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): January 16, 2014

 

 

ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY , INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in is charter)

 

 

 

 

Colorado

0-14749

84-0910696

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

265 Turner Drive

Durango, Colorado 81303

(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (970) 259-0554

 

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))

 



 

 
 

 

 

Item 1.01     Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

CherryBerry Acquisition

 

On January 17, 2014, U-Swirl, Inc. (“ U-Swirl ”), a majority-owned subsidiary of Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. (the “ Company ”), and the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “ CherryBerry Purchase Agreement ”) with CherryBerry Enterprises LLC, CherryBerry Corporate LLC and CherryBerry LLC (collectively, “ CherryBerry ”), which are the franchisors of self-serve frozen yogurt retail stores branded as “CherryBerry”, and the members of CherryBerry. Pursuant to the CherryBerry Purchase Agreement, U-Swirl purchased certain assets of CherryBerry used in its business of franchising frozen yogurt stores, including all of its franchise rights and one company-owned store (the “ CherryBerry Acquisition ”). The assets were acquired for approximately $4.25 million in cash and 4 million shares of U-Swirl common stock. The CherryBerry Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties, covenants and indemnification obligations.

 

Yogli Mogli Acquisition

 

On January 17, 2014, U-Swirl entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “ Yogli Mogli Purchase Agreement ”) with Yogli Mogli LLC and certain of its affiliates (collectively, “ Yogli Mogli ”), which are the franchisors of self-serve frozen yogurt retail stores branded as “Yogli Mogli”. Pursuant to the Yogli Mogli Purchase Agreement, U-Swirl purchased certain assets of Yogli Mogli used in its business of franchising frozen yogurt stores, including all of its franchise rights and four company-owned stores (the “ Yogli Mogli Acquisition ”, and together with the CherryBerry Acquisition, the “ Acquisitions ”). The assets were acquired for approximately $2.15 million in cash and $200,000 in shares of U-Swirl common stock. The Yogli Mogli Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties, covenants and indemnification obligations.

 

Wells Fargo Loan Agreement

 

Effective January 16, 2014, the Company entered into a business loan agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (the “ Wells Fargo Loan Agreement ”) for a $7.0 million line of credit to be used to fund the purchase price of the Acquisitions by U-Swirl (the “ Wells Fargo Loan ”). The Company made its first draw of approximately $6.4 million on the Wells Fargo Loan on January 16, 2014. Interest on the Wells Fargo Loan is at a fixed rate of 3.75% and the maturity date is January 15, 2020. Interest on the Wells Fargo Loan accrues monthly commencing on February 15, 2014. The first principal and interest payment of approximately $128,000 is due on February 15, 2015, with amortized principal and interest payments continuing monthly thereafter. The Wells Fargo Loan may be prepaid without penalty at any time by the Company. The Wells Fargo Loan is collateralized by substantially all of the Company’s assets, including the U-Swirl Loan Agreement (as defined below). Additionally, the Wells Fargo Loan is subject to various financial ratio and leverage covenants. The Wells Fargo Loan Agreement also contains customary representations and warranties, covenants and acceleration provisions in the event of a default by the Company.

 

Loan Agreement with U-Swirl, Inc.

 

On January 16, 2014, the Company entered into Loan and Security Agreement with U-Swirl, Inc. (the “ U-Swirl Loan Agreement ”) for a $7.75 million line of credit to fund the purchase price of the Acquisitions (the “ U-Swirl Loan ”). The U-Swirl Loan bears interest at a fixed rate of 9.0% per annum and matures on January 16, 2016. Principal, interest and fees on the U-Swirl Loan are payable at maturity, or such earlier date as the obligations under the U-Swirl Loan are paid in accordance with the U-Swirl Loan Agreement, in cash, shares of preferred stock of U-Swirl or a combination thereof, at the discretion of the Company. The U-Swirl Loan Agreement also contains customary representations and warranties, covenants and acceleration provisions in the event of a default by U-Swirl. The obligations of U-Swirl under the U-Swirl Loan Agreement are secured by all of the assets of U-Swirl.

 

The foregoing summaries of the CherryBerry Purchase Agreement, the Yogli Mogli Purchase Agreement, the Wells Fargo Loan Agreement, and the U-Swirl Loan Agreement do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, the full text of these documents which are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1, 99.2, 99.3, and 99.4, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

 
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Item 2.01     Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 above regarding the CherryBerry Acquisition and the Yogli Mogli Acquisition is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.01.

 

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

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 above regarding the Wells Fargo Loan Agreement is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

Item 9.01     Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No. Description
   

99.1

Asset Purchase Agreement, dated January 17, 2014, among U-Swirl, Inc., CherryBerry Enterprises LLC, CherryBerry Corporate LLC, CherryBerry LLC and the members of the CherryBerry entities named therein. #

 

99.2

Asset Purchase Agreement, dated January 17, 2014, among U-Swirl, Inc., Yogli Mogli Franchise LLC, Yogli Mogli LLC, Yogli Mogli Newnan LLC, Yogli Mogli Enterprises LLC and Yogli Mogli Wheaton, LLC. #

 

99.3

Business Loan Agreement, effective January 16, 2014, between Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

 

99.4

Loan and Security Agreement, dated January 16, 2014, between Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. and U-Swirl, Inc.

 

 

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Schedules and similar attachments have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. We hereby undertake to supplementally furnish copies of any omitted schedules to the SEC upon request by the SEC.

 

 
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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

 

 

ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Date: January 21, 2014

By:

/s/ Bryan J. Merryman

 

 

 

Bryan J. Merryman, Chief Operating Officer,

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Director

 

 

 
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.   Description
   

99.1

Asset Purchase Agreement, dated January 17, 2014, among U-Swirl, Inc., CherryBerry Enterprises LLC, CherryBerry Corporate LLC, CherryBerry LLC and the members of the CherryBerry entities named therein. #

 

99.2

Asset Purchase Agreement, dated January 17, 2014, among U-Swirl, Inc., Yogli Mogli Franchise LLC, Yogli Mogli LLC, Yogli Mogli Newnan LLC, Yogli Mogli Enterprises LLC and Yogli Mogli Wheaton, LLC. #

 

99.3

Business Loan Agreement, effective January 16, 2014, between Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

 

99.4

Loan and Security Agreement, dated January 16, 2014, between Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. and U-Swirl, Inc.

 

 

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Schedules and similar attachments have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. We hereby undertake to supplementally furnish copies of any omitted schedules to the SEC upon request by the SEC.

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Asset Purchase Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of January 17, 2014, by and among U-Swirl, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“ Buyer ”), CherryBerry Enterprises LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company, CherryBerry Corporate LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company, and CherryBerry, LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (CherryBerry Enterprises LLC, CherryBerry Corporate LLC and CherryBerry LLC are collectively referred to as “ CherryBerry ” or the “ Sellers ”), solely for purposes of Section 3.6 , Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc., a Colorado corporation (“ RMCF ”) and, and solely for purposes of Article 8 , Dallas Jones and Robyn Jones (the “ Members ”).

 

Recitals

 

Sellers are Affiliates engaged in the business of franchising, licensing and operating frozen yogurt stores known as “CherryBerry Self-Serve Yogurt Bar” (the “ Business ”).

 

This Agreement contemplates that Sellers will transfer and assign to Buyer certain assets of Sellers used or useful in connection with the Business in exchange for the Purchase Price, as determined pursuant to Article 2 .

 

Agreements

 

In consideration of the mutual covenants and promises in this Agreement, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1
Definitions

 

Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement have the meanings set forth on attached Exhibit A .

 

ARTICLE 2
Purchase and Sale

 

2.1      Covenant of Purchase and Sale . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, at Closing, each Seller shall convey, assign, and transfer to Buyer, and Buyer shall acquire from Sellers, for the consideration specified in this Article 2 , free and clear of all Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances), all right, title, and interest in and to the following assets (collectively, the “ Acquired Assets ”), but not including any Excluded Assets:

 

(a)     All license agreements, franchise agreements, area development agreements and development agent agreements to which each Seller is a party, and all of the other Contracts described on Schedule 2.1(a) (the “ Acquired Contracts ”);

 

(b)     all Intellectual Property, as described on Schedule 2.1(b) (the “ Acquired Intellectual Property ”);

 

 
 

 

 

(c)     all rights of Sellers, to the extent transferable, under any franchises, approvals, permits, licenses, orders, registrations, certificates, variances, and similar rights obtained from any Governmental Authority that are used in, held for use in, or necessary for the operation of the Business, as described on Schedule 2.1(c) (the “ Acquired Governmental Permits ”);

 

(d)     copies of all books and records of Sellers related to the financial and operational aspects of the Business or any Acquired Asset, including all financial statements and documentation, all sales and purchase records, and other books and records relating to the Business;

 

(e)     all customer lists, supplier lists, telephone numbers (landline and mobile), facsimile numbers, e-mail addresses, postal addresses and postal boxes relating to the Business, as described on Schedule 2.1(e) ;

 

(f)     all advertising and promotional materials, studies and reports, and other marketing data or materials arising from or relating to the Business;

 

(g)     all cash and receivables collected from franchisees relating to the advertising and marketing fund, including, without limitation, the National Creative Fund as set forth in the franchise agreements;

 

(h)     all goodwill and other general intangibles of each Seller utilized in, arising from, or relating to the Business;

 

(i)     any other tangible assets utilized in, arising from, or relating to the generation of royalties and fees from Sellers’ franchisees; and

 

(j)     all tangible and intangible assets relating to the Company Owned Store.

 

2.2      Excluded Assets . Buyer will not acquire from Sellers any assets not specifically included in the Acquired Assets (the “ Excluded Assets ”), all rights, titles and interests in which shall be retained by Sellers. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.1 above and for the avoidance of doubt, the Excluded Assets shall include, without limitation, the following: (i) cash and cash equivalents of the Business as of Closing, except for amounts in the advertising and marketing fund, including, without limitation, the National Creative Fund; (ii) each Seller’s Governing Documents, minute books, stock or membership interest records, corporate seals, qualifications to conduct business as a foreign entity, taxpayer and other identification numbers, and other documents relating to the organization, maintenance, and existence of each Seller as a limited liability company; (iii) machinery, equipment, office equipment, tools, motor vehicles, spare parts, accessories, furniture or other miscellaneous tangible personal property used or held for use by each Seller in the operation of the Business that is not otherwise included in the Acquired Assets; (iv) accounts, notes, and other receivables in favor of each Seller arising from or relating to the operation of the Business prior to Closing, together with all collateral security for such accounts receivables, and rights to collect payment thereon; (v) deposits, prepaid expenses (except as set forth in Section 2.5 below), and refunds related to payments by each Seller; (vi) Tax Returns, Tax records, claims for refunds, and credits relating to Taxes of each Seller; (vii) bank accounts, cash accounts, investment accounts, deposit accounts, lockboxes and similar accounts of each Seller; (viii) any initial license fees, franchise fees, area development fees and development agent fees payable by a licensee, franchisee, development agent or area developer to Sellers pursuant to an Acquired Contract governing a license or franchise location not listed on Exhibit B (such location, a “ New Store ”), less the New Store Expenses with respect to each such New Store; (ix) each Seller’s insurance policies and their respective rights thereunder; (x) rights of each Seller under this Agreement or the Transaction Documents and (xi) the Company owned stores located at 1340 East Hillside Dr., Broken Arrow, OK 74012 and 9046 North 121 st East Ave., Owasso, OK 74055 (the “ Seller Retained Stores ”). Buyer acknowledges that the Seller Retained Stores do not pay any license or royalty fees.

 

 
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2.3      Assumed Liabilities and Excluded Liabilities . At Closing, Buyer shall assume only those obligations of Sellers scheduled to be performed after Closing under the terms of any Acquired Contract or with respect to the Company Owned Store, but only to the extent that such Acquired Contract is set forth on Schedule 2.1(a) , and excluding any obligation that arises out of, relates to, or results from, directly or indirectly, any breach, nonperformance, tort, infringement, or violation of applicable law at or before Closing (such assumed obligations, “ Assumed Liabilities ”). Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, Buyer will not assume any liabilities of any Seller, and each Seller will be solely liable for, and will pay, discharge and perform when due, all liabilities of such Seller that do not constitute Assumed Liabilities, whether or not such liabilities are reflected on such Seller’s books and records, including liabilities relating to the Excluded Assets (collectively, the “ Excluded Liabilities ”).

 

2.4      Purchase Price . The total consideration payable by Buyer to Sellers for the Acquired Assets shall be as follows (collectively, the “ Purchase Price ”): (i) $4,000,000 payable in accordance with Section 7.3(a) (the “ Cash Amount ”), (ii) the Share Consideration, and (iii) $250,000 payable to Triad Bank, N.A. in accordance with Section 7.3(b) to repay debt related to the Company Owned Store (the “ Debt Payment ”).

 

2.5      Post-Closing Adjustment . On the Closing Date, Sellers shall conduct an inventory of the Company Owned Store. Within thirty (30) Business Days after the Closing Date, Sellers shall prepare and deliver to Buyer one or more invoices (the “ Invoices ”) that list (i) Sellers’ cost for the inventory and operating supplies included in the Company Owned Store; (ii) Sellers’ cost for inventory and operating supplies that were ordered as of the Closing Date but not yet delivered, provided that such inventory and operating supplies have been delivered to Buyer at the applicable Company Owned Store prior to Buyer’s payment therefor; and (iii) all cash on hand in the Company Owned Store as of the Closing Date, if any. Such amounts detailed on the Invoices shall be considered an adjustment to the Purchase Price under Section 2.4 above. Buyer shall pay all amounts set forth in the Invoices by wire transfer of immediately available funds to Sellers within sixty (60) Business Days following its receipt of the Invoices from the Sellers.

 

2.6      Prorated Expenses . Sellers shall be responsible for all Prorated Expenses (defined below) incurred in the operation of the Company Owned Store prior to the Closing Date (the “ Sellers’ Prorated Responsibilities ”). Purchaser shall be responsible for all Prorated Expenses incurred in the operation of the Company Owned Store on the Closing Date and thereafter (the “ Purchaser’s Prorated Responsibilities ”). “ Prorated Expenses ” shall mean all charges and fees customarily prorated and adjusted in similar transactions which shall be prorated by and between Sellers and Purchaser on a per diem basis as of the Closing Date, including, without limitation, rents of any kind (including additional rent), real property ad valorem taxes, utilities, payroll taxes and assessments, and telephone charges. On or before the ninetieth (90 th ) day following the Closing Date (the “ Post Closing Reconciliation Date ”), Sellers and Purchaser shall cooperate to determine the amount of the Sellers’ Prorated Responsibilities that have been paid by Purchaser and the amount of the Purchaser’s Prorated Responsibilities that have been paid by Sellers (and shall provide documentation sufficient to demonstrate such payment). If Sellers and Purchaser determine that the amount of (i) the Sellers’ Prorated Responsibilities that have been paid by the Purchaser is greater than (ii) the amount of the Purchaser’s Prorated Responsibilities that have been paid by Sellers, then the Sellers shall pay to the Purchaser such difference within sixty (60) Business Days of the Post-Closing Reconciliation Date. If Seller and Purchaser determine that the amount of (i) the Purchaser’s Prorated Responsibilities that have been paid by Sellers is greater than (ii) the amount of the Sellers’ Prorated Responsibilities paid by Purchaser, then Purchaser shall pay to Sellers such difference within sixty (60) Business Days of the Post-Closing Reconciliation Date.

 

 
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ARTICLE 3
Related Matters

 

3.1      Allocation of Purchase Price . The parties agree that the Purchase Price (including any Assumed Liabilities that are treated as consideration for the Purchased Assets for federal income tax purposes), as adjusted hereunder, and all other amounts constituting consideration within the meaning of Section 1060 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), shall be allocated among the Acquired Assets in the manner as set forth on Schedule 3.1 , which schedule has been prepared in a manner consistent with Section 1060 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder (the “ Consideration Allocation ”). Sellers and Buyer agree to (i) be bound by the Consideration Allocation, (ii) act in accordance with the Consideration Allocation in the preparation and the filing of all Tax Returns (including, without limitation, filing Form 8594 with their United States federal income Tax Return for the taxable year that includes the Closing Date) and in the course of any Tax audit, Tax review or Tax litigation relating thereto and (iii) take no position and cause their Affiliates to take no position inconsistent with the Consideration Allocation for income Tax purposes, including United States federal and state income Tax and foreign income Tax, unless otherwise required pursuant to a “determination” within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code.

 

3.2      Bulk Sales . Buyer, on the one hand, and Sellers, on the other hand, each waives compliance by the other with Legal Requirements relating to bulk sales applicable to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

3.3      Transfer Taxes . All sales, use, transfer, and similar Taxes arising from or payable by reason of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be the liability of and for the account of Sellers, and each Seller shall jointly and severally indemnify and hold Buyer harmless from and against all Losses arising from any of the same.

 

3.4      Assignment and Assumption of Company Owned Store Lease . At Closing, each Seller will enter into an assignment and assumption agreement with Buyer for the premises of each of the Company Owned Store, as applicable, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Seller, Buyer, and the applicable landlord (each a “ Lease Assignment and Assumption ”). Each Lease Assignment and Assumption shall include a full release of the applicable Seller and any individual guarantors from and after the Closing Date.

 

 
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3.5      Seller Retained Stores . Prior to Closing, Sellers shall cause each of the Seller Retained Stores to enter into franchise agreements on standard terms except for the waiver of all license and royalties fees payable to Buyer under such franchise agreements, so that all Seller Retained Stores will be franchises of Buyer pursuant to the Acquired Contracts.

 

3.6      Sale of Share Consideration; Backstop; Call Option; Issuance of Share Consideration .

 

(a)     Sellers shall not sell any of the Share Consideration for twelve (12) months after the date of this Agreement (the “ Lock-Up Period ”) pursuant to the terms of the Lock-Up Agreement (defined below). Following expiration of the Lock-Up Period, if any of the Sellers wish to sell any of the Share Consideration (the “ Sale Shares ”), such Sellers shall first offer to sell to Buyer such Sale Shares for a per share price equal to the average of the highest and lowest reported sales prices of Buyer’s Common Stock on the OTCQB operated by the OTC Markets Group (the “ OTCQB ”) for the twenty (20) trading days immediately preceding the date of the offer (the “ Sale Price ”). Buyer may elect to purchase all or any portion of the Sale Shares, which payment shall be made to the applicable Seller, in exchange for such Sale Shares, within ten (10) days after accepting the offer. In the event that Buyer does not respond to Sellers within such ten (10) day period or does not elect to purchase all of such Sale Shares, Sellers shall next offer to sell to RMCF any unpurchased Sale Shares for the Sale Price. RMCF may elect to purchase all or any portion of such Sale Shares, which payment shall be made to the applicable Seller, in exchange for such Sale Shares, within ten (10) days after accepting the offer. In the event that RMCF does not respond to Sellers within such ten (10) day period or does not elect to purchase all of such Sale Shares, the Sellers may sell such shares on the OTCQB over the next thirty (30) days; provided that a Seller may not sell more shares of the Buyer’s Common Stock on any day than the average daily trading volume for the Buyer’s Common Stock on the OTCQB over the previous thirty (30) days. In the event that a Seller has not sold all of the Sale Shares that it wishes to sell over such thirty (30) day period, the provisions of this Section 3.6(a) shall again apply and a Seller shall offer to sell the Sale Shares to RMCF and the Buyer prior to any sale on the OTCQB.

 

(b)      Subject to Section 3.6(e) and Section 8.9 , in the event that the per share proceeds from the sale of any Sale Shares is less than fifty cents ($.50) per share before payment of any commissions or selling expenses, Buyer will pay to the applicable Seller an amount equal to (i) the number of Sale Shares sold by such Seller, multiplied by (ii) the difference between (x) fifty cents ($.50) and (y) the per share proceeds prior to payment of any commissions or selling expenses received by a Seller upon the sale of any Sale Shares pursuant to Section 3.6(a) (the “ Shortfall Payment ”). The Shortfall Payment will be paid by Buyer to the applicable Seller within ten (10) days after delivery by such Seller to Buyer of proof of sale of any Sale Shares for less than fifty cents ($.50) per share prior to payment of any commissions or selling expenses.

 

(c)     At any time after expiration of the Lock-Up Period, RMCF or Buyer may offer to purchase any or all of the Share Consideration for a purchase price of at least fifty cents ($.50) per share. Sellers shall have ten (10) days after delivery of notice of such offer to accept or reject the offer. If Sellers accept the offer within such ten (10) day period, Buyer shall make a payment to the applicable Seller, in exchange for such Sale Shares, within ten (10) days after acceptance of the offer. If Sellers do not respond during such ten (10) day period, or if Sellers reject the offer, then the Buyer’s obligations under Section 3.6(b) shall terminate and be of no further force or effect.

 

 
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(d)     The Share Consideration shall be issued by Buyer to Sellers upon the earlier to occur of (i) the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, or (ii) delivery of satisfactory evidence to Buyer of the resolution and/or settlement of the dispute between CherryBerry Corporate LLC and Beautiful Brands International, LLC relating to the Agreement, dated May 19, 2011, between such parties (the “ BBI Agreement ”), such that there are no further obligations of either party under the BBI Agreement and the BBI Agreement is terminated (the “ BBI Dispute ”).

 

(e)     Upon the sale(s) of all or any portion of the Sale Shares after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the proceeds from such sale(s) of the Sale Shares shall be placed in escrow with a third party escrow agent reasonably satisfactory to Buyer and the Sellers pursuant to customary escrow terms until the resolution and/or settlement of the BBI Dispute; provided , however , notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 3.6(e) , the Sellers have the option, in their sole discretion, to sell the Sale Shares without placing the proceeds from such sale(s) in escrow, in which case the Shortfall Payment described in Section 3.6(b) shall not apply to such sale(s) of the Sale Shares and Buyer’s obligations under Section 3.6(b) shall be terminated and be of no further force or effect.

 

ARTICLE 4
Buyer’s Representations and Warranties

 

Buyer represents and warrants to Sellers, as of the date of this Agreement and as of Closing, as follows:

 

4.1      Organization of Buyer . Buyer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada, and has all requisite power and authority to own and lease the properties and assets it currently owns and leases and to conduct its activities as such activities are currently conducted.

 

4.2      Authority . Buyer has all requisite power and authority to execute, deliver, and perform this Agreement and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby by Buyer have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary action on the part of Buyer. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Buyer, and is the valid and binding obligation of Buyer, enforceable against Buyer in accordance with its terms, subject to (a) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium, rearrangement, liquidation, conservatorship and other Laws of general application at the time in effect relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, including, without limitation, court decisions, general equity principles and the statutory provisions of the Federal Bankruptcy Code, as amended, pertaining to preferential or fraudulent transfers or conveyances; and (b) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such principles are considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).

 

 
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4.3      No Conflict; Required Consents . Except as described on Schedule 4.3 , the execution, delivery, and performance by Buyer of this Agreement do not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of Buyer; (ii) violate any provision of any Legal Requirements; or (iii) require any consent, approval, or authorization of, or filing of any certificate, notice, application, report, or other document with, any Governmental Authority or other Person.

 

4.4      Capitalization .

 

(a)      As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of Buyer consists of 100,000,000 shares of Buyer’s Common Stock, of which 15,307,776 shares are issued and outstanding, and 25,000,000 shares of Buyer’s $0.001 par value preferred stock, of which no shares are issued and outstanding.

 

(b)     All shares of Buyer’s capital stock were issued in compliance with applicable Legal Requirements. No shares of capital stock of Buyer were issued in violation of Buyer’s Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws or any other agreement, arrangement or commitment to which Buyer is a party and are not subject to or in violation of any preemptive or similar rights of any Person.  The outstanding shares of capital stock of Buyer have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

(c)     Except as set forth on Schedule 4.4(c), there are no outstanding or authorized options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character relating to any capital stock or other equity interests in Buyer or obligating Buyer to issue or sell any equity interests, or any other interest, in Buyer. There are no voting trusts, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the capital stock of Buyer.

 

(d)     When delivered by Buyer to Seller in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Share Consideration will be (i) duly and validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable, (ii) will be sold free and clear of any pledge, lien, security interest, encumbrance, claim or equitable interest of any kind, and no preemptive or similar right, co-sale right, registration right, right of first refusal or other similar right of shareholders exists with respect to any of such shares or the issuance and sale thereof other than those that have been expressly waived prior to the date hereof and those that will automatically expire upon the execution hereof, and (iii) issued in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws. No further approval or authorization of any shareholder, Buyer’s Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance to Sellers of the Share Consideration pursuant to the terms hereof. The issuance and sale of the Share Consideration pursuant to the terms hereof will not obligate Buyer to issue any shares of Common Stock or any other securities to any party other than the Sellers or adjust any exercise or conversion prices of any outstanding securities convertible into Common Stock.

 

(e)     Except as set forth on Schedule 4.4(e) , no Person has the right to cause Buyer to register any of its securities under the Securities Act.

 

 
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4.5      Financial Statements .

 

(a)     L.L. Bradford & Company, LLC, which has examined the consolidated financial statements of Buyer, together with the related schedules and notes, for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 filed with the SEC as a part of the SEC Documents, is an independent accountant within the meaning of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and is a registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act.

 

(b)     The audited consolidated financial statements of Buyer, together with the related schedules and notes, and the unaudited consolidated financial information for the quarter ending August 31, 2013, forming part of the SEC Documents, fairly present and will fairly present the consolidated financial position and the consolidated results of operations of Buyer at the respective dates and for the respective periods to which they apply.

 

(c)     All audited consolidated financial statements of Buyer, together with the related schedules and notes, and the unaudited consolidated financial information, filed with the SEC as part of the SEC Documents, complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and with the rules and regulations of the SEC with respect hereto when filed, have been and will be prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto or as permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC) and fairly present and will, through Closing, fairly present, subject in the case of the unaudited consolidated financial statements, to customary year end audit adjustments, the consolidated financial position of Buyer as at the dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows.

 

(d)     (i) the procedures pursuant to which the aforementioned consolidated financial statements have been audited are compliant with generally accepted auditing standards; (ii) the selected and summary consolidated financial and statistical data included in the SEC Documents present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with the audited consolidated financial statements presented therein; (iii) no other financial statements or schedules are required to be included in the SEC Documents, and (iv) the financial statements referred to in this Section 4.5 contain all certifications and statements required with respect to the report relating thereto.  Buyer has made known, or caused to be made known, to the accountants or auditors who have prepared, reviewed, or audited the aforementioned consolidated financial statements all material facts and circumstances which could affect the preparation, presentation, accuracy, or completeness thereof.

 

4.6      Taxes and Undisclosed Liabilities .  Neither Buyer nor any of its subsidiaries has any material liability of any nature (whether known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated, or due or to become due), including, without limitation, liabilities for Taxes and liabilities to customers, suppliers or franchisees, other than the following:

 

(a)     liabilities reflected or reserved against in accordance with GAAP on the balance sheet included in the unaudited consolidated financial statements of Buyer as of August 31, 2013 (the “ Most Recent Buyer Financial Statements ”);

 

 
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(b)     current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business from and after the Most Recent Buyer Financial Statements; and

 

(c)     other liabilities that would not have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, or condition (financial or otherwise) of Buyer and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the amounts set up as provisions for Taxes in the Most Recent Buyer Financial Statements are sufficient for all accrued and unpaid Taxes of Buyer, whether or not due and payable and whether or not disputed, under tax laws, as in effect on the date of the Most Recent Buyer Financial Statements or now in effect, for the period ended on such date and for all fiscal periods prior thereto. The execution, delivery, and performance of the Transaction Documents by Buyer will not cause any Taxes to be payable by Buyer or any of its subsidiaries or cause any lien, charge, or encumbrance to secure any Taxes to be created either immediately or upon the nonpayment of any Taxes. Buyer and each of its subsidiaries has filed all federal, state, local, and foreign tax returns required to be filed by it; has made available to Sellers a true and correct copy of each such return which was filed in the past six years; has paid (or has established on the last balance sheet included in the Most Recent Buyer Financial Statements a reserve for) all Taxes, assessments, and other governmental charges payable or remittable by it or levied upon it or its properties, assets, income, or franchises which are due and payable; and has made available to Buyer a true and correct copy of any report as to adjustments received by it from any taxing authority during the past six years and a statement as to any litigation, governmental or other proceeding (formal or informal), or investigation pending, threatened, or in prospect with respect to any such report or the subject matter of such report.

 

4.7      Compliance with Legal Requirements .  Buyer has at all times complied, and is complying, in all material respects, with all Legal Requirements applicable to it or its business, properties or assets.  Buyer has not received any notice claiming a violation by Buyer of any Legal Requirement applicable to Buyer, and to Buyer’s knowledge there is no basis for any claim that such a violation exists.

 

4.8      Exchange Act .

 

(a)     The Common Stock is registered under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), and Buyer is subject to the periodic reporting requirements of Section 13 of the Exchange Act. Buyer has taken no action to terminate such Exchange Act registration. Buyer has made available to Seller true, complete, and correct copies of all documents filed or furnished with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) by or on behalf of Buyer (the “ SEC Documents ”).  The SEC Documents, including, without limitation, any financial statements and schedules included therein, at the time filed or, if subsequently amended, as so amended, (i) did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading and (ii) complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder. All required reports or other filings required by Section 13(a) or 15(d) the Exchange Act in the last two years were timely made. To Buyer’s knowledge, each director and executive officer thereof has filed with the SEC on a timely basis all statements required by Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder since at least December 31, 2007.

 

 
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(b)     Buyer is in compliance in all material respects with all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 which are applicable to it. Buyer and its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Buyer has established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for Buyer and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to Buyer and its subsidiaries is made known to the certifying officers by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which Buyer’s most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act is being prepared. Buyer’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of Buyer’s controls and procedures as of the date prior to the filing date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “ Evaluation Date ”). Buyer presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in Buyer’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a and 15(f) of the Exchange Act) that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect, Buyer’s internal control over financial reporting.  Buyer has made available to Seller copies of, all written descriptions of, and all policies, manuals and other documents promulgating, such disclosure controls and procedures. The books, records and accounts of Buyer accurately and fairly reflect, in reasonable detail, the transactions in, and dispositions of, the assets of, and the results of operations of, Buyer all to the extent required by GAAP.

 

4.9      Litigation .  There is no Litigation pending or, to Buyer’s knowledge, threatened, or any Judgment outstanding, involving or affecting Buyer or all or any part of its assets or shares of Common Stock.

 

4.10    Valid Offering; No Integration .  The offering and sale of the Share Consideration is a valid offering exempt from registration under federal and applicable state securities laws. Neither Buyer, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering and sale of the Share Consideration to be integrated with prior offerings by Buyer for purposes of the Securities Act or any applicable shareholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any trading market on which any of the securities of Buyer are listed or designated.

 

4.11    Manipulation of Price .  Buyer has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of Buyer to facilitate the sale or resale of any of Buyer’s outstanding securities; or (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid or agreed to pay, any compensation to any Person for soliciting purchases of, any of the securities of Buyer.

 

 
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ARTICLE 5
Sellers’ Representations and Warranties

 

Each Seller, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to Buyer, as of the date of this Agreement and as of Closing, as follows:

 

5.1      Organization and Qualification of Each Seller . Each Seller is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of its state of organization. Each Seller has all requisite power and authority to own and lease the properties and assets it currently owns and leases and to conduct its activities as such activities are currently conducted. Each Seller is duly qualified to do business as a foreign limited liability company and is in good standing in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or leasing of the properties and assets owned or leased by it or the nature of its activities makes such qualification necessary.

 

5.2      Authority . Each Seller has all requisite power and authority to execute, deliver, and perform this Agreement and consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement on the part of such Seller have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Seller. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by each Seller, and is the valid and binding obligation of such Seller, enforceable against such Seller in accordance with its terms, subject to (a) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium, rearrangement, liquidation, conservatorship and other Laws of general application at the time in effect relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, including, without limitation, court decisions, general equity principles and the statutory provisions of the Federal Bankruptcy Code, as amended, pertaining to preferential or fraudulent transfers or conveyances; and (b) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such principles are considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).

 

5.3      No Conflict; Required Consents . Except as described on Schedule 5.3 , the execution, delivery, and performance by each Seller of this Agreement does not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate any provision of such Seller’s Governing Documents; (ii) violate any provision of any Legal Requirements; (iii) without regard to requirements of notice or lapse of time, conflict with, violate, result in a breach of, constitute a default under, accelerate, or permit the acceleration of the performance required by, any Contract or Encumbrance to which such Seller is a party or by which such Seller or the assets or properties owned or leased by it are bound or affected; (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any Encumbrance against or upon any of the Acquired Assets; or (v) require any consent, approval or authorization of, or filing of any certificate, notice, application, report, or other document with, any Governmental Authority or other Person.

 

 
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5.4      Assets; Title, Condition, and Sufficiency .

 

(a)     Each Seller has exclusive, good and marketable title to all of the Acquired Assets purported to be owned by such Seller, free and clear of all Encumbrances of any kind or nature, except (a) restrictions stated in the Acquired Governmental Permits, (b) Encumbrances disclosed on Schedule 5.4 which will be removed and released at or prior to Closing, and (c) Permitted Encumbrances.

 

(b)     The Acquired Assets are all the assets necessary to (i) permit Buyer to generate license revenues, area development revenues, development agent revenues and royalty revenues from the Business substantially as generated on the date of this Agreement in compliance with all Legal Requirements, (ii) operate the Company Owned Store substantially as operated on the date of this Agreement, and (iii) to perform all the Assumed Liabilities.

 

(c)     Other than such defects that Sellers have informed Buyer of in writing, the Acquired Assets are in good and usable condition for their intended purpose, ordinary wear and tear excepted.

 

(d)     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Sellers are not making any representation or warranty, nor shall the Sellers be deemed to have made any representation or warranty, with respect to the amount of franchise fees, development agent fees, area development fees, license fees or royalties that may be generated from the Business following the Closing or with respect to the future financial viability of the Company Owned Store or any licensed or franchised store.

 

5.5      Acquired Contracts .

 

(a)     Except for the Acquired Contracts, each Seller is not bound or affected by any of the following: (i) license agreements; (ii) franchise Contracts; (iii) area development Contracts; (iv) development agent agreements; or (v)Contracts granting any Person an Encumbrance on or against any of the Acquired Assets; (v) Contracts limiting the freedom of such Seller to engage or compete in any activity, or to use or disclose any information in their possession; (vi) Contracts pertaining to the use by such Seller of any Intellectual Property of any other Person, or the Acquired Intellectual Property by any other Person; or (vii) Contracts that require payment of any kind to such Seller.

 

(b)     Each Seller has delivered to Buyer true and complete copies of each of the Acquired Contracts to which such Seller is a party, including any amendments thereto (or, in the case of oral Acquired Contracts, true and complete written summaries thereof), and true and complete copies of all standard form Contracts included in the Acquired Contracts. Except as described in Schedule 5.5 : (i) each of the Acquired Contracts is valid, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with its terms against the parties thereto other than such Seller, subject to laws of general application in effect affecting creditors’ rights and subject to the exercise of judicial discretion in accordance with general equitable principles, and such Seller has fulfilled when due, or has taken all action necessary to enable it to fulfill when due, all of its obligations thereunder; (ii) there has not occurred any default (without regard to lapse of time, the giving of notice, the election of any Person other than such Seller, or any combination thereof) by such Seller nor, to the knowledge of such Seller, has there occurred any default (without regard to lapse of time, the giving of notice, the election of such Seller, or any combination thereof) by any Person other than such Seller under any of the Acquired Contracts; and (iii) none of the Sellers nor, to the knowledge of any Seller, any other Person is in arrears in the performance or satisfaction of its obligations under any of the Acquired Contracts, and no waiver or indulgence has been granted by any of the parties thereto.

 

 
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5.6      Litigation . Except as set forth on Schedule 5.6 , there is no Litigation pending or, to each Seller’s knowledge, threatened, or any Judgment outstanding, involving or affecting such Seller or all or any part of the Acquired Assets purported to be owned by such Seller.

 

5.7      Financial Statements . CherryBerry LLC and CherryBerry Corporate LLC have delivered to Buyer correct and complete copies of such Seller’s unaudited (i) balance sheets and related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for and as of the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, and (b) the unaudited balance sheet of such Seller as of November 30, 2013 and the related unaudited statement of income for the 11 month period then ended. CherryBerry Enterprises LLC has delivered to Buyer correct and complete copies of such Seller’s audited (i) balance sheets and related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for and as of the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, and (b) the unaudited balance sheet of such Seller as of November 30, 2013 and the related unaudited statement of income for the 11 month period then ended. The financial statements of the Sellers are collectively referred to as the “ Financial Statements .” The Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby and fairly present in all material respects the financial position, results of operations and changes in financial position of such Seller as of the dates and for the periods indicated, subject in the case of the unaudited Financial Statements only to normal year-end adjustments (none of which will be material in amount) and the omission of footnotes. Except as described on Schedule 5.7 or as disclosed by, or reserved against in, its most recent balance sheet included in the Financial Statements, such Seller does not have any liability or obligation, whether accrued, absolute, fixed or contingent (including liabilities for taxes or unusual forward or long-term commitments), that is or would be material to the business, results of operations or financial condition of such Seller, nor to such Seller’s knowledge does any aspect of its operations form a basis for any claim by a third party which, if asserted, could result in a liability not disclosed by or reserved against in such balance sheet. Since the date of the most recent balance sheet included in the Financial Statements (i) such Seller has operated only in the ordinary course, (ii) such Seller has not sold or disposed of any assets other than in the ordinary course of business, (iii) there has been no material adverse change in, and no event has occurred which is likely, individually or in the aggregate, to result in any material adverse change in, the business, operations, assets, or condition (financial or otherwise) of such Seller, taken as a whole.

 

5.8      Tax Returns; Other Reports . Except as set forth in Schedule 5.8 :

 

(a)     Each Seller (i) has timely paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to be paid by such Seller through the date hereof and as of the Closing (including any Taxes shown due on any Tax Return); and (ii) has filed or caused to be filed in a timely and proper manner (within any applicable extension periods) all Tax Returns required to be filed by such Seller with the appropriate Governmental Authority in all jurisdictions in which such Tax Returns are required to be filed (and all Tax Returns filed on behalf of such Seller were complete and correct).

 

 
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(b)     CherryBerry LLC and CherryBerry Corporate LLC have previously delivered true, correct and complete copies of all federal Tax Returns filed by or on behalf of such Seller through the date of this Agreement for the period ending December 31, 2010 and for all subsequent periods through December 31, 2012. CherryBerry Enterprises LLC has previously delivered true, correct and complete copies of all federal Tax Returns filed by or on behalf of such Seller through the date of this Agreement for the period ending December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2012.

 

(c)     No Seller has been notified by the Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority that any issues have been raised (and no such issues are currently pending) by the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing authority in connection with any Tax Return filed by or on behalf of such Seller; there are no pending Tax audits and no extensions or waivers of statutes of limitations have been given or requested with respect to such Seller; no Tax liens have been filed against such Seller except for liens for current Taxes not yet due and payable; and no unresolved deficiencies or additions to Taxes have been proposed, asserted, or assessed against such Seller.

 

(d)     No claim has been made within the last three years by any Governmental Authority in a jurisdiction in which a Seller does not file Tax Returns that such Seller is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction.

 

5.9      Compliance with Legal Requirements .

 

(a)     The ownership and use of the Acquired Assets as they are currently owned and used and the conduct of the Business by each Seller as it is currently conducted do not violate any Legal Requirement in any material respect. No Seller has received any notice claiming a violation by such Seller of any Legal Requirement applicable to such Seller, and to such Seller’s, knowledge there is no basis for any claim that such a violation exists which has not been remedied.

 

(b)     Other than the Acquired Governmental Permits, there are no other franchises, approvals, authorizations, permits, licenses, casements, registrations, qualifications, leases, variances, permissions, consents and similar rights obtained from any Governmental Authority that are required to own, maintain and operate the Acquired Assets or conduct the Business as currently conducted by Sellers. Each Seller has delivered to Buyer complete and correct copies of the Acquired Governmental Permits held by such Seller. The Acquired Governmental Permits are currently in full force and effect and are valid under all applicable Legal Requirements according to their terms. There is no legal action, governmental proceeding or investigation, pending or, to the Seller’s knowledge, threatened, to terminate suspend or modify any Acquired Governmental Permit and each Seller is in compliance in all material respects with the terms and conditions of all the Acquired Governmental Permits held by such Seller and with other applicable requirements of all Governmental Authorities relating to such Acquired Governmental Permits, including all requirements for notification, filing, reporting, posting and maintenance of logs and records.

 

 
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5.10      Intellectual Property .

 

(a)     All Acquired Intellectual Property is described on Schedule 2.1(b) , but with unregistered Intellectual Property described only in general terms. All of the patents, copyrightable works, trademarks, and service marks that have been registered, or for which an application for registration is pending, by Seller or its designee in the U. S. and/or in any foreign jurisdiction are listed on Schedule 2.1(b), along with the country of registration and registration number, or the country in which the application was filed and the application number.

 

(b)     The activities of each Seller do not infringe, misappropriate, or otherwise misuse any rights to Intellectual Property of other Persons. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.10(b) , the validity of the Acquired Intellectual Property, and the title or other rights thereto of each Seller, have not been challenged or questioned in any Litigation to which such Seller is a party, nor, to such Seller’s knowledge, is any such Litigation threatened. To each Seller’s knowledge, there is no unauthorized use, infringement, misappropriation or other misuse by other Persons of any Acquired Intellectual Property purported to be owned by such Seller. The Acquired Intellectual Property includes all Intellectual Property necessary to generate royalty revenues from the Business as currently generated by the Business, without infringing any Intellectual Property of each Seller or any other Person.

 

(c)     There has been no act or omission by any Seller or by such Seller’s employees, duly authorized attorneys or agents, as the case may be, or any other fact, which makes or will make invalid or unenforceable any otherwise valid and enforceable rights of such Seller in any of the Acquired Intellectual Property (by assignment or otherwise), or which negates or will negate the right to the issuance by such Seller of any of the Acquired Intellectual Property.

 

(d)     No Seller holds any patents or patent applications.

 

(e)     Each item of Acquired Intellectual Property is either: (i) owned solely by Sellers free and clear of any Encumbrances, or (ii) rightfully used and authorized for use by Sellers and its successors pursuant to a valid and enforceable written license.

 

(f)      Schedule 5.10(f) sets forth a complete and accurate listing of (i) all licenses, sublicenses, covenants not to sue, settlements, forbearances and other agreements as to which each Seller is a party and pursuant to which each Seller grants or otherwise permits any other Person to use any Intellectual Property (“ Outbound Intellectual Property Licenses ”), and (ii) all licenses, sublicenses, covenants not to sue, settlements, forbearances and other agreements as to which each Seller is a party and pursuant to which each Seller is authorized or otherwise permitted to use any other Person’s Intellectual Property (“ Inbound Intellectual Property Licenses ”). Each of the Inbound Intellectual Property Licenses and the Outbound Intellectual Property Licenses (together “ Intellectual Property Licenses ”) is valid and binding on such Seller party thereto, and, to the knowledge of such Seller, all other parties thereto and enforceable in accordance with its terms, and, to the knowledge of such Seller, there exists no event or condition that does or will result in a violation or breach of, or constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default by any party thereunder. Each Seller is in compliance with, and has not breached any term of any such Intellectual Property Licenses and, to the knowledge of such Seller, all other parties to such Intellectual Property Licenses are in compliance with, and have not breached any term of, such Intellectual Property Licenses. Following the Closing Date, Buyer and its subsidiaries will be permitted to exercise all of Sellers’ rights under such Intellectual Property Licenses to the same extent Sellers would have been able to had the transactions contemplated by this Agreement not occurred and without the payment of any additional amounts or consideration other than ongoing fees, royalties or payments which Seller would otherwise be required to pay.

 

 
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(g)     Each Seller has secured valid written assignments from all consultants, employees and other third parties who contributed to the creation or development of Intellectual Property for such Seller (“ Creators ”) of the rights to such contributions that such Seller does not already own by operation of law, pursuant to which such Seller is the sole owner of all such contributions, including all rights therein. The Creators have not made any filings for or, to the knowledge of such Seller, otherwise taken any steps to secure or acquire any rights to Intellectual Property inconsistent with the assignments referred to in this Section 5.10(g) . No third party, including any former employer of any Creator, has any claim to any right, title or interest in any Acquired Intellectual Property that is inconsistent with the assignment to such Seller by such Creator described in this Section 5.10(g) , nor has any third party made any filings or taken any other actions inconsistent with such assignment.

 

(h)     No current or former shareholder, manager, partner, director, officer, employee, agent or distributor of Sellers or any of Sellers’ predecessors in interest will, after the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, own or retain any rights in, to, or under any of the Acquired Intellectual Property.

 

5.11      Employee Benefit Plans . None of Sellers or any Seller ERISA Affiliate sponsors, maintains or contributes to or, at any time during the last six years, has sponsored, maintained or contributed to (or been obligated to sponsor, maintain or contribute to), nor does Seller or any Seller ERISA Affiliate have any liability with respect to, any "multiemployer plan," as defined in Section 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA or Section 414(f) of the Code, that covers (or covered) employees of Sellers.

 

5.12      Environmental Matters . To the knowledge of the Sellers, each Seller is currently and has been at all times during the past five (5) years in compliance in all material respects with, and has no material liabilities under, any and all Environmental Laws, and has not received from any Person any: (i) Environmental Notice or Environmental Claim; or (ii) written request for information pursuant to Environmental Law, which, in each case, either remains pending or unresolved, or is the source of ongoing obligations or requirements as of the Closing Date. To the knowledge of the Sellers, there are no facts, events, conditions or circumstances that could result in a liability to Seller pursuant to Environmental Laws.

 

5.13      Books and Records . All of the books, records, and accounts of each Seller are in all material respects true and complete, are maintained in accordance with good business practice, accurately present and reflect in all material respects all of the transactions therein described, and are reflected accurately in the Financial Statements.

 

 
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5.14      Securities Matters .

 

(a)     Each Seller agrees that such Seller was in a position to obtain information from Buyer that has enabled it to evaluate its investment in Buyer. Such Seller has had an opportunity to ask questions of and obtain additional information from the officers of Buyer concerning the business and financial condition of Buyer and its anticipated business.

 

(b)     In the transaction subject to this Agreement, each Seller is acquiring the Common Stock for its own account for investment purposes, and not with a view to distribution.

 

(c)     Each Seller acknowledges that Buyer has not registered with the SEC or any state agency any of the Common Stock that will be issued to such Seller as part of the Purchase Price. As such, it constitutes restricted securities.

 

(d)     Each Seller acknowledges (1) that Buyer has sustained losses in the past; (2) that there can be no assurance that net income will be realized by Buyer or its Affiliates; and (3) as such, there can be no assurance that such Seller will receive any return on its investment.

 

(e)     Each Seller understands that there is no assurance that Buyer will achieve any net income that is passed on to such Seller. Such Seller is an entity that is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Common Stock of Buyer. In making this statement, such Seller has considered whether it could afford to hold the Common Stock for an indefinite period and whether, at this time, it could afford a complete loss of its investment.

 

(f)     Each Seller understands and acknowledges that although the Common Stock it receives as part of the Purchase Price might be able to be transferred without registration under the Act, any such transfer may be subject to registration under applicable state securities laws. Such Seller agrees that it will not sell or otherwise transfer that Common Stock unless it is registered, or unless an exemption from any federal and state registration requirements are available to the satisfaction of Buyer. Such Seller agrees that the certificate(s) evidencing that Common Stock can contain a restrictive legend, in a form the same as or similar to the following:

 

“The shares represented by this certificate have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), or under the comparable provisions of the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction; and are therefore “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144 under the Act. The shares may not be offered for sale, sold, or otherwise transferred except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Act and other applicable laws, or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Act and other applicable laws, the availability of which is to be established to the satisfaction of the corporation.”

 

(g)     Each Seller agrees that the Common Stock acquired by such Seller as part of the Purchase Price will not be resold, or offered for resale, or otherwise transferred by such Seller for a period of at least twelve months after the Closing Date.

 

 
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(h)     EACH SELLER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT NEITHER BUYER, NOR ANY OF ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, OR AGENTS MAKES ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES (1) CONCERNING THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF BUYER OR ITS AFFILIATES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE BUSINESSES, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT; OR (2) CONCERNING THE FUTURE PERFORMANCE OF BUYER OR ITS AFFILIATES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE BUSINESSES.

 

5.15      Disclosure . No representation or warranty by Sellers in this Agreement or in any Schedule or Exhibit of this Agreement, or any statement, list or certificate furnished or to be furnished by Sellers pursuant to this Agreement, contains or will contain any untrue statement of material fact, or omits or will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which made.

 

5.16      No Other Representations and Warranties . THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES BY THE SELLERS CONTAINED HEREIN AND IN ANY OF THE CERTIFICATES DELIVERED PURSUANT HERETO CONSTITUTE THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLERS TO BUYER IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, AND BUYER UNDERSTANDS, ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ALL OTHER REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY RELATING TO THE FUTURE OR HISTORICAL OPERATIONS OF THE BUSINESS OR THE ACQUIRED ASSETS OR THE QUALITY, QUANTITY OR CONDITION OF THE ACQUIRED ASSETS) ARE SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMED BY THE SELLERS. OTHER THAN THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES BY THE SELLERS CONTAINED HEREIN, IN THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS AND IN ANY OF THE CERTIFICATES DELIVERED PURSUANT HERETO, THE SELLERS DO NOT MAKE OR PROVIDE, AND THE BUYER HEREBY WAIVES, ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO AFFECT ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY MADE BY ANY SELLER PURSUANT TO ANY TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT OR INSTRUMENT DELIVERED PURSUANT TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT.

 

ARTICLE 6
Certain Covenants

 

6.1      Press Releases . Except as required by applicable Legal Requirements, neither Sellers, on the one hand, nor Buyer, on the other hand, shall make any press release or public announcement or statement with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement without the prior written consent and approval of the other, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld. The parties hereto shall consult with and cooperate with the other parties hereto with respect to the content and timing of all press releases and other public announcements or statements, and any oral or written statements to Sellers’ employees concerning this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

 
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6.2      Cooperation . In case at any time after the Closing any further action is necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement or any Transaction Document and the transactions contemplated herein and therein, each party hereto will take such further action (including the execution and delivery of such further instruments and documents) as any other party reasonably may request, all at the requesting party’s cost and expense (unless the requesting party is entitled to indemnification therefor under Article 8 below).

 

6.3      Confidentiality . Each Seller, each of their respective Affiliates, and each shareholder, member, corporate director, officer, limited liability company manager and representatives of each Seller (each of the foregoing, a “ Restricted Party ”), shall treat and hold confidential any information concerning the Business, the Acquired Assets or the related affairs of Sellers that is not already generally available to the public, including the existence and terms of this Agreement (collectively, “ Confidential Information ”), refrain from using any of the Confidential Information except in connection with this Agreement and the Transaction Documents, and deliver promptly to Buyer or destroy, at the request and option of Buyer, all tangible embodiments (and all copies) of the Confidential Information that are in his, her, or its possession. In the event any Restricted Party is requested or required pursuant to oral or written question or request for information or documents in any legal proceeding, interrogatory, subpoena, civil investigative demand, or similar process to disclose any Confidential Information, then he, she, or it shall notify Buyer promptly of the request or requirement so that Buyer may seek an appropriate protective order or waive compliance with the provisions of this Section 6.3 . If, in the absence of a protective order or the receipt of a waiver under this Agreement, any Restricted Party is, on the advice of counsel, compelled to disclose any Confidential Information to any tribunal or else stand liable for contempt, then he, she, or it may disclose the Confidential Information to the tribunal; provided , however , that he, she, or it shall use his, her, or its reasonable best efforts to obtain, at the reasonable request of Buyer, an order or other assurance that confidential treatment is accorded to such portion of the Confidential Information required to be disclosed as Buyer may designate.

 

6.4      Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Covenants .

 

(a)     Except as is necessary to operate the Seller Retained Stores, during the period which shall commence as of the Closing and shall terminate on the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date (the “ Restricted Period ”), no Restricted Party shall:

 

(i)      Anywhere in the Business Area, directly or indirectly (including through any Affiliate of any Restricted Party), compete with the Business, conduct a business similar to the Business, or own, manage, operate, control, be employed or retained by, provide services to, engage or participate in, advise, aid or be connected as an owner, partner, principal, sales representative, advisor, member of the board of directors of, employee of or consultant of, any Competitor.

 

(ii)      Invest in, or otherwise provide or assist in providing financing to, any Competitor.

 

 
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(iii)     Directly or indirectly (including through any Affiliate of any Restricted Party), (A) solicit, induce or attempt to induce any licensee, franchisee, area development agent, area developer, customer, supplier or other third party to cease doing business in whole or in part with Buyer or any of its Affiliates with respect to the Business; (B) attempt to limit or interfere with any agreement or relationship existing between Buyer or any of its Affiliates with respect to the Business with any licensee, franchisee, area development agent, area developer customer, supplier or other third party; (C) disparage or take any actions that are harmful to the business reputation of the Business, Buyer, or any of its Affiliates (or their respective management teams) or (D) acquire or attempt to acquire any business that Buyer or any of its Affiliates has identified to any Restricted Party as, or the Restricted Party otherwise learns is, a potential acquisition target (an “ Acquisition Target ”) or take any action to induce or attempt to induce any Acquisition Target to complete any acquisition, investment or other similar transaction with any other Person other than Buyer or any of its Affiliates; provided , however , that such prohibition shall not restrict the Sellers, or any one of them, from enforcing and/or defending their rights under this Agreement or any Transaction Document.

 

(iv)     Hire, retain, employ, or engage any employee, contractor, or consultant of Buyer or any of its Affiliates, or induce or attempt to induce any such employee, contractor, or consultant to leave his, her, or its position or in any way interfere with the relationship between Buyer or any of its Affiliates and any of their respective employees, contractors, or consultants; provided , however , that nothing set forth herein or in any other Transaction Document shall prohibit any Seller or any of their respective Affiliates from hiring, retaining, employing or engaging any individual who worked as a corporate office employee of any Seller as of the Closing Date, which employees are set forth on Schedule 6.4(a) hereto.

 

(b)     Each Restricted Party agrees that each covenant in this Section 6.4 is reasonable with respect to its duration, geographical area, and scope. Each Restricted Party also acknowledges and agrees that (i) this Section 6.4 is reasonable and necessary to protect and preserve Buyer’s and the Business’s legitimate business interests and the value of the Business, and to prevent an unfair advantage from being conferred on any Restricted Party; and (ii) Sellers (in addition to any responsibility owed by any Restricted Party that commits a breach hereunder) shall be responsible for any breach of this Section 6.4 by any Restricted Party.

 

(c)     Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.4 and the restrictions set forth therein, (i) a Restricted Party may own securities in any Competitor that is a publicly-held corporation, but only to the extent that the Restricted Party does not own, of record or beneficially, more than one percent of the outstanding beneficial ownership of any such Competitor, (ii) a Restricted Party may sell, lease, license, or otherwise transfer to any Person any of the Excluded Assets, and (iii) a Restricted Party may conduct business with any supplier or other vendor that provided goods and/or services to any Seller prior to the Closing Date, so long as such business does not compete with, interfere with or adversely affect the Business; provided that, in the case of either of clause (i), (ii), or (iii), such Restricted Party is otherwise in compliance with the terms hereof and the terms of any confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement then in effect between any Restricted Party and Buyer or any of its Affiliates.

 

 
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(d)     Each Restricted Party further agrees that due to the inadequate remedy at law and irreparable injury to Buyer or its Affiliates that may result from the violation of the covenants contained in this Section 6.4 , Buyer and its Affiliates are entitled to seek to enforce their rights and the obligations owed under this Section 6.4 not only by an action or actions for damages, but also by an action or actions for specific performance, temporary, preliminary, or permanent injunctive relief or other equitable relief in order to enforce or prevent any violations or breaches (whether anticipatory, continuing or future) of this Section 6.4 without the need to post any bond or other security. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as prohibiting Buyer or any of its Affiliates from pursuing any other remedies available to it for such breach or threatened breach, including the recovery of damages from the breaching party. Each Restricted Party further agrees that the Restrictive Period shall be extended by an amount of time equal to the time that such Restricted Party was in breach of this Section 6.4 . If any court of competent jurisdiction determines that any of the covenants and agreements contained in this Section 6.4 , or any part hereof, are unenforceable because of the character, duration or geographic scope of such provision, such court shall have the power to modify the duration or scope of such provision, as the case may be, and, in its modified form, such provision shall then be enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

 

6.5      Names and Logos . Immediately following Closing, each Seller shall change its corporate name to remove any reference to the name “CherryBerry” or any other trade name used by such Seller or any name derived from or confusingly similar to any such names. As promptly as practicable following the Closing Date, each Seller shall file in all jurisdictions in which it is qualified to do business any documents necessary to reflect such change of name or to terminate its qualification therein. In connection with enabling Buyer to use the current corporate name of each Seller, such Seller shall deliver to Buyer all consents related to such change of name as may be requested by Buyer and shall otherwise cooperate with Buyer. From and after the Closing Date, each Seller shall immediately cease the use (in any format or medium) of such name or any variations thereof for all business purposes whatsoever (except that such name may be referred to as a former name in any Tax or other filing required to be made with any Governmental Authority). Immediately following Closing, each Seller shall remove from the Excluded Assets all names, service marks, service names, logos, and similar proprietary rights included in the Acquired Assets.

 

6.6      Franchisee Sales Data . Sellers shall provide Buyer with franchisee sales data if requested by Buyer at any time up to thirty (30) days after the Closing Date.

 

ARTICLE 7
Closing

 

7.1      Closing; Time and Place . The closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (“ Closing ”) shall take place on the date of this Agreement (the “ Closing Date ”), at the offices of Perkins Coie LLP, 1900 Sixteenth Street, Suite 1400, Denver, Colorado 80202, at a time mutually determined by Seller and Buyer.

 

7.2      Sellers’ Obligations . At Closing, Sellers shall deliver or cause to be delivered the following, and take the following actions:

 

(a)      Bill of Sale and Assignment . To Buyer, an executed Bill of Sale and Assignment in the form of Exhibit 7.2(a) .

 

 
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(b)      Intellectual Property Assignment Agreement . To Buyer, an executed Intellectual Property Assignment Agreement in the form of Exhibit 7.2(b) .

 

(c)      Lock-Up Agreement . To Buyer an executed Lock-Up Agreement in the form of Exhibit 7.2(c) .

 

(d)      Evidence of Corporate Actions . To Buyer, certified limited liability company resolutions, or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to Buyer, that each Seller has taken all action necessary to authorize the execution of this Agreement, the Transaction Documents, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents.

 

(e)      Required Consents . To Buyer, evidence, in form and substance satisfactory to Buyer, that there have been obtained all consents, approvals and authorizations required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(f)      Releases of Encumbrances . To Buyer, releases, in form and substance satisfactory to Buyer, of all Encumbrances affecting any of the Acquired Assets other than Permitted Encumbrances, including, but not limited to, a payoff letter of the debt owed to Triad Bank, N.A. and releases of all Encumbrances of Triad Bank, N.A. against all assets of Sellers.

 

(g)      Termination of Employees . Terminate all of Sellers’ employees who work solely or primarily at the Company Owned Store, as of the close of business on the Closing Date.

 

(h)      Assignment and Assumption of Company Owned Store Lease . To Buyer, a Lease Assignment and Assumption with respect to each real property lease for each Company Owned Store, duly executed by the applicable Seller and the applicable landlord of each Company Owned Store.

 

(i)      Other . Such other documents and instruments as shall be necessary to effect the intent of this Agreement and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

7.3      Buyer’s Obligations . At Closing, Buyer shall deliver or cause to be delivered the following:

 

(a)      Purchase Price . To each Seller, Seller’s Applicable Percentage of (i) the Cash Amount, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated by Seller in writing.

 

(b)      Triad Bank Debt Payment . To Triad Bank, N.A., the Debt Payment, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated by Triad Bank, N.A.

 

(c)      Assumption Agreement . To Sellers, an executed Assumption Agreement in the form of Exhibit 7.3(c) .

 

 
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(d)      Assignment and Assumption of Company Owned Store Leases . To Sellers, a Lease Assignment and Assumption with respect to each real property lease for each Company Owned Store, duly executed by Buyer.

 

(e)      Evidence of Corporate Actions . To Sellers, certified corporate resolutions of Buyer, or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to Sellers that Buyer has taken all action necessary to authorize the execution of this Agreement, the Transaction Documents, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents.

 

(f)      Other . Such other documents and instruments as shall be necessary to effect the intent of this Agreement and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

7.4      Possession of Acquired Assets; Risk of Loss . Possession by Buyer of the Acquired Assets will occur immediately after the close of business on the Closing Date. Each Seller assumes the risk of damage to or loss of the Acquired Assets until the close of business on the Closing Date. Buyer assumes the risk of damage to or loss of the Acquired Assets after the close of business on Closing Date.

 

ARTICLE 8
Indemnification

 

8.1      Indemnification by Sellers . From and after Closing, each Seller and the Members shall jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless Buyer, its Affiliates, officers and directors, employees, agents, and representatives, and any Person claiming by or through any of them, as the case may be (each, a “ Buyer Indemnitee ”), from and against any and all Losses arising out of or resulting from:

 

(a)     any representations and warranties made by Sellers in this Agreement not being true and accurate when made or when required by this Agreement to be true and accurate;

 

(b)     any failure by Sellers to perform any of its covenants, agreements, or obligations in this Agreement;

 

(c)     the activities and operations of Sellers prior to Closing;

 

(d)     the employment by Sellers of, or services rendered to it by, any finder, broker, agency, or other intermediary, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, or any allegation of any such employment or services;

 

(e)     any Excluded Assets or Excluded Liabilities;

 

(f)     any non-compliance of Sellers with applicable state or other Legal Requirements relating to bulk sales or transfer in bulk in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby;

 

(g)     Taxes of Sellers (collectively, with all other indemnification obligations of the Sellers contained in this Section 8.1 , the “ Section 8.1 Indemnified Claims ”);

 

 
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(h)     any costs incurred by any Buyer Indemnitee related to the BBI Agreement or any dispute related thereto; and

 

(i)     any New Store Expenses.

 

If, by reason of the claim of any third party relating to any of the matters subject to such indemnification, an Encumbrance, attachment, garnishment, or execution is placed or made upon any of the properties or assets owned or leased by Buyer, in addition to any indemnity obligation of Sellers and the Members under this Section 8.1 , Sellers and the Members shall be obligated to furnish a bond sufficient to obtain the prompt release of such Encumbrance, attachment, garnishment or execution within five days from receipt of notice relating thereto.

 

8.2      Indemnification by Buyer .  From and after Closing, Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless Sellers and their Affiliates, and their respective officers and directors, employees, agents, and representatives, and any Person claiming by or through any of them, as the case may be (each, a “ Seller Indemnitee ”), from and against any and all Losses arising out of or resulting from:

 

(a)     any representations and warranties made by Buyer in this Agreement not being true and accurate when made or when required by this Agreement to be true and accurate;

 

(b)     any failure by Buyer to perform any of its covenants, agreements, or obligations in this Agreement;

 

(c)     the activities of Buyer and operation of the Acquired Assets by Buyer following Closing;

 

(d)     the Assumed Liabilities; and

 

(e)     the employment by Buyer of, or services rendered to it by, any finder, broker, agency, or other intermediary, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, or any allegation of any such employment or services (collectively, with all other indemnification obligations of the Buyer contained in this Section 8.2 , the “ Section 8.2 Indemnified Claims ”).

 

8.3      Procedure for Indemnified Third Party Claim . If a party desires indemnification by the other party, promptly after receipt by a Buyer Indemnitee or a Seller Indemnitee (each an “ Indemnitee ”) of written notice of the assertion or the commencement of any Litigation with respect to any matter referred to in Section 8.1 or Section 8.2 , as applicable, the Indemnitee shall give written notice thereof to the other party (such other party, whether Buyer or Sellers and the Members, the “ Indemnifying Party ”), and thereafter shall keep the Indemnitee reasonably informed with respect thereto; provided , however , that failure of the Indemnitee to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations hereunder except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party is prejudiced thereby.  If any Litigation is commenced against any Indemnitee by a third party, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate in such Litigation and, at the Indemnifying Party’s option, assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnitee, at the Indemnifying Party’s sole expense; provided , however , that the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense of any Litigation if (i) the Indemnitee shall have one or more legal or equitable defenses available to it which are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Party, and, in the reasonable opinion of the Indemnitee, counsel for the Indemnifying Party could not adequately represent the interests of the Indemnitee because such interests could be in conflict with those of the Indemnifying Party, (ii) such Litigation is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on any other matter beyond the scope or limits of the indemnification obligation of the Indemnifying Party, or (iii) the Indemnifying Party shall not have assumed the defense of the Litigation in a timely fashion (but in any event within thirty days of notice of such Litigation).  If the Indemnifying Party assumes the defense of any Litigation, the Indemnitee shall be entitled to participate in any Litigation at its sole expense, and the Indemnifying Party shall not settle such Litigation unless the settlement shall include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or the plaintiff of a full and unconditional release of the Indemnitee from all liability with respect to the matters that are subject to such Litigation, or otherwise shall have been approved reasonably by the Indemnitee.

 

 
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8.4      Payment of Indemnification Amounts . Amounts payable pursuant to Section 8.1 or Section 8.2 shall be payable by the Indemnifying Party as incurred by the Indemnitee, and shall bear interest at the Prime Rate from the date the Losses for which indemnification is sought were incurred by the Indemnitee until the date of payment of indemnification; provided , however , that any amounts owing from any Seller pursuant to Section 8.1 will made in cash and from the cancellation and retirement of Share Consideration held by the Sellers, in the same proportion as the Cash Amount and the Share Consideration are to the Purchase Price, in an aggregate amount equal to the amount of such outstanding indemnification payment, and thereafter will be made directly by the Sellers in accordance with the terms herein. For purposes of this Section 8.4 , the Share Consideration will be valued at an amount equal to the average of the highest and lowest reported sales prices of Buyer’s Common Stock on the OTCQB for the twenty (20) trading days immediately preceding the date on which such indemnification payment becomes due and payable, as reported by Bloomberg Financial L.P., or another authoritative source mutually acceptable to the parties.

 

8.5      Survival of Representations and Warranties . The warranties set forth in Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4(a), and 5.4(b) (collectively, the “ Exempt Representations and Warranties ”) shall survive Closing indefinitely.  The warranties set forth in Section 5.8 (the “ SOL Representations and Warranties ”) shall survive Closing until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations.  All other warranties of the parties set forth in Article 4 and Article 5 shall survive Closing for a period of eighteen (18) months.  An Indemnifying Party’s indemnification obligations with respect to fraud or intentional misrepresentation by such Indemnifying Party shall survive indefinitely.  It is the express intent of the parties that, if the applicable survival period for an item as contemplated by this Section 8.5 (the “ Applicable Survival Period ”) is longer or shorter than the statute of limitations that would otherwise have been applicable to such item, then absent fraud, by contract the applicable statute of limitations with respect to such items shall be increased or reduced, as applicable, to the extended or shortened survival period contemplated hereby.  The parties further acknowledge that the Applicable Survival Periods set forth in this Section 8.5 for the assertion of claims under this Agreement are the result of arm’s-length negotiation among the parties and that they intend for the time periods to be enforced as agreed herein by the parties.

 

 
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8.6      Limitations on Liability . Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents to the contrary:

 

(a)      No Seller or Member shall have any liability for Section 8.1 Indemnified Claims to the extent (i) insurance proceeds (including proceeds from title insurance) in respect of such claims are actually received by the Buyer Indemnitees, net of all actual and reasonable expenses incurred by them in recovering such proceeds from the insurance carrier, or (ii) the Buyer Indemnitees actually receive indemnification or recovery of damages from a third party for such claims, net of all reasonable expenses incurred by them in recovering such indemnification or recovery of damages from the third party.

 

(b)      All amounts paid by or on behalf of Sellers or the Members as indemnification shall be treated as adjustments to the Purchase Price, except as required by applicable Law.

 

(c)      The parties shall be entitled to pursue without limitation any rights or remedies they may have with respect to claims based upon fraud or actions that are intended to further the commission of a fraud , whether under this Agreement, at law or in equity.

 

(d)      No Seller or Member will have any liability to any Buyer Indemnitee under Section 8.1(a) unless and until the Buyer Indemnitees shall have incurred on a cumulative basis Losses exceeding Twenty-Five Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($25,000.00) (the “ Basket ”), at which point Sellers and the Members shall be jointly and severally liable for all Losses incurred by the Buyer Indemnitees from the first dollar up to and in excess of the amount of the Basket (such amount intended to be a threshold and not a deductible); provided , however , the Basket shall not apply to any Losses incurred or suffered by any of them arising out of or resulting from (i) any breach by any Seller of any Exempt Representations and Warranties or any SOL Representations and Warranties or (ii) claims based upon Sellers’ fraud, fraudulent actions or intentional misrepresentation .

 

(e)      The Buyer will not have any liability to the Seller Indemnitees under Section 8.2 until the Seller Indemnitees shall have incurred on a cumulative basis Losses exceeding the Basket, at which point the Buyer shall be liable for all Losses incurred by the Seller Indemnitees in excess of the amount of the Basket; provided , however , the Basket shall not apply to any Losses incurred or suffered by any of them arising out of or resulting from (i) any breach by Buyer of any Exempt Representation and Warranties or (ii) claims based upon Buyer’s fraud, fraudulent actions or intentional misrepresentation .

 

(f)      The maximum aggregate liability of Sellers and the Members to the Buyer Indemnitees with respect to claims under Section 8.1(a) will be limited to an amount equal to Two Million Sixty Two Thousand Five Hundred and 00/100 Dollars ($2,062,500) (the “ Cap ”); provided , however , the Cap shall not apply to any Losses incurred or suffered by any of them and arising out of or resulting from (i) any breach by the Sellers of any Exempt Representations and Warranties or any SOL Representations and Warranties, or (ii) claims based upon fraud, fraudulent actions or intentional misrepresentation .

 

 
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(g)      The maximum aggregate liability of the Buyer to the Seller Indemnitees with respect to claims under Section 8.2(a) will be limited to Cap; provided , however , such limitation shall not apply to any Losses incurred or suffered by any of them and arising out of or resulting from (i) any breach by the Buyer of any Exempt Representations and Warranties or any SOL Representations and Warranties, or (ii) claims based upon fraud, fraudulent actions or intentional misrepresentation .

 

8.7      Knowledge and Investigation . All representations, warranties, covenants, obligations, agreements and indemnities of Sellers contained in this Agreement and in the Transaction Documents shall be deemed material and relied upon by Buyer and the Indemnitees, regardless of any knowledge or investigation or any representation made by Buyer, and none will be waived by any failure to pursue any action or consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

8.8      Exclusive Remedy . Except with respect to an action based upon an allegation of fraud or with respect to which equitable relief is sought (and solely to the extent such action is based on the allegation of fraud or seeks equitable relief) or as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the provisions of this Article 8 constitute the exclusive remedy of the parties hereto with respect to the matters covered under Sections 8.1 and 8.2 .

 

8.9      Termination of Shortfall Payment . If Sellers or the Members do not comply with their indemnification obligations under this Article 8 , Buyer’s obligations under Section 3.6(b) shall terminate and be of no further force or effect.

 

ARTICLE 9

Employee Matters; Transition Assistance

 

9.1      Buyer’s Access to Employees of Seller s. Sellers shall give representatives of Buyer access to Sellers’ employees who work solely or primarily at the Company Owned Store, to interview them for possible employment with Buyer. Buyer has the right to hire, within two (2) days after the close of business on the Closing Date, any of Sellers’ employees who work solely or primarily at the Company Owned Store, however, Buyer has no obligation to hire any of Sellers’ employees.

 

9.2      Termination of Employees by Sellers . Sellers will terminate, as of the close of business on the Closing Date, all of their employees who work solely at the Company Owned Store; provided, however, Sellers and Buyer may mutually agree on a plan for the retention of services of Kurt Quillman.

 

9.3      Transition Assistance . During the first thirteen (13) weeks after the Closing Date (the “Transition Period”), Sellers agree to make Dallas Jones, Sellers’ President (“ Consultant ”), available at no cost to Buyer during normal business hours, to provide operations and other assistance to Buyer’s representatives (the “ Sellers’ Assistance ”). If for any reason Consultant’s employment with Sellers is terminated (whether by Sellers or the employee) during the Transition Period, Sellers will make another employee of Sellers, with similar knowledge and skills as those possessed by Consultant, available to provide the Sellers’ Assistance to Buyer.

 

 
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ARTICLE 10
Miscellaneous Provisions

 

10.1      Expenses . Except as otherwise provided in Section 10.12 or elsewhere in this Agreement, each of the parties shall pay its own expenses and the fees and expenses of its counsel, accountants, and other experts in connection with this Agreement.

 

10.2      Waivers . No action taken pursuant to this Agreement, including any investigation by or on behalf of any party hereto, shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by the party taking the action of compliance with any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained herein. The waiver by any party hereto of any condition or of a breach of another provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any other condition or subsequent breach. The waiver by any party of any of the conditions precedent to its obligations under this Agreement shall not preclude it from seeking redress for breach of this Agreement other than with respect to the condition so waived.

 

10.3      Notices . All notices, requests, demands, applications, services of process, and other communications which are required to be or may be given under this Agreement or any Transaction Document shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if sent by telecopy or facsimile transmission, or delivered by recognized overnight courier or mailed, certified first class mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to the parties hereto at the following addresses:

 

To Sellers:

 

CherryBerry Enterprises LLC

4605 West Kenosha Street

Broken Arrow, OK 71012
Attention: Dallas Jones, Chief Executive Officer
Facsimile:

 

Copies (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Barrow & Grimm, P.C.

110 West 7 th St., Ste. 900

Tulsa, OK 74119
Facsimile number: 918-585-2444
Attention: Robert B. Sartin

 

To Buyer:

 

U-Swirl, Inc.
1175 American Pacific, Suite C

Henderson, Nevada 89074
Attention: Ulderico Conte, Chief Executive Officer
Facsimile: (702) 834-8444

 

 
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Copies (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.

265 Turner Drive

Durango, Colorado 81303

Attention: Bryan Merryman

Facsimile: (970) 382-2218

 

and

 

Perkins Coie LLP
1900 Sixteenth Street, Suite 1400
Denver, Colorado 80202
Attention: Sonny Allison
Facsimile: (303) 291-2400

 

or to such other address as any party shall have furnished to the other by notice given in accordance with this Section. Such notice shall be effective when received.

 

10.4      Entire Agreement; Amendments . This Agreement together with the other Transaction Documents embodies the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect thereto. This Agreement may not be modified orally, but only by an agreement in writing signed by the party or parties against whom any waiver, change, amendment, modification, or discharge may be sought to be enforced.

 

10.5      Binding Effect; Assignment . This Agreement is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors, heirs, and permitted assigns. No party hereto may assign or delegate either this Agreement or any of its rights, interests, or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of Buyer (in the case of an assignment by any Seller) or Sellers (in the case of an assignment by Buyer); provided , however , that Buyer may: (i) assign any or all of its rights and interests under this Agreement to one or more of its Affiliates; (ii) designate one or more of its Affiliates to perform its obligations under this Agreement (in any or all of which cases Buyer nonetheless will remain responsible for the performance of all of its obligations under this Agreement); or (iii) assign any of all of its rights, interests and obligations under this Agreement to its Affiliates.

 

10.6      Headings, Schedules, and Exhibits . The section and other headings in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and will not affect the meaning of interpretation of this Agreement. Reference to Schedules or Exhibits shall, unless otherwise indicated, refer to the Exhibits and Schedules attached to this Agreement, which shall be incorporated in and constitute a part of this Agreement by such reference. Any item that could be deemed to be properly disclosable on more than one Schedule to this Agreement shall be deemed to be properly disclosed on all such Schedules if it is disclosed in reasonable detailed on any Schedule to the Agreement.

 

 
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10.7      Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which, when executed, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together will be deemed to be one and the same instrument. Facsimile or other electronic signatures will be valid to the same extent as original signatures.

 

10.8      Governing Law . The validity, performance, and enforcement of this Agreement and all Transaction Documents, unless expressly provided to the contrary, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Colorado, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law of such state.    

 

10.9      Severability . Any term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction does not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction.

 

10.10    Third Parties; Joint Ventures . Except as set forth in Section 6.4 and Article 8 , this Agreement does not confer any rights or remedies upon any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors, heirs, and permitted assigns. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall constitute the parties hereto partners or participants in a joint venture.

 

10.11    Construction . This Agreement has been negotiated by Buyer and Sellers and their respective legal counsel, and legal or equitable principles that might require the construction of this Agreement or any provision of this Agreement against the party drafting this Agreement shall not apply in any construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

10.12    Attorneys’ Fees . If any Litigation between Sellers, on the one hand, and Buyer, on the other hand, with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be resolved or adjudicated by a Judgment of any court, the party prevailing under such Judgment shall be entitled, as part of such Judgment, to recover from the other party its reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs and expenses of litigation.

 

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Buyer and Sellers have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

 

SELLERS:


CHERRYBERRY ENTERPRISES LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

/s/ Dallas Jones

 

 

 

Name:

Dallas Jones

 

 

 

Title:

Manager 

 

 

 

CHERRYBERRY CORPORATE LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

/s/ Dallas Jones

 

 

 

Name:

Dallas Jones

 

 

 

Title:

Manager 

 

    

 

CHERRYBERRY LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

/s/ Dallas Jones

 

 

 

Name:

Dallas Jones

 

 

 

Title:

Manager 

 

 

 

 

 

BUYER:


U-SWIRL, INC., a Nevada corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

/s/ Ulderico Conte

 

 

 

Name:

Ulderico Conte

 

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 


 
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SOLELY FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 3.6:

ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY, INC., a Colorado corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

/s/ Bryan J. Merryman

 

 

 

Name:

Bryan J. Merryman

 

 

 

Title:

Chief Operating Officer, Chief 
Financial Officer and Treasurer      

 


 

SOLELY FOR PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 8:

 

 

 

 

 

MEMBERS:

 
     
  /s/ Dallas Jones  
 

Name: Dallas Jones

 
     
  /s/ Robyn Jones  
 

Name: Robyn Jones

 

 
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EXHIBIT A

 

Definitions

 

Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this Exhibit A shall have the meanings herein specified for all purposes of this Agreement, applicable to both the singular and plural forms of any of the terms herein defined.

 

Acquired Assets ” has the meaning given in Section 2.1 .

 

Acquired Contracts ” has the meaning given in Section 2.1(a) .

 

Acquired Governmental Permits ” has the meaning given in Section 2.1(c) .

 

Acquired Intellectual Property ” has the meaning given in Section 2.1(b) .

 

Acquisition Target ” has the meaning given in Section 6.4(a) .

 

Affiliate ” means with respect to any Person, any other Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person, with “control” for such purpose meaning the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or voting interests, by contract or otherwise.

 

Applicable Percentage ” means, 48% with respect to CherryBerry Enterprises LLC, 48% with respect to CherryBerry Corporate LLC, and 4% with respect to CherryBerry LLC.

 

Assumed Liabilities ” has the meaning given in Section 2.3 .

 

BBI Agreement ” has the meaning given in Section 3.6(d) .

 

BBI Dispute ” has the meaning given in Section 3.6(d) .

 

Business ” has the meaning given in the Recitals to the Agreement.

 

Business Area means anywhere in the world .

 

Business Day ” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in Henderson, Nevada or New York, New York are required or authorized to be closed.

 

Cash Amount ” has the meaning given in Section 2.4 .

 

Closing ” has the meaning given in Section 7.1 .

 

Closing Date ” has the meaning given in Section 7.1 .

 

Company Owned Store ” means the CherryBerry store and corporate headquarters located at 4605 W. Kenosha, Broken Arrow, OK 74012.

 

 
 

 

 

Competitor ” means any Person that, directly or indirectly, including through an Affiliate, competes with, is attempting to compete with, or conducts a business similar to, the Business.

 

Common Stock ” means the common stock, par value $0.001, of Buyer.

 

Confidential Information ” has the meaning given in Section 6.3 .

 

Contract ” means any written contract, mortgage, deed of trust, bond, indenture, lease, license, note, franchise, certificate, option, warrant, right, or other instrument, document, obligation, or agreement, and any oral obligation, right, or agreement.

 

Creators ” has the meaning given in Section 5.10(g) .

 

Debt Payment ” has the meaning give in Section 2.4 .

 

Encumbrance ” means any security agreement, financing statement filed with any Governmental Authority, conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease, consignment or bailment given for purposes of security, any lien, mortgage, indenture, pledge, option, encumbrance, adverse interest, constructive trust or other trust, claim, attachment, exception to or defect in title or other ownership interest (including but not limited to reservations, rights of entry, possibilities of reverter, encroachments, easement, rights-of-way, restrictive covenants leases, and licenses) of any kind, which otherwise constitutes an interest in or claim against property, whether arising pursuant to any Legal Requirement, Contract, or otherwise.

 

Environmental Claim ” means any action, order from any Governmental Authority, lien, fine, penalty, or, as to each, any settlement or judgment arising therefrom, by or from any Person alleging liability of whatever kind or nature (including liability or responsibility for the costs of enforcement proceedings, investigations, cleanup, governmental response, removal or remediation, natural resources damages, property damages, personal injuries, medical monitoring, penalties, contribution, indemnification and injunctive relief) arising out of, based on or resulting from: (a) the presence, Release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Materials; or (b) any actual or alleged non-compliance with any Environmental Law or term or condition of any Environmental Permit.

 

Environmental Law ” means any applicable Legal Requirement, and any order from a Governmental Authority or binding agreement with any Governmental Authority: (a) relating to pollution (or the cleanup thereof) or the protection of natural resources, endangered or threatened species, human health or safety, or the environment (including ambient air, soil, surface water or groundwater, or subsurface strata); or (b) concerning the presence of, exposure to, or the management, manufacture, use, containment, storage, recycling, reclamation, reuse, treatment, generation, discharge, transportation, processing, production, disposal or remediation of any Hazardous Materials. The term “Environmental Law” includes, without limitation, the following (including their implementing regulations and any state analogs): the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq.; the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended by the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq.; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, as amended by the Clean Water Act of 1977, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.; the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, as amended, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq.; the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §§ 11001 et seq.; the Clean Air Act of 1966, as amended by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq.; and the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended, 29 U.S.C. §§ 651 et seq.

 

 
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Environmental Notice ” means any written directive, notice of violation or infraction, or notice respecting any Environmental Claim relating to actual or alleged non-compliance with any Environmental Law or any term or condition of any Environmental Permit.

 

Environmental Permit ” means any permit, clearance, consent, waiver, closure, exemption, decision or other action required under or issued, granted, given, authorized by or made to Buyer pursuant to any Environmental Law.

 

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

 

Excluded Assets ” has the meaning given in Section 2.2 .

 

Excluded Liabilities ” has the meaning given in Section 2.3 .

 

Financial Statements ” has the meaning given in Section 5.7 .

 

GAAP ” means United States generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied.

 

Governing Documents ” means with respect to each Seller, its articles of organization and operating or limited liability company agreement, in each case, in effect as of the Closing Date.

 

Governmental Authority ” means the United States of America, any state, commonwealth, territory, or possession thereof and any political subdivision or quasi-governmental authority of any of the same, including but not limited to courts, tribunals, departments, commissions, self-regulatory organizations and stock exchanges, boards, bureaus, agencies, counties, municipalities, provinces, parishes, and other instrumentalities.

 

Inbound Intellectual Property Licenses ” has the meaning given in Section 5.10(h) .

 

Indemnitee ” has the meaning given in Section 8.1 .

 

Intellectual Property ” means all (i) trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, service mark applications, trade and other marks and names (either registered, common law or registration applied for); (ii) copyright registrations and applications; (iii) patents, patent applications and patent rights; (iv) copyrights; (v) software and computer programs; (vi) domain names, email addresses and URL’s; and (vii) other technology or intellectual property rights of any kind or nature.

 

 
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Intellectual Property Licenses ” has the meaning given in Section 5.10(h) .

 

Judgment ” means any judgment, writ, order, injunction, award, or decree of any court, judge, justice, or magistrate, including any bankruptcy court or judge, and any order of or by any Governmental Authority.

 

knowledge of Buyer ” means that any of the officers, directors, managers, or members of Buyer has, or after due inquiry and investigation in the course of their normal job responsibilities should have, awareness or knowledge of such matter.

 

knowledge of Sellers ” means that any of officers, members or managers of Seller has, or after due inquiry and investigation in the course of their normal job responsibilities should have, awareness or knowledge of such matter.

 

Legal Requirements ” means applicable common law and any statute, ordinance, code or other law, rule, regulation, order, technical or other standard, requirement, or procedure enacted, adopted, promulgated, applied, or followed by any Governmental Authority, including Judgments.

 

Litigation ” means any claim, action, suit, proceeding, arbitration, investigation, hearing, or other activity or procedure that could result in a Judgment.

 

Losses ” means any claims, losses, liabilities, damages, Encumbrances, penalties, costs, and expenses, including but not limited to interest which may be imposed in connection therewith, expenses of investigation, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel and other experts, and the cost to any Person making a claim or seeking indemnification under this Agreement with respect to funds expended by such Person by reason of the occurrence of any event with respect to which indemnification is sought.

 

New Store ” has the meaning given in Section 2.2 .

 

New Store Expenses ” means an amount equal to $6,500 with respect to the opening of each New Store, if any.

 

Outbound Intellectual Property Licenses ” has the meaning given in Section 5.10(h) .

 

Permitted Encumbrances ” means (a) Encumbrances for water, sewage and similar charges and Taxes and assessments not yet due and payable; (b) mechanics’, workers’, and other similar liens arising or incurred in the ordinary course of business for amounts which are not delinquent; and (c) easements and rights of way for streets, alleys, highways, telephone lines, gas pipelines, power lines, railways and other easements and rights-of-way on, over or in respect of any real property, and servitudes, permits, licenses, surface leases, ground leases to utilities, municipal agreements, railway siding agreements and other similar matters of record.

 

Person ” means any natural person, Governmental Authority, corporation, general or limited partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust, association, or unincorporated entity of any kind.

 

 
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Prime Rate ” means the rate announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank as its prime rate for loans to commercial customers.

 

Purchase Price ” has the meaning given in Section 2.4 .

 

Restricted Party ” has the meaning given in Section 6.3 .

 

Restricted Period ” has the meaning given in Section 6.4 .

 

SEC ” has the meaning given in Section 4.8(a) .

 

SEC Documents ” has the meaning given in Section 4.8(a) .

 

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Seller ERISA Affiliate ” means any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, sole proprietorship, trade, business or other Person that, together with each Seller, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001(a)(14) or 4001(b)(1) of ERISA.

 

Seller Retained Stores ” has the meaning give in Section 2.2 .

 

Sellers’ Assistance ” has the meaning given in Section 9.3 .

 

Share Consideration ” means 4,000,000 shares of the Buyer’s Common Stock.

 

Sublease ” has the meaning given in Section 3.4 .

 

Tax Returns ” means any return, report, information return or other document (including any related or supporting information) filed or required to be filed with or maintained or required to be maintained with any Governmental Authority with respect to Taxes.

 

Taxes ” means all levies and assessments of any kind or nature imposed by any Governmental Authority, including but not limited to all income, sales, use, ad valorem, value added, franchise, severance, net or gross proceeds, withholding, payroll, employment, excise, or property taxes, together with any interest thereon and any penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts applicable thereto.

 

Transaction Documents ” means all instruments, schedules, exhibits and documents executed or delivered by Buyer or Sellers or any officer, director, or Affiliate of either of them in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

 
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EXHIBIT 7.2(a)

 

BILL OF SALE AND ASSIGNMENT

 

This Bill of Sale and Assignment (this “ Bill of Sale ”) is entered into as of January __, 2014, and pursuant to that certain Asset Purchase Agreement (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), dated as the date hereof, by and among U-Swirl, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“ Buyer ”), CherryBerry Enterprises LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (“ CBE ”), CherryBerry Corporate LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (“ CBC ”), and CherryBerry LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (“ CB ” and, together with CBE and CBC, the “ Sellers ”), for and in consideration of good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Sellers do hereby grant, bargain, sell, convey, transfer, assign, set over and deliver to Buyer, and its successors and assigns, all of their right, title, and interest in and to all of the Acquired Assets.

 

Nothing contained in this Bill of Sale is intended to provide any rights to Buyer or the Sellers beyond those rights expressly provided to Buyer or the Sellers in the Purchase Agreement. Nothing contained in this Bill of Sale is intended to impose any obligations or liabilities on Buyer or the Sellers beyond those obligations and liabilities expressly imposed on Buyer or the Sellers in the Purchase Agreement. Nothing contained in this Bill of Sale is intended to expand or limit any of the rights or remedies available to Buyer or the Sellers under the Purchase Agreement.

 

Buyer and the Sellers hereby agree to execute and deliver to the other such further instruments of transfer, assignment, delegation and assumption, and take such other action as either the Sellers or Buyer may reasonably request, to more effectively transfer to, assign to, and vest in Buyer each of the Acquired Assets.

 

This Bill of Sale may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered to the other parties hereto, it being understood that all parties hereto need not sign the same counterpart. The parties hereto may sign this Bill of Sale in the original, by facsimile, by .PDF, or by any other generally acceptable electronic means.

 

This Bill of Sale (i) shall not be assigned by operation of law or otherwise except as otherwise specifically provided, except Buyer may assign this Bill of Sale to any affiliate by operation of law or otherwise, and (ii) shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Bill of Sale to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first written above.

 

 

 

BUYER:


U-SWIRL, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Ulderico Conte

 

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 


 


 

SELLERS:


CHERRYBERRY ENTERPRISES LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Dallas Jones

 

 

 

Title:

Manager 

 

 

 

 

CHERRYBERRY CORPORATE LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Dallas Jones

 

 

 

Title:

Manager 

 

    

 

 

CHERRYBERRY LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Dallas Jones

 

 

 

Title:

Manager 

 

 

 
 

 

 

EXHIBIT 7.2(b)

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT

 

This Intellectual Property Assignment Agreement (this “ Assignment ”), dated as of January __, 2014 (the “ Effective Date ”), is made by and between CherryBerry LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (“ Assignor ”), and U-Swirl, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“ U-Swirl ”).

 

WHEREAS, Assignor and U-Swirl are parties to that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of January __, 2014 (the “ Asset Purchase Agreement ”), pursuant to which Assignor is selling, transferring, assigning and delivering to U-Swirl certain assets and properties of Assignor (the “ Transaction ”);

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in exchange for the consideration set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.      Definitions .

 

Assignor Intellectual Property ” means all Intellectual Property owned, held or used by the Assignor.

 

Copyrights ” means applications and registrations for copyrights or rights with respect to works of authorship (including any moral and economic rights, however denominated), including, but not limited to, Copyrights listed or described on Exhibit A.

 

Domain Names ” means domain names, uniform resource locators and other names and locators associated with the internet, including applications and registrations thereof, including, but not limited to, Domain Names listed or described on Exhibit B.

 

Intellectual Property ” means, collectively, all Intellectual Property Rights and Technology.

 

Intellectual Property Rights ” means any and all rights (anywhere in the world, whether statutory, common law or otherwise) with respect to (a) Patents; (b) Copyrights; (c) Trademarks; (d) mask rights; (e) all industrial designs and all variants of industrial designs, whether or not registered or the subject of an application for registration and whether or not registrable; (f) Domain Names; (g) all databases and data collections and all rights therein throughout the world; (h) all moral and economic rights of authors and inventors, however denominated, throughout the world; (i) rights of privacy or publicity; (j) trade secrets, including rights to limit the use or disclosure thereof by any person; (k) Technology; (l) all other equivalent or similar rights; and (m) any rights to pursue, recover, or retain damages, costs or attorneys’ fees for past, present and future infringement or misappropriations of the foregoing.

 

Patents ” means applications and registrations for and issuances of patents, or other industrial rights or designs including any reissues, divisionals, renewals, extensions, provisionals, continuations or continuations-in-part thereof, and any other filings claiming priority to or serving as a basis for priority thereof, including, but not limited to, Patents listed or described on Exhibit C.

 

 
 

 

 

Technology ” means any and all (a) technology, technical expertise, compositions of matter, formulae, algorithms, procedures, processes, methods, techniques, know-how, ideas, creations, inventions, discoveries, developments and improvements (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice); (b) technical, engineering, manufacturing, product, marketing, servicing, financial, supplier, personnel and other information and materials; (c) customer lists, customer contact and registration information, customer correspondence and customer purchasing histories; (d) specifications, designs, models, devices, machines, articles of manufacture, prototypes, schematics and development tools; (e) software, computer programs, documentation, websites, content, images, art, graphics, text, photographs, artwork, audiovisual works, sound recordings, graphs, drawings, reports, analyses, writings, compositions and other works of authorship and copyrightable subject matter; (f) research data, technical data, databases and other compilations and collections of data or information; (g) trade secrets, including rights to limit the use or disclosure thereof by any person; and (h) tangible embodiments of any of the foregoing, in any form or media whether or not specifically listed herein.

 

Trademarks ” means trademarks, service marks, logos and design marks, trade dress, trade names, fictitious and other business names, or brand names, together with all goodwill associated with any of the foregoing, and all applications and registrations therefor, including, but not limited to, Trademarks listed or described on Exhibit D.

 

2.      Assignment . Assignor hereby irrevocably sells, assigns, transfers and conveys to Assignee, its successors, assigns, and legal representatives, all right, title and interest in and to any Assignor Intellectual Property in perpetuity, including all rights and interests in the Intellectual Property listed on Exhibits A, B, C, and D (collectively, the “ Assigned Intellectual Property ”), and Assignor acknowledges that U-Swirl owns and will own all such existing and future right, title and interest in and to the Assigned Intellectual Property, including, without limitation, the right to claim priority rights deriving from any of the foregoing and the right to sue for, settle and release past, present and future infringement of any of the foregoing. Without limiting the foregoing, Assignor acknowledges that U-Swirl may use, sell, license, translate, copy, duplicate, record, broadcast, distribute, perform, display, add to, subtract from, arrange, rearrange, revise, modify, change, adapt and otherwise exploit the Assigned Intellectual Property and any derivative works thereof in U-Swirl’s sole and absolute discretion.

 

3.      Further Assurances . Assignor will, at its own cost and expense, promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver to U-Swirl all additional instruments or documents that U-Swirl determines at any time to be necessary to complete the timely transfer of the Assigned Intellectual Property to U-Swirl, including without limitation, the Trademark Assignment set forth in Schedule 1 to this Assignment. Furthermore, Assignor will, at U-Swirl’s cost and expense (except to the extent that such cost and expense are related to or arise from any claim for which U-Swirl is entitled to indemnification from Assignor pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement), testify in any legal proceedings, sign all lawful papers, execute all divisional, continuing, reissue, reexamination and other applications, make all assignments and rightful oaths, and generally do everything possible to aid U-Swirl, its successors, assigns and nominees to obtain and enforce proper protection for the Assigned Intellectual Property in all countries. Assignor will not execute any agreements inconsistent with the foregoing. Without limiting the foregoing, Assignor hereby irrevocably designates and appoints U-Swirl and its duly authorized officers and agents, as Assignor’s agent and attorney-in-fact to act for and on its behalf and instead of Assignor, to execute and file any documents, applications or related filings and to do all other lawfully permitted acts in furtherance of the purposes set forth above in this paragraph, including, without limitation, the perfection of assignment and the prosecution and issuance of patents, patent applications, copyright applications and registrations, trademark applications and registrations, or other rights in connection with such Assigned Intellectual Property and improvements thereto with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Assignor.

 

 

 

 

4.      Domain Names . At its own expense, Assignor will promptly and properly complete and submit, to the registrar for each of the Domain Names, any and all instructions necessary to transfer ownership as registrant of the Domain Names to U-Swirl.

 

5.      Assignor’s Transfer and Cessation of Use of the Assigned Intellectual Property .

 

5.1     Commencing on the Effective Date, and except as otherwise granted to Assignor by Assignee in the Franchise Agreement to be executed contemporaneously herewith, Assignor will immediately cease all use, and will forever refrain from using, any words, names, slogans, symbols, or logos (or anything confusingly similar thereto) as they appear in the Assigned Intellectual Property in any manner, including but not limited to use for any entity name, slogan, product name, on any website, as a service mark, trademark, domain name, URL, meta-tag, directory search term, or a component of any of the foregoing.

 

5.2     Commencing on the Effective Date, and except as otherwise granted to Assignor by Assignee in the Franchise Agreement to be executed contemporaneously herewith, Assignor will: (i) provide to U-Swirl all existing documentation and information in Assignor’s possession or control that relates to the Assigned Intellectual Property (and to the extent information relating to the Assigned Intellectual Property is not in a medium that is reasonably transferable to U-Swirl on the date hereof, Assignor will promptly record such information in a reasonably suitable form and furnish such information to U-Swirl); (ii) destroy all remaining copies of all printed or electronic media in Assignor’s possession pertaining to such documentation or information; and (iii) cease all use and development of, and forever refrain from using in any manner, the trade secrets and any confidential information that relates to the Assigned Intellectual Property.

 

6.      Waiver of Moral Rights . Assignor hereby irrevocably waives (and has caused all employees and contractors to waive) all rights under all laws now existing or hereafter permitted, with respect to any and all purposes for which the Assigned Intellectual Property and any derivative works thereof may be used, including without limitation: (a) all rights under the United States Copyright Act, or any other country’s copyright law, including but not limited to, any rights provided in 17 U.S.C. §§ 106 and 106A; and (b) any rights of attribution and integrity or any other “moral rights of authors” existing under applicable law. In the event that Assignor has any such rights, that cannot be assigned or waived, Assignor hereby grants to U-Swirl an exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual license to use, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works of, publicly perform and publicly display the Acquired Intellectual Property in any medium or format, whether now known or later developed.

 

 

 

 

7.      Irrevocable and Binding Assignment . Assignor does not have the right to: (a) rescind any of the rights or waivers granted herein; (b) enjoin, restrain or otherwise hinder U-Swirl’s exercise of any of the rights granted herein; or (c) enjoin, restrain or otherwise hinder, by court order or otherwise, the manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale, importation, marketing, license, translation, copying, duplication, recording, broadcasting, distribution, performance, display, addition to, subtraction from, arrangement, rearrangement, revision, modification, change, adaptation or other exploitation of the Assigned Intellectual Property and any derivative works thereof.

 

8.      Entire Agreement; Amendments . This Assignment and the Asset Purchase Agreement constitute the entire agreement between Assignor and U-Swirl with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between Assignor and U-Swirl with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. In the event of a conflict between the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement and this Assignment, the Asset Purchase Agreement will control. This Assignment may be modified only by a written agreement signed by both parties.

 

9.      Counterparts . This Assignment may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered to the other party, it being understood that all parties hereto need not sign the same counterpart. The parties hereto may sign this Assignment in the original, by facsimile, by PDF, or by any other generally acceptable electronic means.

 

10.      Governing Law . This Assignment and all disputes and controversies arising hereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Colorado without reference to such state’s principles of conflicts of law.

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Assignment to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized representative as of the Effective Date.

 

 

ASSIGNORS:

CHERRYBERRY LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

Name: 

Dallas Jones

 

 

Title: 

Manager 

 

 

STATE OF OKLAHOMA

COUNTY OF TULSA

 

On this __ day of January, 2014, before me, a Notary Public in and for the State and County foresaid, personally appeared Dallas Jones, known by me to be the person above named and an officer of CherryBerry LLC, who is duly authorized to execute this Assignment on behalf of CherryBerry LLC, and who signed and executed the foregoing instrument on behalf of CherryBerry LLC.

 

Notary Public:                                                                                    

My Commission Expires:                                                                  

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNEES:

U-SWIRL, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

Name: 

Ulderico Conte

 

 

Title: 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

STATE OF _____________

COUNTY OF _____________

 

On this __ day of January, 2014, before me, a Notary Public in and for the State and County foresaid, personally appeared Ulderico Conte, known by me to be the person above named and an officer of U-Swirl, Inc., who is duly authorized to execute this Assignment on behalf of U-Swirl, Inc. and who signed and executed the foregoing instrument on behalf of U-Swirl, Inc.

 

Notary Public:                                                                                    

My Commission Expires:                                                                  

 

 
[Signature Page to Intellectual Property Assignment Agreement] 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

 

Unregistered Copyrights in the Following Works of Authorship:

 

 
 

 

 

Exhibit B

 

Domain Names

 

 
 

 

 

Exhibit C

 

Patents

 

 

 

 

Exhibit D

 

Trademarks

 

 
 

 

   

Schedule 1

 

Trademark Assignment

 

Dated January __, 2014

 

WHEREAS, CherryBerry LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (“ Assignor ”), is the owner of the trademarks and trademark applications and registrations described on Schedule 1-A hereto (the “ Trademarks ”); and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of January __, 2014, by and among U-Swirl, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“ Assignee ”) and, Assignor (the “ Agreement ”), Assignor has agreed to assign to Assignee all of Assignor’s right, title, and interest in and to the Trademarks (and the portion of the business of Assignor to which the Trademarks pertains), together with the goodwill associated therewith.

 

NOW THEREFORE, for the consideration set forth in the Agreement and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.     In connection with the transfer of the portion of the business to which the Trademarks pertain, Assignor hereby sells, transfers, conveys, assigns, and sets over unto Assignee, its successors and assigns, Assignor’s entire right, title and interest in and to the Trademarks, including, without limitation, all registrations and applications therefor and the right to apply for and register the Trademarks, in the United States of America and all foreign countries, together with the goodwill of Assignor’s business in which the Trademarks are used and symbolized by the Trademarks, all common law and statutory rights related thereto, all rights of renewal and extension, and the right to sue and recover for damages and profits for past infringements thereof.

 

2.     This Trademark Assignment and all disputes and controversies arising hereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Colorado without reference to such state’s principles of conflicts of law.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned has executed this Trademark Assignment effective as of the date shown above.

 

 

 

 

CHERRYBERRY LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

Name: 

Dallas Jones

 

 

Title: 

Manager 

 

 

 

 

STATE OF OKLAHOMA

COUNTY OF TULSA

 

On this __ day of January, 2014, before me, a Notary Public in and for the State and County foresaid, personally appeared Dallas Jones, known by me to be the person above named and an officer of CherryBerry, LLC, who is duly authorized to execute this Trademark Assignment on behalf of CherryBerry, LLC, and who signed and executed the foregoing instrument on behalf of CherryBerry, LLC.

 

 

 

Notary Public:______________________________

 

 

My Commission Expires:                                                   

 

            

 
 

 

 

Schedule 1-A

 

Trademarks

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT 7.2(c)

 

LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

 

This LOCK-UP AGREEMENT, dated as of January __, 2014 (this “ Agreement ”), is made by and among U-Swirl, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“ Buyer ”), CherryBerry Enterprises LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (“ CBE ”), CherryBerry Corporate LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (“ CBC ”), CherryBerry LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (“ CB ” and, together with CBE and CBC, the “ Sellers ”), and Dallas Jones and Robyn Jones (the “ Members ”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), by and among Buyer, the Sellers, and certain other parties listed therein.

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Buyer is purchasing certain assets of the Sellers relating to the Sellers’ business of franchising, licensing and operating frozen yogurt stores known as “CherryBerry Self-Serve Yogurt Bar” (the “ Transaction ”);

 

WHEREAS, as consideration for the Transaction, the Sellers are receiving from Buyer, among other things, 4,000,000 shares of Buyer’s common stock, par value $0.001 (the “ Shares ”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Members are the sole members of the Sellers.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and in the Purchase Agreement, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.      Lock-up .

 

(a)     During the period commencing on the date of the Purchase Agreement and ending on the date that is twelve (12) months following the date of the Purchase Agreement (the “ Lock-Up Period ”), none of the Sellers or the Members shall (i) sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, any of the Shares, (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any of the Shares, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of the share of common stock of Buyer or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, or (iii) publicly announce any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (i) or (ii).

 

(b)     Notwithstanding the provisions contained in Section 1(a) above, any Seller or Member may transfer the Shares owned by such Seller or Member (i) to any other Seller or Member, or to any immediate family member of any Member (ii) by gift to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a Member or an immediate family member of a Member or to a charitable organization; (iii) by virtue of the laws of descent and distribution upon death of a Member; (iv) pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; (v) by virtue of the laws of the state of formation of each Seller or the organizational documents of such Seller upon dissolution of such Seller; (vi) in the event of Sellers’ liquidation prior to the end of the Lock-Up Period; or (vii) to Buyer; provided , however , with respect to clauses (i) to (vi) above, that these permitted transferees enter into a written agreement with Buyer agreeing to be bound by the transfer restrictions in Section 1(a).

 

 
 

 

 

(c)     The Sellers and the Members shall retain all of his, her or its rights as a stockholder of Buyer during the Lock-Up Period including, without limitation, the right to vote such Shares and the right to receive dividends.

 

(d)     In furtherance of the foregoing, Buyer and its transfer agent are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of the Shares if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Agreement.

 

2.      Miscellaneous .

 

The parties to this Agreement agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that the provisions contained in this Agreement were not performed in accordance with its specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that, in the event of any breach or threatened breach by any party to this Agreement of any covenant, obligation or other provision set forth in this Agreement, for the benefit of any other party to this Agreement: (a) such other party shall be entitled (in addition to any other remedy that may be available to it at law or in equity) to: (i) a decree or order of specific performance or mandamus to enforce the observance and performance of such covenant, obligation or other provision; and (ii) an injunction restraining such breach or threatened breach; and (b) such other party shall not be required to provide any bond or other security in connection with any such decree, order or injunction or in connection with any related action or legal proceeding.

 

The terms and provisions of Article 10 of the Purchase Agreement are incorporated herein by reference as if set forth herein in their entirety and shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Lock-Up Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first written above.

 

 

 

BUYER:


U-SWIRL, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Ulderico Conte

 

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

SELLERS:


CHERRYBERRY ENTERPRISES LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Dallas Jones

 

 

 

Title:

Manager 

 


 

 

CHERRYBERRY CORPORATE LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Dallas Jones

 

 

 

Title:

Manager 

 

    

 

CHERRYBERRY LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Dallas Jones

 

 

 

Title:

Manager 

 

         
         
  MEMBERS:  
         
     
  Dallas Jones  
         
     
  Robyn Jones  

 



 
 

 

 

EXHIBIT 7.3(c)

 

ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

 

This Assumption Agreement (this “ Assumption Agreement ”) is entered into as of January 17, 2014, and pursuant to that certain Asset Purchase Agreement (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), dated as of the date hereof, by and among U-Swirl, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“ Buyer ”), CherryBerry Enterprises LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (“ CBE ”), CherryBerry Corporate LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (“ CBC ”), and CherryBerry LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (“ CB ” and, together with CBE and CBC, the “ Sellers ”), for and in consideration of good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Sellers do hereby assign all of the Assumed Liabilities to Buyer, and Buyer does hereby assume from the Sellers all of the Assumed Liabilities.

 

Nothing contained in this Assumption Agreement is intended to provide any rights to Buyer or the Sellers beyond those rights expressly provided to Buyer or the Sellers in the Purchase Agreement. Nothing contained in this Assumption Agreement is intended to impose any obligations or liabilities on Buyer or the Sellers beyond those obligations and liabilities expressly imposed on Buyer or the Sellers in the Purchase Agreement. Nothing contained in this Assumption Agreement is intended to expand or limit any of the rights or remedies available to Buyer or the Sellers under the Purchase Agreement.

 

This Assumption Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered to the other parties hereto, it being understood that all parties hereto need not sign the same counterpart. The parties hereto may sign this Assumption Agreement in the original, by facsimile, by .PDF, or by any other generally acceptable electronic means.

 

This Assumption Agreement (i) shall not be assigned by operation of law or otherwise except as otherwise specifically provided, except Buyer may assign this Assumption Agreement to any affiliate by operation of law or otherwise, and (ii) shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Assumption Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first written above.

 

 

 

BUYER:


U-SWIRL, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Ulderico Conte

 

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 


 

SELLERS:


CHERRYBERRY ENTERPRISES LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Dallas Jones

 

 

 

Title:

Manager 

 


 

 

CHERRYBERRY CORPORATE LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Dallas Jones

 

 

 

Title:

Manager 

 

    

 

CHERRYBERRY LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Dallas Jones

 

 

 

Title:

Manager 

 

 

Exhibit 99.2

 

ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Asset Purchase Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of January 17, 2014, by and among U-Swirl, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“ Buyer ”), Yogli Mogli Franchise LLC, a Georgia limited liability company (“ YMF ”), Yogli Mogli LLC, a Georgia limited liability company (“ YM ”), Yogli Mogli Newnan LLC, a Georgia limited liability company (“ YMN ”), Yogli Mogli Enterprises LLC, a Georgia limited liability company (“ YME ”), and Yogli Mogli Wheaton, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company (“ YMW ” and together with YMF, YM, YMN, and YME, “ Sellers ”).

 

Recitals

 

Sellers are Affiliates engaged in the business of franchising and operating frozen yogurt stores known as “Yogli Mogli” (the “ Business ”).

 

This Agreement contemplates that Sellers will transfer and assign to Buyer certain assets of Sellers used or useful in connection with the Business in exchange for the Purchase Price, as determined pursuant to Article 2 .

 

Agreements

 

In consideration of the mutual covenants and promises in this Agreement, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1
Definitions

 

Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement have the meanings set forth on attached Exhibit A .

 

ARTICLE 2
Purchase and Sale

 

2.1      Covenant of Purchase and Sale . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, at Closing, each Seller shall convey, assign, and transfer to Buyer, and Buyer shall acquire from Sellers, for the consideration specified in this Article 2 , free and clear of all Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances), all right, title, and interest in and to the following assets (collectively, the “ Acquired Assets ”), but not including any Excluded Assets:

 

(a)     all franchise agreements and area development agreements to which each Seller is a party, and all of the other Contracts described on Schedule 2.1(a) (the “ Acquired Contracts ”);

 

(b)     all Intellectual Property, as described on Schedule 2.1(b) (the “ Acquired Intellectual Property ”);

 

(c)     all rights of Sellers, to the extent transferable, under any franchises, approvals, permits, licenses, orders, registrations, certificates, variances, and similar rights obtained from any Governmental Authority that are used in, held for use in, or necessary for the operation of the Business, as described on Schedule 2.1(c) (the “ Acquired Governmental Permits ”);

 

 
 

 

 

(d)     copies of all books and records of Sellers related to the financial and operational aspects of the Business or any Acquired Asset, including all financial statements and documentation, all sales and purchase records, and other books and records relating to the Business;

 

(e)     all customer lists, supplier lists, telephone numbers (landline and mobile), facsimile numbers, e-mail addresses, postal addresses and postal boxes relating to the Business, as described on Schedule 2.1(e) ;

 

(f)      all advertising and promotional materials, studies and reports, and other marketing data or materials arising from or relating to the Business;

 

(g)     all cash and receivables collected from franchisees relating to relating to the advertising and marketing fund, including, without limitation, the Adverting Fee as set forth in the franchise agreements of Sellers;

 

(h)     all goodwill and other general intangibles of each Seller utilized in, arising from, or relating to the Business;

 

(i)      any other tangible assets utilized in, arising from, or relating to the generation of royalties and fees from Sellers’ franchisees; and

 

(j)      all tangible and intangible assets relating to the Company Owned Stores.

 

2.2      Excluded Assets . Buyer will not acquire from Sellers any assets not specifically included in the Acquired Assets (the “ Excluded Assets ”), all rights, titles and interests in which shall be retained by Sellers. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.1 above and for the avoidance of doubt, the Excluded Assets shall include, without limitation, the following: (i) cash and cash equivalents of the Business as of Closing, except for amounts in the advertising and marketing fund collected from franchisees, including, without limitation, the Adverting Fee as set forth in the franchise agreements of Sellers; (ii) each Seller’s Governing Documents, minute books, stock or membership interest records, corporate seals, qualifications to conduct business as a foreign entity, taxpayer and other identification numbers, and other documents relating to the organization, maintenance, and existence of each Seller as a limited liability company; (iii) machinery, equipment, office equipment, tools, motor vehicles (including, without limitation, those motor vehicles set forth on Schedule 2.2 attached hereto), spare parts, accessories, furniture or other miscellaneous tangible personal property used or held for use by each Seller in the operation of the Business that is not otherwise included in the Acquired Assets; (iv) accounts, notes, and other receivables in favor of each Seller arising from or relating to the operation of the Business prior to Closing, together with all collateral security for such accounts receivables, and rights to collect payment thereon; (v) deposits, prepaid expenses (except as set forth in Section 2.5 below), and refunds related to payments by each Seller; (vi) Tax Returns, Tax records, claims for refunds, and credits relating to Taxes of each Seller; (vii) bank accounts, cash accounts, investment accounts, deposit accounts, lockboxes and similar accounts of each Seller; (viii) any initial franchise fees payable by a franchisee to Sellers pursuant to an Acquired Contract governing a franchise location not listed on Exhibit B (such location, a “ New Store ”), less the New Store Expenses with respect to each such New Store; (ix) each Seller’s insurance policies and their respective rights thereunder; and (x) rights of each Seller under this Agreement or the Transaction Documents.

 

 
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2.3      Assumed Liabilities and Excluded Liabilities . At Closing, Buyer shall assume, only those obligations of Sellers scheduled to be performed after Closing under the terms of any Acquired Contract or with respect to the Company Owned Stores, but only to the extent that such Acquired Contract is set forth on Schedule 2.1(a) , and excluding any obligation that arises out of, relates to, or results from, directly or indirectly, any breach, nonperformance, tort, infringement, or violation of applicable law at or before Closing (such assumed obligations, “ Assumed Liabilities ”). For avoidance of doubt, the obligation to pay $25,000 to Yogurtland Franchising, Inc. under that certain Settlement Agreement, dated December 12, 2013, among Yogurtland Franchising, Inc., Yogli Mogli, LLC, Yogli Mogli Venture, LLC, Yogli Mogli Enterprises, LLC, Yogli Mogli International, Inc., Yogli Mogli Franchise, LLC, Yogli Mogli Newnan, LLC and Roi Shlomo (the “ Yogurtland Settlement Agreement ”), shall not be assumed by Buyer and shall not constitute an Assumed Liability. Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, Buyer will not assume any liabilities of any Seller, and each Seller will be solely liable for, and will pay, discharge and perform when due, all liabilities of such Seller that do not constitute Assumed Liabilities, whether or not such liabilities are reflected on such Seller’s books and records, including liabilities relating to the Excluded Assets (collectively, the “ Excluded Liabilities ”).

 

2.4      Purchase Price . The total consideration payable by Buyer to Sellers for the Acquired Assets shall be as follows (collectively, the “ Purchase Price ”): (i) $2,150,000 payable in accordance with Section 7.3(a) (the “ Cash Amount ”), and (ii) the Share Consideration.

 

2.5      Post-Closing Adjustment . On the Closing Date, Sellers shall conduct an inventory of the Company Owned Stores. Within thirty (30) Business Days after the Closing Date, Sellers shall prepare and deliver to Buyer one or more invoices (the “ Invoices ”) that list (i) Sellers’ cost for the inventory and operating supplies included in the Company Owned Stores; (ii) Sellers’ cost for inventory and operating supplies that were ordered as of the Closing Date but not yet delivered, provided that such inventory and operating supplies have been delivered to Buyer at the applicable Company Owned Stores prior to Buyer’s payment therefor; and (iii) all cash on hand in the Company Owned Stores as of the Closing Date, if any. Such amounts detailed on the Invoices shall be considered an adjustment to the Purchase Price under Section 2.4 above. Buyer shall pay all amounts set forth in the Invoices by wire transfer of immediately available funds to Sellers within sixty (60) Business Days following its receipt of the Invoices from the Sellers.

 

2.6      Prorated Expenses . Sellers shall be responsible for all Prorated Expenses (defined below) incurred in the operation of the Company Owned Stores prior to the Closing Date (the “ Sellers’ Prorated Responsibilities ”). Purchaser shall be responsible for all Prorated Expenses incurred in the operation of the Company Owned Stores on the Closing Date and thereafter (the “ Purchaser’s Prorated Responsibilities ”). “ Prorated Expenses ” shall mean all charges and fees customarily prorated and adjusted in similar transactions which shall be prorated by and between Sellers and Purchaser on a per diem basis as of the Closing Date, including, without limitation, rents of any kind (including additional rent), real property ad valorem taxes, utilities, payroll taxes and assessments, and telephone charges. On or before the ninetieth (90 th ) day following the Closing Date (the “ Post Closing Reconciliation Date ”), Sellers and Purchaser shall cooperate to determine the amount of the Sellers’ Prorated Responsibilities that have been paid by Purchaser and the amount of the Purchaser’s Prorated Responsibilities that have been paid by Sellers (and shall provide documentation sufficient to demonstrate such payment). If Sellers and Purchaser determine that the amount of (i) the Sellers’ Prorated Responsibilities that have been paid by the Purchaser is greater than (ii) the amount of the Purchaser’s Prorated Responsibilities that have been paid by Sellers, then the Sellers shall pay to the Purchaser such difference within sixty (60) Business Days of the Post-Closing Reconciliation Date. If Seller and Purchaser determine that the amount of (i) the Purchaser’s Prorated Responsibilities that have been paid by Sellers is greater than (ii) the amount of the Sellers’ Prorated Responsibilities paid by Purchaser, then Purchaser shall pay to Sellers such difference within sixty (60) Business Days of the Post-Closing Reconciliation Date.

 

 
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ARTICLE 3
Related Matters

 

3.1      Allocation of Purchase Price . The parties agree that the Purchase Price (including any Assumed Liabilities that are treated as consideration for the Purchased Assets for federal income tax purposes), as adjusted hereunder, and all other amounts constituting consideration within the meaning of Section 1060 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), shall be allocated among the Acquired Assets in the manner as set forth on Schedule 3.1 , which schedule has been prepared in a manner consistent with Section 1060 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder (the “ Consideration Allocation ”). Seller and Buyer agree to (i) be bound by the Consideration Allocation, (ii) act in accordance with the Consideration Allocation in the preparation and the filing of all Tax Returns (including, without limitation, filing Form 8594 with their United States federal income Tax Return for the taxable year that includes the Closing Date) and in the course of any Tax audit, Tax review or Tax litigation relating thereto and (iii) take no position and cause their Affiliates to take no position inconsistent with the Consideration Allocation for income Tax purposes, including United States federal and state income Tax and foreign income Tax, unless otherwise required pursuant to a “determination” within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code.

 

3.2      Bulk Sales . Buyer, on the one hand, and Seller, on the other hand, each waives compliance by the other with Legal Requirements relating to bulk sales applicable to the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

3.3      Transfer Taxes . All sales, use, transfer, and similar Taxes arising from or payable by reason of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be the liability of and for the account of Sellers, and each Seller shall jointly and severally indemnify and hold Buyer harmless from and against all Losses arising from any of the same.

 

3.4      Assignment and Assumption of Company Owned Store Leases . At Closing or within six months of Closing, each Seller will enter into an assignment and assumption agreement with Buyer for the premises of each of the Company Owned Stores, as applicable, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Seller, Buyer, and the applicable landlord (each a “ Lease Assignment and Assumption ”). Each Lease Assignment and Assumption shall include a full release of the applicable Seller and any individual guarantors from and after the Closing Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if fully executed copies of the Lease Assignment and Assumptions for each of the Company Owned Stores is not delivered to Buyer at Closing, Buyer shall not issue the Share Consideration to Sellers until the earlier of (i) delivery of fully executed copies of all of the Lease Assignment and Assumptions for each of the Company Owned Stores to Buyer or (ii) six months from the date of this Agreement.

 

 
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ARTICLE 4
Buyer’s Representations and Warranties

 

Buyer represents and warrants to Seller, as of the date of this Agreement and as of Closing, as follows:

 

4.1      Organization of Buyer . Buyer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada, and has all requisite power and authority to own and lease the properties and assets it currently owns and leases and to conduct its activities as such activities are currently conducted.

 

4.2      Authority . Buyer has all requisite power and authority to execute, deliver, and perform this Agreement and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby by Buyer have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary action on the part of Buyer. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Buyer, and is the valid and binding obligation of Buyer, enforceable against Buyer in accordance with its terms, subject to (a) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium, rearrangement, liquidation, conservatorship and other Laws of general application at the time in effect relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, including, without limitation, court decisions, general equity principles and the statutory provisions of the Federal Bankruptcy Code, as amended, pertaining to preferential or fraudulent transfers or conveyances; and (b) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such principles are considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).

 

4.3      No Conflict; Required Consents . Except as described on Schedule 4.3 , the execution, delivery, and performance by Buyer of this Agreement do not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of Buyer; (ii) violate any provision of any Legal Requirements; or (iii) require any consent, approval, or authorization of, or filing of any certificate, notice, application, report, or other document with, any Governmental Authority or other Person.

 

4.4      Capitalization .

 

(a)      As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of Buyer consists of 100,000,000 shares of Buyer’s Common Stock, of which 15,307,776 shares are issued and outstanding, and 25,000,000 shares of Buyer’s $0.001 par value preferred stock, of which no shares are issued and outstanding.

 

(b)     All shares of Buyer’s capital stock were issued in compliance with applicable Legal Requirements. No shares of capital stock of Buyer were issued in violation of Buyer’s Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws or any other agreement, arrangement or commitment to which Buyer is a party and are not subject to or in violation of any preemptive or similar rights of any Person.  The outstanding shares of capital stock of Buyer have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

 
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(c)     Except as set forth on Schedule 4.4(c), there are no outstanding or authorized options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights, agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character relating to any capital stock or other equity interests in Buyer or obligating Buyer to issue or sell any equity interests, or any other interest, in Buyer. There are no voting trusts, proxies or other agreements or understandings in effect with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the capital stock of Buyer.

 

(d)     When delivered by Buyer to Seller in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Share Consideration will be (i) duly and validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable, (ii) will be sold free and clear of any pledge, lien, security interest, encumbrance, claim or equitable interest of any kind, and no preemptive or similar right, co-sale right, registration right, right of first refusal or other similar right of shareholders exists with respect to any of such shares or the issuance and sale thereof other than those that have been expressly waived prior to the date hereof and those that will automatically expire upon the execution hereof, and (iii) issued in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws. No further approval or authorization of any shareholder, Buyer’s Board of Directors or others is required for the issuance to Sellers of the Share Consideration pursuant to the terms hereof. The issuance and sale of the Share Consideration pursuant to the terms hereof will not obligate Buyer to issue any shares of Common Stock or any other securities to any party other than the Sellers or adjust any exercise or conversion prices of any outstanding securities convertible into Common Stock.

 

(e)     Except as set forth on Schedule 4.4(e) , no Person has the right to cause Buyer to register any of its securities under the Securities Act.

 

4.5      Financial Statements .

 

(a)     L.L. Bradford & Company, LLC, which has examined the consolidated financial statements of Buyer, together with the related schedules and notes, for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 filed with the SEC as a part of the SEC Documents, is an independent accountant within the meaning of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and is a registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act.

 

(b)     The audited consolidated financial statements of Buyer, together with the related schedules and notes, and the unaudited consolidated financial information for the quarter ended August 31, 2013, forming part of the SEC Documents, fairly present and will fairly present the consolidated financial position and the consolidated results of operations of Buyer at the respective dates and for the respective periods to which they apply.

 

 
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(c)     All audited consolidated financial statements of Buyer, together with the related schedules and notes, and the unaudited consolidated financial information, filed with the SEC as part of the SEC Documents, complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and with the rules and regulations of the SEC with respect hereto when filed, have been and will be prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto or as permitted by the rules and regulations of the SEC) and fairly present and will, through Closing, fairly present, subject in the case of the unaudited consolidated financial statements, to customary year end audit adjustments, the consolidated financial position of Buyer as at the dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows.

 

(d)     (i) the procedures pursuant to which the aforementioned consolidated financial statements have been audited are compliant with generally accepted auditing standards; (ii) the selected and summary consolidated financial and statistical data included in the SEC Documents present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with the audited consolidated financial statements presented therein; (iii) no other financial statements or schedules are required to be included in the SEC Documents, and (iv) the financial statements referred to in this Section 4.5 contain all certifications and statements required with respect to the report relating thereto.  Buyer has made known, or caused to be made known, to the accountants or auditors who have prepared, reviewed, or audited the aforementioned consolidated financial statements all material facts and circumstances which could affect the preparation, presentation, accuracy, or completeness thereof.

 

4.6      Taxes and Undisclosed Liabilities .  Neither Buyer nor any of its subsidiaries has any material liability of any nature (whether known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated, or due or to become due), including, without limitation, liabilities for Taxes and liabilities to customers, suppliers or franchisees, other than the following:

 

(a)     liabilities reflected or reserved against in accordance with GAAP on the balance sheet included in the unaudited consolidated financial statements of Buyer as of August 31, 2013 (the “ Most Recent Buyer Financial Statements ”);

 

(b)     current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business from and after the Most Recent Buyer Financial Statements; and

 

(c)     other liabilities that would not have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, or condition (financial or otherwise) of Buyer and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the amounts set up as provisions for Taxes in the Most Recent Buyer Financial Statements are sufficient for all accrued and unpaid Taxes of Buyer, whether or not due and payable and whether or not disputed, under tax laws, as in effect on the date of the Most Recent Buyer Financial Statements or now in effect, for the period ended on such date and for all fiscal periods prior thereto. The execution, delivery, and performance of the Transaction Documents by Buyer will not cause any Taxes to be payable by Buyer or any of its subsidiaries or cause any lien, charge, or encumbrance to secure any Taxes to be created either immediately or upon the nonpayment of any Taxes. Buyer and each of its subsidiaries has filed all federal, state, local, and foreign tax returns required to be filed by it; has made available to Seller a true and correct copy of each such return which was filed in the past six years; has paid (or has established on the last balance sheet included in the Most Recent Buyer Financial Statements a reserve for) all Taxes, assessments, and other governmental charges payable or remittable by it or levied upon it or its properties, assets, income, or franchises which are due and payable; and has made available to Buyer a true and correct copy of any report as to adjustments received by it from any taxing authority during the past six years and a statement as to any litigation, governmental or other proceeding (formal or informal), or investigation pending, threatened, or in prospect with respect to any such report or the subject matter of such report.

 

 
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4.7      Compliance with Legal Requirements .  Buyer has at all times complied, and is complying, in all material respects, with all Legal Requirements applicable to it or its business, properties or assets.  Buyer has not received any notice claiming a violation by Buyer of any Legal Requirement applicable to Buyer, and to Buyer’s knowledge there is no basis for any claim that such a violation exists.

 

4.8      Exchange Act .

 

(a)     The Common Stock is registered under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), and Buyer is subject to the periodic reporting requirements of Section 13 of the Exchange Act. Buyer has taken no action to terminate such Exchange Act registration. Buyer has made available to Seller true, complete, and correct copies of all documents filed or furnished with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) by or on behalf of Buyer (the “ SEC Documents ”).  The SEC Documents, including, without limitation, any financial statements and schedules included therein, at the time filed or, if subsequently amended, as so amended, (i) did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading and (ii) complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder. All required reports or other filings required by Section 13(a) or 15(d) the Exchange Act in the last two years were timely made. To Buyer’s knowledge, each director and executive officer thereof has filed with the SEC on a timely basis all statements required by Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder since at least December 31, 2007.

 

(b)     Buyer is in compliance in all material respects with all provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 which are applicable to it. Buyer and its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Buyer has established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for Buyer and designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to Buyer and its subsidiaries is made known to the certifying officers by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which Buyer’s most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act is being prepared. Buyer’s certifying officers have evaluated the effectiveness of Buyer’s controls and procedures as of the date prior to the filing date of the most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act (such date, the “ Evaluation Date ”). Buyer presented in its most recently filed periodic report under the Exchange Act the conclusions of the certifying officers about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their evaluations as of the Evaluation Date. Since the Evaluation Date, there have been no changes in Buyer’s internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a and 15(f) of the Exchange Act) that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect, Buyer’s internal control over financial reporting.  Buyer has made available to Seller copies of, all written descriptions of, and all policies, manuals and other documents promulgating, such disclosure controls and procedures. The books, records and accounts of Buyer accurately and fairly reflect, in reasonable detail, the transactions in, and dispositions of, the assets of, and the results of operations of, Buyer all to the extent required by GAAP.

 

 
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4.9        Litigation .  There is no Litigation pending or, to Buyer’s knowledge, threatened, or any Judgment outstanding, involving or affecting Buyer or all or any part of its assets or shares of Common Stock.

 

4.10      Valid Offering; No Integration .  The offering and sale of the Share Consideration is a valid offering exempt from registration under federal and applicable state securities laws. Neither Buyer, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would cause this offering and sale of the Share Consideration to be integrated with prior offerings by Buyer for purposes of the Securities Act or any applicable shareholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any trading market on which any of the securities of Buyer are listed or designated.

 

4.11      Manipulation of Price .  Buyer has not, and to its knowledge no one acting on its behalf has, (i) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of Buyer to facilitate the sale or resale of any of Buyer’s outstanding securities; or (ii) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid or agreed to pay, any compensation to any Person for soliciting purchases of, any of the securities of Buyer.

 

ARTICLE 5
Sellers’ Representations and Warranties

 

Each Seller, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to Buyer, as of the date of this Agreement and as of Closing, as follows:

 

5.1      Organization and Qualification of Each Seller . Each Seller is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of its state of organization. Each Seller has all requisite power and authority to own and lease the properties and assets it currently owns and leases and to conduct its activities as such activities are currently conducted. Each Seller is duly qualified to do business as a foreign limited liability company and is in good standing in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or leasing of the properties and assets owned or leased by it or the nature of its activities makes such qualification necessary.

 

 
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5.2      Authority . Each Seller has all requisite power and authority to execute, deliver, and perform this Agreement and consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement on the part of such Seller have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Seller. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by each Seller, and is the valid and binding obligation of such Seller, enforceable against such Seller in accordance with its terms, subject to (a) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium, rearrangement, liquidation, conservatorship and other Laws of general application at the time in effect relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, including, without limitation, court decisions, general equity principles and the statutory provisions of the Federal Bankruptcy Code, as amended, pertaining to preferential or fraudulent transfers or conveyances; and (b) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such principles are considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).

 

5.3      No Conflict; Required Consents . Except as described on Schedule 5.3 , the execution, delivery, and performance by each Seller of this Agreement does not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate any provision of such Seller’s Governing Documents; (ii) violate any provision of any Legal Requirements; (iii) without regard to requirements of notice or lapse of time, conflict with, violate, result in a breach of, constitute a default under, accelerate, or permit the acceleration of the performance required by, any Contract or Encumbrance to which such Seller is a party or by which such Seller or the assets or properties owned or leased by it are bound or affected; (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any Encumbrance against or upon any of the Acquired Assets; or (v) require any consent, approval or authorization of, or filing of any certificate, notice, application, report, or other document with, any Governmental Authority or other Person.

 

5.4      Assets; Title, Condition, and Sufficiency .

 

(a)     Each Seller has exclusive, good and marketable title to all of the Acquired Assets purported to be owned by such Seller, free and clear of all Encumbrances of any kind or nature, except (a) restrictions stated in the Acquired Governmental Permits, (b) Encumbrances disclosed on Schedule 5.4 which will be removed and released at or prior to Closing, and (c) Permitted Encumbrances.

 

(b)     The Acquired Assets are all the assets necessary to (i) permit Buyer to generate royalty revenues from the Business substantially as generated on the date of this Agreement in compliance with all Legal Requirements, (ii) operate the Company Owned Stores substantially as operated on the date of this Agreement, and (iii) to perform all the Assumed Liabilities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the parties hereby acknowledge and agree that the Sellers are not required to satisfy any minimum working capital requirement under this Agreement or, except as expressly required in Section 2.1(g) , to deliver any working capital to Buyer, and that Buyer will need to obtain and/or provide working capital to satisfy the day-to-day operational needs of the Business from and after the Closing.

 

 
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(c)     Other than such defects that Sellers have informed Buyer of in writing, the Acquired Assets are in good and usable condition for their intended purpose, ordinary wear and tear excepted.

 

(d)     Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Sellers are not making any representation or warranty, nor shall the Sellers be deemed to have made any representation or warranty, with respect to the amount of royalties that may be generated from the Business following the Closing or with respect to the future financial viability of the Company Owned Stores or any franchised store.

 

5.5      Acquired Contracts .

 

(a)     Except for the Acquired Contracts, each Seller is not bound or affected by any of the following: (i) franchise Contracts; (ii) area development Contracts; (iii) Contracts granting any Person an Encumbrance on or against any of the Acquired Assets; (iv) Contracts limiting the freedom of such Seller to engage or compete in any activity, or to use or disclose any information in their possession; (v) Contracts pertaining to the use by such Seller of any Intellectual Property of any other Person, or the Acquired Intellectual Property by any other Person; or (vi) Contracts that require payment of any kind to such Seller.

 

(b)     Each Seller has delivered to Buyer true and complete copies of each of the Acquired Contracts to which such Seller is a party, including any amendments thereto (or, in the case of oral Acquired Contracts, true and complete written summaries thereof), and true and complete copies of all standard form Contracts included in the Acquired Contracts. Except as described in Schedule 5.5 : (i) each of the Acquired Contracts is valid, in full force and effect, and enforceable in accordance with its terms against the parties thereto other than such Seller, subject to laws of general application in effect affecting creditors’ rights and subject to the exercise of judicial discretion in accordance with general equitable principles, and such Seller has fulfilled when due, or has taken all action necessary to enable it to fulfill when due, all of its obligations thereunder; (ii) there has not occurred any default (without regard to lapse of time, the giving of notice, the election of any Person other than such Seller, or any combination thereof) by such Seller nor, to the knowledge of such Seller, has there occurred any default (without regard to lapse of time, the giving of notice, the election of such Seller, or any combination thereof) by any Person other than such Seller under any of the Acquired Contracts; and (iii) none of the Sellers nor, to the knowledge of any Seller, any other Person is in arrears in the performance or satisfaction of its obligations under any of the Acquired Contracts, and no waiver or indulgence has been granted by any of the parties thereto.

 

5.6      Litigation . Except as set forth on Schedule 5.6 , there is no Litigation pending or, to each Seller’s knowledge, threatened, or any Judgment outstanding, involving or affecting such Seller or all or any part of the Acquired Assets purported to be owned by such Seller.

 

 
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5.7      Financial Statements . Each Seller has delivered to Buyer correct and complete copies of such Seller’s (i) unaudited balance sheets and related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for and as of the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, and (b) the unaudited balance sheet of such Seller as of September 30, 2013 and the related unaudited statement of income for the nine-month period then ended (collectively, the “ Financial Statements ”). The Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby and fairly present in all material respects the financial position, results of operations and changes in financial position of such Seller as of the dates and for the periods indicated, subject in the case of the unaudited Financial Statements only to normal year-end adjustments (none of which will be material in amount) and the omission of footnotes. Except as described on Schedule 5.7 or as disclosed by, or reserved against in, its most recent balance sheet included in the Financial Statements, such Seller does not have any liability or obligation, whether accrued, absolute, fixed or contingent (including liabilities for taxes or unusual forward or long-term commitments), that is or would be material to the business, results of operations or financial condition of such Seller, nor to such Seller’s knowledge does any aspect of its operations form a basis for any claim by a third party which, if asserted, could result in a liability not disclosed by or reserved against in such balance sheet. Since the date of the most recent balance sheet included in the Financial Statements (i) such Seller has operated only in the ordinary course, (ii) such Seller has not sold or disposed of any assets other than in the ordinary course of business, (iii) there has been no material adverse change in, and no event has occurred which is likely, individually or in the aggregate, to result in any material adverse change in, the business, operations, assets, or condition (financial or otherwise) of such Seller, taken as a whole.

 

5.8      Tax Returns; Other Reports . Except as set forth in Schedule 5.8 :

 

(a)     Each Seller (i) has timely paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to be paid by such Seller through the date hereof and as of the Closing (including any Taxes shown due on any Tax Return); and (ii) has filed or caused to be filed in a timely and proper manner (within any applicable extension periods) all Tax Returns required to be filed by such Seller with the appropriate Governmental Authority in all jurisdictions in which such Tax Returns are required to be filed (and all Tax Returns filed on behalf of such Seller were complete and correct).

 

(b)     Each Seller has previously delivered true, correct and complete copies of all federal Tax Returns filed by or on behalf of such Seller through the date of this Agreement for the period ending December 31, 2009 and for all subsequent periods through December 31, 2012.

 

(c)     No Seller has been notified by the Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority that any issues have been raised (and no such issues are currently pending) by the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing authority in connection with any Tax Return filed by or on behalf of such Seller; there are no pending Tax audits and no extensions or waivers of statutes of limitations have been given or requested with respect to such Seller; no Tax liens have been filed against such Seller except for liens for current Taxes not yet due and payable; and no unresolved deficiencies or additions to Taxes have been proposed, asserted, or assessed against such Seller.

 

(d)     No claim has been made within the last three years by any Governmental Authority in a jurisdiction in which a Seller does not file Tax Returns that such Seller is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction.

 

 
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5.9      Compliance with Legal Requirements .

 

(a)     The ownership and use of the Acquired Assets as they are currently owned and used and the conduct of the Business by each Seller as it is currently conducted do not violate any Legal Requirement in any material respect. No Seller has received any notice claiming a violation by such Seller of any Legal Requirement applicable to such Seller, and to such Seller’s, knowledge there is no basis for any claim that such a violation exists which has not been remedied.

 

(b)     Other than the Acquired Governmental Permits, there are no other franchises, approvals, authorizations, permits, licenses, casements, registrations, qualifications, leases, variances, permissions, consents and similar rights obtained from any Governmental Authority that are required to own, maintain and operate the Acquired Assets or conduct the Business as currently conducted by Sellers. Each Seller has delivered to Buyer complete and correct copies of the Acquired Governmental Permits held by such Seller. The Acquired Governmental Permits are currently in full force and effect and are valid under all applicable Legal Requirements according to their terms. There is no legal action, governmental proceeding or investigation, pending or, to the Seller’s knowledge, threatened, to terminate suspend or modify any Acquired Governmental Permit and each Seller is in compliance in all material respects with the terms and conditions of all the Acquired Governmental Permits held by such Seller and with other applicable requirements of all Governmental Authorities relating to such Acquired Governmental Permits, including all requirements for notification, filing, reporting, posting and maintenance of logs and records.

 

5.10      Intellectual Property .

 

(a)     All Acquired Intellectual Property is described on Schedule 2.1(b) , but with unregistered Intellectual Property described only in general terms. All of the patents, copyrightable works, trademarks, and service marks that have been registered, or for which an application for registration is pending, by Seller or its designee in the U. S. and/or in any foreign jurisdiction are listed on Schedule 2.1(b), along with the country of registration and registration number, or the country in which the application was filed and the application number.

 

(b)     The activities of each Seller do not infringe, misappropriate, or otherwise misuse any rights to Intellectual Property of other Persons. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.10(b) , the validity of the Acquired Intellectual Property, and the title or other rights thereto of each Seller, have not been challenged or questioned in any Litigation to which such Seller is a party, nor, to such Seller’s knowledge, is any such Litigation threatened. To each Seller’s knowledge, there is no unauthorized use, infringement, misappropriation or other misuse by other Persons of any Acquired Intellectual Property purported to be owned by such Seller. The Acquired Intellectual Property includes all Intellectual Property necessary to generate royalty revenues from the Business as currently generated by the Business, without infringing any Intellectual Property of each Seller or any other Person.

 

(c)     There has been no act or omission by any Seller or by such Seller’s employees, duly authorized attorneys or agents, as the case may be, or any other fact, which makes or will make invalid or unenforceable any otherwise valid and enforceable rights of such Seller in any of the Acquired Intellectual Property (by assignment or otherwise), or which negates or will negate the right to the issuance by such Seller of any of the Acquired Intellectual Property.

 

 
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(d)     No Seller holds any patents or patent applications.

 

(e)     Each item of Acquired Intellectual Property is either: (i) owned solely by Sellers free and clear of any Encumbrances, or (ii) rightfully used and authorized for use by Sellers and its successors pursuant to a valid and enforceable written license.

 

(f)      Schedule 5.10(f) sets forth a complete and accurate listing of (i) all licenses, sublicenses, covenants not to sue, settlements, forbearances and other agreements as to which each Seller is a party and pursuant to which each Seller grants or otherwise permits any other Person to use any Intellectual Property (“ Outbound Intellectual Property Licenses ”), and (ii) all licenses, sublicenses, covenants not to sue, settlements, forbearances and other agreements as to which each Seller is a party and pursuant to which each Seller is authorized or otherwise permitted to use any other Person’s Intellectual Property (“ Inbound Intellectual Property Licenses ”). Each of the Inbound Intellectual Property Licenses and the Outbound Intellectual Property Licenses (together “ Intellectual Property Licenses ”) is valid and binding on such Seller party thereto, and, to the knowledge of such Seller, all other parties thereto and enforceable in accordance with its terms, and, to the knowledge of such Seller, there exists no event or condition that does or will result in a violation or breach of, or constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default by any party thereunder. Each Seller is in compliance with, and has not breached any term of any such Intellectual Property Licenses and, to the knowledge of such Seller, all other parties to such Intellectual Property Licenses are in compliance with, and have not breached any term of, such Intellectual Property Licenses. Following the Closing Date, Buyer and its subsidiaries will be permitted to exercise all of Sellers’ rights under such Intellectual Property Licenses to the same extent Sellers would have been able to had the transactions contemplated by this Agreement not occurred and without the payment of any additional amounts or consideration other than ongoing fees, royalties or payments which Seller would otherwise be required to pay.

 

(g)     Each Seller has secured valid written assignments from all consultants, employees and other third parties who contributed to the creation or development of Intellectual Property for such Seller (“ Creators ”) of the rights to such contributions that such Seller does not already own by operation of law, pursuant to which such Seller is the sole owner of all such contributions, including all rights therein. The Creators have not made any filings for or, to the knowledge of such Seller, otherwise taken any steps to secure or acquire any rights to Intellectual Property inconsistent with the assignments referred to in this Section 5.10(g) . No third party, including any former employer of any Creator, has any claim to any right, title or interest in any Acquired Intellectual Property that is inconsistent with the assignment to such Seller by such Creator described in this Section 5.10(g) , nor has any third party made any filings or taken any other actions inconsistent with such assignment.

 

(h)     No current or former shareholder, manager, partner, director, officer, employee, agent or distributor of Sellers or any of Sellers’ predecessors in interest will, after the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, own or retain any rights in, to, or under any of the Acquired Intellectual Property.

 

 
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5.11      Employee Benefit Plans . None of Sellers or any Seller ERISA Affiliate sponsors, maintains or contributes to or, at any time during the last six years, has sponsored, maintained or contributed to (or been obligated to sponsor, maintain or contribute to), nor does Seller or any Seller ERISA Affiliate have any liability with respect to, any "multiemployer plan," as defined in Section 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA or Section 414(f) of the Code, that covers (or covered) employees of Sellers.

 

5.12      Environmental Matters . To the knowledge of the Sellers, each Seller is currently and has been at all times during the past five (5) years in compliance in all material respects with, and has no material liabilities under, any and all Environmental Laws, and has not received from any Person any: (i) Environmental Notice or Environmental Claim; or (ii) written request for information pursuant to Environmental Law, which, in each case, either remains pending or unresolved, or is the source of ongoing obligations or requirements as of the Closing Date. To the knowledge of the Sellers, there are no facts, events, conditions or circumstances that could result in a liability to Seller pursuant to Environmental Laws.

 

5.13      Books and Records . All of the books, records, and accounts of each Seller are in all material respects true and complete, are maintained in accordance with good business practice, accurately present and reflect in all material respects all of the transactions therein described, and are reflected accurately in the Financial Statements.

 

5.14      Securities Matters .

 

(a)     Each Seller agrees that such Seller was in a position to obtain information from Buyer that has enabled it to evaluate its investment in Buyer. Such Seller has had an opportunity to ask questions of and obtain additional information from the officers of Buyer concerning the business and financial condition of Buyer and its anticipated business.

 

(b)     In the transaction subject to this Agreement, each Seller is acquiring the Common Stock for its own account for investment purposes, and not with a view to distribution.

 

(c)     Each Seller acknowledges that Buyer has not registered with the SEC or any state agency any of the Common Stock that will be issued to such Seller as part of the Purchase Price. As such, it constitutes restricted securities.

 

(d)     Each Seller acknowledges (1) that Buyer has sustained losses in the past; (2) that there can be no assurance that net income will be realized by Buyer or its Affiliates; and (3) as such, there can be no assurance that such Seller will receive any return on its investment.

 

(e)     Each Seller understands that there is no assurance that Buyer will achieve any net income that is passed on to such Seller. Such Seller is an entity that is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Common Stock of Buyer. In making this statement, such Seller has considered whether it could afford to hold the Common Stock for an indefinite period and whether, at this time, it could afford a complete loss of its investment.

 

 
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(f)     Each Seller understands and acknowledges that although the Common Stock it receives as part of the Purchase Price might be able to be transferred without registration under the Act, any such transfer may be subject to registration under applicable state securities laws. Such Seller agrees that it will not sell or otherwise transfer that Common Stock unless it is registered, or unless an exemption from any federal and state registration requirements are available to the satisfaction of Buyer. Such Seller agrees that the certificate(s) evidencing that Common Stock can contain a restrictive legend, in a form the same as or similar to the following:

 

“The shares represented by this certificate have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), or under the comparable provisions of the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction; and are therefore “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144 under the Act. The shares may not be offered for sale, sold, or otherwise transferred except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Act and other applicable laws, or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Act and other applicable laws, the availability of which is to be established to the satisfaction of the corporation.”

 

(g)     Each Seller agrees that the Common Stock acquired by such Seller as part of the Purchase Price will not be resold, or offered for resale, or otherwise transferred by such Seller for a period of at least six months after the Closing Date.

 

(h)     EACH SELLER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT NEITHER BUYER, NOR ANY OF ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES, OR AGENTS MAKES ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES (1) CONCERNING THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF BUYER OR ITS AFFILIATES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE BUSINESSES, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT; OR (2) CONCERNING THE FUTURE PERFORMANCE OF BUYER OR ITS AFFILIATES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE BUSINESSES.

 

5.15      Disclosure . No representation or warranty by Sellers in this Agreement or in any Schedule or Exhibit of this Agreement, or any statement, list or certificate furnished or to be furnished by Sellers pursuant to this Agreement, contains or will contain any untrue statement of material fact, or omits or will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which made.

 

5.16      No Other Representations and Warranties . THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES BY THE SELLERS CONTAINED HEREIN AND IN ANY OF THE CERTIFICATES DELIVERED PURSUANT HERETO CONSTITUTE THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLERS TO BUYER IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, AND BUYER UNDERSTANDS, ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ALL OTHER REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY RELATING TO THE FUTURE OR HISTORICAL OPERATIONS OF THE BUSINESS OR THE ACQUIRED ASSETS OR THE QUALITY, QUANTITY OR CONDITION OF THE ACQUIRED ASSETS) ARE SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMED BY THE SELLERS. OTHER THAN THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES BY THE SELLERS CONTAINED HEREIN, IN THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS AND IN ANY OF THE CERTIFICATES DELIVERED PURSUANT HERETO, THE SELLERS DO NOT MAKE OR PROVIDE, AND THE BUYER HEREBY WAIVES, ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO AFFECT ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY MADE BY ANY SELLER PURSUANT TO ANY TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT OR INSTRUMENT DELIVERED PURSUANT TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT.

 

 
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ARTICLE 6
Certain Covenants

 

6.1      Press Releases . Except as required by applicable Legal Requirements, neither Sellers, on the one hand, nor Buyer, on the other hand, shall make any press release or public announcement or statement with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement without the prior written consent and approval of the other, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld. The parties hereto shall consult with and cooperate with the other parties hereto with respect to the content and timing of all press releases and other public announcements or statements, and any oral or written statements to Sellers’ employees concerning this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

6.2      Cooperation . In case at any time after the Closing any further action is necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement or any Transaction Document and the transactions contemplated herein and therein, each party hereto will take such further action (including the execution and delivery of such further instruments and documents) as any other party reasonably may request, all at the requesting party’s cost and expense (unless the requesting party is entitled to indemnification therefor under Article 8 below).

 

6.3      Confidentiality . Each Seller, each of their respective Affiliates, and each shareholder, member, corporate director, officer, limited liability company manager and representatives of each Seller (each of the foregoing, a “ Restricted Party ”), shall treat and hold confidential any information concerning the Business, the Acquired Assets or the related affairs of Sellers that is not already generally available to the public, including the existence and terms of this Agreement (collectively, “ Confidential Information ”), refrain from using any of the Confidential Information except in connection with this Agreement and the Transaction Documents, and deliver promptly to Buyer or destroy, at the request and option of Buyer, all tangible embodiments (and all copies) of the Confidential Information that are in his, her, or its possession. In the event any Restricted Party is requested or required pursuant to oral or written question or request for information or documents in any legal proceeding, interrogatory, subpoena, civil investigative demand, or similar process to disclose any Confidential Information, then he, she, or it shall notify Buyer promptly of the request or requirement so that Buyer may seek an appropriate protective order or waive compliance with the provisions of this Section 6.3 . If, in the absence of a protective order or the receipt of a waiver under this Agreement, any Restricted Party is, on the advice of counsel, compelled to disclose any Confidential Information to any tribunal or else stand liable for contempt, then he, she, or it may disclose the Confidential Information to the tribunal; provided , however , that he, she, or it shall use his, her, or its reasonable best efforts to obtain, at the reasonable request of Buyer, an order or other assurance that confidential treatment is accorded to such portion of the Confidential Information required to be disclosed as Buyer may designate.

 

 
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6.4      Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Covenants .

 

(a)     During the period which shall commence as of the Closing and shall terminate on the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date (the “ Restricted Period ”), no Restricted Party shall:

 

(i)       Anywhere in the Business Area, directly or indirectly (including through any Affiliate of any Restricted Party), compete with the Business, conduct a business similar to the Business, or own, manage, operate, control, be employed or retained by, provide services to, engage or participate in, advise, aid or be connected as an owner, partner, principal, sales representative, advisor, member of the board of directors of, employee of or consultant of, any Competitor.

 

(ii)      Invest in, or otherwise provide or assist in providing financing to, any Competitor.

 

(iii)     Directly or indirectly (including through any Affiliate of any Restricted Party), (A) solicit, induce or attempt to induce any franchisee, customer, supplier or other third party to cease doing business in whole or in part with Buyer or any of its Affiliates with respect to the Business; (B) attempt to limit or interfere with any agreement or relationship existing between Buyer or any of its Affiliates with respect to the Business with any franchisee, customer, supplier or other third party; (C) disparage or take any actions that are harmful to the business reputation of the Business, Buyer, or any of its Affiliates (or their respective management teams) or (D) acquire or attempt to acquire any business that Buyer or any of its Affiliates has identified to any Restricted Party as, or the Restricted Party otherwise learns is, a potential acquisition target (an “ Acquisition Target ”) or take any action to induce or attempt to induce any Acquisition Target to complete any acquisition, investment or other similar transaction with any other Person other than Buyer or any of its Affiliates; provided , however , that such prohibition shall not restrict the Sellers, or any one of them, from enforcing and/or defending their rights under this Agreement or any Transaction Document.

 

(iv)     Hire, retain, employ, or engage any employee, contractor, or consultant of Buyer or any of its Affiliates, or induce or attempt to induce any such employee, contractor, or consultant to leave his, her, or its position or in any way interfere with the relationship between Buyer or any of its Affiliates and any of their respective employees, contractors, or consultants; provided , however , that nothing set forth herein or in any other Transaction Document shall prohibit any Seller or any of their respective Affiliates from hiring, retaining, employing or engaging any individual who worked as a corporate office employee of any Seller as of the Closing Date, which employees are set forth on Schedule 6.4(a) hereto.

 

 
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(b)     Each Restricted Party agrees that each covenant in this Section 6.4 is reasonable with respect to its duration, geographical area, and scope. Each Restricted Party also acknowledges and agrees that (i) this Section 6.4 is reasonable and necessary to protect and preserve Buyer’s and the Business’s legitimate business interests and the value of the Business, and to prevent an unfair advantage from being conferred on any Restricted Party; and (ii) Sellers (in addition to any responsibility owed by any Restricted Party that commits a breach hereunder) shall be responsible for any breach of this Section 6.4 by any Restricted Party.

 

(c)     Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.4 and the restrictions set forth therein, (i) a Restricted Party may own securities in any Competitor that is a publicly-held corporation, but only to the extent that the Restricted Party does not own, of record or beneficially, more than one percent of the outstanding beneficial ownership of any such Competitor, (ii) a Restricted Party may sell, lease, license, or otherwise transfer to any Person any of the Excluded Assets, and (iii) a Restricted Party may conduct business with any supplier or other vendor that provided goods and/or services to any Seller prior to the Closing Date, so long as such business does not compete with, interfere with or adversely affect the Business; provided that, in the case of either of clause (i), (ii), or (iii), such Restricted Party is otherwise in compliance with the terms hereof and the terms of any confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement then in effect between any Restricted Party and Buyer or any of its Affiliates.

 

(d)     Each Restricted Party further agrees that due to the inadequate remedy at law and irreparable injury to Buyer or its Affiliates that may result from the violation of the covenants contained in this Section 6.4 , Buyer and its Affiliates are entitled to seek to enforce their rights and the obligations owed under this Section 6.4 not only by an action or actions for damages, but also by an action or actions for specific performance, temporary, preliminary, or permanent injunctive relief or other equitable relief in order to enforce or prevent any violations or breaches (whether anticipatory, continuing or future) of this Section 6.4 without the need to post any bond or other security. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as prohibiting Buyer or any of its Affiliates from pursuing any other remedies available to it for such breach or threatened breach, including the recovery of damages from the breaching party. Each Restricted Party further agrees that the Restrictive Period shall be extended by an amount of time equal to the time that such Restricted Party was in breach of this Section 6.4 . If any court of competent jurisdiction determines that any of the covenants and agreements contained in this Section 6.4 , or any part hereof, are unenforceable because of the character, duration or geographic scope of such provision, such court shall have the power to modify the duration or scope of such provision, as the case may be, and, in its modified form, such provision shall then be enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the parties hereby acknowledge and agree that each of Roi Shlomo and Tom Taicher shall be responsible for their individual compliance with the restrictive covenants set forth in this Section 6.4 , neither shall be responsible the other’s breach of such restrictive covenants, and in no event whatsoever shall either Roi Shlomo or Tom Taicher be liable for damages, whether monetary in nature or otherwise, for the other’s breach hereof.

 

 
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6.5      Names and Logos . Immediately following Closing, each Seller shall change its corporate name to remove any reference to the name “Yogli Mogli” or any other trade name used by such Seller or any name derived from or confusingly similar to any such names. As promptly as practicable following the Closing Date, each Seller shall file in all jurisdictions in which it is qualified to do business any documents necessary to reflect such change of name or to terminate its qualification therein. In connection with enabling Buyer to use the current corporate name of each Seller, such Seller shall deliver to Buyer all consents related to such change of name as may be requested by Buyer and shall otherwise cooperate with Buyer. From and after the Closing Date, each Seller shall immediately cease the use (in any format or medium) of such name or any variations thereof for all business purposes whatsoever (except that such name may be referred to as a former name in any Tax or other filing required to be made with any Governmental Authority). Immediately following Closing, each Seller shall remove from the Excluded Assets all names, service marks, service names, logos, and similar proprietary rights included in the Acquired Assets.

 

6.6      Franchisee Sales Data . Sellers shall provide Buyer with franchisee sales data if requested by Buyer at any time up to thirty (30) days after the Closing Date.

 

ARTICLE 7
Closing

 

7.1      Closing; Time and Place . The closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (“ Closing ”) shall take place on the date of this Agreement (the “ Closing Date ”), at the offices of Perkins Coie LLP, 1900 Sixteenth Street, Suite 1400, Denver, Colorado 80202, at a time mutually determined by Seller and Buyer.

 

7.2      Sellers’ Obligations . At Closing, Sellers shall deliver or cause to be delivered the following, and take the following actions:

 

(a)      Bill of Sale and Assignment . To Buyer, an executed Bill of Sale and Assignment in the form of Exhibit 7.2(a) .

 

(b)      Intellectual Property Assignment Agreement . To Buyer, an executed Intellectual Property Assignment Agreement in the form of Exhibit 7.2(b) .

 

(c)      Evidence of Corporate Actions . To Buyer, certified limited liability company resolutions, or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to Buyer, that each Seller has taken all action necessary to authorize the execution of this Agreement, the Transaction Documents, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents.

 

(d)      Required Consents . To Buyer, evidence, in form and substance satisfactory to Buyer, that there have been obtained all consents, approvals and authorizations required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(e)      Releases of Encumbrances . To Buyer, releases, in form and substance satisfactory to Buyer, of all Encumbrances affecting any of the Acquired Assets other than Permitted Encumbrances.

 

(f)      Termination of Employees . Terminate all of Seller’s employees who work solely or primarily at the Company Owned Stores, as of the close of business on the Closing Date.

 

 
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(g)      Other . Such other documents and instruments as shall be necessary to effect the intent of this Agreement and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

7.3      Buyer’s Obligations . At Closing, Buyer shall deliver or cause to be delivered the following:

 

(a)      Purchase Price . To each Seller, Seller’s Applicable Percentage of (i) the Cash Amount, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated by Seller in writing, and (ii) subject to Section 3.4 , the Share Consideration.

 

(b)      Assumption Agreement . To Sellers, an executed Assumption Agreement in the form of Exhibit 7.3(b) .

 

(c)      Evidence of Corporate Actions . To Sellers, certified corporate resolutions of Buyer, or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to Sellers that Buyer has taken all action necessary to authorize the execution of this Agreement, the Transaction Documents, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents.

 

(d)      Other . Such other documents and instruments as shall be necessary to effect the intent of this Agreement and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

7.4      Possession of Acquired Assets; Risk of Loss . Possession by Buyer of the Acquired Assets will occur immediately after the close of business on the Closing Date. Each Seller assumes the risk of damage to or loss of the Acquired Assets until the close of business on the Closing Date. Buyer assumes the risk of damage to or loss of the Acquired Assets after the close of business on Closing Date.

 

ARTICLE 8
Indemnification

 

8.1      Indemnification by Sellers . From and after Closing, each Seller shall jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless Buyer, its Affiliates, officers and directors, employees, agents, and representatives, and any Person claiming by or through any of them, as the case may be (each, a “ Buyer Indemnitee ”), from and against any and all Losses arising out of or resulting from:

 

(a)     any representations and warranties made by Sellers in this Agreement not being true and accurate when made or when required by this Agreement to be true and accurate;

 

(b)     any failure by Sellers to perform any of its covenants, agreements, or obligations in this Agreement;

 

(c)     the activities and operations of Sellers prior to Closing;

 

(d)     the employment by Sellers of, or services rendered to it by, any finder, broker, agency, or other intermediary, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, or any allegation of any such employment or services;

 

 
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(e)     any Excluded Assets or Excluded Liabilities;

 

(f)     any non-compliance of Sellers with applicable state or other Legal Requirements relating to bulk sales or transfer in bulk in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby;

 

(g)     Taxes of Sellers (collectively, with all other indemnification obligations of the Sellers contained in this Section 8.1 , the “ Section 8.1 Indemnified Claims ”); and

 

(h)     any New Store Expenses.

 

If, by reason of the claim of any third party relating to any of the matters subject to such indemnification, an Encumbrance, attachment, garnishment, or execution is placed or made upon any of the properties or assets owned or leased by Buyer, in addition to any indemnity obligation of each Seller under this Section 8.1 , each Seller shall be obligated to furnish a bond sufficient to obtain the prompt release of such Encumbrance, attachment, garnishment or execution within five days from receipt of notice relating thereto.

 

8.2      Indemnification by Buyer .  From and after Closing, Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless Sellers and their Affiliates, and their respective officers and directors, employees, agents, and representatives, and any Person claiming by or through any of them, as the case may be (each, a “ Seller Indemnitee ”), from and against any and all Losses arising out of or resulting from:

 

(a)     any representations and warranties made by Buyer in this Agreement not being true and accurate when made or when required by this Agreement to be true and accurate;

 

(b)     any failure by Buyer to perform any of its covenants, agreements, or obligations in this Agreement;

 

(c)     the activities of Buyer and operation of the Acquired Assets by Buyer following Closing;

 

(d)     the Assumed Liabilities; and

 

(e)     the employment by Buyer of, or services rendered to it by, any finder, broker, agency, or other intermediary, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, or any allegation of any such employment or services (collectively, with all other indemnification obligations of the Buyer contained in this Section 8.2 , the “ Section 8.2 Indemnified Claims ”).

 

 
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8.3      Procedure for Indemnified Third Party Claim . If a party desires indemnification by the other party, promptly after receipt by a Buyer Indemnitee or a Seller Indemnitee (each an “ Indemnitee ”) of written notice of the assertion or the commencement of any Litigation with respect to any matter referred to in Section 8.1 or Section 8.2 , as applicable, the Indemnitee shall give written notice thereof to the other party (such other party, whether Buyer or Seller, the “ Indemnifying Party ”), and thereafter shall keep the Indemnitee reasonably informed with respect thereto; provided , however , that failure of the Indemnitee to give notice as provided herein shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations hereunder except to the extent that the Indemnifying Party is prejudiced thereby.  If any Litigation is commenced against any Indemnitee by a third party, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate in such Litigation and, at the Indemnifying Party’s option, assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnitee, at the Indemnifying Party’s sole expense; provided , however , that the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense of any Litigation if (i) the Indemnitee shall have one or more legal or equitable defenses available to it which are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Party, and, in the reasonable opinion of the Indemnitee, counsel for the Indemnifying Party could not adequately represent the interests of the Indemnitee because such interests could be in conflict with those of the Indemnifying Party, (ii) such Litigation is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on any other matter beyond the scope or limits of the indemnification obligation of the Indemnifying Party, or (iii) the Indemnifying Party shall not have assumed the defense of the Litigation in a timely fashion (but in any event within thirty days of notice of such Litigation).  If the Indemnifying Party assumes the defense of any Litigation, the Indemnitee shall be entitled to participate in any Litigation at its sole expense, and the Indemnifying Party shall not settle such Litigation unless the settlement shall include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or the plaintiff of a full and unconditional release of the Indemnitee from all liability with respect to the matters that are subject to such Litigation, or otherwise shall have been approved reasonably by the Indemnitee.

 

8.4      Payment of Indemnification Amounts . Amounts payable pursuant to Section 8.1 or Section 8.2 shall be payable by the Indemnifying Party as incurred by the Indemnitee, and shall bear interest at the Prime Rate from the date the Losses for which indemnification is sought were incurred by the Indemnitee until the date of payment of indemnification; provided , however , that any amounts owing from any Seller pursuant to Section 8.1 will made in cash and from the cancellation and retirement of Share Consideration held by the Sellers, in the same proportion as the Cash Amount and the Share Consideration are to the Purchase Price, in an aggregate amount equal to the amount of such outstanding indemnification payment, and thereafter will be made directly by the Sellers in accordance with the terms herein. For purposes of this Section 8.4 , the Share Consideration will be valued at an amount equal to the average of the highest and lowest reported sales prices of Buyer’s Common Stock on the OTCQB operated by the OTC Markets Group for the twenty (20) trading days immediately preceding the date on which such indemnification payment becomes due and payable, as reported by Bloomberg Financial L.P., or another authoritative source mutually acceptable to the parties.

 

8.5      Survival of Representations and Warranties . The warranties set forth in Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4(a), and 5.4(b) (collectively, the “ Exempt Representations and Warranties ”) shall survive Closing indefinitely.  The warranties set forth in Section 5.8 (the “ SOL Representations and Warranties ”) shall survive Closing until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations.  All other warranties of the parties set forth in Article 4 and Article 5 shall survive Closing for a period of eighteen (18) months.  An Indemnifying Party’s indemnification obligations with respect to fraud or intentional misrepresentation by such Indemnifying Party shall survive indefinitely.  It is the express intent of the parties that, if the applicable survival period for an item as contemplated by this Section 8.5 (the “ Applicable Survival Period ”) is longer or shorter than the statute of limitations that would otherwise have been applicable to such item, then absent fraud, by contract the applicable statute of limitations with respect to such items shall be increased or reduced, as applicable, to the extended or shortened survival period contemplated hereby.  The parties further acknowledge that the Applicable Survival Periods set forth in this Section 8.5 for the assertion of claims under this Agreement are the result of arm’s-length negotiation among the parties and that they intend for the time periods to be enforced as agreed herein by the parties.

 

 
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8.6      Limitations on Liability . Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents to the contrary:

 

(a)      No Seller shall have any liability for Section 8.1 Indemnified Claims to the extent (i) insurance proceeds (including proceeds from title insurance) in respect of such claims are actually received by the Buyer Indemnitees, net of all actual and reasonable expenses incurred by them in recovering such proceeds from the insurance carrier, or (ii) the Buyer Indemnitees actually receive indemnification or recovery of damages from a third party for such claims, net of all reasonable expenses incurred by them in recovering such indemnification or recovery of damages from the third party.

 

(b)      All amounts paid by or on behalf of the Sellers as indemnification shall be treated as adjustments to the Purchase Price, except as required by applicable Law.

 

(c)      The parties shall be entitled to pursue without limitation any rights or remedies they may have with respect to claims based upon fraud or actions that are intended to further the commission of a fraud , whether under this Agreement, at law or in equity.

 

(d)      No Seller will have any liability to any Buyer Indemnitee under Section 8.1(a) unless and until the Buyer Indemnitees shall have incurred on a cumulative basis Losses exceeding Ten Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($10,000.00) (the “ Basket ”), at which point the Sellers shall be jointly and severally liable for all Losses incurred by the Buyer Indemnitees from the first dollar up to and in excess of the amount of the Basket (such amount intended to be a threshold and not a deductible); provided , however , the Basket shall not apply to any Losses incurred or suffered by any of them arising out of or resulting from (i) any breach by any Seller of any Exempt Representations and Warranties or any SOL Representations and Warranties or (ii) claims based upon Sellers’ fraud, fraudulent actions or intentional misrepresentation .

 

(e)      The Buyer will not have any liability to the Seller Indemnitees under Section 8.2 until the Seller Indemnitees shall have incurred on a cumulative basis Losses exceeding the Basket, at which point the Buyer shall be liable for all Losses incurred by the Seller Indemnitees in excess of the amount of the Basket; provided , however , the Basket shall not apply to any Losses incurred or suffered by any of them arising out of or resulting from (i) any breach by Buyer of any Exempt Representation and Warranties or (ii) claims based upon Buyer’s fraud, fraudulent actions or intentional misrepresentation .

 

(f)      The maximum aggregate liability of the Sellers to the Buyer Indemnitees with respect to claims under Section 8.1(a) will be limited to an amount equal to Five Hundred Eighty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred and 00/100 Dollars ($587,500) (the “ Cap ”); provided , however , the Cap shall not apply to any Losses incurred or suffered by any of them and arising out of or resulting from (i) any breach by the Sellers of any Exempt Representations and Warranties or any SOL Representations and Warranties, or (ii) claims based upon fraud, fraudulent actions or intentional misrepresentation .

 

 
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(g)      The maximum aggregate liability of the Buyer to the Seller Indemnitees with respect to claims under Section 8.2(a) will be limited to Cap; provided , however , such limitation shall not apply to any Losses incurred or suffered by any of them and arising out of or resulting from (i) any breach by the Buyer of any Exempt Representations and Warranties or any SOL Representations and Warranties, or (ii) claims based upon fraud, fraudulent actions or intentional misrepresentation .

 

8.7      Knowledge and Investigation . All representations, warranties, covenants, obligations, agreements and indemnities of Sellers contained in this Agreement and in the Transaction Documents shall be deemed material and relied upon by Buyer and the Indemnitees, regardless of any knowledge or investigation or any representation made by Buyer, and none will be waived by any failure to pursue any action or consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

8.8      Exclusive Remedy . Except with respect to an action based upon an allegation of fraud or with respect to which equitable relief is sought (and solely to the extent such action is based on the allegation of fraud or seeks equitable relief) or as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the provisions of this Article 8 constitute the exclusive remedy of the parties hereto with respect to the matters covered under Sections 8.1 and 8.2 .

 

ARTICLE 9

Employee Matters; Transition Assistance

 

9.1      Buyer’s Access to Employees of Seller s. Sellers shall give representatives of Buyer access to Sellers’ employees who work solely or primarily at the Company Owned Stores, to interview them for possible employment with Buyer. Buyer has the right to hire, within two (2) days after the close of business on the Closing Date, any of Sellers’ employees who work solely or primarily at the Company Owned Stores, however, Buyer has no obligation to hire any of Sellers’ employees.

 

9.2      Termination of Employees by Sellers . Sellers will terminate, as of the close of business on the Closing Date, all of their employees who work solely at the Company Owned Stores.

 

9.3      Transition Assistance . During the first thirteen (13) weeks after the Closing Date, Sellers agree to make Roi Shlomo, Sellers’ CEO, available at no cost to Buyer during normal business hours, to provide operations and other assistance to Buyer’s representatives (the “ Sellers’ Assistance ”). If for any reason Roi Shlomo’s employment with Sellers is terminated (whether by Sellers or the employee) during such 13-week period, Sellers will make another employee of Sellers, with similar knowledge and skills as those possessed by Roi Shlomo, available to provide the Sellers’ Assistance to Buyer. The Sellers’ Assistance shall be provided only via telephone and shall be limited to seven (7) hours per week during the first four (4) weeks after the Closing Date and shall be limited to five (5) hours per week during the fifth (5 th ) through thirteenth (13 th ) weeks after the Closing Date. If for any reason Buyer requires Sellers’ Assistance other than via telephone and/or if Buyer requires more of Roi Shlomo’s time than is set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, then the parties shall first agree upon a mutually acceptable compensation package for Roi Shlomo.

 

 
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ARTICLE 10
Miscellaneous Provisions

 

10.1      Expenses . Except as otherwise provided in Section 10.12 or elsewhere in this Agreement, each of the parties shall pay its own expenses and the fees and expenses of its counsel, accountants, and other experts in connection with this Agreement.

 

10.2      Waivers . No action taken pursuant to this Agreement, including any investigation by or on behalf of any party hereto, shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by the party taking the action of compliance with any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained herein. The waiver by any party hereto of any condition or of a breach of another provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any other condition or subsequent breach. The waiver by any party of any of the conditions precedent to its obligations under this Agreement shall not preclude it from seeking redress for breach of this Agreement other than with respect to the condition so waived.

 

10.3      Notices . All notices, requests, demands, applications, services of process, and other communications which are required to be or may be given under this Agreement or any Transaction Document shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if sent by telecopy or facsimile transmission, or delivered by recognized overnight courier or mailed, certified first class mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to the parties hereto at the following addresses:

 

To Sellers:

 

c/o Yogli Mogli Franchise LLC
6649 Roswell Rd. NE, Suite G
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
Attention: Tom Taicher

 

Copies (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
171 17 th Street NW, Suite 2100
Atlanta, Georgia 30363
Facsimile: (404) 873-8767
Attention: Michael D. Golden

 

To Buyer:

 

U-Swirl, Inc.
1175 American Pacific, Suite C

Henderson, Nevada 89074
Attention: Ulderico Conte, Chief Executive Officer
Facsimile: (702) 834-8444

 

 
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Copies (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.

265 Turner Drive

Durango, Colorado 81303

Attention: Bryan Merryman

Facsimile: (970) 382-2218

 

and

 

Perkins Coie LLP
1900 Sixteenth Street, Suite 1400
Denver, Colorado 80202
Attention: Sonny Allison
Facsimile: (303) 291-2400

 

or to such other address as any party shall have furnished to the other by notice given in accordance with this Section. Such notice shall be effective when received.

 

10.4      Entire Agreement; Amendments . This Agreement together with the other Transaction Documents embodies the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect thereto. This Agreement may not be modified orally, but only by an agreement in writing signed by the party or parties against whom any waiver, change, amendment, modification, or discharge may be sought to be enforced.

 

10.5      Binding Effect; Assignment . This Agreement is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors, heirs, and permitted assigns. No party hereto may assign or delegate either this Agreement or any of its rights, interests, or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of Buyer (in the case of an assignment by any Seller) or Sellers (in the case of an assignment by Buyer); provided , however , that Buyer may: (i) assign any or all of its rights and interests under this Agreement to one or more of its Affiliates; (ii) designate one or more of its Affiliates to perform its obligations under this Agreement (in any or all of which cases Buyer nonetheless will remain responsible for the performance of all of its obligations under this Agreement); or (iii) assign any of all of its rights, interests and obligations under this Agreement to its Affiliates.

 

10.6      Headings, Schedules, and Exhibits . The section and other headings in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and will not affect the meaning of interpretation of this Agreement. Reference to Schedules or Exhibits shall, unless otherwise indicated, refer to the Exhibits and Schedules attached to this Agreement, which shall be incorporated in and constitute a part of this Agreement by such reference. Any item that could be deemed to be properly disclosable on more than one Schedule to this Agreement shall be deemed to be properly disclosed on all such Schedules if it is disclosed in reasonable detailed on any Schedule to the Agreement.

 

 
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10.7      Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which, when executed, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together will be deemed to be one and the same instrument. Facsimile or other electronic signatures will be valid to the same extent as original signatures.

 

10.8      Governing Law . The validity, performance, and enforcement of this Agreement and all Transaction Documents, unless expressly provided to the contrary, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Nevada, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law of such state.    

 

10.9      Severability . Any term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction does not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction.

 

10.10    Third Parties; Joint Ventures . Except as set forth in Section 6.4 and Article 8 , this Agreement does not confer any rights or remedies upon any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors, heirs, and permitted assigns. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall constitute the parties hereto partners or participants in a joint venture.

 

10.11    Construction . This Agreement has been negotiated by Buyer and Sellers and their respective legal counsel, and legal or equitable principles that might require the construction of this Agreement or any provision of this Agreement against the party drafting this Agreement shall not apply in any construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

10.12    Attorneys’ Fees . If any Litigation between Sellers, on the one hand, and Buyer, on the other hand, with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be resolved or adjudicated by a Judgment of any court, the party prevailing under such Judgment shall be entitled, as part of such Judgment, to recover from the other party its reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs and expenses of litigation.

 

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Buyer and Sellers have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

 

SELLERS:

YOGLI MOGLI FRANCHISE LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

/s/ Roi Shlomo

 

 

 

Name: Roi Shlomo

 

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

YOGLI MOGLI LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

/s/ Roi Shlomo

 

 

 

Name:

Roi Shlomo

 

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

    

 

YOGLI MOGLI NEWNAN LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

/s/ Roi Shlomo

 

 

 

Name:

Roi Shlomo

 

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

YOGLI MOGLI ENTERPRISES LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

/s/ Roi Shlomo

 

 

 

Name:

Roi Shlomo

 

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 


 

YOGLI MOGLI WHEATON LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

/s/ Roi Shlomo

 

 

 

Name:

Roi Shlomo

 

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 
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BUYER:


U-SWIRL, INC., a Nevada corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

/s/ Ulderico Conte

 

 

 

Name:

Ulderico Conte

 

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 


 
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EXHIBIT A

 

Definitions

 

Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this Exhibit A shall have the meanings herein specified for all purposes of this Agreement, applicable to both the singular and plural forms of any of the terms herein defined.

 

Acquired Assets ” has the meaning given in Section 2.1 .

 

Acquired Contracts ” has the meaning given in Section 2.1(a) .

 

Acquired Governmental Permits ” has the meaning given in Section 2.1(c) .

 

Acquired Intellectual Property ” has the meaning given in Section 2.1(b) .

 

Acquisition Target ” has the meaning given in Section 6.4(a) .

 

Affiliate ” means with respect to any Person, any other Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person, with “control” for such purpose meaning the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or voting interests, by contract or otherwise.

 

Applicable Percentage ” means, 68.0% with respect to YMF, 13.8% with respect to YM, 4.3% with respect to YMN, 4.3% with respect to YME and 9.6% with respect to YMW.

 

Assumed Liabilities ” has the meaning given in Section 2.3 .

 

Business ” has the meaning given in the Recitals to the Agreement.

 

Business Area means anywhere in the world .

 

Business Day ” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in Henderson, Nevada or New York, New York are required or authorized to be closed.

 

Cash Amount ” has the meaning given in Section 2.4 .

 

Closing ” has the meaning given in Section 7.1 .

 

Closing Date ” has the meaning given in Section 7.1 .

 

Company Owned Stores ” means the Yogli Mogli stores located at (i) 6595 Roswell Road NE, Suite F, Sandy Springs, Georgia 30328, (ii) 228 Newnan Crossing Bypass, Newnan, Georgia 30265, (iii) 1403 Oxford Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30307, and (iv) 135 Denada Square East, Wheaton, Illinois 60189.

 

 
 

 

 

Competitor ” means any Person that, directly or indirectly, including through an Affiliate, competes with, is attempting to compete with, or conducts a business similar to, the Business.

 

Common Stock ” means the common stock , par value $0.001, of Buyer.

 

Confidential Information ” has the meaning given in Section 6.3 .

 

Contract ” means any written contract, mortgage, deed of trust, bond, indenture, lease, license, note, franchise, certificate, option, warrant, right, or other instrument, document, obligation, or agreement, and any oral obligation, right, or agreement.

 

Creators ” has the meaning given in Section 5.10(g) .

 

Encumbrance ” means any security agreement, financing statement filed with any Governmental Authority, conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease, consignment or bailment given for purposes of security, any lien, mortgage, indenture, pledge, option, encumbrance, adverse interest, constructive trust or other trust, claim, attachment, exception to or defect in title or other ownership interest (including but not limited to reservations, rights of entry, possibilities of reverter, encroachments, easement, rights-of-way, restrictive covenants leases, and licenses) of any kind, which otherwise constitutes an interest in or claim against property, whether arising pursuant to any Legal Requirement, Contract, or otherwise.

 

Environmental Claim ” means any action, order from any Governmental Authority, lien, fine, penalty, or, as to each, any settlement or judgment arising therefrom, by or from any Person alleging liability of whatever kind or nature (including liability or responsibility for the costs of enforcement proceedings, investigations, cleanup, governmental response, removal or remediation, natural resources damages, property damages, personal injuries, medical monitoring, penalties, contribution, indemnification and injunctive relief) arising out of, based on or resulting from: (a) the presence, Release of, or exposure to, any Hazardous Materials; or (b) any actual or alleged non-compliance with any Environmental Law or term or condition of any Environmental Permit.

 

Environmental Law ” means any applicable Legal Requirement, and any order from a Governmental Authority or binding agreement with any Governmental Authority: (a) relating to pollution (or the cleanup thereof) or the protection of natural resources, endangered or threatened species, human health or safety, or the environment (including ambient air, soil, surface water or groundwater, or subsurface strata); or (b) concerning the presence of, exposure to, or the management, manufacture, use, containment, storage, recycling, reclamation, reuse, treatment, generation, discharge, transportation, processing, production, disposal or remediation of any Hazardous Materials. The term “Environmental Law” includes, without limitation, the following (including their implementing regulations and any state analogs): the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq.; the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended by the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq.; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, as amended by the Clean Water Act of 1977, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.; the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, as amended, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq.; the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §§ 11001 et seq.; the Clean Air Act of 1966, as amended by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq.; and the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended, 29 U.S.C. §§ 651 et seq.

 

 
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Environmental Notice ” means any written directive, notice of violation or infraction, or notice respecting any Environmental Claim relating to actual or alleged non-compliance with any Environmental Law or any term or condition of any Environmental Permit.

 

Environmental Permit ” means any permit, clearance, consent, waiver, closure, exemption, decision or other action required under or issued, granted, given, authorized by or made to Buyer pursuant to any Environmental Law.

 

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

 

Excluded Assets ” has the meaning given in Section 2.2 .

 

Excluded Liabilities ” has the meaning given in Section 2.3 .

 

Financial Statements ” has the meaning given in Section 5.7 .

 

GAAP ” means United States generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied.

 

Governing Documents ” means with respect to each Seller, its articles of organization and operating or limited liability company agreement, in each case, in effect as of the Closing Date.

 

Governmental Authority ” means the United States of America, any state, commonwealth, territory, or possession thereof and any political subdivision or quasi-governmental authority of any of the same, including but not limited to courts, tribunals, departments, commissions, self-regulatory organizations and stock exchanges, boards, bureaus, agencies, counties, municipalities, provinces, parishes, and other instrumentalities.

 

Inbound Intellectual Property Licenses ” has the meaning given in Section 5.10(h) .

 

Indemnitee ” has the meaning given in Section 8.1 .

 

Intellectual Property ” means all (i) trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, service mark applications, trade and other marks and names (either registered, common law or registration applied for); (ii) copyright registrations and applications; (iii) patents, patent applications and patent rights; (iv) copyrights; (v) software and computer programs; (vi) domain names, email addresses and URL’s; and (vii) other technology or intellectual property rights of any kind or nature.

 

 
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Intellectual Property Licenses ” has the meaning given in Section 5.10(h) .

 

Judgment ” means any judgment, writ, order, injunction, award, or decree of any court, judge, justice, or magistrate, including any bankruptcy court or judge, and any order of or by any Governmental Authority.

 

knowledge of Buyer ” means that any of the officers, directors, managers, or members of Buyer has, or after due inquiry and investigation in the course of their normal job responsibilities should have, awareness or knowledge of such matter.

 

knowledge of Sellers ” means that any of officers, members or limited liability company managers of Seller has, or after due inquiry and investigation in the course of their normal job responsibilities should have, awareness or knowledge of such matter.

 

Legal Requirements ” means applicable common law and any statute, ordinance, code or other law, rule, regulation, order, technical or other standard, requirement, or procedure enacted, adopted, promulgated, applied, or followed by any Governmental Authority, including Judgments.

 

Litigation ” means any claim, action, suit, proceeding, arbitration, investigation, hearing, or other activity or procedure that could result in a Judgment.

 

Losses ” means any claims, losses, liabilities, damages, Encumbrances, penalties, costs, and expenses, including but not limited to interest which may be imposed in connection therewith, expenses of investigation, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel and other experts, and the cost to any Person making a claim or seeking indemnification under this Agreement with respect to funds expended by such Person by reason of the occurrence of any event with respect to which indemnification is sought.

 

New Store ” has the meaning given in Section 2.2 .

 

New Store Expenses ” means an amount equal to $6,500 with respect to the opening of each New Store, if any.

 

Outbound Intellectual Property Licenses ” has the meaning given in Section 5.10(h) .

 

Permitted Encumbrances ” means (a) Encumbrances for water, sewage and similar charges and Taxes and assessments not yet due and payable; (b) mechanics’, workers’, and other similar liens arising or incurred in the ordinary course of business for amounts which are not delinquent; and (c) easements and rights of way for streets, alleys, highways, telephone lines, gas pipelines, power lines, railways and other easements and rights-of-way on, over or in respect of any real property, and servitudes, permits, licenses, surface leases, ground leases to utilities, municipal agreements, railway siding agreements and other similar matters of record.

 

Person ” means any natural person, Governmental Authority, corporation, general or limited partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust, association, or unincorporated entity of any kind.

 

 
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Prime Rate ” means the rate announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank as its prime rate for loans to commercial customers.

 

Purchase Price ” has the meaning given in Section 2.4 .

 

Restricted Party ” has the meaning given in Section 6.3 .

 

Restricted Period ” has the meaning given in Section 6.4 .

 

SEC ” has the meaning given in Section 4.8(a) .

 

SEC Documents ” has the meaning given in Section 4.8(a) .

 

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Seller ERISA Affiliate ” means any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, sole proprietorship, trade, business or other Person that, together with each Seller, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001(a)(14) or 4001(b)(1) of ERISA.

 

Sellers’ Assistance ” has the meaning given in Section 9.3 .

 

Share Consideration ” means $200,000 of the Buyer’s Common Stock. The Share Consideration will be valued at an amount equal to the average of the highest and lowest reported sales prices of Buyer’s Common Stock on the OTCQB operated by the OTC Markets Group for the twenty (20) trading days immediately preceding the date of this Agreement.

 

Sublease ” has the meaning given in Section 3.4 .

 

Tax Returns ” means any return, report, information return or other document (including any related or supporting information) filed or required to be filed with or maintained or required to be maintained with any Governmental Authority with respect to Taxes.

 

Taxes ” means all levies and assessments of any kind or nature imposed by any Governmental Authority, including but not limited to all income, sales, use, ad valorem, value added, franchise, severance, net or gross proceeds, withholding, payroll, employment, excise, or property taxes, together with any interest thereon and any penalties, additions to tax, or additional amounts applicable thereto.

 

Transaction Documents ” means all instruments, schedules, exhibits and documents executed or delivered by Buyer or Sellers or any officer, director, or Affiliate of either of them in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Yogurtland Settlement Agreement ” has the meaning given in Section 2.3 .

 

 
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EXHIBIT 7.2(a)

 

BILL OF SALE AND ASSIGNMENT

 

This Bill of Sale and Assignment (this “ Bill of Sale ”) is entered into as of January __, 2014, and pursuant to that certain Asset Purchase Agreement (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), dated as the date hereof, by and among U-Swirl, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“ Buyer ”), Yogli Mogli Franchise LLC, a Georgia limited liability company (“ YMF ”), Yogli Mogli LLC, a Georgia limited liability company (“ YM ”), Yogli Mogli Newnan LLC, a Georgia limited liability company (“ YMN ”), Yogli Mogli Enterprises LLC, a Georgia limited liability company (“ YME ”), and Yogli Mogli Wheaton, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company (“ YMW ” and, together with YHF, YM, YMN and YME, the “ Sellers ”), for and in consideration of good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Sellers do hereby grant, bargain, sell, convey, transfer, assign, set over and deliver to Buyer, and its successors and assigns, all of their right, title, and interest in and to all of the Acquired Assets.

 

Nothing contained in this Bill of Sale is intended to provide any rights to Buyer or the Sellers beyond those rights expressly provided to Buyer or the Sellers in the Purchase Agreement. Nothing contained in this Bill of Sale is intended to impose any obligations or liabilities on Buyer or the Sellers beyond those obligations and liabilities expressly imposed on Buyer or the Sellers in the Purchase Agreement. Nothing contained in this Bill of Sale is intended to expand or limit any of the rights or remedies available to Buyer or the Sellers under the Purchase Agreement.

 

Buyer and the Sellers hereby agree to execute and deliver to the other such further instruments of transfer, assignment, delegation and assumption, and take such other action as either the Sellers or Buyer may reasonably request, to more effectively transfer to, assign to, and vest in Buyer each of the Acquired Assets.

 

This Bill of Sale may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered to the other parties hereto, it being understood that all parties hereto need not sign the same counterpart. The parties hereto may sign this Bill of Sale in the original, by facsimile, by .PDF, or by any other generally acceptable electronic means.

 

This Bill of Sale (i) shall not be assigned by operation of law or otherwise except as otherwise specifically provided, except Buyer may assign this Bill of Sale to any affiliate by operation of law or otherwise, and (ii) shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Bill of Sale to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first written above.

 

 

BUYER:


U-SWIRL, INC., a Nevada corporation

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

Ulderico Conte

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

SELLERS:

YOGLI MOGLI FRANCHISE LLC

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:
Roi Shlomo

 

 

Title:
Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

YOGLI MOGLI LLC

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

Roi Shlomo

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

    

 

 

YOGLI MOGLI NEWNAN LLC

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

Roi Shlomo

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

YOGLI MOGLI ENTERPRISES LLC

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

Roi Shlomo

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 


 

YOGLI MOGLI WHEATON LLC

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

Roi Shlomo

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 


 
 

 

 

EXHIBIT 7.2(b)

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT

 

This Intellectual Property Assignment Agreement (this “ Assignment ”), dated as of January __, 2014 (the “ Effective Date ”), is made by and between Yogli Mogli Franchise, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company (“ Assignor ”), and U-Swirl, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“ U-Swirl ”).

 

WHEREAS, Assignor and U-Swirl are parties to that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 17, 2014 (the “ Asset Purchase Agreement ”), pursuant to which Assignor is selling, transferring, assigning and delivering to U-Swirl certain assets and properties of Assignor (the “ Transaction ”);

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in exchange for the consideration set forth in the Asset Purchase Agreement and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.      Definitions .

 

Assignor Intellectual Property ” means all Intellectual Property owned, held or used by the Assignor.

 

Copyrights ” means applications and registrations for copyrights or rights with respect to works of authorship (including any moral and economic rights, however denominated), including, but not limited to, Copyrights listed or described on Exhibit A.

 

Domain Names ” means domain names, uniform resource locators and other names and locators associated with the internet, including applications and registrations thereof, including, but not limited to, Domain Names listed or described on Exhibit B.

 

Intellectual Property ” means, collectively, all Intellectual Property Rights and Technology.

 

Intellectual Property Rights ” means any and all rights (anywhere in the world, whether statutory, common law or otherwise) with respect to (a) Patents; (b) Copyrights; (c) Trademarks; (d) mask rights; (e) all industrial designs and all variants of industrial designs, whether or not registered or the subject of an application for registration and whether or not registrable; (f) Domain Names; (g) all databases and data collections and all rights therein throughout the world; (h) all moral and economic rights of authors and inventors, however denominated, throughout the world; (i) rights of privacy or publicity; (j) trade secrets, including rights to limit the use or disclosure thereof by any person; (k) Technology; (l) all other equivalent or similar rights; and (m) any rights to pursue, recover, or retain damages, costs or attorneys’ fees for past, present and future infringement or misappropriations of the foregoing.

 

Patents ” means applications and registrations for and issuances of patents, or other industrial rights or designs including any reissues, divisionals, renewals, extensions, provisionals, continuations or continuations-in-part thereof, and any other filings claiming priority to or serving as a basis for priority thereof, including, but not limited to, Patents listed or described on Exhibit C.

 

 
 

 

 

Technology ” means any and all (a) technology, technical expertise, compositions of matter, formulae, algorithms, procedures, processes, methods, techniques, know-how, ideas, creations, inventions, discoveries, developments and improvements (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice); (b) technical, engineering, manufacturing, product, marketing, servicing, financial, supplier, personnel and other information and materials; (c) customer lists, customer contact and registration information, customer correspondence and customer purchasing histories; (d) specifications, designs, models, devices, machines, articles of manufacture, prototypes, schematics and development tools; (e) software, computer programs, documentation, websites, content, images, art, graphics, text, photographs, artwork, audiovisual works, sound recordings, graphs, drawings, reports, analyses, writings, compositions and other works of authorship and copyrightable subject matter; (f) research data, technical data, databases and other compilations and collections of data or information; (g) trade secrets, including rights to limit the use or disclosure thereof by any person; and (h) tangible embodiments of any of the foregoing, in any form or media whether or not specifically listed herein.

 

Trademarks ” means trademarks, service marks, logos and design marks, trade dress, trade names, fictitious and other business names, or brand names, together with all goodwill associated with any of the foregoing, and all applications and registrations therefor, including, but not limited to, Trademarks listed or described on Exhibit D.

 

2.      Assignment . Assignor hereby irrevocably sells, assigns, transfers and conveys to U-Swirl, its successors, assigns, and legal representatives, all right, title and interest in and to any Assignor Intellectual Property in perpetuity, including all rights and interests in the Intellectual Property listed on Exhibits A, B, C, and D (collectively, the “ Assigned Intellectual Property ”), and Assignor acknowledges that U-Swirl owns and will own all such existing and future right, title and interest in and to the Assigned Intellectual Property, including, without limitation, the right to claim priority rights deriving from any of the foregoing and the right to sue for, settle and release past, present and future infringement of any of the foregoing. Without limiting the foregoing, Assignor acknowledges that U-Swirl may use, sell, license, translate, copy, duplicate, record, broadcast, distribute, perform, display, add to, subtract from, arrange, rearrange, revise, modify, change, adapt and otherwise exploit the Assigned Intellectual Property and any derivative works thereof in U-Swirl’s sole and absolute discretion.

 

3.      Further Assurances . Assignor will, at its own cost and expense, promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver to U-Swirl all additional instruments or documents that U-Swirl determines at any time to be necessary to complete the timely transfer of the Assigned Intellectual Property to U-Swirl, including without limitation, the Trademark Assignment set forth in Schedule 1 to this Assignment. Furthermore, Assignor will, at U-Swirl’s cost and expense (except to the extent that such cost and expense are related to or arise from any claim for which U-Swirl is entitled to indemnification from Assignor pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement), testify in any legal proceedings, sign all lawful papers, execute all divisional, continuing, reissue, reexamination and other applications, make all assignments and rightful oaths, and generally do everything possible to aid U-Swirl, its successors, assigns and nominees to obtain and enforce proper protection for the Assigned Intellectual Property in all countries. Assignor will not execute any agreements inconsistent with the foregoing. Without limiting the foregoing, Assignor hereby irrevocably designates and appoints U-Swirl and its duly authorized officers and agents, as Assignor’s agent and attorney-in-fact to act for and on its behalf and instead of Assignor, to execute and file any documents, applications or related filings and to do all other lawfully permitted acts in furtherance of the purposes set forth above in this paragraph, including, without limitation, the perfection of assignment and the prosecution and issuance of patents, patent applications, copyright applications and registrations, trademark applications and registrations, or other rights in connection with such Assigned Intellectual Property and improvements thereto with the same legal force and effect as if executed by Assignor.

 

 

 

 

4.      Domain Names . At its own expense, Assignor will promptly and properly complete and submit, to the registrar for each of the Domain Names, any and all instructions necessary to transfer ownership as registrant of the Domain Names to U-Swirl.

 

5.      Assignor’s Transfer and Cessation of Use of the Assigned Intellectual Property .

 

5.1     Commencing on the Effective Date, Assignor will immediately cease all use, and will forever refrain from using, any words, names, slogans, symbols, or logos (or anything confusingly similar thereto) as they appear in the Assigned Intellectual Property in any manner, including but not limited to use for any entity name, slogan, product name, on any website, as a service mark, trademark, domain name, URL, meta-tag, directory search term, or a component of any of the foregoing.

 

5.2     Commencing on the Effective Date, Assignor will: (i) provide to U-Swirl all existing documentation and information in Assignor’s possession or control that relates to the Assigned Intellectual Property (and to the extent information relating to the Assigned Intellectual Property is not in a medium that is reasonably transferable to U-Swirl on the date hereof, Assignor will promptly record such information in a reasonably suitable form and furnish such information to U-Swirl); (ii) destroy all remaining copies of all printed or electronic media in Assignor’s possession pertaining to such documentation or information; and (iii) cease all use and development of, and forever refrain from using in any manner, the trade secrets and any confidential information that relates to the Assigned Intellectual Property.

 

6.      Waiver of Moral Rights . Assignor hereby irrevocably waives (and has caused all employees and contractors to waive) all rights under all laws now existing or hereafter permitted, with respect to any and all purposes for which the Assigned Intellectual Property and any derivative works thereof may be used, including without limitation: (a) all rights under the United States Copyright Act, or any other country’s copyright law, including but not limited to, any rights provided in 17 U.S.C. §§ 106 and 106A; and (b) any rights of attribution and integrity or any other “moral rights of authors” existing under applicable law. In the event that Assignor has any such rights, that cannot be assigned or waived, Assignor hereby grants to U-Swirl an exclusive, worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual license to use, reproduce, distribute, create derivative works of, publicly perform and publicly display the Acquired Intellectual Property in any medium or format, whether now known or later developed.

 

7.      Irrevocable and Binding Assignment . Assignor does not have the right to: (a) rescind any of the rights or waivers granted herein; (b) enjoin, restrain or otherwise hinder U-Swirl’s exercise of any of the rights granted herein; or (c) enjoin, restrain or otherwise hinder, by court order or otherwise, the manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale, importation, marketing, license, translation, copying, duplication, recording, broadcasting, distribution, performance, display, addition to, subtraction from, arrangement, rearrangement, revision, modification, change, adaptation or other exploitation of the Assigned Intellectual Property and any derivative works thereof.

 

 

 

 

8.      Entire Agreement; Amendments . This Assignment and the Asset Purchase Agreement constitute the entire agreement between Assignor and U-Swirl with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between Assignor and U-Swirl with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. In the event of a conflict between the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement and this Assignment, the Asset Purchase Agreement will control. This Assignment may be modified only by a written agreement signed by both parties.

 

9.      Counterparts . This Assignment may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered to the other party, it being understood that all parties hereto need not sign the same counterpart. The parties hereto may sign this Assignment in the original, by facsimile, by PDF, or by any other generally acceptable electronic means.

 

10.      Governing Law . This Assignment and all disputes and controversies arising hereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Nevada without reference to such state’s principles of conflicts of law.

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Assignment to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized representative as of the Effective Date.

 

 

ASSIGNOR:

YOGLI MOGLI FRANCHISE LLC

 

 

  

 

       

 

By:

 

 

Name:
Roi Shlomo

 

 

Title:
Chief Executive Officer

 

 

STATE OF _____________

COUNTY OF _____________

 

On this __ day of _____________, 2014, before me, a Notary Public in and for the State and County foresaid, personally appeared Roi Shlomo, known by me to be the person above named and an officer of Yogli Mogli Franchise, LLC, who is duly authorized to execute this Assignment on behalf of Yogli Mogli Franchise, LLC, and who signed and executed the foregoing instrument on behalf of Yogli Mogli Franchise, LLC.

 

Notary Public:                                                                  

My Commission Expires:                                                

  

 

 

 

ASSIGNEE:


U-SWIRL, INC., a Nevada corporation

 

 

  

 

       

 

By:

 

 

Name:

Ulderico Conte

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

STATE OF _____________

COUNTY OF _____________

 

On this __ day of _________, 2014, before me, a Notary Public in and for the State and County foresaid, personally appeared Ulderico Conte, known by me to be the person above named and an officer of U-swirl, Inc., who is duly authorized to execute this Assignment on behalf of U-swirl, Inc. and who signed and executed the foregoing instrument on behalf of U-swirl, Inc.

 

Notary Public:                                                                  

My Commission Expires:                                                

 

 
[Signature Page to Intellecutal Property Assignment Agreement] 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

Works of Authorship

 

 
 

 

 

Exhibit B

 

Domain Names

 

 
 

 

 

Exhibit C

 

Patents

 

 

 

 

Exhibit D

 

Trademarks

 

 
 

 

   

Schedule 1

 

Trademark Assignment

 

Dated January __, 2014

 

WHEREAS, Yogli Mogli Franchise, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company (“ Assignor ”), is the owner of the trademark and trademark registration described on Schedule 1-A hereto (the “ Trademark ”); and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of January __, 2014, by and among U-Swirl, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“ Assignee ”) and, Assignor (the “ Agreement ”), Assignor has agreed to assign to Assignee all of Assignor’s right, title, and interest in and to the Trademark (and the portion of the business of Assignor to which the Trademark pertains), together with the goodwill associated therewith.

 

NOW THEREFORE, for the consideration set forth in the Agreement and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.     In connection with the transfer of the portion of the business to which the Trademark pertains, Assignor hereby sells, transfers, conveys, assigns, and sets over unto Assignee, its successors and assigns, Assignor’s entire right, title and interest in and to the Trademark, including, without limitation, all registrations and applications therefor and the right to apply for and register the Trademark, in the United States of America and all foreign countries, together with the goodwill of Assignor’s business in which the Trademark is used and symbolized by the Trademark, all common law and statutory rights related thereto, all rights of renewal and extension, and the right to sue and recover for damages and profits for past infringements thereof.

 

2.     This Trademark Assignment and all disputes and controversies arising hereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of Nevada without reference to such state’s principles of conflicts of law. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of and venue in any state or federal court located in Las Vegas, Nevada in connection with any matter based upon or arising out of this Trademark Assignment or the matters contemplated herein, and agrees that process may be served upon them in any manner authorized by the Laws of the State of Nevada for such persons and waives and covenants not to assert or plead any objection which such party might otherwise have to such jurisdiction and venue and such process; provided , however , that any party hereto shall be entitled to seek equitable or injunctive relief in connection with any matter based upon or arising out of this Trademark Assignment or the matters contemplated herein in any forum having proper legal jurisdiction over such matter.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned has executed this Trademark Assignment effective as of the date shown above.

 

 

 

 

YOGLI MOGLI FRANCHISE LLC

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:
Roi Shlomo

 

 

Title:
Chief Executive Officer

 

   

 

 

STATE OF _____________

COUNTY OF _____________

 

On this __ day of _____________, 2014, before me, a Notary Public in and for the State and County foresaid, personally appeared Roi Shlomo, known by me to be the person above named and an officer of Yogli Mogli Franchise, LLC, who is duly authorized to execute this Trademark Assignment on behalf of Yogli Mogli Franchise, LLC, and who signed and executed the foregoing instrument on behalf of Yogli Mogli Franchise, LLC.

 

 

 

Notary Public:______________________________

 

 

My Commission Expires:                                                   

 

 

 
 

 

 

Schedule 1-A

 

Trademark

 

 
 

 

 

EXHIBIT 7.3(b)

 

ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

 

This Assumption Agreement (this “ Assumption Agreement ”) is entered into as of January __, 2014, and pursuant to that certain Asset Purchase Agreement (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), dated as of the date hereof, by and among U-Swirl, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“ Buyer ”), Yogli Mogli Franchise LLC, a Georgia limited liability company (“ YMF ”), Yogli Mogli LLC, a Georgia limited liability company (“ YM ”), Yogli Mogli Newnan LLC, a Georgia limited liability company (“ YMN ”), Yogli Mogli Enterprises LLC, a Georgia limited liability company (“ YME ”), and Yogli Mogli Wheaton, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company (“ YMW ” and, together with YHF, YM, YMN and YME, the “ Sellers ”), for and in consideration of good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Sellers do hereby assign all of the Assumed Liabilities to Buyer, and Buyer does hereby assume from the Sellers all of the Assumed Liabilities.

 

Nothing contained in this Assumption Agreement is intended to provide any rights to Buyer or the Sellers beyond those rights expressly provided to Buyer or the Sellers in the Purchase Agreement. Nothing contained in this Assumption Agreement is intended to impose any obligations or liabilities on Buyer or the Sellers beyond those obligations and liabilities expressly imposed on Buyer or the Sellers in the Purchase Agreement. Nothing contained in this Assumption Agreement is intended to expand or limit any of the rights or remedies available to Buyer or the Sellers under the Purchase Agreement.

 

This Assumption Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered to the other parties hereto, it being understood that all parties hereto need not sign the same counterpart. The parties hereto may sign this Assumption Agreement in the original, by facsimile, by .PDF, or by any other generally acceptable electronic means.

 

This Assumption Agreement (i) shall not be assigned by operation of law or otherwise except as otherwise specifically provided, except Buyer may assign this Assumption Agreement to any affiliate by operation of law or otherwise, and (ii) shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

 
 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Assumption Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first written above.

 

 

BUYER:


U-SWIRL, INC., a Nevada corporation

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

Ulderico Conte

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

SELLERS:

YOGLI MOGLI FRANCHISE LLC

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:
Roi Shlomo

 

 

Title:
Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

YOGLI MOGLI LLC

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

Roi Shlomo

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

    

 

 

YOGLI MOGLI NEWNAN LLC

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

Roi Shlomo

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

YOGLI MOGLI ENTERPRISES LLC

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

Roi Shlomo

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 


 

YOGLI MOGLI WHEATON LLC

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

Roi Shlomo

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Exhibit 99.3

 

BUSINESS LOAN AGREEMENT              

 

Principal

Loan Date

Maturity

Loan No

Call / Coll

Account

Officer

Initials

$7,000,000.00

12-27-2013

01-15-2020

7657418442

 

988007096

K0096

 

References in the shaded area are for Lender's use only and do not limit the applicability of this document to any particular loan or item.

Any item above containing “***" has been omitted due to text length limitations.

 

Borrower:

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. 

Lender:  

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

 

265 Turner Drive

 

Durango Main  

 

Durango.CO 81303

 

200 West College Drive  

      Durango, CO 81301
       

 

THIS BUSINESS LOAN AGREEMENT dated December 27, 2013, is made and executed between ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY, INC. ("Borrower") and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association ("Lender") on the following terms and conditions. Borrower has received prior commercial loans from Lender or has applied to Lender for a commercial loan or loans or other financial accommodations, including those which may be described on any exhibit or schedule attached to this Agreement. Borrower understands and agrees that: (A) in granting, renewing, or extending any Loan, Lender is relying upon Borrower's representations, warranties, and agreements as set forth in this Agreement; (B) the granting, renewing, or extending of any Loan by Lender at all times shall be subject to Lender's sole judgment and discretion; and (C) all such Loans shall be and remain subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

TERM. This Agreement shall be effective as of December 27, 2013, and shall continue in full force and effect until such time as all of Borrower's Loans in favor of Lender have been paid in full, including principal, interest, costs, expenses, attorneys' fees, and other fees and charges, or until such time as the parties may agree in writing to terminate this Agreement.

 

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EACH ADVANCE. Lender's obligation to make the initial Advance and each subsequent Advance under this Agreement shall be subject to the fulfillment to Lender's satisfaction of all of the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in the Related Documents.

 

Loan Documents. Borrower shall provide to Lender the following documents for the Loan: (1) the Note; (2) Security Agreements granting to Lender security interests in the Collateral; (3) financing statements and all other documents perfecting Lender's Security Interests; (4) evidence of insurance as required below; (5) together with all such Related Documents as Lender may require for the Loan; all in form and substance satisfactory to Lender and Lender's counsel.

 

Borrower's Authorization. Borrower shall have provided in form and substance satisfactory to Lender properly certified resolutions, duly authorizing the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Note and the Related Documents. In addition, Borrower shall have provided such other resolutions, authorizations, documents and instruments as Lender or its counsel, may require.

 

Payment of Fees and Expenses. Borrower shall have paid to Lender all fees, charges, and other expenses which are then due and payable as specified in this Agreement or any Related Document.

 

Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement, in the Related Documents, and in any document or certificate delivered to Lender under this Agreement are true and correct.

 

No Event of Default. There shall not exist at the time of any Advance a condition which would constitute an Event of Default under this Agreement or under any Related Document.

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Borrower represents and warrants to Lender, as of the date of this Agreement, as of the date of each disbursement of loan proceeds, as of the date of any renewal, extension or modification of any Loan, and at all times any Indebtedness exists:

 

Organization. Borrower is a corporation for profit which is, and at all times it shall be, duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Colorado. Borrower is duly authorized to transact business in all other states in which Borrower is doing business, having obtained all necessary filings, governmental licenses and approvals for each state in which Borrower is doing business. Borrower maintains an office at 265 Turner Drive, Durango, CO 81303. Unless Borrower has designated otherwise in writing, the principal office is the office at which Borrower keeps its book and records including its records concerning the Collateral. Borrower will notify Lender prior to any change in the location of Borrower's state of organization or any change in Borrower's name.

 

Assumed Business Names. Borrower has filed or recorded all documents or filings required by law relating to all assumed business names used by Borrower. Excluding the name of Borrower, the following is a complete list of all assumed business names under which Borrower does business: None.

 

Authorization. Borrower's execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and all the Related Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary action by Borrower and do not conflict with, result in a violation of, or constitute a default under (1) any provision of (a) Borrower's articles of incorporation or organization, or bylaws, or (b) any agreement or other instrument binding upon Borrower or (2) any law, governmental regulation, court decree, or order applicable to Borrower or to Borrower's properties.

 

 
 

 

 

Properties. Except as contemplated by this Agreement or as previously disclosed in Borrower's financial statements or in writing to Lender and as accepted by Lender, and except for property tax liens for taxes not presently due and payable, Borrower owns and has good title to all of Borrower's properties free and clear of all liens and security interests, and has not executed any security documents or financing statements relating to such properties. All of Borrower's properties are titled in Borrower's legal name, and Borrower has not used or filed a financing statement under any other name for at least the last five (5) years

 

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS. Borrower covenants and agrees with Lender that, so long as this Agreement remains in effect, Borrower will:

 

Notices of Claims and Litigation. Promptly inform Lender in writing of (1) all material adverse changes in Borrower's financial condition, and (2) all existing and all threatened litigation, claims, investigations, administrative proceedings or similar actions affecting Borrower or any Guarantor which could materially affect the financial condition of Borrower or the financial condition of any Guarantor.

 

Financial Records. Maintain its books and records in accordance with accounting principles acceptable to Lender, applied on a consistent basis, and permit Lender to examine and audit Borrower's books and records at all reasonable times.

 

Financial Statements. Furnish Lender with such financial statements and other related information at such frequencies and in such detail as Lender may reasonably request.

 

Loan Proceeds. Use all Loan proceeds solely for Borrowers business operations, unless specifically consented to the contrary by Lender in writing.

 

Taxes, Charges and Liens. Pay and discharge when due all of its indebtedness and obligations, including without limitation all assessments, taxes, governmental charges, levies and liens, of every kind and nature, imposed upon Borrower or its properties, income, or profits, prior to the date on which penalties would attach, and all lawful claims that, if unpaid, might become a lien or charge upon any of Borrower's properties, income, or profits. Provided however, Borrower will not be required to pay and discharge any such assessment, tax, charge, levy, lien or claim so long as (1) the legality of the same shall be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and (2) Borrower shall have established on Borrower's books adequate reserves with respect to such contested assessment, tax, charge, levy, lien, or claim in accordance with GAAP.

 

Performance. Perform and comply, in a timely manner, with all terms, conditions, and provisions set forth in this Agreement, in the Related Documents, and in all other instruments and agreements between Borrower and Lender. Borrower shall notify Lender immediately in writing of any default in connection with any agreement.

 

Operations. Maintain executive and management personnel with substantially the same qualifications and experience as the present executive and management personnel; provide written notice to Lender of any change in executive and management personnel; conduct its business affairs in a reasonable and prudent manner.

 

Compliance with Governmental Requirements. Comply with all laws, ordinances, and regulations, now or hereafter in effect, of all governmental authorities applicable to the conduct of Borrower's properties, businesses and operations, and to the use or occupancy of the Collateral, including without limitation, the Americans With Disabilities Act. Borrower may contest in good faith any such law, ordinance, or regulation and withhold compliance during any proceeding, including appropriate appeals, so long as Borrower has notified Lender in writing prior to doing so and so long as, in Lender's sole opinion, Lender's interests in the Collateral are not jeopardized. Lender may require Borrower to post adequate security or a surety bond, reasonably satisfactory to Lender, to protect Lender's interest.

 

Inspection. Permit employees or agents of Lender at any reasonable time to inspect any and all Collateral for the Loan or Loans and Borrower's other properties and to examine or audit Borrower's books, accounts, and records and to make copies and memoranda of Borrower's books, accounts, and records. If Borrower now or at any time hereafter maintains any records (including without limitation computer generated records and computer software programs for the generation of such records) in the possession of a third party, Borrower, upon request of Lender, shall notify such party to permit Lender free access to such records at all reasonable times and to provide Lender with copies of any records it may request, all at Borrower's expense.

 

LENDER'S EXPENDITURES. If any action or proceeding is commenced that would materially affect Lender's interest in the Collateral or if Borrower fails to comply with any provision of this Agreement or any Related Documents, including but not limited to Borrower's failure to discharge or pay when due any amounts Borrower is required to discharge or pay under this Agreement or any Related Documents, Lender on Borrower's behalf may (but shall not be obligated to) take any action that Lender deems appropriate on any Collateral and paying all costs for insuring, maintaining and preserving any Collateral. All such expenditures incurred or paid by Lender for such purposes will then bear interest at the rate charged under the Note from the date incurred or paid by Lender to the date of repayment by Borrower. All such expenses will become a part of the Indebtedness and, at Lender's option, will (A) be payable on demand; (B) be added to the balance of the Note and be apportioned among and be payable with any installment payments to become due during either (1) the term of any applicable insurance policy; or (2) the remaining term of the Note; or (C) be treated as a balloon payment which will be due and payable at the Note's maturity.

 

CESSATION OF ADVANCES. If Lender has made any commitment to make any Loan to Borrower, whether under this Agreement or under any other agreement, Lender shall have no obligation to make Loan advances or to disburse Loan proceeds if: (A) Borrower or any guarantor is in default under the terms of this Agreement or any other agreement that Borrower or any guarantor has with Lender; (B) Borrower or any guarantor dies, becomes incompetent or becomes insolvent, files a petition in bankruptcy or, similar proceedings, or is adjudged a bankrupt; (C) there occurs a material adverse change in Borrower's financial condition, in the financial condition of any guarantor, or in the value of any collateral securing any Loan; or (D) any guarantor seeks, claims or otherwise attempts to limit, modify or revoke such guarantor's guaranty of the Loan or any other loan with Lender; or (E) Lender in good faith deems itself insecure, even though no Event of Default shall have occurred.

 

RIGHT OF SETOFF. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Lender reserves a right of setoff in all Borrower's accounts with Lender (whether checking, savings, or some other account). This includes all accounts Borrower holds jointly with someone else and all accounts Borrower may open in the future. However, this does not include any IRA or Keogh accounts, or any trust accounts for which setoff would be prohibited by law. Borrower authorizes Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to charge or setoff all sums owing on the Indebtedness against any and all such accounts, and, at Lender's option, to administratively freeze all such accounts to allow Lender to protect Lender's charge and setoff rights provided in this paragraph.

 

 
 

 

 

DEFAULT. Each of the following shall constitute an Event of Default under this Agreement:

 

Payment Default. Borrower fails to make any payment when due under the Loan.

 

Other Default. Borrower fails to comply with any other term, obligation, covenant or condition contained in this Agreement or in any of the Related Documents.

 

Default in Favor of Third Parties. Borrower defaults under any loan, extension of credit, security agreement, purchase or sales agreement, or any other agreement, in favor of any other creditor or person that may materially affect any of Borrower's property or Borrower's ability to repay the Loans or perform Borrower's obligations under this Agreement or any related document.

 

False Statements. Any representation or statement made by Borrower to Lender is false in any material respect.

 

Insolvency. The dissolution or termination of Borrower's existence as a going business, the insolvency of Borrower, the appointment of a receiver for any part of Borrower's property, any assignment for the benefit of creditors, any type of creditor workout, or the commencement of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency laws by or against Borrower.

 

Creditor or Forfeiture Proceedings. Commencement of foreclosure or forfeiture proceedings, whether by judicial proceeding, self-help, repossession or any other method, by any creditor of Borrower or by any governmental agency against any collateral securing the Loan.

 

Events Affecting Guarantor. Any of the preceding events occurs with respect to any Guarantor of any of the Indebtedness or any Guarantor dies or becomes incompetent, or revokes or disputes the validity of, or liability under, any Guaranty of the Indebtedness.

 

Change in Ownership. Any change in ownership of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common stock of Borrower.

 

Insecurity. Lender in good faith believes itself insecure.

 

EFFECT OF AN EVENT OF DEFAULT. If any Event of Default shall occur, except where otherwise provided in this Agreement or the Related Documents, all commitments and obligations of Lender under this Agreement immediately will terminate (including any obligation to make further Loan Advances or disbursements), and, at Lender's option, all Indebtedness immediately will become due and payable, all without notice of any kind to Borrower, except that in the case of an Event of Default of the type described in the “Insolvency" subsection above, such acceleration shall be automatic and not optional. In addition, Lender shall have all the rights and remedies provided in the Related Documents or available at law, in equity, or otherwise. Except as may be prohibited by applicable law, all of Lender's rights and remedies shall be cumulative and may be exercised singularly or concurrently. Election by Lender to pursue any remedy shall not exclude pursuit of any other remedy, and an election to make expenditures or to take action to perform an obligation of Borrower or of any Grantor shall not affect Lender's right to declare a default and to exercise its rights and remedies.

 

FACSIMILE AND COUNTERPART. This document may be signed in any number of separate copies, each of which shall be effective as an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute a single document. An electronic transmission or other facsimile of this document or any related document shall be deemed an original and shall be admissible as evidence of the document and the signer's execution.

 

SECURITY INTEREST AND RIGHT OF SETOFF. In addition to all liens upon and rights of setoff arising by law, Borrower pledges and grants to Lender as security for Borrower's indebtedness and obligations under the Note (excluding any consumer obligations subject to the Federal Truth In Lending Act) a security interest and lien upon all monies, securities, securities accounts, brokerage accounts, deposit accounts and other property of Borrower now or hereafter in the possession of or on deposit with Lender or any Wells Fargo affiliate, whether held in a general or special account or for safekeeping or otherwise, excluding however all IRA and Keogh accounts. No security interest, lien or right of setoff will be deemed to have been waived by any act or conduct on the part of Lender, or by any neglect to exercise such right, or by any delay in so doing, and every right of setoff, lien and security interest will continue in full force and effect until specifically waived or released by Lender in writing.

 

INSURANCE. Borrower shall assure that insurance is maintained pursuant to any insurance requirements set forth in the Agreement to Provide Insurance and any Related Documents or other related agreements, if applicable.

 

ADDITIONAL EVENTS OF DEFAULT. In addition to the Events of Default described herein, the following shall be an Event of Default if applicable: (i) Borrower, any Guarantor or any grantor of collateral fails to comply with any terms or conditions of any agreement with Lender or any Wells Fargo Affiliate; (ii) Borrower or any Guarantor revokes or disputes the validity of any of its liabilities or obligations under any Note, related agreement, or any other agreement with Lender or any Wells Fargo Affiliate; (iii) any change in ownership of an aggregate of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common stock, members' equity or other ownership interest in Borrower or any general partner of Borrower or any Guarantor, (iv) the withdrawal, resignation or expulsion of any one or more of the general partners in Borrower or any Guarantor with an aggregate ownership interest in Borrower or such Guarantor of twenty-five percent (25%) or more; or (v) Borrower or any Guarantor or any chairman, CEO, CFO, president, manager or general partner of Borrower or any Guarantor, nor any officer, member, or shareholder with an ownership interest of 25% or more of Borrower or any Guarantor, has been or is convicted of a felony. For purposes of this provision Wells Fargo Affiliate shall mean Wells Fargo & Company and any present or future subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company.

 

EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS, CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL. Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that he/she/it has had an opportunity to review and consider the terms and provisions of this agreement and each related loan document, to consult with counsel of his/her/its choice, if desired, and to suggest changes to the structure and terms of the agreements. Each party hereto warrants and agrees that his/her/its execution of this agreement and any related loan documents is made voluntarily and with full knowledge of the significance and effect of such agreements.

 

 
 

 

 

ARBITRATION AGREEMENT. Arbitration - Binding Arbitration. Lender and each party to this agreement hereby agree, upon demand by any party, to submit any Dispute to binding arbitration in accordance with the terms of this Arbitration Program. Arbitration may be demanded before the institution of a judicial proceeding, or during a judicial proceeding, but not more than 60 days after service of a complaint, third party complaint, cross-claim, or any answer thereto, or any amendment to any of such pleadings. A "Dispute" shall include any dispute, claim or controversy of any kind, whether in contract or in tort, legal or equitable, now existing or hereafter arising, relating in any way to any aspect of this agreement, or any related note, instrument or agreement incorporating this Arbitration Program (the "Documents"), or any renewal, extension, modification or refinancing of any indebtedness or obligation relating thereto, including without limitation, their negotiation, execution, collateralization, administration, repayment, modification, extension, substitution, formation, inducement, enforcement, default or termination, or any request for additional credit. This provision is a material inducement for the parties entering into the transactions relating to this Agreement. In the event of a court ordered arbitration, the party requesting arbitration shall be responsible for timely filing the demand for arbitration and paying the appropriate filing fee within 30 days of the abatement order or the time specified by the court; the party's failure to do so shall result in that party's right to demand arbitration being automatically terminated With respect to such Dispute. DISPUTES SUBMITTED TO ARBITRATION ARE NOT RESOLVED IN COURT BY A JUDGE OR JURY. TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVE ANY RIGHT THEY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY DISPUTE ARBITRATED PURSUANT TO THIS ARBITRATION PROGRAM.

 

A.       Governing Rules, Any arbitration proceeding will (i) be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (Title 9 of the United States Code), notwithstanding any conflicting choice of law provision in any of the documents between the parties; and (ii) be conducted by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA"), or such other administrator as the parties shall mutually agree upon, in accordance with the AAA's commercial dispute resolution procedures, unless the claim or counterclaim is at least $1,000,000.00 exclusive of claimed interest, arbitration fees and costs, in which case the arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the AAA's optional procedures for large, complex commercial disputes (the commercial dispute resolution procedures or the optional procedures for large, complex commercial disputes are referred to herein, as applicable, as the "Rules"). If there is any inconsistency between the terms hereof and the Rules, the terms and procedures set forth herein shall control. Arbitration proceedings hereunder shall be conducted at a location mutually agreeable to the parties, or if they cannot agree, then at a location selected by the AAA in the state of the applicable substantive law primarily governing the Note. Any party who fails or refuses to submit to arbitration following a demand by any other party shall bear all costs and expenses incurred by such other party in compelling arbitration of any Dispute. The arbitrator shall award all costs and expenses of the arbitration proceeding.

 

B.       No Waiver of Provisional Remedies. Self-Help and Foreclosure, The arbitration requirement does not limit the right of any party to (i) foreclose against real or personal property collateral; (ii) exercise self-help remedies relating to collateral or proceeds of collateral such as setoff or repossession; or (iii) obtain provisional or ancillary remedies such as replevin, injunctive relief, attachment or the appointment of a receiver, before during or after the pendency of any arbitration proceeding. This exclusion does not constitute a waiver of the right or obligation of any party to submit any Dispute to arbitration or reference hereunder, including those arising from the exercise of the actions detailed in sections (i), (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph.

 

C.       Arbitrator Qualifications and Powers Any arbitration proceeding in which the amount in controversy is $5,000,000.00 or less will be decided by a single arbitrator selected according to the Rules, and who shall not render an award of greater than $5,000,000.00. Any Dispute in which the amount in controversy exceeds $5,000,000.00 shall be decided by majority vote of a panel of three arbitrators; provided however, that all three arbitrators must actively participate in all hearings and deliberations. Every arbitrator shall be a neutral practicing attorney or a retired member of the state or federal judiciary, in either case with a minimum of ten years experience in the substantive law applicable to the subject matter of the Dispute. The arbitrator will determine whether or not an issue is arbitratable and will give effect to the statutes of limitation in determining any claim. In any arbitration proceeding the arbitrator will decide (by documents only or with a hearing at the arbitrator's discretion) any pre-hearing motions which are similar to motions to dismiss for failure to state a claim or motions for summary adjudication. The arbitrator shall resolve all Disputes in accordance with the applicable substantive law and may grant any remedy or relief that a court of such state could order or grant within the scope hereof and such ancillary relief as is necessary to make effective any award. The arbitrator shall also have the power to award recovery of all costs and fees, to impose sanctions and to take such other action as the arbitrator deems necessary to the same extent a judge could pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the applicable state rules of civil procedure, or other applicable law. Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. The institution and maintenance of an action for judicial relief or pursuit of a provisional or ancillary remedy shall not constitute a waiver of the right of any party, including the plaintiff, to submit the controversy or claim to arbitration if any other party contests such action for judicial relief.

 

D.       Discovery. In any arbitration proceeding discovery will be permitted in accordance with the Rules. All discovery shall be expressly limited to matters directly relevant to the Dispute being arbitrated and must be completed no later than 20 days before the hearing date. Any requests for an extension of the discovery periods, or any discovery disputes, will be subject to final determination by the arbitrator upon a showing that the request for discovery is essential for the party's presentation and that no alternative means for obtaining information is available.

 

E.       Class Proceedings and Consolidations. No party hereto shall be entitled to join or consolidate disputes by or against others in any arbitration, except parties to this agreement, or any contract, instrument or document relating to this agreement, or to include in any arbitration any dispute as a representative or member of a class, or to act in any arbitration in the interest of the general public or in a private attorney general capacity.

 

F.       Small Claims Court. Any party may require that a Dispute be resolved in Small Claims Court if the Dispute and related claims are fully within that court's jurisdiction.

 

G.       Real Property Collateral. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Dispute shall be submitted to arbitration if the Dispute concerns indebtedness secured directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by any real property and the Dispute is governed by the laws of California, Connecticut, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, South Dakota, Virginia or Utah, unless any conditions for arbitration that may be set forth in the mortgage or deed of trust are satisfied; if any such Disputes are not referred to arbitration, then any provision in such mortgage or deed of trust providing for referral of Disputes to a referee or master under the laws of California, Connecticut, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, South Dakota, Virginia or Utah shall be applicable to such Disputes.

 

 
 

 

 

H.       State Specific Provisions,

If Delaware. Pennsylvania or Virginia law governs the Dispute, the following provision is applicable if there is a Confession of Judgment in the Note, any Guaranty, or Related Documents:

Confession of Judgment. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the arbitration requirement does not limit or preclude the right of Lender to confess judgment pursuant to a warrant of attorney provision set forth in the Note, any Guaranty, or Related Documents. No party shall have the right to demand binding arbitration of any claim, dispute or controversy seeking to (i) strike-off or open a judgment obtained by confession pursuant to a warrant of attorney contained in the Note, any Guaranty, or Related Documents, or (ii) challenge the waiver of a right to prior notice and a hearing before judgment is entered, or after judgment is entered, but before execution upon the judgment. Any claims, disputes or controversies challenging the confession of judgment shall be commenced and prosecuted in accordance with the procedures set forth, and in the forum specified by the applicable state rules of civil procedure or other applicable law.

 

If Maryland law governs the Dispute, the following provision is applicable if there is a Confession of Judgment in the Note, any Guaranty, or Related Documents:

Confession of Judgment. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the arbitration requirement does not limit or preclude the right of Lender to confess judgment, and no party shall have the right to demand binding arbitration of any claim, dispute or controversy seeking to open a judgment obtained by confession. Nothing herein, including the arbitration requirement, shall limit the right of any party to foreclose judicially or non-judicially against any real or personal property collateral, or exercise judicial or non-judicial power of sale rights. No provision regarding submission to a jurisdiction and/or venue in any court or the waiver of any right to trial by jury is intended or shall be construed to be in derogation of the provisions for arbitration of any dispute. Any claim or counterclaim or defense raised in connection with Lender's exercise of any rights set forth in the Note, any Guaranty, or Related Documents shall be subject to the arbitration requirement.

 

If South Carolina law governs the Dispute, the following provision is included:

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, WITHOUT INTENDING IN ANY WAY TO LIMIT THE PARTIES' AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE ANY DISPUTE AS SET FORTH IN THIS MORTGAGE, TO THE EXTENT ANY DISPUTE IS NOT SUBMITTED TO ARBITRATION OR IS DEEMED BY THE ARBITRATOR OR BY ANY COURT WITH JURISDICTION TO BE NOT ARBITRABLE OR NOT REQUIRED TO BE ARBITRATED, MORTGAGOR AND MORTGAGEE WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH DISPUTE AND ANY ACTION ON SUCH DISPUTE. THIS WAIVER IS KNOWINGLY, WILLINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY MADE BY MORTGAGOR AND MORTGAGEE, AND MORTGAGOR AND MORTGAGEE HEREBY REPRESENT THAT NO REPRESENTATIONS OF FACT OR OPINION HAVE BEEN MADE BY ANY PERSON OR ENTITY TO INDUCE THIS WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY OR TO IN ANY WAY MODIFY OR NULLIFY ITS EFFECT. THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE PARTIES ENTERING INTO THE LOAN DOCUMENTS. MORTGAGOR AND MORTGAGEE ARE EACH HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO FILE A COPY OF THIS SECTION IN ANY PROCEEDING AS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF THIS WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. MORTGAGOR FURTHER REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT HAS BEEN REPRESENTED IN THE SIGNING OF THIS MORTGAGE AND IN THE MAKING OF THIS WAIVER BY INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL, OR HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE REPRESENTED BY INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL SELECTED OF ITS OWN FREE WILL, AND THAT IT HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS WAIVER WITH COUNSEL.

 

I.       Miscellaneous, To the maximum extent practicable, the AAA, the arbitrators and the parties shall take all action required to conclude any arbitration proceeding within 180 days of the filing of the Dispute with the AAA. No arbitrator or other party to an arbitration proceeding may disclose the existence, content or results thereof, except for disclosures of information by a party required in the ordinary course of its business or by applicable law or regulation. If more than one agreement for arbitration by or between the parties potentially applies to a Dispute, the arbitration provision most directly related to the documents between the parties or the Subject matter of the Dispute shall control. This arbitration provision shall survive the repayment of the Note and the termination, amendment or expiration of any of the Documents or any relationship between the parties.

 

LOAN AGREEMENT PROVISION (MASTER LOAN AGREEMENT). The following covenants apply to the loan evidenced by the Note and to all other loans or other credit accommodations from Lender to Borrower now existing or subsequently arising under any future confirmation letter, agreement or promissory note, excluding any loans or financial accommodations which are not serviced by the Wells Fargo Business Banking Group, or its successors ("Excluded Loans"). These covenants supersede and replace any prior financial reporting and condition covenants and shall survive the payoff of the Note, but shall not affect any Excluded Loans or covenants which by their nature relate only to a specific credit transaction. Further, with respect to any prior agreements between Lender and Borrower which were not executed in connection with any Excluded Loans, if any term or provision of any such prior agreement conflicts with any term or provision of this Agreement, then to the extent of such conflict, the terms and provisions of this Agreement will control.

 

COVENANTS FOR. ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY, INC.

FINANCIAL CONDITION - GAAP COVENANT. Borrower shall maintain its financial condition as follows using generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied and used consistently with prior practices (except to the extent modified by the definitions herein):

 

Definitions:

 

"Cash Flow" means the sum of net income after taxes, plus depreciation expense, amortization expense and interest expense, less the sum of dividends and distributions.

 

"Current Liabilities" means the aggregate amount of Borrower's items properly shown as current liabilities on its balance sheet less any portion of such current liabilities that constitute Subordinated Debt.

 

"EBITDA" means net income before tax plus interest expense (net of capitalized interest expense), depreciation expense and amortization expense.

 

"Net Worth" means total owner's equity plus Subordinated Debt.

 

"Subordinated Debt" means debt that is expressly subordinated to Lender in a writing acceptable to Lender.

 

"Tangible Net Worth" means Net Worth less any intangible assets.

 

"Total Liabilities" means the aggregate amount of Borrower's items properly shown as liabilities on its balance sheet less Subordinated Debt.

 

 
 

 

 

Current Ratio as of the end of each quarter not less than 1.2500 to 1.0, with "Current Ratio" defined as current assets divided by Current Liabilities.

 

Working Capital as of the end of each quarter not less than $4,000,000.00, with "Working Capital" defined as current assets minus Current Liabilities.

 

Net Worth as of the end of each quarter not less than $15,000,000.00.

 

Total Liabilities divided by Net Worth as of the end of each quarter not greater than 1.5000 to 1.0.

 

INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (BORROWER). Borrower shall provide to Lender interim financial statements not later than 90 days after and as of the end of each quarter, prepared by Borrower to include (but not limited to), a balance sheet as of the end of each such period, an income statement, a statement of changes to owner's equity, from the beginning of the then fiscal year to the end of such period, and a schedule of debt. If Borrower has subsidiaries, interim financial statements shall be provided on a consolidated and consolidating basis. Such financial statements shall be in form and detail satisfactory to Lender, and signed and dated by Borrower, and by any other party preparing such financial statements or otherwise authenticated to Lender's satisfaction.

 

Borrower shall provide to Lender interim financial statements not later than 60 days after and as of the end of each month, prepared by Borrower to include (but not limited to), a balance sheet as of the end of each such period, an income statement, a statement of changes to owner's equity, from the beginning of the then fiscal year to the end of such period, and a schedule of debt. If Borrower has subsidiaries, interim financial statements shall be provided on a consolidated and consolidating basis. Such financial statements shall be in form and detail satisfactory to Lender, and signed and dated by Borrower, and by any other party preparing such financial statements or otherwise authenticated to Lender's satisfaction.

 

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES. Contemporaneously with each annual and quarterly financial statement of Borrower required hereby, Borrower shall submit to Lender a certificate of the president, chief financial officer or other officer or representative of Borrower satisfactory to Lender, that the financial statements are accurate and that there exists no Event of Default nor any condition, act or event which with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would constitute an Event of Default.

 

NEGATIVE COVENANTS . Borrower further covenants that so long as Lender remains committed to extend credit to Borrower pursuant hereto, or any liabilities (whether direct or contingent, liquidated or un-liquidated) of Borrower to Lender under any of the loan documents remain outstanding, and until payment in full of all obligations of Borrower subject hereto, Borrower will not without Lender's prior written consent:

 

DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS (CORPORATION). Declare or pay any dividends or distributions, or redeem, retire, repurchase or otherwise acquire any shares of any class of Borrower's stock now or hereafter outstanding, except that Borrower may do the following: (1) Borrower may declare and pay dividends and distributions to its shareholders in a total amount not to exceed $4,000,000.00 in the aggregate in any fiscal year, either in cash, stock or any other property, and in addition, (2) if Borrower is an S corporation, Borrower may declare and pay cash dividends or distributions to its shareholders in any fiscal year in a total amount not to exceed the minimum amount required for each such shareholder to cover the federal and state income tax liability of such shareholder for the immediately preceding fiscal year arising as a direct result of Borrower's reported income for said fiscal year, and shall provide to Lender, upon request, any documentation required by Lender to substantiate the appropriateness of amounts paid or to be paid.

 

NO PLEDGE OF ALL BORROWER'S ASSETS. Mortgage, pledge, grant or permit to exist a security interest in, or lien upon, all or any portion of Borrower's assets now owned or hereafter acquired, except any of the foregoing in favor of Lender or which is existing as of, and disclosed to Lender in writing prior to, the date of this Agreement.

 

OTHER. Quarterly 10Q Report: Borrower shall provide to Lender a 10Q Report, not later than 90 days after and as of the end of each quarter, to include but not limited to a balance sheet as of the end of each such period, and an income statement and a statement of changes to owner's equity, from the beginning of the then fiscal year to the end of such period.

 

EBITDA COVERAGE RATIO. Borrower shall maintain a financial condition as follows using generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied and used consistently with prior practices (except to the extent modified, by the definitions herein): EBITDA Coverage Ratio as of the end of each fiscal quarter, calculated on a rolling four-quarter basis, of not less then 1.25 to 1.0. For the purpose of this provision, "EBITDA Coverage Ratio" means EBITDA divided by the aggregate of the total interest expense plus the prior period current maturities of long-term debt and the prior period current maturities of Subordinated Debt; and "EBITDA" means net income before tax plus the sum of interest expense (net of capitalized interest expense), depreciation expense, amortization expense, and non-cash or non-recurring expenses (as allowed by Lender), less the sum of non-cash or non-recurring income (as allowed by Lender), dividends, and distributions.

 

Annual Fiscal Business Plan/Projections: Borrower shall provide to Lender and/or cause to be provided to Lender the Annual Fiscal Business Plan/Projections for Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. not later than 150 days after and as of the end of each fiscal year end, prepared by the Borrower, to include but not limited to a balance sheet as of the end of each such period, and an income statement and a statement of change to owner's equity, from the beginning of the then fiscal year to the end of such period. Such Annual Fiscal Business Plan/Projections should be provided on a consolidated and consolidating basis. Such plan and projections shall be in form and detail satisfactory to Lender, and signed and dated by Borrower, and by any other party preparing such financial statements or otherwise authenticated to Lender's satisfaction.

 

Annual 10K Report: Borrower shall provide to Lender and/or cause to be provided to Lender the 10K Report for Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. not later than 150 days after and as of the end of each fiscal year end, to include but not limited to a balance sheet as of the end of each such period, and an income statement and a statement of change to owner's equity, from the beginning of the then fiscal year to the end of such period. If Borrower has subsidiaries, all financial statements shall be provided on a consolidated and consolidating basis. Such financial statements shall be in form and detail satisfactory to Lender.

 

 
 

 

 

DEFINITIONS. The following capitalized words and terms shall have the following meanings when used in this Agreement. Unless specifically stated to the contrary, all references to dollar amounts shall mean amounts in lawful money of the United States of America. Words and terms used in the singular shall include the plural, and the plural shall include the singular, as the context may require. Words and terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings attributed to such terms in the Uniform Commercial Code. Accounting words and terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as in effect on the date of this Agreement:

 

Advance. The word "Advance" means a disbursement of Loan funds made, or to be made, to Borrower or on Borrower's behalf on a line of credit or multiple advance basis under the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

Agreement. The word "Agreement" means this Business Loan Agreement, as this Business Loan Agreement may be amended or modified from time to time, together with all exhibits and schedules attached to this Business Loan Agreement from time to time.

 

Borrower. The word "Borrower" means ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY, INC. and includes all co-signers and co-makers signing the Note and all their successors and assigns.

 

Collateral. The word "Collateral" means all property and assets granted as collateral security for a Loan, whether real or personal property, whether granted directly or indirectly, whether granted now or in the future, and whether granted in the form of a security interest, mortgage, collateral mortgage, deed of trust, assignment, pledge, crop pledge, chattel mortgage, collateral chattel mortgage, chattel trust, factor's lien, equipment trust, conditional sale, trust receipt, lien, charge, lien or title retention contract, lease or consignment intended as a security device, or any other security or lien interest whatsoever, whether created by law, contract, or otherwise.

 

Event of Default. The words "Event of Default" mean any of the events of default set forth in this Agreement in the default section of this Agreement.

 

GAAP. The word "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles.

 

Grantor. The word "Grantor" means each and all of the persons or entities granting a Security Interest in any Collateral for the Loan, including without limitation all Borrowers granting such a Security Interest.

 

Guarantor. The word "Guarantor" means any guarantor, surety, or accommodation party of any or all of the Loan.

 

Guaranty. The word "Guaranty" means the guaranty from Guarantor to Lender, including without limitation a guaranty of all or part of the Note.

 

Indebtedness. The word "Indebtedness" means the indebtedness evidenced by the Note or Related Documents, including all principal and interest together with all other indebtedness and costs and expenses for which Borrower is responsible under this Agreement or under any of the Related Documents.

 

Lender. The word "Lender" means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, its successors and assigns.

 

Loan. The word "Loan" means any and all loans and financial accommodations from Lender to Borrower whether now or hereafter existing, and however evidenced, including without limitation those loans and financial accommodations described herein or described on any exhibit or schedule attached to this Agreement from time to time.

 

Note. The word "Note" means the Note dated December 27, 2013 and executed by ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY, INC. in the principal amount of $7,000,000.00, together with all renewals of, extensions of, modifications of, refinancings of, consolidations of, and substitutions for the note or credit agreement.

 

Related Documents. The words "Related Documents" mean all promissory notes, credit agreements, loan agreements, environmental agreements, guaranties, security agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust, security deeds, collateral mortgages, and all other instruments, agreements and documents, whether now or hereafter existing, executed in connection with the Loan.

 

Security Agreement . The words "Security Agreement" mean and include without limitation any agreements, promises, covenants, arrangements, understandings or other agreements, whether created by law, contract, or otherwise, evidencing, governing, representing, or creating a Security Interest.

 

Security Interest. The words "Security Interest" mean, without limitation, any and all types of collateral security, present and future, whether in the form of a lien, charge, encumbrance, mortgage, deed of trust, security deed, assignment, pledge, crop pledge, chattel mortgage, collateral chattel mortgage, chattel trust, factor's lien, equipment trust, conditional sale, trust receipt, lien or title retention contract, lease or consignment intended as a security device, or any other security or lien interest whatsoever whether created by law, contract, or otherwise.

 

 
 

 

 

BORROWER ACKNOWLEDGES HAVING READ ALL THE PROVISIONS OF THIS BUSINESS LOAN AGREEMENT AND BORROWER AGREES TO ITS TERMS. THIS BUSINESS LOAN AGREEMENT IS DATED DECEMBER 27, 2013.

 

BORROWER:

 

ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY, INC.

 

 

By:

/s/ Bryan Merryman

Bryan Merryman, CFO/COO of Rocky Mountain

Chocolate Factory, Inc.

 

LENDER:

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

 

By:

/s/ John Francis

Authorized Signer

 

 
 

 

 

 

PROMISSORY NOTE

 

Loan No: 7657418442

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PROMISSORY NOTE

Principal

Loan Date

Maturity

Loan No

Call / Coll

Account

Officer

Initials

$7,000,000.00

12-27-2013

01-15-2020

7657418442

 

988007096

K0096

 

References in the shaded area are for Lender's use only and do not limit the applicability of this document to any particular loan or item.

Any item above containing “***" has been omitted due to text length limitations.

 

Borrower:

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. 

Lender:  

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

 

265 Turner Drive

 

Durango Main  

 

Durango.CO 81303

 

200 West College Drive  

      Durango, CO 81301
       

 

Principal Amount: $7,000,000.00

 

Date of Note: December 27, 2013

 

PROMISE TO PAY. ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY, INC. ("Borrower") promises to pay to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association ("Lender"), or order, in lawful money of the United States of America, the principal amount of Seven Million & 00/100 Dollars ($7,000,000.00) or so much as may be outstanding, together with interest on the unpaid outstanding principal balance of each advance, calculated as described in the "INTEREST CALCULATION METHOD" paragraph using an interest rate of 3.750%. Interest shall be calculated from the date of each advance until repayment of each advance. The interest rate may change under the terms and conditions of the "INTEREST AFTER DEFAULT" section.

 

PAYMENT. Borrower will pay this loan in accordance with the following payment schedule:

 

ADVANCES. Interest shall accrue on the outstanding unpaid principal balance of this Note at a fixed rate equal to 3.75 percent. Advances are available in accordance with the Line of Credit provision set forth below until January 15, 2015 (the "Conversion Date). Advances will no longer be available after the Conversion Date.

 

PAYMENT SCHEDULE. Accrued interest shall be due and payable monthly on the 15th day of each month (the "Payment Date"), with such payments commencing on February 15, 2014 and continuing to and including the Conversion Date. A payment in the amount of $128,300.58 shall be due and payable on the first Payment Date following the Conversion Date (the "First Principal and Interest Payment Date"). The unpaid balance of the Note (excluding any past due amounts) will then be amortized to determine the payment amount which would fully repay the balance and interest as it accrues in substantially equal monthly installments by December 15, 2019. This payment amount will be due on each Payment Date following the First Principal and Interest Payment Date. The Note shall mature on January 15, 2020, at which time all unpaid principal, accrued interest, and any other unpaid amounts shall be due and payable in full. Unless otherwise agreed, all sums received from Borrower may be applied to interest, fees, principal, or any other amounts due to Lender in any order at Lender's sole discretion. If Lender fails for any reason to timely or properly adjust the payment amount, Borrower shall notify Lender of the oversight, and Lender may reamortize and adjust the payment amount to correct the oversight at any subsequent time as may be necessary. In no event shall Lender's failure to properly adjust the interest rate or payment amount result in a forgiveness of any portion of the indebtedness.

 

Unless otherwise agreed or required by applicable law, payments will be applied first to any accrued unpaid interest; then to principal; and then to any late charges. Borrower will pay Lender at Lender's address shown above or at such other place as Lender may designate in writing.

 

OTHER. Conditions for Advance: In addition to all other terms and conditions set forth in the Note and the Related Documents, Lender's obligation to make the initial advance under the Note shall be subject to the fulfillment to Lender's satisfaction of Borrower assigning to Lender the promissory note from U-Swirl, Inc., on documentation acceptable to Lender.

 

INTEREST CALCULATION METHOD. Interest on this Note is computed on a 365/360 basis; that is, by applying the ratio of the interest rate over a year of 360 days, multiplied by the outstanding principal balance, multiplied by the actual number of days the principal balance is outstanding. All interest payable under this Note is computed using this method.

 

PREPAYMENT. Borrower agrees that all loan fees and other prepaid finance charges are earned fully as of the date of the loan and will not be subject to refund upon early payment (whether voluntary or as a result of default), except as otherwise required by law. Except for the foregoing, Borrower may pay without penalty all or a portion of the amount owed earlier than it is due. Early payments will not, unless agreed to by Lender in writing, relieve Borrower of Borrower's obligation to continue to make payments of accrued unpaid interest. Rather, early payments will reduce the principal balance due. Borrower agrees not to send Lender payments marked "paid in full", "without recourse", or similar language. If Borrower sends such a payment, Lender may accept it without losing any of Lender's rights under this Note, and Borrower will remain obligated to pay any further amount owed to Lender. All written communications concerning disputed amounts, including any check or other payment instrument that indicates that the payment constitutes "payment in full" of the amount owed or that is tendered with other conditions or limitations or as full satisfaction of a disputed amount must be mailed or delivered to: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, BBG-Winston-Salem Loan Ops Center, MAC #D4004-03D, Attn: Accounting, 401 Linden Street, 3rd Floor Winston Salem, NC 27101-4157.

 

 
 

 

 

 

PROMISSORY NOTE

 

Loan No: 7657418442

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LATE CHARGE. If a payment is 15 days or more late, Borrower will be charged 5.000% of the unpaid portion of the regularly scheduled payment or $15.00, whichever is greater.

 

INTEREST AFTER DEFAULT. Upon default, at Lender's option, and if permitted by applicable law, Lender may add any unpaid accrued interest to principal and such sum will bear interest therefrom until paid at the rate provided in this Note (including any increased rate). Upon default, the interest rate on this Note shall be increased by 4.000 percentage points. However, in no event will the interest rate exceed the maximum interest rate limitations under applicable law.

 

DEFAULT. Each of the following shall constitute an event of default ("Event of Default") under this Note:

 

Payment Default. Borrower fails to make any payment when due under this Note.

 

Other Defaults. Borrower fails to comply with or to perform any other term; obligation, covenant or condition contained in this Note or in any of the related documents or to comply with or to perform any term, obligation, covenant or condition contained in any other agreement between Lender and Borrower.

 

Default in Favor of Third Parties. Borrower or any Grantor defaults under any loan, extension of credit, security agreement, purchase or sales agreement, or any other agreement, in favor of any other creditor or person that may materially affect any of Borrower's property or Borrower's ability to repay this Note or perform Borrower's obligations under this Note or any of the related documents.

 

False Statements. Any warranty, representation or statement made or furnished to Lender by Borrower or on Borrower's behalf under this Note or the related documents is false or misleading in any material respect, either now or at the time made or furnished or becomes false or misleading at any time thereafter.

 

Insolvency. The dissolution or termination of Borrower's existence as a going business, the insolvency of Borrower, the appointment of a receiver for any part of Borrower's property, any assignment for the benefit of creditors, any type of creditor workout, or the commencement of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency laws by or against Borrower.

 

Creditor or Forfeiture Proceedings. Commencement of foreclosure or forfeiture proceedings, whether by judicial proceeding, self-help, repossession or any other method, by any creditor of Borrower or by any governmental agency against any collateral securing the loan. This includes a garnishment of any of Borrower's accounts, including deposit accounts, with Lender. However, this Event of Default shall not apply if there is a good faith dispute by Borrower as to the validity or reasonableness of the claim which is the basis of the creditor or forfeiture proceeding and if Borrower gives Lender written notice of the creditor or forfeiture proceeding and deposits with Lender monies or a surety bond for the creditor or forfeiture proceeding, in an amount determined by Lender, in its sole discretion, as being an adequate reserve or bond for the dispute.

 

Events Affecting Guarantor. Any of the preceding events occurs with respect to any guarantor, endorser, surety, or accommodation party of any of the indebtedness or any guarantor, endorser, surety, or accommodation party dies or becomes incompetent, or revokes or disputes the validity of, or liability under, any guaranty of the indebtedness evidenced by this Note.

 

Change In Ownership. Any change in ownership of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common stock of Borrower.

 

Adverse Change. A material adverse change occurs in Borrower's financial condition, or Lender believes the prospect of payment or performance of this Note is impaired.

 

Insecurity. Lender in good faith believes itself insecure.

 

LENDER'S RIGHTS. Upon default, Lender may declare the entire unpaid principal balance under this Note and all accrued unpaid interest immediately due, and then Borrower will pay that amount.

 

ATTORNEYS' FEES; EXPENSES. Lender may hire or pay someone else to help collect this Note if Borrower does not pay. Borrower will pay Lender the reasonable costs of such collection. This includes, subject to any limits under applicable law, Lender's attorneys' fees and Lender's legal expenses, whether or not there is a lawsuit, including without limitation attorneys' fees and legal expenses for bankruptcy proceedings (including efforts to modify or vacate any automatic stay or injunction), and appeals. If not prohibited by applicable law, Borrower also will pay any court costs, in addition to all other sums provided by law.

 

GOVERNING LAW. This Note will be governed by federal law applicable to Lender and, to the extent not preempted by federal law, the laws of the State of Colorado without regard to its conflicts of law provisions. This Note has been accepted by Lender in the State of Colorado.

 

RIGHT OF SETOFF. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Lender reserves a right of setoff in all Borrower's accounts with Lender (whether checking, savings, or some other account). This includes all accounts Borrower holds jointly with someone else and all accounts Borrower may open in the future. However, this does not include any IRA or Keogh accounts, or any trust accounts for which setoff would be prohibited by law. Borrower authorizes Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to charge or setoff all sums owing on the indebtedness against any and all such accounts, and, at Lender's option, to administratively freeze all such accounts to allow Lender to protect Lender's charge and setoff rights provided in this paragraph.

 

LINE OF CREDIT. This Note evidences a straight line of credit. Once the total amount of principal has been advanced, Borrower is not entitled to further loan advances. Advances under this Note may be requested either orally or in writing by Borrower or by an authorized person. Lender may, but need not, require that all oral requests be confirmed in writing. All communications, instructions, or directions by telephone or otherwise to Lender are to be directed to Lender's office shown above. Borrower agrees to be liable for all sums either: (A) advanced in accordance with the instructions of an authorized person or (B) credited to any of Borrower's accounts with Lender. The unpaid principal balance owing on this Note at any time may be evidenced by endorsements on this Note or by Lender's internal records, including daily computer print-outs.

 
 

 

 

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PAYMENT DUE DATE DEFERRAL. Payment invoices will be sent on a date (the "billing date") which is prior to each payment due date. If this Note is booked near or after the billing date for the first scheduled payment, Lender may, in its sole discretion, defer each scheduled payment date and/or the maturity date by one or more months.

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION. All information furnished by Borrower to Lender in connection with the application for credit was true and accurate in every material respect as of the date the information was furnished, and no material facts were omitted so as to make the information incomplete or misleading. There has been no material adverse change to Borrower's financial condition since the date of the most recent submitted statement. Borrower agrees to provide to Lender, upon request, financial statements prepared in a manner and form acceptable to Lender, and copies of such tax returns and other financial information and statements as may be requested by Lender. Financial statements and tax returns submitted to Lender shall be signed and dated by Borrower and any other party preparing such financial statements or tax returns, or otherwise authenticated to Lender's satisfaction. Each financial statement shall give an accurate and complete picture of Borrower's financial condition as of the statement's date, with ownership accurately reflected. Borrower shall also furnish such other information regarding Borrower (and Borrower's general partners or members, if any), Borrower's business operations, the Collateral, and the use of loan proceeds as may be requested by Lender. Borrower warrants that all financial statements end information provided to Lender are and will be accurate, correct and complete. Borrower will permit Lender and Lender's agents and contractors to examine, audit and copy Borrower's books, accounts, records (including electronic records), and computer software programs used to generate the records, including any records in the possession of a third party, at any reasonable time upon request, and will provide to Lender copies of any records Lender requests, all at no cost to Lender.

 

AUTOMATIC DEBIT OF PAYMENTS. Borrower agrees to maintain Borrower's deposit account with Lender, account number 6498006694 , from which Lender is authorized to debit loan payments, fees and such other sums as may be payable under the Note or related loan documents as they become due with respect to this loan and any renewals and extensions of this loan, and shall keep such deposit account in good standing at all times. This authorization shall remain in full force and effect until discontinued by Lender, or until written revocation from Borrower has been received and processed by Lender at the address of Lender set out in the "PREPAYMENT" or "PREPAYMENT PENALTY" paragraph of the Promissory Note. If this authorization is revoked, or if the account is not maintained in good standing, or if Lender is not able to collect such amounts from the account as they become due for any reason, then Lender may increase the pre-maturity interest rate applicable to this Credit immediately and without notice by one quarter percent (1/4%).

 

PRIMARY DEPOSIT ACCOUNT. Borrower agrees to maintain Borrower's primary deposit account with Lender or any banking affiliate of Lender and keep such account at all times in good standing. If Borrower does not maintain in a separate deposit account for its operations, but rather its operations are primarily administered through a deposit account of Borrower's parent or affiliate, then Borrower agrees to cause such parent or affiliate to maintain its primary deposit account with Lender or any banking affiliate of Lender. As used herein, "primary deposit account" means the deposit account into which substantially all of the receipts from the operations of Borrower, or of Borrower's parent or affiliate if applicable, are deposited and from which substantially all of its disbursements for its operations are made.

 

EXTENSION AND RENEWAL. Lender may, at Lender's discretion, renew or extend this Note by written notice to Borrower. Such renewal or extension will be effective as of the maturity date of this Note, and may be conditioned among other things on modification of Borrower's obligations hereunder, including but not limited to a decrease in the amount available under this Note, an increase in the interest rate applicable to this Note and/or payment of a fee for such renewal or extension Borrower will be deemed to have accepted the terms of such extensions and renewals if Borrower does not deliver to Lender written rejection of such renewal or extension within 10 days following the date of the written notice of such changes, or if Borrower draws additional funds following receipt of such notice. After any renewal or extension of Borrower's obligations under this Note, the term "maturity date" as used in this Note will mean the new maturity date set forth in the written notice of extension or renewal of this Note. The Note may be modified, extended and renewed repeatedly in this manner.

 

LINE ADVANCES. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, requests for advances communicated to any office of Lender by any person believed by Lender in good faith to be authorized to make the request, whether written, verbal, telephonic or electronic, may be acted upon by Lender, and Borrower will be liable for sums advanced by Lender pursuant to such request. Such requests for advances shall be deemed authorized by Borrower, and Lender shall not be liable for such advances made in good faith, and with respect to advances deposited to the credit of any deposit account of Borrower, such advances, when so deposited, shall be conclusively presumed to have been made to or for the benefit of Borrower regardless of the fact that persons other than those authorized to request advances may have authority to draw against such account.

 

Lender may in its discretion allow Borrower to request and receive advances even if applicable loan conditions are not satisfied, and/or the advance results in violation of loan agreements or covenants, and even though the advance may cause the principal balance to exceed the maximum principal amount of the Note. In such cases, Lender shall not be deemed to have waived such loan conditions, requirements or covenants, and Lender may strictly enforce all such loan conditions, requirements and covenants at any time in its discretion. If at any time the outstanding balance of the Note should exceed the maximum principal amount available to Borrower under the Note, then Lender may require Borrower to immediately make a payment in an amount sufficient to reduce the principal balance to an amount which does not exceed said maximum principal amount.

 

Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold Lender harmless from and against all damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including attorney's fees) arising out of any claim by Borrower or any third party against Lender in connection with Lender's performance of advances as described above.

 

CREDIT BUREAU INQUIRIES. The parties hereto, and each individual signing below in a representative capacity, agree that Lender may obtain business and/or personal credit reports and tax returns on each of them in their individual capacities.

 

APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS. Notwithstanding the application of payment provided in the Payment section of this Note, unless otherwise agreed, all sums received from Borrower may be applied to interest, fees, principal, or any other amounts due to Lender in any order at Lender's sole discretion. If a final payment amount is set out in the Payment section of this Note, Borrower understands that it is an estimate, and that the actual final payment amount will depend upon when payments are received and other factors.

 

 
 

 

 

 

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DEFAULT RATE. At Lender's option and without prior notice, upon default or at any time during the pendency of any event of default under the Note or any related loan documents, Lender may impose a default rate of interest (the "Default Rate") equal to the pre-default interest rate plus four percent per annum, not to exceed the maximum lawful rate. If the pre-default rate is a floating or adjustable rate based upon an Index, it will continue to float or adjust on the same periodic schedule, and the Default Rate will be a variable rate per annum equal to the applicable Index plus the pre-default margin plus four percent, not to exceed the maximum lawful rate. The Default Rate shall remain in effect until the default has been cured and that fact has been communicated to and confirmed by Lender. Lender may, from time to time in its discretion, adjust or reamortize payments to take into account changes in the interest rate. Lender shall give written notice to Borrower of Lender's imposition of the Default Rate, except that if the Note is not paid at maturity, Lender may impose the Default Rate from the maturity date to the date paid in full without notice. Lender's imposition of the Default Rate shall not constitute an election of remedies or otherwise limit Lender's rights concerning other remedies available to Lender as a result of the occurrence of an event of default. In the event of a conflict between the provisions of this paragraph and any other provision of the Note or any related agreement, the provisions of this paragraph shall control. If a default rate is prohibited by applicable law, then the pre-default rate (including periodic rate adjustments for floating or adjustable rates) shall continue to apply after default or maturity.

 

FURTHER ASSURANCES. The undersigned agrees to (i) do all things deemed necessary by Lender in order to fully document the loan evidenced by the Note and any related agreements, and will fully cooperate concerning the execution and delivery of security agreements, stock powers, instructions and/or other documents pertaining to any collateral intended to secure the Indebtedness, (ii) assist in the cure of any defects in the execution, delivery or substance of the Note and related agreements, and in the creation and perfection of any liens, security interests or other collateral rights securing the Note, and (iii) pay Lender immediately upon demand the full amount of all charges, costs and expenses (to include fees paid to third parties) expended or incurred by Lender to monitor Lender's interest in any real or personal property pledged as collateral for the Note, including without limitation all costs of appraisals.

 

CONSENT TO SELL LOAN. The parties hereto agree: (a) Lender may sell or transfer all or part of this loan to one or more purchasers, whether related or unrelated to Lender, without notice and without the consent of the parties; (b) Lender may provide to any purchaser, or potential purchaser, any information or knowledge Lender may have about the parties or about any other matter relating to this loan obligation, without notice, and the parties waive any rights to privacy it may have with respect to such matters; (c) the purchaser of a loan will be considered its absolute owner and will have all the rights granted under the loan documents or agreements governing the sale of the loan; (d) the purchaser of a loan may enforce its interests irrespective of any claims or defenses that the parties may have against Lender; and (e) to waive all notices of sale of the loan, as well as all notices of any repurchase, and all rights of offset or counterclaim that the parties have now or later against Lender or against any purchaser of the loan.

 

FACSIMILE AND COUNTERPART. This document may be signed in any number of separate copies, each of which shall be effective as an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute a single document. An electronic transmission or other facsimile of this document or any related document shall be deemed an original and shall be admissible as evidence of the document and the signer's execution.

 

DOCUMENT DELIVERY AND ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF DOCUMENTS . Each party or person signing this agreement (referred to in this paragraph as "you") agrees that Lender may, in its sole discretion, rely upon any document, report, financial statement, tax return, agreement or other communication ("Document") physically delivered to Lender by mail, hand delivery or delivery service which Lender in good faith believed was sent by you or any of your representatives or employees. Similarly, Lender may, in its sole discretion, rely upon any Document sent by email, facsimile or other electronic means to Lender which Lender in good faith believed was sent by you or any of your representatives or employees. Lender may treat the Document as genuine and authorized to the same extent as if it was an original document validly executed or authenticated as genuine by you. Lender may from time to time in its sole discretion reject any such Document and require a signed original, or require you to provide acceptable authentication of any such Document before accepting or relying on same. You understand and acknowledge that there is a risk that Documents sent by electronic means may be viewed or received by unauthorized persons, and you agree that by sending Documents by electronic means, you shall be deemed to have accepted this risk and the consequences of any such unauthorized disclosure.

 

COMMUNITY AND OTHER PROPERTY. In addition to the rights of Lender under any applicable community property laws, Borrower, Guarantor or Grantor who is a Married Person and who has an interest in marital or community property under applicable law acknowledges and agrees that his/her obligation as a Borrower, Guarantor or Grantor is incurred in the interest of and to benefit the marital community (or domestic partnership, if applicable), and expressly agrees that recourse may be had against his or her separate property and his or her rights in community property and community assets for all of his or her obligations to Lender, in addition to any other property that may be subject to rights of Lender. Borrower and Guarantor also agree not to, without Lender's prior written consent, enter into any community property agreement which alters the separate or community property character of any of such party's property. For the purpose of this provision, "Married Person" means a person in a spousal relationship and shall include parties to a duly registered and/or legally recognized same-sex civil union, domestic partnership, and other terms, whether or not gender-specific in a spousal relationship, that denote spousal relationship, as those terms are used throughout the laws, codes and regulations of states and/or jurisdictions that recognize legally married same-sex couples, civil unions and/or domestic partnerships, and any references herein to a married person or marital status shall be deemed to also include the applicable corresponding term, or other reference relating to a party to a civil union or domestic partnership. To the extent this provision may conflict with another provision of this Guaranty that other provision shall control.

 

SECURITY INTEREST AND RIGHT OF SETOFF. In addition to all liens upon and rights of setoff arising by law, Borrower pledges and grants to Lender as security for Borrower's indebtedness and obligations under the Note (excluding any consumer obligations subject to the Federal Truth In Lending Act) a security interest and lien upon all monies, securities, securities accounts, brokerage accounts, deposit accounts and other property of Borrower now or hereafter in the possession of or on deposit with Lender or any Wells Fargo affiliate, whether held in a general or special account or for safekeeping or otherwise, excluding however all IRA and Keogh accounts. No security interest, lien or right of setoff will be deemed to have been waived by any act or conduct on the part of Lender, or by any neglect to exercise such right, or by any delay in so doing, and every right of setoff, lien and security interest will continue in full force and effect until specifically waived or released by Lender in writing.

 

LOAN FEE AUTHORIZATION. Borrower shall pay to Lender any and all fees as specified in the "Disbursement Request and Authorization" executed by Borrower in connection with this Note. Such fees are non-refundable and shall be due and payable in full immediately upon Borrower's execution of this Note.

 

 
 

 

 

 

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ADDITIONAL EVENTS OF DEFAULT . In addition to the Events of Default described herein, the following shall be an Event of Default if applicable: (i) Borrower, any Guarantor or any grantor of collateral fails to comply with any terms or conditions of any agreement with Lender or any Wells Fargo Affiliate; (ii) Borrower or any Guarantor revokes or disputes the validity of any of its liabilities or obligations under any Note, related agreement, or any other agreement with Lender or any Wells Fargo Affiliate; (iii) any change in ownership of an aggregate of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the common stock, members' equity or other ownership interest in Borrower or any general partner of Borrower or any Guarantor, (iv) the withdrawal, resignation or expulsion of any one or more of the general partners in Borrower or any Guarantor with an aggregate ownership interest in Borrower or such Guarantor of twenty-five percent (25%) or more; or (v) Borrower or any Guarantor or any chairman, CEO, CFO, president, manager or general partner of Borrower or any Guarantor, nor any officer, member, or shareholder with an ownership interest of 25% or more of Borrower or any Guarantor, has been or is convicted of a felony. For purposes of this provision Wells Fargo Affiliate shall mean Wells Fargo & Company and any present or future subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company.

 

EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS, CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL. Each party hereto acknowledges and agrees that he/she/it has had an opportunity to review and consider the terms and provisions of this agreement and each related loan document, to consult with counsel of his/her/its choice, if desired, and to suggest changes to the structure and terms of the agreements. Each party hereto warrants and agrees that his/her/its execution of this agreement and any related loan documents is made voluntarily and with full knowledge of the significance and effect of such agreements.

 

ARBITRATION AGREEMENT. Arbitration - Binding Arbitration. Lender and each party to this agreement hereby agree, upon demand by any party, to submit any Dispute to binding arbitration in accordance with the terms of this Arbitration Program. Arbitration may be demanded before the institution of a judicial proceeding, or during a judicial proceeding, but not more than 60 days after service of a complaint, third party complaint, cross-claim, or any answer thereto, or any amendment to any of such pleadings. A "Dispute" shall include any dispute, claim or controversy of any kind, whether in contract or in tort, legal or equitable, now existing or hereafter arising, relating in any way to any aspect of this agreement, or any related note, instrument or agreement incorporating this Arbitration Program (the "Documents"), or any renewal, extension, modification or refinancing of any indebtedness or obligation relating thereto, including without limitation, their negotiation, execution, collateralization, administration, repayment, modification, extension, substitution, formation, inducement, enforcement, default or termination, or any request for additional credit. This provision is a material inducement for the parties entering into the transactions relating to this Agreement. In the event of a court ordered arbitration, the party requesting arbitration shall be responsible for timely filing the demand for arbitration and paying the appropriate filing fee within 30 days of the abatement order or the time specified by the court; the party's failure to do so shall result in that party's right to demand arbitration being automatically terminated with respect to such Dispute. DISPUTES SUBMITTED TO ARBITRATION ARE NOT RESOLVED IN COURT BY A JUDGE OR JURY. TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVE ANY RIGHT THEY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY DISPUTE ARBITRATED PURSUANT TO THIS ARBITRATION PROGRAM.

 

A.       Governing Rules. Any arbitration proceeding will (i) be governed by the Federal Arbitration Act (Title 9 of the United States Code), notwithstanding any conflicting choice of law provision in any of the document between the parties; and (ii) be conducted by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA"), or such other administrator as the parties shall mutually agree upon, in accordance with the AAA's commercial dispute resolution procedures, unless the claim or counterclaim is at least $1,000,000.00 exclusive of claimed interest, arbitration fees and costs, in which case the arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the AAA's optional procedures for large, complex commercial disputes (the commercial dispute resolution procedures or the optional procedures for large, complex commercial disputes are referred to herein, as applicable, as the "Rules"). If there is any inconsistency between the terms hereof and the Rules, the terms and procedures set forth herein shall control. Arbitration proceedings hereunder shall be conducted at a location mutually agreeable to the parties, or if they cannot agree, then at a location selected by the AAA in the state of the applicable substantive law primarily governing the Note. Any party who fails or refuses to submit to arbitration following a demand by any other party shall bear all costs and expenses incurred by such other party in compelling arbitration of any Dispute. The arbitrator shall award all costs and expenses of the arbitration proceeding.

 

B.       No Waiver of Provisional Remedies. Self-Help and Foreclosure. The arbitration requirement does not limit the right of any party to (i) foreclose against real or personal property collateral; (ii) exercise self-help remedies relating to collateral or proceeds of collateral such as setoff or repossession; or (iii) obtain provisional or ancillary remedies such as replevin, injunctive relief, attachment or the appointment of a receiver, before during or after the pendency of any arbitration proceeding. This exclusion does not constitute a waiver of the right or obligation of any party to submit any Dispute to arbitration or reference hereunder, including those arising from the exercise of the actions detailed in sections (i), (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph.

 

C.       Arbitrator Qualifications and Powers. Any arbitration proceeding in which the amount in controversy is $5,000,000.00 or less will be decided by a single arbitrator selected according to the Rules, and who shall not render an award of greater than $5,000,000.00. Any Dispute in which the amount in controversy exceeds $5,000,000.00 shall be decided by majority vote of a panel of three arbitrators; provided however, that all three arbitrators must actively participate in all hearings and deliberations. Every arbitrator shall be a neutral practicing attorney or a retired member of the state or federal judiciary, in either case with a minimum of ten years experience in the substantive law applicable to the subject matter of the Dispute. The arbitrator will determine whether or not an issue is arbitratable and will give effect to the statutes of limitation in determining any claim. In any arbitration proceeding the arbitrator will decide (by documents only or with a hearing at the arbitrator's discretion) any pre-hearing motions which are similar to motions to dismiss for failure to state a claim or motions for summary adjudication. The arbitrator shall resolve all Disputes in accordance with the applicable substantive law and may grant any remedy or relief that a court of such state could order or grant within the scope hereof and such ancillary relief as is necessary to make effective any award. The arbitrator shall also have the power to award recovery of all costs and fees, to impose sanctions and to take such other action as the arbitrator deems necessary to the same extent a judge could pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the applicable state rules of civil procedure, or other applicable law. Judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. The institution and maintenance of an action for judicial relief or pursuit of a provisional or ancillary remedy shall not constitute a waiver of the right of any party, including the plaintiff, to submit the controversy or claim to arbitration if any other party contests such action for judicial relief.

 

D.       Discovery. In any arbitration proceeding discovery will be permitted in accordance with the Rules. All discovery shall be expressly limited to matters directly relevant to the Dispute being arbitrated and must be completed no later than 20 days before the hearing date. Any requests for an extension of the discovery periods, or any discovery disputes, will be subject to final determination by the arbitrator upon a showing that the request for discovery is essential for the party's presentation and that no alternative means for obtaining information is available.

 

 
 

 

 

 

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E.       Class Proceedings and Consolidations. No party hereto shall be entitled to join or consolidate disputes by or against others in any arbitration, except parties to this agreement, or any contract, instrument or document relating to this agreement, or to include in any arbitration any dispute as a representative or member of a class, or to act in any arbitration in the interest of the general public or in a private attorney general capacity.

 

F.       Small Claims Court. Any party may require that a Dispute be resolved in Small Claims Court if the Dispute and related claims are fully within that court's jurisdiction.

 

G.       Real Property Collateral . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,' no Dispute shall be submitted to arbitration if the Dispute concerns indebtedness secured directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by any real property and the Dispute is governed by the laws of California, Connecticut, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, South Dakota, Virginia or Utah, unless any conditions for arbitration that may be set forth in the mortgage or deed of trust are satisfied; if any such Disputes are not referred to arbitration, then any provision in such mortgage or deed of trust providing for referral of Disputes to a referee or master under the laws of California, Connecticut, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nevada, South Dakota, Virginia or Utah shall be applicable to such Disputes.

 

H.       State Specific Provisions,

If Delaware, Pennsylvania or Virginia law governs the Dispute, the following provision is applicable if there is a Confession of Judgment in the Note, any Guaranty, or Related Documents: Confession of Judgment. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the arbitration requirement does not limit or preclude the right of Lender to confess judgment pursuant to a warrant of attorney provision set forth in the Note, any Guaranty, or Related Documents. No party shall have the right to demand binding arbitration of any claim, dispute or controversy seeking to (i) strike-off or open a judgment obtained by confession pursuant to a warrant of attorney contained in the Note, any Guaranty, or Related Documents, or (ii) challenge the waiver of a right to prior notice and a hearing before judgment is entered, or after judgment is entered, but before execution upon the judgment. Any claims, disputes or controversies challenging the confession of judgment shall be commenced and prosecuted in accordance with the procedures set forth, and in the forum specified by the applicable state rules of civil procedure or other applicable law.

 

If Maryland law governs the Dispute, the following provision is applicable if there is a Confession of Judgment in the Note, any Guaranty, or Related Documents: Confession of Judgment. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the arbitration requirement does not limit or preclude the right of Lender to confess judgment, and no party shall have the right to demand binding arbitration of any claim, dispute or controversy seeking to open a judgment obtained by confession. Nothing herein, including the arbitration requirement, shall limit the right of any party to foreclose judicially or non-judicially against any real or personal property collateral, or exercise judicial or non-judicial power of sale rights. No provision regarding submission to a jurisdiction and/or venue in any court or the waiver of any right to trial by jury is intended or shall be construed to be in derogation of the provisions for arbitration of any dispute. Any claim or counterclaim or defense raised in connection with Lender's exercise of any rights set forth in the Note, any Guaranty, or Related Documents shall be subject to the arbitration requirement.

 

If South Carolina law governs the Dispute, the following provision is included: WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, WITHOUT INTENDING IN ANY WAY TO LIMIT THE PARTIES' AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE ANY DISPUTE AS SET FORTH IN THIS MORTGAGE, TO THE EXTENT ANY DISPUTE IS NOT SUBMITTED TO ARBITRATION OR IS DEEMED BY THE ARBITRATOR OR BY ANY COURT WITH JURISDICTION TO BE NOT ARBITRABLE OR NOT REQUIRED TO BE ARBITRATED, MORTGAGOR AND MORTGAGEE WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH DISPUTE AND ANY ACTION ON SUCH DISPUTE. THIS WAIVER IS KNOWINGLY, WILLINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY MADE BY MORTGAGOR AND MORTGAGEE, AND MORTGAGOR AND MORTGAGEE HEREBY REPRESENT THAT NO REPRESENTATIONS OF FACT OR OPINION HAVE BEEN MADE BY ANY PERSON OR ENTITY TO INDUCE THIS WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY OR TO IN ANY WAY MODIFY OR NULLIFY ITS EFFECT. THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE PARTIES ENTERING INTO THE LOAN DOCUMENTS. MORTGAGOR AND MORTGAGEE ARE EACH HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO FILE A COPY OF THIS SECTION IN ANY PROCEEDING AS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF THIS WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL MORTGAGOR FURTHER REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT HAS BEEN REPRESENTED IN THE SIGNING OF THIS MORTGAGE AND IN THE MAKING OF THIS WAIVER BY INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL, OR HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE REPRESENTED BY INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL SELECTED OF ITS OWN FREE WILL, AND THAT IT HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS WAIVER WITH COUNSEL.

 

I.       Miscellaneous. To the maximum extent practicable, the AAA, the arbitrators and the parties shall take all action required to conclude any arbitration proceeding within 180 days of the filing of the Dispute with the AAA. No arbitrator or other party to an arbitration proceeding may disclose the existence, content or results thereof, except for disclosures of information by a party required in the ordinary course of its business or by applicable law or regulation. If more than one agreement for arbitration by or between the parties potentially applies to a Dispute, the arbitration provision most directly related to the documents between the parties or the subject matter of the Dispute shall control. This arbitration provision shall survive the repayment of the Note and the termination, amendment or expiration of any of the Documents or any relationship between the parties.

 

SUCCESSOR INTERESTS. The terms of this Note shall be binding upon Borrower, and upon Borrower's heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of Lender and its successors and assigns.

 

 
 

 

 

 

PROMISSORY NOTE

 

Loan No: 7657418442

(Continued)

 Page 7

 

 

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS. If any part of this Note cannot be enforced, this fact will not affect the rest of the Note. Lender may delay or forgo enforcing any of its rights or remedies under this Note without losing them. Borrower and any other person who signs, guarantees or endorses this Note, to the extent allowed by law, waive presentment, demand for payment; and notice of dishonor. Upon any change in the terms of this Note, and unless otherwise expressly stated in writing, no party who signs this Note, whether as maker, guarantor, accommodation maker or endorser, shall be released from liability. All such parties agree that Lender may renew or extend (repeatedly and for any length of time) this loan or release any party or guarantor or collateral; or impair, fail to realize upon or perfect Lender's security interest in the collateral; and take any other action deemed necessary by Lender without the consent of or notice to anyone. All such parties also agree that Lender may modify this loan without the consent of or notice to anyone other than the party with whom the modification is made. The obligations under this Note are joint and several.

 

PRIOR TO SIGNING THIS NOTE, BORROWER READ AND UNDERSTOOD ALL THE PROVISIONS OF THIS NOTE, INCLUDING THE VARIABLE INTEREST RATE PROVISIONS. BORROWER AGREES TO THE TERMS OF THE NOTE.

 

BORROWER ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF A COMPLETED COPY OF THIS PROMISSORY NOTE

 

BORROWER:

 

ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY, INC.

 

 

By:

/s/ Bryan Merryman

 

Bryan Merryman, CFO/COO of Rocky Mountain

 

Chocolate Factory, Inc.

Exhibit 99.4

 

LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of January 16, 2014

 

by and between

 

U-SWIRL, INC.

 

and

 

ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY, INC.

 

 
 

 

 

This LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is entered into as of January 16, 2014, by and between ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY, INC., a Colorado corporation (“ Lender ”), and U-SWIRL, INC., a Nevada corporation (“ Borrower ”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS , Borrower desires to obtain a loan from Lender for up to an aggregate principal amount of $7,750,000; and

 

WHEREAS , Lender is willing to extend such loan to Borrower on the terms and conditions herein set forth.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , Lender and Borrower agree as follows:

 

1.      DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION .

 

1.1      Definitions . As used in this Agreement, all capitalized terms shall have the definitions set forth on Exhibit A . Any term used in the Code and not defined herein shall have the meaning given to the term in the Code.

 

1.2      Accounting Terms . Any accounting term not specifically defined on Exhibit A shall be construed in accordance with GAAP and all calculations shall be made in accordance with GAAP.

 

2.      LOANS .

 

2.1      Loan Commitment . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 3.1 on the Closing Date, Lender shall make a loan available to Borrower in the amount of up to an aggregate principal amount of $7,750,000 (the “ Loan Commitment ”). On the Closing Date, Borrower shall execute and deliver to Lender a note in the form of Exhibit B hereto (the “ Note ”) to evidence the Loans up to the Loan Commitment made by Lender to Borrower hereunder. The Loans shall mature on the Maturity Date and shall be repaid (subject to mandatory prepayments required by Section 2.11 hereof, voluntary prepayment pursuant to Section 2.9 hereof, optional redemption pursuant to Section 2.10 hereof, or acceleration) on the Maturity Date, together with all outstanding principal, accrued interest and other fees and charges hereunder or under any of the Loan Documents.

 

2.2      Loans . Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and relying upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, Lender agrees to make Loans to Borrower from time to time on or after the date hereof to the Maturity Day; provided that after giving effect to each such Loan, the aggregate amount of Loans shall not exceed the Loan Commitment. To request a Loan, Borrower shall notify Lender of such request in writing not later than 12:00 p.m., Mountain Standard time, three (3) Business Days before the date of the proposed Loan (the “ Loan Request ”). Each Loan Request shall specify the following information: (i) the aggregate amount of the requested Loan; (ii) the date of such Loan, which shall be a Business Day; and (iii) the purpose of such Loan. Lender shall not be obligated to provide a Loan if the purpose of such Loan is not in accordance with the uses of the Loans as set forth in Section 2.13 as determined by Lender in the reasonable exercise of its sole discretion.

 

2.3      Principal . All principal payments on the Loans shall be made in cash, shares of Preferred Stock or a combination thereof, at the option of Lender. Subject to Sections 2.14(d) and (e) below, the number of shares of Preferred Stock issued pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall be determined by dividing the amount of principal due by the Principal Conversion Price (rounded up to the next whole share).

 

 
 

 

 

2.4      Interest . Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal balance of the Loans from time to time outstanding at a rate per annum equal to nine percent (9%). Interest shall accrue quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each applicable fiscal quarter, and shall be payable as set forth in Section 2.1 . Interest shall be payable in cash, shares of Preferred Stock or a combination thereof, at the option of Lender. Subject to Sections 2.5 , 2.14(d) and 2.14(e) below, the number of shares of Preferred Stock issued pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be determined by dividing the amount of interest due by the Interest Conversion Price (rounded up to the next whole share). For the avoidance of doubt, interest shall be payable and accrue only on the outstanding principal balance of the Loans; interest shall not be payable or accrue on any accrued interest, the Undrawn Commitment Fee, the Origination Fee or any other fees.

 

2.5      Default Interest Rate . During the continuance of an Event of Default, all Obligations, including without limitation, overdue principal and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, overdue interest in respect of the Loans and any overdue amount payable hereunder shall, in each case, bear interest at a rate per annum equal to fifteen percent (15%) (the “ Default Rate ”). Interest which accrues under this Section 2.5 shall be payable in the same manner as set forth in Section 2.4 .

 

2.6      Computation of Interest, Etc. All computations of interest hereunder and under the Loans shall be made on the basis of a three hundred sixty (360) day year, composed of twelve thirty-day months, and the actual number of days elapsed. The outstanding balance of the Loans as reflected on Lender’s records from time to time shall be considered correct and binding on Borrower and Lender (absent manifest error).

 

2.7      Undrawn Commitment Fee . Accruing from the Closing Date until the Maturity Date, Borrower shall pay Lender a monthly undrawn commitment fee (the “ Undrawn Commitment Fee ”) equal to 0.10% multiplied by the average daily difference between the Loan Commitment and the aggregate of outstanding Loans. The Undrawn Commitment Fee shall accrue quarterly on the last day of each applicable fiscal quarter, and shall be payable as set forth in Section 2.1 . The Undrawn Commitment Fee shall be payable in cash, shares of Preferred Stock or a combination thereof, at the option of Lender. Subject to Section 2.14(d) below, the number of shares of Preferred Stock issued pursuant to this Section 2.7 shall be determined by dividing the amount of the Undrawn Commitment Fee by the Interest Conversion Price (rounded up to the next whole share).

 

2.8      Origination Fee . On the Closing Date, Borrower shall pay lender an origination fee (the “ Origination Fee ”) in an amount equal to 7% of the Loan Commitment. The Origination Fee shall accrue to the Loans and shall be payable as set forth in Section 2.1 . The Origination Fee shall be payable in cash, shares of Preferred Stock or a combination thereof, at the option of Lender. Subject to Section 2.14(d) below, the number of shares of Preferred Stock issued pursuant to this Section 2.8 shall be determined by dividing the amount of the Origination Fee by the Interest Conversion Price (rounded up to the next whole share).

 

2.9      Voluntary Prepayment . At any time prior to the Maturity Date, Borrower may, at its option, without penalty, prepay up to $2,100,000 of the outstanding Obligations in cash from proceeds raised from the following sources: (i) receipt of $1,500,000 from advances on rebates from Dannon/Yocream, and (ii) cash from the exercise of outstanding stock options and warrants of Borrower.

 

 
 

 

 

2.10      Optional Redemption . At any time after the one year anniversary of the Closing Date, Borrower may redeem in cash, shares of Preferred Stock or a combination thereof, at the option of Lender, the outstanding Obligations at a rate of 108% of all of the outstanding Obligations at such time, provided that Borrower must redeem all of the outstanding Obligations in a single transaction. The number of shares of Preferred Stock issued pursuant to this Section 2.10 shall be determined in the same manner as set forth in Sections 2.3. 2.4, 2.7 and 2.8 above for the outstanding principal, interest, and fees, as applicable, constituting the Obligations being redeemed under this Section 2.10 .

 

2.11      Mandatory Prepayment . Upon the occurrence of (i) subject to Section 7.1 , the receipt of the proceeds from the Disposition of any assets of any Loan Party, (ii) subject to Section 7.9 , the consummation of the issuance of any Equity Interests of any Loan Party (but excluding any Equity Interests issued in connection with the exercise of stock options or warrants to the extent permitted by this Agreement), (iii) subject to Section 7.9 , the consummation of the issuance of debt securities of any Loan Party, or (iv) the receipt of any Insurance Proceeds by or on behalf of any Loan Party, other than Insurance Proceeds received in connection with any casualty that are redeployed, within thirty (30) days of receipt thereof (“ Reinvestment Period ”), to replace or repair the property that was the subject of such casualty, the Loan Parties shall make a mandatory prepayment of the Loans in an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds received (x) in the case of clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) above within five (5) Business Days upon the receipt of such Net Cash proceeds and (y) in the case of clause (iv) above within five (5) Business Days after the Reinvestment Period ends. Nothing contained in this Section 2.11 shall not be deemed to be implied consent to any such sale or equity or debt issuance otherwise prohibited by the terms of this Agreement

 

2.12      Method, Timing and Application of Payments . All payments shall be made by Borrower to Lender at Lender’s address set forth in Section 10 hereof or such other place as Lender may from time to time specify in writing, and in the case of a cash payment, in lawful currency of the United States of America in immediately available funds without counterclaim or setoff and free and clear of, and without any deduction or withholding for, any taxes or other payments.

 

2.13      Use of Proceeds . Borrower may use the proceeds of the Loans solely for the following purposes: (i) up to $6,650,000 to pay the purchase price for acquisitions of frozen yogurt businesses; (ii) up to $600,000 for the earnout payments payable pursuant to the acquisition of the Yogurtini business; and (iii) up to $500,000 for miscellaneous fees, expenses and other costs (including any expenses by Lender) associated with any of the acquisitions specified in clause (i) above.

 

2.14      Conversion .

 

(a)           Voluntary Conversion.   Subject to Section 2.14(e) below, at any time after the Closing, upon written notice to Borrower, Lender may convert (i) the outstanding principal, or any portion thereof, of the Loans into shares of Preferred Stock by dividing the amount of principal to be converted by the Principal Conversion Price (rounded up to the next whole share), or (ii) any accrued interest or fees, or any portion thereof, on the Loans into shares of Preferred Stock by dividing the amount of interest or fees to be converted by the Interest Conversion Price (rounded up to the next whole share).

 

(b)           Manner of Conversion. Voluntary conversion provided for in Section 2.14(a) above shall be effected by delivering a notice of conversion (the “ Notice of Conversion ”) to Borrower as provided in this paragraph.  The Notice of Conversion shall be executed by Lender and shall evidence Lender’s intention to convert the specified portion of the Loans. No fractional shares of Preferred Stock or scrip representing fractions of shares will be issued on conversion, but the Conversion Shares shall be rounded up to the next whole share .  Borrower will confirm the Conversion Date, applicable Conversion Price and the amount of Conversion Shares on the Notice of Conversion and promptly send the Notice of Conversion to Lender either by facsimile, email, U.S. mail or courier.

 

 
 

 

 

(c)            Nature of Preferred Stock Issued.

 

(i)      When issued upon conversion in accordance with this Section 2.14 , the Conversion Shares will be legally and validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable.

 

(ii)     No later than five (5) Business Days after a conversion has been effected, and subject to Lender having complied with all terms of this Section 2.14 , Borrower or any duly appointed stock transfer agent for the Preferred Stock will deliver to Lender a certificate or certificates representing the Conversion Shares issuable by reason of such conversion in such name or names and such denomination or denominations as Lender has specified. Stock certificates representing Preferred Stock issuable upon conversion will be delivered to Lender by Borrower or any duly appointed stock transfer agent at the address specified in the Notice of Conversion (which may be Lender’s address for notices as contemplated by the Agreement). Borrower represents that said stock certificates will be issued and mailed to Lender within five (5) Business Days thereafter.

 

(iii)     The issuance of certificates for shares of Conversion Shares will be made without charge to Lender.

 

(d)      Conversion Price Dilution Adjustment .  In order to prevent dilution of the conversion rights granted under this Section 2.14 , the applicable Conversion Price will be subject to adjustment from time to time pursuant to this Section 2.14(d) .

 

(i)        Adjustment for Stock Splits . If Borrower at any time effects a split or subdivision (by any stock split, stock dividend or otherwise) of its outstanding shares of Preferred Stock or Common Stock, as applicable, into a greater number of shares, the applicable Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced, and if Borrower at any time combines (by reverse stock split or otherwise) its outstanding shares of Preferred Stock or Common Stock, as applicable, into a smaller number of shares, the applicable Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased.

 

(ii)       Dissolution . In the event of a judicial or non-judicial dissolution of Borrower, the conversion rights and privileges of Lender shall terminate on a date, as fixed by the Board of Directors of Borrower, not more than 45 days and not less than 30 days before the date of such dissolution. The reference to shares of Preferred Stock herein shall be deemed to include shares of any class into which said shares of Preferred Stock may be changed.

 

(iii)      Adjustment for Dividends and Distributions .  In the event Borrower shall make or issue, or shall have issued, or shall fix a record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in shares of Common Stock without a corresponding dividend or other distribution to holders of Preferred Stock, the applicable Conversion Price then in effect shall be decreased by a fraction (A) the numerator of which is the total number of shares of Preferred Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance, and (B) the denominator or which is the total number of shares of Preferred Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the time of such issuance plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock issued or issuable in payment of such dividend.

 

 
 

 

 

(iv)      Adjustment for Capital Reorganization or Reclassification .  If the Preferred Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Loans shall be changed into the same or different number of shares of any class or classes of stock, whether by capital reorganization, reclassification or otherwise then and in each such event Lender shall have the right thereafter to convert such Loans and receive the kind an amount of shares of stock and other securities and property receivable upon such reorganization, reclassification or other change by Lender of the number of shares of Preferred Stock into which the Loans might have been converted immediately prior to such reorganization, reclassification or change, all subject to further adjustment as provided herein.

 

(v)      Sale of Shares Below Conversion Price . If at any time prior to the Maturity Date, Borrower issues or sells any additional shares of Preferred Stock or Common Stock at a price less than the Interest Conversion Price (the “ New Share Price ”), the Interest Conversion Price shall be reduced to the New Share Price, and the Principal Conversion Price shall be reduced proportionately based on the New Share Price.               

 

(vi)      No Adjustment for Small Amounts .  Anything in this paragraph to the contrary notwithstanding, Borrower shall not be required to give effect to any adjustment in the applicable Conversion Price unless and until the net effect of one or more adjustments, determined as above provided, shall have required a change of the applicable Conversion Price by at least one cent, but when the cumulative net effect of more than one adjustment so determined shall be to change the applicable Conversion Price by at least one cent, such change in the applicable Conversion Price shall thereupon be given effect.

 

(e)      Default Conversion . During the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender shall have the right to convert all outstanding Obligations into shares of Preferred Stock by dividing the aggregate outstanding Obligation by the lesser of (i) the Interest Conversion Price or (ii) the Implied Equity Value Per Share multiplied by three (3), in each case rounded up to the next whole share.

 

3.      CONDITIONS PRECEDENT .

 

3.1      Closing Date Conditions Precedent . The obligation of Lender to make Loans on or after the Closing Date is subject to the conditions precedent that Lender shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, the following:

 

(a)     this Agreement, the Note, the Guaranty, the Intellectual Property Security Agreement and each of the other Loan Agreements to which each Loan Party is a party, duly executed by such Loan Party;

 

(b)     the Services Agreement, duly executed by Borrower;

 

(c)     payment of all Lender Expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement;

 

(d)     a copy of the resolutions of the board of directors of each Loan Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Note, the Guaranty, the Intellectual Property Security Agreement and each of the other Loan Agreements to which such Loan Party is a party, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Loan Party (which certificate shall state that such resolutions are in full force and effect);

 

(e)     a certificate of good standing of Borrower issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada dated no later than five (5) business days prior to the Closing date;

 

 
 

 

 

(f)     a certificate of a duly authorized officer of Borrower, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying that (i) the conditions set forth in this Article 3 have been satisfied; (ii) each of the representations and warranties of Borrower set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents is true and correct as of the Closing Date (except to the extent stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date); (iii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the Closing Date; and (d) since August 31, 2013, nothing shall have occurred which has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(g)     evidence that appropriate UCC-1 financing statements and other evidences of Lender’s security interests have been duly filed in such office or offices as may be necessary or, in the opinion of Lender, desirable to perfect Lender’s security interests in and to its collateral, including without limitation Intellectual Property Security Agreements executed by each Loan Party in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto; and

 

(h)     such other documents or certificates, and completion of such other matters, as Lender may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate.

 

4.      CREATION OF SECURITY INTEREST .

 

4.1      Grant of Security Interest . Borrower grants and pledges to Lender a continuing security interest in the Collateral to secure prompt repayment of any and all Obligations and to secure prompt performance by Borrower of each of its covenants and duties under the Loan Documents. Except for Permitted Liens, such security interest constitutes a valid, first priority security interest in the presently existing Collateral, and will constitute a valid, first priority security interest in later-acquired Collateral. Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, Lender’s Lien on the Collateral shall remain in effect for so long as any Obligations are outstanding.

 

4.2      Perfection of Security Interest . Borrower authorizes Lender to file at any time financing statements, continuation statements, and amendments thereto that (i) either specifically describe the Collateral or describe the Collateral as all assets of Borrower of the kind pledged hereunder, and (ii) contain any other information required by the Code for the sufficiency of filing office acceptance of any financing statement, continuation statement, or amendment, including whether Borrower is an organization, the type of organization and any organizational identification number issued to Borrower, if applicable. Any such financing statements may be filed by Lender at any time in any jurisdiction whether or not Revised Article 9 of the Code is then in effect in that jurisdiction. Borrower shall from time to time endorse and deliver to Lender, at the request of Lender, all Negotiable Collateral and other documents that Lender may reasonably request, in form satisfactory to Lender, to perfect and continue perfection of Lender’s security interests in the Collateral and in order to fully consummate all of the transactions contemplated under the Loan Documents. Borrower shall have possession of the Collateral, except where expressly otherwise provided in this Agreement or where Lender chooses to perfect its security interest by possession in addition to the filing of a financing statement. Borrower will not create any chattel paper without placing a legend on the chattel paper acceptable to Lender indicating that Lender has a security interest in the chattel paper.

 

4.3      Right to Inspect . Lender (through any of its officers, employees, or agents) shall have the right, upon reasonable prior notice, from time to time during Borrower’s usual business hours to inspect Borrower’s Books and to make copies thereof and to check, test, and appraise the Collateral in order to verify Borrower’s financial condition or the amount, condition of, or any other matter relating to, the Collateral.

 

 
 

 

 

4.4      Pledge of Collateral . Borrower hereby pledges, assigns and grants to Lender a security interest in the Pledged Collateral, together with all proceeds and substitutions thereof, all cash, stock and other moneys and property paid thereon, all rights to subscribe for securities declared or granted in connection therewith, and all other cash and noncash proceeds of the foregoing, as security for the performance of the Obligations. Upon request by Lender, the certificate or certificates for the Pledged Collateral will be delivered to Lender, accompanied by an instrument of assignment duly executed in blank by Borrower, and Borrower shall cause the books of each entity whose shares are part of the Pledged Collateral and any transfer agent to reflect the pledge of the Pledged Collateral. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender may effect the transfer of the Pledged Collateral into the name of Lender and cause new certificates representing such securities to be issued in the name of Lender or its transferee. Borrower will execute and deliver such documents, and take or cause to be taken such actions, as Lender may reasonably request to perfect or continue the perfection of Lender’s security interest in the Pledged Collateral. Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Borrower shall be entitled to exercise any rights with respect to the Pledged Collateral (including, without limitation, all voting rights), collect and receive for its own use all cash dividends and interest in respect thereof and to give consents, waivers and ratifications in respect thereof, provided that no vote shall be cast or consent, waiver or ratification given or action taken which would be inconsistent with any of the terms of this Agreement or which would constitute or create any violation of any of such terms. All such rights to vote and give consents, waivers and ratifications shall terminate upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default. The Pledged Collateral is not held in a brokerage or similar securities account.

 

5.      REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES .

 

Borrower represents and warrants as follows:

 

5.1      Due Organization and Qualification . Borrower and each other Loan Party is an entity duly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized and qualified and licensed to do business in any state in which the conduct of its business or its ownership of property requires that it be so qualified, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.2      Due Authorization; No Conflict . The execution, delivery, and performance of the Loan Documents are within each Loan Party’s corporate powers, have been duly authorized, and are not in conflict with nor constitute a breach of any provision contained in any Loan Party’s organizational documents or any indenture, contract, agreement or undertaking to which such Loan Party is a party or by which it is bound, and, except for the filing of the Certificate of Designations for the Preferred Stock with the Nevada Secretary of State, do not require the consent or approval of any third party, governmental body, agency or authority other than consents and approvals that have been obtained. No Loan Party is not in default under any agreement by which it is bound, except to the extent such default would not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect. The Loan Documents when issued and delivered, will be valid and binding on such Loan Party in accordance with their 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 equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or law) (collectively, “ General Enforceability Exceptions ”).

 

5.3      Collateral . Except as set forth on Schedule 5.3 , each Loan Party has rights in or the power to transfer the Collateral, and its title to the Collateral is free and clear of Liens, adverse claims, and restrictions on transfer or pledge except for Permitted Liens. All Inventory is in all material respects of good and merchantable quality, free from all material defects, except for Inventory for which adequate reserves have been made.

 

 
 

 

 

5.4      Capitalization . Schedule 5.4 sets forth the type of issued and outstanding equity securities of each Loan Party as of the Closing Date. All of the outstanding equity securities of each Loan Party have been duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and non-assessable. Borrower has full power and authority to create a first lien on the Pledged Collateral and no disability or contractual obligation exists that would prohibit Borrower from pledging the Pledged Collateral pursuant to this Agreement. There are no pre-emptive rights, subscriptions, warrants, rights of first refusal or other restrictions on, or options exercisable with respect to the Pledged Collateral. The Pledged Collateral have been and will be duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and non-assessable. The Pledged Collateral is not the subject of any present or threatened suit, claim, action, arbitration, administrative or other proceeding, and Borrower knows of no reasonable grounds for the institution of any such proceedings.

 

5.5      Intellectual Property Collateral . Each Loan Party owns and possesses or has a license or other right to use all of the Intellectual Property Collateral necessary for the conduct of the business of each Loan Party, without any infringement upon rights of others, in each case, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To each Responsible Officer’s knowledge, each of the Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents is valid and enforceable, and no part of the Intellectual Property Collateral has been judged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, and no claim has been made to any Loan Party that any part of the Intellectual Property Collateral violates the rights of any third party except to the extent such claim could not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.6      Actions, Suits, Litigation, or Proceedings . Except as set forth on Schedule 5.6 , no actions, suits, litigation or proceedings, at law or in equity, pending by or against any Loan Party before any court, administrative agency, or arbitrator is pending, or to each Responsible Officer’s knowledge is threatened against any Loan Party, the outcome of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is not outstanding against any Loan Party any judgment, decree, injunction, rule, or order of any court, government, department, commission, agency, instrumentality or arbitrator nor is any Loan Party in violation of any applicable law, regulation, ordinance, order, injunction, decree or requirement of any governmental body or court where such matters would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.7      Financial Statements .

 

(a)     The audited consolidated financial statements of Borrower for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2012 and the two months ended February 28, 2013, and the unaudited consolidated financial statements of Borrower as of August 31, 2013 (collectively, the “ Financial Statements ”), were prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as set forth therein and subject, in the case of such unaudited statements, to the absence of footnotes and other presentation items and to normal year-end adjustments) and present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of Borrower as at such dates and the results of their operations for the periods then ended.

 

(b)     The Financial Statements fairly present in all material respects Borrower’s consolidated financial condition as of the date thereof and the Loan Parties’ consolidated results of operations for the period then ended. Since August 31, 2013, there has been no material adverse change in the financial condition, prospects, operations, assets, business or properties of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole.

 

 
 

 

 

5.8      Compliance with Laws and Regulations . Neither Borrower nor any Subsidiary of Borrower has violated any statutes, laws, ordinances or rules applicable to it, the violation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Borrower and each Subsidiary have met the minimum funding requirements of ERISA with respect to any employee benefit plans subject to ERISA. No event has occurred resulting from Borrower’s failure to comply with ERISA that is reasonably likely to result in Borrower’s incurring any liability that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Borrower is not an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940. Borrower is not engaged principally, or as one of the important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulations T and U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System).

 

5.9      Taxes . Borrower and each Subsidiary have filed or caused to be filed all tax returns required to be filed, and have paid, or have made adequate provision for the payment of, all taxes reflected therein except those being contested in good faith with adequate reserves under GAAP or where the failure to file such returns or pay such taxes could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Borrower is unaware of any proposed or pending tax assessments, deficiencies, or audits involving any Loan Party that could reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.10    Subsidiaries . Except for the shares of capital stock of Guarantor, neither Borrower nor any Subsidiary of Borrower owns, directly or indirectly, any capital stock, equity or other ownership interest in any other Person.

 

5.11    Government Consents . Borrower and each Subsidiary have obtained all consents, approvals and authorizations of, made all declarations or filings with, and given all notices to, all governmental authorities that are necessary for the continued operation of Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ business as currently conducted, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.12    No Default . No Event of Default or Default exists or would result from the incurrence or guaranty by any Loan Party, as applicable, of any debt under any Loan Document.

 

5.13    Labor Matters . No Loan Party is subject to any labor or collective bargaining agreement as of the Closing Date. There are no existing or, to each Responsible Officer’s knowledge, threatened strikes, lockouts or other labor disputes involving any Loan Party that singly or in the aggregate would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, hours worked by and payment made to employees of the Loan Parties are not in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable law, rule or regulation dealing with such matters.

 

5.14    Environmental Matters . Except as set forth on Schedule 5.14 , (a) the on-going operations of each Loan Party comply in all respects with all Environmental Laws, except such non-compliance which would not (if enforced in accordance with applicable law) reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (b) each Loan Party has obtained, and maintains in good standing, all licenses, permits, authorizations and registrations required under any Environmental Law and necessary for their respective ordinary course operations, and each Loan Party is in compliance with all material terms and conditions thereof, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (c) no Loan Party or any of its respective owned properties or operations is subject to any outstanding written order from or agreement with any Federal, state or local governmental authority, nor subject to any judicial or docketed administrative proceeding, respecting any Environmental Law, Environmental Claim or Hazardous Materials, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (d) there are no Hazardous Materials or other environmental conditions or circumstances existing with respect to any real property, or arising from operations prior to the Closing Date, of any Loan Party that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and (e) no Loan Party owns or operates any underground storage tanks that are not properly registered or permitted under applicable Environmental Laws or that are leaking or releasing Hazardous Materials, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

 
 

 

 

5.15      No Broker’s Fee . No broker’s, finder’s or placement fee or commission is or will be payable by any Loan Party to any Person, including, without limitation, to any broker, investment banker or agent engaged by any Loan Party or any of its officers, directors or agents with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or the other Loan Documents.

 

5.16      Full Disclosure . No representation, warranty or other statement made by any Loan Party in any certificate or written statement furnished to Lender taken together with all such certificates and written statements furnished to Lender contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained in such certificates or statements not misleading, it being recognized by Lender that the projections and forecasts provided by the Loan Parties in good faith and based upon reasonable assumptions are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections and forecasts may differ from the projected or forecasted results.

 

6.      AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS .

 

Borrower covenants that, until payment in full of all outstanding Obligations, Borrower shall do all of the following:

 

6.1      Good Standing and Government Compliance . Borrower shall maintain its organizational existence and good standing in the State of Nevada and each of its Subsidiaries’ organizational existence and good standing in each Subsidiary’s jurisdiction of organization, and Borrower shall maintain its and each of its Subsidiaries’ qualification and good standing in each other jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Borrower shall meet, and shall cause each Subsidiary to meet, the minimum funding requirements of ERISA with respect to any employee benefit plans subject to ERISA. Borrower shall comply in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws, and maintain all material permits, licenses and approvals required thereunder where the failure to do so could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Borrower shall comply, and shall cause each Subsidiary to comply, with all statutes, laws, ordinances and government rules and regulations to which it is subject, and shall maintain, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, in force all licenses, approvals and agreements, the loss of which or failure to comply with which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.2      Notices; Audits .

 

(a)     Immediately upon becoming aware of the occurrence or existence of an Event of Default hereunder, a written statement of a Responsible Officer setting forth details of the Event of Default, and the action which Borrower has taken or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

(b)     Lender shall have a right from time to time hereafter to audit the Loan Parties’ Accounts and appraise Collateral at the Loan Parties’ expense, provided that such audits will be conducted no more often than every three (3) months unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

 
 

 

 

6.3      Taxes . Borrower shall make, and cause each Subsidiary to make, due and timely payment or deposit of all material federal, state, and local taxes, assessments, or contributions required of it by law, including, but not limited to, those laws concerning income taxes, F.I.C.A., F.U.T.A. and state disability, and will execute and deliver to Lender, on demand, proof satisfactory to Lender indicating that Borrower or a Subsidiary has made such payments or deposits and any appropriate certificates attesting to the payment or deposit thereof; provided that Borrower or a Subsidiary need not make any payment if the amount or validity of such payment is contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and is reserved against (to the extent required by GAAP) by Borrower.

 

6.4      Insurance .

 

(a)     The Loan Parties, at their expense, shall keep the Collateral insured against loss or damage by fire, theft, explosion, sprinklers, and all other hazards and risks, and in such amounts, as ordinarily insured against by other owners in similar businesses conducted in the locations where the Loan Parties’ business is conducted on the date hereof. The Loan Parties shall also maintain liability and other insurance in amounts and of a type that are customary to businesses similar to the Loan Parties.

 

(b)     All such policies of insurance shall be in such form, with such companies, and in such amounts as reasonably satisfactory to Lender. All policies of property insurance shall contain a lender’s loss payable endorsement, in a form satisfactory to Lender, showing Lender as an additional loss payee, and all liability insurance policies shall show Lender as an additional insured and specify that the insurer must give at least twenty (20) days’ notice to Lender before canceling its policy for any reason. Upon Lender’s request, the Loan Parties shall deliver to Lender certified copies of the policies of insurance and evidence of all premium payments. If no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, proceeds payable under any casualty policy will, at the Loan Parties’ option, be payable to the Loan Parties to replace the property subject to the claim, provided that any such replacement property shall be deemed Collateral in which Lender has been granted a first priority security interest. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, all proceeds payable under any such policy shall, at Lender’s option, be payable to Lender to be applied on account of the Obligations.

 

6.5      Registration of Intellectual Property Rights .

 

(a)     Borrower shall and shall cause each other Loan Party to register or cause to be registered on an expedited basis (to the extent not already registered) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as the case may be, those registrable intellectual property rights now owned or hereafter developed or acquired by Borrower or such other Loan Party, to the extent that Borrower, in its reasonable business judgment, deems it appropriate to so protect such intellectual property rights.

 

(b)     Borrower shall promptly give Lender written notice of any applications or registrations of intellectual property rights filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, including the date of such filing and the registration or application numbers, if any.

 

(c)     Borrower shall (i) give Lender not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice of the filing of any applications or registrations with the United States Copyright Office, including the title of such intellectual property rights to be registered, as such title will appear on such applications or registrations, and the date such applications or registrations will be filed; (ii) prior to the filing of any such applications or registrations, execute such documents as Lender may reasonably request for Lender to maintain its perfection in such intellectual property rights to be registered by Borrower; (iii) upon the request of Lender, either deliver to Lender or file such documents simultaneously with the filing of any such applications or registrations; (iv) upon filing any such applications or registrations, promptly provide Lender with a copy of such applications or registrations together with any exhibits, evidence of the filing of any documents requested by Lender to be filed for Lender to maintain the perfection and priority of its security interest in such intellectual property rights, and the date of such filing.

 

 
 

 

 

(d)     Borrower shall and shall cause each other Loan Party to execute and deliver such additional instruments and documents from time to time as Lender shall reasonably request to perfect and maintain the perfection and priority of Lender's security interest in the Intellectual Property Collateral.

 

(e)     The Loan Parties shall use commercially reasonably efforts to (i) protect, defend and maintain the validity and enforceability of the Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights, and trade secrets, (ii) detect infringements of the Trademarks, Patents and Copyrights and promptly advise Lender in writing of material infringements detected and (iii) not allow any material Trademarks, Patents or Copyrights to be abandoned, forfeited or dedicated to the public without the written consent of Lender, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

(f)     Lender may audit the Intellectual Property Collateral to confirm compliance with this Section 6.5 , provided such audit may not occur more often than twice per year, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Lender shall have the right, but not the obligation, to take, at Borrower's sole expense, any actions that Borrower is required under this Section 6.5 to take but which Borrower fails to take, after fifteen (15) days’ notice to Borrower. Borrower shall reimburse and indemnify Lender for all reasonable costs and reasonable expenses incurred in the reasonable exercise of its rights under this Section 6.5 .

 

6.6      Further Assurances . At any time and from time to time Borrower shall execute and deliver such further instruments and take such further action as may reasonably be requested by Lender to effect the purposes of this Agreement.

 

6.7      Conduct of the Business . From the Closing Date until the Obligations are paid in full, Borrower shall operate its business in the ordinary course.

 

6.8      Reservation of Preferred and Common Stock . Prior to the Closing Date, the Board of Directors of Borrower shall take all action necessary and required to reserve for issuance the estimated number of shares of Preferred Stock to be issued upon conversion of the Obligations under this Agreement and the estimated number of shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of the shares of Preferred Stock as set forth in Exhibit E attached hereto.

 

6.9      Information Technology and Finance Function . Borrower shall transfer its information technology and finance function to Lender by March 31, 2014.

 

7.      NEGATIVE COVENANTS .

 

Borrower covenants and agrees that until the outstanding Obligations are paid in full, Borrower will not and will not permit any other Loan Party do any of the following without Lender’s prior written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld:

 

7.1      Dispositions . Convey, sell, lease, license, transfer or otherwise dispose of, all or any part of any Loan Party’s business or property.

 

 
 

 

 

7.2      Change in Name, Location, Executive Office, or Executive Management; Change in Business; Change in Fiscal Year; Change in Control . Change any Loan Party’s name or relocate Borrower’s chief executive office without thirty (30) days prior written notification to Lender; replace Borrower’s chief executive officer or chief financial officer without thirty (30) days prior written notification to Lender; engage in any business, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to engage in any business, other than or reasonably related or incidental to the businesses currently engaged in by the Loan Parties; change its fiscal year end; have a Change in Control.

 

7.3      Mergers or Acquisitions . Merge or consolidate with or into any other business organization (other than mergers or consolidations of a Loan Party into another Loan Party), or acquire all or substantially all of the capital stock or property of another Person, or enter into any agreement to do any of the same.

 

7.4      Indebtedness . Create, incur, assume, guarantee or be or remain liable with respect to any Indebtedness other than Permitted Indebtedness, or prepay any Indebtedness or take any actions which impose on any Loan Party an obligation to prepay any Indebtedness, except Indebtedness to Lender.

 

7.5      Encumbrances . Create, incur, assume or allow any Lien with respect to any Loan Party’s property, or assign or otherwise convey any right to receive income, including the sale of any Accounts, except for Permitted Liens, or covenant to any other Person that any Loan Party in the future will refrain from creating, incurring, assuming or allowing any Lien with respect to such Loan Party’s property.

 

7.6      Distributions . Pay any dividends or make any other distribution or payment on account of or in redemption, retirement or purchase of any equity interests of Borrower, except that Borrower may repurchase the equity interests of former employees in the ordinary course of business.

 

7.7      Investments . Directly or indirectly acquire or own, or make any Investment in or to any Person, other than Permitted Investments.

 

7.8      Transactions with Affiliates . Directly or indirectly enter into or permit to exist any material transaction with any Affiliate of any Loan Party except for transactions that are in the ordinary course of such Loan Party’s business, upon fair and reasonable terms that are no less favorable to such Loan Party than would be obtained in an arm’s length transaction with a non-affiliated Person.

 

7.9      Debt and Equity Issuance . No Loan Party shall issue any equity or debt securities without the prior written consent of Lender, except for the issuance of Common Stock pursuant to outstanding stock options and warrants of Borrower.

 

7.10    Minimum Operating Performance . Calculated as of the end of each fiscal quarter, beginning on February 28, 2014, Borrower shall maintain Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the last four fiscal quarters from the measurement date equal to or greater than 80% of the sum of (i) $280,000, plus (ii) after the first anniversary of the date of this Agreement, $1,975,000.

 

7.11    Debt to EBITDA Ratio . In the event Lender no longer controls the Board of Directors of Borrower, Borrower shall not permit the Debt to EBITDA Ratio, calculated as of the end of each fiscal quarter (and after giving pro forma effect to any acquisitions by Borrower), to be greater than 6.5 to 1.0.

 

 
 

 

 

8.      EVENTS OF DEFAULT .

 

Any one or more of the following events shall constitute an Event of Default by Borrower under this Agreement:

 

8.1      Payment Default . If Borrower fails to pay any of the Obligations when due, and has failed to cure such default within ten (10) days after Borrower receives notice thereof or any officer of Borrower becomes aware thereof;

 

8.2      Covenant Default .

 

(a)     If Borrower fails to perform any obligation under Article 6 (except Sections 6.3 or 6.4 ) or violates any of the covenants contained in Article 7 of this Agreement; or

 

(b)     If Borrower fails to perform any obligation under Sections 6.3 or 6.4 , and has failed to cure such default within ten (10) days after Borrower receives notice thereof or any officer of Borrower becomes aware thereof;

 

(c)     If Borrower fails or neglects to perform or observe any other material term, provision, condition, covenant contained in this Agreement, in any of the Loan Documents, or in any other present or future agreement between Borrower and Lender and as to any Default under such other term, provision, condition or covenant that can be cured, has failed to cure such default within ten (10) days after Borrower receives notice thereof or any officer of Borrower becomes aware thereof; provided , however , that if the Default cannot by its nature be cured within the ten (10) day period or cannot after diligent attempts by Borrower be cured within such ten (10) day period, and such Default is likely to be cured within a reasonable time, then Borrower shall have an additional reasonable period (which shall not in any case exceed thirty (30) days) to attempt to cure such Default, so long as Borrower continues to diligently attempt to cure such Default, and within such reasonable time period the failure to have cured such Default shall not be deemed an Event of Default.

 

8.3      Material Adverse Change . If there occurs any circumstance or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

8.4      Defective Perfection . If Lender shall receive at any time following the Closing Date an SOS Report indicating that except for Permitted Liens, Lender’s security interest in the Collateral is not prior to all other security interests or Liens of record reflected in the report;

 

8.5      Attachment . If any material portion of Borrower’s assets is attached, seized, subjected to a writ or distress warrant, or is levied upon, or comes into the possession of any trustee, receiver or person acting in a similar capacity and such attachment, seizure, writ or distress warrant or levy has not been removed, discharged or rescinded within five (5) days, or if Borrower is enjoined, restrained, or in any way prevented by court order from continuing to conduct all or any material part of its business affairs, or if a judgment or other claim becomes a lien or encumbrance upon any material portion of Borrower’s assets, or if a notice of lien, levy, or assessment is filed of record with respect to any of Borrower’s assets by the United States Government, or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, or by any state, county, municipal, or governmental agency, and the same is not paid within five (5) days after Borrower receives notice thereof, provided that none of the foregoing shall constitute an Event of Default where such action or event is stayed or an adequate bond has been posted pending a good faith contest by such Borrower;

 

8.6      Insolvency . If Borrower becomes insolvent, or if an Insolvency Proceeding is commenced by Borrower, or if an Insolvency Proceeding is commenced against Borrower and is not dismissed or stayed within thirty (30) days;

 

 
 

 

 

8.7      Other Agreements . If there is a default or other failure to perform in any agreement to which Borrower is a party with a third party or parties resulting in a right by such third party or parties, whether or not exercised, to accelerate the maturity of any Indebtedness in an amount in excess of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) or that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

8.8      Judgments; Settlements . If a judgment or judgments for the payment of money in an amount, individually or in the aggregate, of at least One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) shall be rendered against Borrower and shall remain unsatisfied and unstayed for a period of ten (10) days; or if a settlement or settlements is agreed upon for an amount individually or in the aggregate of at least One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000);

 

8.9      Misrepresentations . If any material misrepresentation or material misstatement exists now or hereafter in any warranty or representation set forth herein or in any certificate delivered to Lender by any Responsible Officer pursuant to this Agreement or to induce Lender to enter into this Agreement or any other Loan Document;

 

8.10    Change of Control . A Change of Control shall occur; or

 

8.11    Ability to Pay/Collateral Impaired . If Lender reasonably believes that the prospect of payment or performance by Borrower under any of the Loan Documents is or may be impaired or any of the Collateral is or may be in jeopardy, becomes unsafe or insecure, or its value is or may become otherwise impaired, thereby depriving Lender of the practical realization of the principal benefits purported to be provided by the Loan Documents.

 

9.      LENDER’S RIGHTS AND REMEDIES .

 

9.1      Rights and Remedies . Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender may, at its election, without notice of its election and without demand, do any one or more of the following, all of which are authorized by Borrower:

 

(a)     Declare all Obligations, whether evidenced by this Agreement, by any of the other Loan Documents, or otherwise, immediately due and payable (provided that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default described in Section 8.5 , all Obligations shall become immediately due and payable without any action by Lender);

 

(b)     Declare Default Rate interest to be due and payable on the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.5 ;

 

(c)     Convert all Obligations into shares of Preferred Stock in accordance with Section 2.14(e) ;

 

(d)     Settle or adjust disputes and claims directly with account debtors for amounts, upon terms and in whatever order that Lender reasonably considers advisable;

 

(e)     Make such payments and do such acts as Lender considers necessary or reasonable to protect its security interest in the Collateral. Borrower agrees to assemble the Collateral if Lender so requires, and to make the Collateral available to Lender as Lender may designate. Borrower authorizes Lender to enter the premises where the Collateral is located, to take and maintain possession of the Collateral, or any part of it, and to pay, purchase, contest, or compromise any encumbrance, charge, or lien which in Lender’s determination appears to be prior or superior to its security interest and to pay all expenses incurred in connection therewith. With respect to any of Borrower’s owned premises, Borrower hereby grants Lender a license to enter into possession of such premises and to occupy the same, without charge, in order to exercise any of Lender’s rights or remedies provided herein, at law, in equity, or otherwise;

 

 
 

 

 

(f)     Set off and apply to the Obligations any and all (i) balances and deposits of Borrower held by Lender, and (ii) indebtedness at any time owing to or for the credit or the account of Borrower held by Lender;

 

(g)     Ship, reclaim, recover, store, finish, maintain, repair, prepare for sale, advertise for sale, and sell (in the manner provided for herein) the Collateral. Lender is hereby granted a license or other right, solely pursuant to the provisions of this Section 9.1 , to use, without charge, Borrower’s labels, patents, copyrights, rights of use of any name, trade secrets, trade names, trademarks, service marks, and advertising matter, or any property of a similar nature, as it pertains to the Collateral, in completing production of, advertising for sale, and selling any Collateral and, in connection with Lender’s exercise of its rights under this Section 9.1 , Borrower’s rights under all licenses and all franchise agreements shall inure to Lender’s benefit;

 

(h)     Sell the Collateral at either a public or private sale, or both, by way of one or more contracts or transactions, for cash or on terms, in such manner and at such places (including Borrower’s premises) as Lender determines is commercially reasonable, and apply any proceeds to the Obligations in whatever manner or order Lender deems appropriate. Lender may sell the Collateral without giving any warranties as to the Collateral. Lender may specifically disclaim any warranties of title or the like. This procedure will not be considered adversely to affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral. If Lender sells any of the Collateral upon credit, Borrower will be credited only with payments actually made by the purchaser, received by Lender, and applied to the indebtedness of the purchaser. If the purchaser fails to pay for the Collateral, Lender may resell the Collateral and Borrower shall be credited with the proceeds of the sale;

 

(i)     Lender may credit bid and purchase at any public sale;

 

(j)     Apply for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator or conservator of the Collateral, without notice and without regard to the adequacy of the security for the Obligations and without regard to the solvency of Borrower, any guarantor or any other Person liable for any of the Obligations; and

 

(k)     Any deficiency that exists after disposition of the Collateral as provided above will be paid immediately by Borrower.

 

Lender may comply with any applicable state or federal law requirements in connection with a disposition of the Collateral and compliance will not be considered adversely to affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral.

 

9.2      Power of Attorney . Effective only upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints Lender (and any of Lender’s designated officers, or employees) as Borrower’s true and lawful attorney to: (a) send requests for verification of Accounts or notify account debtors of Lender’s security interest in the Accounts; (b) endorse Borrower’s name on any checks or other forms of payment or security that may come into Lender’s possession; (c) sign Borrower’s name on any invoice or bill of lading relating to any Account, drafts against account debtors, schedules and assignments of Accounts, verifications of Accounts, and notices to account debtors; (d) dispose of any Collateral; (e) make, settle, and adjust all claims under and decisions with respect to Borrower’s policies of insurance; (f) settle and adjust disputes and claims respecting the accounts directly with account debtors, for amounts and upon terms which Lender determines to be reasonable; (g) enter into a short-form intellectual property security agreement consistent with the terms of this Agreement for recording purposes only or modify, in its sole discretion, any intellectual property security agreement entered into between Borrower and Lender without first obtaining Borrower’s approval of or signature to such modification by amending Exhibits A, B, and C , thereof, as appropriate, to include reference to any right, title or interest in any Copyrights, Patents or Trademarks acquired by Borrower after the execution hereof or to delete any reference to any right, title or interest in any Copyrights, Patents or Trademarks in which Borrower no longer has or claims to have any right, title or interest; and (h) file, in its sole discretion, one or more financing or continuation statements and amendments thereto, relative to any of the Collateral without the signature of Borrower where permitted by law; provided Lender may exercise such power of attorney to sign the name of such Borrower on any of the documents described in clauses (g) and (h) above, regardless of whether an Event of Default has occurred. The appointment of Lender as a Borrower’s attorney in fact, and each and every one of Lender’s rights and powers, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable until all of the Obligations have been fully repaid and performed and Lender’s obligation to provide advances hereunder is terminated.

 

 
 

 

 

9.3      Accounts Collection . At any time after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, Lender may notify any Person owing funds to a Borrower of Lender’s security interest in such funds and verify the amount of such Account. Borrower shall collect all amounts owing to Borrower for Lender, receive in trust all payments as Lender’s trustee, and immediately deliver such payments to Lender in their original form as received from the account debtor, with proper endorsements for deposit.

 

9.4      Lender Expenses . If Borrower fails to pay any amounts or furnish any required proof of payment due to third persons or entities, as required under the terms of this Agreement, then Lender may do any or all of the following after reasonable notice to Borrower: (a) make payment of the same or any part thereof; or (b)obtain and maintain insurance policies of the type discussed in Section 6.4 of this Agreement, and take any action with respect to such policies as Lender deems prudent. Any amounts so paid or deposited by Lender shall constitute Lender Expenses, shall be immediately due and payable, and shall bear interest at the then applicable rate hereinabove provided, and shall be secured by the Collateral. Any payments made by Lender shall not constitute an agreement by Lender to make similar payments in the future or a waiver by Lender of any Event of Default under this Agreement.

 

9.5      Lender’s Liability for Collateral . Lender has no obligation to clean up or otherwise prepare the Collateral for sale. All risk of loss, damage or destruction of the Collateral shall be borne by Borrowers.

 

9.6      No Obligation to Pursue Others . Lender has no obligation to attempt to satisfy the Obligations by collecting them from any other person liable for them and Lender may release, modify or waive any collateral provided by any other Person to secure any of the Obligations, all without affecting Lender’s rights against Borrower. Borrower waives any right it may have to require Lender to pursue any other Person for any of the Obligations.

 

9.7      Remedies Cumulative . Lender’s rights and remedies under this Agreement, the Loan Documents, and all other agreements shall be cumulative. Lender shall have all other rights and remedies not inconsistent herewith as provided under the Code, by law, or in equity. No exercise by Lender of one right or remedy shall be deemed an election, and no waiver by Lender of any Event of Default on Borrower’s part shall be deemed a continuing waiver. No delay by Lender shall constitute a waiver, election, or acquiescence by it. No waiver by Lender shall be effective unless made in a written document signed on behalf of Lender and then shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given. Borrower expressly agrees that this Section 9.7 may not be waived or modified by Lender by course of performance, conduct, estoppel or otherwise.

 

 
 

 

 

9.8      Pledged Collateral . Borrower recognizes that Lender may be unable to effect a public sale of any or all the Pledged Collateral, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in federal securities laws and applicable state securities laws or otherwise, and may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales thereof to a restricted group of purchasers which will be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Borrower acknowledges and agrees that any such private sale may result in prices and other terms less favorable than if such sale were a public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner. Lender shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any of the Pledged Collateral for the period of time necessary to permit the issuer thereof to register such securities for public sale under federal securities laws or under applicable state securities laws, even if such issuer would agree to do so.

 

9.9      Demand; Protest . Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, Borrower waives demand, protest, notice of protest, notice of default or dishonor, notice of payment and nonpayment and any other notices relating to the Obligations.

 

10.      NOTICES .

 

Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, all notices or demands by any party relating to this Agreement or any other agreement entered into in connection herewith shall be in writing and shall be personally delivered or sent by a recognized overnight delivery service, certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or by facsimile, email or other electronic transmission to Borrower or to Lender, as the case may be, at its addresses set forth below:

 

 

 

If to Borrower:

U-Swirl, Inc.
1175 American Pacific Suite C
Henderson, Nevada 89074
Attn: Ulderico Conte
Facsimile: (702) 834-8444
Email: ricoconte1@yahoo.com

     
     
  If to Lender: Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc.
265 Turner Drive
Durango, Colorado 81303
Attn: Bryan Merryman
Facsimile: (970) 382-2218
Email: bjmerrym@rmcf.net
     
     
  with a copy to: Perkins Coie LLP
1900 Sixteenth Street, Suite 1400
Denver, Colorado 80202
Attention: Sonny Allison
Facsimile: (303) 291-2400
Email: sallison@perkinscoie.com

  

 
 

 

 
The parties hereto may change the address at which they are to receive notices hereunder, by notice in writing in the foregoing manner given to the other.

 

11.      CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE; JURY TRIAL WAIVER.

 

THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER AND GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD APPLY A DIFFERENT LAW. EACH OF BORROWER AND LENDER HEREBY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN LA PLATA COUNTY IN THE STATE OF COLORADO. THE UNDERSIGNED ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IS A CONSTITUTIONAL ONE, BUT THAT IT MAY BE WAIVED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, EACH PARTY, AFTER CONSULTING (OR HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT) WITH COUNSEL OF ITS, HIS OR HER CHOICE, KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY, AND FOR THE MUTUAL BENEFIT OF ALL PARTIES, WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT, INSTRUMENT OR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNDERSIGNED PARTIES.

 

12.      GENERAL PROVISIONS .

 

12.1      Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall bind all persons who become bound as a debtor to this Agreement; provided, however, that neither this Agreement nor any rights hereunder may be assigned by Borrower without Lender’s prior written consent, which consent may be granted or withheld in Lender’s sole discretion. Lender shall have the right without the consent of or notice to any Borrower to sell, transfer, negotiate, or grant participation in all or any part of, or any interest in, Lender’s obligations, rights and benefits hereunder.

 

12.2      Indemnification . Borrower shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless Lender and its officers, employees, and agents against: (a) all obligations, demands, claims, and liabilities claimed or asserted by any other party in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and/or the Loan Documents; and (b) all losses or Lender Expenses in any way suffered, incurred, or paid by Lender, its officers, employees and agents as a result of or in any way arising out of, following, or consequential to transactions between Lender and Borrower whether under this Agreement, or otherwise (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses), except for in all cases losses caused by Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

12.3      Severability of Provisions . Each provision of this Agreement shall be severable from every other provision of this Agreement for the purpose of determining the legal enforceability of any specific provision.

 

12.4      Correction of Loan Documents . Lender may correct patent errors and fill in any blanks in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents consistent with the agreement of the parties.

 

12.5      Amendments in Writing, Integration . All amendments to or terminations of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents must be in writing signed by the parties. All prior agreements, understandings, representations, warranties, and negotiations between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, if any, are merged into this Agreement and the Loan Documents.

 

 
 

 

 

12.6      Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Agreement.

 

12.7      Survival . All covenants, representations and warranties made in this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect so long as any Obligations remain outstanding. The obligations of Borrowers to indemnify Lender with respect to the expenses, damages, losses, costs and liabilities described in Section 12.2 shall survive until all applicable statute of limitations periods with respect to actions that may be brought against Lender have run.

 

12.8      Confidentiality . In handling any confidential information, Lender and all employees and agents of Lender shall exercise the same degree of care that Lender exercises with respect to its own proprietary information of the same types to maintain the confidentiality of any non-public information thereby received or received pursuant to this Agreement except that disclosure of such information may be made (i) to the subsidiaries or Affiliates of Lender in connection with their present or prospective business relations with a Borrower, (ii) to prospective transferees or purchasers of any interest in the Loan, (iii) as required by law, regulations, rule or order, subpoena, judicial order or similar order, (iv) as may be required in connection with the examination, audit or similar investigation of Lender, (v) to Lender’s accountants, auditors and regulators, and (vi) as Lender may determine in connection with the enforcement of any remedies hereunder. Confidential information hereunder shall not include information that either: (a) is in the public domain or in the knowledge or possession of Lender when disclosed to Lender, or becomes part of the public domain after disclosure to Lender through no fault of Lender; or (b) is disclosed to Lender by a third party, provided Lender does not have actual knowledge that such third party is prohibited from disclosing such information.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.

 

  BORROWER:  
       
  U-SWIRL, INC.  
       
  By:

/s/ Ulderico Conte

 
  Name: Ulderico Conte  
  Title: Chief Executive Officer  
       
       
  LENDER:  
     
     
  ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY, INC.  
       
  By: 

/s/ Bryan J. Merryman

 
  Name: Bryan J. Merryman  
  Title: Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer  

 

 
 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

DEFINITIONS

 

Accounts ” means all presently existing and hereafter arising accounts, contract rights, payment intangibles and all other forms of obligations owing to Borrower arising out of the sale or lease of goods (including, without limitation, the licensing of software and other technology) or the rendering of services by Borrower and any and all credit insurance, guaranties, and other security therefor, as well as all merchandise returned to or reclaimed by Borrower and Borrower’s Books relating to any of the foregoing.

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any Person that owns or controls directly or indirectly such Person, any Person that controls or is controlled by or is under common control with such Person, and each of such Person’s senior executive officers, directors, and partners.

 

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Borrower ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Borrower’s Books ” means all of Borrower’s books and records including: ledgers; records concerning Borrower’s assets or liabilities, the Collateral, business operations or financial condition; and all computer programs, or tape files, and the equipment, containing such information.

 

Business Day ” means any day that is not (i) a Saturday, Sunday, or (ii) a day on which commercial banks in the State of Colorado are authorized or required to close.

 

Cash ” means unrestricted cash and cash equivalents.

 

Change in Control ” means (i) any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of Borrower, other than any dissolution, liquidation or winding up in connection with any reorganization of Borrower in another jurisdiction, or (ii) any Sale of Borrower. “ Sale of Borrower ” means (i) the sale of all or substantially all of Borrower’s assets, (ii) the sale or transfer of the outstanding capital stock of Borrower, (iii) the merger or consolidation of Borrower with another person or entity, in each case in clauses (ii) and (iii) above under circumstances in which the holders of the voting power of outstanding capital stock of Borrower, immediately prior to such transaction, own less than 50% in voting power of the outstanding capital stock of Borrower or the surviving or resulting corporation or acquirer, as the case may be, immediately following such transaction or (iv) any other transaction or series of transactions pursuant to, or as a result of, which a single person (or group of affiliated persons) acquires (from Borrower or directly from the stockholders of Borrower) capital stock of Borrower representing a majority of Borrower’s outstanding voting power. A sale (or multiple related sales) of one or more subsidiaries of Borrower (whether by way or merger, consolidation, reorganization or sale of all or substantially all assets or securities) which constitutes all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of Borrower shall be deemed a Sale of Borrower.

 

Closing Date ” means January 16, 2014.

 

Code ” means the Colorado Uniform Commercial Code as amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

Collateral ” means any and all assets, rights and interests in or to the property of Borrower and each of its subsidiaries, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible, including, but not limited to, all royalty and franchise agreements with franchisees.

 

 
 

 

 

Common Stock ” means shares of common stock, par value $0.001, of Borrower.

 

Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA ” means the sum of, giving pro forma effect to any acquisitions or divestitures with the consent of Lender, (i) net income (or loss) of Borrower on a consolidated basis for such period (excluding one-time charges with the consent of Lender and all charges allocated by Lender for management, accounting, information technology and other services under the Services Agreement or otherwise),  plus  (ii) all interest expense of Borrower on a consolidated basis for such period,  plus  (iii) all charges against income of Borrower on a consolidated basis for such period for federal, state and local taxes,  plus  (iv) depreciation expenses for such period,  plus  (v) amortization expenses for such period.

 

Contingent Obligation ” means, as applied to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to (i) any indebtedness, lease, dividend, letter of credit or other obligation of another, including, without limitation, any such obligation directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed, co-made or discounted or sold with recourse by that Person, or in respect of which that Person is otherwise directly or indirectly liable; (ii) any obligations with respect to undrawn letters of credit, corporate credit cards or merchant services issued for the account of that Person; and (iii) all obligations arising under any interest rate, currency or commodity swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, or other agreement or arrangement designated to protect a Person against fluctuation in interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity prices; provided, however, that the term “Contingent Obligation” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determined amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Contingent Obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by such Person in good faith; provided, however, that such amount shall not in any event exceed the maximum amount of the obligations under the guarantee or other support arrangement.

 

Conversion Date ” means the date on which the Notice of Conversion is effective and shall be deemed to be the date on which Borrower receives the Notice of Conversion.

 

Conversion Price ” means, as applicable, the Principal Conversion Price or the Interest Conversion Price.

 

Conversion Shares ” means the shares of Preferred Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of the Loans or any portion thereof, as applicable.

 

Copyrights ” means any and all copyright rights, copyright applications, copyright registrations and like protections in each work or authorship and derivative work thereof, whether published or unpublished and whether or not the same also constitutes a trade secret, now or hereafter existing, created, acquired or held.

 

Debt ” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all indebtedness evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person as lessee under capital leases which have been or should be recorded as liabilities on a balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP, (d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding trade accounts payable and accrued obligations pertaining to trade creditors, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business and not more than 30 days overdue), (e) all indebtedness secured by a Lien on the property of such Person, whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person (with the amount thereof, in the case of any such indebtedness that has not been assumed by such Person, being measured as the lower of (x) fair market value of such property and (y) the amount of the indebtedness secured), (f) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, with respect to letters of credit (whether or not drawn), banker’s acceptances and surety bonds issued for the account of such Person, (g) all hedging arrangements of such Person, (h) all Contingent Obligations of such Person, (i) all earn-outs and similar obligations, (j) all indebtedness of any partnership of which such Person is a general partner (other than indebtedness which by its terms is non-recourse to the general partner), and (k) all obligations of such Person under any synthetic lease transaction, where such obligations are considered borrowed money indebtedness for tax purposes but the transaction is classified as an operating lease in accordance with GAAP.

 

 
 

 

 

Debt to EBITDA Ratio ” means the ratio of (i) total consolidated Debt of Borrower to (ii) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the last four fiscal quarters of Borrower.

 

Default ” means any event that, if it continues uncured, will, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both, constitute an Event of Default.

 

Default Rate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5 .

 

Disposition ” shall mean the sale, transfer or other disposition by any Loan Party of any asset to any Person (other than to Borrower or a Guarantor).

 

Environment ” means soil, surface waters, groundwater, land, stream sediments, surface or subsurface strata and ambient air.

 

Environmental Claims ” means all claims, however asserted, by any governmental, regulatory or judicial authority or other Person alleging potential liability or responsibility for violation of any Environmental Laws, or for releases of Hazardous Materials or injury to the environment or any Person or property arising from such releases or violations.

 

Environmental Laws ” means all law , rules, regulations, ordinances, codes, orders and the like issued by any federal state, local foreign or other governmental or quasi-governmental authority or any agency relating to protection of the Environment, including, without limitation, the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Endangered Species Act and similar federal, state and local laws as in effect on the Closing Date.

 

Equipment ” means all present and future machinery, equipment, tenant improvements, furniture, fixtures, vehicles, tools, parts and attachments in which Borrower has any interest.

 

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

 

Equity Interest ” shall mean (i) in the case of any corporation, all capital stock and any securities exchangeable for or convertible into capital stock, (ii) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents of corporate stock (however designated) in or to such association or entity, (iii) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited) and (iv) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distribution of assets of, the issuing Person, and including, in all of the foregoing cases described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), any warrants, rights or other options to purchase or otherwise acquire any of the interests described in any of the foregoing cases.

 

Event of Default ” has the meaning assigned in Article 8 .

 

Financial Statements ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.7 .

 

 
 

 

 

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, as in effect from time to time.

 

General Enforceability Exceptions ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2 .

 

Guaranty ” shall mean the individual and collective reference to the Guaranty at any time by the Guarantors in favor of Lender, and any other guaranty made in favor of Lender with respect to the Indebtedness, as the same may be amended, modified, revised or restated from time to time, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C .

 

Guarantor ” shall mean U-Swirl International, Inc., a Nevada corporation, and each other Person that executes and delivers, or is required to execute and deliver to Lender the Guaranty (or a joinder thereto).

 

Hazardous Material ” means any pollutant, toxic substance, hazardous waste, hazardous material, hazardous substance, petroleum or petroleum-containing product as listed or regulated under any applicable Environmental Law.

 

Implied Equity Value Per Share ” means the per share amount equal to (i) (A) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of Borrower for the last twelve months multiplied by 6.5, plus (B) cash, minus (C) consolidated Debt of Borrower (including the Loans) and the Stated Value of Preferred Stock (if any), divided by (ii) total outstanding shares of Common Stock of Borrower calculated on a fully diluted basis.

 

Indebtedness ” means (a) all indebtedness for borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of property or services, including without limitation reimbursement and other obligations with respect to surety bonds and letters of credit, (b) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c) all capital lease obligations, and (d) all Contingent Obligations.

 

Insolvency Proceeding ” means any proceeding commenced by or against any Person or entity under any provision of the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended, or under any other Bankruptcy or insolvency law, including assignments for the benefit of creditors, formal or informal moratoria, compositions, extension generally with its creditors, or proceedings seeking reorganization, arrangement, or other relief.

 

Insurance Proceeds ” shall mean the cash proceeds received by any Loan Party from any insurer in respect of any damage or destruction of any property or asset net of reasonable fees and expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees and expenses and any transfer or similar taxes) incurred solely in connection with the recovery thereof.

 

Intellectual Property Collateral ” means all of Borrower’s right, title, and interest in and to the following:

 

(a)

Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents;

 

(b)

Any and all trade secrets, and any and all intellectual property rights in computer software and computer software products now or hereafter existing, created, acquired or held;

 

(c)

Any and all design rights which may be available to Borrower now or hereafter existing, created, acquired or held;

 

(d)

Any and all claims for damages by way of past, present and future infringement of any of the rights included above, with the right, but not the obligation, to sue for and collect such damages for said use or infringement of the intellectual property rights identified above;

 

 
 

 

 

(e)

All licenses or other rights to use any of the Copyrights, Patents or Trademarks, and all license fees and royalties arising from such use to the extent permitted by such license or rights;

 

(f)

All amendments, renewals and extensions of any of the Copyrights, Trademarks or Patents; and

 

(g)

All proceeds and products of the foregoing, including without limitation all payments under insurance or any indemnity or warranty payable in respect of any of the foregoing.

 

Intellectual Property Security Agreements ” means the individual and collective reference to each intellectual property security agreement executed by any Loan Party, as the same may be amended, modified, revised or restated from time to time, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D .

 

Interest Conversion Price ” means the $0.45 per share of Preferred Stock.

 

Inventory ” means all present and future inventory in which Borrower has any interest.

 

Investment ” means any beneficial ownership of (including stock, partnership or limited liability company interest or other securities) any Person, or any loan, advance or capital contribution to any Person.

 

Lender ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Lender Expenses ” means all reasonable costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, whether generated in-house or by outside counsel) incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation, administration, and enforcement of the Loan Documents; reasonable Collateral audit fees; and Lender’s reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses (whether generated in-house or by outside counsel) incurred in amending, enforcing or defending the Loan Documents (including fees and expenses of appeal), incurred before, during and after an Insolvency Proceeding, whether or not suit is brought.

 

Lien ” means any mortgage, lien, deed of trust, charge, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance.

 

Loans ” means the loans made by Lender to Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Loan Commitment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 .

 

Loan Parties ” means Borrower and the Guarantor.

 

Loan Documents ” means, collectively, this Agreement, any note or notes executed by Borrower, the Guaranty, [the Intellectual Property Security Agreement], and any other document, instrument or agreement entered into in connection with this Agreement, all as amended or extended from time to time.

 

Material Adverse Effect ” means (i) a material adverse change in Borrower’s prospects, business or financial condition (including without limitation, evidence of a lack of investor support and/or Borrower’s inability to attract sufficient additional equity financing from its investors), or (ii) a material impairment in the prospect of repayment of all or any portion of the Obligations or in otherwise performing Borrower’s obligations under the Loan Documents, (iii) a material impairment in the perfection, value or priority of Lender’s security interests in the Collateral.

 

Maturity Date ” means January 16, 2016.

 

 
 

 

 

Negotiable Collateral ” means all of Borrower’s present and future letters of credit of which it is a beneficiary, drafts, instruments (including promissory notes), securities, documents of title, and chattel paper, and Borrower’s Books relating to any of the foregoing.

 

Net Cash Proceeds ” shall mean the aggregate cash payments received by any Loan Party from any Disposition, the issuance of Equity Interests or the issuance of Debt except Permitted Indebtedness, as the case may be, net of the ordinary and customary direct costs incurred in connection with such sale or issuance, as the case may be, such as legal, accounting and investment banking fees, sales commissions, and other third party charges, and net of property taxes, transfer taxes and any other taxes paid or payable by such Loan Party in respect of any sale or issuance.

 

Note ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 .

 

Notice of Conversion ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(b) .

 

Obligations ” means all debt, principal, interest, Lender Expenses and other amounts owed to Lender by Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or any other agreement, whether absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, including any interest that accrues after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding and including any debt, liability, or obligation owing from Borrower to others that Lender may have obtained by assignment or otherwise.

 

Patents ” means all patents, patent applications and like protections including without limitation improvements, divisions, continuations, renewals, reissues, extensions and continuations-in-part of the same.

 

Permitted Indebtedness ” means:

 

(a)

Indebtedness of Borrower in favor of Lender arising under this Agreement or any other Loan Document;

 

(b)

Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and disclosed on Schedule A-1 ;

 

(c)

Indebtedness to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of business; and

 

(d)

Extensions, refinancings and renewals of any items of Permitted Indebtedness, provided that the principal amount is not increased or the terms modified to impose more burdensome terms upon Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be.

 

Permitted Investment ” means:

 

(a)

Investments existing on the Closing Date disclosed on Schedule A-2 ;

 

(b)

(i) Marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency or any State thereof maturing within one (1) year from the date of acquisition thereof, (ii) commercial paper maturing no more than one (1) year from the date of creation thereof and currently having rating of at least A-2 or P-2 from either Standard & Poor’s Corporation or Moody’s Investors Service, (iii) Lender’s certificates of deposit maturing no more than one (1) year from the date of investment therein, and (iv) Lender’s money market accounts;

 

(c)

Repurchases of stock from former employees or directors of Borrower under the terms of applicable repurchase agreements in the ordinary course of business;

 

 
 

 

 

(d)

Investments of Subsidiaries in or to other Subsidiaries or Borrower and Investments by Borrower in Subsidiaries;

 

(e)

Investments not to exceed One-Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) in the aggregate in any fiscal year consisting of (i) travel advances and employee relocation loans and other employee loans and advances in the ordinary course of business, and (ii) loans to employees, officers or directors relating to the purchase of equity securities of Borrower or its Subsidiaries pursuant to employee stock purchase plan agreements approved by Borrower’s manager;

 

(f)

Investments (including debt obligations) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of customers or suppliers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers or suppliers arising in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business; and

 

(g)

Investments consisting of notes receivable of, or prepaid royalties and other credit extensions, to franchisees, customers and suppliers who are not Affiliates, in the ordinary course of business, provided that this subparagraph (h) shall not apply to Investments of Borrower in any Subsidiary.

 

Permitted Liens ” means the following:

 

(a)

Any Liens existing on the Closing Date and disclosed on Schedule A-3 or arising under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents;

 

(b)

Liens for taxes, fees, assessments or other governmental charges or levies, either not delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which Borrower maintains adequate reserves, provided the same have no priority over any of Lender’s security interests;

 

(c)

Liens not to exceed One-Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) in the aggregate (i) upon or in any Equipment acquired or held by Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries to secure the purchase price of such Equipment or indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition or lease of such Equipment, or (ii) existing on such Equipment at the time of its acquisition, provided that the Lien is confined solely to the property so acquired and improvements thereon, and the proceeds of such Equipment;

 

(d)

Liens incurred in connection with the extension, renewal or refinancing of the indebtedness secured by Liens of the type described in clauses (a) through (c) above, provided that any extension, renewal or replacement Lien shall be limited to the property encumbered by the existing Lien and the principal amount of the indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced does not increase; and

 

(e)

Liens arising from judgments, decrees or attachments in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default under Sections 8.5 (attachment) or 8.8 (judgments).

 

Person ” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, firm, joint stock company, estate, entity or governmental agency.

 

Pledged Collateral ” means all of the outstanding capital stock of U-Swirl International, Inc., a Nevada corporation.

 

Preferred Stock ” means shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001, of Borrower, with terms and preferences in substantially the form as set forth in Exhibit E attached hereto.

 

 
 

 

 

Principal Conversion Price ” means the $0.90 per share of Preferred Stock.

 

Origination Fee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8 .

 

Reinvestment Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11 .

 

Responsible Officer ” means each of the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer of Borrower.

 

Schedule ” means the schedule of exceptions attached hereto and approved by Lender, if any.

 

Services Agreement ” means the Services Agreement between Lender and Borrower, pursuant to which Lender provides certain management, accounting, information technology and other services to Borrower and its Affiliates.

 

SOS Reports ” means the official reports from the Secretaries of State of the State of Nevada and other applicable federal, state or local government offices identifying all current security interests filed in the Collateral and Liens of record as of the date of such report .

 

Stated Value of Preferred Stock ” means the aggregate amount of the Obligations converted to, or paid out in, shares of Preferred Stock pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Trademarks ” means any trademark and servicemark rights, whether registered or not, applications to register and registrations of the same and like protections, and the entire goodwill of the business of Borrower connected with and symbolized by such trademarks.

 

Undrawn Commitment Fee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7 .

 

 
 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

Form of Note

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE LAWS AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED, OR HYPOTHECATED (EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH IN THE AGREEMENT) (AS DEFINED BELOW) UNLESS AND UNTIL REGISTERED UNDER SUCH ACT, OR UNLESS THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW) HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL OR OTHER EVIDENCE, SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND ITS COUNSEL, THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

 

NOTE DUE JANUARY __, 2016

 

$7,750,000

January __, 2014

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, U-SWIRL, INC., a Nevada corporation (the “ Company ”), hereby promises to pay to ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY, INC., or its registered and permitted assigns (the “ Lender ”), the original principal sum of up to SEVEN MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($7,750,000) on January __, 2016 with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year) on the unpaid balance thereof (a) at the rate per annum and at such times as described in the Agreement and (b) after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default payable at such times as described in the Agreement (or, at the option of the registered holder hereof, on demand as provided in the Agreement), at a rate per annum from time to time equal to the default rate as more fully set forth in the Agreement.

 

Payments of principal of, interest on and any prepayment premium payable with respect to, this Note are to be made as set forth in the Agreement for such purpose or at such other place as the holder hereof shall designate to the Company in writing.

 

This Note is the Note issued pursuant to that Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of January __, 2014 (herein called the “ Agreement ”), among the Company and the Lender. This Note is a Loan Document entitled to the benefits of the Loan Documents.

 

This Note is a registered Note and, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer, duly endorsed, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed, by the registered holder hereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, a new Note for a like principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the name of, the transferee. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Company may treat the person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

This Note is also subject to prepayment, in whole or from time to time in part, on the terms specified in the Agreement.

 

In case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the original principal balance of this Note, together with all accrued and unpaid interest may be declared or otherwise become due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Agreement.

 

The Company and any and all endorsers, guarantors and sureties jointly and severally waive demand, presentment for payment, notice of dishonor or default, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration (except to the extent required in the Agreement), protest and diligence in collecting in connection with this Note, whether now or hereafter required by applicable law.

 

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Agreement.

 

 
B-1 

 

 

THIS NOTE SHALL BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER AND GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD APPLY A DIFFERENT LAW.

 

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B-2 

 

 

 

U-SWIRL, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Ulderico Conte

 

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 
 

 

 

EXHIBIT C

 

Form of Guaranty

 

This Guaranty is made as of January __, 2014, by U-Swirl International, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “ Guarantor ”) for the benefit of Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the “ Lender ”).

 

Pursuant to that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of January 16, 2014 by and between Lender and U-Swirl, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“ Borrower ”) (as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”; capitalized terms used herein are used as defined in the Loan Agreement), Lender has agreed to make a term loan to Borrower.

 

As a condition to making the Loans under the Loan Agreement, Lender has required the execution and delivery of this Guaranty by the Guarantor.

 

ACCORDINGLY, the Guarantor, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, hereby agrees as follows:

 

1.      Guaranty . The Guarantor hereby absolutely and unconditionally guarantees to Lender the full and prompt performance of the Guaranteed Obligations (as defined below).

 

2.      Unconditional Obligation . No act or thing need occur to establish the liability of the Guarantor hereunder, and no act or thing, except full payment and discharge of all principal, interest, expenses, indemnification obligations and other Obligations now or hereafter outstanding pursuant to the Loan Agreement (collectively, the “ Guaranteed Obligations ”), shall in any way exonerate the Guarantor hereunder or modify, reduce, limit or release the liability of the Guarantor hereunder. This is an absolute, unconditional and continuing guaranty of payment of the Guaranteed Obligations and shall continue to be in force and be binding upon the Guarantor until (i) this Guaranty is revoked prospectively as to future transactions, by written notice actually received by Lender, and such revocation shall not be effective as to the amount of the Guaranteed Obligations existing or committed for at the time of actual receipt of such notice by Lender or (ii) the Guaranteed Obligations are paid in full .

 

3.      Collection Costs . The Guarantor shall be liable for and, upon demand by Lender, shall reimburse Lender for, all attorneys’ fees, collection costs and enforcement expenses incurred by Lender in endeavoring to collect and enforce the Guaranteed Obligations and in enforcing this Guaranty. Guaranteed Obligations may be created and continued in any amount without affecting or impairing the liability of the Guarantor hereunder.

 

4.      Recovery from Borrower . The Guarantor hereby waives all rights that the Guarantor may now have or hereafter acquire, whether by subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, recourse, exoneration, contract or otherwise, to recover from Borrower or from any property of Borrower any sums paid under this Guaranty. The Guarantor will not exercise or enforce any right of contribution to recover any such sums from any person who is a co-obligor with Borrower or a guarantor or surety of the Guaranteed Obligations or from any property of any such person until all of the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been fully paid and discharged.

 

5.      Waiver of Accommodation Party Defenses . Whether or not any existing relationship between the Guarantor and Borrower has been changed or ended, Lender may enter into transactions resulting in the creation or continuance of the Guaranteed Obligations and may otherwise agree, consent to or suffer the creation or continuance of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, without any consent or approval by the Guarantor and without any prior or subsequent notice to the Guarantor. The liability of the Guarantor shall not be affected or impaired by any of the following acts or things (which Lender is expressly authorized to do, omit or suffer from time to time, both before and after revocation of this Guaranty, without consent or approval by or notice to the Guarantor): (i) any acceptance of collateral security, guarantors, accommodation parties or sureties for any or all of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) one or more extensions or renewals of the Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not for longer than the original period) or any modification of the interest rates, maturities or other contractual terms applicable to any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of the Loan Agreement, any other Loan Documents, or any other agreement under which the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof arose; (iii) any waiver or indulgence granted to Borrower, any delay or lack of diligence in the enforcement of the Guaranteed Obligations or any failure to institute proceedings, file a claim, give any required notices or otherwise protect any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (iv) any full or partial release of, compromise or settlement with, or agreement not to sue, Borrower or any guarantor or other person liable in respect of any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (v) any release, surrender, cancellation or other discharge of any evidence of the Guaranteed Obligations or the acceptance of any instrument in renewal or substitution therefor; (vi) any failure to obtain collateral security (including rights of setoff) for the Guaranteed Obligations, or to see to the proper or sufficient creation and perfection thereof, or to establish the priority thereof, or to preserve, protect, insure, care for, exercise or enforce any collateral security; or any modification, alteration, substitution, exchange, surrender, cancellation, termination, release or other change, impairment, limitation, loss or discharge of any collateral security; (vii) any collection, sale, lease or disposition of, or any other foreclosure or enforcement of or realization on, any collateral security; (viii) any assignment, pledge or other transfer of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any evidence thereof; (ix) any manner, order or method of application of any payments or credits upon the Guaranteed Obligations; and (x) any election by Lender under Section 1111(b) of the United States Bankruptcy Code. The Guarantor waives any and all defenses and discharges available to a surety, guarantor or accommodation co-obligor.

 

 
 

 

 

6.      Waiver of Defenses Related to Borrower . The Guarantor waives any and all defenses, claims, setoffs and discharges of Borrower, or any other obligor, pertaining to the Guaranteed Obligations, except the defense of discharge by payment in full. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Guarantor will not assert, plead or enforce against Lender any defense of waiver, release, discharge or disallowance in bankruptcy, statute of limitations, res judicata, statute of frauds, anti-deficiency statute, fraud, incapacity, minority, usury, illegality or unenforceability which may be available to Borrower or any other person liable in respect of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any setoff available against Lender to Borrower or any other such person, whether or not on account of a related transaction. The Guarantor expressly agrees that the Guarantor shall be and remain liable for any deficiency remaining after foreclosure of any mortgage or security interest securing the Guaranteed Obligations, whether or not the liability of Borrower or any other obligor for such deficiency is discharged pursuant to statute or judicial decision. The liability of the Guarantor shall not be affected or impaired by any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets, marshalling of assets and liabilities, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment of, or other similar event or proceeding affecting, Borrower or any of its assets. The Guarantor will not assert, plead or enforce against Lender any claim, defense or setoff available to the Guarantor against Borrower.

 

7.      Defenses Related to Instruments . The Guarantor waives presentment, demand for payment, notice of dishonor or nonpayment and protest of any instrument evidencing the Guaranteed Obligations. Lender shall not be required first to resort for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations to Borrower or other persons, or their properties, or first to enforce, realize upon or exhaust any collateral security for the Guaranteed Obligations, before enforcing this Guaranty.

 

8.      Recovered Payments; Reinstatement of Guaranty . If any payment applied by Lender to the Guaranteed Obligations is thereafter set aside, recovered, rescinded or required to be returned for any reason (including, without limitation, the bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of Borrower or any other obligor), the Guaranteed Obligations to which such payment was applied shall for the purpose of this Guaranty be deemed to have continued in existence, notwithstanding such application, and this Guaranty shall be enforceable as to such Guaranteed Obligations as fully as if such application had never been made. Furthermore, if, following the payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations, any additional amounts under or related to the Loan Agreement shall thereafter become due and owing to Lender, this Guaranty shall be enforceable as to such amounts as fully as if the Guaranteed Obligations had not, in fact, ever been paid in full in cash.

 

9.      No Obligation of Lender . The Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that Lender (a) has not made any representations or warranties with respect to, (b) does not assume any responsibility to the Guarantor for, and (c) has no duty to provide information to the Guarantor regarding, the enforceability of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or the financial condition of Borrower or any guarantor. The Guarantor has independently determined the creditworthiness of Borrower and the enforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations and until the Guaranteed Obligations are paid in full will independently and without reliance on Lender continue to make such determinations.

 

 
 

 

 

10.      Representations of Guarantors . The Guarantor represents and warrants to Lender that the Guarantor has a direct and substantial economic interest in Borrower and expects to derive substantial benefits from any loans, credit transactions, financial accommodations, and other transactions and events resulting in the creation of the Guaranteed Obligations. Lender shall have no duty to inquire into or confirm the receipt of any such benefits, and this Guaranty shall be effective and enforceable by Lender without regard to the receipt, nature or value of any such benefits.

 

11.      Notices . All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be (i) personally delivered, (ii) transmitted by registered mail, postage prepaid, (iii) sent by Federal Express or similar expedited delivery service, or (iv) transmitted by telecopy, email or other electronic transmission, in each case addressed to the party to whom notice is being given at its address on the signature pages hereto, or at such other address as may hereafter be designated in writing by that party. All such notices or other communications shall be deemed to have been given on (i) the date received if delivered personally, (ii) three (3) business days after the date of posting if delivered by mail, (iii) the date of receipt, if delivered by Federal Express or similar expedited delivery service, or (iv) the date of transmission if delivered by telecopy, email or other electronic transmission.

 

12.      Miscellaneous . This Guaranty shall be effective upon delivery to Lender, without further act, condition or acceptance by Lender, shall be binding upon the Guarantor and the successors and assigns of the Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of Lender and its successors and assigns. Any invalidity or unenforceability of any provision or application of this Guaranty shall not affect other lawful provisions and application thereof, and to this end the provisions of this Guaranty are declared to be severable. This Guaranty may not be waived, modified, amended, terminated, released or otherwise changed except by a writing signed by the Guarantor and Lender.

 

13.      CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE; JURY TRIAL WAIVER . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER AND GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD APPLY A DIFFERENT LAW. EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN LA PLATA COUNTY IN THE STATE OF COLORADO. THE GUARANTOR ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IS A CONSTITUTIONAL ONE, BUT THAT IT MAY BE WAIVED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE GUARANTOR, AFTER CONSULTING (OR HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT) WITH COUNSEL OF ITS CHOICE, KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY, AND FOR THE MUTUAL BENEFIT OF ALL PARTIES, WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT, INSTRUMENT OR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNDERSIGNED PARTIES .

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has executed this Guaranty as of the day and year first above written.

 
  GUARANTOR:  
     

 

U-SWIRL INTERNATIONAL, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Ulderico Conte

 

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

     
 

Address:

 
     
  1175 American Pacific, Suite C
Henderson, Nevada 89074
 

 

 
 

 

 

EXHIBIT D

 

Form of Intellectual Property Security Agreement

 

This Intellectual Property Security Agreement is entered into as of January __, 2014 by and between Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc., a Colorado corporation (“ Lender ”), and U-Swirl International, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“ Grantor ”).

 

RECITALS

 

A.      Lender has agreed to make a term loan (the “Loan”) to Grantor’s parent company, U-Swirl, Inc. (“Borrower”) and to extend certain financial accommodations to Borrower pursuant to that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of January __, 2014 by and between Lender and Borrower, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time (the “Loan Agreement).” Capitalized terms used but not defined herein are used as defined in the Loan Agreement. Lender is willing to make the Loan to Borrower, but only upon the condition, among others, that Grantor shall grant to Lender a security interest in certain Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents to secure the obligations of Borrower under the Loan Agreement.

 

B.      Pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement, Borrower has granted to Lender a security interest in all of its and its subsidiaries’ right, title and interest, whether presently existing or hereafter acquired, in, to and under all of the Collateral.

 

Now, Therefore, for good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment when due of Borrower’s obligations under the Loan Agreement and all other agreements now existing or hereafter arising between Borrower and Lender, Grantor hereby represents, warrants, covenants and agrees, and Lender agrees, as follows:

 

AGREEMENT

 

To secure Borrower’s obligations under the Loan Agreement and under any other agreement now existing or hereafter arising between Borrower and Lender, and as an accommodation to Borrower, Grantor grants and pledges to Lender a security interest in all of Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under its Intellectual Property Collateral throughout the world, and to all re-issues, divisions continuations, renewals, extensions and continuations-in-part thereof (including without limitation, those registered Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks listed on Exhibits A , B , and C hereto, if any), and including without limitation all proceeds thereof (such as, by way of example but not by way of limitation, license royalties and proceeds of infringement suits, if any), the right to sue for past, present and future infringements, all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world and all re-issues, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions and continuations in part thereof.

 

Subject to any limitations on the right to sue that may result from any license agreement between Grantor and a third party with respect to the Intellectual Property Collateral existing as of the date hereof, any rights and remedies granted pursuant to this Intellectual Property Security Agreement may only be exercised during the continuance of an Event of Default in accordance with Article 9 of the Loan Agreement.

 

 
 

 

 

This security interest is granted in conjunction with the security interest granted to Lender under the Loan Agreement. The rights and remedies of Lender with respect to the security interest granted hereby are in addition to those set forth in the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and those which are now or hereafter available to Lender as a matter of law or equity. Each right, power and remedy of Lender provided for herein or in the Loan Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity shall be cumulative and concurrent and shall be in addition to every right, power or remedy provided for herein and the exercise by Lender of any one or more of the rights, powers or remedies provided for in this Intellectual Property Security Agreement, the Loan Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity, shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise by any person, including Lender, of any or all other rights, powers or remedies.

 

If any conflict exists between (a) this Intellectual Property Security Agreement and (b) the Loan Agreement, the provisions of this Intellectual Property Security Agreement will control.

 

Grantor represents and warrants that Exhibits A , B and C attached hereto set forth any and all intellectual property rights in connection to which Grantor has registered or filed an application with either the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable.

 

The rights granted to Lender under this Intellectual Property Security Agreement will terminate when Borrower has satisfied its obligations under the Loan Agreement, or when the Loan Agreement is earlier terminated for any reason.

 

This Intellectual Property Security Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties have caused this Intellectual Property Security Agreement to be duly executed by its officers thereunto duly authorized as of the first date written above.

 
  GRANTOR:  
     

 

U-SWIRL INTERNATIONAL, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

Ulderico Conte

 

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

     
 

Address:

 
     
  1175 American Pacific, Suite C
Henderson, Nevada 89074
 

 

 

  LENDER:  
     

 

ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

Bryan J. Merryman

 

 

Title:

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

     
 

Address:

 
     
 

265 Turner Drive
Durango, Colorado 81303

 

 

 
 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

Copyrights

 

Description

 

Registration
Number

 

Registration Date

 

       

 

 
 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

Patents

 

Description

 

Patent / Application
Number

 

Issue /

Application Date

 

       

 

 
 

 

 

EXHIBIT C

 

Trademarks

 

Description

 

Registration/ Serial
Number

 

Registration/

Application Date

         

 

 

 
 

 

 

EXHIBIT E

 

Form of Certificate of Designations

 

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF

SERIES A CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK,

par value $0.001 per share ,
OF
U-SWIRL, INC.

 

Pursuant to NRS 78.1995

 

The undersigned DOES HEREBY CERTIFY that the following resolution was duly adopted by the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of U-Swirl, Inc., a Nevada corporation (hereinafter called the “ Corporation ”), with the designations, powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, having been fixed by the Board pursuant to authority granted to it under Article III of the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 78.1995 of the Nevada Revised Statutes:

 

RESOLVED: That, pursuant to authority conferred upon the Board by the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended, the Board hereby authorizes the issuance of [               ] 1 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Corporation and hereby fixes the designations, powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of such shares, in addition to those set forth in the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended, as follows:

 

Designation . The shares of such series shall be designated “Series A Convertible Preferred Stock,” and the number of shares constituting such series shall be [ ] (the “ Series A Preferred Stock ”). The number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased by resolution of the Board and the approval by the holders of a majority of the shares of the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock, voting as a separate class; provided that no decrease shall reduce the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to a number less than the number of shares of such series then outstanding.

 

Currency . All Series A Preferred Stock shall be denominated in United States currency, and all payments and distributions thereon or with respect thereto shall be made in United States currency. All references herein to “$” or “dollars” refer to United States currency.

 

Ranking . The Series A Preferred Stock shall, with respect to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, winding up or dissolution, rank senior to each other class or series of shares of the Corporation that the Corporation may issue in the future the terms of which do not expressly provide that such class or series ranks equally with, or senior to, the Series A Preferred Stock, with respect to dividend rights and/or rights upon liquidation, winding up or dissolution, including, without limitation, the common stock of the Corporation, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”) (such junior stock being referred to hereinafter collectively as “ Junior Stock ”).

 

 


1   On January 16, 2014, the Board of Directors of U-Swirl, Inc. authorized the issuance of up to 14,000,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

 
 

 

 

The Series A Preferred Stock shall, with respect to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, winding up or dissolution, rank equally with each other class or series of shares of the Corporation that the Corporation may issue in the future the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series shall rank equally with the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, winding up or dissolution (“ Parity Stock ”).

 

The Series A Preferred Stock shall, with respect to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, winding up or dissolution, rank junior to each other class or series of shares of the Corporation that the Corporation may issue in the future the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series shall rank senior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, winding up or dissolution (“ Senior Stock ”). The Series A Preferred Stock shall also rank junior to the Corporation’s existing and future indebtedness.

 

Dividends .

 

(a)      The holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board, out of any funds legally available therefor, dividends per share of Series A Preferred Stock of an amount equal to (i) 9.0% per annum of the Stated Value (as herein defined) of each share of such Series A Preferred Stock then in effect, before any dividends shall be declared, set apart for or paid upon the Junior Stock (the “ Regular Dividends ”) and (ii) the aggregate amount of any dividends or other distributions, whether cash, in kind or other property, paid on outstanding shares of Common Stock on a per share basis based on the number of shares of Common Stock into which such share of Series A Preferred Stock could be converted on the applicable record date for such dividends or other distributions, assuming such shares of Common Stock were outstanding on the applicable record date for such dividend or other distributions (the “ Participating Dividends ” and, together with the Regular Dividends, the “ Dividends ”). For purposes hereof, the term “ Stated Value ” shall mean $0.90 per share of Series A Preferred Stock, as adjusted as described in Section 4(c).

 

(b)      Regular Dividends shall be payable quarterly in arrears on March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 of each year (unless any such day is not a Business Day, in which event such Regular Dividends shall be payable on the next succeeding Business Day, without accrual to the actual payment date), commencing on [_______, 201_] (each such payment date being a “ Regular Dividend Payment Date ,” and the period from the date of issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock to the first Regular Dividend Payment Date and each such quarterly period thereafter being a “ Regular Dividend Period ”). The amount of Regular Dividends payable on the Series A Preferred Stock for any period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed. Participating Dividends shall be payable as and when paid to the holders of shares of Common Stock (each such date being a “ Participating Dividend Payment Date ,” and, together with each Regular Dividend Payment Date, a “ Dividend Payment Date ”).

 

 
 

 

 

(c)      Regular Dividends, whether or not declared, shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from the Issue Date. Participating Dividends are payable on a cumulative basis once declared, whether or not there shall be funds legally available for the payment thereon. If the Corporation does not pay any Regular Dividend in full on any scheduled Regular Dividend Payment Date, such Regular Dividends will accrue at an annual rate of 15.0% of the Stated Value from such scheduled Regular Dividend Payment Date to the date that all accumulated Regular Dividends on the Series A Preferred have been paid in cash in full. Any Regular Dividends accrued pursuant to this Section 4(c) on each Regular Dividend Payment Date shall be added to the Stated Value until such Regular Dividends are paid in cash in full. For the avoidance of doubt, dividends shall accumulate whether or not in any Regular Dividend Period there have been funds of the Corporation legally available for the payment of such dividends.

 

(d)      Except as otherwise provided herein, if at any time the Corporation pays less than the total amount of Dividends then accumulated with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock, such payment shall be distributed pro rata among the holders thereof based upon the Stated Value on all shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by each such holder. When Dividends are not paid in full upon the shares of Series A Preferred Stock, all Dividends declared on Series A Preferred Stock and any other Parity Stock shall be paid pro rata so that the amount of Dividends so declared on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and each such other class or series of Parity Stock shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio as accumulated Dividends (for the full amount of dividends that would be payable for the most recently payable dividend period if dividends were declared in full on non-cumulative Parity Stock) on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and such other class or series of Parity Stock bear to each other.

 

(e)      When and if declared, the Regular Dividends shall be paid in cash or Shares of Series A Preferred Stock, at the Corporation’s option. Subject to Sections 9 below, the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued pursuant to this Section 4(e) shall be determined by dividing the amount of interest due by the Dividend Conversion Price (rounded up to the next whole share). For purposes hereof, the initial Dividend Conversion Price shall be $0.90 per share of Series A Preferred Stock, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

 

(f)      The Corporation shall not declare or pay any dividends on shares of Common Stock unless the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding shall simultaneously receive Participating Dividends on a pro rata basis as if the shares of Series A Preferred Stock had been converted into shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 7 immediately prior to the record date for determining the stockholders eligible to receive such dividends.

 

(g)      Each Dividend shall be payable to the holders of record of shares of Series A Preferred Stock as they appear on the stock records of the Corporation at the Close of Business on such record dates (each, a “ Dividend Payment Record Date ”), which (i) with respect to Regular Dividends, shall be not more than 30 days nor less than 10 days preceding the applicable Regular Dividend Payment Date, and (ii) with respect to Participating Dividends, shall be the same day as the record date for the payment of dividends or distributions to the holders of shares of Common Stock.

 

 
 

 

 

(h)      From and after the time, if any, that the Corporation shall have failed to pay all accumulated and unpaid Regular Dividends for all prior Regular Dividend Periods and/or declared and unpaid Participating Dividends in accordance with this Section 4, no dividends shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment, or other distribution declared or made, upon any Junior Stock, nor shall any Junior Stock be redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired for any consideration (nor shall any moneys be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any shares of any such Junior Stock) by the Corporation, directly or indirectly until all such Regular Dividends and/or Participating Dividends have been paid in full without the consent of a majority of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock; provided, however , that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to:

 

(1)      purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Junior Stock in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of any one or more employees, officers, directors, managers or consultants of or to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(2)      an exchange, redemption, reclassification or conversion of any class or series of Junior Stock for any class or series of Junior Stock; or

 

(3)      any dividend in the form of stock, warrants, options or other rights where the dividended stock or the stock issuable upon exercise of such warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the dividend is being paid or ranks equal or junior to that stock.

 

Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up .

 

(a)      Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation (each, a “ Liquidation ”), after satisfaction of all liabilities and obligations to creditors of the Corporation and before any distribution or payment shall be made to holders of any Junior Stock, each holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, out of the assets of the Corporation or proceeds thereof (whether capital or surplus) legally available therefor, an amount per share of Series A Preferred Stock equal to the greater of:

 

(1)      the Stated Value per share, plus an amount equal to any Regular Dividends accumulated but unpaid thereon (whether or not declared) plus declared but unpaid Participating Dividends through the date of Liquidation; and

 

(2)      the payment such holders would have received had such holders, immediately prior to such Liquidation converted their shares of Series A Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock (at the then applicable Conversion Rate) pursuant to Section 7 immediately prior to such Liquidation plus declared but unpaid Participating Dividends through the date of Liquidation.

 

(the greater of (1) and (2) is referred to herein as the “ Liquidation Preference ”). Holders of Series A Preferred Stock will not be entitled to any other amounts from the Corporation after they have received the full amounts provided for in this Section 5(a) and will have no right or claim to any of the Corporation’s remaining assets.

 

 
 

 

 

(b)      If, in connection with any distribution described in Section 5(a) above, the assets of the Corporation or proceeds thereof are not sufficient to pay in full the Liquidation Preference payable on the Series A Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable on the Parity Stock, then such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be paid pro rata in accordance with the full respective amounts which would be payable on such shares if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full.

 

(c)      For purposes of this Section 5, the merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into any other corporation or other entity, or the sale, conveyance, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, shall not constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

 

Voting Rights .

 

(a)      The holders of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to (i) vote with the holders of the Common Stock on all matters submitted for a vote of holders of Common Stock, (ii) a number of votes per share of Series A Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Common Stock into which each such share of Series A Preferred Stock is then convertible at the time of the related record date and (iii) notice of all stockholders’ meetings (or pursuant to any action by written consent) in accordance with the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws as if the holders of Series A Preferred Stock were holders of Common Stock. Except as provided by law or by the provisions of Section 6(b), holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall vote together with the holders of Common Stock as a single class.

 

(b)      The Corporation shall not and shall not permit any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Corporation to, without first obtaining the written consent or affirmative vote at a meeting called for that purpose by holders of at least a majority of the then outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, take any of the following actions:

 

(1)      Any change, amendment, alteration or repeal (including as a result of a merger, consolidation, or other similar or extraordinary transaction) of any provisions of the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation or By-laws that amends, modifies or adversely affects the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the Series A Preferred Stock;

 

(2)      Any issuance or reclassification of stock that would rank equal or senior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to the redemption, liquidation, dissolution or winding up the Corporation or with respect to dividend rights;

 

(3)      Any voluntary initiation of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or commencement of a proceeding for bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar action with respect to the Corporation or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary;

 

(4)      Any material change to the tax or accounting policies of the Corporation, except any changes required by applicable law or pursuant to GAAP;

 

(5)      Any increase in the authorized number of members of the Board if such increase would result in the Board having more than eight (8) members;

 

 
 

 

 

(6)      Any declaration or payment of any dividend or distribution, in each case, of assets (including via Spin-Off Transaction or split off) to any holder of equity securities of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries other than (i) pro rata cash dividends made only to the holders of Common Stock and Series A Preferred Stock and (ii) dividends and distributions of assets paid or otherwise made to the Corporation or one or more of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries; or

 

(7)      Create, incur, assume, guarantee or be or remain liable with respect to any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness to trade creditors, Indebtedness existing on the date hereof, or extensions, refinancings and renewals of any items of Indebtedness existing as of the date hereof, provided that the principal amount is not increased or the terms modified to impose more burdensome terms upon the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, or prepay any Indebtedness or take any actions which impose on the Corporation an obligation to prepay any Indebtedness.

 

Conversion .

 

(a)      Optional Conversion . At any time, each holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall have the right, at such holder’s option, to convert any or all of such holder’s shares of Series A Preferred Stock, and the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted shall be converted into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of the aggregate Stated Value of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted divided by $0.90 multiplied by the Conversion Rate then in effect, plus cash in lieu of fractional shares, as set out in Section 9(i), plus an amount in cash per share of Series A Preferred Stock equal to accrued but unpaid dividends on such share from and including the immediately preceding Dividend Payment Date to but excluding the applicable conversion date, out of funds legally available therefor.

 

(b)      Conversion Rate . The “ Conversion Rate ” means [                 ] 2 shares, subject to adjustment in accordance with the provisions of this Certificate of Designation.

 

(c)      Conversion Procedures . A holder must do each of the following in order to convert its shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 7:

 

(1) complete and manually sign the conversion notice provided by the conversion Agent, and deliver such notice to the Conversion Agent;

 

(2) deliver to the Conversion Agent the certificate or certificates representing the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be converted (or, if such certificate or certificates have been lost, stolen or destroyed, a lost certificate affidavit and indemnity in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Corporation);

 

(3) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Corporation; and

 

 


2   To be equal to the issue price (based upon the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued) divided by the conversion price. The conversion rate shall be at least one (1) share of preferred stock to three (3) shares of common stock.

 

 
 

 

 

(4) if required, pay any stock transfer, documentary, stamp or similar taxes not payable by the Corporation pursuant to Section 7(g).

 

The “ Conversion Date ” means the date on which a holder complies in all respects with the procedures set forth in this Section 7(c).

 

(d)      Effect of Conversion . Effective immediately prior to the Close of Business on the Conversion Date applicable to any shares of Series A Preferred Stock, dividends shall no longer accrue or be declared on any such shares of Series A Preferred Stock and such shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall cease to be outstanding.

 

(e)      Record Holder of Underlying Securities as of Conversion Date . The Person or Persons entitled to receive the Common Stock and, to the extent applicable, cash, issuable upon conversion of Series A Preferred Stock on a Conversion Date shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder(s) of such shares of Common Stock and/or cash as of the Close of Business on such Conversion Date. As promptly as practicable on or after the Conversion Date and compliance by the applicable holder with the relevant conversion procedures contained in Section 7(c) (and in any event no later than three Trading Days thereafter), the Corporation shall issue the number of whole shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion (and deliver payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares). Such delivery of shares of Common Stock and, if applicable, cash shall be made, at the option of the applicable holder, in certificated form or by book-entry. Any such certificate or certificates shall be delivered by the Corporation to the appropriate holder on a book-entry basis or by mailing certificates evidencing the shares to the holders at their respective addresses as set forth in the conversion notice. If fewer than all of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by any holder hereto are converted pursuant to Section 7(a), then a new certificate representing the unconverted shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be issued to such holder concurrently with the issuance of the certificates (or book-entry shares) representing the applicable shares of Common Stock. In the event that a holder shall not by written notice designate the name in which shares of Common Stock and, to the extent applicable, cash to be delivered upon conversion of shares of Series A Preferred Stock should be registered or paid, or the manner in which such shares and, if applicable, cash should be delivered, the Corporation shall be entitled to register and deliver such shares and, if applicable, cash in the name of the holder and in the manner shown on the records of the Corporation.

 

(f)      Status of Converted or Acquired Shares . Shares of Series A Preferred Stock duly converted in accordance with this Certificate of Designation, or otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any manner whatsoever, shall be retired promptly after the acquisition thereof. All such shares shall upon their retirement and any filing required by the Nevada Revised Statutes become authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock, without designation as to series until such shares are once more designated as part of a particular series by the Board pursuant to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation.

 

(g)      Taxes . (1) The Corporation and its paying agent shall be entitled to withhold taxes on all payments on the Series A Preferred Stock or Common Stock or other securities issued upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock to the extent required by law. Prior to the date of any such payment, each holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall deliver to the Corporation or its paying agent a duly executed, valid, accurate and properly completed Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or an appropriate Internal Revenue Service Form W-8, as applicable.

 

 
 

 

 

(2)     Absent a change in law or Internal Revenue Service practice, or a contrary determination (as defined in Section 1313(a) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”)), each holder of Series A Preferred Stock and the Corporation agree not to treat the Series A Preferred Stock (based on their terms as set forth in this Certificate of Designation) as “preferred stock” within the meaning of Section 305 of the Code, and Treasury Regulation Section 1.305-5 for United States federal income tax and withholding tax purposes and shall not take any position inconsistent with such treatment.

 

(3)     The Corporation shall pay any and all documentary, stamp and similar issue or transfer tax due on (x) the issue of the Series A Preferred Stock and (y) the issue of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock. However, in the case of conversion of Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax or duty that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of shares of Common Stock or Series A Preferred Stock in a name other than that of the holder of the shares to be converted, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the person requesting such issue has paid to the Corporation the amount of any such tax or duty, or has established to the satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax or duty has been paid.

 

(4)     Each holder of Series A Preferred Stock and the Corporation agree to cooperate with each other in connection with any redemption of part of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock and to use good faith efforts to structure such redemption so that such redemption may be treated as a sale or exchange pursuant to Section 302 of the Code; provided that nothing in this Section 7(g) shall require the Corporation to purchase any shares of Series A Preferred Stock, and provided further that the Corporation makes no representation or warranty in this Section 7(g) regarding the tax treatment of any redemption of Series A Preferred Stock.

 

Redemption and Repurchase .

 

(a)      Repurchase at the Option of the Holder . At any time after [●] , 20__ 3 , such holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock may irrevocably elect to require the Corporation to repurchase all or any portion of such holder’s shares of Series A Preferred Stock in accordance with the next succeeding sentence by giving irrevocable, written notice to the Corporation at a repurchase price per share, payable in cash, equal to the sum of (1) the Stated Value per share of the Series A Preferred Stock plus (2) an amount per share equal to accrued but unpaid dividends from and including the immediately preceding Dividend Payment Date to but excluding the date of repurchase. Such notice shall state the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be repurchased and the date of repurchase, which shall be at least six but no more than 20 Business Days following the delivery of such notice.

 

 


3   Date to be the fifth anniversary of the Issue Date.

 

 
 

 

 

(b)      Partial Redemption . In case of any redemption of part of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock at the time outstanding pursuant to this Section 8, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected pro rata . Subject to the provisions hereof, the Corporation shall have full power and authority to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be redeemed from time to time. If fewer than all the shares represented by any certificate are redeemed, a new certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares without charge to the holder thereof.

 

(c)      Effectiveness of Redemption . If notice of redemption has been duly given and if on or before the redemption date specified in the notice all funds necessary for the redemption have been deposited by the Corporation, in trust for the pro rata benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, with a bank or trust company doing business in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and having a capital and surplus of at least $500 million and selected by the Board, so as to be and continue to be available solely therefor, then, notwithstanding that any certificate for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation, on and after the redemption date dividends shall cease to accrue on all shares so called for redemption, all shares so called for redemption shall no longer be deemed outstanding and all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such redemption date cease and terminate, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive the amount payable on such redemption from such bank or trust company, without interest. Any funds unclaimed at the end of three years from the redemption date shall, to the extent permitted by law, be released to the Corporation, after which time the holders of the shares so called for redemption shall look only to the Corporation for payment of the redemption price of such shares.

 

Anti-Dilution Provisions

 

(a)      Adjustments . The Conversion Rate will be subject to adjustment, without duplication, under the following circumstances:

 

(1) the issuance of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, or a subdivision or combination of Common Stock or a reclassification of Common Stock into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, in which event the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

 

where,

 

CR 0      =     the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Close of Business on (i) the Record Date for such dividend or distribution, or (ii) the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification;

 

CR 1      =     the new Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on (i) the Record Date for such dividend or distribution, or (ii) the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification;

 

 
 

 

 

OS 0      =     the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Close of Business on (i) the Record Date for such dividend or distribution or (ii) the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification; and

 

OS 1      =     the number of shares of Common Stock that would be outstanding immediately after, and solely as a result of, the completion of such event (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to OS0 in the event of a dividend or distribution that does not involve the surrender or exchange of shares of Common Stock).

 

Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (1) shall be effective immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Trading Day immediately following the Record Date, in the case of a dividend or distribution, or the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or reclassification. If any such event is declared but does not occur, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board announces that such event shall not occur, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such event had not been declared.

 

(2) the dividend, distribution or other issuance to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock of rights (other than a distribution of rights issued pursuant to a stockholders rights plan, to the extent such rights are attached to shares of Common Stock (in which event the provisions of Section 9(a)(5) shall apply)), options or warrants entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock for a period expiring 60 days or less from the date of issuance thereof, at a price per share that is less than the Closing Price on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Record Date for such issuance, in which event the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

 

where,

 

CR 0      =     the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Close of Business on the Record Date for such dividend, distribution or issuance;

 

CR 1      =     the new Conversion Rate in effect immediately following the Close of Business on the Record Date for such dividend, distribution or issuance;

 

OS 0      =     the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Close of Business on the Record Date for such dividend, distribution or issuance;

 

X         =     the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights, options or warrants; and

 

 
 

 

 

Y         =     the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants divided by the Closing Price on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Record Date for such dividend, distribution or issuance.

 

For purposes of this clause (2), in determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle the holders to purchase the Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the Closing Price on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Record Date for such dividend, distribution or issuance, there shall be taken into account any consideration the Corporation receives for such rights, options or warrants, and any amount payable on exercise thereof, with the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be the fair market value thereof (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors).

 

Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (2) shall become effective immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Trading Day immediately following the Record Date for such dividend, distribution or issuance. In the event that such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board publicly announces its decision not to issue such rights, options or warrants, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend, distribution or issuance had not been declared. To the extent that such rights, options or warrants are not exercised prior to their expiration or shares of Common Stock are otherwise not delivered pursuant to such rights, options or warrants upon the exercise of such rights, options or warrants, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustments made upon the dividend, distribution or issuance of such rights, options or warrants been made on the basis of the delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered.

 

(3) the Corporation or one or more of its subsidiaries make purchases of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer (other than an exchange offer that constitutes a Spin-Off Transaction subject to Section 9(a)(4)) by the Corporation or a subsidiary of the Corporation for all or any portion of the Common Stock, where the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of Common Stock validly tendered or exchanged exceeds the Closing Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day prior to the last day (the “ Expiration Date ”) on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (as it may be amended), in which event the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

where,

 

CR 0      =     the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date;

 

 
 

 

 

CR 1      =     the new Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the Expiration Date;

 

AC     =     the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors), on the Expiration Date, of the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration paid or payable for shares validly tendered or exchanged and not withdrawn as of the Expiration Date (the “ Purchased Shares ”);

 

OS 1      =     the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the last time tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (the “ Expiration Time ”), excluding any Purchased Shares;

 

OS 0      =     the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before the Expiration Time, including any Purchased Shares; and

 

SP 1      =     the arithmetic average of the VWAP (as defined below) for each of the 10 consecutive full Trading Days ending on the Trading Day immediately succeeding the Expiration Date.

 

Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (3) shall become effective immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Trading Day immediately following the Expiration Date. In the event that the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries is obligated to purchase Common Stock pursuant to any such tender offer or exchange offer but is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases, or all such purchases are rescinded, then the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such tender offer or exchange offer had not been made.

 

(4) the Corporation shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all or substantially all holders of its Common Stock (subject to an exception for cash in lieu of fractional shares) shares of any class of Capital Stock (other than Common Stock as covered by Section 9(a)(1)), evidences of its indebtedness, assets, other property or securities or rights, options or warrants to acquire Capital Stock or other securities, but excluding (A) dividends or distributions referred to in Section 9(a)(1) hereof, (B) rights, options or warrants referred to in Section 9(a)(2) hereof or distributed in connection with a stockholder rights plan (in which event the provisions of Section 9(a)(5) to the extent applicable shall apply), (C) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash (which, to the extent applicable, are required to be paid to the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 4), and (D) Spin-Off Transactions as to which the provision set forth below in this Section 9(a)(4) shall apply (any of such shares of Capital Stock, indebtedness, assets, property or rights, options or warrants to acquire Common Stock or other securities, hereinafter in this Section 9(a)(4) called the “ Distributed Property ”), then, in each such case the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

 

 

where,

 

CR 0      =     the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution;

 

 
 

 

 

CR 1      =     the new Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution;

 

SP 0      =     the Closing Price on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Record Date for such dividend or distribution; and

 

C         =     the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) of the portion of Distributed Property distributed with respect to each outstanding share of Common Stock on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution; provided that, if C is equal or greater than SP0, then in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, the Corporation shall distribute to each holder of Series A Preferred Stock on the date the applicable Distributed Property is distributed to holders of Common Stock, but without requiring such holder to convert its shares of Series A Preferred Stock the amount of Distributed Property such holder would have received had such holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate on the Record Date fixed for determination for shareholders entitled to receive such distribution.

 

With respect to an adjustment pursuant to this Section 9(a)(4) in connection with a Spin-Off Transaction, the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the effective date of the Spin-Off Transaction shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

 

 

where,

 

CR 0       =     (x) the Exchange Ratio, multiplied by (y) the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Close of Business on the effective date of the Spin-Off Transaction;

 

CR 1       =     the new Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the effective date of the Spin-Off Transaction;

 

FMV     =     (x) the Distribution Ratio, multiplied by (y) the arithmetic average of the volume-weighted average prices for a share of the capital stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of Common Stock on the principal United States securities exchange on which such capital stock or equity interest trades, as reported by Bloomberg, L.P. (or, if Bloomberg ceases to publish such price, any successor service reasonably chosen by the Corporation) in respect of the period from the open of trading on the relevant Trading Day until the close of trading on such Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market price of one share of such capital stock or equity interest on such Trading Day determined, using a volume-weighted average method (“ VWAP ”), by a nationally recognized investment banking firm (unaffiliated with the Corporation) retained for such purpose by the Corporation), for each of the five consecutive full Trading Days commencing with, and including, the effective date of the Spin-Off Transaction; and

 

 
 

 

 

MP 0      =     (x) the Exchange Ratio, multiplied by (y) the arithmetic average of the VWAP for each of the five consecutive full Trading Days commencing with, and including, the effective date of the Spin-Off Transaction.

 

(5) If the Corporation has a stockholder rights plan in effect with respect to the Common Stock on the Conversion Date, upon conversion of any shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, holders of such shares will receive, in addition to the shares of Common Stock, the rights under such rights plan relating to such Common Stock, unless, prior to the Conversion Date, the rights have (i) become exercisable or (ii) separated from the shares of Common Stock (the first of such events to occur being the “ Trigger Event ”), in either of which cases the Conversion Rate will be adjusted, effective automatically at the time of such Trigger Event, as if the Corporation had made a distribution of such rights to all holders of the Common Stock as described in Section 9(a)(2) (without giving effect to the 60-day limit on the exercisability of rights, options and warrants ordinarily subject to such Section 9(a)(2)), subject to appropriate readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights prior to the exercise, deemed exercise or exchange thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent any such stockholder rights are exchanged by the Corporation for shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Rate shall be appropriately readjusted as if such stockholder rights had not been issued, but the Corporation had instead issued the shares of Common Stock issued upon such exchange as a dividend or distribution of shares of Common Stock subject to Section 9(a)(1). Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this paragraph, no adjustment shall be required to be made to the Conversion Rate with respect to any holder of Series A Preferred Stock which is, or is an “affiliate” or “associate” of, an “acquiring person” under such stockholder rights plan or with respect to any direct or indirect transferee of such holder who receives Series A Preferred Stock in such transfer after the time such holder becomes, or its affiliate or associate becomes, an “acquiring person.”

 

(6) If the Corporation, at any time or from time to time while any of the Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding, shall issue shares of Common Stock or any other security convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock (such Common Stock or other security, “ Equity-Linked Securities ”) (other than (i) an Excluded Issuance, (ii) Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock and (iii) rights, options, warrants or other distributions referred to in Sections 9(a)(2) and 9(a)(4)), the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

 

where,

 

CR 0      =     the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the issuance of such Equity-Linked Securities;

 

 
 

 

 

CR 1      =     the new Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the issuance of such Equity-Linked Securities;

 

AC      =     the aggregate consideration paid or payable for such Equity-Linked Securities;

 

OS 0      =     the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before the issuance of Equity-Linked Securities;

 

OS 1      =     the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the issuance of Equity-Linked Securities and giving effect to any shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion, exercise or exchange of such Equity-Linked Securities; and

 

SP       =     the Closing Price on the date of issuance of such Equity-Linked Securities.

 

The adjustment shall become effective immediately after such issuance.

 

(b) Calculation of Adjustments . All adjustments to the Conversion Rate shall be calculated by the Corporation to the nearest 1/10,000th of one share of Common Stock (or if there is not a nearest 1/10,000th of a share, to the next lower 1/10,000th of a share). No adjustment to the Conversion Rate will be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one percent of the Conversion Rate; provided , however , that any such adjustment that is not required to be made will be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment; provided, further that any such adjustment of less than one percent that has not been made will be made upon any Conversion Date.

 

(c) When No Adjustment Required . (1) Except as otherwise provided in Section 9, the Conversion Rate will not be adjusted for the issuance of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock or carrying the right to purchase any of the foregoing, or for the repurchase of Common Stock.

 

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 9, no adjustment of the Conversion Rate shall be made as a result of the issuance of, the distribution of separate certificates representing, the exercise or redemption of, or the termination or invalidation of, rights pursuant to any stockholder rights plans.

 

(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment to the Conversion Rate shall be made:

 

(A) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on securities of the Corporation and the investment of additional optional amounts in Common Stock under any plan in which purchases are made at market prices on the date or dates of purchase, without discount, and whether or not the Corporation bears the ordinary costs of administration and operation of the plan, including brokerage commissions;

 

 
 

 

 

(B) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase such shares pursuant to any present or future employee, director, manager or consultant benefit plan or program of or assumed by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries or of any employee agreements or arrangements or programs;

 

(C) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right, or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security outstanding as of the Issue Date;

 

(D) for a change in the par value of the Common Stock; or

 

(E) for accrued and unpaid dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock.

 

(d) Successive Adjustments . After an adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 9, any subsequent event requiring an adjustment under this Section 9 shall cause an adjustment to each such Conversion Rate as so adjusted.

 

(e) Multiple Adjustments . For the avoidance of doubt, if an event occurs that would trigger an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 9 under more than one subsection hereof (other than where holders of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to elect the applicable adjustment, in which case such election shall control), such event, to the extent fully taken into account in a single adjustment, shall not result in multiple adjustments hereunder; provided , however , that if more than one subsection of this Section 9 is applicable to a single event, the subsection shall be applied that produces the largest adjustment.

 

(f) Other Adjustments . The Corporation may, but shall not be required to, make such increases in the Conversion Rate, in addition to those required by this Section 9, as the Board considers to be advisable in order to avoid or diminish any income tax to any holders of shares of Common Stock resulting from any dividend or distribution of stock or issuance of rights or warrants to purchase or subscribe for stock or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes or for any other reason.

 

(g) Notice of Adjustments . Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted as provided under this Section 9, the Corporation shall as soon as reasonably practicable following the occurrence of an event that requires such adjustment (or if the Corporation is not aware of such occurrence, as soon as reasonably practicable after becoming so aware) or the date the Corporation makes an adjustment pursuant to Section 9(f):

 

(1) compute the adjusted applicable Conversion Rate in accordance with this Section 9 and prepare and transmit to the Conversion Agent an officer’s certificate setting forth the applicable Conversion Rate, the method of calculation thereof in reasonable detail, and the facts requiring such adjustment and upon which such adjustment is based; and

 

 
 

 

 

(2) provide a written notice to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock of the occurrence of such event and a statement in reasonable detail setting forth the method by which the adjustment to the applicable Conversion Rate was determined and setting forth the adjusted applicable Conversion Rate.

 

(h) Conversion Agent . The Conversion Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any holder of Series A Preferred Stock to determine whether any facts exist that may require any adjustment of the applicable Conversion Rate or with respect to the nature or extent or calculation of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed in making the same. The Conversion Agent shall be fully authorized and protected in relying on any officer’s certificate delivered pursuant to Section 9(g) and any adjustment contained therein and the Conversion Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any adjustment unless and until it has received such certificate. The Conversion Agent shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common Stock, or of any securities or property, that may at the time be issued or delivered with respect to any Series A Preferred Stock; and the Conversion Agent makes no representation with respect thereto. The Conversion Agent, if other than the Corporation, shall not be responsible for any failure of the Corporation to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the conversion of Series A Preferred Stock or to comply with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants of the Corporation contained in this Section 9.

 

(i) Fractional Shares . No fractional shares of Common Stock will be delivered to the holders of Series A Preferred Stock upon conversion. In lieu of fractional shares otherwise issuable, holders of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive an amount in cash equal to the fraction of a share of Common Stock, multiplied by the Closing Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable Conversion Date. In order to determine whether the number of shares of Common Stock to be delivered to a holder of Series A Preferred Stock upon the conversion of such holder’s shares of Series A Preferred Stock will include a fractional share (in lieu of which cash would be paid hereunder), such determination shall be based on the aggregate number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock of such holder that are being converted on any single Conversion Date.

 

(j) Reorganization Events . In the event of:

 

(1) any reclassification, statutory exchange, merger, consolidation or other similar business combination of the Corporation with or into another Person, in each case, pursuant to which the Common Stock (but not the Series A Preferred Stock) is changed or converted into, or exchanged for, cash, securities or other property of the Corporation or another person;

 

(2) any sale, transfer, lease or conveyance to another Person of all or substantially all the property and assets of the Corporation, in each case pursuant to which the Common Stock (but not the Series A Preferred Stock) is converted into cash, securities or other property; or

 

 
 

 

 

(3) any statutory exchange of securities of the Corporation with another Person (other than in connection with a merger or acquisition) or reclassification, recapitalization or reorganization of the Common Stock (but not the Series A Preferred Stock) into other securities, (each of which is referred to as a “ Reorganization Event ”) each share of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to such Reorganization Event will, without the consent of the holders of Series A Preferred Stock (unless otherwise required by the Investment Agreement) and subject to Section 9(k), remain outstanding but shall become convertible into, out of funds legally available therefor, the number, kind and amount of securities, cash and other property (the “ Exchange Property ”) (without any interest on such Exchange Property and without any right to dividends or distribution on such Exchange Property which have a record date that is prior to the applicable Conversion Date) that the holder of such share of Series A Preferred Stock would have received in such Reorganization Event had such holder converted its share of Series A Preferred Stock into the applicable number of shares of Common Stock immediately prior to the effective date of the Reorganization Event, assuming that such holder is not a Person with which the Corporation consolidated or into which the Corporation merged or which merged into the Corporation or to which such sale or transfer was made, as the case may be (any such Person, a “ Constituent Person ”), or an Affiliate of a Constituent Person to the extent such Reorganization Event provides for different treatment of Common Stock held by Affiliates of the Corporation and non-Affiliates; provided that if the kind or amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such Reorganization Event is not the same for each share of Common Stock held immediately prior to such Reorganization Event by a Person other than a Constituent Person or an Affiliate thereof, then for the purpose of this Section 9(j), the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such Reorganization Event will be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of Common Stock.

 

(k) Exchange Property Election . In the event that the holders of the shares of Common Stock have the opportunity to elect the form of consideration to be received in such transaction, the Exchange Property that the holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive shall be determined by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock on or before the earlier of (i) the deadline for elections by holders of Common Stock and (ii) two Business Days before the anticipated effective date of such Reorganization Event. The number of units of Exchange Property for each share of Series A Preferred Stock converted following the effective date of such Reorganization Event shall be determined from among the choices made available to the holders of the Common Stock and based on the per share amount as of the effective date of the Reorganization Event, determined as if the references to “share of Common Stock” in this Certificate of Designation were to “units of Exchange Property.”

 

(l) Successive Reorganization Events . The above provisions of Section 9(j) and Section 9(k) shall similarly apply to successive Reorganization Events and the provisions of Section 9 shall apply to any shares of Capital Stock (or capital stock of any other issuer) received by the holders of the Common Stock in any such Reorganization Event.

 

(m) Reorganization Event Notice . The Corporation (or any successor) shall, no less than 20 Business Days prior to the occurrence of any Reorganization Event, provide written notice to the holders of Series A Preferred Stock of such occurrence of such event and of the kind and amount of the cash, securities or other property that constitutes the Exchange Property. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the operation of this Section 9.

 

 
 

 

 

(n) The Corporation shall not enter into any agreement for a transaction constituting a Reorganization Event unless (i) such agreement provides for or does not interfere with or prevent (as applicable) conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock into the Exchange Property in a manner that is consistent with and gives effect to this Section 9, and (ii) to the extent that the Corporation is not the surviving corporation in such Reorganization Event or will be dissolved in connection with such Reorganization Event, proper provision shall be made in the agreements governing such Reorganization Event for the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock into stock of the Person surviving such Reorganization Event or such other continuing entity in such Reorganization Event, or in the case of a Reorganization Event described in Section 9(j)(2), an exchange of Series A Preferred Stock for the stock of the Person to whom the Corporation’s assets are conveyed or transferred, having voting powers, preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other special rights as nearly equal as possible to those provided in this Certificate of Designation.

 

Reservation of Shares .

 

The Corporation shall at all times when the Series A Preferred Stock shall be outstanding reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, for issuance upon the conversion of Series A Preferred Stock, such number of its authorized but unissued Common Stock as will from time to time be sufficient to permit the conversion of all outstanding Series A Preferred Stock. Prior to the delivery of any securities which the Corporation shall be obligated to deliver upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations which require action to be taken by the Corporation.

 

Notices .

 

Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section prior to or at the Close of Business on a Business Day and electronic confirmation of receipt is received by the sender, (ii) the next Business Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section on a day that is not a Business Day or later than the Close of Business on any Business Day, (iii) the Business Day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The addresses for such communications shall be: (i) if to the Corporation, attention: Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel, or (ii) if to a holder of Series A Preferred Stock, to the address or facsimile number appearing on the Corporation’s stockholder records or such other address or facsimile number as such holder may provide to the Corporation in accordance with this Section 11.

 

 
 

 

 

Certain Definitions .

 

As used in this Certificate of Designation, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires:

 

Affiliate with respect to any person, any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with, such other person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) when used with respect to any person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to cause the direction of management or policies of such person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

Beneficially Own ” shall mean “beneficially own” as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act or any successor provision thereto.

 

Board ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the recitals.

 

Business Day ” shall mean a day that is a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday and is not a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York generally are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.

 

Capital Stock ” shall mean any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) stock issued by the Corporation.

 

Certificate of Designation ” shall mean this Certificate of Designation relating to the Series A Preferred Stock, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

Change of Control ” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following:

 

(1)      any Person shall Beneficially Own, directly or indirectly, through a purchase, merger or other acquisition transaction or series of transactions, shares of the Corporation’s Capital Stock entitling such Person to exercise 50% or more of the total voting power of all classes of Voting Stock of the Corporation, other than an acquisition by the Corporation, any of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries or any of the Corporation’s employee benefit plans (for purposes of this clause (1), “Person” shall include any syndicate or group that would be deemed to be a “person” under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act); or

 

(2)      the Corporation (i) merges or consolidates with or into any other Person, another Person merges with or into the Corporation, or the Corporation conveys, sells, transfers or leases all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets to another Person or (ii) engages in any recapitalization, reclassification or other transaction in which all or substantially all of the Common Stock is exchanged for or converted into cash, securities or other property, in each case other than a merger or consolidation:

 

(a)      that does not result in a reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation of the Corporation’s outstanding Common Stock; or

 

(b)      which is effected solely to change the Corporation’s jurisdiction of incorporation and results in a reclassification, conversion or exchange of outstanding shares of the Common Stock solely into shares of common stock of the surviving entity; or

 

 
 

 

 

(c)      where the Voting Stock outstanding immediately prior to such transaction is converted into or exchanged for Voting Stock of the surviving or transferee Person constituting a majority of the outstanding shares of such Voting Stock of such surviving or transferee Person (immediately after giving effect to such issuance).

 

provided , that (x) a Change of Control shall not result from transfers by any holder of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock as of the Original Issue Date or any of their Affiliates to any Person and (y) notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction or transactions will not constitute a Change of Control if at least 90% of the consideration received or to be received by holders of Common Stock (other than cash payments for fractional shares or pursuant to statutory appraisal rights) in connection with such transaction or transactions consists of common stock, ordinary shares, American depositary receipts or American depositary shares and any associated rights listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq Global Select Market, Nasdaq Global Market or another U.S. national securities exchange or automated inter-dealer quotation system (or which will be so listed and traded when issued or exchanged in connection with such consolidation or merger).

 

Close of Business ” shall mean 5:00 p.m., Mountain time, on any Business Day.

 

Closing Price ” shall means the price per share of the final trade of the Common Stock on the applicable Trading Day on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading, or on the OTCQB.

 

Common Stock ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

 

Constituent Person ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9(j).

 

Conversion Rate ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 7(b).

 

Corporation ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the recitals.

 

Distributed Entity ” means any Subsidiary of the Corporation distributed in a Spin-Off Transaction.

 

Distributed Property ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9(a)(3).

 

Distribution Ratio ” means the number of shares (or fraction of a share) of the Distributed Entity received in respect of or in exchange for, as applicable, a share of Common Stock in the Spin-Off Transaction.

 

Dividend ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 4(a).

 

Dividend Payment Date ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 4(b).

 

Equity-Linked Securities ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9(a)(6).

 

 
 

 

 

Exchange Property ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9(j).

 

Excluded Issuance ” shall mean, any issuances of (1) Capital Stock or options to purchase shares of Capital Stock to employees, directors, managers, officers or consultants of or to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to a stock option or incentive compensation or similar plan outstanding as of the date hereof or, subsequent to the date hereof, approved by the Board or a duly authorized committee of the Board, (2) securities pursuant to any bona fide merger, joint venture, partnership, consolidation, dissolution, liquidation, tender offer, recapitalization, reorganization, share exchange, business combination or similar transaction or any other direct or indirect acquisition by the Corporation, whereby the Corporation’s securities comprise, in whole or in part, the consideration paid by the Corporation in such transaction, (3) shares of Common Stock issued at a price equal to or greater than the Closing Price on the Trading Day immediately preceding the earlier of (x) the date on which the sale or issuance is publicly announced and (y) the date on which the price for such sale or issuance is agreed or fixed, (4) securities convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock issued with an exercise or conversion price equal to or greater than the Closing Price on the Trading Day immediately preceding the earlier of (x) the date on which the sale or issuance is publicly announced and (y) the date on which the price for such sale or issuance is agreed or fixed, and (5) Capital Stock upon the exercise of any stock option or warrant of the Corporation outstanding as of the date hereof.

 

Expiration Date ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9(a)(3).

 

Expiration Time ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9(a)(3).

 

GAAP ” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

 

Indebtedness ” shall mean any indebtedness (including principal and premium) in respect of borrowed money.

 

Issue Date ” shall mean [●] , 201_.

 

Junior Stock ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

 

Liquidation ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5(a).

 

Liquidation Preference ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 5(a).

 

Open of Business ” shall mean 9:00 a.m., Mountain time, on any Business Day.

 

Parity Stock ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

 

Participating Dividend ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 4(a).

 

Participating Dividend Payment Date ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 4(b).

 

 
 

 

 

Person ” shall mean any individual, company, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

 

Preferred Stock ” shall mean any and all series of preferred stock of the Corporation, including the Series A Preferred Stock.

 

Purchased Shares ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9(a)(3).

 

Record Date ” shall mean, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of Common Stock have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Stock (or other applicable security) is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of shareholders entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board or by statute, contract, this Certificate of Designation or otherwise).

 

Regular Dividend ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 4(a).

 

Regular Dividend Payment Date ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 4(b).

 

Regular Dividend Period ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 4(b).

 

Reorganization Event ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9(j).

 

Senior Stock ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.

 

Series A Preferred Stock ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.

 

Significant Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Corporation that would be a “Significant Subsidiary” of the Corporation within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, determined as of the date of the latest audited consolidated financial statements of the Corporation and its consolidated Subsidiaries.

 

Spin-Off Transaction ” means any transaction by which a Subsidiary of the Corporation ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Corporation by reason of the distribution of such Subsidiary’s equity securities to holders of Common Stock, whether by means of a spin-off, split-off, redemption, reclassification, exchange, stock dividend, share distribution, rights offering or similar transaction.

 

Stated Value ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 4(a).

 

Subsidiary ” means any company or corporate entity for which the Corporation owns, directly or indirectly, an amount of the voting securities, other voting rights or voting partnership interests of which is sufficient to elect at least a majority of its board of directors or other governing body (or, if there are no such voting interests, more than 50% of the equity interests of such company or corporate entity).

 

 
 

 

 

Trading Day ” shall mean any Business Day on which the Common Stock is traded, or able to be traded, on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading, or on the OTCBB.

 

Trigger Event ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9(a)(5).

 

Voting Stock ” shall mean Capital Stock of the class or classes pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power under ordinary circumstances (determined without regard to any classification of directors) to elect one or more members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation (without regard to whether or not, at the relevant time, Capital Stock of any other class or classes (other than Common Stock) shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).

 

VWAP ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9(a)(4).

 

Headings . The headings of the paragraphs of this Certificate of Designation are for convenience of reference only and shall not define, limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

 

Record Holders . To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation may deem and treat the record holder of any share of the Series A Preferred Stock as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, and the Corporation shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

Notices . All notices or communications in respect of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in this Certificate of Designation, in the Articles of Incorporation or By-laws or by applicable law or regulation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Series A Preferred Stock is issued in book-entry form through The Depository Trust Corporation or any similar facility, such notices may be given to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock in any manner permitted by such facility.

 

Replacement Certificates . The Corporation shall replace any mutilated certificate at the holder’s expense upon surrender of that certificate to the Corporation. The Corporation shall replace certificates that become destroyed, stolen or lost at the holder’s expense upon delivery to the Corporation of reasonably satisfactory evidence that the certificate has been destroyed, stolen or lost, together with any indemnity that may be required by the Corporation.

 

Transfer Agent, Conversion Agent, Registrar and Paying Agent . The duly appointed Transfer Agent, Conversion Agent, Registrar and Paying Agent for the Series A Preferred Stock shall be the Corporation. The Corporation may, in its sole discretion, remove the Transfer Agent in accordance with the agreement between the Corporation and the Transfer Agent; provided that the Corporation shall appoint a successor transfer agent who shall accept such appointment prior to the effectiveness of such removal. Upon any such removal or appointment, the Corporation shall send notice thereof by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock.

 

 
 

 

 

Severability . If any term of the Series A Preferred Stock set forth herein is invalid, unlawful or incapable of being enforced by reason of any rule of law or public policy, all other terms set forth herein which can be given effect without the invalid, unlawful or unenforceable term will, nevertheless, remain in full force and effect, and no term herein set forth will be deemed dependent upon any other such term unless so expressed herein.

 

Other Rights . The shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not have any rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Articles of Incorporation or as provided by applicable law and regulation.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, U-Swirl, Inc. has caused this Certificate of Designation to be duly executed by its authorized corporate officer this [●] day of [●] , 20__.

 

 

U-SWIRL, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 
 

 

 

SCHEDULE 5.3

 

COLLATERAL

 

None

 

 
 

 

 

SCHEDULE 5.4

 

CAPITALIZATION

 

U-Swirl, Inc.:

    Preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share, no shares issued or outstanding

    Common stock, $0.001 par value per share, 15,307,776 shares issued and outstanding

 

U-Swirl International, Inc.:

    Preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share, no shares issued or outstanding

    Common stock, $0.001 par value per share, 1,000,000 shares issued and outstanding

 

 
 

 

 

SCHEDULE 5.6

 

ACTIONS, SUITS, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDINGS

 

 

None

 

 
 

 

 

SCHEDULE 5.14

 

ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

 

 

None

 

 
 

 

 

SCHEDULE A-1

 

INDEBTEDNESS EXISTING ON CLOSING DATE

 

6% Full recourse secured note due 12/14/18

$371,213

6% Full recourse secured note due 12/14/18

$159,091

6% Construction secured note due 9/15/18

59,341

6% Construction secured note due 9/15/18

59,368

 

 
 

 

 

SCHEDULE A-2

 

INVESTMENTS EXISTING ON CLOSING DATE

 

 

None.

 

 
 

 

 

SCHEDULE A-3

 

LIENS EXISTING ON CLOSING DATE

 

Security interest granted to Aspen Leaf Yogurt, LLC on January 14, 2013 in all of the assets located in the company-owned store located in Dekalb, Illinois, to secure payment of a Full Recourse Secured Promissory Note dated January 14, 2013 in the principal amount of $350,000

 

Security interest granted to Aspen Leaf Yogurt, LLC on January 14, 2013 in all of the assets located in the company-owned store located in San Antonio, Texas, to secure payment of a Full Recourse Secured Promissory Note dated January 14, 2013 in the principal amount of $150,000

 

Purchase money security interest granted to Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. on July 16, 2013 in all of the equipment necessary to convert store located at 9795 West Charleston Blvd., Suite 101, Las Vegas, Nevada, into a co-branded store, to secure payment of a Secured Promissory Note dated July 16,

2013 in the principal amount of $62,695.

 

Purchase money security interest granted to Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. on July 16, 2013 in all of the equipment necessary to convert store located at 6592 North Decatur Blvd., #100 & 105, Las Vegas, Nevada, into a co-branded store, to secure payment of a Secured Promissory Note dated July 16,

2013 in the principal amount of $62,725.