obligations owing to Lender under the Existing Credit Agreement and Existing Notes. As of the Closing Date, the credit facilities described in the Existing Credit Agreement, as amended, shall be amended, supplemented, modified and restated in their entirety by the facilities described herein, and all loans and other obligations of the Borrowers outstanding as of such date under the Existing Credit Agreement and Existing Notes, as amended, shall be deemed to be loans and obligations outstanding under the corresponding facilities described herein, without any further action by Lender.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement has been duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

BORROWERS:   LENDER:
     
Creative Realities, Inc.   Slipstream Communications, LLC
Creative Realities Canada, Inc.    
Allure Global Solutions, Inc.    
Reflect Systems, Inc.    
       
/s/ Richard Mills   /s/ Brian Friedman
By: Richard Mills   By:                            
Title: Chief Executive Officer   Title:  
         
Address for Notice (for all Borrowers):   Address for Notice:
Creative Realities, Inc.      
Attention: Chief Financial Officer      
13100 Magisterial Dr, Ste. 100      
Louisville, KY 40223      

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE A – DEFINITIONS

 

Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall have (unless otherwise provided elsewhere in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents) the following respective meanings:

 

Advance” means any advance or deemed advance of Loan proceeds under this Agreement, as outlined in Section 1 or otherwise.

 

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person: (a) each other Person that, directly or indirectly, owns or controls, whether beneficially, or as a trustee, guardian or other fiduciary, 10% or more of the voting capital stock having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person; (b) each other Person that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person or any Affiliate of such Person; or (c) each of such Person’s officers, directors, joint venturers and partners. For the purpose of this definition, “control” of a Person shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of its management or policies, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

Agreement” means this Agreement, including all appendices, exhibits or schedules attached or otherwise identified thereto, restatements and modifications and supplements thereto, and any appendices, exhibits or schedules to any of the foregoing, each as effect at the time such reference becomes operative.

 

Bankruptcy Event” means the occurrence of any event referred to in either Section 7.1(g) or (h).

 

Books and Records” means all books, records, board minutes, contracts, licenses, insurance policies, environmental audits, business plans, files, computer files, computer discs and other data and software storage and media devices, accounting books and records, financial statements (actual and pro forma), filings with Governmental Authorities and any and all records and instruments relating to the Collateral or any Borrower’s business.

 

Borrower” means each of Creative Realities, Inc., Creative Realities Canada, Inc., Allure Global Solutions, Inc., and Reflect Systems, Inc., and “Borrowers” means all of the foregoing and each of them individually.

 

Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks are required or permitted to be closed in the State of New York.

 

Closing Date” means the time on the Business Day on which the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2.1 and 2.2 have been satisfied or specifically waived in writing by Lender, and the Consolidation Term Loan is deemed made pursuant hereto and the 2022 Acquisition Term Loan is made pursuant hereto.

 

Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may, from time to time, be in effect in the State of New York; provided, however, that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, the Lender’s Lien on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, then the term “Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions of this Agreement relating to such attachment, perfection, priority or remedies and for purposes of definitions related to such provisions; provided further, that to the extent that the Code is used to define any term herein or in any Loan Document and such term is defined differently in different Articles or Divisions of the Code, the definition of such term contained in Article or Division 9 shall govern.

 

 

 

 

Collateral” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 6.1.

 

Contractual Obligation” means as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any written agreement, instrument, or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.

 

Default” means any Event of Default or any event that, with the passage of time or notice or both, would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.

 

Default Rate” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.4.

 

Equity Purchase Agreement” means the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of February 3, 2022 between CRI and the purchasers named therein.

 

Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 7.1.

 

Financial Statements” means the consolidated and consolidating income statement, balance sheet and statement of cash flows of Creative Realities, Inc. and of Reflect Systems, Inc. prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time, consistently applied.

 

Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, and any agency, department or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government.

 

Indebtedness” of any Person means: (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred or unpaid purchase price of property or services (including reimbursement and all other obligations with respect to surety bonds, letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances, whether or not matured, but not including obligations to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of business and not more than 45 days past due); (b) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments; (c) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title-retention agreements with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property); (d) all capital lease obligations; (e) all guarantees of Indebtedness of other Persons; (f) all Indebtedness referred to in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) above that is secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or in property (including accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness; (g) the Obligations; and (h) all liabilities under Title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (or any successor legislation thereto), as amended from time to time, and any regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Intellectual Property” means any and all Licenses, patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and customer lists.

 

IRC” and “IRS” mean respectively, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Internal Revenue Service, and any successors thereto.

 

 

 

 

Lender” means Slipstream Communications, LLC. and in the event of the assignment by Lender of any of its rights or obligations, shall mean the assignee.

 

License” means any written agreement now owned or hereafter acquired by any Person granting any right with respect to (i) any copyright or copyright registration, (ii) any invention on which a patent is in existence, (iii) the use of any trademark or trademark registration, or (iv) other license of rights or interests now held or hereafter acquired by any Person.

 

Lien” means any mortgage, security deed or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, proxy, voting agreement, lien, charge, claim, security interest, security title, easement or encumbrance, or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any lease or title retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of, or agreement to give, any financing statement perfecting a security interest under the Code or comparable law of any jurisdiction).

 

Litigation” means any claim, lawsuit, litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority.

 

Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Warrant and all security agreements and other documents, instruments, certificates, and notices at any time delivered by any Person (other than Lender) in connection with any of the foregoing.

 

Loan Rate” means (i) with respect to the Consolidation Term Loan, a fixed rate equal to ten percent (10.0%) per annum; and (ii) with respect to the 2022 Acquisition Term Loan, a fixed rate equal to eight percent (8.0%) per annum.

 

Material Adverse Effect” means any event, occurrence, fact, condition or change that is, or could reasonably be expected to become, individually or in the aggregate, materially adverse to or have a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, operations, or financial or other condition of Borrowers, (b) Borrower’s ability to pay or perform the Obligations under the Loan Documents in accordance with the terms thereof, (c) the Collateral or Lender’s Liens on the Collateral or the priority of any such Lien, or (d) Lender’s rights and remedies under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

Maturity Date” means February 17, 2025.

 

“Merger Agreement” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among Reflect, CRI, CRI Acquisition Corporation and RSI Exit Corporation dated as of November 12, 2021, as amended by an Amendment dated February 8, 2022..

 

Minimum Actionable Amount” means $100,000.

 

Notes” means, collectively, the Consolidation Term Note and the 2022 Acquisition Term Note.

 

Obligations” means all loans, advances, debts, expense reimbursement, fees, liabilities, and obligations for the performance of covenants, tasks or duties or for payment of monetary amounts (whether or not such performance is then required or contingent, or amounts are liquidated or determinable) owing by Borrowers to Lender, of any kind or nature, present or future, whether or not evidenced by any note, agreement or other instrument, whether arising under any of the Loan Documents or under any other agreement between Borrowers and Lender, and all covenants and duties regarding such amounts. This term includes all principal, interest (including interest accruing at the then-applicable rate provided in this Agreement after the maturity of the Loans and interest accruing at the then-applicable Loan Rate after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), fees, Charges, expenses, attorneys’ fees and any other sum chargeable to Borrowers under any of the Loan Documents, and all principal and interest due in respect of the Loans.

 

 

 

 

Permitted Encumbrances” means the following encumbrances: (a) Liens for Taxes or assessments or other charges or levies, either not yet due or payable; (b) pledges or deposits securing obligations under worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, social security or public liability laws or similar legislation; (c) pledges or deposits securing bids, tenders, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of money) or leases to which any Borrower is a party as lessee made in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not in excess of $75,000; (d) deposits securing public or statutory obligations of Borrower; (e) inchoate and unperfected workers’, mechanics’, or similar liens arising in the ordinary course of business so long as such Liens attach only to Equipment, fixtures or real estate; (f) carriers’, warehousemans’, suppliers’ or other similar possessory liens arising in the ordinary course of business and securing indebtedness not yet due and payable in an outstanding aggregate amount not in excess of $75,000 at any time so long as such Liens attach only to Inventory; (g) deposits of money securing, or in lieu of, surety, appeal or customs bonds in proceedings to which any Borrower is a party; (h) zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, or other restrictions on the use of real property or other minor irregularities in title (including leasehold title) thereto, so long as the same do not materially impair the use, value, or marketability of such real estate; (i) Purchase Money Liens securing Purchase Money Indebtedness (or rent) to the extent permitted under Section 5(b); (j) all of those Liens in existence on the Closing Date and disclosed on Disclosure Schedule 5(d) in the amounts and on the terms set forth on said schedule; and (k) Liens in favor of Lender securing the Obligations.

 

Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, limited liability company, institution, public benefit corporation, entity or government (whether domestic or foreign, federal, state, county, city, municipal or otherwise, including any instrumentality, division, agency, body or department thereof), and shall include such Person’s successors and assigns.

 

PPSA” means the Personal Property Security Act of the province of Ontario.

 

Purchase Money Indebtedness” means (a) any Indebtedness incurred for the payment of all or any part of the purchase price of any fixed asset, (b) any Indebtedness incurred for the sole purpose of financing or refinancing all or any part of the purchase price of any fixed asset, and (c) any renewals, extensions or refinancings thereof.

 

Purchase Money Lien” means any Lien upon any fixed assets which secures the Purchase Money Indebtedness related thereto, but only if such Lien shall at all times be confined solely to the asset the purchase price of which was financed or refinanced through the incurrence of the Purchase Money Indebtedness secured by such Lien and only if such Lien secures only such Purchase Money Indebtedness.

 

Real Property” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.6.

 

Reflect Note” means that certain Note and Security Agreement, dated February 17, 2022, made by CRI and Reflect payable to the order of RSI Exit Corporation.

 

Requirement of Law” means as to any Person, the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

 

 

 

 

Restricted Payment” means: (a) the declaration or payment of any cash dividend or the incurrence of any liability to make any other payment or distribution of cash or other property or assets on or in respect of Borrower’s capital stock; (b) any payment or distribution made in respect of any subordinated Indebtedness of Borrowers in violation of any subordination or other agreement made in favor of Lender; (c) any prepayment on account of the Reflect Note; and (d) any payment on account of the purchase, redemption, defeasance or other retirement of Borrower’s capital stock or any other payment or distribution made in respect of any thereof, either directly or indirectly; provided, however, that no payment to Lender shall constitute a Restricted Payment.

 

Taxes” means taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, Charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding taxes imposed on or measured by the net income of Lender.

 

Termination Date” means the date on which all Obligations under this Agreement are indefeasibly paid in full, in cash, and Borrowers shall have no further right to borrow any moneys or obtain other credit extensions or financial accommodations under this Agreement.

 

Warrants” means the Warrants issued by CRI to Lender set forth on Schedule B hereto, including but not limited to Warrant issued by CRI to Lender in connection with this Agreement (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A), or the Existing Agreement and any amendment to the Existing Agreement, including the Warrant dated on or about August 17, 2016, the Warrant dated November 13, 2017, the Warrant dated January 6, 2018 and the Warrant dated April 27, 2018, and any replacements or substitutions thereof.

 

Any accounting term used in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall have, unless otherwise specifically provided therein, the meaning customarily given such term in accordance with GAAP, and all financial computations thereunder shall be computed, unless otherwise specifically provided therein, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied. All capitalized terms used in this Agreement or other Loan Documents but undefined shall, unless the context indicates otherwise, have the meanings provided for by the Code. The words “herein,” “hereof’ and “hereunder” or other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole, including the exhibits and schedules thereto, as the same may from time to time be amended, modified or supplemented, and not to any particular section, subsection or clause contained in this Agreement.

 

For purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the following additional rules of construction shall apply, unless specifically indicated to the contrary: (a) wherever from the context it appears appropriate, each term stated in either the singular or plural shall include the singular and the plural; (b) the term “or” is not exclusive; (c) the term “including” (or any form thereof) shall not be limiting or exclusive; (d) all references to statutes and related regulations shall include any amendments of same and any successor statutes and regulations; and (e) all references to any instruments or agreements, including references to any of the Loan Documents, shall include any and all modifications or amendments thereto and any and all extensions or renewals thereof.

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.2 

ACQUISITION TERM NOTE

 

$10,000,000.00 February 17, 2022
  Stamford, CT

 

The undersigned, for value received, jointly and severally promise to pay to the order of Slipstream Communications, LLC (the “Lender”) at its office in Stamford, Connecticut (or such other office designated by the Lender from time to time) the aggregate unpaid amount of all Advances under the Acquisition Term Loan made to the undersigned by the Lender pursuant to the Credit Agreement referred to below, such principal amount to be payable in the amounts and on the dates set forth in the Credit Agreement.

 

The undersigned further jointly and severally promise to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Advance under the Acquisition Term Loan from the date of such loan until the Acquisition Term Loan is paid in full, payable at the rate(s) and at the time(s) set forth in the Credit Agreement. Payments of both principal and interest are to be made in lawful money of the United States and in immediately available funds.

 

This Note evidences indebtedness incurred under, and is subject to the terms and provisions of, that certain Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of February 17, 2022 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; terms not otherwise defined herein are used herein as defined in the Credit Agreement), by and between the undersigned and the Lender, to which Credit Agreement reference is hereby made for a statement of the terms and provisions under which this Note may or must be paid prior to its due date or its due date accelerated.

 

This Note is made under and governed by the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within such State.

 

The undersigned shall pay all costs of collection, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses if this Note is not paid when due, whether or not legal proceedings are commenced.

 

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Presentment or other demand for payment, notice of dishonor and protest are expressly waived.

 

  Creative Realities, Inc.
  Creative Realities Canada, Inc.
  Allure Global Solutions, Inc.
  Reflect Systems, Inc.
     
  By: /s/ Richard Mills
  Name:  Richard Mills
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

Signature Page to Acquisition Term Note

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.3

 

CONSOLIDATION TERM NOTE (2022)

 

$7,185,319.06   February 17, 2022
    Stamford, CT

 

The undersigned, for value received, jointly and severally promise to pay to the order of Slipstream Communications, LLC (the “Lender”) at its office in Stamford, Connecticut (or such other office designated by the Lender from time to time) the aggregate unpaid amount of all Advances under the Consolidation Term Loan (2022) made to the undersigned by the Lender pursuant to the Credit Agreement referred to below, such principal amount to be payable in the amounts and on the dates set forth in the Credit Agreement.

 

The undersigned further jointly and severally promise to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Advance under the Consolidation Term Loan from the date of such loan until the Consolidation Term Loan is paid in full, payable at the rate(s) and at the time(s) set forth in the Credit Agreement. Payments of both principal and interest are to be made in lawful money of the United States and in immediately available funds.

 

This Note evidences indebtedness incurred under, and is subject to the terms and provisions of, that certain Second Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of February 17, 2022 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; terms not otherwise defined herein are used herein as defined in the Credit Agreement), by and between the undersigned and the Lender, to which Credit Agreement reference is hereby made for a statement of the terms and provisions under which this Note may or must be paid prior to its due date or its due date accelerated. This Note amends, restates and replaces (but is not given in repayment or satisfaction of) that certain (a) Consolidation Term Note dated March 12, 2021 and made payable to the order of the Lender in the original principal amount of up to $4,557,433.58, and (b) Special Convertible Term Note dated August 12, 2021 and made payable to the order of the Lender in the original principal amount of up to $2,286,213.41.

 

This Note is made under and governed by the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within such State.

 

The undersigned shall pay all costs of collection, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses if this Note is not paid when due, whether or not legal proceedings are commenced.

 

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Presentment or other demand for payment, notice of dishonor and protest are expressly waived.

 

  Creative Realities, Inc.
  Creative Realities Canada, Inc.
  Allure Global Solutions, Inc.
  Reflect Systems, Inc.
     
  By: /s/ Richard Mills
  Name:  Richard Mills
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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Exhibit 10.4

 

NOTE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

(Escrow/Holdback Amounts)

 

$2,500,000.00February 17, 2022

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged Creative Realities, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (“CRI”), and Reflect Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“RSI” and together with CRI, each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”), hereby, jointly and severally, promise to pay to the order of RSI Exit Corporation, a Texas corporation, in its capacity as the representative of the Stockholders (the “Stockholders’ Representative”), the principal amount of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($2,500,000.00). This Note (as defined below) is being delivered pursuant to Section 3 of that certain Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger dated February 7, 2022, which amends the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated November 12, 2021 (as amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”) by and among the Borrowers, the Stockholders’ Representative and the other parties thereto. Capitalized terms used in this Note have the meanings set forth in the Merger Agreement, unless otherwise defined. The following is a statement of the rights of the Stockholders’ Representative under this Note and Security Agreement (this “Note”) and the conditions to which this Note is subject, and to which the Stockholders’ Representative, on behalf of the Stockholders, by acceptance and execution of the acknowledgment of this Note below, agrees:

 

1. Interest. The outstanding principal balance of this Note outstanding from time to time shall bear interest at a fixed rate equal to the Applicable Federal Rate for short term obligations for the month of February 2022 (which is determined to be 0.59%). At any time an Event of Default exists and is continuing, the interest rate applicable to this Note may be increased at the discretion of the Stockholders’ Representative to an amount that is two percent (2.00%) in excess of the amount otherwise due under the Note. Accrued and unpaid interest shall be due and payable with each payment or prepayment of principal as set forth in Section 2, below.

 

2. Payments and Prepayments. Borrowers shall, jointly and severally, make payment of the amounts evidenced by this Note on the fifteenth (15th) day of each month, commencing on March 15, 2022, in equal monthly principal installments of $104,166.67. Any remaining or unpaid principal and interest shall be due and payable on February 17, 2023 (the “Maturity Date”). The principal balance of this Note (together with accrued but unpaid interest on such principal amount) may be prepaid in whole at any time or in part from time to time without penalty or premium. Any and all amounts payable by Borrowers under this Note shall be made to Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (the “Escrow Agent”) for deposit into the “Indemnity Escrow Fund” (as defined in that certain Escrow Agreement of even date herewith by and between the Stockholders’ Representative, CRI and the Escrow Agent (the “Escrow Agreement”)). For the avoidance of doubt, payments of Borrowers’ obligations under this Note are not limited to the Collateral and/or the products of the Collateral.

 

To the extent that any Parent Indemnified Party is finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (i.e. all appeals exhausted) to be entitled to any Losses under Merger Agreement, or CRI and Stockholders’ Representative agree in writing as the amount of such Losses and provide joint instructions to the Escrow Agent, the amount of such Losses shall be applied as a payment of principal due hereunder in the inverse order of maturity.

 

3. Collateral Security. The Borrowers hereby grant the Stockholders’ Representative a first-lien security interest in the Collateral as collateral security for the Borrowers’ obligations under this Note. For this purpose, “Collateral” shall mean, collectively: (i) either Borrower’s contracts specified on Annex A (collectively, the “Contracts”), (ii) all Accounts arising under the Contracts, (ii) any Supporting Obligations related to the Accounts arising under the Contracts; (iii) all books and records pertaining to the Collateral, and (iv) the products and/or Proceeds of the foregoing, in each case whether now owned or acquired in the future.

 

 

 

 

All of the capitalized terms used in clauses (i) through (iv) above shall have the meanings ascribed to them under the UCC as in effect, from time to time, in the State of New York; provided, however, that if, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, the perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection of the security interest granted hereunder in any Collateral is governed by the UCC as in effect in a jurisdiction other than New York, then an affected capitalized term shall have the meaning ascribed to it under the UCC as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or non-perfection.

 

This Note is subject to a Lien Subordination Agreement dated of even date herewith between the Slipstream Communications, LLC, an Anguillan limited liability company and senior lender to Borrowers (“Senior Lender”) and Stockholders’ Representative. Borrower hereby authorizes Stockholders’ Representative to file such financing statements, financing statement amendments and continuation statements as Stockholders’ Representative shall reasonably determine necessary or appropriate to perfect or continue the perfection of the security interest granted hereby and to reflect the assignments contemplated herein.

 

4. Representations and Warranties. Each Borrower is duly formed and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with the power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as now conducted and proposed to be conducted. Each Borrower has the full legal power, right and authority to enter into this Note and to grant to Stockholders’ Representative the security interest in the Collateral contemplated herein. This Note has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrowers and constitutes the valid and binding obligations of the Borrowers, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.

 

5. Event of Default. Any of the following shall constitute an “Event of Default”:

 

(i) A default in the payment in full of any amounts due and owing under this Note on or prior to the due date therefor as specified in Section 1 above, subject to Borrower’s ability cure such default within ten (10) days of such due date;

 

(ii) If, pursuant to or within the meaning of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any other federal or state law relating to insolvency or relief of debtors (a “Bankruptcy Law”), the Borrower shall (A) commence a voluntary case or proceeding; (B) consent to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case; (C) consent to the appointment of a trustee, receiver, assignee, liquidator or similar official; or (D) make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors;

 

(iii) If a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that (A) is for relief against either Borrower in an involuntary case, (B) appoints a trustee, receiver, assignee, liquidator or similar official for either Borrower or substantially all of either Borrower’s properties, or (C) orders the liquidation of either Borrower, and in each case the order or decree is not dismissed within ninety (90) days; or

 

(iv) If the Borrower (A) shall consent to the taking of possession by any official of all or any substantial part of the Collateral, whether or not any such proceeding is instituted, (B) shall dissolve, wind-up or liquidate itself or any substantial part of its property, or (C) shall take any action in furtherance of any of the foregoing.

 

Upon an Event of Default and so long as Borrowers have outstanding obligations to the Senior Lender, the Stockholders’ Representative’s sole recourse shall be against the Collateral. Stockholders’ Representative may accelerate the amounts due under this Note after an Event of Default, but may only collect such accelerated amounts from the Collateral (including any proceeds thereof). At any time an Event of Default exists and is continuing, the Stockholders Representative may require that Borrowers deposit the Collateral proceeds into a separate bank account maintained for the benefit of the Stockholders’ Representative and Borrowers agree that they shall transfer such proceeds of the Collateral within twenty (20) days of receipt thereof by the Borrowers. The Stockholders’ Representative need not provide, and the Borrowers hereby waive, any presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, and the Stockholders’ Representative may immediately and without expiration of any grace period enforce any and all of its rights and remedies against the Collateral hereunder and all other remedies available to it against the Collateral under applicable law. The Borrowers shall be responsible for the Stockholders’ Representative’s costs reasonably incurred in the collection of amounts owing under this Note (as set forth in Section 7(g) below), and if any such costs are incurred, then amounts received from Borrowers under this Note shall first be applied to costs of collection, then to the principal balance under this Note.

 

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6. Notices. All notices under this Note must be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given after it has been received and the receiving party has had a reasonable time to act upon such communication if it is sent or served: (a) by facsimile; (b) by overnight courier; or (c) by prepaid registered mail, return receipt requested to the appropriate notice address set forth in the Merger Agreement or the Escrow Agreement or at such other address as any party hereto may have furnished to the other parties in writing by registered mail, return receipt requested.

 

7. General Provisions.

 

(a) Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Borrowers of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Note, the Borrowers shall execute and deliver, in lieu of this Note, a new Note executed in the same manner as this Note, in the same principal amount as the unpaid principal and interest amount of this Note.

 

(b) Any provision of this Note may be amended, waived or modified upon the written agreement of the Borrowers and the Stockholders’ Representative. Any waiver of any provision of this Note shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.

 

(c) The rights and obligations of the Borrowers and the Stockholders’ Representative of this Note shall be binding upon and benefit their respective successors, assigns, heirs, administrators and transferees.

 

(d) This Note shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflicts-of-law provisions.

 

(e) No delay or failure on the part of the Stockholders’ Representative to collect amounts owing under this Note or to exercise any rights or remedies hereunder or under applicable law shall operate as a waiver thereof.

 

(f) Each Borrower, for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest and demand and notice of protest, demand, dishonor and non-payment of this Note.

 

(g) The Borrowers shall, jointly and severally, pay all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of outside counsel actually incurred at standard hourly rates) incurred by the Stockholders’ Representative, its successors and permitted assigns in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Note.

 

(h) This Note may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. All signatures of the parties to this Note may be transmitted by facsimile or email PDF and such facsimile or email PDF will, for all purposes, be deemed to be the original signature of such party whose signature it reproduces, and will be binding upon such party.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Borrowers has caused this Note to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized representative as of the date indicated above.

 

BORROWERS: Creative Realities, Inc.
     
  By: /s/ Will Logan
  Name: Will Logan
  Title: Chief Financial Officer
     
  Reflect Systems, Inc.
     
  By: /s/ Will Logan
  Name: Will Logan
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer
     
Acknowledged and Agreed:    
     
STOCKHOLDERS’ REPRESENTATIVE: RSI Exit Corporation
     
  By: /s/ William E. Warren
  Name:   William E. Warren
  Title:   President

 

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Exhibit 10.5

 

CREATIVE REALITIES, INC.

RETENTION BONUS PLAN

 

1. Purpose. The purpose of this Plan is to incentivize and retain certain key employees of Reflect Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Reflect”), following the acquisition of Reflect by Creative Realities, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Company”), through a merger transaction (the “Merger”), so such employees will continually and materially contribute to the continued growth, development and future business success of Reflect (and thereby the Company). This Plan is intended to be a “bonus program” within the meaning of 29 CFR § 2510.3-2(c) that is not subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This Plan shall become effective on February 17, 2022 (the “Effective Date”).

 

2. Definitions. For purposes of this Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

(a) “Award” means an award of cash and/or common stock of the Company that may be payable to a Participant pursuant to the terms of this Plan, with the specific amount being set forth in such Participant’s Award Agreement. The Award is subject to forfeiture as set forth in Section 6. No Award shall be effective unless the corresponding Award Agreement is agreed upon in its entirety and is timely executed by the Participant.

 

(b) “Award Agreement” means the written agreement evidencing the grant of an Award executed by the Company and the Participant, including the Waiver and Release, substantially in the form attached to this Plan as Exhibit A.

 

(c) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(d) “Cause” means a termination by Reflect or the Company (as applicable) of the Participant’s employment with Reflect or the Company (as applicable) because of: (i) any act or omission that constitutes a material breach by the Participant of any of his or her obligations under this Plan, or any other agreement with Reflect or the Company (or its affiliates); (ii) the Participant’s indictment for, conviction of, or plea of nolo contendere to, (A) any felony or (B) another crime involving moral turpitude or that could reflect negatively upon Reflect or the Company (or its affiliates) or otherwise impair or impede their operations; (iii) the Participant’s performance of any act of theft, embezzlement, fraud, malfeasance, dishonesty or misappropriation of the property of Reflect or the Company; (iv) the Participant willfully engaging in any misconduct, negligence, act of dishonesty, violence or threat of violence (including any violation of federal securities laws) that is injurious to Reflect, the Company (or f its affiliates); (v) the Participant’s breach of a material written policy or a code of conduct of Reflect that has been provided or made available to the Participant or the rules of any governmental or regulatory body applicable to Reflect or the Company; (vi) the Participant’s repeated failure to perform the Participant’s duties to Reflect or the Company (as applicable) or to follow the lawful directions of the Board; or (vii) any other willful misconduct by the Participant that is materially injurious to the operations, financial condition or business reputation of Reflect or the Company (or its affiliates). Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2(d) to the contrary, no event or condition described in Sections 2(d)(i), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi) or (vii) shall constitute Cause unless (x) within ninety (90) days from the Board first acquiring actual knowledge of the existence of the Cause condition, the Board provides the Participant written notice of its intention to terminate his or her employment for Cause and the grounds for such termination; (y) such grounds for termination (if susceptible to correction) are not corrected by the Participant within thirty (30) days of his or her receipt of such notice (or, in the event that such grounds cannot be corrected within such thirty-day (30) period, the Participant has not taken all reasonable steps within such thirty-day (30) period to correct such grounds as promptly as practicable thereafter); and (z) the Board terminates the Participant’s employment with Reflect or the Company immediately following expiration of such thirty-day (30) period. For purposes of this Section 2(d), any attempt by the Participant to correct a stated Cause shall not be deemed an admission by the Participant that the Board’s assertion of Cause is valid.

 

 

 

 

(e) “Good Reason” shall mean: (i) a material diminution in the Participant’s base salary; (ii) a material diminution in the nature or scope of the Participant’s authority, duties, responsibilities, or title from those applicable to him or her as of the Effective Date; (iii) Reflect or the Company requiring the Participant to be based at any office or location more than fifty (50) miles from the Participant’s principal place of employment as of the Effective Date; or (iv) a material breach by Reflect or the Company of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2(f) to the contrary, no event or condition described in this Section 2(f) shall constitute Good Reason unless, (x) within thirty (30) days from the Participant first acquiring actual knowledge of the existence of the Good Reason condition described in this Section 2(f), the Participant provides the Board written notice of his or her intention to terminate his or her employment for Good Reason and the grounds for such termination; (y) such grounds for termination (if susceptible to correction) are not corrected by the Board within thirty (30) days of the Board’s receipt of such notice (or, in the event that such grounds cannot be corrected within such thirty (30)-day period, the Board has not taken all reasonable steps within such thirty (30)-day period to correct such grounds as promptly as practicable thereafter); and (z) the Participant terminates his or her employment with Reflect or the Company (as applicable) immediately following expiration of such thirty (30)-day period. For purposes of this Section 2(f), any attempt by the Board to correct a stated Good Reason shall not be deemed an admission by the Board that the Participant’s assertion of Good Reason is valid.

 

(g) “Merger Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger by and among Creative Realities, Inc., Reflect, CRI Acquisition Corporation, and RSI Exit Corporation, as the Stockholders’ Representative, dated as of November 12, 2021.

 

(h) “Participant” means a key employee of Reflect on the Effective Date who (i) is designated to receive an Award as set forth on the schedule attached hereto as Exhibit B, (ii) continuously satisfies the participation requirements of Section 3, (iii) has timely executed an Award Agreement that was provided to him or her by the Company and (iv) has timely executed the Waiver and Release.

 

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(i) “Plan” means this. Retention Bonus Plan, as set forth herein. To the extent a future change in control occurs after the Merger, the Company shall remain the sponsor of the Plan.

 

(j) “Vesting Date” means the Effective Date with respect to fifty percent (50%) of the Award (the “Initial Vesting Date”), the first anniversary of the Effective Date with respect to twenty-five percent (25%) of the Award and the second anniversary of the Effective Date with respect to the remaining twenty-five percent (25%) of the Award (the “Final Vesting Date”).

 

(k) “Waiver and Release” means the Waiver and Release Agreement (substantially in the form attached to the Award Agreement as Annex A) that is presented to, and signed by, each Participant on or before the Initial Vesting Date. The timely execution and non-revocation of the Waiver and Release on or before the Initial Vesting Date is a condition precedent to the payment of an Award (if any) to a Participant under this Plan.

 

3. Eligibility and Participation. Only the individuals who are set forth on the schedule attached hereto as Exhibit B are eligible to become Participants in this Plan. Those individuals shall become a Participant on the Effective Date. In no event, shall there be any other Participants other than the individuals who are set forth on the schedule attached hereto as Exhibit B who shall be eligible to receive Awards under this Plan.

 

4. Form and Amount of the Award. The Award for each Participant shall be expressed as a fixed dollar amount payable in cash and a fixed dollar amount payable in shares of common stock of the Company, all as more fully described on the schedule attached hereto as Exhibit B.

 

5. Vesting and Risk of Forfeiture. A Participant shall become fully vested in the Award upon the earlier of: (i) the Final Vesting Date, (ii) the termination of such Participant’s employment with Reflect or the Company without Cause, and (iii) the termination of such Participant’s employment with Reflect or the Company (as the case may be) for Good Reason. The unvested cash portion of an Award shall be held in a third-party escrow account (as more fully described in Section 8(c) below) until vesting or forfeiture (the “Retention Plan Escrow”). To the extent not then fully vested, the Award shall automatically and unilaterally be forfeited if, prior to the applicable Vesting Date, the Participant’s employment with Reflect or the Company (as the case may be) is terminated for any reason other than as set forth in this Section 5(ii) and Section 5(iii), above. Additionally, and notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, an Award (vested or otherwise) shall automatically and unilaterally be forfeited if the Participant: (w) fails to execute the Waiver and Release within the applicable consideration period (as more fully described in the applicable Award Agreement) or, if after such execution, the Participant revokes his or her Waiver and Release within the applicable revocation period (as more fully described in the applicable Award Agreement); (x) breaches or does not comply with the terms of any other written agreement with Reflect or the Company to which the Participant is a party, including any covenants against competition, solicitation, or similar covenants or other obligations; or (y) the Participant fails to comply with Section 7(b), below. For avoidance of doubt and purposes of clarity, neither Reflect nor the Company shall make any payment to a Participant of cash or shares of common stock of the Company or otherwise, for an Award (or portion thereof) that is forfeited. Awards that are forfeited pursuant to this Section 5 of the Plan shall be reallocated as of the date of the applicable forfeiture (such date, a “Forfeiture Date”) as follows: (A) any portion of a forfeited Award that is comprised of cash shall be allocated pro rata to the remaining Participants in the Plan based upon their respective participation in the Plan as of the applicable Forfeiture Date and (B) (i) any portion of a forfeited Award that is comprised of common stock of the Company shall be allocated pro rata to the remaining Participants in the Plan based upon their pro rata participation in the Plan as of the applicable Forfeiture Date.

 

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6. Timing/Payment of the Award.

 

(a) Cash. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions and forfeiture restrictions set forth in Section 5, above, and provided that the Participant timely executes (and does not revoke) the Waiver and Release, any cash amount payable under an Award that is scheduled to vest after the Initial Vesting Date shall be initially paid by the Company into the Retention Plan Escrow for the benefit of the Participants, to be allocated and distributed in a lump sum of cash on the first regularly-scheduled payroll period that immediately follows the tenth (10th) day after the applicable Vesting Date.

 

(b) Stock. Subject to satisfaction of the conditions and forfeiture restrictions set forth in Section 5, above, and provided that the Participant timely executes (and does not revoke) the Waiver and Release, any shares of Company common stock issuable under an Award shall be issued to the Participant within the tenth (10th) day after the applicable Vesting Date. The number of shares of Company common stock issuable on such Vesting Date shall be determined as follows: (i) all shares issuable on the Initial Vesting Date shall be valued at $2.00 per share; and (ii) all other shares issuable shall be valued equal to the trailing 10-trading day volume weighted average price (VWAP) of Company common stock as reported on the Nasdaq as of the Vesting Date. If the Vesting Date is a legal holiday in New York, New York, the issuance or calculation shall be made as of the next business day after the Vesting Date.

 

(c) In the event of the death of any Participant prior to any payment or issuance date of an Award, such Award shall be payable or issuable to such Participant’s estate or beneficiaries.

 

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7. Taxes.

 

(a) Tax Liability. Each Participant is ultimately liable and responsible for all taxes owed by him or her in connection with his or her receipt of the Award and payments made thereunder, regardless of any action Reflect or the Company takes with respect to any tax withholding obligations arising hereunder. Reflect and the Company makes no representations or undertakings regarding the treatment of any tax withholding in connection with the grant of an Award or payments or issuances made thereunder. The Company does not commit, and is under no obligation, to structure the Award to reduce or eliminate a Participant’s tax liability.

 

(b) Payment of Withholding Taxes. Reflect and the Company shall have the right to withhold from any payments made under the Plan or to collect as a condition of payment, any taxes required by law to be withheld. At any time when a Participant is required to pay to Reflect or the Company an amount required to be withheld under applicable income tax laws in connection with a distribution of common stock of the Company or upon vesting, the Participant may satisfy this obligation in whole or in part by irrevocably electing (the “Election”) to have the Company withhold from cash that is payable to the Participant and/or from such shares of the Company’s common stock having a value up to the minimum amount of withholding taxes required to be collected on the transaction. The value of the shares to be withheld shall be based on the trailing 10-trading day volume weighted average price (VWAP) of Company common stock as reported on the Nasdaq as of the applicable Vesting Date. Each Election must be made before the date that the amount of tax to be withheld shall be determined.

 

(c) Section 409A. It is intended that payments under this Plan qualify as short-term deferrals exempt from the requirements of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Section 409A”). In the event that any Award does not qualify for treatment as an exempt short-term deferral, it is intended that such Award will be paid or issued in a manner that satisfies the requirements of Section 409A. This Plan and the Award Agreements shall be interpreted and construed accordingly.

 

8. General Provisions.

 

(a) Amendment and Termination. Reflect and the Company may amend, suspend, or terminate the Plan in whole or in part at any time and for any reason, to the extent permitted by law; provided, however, that any amendment, suspension, or termination of the Plan which is necessary to comply with any applicable tax or regulatory requirements, shall be subject to the approval of the Stockholders’ Representative (as defined in the Merger Agreement). No amendment, suspension, or termination of the Plan shall materially adversely affect the rights of a Participant, without such Participant’s consent, with respect to any award previously made. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Plan and its outstanding Award Agreements with respect to a particular Participant shall be immediately and automatically terminated without any action by any party, and for no consideration to such Participant, in accordance with Section 5.

 

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(b) Administration and Interpretation. Any question or dispute regarding the interpretation of this Plan or the receipt of an Award hereunder shall be submitted by a Participant to the Board. The Board shall decide such dispute in good faith and in its reasonable discretion, and the Board’s resolution so made shall be final, conclusive and binding on all parties.

 

(c) Unsecured General Creditor; Retention Plan Escrow. The Participants and their beneficiaries, heirs, successors and assigns shall have no legal or equitable rights, interests or claims in any property or assets of Reflect or the Company due to this Plan and the Award hereunder. For purposes of the payment of benefits under this Plan, a Participant shall have no more rights than those of a general creditor of Reflect or the Company. Prior to the Effective Date, the Company shall have adopted the Retention Plan Escrow in such form that is acceptable to the Stockholders’ Representative (as defined in the Merger Agreement). In addition, on or prior to the Effective Date, the Company shall have deposited into the Retention Plan Escrow a lump sum contribution in the amount of $666,666.50 in cash for the purpose of enabling the Retention Plan Escrow to fund cash Awards after the Initial Vesting Date earned pursuant to this Plan.

 

(d) No Assignment. Except as otherwise provided in this Plan, a Participant shall not assign any of his or her rights to an Award without the prior written consent of the Board, which consent may be withheld in its reasonable discretion. Reflect and the Company shall be permitted to assign its rights or obligations under this Plan, but no such assignment shall release the Company of any financial obligations pursuant to this Plan.

 

(e) Not a Contract of Employment. No employment relationship shall be guaranteed between Reflect or the Company and the Participant. Additionally, the terms and conditions of this Plan and the grant of Awards hereunder shall not be deemed to constitute a contract of employment between Reflect or the Company and the Participant. Such employment between Reflect or the Company and the Participant is hereby acknowledged to be, to the extent applicable, an “at will” employment relationship that can be terminated at any time for any reason, or for no reason, with or without Cause, and with or without notice, unless expressly provided in a written employment agreement. Nothing in this Plan shall be deemed to give a Participant the right to be retained in the service of Reflect or the Company to interfere with the right of Reflect or the Company to discipline or discharge the Participant at any time.

 

(f) Severability. Notwithstanding any provision of this Plan to the contrary, if any one or more of the provisions (or any part thereof) of this Plan shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such provision shall be modified so as to make it valid, legal and enforceable, and the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions (or any part thereof) of this Plan shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

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(g) Headings. The section headings in this Plan are inserted only as a matter of convenience and in no way define, limit or interpret the scope of this Plan or of any particular section.

 

(h) Entire Agreement; Governing Law. The provisions of this Plan and the Award Agreement constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede in their entirety all prior undertakings, representation and agreements of the Company and the Participant (whether oral or written, and whether express or implied) with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Plan is to be construed in accordance with and governed by the internal law of the State of Texas without giving effect to any choice of law rule that would cause the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction to the rights and duties of the parties.

 

(i) Disputes; Venue.

 

(i) JAMS. By virtue of the Participant’s participation in this Plan, the Participant agrees that any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or related to this Plan shall be brought in Dallas, Texas and that all parties shall submit to such venue. The Participant, Reflect and the Company agree that any dispute arising out of or relating to this Plan or an Award Agreement will be resolved, to the fullest extent permitted by law, by final, binding and confidential arbitration conducted by Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services (“JAMS”) under its then-existing rules and procedures, after the Company and the Participant have attempted to resolve such disputes through mediation at JAMS. The Participant acknowledges that by agreeing to this arbitration procedure, Participant, Reflect, and the Company waive the right to resolve any such dispute through a trial by jury or judge or by administrative proceeding. In addition to and notwithstanding those rules, the Participant, Reflect, and the Company agree that the arbitrator shall: (a) have the authority to compel adequate discovery for the resolution of the dispute and to award such relief as would otherwise be permitted by law; and (b) issue a written arbitration decision including the arbitrator’s essential findings and conclusions and a statement of the award. Nothing in this Plan is intended to prevent the Participant or the Company from obtaining injunctive relief in court to prevent irreparable harm pending the conclusion of any such mediation or arbitration. The venue for such mediation and arbitration, and, if applicable, court proceeding, shall be in Dallas, Texas.

 

(ii) Attorney Fees and Prevailing Party. If there is any suit, action, or proceeding pursuant to this Section 8(i) alleging a breach of this Plan or the Award Agreement, then the prevailing party in any such suit, action, or proceeding shall be entitled to recover from the non-prevailing party, in addition to any other relief awarded, its reasonable and necessary attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses incurred in such suit, action, or proceeding.  If there is no prevailing party, each party will pay its own attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses. Whether a prevailing party exists shall be determined solely by the court on a claim-by-claim basis and the court, in its sole discretion, shall determine the amount of reasonable and necessary attorneys’ fees, costs, and/or expenses, if any, for which a party is entitled.

 

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(iii) Guiding Principles. The following guiding principles shall be applied by a court in any determination of a prevailing party: (i) the intent of the parties is to avoid any suit, action, or proceeding arising from a breach of this Plan, and therefore, the parties will work together to resolve any such dispute; (ii) none of the parties will proceed with a suit, action, or proceeding arising from a breach of this Plan until after exhausting all reasonable efforts to resolve such dispute using best efforts, an impasse has resulted and a satisfactory result cannot be reached without moving forward with such suit, action, or proceeding; and (iii) none of the parties will bring any claim, action or proceeding (including cross-claims) arising from a breach of this Plan until after such party has fully evaluated the merits of such purported claim or cause of action and made a determination that such party has a good-faith basis to move forward with such claim, action or proceeding (including cross-claims).

 

(iv) Appeals. In any appeal from the award or denial of attorneys’ fees, the mediator or arbitrator reviewing the award may not modify the decision of the tribunal or arbitrator making or denying an award, or the decision of the tribunal or arbitrator as to the amount of the award, except upon a finding of an abuse of discretion.

 

(j) Survival. This Plan and the Award Agreement shall terminate in accordance with Section 5 and Section 8(a), above; however, the following shall survive such termination: Section 6 (“Timing/Payment of the Award”), the Waiver and Release, Section 8(h) (“Entire Agreement; Governing Law”), Section 8(i) (“Disputes; Venue”), and the Award Agreement.

 

(k) Third Party Beneficiaries. Reflect and the Company agree and acknowledge that the Stockholders’ Representative (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and the Participants are intended third party beneficiaries hereof and that each shall have the right to enforce the terms and provisions of this Plan as if it was a contractual commitment made and promised to them.

 

(l) No Offsets of Other Payments. Notwithstanding any other understanding or agreement to the contrary, the Company shall not offset or reduce any payment otherwise owed to a Participant by some or all of the payments provided under an Award and this Plan.

 

[End of Plan]

 

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Exhibit 10.6 

CREATIVE REALITIES, INC.

RETENTION BONUS PLAN

 

Effective February 17, 2021

 

Award Agreement

 

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Creative Realities, Inc. Retention Bonus Plan (the "Plan"), including the requirement for the undersigned Participant to timely execute (and not revoke) the Waiver and Release Agreement attached hereto as Annex A (the "Waiver and Release"), the Board hereby determines that the undersigned Participant shall be eligible to receive an Award in the amount set forth below as the Award Amount. Unless otherwise specifically indicated, all terms used in this Award Agreement shall have the meaning as set forth in the Plan (attached hereto as Annex B).

 

Amount of the Award and the Respective Payment / Issuance Dates:

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Plan, including the vesting and risk of forfeiture provisions set forth in Section 5 of the Plan, and the form and timing of payment and issuance set forth in Section 6 of the Plan, the "Award Amount" shall be equal to [_________________] dollars ($______.00) payable in cash, and shares of common stock of Creative Realities, Inc. (the "Company") having an aggregate value of [_________________] dollars ($______.00). The cash and stock portions of the Award Amount shall each vest fifty percent (50%) on the date hereof, twenty-five percent (25%) on the first anniversary of the date hereof and twenty-five percent (25%) on the second anniversary of the date hereof. The shares of common stock of Creative Realities, Inc. that vest on the date hereof shall be valued at $2.00 per share, and all other shares issuable upon vesting shall be valued equal to the trailing 10-trading day volume weighted average price (VWAP) of Company common stock as reported on the Nasdaq as of the Vesting Date. If the Vesting Date is a legal holiday in New York, New York, the issuance or calculation shall be made as of the next business day after the Vesting Date.

 

Participant Acknowledgment:

 

The undersigned Participant acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan, this Award Agreement, and the Waiver and Release, and represents that he or she is familiar with the provisions hereof and thereof, and hereby accepts the Award subject to all of the terms and provisions hereof and thereof. The undersigned Participant has reviewed the Plan, this Award Agreement, and the Waiver and Release in their entirety, has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of legal counsel prior to executing this Award Agreement, and fully understands all provisions of the Plan, this Award Agreement, and the Waiver and Release. The undersigned Participant hereby agrees that all questions of interpretation and administration relating to the Plan, this Award Agreement, and the Waiver and Release shall be solely resolved by the Board. Further, the undersigned Participant hereby acknowledges and understands that he or she (and not the Company) shall be solely responsible for his or her tax liability that may arise as a result of his or her receipt of the Award Amount.

 

CREATIVE REALITIES, INC.   PARTICIPANT:
   
By:               
    Signature
Its:      
     
Date:     Print Name

 

 

 

ANNEX A

 

CREATIVE REALITIES, INC.

WAIVER AND RELEASE AGREEMENT

 

This Waiver and Release Agreement (this "Agreement") is made and entered into by and between Creative Realities, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the "Company"), Reflect Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Reflect”), and [____________________] (the "Participant"). For purposes of this Agreement, each of the Company, Reflect, and the Participant are herein referred to as a "Party" and collectively as the "Parties."

 

WHEREAS, the Company and Reflect provided the Participant with an Award Agreement (the "Award Agreement") under the Retention Bonus Plan (the "Plan");

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Award Agreement and the Plan and in consideration of the Participant's right to receive any payment under the Award Agreement and the Plan, the Participant must sign and return and not revoke this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the Company and Reflect have delivered this Agreement to the Participant for his or her review and consideration as of [________] (such date, the "Delivery Date"); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company, Reflect and the Participant each desire to settle all matters, rights and claims related to the Participant's employment with Reflect through the date the Participant signs this Agreement..

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and agreements contained in the Award Agreement, the Plan and in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Release of Released Parties.

 

(a) In consideration for the right to receive the Award Amount (as defined in the Award Agreement) in accordance with the terms of the Award Agreement and the Plan, and the mutual promises contained in the Award Agreement, the Plan and in this Agreement, the Participant (on behalf of himself/herself, his/her heirs, administrators, representatives, executor and assigns) hereby releases, waives, acquits and forever discharges the Company, Reflect, their Affiliates and each of their respective predecessors, successors, parents, subsidiaries, assigns, agents, current and former directors, officers, shareholders, employees, partners, employee benefit plans, administrators, representatives, and attorneys, and all other persons acting by, through, under or in concert with the Company (collectively, the "Released Parties"), from any and all demands, rights, disputes, debts, liabilities, obligations, liens, promises, acts, agreements, charges, complaints, claims, controversies, and causes of action of any nature whatsoever, whether statutory, civil, or administrative, whether known or unknown that the Participant had in the past, now has or may have against any of the Released Parties, arising in whole or in part at any time on or prior to the execution of this Agreement, in any way related to, connected with or arising out of his or her employment or engagement by the Released Parties or the termination thereof. For the purposes of this Agreement, "Affiliates" means all persons and entities directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company and/or Reflect where control may be by management authority, equity interest or otherwise.

 

(b) This release specifically includes, but is not limited to, any claims of discrimination of any kind, breach of contract or any implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, tortuous interference with a contract, intentional or negligent infliction of emotional distress, breach of privacy, misrepresentation, defamation, wrongful termination, or breach of fiduciary duty; provided, however, that the foregoing release shall not release the Company from the performance of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

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ANNEX A

 

(c) Additionally, this release specifically includes, but is not limited to, any claim or cause of action arising under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 2000 et seq., as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991; the Americans With Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. § 1981; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 29 U.S.C. § 621, et seq., as amended by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990 (the "Age Discrimination in Employment Act"); the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001 et seq.; the Family and Medical Leave Act; the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act, the Texas Payday Act, the Texas Anti-Retaliation Act, Chapter 21 of the Texas Labor Code; and the wage and hour, wage payment and/or fair employment practices laws and statutes of the state or states in which the Participant has provided services to the Company or any of its Affiliates, each as amended from time to time, and/or any other federal, state or local statute, regulation, requirement, or common law cause of action of similar effect regarding employment-related causes of action.

 

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement does release or waive any of the following claims: (i)  any claim pursuant to the terms and conditions of the federal law known as COBRA or similar state law; (ii) any claim for indemnity under any indemnification agreement with the Company or under its organizational documents, as provided by applicable state law or under any applicable insurance policy with respect to the Participant's liability as an employee, director or officer of the Company or its Affiliates; (iii) any claim the Participant may have as an employee participating in the Company's 401(k) plan; (iv) any claim that may arise after the Participant signs this Agreement; or (v) any claim that may not be waived pursuant to applicable law.

 

(e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to prohibit the Participant from filing a charge with or participating in any investigation or proceeding conducted by a federal, state, or local government agency (e.g. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) or other comparable agency, provided, however, that the Participant hereby agrees to waive his or her right to recover monetary damages or other individual relief in any such charge, investigation or proceeding or any related complaint or lawsuit filed by the Participant or by anyone else on his or her behalf. Further, nothing in this Agreement, the Award Agreement or the Plan limits, restricts or in any other way affects the Participant's communicating with any governmental agency or entity, or communicating with any official or staff person of a governmental agency or entity, concerning matters relevant to the governmental agency or entity or receiving an award or monetary recovery pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Commission's whistleblower program. The Participant does not need prior authorization to make such reports or disclosures and is not required to notify the Company that he or she has made any such report or disclosure.

 

2. Acknowledgements of the Participant.

 

(a) The Participant understands and agrees that this Agreement, including the general release of claims set forth in Section 1, creates legally binding obligations and that the Company, Reflect and their Affiliates have therefore advised the Participant to consult an attorney before signing this Agreement. In signing and not revoking this Agreement, the Participant gives the Company and its Affiliates assurance that he or she has signed it voluntarily and with a full understanding of its terms; that the Participant has had sufficient opportunity of not less than twenty-one (21) days, before signing this Agreement, to consider its terms and to consult with an attorney, if the Participant desired to do so, or to consult with any other of those persons to whom reference is made in the first sentence of Section 3 below; and that, in signing this Agreement, the Participant has not relied on any promises or representations, express or implied, that are not set forth expressly in this Agreement.

 

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ANNEX A

 

(b) The Participant acknowledges that he or she has received all salary, wages, paid time-off benefits, commission, bonuses, or other incentive compensation for all labor and services performed for the Released Parties through the date Participant executes this Agreement and has been reimbursed for all business expenses incurred on behalf of the Released Parties through the date hereof, and that, except as expressly provided under this Agreement, the Company does not owe and will not pay to the Participant any further expense reimbursement amounts, or compensation of any kind, for any period prior to the date Participant executes this Agreement.

 

(c) The Participant acknowledges that the obligation of the Released Parties to make payments to the Participant or on the Participant's behalf under this Agreement, and the Participant's right to retain the same, is expressly conditioned upon the Participant signing and not revoking this Agreement and continued full performance of his or her obligations under this Agreement.

 

3. Confidentiality. The Participant agrees to keep this Agreement, its terms, and the Award Amount completely confidential; provided, however, that he or she may reveal such information (i) to his or her attorney, accountants, financial advisor, or spouse (in each case only on condition that they agree not to further disclose such information to others), (ii) as required by a court of competent jurisdiction, or (iii) as otherwise required by law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement prohibits the Participant from reporting possible violations of federal law or regulation to any government agency or entity or making other disclosures that are protected under whistleblower or other provisions of law. The Participant does not need prior authorization to make such reports or disclosures and is not required to notify the Released Parties that he or she has made any such report or disclosure.

 

4. Time Period for Considering this Agreement. The obligations of the Released Parties under this Agreement are contingent upon the Participant executing and delivering this Agreement to the Company. The Participant may take up to twenty-one (21) days from the Delivery Date (the "Consideration Period") to consider this Agreement prior to executing it. The Participant may execute and deliver this Agreement at any time during the Consideration Period. The Participant agrees that any changes (material or immaterial) made to a prior version of this Agreement after the Delivery Date will not restart the running of the Consideration Period. Any execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Participant after the expiration of the Consideration Period shall be unenforceable, and the Released Parties shall not be bound thereby. The Participant shall have seven (7) days after execution of this Agreement to revoke ("Revocation Period") his or her consent to this Agreement by executing and delivering a written notice of revocation to Will Logan, Chief Financial Officer, at Creative Realities, Inc., 13100 Magisterial Drive, Ste 100, Louisville, Kentucky 40223 in person, by mail or overnight delivery. No such revocation by the Participant shall be effective unless it is in writing and revoked by the Participant prior to the expiration of the Revocation Period. Upon delivery of a notice of revocation to the Released Parties, the obligations of the Parties under this Agreement shall be void and unenforceable, with the exception of the Participant's obligation to keep this Agreement confidential under Section 3 above.

 

5. Effective Date. This Agreement shall become effective on the eighth (8th) day after Participant signs, without revoking pursuant to Section 4, this Agreement provided that it is also signed by the Company.

 

6. Governing Law, Jurisdiction & Venue. This Agreement, and any and all interactions between the Parties arising under or resulting from this Agreement, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction set forth in Section 8(h) of the Plan, without regard to any conflict of laws principles that would result in the application of the laws of another jurisdiction. Each Party irrevocably consents to dispute resolution and venue provisions of the Plan set forth in Section 8(i) of the Plan. The Participant represents to the Company that the Participant has not filed any charge or complaint, nor initiated any other proceedings, against the Company or any of its employees or agents, with any governmental entity or court.

 

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ANNEX A

 

7. Injunctive Relief. Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement, it is expressly agreed that a breach of this Agreement will cause irreparable harm to the Company and that a remedy at law would be inadequate. Therefore, in addition to any and all remedies available at law, the Company will be entitled to injunctive and/or other equitable remedies in the event of any threatened or actual violation of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

8. Entire Agreement. The Award Agreement, the Plan and this Agreement constitute the entire agreement between the Parties pertaining to the matters encompassed within the Award Agreement, the Plan and this Agreement, and supersede any other prior or contemporaneous communications, understandings or agreements, whether written or oral, that may exist between them relating to the matters encompassed in the Award Agreement, the Plan and herein, except that this Agreement does not in any way supersede or alter covenants not to compete, non-disclosure or non-solicitation agreements, or confidentiality agreements that may exist among the Parties, all of which shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms. This Agreement may not be modified or amended, and no breach shall be deemed to be waived, unless agreed to in writing by (i) the Participant, (ii) a duly-authorized officer of the Company and (iii) the Stockholders' Representative (as defined in the Merger Agreement (as defined in the Plan)).

 

9. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is found to be illegal or unenforceable, such finding shall not invalidate the remainder of this Agreement, and that provision shall be deemed to be severed or modified to the minimum extent necessary to equitably adjust the Parties' respective rights and obligations under this Agreement. However, should the general release provisions in Section 1 of this Agreement be declared or determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal or unenforceable, and should the Participant thereupon seek to institute any claims that would have been within the scope of the general release, the Company shall be entitled to immediate repayment of, and the Participant shall immediately return, the Award Amount.

 

10. Execution. Facsimile copies of signatures to this Agreement are as valid as original signatures.

 

[SIGNATURES ON NEXT PAGE]

 

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ANNEX A

 

 

THE PARTICIPANT'S SIGNATURE BELOW MEANS THAT THE PARTICIPANT HAS READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREES AND CONSENTS TO ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED HEREIN.

 

THE PARTICIPANT:    
     
     
Signature    
     
     
Print Name    
     
Dated:                      
     
CREATIVE REALITIES, INC.    
     
By:    
     
Its:    
     
Date:    
     
REFLECT SYSTEMS, INC.      
     
By:    
     
Its:    
     
Date:    

 

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ANNEX B

 

CREATIVE REALITIES, INC.

RETENTION BONUS PLAN

 

[Attach a copy]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1 

 

Creative Realities, Inc. and Reflect Systems Finalize Merger, Expand End-to-End Offering and Verticals Served

 

Comprehensive solution and market presence positions the newly combined company to dominate the digital signage industry

 

LOUISVILLE, KY & DALLAS, TX – FEB. 18, 2022 – Creative Realities, Inc. (‘CRI’, NASDAQ: CREX, CREXW) and Reflect Systems announced today that the companies have finalized their merger, which was first disclosed in November 2021. The combined company now operates under the Creative Realities, Inc. brand name and remains listed on NASDAQ as CREX.

 

The official closure follows just weeks after the two digital signage powerhouses announced they won their first joint customer — a multi-million dollar, national retail project — demonstrating the breadth of their combined offerings. With the brands operating as one, Creative Realities now boasts the largest, scalable end-to-end offering available on the market.

 

“The opportunity we had to fuse with a company known for its culture, client-centricity, CMS-savvy and strong relationships with the OEM community was more than an example of business compatibility,” said Rick Mills, CEO of the combined organization. “This merger was a deliberate, strategic vision to drive the next phase of digital signage innovation and deliver to the marketplace a united stack of services, offerings and expertise not seen before from a single entity in quite this way.”

 

The combined Creative Realities represents a full integration of both companies’ industry knowledge and track records of success. Creative Realities has a known historic strength of deploying large-scale and sophisticated digital signage projects for brands in the automotive, convenience retail, quick-service restaurant and stadium environment spaces. Similarly, with Reflect’s extensive experience and expertise in industries such as specialty retail, healthcare, banking and corporate communications, the door has opened for the integrated company to address virtually any digital experience needed for every environment, venue or sector.

 

“Our enhanced capacity and reach are now poised to bring all-encompassing solutions to a variety of business sectors previously untapped by these kinds of next-generation signage experiences,” said Lee Summers, former CEO of Reflect, now working on various strategic initiatives, including media sales and AdTech initiatives at Creative Realities. “New and existing customers will benefit from our expanded portfolio, which incorporates every phase of a deployment, along with the latest innovations in interactive experiences, audience analytics and industry-leading software.”

 

 

 

 

Full-scale offerings of the combined Creative Realities include:

 

Experienced planning, technology design and content creation, including custom and HTML web-based apps
Robust, purpose-built CMS Software via ReflectView, Reflect Xperience and Clarity for digital menu boards — all offered as a SaaS model
Data-driven analytics and menu board methods to optimize design and drive ROI
Design engineering, project management, installation and technical support
Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) streaming platforms
In-house, 24/7 Network Operation Center for Day-2 support and service to support the lifetime of the deployment

 

“With the expanded CMS options, added software development capabilities, and feet on the street, we’re primed to get clients to market faster, more efficiently, and with hyper localization and personalization of content,” said Mills. “We’re confident we have the most compelling and competitive products and service offerings available for the digital signage market. Together, we are fully positioned to fortify and future-proof digital signage solutions.”

 

The combined company will be headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.

 

Reflect was advised in the transaction by Innovation Advisors, a technology-focused investment bank, and Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP served as legal counsel to Reflect. Creative Realities was advised in the transaction by The Pretium Company, a TMT strategic advisory/consulting firm, and Maslon LLP served as legal counsel to Creative Realities.

 

About Creative Realities, Inc.

 

Creative Realities helps clients use the latest omnichannel technologies to inspire better customer experiences. The company designs, develops and deploys digital marketing experiences for high-end enterprise-level networks, and is actively providing recurring SaaS and support services across diverse vertical markets, including but not limited to automotive, advertising networks, fashion/multibrand retail, convenience retail, quick-service restaurant, cinema, and stadium venues. The company has operations across North America with active installations in more than 10 countries.

 

About Reflect

 

Reflect provides powerful, cost-effective digital signage platforms and solutions, helping organizations to create compelling experiences that engage staff and keep customers coming back for more. Reflect supplies everything brands need, including strategy, creative services, robust content management and ad trafficking systems, and media sales, all backed by the market-leading ReflectView and AdLogic software platforms.

 

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Contacts 

 

Christina Davies

cdavies@ideagrove.com

 

 

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