UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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)            May 2, 2018

 

Superior Uniform Group, Inc.  

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Florida

001-05869

11-1385670

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

(Commission
File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

10055 Seminole Blvd., Seminole, Florida

(Address of principal executive offices)

33772

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant's telephone number including area code:  (727) 397-9611

 

Not Applicable

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01.      Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

CID Resources Acquisition

 

On May 2, 2018, Superior Uniform Group, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”), entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with CID Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Target”), CID Resources Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Seller”), and certain of the equityholders of the Seller (such signatories, the “Equityholders”). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding common stock and Series A preferred stock of the Target effective as of May 2, 2018. The Target, headquartered in Coppell, Texas, manufactures medical uniforms, lab coats, and layers, and sells its products to specialty uniform retailers, ecommerce medical uniform retailers, and other retailers.

 

The purchase price in the acquisition consists of the following, subject to adjustment in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement: (a) approximately $84.4 million in cash, subject to adjustment for cash on hand, indebtedness, unpaid Seller expenses and working capital (excluding cash), in each case as of the closing date, and (b) the issuance of 150,094 shares of the Company’s common stock (representing approximately $4.0 million) to an Equityholder (the “Buyer Shares”). Any working capital adjustment will be based on the difference between working capital as of the closing date and a target amount of approximately $39.5 million.

 

The acquisition was funded by the Company with available cash and borrowings under the Credit Facilities described below.

 

The Purchase Agreement contains negotiated representations, warranties, covenants and indemnification provisions by the parties, which are believed to be customary for transactions of this type utilizing representations and warranties insurance (“R&W Insurance”). The indemnification obligations of the Seller and the Equityholders that arise from breaches of non-fundamental representations or warranties only apply with respect to aggregate liabilities in excess of a specified deductible, are generally subject to an indemnification cap and, with the exceptions of tax-related representations, are only effective for specified periods after closing. Portions of the cash purchase price will be held in escrow to (i) secure purchase price adjustments and (ii) satisfy certain indemnification obligations of the Seller and the Equityholders. The Company has also secured general and excess coverage for certain breaches of representations and warranties of the Seller and the Equityholders and general coverage for unknown pre-closing tax obligations under R&W Insurance policies, subject to certain exclusions and retention amounts.

 

In connection with the transaction, the Company entered into various related agreements, including without limitation, a registration rights agreement with the recipient of the Buyer Shares providing for piggy-back registration rights, a restrictive covenants agreement with the Equityholders, a support agreement with certain direct and indirect equityholders of the Seller who are not party to the Purchase Agreement, employment agreements and various other agreements. The recipient of the Buyer Shares and its sole equityholder also agreed in the Purchase Agreement to a 180-day lockup restriction on the transfer of Buyer Shares, subject to limited exceptions.

 

The foregoing summary of the Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

The representations and warranties in the Purchase Agreement were made for the purposes of allocating contractual risk between the parties to the Purchase Agreement and as of the specified dates noted therein.  Furthermore, such representations and warranties may have been qualified by certain disclosures between the parties and a contractual standard of materiality different from those generally applicable to shareholders, among other limitations. The Company’s shareholders are not third party beneficiaries under the Purchase Agreement and should not rely on the representations, warranties and covenants or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or conditions of the Company or of the Target.

 

 

 

 

Credit Facilities

 

Concurrently with the closing of the acquisition described above, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 2, 2018 (the “Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”), with its existing lender, Branch Banking & Trust Company, a North Carolina banking corporation (the “Lender”), pursuant to which the Company’s existing revolving credit facility was increased from $35 million to $75 million and the Lender provided an additional term loan in the principal amount of $85 million. No principal payments are due on the $85 million term loan prior to its maturity. The term of the revolving credit facility was extended until May 2023 and the $85 million term loan matures in May 2020. The Company’s existing term loan with the Lender in the principal amount of $42 million remains outstanding with a maturity date of February 2024 and with the same amortization schedule. The revolving credit facility, existing term loan and additional term loan are collectively referred to as the “Credit Facilities.”

 

Obligations outstanding under the revolving credit facility and the $42 million term loan generally have a variable interest rate of LIBOR plus 0.68%. Obligations outstanding under the new $85 million term loan generally have a variable interest rate of LIBOR plus 0.93% for the first twelve months after the effective date, 1.5% for the period from thirteen months through eighteen months after the effective date, and 1.75% thereafter. The Company is obligated to pay a commitment fee of 0.10% per annum on the average unused portion of the commitment under the revolving credit facility and a commitment fee of 0.25% on the outstanding balance of the $85 million term loan on the thirteenth month and nineteenth month following the effective date of such loan. The available balance under the revolving credit facility is reduced by outstanding letters of credit.

 

The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement contains customary events of default and negative covenants, including but not limited to those governing indebtedness, liens, fundamental changes, investments, restricted payments, and sales of assets. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement also requires the Company to comply with a fixed charge coverage ratio of at least 1.25:1 and a funded debt to EBITDA ratio not to exceed 4.0:1.  The Credit Facilities are secured by substantially all of the operating assets of the Company as collateral, and the Company’s obligations under the Credit Facilities are guaranteed by all of its domestic subsidiaries, including the Target. The Company’s obligations under the Credit Facilities are subject to acceleration upon the occurrence of an event of default as defined in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.

 

The foregoing summary of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of such agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 2.01.      Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

 

As described in Item 1.01 above under the section titled “ CID Resources Acquisition ,” effective May 2, 2018, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding common stock and Series A preferred stock of the Target pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

 

The terms of the acquisition disclosed in Item 1.01 under the section titled “ CID Resources Acquisition ” are incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

As described in Item 1.01 above under the section titled “ Credit Facilities ,” on May 2, 2018, the Company’s existing revolving credit facility was increased, its existing term loan remains outstanding and a new term loan was added.

 

The terms of the Credit Facilities disclosed in Item 1.01 under the section titled “ Credit Facilities ” are incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

 

 

Item 3.02.      Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

As described in Item 1.01 above under the section titled “ CID Resources Acquisition ,” effective May 2, 2018, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding common stock and Series A preferred stock of the Target pursuant to the Purchase Agreement. The purchase consideration included the issuance of shares of the Company’s common stock (representing approximately $4.0 million) to an Equityholder. The terms of the share issuance disclosed in Item 1.01 under the section titled “ CID Resources Acquisition ” are incorporated herein by reference.

 

The Company issued such shares pursuant to the exemption from registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The shares are subject to a 180-day lock-up and piggy-back registration rights.

 

Item 7.01.     Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On May 3, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing the above transactions, a copy of which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. On May 3, 2018, the Company furthermore posted the presentation furnished as Exhibit 99.2 hereto on its website.

  

Item 9.01.     Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(a)  and (b) Financial Statements:

 

The Company intends to file by way of amendment to this Current Report on Form 8-K the historical and pro-forma financial statements of the Target required by this Item 9.01 within 71 days of the required filing date of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

(d)            Exhibits:

 

 

2.1

Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 2, 2018, by and among CID Resources, Inc., CID Resources Holdings LLC, certain equityholders thereof and Superior Uniform Group, Inc.*

 

 

10.1

Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 2, 2018

 

  99.1  Press Release, dated as of May 3, 2018, issued by Superior Uniform Group, Inc.
     
  99.2 Investor Presentation, dated as of May 3, 2018

 


Certain exhibits and schedules to this agreement have been omitted in accordance with Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted exhibits and schedules will be furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request; provided, however, that the Company may request confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for any schedule or exhibit so furnished.

 

 

 

 

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This report and the attached press release and investor presentation contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can generally be identified by use of the words “may”, “will”, “should”, “could”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “believe”, “intend”, “project”, “potential”, or “plan” or the negative of these words or other variations on these words or comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements may include, without limitation: (1) projections of revenue, income, and other items relating to our financial position and results of operations, (2) statements of our plans, objectives, strategies, goals and intentions, including with respect to CID Resources; (3) statements regarding the capabilities, capacities, market position and expected development of our business operations, including CID Resources and (4) statements of expected industry and general economic trends. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that may materially adversely affect the anticipated results. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following: the impact of competition; general economic conditions, including employment levels, in the areas of the United States in which the Company’s customers are located; changes in the healthcare, industrial, commercial, leisure and public safety industries where uniforms and service apparel are worn; our ability to identify suitable acquisition targets, successfully integrate any acquired businesses (such as CID Resources), successfully manage our expanding operations, or failure to discover liabilities associated with such businesses, including CID Resources, during the diligence process; the price and availability of cotton and other manufacturing materials; attracting and retaining senior management and key personnel and other factors described in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those described in the “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017. Shareholders, potential investors and other readers are urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements made herein and in the press release and investor presentation and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements made herein and in the press release and investor presentation are only made as of the date hereof and thereof and we disclaim any obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, except as may be required by law. 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

SUPERIOR UNIFORM GROUP, INC.

 

 

   

 

     

 

 

By: /s/ Andrew D. Demott, Jr.

Name: Andrew D. Demott, Jr.

Title: Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 Date: May 3, 2018    

 

 

Exhibit 2.1

 EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

 

Stock Purchase Agreement


by and among

 

CID Resources, Inc.

 

CID Resources Holdings LLC,

 

the Direct and Indirect Equityholders of CID Resources holdings LLC,

 

and

 

Superior Uniform Group, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

Dated as of May 2, 2018

 

20570430v.2

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Page

ARTICLE I

 

 

     

Transactions

1

1.1

Purchase and Sale

1

1.2

Purchase Price

1

1.3

Purchase Price Adjustments and Estimated Closing Payment

2

1.4

Closing

4

1.5

Closing Deliveries

4

1.6

Delivery of Buyer Shares

7

1.7

Tax Withholding

7

     

ARTICLE II

 

 

     

Representations and Warranties of Seller Parties

7

2.1

Company’s Incorporation; Power and Authority and Approval; and Qualification

7

2.2

Seller’s Organization; Power and Authority and Approval; and Qualification

8

2.3

Capitalization

9

2.4

Title to Equity Securities

9

2.5

Governmental Consents

9

2.6

No Conflicts

10

2.7

Financial Statements

10

2.8

Undisclosed Liabilities

11

2.9

Absence of Certain Changes or Events

11

2.10

Title to Assets

13

2.11

Sufficiency and Condition of Assets

13

2.12

Intellectual Property

14

2.13

Real Property

16

2.14

Material Contracts

18

2.15

Environmental Matters

21

2.16

Compliance with Laws

22

2.17

Litigation

22

2.18

Insurance

23

2.19

Employee Benefit Plans

23

2.20

Taxes

25

2.21

Labor and Employment Matters

27

2.22

Customers and Suppliers

29

2.23

Affiliate Transactions

29

2.24

No Illegal Payments

30

2.25

Fees

30

2.26

Inventory

30

2.27

Books and Records

30

 

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2.28

Bank Accounts; Power of Attorney

30

2.29

Product Safety; Product Liability; Warranties; Discounts

31

2.30

Import and Export Matters

31

2.31

Immigration-related Compliance

32

2.32

Securities

32

     

ARTICLE III

 

 

     

Representations and Warranties of Buyer

33

3.1

Buyer’s Incorporation; Power and Authority and Approval; and Qualification

33

3.2

Consents

34

3.3

No Conflicts

34

3.4

Funds Available

34

3.5

Litigation

35

3.6

Fees

35

3.7

Purchase for Investment; Receipt of Information

35

3.8

Buyer Shares

35

     

ARTICLE IV

 

 

     

Covenants of Seller

36

4.1

Release

36

4.2

Further Assurances

36

4.3

Lock-Up Securities Restrictions

36

     

ARTICLE V

 

 

     

Covenants of Buyer

37

5.1

Insurance

37

5.2

Preservation of Books and Records

37

5.3

Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification

38

5.4

Intercompany Arrangements

38

5.5

Further Assurances

38

     

ARTICLE VI

 

 

     

Employment Matters

38

6.1

Employment of Employees

38

6.2

No Third-Party Beneficiaries

39

     

ARTICLE VII

 

 

     

Taxes

 

 

7.1

Tax Returns

39

7.2

Apportionment of Taxes

40

7.3

Refunds

41

 

Stock Purchase Agreement

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7.4

Audits

41

7.5

Cooperation

42

7.6

Transfer Taxes

42

     

ARTICLE VIII

 

 

     

Indemnification

42

8.1

Survival

42

8.2

Indemnification

43

8.3

Insurance and other Third Party Recoveries

46

8.4

Other Provisions

46

     

ARTICLE IX

 

 

     

Definitions

 

9.1

Defined Terms

47

9.2

Interpretation

57

     

ARTICLE X

 

 

     

Miscellaneous

58

10.1

Expenses

58

10.2

Exclusive Agreement

58

10.3

No Third-Party Beneficiaries

58

10.4

Non-Recourse

58

10.5

Governing Law; Disputes

59

10.6

Successors and Assigns

59

10.7

Publicity

60

10.8

Severability

60

10.9

Specific Performance

60

10.10

Notices

60

10.11

Counterparts

62

10.12

Amendment

62

10.13

Extension; Waiver

62

10.14

Attorney-Client Privilege and Conflict Waiver

62

10.15

Non-Reliance; Reservation of Recourse for Fraud, etc.

63

10.16

Survival of Confidentiality Agreement

63

 

Exhibit A – Form of Noncompetition Agreement

Exhibit B – Form of Park Employment Agreement

Exhibit C – Form of IP Assignment

Exhibit D – Form of Registration Rights Agreement

Exhibit E – Form of Legal Opinion

Exhibit F – Form of Support Agreement

Exhibit G – Working Capital Calculation

 

Stock Purchase Agreement

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Stoc k Purchase Agreement

 

This Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of May 2, 2018 (this “ Agreeme nt ”), is by and among CID Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Compa ny ”), CID Resources Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Sell er ”), the undersigned direct and indirect equityholders of Seller (the “ Equityholde rs ” and together with Seller and the Company, the “ Seller Parti es ”), and Superior Uniform Group, Inc., a Florida corporation (“ Buy er ”). Capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in ARTICLE IX . Buyer and each of the Seller Parties are referred to herein individually as a “ Par ty ” and, collectively, as the “ Parti es .”

 

RECITA LS :

 

A.     Seller owns all of the issued and outstanding common stock and Series A preferred stock (together, the “ Equity Securiti es ”) of the Company.

 

B.     Seller desires to sell to Buyer, and Buyer desires to purchase from Seller, the Equity Securities, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

C.     The Equityholders own equity of Seller, either directly or indirectly through Mayberry Medical 9, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (“ Mayberry ”), and will receive proceeds of the sale.

 

D.     As a condition and material inducement to the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Buyer, (i) the Equityholders are executing and delivering this Agreement as parties hereto to support certain of Seller’s and the Company’s obligations under this Agreement, and (ii) Prophet Equity LP, a Delaware limited partnership and certain of its Affiliates are executing and delivering the Support Agreement.

 

Now, Therefore, in consideration of the premises and the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt, adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

Transactions

 

1.1         Purchase and Sale . On the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, Seller hereby sells, assigns, transfers, conveys and delivers to Buyer, and Buyer purchases from Seller, the Equity Securities, free and clear of all Encumbrances, other than Permitted Encumbrances.

 

1.2         Purchase Price . The consideration for the Equity Securities shall equal the sum of the following, subject to adjustment in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (as adjusted, the “ Purchase Pri ce ”): (i) $84,430,000, plu s (ii) the amount of Cash of the Company as of the Effective Time (the “ Cash on Ha nd ”), minu s (iii) the amount of Indebtedness of the Company as of the Effective Time (“ Closing Indebtedne ss ”), plu s (iv) the amount, if any, by which the Working Capital exceeds the Target Amount as of the Effective Time, minu s (v) the amount, if any, by which the Target Amount exceeds the Working Capital as of the Effective Time, minu s (vi) the Seller Expenses that are unpaid at Closing (collectively, the “ Closing Payme nt ”), and plu s (vii) the Buyer Shares, to be issued in accordance with Sectio n 1. 6 .

 

Stock Purchase Agreement

 

 

 

1.3         Purchase Pric e Adjustments an d Estimated Closing Payme nt.

 

(a)         Seller has delivered to Buyer a written statement (the “ Estimated Closing Stateme nt ”) setting forth, as of the Effective Time: (i) an itemized statement of the Company’s good-faith estimates of (A) the Working Capital, prepared in a manner consistent with the Accounting Principles, (B) the Cash on Hand, (C) the Closing Indebtedness, and (D) all unpaid Seller Expenses and (ii) the Company’s resulting calculation of the Closing Payment using the estimates set forth on the Estimated Closing Statement (the “ Estimated Closing Payme nt ”), including reasonable supporting schedules and data to support such calculations.

 

(b)            Payment at Closi ng . At the Closing, Buyer shall pay or cause to be paid the Estimated Closing Payment as follows:

 

(i)     any Closing Indebtedness of the Company to be repaid at Closing shall be paid on behalf of the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts and in the amounts specified in any applicable payoff letters (the “ Payoff Lette rs ”);

 

(ii)     all Seller Expenses that are unpaid at Closing shall be paid on behalf of the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the payees thereof (or, in the case of any Seller Expenses that constitute compensation to CID Employees, paid to the Company (including the payroll Taxes attributable thereto), and the Company shall use such funds to pay the payees thereof through its payroll system, less applicable withholdings);

 

(iii)    the Adjustment Escrow Amount, the Indemnity Escrow Amount and the Special Escrow Amount shall each be paid to Bank of America, National Association (the “ Escrow Age nt ”), to be held and disbursed by the Escrow Agent pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement and this Agreement; and

 

(iv)     the balance thereof shall be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account or accounts specified in writing by Seller to Buyer prior to the Closing.

 

(c)          Closing Statement . Within 90 days following the Closing Date, Buyer shall prepare and deliver to Seller a written statement (the “ Closing Stateme nt ”) setting forth, as of the Effective Time (i) an itemized statement of Buyer’s calculation of (A) the Working Capital, prepared in a manner consistent with the Accounting Principles, (B) the Cash on Hand, (C) the Closing Indebtedness, and (D) the unpaid Seller Expenses and (ii) Buyer’s resulting calculation of the actual Closing Payment, including reasonable supporting schedules and data to support such calculations. In connection with Seller’s review of the Closing Statement, Seller and its Representatives shall have reasonable access, during normal working hours and at Seller’s expense, to the Company’s books and records and all relevant work papers, schedules, memoranda and other documents prepared by Buyer or any of its Affiliates or Representatives in connection with, or supporting, Buyer’s preparation of the Closing Statement, and to personnel of Buyer and any of its Affiliates who prepared or whose judgment was relied upon in the preparation of the Closing Statement, and Buyer shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, reasonably cooperate with Seller and its Representatives in connection therewith. Seller and its Representatives shall keep confidential and not disclose, divulge, or use for any purpose (other than to review the Closing Statement) any financial or other confidential information obtained from Buyer pursuant to the terms of this Sectio n 1.3( c) .

 

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(d)            Disputes . Seller may dispute the Closing Statement and shall notify Buyer in writing (the “ Dispute Noti ce ”) of each disputed item, specifying the amount thereof in dispute and setting forth, in reasonable detail, the nature of such dispute and the basis therefor, within 45 days following Seller’s receipt of the Closing Statement from Buyer (the “ Closing Statement Dispute Peri od ”). In the event of such a dispute, Seller and Buyer shall in good faith attempt to resolve any such dispute, and any resolution by them as to any disputed amounts shall be final, binding and conclusive on the parties hereto. If the parties are unable to resolve any such dispute within 15 Business Days after the Dispute Notice is received by Buyer from Seller, Seller or Buyer may submit the items remaining in dispute (the “ Unresolved Disput es ”) for resolution to the Independent Accountant. Buyer and Seller shall jointly retain the Independent Accountant to resolve the Unresolved Disputes. Promptly, but no later than 20 Business Days after the Independent Accountant is engaged by Buyer and Seller, the Independent Accountant shall determine, based solely on written presentations by Seller and Buyer, and not by independent review, the Unresolved Disputes and shall render a report as to the Unresolved Disputes and the resulting computation of the actual Closing Payment which shall be final, binding and conclusive on the parties. In resolving the Unresolved Disputes, the Independent Accountant shall be bound by the provisions of this Sectio 1.3 and may not assign a value greater than the greatest value, or lower than the lowest value, for such item as provided by Seller in the Dispute Notice or Buyer in the Closing Statement, as the case may be. The fees, costs and expenses of the Independent Accountant (i) shall be borne by Seller in the proportion that the aggregate dollar amount of such remaining disputed items so submitted that are unsuccessfully disputed by Seller (as finally determined by the Independent Accountant) bears to the aggregate dollar amount of such items so submitted and (ii) shall be borne by Buyer in the proportion that the aggregate dollar amount of such remaining disputed items so submitted that are successfully disputed by Seller (as finally determined by the Independent Accountant) bears to the aggregate dollar amount of such items so submitted, and the Independent Accountant shall calculate the proportionate share of fees, costs and expenses allocable to each of Buyer and Seller. Subject to the scope and limitations set forth in Sectio n 1.3(c ) above, Seller and Buyer each shall make available to the other (upon the request of the other) their respective work papers generated in connection with the preparation or review of the Closing Statement and Seller shall have continued access to Company personnel and work papers through the date of the Independent Accountant’s determination.

 

(e)          Purchase Price Adjustment and Payment . The Purchase Price determined in accordance with this Sectio n 1. 3 shall be deemed final for the purposes of this Sectio 1.3 upon the earliest of (i) the failure of Seller to deliver the Dispute Notice within the Closing Statement Dispute Period, (ii) the resolution of all disputes by Seller and Buyer pursuant to Sectio 1.3(d) , and (iii) the resolution of all disputes by the Independent Accountant pursuant to Sectio 1.3(d) . All payments to be made, and all joint instructions to be provided to the Escrow Agent shall be made or provided, as the case may be, no later than three Business Days after the Purchase Price is finally determined. The following payments, if any, which shall be deemed to be adjustments to the Purchase Price shall be made as follows:

 

(i)     in the event that the actual Closing Payment equals or exceeds the Estimated Closing Payment, then the Buyer and Seller shall provide joint instructions to the Escrow Agent to release the Adjustment Escrow Fund to Seller, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account for the Seller specified in the Escrow Agreement (or such other account as Seller may specify in writing to the Escrow Agent upon at least two Business Days’ prior written notice) and Buyer shall pay or cause to be paid to Seller an amount equal to the actual Closing Payment minus the Estimated Closing Payment, if any;

 

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(ii)       in the event that the actual Closing Payment is less than the Estimated Closing Payment, then Seller and Buyer shall provide joint instructions to the Escrow Agent to release (1) an amount equal to the full amount by which the Estimated Closing Payment exceeds the actual Closing Payment from the Adjustment Escrow Fund to Buyer, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account for Buyer specified in the Escrow Agreement (or such other account as Buyer may specify in writing to the Escrow Agent upon at least two Business Days’ prior written notice) and (2) the amount remaining in the Adjustment Escrow Fund (if any) after the payment in clause (1) of this subsection to Seller, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account for Seller specified in the Escrow Agreement (or such other account as Seller may specify in writing to the Escrow Agent upon at least two Business Days’ prior written notice). If the full amount by which the Estimated Closing Payment exceeds the actual Closing Payment is greater than the amount of the Adjustment Escrow Fund, the Seller Parties shall jointly and severally pay or cause to be paid to Buyer, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account for Buyer specified in the Escrow Agreement (or such other account as Buyer may specify in writing to Seller upon at least two Business Days’ prior written notice) the amount by which such excess is greater than the Adjustment Escrow Fund; and

 

(iii)      for all purposes, including Tax purposes, the price adjustments contemplated by this Sectio n 1. 3 shall be treated as additional Purchase Price paid by Buyer to Seller, or reductions to the Purchase Price paid, for the Equity Securities (except to the extent a portion of any payment by Buyer is properly treated as imputed interest for Tax purposes). The Parties will file all Tax Returns consistent with such treatment, and not take any position inconsistent with such treatment, except to the extent otherwise required by a “determination” within the meaning of Code Section 1313(a) (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law).

 

1.4         Closing .   The closing of the transactions contemplated hereby (the “ Closi ng ”) shall occur simultaneously with the delivery of this Agreement remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures. The date hereof is referred to herein as the “ Closing Da te . ” The delivery of all documents and the performance of all acts at the Closing shall be deemed to have occurred or to have been taken simultaneously, and the Closing shall be deemed to be effective as of the Effective Time.

 

1.5         Closing Deliveries .

 

(a)            On the Closing Date, Seller shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Buyer the following:

 

(i)       certificates evidencing all Equity Securities, together with duly executed instruments of transfer with respect to the Equity Securities;

 

(ii)       the written resignations of each director and officer of the Company as requested by the Buyer;

 

(iii)      a duly completed and executed certification from Seller certifying that Seller is not a foreign person within the meaning of Code Section 1445;

 

(iv)     a certificate from the secretary or an assistant secretary (or equivalent officer) of Seller, dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to Buyer, certifying that: (A) the certificate of formation and limited liability company agreement of Seller attached to such certificate are true, correct and complete, (B) such documents referred to in claus e (A ) above have been in full force and effect in the form attached to such certificate from and after the date of the adoption of the resolutions referred to in claus e (C ) below and no amendment to such documents has occurred from and after the date of the last amendment annexed thereto, and (C) the resolutions of the members and managers of Seller attached to such certificate, which authorize this Agreement, the Transaction Documents to which Seller is a party, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, were duly adopted at a duly convened meeting thereof (at which a quorum was present and acting throughout) or by written consent, remain in full force and effect, and have not been amended, rescinded or modified;

 

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(v)       a certificate from the secretary or an assistant secretary (or equivalent officer) of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to Buyer, certifying that: (A) the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Company attached to such certificate are true, correct and complete, (B) such documents referred to in claus e (A ) above have been in full force and effect in the form attached to such certificate from and after the date of the adoption of the resolutions referred to in claus e (C below and no amendment to such documents has occurred from and after the date of the last amendment annexed thereto, and (C) the resolutions of the board of directors and shareholders of the Company attached to such certificate, which authorize this Agreement, the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, were duly adopted at a duly convened meeting thereof (at which a quorum was present and acting throughout) or by written consent, remain in full force and effect, and have not been amended, rescinded or modified;

 

(vi)     a certificate of the secretary or an assistant secretary (or equivalent officer) of Seller certifying the names and signatures of the officers of Seller authorized to sign this Agreement and the other documents to be delivered hereunder;

 

(vii)    a certificate of the secretary or an assistant secretary (or equivalent officer) of the Company certifying the names and signatures of the officers of the Company authorized to sign this Agreement and the other documents to be delivered hereunder;

 

(viii)    for each of Seller and the Company, a certificate of good standing from the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and from each jurisdiction in which the Company or Seller is qualified as a foreign corporation or limited liability company, as applicable, in each case as of a date not earlier than 10 days prior to the Closing Date;

 

(ix)    restrictive covenant agreements, each in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the Restrictive Covenant Agreeme nt ), duly executed by each of Seller and the Equityholders;

 

(x)       duly executed restrictive covenant agreements, in a form acceptable to Buyer, from those employees of the Company listed on Section 1.5(a)(x) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule;

 

(xi)      any applicable Payoff Letters (including any lien releases referenced therein);

 

(xii)     all consents or waivers of third parties that are set forth on Section 1.5(a)(xii) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule and designated as “required” on that schedule;

 

(xiii)    the Escrow Agreement, duly executed by Seller;

 

(xiv)    an employment agreement duly executed by each of the Persons set forth on Section 1.5(a)(xiv) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, each substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “ Employment Agreemen ts ”);

 

(xv)      the assignment of all Company IP and Registered IP (the “ IP Assignme nt ”), in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C , duly executed by Seller;

 

(xvi)     the registration rights agreement (the “ Registration Rights Agreeme nt ”), in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D , duly executed by Park;

 

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(xvii)    evidence satisfactory to Buyer that Seller has secured tail policies from its insurer with respect to each of the insurance policies listed in Sectio n 1.5(a)(xvii ) (the “ Tail Poli cy ”) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, which in each case, to the extent possible, such Tail Policy shall name the Buyer as an additional insured;

 

(xviii)   evidence satisfactory to Buyer that (A) Seller is the sole owner of all Equity Securities and that such Equity Securities are the only outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company, and (B) CID Resources Canada, Inc., the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary (the “ Canadian Subsidia ry ”), has been dissolved by the Company;

 

(xix)      a legal opinion of Jackson Walker LLP, counsel to Seller, and Wick Phillips, counsel to Mayberry, each in the form attached as Exhibit E ;

 

(xx)      the support agreement (the “ Support Agreeme nt ”), in the form attached as Exhibit F , duly executed by each of Public Safety CID, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Public Safety Supply Resources Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and Prophet Equity LP, a Delaware limited partnership; and

 

(xxi)     a funds flow agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Parties, describing the manner in which the Estimated Closing Payment will be paid at Closing (the “ Funds Flow Agreeme nt ”), duly executed by Seller.

 

(b)            On the Closing Date, in addition to the payments to be made pursuant to Sectio 1.3 and the issuance of the Buyer Shares pursuant to Sectio n 1 .6 , Buyer shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Seller the following:

 

(i)      a certificate of the secretary or an assistant secretary (or equivalent officer) of Buyer, dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to Seller, certifying that attached thereto are true and complete copies of all resolutions adopted by the board of directors of Buyer authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Transaction Documents to which Buyer is a party, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, were duly adopted at a duly commenced meeting thereof (at which a quorum was present and acting throughout) or by written consent, and that all such resolutions are in full force and effect, have not been amended, rescinded, or modified, and are all the resolutions adopted in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby;

 

(ii)      a certificate of the secretary or an assistant secretary (or equivalent officer) of Buyer certifying the names and signatures of the officers of Buyer authorized to sign this Agreement and the other documents to be delivered hereunder;

 

(iii)     a certificate of good standing (or comparable certificate) from the appropriate Governmental Authority of the jurisdiction in which Buyer is organized, as of a date not earlier than 10 days prior to the Closing Date;

 

(iv)      evidence reasonably satisfactory to Seller that the R&W Policy and the Excess Policy has been obtained by Buyer and is in full force and effect at the Closing;

 

(v)       duly executed counterparts of each Restrictive Covenant Agreement;

 

(vi)      duly executed counterparts of the Employment Agreements;

 

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(vii)      duly executed counterpart of the IP Assignment;

 

(viii)     duly executed counterpart of the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

(ix)       duly executed counterpart of the Escrow Agreement; and

 

(x)        duly executed counterpart of the Support Agreement.

 

(c)            Effectiveness . All of the foregoing deliveries under this Sectio n 1. 5 shall be deemed to have occurred simultaneously at the Closing and none shall be effective until and unless all have occurred in accordance with this Agreement or have been waived.

 

1.6      Delivery of Buyer Shar es . Contemporaneously with the Closing and after being released by the stock transfer agent, and subject to the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement (including in reliance on the representations and warranties made by the Seller herein and therein), Buyer shall issue to Mayberry as part of the Purchase Price for the Equity Securities such number of shares of common stock of Buyer, par value $.001 per share (the “ Buyer Shar es ”), as is equal to $4.0 million, divided by the Buyer Share Price, with such Buyer Shares to be held in book entry form.

 

1.7         Tax Withholding . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, but subject to Section 7.6 , Buyer and the Company (and any other Person that has a withholding obligation with respect to any payment made pursuant to this Agreement) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any amounts otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any Person such amounts as are required to be deducted and withheld under the Code (or any provision of applicable Tax Law) with respect to such payment. To the extent that amounts are so deducted and withheld and paid over to the appropriate Governmental Authority as required by applicable Tax Law, such deducted and withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to such Person in respect of whom such deduction and withholding were made.

 

ARTICLE II

Representations and Warranties of Seller Parties

 

The Seller Parties hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to Buyer as of the date hereof that each of the statements contained in this ARTICLE II is true and correct, except as otherwise set forth in the section of the disclosure schedule delivered by Seller to Buyer concurrently herewith (the “ Seller Disclosure Schedu le ”) corresponding to such section in this ARTICLE II , as follows:

 

2.1         Company’s Incorporation; Power and Authority and Approval; and Qualification .

 

(a)           The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing, and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate the properties and assets it currently owns or leases and to carry on the CID Business as it is currently conducted by it.

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​      The Company is duly licensed or qualified to conduct business as a foreign corporation in, and is in good standing under the Laws of, all jurisdictions in which the character of the properties and assets now owned or leased by it or the nature of the business now conducted by it requires it to be so licensed or qualified.

 

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(c)     ​​​​​​​      True and complete copies of the Governing Documents of the Company have been made available to Buyer prior to the date hereof, in each case as currently in effect, and no subsequent action has been taken to amend or modify any of the Governing Documents of the Company. All such Governing Documents are in full force and effect, no other organizational documents are applicable to or binding upon the Company and the Company is not in violation of any of the provisions of its Governing Documents.

 

(d)     ​​​​​​​      The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into, and perform its obligations under, this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which it is a party. The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and each Transaction Document to which it is a party, and the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and thereunder, have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of the Company. This Agreement has been, and each Transaction Document to which the Company is a party will be, duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and (assuming the due and valid authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents by each other party hereto and thereto) constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except to the extent such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other similar Laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a Proceeding in equity or at law).

 

2.2         Seller’s Organization; Power and Authority and Approval; and Qualification .

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​      Seller is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite limited liability company power and authority to own, lease and operate the properties and assets it currently owns or leases and to carry on its business as currently conducted by it.

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​      Seller is duly licensed or qualified to conduct business as a foreign limited liability company in, and is in good standing under the Laws of, all jurisdictions in which the character of the properties and assets now owned or leased by it or the nature of the business now conducted by it requires it to be so licensed or qualified, except, in each case, where the failure to be so qualified or licensed would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)     ​​​​​​​      True and complete copies of the Governing Documents of Seller have been made available to Buyer, in each case as currently in effect, and no subsequent action has been taken to amend or modify any of the Governing Documents of Seller. All Governing Documents of Seller are in full force and effect, no other organizational documents are applicable to or binding upon Seller and Seller is not in violation of any of the provisions of its Governing Documents.

 

(d)     ​​​​​​​      Seller has all requisite limited liability company power and authority to enter into, and perform its obligations under, this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which it is a party. The execution and delivery by Seller of this Agreement and each Transaction Document to which it is a party, and the performance by Seller of its obligations hereunder and thereunder, have been duly authorized by all requisite limited liability company action on the part of Seller. This Agreement has been, and each Transaction Document to which Seller is a party will be, duly and validly executed and delivered by Seller and (assuming the due and valid authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents by each other party hereto and thereto) constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Seller enforceable against Seller in accordance with its terms, except to the extent such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other similar Laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a Proceeding in equity or at law).

 

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(e)     ​​​​​​​      Each Equityholder has all requisite power and authority (or has the capacity, as applicable) to enter into, and perform his or its obligations under, this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which he or it is a party. To the extent such Equityholder is an entity, the execution and delivery by such Equityholder of this Agreement and each Transaction Document to which he or it is a party, and the performance by such Equityholder of his or its obligations hereunder and thereunder, have been duly authorized by all action on the part of such Equityholder. This Agreement has been, and each Transaction Document to which such Equityholder is a party will be, duly and validly executed and delivered by such Equityholder and (assuming the due and valid authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents by each other party hereto and thereto) constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Equityholder enforceable against such Equityholder in accordance with its terms, except to the extent such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other similar Laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a Proceeding in equity or at law).

 

2.3         Capitalization . Seller is the record and beneficial owner of all of the Equity Securities. The current capitalization of any Seller Party that is not an individual Person (including the Company) is set forth on Section 2.3 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule. Except as set forth on such Schedule, no Seller Party has any outstanding capital stock or other equity interests, any subscriptions, options, warrants or other rights for the issuance or purchase of any capital stock or other equity interests, any securities convertible or exchangeable for any capital stock or other equity interests, or any understandings or commitments of any kind for the issuance of capital stock or other equity interests or securities convertible into capital stock or other equity interests. There are no Contracts to which any Seller Party is a party relating to the acquisition, disposition, or voting of any capital stock or other equity interests or securities of any Seller Party, except for such Seller Party’s Governing Documents. Except as set forth Section 2.3  of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, there are no outstanding or authorized stock appreciation, "phantom stock" or other equity or similar rights with respect to any Seller Party. There are no outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other Indebtedness of any Seller Party containing the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which the equity holders of any Seller Party may vote. Except as set forth Section 2.3  of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, no Seller Party has any Subsidiaries and does not own, directly or indirectly, any stock, limited liability company interest or membership interest, partnership interest or other equity or voting interest in or of any Person. Prior to the date hereof, the Company has dissolved the Canadian Subsidiary.

 

2.4         Title to Equity Securiti es . The Equity Securities have been duly authorized, validly issued in compliance with all applicable securities Laws or exemptions therefrom and are fully paid and non-assessable. Seller has good, valid and marketable title to all of the Equity Securities free and clear of all Encumbrances other than (a) those arising under applicable securities Laws and (b) Encumbrances existing in connection with Indebtedness of the Company which Encumbrances will be released at Closing.   

 

2.5        Governmental Consents . No consent, approval, waiver, notice to, or authorization of, or exemption by, or filing with any Governmental Authority (a “ Governmental Conse nt ”) is required in connection with the execution and delivery by any Seller Party of this Agreement or any Transaction Document to which it is a party or the performance by it of its obligations hereunder or thereunder (excluding Governmental Consents, if any, which Buyer is required to obtain or make, as to which no representations or warranties are made by Seller), except for such filings as may be required under the HSR Act.

 

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2.6         No Conflicts . Each Seller Party’s execution and delivery of, and performance of its obligations under, this Agreement and each Transaction Document to which it is a party will not, with or without the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, subject to obtaining any Governmental Consents referred to in Sectio 2.5 :

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​      violate any provision of any Governing Document of any Seller Party;

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​      violate any Law or Order applicable to any Seller Party;

 

(c)     ​​​​​​​      require the consent, notice or other action by any Person under, conflict with, result in a violation or breach of, constitute a default or an event that would constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of or create in any Person the right to accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel any Material Contract or Permit to which any Seller Party is a party or by which any Seller Party or the CID Business is bound or to which any of the Company’s assets are subject; or

 

(d)     ​​​​​​​      result in the creation of any Encumbrance upon any assets of the Company.

 

2.7         Financial Statements .

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​      Seller has delivered to Buyer true and complete copies of the unaudited financial statements of the Company as at March 31, 2018 (the “ Interim Balance Sheet Da te ”) consisting of the balance sheet of the Company (the “ Interim Balance She et ”) as at such date and the related statements of income and retained earnings and cash flows for the three-month period then ended, and true and complete copies of the audited financial statements of the Company consisting of the balance sheet of the Company as at each of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the related statements of income and retained earnings and cash flows for each of the years then ended (collectively, the “ Financial Statemen ts ”). The Financial Statements are consistent with the books and records of the Company (which, in turn, are accurate and complete in all material respects) and fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position and results of operations of the Company as at the respective dates indicated and for the respective periods then ended, in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, except (i) for the adjustments disclosed in Section  2.7 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule or the notes to the Financial Statements, and (ii) in the case of the interim Financial Statements, for the absence of notes and other presentation items thereto and are subject to normal year-end adjustments, the effect of which shall not, individually, or in the aggregate, be material. No financial statements of any other Person are required by GAAP to be included in the Financial Statements. The accounting records, all of which have been made available to Buyer, (i) represent actual, bona fide transactions, (ii) have been maintained in all material respects in accordance with sound business practices and (iii) accurately and fairly reflect in all material respects the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company.

 

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(b)     ​​​​​​​      The Company has implemented and currently maintains a system of internal controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with customary accounting practices, including that (i) all transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) all transactions are recorded accurate and as necessary to permit the preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP, in all material respects in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole, and to maintain proper accountability for assets, (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. There have been no formal internal investigations regarding financial reporting or accounting policies and practices discussed with, reviewed by or initiated at the direction of the chief executive officer, chief financial officer (or equivalent thereof) or general counsel of the Company, the board of directors of the Company or any committee thereof. Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any of their independent auditors have identified (x) any significant deficiency or material weakness in the system of internal accounting controls utilized by the Company, (y) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves the management or other employees of the Company who have a role in the preparation of financial statements or the internal accounting controls utilized by the Company, or (z) any claim or allegation regarding any of the foregoing.

 

(c)     ​​​​​​​      All accounts receivable reflected on the Interim Balance Sheet and the accounts receivable arising after the date thereof and prior to the Closing Date (i) have arisen from bona fide transactions entered into by the Company involving the sale of goods or the rendering of services in the Ordinary Course; (ii) constitute only valid, undisputed claims of the Company not subject to claims of set-off or other defenses or counterclaims other than normal cash discounts accrued in the Ordinary Course; and (iii) subject to a reserve for bad debts shown on the Interim Balance Sheet or, with respect to accounts receivable arising after the Interim Balance Sheet Date, on the accounting records of the Company, are collectible in full in accordance with the historical collection practices of the Company. The reserve for bad debts shown on the Interim Balance Sheet or, with respect to accounts receivable arising after the Interim Balance Sheet Date and prior to the Closing Date, on the accounting records of the Company has been determined in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, subject to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of disclosures normally made in footnotes. Since the Interim Balance Sheet Date, there have not been any write-offs as uncollectible of any customer accounts receivable of the Company, except for write-offs in the Ordinary Course.

 

2.8         Undisclosed Liabiliti es . The Company has no Liabilities, except (a) those which are adequately reflected or reserved against in the Interim Balance Sheet as of the Interim Balance Sheet Date, (b) those which have been incurred in the Ordinary Course since the Interim Balance Sheet Date (which are similar in nature and amount to the Liabilities which arose during the comparable period of the immediately preceding fiscal year and none of which is a Liability for breach of Contract, breach of warranty, tort, infringement, violation of Law or any Proceeding) and which are not, individually or in the aggregate, material in amount, (c) those Seller Expenses which are incurred pursuant to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and set forth on the Closing Statement, and (d) those for performance (but not breach, default or other violation) under the express terms of written Contracts and in the Ordinary Course.

 

2.9         Absence of Certain Changes or Events . Except as permitted or contemplated by this Agreement, since the Interim Balance Sheet Date, the Company has not (a) suffered any material damage, destruction or casualty loss to its physical properties, or (b) suffered any events, developments, occurrences or changes that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Further, except as set forth on Section 2.9 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule and as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or the other agreements, instruments and documents contemplated hereby, from the Interim Balance Sheet Date through the date of this Agreement, the Company has conducted its business in the Ordinary Course in all material respects and there has not been any:

 

(i)       material non-compliance with any applicable Law by the Company;

 

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(ii)      actions taken or omissions of an action that materially and adversely affected the Company’s goodwill or relationship with any employee, customer, supplier or other Person having business dealings with the Company, except in the Ordinary Course;

 

(iii)       losses of or reductions to the services of any executive officer or key employee of the Company;

 

(iv)       amendments to the Governing Documents of the Company;

 

(v)        mergers or consolidations with, or agreements to merge or consolidate with, or purchase substantially all of the assets of, or other acquisitions of any business or any corporation, partnership, association or other business organization or division thereof, involving the Company;

 

(vi)       acceleration of shipments or invoicing over that typically made in the Ordinary Course;

 

(vii)      repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of any of the Equity Securities or other equity ownership interests of the Company;

 

(viii)    issuances, sales, pledges or dispositions of, or impositions of any Encumbrance on, any of the Equity Securities or other equity ownership interests of the Company, or any options, warrants or other similar rights, agreements or commitments of any kind to purchase any such securities convertible into or exchangeable for any such Equity Securities or other equity ownership interests of the Company;

 

(ix)      declarations or payments of any dividends or distributions or other capital returns with respect to any Equity Securities or other equity ownership interests of the Company, whether payable in additional Equity Securities or other equity ownership interests of the Company, cash, property or otherwise, except for distributions in the Ordinary Course;

 

(x)       incurrences, assumptions, guarantees (including any “keepwell” or any similar arrangement) or prepayments of any Indebtedness by the Company, amendments to the terms relating to any Indebtedness of the Company or issuances or sales of any debt securities by the Company;

 

(xi)        purchases of any material products or assets that have a value of $20,000 individually or $50,000 in the aggregate, except for the purchase of inventory in the Ordinary Course;

 

(xii)      sales, transfers, assignments, licensing, conveyances, mortgaging, pledging, or dispositions of, or the incurrence of any Encumbrance (other than any Permitted Encumbrance) on, any properties or assets (whether tangible or intangible) of the Company that have a value of $20,000 individually or $50,000 in the aggregate, except for the sale of inventory in the Ordinary Course;

 

(xiii)     transactions between the Company, on the one hand, and any other Seller Party or Affiliate of a Seller Party, on the other hand, except for dividends to Seller as the Company’s sole shareholder;

 

(xiv)     capital expenditures or equipment and facility maintenance expenses, or acceleration or deference of any capital expenditures or equipment and facility maintenance expenses, other than in accordance with the capital expenditures budget which has been made available to Buyer and was prepared in the Ordinary Course, and any such other expenditures as were necessary in the Company’s reasonable judgment to prevent the destruction, removal, wasting, deterioration or impairment of the Company’s assets;

 

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(xv)       deferrals of capital expenditures called for by the Company’s capital expenditures budget and or needed for its business;

 

(xvi)      agreements regarding or conclusions of any corrective actions, plans or Orders applicable to the Company;

 

(xvii)     settlements, compromises or waivers by the Company of any material rights relating to any Proceedings;

 

(xviii)   changes by the Company to any financial, cost or Tax accounting methods, practices, policies or principles or elections, including any inventory valuation methodologies and capitalization of research and development and product development methodologies, other than any such changes as may be required under GAAP;

 

(xix)    cancellations or terminations of any insurance policies of the Company or lapses in the coverage thereof, unless simultaneously with such cancellation, termination or lapse, replacement policies providing, to the extent reasonably available, coverage equal to or greater than the coverage under the canceled, terminated or lapsed policies for substantially similar premiums were in full force and effect;

 

(xx)      failure by the Company to pay bonuses, commissions or other compensation due to employees when owed or payable;

 

(xxi)     any (A) adoption of, amendment to (other than any amendment necessary to comply with any applicable Law) or entry into any Benefit Plan, or (B) changes to actuarial or other assumptions used to calculate funding obligations with respect to any Benefit Plan or other arrangement, or changes to the manner in which contributions to such Benefit Plans or other arrangements are made or the basis on which contributions are determined, except as may be required by GAAP;

 

(xxii)    forgiveness by the Company of any loans to any officer, director, manager, employee or independent contractor of the Company; or

 

(xxiii)   agreements or commitments by the Company to do any of the foregoing.

 

2.10         Title to Assets . The Company has good and valid title to, a valid leasehold interest in, or an enforceable right to use, all of the real and personal property that it purports to own (including such property reflected on the Interim Balance Sheet) or uses in the conduct of the CID Business, free and clear of all Encumbrances, other than Permitted Encumbrances, and following the Closing, the Company will continue to have good and valid title to, a valid leasehold interest in, or an enforceable right to use, all of the real and personal property that it purports to own (including such property reflected on the Interim Balance Sheet) or uses in the conduct of the CID Business, free and clear of all Encumbrances, other than Permitted Encumbrances, without incurring any penalty or other adverse consequence (including any increase in rentals, royalties, or license or other fees imposed as a result of, or arising from, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement).

 

2.11         Sufficiency and Condition of Assets . The assets and properties of the Company, including the assets and properties used or held by the Company pursuant to leases, licenses and other Contracts, constitute all of the assets and properties sufficient and necessary for the conduct of the CID Business as it is currently conducted. All of the equipment and other tangible personal property of the Company are in good operating condition and repair, and are adequate for the uses to which they are being put, and none are in need of replacement or maintenance or repairs, except for ordinary, routine replacement, maintenance and repairs that are not material in nature or cost. In the past twelve (12) months, the Company has not changed any of its policies with respect to the timing of repairs and maintenance with respect to its tangible personal property.

 

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2.12         Intellectual Property .

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​       Ownership and Use .

 

(i)      The Company has good, valid and legal title to, and is the sole and exclusive owner of all right, title and interest in and to, or with respect to Intellectual Property licensed to the Company has an enforceable right to use, all Intellectual Property that is material to the operation of the CID Business or is used or held for use in the conduct of the CID Business as it is currently conducted (collectively, the “ Company IP ”), free and clear of all Encumbrances and other adverse claims, without obligation to pay any royalty or any other fees other than as expressly set forth in the terms and conditions of the Third Party IP Licenses (defined below).

 

(ii)      The operation and maintenance of the CID Business as it is currently conducted requires no Intellectual Property rights other than rights that are owned by the Company, or rights that have been granted to the Company pursuant to Third Party IP Licenses.

 

(iii)     None of the Company IP was developed by or on behalf of, or using grants or any other subsidies of, any governmental or public entity or authority, university, corporate sponsor, or other third party.

 

(iv)    Except as set forth on Section 2.12(a)(iv) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, the Company has secured valid written assignments from all consultants and employees who contributed to the creation or development of Intellectual Property used by the Company in the conduct of its business of the rights to such contributions to the extent that the Company did not already own such Intellectual Property by operation of law. The Company’s current and former employees, officers and independent consultants that have created any Intellectual Property used or held for use or exploitation by the Company, have duly and validly assigned ownership of such Intellectual Property to the Company.

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​       Intellectual Property Registrations . Section 2.12(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule contains an accurate and complete list of all registered and applied for Intellectual Property which is owned by the Company or used by the CID Business (collectively, the “ Registered IP ”). All Registered IP has been duly registered in, filed in or issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, a duly accredited and appropriate Internet domain name registrar, the appropriate offices in the various states of the United States and the appropriate offices of other jurisdictions (foreign and domestic), and each such registration, filing and issuance remains in full force and effect as of the Closing Date. There are no actions outside of the Ordinary Course that must be taken or payments that must be made within 180 days following the Closing Date that, if not taken, will adversely affect the Registered IP. All maintenance fees, annuities, and the like due or payable on the Registered IP have been timely paid. Section 2.12(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule accurately summarizes, as applicable, the following for each item of Registered IP: application number, registration number, filing date, date of issuance, applicant, mark or name, owner(s), country of origin, and the next maintenance fee and other administrative obligations required to maintain or prosecute such Registered Intellectual Property.

 

(c)     ​​​​​​​       Validity . All Registered IP is subsisting, valid and enforceable.

 

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(d)     ​​​​​​​      Trade Secrets . The Company or a Subsidiary of the Company has taken all reasonable and necessary steps to maintain and enforce the Company IP, and preserve the confidentiality of all Trade Secrets included therein, and all use, disclosure or appropriation thereof by or to any third party has been pursuant to the terms of a written agreement between such third party and the Company or such Subsidiary. The Company has not breached any agreements of non-disclosure or confidentiality related to the Company IP.

 

(e)     ​​​​​​​       Effect of Agreeme nt . After consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, neither Seller nor any current or former Affiliate of Seller (other than the Company) will own or have any right, title or interest in or to any Company IP. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement will not result in the loss or impairment of or payment of any additional amounts with respect to, nor require the consent of any other Person (except as may be set forth on Section 1.5(a)(xii) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule) in respect of, the Company’s right to own or use any Company IP.

 

(f)     ​​​​​​​       Non-infringement . No Person has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any Company IP. The Company, the conduct of the CID Business as currently and formerly conducted, the processes or business methods used by or at the direction of the Company or any Subsidiary, and the products and services of the Company, have not infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated the Intellectual Property rights of any Person. No Proceedings (including any opposition, cancellation, review or other Proceedings) are settled or pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened (including any offers to take a license), (v) alleging that the Company has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated the Intellectual Property rights of any Person, (w) challenging the validity, enforceability, registrability or ownership of, or rights to use, license or otherwise exploit any Company IP, (x) alleging that any Person infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated any Company IP, (y) asserting that the Company has engaged in unfair competition, false advertising or other unfair business practices, or (z) otherwise asserting claims or allegations adversely affecting or that would, if established, adversely affect any Company IP.

 

(g)     ​​​​​​​       Enforcement . The Company has taken all actions reasonably necessary to maintain and protect the Company IP, including without limitation (i) marking its products to indicate ownership of Intellectual Property embodied in such products and to preserve the right to seek and obtain damages for the violation of such Intellectual Property, and (ii) exercising reasonable care and taking all reasonable steps, to protect the Company’s rights in Trade Secrets and to protect the Trade Secrets of others who have provided such them to the Company in confidence.

 

(h)     ​​​​​​​       Licenses and Agreemen ts . Except for licenses of off the shelf software, Section 2.12(h) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule contains a list of all agreements relating to Intellectual Property to which the Company is a party or is otherwise obligated, including without limitation any agreement by which the Company: (i)(A) licensed to any Person any Company IP or sublicensed to any Person any Intellectual Property owned by another Person (such agreement, a “ Company IP Licen se ”), (B) is licensed any Intellectual Property owned by another Person (such agreement, a “ Third Party IP Licen se ”), (C) uses, owns, assigned or is assigned any right or interest in, settled any dispute or released or was released from any claim pertaining to, any Intellectual Property, (D) is restricted in or obligated with respect to, or has restricted or obligated another with respect to, the disclosure, use, development, enforcement, prosecution, maintenance, transfer, licensing or other exploitation of any Intellectual Property, (E) granted or was the beneficiary of a covenant not to sue with respect to, or (F) has other than in the Ordinary Course, given, obtained or permitted the disclaimer of a warranty, indemnity or hold harmless obligation with respect to any Intellectual Property; or (ii) is obligated or committed, or has obtained an obligation or commitment from any Person, to enter into an agreement pertaining to any of the categories set forth in subpart (i). All material Company IP Licenses and all material Third Party IP Licenses are in full force and effect, and constitute valid and binding obligations of the respective parties thereto and are enforceable in accordance with their respective terms.

 

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(i)     ​​​​​​​       Software .

 

(i)        Section 2.12(i)(i) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule contains a complete list of all Company Software.

 

(ii)     Except as set forth on Section 2.12(i)(ii) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, none of the Company Software: (i) incorporates any Public Software, or is subject to any license or other contractual obligation that (A) requires the Company to divulge to any Person any source code that is part of the Company Software, (B) licenses a third party to create any derivative work based on the Company Software, or (C) licenses a third party to distribute or redistribute Company Software or any part thereof at no charge; or (ii) to the Company’s Knowledge, contains any Virus. Except as set forth in Section 2.12(i)(ii) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, to the Company’s Knowledge the Company Software is free of material defects and errors, and functions in substantial conformity with documentation therefor.

 

(iii)     Each of the material Company Software programs operates and runs in a commercially reasonable business manner, conforms in all material respects to the specifications thereof, operates in accordance with the documentation provided with such computer software programs, and, to the Company’s Knowledge, is free of Viruses.

 

(iv)     The Company Software constitutes all software necessary to conduct the business and operations of the Company as conducted as of the date hereof.

 

(v)     All Company Software is in the possession, custody and control of the Company, along with all hardware and software tools, documentation, and other materials necessary to exploit the Company Software in the Ordinary Course, and such Company Software and related tools and materials will remain so immediately after the Closing.

 

(vi)     No Company Software in source code form has been provided to the Company’s personnel except on a need-to-know basis. The Company Software that is owned by the Company has not been presented or disclosed in source code form to any third party (including without limitation, employees and officers of the Company) except under written confidentiality agreements or written source code escrow agreements. To the Company’s Knowledge, there has been no security breach relating to, no violation of any security policy regarding, and no unauthorized access to, the Company’s proprietary data or Company Software.

 

(vii)     Except as set forth in Section 2.12(i)(vii) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, the Company is not obligated to support or maintain any of the Company Software except pursuant to agreements that will terminate by their terms or are terminable at will by the Company (and other than for cause) on a periodic basis and that provide for periodic payments to the Company for such services.

 

2.13         Real Property .

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​      The Company does not own any real property and does not have any obligation to purchase any real property. Section  2.13(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of all leases and subleases with respect to real property (each, a “ Real Property Lea se ”) pursuant to which the Company is a party, together with corresponding street address of all such leased real property (collectively, the “ Leased Real Proper ty ”). A true and complete copy of each written Real Property Lease (including all modifications, amendments, renewals and extensions thereto) has been made available to Buyer and there have been no amendments, modifications or extensions of such Real Property Leases other than those set forth on Section 2.13(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule. The Leased Real Property constitutes all real property used or held for use by the Company in the operation of the CID Business as currently operated. The Company has a valid leasehold interest in each parcel of Leased Real Property.

 

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(b)     ​​​​​​​      With respect to each Real Property Lease:

 

(i)       each Real Property Lease is legal, valid and binding on, and enforceable against, the Company and, to the Company’s Knowledge, each other party thereto, in accordance with its terms, except to the extent such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other similar Laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a Proceeding in equity or at law);

 

(ii)      the Company has not given or received any written notice of default under any Real Property Lease, and no default by the Company or, to the Knowledge of the Company, the other party or parties thereto, is continuing under any of the Real Property Leases;

 

(iii)     the Company has not had its possession and quiet enjoyment of any Leased Real Property leased pursuant to any Real Property Lease materially disturbed, and there are no material disputes involving the Company with respect to any of the Real Property Leases;

 

(iv)       no security deposit or portion thereof deposited with respect to any Real Property Lease has been applied in respect of a breach or default under such Real Property Lease which has not been re-deposited in full;

 

(v)       the Company is not a party to any written or oral subleases, assignments, licenses, or other contracts granting to any Person other than the Company the right to use or occupy any Leased Real Property;

 

(vi)      the Company is not a party to any outstanding options, rights of first refusal or other contractual right to purchase, sell or lease all or a portion of any Leased Real Property which is subject to a Real Property Lease;

 

(vii)     the Company has not received any written notice that the landlord with respect to any Real Property Lease would refuse to renew such lease upon expiration of the period thereof upon substantially the same terms, except for rent increases and non-material revisions to the terms of such Real Property Lease, in each case which have been disclosed to Buyer;

 

(viii)    the time period for the Company to exercise any extension or renewal right under such lease has not expired or otherwise lapsed;

 

(ix)     all rent and additional rent payments, including operating expenses, property taxes and pass-throughs, are paid current through the date of this Agreement, and will be paid current through the Closing Date; and

 

(x)      the Company does not owe, nor will owe in the future, based on any Contract in effect on the date hereof or the Closing Date, any brokerage commissions or finder’s fees with respect to any Leased Real Property.

 

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(c)     ​​​​​​​      No portion of the Leased Real Property is subject to any pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened condemnation or eminent domain proceedings or their local equivalent by any Governmental Authority. Within the last 12 months, neither Seller nor the Company has received written notice of any pending or threatened condemnation or eminent domain proceedings or their local equivalent affecting or relating to such Leased Real Property.

 

(d)     ​​​​​​​      The Leased Real Property is used in a manner consistent in all material respects with and permitted by applicable zoning ordinances and other Laws, is served by all water, sewer, electrical, telephone, drainage and other utilities required for normal operations of the CID Business, is not in possession of any adverse possessors, is in reasonably good condition and repair (normal wear and tear excepted) and requires no material work or improvements to bring it into compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws or to repair or maintain the improvements thereon.

 

2.14         Material Contracts .

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​       Section 2.14(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, correct and complete list of each Contract pursuant to which the Company is a party, to which any of its assets or properties are bound, or pursuant to which it has any rights and/or obligations, in each case in any one or more of the categories listed below (and each such Contract is listed under a heading in Section 2.14(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule that corresponds with the applicable clause among the following to which such Contract relates):

 

(i)       (A) all Contracts that provide for payments after the date hereof by or to the Company thereunder of more than $10,000 per year, including without limitation all such Contracts that are (1) Contracts with customers, vendors or the like, provided, that , with respect to purchase orders with customers, Section 2.14(a)(i) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule shall provide a list of all open purchase orders (without regard to such $10,000 threshold) as of the close of business on the last Business Day prior to the date of this Agreement, (2) Contracts for capital expenditures (including leases of personal property), supplies or services, (3) guarantees of third party obligations, and (B) Contracts with any current or former officer, employee or consultant of the Company for annual compensation or severance agreements;

 

(ii)      all Contracts that provide for change in control, retention, transaction bonus or similar arrangements, including obligations of the Company to make any payment to any Person, including any holder of any equity securities of the Company, based upon or related to the value of any equity securities of the Company;

 

(iii)    all Contracts that are collective bargaining agreements, labor Contracts or other written agreements or arrangements with any labor union, works council, labor organization, or any other employee organization;

 

(iv)     all Contracts that provide for any partnership, joint venture, strategic alliance, revenue sharing or other collaboration;

 

(v)      all Contracts that relate to the sale or acquisition of any assets of the Company, other than in the Ordinary Course, or for the grant to any Person of any option, right of first refusal or preferential or similar right to purchase any assets of the Company, other than in the Ordinary Course;

 

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(vi)     all Contracts that relate to the acquisition or disposition of any business, a material amount of stock or assets of any other Person or any real property (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise);

 

(vii)     all Contracts that restrict or prohibit the kinds of businesses in which the Company may engage, including any Contract containing a covenant not to compete or not to solicit, or limiting or purporting to limit the method or scope of conduct of the CID Business, or preventing the Company from engaging freely in any part of the CID Business anywhere in the world, or including restrictions on the Company’s ability to employ any Person in any market or geographical area, in each case binding on the Company or any employees or other service providers of the Company;

 

(viii)   all Contracts that relate to or evidence Indebtedness (including guarantees), including as an indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, promissory note or other Contract for the borrowing of money or a line of credit or which otherwise places an Encumbrance on any assets of the CID Business;

 

(ix)     all Contracts with respect to Intellectual Property, Software or Source Code, including licenses (whether as licensor or licensee) (including all Third Party IP Licenses and Company IP Licenses), options, covenants not to assert, or other rights or immunity with respect to any Intellectual Property, Software or Source Code or Contract relating to the development, ownership or enforcement of Intellectual Property, Software or Source Code, including without limitation any settlement or coexistence agreements, and including (A) Contracts with current or former employees, consultants, or contractors regarding the ownership, use, protection or nondisclosure of any Intellectual Property, Software, or Source Code and (B) any Contract relating to the licensing of Intellectual Property, Software, or Source Code by the Company from or to a third party (except licenses for commercially available, unmodified, off-the-shelf software purchased or licensed for less than a total cost of $5,000 in the aggregate entered into by the Company in the Ordinary Course);

 

(x)       all Contracts that require the Company to purchase or sell a stated portion of the requirements or outputs of its business or that contain "take or pay" provisions;

 

(xi)      all Contracts that provide for the indemnification of any other Person;

 

(xii)     all Contracts that provide for the assumption of any Tax, environmental or other Liability of any Person;

 

(xiii)   all broker, distributor, dealer, manufacturer's representative, franchise, agency, sales promotion, sales representative, market research, marketing, consulting and advertising Contracts;

 

(xiv)     [Intentionally Omitted];

 

(xv)      all Contracts relating to swap, hedging, forward exchange or other derivative arrangements;

 

(xvi)     all Contracts with any Governmental Authority;

 

(xvii)    all Contracts between (1) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and (2) any other Seller Party or any director, officer, member, manager, employee, Affiliate, shareholder, or other service provider of a Seller Party, any of such individual's family members, or any of their respective Affiliates, on the other hand;

 

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(xviii)   all powers of attorney with respect to the CID Business;

 

(xix)     all Real Property Leases;

 

(xx)      all Contracts that involve any “most favored nation” rights or similar rights or obligations of the Company or other Person or any other similar provision;

 

(xxi)    all Contracts pursuant to which the Company has or may have any Liability to any investment bank, broker, financial advisor, finder or other similar Person (including an obligation to pay any legal, accounting, brokerage, finder’s or similar fees or expenses) in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions;

 

(xxii)    all Contracts that evidence the settlement or compromise of any Proceeding involving either (A) any ongoing payment obligations by the Company, (B) the imposition of any non-monetary restrictions upon the Company that continue to be in effect or (C) the admission of wrongdoing on the part of the Company;

 

(xxiii)    all Contracts that (1) cannot be terminated by the Company unless it provides advance notice of 30 days or more, or (2) cannot be terminated by the Company without incurring a fee, penalty, charge, payment or prepayment obligation;

 

(xxiv)    all other Contracts that are material to the assets or the operation of the CID Business and not previously disclosed pursuant to this Sectio n 2.14( a) ;

 

(xxv)     any outstanding binding commitment to enter into any Contract of the type described in subsections (i) through (xxvi) of this Sectio n 2.14( a) ; and

 

(xxvi)    any Contract or group of Contracts with a Person or Governmental Authority the termination of which would be reasonably expected to have a material effect on the Company, its assets, liabilities, or the CID Business and is not otherwise disclosed pursuant to the other clauses of this Sectio n 2.14( a) .

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​      Seller has made available to Buyer a true and correct copy of each Contract (including any and all amendments, supplements and modifications thereto) described in each of the clauses of Sectio n 2.14(a) above (collectively, the “ Material Contrac ts ”); provided, however , that with respect to purchase orders of the CID Business, Seller has provided to Buyer (i) a true and correct list of open purchase orders and (ii) copies of each purchase order requested to be reviewed by Buyer. Each Material Contract is in full force and effect and is a valid and binding obligation of the Company and the other parties thereto and is enforceable against the Company and the other parties thereto in accordance with its terms, except to the extent such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a Proceeding in equity or at law). Neither the Company nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party to a Material Contract is in breach of, or default under, any Material Contract. All certifications and representations submitted by or on behalf of the Company in connection with any Material Contract were true and correct when given and all notices regarding the updating of such certifications and representations have been given if required. As of the date hereof, neither Seller nor the Company has received any claim or notice of material breach of or material default under any Material Contract. As of the date hereof, no party has indicated to Seller or the Company its intent to terminate or modify any Material Contract. No Material Contract is subject to any material modifications, amendments or claims by any of the parties thereto, and there are no renegotiations, attempts to renegotiate or outstanding rights to negotiate any amount to be paid or payable to or by the Company under any Material Contract, and no Person has given notice of any demand for renegotiation or threat of cancellation of any Material Contract. To the Company’s Knowledge, no event has occurred or circumstance exists that (with or without notice or lapse of time) may, in any material respect, contravene, conflict with or result in a violation or breach of, or give the Company or any other Person the right to declare a breach or default or exercise any remedy under, or to accelerate the maturity or performance of, or to cancel, terminate or modify, any Material Contract. Subject to the receipt of the consents set forth on Section 1.5(a)(xii) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents will not afford any other party to a Material Contract the right to terminate or make any modifications to the terms of the Material Contract.

 

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2.15         Environmental Matters .

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​      The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all Environmental Laws.

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​      The Company has not Released any Hazardous Materials at the Leased Real Property nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, has any third party Released any Hazardous Materials at any Leased Real Property, whereby such Hazardous Materials would reasonably be expected to require the Company to conduct or fund material remediation of the Hazardous Materials or result in the Company becoming subject to any other material obligation or liability pursuant to any Environmental Law.

 

(c)     ​​​​​​​      Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any Leased Real Property is subject to an Order or any pending and unresolved material written notice, material request for information, or material complaint of a Governmental Authority concerning any noncompliance with Environmental Laws, any actual or suspected presence or Release of Hazardous Materials or any requirement to conduct remediation of any Hazardous Materials at any of the Leased Real Property.

 

(d)     ​​​​​​​      The Company holds and is in compliance in all material respects with all Permits required under all Environmental Laws (“ Environmental Permi ts ”) in connection with the operation of the CID Business as currently conducted and the operation of the Leased Real Property. No Proceeding is pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened to revoke, suspend, or cancel any material Environmental Permit.

 

(e)     ​​​​​​​      There are no pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened Proceedings against or affecting the Company pursuant to or under Environmental Laws.

 

(f)     ​​​​​​​      None of the CID Business, the assets of the Company, or any real property currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by the Company is listed on, or has been proposed for listing on, the National Priorities List under CERCLA, or any similar state list. Section 2.15(f) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule contains (i) a complete and accurate list of all active or abandoned aboveground or underground storage tanks owned or operated by the Company in connection with the CID Business, and (ii) a complete and accurate list of all off-site Hazardous Materials treatment, storage, or disposal facilities or locations used by the Company in connection with the CID Business as to which the Company may retain Liability, other than any such disposal facilities utilized in the Ordinary Course by the Company in connection with disposal of non-Hazardous Materials.

 

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(g)     ​​​​​​​      The Seller Parties have made available to Buyer and listed on Section 2.15(g) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule: (A) any and all environmental reports, studies, audits, records, sampling data, site assessments, risk assessments, economic models and other similar documents with respect to the CID Business or any real property currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by the Company in connection with the CID Business which are in the possession or control of the Company related to compliance with Environmental Laws, any environmental claims or environmental notice or the Release of any Hazardous Materials; and (B) any and all material documents concerning planned or anticipated capital expenditures required to reduce, offset, limit or otherwise control pollution and/or emissions, manage waste or otherwise ensure compliance with current or future Environmental Laws (including costs of remediation, pollution control equipment and operational changes). To the Company’s Knowledge, no Seller Party is aware of any condition, event or circumstance concerning the Release or regulation of Hazardous Materials that would reasonably be expected after the Closing Date, to prevent, impede or materially increase the costs associated with the ownership, lease, operation, performance or use of the CID Business as currently conducted.

 

2.16         Compliance with La ws . The Company is in compliance in all material respects with, and has been at all times during the past five years in compliance in all material respects with, all Laws, Orders and material Permits applicable to the Company, the CID Business or any of its properties or assets or the employees and other service providers conducting the CID Business. The Company holds all material Permits necessary for the Company to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and conduct the CID Business as presently conducted. Section 2.16 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list of all material Permits held by the Company, including the names of the Permits and their respective dates of issuance and expiration. No event has occurred that, with or without notice or lapse of time or both, would reasonably be expected to result in the revocation, suspension, cancellation, lapse or limitation of any such material Permit. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not result in the revocation, suspension, cancellation, limitation or adverse modification of any material Permit of the Company. The Company is not in default or violation of any material Permit to which it is a party. No Proceeding is pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened, to revoke, suspend, cancel, limit or adversely modify any Permit. The Company has not received any notification or warning from any Governmental Authority or other Person alleging violation of any Law, Order or Contract with any Governmental Authority by the Company. The Seller Parties have not been notified and presently have no reason to believe that any material Permit will not be renewed in the Ordinary Course upon its expiration.

 

2.17         Litigation . There are and, for the five years prior to the date hereof have been, no Proceedings pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against or by the Company or any of its properties or assets (or by or against Seller or any Affiliate thereof and relating to the Company). There is no Proceeding pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against Seller or the Company before any Governmental Authority in which any Person seeks to prohibit, prevent, enjoin or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and to the Company’s Knowledge, no event has occurred or circumstances exist that may give rise to, or serve as a basis for, any such Proceeding.. There are no outstanding Orders and no unsatisfied judgments, penalties or awards against or affecting the Company or any of its properties or assets. To the Company’s Knowledge, no event has occurred or circumstances exist that may constitute or result in (with or without notice or lapse of time) a violation of any such Order.

 

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2.18         Insurance . Section 2.18 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, correct and complete list of all policies of fire, workers’ compensation, property, casualty, general liability and other forms of insurance maintained by the Company (the “ Insurance Polici es ”), and of all claims submitted by the Company under any of its current or former insurance policies in the five years prior to the date hereof. Each of the Insurance Policies is in full force and effect, all premiums with respect thereto covering all periods up to and including the Closing Date have been or will have been timely paid, and no written notice has been received by the Company from any insurance carrier purporting to reduce, cancel, modify or terminate coverage under any of the Insurance Policies. During the five years prior to the date hereof, (a) the Company has not made any claim under any current or former Insurance Policy with respect to which an insurer has, in a written notice to Seller or the Company, questioned, denied, disputed or otherwise reserved its rights with respect to coverage, (b) to the Company’s Knowledge, no insurer has threatened to cancel any Insurance Policy, and (c) neither Seller nor the Company has received written notice of a material default under, or a termination or cancellation of, or a material increase in premium with respect to, any Insurance Policy. There are currently no pending material claims under the Insurance Policies. None of Seller or any of its Affiliates (including the Company) is in default under, or has otherwise failed to comply with, in any material respect, any provision contained in any such Insurance Policy. The Insurance Policies are sufficient for compliance with all applicable Laws and Contracts to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.

 

2.19         Employee Benefit Plans .

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​         Section 2.19 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list of each Benefit Plan. 

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​      With respect to each Benefit Plan, the Seller Parties have made available to Buyer true and complete copies of the following, where applicable: (i) any and all plan documents, amendments, agreements, trust agreements or other funding agreements, and material plan texts, including insurance policies and/or third party agreements; (ii) any and all outstanding summary plan descriptions and material modifications thereto, summaries of benefits and coverage, and employee handbooks; (iii) the three most recent annual reports, if applicable, with respect to such Benefit Plan; (iv) communications to employees regarding the Benefit Plans; (v) written summaries of all non-written Benefit Plans; (vi) in the case of any Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, a copy of the most recent determination, opinion or advisory letter from the IRS; and (vii) any filings under any amnesty, voluntary compliance, self-correction or similar program sponsored by any Governmental Authority, including the Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System, Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program or Delinquent Filer Voluntary Correction Program. 

 

(c)     ​​​​​​​     Each Benefit Plan has been established, administered, and operated in all material respects in accordance with its terms and in material compliance with all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code.

 

(d)     ​​​​​​​      The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not, either alone or in conjunction with the occurrence of any subsequent or additional event, (i) entitle any current or former director, officer, employee, independent contractor or consultant of the Company to severance pay, unemployment compensation, or any other payment under any Benefit Plan; (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount of compensation due any such employee or officer under any Benefit Plan; (iii) limit or restrict the right of the Company to merge, amend or terminate any Benefit Plan; (iv) result in “excess parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G(b) of the Code; or (v) require a “gross-up” or other payment to any “disqualified individual” within the meaning of Section 280G(c) of the Code.

 

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(e)     ​​​​​​​      Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has (i) incurred or reasonably expects to incur, either directly or indirectly, any liability under Title I or Title IV of ERISA or related provisions of the Code or applicable local law relating to any Benefit Plan and, to the Company’s Knowledge, nothing has occurred that could or reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Title IV of ERISA to terminate, or appoint a trustee to administer, any Benefit Plan; (ii) incurred any liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation in connection with any Benefit Plan covering any active, retired, or former employees or directors of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, including, without limitation, any liability under Sections 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA or any penalty imposed under Section 4071 of ERISA, or ceased operations at any facility or withdrawn from any such Benefit Plan in a manner that could subject it to liability under Sections 4062, 4063, or 4064 of ERISA; (iii) failed to comply with ERISA Sections 601 to 608 and Code Section 4980B; or (iv) incurred any withdrawal liability (including any contingent or secondary withdrawal liability) within the meaning of ERISA Sections 4201 or 4204 to any “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA, and nothing has occurred that presents a risk of the occurrence of any withdrawal from or the partition, termination, reorganization, or insolvency of any such multiemployer plan that could result in any liability of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate to any such multiemployer plan. No complete or partial termination of any Benefit Plan has occurred or is expected to occur.

 

(f)     ​​​​​​​      Nothing has occurred with respect to any Benefit Plan that has subjected or could reasonably be expected to subject the Company or any ERISA Affiliate or, with respect to any period on or after the Closing Date, Buyer or any of its Affiliates, to a civil action or penalty under Section 502 of ERISA or to tax or penalty under Section 4975 or 4980 of the Code. 

 

(g)     ​​​​​​​      Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has now or at any time contributed to, sponsored or maintained any (i) “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA, (ii) “single employer plan” within the meaning of Section 413(c) of the Code, or (iii)  a multiple employer welfare arrangement.  None of the Benefit Plans are subject to the minimum funding standards of Section 302 of ERISA or Sections 412 or 418(B) of the Code, and none of the assets of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate is, or may reasonably be expected to become, the subject of any lien arising under Section 303 of ERISA or Sections 430 or 436 of the Code.

 

(h)     ​​​​​​​      Other than as required under Section 601 et. Seq. of ERISA or other applicable Law, no Benefit Plan provides post-termination or retiree welfare benefits to any individual for any reason, and neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has any liability to provide post-termination or retiree welfare benefits to any individual or ever represented, promised or contracted to any individual that such individual would be provided with post-termination or retiree welfare benefits.   

 

(i)     ​​​​​​​      All benefits, contributions and premiums relating to each Benefit Plan have been timely paid in accordance with the terms of such Benefit Plan and all applicable Laws and accounting principles, and all benefits accrued under any unfunded Benefit Plan have been paid, accrued or otherwise adequately reserved to the extent required by, and in accordance with, GAAP.  

 

(j)     ​​​​​​​      Each Benefit Plan to which the Company is a party that is subject to Section 409A of the Code has been administered in compliance with its terms and the operational and documentary requirements of Section 409A of the Code and all applicable regulatory guidance (including notices, rulings and proposed and final regulations) thereunder.  The Company does not have any obligation to gross up, indemnify or otherwise reimburse any individual for any excise taxes, interest or penalties incurred under Section 409A of the Code.  All deferred compensation arrangements that are intended to be exempt from Section 409A meet all applicable requirements for their respective exemptions. 

 

(k)     ​​​​​​​      The Company and all ERISA Affiliates have complied with the provisions of the Pension Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, including the reporting requirements. Neither the Company or any ERISA Affiliate has been, or is expected to be subject to penalties under the employer shared responsibility provisions and reporting requirements of the Pension Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010.

 

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(l)     ​​​​​​​     There is no pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened assessment, complaint, Proceeding or investigation of any kind in any court or before any Governmental Authority with respect to any Benefit Plan (other than routine claims for benefits) and no Benefit Plan has within the last five years been the subject of any examination or audit by any Governmental Authority.

 

2.20         Taxes .

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​      The Company has timely filed all Tax Returns required by applicable Law to be filed by it, all such Tax Returns have been prepared in material compliance with all applicable Tax Laws, and all such Tax Returns are true and complete in all material respects. The Company has timely paid all Taxes required to be paid (whether or not shown as due and payable on any such Tax Return). There are no unpaid Taxes of the Company, except to the extent that such Taxes are properly accrued by the Company on the Interim Balance Sheet or have been properly accrued since the date of the Interim Balance Sheet in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice. The reserve for Taxes (rather than any reserve for deferred Taxes established to reflect timing differences between book and tax income) on the Interim Balance Sheet (rather than in any notes thereto) is sufficient for all accrued and unpaid Taxes of the Company as of the date thereof.

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​      Section 2.20(b)  of the Seller Disclosure Schedule is a true and complete list of: (A) all Tax Returns filed by the Company for all taxable years commencing on or after January 1, 2014, and (B) all audits of any Tax Returns of the Company or other legal Proceedings with regard to Taxes of the Company, including a description of the nature and, if completed, the outcome of each audit or Proceeding. The Seller Parties have made available to Buyer true and complete copies of all such Tax Returns and all revenue agent’s reports and similar reports of such Tax audits or other Proceedings.

 

(c)     ​​​​​​​      There are no Encumbrances for Taxes (i) on the Equity Securities, or (ii) on any assets of the Company, other than Permitted Encumbrances.

 

(d)     ​​​​​​​     The Company has (i) collected or withheld all Taxes from payments to, or attributable to payments from, its employees, agents, contractors, shareholders, creditors, customers, nonresidents and other third parties, (ii) timely remitted such amounts to the proper Governmental Authority, and (iii) filed all Tax Returns and otherwise complied with all informational reporting and other requirements of Tax Law related to such collection and withholding obligations in all material respects. Each Person providing services to the Company has been properly classified as an employee or an independent contractor, as the case may be, for all Tax purposes. The Company has timely filed, obtained or delivered, as applicable, all sales and use Tax (or equivalent Tax) exemption certificates (or comparable Tax Returns) under applicable Tax Law on which it has relied for an exemption from sales or use Tax (or equivalent Tax), including all required resale certificates from its customers.

 

(e)     ​​​​​​​      No (i) Tax audits or other legal Proceedings are pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened with regard to any Tax Returns or Taxes of the Company, (ii) deficiencies for any Taxes that have been proposed, asserted or assessed against the Company remain unsettled and unpaid, (iii) waiver or extension of any statute of limitation with respect to the assessment or collection of any Taxes of the Company has been granted, (iv) extension of the period for assessment or collection of any Taxes of the Company is in effect, (v) written ruling or technical advice from a Governmental Authority with respect to Taxes has been applied for or received, or is otherwise pending, (vi) transfer pricing agreement, advance pricing agreement, closing agreement (as described in Code Section 7121 (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign income Tax law)) or other Contract relating to Taxes or Tax matters (including Tax incentives, exemptions or holidays) has been entered into with a Governmental Authority or is pending, (vii) claim has been made by a Governmental Authority in a jurisdiction where the Company does not file Tax Returns (or does not collect, withhold or pay Taxes) that the Company is or may be subject to Taxes assessed by such jurisdiction, is or may be required to file Tax Returns in such jurisdiction, or is or may be required to collect or withhold Taxes assessed by such jurisdiction, and (viii) power of attorney with respect to Taxes has been granted or filed by the Company that will remain in effect after the Closing.

 

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(f)     ​​​​​​​      The Company is not a party to any sharing agreement with respect to Taxes or allocation of income, or to any agreement requiring the Company to indemnify any other Person with respect to Taxes (excluding customary Tax indemnification provisions in commercial contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business and not primarily relating to Taxes).

 

(g)     ​​​​​​​      The Company is not, and has never been, a member of an affiliated group (within the meaning of Code Section 1504(a) or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law) filing a consolidated federal income Tax Return (or similar Tax Return under state, local or foreign Tax Law) (other than a group the common parent of which was the Company), and has not filed or been included in any other form of affiliated, combined, consolidated, or unitary Tax Return with another Person. The Company does not have liability for the Taxes of any Person (other than the Company) under Treasury Regulation 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law) or otherwise, as a transferee or successor, by contract or otherwise.

 

(h)     ​​​​​​​      The Company will not be required to include any item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any: (i) change in method of accounting or improper method of accounting for a taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing Date; (ii) “closing agreement” as described in Code Section 7121 (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign income Tax law) executed on or prior to the Closing Date; (iii) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior to the Closing Date; (iv) prepaid amount or deferred revenue received on or prior to the Closing Date, (v) election made under Code Section 108(i) (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign income Tax law), or (vi) application of Code Section 965, including any election under Code Section 965(h). There is no application pending with any Governmental Authority requesting permission for any changes in any accounting methods with respect to the Company for Tax purposes.

 

(i)     ​​​​​​​     The Company has not distributed stock of another Person, or has had its stock distributed by another Person, in a transaction that was purported or intended to be governed in whole or in part by Code Section 355 or Code Section 361.

 

(j)     ​​​​​​​     The Company has not been a party to a “reportable transaction” described in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(b)(1) (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign income Tax law).

 

(k)     ​​​​​​​     The Company is, and has been since its incorporation, classified as a “C corporation” for income Tax purposes and uses the accrual method of accounting for income Tax purposes.

 

(l)     ​​​​​​​    The Company does not own any interest in any pass-through entity. There are no joint ventures, limited liability companies or other arrangements or contracts to which the Company is a party that could be treated as a partnership for United States federal or applicable state or local income Tax purposes.

 

(m)     ​​​​​​​   The Company does not conduct any activity or own any property or any interest in any entity that may have caused or may cause the Company to be subject to tax in any jurisdiction outside the United States.

 

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(n)     ​​​​​​​    The Company has no material assets that may constitute unclaimed property under applicable Law. The Company has complied in all material respects with all applicable unclaimed property Laws.

 

(o)     ​​​​​​​      All transactions between the Company, on the one hand, and any member of the “controlled group” (within the meaning of Code Section 482 and its accompanying Treasury Regulations) of which the Company is a member, on the other hand, have been conducted and reported for income Tax purposes in a manner that has produced an “arm’s-length result” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.482-1) for the Company.

 

2.21         Labor and Employment Matters .

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​      The Company is not a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement or similar agreement with any labor organization, or work rules or practices agreed to with any labor organization or employee association applicable to any employees of the Company, including, but not limited to, any leased or temporary employees and employees on leave, (collectively, the “ CID Employe es ”); (ii) as of the date of this Agreement no CID Employees are represented by any labor organization and there are no organizational campaigns pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened by any labor organization or group of employees seeking recognition or certification as collective bargaining representative of any group of CID Employees; (iii) during the three (3) year period prior to the date of this Agreement, the Company has not received any demand by any labor organization to represent any CID Employees, and no Proceeding before any Governmental Authority related to any question concerning representation of CID Employees has occurred; (iv) as of the date of this Agreement there are no representation petitions, unfair labor practice charges or complaints, jurisdictional disputes, union recognitional claims or other matters within the jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board or any analogous state or local agency pending against the Company, or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened before the National Labor Relations Board or any analogous state or local agency; (v) as of the date of this Agreement, there are no grievance or arbitration Proceedings arising under any collective bargaining agreement or policy of the Company pending, or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against the Company; (vi) as of the date of this Agreement, there are no strikes, controversies, slowdowns, work stoppages, lockouts or material labor disputes pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge threatened, against or affecting the Company, and there has not been any such action during the past three years. Copies of all collective bargaining agreements or similar agreements with any labor organization, to which the Company is a party or bound, have been provided to Buyer.

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​      Section 2.21(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list as of the date hereof of all active CID Employees and independent contractors, redacted as necessary to comply with applicable privacy laws, specifying their name, position, employment status (active or a description of leave), annual rate of base compensation, 2018 target bonus opportunities, 2017 bonus paid, date of hire, vacation accrual rate, accrued unused vacation days (and the base salary equivalent for such unused accrued vacation days), employee work location, and, if any, deferred compensation and retention payments. Section 2.21(b)   of the Seller Disclosure Schedule also names any such person who is absent from work due to a work-related injury, is receiving workers' compensation or is receiving disability compensation, or is otherwise on any form of leave, whether paid or unpaid. Except as set forth on Section 2.21(b)   of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, there are no special bonuses, sale bonuses or other similar compensation, including but not limited to, the payment of benefits or compensation upon change of control, payable to any employee or any other Person in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents, nor will consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents accelerate the vesting or funding of any compensation, equity incentive, or other benefit of any CID employee.

 

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(c)     ​​​​​​​      Except as set forth on Section 2.21(c) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, the Company is not a party to, or bound by, any employment, pension, profit-sharing, incentive, retention, retirement, deferred compensation, independent contractor, sales representative, restrictive covenant, confidentiality or commission Contracts, nor is the Company bound by, nor has the Company implemented and maintained in force and effect, any policies or practices related to the terms and conditions of employment, The Company is and has been in compliance with all Applicable Laws respecting labor relations, immigration, employment, employment practices, discrimination and the terms and conditions of employment, including, without limitation, employment standards, equal employment opportunity, family and medical leave, wages, hours of work and occupational health and safety. Copies of all such agreements, to which the Company is a party or bound, have been provided to Buyer.

 

(d)     ​​​​​​​      There are no Proceedings related to the Company, pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened, in or before any Governmental Authority responsible for the enforcement of any applicable Law regarding breach or violation of any express or implied collective bargaining agreement or contract of employment, any applicable Law governing labor relations, employment or the termination thereof or other illegal, discriminatory, wrongful or tortious conduct in connection with the employment relationship, the terms and conditions of employment, or applications for employment with the Company, including, but not limited to, the National Labor Relations Board or any analogous state or local agency, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or any analogous state or local agency, the United States Department of Labor or any analogous state or local agency, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration or any analogous state or local agency, and the United States Immigration and Naturalization Services, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance or any corresponding state or local agency; and (ii) no Governmental Authority responsible for the enforcement of Applicable Laws related to immigration, labor, equal employment opportunity, family and medical leave, wages, hours of work, occupational health and safety or any other law governing the employment relationship has informed the Company, as of the date of this Agreement, that it is conducting or intends to conduct an investigation with respect to or relating to the Company.

 

(e)     ​​​​​​​      During the three (3) year period prior to the date of this Agreement, the Company has not effected (i) a “plant closing” as defined in the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 ("WARN") affecting any site of employment or one or more facilities or operating units within any site of employment or facility of the Company, or (ii) a “mass layoff” as defined in WARN affecting any site of employment or facility of the Company; nor has the Company been affected by any transaction or engaged in layoffs or employment terminations sufficient in number to trigger application of any similar state or local law.

 

(f)     ​​​​​​​      Except as set forth on Section 2.21(f)   of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, all officers and employees of the Company are employees at-will, terminable without penalty; and there are no outstanding agreements or arrangements with respect to severance payments to current or former employees of the Company. Except as set forth on Section 2.21(f)   of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, the Company has no agreements with independent contractors. Except as set forth on Section 2.21(f) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, no independent contractor of the Company provides exclusive services to the Company. The Seller Parties have no reason to believe any independent contractor will be reclassified as an employee of the Company. No independent contractor of the Company is entitled to any severance or indemnity.

 

(g)     ​​​​​​​      There are no accrued and/or unpaid wages, bonuses, vacation pay, commissions, personal leave payments, or other amounts owed or potentially owed to the directors, officers, employees or independent contractors of the Company, other than as reflected on the final Working Capital calculations.

 

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2.22         Customers and Suppliers .   

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​       Section 2.22(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule contains a list of the Company’s customers who collectively constitute more than 80% of the revenues of the Company during the 12 month period ending on the Interim Balance Sheet Date. Except as set forth in Section 2.22(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, since January 1, 2017 no customer identified or required to be identified on Section 2.22(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule has terminated its relationship with the Company or to the Company’s Knowledge has threatened to terminate its relationship with or, to the Company’s Knowledge, intends to terminate its relationship with, materially decrease purchases from or otherwise materially adversely alter its relationship with the Company (whether as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents or otherwise).

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​       Section 2.22(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule contains a list of (i) all payors of the Company (with payments in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate during the 12 month period ending on the Interim Balance Sheet Date) sorted by the aggregate dollar value received over the 12 month period ending on the Interim Balance Sheet Date, and (ii) all suppliers of the Company sorted by the aggregate dollar amount of purchases of products or services (in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate during such 12 month period) by the Company during the 12 month period ending on the Interim Balance Sheet Date. Except as set forth in Section 2.22(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, since January 1, 2017 no payor or supplier identified or required to be identified, has terminated its relationship with the Company, or to the Company’s Knowledge has threatened to terminate its relationship with or, to the Company’s Knowledge, intends to terminate its relationship with or materially decrease transactions with or otherwise materially adversely alter its relationship with the Company (whether as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents or otherwise), and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no termination, material decrease or other adverse alteration in such relationship is reasonably likely to occur. No supplier used by the Company is the sole source of supply of any good or service, such that the Company could not replace such supplier.

 

(c)     ​​​​​​​      Section 2.22(c) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list, as of the date of this Agreement and itemized by customer, of the amount of all advance payments, deposits and similar prepaid items received from customers prior to the date of this Agreement for goods or services that will be required to be provided on or after the Closing Date.

 

2.23      Affiliate Transactions . Except as set forth on Section 2.23 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, no Seller Party, nor any current or former officer, director, partner, member, manager, shareholder, employee, consultant, independent contractor or equity holder of the Company or any Seller Party, nor any Affiliate or family member of any of the foregoing parties, on the one hand, (a) is a party to any Contract, loan or other transaction with the Company, on the other hand (each such Contract or business arrangement, an “ Affiliate Agreeme nt ”), (b) has any interest in any of the properties or assets of the Company, or (c) has any interest in (except for the ownership of marketable securities of publicly owned corporations, representing in no case more than 3% of the outstanding shares of such class of securities) or controls or is a director, member, manager, shareholder, employee, consultant, partner, independent contractor or equity holder of any business organization which is a competitor, creditor, supplier, vendor, customer, landlord or tenant of the Company.

 

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2.24         No Illegal Payments . No Seller Party (nor any Person associated with or acting on behalf of or for the benefit of Seller or the Company) has at any time directly or indirectly: (i) given or agreed to give any illegal gift, contribution, payment or similar benefit to any supplier, customer, Governmental Authority or other Person or (ii) made or agreed to make any illegal contribution, or reimbursed any illegal gift, contribution, payment or similar benefit made by any other Person, to any candidate for federal, state, local or foreign public office. No Seller Party (nor any Person associated with or acting on behalf of or for the benefit of Seller or the Company) has at any time directly or indirectly, taken any action which would cause it to be a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or any foreign anti-bribery or anti-corruption Law (collectively, the “ Illegal Payment Laws ”). Except as set forth on Section 2.24 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, the Company has instituted and maintains and enforces policies and procedures designed to promote and ensure compliance with all Illegal Payment Laws. The Company has no Proceedings pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against it under any Illegal Payment Law. The Company has not received notice of any Proceedings alleging the Company is or was in violation of any Illegal Payment Law or made any voluntary disclosures to any Governmental Authority involving the Company in any way relating to any violation of any Illegal Payment Law. Seller Parties have no reason to believe any Seller Party (or any Person associated with or acting on behalf of or for the benefit of Seller or the Company) has violated any Illegal Payment Laws.

 

2.25         Fees . Except for the fees payable to the Due Diligence Manager, which are the responsibility of Seller, no Seller Party has paid or is obligated to pay any fee, commission, or other amount to any broker, finder or intermediary in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

2.26         Inventory . Except as expressly reserved in the Financial Statements, all inventory of the Company, whether or not reflected in the Interim Balance Sheet, is good and merchantable and of a quality and quantity usable and salable in the Ordinary Course. Except as set forth on Section 2.26 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, the Company does not have any Excluded Inventory. All inventory of the Company is owned by the Company free and clear of all Encumbrances other than Permitted Encumbrances, and no inventory is held on a consignment basis or includes goods already sold. The quantities of each item of inventory (whether raw materials, work-in-process or finished goods) are not excessive, but are reasonable in the present circumstances of the Company. All inventory of the Company has been valued on a first-in, first-out basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

2.27         Books and Records . The minute books and stock record books of the Company, all of which have been made available to Buyer, contain accurate and complete records of all meetings, and actions taken by written consent of, the stockholders, the board of directors and any committees of the board of directors of the Company, and no meeting, or action taken by written consent, of any such stockholders, board of directors or committee has been held for which minutes have not been prepared and are not contained in such minute books. There have not been any uncured violations of (i) any provisions of the Governing Documents of the Company, or (ii) any resolutions adopted by the board of directors or any committee thereof of the Company and no event has occurred, and no condition or circumstance exists, that (with or without notice or lapse of time) constitutes or is reasonably likely to result directly or indirectly in such a violation. At the Closing, all of those books and records will be in the possession of the Company. The Company has never conducted business under or otherwise used, for any purpose or in any jurisdiction, any fictitious name, assumed name, trade name or other name, other than its current legal name.

 

2.28         Bank Accounts; Power of Attorney . Section 2.28 of the Seller Disclosure Schedule sets forth (a) the name of each bank, safe deposit company or other financial institution in which the Company has an account, lock box or safe deposit box and the names of all Persons authorized to draw thereon or have access thereto and (b) each outstanding power of attorney executed by or on behalf of the Company in favor of any other Person.

 

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2.29         Product Safety; Product Liability; Warranties; Discounts .

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​      Except as set forth in Section 2.29(a)   of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, each product sold, exported, and/or imported by the Company in connection with the CID Business has been designed, constructed, manufactured, packaged, and labeled in compliance with all material regulatory, industrial, and other codes or Laws applicable thereto, and the Company, including the Company’s Affiliates, have not received notice of any alleged noncompliance with any such code or Law.

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​      The Company has no Liability with respect to, and to the Company’s Knowledge there are no existing circumstances that would reasonably be expected to give rise to, any Proceeding against the Company which, if adversely determined, would be reasonably likely to give rise to a Liability, arising out of any injury to individuals or property as a result of the ownership, possession, or use of any product sold and/or imported by the Company in connection with the CID Business prior to the Effective Time.

 

(c)     ​​​​​​​      The Company has not had any Liability with respect to (and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no basis for any present or future Proceeding against the Company that could give rise to any Liability for) any non-conforming product.

 

(d)     ​​​​​​​      The Company has made available to the Buyer copies of the standard terms and conditions for the sale of products and services by the Company in the CID Business (containing applicable guaranty, warranty, indemnity, rebate, volume discount, and refund provisions). Except as set forth in Section 2.29(d)   of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, no product or service sold by the Company in the CID Business is subject to any material guaranty, warranty, indemnity, rebate, volume discount, or refund term beyond the applicable standard terms and conditions of sale with respect to such product or service, and the Company is not a party to any Contract providing for any such non-standard terms.

 

(e)     ​​​​​​​      Each product sold by the Company has conformed and complied in all material respects with the terms and requirements of any guaranty and warranty (express or implied) provided or extended by the Company to any Person.

 

2.30         Import and Export Matters .

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​      The Company is, and, to the Company’s Knowledge at all times has been, in material compliance with all Import and Export Control Laws.

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​      No director, officer, manager, or employee of the Company is identified on the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of Treasury list of “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons”, the Bureau of Industry and Security of the United States Department of Commerce “Denied Persons List”, “Entity List” or “Unverified List”, the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls of the United States Department of State “List of Debarred Parties”, the United Nations Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee “Consolidated List” or “the Bank of England Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Target.

 

(c)     ​​​​​​​      Except as set forth on Schedule 2.30(c ) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule, the Company has not undergone since its inception and is not undergoing, any audit, review, inspection, survey, examination or other Proceeding by any Governmental Authority relating to any Import or Export Control Laws. To the Company’s Knowledge, (i) there are no Claims threatened with respect to any Import or Export Control Laws, and (ii) there is no reason to believe there is any violation of any Import or Export Control Laws.

 

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2.31         Immigration-related Compliance . The Company is, and, to the Company’s Knowledge at all times has been in compliance in all material respects with the legal requirements of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, as amended. The Company has timely and properly completed, re-verified and retained I-9 employment verification forms and supporting documents for its employees as legally required. The Company has reasonably verified that each employee hired on or after the effective date of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 as amended is and has been continuously authorized to work in the United States since his or her date of hire. There are no claims, lawsuits, actions, arbitrations, administrative or other proceedings, governmental investigations or inquiries, pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened, against the Company relating to the Company’s compliance with local, state and/or federal immigration regulations. The Company has timely and properly filed any necessary visa or work authorization petitions or applications on behalf of any employees requiring a visa stamp, I-94 status document, employment authorization document, or any other immigration document to legally work in the US. The Company has complied in all material respects with all paperwork retention requirements with respect to such applications and petitions. No foreign national employee has worked without proper employment authorization from the Department of Homeland Security, or any other Governmental Authority that must authorize such employment, and any employment of foreign nationals has complied in all material respects with applicable immigration laws. The Company has not received any letters from the Social Security Administration (SSA) regarding the failure of an employee’s Social Security number to match his/her name in the SSA database. There have been no letters or other correspondence received from the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Labor or any other agency regarding the employment authorization of any employees. To the extent the Company operates in a state that has an E-verify requirement, or has a state or federal contract which requires the Company to use E-verify, the Company has been properly enrolled in and using E-verify for the entire period such participation has been required or available as a safe harbor, or as long as the Company has been operating in such state, or contracting with such agency.

 

2.32         Securities . Mayberry and Park acknowledge that the Buyer Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act, and are being issued to Mayberry in reliance on the exemption from such registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. In connection with his receipt of the Buyer Shares, Mayberry and Park represent and warrant to the Buyer and agree as follows:

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​      Each of Mayberry and Park is an "accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act. The Buyer Shares are being acquired by Mayberry for its own account, as principal, and not as an agent, nominee, or representative for the account or benefit of another person, or with a view to, or intention of, distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws, and the Buyer Shares shall not be disposed of in contravention of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws. Mayberry and Park are not participating, directly or indirectly, in any distribution or underwriting of the Buyer Shares, and have has not agreed or arranged to sell, assign, transfer, subdivide, or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Buyer Shares to another person.

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​     Mayberry is the direct holder, and Park is the indirect holder, of a portion of the Equity Securities. Mayberry and Park have sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters to be able to evaluate the merits, risks, and other factors bearing on the suitability of the Buyer Shares as an investment, and have been afforded an adequate opportunity to evaluate an investment in the Buyer Shares in light of those factors, its financial condition, and its investment knowledge and experience. Mayberry and Park have had an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers concerning the terms and conditions of the Buyer Shares and Buyer, and have reviewed and understands the public filings Buyer has made with the Securities and Exchange Commission (" S EC "), including the risk factors and other disclosures set forth in Buyer’s most recent Form 10-K filed with the SEC.

 

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(c)     ​​​​​​​      Mayberry and Park are able to bear the economic risk of Mayberry’s investment in the Buyer Shares and acknowledge that (A) the Buyer Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act and, therefore, cannot be sold unless subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from such registration is available, (B) the Buyer Shares are "restricted securities" under applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws (including SEC Rule 144), and (C) the transfer of the Buyer Shares is subject to contractual restrictions on transfer set forth in this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement. Except as expressly set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, the Buyer has not agreed to, and is not obligated to, register any resale or other transfer of the Buyer Shares under the Securities Act or any state securities law, or to take any action to enable Mayberry or Park to qualify for an exemption from registration under any of those laws with respect to a resale or other transfer of the Buyer Shares.

 

(d)     ​​​​​​​      Mayberry and Park are fully aware of the risks of an investment in the Buyer Shares. Mayberry and Park have adequate net worth and annual income to provide for its current needs and possible future contingencies and do not have an existing or foreseeable future need for liquidity of its investment in the Buyer Shares. Mayberry and Park are otherwise able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Buyer Shares, and have sufficient net worth and annual income to sustain a loss of all or part of Mayberry’s investment in the Buyer Shares if that were to occur and to withstand the probable inability to publicly sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the Buyer Shares for an indefinite period of time.

 

(e)     ​​​​​​​     Mayberry and Park understand that none of the following: (A) Buyer; (B) any agent, officer, director, member, manager, employee, or representative of Buyer; or (C) any professional advisor of Buyer, makes any representation or warranty to Mayberry or Park with respect to, or assumes any responsibility for, the tax consequences to Mayberry or Park of any payments or benefits provided in this Agreement, including the acquisition of, investment in and the disposition of the Buyer Shares. Mayberry and Park have obtained, to the extent it or he deems necessary, its or his own independent legal and tax advice with respect to such matters, including the consequences of Mayberry receiving, and the risks inherent in, an investment in the Buyer Shares.

 

(f)     ​​​​​​​       Mayberry is a limited liability company formed in the state of Texas. Mayberry and Park represent and warrant that they have consulted with, or had the opportunity to consult with, legal counsel in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, and that they have read and understand this Agreement and its obligations hereunder including, without limitation, its indemnification obligations hereunder. Mayberry and Park understand that such indemnification obligations could cause them to forfeit the portion of the Purchase Price allocated to them to which they are otherwise entitled. Mayberry and Park represent that they have had the opportunity to meet with Buyer and ask any questions of and receive answers and obtain all information they believe necessary to evaluate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Mayberry and Park represent that all documents, records, and other information pertaining to this Agreement or Buyer that they have requested have been made available or delivered to them.

 

ARTICLE III

Representations and Warranties of Buyer

 

Buyer hereby represents and warrants to Seller as of the date hereof that each of the statements contained in this Article III is true and correct, as follows:

 

3.1         Buyer’s Incorporation; Power and Authority and Approval; and Qualification .

 

(a)     Buyer is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Florida and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate the properties and assets it currently owns or leases and to carry on its business as it is currently conducted by it.

 

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(b)     Buyer is duly licensed and qualified to conduct business as a foreign corporation in, and is in good standing under the Laws of, all jurisdictions in which the character of the properties and assets now owned or leased by it or the nature of the business now conducted by it requires it to be so licensed or qualified, except, in each case, where the failure to be so qualified or licensed would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Buyer.

 

(c)     Buyer has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into, and perform its obligations under, this Agreement and the Transaction Document to which Buyer is a party. The execution and delivery by Buyer of this Agreement and each Transaction Document to which Buyer is a party, and the performance by Buyer of its obligations hereunder and thereunder, have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of Buyer. This Agreement has been, and each Transaction Document to which Buyer is a party will be, duly and validly executed and delivered by Buyer and (assuming the due and valid authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents by each other party hereto and thereto) constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Buyer enforceable against Buyer in accordance with its terms, except to the extent such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a Proceeding in equity or at law).

 

3.2        Consents . No Governmental Consent is required in connection with the execution and delivery by Buyer of this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party or the performance by Buyer of its obligations hereunder or thereunder (excluding Governmental Consents, if any, which Seller is required to obtain or make, as to which no representations or warranties are made), except for such filings as may be required under the HSR Act.

 

3.3         No Conflicts . The execution and delivery of, and performance by Buyer of its obligations under, this Agreement and each Transaction Document to which it is a party will not, with or without the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, subject to obtaining any Governmental Consents referred to in Sectio n 3.2 :

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​      violate any provision of any Governing Document of Buyer;

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​      violate any Law or Order applicable to Buyer; or

 

(c)     ​​​​​​​      require the consent, notice or other action by any Person under, conflict with, result in a violation or breach of, constitute a default or an event that would constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of or create in any Person the right to accelerate, terminate, modify or cancel any material Contract to which Buyer is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of the Buyer’s assets are subject, in each case which has not been obtained on or before the date hereof.

 

3.4        Funds Available . Buyer has delivered to Seller duly executed copies of the commitment letter of BB&T Corporation (the " Debt Commitment Lett er "), pursuant to which such Person has agreed, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, to provide a secured term loan. As of the date hereof, the Debt Commitment Letter is in full force and effect. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Debt Commitment Letter and in this Agreement, the aggregate proceeds contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letter shall be sufficient to enable Buyer to pay the Purchase Price and consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The obligations of Buyer under this Agreement are not contingent on the availability of financing for, or related to, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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3.5        Litigation . There is no Proceeding pending or, to Buyer’s knowledge, threatened against Buyer that seeks to enjoin or obtain damages in respect of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

3.6         Fees . Neither Buyer nor any of its Affiliates has any liability or obligation to pay any fee or commission to any broker, finder or intermediary in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby for which Seller or any of its Affiliates could become liable or obligated.

 

3.7         Purchase for Investment; Receipt of Information . Buyer is acquiring the Equity Securities solely for its own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution thereof. Buyer and its agents and Representatives have been given an opportunity to examine such instruments, documents and other information relating to, and ask questions regarding and receive answers from, Seller and its authorized agents and Representatives as Buyer has deemed necessary or advisable in order to make an informed decision relating to its purchase of the CID Business and the Equity Securities and its suitability as an investment for Buyer, and to verify the accuracy of any information furnished to Buyer or to which Buyer had access. Buyer is an “Accredited Investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) of Regulation D of the Securities Act. Buyer acknowledges that the Equity Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, or any state or foreign securities laws and that the Equity Securities may not be sold, transferred, offered for sale, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of unless such sale, transfer, offer, pledge, hypothecation or other disposition is pursuant to the terms of an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and are registered under any applicable state or foreign securities laws or pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and any applicable state or foreign securities laws.

 

3.8         Buyer Shares .

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​      The Buyer Shares have been duly authorized, validly issued in compliance with all applicable securities Laws or exemptions therefrom, are free of preemptive rights, and are fully paid and non-assessable.

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​     During the one-year period prior to the date hereof, Buyer has filed all documents with Governmental Authorities that are required by applicable United States securities Laws in any United States jurisdiction (the “ Buyer Public Filin gs ”). The Buyer Public Filings did, as of the applicable filing date, conform in all material respects to the requirements of applicable United States securities Laws.

 

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ARTICLE IV

Covenants of Seller

 

Seller hereby covenants and agrees with Buyer as follows:

 

4.1         Release . Effective as of the Closing, each Seller Party, on behalf of himself, herself or itself and his, her or its Affiliates, representatives, personal representatives, heirs, successors and assigns (as applicable), (i) irrevocably and unconditionally waives, releases and forever discharges the Company and its successors and assigns from any and all rights, commitments, actions, debts, claims, counterclaims, suits, causes of action, damages, demands, liabilities, losses, obligations, costs, expenses and compensation of every kind and nature whatsoever, whether known or unknown, matured or contingent and whether arising in law, in equity or otherwise, or based upon facts, circumstances or occurrences existing on or prior to the date hereof, and (ii) irrevocably covenants to refrain from, directly or indirectly, asserting any claims or commencing, instituting or causing to be commenced, any action of any kind against the Company and its successors and assigns. Each Seller Party represents to Buyer that such Person has not assigned or transferred or purported to assign or transfer to any Person all or any part of, or any interest in, any claim against the Company and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no such assignment or transfer shall be permitted and any purported assignment or transfer shall be legally ineffective. Each Seller Party also hereby waives the benefits of, and any rights that such Person may have under, any statute or common law principle of similar effect in any jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, nothing herein constitutes a waiver or release by such Person of: (A) claims or rights arising under this Agreement or any other Transaction Documents, (B) any claim or right such Person may have in the Ordinary Course for compensation, vacation pay and benefits arising under such Person’s employment agreement or otherwise, to the extent in the case of compensation and vacation pay, included in the calculation of the Working Capital, and (C) director and officer indemnity obligations provided by the Company that are intended to survive the Closing.

 

4.2         Further Assurances . At any time after the Closing Date, Seller shall promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver any other assurances or documents reasonably requested by Buyer and necessary for Buyer to satisfy its obligations hereunder or obtain the benefits contemplated hereby.

 

4.3            Lock-Up Securities Restrictions .

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​      Mayberry hereby agrees that without the prior written consent of Buyer during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending at 4:00pm Eastern Time on the 180th day following the Closing Date, Mayberry will not: (1) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, (a) any Buyer Shares issued to Mayberry in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or (b) any common stock of Buyer issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right, or other security that is issued as) a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for or in replacement of, the Buyer Shares issued to Mayberry in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (all such locked-up securities in (a) and (b) referred to as the “ Locked-Up Securiti es ” herein); (2) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Locked-Up Securities; or (3) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing.

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​      Notwithstanding the foregoing, Mayberry may transfer Locked-Up Securities (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts or (ii) (1) to another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity that is a direct or indirect affiliate (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) of Mayberry or (2) in distributions of Locked-Up Securities to the limited liability company members of Mayberry, provided, that (w) such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, (x) the transferee agrees in writing with Buyer to be bound by the terms of this lock-up provision, and (y) no filing by any party under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, shall be required in connection with such transfer (other than a filing on a Form 5 filed within 45 days of December 31, 2018, in which case such Form 5 shall include a footnote describing the transaction being reported), and (z) such transfer shall otherwise be in accordance with Buyer’s duly adopted written policies.

 

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ARTICLE V

Covenants of Buyer

 

Buyer hereby covenants and agrees with Seller as follows:

 

5.1        Insurance . Buyer shall not and shall cause its Affiliates (including the Company after the Closing) not to assert, by way of claim, litigation or otherwise, any right to any insurance policies of Seller or its Affiliates or any benefit thereunder; provided , however , that this provision shall not apply to insurance policies maintained by the Company after the Closing or matters pending as of or that occurred prior to the Closing. Except as set forth in this Agreement, Seller and its Affiliates shall retain all right, title and interest under all insurance policies of Seller and its Affiliates.

 

5.2         Preservation of Books and Recor ds .

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​      For a period ending upon the date that is seven years after the date of Closing (the “ Information Maintenance Peri od ”):

 

(i)       Buyer shall not dispose of or destroy any of the books and records of the Company or the CID Business relating to periods prior to the Closing (“ Books and Recor ds ”) without first offering to turn over possession thereof to Seller by written notice to Seller at least 30 days prior to the proposed date of such disposition or destruction;

 

(ii)       Buyer shall allow Seller and its agents and Representatives access to all Books and Records on reasonable notice and at reasonable times during normal business hours at Buyer’s principal place of business or at any location where any Books and Records are stored, and Seller shall have the right (at Seller’s own expense) to make copies of any such Books and Records, as the Seller is reasonably likely to need in connection with any accounting, auditing or Tax requirement or compliance with any applicable Law or Order; provided , that any such access or copying shall be had or done in such a manner so as not to unreasonably disrupt or unduly interfere with the normal conduct of business or operations of the Company; and

 

(iii)     Buyer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make available to Seller upon reasonable advanced written notice and at times and locations convenient to Buyer the Buyer’s personnel to reasonably assist Seller in locating and obtaining any Books and Records. Seller shall reimburse Buyer for the reasonable and documented expenses incurred by it in performing the covenants contained in this Sectio n 5.2( a) .

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​      The Information Maintenance Period shall be extended in the event that any litigation or investigation or Proceeding has been commenced by a Governmental Authority or is pending with or threatened in writing by a Governmental Authority at the termination of such Information Maintenance Period, and such extension shall continue until any such litigation or investigation has been settled through judgment or otherwise or is no longer pending or threatened in writing.

 

(c)     ​​​​​​​      In the event of any Proceeding or threatened Proceeding between the parties relating to this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, the covenants in this Sectio n 5. 2 shall not be considered a waiver by any party of any right to assert the attorney-client privilege.

 

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5.3         Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification . For a period of six years after the Closing Date, Buyer shall, or shall cause the Company to ensure that all rights to indemnification and exculpation existing as of the Closing in favor of any individual who, at or prior to the Closing Date, was a director, manager, officer, member, trustee or fiduciary of the Company or who, at the request of the Company, served as a director, manager, officer, member, trustee or fiduciary of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, pension or other employee benefit plan or enterprise, in each case as provided in the respective Governing Documents of the Company, shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms; provided , that in the event any claim or claims are asserted or made within such six year period, all rights to indemnification in respect of any such claim or claims shall continue until final disposition of any and all such claims. For the avoidance of doubt, Buyer may make changes to such Governing Documents so long as such changes do not adversely impact in any material way or matter the exculpation and indemnification provisions existing as of the Closing.

 

5.4         Intercompany Arrangements .

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​      Prior to the Closing, the Company shall terminate or cause to be terminated effective as of the Closing, in each case without liability or obligation to the Company following the Closing, any and all Affiliate Agreements, and reasonable evidence of same satisfactory to Buyer shall be delivered by the Company to Buyer prior to the Closing.

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​      Prior to the Closing, the Company shall assign to Seller the Aged Receivable, and Seller shall have all collection rights related to the Aged Receivable.

 

5.5         Further Assurances . At any time after the Closing Date, Buyer shall, at Seller’s expense and without incurring any legal liability beyond that provided for in this Agreement, promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver any other assurances or documents reasonably requested by Seller and necessary for Seller to satisfy its obligations hereunder or obtain the benefits contemplated hereby.

 

ARTICLE VI

Employment Matters

 

6.1         Employment of Employees .

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​     Buyer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide, or cause the Company to provide, employees of the Company with base salary, wages, bonus opportunities, benefits, perquisites and other terms and conditions of employment immediately after the Closing that are consistent, in the aggregate, to such compensation, benefits, and terms and conditions of employment immediately prior to the Closing.

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​      Nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, shall: (i) confer upon any CID Employee or Person any rights or remedies of any nature whatsoever, including any right to employment or continued employment for any period with the Company or Buyer or any of their respective Affiliates, or continued compensation, benefits or terms of employment, (ii) be interpreted to prevent or restrict the Company or Buyer from modifying or terminating the employment or terms of employment of any CID Employee, including the amendment or termination of any employee benefit or compensation plan, program or arrangement, after the Closing Date, subject to the provisions of this Sectio n 6.1 and the compliance with applicable Law, or (iii) be treated as an amendment, adoption or other modification of any Benefit Plan or other employee benefit plan or arrangement.

 

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(c)     ​​​​​​​      Buyer shall be responsible for any liability or obligation under the WARN Act or any similar law arising as a result of the termination of any CID Employee after the Closing Date. Seller shall notify Buyer of the termination of employment of any CID Employees in the 90 day period before Closing.

 

6.2         No Third-Part y Beneficiaries . No provisions of this ARTICLE VI shall create any rights or interest, except as among the parties to this Agreement, and no former, present or future employees of any such party or its Affiliates (or any dependents of such individuals) will be treated as third-party beneficiaries in or under the provisions of this Agreement, except as set forth in Sectio 10.3 .

 

ARTICLE VII

Taxes

 

7.1         Tax Returns

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​      Seller shall, with respect to the Company, at its sole cost and expense, timely prepare and file, or cause to be timely prepared and filed, all income Tax Returns of the Company for any Pre-Closing Tax Period that are required to be filed after the Closing Date (the “ Seller Prepared Retur ns ”). Such Seller Prepared Returns shall be prepared in a manner consistent with the Company’s existing procedures and practices and accounting methods, and, to the extent applicable, the conventions provided in Sectio n 7.2( d) . At least 60 days prior to the due date (including any extensions) of any Seller Prepared Return, Seller shall provide a draft of such Tax Return to Buyer for its review and approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed. Seller shall incorporate any reasonable comments made by Buyer to such Tax Return. No such Seller Prepared Return shall be filed without the Buyer’s prior written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. All Taxes shown as due on each such Seller Prepared Return shall be timely paid by the Seller, but only to the extent such Taxes exceed the amount, if any, reserved for such Taxes and taken into account as a liability in determining the Working Capital or Closing Indebtedness as finally determined under this Agreement.

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​      Buyer shall timely prepare and file, or cause to be timely prepared and filed, all Tax Returns of the Company for any Straddle Period and all non-income Tax Returns of the Company for any Pre-Closing Tax Period that are required to be filed after the Closing Date (the “ Buyer Prepared Retur ns ”). Unless otherwise required by applicable Tax Law, such Buyer Prepared Returns shall be prepared in a manner consistent with the Company’s existing procedures and practices and accounting methods, and, to the extent applicable, the conventions provided in Section s 7. 2 . At least 60 days prior to the due date (including any extensions) of any Buyer Prepared Return (or, in the case of a non-income Tax Return, at least 10 days prior to the due date thereof), Buyer shall provide a draft of such Tax Return to Seller for its review and approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Buyer shall incorporate any reasonable comments made by Seller to such Tax Return. All Taxes shown as due on each such Buyer Prepared Return that relate to a Pre-Closing Tax Period, or that relate to the Pre-Closing Straddle Period (as determined under Sectio n 7. 2 ), shall be timely paid by the Seller, but only to the extent such Taxes exceed the amount, if any, reserved for such Taxes and taken into account as a liability in determining the Working Capital or Closing Indebtedness as finally determined under this Agreement.

 

(c)     ​​​​​​​      Unless otherwise required by applicable Tax Law, Buyer shall not, and shall not allow the Company to, initiate or agree to any Seller Tax Matter or make any election under Section 338 of the Code without the prior written consent of Seller, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

 

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(d)     ​​​​​​​      Unless otherwise required by applicable Tax Law, Buyer agrees that it shall not (and shall not allow the Company to) make any election to waive any available carry back of any net operating loss or other Tax attribute or Tax credit incurred or realized in a Pre-Closing Tax Period by the Company and Buyer shall not (and shall not allow the Company to) carry back any net operating loss or other Tax attribute or Tax credit incurred or realized in a Post-Closing Tax Period to a Pre-Closing Tax Period of the Company.

 

(e)     ​​​​​​​      Buyer shall cause the Company to join Buyer’s United States federal (and applicable state or local) consolidated income Tax group upon the Closing, and, as a result, the current Tax year of the Company will end for federal income Tax purposes (and applicable state or local income Tax purposes) on the Closing Date. If the preceding sentence does not apply to a jurisdiction, and the Company is permitted but not required under applicable state, local, or foreign income Tax Laws to treat the Closing Date as the last day of a taxable period, then the parties shall treat that day as the last day of a taxable period.

 

7.2         Apportionment of Tax es . For purposes of this Agreement, if any Tax (or Tax refund) relates to a Straddle Period, the parties shall use the following conventions for determining the portion of such Tax (or Tax refund) that relates to the portion of the Straddle Period ending on the Closing Date (the “ Pre-Closing Straddle Peri od ”), or the portion that relates to a Post-Closing Tax Period:

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​      in the case of property Taxes and other similar Taxes imposed on a periodic basis, the amount attributable to Seller’s Pre-Closing Straddle Period shall equal the Taxes for the entire Straddle Period multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of calendar days in the portion of the period ending on the Closing Date and the denominator of which is the number of calendar days in the entire Straddle Period; provided , however , if as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the value of any asset is reassessed for purposes of determining the amount of any property or other Tax, any resulting increase in Tax for such Straddle Period shall be treated as being solely with respect to the portion of the Straddle Period beginning after the Closing Date;

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​      in the case of all other Taxes (including income Taxes, sales Taxes, employment Taxes and withholding Taxes), the amount attributable to Seller’s Pre-Closing Straddle Period shall be determined as if the Company or Seller filed a separate Tax Return with respect to such Taxes for the portion of the Straddle Period ending as of the close of business on the Closing Date using a “closing of the books methodology”;

 

(c)     ​​​​​​​      for purposes of this Sectio n 7.2 , exemptions, allowances or deductions that are calculated on an annual basis and annual property Taxes shall be prorated on the basis of the number of days in the annual period elapsed as of the close of business on the Closing Date as compared to the number of days in the annual period elapsing after the Closing Date; and

 

(d)     ​​​​​​​      all Taxes for a Straddle Period not allocated to Seller’s Pre-Closing Tax Period pursuant to this Sectio n 7.2 shall be allocated to Buyer’s Post-Closing Tax Period.

 

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7.3         Refunds .

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​      All Tax refunds of the Company for a Pre-Closing Tax Period or the Pre-Closing Straddle Period (as determined pursuant to Sectio 7.2 ) whether in the form of cash received or a credit (or offset) against Taxes otherwise payable shall be for the benefit of Seller; provided , that any such refund that was taken into account as an asset in determining the Working Capital or Closing Indebtedness, or that is due to the carry back of any net operating loss or other Tax attribute or Tax credit incurred or realized in a Post-Closing Tax Period, shall be for the benefit of Buyer under Sectio n 7.3( b) . To the extent that Buyer or the Company or any of their Affiliates receive a refund that is for the benefit of Seller, Buyer shall pay the amount of such refund (and interest received from the Governmental Authority with respect to such refund) to an account or accounts designated by Seller, but the amount of such payment due to Seller shall be reduced for (i) any Taxes of Buyer or the Company or any of their Affiliates resulting from the receipt of such refunds, and (ii) any reasonable out-of-pocket costs of Buyer or the Company or any of their Affiliates associated with obtaining such refund. The amount due to Seller shall be payable ten days after receipt of the refund from the applicable Governmental Authority (or, if the refund is in the form of a credit or offset, ten days after the due date of the Tax Return claiming such credit or offset). Buyer shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, take all commercially reasonable actions requested by Seller to timely claim any refunds that will give rise to a payment under this Sectio 7.3 ( a) , at Seller’s sole cost and expense. In the event that all or any portion of any Tax refund paid to Seller pursuant to this Sectio 7.3 (a ) is required to be repaid to a Governmental Authority, Seller shall repay such Tax refund to the Company (plus any penalties, interest, or other charges imposed thereon by the Governmental Authority) upon demand by Buyer.

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​      All refunds for any Taxes of the Company not payable to Seller under Sectio n 7.3(a ) (including all refunds of the Company for a Post-Closing Tax Period (or portion of any Straddle Period beginning after the Closing Date as determined pursuant to Sectio 7.2 )) (whether in the form of cash received or a credit (or offset) against Taxes otherwise payable) shall be for the benefit of Buyer. To the extent that Seller or any of its Affiliates receive a refund that is for the benefit of Buyer, Seller shall pay the amount of such refund (and interest received from the Governmental Authority with respect to such refund) to Buyer. The amount due to Buyer shall be payable ten days after receipt of the refund from the applicable Governmental Authority (or, if the refund is in the form of a credit or offset, ten days after the due date of the Tax Return claiming such credit or offset).

 

7.4         Audits .

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​      If any Governmental Authority issues to Buyer, any Affiliate of Buyer, or the Company (i) a written notice of its intent to audit or conduct another Proceeding that could give rise to a Pre-Closing Tax Obligation, or (ii) a written notice of deficiency for a Pre-Closing Tax Obligation, Buyer shall notify Seller of its receipt of such communication within ten days of receipt. If any Governmental Authority issues to Seller or any Affiliate of Seller any written notice related to Taxes of the Company, Seller shall notify Buyer of its receipt of such communication from the Governmental Authority within ten days of receipt. A party’s failure to give such notice will not affect the rights or obligations of any party hereunder except and only to the extent that, as a result of such failure, the other party’s ability to remedy, contest, defend or settle with respect to such matter is materially and actually prejudiced thereby.

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​      For so long as Seller remains liable under this Agreement for Pre-Closing Tax Obligations, Seller, at its sole cost and expense, shall control (or in the case of the Company, have the right to assume control of) any audit or other Proceeding (a “ Tax Conte st ”) for a Pre-Closing Tax Period; provided , however , (i) Seller shall not, and shall not allow the Company, to settle, resolve, or abandon such Tax Contest (whether or not Buyer participates in such Tax Contest) without the prior written consent of Buyer (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) and (ii) Buyer, at its sole cost and expense, shall be entitled to participate in any such Tax Contest, and Seller shall keep Buyer fully informed of all material actions and proceedings with respect to such Tax Contest and provide Buyer with copies of all material correspondence arising out of such Tax Contest.

 

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(c)     ​​​​​​​      Buyer shall control any Tax Contest for a Straddle Period; provided , however , (i) Buyer shall not, and shall not allow the Company, to settle, resolve, or abandon such Tax Contest to the extent it could result in a Pre-Closing Tax Obligation without the prior written consent of Seller, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, and (ii) Seller, at its sole cost and expense, shall be entitled to participate in any such Tax Contest, and Buyer shall keep the Seller fully informed of all material actions and proceedings with respect to such Tax Contest and provide Seller with copies of all material correspondence arising out of such Tax Contest.

 

(d)     ​​​​​​​      In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Sectio n 7. 4 and the provisions of ARTICL E VI II , the provisions of this Sectio n 7. 4 shall control. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the control of the defense and settlement of any Tax Contest for which a Buyer Indemnitee is seeking recovery under the R&W Policy shall be subject to the provisions thereof.

 

7.5         Cooperation . Buyer and Seller shall (and shall cause their respective Affiliates, including the Company, to) use commercially reasonable efforts to (a) assist in the preparation and timely filing of any Tax Return of the Company; (b) assist in any audit or other Proceeding with respect to Taxes of the Company; (c) make reasonably available any information, records, or other documents relating to Taxes of the Company; (d) prepare any documents reasonably requested by another Party (including filing powers of attorney required, and only to the extent required, to comply with Sectio 7.4 ), at the expense of the requesting Party; (e) provide certificates or forms, and timely execute any Tax Return, that are necessary or appropriate to establish an applicable exemption for (or reduction in) any Transfer Tax; and (f) obtain, at the expense of the requesting Party, Tax refunds for the benefit of the other party under Sectio n 7. 3 .

 

7.6         Transfer Taxes . Buyer, on the one hand, and Seller, on the other hand, shall each be liable for and shall pay one-half of all sales, use, transfer, real property transfer, documentary, recording, stock transfer and similar Taxes and fees, including all title transfer and re-titling Taxes, costs, fees, and expenses, and any deficiency, interest or penalty asserted with respect thereof arising out of or in connection with the transactions effected pursuant to this Agreement (collectively, “ Transfer Tax es ”) in excess of $10,000, provided, that, Buyer shall be solely responsible for all Transfer Taxes that do not exceed $10,000. Buyer shall timely file or cause to be filed all necessary documentation and Tax Returns with respect to such Transfer Taxes (and Seller Parties shall cooperate with respect thereto as necessary).

 

ARTICLE VIII

Indemnification

 

8.1         Survival .

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​      Subject to the limitations and other provisions of this Agreement, the representations and warranties contained herein shall survive the Closing and shall remain in full force and effect for a period of 12 months after the Closing Date and shall thereupon expire, together with any right to indemnification for breach thereof, and be of no further force or effect; provided, however, that (i) the representations and warranties in Section s 2. 1 (Company’s Incorporation; Power and Authority and Approval), 2.2 (Seller’s Organization; Power and Authority and Approval), 2.3 (Capitalization), 2.4 (Title to Equity Securities), and 2.6(a) an d (b ) (No Conflicts) (collectively, the “ Fundamental Representatio ns ”) shall survive the Closing hereunder and shall be enforceable until the date that is 6 years after the Closing Date, and (ii) the representations and warranties in Sectio n 2.2 0 (Taxes) shall survive until the date that is 90 days after the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations for the underlying claims.

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​      None of the covenants or other agreements contained in this Agreement shall survive the Closing Date other than those which by their terms contemplate performance after the Closing Date, and each such surviving covenant and agreement shall survive the Closing for the period contemplated by its terms. The right to indemnification under Sectio n 8.2(a)(i)(C ) shall survive until the date that is 90 days after the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations for the underlying claims.

 

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(c)     ​​​​​​​      Notwithstanding the foregoing, any claims asserted in good faith with reasonable specificity (to the extent known at such time) and in writing by notice from the non-breaching party to the breaching party prior to the expiration date of the applicable survival period (or 90 days after the applicable statute of limitations with respect to claims pursuant to Sectio n 8.2(a)(i)( C) ) shall not thereafter be barred by the expiration of such survival period and such claims shall survive until finally resolved.

 

8.2         Indemnification .

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​       Seller Indemnity Obligation .

 

(i)       Subject to the terms of this Articl e VI II , Seller and the Equityholders shall jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless Buyer and its Affiliates and their respective Representatives (collectively, the “ Buyer Indemnite es ”) for Damages incurred or sustained by the Buyer Indemnitees that arise out of, result from or are in connection with (A) any inaccuracy or breach of the representations and warranties made by the Seller Parties in Articl e I I or any certificate delivered by Seller at the Closing, (B) a breach of any covenant or agreement of any of Seller or the Equityholders contained in this Agreement which, by its terms, contemplates performance or non-performance after the Closing, (C) any Pre-Closing Tax Obligation, (D) any unpaid Indebtedness, (E) any unpaid Seller Expenses, (F) Fraud, willful misconduct or intentional misrepresentation of any Seller Party, and (G) any Excluded Representations or specifically indemnified matters set forth on Section 8.2(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule.

 

(ii)      Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, for purposes of determining whether any representation or warranty has been breached and the amount of Damages arising therefrom, each representation and warranty in this Agreement and the schedules and exhibits hereto shall be read without regard and without giving effect to (i.e., as if such words or phrases were deleted from such representation and warranty) the terms “material,” “in all material respects,” “Material Adverse Effect,” “except where the failure to so comply would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect” or similar words or phrases contained in such representation or warranty.

 

(iii)     The Buyer Indemnitees’ right to indemnification pursuant to Sectio n 8.2(a)(i)( A) , (C ) o r (F ) on account of any Damages will be: (i) first , during the period for which the Escrow Agreement remains in effect, satisfied from the Indemnity Escrow Fund (to the extent available) pursuant to the Escrow Agreement; (ii) then second , to the extent applicable, satisfied from the R&W Policy up to an amount equal to the policy limit under the R&W Policy; and (iii) then third , to the extent applicable, satisfied from the Excess Policy up to an amount equal to the policy limit under the Excess Policy. Except as set forth in this Agreement, the Seller and the Equityholders shall have no obligation for Damages with respect to Claims under Sectio n 8.2(a)(i)(A ) that are not an Excluded Matter in excess of the Indemnity Escrow Amount. With respect to Damages that arise out of, result from or are in connection with any Excluded Matter, subject to the terms in Sectio n 8.2(a)( v) , (A) the Buyer Indemnitees have the right to recover directly from the Seller and the Equityholders, on a joint and several basis, such Damages, and (B) to the extent the Indemnity Escrow Fund, the R&W Policy and/or the Excess Policy proceeds are disbursed with respect to Damages arising out of, resulting from or in connection with any Excluded Matter, the Buyer Indemnitees have the right to recover directly from the Seller and the Equityholders, on a joint and several basis, for any other Damages for which the Buyer Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification.

 

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(iv)     With respect to the right of the Buyer Indemnitees to submit claims for indemnification pursuant to Sectio n 8.2(a)(i)(A ) (other than with respect to any Excluded Matter), no right to be indemnified shall exist unless and until the aggregate amount of all Damages incurred by Buyer Indemnitees in respect of such claim under Sectio n 8.2(a)(i)(A ) exceeds $442,000 (the “ Deductib le ”), and then the Buyer Indemnitees shall be entitled to indemnification only for the amount in excess of the Deductible. The recoverable Damages for Fraud and intentional misrepresentation shall be limited to the Purchase Price with respect to the Seller and the Equityholders, except that no such limitation shall apply for the benefit of any Seller or Equityholder who committed or abetted such Fraud, or intentional misrepresentation.

 

(v)      For the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall in any way limit the Buyer Indemnitees’ ability to recover under the R&W Policy and/or the Excess Policy. Buyer Indemnitees shall file claims for an Excluded Matter against the R&W Policy (and the Excess Policy, as applicable) that they determine in good faith may be covered, but Buyer Indemnitees shall have no obligation to pursue a Proceeding against the R&W Policy insurer or Excess Policy insurer or delay other recourse against the Seller Parties if either or both such insurers do not pay such claim within a reasonable period of time based on the facts and circumstances of the claim.

 

(vi)     Effective as of the Closing, the Seller and the Equityholders waive any and all rights of indemnification, contribution and other similar rights against the Company (whether arising pursuant to any organizational documents, any contract, any Law or otherwise) arising out of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement and/or out of the negotiation, execution and performance of this Agreement, and agree that any claim of any Buyer Indemnitee, whether for indemnity or otherwise, may, subject to the terms of this Article XI , be asserted directly against the Seller and the Equityholders, without any need for any claim against, or joinder of, the Company.

 

(vii)     With respect to the right of the Buyer Indemnitees to submit claims for indemnification pursuant to Section 8.2(a)(i)(G) , the Seller and the Equityholders shall have no obligation to provide indemnity for such claims to the extent the Damages exceed the amount of the Special Escrow Fund at the time of such claims. Buyer will have the right to recover from the Special Escrow Fund Damages incurred or sustained by the Buyer Indemnitees that arise out of, result from or are in connection with any Excluded Representations or specifically identified matters set forth on Section 8.2(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule. 

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​       Buyer’s Indemnity Obligation . Subject to the terms of this Articl e VI II , Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless Seller and its Affiliates and their respective Representatives (collectively, the “ Seller Indemnite es ”) for Damages incurred or sustained by the Seller Indemnitees that arise out of, result from or are in connection with (A) any inaccuracy or breach of the representations and warranties of Buyer in Articl e II I or any other certificate delivered by Buyer at the Closing, (B) a breach of any covenant or agreement of Buyer contained in this Agreement which, by its terms, contemplates performance or non-performance after the Closing, and (C) Fraud, willful misconduct or intentional misrepresentation of the Buyer.

 

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(c)     ​​​​​​​       Procedure .

 

(i)     If any Seller Indemnitee or any Buyer Indemnitee seeks indemnification under this Sectio n 8 .2 , such party (the “ Indemnified Par ty ”) shall give written notice to the party or parties from whom or which such Indemnified Party is seeking indemnification under this Agreement (the “ Indemnifying Par ty ”) of the facts and circumstances giving rise to the Claim, which in the case of a Buyer Indemnitee shall mean notice to Seller. The notice shall specify in reasonable detail (if known) the Claim, including in the case of Claims based on a Claim by a third party, copies of all notices, pleadings, and other documents or instruments served on or received by the Indemnified Party. In that regard, if any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted in writing by any third party (“ Third Party Proceedi ng ”) which, if adversely determined, would entitle the Indemnified Party to indemnity pursuant to this Sectio n 8 .2 , the Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Indemnifying Party of the same in writing, specifying in reasonable detail (if known) such Claim, and the Indemnifying Party, if it so elects by written notice to the Indemnified Party prior to the expiration of the period ending twenty (20) days following receipt by an Indemnifying Party of a notice from an Indemnified Party pursuant to this Sectio n 8.2(c ) (the “ Dispute Peri od ”), shall assume and control the defense thereof (and shall consult with the Indemnified Party with respect thereto), including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of expenses; provided , however , that, with respect to a Third Party Proceeding, the Indemnifying Party may only elect to assume and control the defense thereof so long as (A) along with its notice of assumption and control of the defense of such claim, the Indemnifying Party notifies the Indemnified Party in writing that the Indemnifying Party will, subject to the limitations in this Article XI , indemnify the Indemnified Party from and against any Damages the Indemnified Party may incur relating to or arising out of the Third Party Proceeding, (B) the Indemnifying Party is not a party to the Third Party Proceeding or the Indemnified Party has determined in good faith that there would be no conflict of interest or other inappropriate matter associated with joint representation, (C) the Third Party Proceeding involves only money damages and does not seek an injunction or other equitable relief, (D) the Indemnifying Party conducts the defense of the Third Party Proceeding actively and diligently, (E) the Indemnifying Party furnishes the Indemnified Party with evidence that the financial resources of the Indemnifying Party, in the Indemnified Party’s reasonable judgment, are and will be sufficient (when considering Damages in respect of all other outstanding claims) to satisfy any Damages relating to such Proceeding, (F) the Third Party Proceeding does not involve criminal actions or allegations or criminal conduct or any violations of Law by the Indemnified Party, (G) the Third Party Proceeding does not involve a material customer, supplier or other business relationship of the Company, (H) the maximum reasonably foreseeable Damages that may be claimed do not exceed the Indemnity Escrow Fund, (I) the assumption of the defense by the Indemnifying Party would not cause any Buyer Indemnitee to lose coverage under the R&W Policy, (J) the Buyer Indemnitee or any insurer is not required to assume the defense of such Third Party Proceeding pursuant to the R&W Policy, and (K) the Indemnifying Party keeps the Indemnified Party apprised of all developments, including settlement offers, with respect to the Third Party Proceeding and permits the Indemnified Party to participate in the defense of the Third Party Proceeding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure of an Indemnified Party to give any notice contemplated by this claus e (i ) will not affect the rights or obligations of any party hereunder except and only to the extent that, as a result of such failure, the Indemnifying Party’s ability to remedy, contest, defend or settle with respect to such Third Party Proceeding is materially and actually prejudiced thereby.

 

(ii)    If the Indemnifying Party elects to assume and control the defense, prior to the expiration of the Dispute Period of a Third Party Proceeding as provided in claus e (i ) above, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ counsel separate from counsel employed by the Indemnifying Party in any such Third Party Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel employed by the Indemnified Party shall be at the expense of the Indemnified Party, except to the extent (A) the employment thereof has been specifically authorized by the Indemnifying Party in writing, (B) the fees and expenses relate to the period prior to the Indemnifying Party’s assumption of defense, or (C) the Indemnifying Party has failed to assume the defense and employ counsel or any condition to the Indemnifying Party’s control of the Third Party Proceeding in Sectio n 8.2(c)(i)(A ) (K ) becomes unsatisfied (and with respect to Sectio n 8.2(c)(i)( C) , (D ) and ( K ) , after written notice and a reasonable opportunity to cure such unsatisfied condition). If the Indemnifying Party does not elect to assume and control the defense of a Third Party Proceeding prior to the expiration of the Dispute Period or if any condition to the Indemnifying Party’s control of a Third Party Proceeding set forth in Sectio n 8.2(c)(i)(A ) (K ) becomes unsatisfied (and with respect to Sectio n 8.2(c)(i)( C) , (D ) and ( K ) , after written notice and a reasonable opportunity to cure such unsatisfied condition), the Indemnified Party may defend against the Third Party Proceeding in any manner it may deem appropriate (and the Indemnified Party need not consult with, or obtain any consent from, the Indemnifying Party in connection therewith except as provided below). If the Indemnified Party controls the defense of the Third Party Proceeding, the Indemnifying Party agrees to advance to the Indemnified Party promptly upon demand from time to time all attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses of defending the Third Party Proceeding, subject to the limitations in this ARTICL E VII I . The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any Third Party Proceeding (regardless of who is defending such Third Party Proceeding), which settlement is effected without the written consent of the Indemnifying Party, which such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; provided , that the Buyer Indemnitee may agree to any settlement of, or the entry of any judgment arising from, any Third Party Proceeding without the prior written consent of the Seller and the Equityholders so long as the settled amount shall not constitute evidence of the actual amount of Damages for which the Seller and the Equityholders shall be liable unless such settlement is entered into with the consent of Seller and the Equityholders. In no event shall the Indemnified Party have any Liability with respect to any settlement of, or the entry of any Order arising from, any Third Party Proceeding effected without its written consent.

 

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(iii)      If the Indemnifying Party notifies the Indemnified Party that it does not dispute the Claim described in the notice given by the Indemnified Party, the Damages in connection with such Claim will be conclusively deemed a liability of the Indemnifying Party under Sectio n 8.2(a ) or 8.2(b) (as applicable). If the Indemnifying Party fails to notify the Indemnified Party within the Dispute Period whether the Indemnifying Party disputes the Claim described in such notice, then the Indemnifying Party will be deemed to have accepted in all respects the Claims described in such Claim notice and the Damages in connection with such Claim will be conclusively deemed a liability of the Indemnifying Party under Sectio n 8.2(a ) or 8.2(b) (as applicable). The Indemnifying Party shall pay the amount of such Damages deemed to be a liability of the Indemnifying Party (subject to the limitations and procedures regarding indemnification and the R&W Policy herein) to the Indemnified Party on demand.

 

8.3        Insurance and other Third Part y Recoveries . In calculating the amounts payable to an Indemnified Party, the amount of any indemnified Damages shall be computed net of (i) payments actually recovered by the Indemnified Party under any insurance policy with respect to such Damages and (ii) any actual recovery by the Indemnified Party from any other Person with respect to such Damages. In the event of an insurance recovery or third party recovery relating to an indemnification payment is received after the Indemnifying Party has made an indemnification payment under this Agreement that did not take into account such insurance recovery or third party recovery, the Indemnified Party shall promptly pay the Indemnifying Party an amount equal to the lesser of such insurance recovery or third party recovery and the amount of the related indemnification payment.

 

8.4         Other Provisions .

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​     Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary and except in the case of claims of Fraud, willful misconduct or intentional misrepresentation, the indemnification provided in this ARTICLE VIII shall be the sole and exclusive post-Closing remedy available to the Parties hereto for any claim arising under this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for a claim for specific performance, injunctive and/or other equitable relief or the performance of any covenant or agreement of the Parties contained in this Agreement which, by its terms, contemplates performance after the Closing) and no Party shall pursue any other remedy or have any recourse against the other Party or any of its other assets and properties for any such claim.

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​      The Parties shall each use commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate any Damages associated with any claim for indemnification under this ARTICLE VIII as required by applicable common law after becoming aware of any event that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any Damages that are indemnifiable or recoverable hereunder; provided, however, that such commercially reasonable efforts shall not include any obligation to pursue litigation.

 

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(c)     ​​​​​​​      Buyer covenants and agrees that the R&W Policy will exclude any right of subrogation against Seller (except in the case of Fraud or intentional misrepresentation).

 

(d)     ​​​​​​​      Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, and except as may be expressly set forth in the Support Agreement, neither Prophet Equity LP, a Delaware limited partnership, nor any of its Affiliates (other than Seller to the extent set forth in this Articl e VIII ) shall have any liability to Buyer or any of its Affiliates (including the Company after the Closing) in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including pursuant to the provisions of this Articl e VI II , including, without limitation, to the extent arising from Fraud, willful misconduct, and intentional misrepresentation. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Sectio n 8.4(d ) shall modify or diminish the rights of the Buyer with respect to claims against the other Parties under this Agreement.

 

(e)     ​​​​​​​      The Buyer Indemnitees will not be entitled to indemnification pursuant to Sectio n 8.2(a ) for any item of Damages to the extent such item is included as a component in the Closing Statement as finally determined by the parties pursuant to Sectio n  1. 3 .

 

(f)     ​​​​​​​      The Buyer Indemnitees right to indemnification pursuant to Sectio n 8.2(a ) on account of any Damages will be reduced by the amount of any reserve reflected as a component of the final Working Capital calculation and established for the item(s) or matter(s) giving rise to such Damages.

 

(g)     ​​​​​​​      No Buyer Indemnitee shall be entitled to be compensated more than once for the same item of Damage.

 

(h)     ​​​​​​​      For all Tax purposes, the parties agree to treat indemnity payments made pursuant to this Agreement as an adjustment to the purchase price to the extent permitted by applicable Tax Law.

 

ARTICLE IX

Definitions

 

9.1         Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below:

 

AAA ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.5(b) .

 

Accounting Principl es ” means the accounting principles set forth on Exhibit G attached hereto.

 

Adjustment Escrow Amou nt ” shall mean $1,000,000.

 

Adjustment Escrow Fu nd ” shall mean, at the time of measurement, the Adjusted Escrow Amount reduced by all amounts previously distributed or paid by the Escrow Agent in accordance with the Escrow Agreement together with any investment proceeds thereon.

 

Affilia te ” shall mean, as to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly through one of more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with such Person at any time during the period for which the determination of affiliation is being made. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, shall mean possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

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Affiliate Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 3 .

 

Aged Receivable ” means those certain aged receivables in the aggregate amount of $694,538.16 owed by Chief Supply Corporation to the Company, as represented by the invoices identified on Section 9.1(1) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule.

 

Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

 

Benefit Plans ” shall mean any employee benefit plans (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA), whether or not subject to ERISA, and all other employee benefit plans, programs, contracts, agreements, arrangements and policies, including, but not limited to, employment, consulting, change in control, retention, fringe benefit, severance, incentive or bonus, deferred compensation, profit sharing, pension, retirement, welfare, stock purchase, stock option or equity incentive and similar plans, programs, contracts, agreements, arrangements and policies, in each case, whether or not reduced to writing, sponsored, maintained, contributed or required to be contributed to for the benefit of any current or former employee, officer, director, retiree, independent contractor or consultant (or any dependent or beneficiary thereof) of the Company.

 

Books and Records ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  5.2(a)(i) .

 

Business Da ys ” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions located in Tampa, Florida are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

 

Buyer ” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

 

Buyer Prepared Returns ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  7.1(b) .

 

Buyer Share Pri ce ” shall mean the average closing price per share of Buyer’s common stock during the 20 trading days immediately preceding the Closing.

 

Buyer Shares ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1. 6 .

 

Cash ” shall mean, (without giving effect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby), the sum of all cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities owned by the Company, as computed in accordance with GAAP (including checks and other wire transfers and drafts deposited or available for the account of the Company and deposits in transit). For the avoidance of doubt, outstanding checks shall be included as a current liability in the determination of Working Capital.

 

CID Busine ss ” shall mean the business operated by the Company of designing, contracting for the manufacturing of, distributing, and selling medical uniforms, lab coats, layers and other products.

 

CID Employees ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.21(a) .

 

Cla im ” shall mean any claim, demand, action or cause of action for payment or performance of any debt, account, covenant, contract, promise, loss, reimbursement, compensation, liability or expense including attorney’s fees, of any and every kind, nature or description whatsoever, at law or in equity.

 

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Closing ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  1.4 .

 

Closing Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  1.4 .

 

Closing Statement ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.3(c) .

 

Closing Statement Dispute Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.3( d ) .

 

Co de ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Company ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.

 

Company IP ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.12( a)(i) .

 

Company Softwa re ” shall means all software that (i) is material to the operation of the business of the Company, (ii) is distributed, sold, licensed, marketed or otherwise provided to third parties by the Company, and/or (iii) is used or held for use by the Company in connection with its work for customers or its products or services.

 

Company’s Knowled ge ” (including the correlative “of which Company becomes aware,” “Knowledge of the Company,” and other words to that effect) shall mean the actual or constructive knowledge, after due inquiry, of H.P. Park, Nina Park, Bill Zollner, Kyle Winger, Stanley Kim, David Davidson, In Sung Ahn, Jarrett McRee and James Shimizu, including such knowledge that each such person would reasonably be expected to possess in the normal course of exercising such person’s duties based on his or her title or position after due inquiry. For this purpose, “due inquiry” includes, but is not limited to, review of pertinent documents and materials and inquiry of any employees who hold a management function with respect to employees or operations within the Company or who have responsibilities pertinent to such inquiry or who have access to information in the possession of the Company pertinent to such inquiry.

 

Confidential Information ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Confidentiality Agreement.

 

Confidentiality Agreeme nt ” shall mean that certain Confidentiality Agreement, dated November 15, 2017, executed by Buyer and Due Diligence Manager, acting as agent for the Seller and the Company.

 

Contra ct ” shall mean any contract, agreement, license, obligation, arrangement, understanding, purchase order, commitment or undertaking (in each case whether written or oral), including any exhibits, schedules, amendments, annexes, addendums, statements of work or similar documentation.

 

Damag es ” shall mean any losses, claims, damages, assessments, sanctions, charges, liabilities, costs, fines, penalties, judgments, interest, awards, fines, settlement amounts or expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements for attorneys, accountants and other representatives of a Person incurring or suffering such damages, fees and costs of investigation, defense, negotiation or mitigation of an actual or alleged Claim and costs of enforcing any right to indemnification under ARTICLE XI ).

 

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Debt Commitment Letter(s) ” – shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.4 .

 

Dispute Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.3(d) .

 

Dispute Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(c) .

 

Due Diligence Manag er ” shall mean Piper Jaffray & Co.

 

Effective Ti me ” shall mean 12:01 a.m., local time in Dallas, Texas, on the Closing Date.

 

Encumbranc es ” shall mean any charge, claim, lien, condition, option, pledge, encumbrance, covenant, proxy, Tax, voting agreement, deed of trust, hypothecation, preference, priority, conditional sale, restriction on transfer, equitable interest, security interest, mortgage, right of way, easement, encroachment, servitude, right of first option, right of first refusal, or similar restriction.

 

Environmental La ws ” shall mean any Law relating to pollution, the release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment, the generation, management, transportation, storage, treatment and disposal of Hazardous Materials, or protection of the environment, including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, the Solid Waste Disposal Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act (as related to exposure to Hazardous Materials), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act.

 

Environmental Permits ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.15( d) .

 

Equity Securities ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement.

 

ERI SA ” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

ERISA Affilia te ” means all employers (whether or not incorporated) that would be treated together with the Company or any of its Affiliates as a “single employer” within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA.

 

Estimated Closing Statement ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.3( a) .

 

Excess Policy ” shall mean together that certain Excess Representations and Warranties Liability Policy issued to Buyer by Chubb Bermuda Insurance Ltd., policy number FIT-14323D; and Excess Representations and Warranties Liability Policy issued to Buyer by Iron-Starr Excess Agency Ltd., policy number ISF0004193.

 

Exchange A ct ” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Excluded Invento ry ” means (a) all inventory that is (i) damaged, defective or otherwise not good and merchantable, or (ii) not of usable or saleable quality in the ordinary course of business, and (b) all inventory that is in transit to the Company as of the Effective Time except to the extent that (i) such inventory is fully-paid for by the Company prior to the Effective Time, meaning that no additional amount is required to be paid after the Effective Time in order to acquire such inventory, or (ii) the amount of any such required post-Effective Time payment is accrued as a current liability of the Company that is reflected in the Working Capital calculation.

 

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Excluded Matt er ” means any Claim with respect to Pre-Closing Tax Obligations, breaches of Fundamental Representations, or Fraud, willful misconduct or intentional misrepresentation.

 

Excluded Representatio ns ” means the representations and warranties described in Section 8.2(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule.

 

Financial Statements ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  2.7(a) .

 

Fra ud ” means a misrepresentation or omission of material fact made by a party with knowledge that such representation is false or the material fact was omitted; provided, however, that for the avoidance of doubt, “Fraud” shall not include any type of constructive or equitable fraud.

 

GA AP ” shall mean United States generally accepted accounting principles in effect as of the applicable time.

 

Governing Documen ts ” means the documents by which any Person (other than an individual) establishes its legal existence or which govern its internal affairs. For example, the Governing Documents of a corporation would include its charter or articles of incorporation and bylaws, a limited liability company would include its certificate of formation and limited liability company agreement, and a limited partnership includes its limited partnership agreement and the Governing Documents of its general partner.

 

Governmental Authori ty ” shall mean any governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature, including any regulatory or administrative body, agency, branch, authority, department, court, tribunal, judicial or legislative authority, arbitrator, or any other public authority or entity, whether foreign, federal, state or local, exercising governmental or quasi-governmental powers.

 

Governmental Consent ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5 .

 

Hazardous Materia ls ” shall mean any waste, material, substance or other matter that is regulated by any Governmental Authority under Environmental Law, including petroleum, petroleum products, asbestos, urea formaldehyde, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, or radioactive substances.

 

HSR A ct ” shall mean the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.

 

Import and Export Control La ws ” means any Law or Order governing (i) imports, exports, re-exports, or transfers of products, services, raw materials, or Intellectual Property from or to the United States or another country; (ii) any release of any Intellectual Property in any foreign country or to any foreign person located in the United States or abroad; (iii) economic sanctions or embargoes; or (iv) compliance with unsanctioned foreign boycotts.

 

Indebtedne ss ” shall mean, without duplication and with respect to the Company, all (a) indebtedness for borrowed money; (b) long or short-term obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments; (c) obligations under any interest rate, currency swap or other hedging agreement or arrangement; (d) capital lease obligations under GAAP as of the date hereof; (e) reimbursement obligations under any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar credit transactions (in each case, to the extent drawn); (f) any obligations for unfunded liabilities relating to Benefit Plans, (g) indebtedness for deferred purchase price of property or services, (h) deferred rent liabilities, (i) outstanding amount under any surety bonds, bids, performance bonds or similar obligations, (j) unpaid security deposits due under any Leased Real Property, (k) unpaid income Taxes of the Company for any Pre-Closing Tax Period or Pre-Closing Straddle Period, and (l) and any unpaid interest, prepayment penalties, premiums, costs and fees that would arise or become due as a result of the prepayment of any of the obligations referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) through (k).

 

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Indemnity Escrow Amou nt ” shall mean $442,000.

 

Indemnity Escrow Fu nd ” shall mean, at the time of measurement, the Indemnity Escrow Amount reduced by all amounts previously distributed or paid by the Escrow Agent in accordance with the Escrow Agreement together with any investment proceeds thereon.

 

Independent Accounta nt ” shall mean the Fort Lauderdale, FL office of Marcum LLP, or if such firm is unable to serve in such role, such other independent public accounting firm or financial services firm that currently does not audit and has not audited within the past five years Seller or Buyer, or any of their respective Affiliates, as shall be agreed upon by Seller and Buyer or, if an agreement cannot be reached within 10 Business Days of notice to the Parties that such accounting firm is unable to so serve, as shall be selected by the AAA upon the request of Seller or Buyer.

 

Information Maintenance Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  5.2(a) .

 

Insurance Policies ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  2.18 .

 

Intellectual Proper ty ” means all intellectual property protected under applicable Laws throughout the world, including (a) patents and patent applications, including all reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, reexaminations and extensions thereof, (b) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, trade names and other source identifiers (whether registered or unregistered), together with any registrations and applications in connection therewith and all goodwill associated therewith, (c) copyrights and any registrations and applications in connection therewith, together with any moral rights associated therewith, (d) Trade Secrets, (e) domain name registrations and rights to use web site domain names and (f) computer software, programs and applications (whether in source code or object code form), databases, compilations, and all documentation and program architecture associated therewith, excluding licenses from third parties to any of the Company that are generally commercially available on a subscription basis or pursuant to standard or non-negotiated terms and conditions, including so-called “off-the-shelf” and “shrink wrap” software.

 

Interim Balance Sheet ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  2.7(a) .

 

Interim Balance Sheet Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  2.7(a) .

 

I RS ” shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

L aw ” shall mean any statute, law, constitution, treaty, convention, administrative interpretation, ordinance, rule, regulation, code or applicable Order of any Governmental Authority.

 

Leased Real Property ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.13( a) .

 

Legal Counsel ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.1 4 .

 

" Liabili ty " means any liability or obligation of any kind, character or description, whether known or unknown, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, joint or several, due or to become due, vested or unvested, executory, determined, determinable or otherwise, and all of the foregoing shall be included in the definition of "Liability" regardless of whether or not it is: (a) required to be accrued, reserved against or otherwise reflected on financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP or any other accounting method or standard applied by Seller in the Ordinary Course prior to the Closing, or (b) disclosed or required to be disclosed on any Schedule to this Agreement.

 

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Material Adverse Effe ct ” shall mean any event, change, circumstance, occurrence or effect that is or would reasonably be expected to (a) have material adverse effect on the business, properties, results of operations, liabilities or financial condition of the CID Business, taken as a whole, or (b) materially impair or delay the ability of Seller or Buyer to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents; provided , that , for purposes of determining whether a “Material Adverse Effect” has occurred, and only in the case of clause (a), excluding any effect resulting from or relating to (i) general political or economic conditions, general financial and capital market conditions (including interest rates, exchange rates, declines in the price of any security or any market index, or any disruption thereof) or general effects on any of the industries in which the CID Business is engaged, or, in each case, any changes therein (including as a result of (a) an outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or any other country or the declaration by the United States or any other country of a national emergency or war or (b) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis (including any act of terrorism)), (ii) any changes in Law or any authoritative enforcement, implementation or interpretation thereof by any Governmental Authority, (iii) any changes in GAAP, (iv) the public announcement or the becoming public of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including losses or threatened losses of employees, customers, suppliers, distributors or others having relationships with the Company (except the case in which such public announcement or other disclosure is made by any Seller Party without the prior written consent of Buyer), (v) any act required by Seller to comply with this Agreement, (vi) the failure of the CID Business to meet any internal forecasts or projections (provided, however, in each case, that the facts and circumstances underlying any such change or failure may be considered in determining whether there has been a Material Adverse Effect), (vii) any matter expressly disclosed in the Seller Disclosure Schedules as an exception to the representations and warranties made by the Seller Parties under this Agreement, or (viii) any action taken by Buyer or any of its Affiliates or Representatives; provided , further , that any adverse change, condition, fact, occurrence, event or effect referenced to in clauses (i) through (iii) immediately above shall be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or could reasonably be expected to occur to the extent that such adverse change, condition, fact, occurrence, event or effect has a disproportionate effect on CID Business compared to other participants in the industries in which the Company conducts its business.

 

Material Contracts ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  2.14 ( b) .

 

Orde rs ” shall mean any orders, injunctions, arbitration awards, assessments, rulings, judgments or decrees issued by any Governmental Authority.

 

Ordinary Cour se ” shall mean, with respect to a Person, the ordinary course of business of such Person, consistent with past custom and practice.

 

Park ” means H.P. Park.

 

Par ty ” or “ Parties ” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

 

Payoff Letter ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.3(b)(i) .

 

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Permi ts ” shall mean any permits, licenses, authorizations or other approvals issued by a Governmental Authority.

 

Permitted Encumbranc es ” shall mean (a) statutory liens for current personal property Taxes not yet due and payable, (b) statutory liens of landlords, carriers, warehousemen, mechanics and materialmen and other similar encumbrances imposed by Law in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice for sums not yet due and payable (provided lien statements have not been filed or such Encumbrances otherwise perfected), and none of which is, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company’s assets or business, including no material detraction in the value or impairment of such assets, (c) Encumbrances on the Equity Securities arising under applicable securities Laws, and (d) Encumbrances set forth in Section 9.1(2) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule.

 

Pers on ” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, association, trust, limited company, limited liability company or other entity or organization.

 

Post-Closing Tax Peri od ” means (a) any taxable period that begins after the Closing Date and (b) the portion of any Straddle Period that begins on the day after the Closing Date.

 

Pre-Closing Straddle Period shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7. 2 .

 

Pre-Closing Tax Obligatio ns ” means any and all Taxes (or the non-payment thereof) (a) of the Company for any Pre-Closing Tax Period, or of Seller for any period, (b) of the Company for any Straddle Period to the extent such Taxes are allocated to the Pre-Closing Straddle Period under this Agreement, (c) of or imposed on the Company arising as a result of being (or ceasing to be) a member of any consolidated, affiliated, combined or unitary group (or being included (or required to be included) in any Tax Return relating thereto) on or prior to the Closing Date, (d) of any other Person imposed on the Company as a result of any express or implied obligation to indemnify or otherwise assume or succeed to the Taxes of any other Person, whether imposed by Law, contract, or otherwise, which Taxes relate to an event or transaction occurring prior to the Closing and (e) of or attributable to CID Resources Canada, Inc. for any period; provided , however , that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Pre-Closing Tax Obligations shall not include any Tax of the Company to the extent such Tax was specifically taken into account as a liability in computing Working Capital or Closing Indebtedness as finally determined under this Agreement.

 

Pre-Closing Tax Peri od ” means any taxable period that ends on or before the Closing Date, excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Pre-Closing Straddle Period.

 

Proceedi ng means any claim, notice, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, investigation, audit or inquiry by or before any Governmental Authority, or any arbitration, mediation or similar proceeding.

 

Public Softwa re ” means any software that contains, or is derived in any manner from, in whole or in part, any software that is distributed as freeware, shareware, open source software (e.g., Linux) or similar licensing or distribution models that (i) require the licensing or distribution of source code to licensees, (ii) prohibit or limit the receipt of consideration in connection with sublicensing or distributing any software, (iii) except as specifically permitted by applicable law, allow any Person to decompile, disassemble or otherwise reverse-engineer any software, or (iv) require the licensing of any software to any other Person for the purpose of making derivative works. For the avoidance of doubt, “Public Software” includes, without limitation, oftware licensed or distributed under any of the following licenses or distribution models (or licenses or distribution models similar thereto): (i) GNU’s General Public License (GPL) or Lesser/Library GPL (LGPL); (ii) the Artistic License (e.g., PERL); (iii) the Mozilla Public License; (iv) the Netscape Public License; (v) the Sun Community Source License (SCSL); (vi) the Sun Industry Standards License (SISL); (vii) the BSD License; (viii) Red Hat Linux; (ix) the Apache License; and (x) any other license or distribution model described by the Open Source Initiative as set forth on www.opensource.org .

 

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Purchase Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  1.2 .

 

Real Property Lease ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.13( a) .

 

Registered IP ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.12( b) .

 

Relea se ” shall mean any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping or disposing into the environment.

 

Representativ es ” shall mean with respect to a Person, such Person’s directors, managers, officers, and agents and his, her, or its legal, financial, internal and independent accounting and other advisors and Representatives.

 

Restrictive Covenant Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(a)(ix) .

 

R&W Poli cy ” shall mean that certain Representations and Warranties Insurance Policy issued to Buyer by BlueChip Underwriting Services LLC, policy number BC-BS-2018-98869-0103.

 

Rules ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.5(b) .

 

Securities A ct ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Seller ” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

 

Seller Disclosure Schedule ” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of ARTICLE II .

 

Seller Expens es ” shall mean, without duplication, (i) all fees and expenses incurred by the Company at or prior to the Closing, or by the Seller at any time, in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the other agreements, instruments and documents contemplated hereby, and the performance and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including all legal, accounting, investment banker and advisor fees and including all costs associated with the purchase of the Tail Policy coverage as contemplated by Sectio n 1.5(a)(xvi i) and the Excess Policy coverage; provided , however , that (A) any filing fees payable in connection with any filings required to be made pursuant to the HSR Act, and (B) all underwriting fees and costs and expenses associated with obtaining the R&W Policy shall not be considered Seller Expenses; (ii) (A) any payments owing by or on behalf of the Company to employees or other service providers or third parties under appreciation rights, phantom equity or similar plans or any deferred compensation, severance, deferred purchase price, bonus or profit sharing payments attributable to pre-Closing periods, including all change of control, termination, stay bonuses, retention, sale and other bonuses and profit sharing payments payable to employees or other service providers of the Company by reason of or as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (B) all payments to cancel, redeem or purchase outstanding options, warrants, convertible or exchangeable securities or other rights to acquire capital stock or other equity securities of the Company held by its employees or other service providers by reason of or as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (C) the amount of compensation realized by employees or other service providers of the Company upon vesting of restricted stock or other equity compensation arrangements by reason of or as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (D) all other payments or amounts in the nature of compensation payable to employees or other service providers of the Company by reason of or as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, in each case set forth in clauses (ii)(A) through (D), the employer’s share of any payroll Taxes imposed in connection with such payments; (iii) any fees or expenses to obtain any payoff letters and the release and termination of any Encumbrances of any Persons on behalf of the Company (other than Permitted Encumbrances); and (iv) any fees, expenses or other charges to obtain any waiver, consent, estoppel or approval required to be delivered by the Seller under this Agreement.

 

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Seller Parties ” shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

 

Seller Prepared Returns ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(a)

 

Seller Tax Matt er ” shall mean (a) amending a Tax Return of the Company for a Pre-Closing Tax Period; (b) entering into an agreement with a Governmental Authority that extends or waives the applicable statute of limitations with respect to a Tax of the Company for a Pre-Closing Tax Period; (c) filing any ruling request with any Governmental Authority that solely relates to Taxes or Tax Returns of the Company for a Pre-Closing Tax Period; or (d) waiving the right to any Tax refund (or portion thereof) of the Company for a Pre-Closing Tax Period; but excluding, in each case, any such action that does not result in an increased liability for Pre-Closing Tax Obligations or a reduction to a Tax refund otherwise payable to Seller under this Agreement.

 

Special Escrow Amount ” shall mean $1,200,000.

 

Special Escrow Fund ” shall mean, at the time of measurement, the Special Escrow Amount reduced by all amounts previously distributed or paid from the Special Escrow Fund by the Escrow Agent in accordance with the Escrow Agreement together with any investment proceeds thereon.

 

Straddle Peri od ” shall mean any taxable period that includes, but does not end on, the Closing Date.

 

Subsidiari es ” shall mean, with respect to a Person, any corporation or other form of legal entity of which more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned by such Person.

 

Target Amou nt ” shall mean $39,531,204.40.

 

T ax ” or “ Tax es ” shall mean any federal, state, local or foreign net income, capital gains, gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, transfer, ad valorem, franchise, profits, license, capital, withholding, payroll, estimated, employment, excise, goods and services, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property, social security, environmental, alternative or add-on, value added, registration, windfall profits, employee or other withholding, or other tax, custom, duty or amount imposed by any Governmental Authority of any kind whatsoever, including obligations under escheat and unclaimed property Laws, and including any interest, additions to tax or penalties incurred under Laws with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

Tax Contest ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  7.4(b) .

 

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Tax Retu rn ” shall mean any return, declaration, report, claim for refund, information return or statement relating to Taxes and filed or required to be filed with any Governmental Authority, including any schedule or attachment thereto and any amendment thereof.

 

Trade Secre ts ” shall mean trade secrets and confidential or proprietary information, including know-how, concepts, methods, processes, designs, schematics, drawings, technical data, techniques, protocols, specifications, algorithms, formulae, research and development information, technology, business plans, and customer lists and supplier lists.

 

Transaction Documen ts ” shall mean each agreement, instrument or document to be executed by any of the parties hereto or their Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Transfer Taxes ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  7.6 .

 

Unresolved Disputes ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.3(d) .

 

Vir us ” means any software or other disabling code that would interfere with the normal operation of, would allow circumvention of security controls, or is intended to cause damage to any hardware, software or data, including without limitation any computer or code “time bomb”,” virus”, “worm”,” Trojan horse”, “back door”, or “drop dead device”.

 

WARN A ct ” shall mean the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988, as amended, and applicable regulations and similar state and local laws.

 

Working Capital ” means without duplication:

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​      the current assets of the Company, excluding Cash; minus

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​      the current liabilities of the Company, including (1) accounts payable, (2) deferred revenues, and (3) other accrued liabilities of the Company, but excluding Indebtedness;

 

in each case of clauses (a) and (b) determined in accordance with the Accounting Principles. A copy of a detailed illustration of the manner in which the parties calculated an estimate of Working Capital is attached as Annex A to Exhibit G .

 

9.2         Interpretation . This Agreement has been negotiated by the Parties hereto and their respective attorneys, and the language hereof shall not be construed for or against any Party based on which Party drafted any of the provisions of this Agreement. The table of contents, titles and headings herein are for reference purposes only and shall not in any manner limit the construction of this Agreement which shall be considered as a whole. Unless otherwise expressly provided or unless the context requires otherwise, (a) all references in this Agreement to Articles, Sections, Schedules and Exhibits shall mean and refer to Articles, Sections, Schedules and Exhibits of this Agreement; (b) words using the singular or plural number also shall include the plural and singular number, respectively; (c) the words “include,” “includes,” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by “without limitation” whether or not they are in fact followed by such words or words of similar import; (d) references to “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby” and similar terms shall refer to this entire Agreement (including the Schedules and Exhibits hereto); (e) all pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the Person or Persons may require; (f) references to any Person shall be deemed to mean and include the successors and permitted assigns of such Person, but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to a Person in a particular capacity excludes such Person in any other capacity; (g) references to a Governmental Authority shall be deemed to include Persons succeeding to the relevant functions of such Governmental Authority; (h) references to laws shall be deemed to mean and include such laws as amended through the date of this Agreement or the Closing Date, as applicable; (i) references to a number of days shall be deemed to refer to calendar days unless such reference is specifically to “Business Days”; (j) the inclusion of a dollar amount with respect to any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained herein shall not be deemed an admission that such amount is a material amount; (k) all references in this Agreement to $ or dollars is to U.S. dollars; and (l) with respect to references to information or material that that has been “made available” to the Buyer, that shall mean information or material that was contained in the Company’s electronic data room no later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the date immediately prior to the Closing Date and remained available to Buyer through the Closing. No summary of this Agreement prepared by any party shall affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE X

Miscellaneous

 

10.1         Expenses . Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, Seller, on the one hand, and Buyer, on the other hand, shall pay all costs and expenses incurred by such Party or on its behalf in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. For the avoidance of doubt and except as otherwise provided for herein, all costs and expenses incurred by the Company prior to the Closing in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be the responsibility of Seller.

 

10.2         Exclusive Agreeme nt . This Agreement (including the Seller Disclosure Schedule and all Exhibits and Schedules hereto), the Transaction Documents, and the Confidentiality Agreement contain the entire understanding of the Parties hereto with respect to the subject matter contained herein and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral and written, with respect thereto, other than the Confidentiality Agreement. This Sectio 10.2 shall not be deemed to be an admission or acknowledgment by any of the Parties hereto that any prior agreements or understandings, oral or written, with respect to the subject matter hereof exist, other than the Confidentiality Agreement.

 

10.3         No Third-Part y Beneficiaries . Except as set forth in Sectio 5.3 , Sectio n 8 .2 , Sectio n 10 .4 , and Sectio n 10. 14 , nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer on any Person other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and permitted assigns any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

10.4         Non-Recourse .

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​      This Agreement may only be enforced against, and any claim or cause of action based upon, arising out of or related to this Agreement may only be brought against the entities that are expressly named as parties to this Agreement and then only with respect to the specific obligations set forth in this Agreement with respect to such party. Except to the extent of a named party to this Agreement (and then only to the extent of the specific obligations undertaken by such named party in this Agreement), no past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner, stockholder, Affiliate, agent, attorney or other representative of any party to this Agreement shall have any liability (whether in contract or in tort, in law or in equity, or based upon any theory that seeks to impose liability of an entity party against its owners or Affiliates) for any obligations or liabilities of any party to this Agreement under this Agreement or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or in respect of any oral representations made or alleged to have been made in connection with this Agreement.

 

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(b)     ​​​​​​​      The provisions of this Sectio n 10. 4 are intended to be for the benefit of, and enforceable by, the directors, officers, employees, incorporators, members, partners, stockholders, Affiliates, agents, attorneys and other representatives of the parties hereto, and each such Person shall be a third party beneficiary of this Sectio n 10. 4 .

 

10.5         Governing L aw; Disputes .

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​      This Agreement and the legal relations between the parties hereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflict of laws rules thereof.

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​      The Parties agree that any other dispute, claim or disagreement arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the negotiation, execution, interpretation, performance or non-performance of this Agreement, the parties shall first submit the dispute, claim or disagreement to non-binding mediation administered by the American Arbitration Association (the “ A AA ”) in accordance with its Commercial Mediation Procedures. The place of mediation shall be Pinellas County or Hillsborough County, Florida. If the dispute, claim or disagreement is not resolved within 30 days after the initial mediation meeting among the parties and the mediator, or if the mediation is otherwise terminated, then either party may submit the dispute, claim or disagreement to binding arbitration administered by the AAA in accordance with the provisions of its Commercial Arbitration Rules (the “ Rules ”) and, except as provided below, such arbitration shall be the sole means of dispute resolution. The place of arbitration shall be Dallas, Texas. The arbitration shall be conducted by a panel of three arbitrators selected in accordance with the Rules, unless the parties otherwise agree to one arbitrator or the amount in dispute is less than $250,000 in which case one arbitrator will be selected. Any mediator or arbitrator selected under this Sectio 10.5 (b ) shall be a practicing corporate attorney with significant experience in commercial agreements and acquisitions and shall not have been employed or engaged by or affiliated with either of the parties or their respective Affiliates. Each party shall initially bear its own costs and expenses in connection with any mediation or arbitration hereunder, including, without limitation, its attorneys’ fees, and an equal share of the mediator’s or arbitrator’s and administrative fees of mediation or arbitration. The decision of the arbitrators shall be in writing but without any statement of the reasoning therefore, and shall include a determination of responsibility for all costs and expenses incurred by the prevailing party. Judgment upon an arbitration award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction and shall be final, binding and non-appealable. Notwithstanding anything in this Sectio 10.5 (b ) to the contrary, each party shall be entitled to seek injunctive or other equitable relief without first submitting the matter to mediation or arbitration in accordance with the provisions of this Sectio 10.5 ( b) , even if a similar or related matter has already been referred to mediation or arbitration in accordance with the terms of this Sectio 10.5 ( b) . Venue for any action permitted to be brought in court under this Sectio 10.5 (b ) shall be the appropriate state and federal courts located in Delaware.

 

10.6         Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Parties hereto. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by any of the Parties hereto without the prior written consent of the other Parties; provided , that upon notice Buyer may assign its rights and interests (but not its obligations) hereunder to (x) any of its Affiliates, and (y) any lender (or an agent thereof) for collateral security purposes as required by any financing; provided , that no such assignment referred to in clauses (x) or (y) shall relieve Buyer of any of its obligations hereunder. Any attempted assignment in violation of this Sectio 10.6 shall be void.

 

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10.7         Publicity . Seller Parties shall not make any public releases or other announcements concerning this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby without the prior written consent of Buyer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Notwithstanding any terms in the Confidentiality Agreement or this Agreement to the contrary, Buyer shall have the right to make public releases or other announcements or disclosures concerning the transactions contemplated hereby. Buyer shall give Seller notice and a copy of such release, announcement or disclosure regarding the transaction in advance of such issuance.

 

10.8         Severability . If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of Law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any adverse manner to any Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner so that the transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the greatest extent possible.

 

10.9         Specific Performance . Each of the Parties hereto acknowledges that the rights of each party to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby are unique and recognize and affirm that in the event of a breach of this Agreement by any party, irreparable damage would occur and money damages would be inadequate and the non-breaching party may have no adequate remedy at law. Accordingly, the Parties agree that such non-breaching party shall have the right and be entitled to, in addition to any other rights and remedies existing in their favor at law or in equity, enforce their rights and the other Party’s obligations hereunder not only by an action or actions for damages but also by an action or actions for specific performance, injunctive and/or other equitable relief (without posting of bond or other security).

 

10.10         Notices . Except as otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests, claims, demands, waivers and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by email transmission (in the case of email transmission, with copies by overnight courier service or registered mail) to the respective Parties as follows (or, in each case, as otherwise notified by any of the Parties hereto) and shall be effective and deemed to have been given (a) immediately when sent by email (with written confirmation of transmission, including by email transmission) between 9:00 A.M. and 6:00 P.M. (Dallas, Texas time) on any Business Day (and when sent outside of such hours, at 9:00 A.M. (Dallas, Texas time) on the next Business Day), and (b) when received if delivered by hand or overnight courier service or certified or registered mail on any Business Day:

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​  If to Seller Parties (except the Company after Closing), to:

 

CID Resources Holdings LLC

c/o Prophet Equity

1460 Main Street

Suite 200

Southlake, Texas 76092

Attn: Ross Gatlin and Ben Eakes

Email: rgatlin@prophetequity.com and beakes@prophetequity.com

 

and

 

Mayberry Medical 9, LLC

c/o CID Resources, Inc.

601 South Royal Lane,

Suite 100

Coppell, Texas 75019

Attn: HP Park

Email: hppark@cidresources.com

 

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with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice hereunder):

 

Prophet Equity

1460 Main Street

Suite 200

Southlake, Texas 76092

Attn: David Rex, General Counsel

Email: drex@prophetequity.com

 

and

 

Jackson Walker LLP

2323 Ross Avenue

Suite 600

Dallas, Texas 75201

Attention: Kevin Jones

Email: kjones@jw.com

 

and

 

Richard Burton, Esq.

6139 Royal Crest Drive

Dallas, Texas 75230

Email: rabburton@sbcglobal.net

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​  If to Buyer (and the Company after Closing), to:

 

Superior Uniform Group, Inc.

10055 Seminole Boulevard

Seminole, Florida 33772-2539

Attention: CEO and General Counsel

Email: mbenstock@superioruniformgroup.com and SuperiorUniform-Legal@superioruniformgroup.com

 

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice hereunder):

 

Hill Ward Henderson

101 E. Kennedy Boulevard

Suite 3700

Tampa, Florida 33602

Attention: David S. Felman and Eric J. Hall

Email: dfelman@hwhlaw.com and eric.hall@hwhlaw.com

 

or to such other Person or address as any Party shall specify by notice in writing in accordance with this Sectio 10.10 to each of the other Parties. Notices sent by multiple means, each of which is in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been received at the earliest time provided for by this Agreement.

 

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10.11         Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall be one and the same document. Signatures of the Parties transmitted by facsimile, PDF or other electronic file shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes and the exchange of copies of this Agreement and of signature pages by facsimile transmission, PDF or other electronic file shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Agreement as to the Parties and may be used in lieu of the original Agreement for all purposes.

 

10.12         Amendment . This Agreement may not be amended or modified except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the Parties.

 

10.13         Extension; Waiver . Subject to the express limitations herein, at any time the Parties may extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other Party, waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions contained in this Agreement. Any agreement on the part of a Party to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument signed on behalf of such Party. The waiver by any Party hereto of a breach of any provision hereunder shall not operate to be construed as a waiver of any prior or subsequent breach of the same or any other provision hereunder.

 

10.14         Attorney-Client Privilege and Conflict Waiver .

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​      It is acknowledged by each of the Parties that the Company (until the Closing) and Seller (until and after the Closing) have retained Jackson Walker LLP (the “ Legal Couns el ”) to act as their counsel in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and that the Legal Counsel has not acted as counsel for any other Person in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and that no other Party to this Agreement or Person has the status of a client of Legal Counsel for conflict of interest or any other purposes as a result thereof. Buyer hereby agrees that, in the event that a dispute arises between Buyer or any of its Affiliates (including after the Closing, the Company) and Seller or any of its Affiliates (including, prior to the Closing, the Company), the Legal Counsel may represent Seller or any such Affiliate in such dispute even though the interests of Seller or such Affiliate may be directly adverse to Buyer or any of its Affiliates (including after the Closing, the Company), and even though the Legal Counsel may have represented the Company in a matter substantially related to such dispute or may be handling ongoing matters for the Company, and each of Buyer and Seller hereby waive, on behalf of themselves and each of their Affiliates: (a) any claim they have or may have that Legal Counsel has a conflict of interest in connection with or is otherwise prohibited from engaging in such representation, and (b) agree that, in the event that a dispute arises after the Closing between Buyer or any of its Affiliates (including after the Closing, the Company) on the one hand, and Seller or any of its Affiliates on the other hand, Legal Counsel may represent Seller in such dispute even though the interest of any such party may be directly adverse to Buyer or any of its Affiliates (including after the Closing, the Company), the Company, or Seller and even though the Legal Counsel may have represented Seller or the Company in a matter substantially related to such dispute or may be handling ongoing matters for Seller or any of the Company.

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​      Buyer further agrees that, as to all communications between Legal Counsel and Seller or the Company, or their respective Representatives that relate in any way to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, the attorney-client privilege, the expectation of client confidence and all other rights to any evidentiary privilege, in each case solely with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “ Transaction Privileg es ”) belong to Seller and may be controlled by Seller, and shall not pass to or be claimed by Buyer or the Company. The parties hereto further agree that Legal Counsel and its partners and employees are third party beneficiaries of this Sectio n 10.14 . Notwithstanding the foregoing, all communications with the Company, other than the Transaction Privileges, shall pass and belong to Buyer upon the Closing.

 

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10.15         Non-Reliance; Reservation of Recourse for Fra ud, etc.

 

(a)     ​​​​​​​      In making the determination to proceed with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other agreements, instruments and documents contemplated herein, Buyer has made its own independent investigation of the business, operations, assets and liabilities of the Company and the CID Business and has not relied upon any representations or warranties, communications, or disclosures of any nature other than those expressly set forth in Articl e II , as qualified by the Seller Disclosure Schedule, and the other Transaction Documents. Neither Seller nor any of its Affiliates or Representatives makes or has made any representation or warranty, express or implied, to Buyer or any of its Affiliates (except for the representations and warranties made by Seller and the Company to Buyer expressly set forth in Articl e II , as qualified by the Seller Disclosure Schedule, and the other Transaction Documents), respectively, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no representation or warranty is made with respect to any (A) financial projections, forecasts or similar information or statements made, communicated or furnished (orally or in writing) to Buyer or any of its Affiliates, (B) “management presentations” or accompanying materials, or (C) possible or probable success or profitability of the Company or the CID Business.

 

(b)     ​​​​​​​      In making the determination to proceed with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other agreements, instruments and documents contemplated herein, the Seller Parties have made their own independent investigation of the business, operations, assets and liabilities of Buyer and its business and have not relied upon any representations or warranties, communications, or disclosures of any nature other than those expressly set forth in Articl e II I and the other Transaction Documents. Neither Buyer nor any of its Affiliates or Representatives makes or has made any representation or warranty, express or implied, to the Seller Parties or any of their respective Affiliates (except for the representations and warranties made to Seller by Buyer expressly set forth in Articl e II I and the other Transaction Documents), respectively, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no representation or warranty is made with respect to any (A) financial projections, forecasts or similar information or statements made, communicated or furnished (orally or in writing) to Seller Parties or any of their Affiliates, or (B) possible or probable success or profitability of the Buyer or its Affiliates after the Closing.

 

(c)     ​​​​​​​      For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Sectio n 10.1 5 shall be deemed to modify or limit, in any way, the representations or warranties of a Party in Article II or Article III of this Agreement, as applicable, or the other Transaction Documents.

 

(d)     ​​​​​​​      Nothing in this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents limits any claim, recourse, right, remedy or cause of action or liability arising out of, relating to, resulting from, or in connection with Fraud, willful misconduct or intentional misrepresentation by a Seller Party or Buyer.

 

10.16      Survival of Confidentiality Agreeme nt . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Confidentiality Agreement will (i) survive termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, and (ii) terminate upon and be of no force or effect after the Closing.

 

 

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In Witness Whereof , the undersigned have executed this Stock Purchase Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

 

  SUPERIOR UNIFORM GROUP, INC. ,
  a Florida corporation
   
   
  /s/ Andrew D. Demott, Jr.
  Name: Andrew D. Demott, Jr.
  Title: Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer
   
 

CID RESOURCES INC.,

a Delaware corporation

   
   
  /s/ Ross Gatlin  
 

Name: Ross Gatlin

Title: Chief Executive Officer

   
 

CID RESOURCES HOLDINGS LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

   
     
  /s/ Ross Gatlin     
 

Name: Ross Gatlin

Title: Manager

   
 

EQUITYHOLDE RS:

 

 

MAYBERRY MEDICAL 9, LLC,

a Texas limited liability company

   
   
  /s/ H. P. Park   
 

Name: H. P. Park

Title: Manager

   
   
  /s/ H. P. Park  
  H. P. PARK

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURE PAGE

 

Stock Purchase Agreement

Exhibit 10.1

Execution Version

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

Among:

 

BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY ,
a North Carolina banking corporation,

 

as “ Lender

 

and

 

SUPERIOR UNIFORM GROUP, INC. ,
a Florida corporation

 

as “ Borrower

 

and

 

THE LOAN PARTIES HERETO

 

 

 

 

Dated: May 2, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (as amended, modified, restated, or supplemented at any time or from time to time, the “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of May 2, 2018, by and among Branch Banking and Trust Company, a North Carolina banking corporation (“ Lender ”), having an address of 400 N. Tampa Street, Suite 2500, Tampa, Florida 33602, Superior Uniform Group, Inc., a Florida corporation (“ Borrower ”), and Borrower’s Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, CID Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ CID ”), Superior Group of Companies, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (“ SGC LLC ”), Fashion Seal Corporation, a Nevada corporation (“ Fashion Seal ”), The Office Gurus, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (“ TOG ”), BAMKO, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ BAMKO, LLC ”), and Superior Uniform Arkansas LLC, an Arkansas limited liability company (“ SU-ARK ”), all having an address of 10055 Seminole Boulevard, Seminole, Florida 33772. Borrower, CID, SGC LLC, Fashion Seal, TOG, BAMKO, LLC, SU-ARK and each other Person becoming a Subsidiary Loan Party and a Guarantor at any time as provided in Sections 6.19 and 6.20 hereof, are each individually sometimes referred to herein as a “ Loan Party ” and collectively as the “ Loan Parties.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

A.     Certain of the parties hereto are parties to a Credit Agreement dated as of February 28, 2017 by and among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, Branch Banking and Trust Company, as Lender (as amended, the “ Existing Credit Agreement ”), and certain other Loan Documents entered into in connection with (and as defined in) the Existing Credit Agreement (collectively with the Existing Credit Agreement, as amended, the “Existing Loan Documents”), pursuant to which the Lender provided a secured term loan in the principal amount of $42,000,000.00 and a secured revolving line of credit in the maximum principal amount of $35,000,000.00 (the “Existing Revolving Credit ”) as set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement.

 

B.     The Loan Parties have requested the Lender to make an additional term loan to the Borrower in the amount of $85,000,000.00 for the purpose of funding the CID Transaction. The Loan Parties also have requested the Lender to increase the Existing Revolving Credit in favor of the Borrower in the aggregate maximum principal amount of $75,000,000.00. The parties wish to enter into this Agreement and the Loan Documents (as defined herein) to provide for such loans and credit facilities to the Borrower, which shall amend, restate, replace and supersede (but not cause a novation of) the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Existing Loan Documents, and which hereinafter shall govern the terms and conditions under which the Lender shall provide senior secured term loans and a senior secured revolving credit facility to the Borrower.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual provisions, covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

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Article One
DEFINITIONS

 

1.01      Defined Terms . For purposes of this Agreement, in addition to the terms defined elsewhere herein, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below (such meanings to be equally applicable to the singular and plural forms thereof):

 

Acquisition ” shall mean any transaction or series of related transactions by which Borrower or any direct or indirect Subsidiary of Borrower, directly, or indirectly through one or more Subsidiaries, (i) acquires any going business, or all or substantially all of the assets, of any Person, whether through purchase of assets, merger or otherwise, or (ii) acquires securities or other ownership interests of any Person having at least a majority of combined voting power of the then outstanding securities or other ownership interests of such Person.

 

Advance ” shall mean the aggregate principal amount of any borrowing of funds under the Revolving Credit Facility.

 

Affiliate ” shall mean, as to any Person, each other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. “ Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “ Controlling ” and “ Controlled ” have meanings correlative thereto. A Person shall be deemed to be Controlled by another Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power to vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or managing general partners.

 

Amended and Restated Revolving Note ” shall mean the Amended and Restated Revolving Line of Credit Promissory Note in the principal amount of up to $75,000,000.00, executed by Borrower and payable to the order of Lender, in the form of Exhibit “D” attached hereto, together with all amendments, modifications, replacements, consolidations, or renewals thereof or supplements thereto.

 

Anti-Corruption Laws ” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.

 

Applicable Law ” shall mean, as to any Loan Party or its assets, any law, ordinance, policy, manual provision, administrative guidance, statute, rule or regulation, or any determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon a Loan Party or any of its assets, or to which a Loan Party or any of its assets is subject.

 

Applicable Libor Margin ” shall mean: (a) in the case of the 2017 Term Loan, 0.68%; (b) in the case of the 2018 Term Loan, (i) for the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending twelve (12) months after the Effective Date, 0.93% (ii) for the period commencing thirteen (13) months after the Effective Date and ending eighteen (18) months after the Effective Date, 1.50%, and (iii) for the period commencing nineteen (19) months after the Effective Date and at all times thereafter, 1.75%; and (c) in the case of the Revolving Credit Facility, 0.68%.

 

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Approved Acquisition ” means an Investment constituting an Acquisition that Lender has consented to in writing prior to the consummation of such Acquisition.

 

Availability Period ” shall mean the period from the Effective Date to the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.

 

Borrowing Availability ” means, at any time, the amount by which the Revolving Commitment Amount exceeds the sum of the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit Facility and LC Exposure.

 

Business Day ” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or any other day when the Lender is authorized or required by applicable law to be closed.

 

Capital Lease Obligations ” of any Person shall mean all obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) of real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Capital Stock ” shall mean (i) with respect to any Person that is a corporation, any and all shares, interests or equivalents in capital stock (whether voting or nonvoting, and whether common or preferred) of such corporation, and (ii) with respect to any Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership, membership, limited liability company or other equity interests of such Person; and in each case, any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.

 

Change in Control ” shall mean the occurrence of one or more of the following events: (i) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of Borrower to any Person or “group” (within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder in effect on the date hereof), (ii) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or “group” (within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on the date hereof) of 25% or more of the outstanding shares of the voting stock of Borrower other than by any Person that is a record holder of outstanding shares of the voting stock of the Borrower as of the Effective Date, (iii) except to the extent such a change is the result solely of the retirement, death or disability of directors who are directors as of the Effective Date, the occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of Borrower by Persons who are neither (a) directors as of the Effective Date, (b) nominated by the current board of directors nor (c) appointed by directors so nominated, or (iv) Borrower ceases to own, directly or indirectly, the percentage of Capital Stock of each of its Subsidiaries that it owns, directly or indirectly, as of the Effective Date or, with respect to a Subsidiary acquired or formed after the date hereof, as of the date of such acquisition or formation.

 

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Change in Law ” shall mean (i) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the Effective Date, (ii) any change in law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Effective Date or (iii) compliance by Lender (or by the Lender’s holding company, if applicable) with any written request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the Effective Date; provided, however , that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives under or issued in connection with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, all interpretations and applications thereof and any compliance by Lender with any request or directive relating thereto and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated under or in connection with, all interpretations and applications of, or and any compliance by a Lender with any request or directive relating to International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case under clause (x) and (y) be deemed to be a “Change in Law,” regardless of the date adopted, issued, promulgated or implemented.

 

Charges ” shall have the meaning ascribed to said term in Section 9.12 hereof.

 

CID Stock Purchase Agreement ” shall mean the Stock Purchase Agreement dated May 2, 2018, among the Borrower, CID, CID Resources Holdings, LLC and its equityholders, pursuant to which the CID Transaction is being consummated as of the Effective Date.

 

CID Transaction ” shall mean the acquisition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock of CID pursuant to the terms of the CID Transaction Documents on or about the Effective Date.

 

CID Transaction Documents ” shall mean collectively the CID Stock Purchase Agreement and all other documentation required for or to consummate the CID Transaction and all schedules, exhibits, annexes and amendments thereto and all side letters and agreements affecting the terms thereof or entered into in connection therewith, in each case, as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time or at any time as permitted by this Agreement, in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender.

 

Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Collateral ” shall mean all assets, property and interests in property that shall from time to time be pledged or be purported to be pledged as direct or indirect security for the Obligations pursuant to any one or more of the Security Documents, including without limitation, the following assets of Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary of Borrower: (a) accounts and inventory owned at any time or from time to time by Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary of Borrower; (b) all Capital Stock issued by each Domestic Subsidiary, and (c) to the extent pledged pursuant to Section 6.19 , sixty-five percent (65%) of the Capital Stock issued by each Foreign Subsidiary directly owned by Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary of Borrower. In the event of any inconsistency between this definition and the definition of Collateral in any Security Document, such Security Document shall control.

 

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Collateral Access Agreement ” shall mean a landlord waiver, bailee letter, or acknowledgement agreement of any lessor, warehouseman, processor, consignee, or other Person in possession of, having a Lien upon, or having rights or interests in the Collateral, in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender.

 

Commodity Exchange Act ” shall mean the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1  et seq .), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

 

Compliance Certificate ” shall mean a certificate from the principal executive officer and the principal Financial Officer of Borrower in the form of, and containing the certifications set forth in, the certificate attached hereto as Exhibit “A.

 

Contingent Obligation ” shall mean, without duplication, with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect liability of such Person with respect to any Indebtedness, liability or other obligation (the “primary obligation”) of another Person (the “primary obligor”), whether or not contingent, (a) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (b) to advance or provide funds (i) for the payment or discharge of any such primary obligation or (ii) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency or any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of the primary obligor, (c) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor in respect thereof to make payment of such primary obligation or (d) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss or failure or inability to perform in respect thereof; provided, however , that, with respect to any Loan Party, the term Contingent Obligation shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.

 

Contractual Obligation ” of any Person shall mean any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or undertaking under which such Person is obligated or by which it or any of the property in which it has an interest is bound.

 

Coverage Ratio ” shall have the meaning ascribed to said term in Section 6.16 hereof.

 

Credit Facility ” or “ Credit Facilities ” shall mean any or all of the 2017 Term Loan, the 2018 Term Loan and the Revolving Credit Facility.

 

Default Condition ” shall mean any event or condition that, with the passage of time or giving of notice, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

 

Default Rate ” shall mean a simple rate of interest per annum equal to the lesser of (i) the applicable Interest Rate, as in effect from time to time, plus 4.00% and (ii) the Maximum Rate.

 

Designated Person ” means any Person listed on a Sanctions List.

 

Disqualified Stock ” shall mean any Capital Stock which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or instrument into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, (i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, or requires the payment of any cash dividend or any other scheduled payment constituting a return of capital, in each case at any time on or prior to the first anniversary of the last to occur of the 2017 Term Loan Maturity Date or the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, or (ii) is convertible into or exchangeable (unless at the sole option of the issuer thereof) for (a) Indebtedness or (b) any Capital Stock referred to in clause (i) above, in each case at any time prior to the first anniversary of the last to occur of the 2017 Term Loan Maturity Date or the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.

 

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Dollars ” or “ $ ” shall mean dollars of the United States of America.

 

Domestic Subsidiary ” shall mean any direct or indirect Subsidiary of Borrower that is incorporated or organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof, or the District of Columbia.

 

EBITDA ” shall mean, for Borrower and its Subsidiaries for any period, on a consolidated basis, the amount of their earnings for such period, plus (A) Interest Expense for such period, (B) income tax expense for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, (C) depreciation expense for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, (D) amortization (including amortization of intangibles) expense for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, (E) (or  less ) any extraordinary or non-recurring items reducing (or increasing) such earnings for such period, (F) non-cash stock compensation reducing earnings for such period, (G) (or less ) any other non-cash items (without duplication) reducing (or increasing) such earnings for such period, (H) losses (or less gains) from any non-ordinary course sale or disposition of assets permitted hereunder, and (I) reasonable transaction expenses incurred in connection with the closings of any Permitted Acquisition or any Approved Acquisition. For purposes of determining compliance with Sections 6.16 and 6.18 with respect to any period (a “Test Period”) which includes all or a portion of a Post-Acquisition Period, “EBITDA”, “Coverage Ratio” and “Funded Indebtedness to EBITDA Ratio” shall be calculated with respect to such Test Period by adding to the EBITDA amount calculated as set forth in the preceding sentence for the applicable Test Period, an additional amount equal to: (1) if such calculation is being made prior to the end of the first full fiscal quarter of such Post-Acquisition Period, the actual EBITDA attributable to the entity or assets acquired in the Permitted Acquisition or Approved Acquisition for the period of twelve months preceding the date such Permitted Acquisition or Approved Acquisition was consummated multiplied by 1.00; (2) if such calculation is being made at the end of the first full fiscal quarter of such Post-Acquisition Period, the actual EBITDA attributable to the entity or assets acquired in the Permitted Acquisition or Approved Acquisition for the period of twelve months preceding the date such Permitted Acquisition or Approved Acquisition was consummated multiplied by 0.75; (3) if such calculation is being made at the end of the second full fiscal quarter of such Post-Acquisition Period, the actual EBITDA attributable to the entity or assets acquired in the Permitted Acquisition or Approved Acquisition for the period of twelve months preceding the date such Permitted Acquisition or Approved Acquisition was consummated, multiplied by 0.5, and (4) if such calculation is being made at the end of the third full fiscal quarter of such Post-Acquisition Period, the actual EBITDA attributable to the entity or assets acquired in the Permitted Acquisition or Approved Acquisition for the period of twelve months preceding the date such Permitted Acquisition or Approved Acquisition was consummated, multiplied by 0.25.

 

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Effective Date ” means May 2, 2018.

 

Environmental Laws ” shall mean any and all federal, state and local laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, regulations, permits, licenses, approvals, rules of common law and orders of courts or Governmental Authorities, relating to the protection of human health or occupational safety or the environment, now or hereafter in effect and in each case as amended from time to time, including, without limitation, requirements pertaining to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transportation, handling, reporting, licensing, permitting, investigation or remediation of Hazardous Substances.

 

Environmental Liability ” shall mean any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental investigation and remediation, costs of administrative oversight, fines, natural resource damages, penalties or indemnities), of any Loan Party directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (i) any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law, (ii) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Substances, (iii) any actual or alleged exposure to any Hazardous Substances, (iv) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Substances or (v) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

ERISA ” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute, and all rules and regulations from time to time promulgated thereunder.

 

ERISA Affiliate ” shall mean any Person (including any trade or business, whether or not incorporated) that would be deemed to be under “common control” with, or a member of the same “controlled group” as, any Loan Party, within the meaning of Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA.

 

ERISA Event ” shall mean (i) any “reportable event,” as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (ii) the existence with respect to any Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (iii) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (iv) the incurrence by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (v) the receipt by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator appointed by the PBGC of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (vi) the incurrence by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (vii) the receipt by any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from any Loan Party or any of its ERISA s of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.

 

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Event of Default ” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 8.01 hereof.

 

Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute, and all rules and regulations from time to time promulgated thereunder.

 

Excluded Accounts ” shall mean: (A) prior to the occurrence of a Default Condition or Event of Default under this Agreement, (i) any deposit account the balance of which is transferred at the end of each day to a deposit account maintained with the Lender or subject to its control, (ii) petty cash and other deposit accounts in which the aggregate balance in all such accounts at no time exceeds $100,000.00; and (iii) any deposit account arising in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or Approved Acquisition for a period of sixty (60) days following such Acquisition, or such longer period approved in writing by Lender in its sole discretion, and (B) after the occurrence of a Default Condition or an Event of Default under this Agreement, no account shall be an Excluded Account.

 

Excluded Swap Obligation ” shall mean, with respect to any guarantor of a Swap Obligation, including the grant of a security interest to secure the guaranty of such Swap Obligation, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, such Swap Obligation is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the guaranty or grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Swap Obligation or security interest is or becomes illegal.

 

Excluded Taxes ” shall mean with respect to the Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United States of America, or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of the Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located and (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction.

 

Federal Reserve Board ” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any successor thereto.

 

Financial Officer ” shall mean, with respect to Borrower, the vice president of finance, chief financial officer, principal accounting officer or treasurer of Borrower.

 

Fiscal Quarter ” shall mean any fiscal quarter of the Borrower.

 

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Fiscal Year ” shall mean any fiscal year of the Borrower.

 

Foreign Subsidiary ” shall mean any direct or indirect Subsidiary of Borrower that is incorporated or organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.

 

Funded Indebtedness to EBITDA Ratio ” shall have the meaning ascribed to said term in Section 6.18 hereof.

 

GAAP ” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles as established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, as amended and supplemented from time to time, subject to the terms of Section 1.02 hereof.

 

Governmental Authority ” shall mean the government of the United States of America, any other nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government, and any corporation or other entity owned or controlled, through stock or capital ownership or otherwise, by any of the foregoing.

 

Guarantee ” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) shall mean any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly and including any obligation, direct or indirect, of the guarantor (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (iv) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued in support of such Indebtedness or obligation; provided, that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposits in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which Guarantee is made or, if not so stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

 

Guarantors ” shall mean, in the singular any Domestic Subsidiary of Borrower, including without limitation CID, SGC LLC, Fashion Seal, TOG, BAMKO, LLC, SU-ARK and any other Subsidiary Loan Party at any time becoming a party hereto, and, collectively all Domestic Subsidiaries of Borrower, including without limitation, CID, SGC LLC, Fashion Seal, TOG, BAMKO, LLC, SU-ARK and any other Subsidiary Loan Party, from time to time, and each other Person who at any time or from time to time guaranties payment and/or performance of the Obligations, other than Excluded Swap Obligations.

 

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Guarant(y)(ies) ” shall mean, in the singular, the Subsidiary Guaranty and any other guaranty agreement guaranteeing the Obligations, other than Excluded Swap Obligations, and executed in connection herewith, and, in the plural, the Subsidiary Guaranty and all other guaranty agreements guaranteeing the Obligations and executed in connection herewith, and in any case, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified at any time or from time to time.

 

Hazardous Substances ” shall mean any substances or materials (i) that are or become defined as hazardous wastes, hazardous substances, pollutants, contaminants or toxic substances under any applicable Environmental Law, (ii) that are defined by any applicable Environmental Law as toxic, explosive, corrosive, ignitable, infectious, radioactive or mutagenic, (iii) the presence of which require investigation or response under any applicable Environmental Law, (iv) that consist of underground or aboveground storage tanks, whether empty, filled or partially filled with any substance, or (v) that contain, without limitation, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, petroleum hydrocarbons, petroleum derived substances or wastes, crude oil, nuclear fuel, natural gas or, synthetic gas.

 

Hedging Obligations ” of any Person shall mean any and all obligations of such Person, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whomsoever created, arising, evidenced or acquired under (i) any and all Hedging Transactions, (ii) any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any Hedging Transactions and (iii) any and all renewals, extensions and modifications of any Hedging Transactions and any and all substitutions for any Hedging Transactions, and shall include without limitation any Rate Management Obligations.

 

Hedging Transaction ” of any Person shall mean any transaction (including an agreement with respect thereto) now existing or hereafter entered into by such Person that is a rate swap, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collateral transaction, forward transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option or any other similar transaction (including any option with respect to any of these transactions) or any combination thereof, whether linked to one or more interest rates, foreign currencies, commodity prices, equity prices or other financial measures and shall include without limitation any transaction evidenced by any Rate Management Agreement.

 

Immaterial Foreign Subsidiary ” shall mean, on any date of determination, any Foreign Subsidiary directly owned by the Borrower or any other Loan Party that, together with its Subsidiaries, (a) generates less than 10% of EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the four (4) fiscal quarter period most recently ended for which financial statements have been delivered (or are required to have been delivered) under Section 6.01, and (b) owns assets of less than $1,500,000 as reflected in the financial statements most recently delivered on or prior to such date.

 

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Indebtedness ” of any Person shall mean, without duplication (i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business; provided , that for purposes of Section 8.01(i) hereof, trade payables overdue by more than 120 days shall be included in this definition except to the extent that any of such trade payables are being disputed in good faith and by appropriate measures, and that adequate reserves for such contest are being maintained in accordance with GAAP), including, without limitation, earn-out and similar obligations, but only to the extent such obligations appear or are required to appear as debt on the balance sheet of such Person, (iv) all obligations of such Person under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement(s) relating to property acquired by such Person (other than accrued obligations), (v) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (vi) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of letters of credit, acceptances or similar extensions of credit, (vii) all guaranties of such Person of the type of Indebtedness described in clauses (i) through (vi) above, (viii) the value of property owned by such Person securing the Indebtedness of a third party, whether or not such Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person, but not to exceed the total amount of such third party Indebtedness, (ix) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, to purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any common stock of such Person, (x) all Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities and (xi) all Net Mark-to-Market Exposure in respect of all Hedging Obligations. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, except to the extent that the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.

 

Indemnitee ” shall have the meaning ascribed to said term in Section 9.03(b) hereof.

 

Interest Expense ” shall mean, without duplication, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries from time to time for any period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, the sum of (i) total interest expense, including without limitation the interest component of any payments in respect of Capital Lease Obligations capitalized or expensed during such period (whether or not actually paid during such period) plus (ii) the net amount payable (or minus the net amount receivable) under interest rate Hedging Transactions during such period (whether or not actually paid or received during such period).

 

Interest Rate ” shall mean the LIBOR Rate or, if applicable pursuant to Section 3.11 or Section 3.12 , the Standard Rate.

 

Investments ” shall have the meaning ascribed to said term in Section 7.04 hereof.

 

Joinder to Credit Agreement ” shall mean a Joinder to Credit Agreement in the form of Exhibit “B ” attached hereto pursuant to which any Domestic Subsidiary formed or acquired by Borrower or any other Loan Party subsequent to the date hereof shall join in and become a Loan Party to this Agreement as provided in Sections 6.19 and 6.20 hereof.

 

LC Commitment ” shall mean that portion of the Revolving Commitment Amount that may be used by the Borrower for the issuance of Letters of Credit in an aggregate face amount not to exceed $25,000,000.00.

 

LC Disbursement ” shall mean a payment made by Lender pursuant to a Letter of Credit.

 

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LC Documents ” shall mean all applications, agreements and instruments relating to the Letters of Credit (but excluding the Letters of Credit themselves).

 

LC Exposure ” shall mean, at any time, the sum of (i) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time, plus (ii) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements that have not been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time.

 

Letter of Credit ” shall mean any letter of credit issued pursuant to Section 2.03 by Lender for the account of the Borrower pursuant to the LC Commitment.

 

Letter of Credit Fee ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.07 .

 

LIBOR Interest Period ” is a period of one month, which period shall commence on the first day of each month (provided that the initial LIBOR Interest Period with respect to the 2018 Term Loan and the Revolving Credit Facility shall commence on the Effective Date, and with respect to the 2017 Term Loan Commitment commenced on the 2017 Closing Date) and ending on the date that is immediately prior to the numerically corresponding day of each month thereafter, subject to the terms of this Agreement and shall be determined by Lender in accordance with this Agreement and Lender’s loan systems and procedures periodically in effect, including, without limitation, in accordance with the following terms and conditions, as applicable:

 

(a)     Any LIBOR Interest Period which would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such LIBOR Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day; and

 

(b)     Any LIBOR Interest Period which begins on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in a subsequent month if adjusted monthly or in a subsequent quarter if adjusted quarterly, shall end on the last Business Day of each subsequent month if adjusted monthly or in the last Business Day of each subsequent quarter if adjusted quarterly.

 

LIBOR Rate ” means a rate of interest per annum equal to the sum obtained (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100 th of 1.0%) by adding (i) the One Month LIBOR plus (ii) the Applicable LIBOR Margin per annum, which shall be adjusted monthly on the first day of each LIBOR Interest Period. The LIBOR Rate shall be adjusted for any change in the LIBOR Reserve Percentage so that Lender shall receive the same yield. The interest rate will in no instance exceed the maximum rate permitted by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the LIBOR Rate be less than the Applicable LIBOR Margin.

 

“LIBOR Rate Loan ” means any loan bearing interest at a rate based upon the LIBOR Rate.

 

LIBOR Reserve Percentage ” means the maximum aggregate rate at which reserves (including, without limitation, any marginal supplemental or emergency reserves) are required to be maintained under Regulation D by member banks of the Federal Reserve System with respect to dollar funding in the London interbank market. Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, the LIBOR Reserve Percentage shall reflect any other reserves required to be maintained by such member banks by reason of any applicable regulatory change against (i) any category of liability which includes deposits by reference to which the LIBOR Rate is to be determined or (ii) any category of extensions of credit or other assets related to the LIBOR Rate.

 

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Lien ” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, security interest, lien (statutory or otherwise), preference, priority, charge or other encumbrance of any nature, whether voluntary or involuntary, including, without limitation, the interest of any vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, title retention agreement, capital lease or any other lease or arrangement having substantially the same effect as any of the foregoing.

 

Loan Documents ” shall mean this Agreement, the 2017 Term Loan Note, the 2018 Term Loan Note, the Amended and Restated Revolving Note, the Guaranties, each other Security Document, any Rate Management Agreement, the Subordination Agreements, and all other agreements, instruments, documents and certificates now or hereafter executed and delivered to the Lender by or on behalf of the Loan Parties with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, in each case as amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

 

Material Adverse Effect ” shall mean, with respect to any event, act, condition or occurrence of whatever nature (including any adverse determination in any litigation, arbitration, or governmental investigation or proceeding), whether singularly or in conjunction with any other event or events, act or acts, condition or conditions, occurrence or occurrences whether or not related, a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect on (i) the financial condition, operations, business, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent), or assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of any of the Loan Parties to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents to which they are party, (iii) the rights or remedies of the Lender under any of the Loan Documents, or (iv) the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the rights and remedies of the Lender hereunder and thereunder.

 

Material Contract ” shall mean any agreement identified in Item 601 of SEC Regulation S-K as a “material contract” required to be filed with appropriate SEC filings in accordance with the periodic reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Material Indebtedness ” shall mean Indebtedness (other than the Credit Facilities, Letters of Credit and Rate Management Obligations, if any) and Hedging Obligations of any Loan Party, individually or in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $250,000.00. For purposes of determining the amount of attributed Indebtedness from Hedging Obligations, the “principal amount” of any Hedging Obligations at any time shall be the Net Mark-to-Market Exposure of such Hedging Obligations.

 

Material Foreign Subsidiary ” shall mean any Foreign Subsidiary that is directly owned by the Borrower or any other Loan Party and is not an Immaterial Foreign Subsidiary.

 

Maximum Rate ” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.12 hereof.

 

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Multiemployer Plan ” means a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates is making, or is accruing an obligation to make, contributions or has made, or been obligated to make, contributions within the preceding six (6) fiscal years.

 

Net Mark-to-Market Exposure ” of any Person shall mean, as of any date of determination with respect to any Hedging Obligation, the excess (if any) of all unrealized losses over all unrealized profits of such Person arising from such Hedging Obligation. “Unrealized losses” shall mean the fair market value of the cost to such Person of replacing the Hedging Transaction giving rise to such Hedging Obligation as of the date of determination (assuming the Hedging Transaction were to be terminated as of that date), and “unrealized profits” means the fair market value of the gain to such Person of replacing such Hedging Transaction as of the date of determination (assuming such Hedging Transaction were to be terminated as of that date).

 

Net Worth ” of any Person shall mean, as of any date of determination, an amount, determined in accordance with GAAP, as of the last day of the immediately preceding Fiscal Quarter equal to: (i) total liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, subtracted from (ii) total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

 

Note ” or “ Notes ” shall mean any one or more of the 2017 Term Loan Note, the 2018 Term Loan Note and the Amended and Restated Revolving Note.

 

Non-Pledged Foreign Subsidiary ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.04(d) hereof.

 

Non-Pledged Immaterial Foreign Subsidiary ” shall mean, as of any date of determination, an Immaterial Foreign Subsidiary that sixty-five percent (65%) of the Capital Stock issued by such Immaterial Foreign Subsidiary has not been pledged to Lender as collateral security for the Obligations.

 

Notice of Borrowing ” shall mean a Notice of Borrowing in the form of Exhibit “C” attached hereto to be delivered by Borrower to Lender as a condition of obtaining any Advance under the Revolving Credit Facility as provided in Section 2.02(d) hereof.

 

Obligations ” shall mean (i) all amounts owing by (A) Borrower to Lender pursuant to or in connection with the 2017 Term Loan Note, the 2018 Term Loan Note, the Amended and Restated Revolving Note, or any other promissory note or other instrument of indebtedness from Borrower to Lender, at any time or from time to time, (B) Borrower with respect to any Letter of Credit or under any LC Documents, (C) any of the Loan Parties to the Lender pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise with respect to the Credit Facilities, including without limitation, all principal, interest (including any interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding relating to any Loan Party, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), all reimbursement obligations, fees, expenses, indemnification and reimbursement payments, costs and expenses (including all fees and expenses of counsel to Lender incurred pursuant to the Notes, this Agreement or any other Loan Document), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, now existing or hereafter arising hereunder or thereunder, (ii) all Rate Management Obligations, (iii) all Treasury Management Obligations, (iv) any obligations under any purchasing card or credit card account established for a Loan Party by Lender or any affiliate of Lender, and (v) all other indebtedness of whatever kind arising of any Loan Party to Lender or any affiliate of Lender, together with all renewals, extensions, modifications or refinancings of any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Obligations” shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations.

 

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OFAC ” means the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, and any successor thereto.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities ” of any Person shall mean (i) any repurchase obligation or liability of such Person with respect to accounts or notes receivable sold by such Person, (ii) any liability of such Person under any sale and leaseback transactions that do not create a liability on the balance sheet of such Person, (iii) any Synthetic Lease Obligation or (iv) any obligation arising with respect to any other transaction which is the functional equivalent of or takes the place of borrowing but which is not otherwise included in the definition of “Indebtedness” and does not constitute or appear as a liability on the balance sheet of such Person.

 

One Month LIBOR ” means the average quoted by Bloomberg Finance L.P., or any quoting service or commonly available source utilized by the Lender, on the determination date for deposits in U. S. Dollars offered in the London interbank market for one month determined at approximately 11:00 am London time two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of the applicable LIBOR Interest Period; provided that if the above method for determining one month LIBOR shall not be available, the rate quoted in The Wall Street Journal , or a rate determined in accordance with Section 3.15 ; and provided further that if One Month LIBOR determined as provided above would be less than zero percent (0%) then One Month LIBOR shall be deemed to be zero percent (0%).

 

OSHA ” shall mean the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

 

Participant ” shall have the meaning ascribed said term in Section 9.04(b) hereof.

 

Patriot Act ” shall have the meaning ascribed to said term in Section 9.14 hereof.

 

Payment Date ” shall mean the first day of each calendar month: (i) in the case of the Revolving Credit Facility, commencing on May 2, 2018, and ending on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date; (ii) in the case of the 2017 Term Loan, commencing on April 1, 2017, and ending on the 2017 Term Loan Maturity Date; and (iii) in the case of the 2018 Term Loan, commencing on June 1, 2018, and ending on the 2018 Term Loan Maturity Date.

 

PBGC ” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any successor thereto.

 

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Permitted Acquisition ” shall mean any transaction consummated after the Effective Date hereof in which the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party acquires all or substantially all of the assets or outstanding Capital Stock of any Person or any division or business line of any Person, or merges or consolidates with any Person (with any such acquisition being referred to as an “ Acquired Business ” and any such Person, division or line of business being the “ Target ”), provided that (a) (i) the purchase price with respect thereto (which shall include any and all earnouts and similar obligations) does not exceed $20,000,000.00 for any single Acquisition; and (ii) the aggregate purchase price (which shall include any and all earnouts and similar obligations) of all Permitted Acquisitions after the Effective Date does not exceed forty percent (40%) of Borrower’s Net Worth (determined as of the date such Permitted Acquisition is consummated), (b) at the closing of such transaction, after giving effect thereto, no Default Condition or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (c) the Target has EBITDA (assuming that EBITDA were to be determined for the Target and its Subsidiaries rather than Borrower and its Subsidiaries) for the twelve month period ending as of the most recent Fiscal Quarter end prior to the acquisition date in an amount greater than $0, (d) such acquisition is not a “hostile” acquisition and has been approved by the board of directors or managers and/or shareholders or members of the Borrower, the applicable Subsidiary and the Target, (e) at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the consummation of such transaction (or such shorter period consented to by Lender in its sole discretion), the Borrower shall give written notice of such transaction to Lender (the “ Acquisition Notice ”), and within ten (10) Business Days after the consummation of such transaction (or such longer period consented to by Lender in its sole discretion), the Borrower shall deliver to Lender the final acquisition agreement, (f) the Borrower or a Subsidiary Loan Party shall be the surviving entity of any merger, and the surviving entity in any merger shall not be a Foreign Subsidiary, (g) the Acquired Business shall be in substantially the same line of business as the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or a business reasonably related thereto, (h) at the time it gives the Acquisition Notice, the Borrower shall deliver to Lender pro forma financial statements for the next succeeding twelve-month period giving effect to the acquisition, which shall reflect that Borrower and its Subsidiaries will continue to be in compliance with all of the financial covenants set forth in this Agreement, in each case, as of the consummation of, and after giving effect to, such acquisition and such pro forma financial statements shall be prepared in a manner and incorporate determinations consistent with pro-forma financial statements previously delivered by Borrower to Lender, (i) Lender shall receive all documents relating to the acquisition and such additional documentation regarding the acquisition as it shall reasonably require (and to the extent practicably available), including, without limitation, audited financial statements (if available), or otherwise the highest quality prepared financial statements of such Target that are available, as applicable, for its two most recent fiscal years (provided, however, in the event the Target has not been in existence for at least two years, Lender shall receive the highest quality prepared financial statements of such Target that are available for such period of such Target’s existence), and unaudited fiscal year-to-date statements for the two most recent interim periods, and (j) within ten (10) Business Days after the consummation of such transaction (or such longer period consented to by Lender in its sole discretion), the Borrower shall deliver to Lender a certificate, executed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower, demonstrating in sufficient detail compliance with the financial covenants contained in Article Six of this Agreement on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such acquisition and, further, certifying that, after giving effect to the consummation of such acquisition, the representations and warranties of the Borrower and the Loan Parties contained herein will be true and correct in all material respects (except where the same are qualified by materiality, in which case, the same shall be true and correct in all respects) and as of the date of such consummation, except to the extent such representations or warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, and that Borrower and the other Loan Parties, as of the date of such consummation, will be in compliance with all other terms and conditions contained herein.

 

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Permitted Encumbrances ” shall mean: (i) Liens imposed by law for taxes, assessments or charges or levies of any Governmental Authority not yet due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP; (ii) statutory Liens of suppliers carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen and similar Liens arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business for amounts not more than sixty (60) days past due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP; (iii) pledges, Liens and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations; (iv) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of any Loan Party; (v) extensions, renewals or replacements of any Lien referred to in paragraphs (i) through (iv) above, provided that the principal amount of the obligation secured thereby is not increased and that any such extension, renewal or replacement is limited to the property originally encumbered thereby; (vi) statutory Liens on deposit accounts maintained with, or other property in the custody of, a depositary bank pursuant to its general business terms and in the ordinary course of business, provided that such Liens do not secure any Indebtedness; (vii) Liens on cash advances in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted pursuant to this Agreement to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment; (viii) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of any Loan Party in the ordinary course of business; and (ix) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by any Loan Party in the ordinary course of business or Liens arising by operation of law under Article 2 of the UCC in favor of a reclaiming seller of goods or buyer of goods.

 

Permitted Investments ” shall mean: (i) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States), in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof; (ii) commercial paper having the highest rating, at the time of acquisition thereof, of S&P or Moody’s and in either case maturing within six months from the date of acquisition thereof; (iii) certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances and time deposits maturing within 180 days of the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof which has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000; (iv) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (i) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (iii) above; and (v) mutual funds investing solely in any one or more of the Permitted Investments described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iv).

 

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Person ” shall mean a natural person, partnership, corporation, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, association, joint venture, or a Governmental Authority (or political subdivision thereof) or other entity.

 

Plan ” shall mean any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

 

Post-Acquisition Period ” means with respect to a Permitted Acquisition or Approved Acquisition, the period beginning on the first day after the date such transaction is consummated and ending on the last day of the fourth full consecutive fiscal quarter immediately following the date on which such transaction is consummated.

 

Prime Rate ” shall mean the rate of interest per annum announced by Lender from time to time and adopted as its Prime Rate, which is one of several rate indexes employed by Lender when extending credit and may not necessarily be Lender’s lowest lending rate.

 

Rate Management Agreement ” shall mean any agreement, device or arrangement providing for payments which are related to fluctuations of interest rates, exchange rates, forward rates, or equity prices, including, but not limited to, dollar-denominated or cross-currency interest rate exchange agreements, forward currency exchange agreements, interest rate cap or collar protection agreements, forward rate currency or interest rate options, puts and warrants, and any agreement pertaining to equity derivative transactions ( e.g ., equity or equity index swaps, options, caps, floors, collars and forwards), including without limitation any ISDA Master Agreement between any Loan Party and Lender or any affiliate of Lender, and any schedules, confirmations and documents and other confirming evidence between the parties confirming transactions thereunder, all whether now existing or hereafter arising, and in each case as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

Rate Management Obligations ” shall mean any and all obligations of any Loan Party to Lender or any affiliate of Lender, whether absolute, contingent or otherwise and howsoever and whensoever (whether now or hereafter) created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), under or in connection with (i) any and all Rate Management Agreements, and (ii) any and all cancellations, buy-backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any Rate Management Agreement.

 

Regulations T, U and X ” shall mean Regulations T, U and X, respectively, of the Federal Reserve Board, and any successor regulations.

 

Related Part(y)(ies) ” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, and agents of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

 

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Release ” shall mean any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or within any building, structure, facility or fixture.

 

Replacement Rate ” shall have the meaning ascribed to said term in Section 3.15 hereof.

 

Required Insurance ” shall have the meaning ascribed to said term in Section 6.02(a) hereof.

 

Requirement of Law ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the charter, articles or certificate of organization or incorporation and bylaws or other organizational or government documents of such Person and any statute, law, treaty, rule, regulation, order, decree, writ, injunction or determination of any arbitrator or court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject or otherwise pertaining to any or all of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

Responsible Officer ” shall mean with respect to any Loan Party which is not a natural person any of the president, the chief executive officer, the chief operating officer, the chief financial officer, the treasurer or a vice president or a manager or managing member of such Loan Party or such other representative of such Loan Party as may be designated in writing by any one of the foregoing with the consent of Lender; and, with respect to the financial covenants only, the chief financial officer or the treasurer of such Loan Party

 

Restricted Payment ” means (a) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares of any class of stock or other equity interest of any Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries now or hereafter outstanding; (b) any redemption, conversion, exchange, retirement or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, or any shares of any class of stock or other equity interest of any Loan Party or their respective Subsidiaries now or hereafter outstanding; and (c) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of stock or other equity interest of a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries now or hereafter outstanding.

 

Revolving Commitment Amount ” shall mean the principal sum of up to $75,000,000.00.

 

Revolving Commitment Termination Date ” shall mean the earliest of (i) May 2, 2023 and (ii) the date on which all amounts outstanding under this Agreement have been declared or have automatically become due and payable (whether by acceleration or otherwise).

 

Revolving Credit Facility ” shall mean the revolving line of credit described in Section 2.02 established and opened by Lender in favor of Borrower in the principal amount of up to $75,000,000.00, to be used solely for the purposes set forth in Section 2.02 .

 

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Sanctioned Country ” shall mean a country or territory which is at any time subject to Sanctions.

 

Sanctioned Person ” shall mean (i) a Person named on the list of Specially Designated Nationals or Blocked Persons maintained by OFAC available at http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/SDN-List , or as otherwise published from time to time, or (ii) (A) an agency of the government of a Sanctioned Country, (B) an organization controlled by a Sanctioned Country, (C) a Person resident in a Sanctioned Country, to the extent subject to a sanctions program administered by OFAC or (D) any Person 50% or more owned, directly or indirectly, by any of the above.

 

Sanctions ” shall mean:

 

(A)     economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (i) the U.S. government and administered by OFAC, (ii) the United Nations Security Council, (iii) the European Union or (iv) Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom; and

 

(B)     economic or financial sanctions imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Department of Commerce or the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

 

Sanctions List ” shall mean any of the lists of specifically designated nationals or designated persons or entities (or equivalent) held by the U.S. government and administered by OFAC, the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Department of Commerce or the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the United Nations Security Council or any similar list maintained by the European Union, any other EU Member State, Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom or any other U.S. government entity, in each case as the same may be amended, supplemented or substituted from time to time.

 

Security Agreement ” shall mean the Amended and Restated Security Agreement, in the form of Exhibit “E” attached hereto made by Borrower and the other Loan Parties in favor of Lender as of the Effective Date, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

Security Agreement Supplement ” shall mean each supplement substantially in the form of Annex 2 to the Security Agreement executed and delivered by any Domestic Subsidiary of Borrower pursuant to Section 6.19 .

 

Security Documents ” shall mean the Security Agreement, and all other pledge or security agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust, assignments or other similar agreements or instruments executed and delivered by any of the Loan Parties pursuant to the provisions hereof or otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, in each case as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

Solvency Certificate ” shall mean the Solvency Certificate in the form of Exhibit “F” attached hereto, which is to be executed and delivered by a Responsible Officer of Borrower as a condition of the closing and funding of the 2018 Term Loan.

 

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Standard Rate ” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the sum of: (i) the Applicable LIBOR Margin for the 2017 Term Loan, the 2018 Term Loan or the Revolving Credit Facility, as the case may be, plus (ii) the Lender’s announced Prime Rate minus 2.75% per annum, and each change in the Standard Rate shall be effective on the date any change in the Prime Rate is publicly announced as being effective; provided that if the Standard Rate determined as provided above would be less than the Applicable LIBOR Margin for the 2017 Term Loan, the 2018 Term Loan or the Revolving Credit Facility, as the case may be, then the Standard Rate shall be deemed to be such Applicable LIBOR Margin.

 

Subordinated Debt ” shall mean any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (i) that is expressly subordinated to the Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to Lender, (ii) that matures by its terms no earlier than six months after the 2017 Term Loan Maturity Date with no scheduled principal payments permitted prior to such maturity, except as may be permitted under the applicable Subordination Agreement, and (iii) that is evidenced by a note, bond, indenture or other similar agreement that is in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Lender.

 

Subordination Agreements ” shall mean the collective reference to, and “ Subordination Agreement ” means each intercreditor or subordination agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, from the holders of any Subordinated Debt in favor of Lender.

 

Subsidiary ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any corporation or other Person of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding Capital Stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors, board of managers or other governing body of such Person, is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned or controlled by such Person and one or more of its other Subsidiaries or a combination thereof (irrespective of whether, at the time, securities of any other class or classes of any such corporation or other Person shall or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency). When used without reference to a parent entity, the term “Subsidiary” shall be deemed to refer to a Subsidiary of any Loan Party.

 

Subsidiary Guaranty ” shall mean the Amended and Restated Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit “G” made by the Domestic Subsidiaries of Borrower as of the Effective Date, and as the same be joined in at any time or from time to time by any Domestic Subsidiary created, formed or acquired hereafter, in favor of Lender, as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented at any time or from time to time.

 

Subsidiary Guaranty Supplement ” shall mean each supplement substantially in the form of Annex I to the Subsidiary Guaranty executed and delivered by any Domestic Subsidiary of Borrower pursuant to Section 6.19 .

 

Subsidiary Loan Party ” shall mean any Subsidiary that executes or becomes a party to the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement and is a party to this Agreement as of the Effective Date or becomes a party to this Agreement subsequent to the Effective Date hereof by executing a Joinder to Credit Agreement. Unless the applicable Loan Parties otherwise agree, no Foreign Subsidiary shall be required to become a Subsidiary Loan Party.

 

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Swap Obligation ” shall mean any Rate Management Obligation that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended from time to time.

 

Synthetic Lease ” shall mean a lease transaction under which the parties intend that (i) the lease will be treated as an “operating lease” by the lessee pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 13, as amended and (ii) the lessee will be entitled to various tax and other benefits ordinarily available to owners (as opposed to lessees) of like property.

 

Synthetic Lease Obligations ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the sum of (i) all remaining rental obligations of such Person as lessee under Synthetic Leases which are attributable to principal and, without duplication, and (ii) all rental and purchase price payment obligations of such Person under such Synthetic Leases assuming such Person exercises the option to purchase the lease property at the end of the lease term.

 

Taxes ” shall have the meaning ascribed said term in Section 3.14(a) hereof.

 

2017 Closing Date ” shall mean February 28, 2017.

 

2017 Term Loan ” shall mean the term loan described in Section 2.01 hereof made by Lender to Borrower in the principal amount of $42,000,000.00, to be used solely for the purposes set forth in Section 2.01 .

 

2017 Term Loan Maturity Date ” shall mean February 26, 2024.

 

2017 Term Loan Note ” shall mean the Amended and Restated Term Loan Promissory Note in the principal amount of $42,000,000.00 dated as of the 2017 Closing Date, executed by Borrower and payable to the order of Lender, in the form of Exhibit “H-1” attached hereto, together with all amendments, modifications, replacements, consolidations, or renewals thereof or supplements thereto.

 

2018 Term Loan ” shall mean the term loan described in Section 2.01 hereof made by Lender to Borrower in the principal amount of $85,000,000.00, to be used solely for the purposes set forth in Section 2.01 .

 

2018 Term Loan Maturity Date ” shall mean May 4, 2020.

 

2018 Term Loan Note ” shall mean the Term Loan Promissory Note in the principal amount of $85,000,000.00 dated as of the Effective Date, executed by Borrower and payable to the order of Lender, in the form of Exhibit “H-2” attached hereto, together with all amendments, modifications, replacements, consolidations, or renewals thereof or supplements thereto.

 

Treasury Management Obligations ” shall mean, collectively, all obligations and other liabilities of any Loan Party owing to Lender or any affiliate of Lender pursuant to any agreements governing the provision to such Loan Party of treasury or cash management services, including deposit accounts, funds transfer, automated clearing house, zero balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled disbursement, lockbox, account reconciliation and reporting and trade finance services.

 

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UCC ” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in each applicable jurisdiction.

 

Unused Line Fee ” shall have the meaning ascribed to said term in Section 3.06 hereof.

 

Wholly Owned ” shall mean, with respect to any Subsidiary of any Person, that 100% of the outstanding Capital Stock of such Subsidiary is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.

 

Withdrawal Liability ” shall mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

 

1.02      Accounting Matters .

 

(a)      Accounting Terms and Determinations . Unless otherwise defined or specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder shall be prepared, in accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time, applied on a basis consistent with the most recent audited consolidated financial statements of the Loan Parties delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) hereof. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all financial statements delivered hereunder shall be prepared, and all financial covenants contained herein shall be calculated, without giving effect to any election under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 159 (or any similar accounting principle) permitting a Person to value its financial liabilities at the fair value thereof. For purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Indebtedness of the Loan Parties shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB Accounting Standards Codification 825 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded.

 

(b)      Changes in GAAP . If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Lender shall so request, Lender and Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP; provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) Borrower shall provide to Lender financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.

 

1.03      Terms Generally . The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the word “to” means “to but excluding.” Unless the context requires otherwise (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as it was originally executed or as it may from time to time be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and permitted assigns, (iii) the words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import shall be construed to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision hereof, (iv) all references to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules to this Agreement and (v) all references to a specific time shall be construed to refer to the time in the city and state of Lender’s principal office in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

 

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Article Two
CREDIT FACILITIES AND LETTERS OF CREDIT

 

2.01      Term Loan s.

 

(a)       General Terms .

 

 

(i)

Pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement, Lender has made to Borrower and Borrower has taken from Lender the 2017 Term Loan in the principal amount of $42,000,000.00, which was funded in a single advance to Borrower on the 2017 Closing Date, for the purposes set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement.

 

 

(ii)

Upon the execution of this Agreement and compliance with its terms and conditions as of the Effective Date, Lender has made to Borrower and Borrower has taken from Lender the 2018 Term Loan in the principal amount of $85,000,000.00, which will be funded in a single advance to Borrower on the Effective Date, for the purpose of funding the CID Acquisition.

 

 

(b)         Term Loan Notes .

 

 

(i)

The 2017 Term Loan is evidenced by the 2017 Term Loan Note, which (A) was executed by the Borrower on the 2017 Closing Date, (B) is payable to the order of Lender, (C) is dated as of the 2017 Closing Date, (D) is in a stated principal amount of $42,000,000.00, (E) bears interest at the Interest Rate in accordance with the provisions of the 2017 Term Loan Note and Section 3.01(a) hereof, (F) provides for monthly payments on each Payment Date, commencing with the Payment Date occurring on April 1, 2017, of (I) principal in the amount of $500,000.00 per month, plus (II) accrued interest at the Interest Rate, as provided in the 2017 Term Loan Note, (G) is due and payable in full in accordance with the 2017 Term Loan Note and Section 3.02(a) hereof on the 2017 Term Loan Maturity Date, and (H) is entitled to all of the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and subject to the provisions hereof and thereof.

 

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(ii)

The 2018 Term Loan shall be evidenced by the 2018 Term Loan Note, which shall (A) be executed by the Borrower, (B) be payable to the order of Lender, (C) be dated as of the Effective Date, (D) be in a stated principal amount of $85,000,000.00, (E) bear interest at the Interest Rate in accordance with the provisions of the 2018 Term Loan Note and Section 3.01(a) hereof, (F) provide for monthly payments on each Payment Date, commencing with the Payment Date occurring on June 1, 2018, of accrued interest at the Interest Rate, as provided in the 2018 Term Loan Note, (G) be due and payable in full in accordance with the 2018 Term Loan Note and Section 3.02(a) hereof on the 2018 Term Loan Maturity Date, and (H) be entitled to all of the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and subject to the provisions hereof and thereof.

 

(c)      Voluntary Prepayments . The Borrower shall have the right to prepay the 2017 Term Loan and 2018 Term Loan, in whole or in part, at any time, without premium or penalty. Any principal prepayment of the 2017 Term Loan Note or 2018 Term Loan Note, as the case may be, shall be applied to payments due under the 2017 Term Loan Note or 2018 Term Loan Note, as the case may be, in the inverse order of their maturity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any and all obligations of the Loan Parties under any Rate Management Agreement(s) must also be fully satisfied by the Borrower, in accordance with the terms of such Rate Management Agreement(s), and any and all Obligations, including without limitation, the Revolving Credit Facility must be indefeasibly paid in full in cash, prior to release of any of the Collateral.

 

2.02      Revolving Credit Facility .

 

(a)     General Terms . Upon the execution of this Agreement and compliance with its terms and conditions and effective as of the Effective Date, Lender agrees to make to Borrower and Borrower agrees to take from Lender the Revolving Credit Facility in the principal amount of $75,000,000.00 for the purposes of the expansion of Borrower’s current assets and for working capital purposes. The Revolving Credit Facility shall be available to Borrower during the Availability Period such that so long as no Default Condition or Event of Default exists as of the date of each Advance, the Revolving Commitment Termination Date has not occurred, and the Revolving Credit Facility has not been otherwise terminated. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Lender shall make advances under the Revolving Credit Facility into the Borrower’s designated operating account or other designated deposit account maintained with Lender upon receipt of the written or oral request (thereafter confirmed in writing) of Borrower. Borrower may borrow, re-pay (either partially or wholly) and re-borrow on a revolving basis Advances not to exceed at any time or from time to time the maximum principal sum outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility of $75,000,000.00, subject in each case to the Borrowing Availability, upon and subject to the terms, conditions and limitations herein contained. Each borrowing under the Revolving Credit Facility shall be made as an Advance hereunder and under the Amended and Restated Revolving Note for providing working capital to Borrower, reimbursing LC Disbursements as provided in Section 2.03 and the other provisions hereof applicable thereto, and other general business purposes, including without limitation Permitted Acquisitions and Approved Acquisitions.

 

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(b)      Amended and Restated Revolving Note . The Revolving Credit Facility shall be evidenced by the Amended and Restated Revolving Note, which shall (i) be executed by the Borrower, (ii) be payable to the order of Lender, (iii) be dated as of the Effective Date, (iv) be in a stated principal amount of $75,000,000.00, (v) bear interest at the Interest Rate in accordance with the provisions of the Amended and Restated Revolving Note and Section 3.01(b) hereof, (vi) provide for monthly payments of interest only at the Interest Rate on each Payment Date commencing on May 2, 2018, as provided in the Amended and Restated Revolving Note, (vii) be due and payable in full in accordance with the Amended and Restated Revolving Note and Section 3.02(b) hereof on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, and (viii) be entitled to all of the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and subject to the provisions hereof and thereof.

 

(c)      Voluntary Prepayments . The Borrower shall have the right to prepay the Revolving Credit Facility, in whole or in part, at any time, without premium or penalty. Any principal prepayment of the Amended and Restated Revolving Note shall be applied to payments due under the Amended and Restated Revolving Note in the inverse order of their maturity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any and all obligations of the Loan Parties under any Rate Management Agreement(s) must also be fully satisfied by the Borrower, in accordance with the terms of such Rate Management Agreement(s), and any and all Obligations, including without limitation, the 2017 Term Loan and the 2018 Term Loan must be indefeasibly paid in full in cash, prior to release of any of the Collateral.

 

(d)      Procedure for Advances .

 

 

(i)

Lender agrees to make Advances under the Revolving Credit Facility to the Borrower from time to time in accordance with the treasury and cash management services and products provided to the Borrower by the Lender.

 

 

(ii)

Except as provided in clause (i) above, in order to obtain any other Advance under the Revolving Credit Facility, Borrower shall submit to Lender a Notice of Borrowing setting forth the principal amount of the Advance to be obtained by Borrower from Lender pursuant to the terms hereof. So long as such Notice of Borrowing is received by the Lender prior to 11:00 a.m. (Winston-Salem, North Carolina time), such Advance can be made on the Business Day of receipt of such notice. Unless otherwise indicated by the Borrower, each Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable.

 

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(iii)

The amount of each Advance, whether advanced pursuant to clause (i) or clause (ii) above, when added to the then outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit Facility shall not exceed in any and all events the amount of the Borrowing Availability.

 

2.03      Letters of Credit .

 

(a)     During the Availability Period, Lender agrees to issue, at the request of the Borrower, Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; provided, that (i) each Letter of Credit shall expire on the earlier of (A) the date one year after the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit (or in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension) and (B) the date that is thirty (30) days prior to the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, unless the Letter of Credit is fully secured by a cash deposit equal to the face amount of the Letter of Credit by a written pledge in all respects acceptable to Lender; (ii) the Borrower may not request any Letter of Credit, if, after giving effect to such issuance the LC Exposure would exceed the LC Commitment; and (iii) no Default Condition or Event of Default exists and is continuing.

 

(b)     To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or any amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall give Lender irrevocable written notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date of such issuance specifying the date (which shall be a Business Day) such Letter of Credit is to be issued (or amended, extended or renewed, as the case may be), the expiration date of such Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. Borrower shall further pay to Lender the Letter of Credit Fees as provided in Section 3.07 applicable to each Letter of Credit. In addition to the satisfaction of the conditions in Article Four , the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or any amendment which increases the amount of such Letter of Credit) will be subject to the further conditions that such Letter of Credit shall be in such form and contain such terms as Lender shall approve and that the Borrower shall have executed and delivered any additional applications, agreements, reimbursement agreements, and instruments relating to such Letter of Credit as Lender shall reasonably require; provided, that in the event of any conflict between such applications, agreements or instruments and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control.

 

(c)     Lender shall examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit promptly following its receipt thereof. Lender shall notify the Borrower of such demand for payment and whether Lender has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided, that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse Lender with respect to such LC Disbursement. The Borrower shall be irrevocably and unconditionally obligated to reimburse Lender for any LC Disbursements paid by Lender in respect of such drawing, without presentment, demand or other formalities of any kind. Unless the Borrower shall have notified Lender prior to 11:00 a.m. (Winston-Salem, North Carolina time) on the Business Day on which such drawing is honored that the Borrower intends to reimburse Lender for the amount of such drawing in funds other than from the proceeds of the Revolving Credit Facility, the Borrower shall be deemed to have timely given a Notice of Borrowing to Lender requesting Lender to make an Advance under the Revolving Credit Facility on the date on which such drawing is honored in an exact amount due to Lender which will be used for the purpose of reimbursing to Lender the amount of such LC Disbursement; provided, that for purposes solely of such Advance, the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.02 hereof shall not be applicable.

 

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(d)     If any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice from Lender demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall deposit in an account with Lender, in the name of Lender, an amount in cash equal to the LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid fees thereon; provided, that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower described in subparagraphs (j) or (k) of Section 8.01 . Such deposit shall be held by Lender as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. Lender shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Borrower agrees to execute any documents and/or certificates to effectuate the intent of this paragraph. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits in money market accounts or cash equivalents, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of Lender and at the Borrower’s risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest and profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by Lender to reimburse itself for LC Disbursements for which it had not been reimbursed and to the extent so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Credit Facilities has been accelerated, at the option of Lender, be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (to the extent not so applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three (3) Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived.

 

(e)     Borrower’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements hereunder shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of any of the following circumstances:

 

 

(i)

Any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement;

 

 

(ii)

The existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right which the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Borrower may have at any time against a beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Persons or entities for whom any such beneficiary or transferee may be acting), Lender or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement or the Letter of Credit or any document related hereto or thereto or any unrelated transaction;

 

 

(iii)

Any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;

 

 

(iv)

Payment by Lender under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document to Lender that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit;

 

 

(v)

Any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section 2.03 , constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder; or

 

 

(vi)

The existence of a Default Condition or an Event of Default.

 

Neither Lender nor any Related Party of Lender shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to above), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of Lender; provided, that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse Lender from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any actual direct damages (as opposed to special, indirect (including claims for lost profits or other consequential damages), or punitive damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by Lender’s failure to exercise due care when determining whether drafts or other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree, that in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of Lender (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), Lender shall be deemed to have exercised due care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented that appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, Lender may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.

 

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(f)     Unless otherwise expressly agreed by Lender and Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued and subject to applicable laws, performance under Letters of Credit by Lender, its correspondents, and the beneficiaries thereof will be governed by (i) the rules of the “International Standby Practices 1998” (ISP98) (or such later revision as may be published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice on any date any Letter of Credit may be issued) as to each standby Letter of Credit, (ii) the rules of The Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at the time of issuance as to each documentary Letter of Credit, and (iii) to the extent not inconsistent therewith, the governing law of this Agreement set forth in Section 9.05 .

 

Article Three
INTEREST, PRINCIPAL, MANDATORY PRINCIPAL PREPAYMENTS, LATE CHARGES, FEES, INABILITY TO DETERMINE INTEREST RATES, ILLEGALITY, INCREASED COSTS, TAXES

 

3.01      Interest .

 

(a)      Term Loans .

 

 

(i)

The Borrower shall pay interest on the 2017 Term Loan pursuant to the terms of the 2017 Term Loan Note in arrears as provided in the 2017 Term Loan Note on each Payment Date, in respect of the unpaid principal balance of the 2017 Term Loan, at the Interest Rate as in effect from time to time.

 

 

(ii)

The Borrower shall pay interest on the 2018 Term Loan pursuant to the terms of the 2018 Term Loan Note in arrears as provided in the 2018 Term Loan Note on each Payment Date, in respect of the unpaid principal balance of the 2018 Term Loan, at the Interest Rate as in effect from time to time

 

(b)      Revolving Credit Facility . The Borrower shall pay interest on the Revolving Credit Facility pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Revolving Note in arrears as provided in the Amended and Restated Revolving Note on each Payment Date, in respect to the unpaid principal balance of the Revolving Credit Facility, at the Interest Rate as in effect from time to time.

 

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(c)      Default Rate . Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, all outstanding principal of the 2017 Term Loan, the 2018 Term Loan and the Revolving Credit Facility shall bear interest in accordance with the 2017 Term Loan Note, the 2018 Term Loan Note and the Amended and Restated Revolving Note, respectively, at the Default Rate, and such default interest shall be payable pursuant to each of the 2017 Term Loan Note, the 2018 Term Loan Note and the Amended and Restated Revolving Note on each Payment Date or upon demand or acceleration by Lender. To the greatest extent permitted by law, interest shall continue to accrue under the Notes at the Default Rate after the filing by or against any Loan Party of any petition seeking any relief in bankruptcy or under any law pertaining to insolvency or debtor relief.

 

(d)      Maximum Rate . Nothing contained in the Notes, this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall be deemed to establish or require the payment of interest to Lender at a rate in excess of the Maximum Rate. If the amount of interest payable for the account of Lender under the 2017 Term Loan Note, the 2018 Term Loan Note or the Amended and Restated Revolving Note on any Payment Date or upon the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, the 2018 Term Loan Maturity Date or the 2017 Term Loan Maturity Date, as applicable, would exceed the maximum amount permitted by Applicable Law to be charged by Lender, the amount of interest payable for its account on such Payment Date shall be automatically reduced to such maximum permissible amount. In the event of any such reduction, if from time to time thereafter the amount of interest payable on any Payment Date or upon the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, the 2018 Term Loan Maturity Date or the 2017 Term Loan Maturity Date, as applicable, would be less than the maximum amount permitted by applicable law to be charged by Lender, then the amount of interest payable on such subsequent Payment Date or upon the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, the 2018 Term Loan Maturity Date or the 2017 Term Loan Maturity Date, as applicable, shall be automatically increased to such maximum permissible amount, provided that at no time shall the aggregate amount by which interest paid to the Lender has been increased pursuant to this sentence exceed the aggregate amount by which interest paid for its account has theretofore been reduced pursuant to the previous sentence.

 

3.02      Principal .

 

(a)      2017 Term Loan . Borrower shall pay principal on the 2017 Term Loan in accordance with the 2017 Term Loan Note in monthly installments of principal of $500,000.00 each on each Payment Date as provided in the 2017 Term Loan Note commencing on April 1, 2017 and the entire outstanding principal balance of the 2017 Term Loan shall be paid in full in accordance with the terms of the 2017 Term Loan Note on the 2017 Term Loan Maturity Date.

 

(b)      Revolving Credit Facility . Borrower shall pay the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit Facility in accordance with the Amended and Restated Revolving Note in full on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.

 

(c)      2018 Term Loan . The entire outstanding principal balance of the 2018 Term Loan shall be paid in full in accordance with the terms of the 2018 Term Loan Note on the 2018 Term Loan Maturity Date.

 

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3.03      Mandatory Prepayments .

 

(a)      Sale of Assets . Within five (5) Business Days following receipt by the Borrower or any of its direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiaries of proceeds of any sale or disposition by the Borrower or such Domestic Subsidiary of any of its assets which when aggregated with the proceeds of prior sales and dispositions by the Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries within the same fiscal year exceed $500,000 in the aggregate (excluding (i) sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business, (ii) sales of obsolete equipment, and (iii) so long as there has not occurred any Default Condition or Event of Default and the Borrower has delivered to Lender satisfactory evidence of its intent to reinvest within five (5) Business Days following receipt of such proceeds, sales of assets the proceeds of which are invested into the businesses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries within 180 days after such assets are sold, and the Borrower has delivered to Lender satisfactory evidence thereof within such time period), the Borrower shall prepay the Credit Facilities in an amount equal to such excess proceeds, net of commissions and other reasonable and customary transaction costs, fees and expenses properly attributable to such transaction and payable by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in connection therewith (in each case, paid to non-Affiliates). Any such prepayment shall be applied in accordance with Section 3.03(d) .

 

(b)      Insurance Proceeds . Within five (5) Business Days following receipt by the Borrower or any of its direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiaries of proceeds of any settlement of or payment in respect of any property or casualty insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to any asset of the Borrower or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries (excluding, so long as there has not occurred any Default Condition or Event of Default and the Borrower has delivered to Lender satisfactory evidence of its intent to reinvest within five (5) Business Days following receipt of such proceeds, proceeds which are invested into the businesses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries within 180 days after the receipt of such proceeds, and the Borrower has delivered to Lender satisfactory evidence thereof within such time period), the Borrower shall prepay the Credit Facilities in an amount equal to all such proceeds. Any such prepayment shall be applied in accordance with Section 3.03(d) .

 

(c)      Issuance of Debt or Securities . If the Borrower or any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries issues any debt or equity securities (other than, so long as, in each case, there has not occurred any Default Condition or Event of Default, Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.01 or equity securities (i) issued by a Subsidiary of the Borrower to the Borrower or another Subsidiary, (ii) as to which the proceeds of such issuance are used exclusively for the consummation of Permitted Acquisitions or Approved Acquisition (excluding the CID Transaction) or (iii) issued as a form of executive compensation) then no later than the Business Day following the date of receipt of the proceeds thereof, Borrower shall prepay the Credit Facilities in an amount equal to: (1) first, 100% of all such proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable costs, in each case, paid to non-Affiliates in connection therewith until the 2018 Term Loan is repaid in full; (2) second, after repayment in full of the 2018 Term Loan, unless the Lender consents otherwise, 100% of the remainder of such proceeds, until the Revolving Credit Facility is paid in full; and (3) third, unless the Lender consents otherwise, 50% of the remainder of such proceeds, until the 2017 Term Loan is paid in full. The Revolving Commitment Amount of the Lender shall not be permanently reduced by the amount of any prepayments made pursuant to this Section 3.03(c) .

 

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(d)      Order of Prepayment . Subject to Section 8.02 , amounts to be applied in connection with prepayments made pursuant to Sections 3.03(a) , (b) , or (c) shall be applied first, to Lender’s fees and reimbursable expenses then due and payable pursuant to any of the Loan Documents; second, to interest then due and payable on the Credit Facilities; third, to the principal balance of the 2018 Term Loan, until the same shall have been paid in full; fourth, to the principal balance of the Revolving Credit Facility until the same shall have been paid in full; fifth, to the principal balance of the 2017 Term Loan until the same shall have been paid in full and applied to the scheduled payments of principal under the 2017 Term Loan Note in reverse order of their maturities; and sixth, to cash collateralize the Letters of Credit in accordance with Section 2.03(d) in an amount in cash equal to the LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid fees thereon. The Revolving Commitment Amount of the Lender shall not be permanently reduced by the amount of any prepayments made pursuant this the Section 3.03 (d) .

 

3.04      Late Charges . If any payment of principal or interest is not paid when due under and pursuant to the 2017 Term Loan Note, the 2018 Term Loan Note or the Amended and Restated Revolving Note (whether by acceleration or otherwise) or within ten (10) days thereafter, the Borrower shall pay to Lender as provided in each of said Notes a late payment fee of five percent (5%) of the payment amount then due, with a minimum fee of $20.00.

 

3.05      NSF Charges . Borrower shall pay to Lender a returned payment fee if Borrower or any Guarantor makes any payment at any time by check or other instrument, or by any electronic means, which is returned to Lender because of nonpayment due to nonsufficient funds. Lender shall not be obligated to accept any check, money order, or other payment instrument marked “payment in full” on any disputed amount due hereunder, and Lender expressly reserves the right to reject all such payment instruments. Borrower agrees that tender of its check or other payment instrument so marked will not satisfy or discharge its obligation under this Agreement, any Note or any other Loan Document, disputed, or otherwise, even if such check or payment instrument is inadvertently processed by Lender unless such payment is in fact sufficient to pay the amount due hereunder.

 

3.06      Fees . (a)    Unused Line Fee . Borrower shall unconditionally pay to Lender, in arrears, on the first Business Day of each April, July, October and January, beginning July 1, 2018, an availability fee (the “ Unused Line Fee ”) equal to one-tenth of one percent (0.10%) per annum of the average daily Borrowing Availability for the preceding calendar quarter or portion thereof.

 

(b)      2018 Term Loan Fee . Borrower shall unconditionally pay to Lender: (i) on the Effective Date, a commitment fee equal to $144,500.00 [0.17% multiplied by $85,000,000]; (ii) on the first day of the thirteenth month after the Effective Date, an additional commitment fee equal to 0.25% multiplied by the outstanding principal amount of the 2018 Term Loan on such date; and (iii) on the first day of nineteenth month after the Effective Date, an additional commitment fee equal to 0.25% multiplied by the outstanding principal amount of the 2018 Term Loan on such date.

 

3.07      Letter of Credit Fee . Borrower agrees to pay to Lender an annual fee (“ Letter of Credit Fee ”) for any Letter of Credit issued by Lender hereunder, prior to the issuance of any such Letter of Credit and on each anniversary of the issuance thereof equal to the product obtained by multiplying the Applicable Libor Margin for Advances by the amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit as of the date of determination.

 

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3.08      Method of Payments; Computations . All payments by Borrower pursuant to each of the 2017 Term Loan Note, the 2018 Term Loan Note and the Amended and Restated Revolving Note or the terms of this Agreement shall be made without setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or other defense in Dollars and in immediately available funds to the Lender at its office referred to in the preamble to this Agreement, prior to 2:00 p.m. (Winston-Salem, North Carolina time), on the date payment is due. Any payment made as required pursuant to the terms hereof and of each of the 2017 Term Loan Note, the 2018 Term Loan Note and the Amended and Restated Revolving Note, but after 2:00 p.m. (Winston-Salem, North Carolina time), shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day. If any payment falls due on a day that is not a Business Day, then such due date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day. All computations of interest and fees hereunder shall be made on the basis of a year consisting of 360 days and the actual number of days (including the first day, but excluding the last day) elapsed.

 

3.09      Account . Principal and/or interest payments due under each of the 2017 Term Loan Note, the 2018 Term Loan Note and the Amended and Restated Revolving Note shall be deducted by Lender in accordance with the terms of the 2017 Term Loan Note, the 2018 Term Loan Note and the Amended and Restated Revolving Note, respectively, and hereof from Borrower’s designated operating account or other designated deposit account maintained with Lender. Each payment under any of the 2017 Term Loan Note, the 2018 Term Loan Note or the Amended and Restated Revolving Note may be applied in the following order: accrued interest, principal, fees, charges and advanced costs.

 

3.10      Recovery of Payments . Loan Parties agree that to the extent Borrower makes a payment or payments to or for the account of Lender, which payment or payments or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar state or federal law, common law or equitable cause, or the recipient of any such payment elects to repay the same in good faith settlement of any pending or threatened avoidance claim, then, to the extent of such payment or repayment, the Obligation intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been received.

 

3.11      Inability to Determine Interest Rate . In the event that Lender shall have determined, which determination shall be final, conclusive and binding, that by reason of circumstances occurring after the Effective Date affecting the London interbank market, adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the One Month LIBOR on the basis provided for in this Agreement, the Lender shall give notice (by telephone confirmed in writing or by telecopy) to Borrower of such determination, whereupon (i) any request for an Advance under the Revolving Credit Facility shall be deemed to be a request for an Advance bearing interest at the Standard Rate, and (ii) the Credit Facilities shall bear interest at the Standard Rate, in each case, until Lender notifies Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist.

 

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3.12      Illegality . In the event the Lender shall determine, which determination shall be final, conclusive and binding, that the making, maintaining, continuance or funding of any portion of the Credit Facilities at the applicable Interest Rate, (i) has become unlawful as a result of compliance by Lender with any law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order (or would conflict with any of the same not having the force of law even though the failure to comply therewith would not be unlawful) or (ii) has become impracticable, or would cause Lender material hardship, as a result of contingencies occurring after the Effective Date materially and adversely affect the London interbank market or Lender’s ability to make the Credit Facilities at the applicable Interest Rate generally, then and in any such event, Lender shall give notice (by telephone confirmed in writing or by telecopy) to Borrower of such determination. Thereafter, (x) the obligation of Lender to make any advance under the Revolving Credit Facility shall be suspended until such notice shall be withdrawn by Lender, and (y) the Credit Facilities shall bear interest at the Standard Rate until Lender notifies Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist.

 

3.13      Increased Costs .

 

(a)     If, at any time after the date hereof and from time to time, any Change in Law shall (i) subject Lender to any tax or other charge, or change the basis of taxation of payments to Lender, or its obligation to make, fund or maintain the Credit Facilities (other than any change in the rate or basis of tax on the overall net income or profits of Lender and, without duplication of amounts, other than as indemnified by Borrower pursuant to Section 3.14(b) ), (ii) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, Lender (except any reserve adjustment requirement which is otherwise reflected in the determination of the Libor Rate as provided in the definition thereof), or (iii) other than excluded by clause (ii) above, impose on Lender any other condition, and the result of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to Lender of making or maintaining the Credit Facilities or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by Lender hereunder, Borrower shall, within thirty (30) days of written demand therefor by Lender, pay to Lender such additional amounts as shall compensate Lender for such increase in costs or reduction in return.

 

(b)     If, at any time after the date hereof and from time to time, Lender shall have reasonably determined that the introduction of any Change in Law, or compliance by Lender with any Change in Law, has or would have the effect as a consequence of the Credit Facilities of reducing the rate of return on the capital of Lender or any Person controlling Lender to a level below that which Lender or such controlling Person could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into account such Lender’s or controlling Person’s policies with respect to capital adequacy), then, from time to time, within ten (10) Business Days after receipt by Borrower of written demand therefor by Lender, Borrower shall pay to Lender such additional amounts as will compensate Lender or such controlling Person for such reduction in return.

 

(c)     Determinations by Lender for purposes of this Section 3.13 of any increased costs, reduction in return, market contingencies, illegality or any other matter shall, absent manifest error, be conclusive, provided that such determinations are made in good faith. No failure by Lender at any time to demand payment of any amounts payable under this Section 3.13 shall constitute a waiver of its right to demand payment of any additional amounts arising at any subsequent time. Nothing in this Section 3.13 shall require or be construed to require Borrower to pay any interest, fees, costs or other amounts in excess of that permitted by applicable law.

 

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3.14      Taxes .

 

(a)     Any and all payments by Borrower under the 2017 Term Loan Note, the 2018 Term Loan Note and the Amended and Restated Revolving Note shall be made, in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto, other than Excluded Taxes (all such nonexcluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and liabilities being hereinafter referred to as “ Taxes ”). If Borrower shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder or under the Notes to Lender, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as may be necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.14 ), Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) Borrower shall make such deductions, (iii) Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable law and (iv) Borrower shall deliver to the Lender evidence of such payment.

 

(b)     The Loan Parties shall indemnify Lender for the full amount of Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 3.14 ) paid by Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally asserted. This indemnification shall be made within ten (10) Business Days from the date Lender makes written demand therefor.

 

(c)     Lender agrees that if it subsequently recovers, or receives a permanent net tax benefit with respect to, any amount of Taxes (i) previously paid by it and as to which it has been indemnified by or on behalf of the Loan Parties or (ii) previously deducted by Borrower (including, without limitation, any Taxes deducted from any additional sums payable under clause (i) of subsection (a) above), Lender shall reimburse the applicable Loan Party to the extent of the amount of any such recovery or permanent net tax benefit (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by or on behalf of such Loan Party under this Section 3.14 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such recovery or tax benefit); provided, however , that such Loan Party, upon the request of Lender, agrees to repay to the Lender the amount paid over to such Loan Party (together with any penalties, interest or other charges), in the event the Lender is required to repay such amount to the relevant taxing authority or other Governmental Authority. The determination by the Lender of the amount of any such, recovery or permanent net tax benefit shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding.

 

3.15      Replacement Rate.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.15 , if Lender has made the determination in good faith and confirmed in writing to Borrower (such determination to be conclusive absent manifest error) that (i) the circumstances described in Section 3.11 have arisen with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans and that such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary, (ii) any applicable interest rate specified herein is no longer a widely recognized benchmark rate for newly originated loans in the U.S. syndicated loan market in the applicable currency or (iii) the applicable supervisor or administrator (if any) of any applicable interest rate specified herein or any Governmental Authority having or purporting to have jurisdiction over Lender has established a specific date after which any applicable interest rate specified herein shall no longer be used for determining interest rates for loans in the U.S. syndicated loan market in the applicable currency, then Lender may, to the extent practicable (in consultation with the Borrower and as reasonably determined by Lender to be generally in accordance with similar situations in other transactions in which it is making loans or otherwise consistent with market practice generally), establish a replacement interest rate (the “Replacement Rate”), in which case, the Replacement Rate shall, subject to the next two sentences, replace such applicable interest rate for all purposes under the Loan Documents unless and until (A) an event described in (i), (ii) or (iii) above occurs with respect to the Replacement Rate or (B) Lender notifies the Borrower that the Replacement Rate does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to Lender of funding the LIBOR Rate Loans bearing interest at the Replacement Rate. In connection with the establishment and application of the Replacement Rate, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be amended solely with the consent of Lender and the Borrower, as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of Lender, to effect the provisions of this Section 3.15 ; provided that until such amendment is effective, any request for an Advance under the Revolving Credit Facility shall be made, and the Credit Facilities shall bear interest, in accordance with the terms of Section 3.11 . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, (x) Lender and the Borrower may, without the consent of any Subsidiary Guarantor, enter into amendments or modifications to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or to enter into additional Loan Documents as Lender reasonably deems appropriate in order to implement any Replacement Rate or otherwise effectuate the terms of Section 3.15 in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.15 and (y) such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement. To the extent the Replacement Rate is approved by Lender in connection with this Section 3.15 , the Replacement Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice.

 

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Article Four
CONDITIONS TO CREDIT FACILITIES AND LETTERS OF CREDIT

 

4.01      Conditions To Effectiveness . The obligations of Lender to make the 2018 Term Loan, to make Advances under the Revolving Credit Facility and to issue any Letter of Credit hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied:

 

(a)     Lender shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including without limitation reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to Lender) required to be reimbursed or paid by Borrower hereunder and under any other Loan Document.

 

(b)     The Lender (or its counsel) shall have received the following:

 

 

(i)

a counterpart of this Agreement signed by or on behalf of each party hereto or written evidence satisfactory to the Lender (which may include telecopy or other electronic transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement;

 

 

(ii)

the duly executed 2017 Term Loan Note and the 2018 Term Loan Note payable to the Lender;

 

 

(iii)

the duly executed Amended and Restated Revolving Note payable to the Lender;

 

 

(iv)

the Subsidiary Guaranty duly executed by the Subsidiary Loan Parties existing on or as of the Effective Date;

 

 

(v)

the Security Agreement duly executed by Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties;

 

 

(vi)

each other Loan Document duly executed by the respective parties thereto;

 

 

(vii)

a certificate of the Secretary, Assistant Secretary or other authorized officer, general partner, member or manager of each Loan Party in form and substance acceptable to the Lender, attaching and certifying copies of its articles or certificate of incorporation, articles of organization, certificate of limited partnership, bylaws, partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or operating agreement, or comparable organizational documents and authorizations of each such Person’s board of directors, general partners, members or managers, authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and certifying the name, title and true signature of each officer, general partner, member or manager of each Loan Party executing the Loan Documents to which it is a party;

 

 

(viii)

certificates of good standing, status or existence, as may be available from the Secretary of State or other issuing agency of the jurisdiction of organization of such Loan Party and each other jurisdiction where such Loan Party is required to be qualified to do business as a foreign corporation, partnership, or limited liability company;

 

 

(ix)

favorable written opinions of Hill Ward Henderson, counsel to the Loan Parties, and certain other local counsel to Borrower, each addressed to Lender, and covering such matters relating to the Loan Parties, the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated therein as Lender shall reasonably request;

 

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(x)

a certificate, in form and substance acceptable to the Lender, dated the Effective Date and signed by a Responsible Officer, certifying that (x) no Default Condition or Event of Default exists, (y) all representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in the Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects and (z) since the date of the financial statements of the Loan Parties described in Section 5.06 hereof, there shall have been no change which has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

 

(xi)

certified copies of all consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations and filings and orders required or advisable to be made or obtained under any Requirement of Law, or by any Contractual Obligation of the Loan Parties, in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity and enforceability of the Loan Documents, and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations, filings and orders shall be in full force and effect and all applicable waiting periods shall have expired, and no investigation or inquiry by any Governmental Authority regarding the Credit Facilities, any Letters of Credit, or any transaction being financed with the proceeds thereof shall be ongoing;

 

 

(xii)

if applicable, duly executed payoff letters or other evidence satisfactory to the Lender from lenders under any existing loans or credit facilities of Borrower;

 

 

(xiii)

Perfection Certificates (as defined in the Security Agreement) with respect to Borrower and each Subsidiary Loan Party dated the Effective Date and duly executed by a Responsible Officer of such Person, and the results of a search of the Uniform Commercial Code filings (or equivalent filings) made with respect to the Loan Parties in the states (or other jurisdictions) of formation of such Persons, and in the case of the Perfection Certificates, in which the chief executive office of such Person is located and in the other jurisdictions in which such Persons maintain property, in each case as indicated on such Perfection Certificate, together with copies of the financing statements (or similar documents) disclosed by such search, and accompanied by evidence satisfactory to the Lender that the Liens indicated in any such financing statement (or similar document) would be permitted by Section 7.02 hereof or have been or will be contemporaneously released or terminated;

 

 

(xiv)

certified copies of all agreements, indentures or notes governing the terms of any Material Indebtedness and all other material agreements, documents and instruments to which any Loan Party or any of its assets are bound;

 

 

(xv)

a copy of, or a certificate as to coverage under, the insurance policies required by the applicable provisions of the Security Documents, each of which shall be endorsed or otherwise amended to include a customary lender’s loss payable endorsement and to name the Lender as additional insured, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender;

 

 

(xvi)

Collateral Access Agreements from such landlords of the properties leased by Borrower as the Lender may reasonably require, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender.

 

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(c)     Lender shall have received (i) the certificates representing any shares of Capital Stock pledged pursuant to the Security Agreement, together with an undated stock power for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of Borrower and (ii) each promissory note pledged to Lender pursuant to the Security Agreement endorsed (without recourse) in blank (or accompanied by an executed transfer form in blank satisfactory to Lender) by the pledgor thereof.

 

(d)     Each document (including, without limitation, any Uniform Commercial Code financing statement) required by the Security Documents or under law or reasonably requested by the Lender to be filed, registered or recorded in order to create in favor of the Lender a perfected Lien on the Collateral described therein, prior and superior in right to any other Person (other than with respect to Liens expressly permitted by Section 7.02 hereof), shall be in proper form for filing, registration or recordation.

 

4.02      Each Advance Under Revolving Credit Facility . The obligation of the Lender to make each Advance under the Revolving Credit Facility or to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit is further subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

 

(a)     at the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Advance or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit, no Default Condition or Event of Default shall exist;

 

(b)     at the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Advance or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit, all representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (except where the same are qualified by materiality, in which case the same shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date of such Advance or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit, in each case before and after giving effect thereto; and

 

(c)     if required pursuant to Section 2.02(d)(ii) , Borrower shall have delivered to Lender a Notice of Borrowing.

 

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Each Advance or request for the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Loan Parties on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 4.02 and that all of the representations and warranties provided in Article Five hereof remain true, accurate and complete in all material respects.

 

4.03      Delivery of Documents . All of the Loan Documents, certificates, legal opinions and other documents and papers referred to in this Article Four , unless otherwise specified, shall be delivered to Lender and, except for the Notes, in sufficient counterparts or copies as Lender shall require and shall be in form and substance satisfactory in all respects to Lender.

 

Article Five
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

The Loan Parties represent and warrant to Lender as follows:

 

5.01      Existence; Power . Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries (i) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted, and (iii) is duly qualified to do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except where a failure to be so qualified could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.02      Organizational Power; Authorization . The execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of the Loan Documents to which each is a party are within such Person’s organizational powers, as applicable, and have been duly authorized, as applicable, by all necessary organizational, and if required, shareholder, partner or member action. This Agreement and each other Loan Document dated the date hereof has been duly executed and delivered by the Loan Parties, and constitute, and each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party will become a party, when executed and delivered by such Loan Party shall constitute, valid and binding obligations of the Loan Parties, enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with their respective terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.

 

5.03      Places of Business . Each Loan Party’s jurisdiction of organization is set forth in Schedule 5.03 hereto and (a) each Loan Party’s chief executive office, (b) all other places of business of each Loan Party and (c) any other location of any Collateral are located at the corresponding addresses set forth on Schedule 5.03 hereto. Except as disclosed on Schedule 5.03 hereto: (a) no Loan Party has been organized in any other jurisdiction, nor changed any such location in the last five (5) years, (b) no Loan Party has changed its name in the last five (5) years, and (c) during such period no Loan Party has used, nor does any Loan Party now use, any fictitious or trade name, except to the extent disclosed on Schedule 5.03 hereto.

 

5.04      Pending Litigation . There are no judgments or judicial or administrative orders, proceedings or investigations (civil or criminal) pending or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, threatened, against Borrower or any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries in any court or before any Governmental Authority, other than as set forth on Schedule 5.04 hereto or which, if adversely determined, could not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect. No member or executive officer of Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower has been indicted or convicted in connection with or is engaging in any racketeering or other similar criminal conduct or activity, or is currently subject to any lawsuit or proceeding or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, under investigation in connection with any racketeering or other similar criminal conduct or activity.

 

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5.05      Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of this Agreement, and the other Loan Documents to which each is a party (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any action by, any Governmental Authority, except those as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (b) will not violate any Requirements of Law applicable to any Loan Party, or any judgment, order or ruling of any Governmental Authority, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, material agreement or other material instrument binding any Loan Party or any of their respective assets or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by any Loan Party and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of a Loan Party, except Liens created under the Loan Documents.

 

5.06      Financial Statements . Borrower has furnished to Lender: (i) the audited consolidated balance sheet of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as of December 31, 2017, and the related statements of income, shareholder equity and cash flows for the Fiscal Year then ended certified by Mayer Hoffman Mcann P.C.; and (ii) the unaudited internally prepared consolidated balance sheet of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as of March 31, 2018, and the related statements of income, shareholder equity and cash flows for the fiscal quarter then ended. Except as noted therein, these financial statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as of such date and the consolidated results of operations for such period in conformity with GAAP consistently applied. For the period from December 31, 2017 through and including the Effective Date, there have been no changes with respect to Borrower and its Subsidiaries which have had or could reasonably be expected to have, singly or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.07      Environmental Matters . Except for the matters set forth on Schedule 5.07 , the Loan Parties (i) have not failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) have not become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) have not received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) do not know of any basis for any Environmental Liability, except where the result of any of the foregoing, either singly or in the aggregate, has or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.08      Compliance with Laws and Agreements . Except as set forth on Schedule 5.08 , the Loan Parties and their respective direct or indirect Subsidiaries, if any, are in compliance with (a) all Requirements of Law and all judgments, decrees and orders of any Governmental Authority and (b) all indentures, agreements or other instruments binding upon it or its properties, except where non-compliance, either singly or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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5.09      Investment Company Act, etc . None of the Loan Parties is (a) an “investment company” or is “controlled” by an “investment company,” as such terms are defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or (b) otherwise subject to any other regulatory scheme limiting its ability to incur debt or requiring any approval or consent from or registration or filing with, any Governmental Authority in connection therewith.

 

5.10      Taxes . Each of the Loan Parties has timely filed or caused to be filed all Federal income tax returns and all other material tax returns that are required to be filed by them, and have paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns or on any assessments made against it or its property and all other taxes, fees or other charges imposed on it or any of its property by any Governmental Authority, except where the same are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which such Loan Party has set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Loan Parties in respect of such taxes are adequate, and no tax liabilities that could be materially in excess of the amount so provided are anticipated.

 

5.11      Margin Regulations . None of the proceeds of the Credit Facilities will be used, directly or indirectly, for “purchasing” or “carrying” any “margin stock” with the respective meanings of each of such terms under Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as now and from time to time hereafter in effect or for any purpose that violates the provisions of the Regulation U. None of the Loan Parties is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying “margin stock.”

 

5.12      ERISA . No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, has or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets of such Plan, and the present value of all accumulated benefit obligations of all underfunded Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans.

 

5.13      Ownership of Property .

 

(a)     Each Loan Party has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all of its real and personal property material to the operation of its business, including all such properties reflected in the most recent balance sheets referred to in Section 5.06 hereof or purported to have been acquired by any such Person after said date (except as sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business), in each case free and clear of Liens prohibited by this Agreement. All leases that individually or in the aggregate are material to the business or operations of the Loan Parties are valid and subsisting and are in full force.

 

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(b)     Each Loan Party owns, or is licensed or otherwise has the right to use, all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights and other intellectual property material to its business, and to the Loan Parties’ knowledge the use thereof by the Loan Parties does not infringe in any material respect on the rights of any other Person.

 

(c)     The properties of each Loan Party are insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies which are not Affiliates of the Loan Parties, in such amounts with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the Loan Parties operate.

 

5.14      Each Loan Party Has Made Good Disclosure . The Loan Parties have disclosed to Lender all agreements, instruments, and corporate or other restrictions to which any Loan Party is subject, and all other matters known to any of them, that, individually or in the aggregate, are reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the reports (including without limitation all reports that any Loan Party is required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission), financial statements, certificates nor other information furnished by or on behalf of the Loan Parties to the Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or delivered hereunder or thereunder (as modified or supplemented by any other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact nor omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, taken as a whole, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided , that with respect to projected financial information, the Loan Parties represent only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.

 

5.15      Labor Relations . There are no strikes, lockouts, collective bargaining activities or other material labor disputes or grievances against any Loan Party or their respective direct or indirect Subsidiaries, or, to the Loan Parties’ knowledge, threatened against or affecting any of the Loan Parties, and no significant unfair labor practice, charges or grievances are pending against any Loan Party, or to the Loan Parties’ knowledge, threatened against any of them before any Governmental Authority, except where the result of any of the foregoing, either singly or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. All payments due from any Loan Party pursuant to the provisions of any collective bargaining agreement have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the applicable Person, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.16      Subsidiaries .

 

(a)      Schedule 5.16(a) sets forth the name of, the ownership interest of Borrower or any other Loan Party in, the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of, and the type of, each Domestic Subsidiary of Borrower and/or any of its Subsidiaries and identifies each Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Loan Party, in each case as of the Effective Date.

 

(b)      Schedule 5.16(b) sets forth the name of, the ownership interest of Borrower or any other Loan Party in, the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of, and the type of, each Foreign Subsidiary of Borrower or any other Loan Party, in each case as of the Effective Date.

 

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5.17      Solvency . Immediately prior to and after giving effect to the closing of the Credit Facilities as provided herein and in the other Loan Documents, each borrowing hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof, with respect to the Loan Parties determined on a consolidated basis (a) the fair value of its assets is greater than the amount of its liabilities (including disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as such value is established and liabilities evaluated, (b) the present fair saleable value of its assets is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (c) it is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities (including disputed, contingent and unliquidated liabilities) as they mature in the normal course of business, (d) it does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond its ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature, and (e) it is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which its property would constitute an unreasonably small amount of capital to conduct its business.

 

5.18      OFAC ; Anti-Terrorism Laws .

 

(a)     Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is a Sanctioned Person, (ii) has more than 10% of its assets in Sanctioned Countries, or (iii) derives more than 10% of its operating income from investments in, or transactions with, Sanctioned Persons or Sanctioned Countries. No part of the proceeds of the loans hereunder will be used directly or indirectly to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in or make any payments to, a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Country.

 

(b)     Neither the making of the loans hereunder nor the use of the proceeds thereof will violate the Patriot Act, the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto.

 

5.19      Foreign Assets Control Regulations . Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is in violation of (i) the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. Sec. 1 et seq.), as amended, (ii) any foreign assets control regulations issued by OFAC and any executive order related thereto, or (iii) the Patriot Act, and further that it (a) is not subject to sanctions administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State or (b) has not engaged in any dealing or transactions with, or is otherwise associated with, any person subject to such sanctions.

 

5.20      Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions .

 

(a)     The Borrower has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, their respective directors, officers, employees and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects.

 

(b)     To the extent applicable, each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is in compliance, in all material respects, with (i) the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto and (ii) the Patriot Act.

 

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(c)     Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any director, officer, employee, agent or controlled Affiliate of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facility established hereby is a Designated Person, nor is the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries located, organized or resident in any Sanctioned Country.

 

5.21      Security Documents .

 

(a)     The Security Agreement, upon the execution and delivery thereof by the Loan Parties, will create in favor of Lender, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement) and the proceeds thereof, in which a security interest may be perfected under the UCC as in effect at the relevant time by filing of financing statements or obtaining control or possession, and the Liens created under the Security Agreement are (or will be, upon the filing of appropriate financing statements and grants of security in intellectual property, the execution of appropriate control agreements and delivery of certificated securities and instruments to Lender) a fully perfected first-priority Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of respective Loan Parties in such Collateral, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person, other than with respect to Liens permitted by Section 7.02 hereof.

 

(b)      Schedule 5.21(b) lists completely and correctly as of the Effective Date all real property owned in fee by any of the Loan Parties and the addresses thereof. As of the Effective Date, the respective parcels of real property described on Schedule 5.21(b) are owned in fee simple as set forth said Schedule 5.21(b) , subject only to the Liens permitted by Section 7.02 and the specific exceptions set forth in said Schedule 5.21(b) with respect to each such respective parcel.

 

(c)      Schedule 5.21(c) lists completely and correctly as of the Effective Date all real property leased by the Loan Parties and the addresses thereof. As of the Effective Date, the Loan Parties have valid leases in all the real property set forth on Schedule 5.21(c) .

 

5.22      Subordinated Debt . On or prior to the Effective Date, the Loan Parties have provided to the Lender complete copies of all documents or instruments evidencing, securing or relating to Indebtedness of any of the Loan Parties, including all promissory notes, debentures, mortgages, security agreements, schedules, exhibits and disclosure letters relating thereto, if any, and all amendments thereto, waivers relating thereto. As of the Effective Date, none of such agreements and documents has been amended or supplemented, nor have any material provisions thereof been waived, except pursuant to a written agreement or agreement which has heretofore been delivered to the Lender. Schedule 5.22 sets forth all Indebtedness of Borrower that Lender has required be subordinated to the Obligations as of the Effective Date.

 

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5.23      Material Contracts . As of the Effective Date, other than as set forth in Schedule 5.23 , each Material Contract is, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents will be, in full force and effect in accordance with the terms thereof and neither Borrower nor a Subsidiary thereof has violated in any material respect any such Material Contract.

 

5.24      Schedules . Each of the Schedules attached to this Agreement sets forth a true, correct and complete description, in all material respects, of the matter or matters covered thereby.

 

Article Six
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

The Loan Parties covenant and agree that so long as the Credit Facilities have not been terminated hereunder or any Obligation remains unpaid or outstanding:

 

6.01      Financial Statements and Other Information . The Loan Parties shall, or shall cause the appropriate Person to, deliver:

 

(a)     as soon as available and in any event within 120 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of Borrower, (i) a copy of the annual audit report and audited financial statements for such Fiscal Year for Borrower and its direct and indirect Subsidiaries, containing a consolidated balance sheet of Borrower and its direct and indirect Subsidiaries, as of the end of such Fiscal Year and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows (together with all footnotes thereto) of Borrower and its direct and indirect Subsidiaries, for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail and reported on by an independent public accountant acceptable to the Lender (without a “going concern” or like qualification, exception or explanation and without any qualification or exception as to scope of such audit) to the effect that such financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and the results of operations of Borrower and its direct and indirect Subsidiaries, for such Fiscal Year on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and that the examination by such accountants in connection with such consolidated financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and (ii) copies of internally prepared consolidating balance sheet and consolidating statement of income for Borrower and its direct and indirect Subsidiaries as of the end of such Fiscal Year certified by Borrower’s Financial Officer;

 

(b)     as soon as available and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter, an internally prepared consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of Borrower and its direct and indirect Subsidiaries, as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter and the related unaudited consolidated and consolidating statement of income and unaudited consolidated statement of cash flows of Borrower and its direct and indirect Subsidiaries for the then elapsed portion of such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures (as applicable) for the corresponding Fiscal Quarter, the corresponding portion of Borrower’s previous Fiscal Year and Borrower’s budget, certified to Lender by the Financial Officer of Borrower;

 

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(c)     concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in subparagraphs (a) and (b) above, a Compliance Certificate signed by the Financial Officer of Borrower and containing a covenant compliance worksheet in form and substance acceptable to Lender;

 

(d)     within seven (7) days of filing thereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Borrower shall submit to Lender true and complete copies of all reports or other filings filed with the Securities Exchange Commission;

 

(e)     upon occurrence, prompt written notice of any change (i) in any of the Loan Parties’ organizational name, (ii) in the jurisdiction of organization or formation of any Loan Party, (iii) in any Loan Party’s identity or form of organization or (iv) in any Loan Party’s Federal Taxpayer Identification Number. The Loan Parties agree not to effect or permit any change referred to in the preceding sentence unless all filings have been made under the UCC or otherwise that are required in order for the Lender to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Lender hereby acknowledges and consents to the following, which Borrower intends to consummate promptly following Borrower’s shareholder meeting scheduled for May 3, 2018: (A) Borrower changing its name to “Superior Group of Companies, Inc.;” and (B) SGC LLC changing its name to “Superior Uniform Group, LLC”; and

 

(f)     promptly following any request therefor by Lender, such other information regarding the results of operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Loan Parties and their respective direct or indirect Subsidiaries, as Lender may reasonably request.

 

6.02      Maintenance of Insurance, Financial Records and Existence .

 

(a)      Required Insurance . Borrower and its direct or indirect Subsidiaries, shall maintain or cause to be maintained insurance on their properties and assets against fire, casualty, public liability, as well as general liability, and other liability insurance related to the business of the Loan Parties as is customary for such business, all in such amounts, with such deductibles and with such insurers as are customary for such business (the “ Required Insurance ”). All of the policies relating to the Required Insurance shall contain standard “lender loss payable” and “additional insured” clauses issued in favor of Lender (where applicable) pursuant to which all losses thereunder shall be paid to Lender as Lender’s interests may appear. Such policies shall expressly provide that the Required Insurance cannot be canceled without sixty (60) days’ (or ten (10) days with respect to nonpayment of premium) prior written notice to Lender. At or prior to the Effective Date, Borrower shall furnish Lender with insurance certificates certified as true and correct and being in full force and effect as of the Effective Date or such other evidence of the Required Insurance as Lender may require. In the event Borrower fails to procure or cause to be procured any of the Required Insurance or to timely pay or cause to be paid the premium(s) on any of the Required Insurance, Lender may do so for Borrower and its direct or indirect Subsidiaries, if any, but Borrower shall continue to be liable for the same. Borrower further covenants that all insurance premiums owing under their respective current casualty policy or policies will be paid when due. Borrower also agrees to notify Lender, promptly, upon Borrower’s receipt of a notice of termination, cancellation or non-renewal from its insurance company of any of the Required Insurance. Borrower hereby appoints Lender as its attorney-in-fact, exercisable at Lender’s option upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to endorse any check which may be payable to Borrower in order to collect the proceeds of the Required Insurance.

 

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(b)      Financial Records . Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries shall keep current and accurate books of records and accounts in which full and correct entries in all material respects will be made of all of its business transactions, and will reflect in its financial statements adequate accruals and appropriations to reserves, all in accordance with GAAP. Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall not change their Fiscal Year end date without prior written notice to Lender.

 

(c)      Existence and Rights. Except to the extent permitted under Section 7.03, each of the Loan Parties shall do (or cause to be done) all things reasonably necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and good standing and each such Loan Party’s rights and franchises.

 

6.03      Notices of Material Events . The Loan Parties shall furnish to Lender prompt written notice of the following:

 

(a)     the occurrence of any Default Condition or Event of Default;

 

(b)     receipt by Borrower of any notice that Borrower’s common stock is to, or will, be delisted from the NASDAQ Global Market® Exchange.

 

(c)     the filing or commencement of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority, against or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, affecting any Loan Party which, if adversely determined, has or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(d)     the occurrence of any event or any other development by which any Loan Party (i) fails to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) becomes subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) receives notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability, or (iv) becomes aware of any basis for any Environmental Liability and in each of the preceding clauses, which individually or in the aggregate, has or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(e)     the occurrence of any Acquisition;

 

(f)     the formation of any Subsidiary;

 

(g)     the occurrence of any ERISA Event that alone, or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, has or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(h)     the occurrence of any default or event of default, or the receipt by any Loan Party of any written notice of an alleged default or event of default, in respect of any Material Indebtedness of any Loan Party; and

 

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(i)     any other development that results in, or would reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Each notice delivered under this Section 6.03 shall be accompanied by a written statement of a Responsible Officer of Borrower setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

 

6.04      Existence; Conduct of Business . Except to the extent permitted under Section 7.03, each Loan Party that is not a natural person shall do or cause to be done all things reasonably necessary to preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect their legal existence and their respective rights, licenses, permits, privileges, franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names material to the conduct of its business, and will continue to engage in the same business as presently conducted or such other businesses that are reasonably related thereto.

 

6.05      Litigation . The Loan Parties shall give prompt notice to Lender of any litigation claiming in excess of $1,000,000.00 from any Loan Party or which could reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.06      Taxes . The Loan Parties shall pay taxes when due (other than taxes based upon or measured by Lender’s income or revenues or other Excluded Taxes), if any, in connection with the Credit Facilities and/or the recording of any financing statements or other Loan Documents. The Obligations of the Loan Parties under this section shall survive the payment of Borrower’s Obligations under this Agreement and the termination of this Agreement.

 

6.07      Compliance with Laws, etc . The Loan Parties shall comply with all laws, rules, regulations and requirements of any Governmental Authority applicable to its business and properties, including without limitation, all Environmental Laws, ERISA, and OSHA, except where the failure to do so, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.08      Payment of Obligations . The Loan Parties shall pay and discharge at or before maturity, all of their respective obligations and liabilities (including without limitation all tax liabilities and claims that could result in a statutory Lien) before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the affected Loan Party has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and (c) the failure to make payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.09      Books and Records . Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities to the extent necessary to prepare the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in conformity with GAAP.

 

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6.10      Visitation, Inspection, etc . The Loan Parties will permit any of Lender’s officers or other representatives to visit and inspect any such Loan Party’s location(s) or where any Collateral is kept upon reasonable prior notice during regular business hours to examine and audit all of such Loan Party’s books of account, records, reports and other papers, to make copies and extracts therefrom and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its officers, employees and independent certified public accountants and attorneys. The Loan Parties shall pay to Lender all reasonable fees, costs and expenses actually incurred by Lender in connection with such inspections; provided that, unless a Default Condition or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Loan Parties shall only be required to pay such fees, costs and expenses for one such inspection or audit per calendar year.

 

6.11      Collateral Reporting . The Loan Parties agree to furnish to the Lender such information as Lender reasonably requires in connection with monitoring the Collateral, at the times and in the manner reasonably determined by Lender.

 

6.12      Maintenance of Properties . Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of their respective businesses in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted.

 

6.13      Use of Proceeds . Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Credit Facilities solely for the purposes provided herein. No part of the proceeds of the Credit Facilities will be used, whether directly or indirectly, (i) for any purpose that would violate any rule or regulation of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, including Regulations T, U or X; (ii) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (iii) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country or (iv) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.

 

6.14      Depository Relationship . Borrower shall establish and maintain, and shall cause its Domestic Subsidiaries to establish and maintain, so long as the Obligations have not been paid in full in cash or any commitment of Lender to loan money hereunder remains open, Lender as the principal depository in which substantially all of the funds of Borrower and its direct and indirect Domestic Subsidiaries, are deposited and the principal bank of account for Borrower and its direct and indirect Domestic Subsidiaries as long as any Obligations are outstanding, but excluding, in each case, so long as no Default Condition or Event of Default has occurred, Excluded Accounts.

 

6.15      Leased Premises . Lender may require at any time or from time to time any leased premises be subject to a Collateral Access Agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Lender.

 

6.16      Minimum Coverage Ratio . Borrower and its direct and indirect Subsidiaries shall maintain a Coverage Ratio of not less than 1.25 to 1.00 calculated as of the end of each Fiscal Year and as of the end of each Fiscal Quarter for the trailing twelve (12) month period ending as of the end of each such Fiscal Quarter; provided, however, in the event of a Permitted Acquisition or Approved Acquisition, Borrower and its direct and indirect Subsidiaries shall maintain a Coverage Ratio of not less than 1.25 to 1.00 for the period of four (4) Fiscal Quarters most recently completed. For the purposes hereof the term “ Coverage Ratio ” shall mean EBITDA for the period of measure divided by the sum of all required principal payments (whether or not actually paid) on long term debt and Capital Lease Obligations required to be paid in cash (whether or not actually paid) plus Interest Expense required to be paid in cash (whether or not actually paid) for the period of measure, plus earnouts associated with Acquisitions consummated prior to the Effective Date or any Permitted Acquisitions or Approved Acquisitions (whether or not actually paid) for the period of measure.

 

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6.17      Intentionally omitted.

 

6.18      Maximum Funded Indebtedness to EBITDA Ratio . Borrower and its direct and indirect Subsidiaries shall maintain a Funded Indebtedness to EBITDA Ratio of not more than 4.00 to 1.00 calculated as of the end of each Fiscal Year and as of the end of each Fiscal Quarter for the trailing twelve (12) month period ending as of the end of each such Fiscal Quarter. For the purposes hereof the term “ Funded Indebtedness to EBITDA Ratio ” shall mean the ratio of (i) Indebtedness (a) in respect of money borrowed or (b) evidenced by a note, debenture or other like written obligation to pay money (both senior debt and subordinated debt) or (c) in respect of Capital Lease Obligations or (d) in respect of obligations or liabilities under conditional sales or other title retention agreements and (e) in respect of the balance of any earnout associated with Acquisitions consummated prior to the Effective Date or any Permitted Acquisition or Approved Acquisition to (ii) EBITDA, for the period of measure.

 

6.19      Additional Subsidiaries .

 

(a)     If any Subsidiary of Borrower or any other Loan Party is acquired or formed after the Effective Date, the Loan Parties will promptly notify the Lender thereof in writing and, within thirty (30) days after any such Subsidiary is acquired or formed, will cause such Subsidiary other than a Foreign Subsidiary to become a Subsidiary Loan Party and a Guarantor of the Obligations and Borrower, if such Subsidiary is a Domestic Subsidiary of Borrower, or the applicable other Loan Party, if such Subsidiary is a Domestic Subsidiary of any such other Loan Party shall within said thirty (30) day period pledge or cause to be pledged to Lender as collateral security for the Obligations, as required by Lender, subject to no other lien or encumbrance, one hundred percent (100%) of the Capital Stock owned by Borrower or any other Loan Party in such Domestic Subsidiary; provided, however , that in the event any Subsidiary formed or acquired after the Effective Date is a Material Foreign Subsidiary (and if any Immaterial Foreign Subsidiary becomes a Material Foreign Subsidiary), then the applicable Loan Parties shall as soon as reasonably practical and in any event within ninety (90) days after any such Subsidiary is acquired or formed (or in the case of an Immaterial Foreign Subsidiary that becomes a Material Foreign Subsidiary, as soon as reasonably practical and in any event within ninety (90) days after such Immaterial Foreign Subsidiary becomes a Material Foreign Subsidiary) (or such longer period approved in writing by Lender in its sole discretion), pledge or cause to be pledged to Lender as collateral security for the Obligations, as required by Lender, subject to no other lien or encumbrance, the Capital Stock issued by such Material Foreign Subsidiary that is owned by Borrower or any other Loan Party, but only to the extent of 65% of such Capital Stock issued by said Foreign Subsidiary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained herein shall prevent the Borrower from pledging to Lender as collateral security for the Obligations, subject to no other lien or encumbrance, the Capital Stock issued by any Foreign Subsidiary, whether or not such Foreign Subsidiary is a Material Foreign Subsidiary.

 

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(b)     A Domestic Subsidiary of Borrower or any other Loan Party shall become a Subsidiary Loan Party and a Guarantor of the Obligations by executing and delivering to Lender a Joinder to Credit Agreement, a Subsidiary Guaranty Supplement, a Security Agreement Supplement and such other Security Documents as are required by Section 6.20 accompanied by (i) all other Loan Documents related thereto, (ii) certified copies of certificates or articles of incorporation or organization, by-laws, membership operating agreements or limited liability company agreements, partnership agreements, and other organizational documents, appropriate authorizing resolutions of the board of directors or other applicable governing body of such Subsidiaries, and, if required by Lender, opinions of counsel addressing such matters as Lender shall require, and (iii) such other documents as the Lender may reasonably request.

 

(c)     If at any time there are Foreign Subsidiaries which are classified as Non-Pledged Immaterial Foreign Subsidiaries but which collectively: (i) generate 10% or more of EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the four (4) fiscal quarter period most recently ended for which financial statements have been delivered (or are required to have been delivered) under Section 6.01, or (ii) have total assets equal to or greater than $1,500,000, then the Borrower shall promptly, but in any event within ninety (90) days, pledge or cause to be pledged to Lender as collateral security for the Obligations, upon terms and conditions satisfactory to Lender, subject to no other lien or encumbrance, the Capital Stock issued by such Immaterial Foreign Subsidiaries (but only to the extent of sixty-five percent (65%) of such Capital Stock issued by said Foreign Subsidiary) such that after such Capital Stock is pledged hereunder, all Non-Pledged Immaterial Foreign Subsidiaries collectively shall: (a) generate less than 10% of EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the four (4) fiscal quarter period most recently ended for which financial statements have been delivered (or are required to have been delivered) under Section 6.01, and (b) own assets of less than $1,500,000 as reflected in the financial statements most recently delivered on or prior to such date.

 

6.20      Further Assurances . Subject to the limitations and agreements set forth herein or in the other Loan Documents, the Loan Parties shall execute any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all further action (including filing Uniform Commercial Code and other financing statements, and preparing all documentation relating to filings under the Federal Assignment of Claims Act) that may be required under applicable law, or that Lender may reasonably request consistent with terms hereof, in order to effectuate the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and in order to grant, preserve, protect and perfect the validity and first priority of the security interests created or intended to be created by the Security Documents. In addition, from time to time, the Loan Parties shall, at their sole cost and expense, promptly secure the Obligations by pledging or creating, or causing to be pledged or created, perfected security interests with respect to such of the non-real estate assets and properties of Borrower and its direct and indirect Domestic Subsidiaries, as the Lender shall designate. Such security interests and Liens will be created under the Security Documents and other security agreements and other instruments and documents in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender, and the Loan Parties shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Lender all such instruments and documents (including legal opinions, ownership and encumbrances reports and lien searches) as Lender shall reasonably request to evidence compliance with this Section 6.20 . The Loan Parties agree to provide such evidence as Lender shall reasonably request as to the perfection and priority status of each such security interest and Lien. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Loan Parties shall give prompt notice to Lender of the acquisition by Borrower of any direct or indirect Subsidiary.

 

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Article Seven
NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

The Loan Parties covenant and agree that so long as any Obligation remains outstanding:

 

7.01      Indebtedness and Disqualified Stock . The Borrower and its direct and indirect Subsidiaries will not issue any Disqualified Stock or create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:

 

(a)     Indebtedness created pursuant to the Loan Documents;

 

(b)     the Subordinated Debt;

 

(c)     Indebtedness of the Borrower and its direct and indirect Subsidiaries existing on the date hereof (excluding Indebtedness described in the other subsections of this Section 7.01) and set forth on Schedule 7.01 and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof (immediately prior to giving effect to such extension, renewal or replacement) or shorten the maturity or the weighted average life thereof;

 

(d)     Indebtedness of the Borrower owing to any direct or indirect Subsidiary and of any direct or indirect Subsidiary owing to the Borrower or any other direct or indirect Subsidiary; provided that any such Indebtedness that is owed by a Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party to a Loan Party, when taken together with the aggregate amount of capital contributions by Loan Parties in or to any direct or indirect Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party permitted by Section 7.04(d) , and Guarantees by Loan Parties of Indebtedness of any direct or indirect Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party (including all such Guarantees existing on the Effective Date) permitted by the succeeding subparagraph (e), shall be subject to the limitation set forth in Section 7.04(d) ;

 

(e)     Guarantees by the Borrower of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary and by any Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided, that Guarantees by any Loan Party of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party, when taken together with the Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party permitted by the foregoing subparagraph (d) and the aggregate amount of capital contributions by Loan Parties in or to any direct or indirect Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party permitted by Section 7.04(d) , shall be subject to the limitation set forth in Section 7.04(d);

 

(f)     Indebtedness other than Capital Lease Obligations not exceeding in the aggregate $500,000.00 at any time outstanding, for the purposes of acquiring equipment, inventory and/or other personal property used in the operation of the business of the Loan Parties, and Capital Lease Obligations not to exceed the aggregate amount of $1,000,000.00 at any time outstanding;

 

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(g)     Indebtedness in respect of Hedging Obligations permitted by Section 7.10 hereof;

 

(h)     Indebtedness owed to any bank in respect of any overdrafts and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository and cash management services or in connection with any automated clearing house transfers of funds;

 

(i)     Indebtedness consisting of Contingent Obligations of any Loan Party in respect of the Indebtedness of any other Loan Party, but only to the extent that such Indebtedness of any other Loan Party is otherwise permitted as provided in this Section 7.01;

 

(j)     Indebtedness associated with, but only to extent of, Liens permitted pursuant to Section 7.02(c) hereof;

 

(k)     Indebtedness in respect of any earnout associated with any Acquisition consummated prior to the Effective Date or any Permitted Acquisition or Approved Acquisition, provided that (A) with respect to both of the foregoing such obligations are unsecured, and (B) with respect to any earnout associated with a Permitted Acquisition or Approved Acquisition, the Borrower would be in compliance with the financial covenants in Sections 6.17 through 6.19 after giving pro forma effect to the maximum earnout amount.

 

(l)     Indebtedness in respect of deferred purchase price of property or services (whether assets or Capital Stock), other than in respect of earnouts associated with any Permitted Acquisition or Approved Acquisition, that is and shall remain unsecured and shall be subordinated to the Obligations on terms and conditions satisfactory to Lender, and not to exceed $250,000.00 in the aggregate at any time outstanding;

 

(m)     in each case to the extent (if any) that such obligations constitute Indebtedness, (i) customary indemnification obligations in connection with any Acquisition consummated prior to the Effective Date, Permitted Acquisitions, Approved Acquisitions and dispositions permitted under the Agreement, (ii) reimbursement or indemnification obligations owed to any Person providing workers’ compensation, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance, (iii) obligations for deferred payment of insurance premiums, and (iv) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements; provided, in each case, that such obligation arises in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the obtaining of financing; and

 

(n)     additional unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount (for the Borrower and all Subsidiaries (both direct and indirect)) not to exceed $250,000 at any one time outstanding.

 

7.02      Negative Pledge . Without the prior written consent of Lender, the Borrower and its direct and indirect Subsidiaries shall not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any of their assets or property now owned or hereafter acquired, except:

 

(a)     Liens securing the Obligations;

 

(b)     Permitted Encumbrances;

 

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(c)     Liens securing the Subordinated Debt, to the extent subordinated pursuant to the applicable Subordination Agreement;

 

(d)     Liens securing not more than $2,000,000.00 in the aggregate on assets of Borrower and/or its direct and indirect Subsidiaries for statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

 

(e)     any Liens on any property or asset of Borrower existing on the Effective Date set forth on Schedule 7.02 ; provided , that such Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset of Borrower;

 

(f)     extensions, renewals, or replacements of any Lien referred to in paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Section 7.02 ; provided, that the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased and that any such extension, renewal or replacement is limited to the assets originally encumbered thereby;

 

(g)     Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statements regarding operating leases;

 

(h)     Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.01(f) ; provided that, (i) such Liens shall be created substantially simultaneously with the acquisition of such assets or entry into such lease, and (ii) such Liens do not at any time encumber any assets other than the assets financed by such Indebtedness;

 

(i)     Liens existing on any property or asset prior to the acquisition thereof by Borrower or any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries or existing on any property or asset of any Person that becomes a Loan Party after the date hereof prior to the time such Person becomes a Loan Party; provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a Loan Party, as the case may be, (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or assets of such Loan Party (other than after acquired property affixed thereto or incorporated therein and proceeds or products thereof) and (iii) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Loan Party, as the case may be;

 

(j)     Liens of a collecting bank arising in the ordinary course of business under Section 4-208 of the UCC in effect in the relevant jurisdiction covering only the items being collected upon; and

 

(k)     extensions, renewals, or replacements of any Lien referred to in the foregoing subparagraphs (a) through (h) of this Section 7.02 ; provided, that the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased and that any such extension, renewal or replacement is limited to the assets originally encumbered thereby.

 

7.03      Fundamental Changes .

 

(a)     The Loan Parties shall not, and shall not permit any of their respective direct or indirect Subsidiaries to, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of (in a single transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (in each case, whether now owned or hereafter acquired) or all or substantially all of the stock of any of its Subsidiaries (in each case, whether now owned or hereafter acquired) or liquidate or dissolve, except for (i) mergers (A) of Subsidiaries of Borrower into Borrower, or (B) of Subsidiaries of Borrower into other Subsidiaries of Borrower and (ii) dispositions between Subsidiaries of Borrower or by Subsidiaries of Borrower to Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, SGC LLC may be dissolved at any time prior to December 31, 2018, so long as, at such time, SGC LLC is not engaged in any business activities and does not hold any assets.

 

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(b)     The Loan Parties shall not, and shall not permit any of their respective direct or indirect Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than businesses that are similar or complementary to the type conducted by Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the date hereof and businesses complementary or reasonably related thereto.

 

(c)     The Loan Parties shall not suffer a Change in Control.

 

(d)     The Loan Parties shall not, and shall not permit any of their respective direct or indirect Subsidiaries to, make any Acquisition other than a Permitted Acquisition or an Approved Acquisition.

 

7.04      Investments, Loans, etc . The Loan Parties shall not, and shall not permit any of their respective direct or indirect Subsidiaries to, purchase, hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary prior to such merger), any common stock, evidence of indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant, or other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances to, guaranty any obligations of, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest in, any other Person (all of the foregoing being collectively called “ Investments ”), or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) any assets of any other Person that constitute a business unit, or create or form any Subsidiary, except:

 

(a)     Investments (other than Permitted Investments) existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 7.04 (including Investments in Subsidiaries), and any modification, replacement, renewal, reinvestment or extension thereof (provided that the amount of the original Investment is not increased except as otherwise permitted by this Section 7.04 );

 

(b)     Permitted Investments;

 

(c)     Guarantees constituting Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.01 hereof; provided, that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Loan Parties that is guaranteed by any Loan Party, when taken together with the Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.01(d) and the aggregate amount of Investments by Loan Parties in or to any direct or indirect Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party (including all such Investments existing on the Effective Date) permitted by the succeeding subparagraph (d), shall be subject to the limitation set forth in the following subparagraph (d);

 

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(d)     Investments made by the Borrower in or to any Subsidiary and by any Subsidiary to the Borrower or in or to another Subsidiary; provided , that:

 

 

(i)

the aggregate amount of capital contributions by Loan Parties in or to any direct or indirect Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party, and Guarantees by Loan Parties of Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party (including all such Guarantees existing on the Effective Date) permitted by the foregoing subparagraph (c) and Section 7.01(e) , when taken together with the Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.01(d) of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party owed to a Loan Party (without duplication), shall not exceed $15,000,000.00 at any time outstanding in the aggregate; and

 

 

(ii)

the aggregate amount of capital contributions by Loan Parties in or to any Non-Pledged Foreign Subsidiary (as defined herein) and Guarantees by Loan Parties of Indebtedness of Non-Pledged Foreign Subsidiaries (including all such Guarantees existing on the Effective Date) permitted by the foregoing subparagraph (c) and Section 7.01(e) , when taken together with the Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.01(d) of any Non-Pledged Foreign Subsidiary owed to a Loan Party (without duplication) shall not exceed $1,500,000.00 at any time outstanding in the aggregate. “Non-Pledged Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean each Foreign Subsidiary that is not owned by SUG Holding and 65% of the Capital Stock issued by said Foreign Subsidiary has not been pledged to Lender as collateral security for the Obligations;

 

(e)     Permitted Acquisitions and Approved Acquisitions;

 

(f)     Hedging Transactions permitted by Section 7.10 hereof;

 

(g)     Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement of delinquent accounts and disputes with, customers, licensors, licensees and suppliers, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

 

(h)     loans and advances in the ordinary course of business to employees, officers and directors so long as the aggregate principal amount thereof at any time outstanding (determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs of such loans and advances) shall not exceed $500,000.00;

 

(i)     extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;

 

(j)     Investments made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from a sale, transfer or other disposition of any asset in compliance with this Agreement;

 

(k)     Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of endorsements for collection or deposit.

 

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7.05      Restricted Payments . Except as provided herein below, the Loan Parties shall not, and shall not permit or cause any of their respective direct or indirect Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, declare or make any Restricted Payment or enter into any agreement to make any Restricted Payment, except for dividends payable by Borrower solely in shares of any class of its Capital Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) provided that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and no Event of Default or Default Condition will result therefrom, Borrower may pay dividends on account of its Capital Stock; (ii) provided that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and no Event of Default or Default Condition will result therefrom, any Loan Party and any Subsidiary of any Loan Party may make Restricted Payments to any other Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party (for clarification, the foregoing shall not permit any Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party to make any Restricted Payment in contravention of any other provision of this Section 7.05 to any Person holding Capital Stock in such Loan Party), and (iii) any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party may make Restricted Payments for the purposes of making payments on the Subordinated Debt but only as and to the extent permitted by the Subordination Agreement applicable thereto.

 

7.06      Sale of Assets . The Loan Parties shall not, and shall not permit any of their respective direct or indirect Subsidiaries to, convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, any of their assets, business or property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or, in the case of any Subsidiary, issue or sell any shares of such Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to any Person other than a Loan Party, except:

 

(a)     the sale or other disposition for fair market value of obsolete, uneconomical or worn out property or other property not necessary for operations disposed of in the ordinary course of business or which is replaced with new property serving the same or reasonably equivalent function and having a value of not less than that of the property which has been sold or disposed of; and

 

(b)     the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business;

 

(c)     the sale of Permitted Investments (excluding Investments in the equity of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party) in the ordinary course of business;

 

(d)     intercompany sales or other intercompany transfers of assets among the Borrower and its direct or indirect Subsidiaries;

 

(e)     each Loan Party and their respective Subsidiaries may grant licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases in the ordinary course of business to other Persons not materially interfering with the conduct of the business of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary, in each case so long as no such grant would adversely affect any Collateral or Lender’s rights or remedies with respect thereto; and

 

(f)     other sales of assets having a fair market value not in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate per Fiscal Year of Borrower.

 

7.07      Transactions with Affiliates . Except with respect to any Restricted Payments permitted by Section 7.05 hereof, the Loan Parties shall not, and shall not permit any of their respective direct or indirect Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property, assets or services from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any Affiliate or Subsidiary which is not itself a Loan Party, except (i) in the ordinary course of business at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable to such Loan Party or such Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties and (ii) any Restricted Payments permitted by Section 7.05 .

 

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7.08      Restrictive Agreements . The Loan Parties shall not, and shall not permit any of their respective direct or indirect Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon (a) the ability of the Loan Parties or any of their respective direct or indirect Subsidiaries to create, incur or permit any Lien upon any of its assets or properties, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or (b) the ability of any of the Loan Parties’ respective direct or indirect Subsidiaries to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to its Capital Stock, to make or repay loans or advances to any Loan Party, or any of their respective direct or indirect Subsidiaries or to transfer any of its property or assets to any other Loan Party or their respective direct or indirect Subsidiaries; provided , that the foregoing shall not apply to (i) restrictions or conditions imposed by law including without limitation regulations of any Governmental Authority or by this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions are applicable solely to the assets or property securing such Indebtedness, or (iii) ordinary and customary provisions of leases or other contracts restricting the assignment thereof.

 

7.09      Sale and Leaseback Transactions . The Loan Parties shall not, and shall not permit any of their respective direct or indirect Subsidiaries to, enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereinafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property sold or transferred.

 

7.10      Hedging Transactions . The Loan Parties shall not, and shall not permit any of their respective direct or indirect Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into any Hedging Transaction, other than (i) with respect to Rate Management Obligations with Lender or affiliates of Lender or in lieu thereof Hedging Transactions with another counterparty acceptable to Lender, or (ii) Hedging Transactions entered into in the ordinary course of business to hedge or mitigate risks to which a Loan Party, or its direct or indirect Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, is exposed in the conduct of its business or the management of its liabilities. Solely for the avoidance of doubt, the Loan Parties acknowledge that a Hedging Transaction entered into for speculative purposes or of a speculative nature (which shall be deemed to include any Hedging Transaction under which a Loan Party is or may become obliged to make any payment (i) in connection with the purchase by any third party of any Capital Stock or any Indebtedness or (ii) as a result of changes in the market value of any Capital Stock or any Indebtedness) is not a Hedging Transaction entered into in the ordinary course of business to hedge or mitigate risks.

 

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7.11      Amendment to Material Documents .

 

(a)     Except with respect to any amendment required to be made pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Loan Parties shall not, and shall not permit any of their respective direct or indirect Subsidiaries to, amend, modify or waive any of its rights in a manner materially adverse to the Lender, or which could otherwise be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect under (i) its articles of incorporation, articles of organization, bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement, or other organizational documents, as applicable, (ii) the documents or instruments evidencing and/or securing the Subordinated Debt, or (iii) any Material Contract.

 

(b)     Borrower shall not amend, supplement or otherwise modify (pursuant to a waiver or otherwise) the terms and conditions of the indemnities and licenses furnished to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the CID Transaction Documents or the transaction documents necessary to consummate a Permitted Acquisition or an Approved Acquisition if such amendment, supplement or modification would be materially adverse to the interests of the Loan Parties, or their respective direct or indirect Subsidiaries, or the Lender with respect thereto, or otherwise amend, supplement or otherwise modify the terms and conditions of the CID Transaction Documents or the transaction documents necessary to consummate a Permitted Acquisition or an Approved Acquisition except to the extent that any such amendment, supplement or modification could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

7.12      Accounting Changes . The Loan Parties shall not, and shall not permit any of their respective direct or indirect Subsidiaries to, make any significant change in accounting treatment or reporting practices, except as required or permitted by GAAP, or change the Fiscal Year of any Loan Party or of any of their respective Subsidiaries.

 

7.13      Lease Obligations . The Loan Parties will not, and will not permit any direct or indirect Subsidiary to, create or suffer to exist any obligations for the payment under operating leases or agreements to lease (but (x) excluding any obligations under leases required to be classified as capital leases under GAAP and (y) including those operating leases related to contracts between any Loan Party and its clients for which a Loan Party is no longer liable for the operating lease payments in the event that such contract is cancelled (other than obligations expressly stated to survive assumption, transfer or termination of such contracts)) which would cause the annual lease expense of the Loan Parties, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, under such leases or agreements to lease to exceed the greater of (a) $2,500,000.00 in the aggregate, and (b) an amount equal to 1.00% of gross revenue of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis for the applicable fiscal year.

 

7.14      Article 8 Matters . With respect to any Loan Party, or any direct or indirect Subsidiary of any Loan Party, which is a partnership or a limited liability company, no Loan Party, or any direct or indirect Subsidiary of a Loan Party, shall take any vote or action making an election under Article 8 of the UCC (i) if such Person has previously made an election to treat its partnership interests or membership interests as “securities” within the meaning of Article 8 of the UCC, to have such Person’s equity interests treated as other than “securities” or (ii) if any such Person has not previously made an election to treat its partnership interests or membership interests as “securities” within the meaning of Article 8 of the UCC, to have such Person’s equity interests treated as “securities,” in either case without Lender’s prior written consent, in its sole and absolute discretion.

 

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7.15      Subordinated Debt Payments . The Loan Parties shall not make any payment in contravention of the terms and conditions of any Subordination Agreements.

 

Article Eight
EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

8.01      Events of Default . If any of the following events (each an “ Event of Default ”) shall occur:

 

(a)     Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of the 2017 Term Loan, the 2018 Term Loan or the Revolving Credit Facility when and as the same shall become due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the 2017 Term Loan Note, the 2018 Term Loan Note or the Amended and Restated Revolving Note, as applicable, whether at the due date thereof, at a date fixed for prepayment, upon acceleration or otherwise; or

 

(b)     Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on the 2017 Term Loan, the 2018 Term Loan or the Revolving Credit Facility or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount payable under subparagraph (a) of this Section 8.01 ) payable under this Agreement, the 2017 Term Loan Note, the 2018 Term Loan Note or the Amended and Restated Revolving Note, as applicable, or any other Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of ten (10) days; or

 

(c)     nonpayment by any Loan Party of any Rate Management Obligation when due or the breach by any Loan Party of any term, provision or condition contained in any Rate Management Agreement, and such nonpayment or breach shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the applicable Rate Management Agreement; or

 

(d)     any Loan Party shall default under, breach any agreement relating to, or fail to make when due any payment, with respect to, any Treasury Management Obligation, and such nonpayment or breach shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the applicable Rate Management Agreement; or

 

(e)     a default or event of default shall occur under or with respect to any other Obligation not otherwise specified in subparagraphs (a), (b), (c) or (d) above, and such default or event of default shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, therefor; or

 

(f)     any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan Party in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including the Schedules attached thereto) and any amendments or modifications hereof or waivers hereunder, or in any certificate, report, financial statement or other document submitted to Lender by any Loan Party, or any representative thereof pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall prove to be materially incorrect when made or deemed made or submitted; or

 

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(g)     any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant or agreement contained in Sections 6.01 , 6.02 , 6.03 , 6.04 , 6.05 , 6.06 , 6.13 , 6.14 , 6.16 , 6.17 , 6.18 , 6.19 , 6.20 , or Article Seven hereof; or

 

(h)     any Loan Party shall fail to observe or perform any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those referred to in subparagraphs (a) through (g) above) or any other Loan Document, and such failure shall remain unremedied for thirty (30) days after the first to occur of (i) any executive officer of a Loan Party becomes aware of such failure or (ii) notice thereof shall have been given to Borrower by Lender; or

 

(i)     any Loan Party (whether as primary obligor or as guarantor or other surety) shall fail to pay any principal of, or premium or interest on, any Material Indebtedness that is outstanding, when and as the same shall become due and payable (whether at scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise), and such failure is not waived or shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument evidencing or governing such Material Indebtedness; or any other event shall occur or condition shall exist under any agreement or instrument relating to such Material Indebtedness and shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement or instrument, if the effect of such event or condition is to accelerate, the maturity of such Material Indebtedness; or any such Material Indebtedness shall be declared to be due and payable, or required to be prepaid or redeemed (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment or redemption), purchased or defeased, or any offer to prepay, redeem, purchase or defease such Material Indebtedness shall be required to be made, in each case prior to the stated maturity thereof; or

 

(j)     any Loan Party shall (i) commence a voluntary case or other proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a custodian, trustee, receiver, liquidator or other similar official of it or any substantial part of its property, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in subparagraph (i) of this Section 8.01(j) , (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a custodian, trustee, receiver, liquidator or other similar official for any Loan Party or for a substantial part of their assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or

 

(k)     an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other similar relief in respect of any Loan Party or their debts, or any substantial part of its assets, under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a custodian, trustee, receiver, liquidator or other similar official for Borrower, any other Loan Party or for a substantial part of their assets, and in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall remain undismissed for a period of sixty (60) days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered; or

 

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(l)     any Loan Party shall become unable to pay, shall admit in writing its inability to pay, or shall fail to pay, its debts as they become due; or

 

(m)     Borrower’s common stock shall be delisted from the NASDAQ Global Market® Exchange; or

 

(n)     an ERISA Event shall has occurred that, in the opinion of Lender, when taken together with other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in or have a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

(o)     any judgment or order for the payment of money, not fully covered by insurance or a bond, in excess of $500,000.00 in the aggregate shall be rendered against any Loan Party and either (i) enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order or (ii) there shall be a period of thirty (30) consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect; or

 

(p)     any non-monetary judgment or order shall be rendered against any Loan Party that has or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and there shall be a period of thirty (30) consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect; or

 

(q)     the modification of the terms or provisions of any agreement, instrument or other document relating to any Subordinated Debt without Lender’s prior written consent, unless such modification is permitted by the applicable Subordination Agreement; or

 

(r)     a Change in Control shall occur or exist with respect to any Loan Party; or

 

(s)     any security interest purported to be created by any Security Document shall cease to be, or shall be asserted by any Loan Party not to be, a valid, perfected, first priority (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or such Security Document) security interest in the securities, assets or properties covered thereby; or

 

(t)     any Loan Party shall be prohibited or otherwise restrained from conducting the business theretofore conducted by it in any manner that has or could reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect by virtue of any determination, ruling, decision, decree, ordinance, or order of any court of competent jurisdiction, Governmental Authority, or municipality; or

 

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(u)     there shall be any evidence received by Lender that reasonably leads it to believe that the Loan Parties may have directly or indirectly been engaged in any type of criminal activity which would be reasonably likely to result in the forfeiture of a substantial portion of their assets or properties to any Governmental Authority; or

 

(v)     the default beyond any grace period under any agreement with respect to any Subordinated Debt, and (i) such default consists of the failure to pay any principal, premium or interest with respect to such Indebtedness or (ii) such default consists of the failure to perform any covenant or agreement with respect to such Indebtedness, if the effect of such default is to cause or permit such Indebtedness to become due prior to its maturity date or prior to its regularly scheduled date of payment;

 

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Loan Parties described in subparagraph (j) or (k) of this Section 8.01 ) and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Lender may take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) declare the principal of and any accrued interest on the Credit Facilities, and all other Obligations owing hereunder, to be, whereupon the same shall become, due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Loan Parties, (ii) exercise all remedies contained in any other Loan Document, and (iii) exercise any other remedies available at law or in equity; and that, if an Event of Default specified in either subparagraph (j) or (k) of this Section 8. 01 shall occur, the principal of the Credit Facilities then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon, and all fees, and all other Obligations shall automatically immediately become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Loan Parties.

 

8.02      Application of Proceeds from Collateral . All proceeds from each sale of, or other realization upon, all or any part of the Collateral by the Lender after an Event of Default arises shall be applied as follows:

 

(a)      first , to the reimbursable expenses of the Lender incurred in connection with such sale or other realization upon the Collateral, until the same shall have been paid in full;

 

(b)      second , to the fees and other reimbursable expenses of the Lender then due and payable pursuant to any of the Loan Documents, until the same shall have been paid in full;

 

(c)      third , to interest then due and payable under the terms of this Agreement and the Notes, until the same shall have been paid in full;

 

(d)      fourth , to the outstanding principal amount of the Credit Facilities, in such order, manner and tenor as Lender shall determine in its sole absolute discretion, until the same shall have been paid in full to Lender;

 

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(e)      fifth , to all other Obligations until the same shall have been paid in full to Lender; and

 

(f)      sixth , to the extent any proceeds remain, to the Borrower or other parties lawfully entitled thereto.

 

Article Nine
MISCELLANEOUS

 

9.01      Notices .

 

(a)     Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone, all notices and other communications to any party herein to be effective shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:

 

  To the Loan Parties:

Superior Uniform Group, Inc.

10055 Seminole Boulevard

Seminole, Florida 33772

Attention: Andrew D. Demott, Jr.

     
    Facsimile Number: 727-803-2642
     
  With a copy to:

Hill Ward Henderson

101 East Kennedy Boulevard

Suite 3700

Tampa, Florida 33602

Attention: David S. Felman, Esquire

 

Facsimile Number: 813-221-2900

     
  To the Lender:

Branch Banking and Trust Company

400 N. Tampa Street

Suite 2500

Tampa, Florida 33602

Attention: Thomas M. Lambert

 

Facsimile Number: 813-314-3206

     
  With a copy to:

Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP

One West Fourth Street

Winston-Salem, NC 27101

Attention: Christopher E. Leon, Esq.

 

Facsimile Number: 336-726-6932

                                                             

 

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(b)     Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All such notices and other communications shall, when transmitted by overnight delivery, or faxed, be effective when delivered for overnight (next-day) delivery, or transmitted in legible form by facsimile machine, respectively, or if mailed, upon the third Business Day after the date deposited into the mail or if delivered, upon delivery; provided , that notices delivered to Lender shall not be effective until actually received by such Person at its address specified in this Section 9.01 .

 

(c)     Any agreement of the Lender to receive certain notices by telephone or facsimile is solely for the convenience and at the request of the Loan Parties. Lender shall be entitled to rely on the authority of any Person purporting to be a Person authorized by the Loan Parties to give such notice and Lender shall not have any liability to the Loan Parties or other Person on account of any action taken or not taken by Lender in reliance upon such telephonic or facsimile notice. The obligation of the Loan Parties to repay the Credit Facilities and all other Obligations hereunder shall not be affected in any way or to any extent by any failure of Lender to receive written confirmation of any telephonic or facsimile notice or the receipt by Lender of a confirmation which is at variance with the terms understood by Lender to be contained in any such telephonic or facsimile notice.

 

9.02      Waiver; Amendments .

 

(a)     No failure or delay by Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or any other Loan Document, and no course of dealing between the Loan Parties and Lender, shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power hereunder or thereunder. The rights and remedies of Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or consent to any departure by the Loan Parties therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by subparagraph (b) of this Section 9.02 , and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of an advance under the Credit Facilities shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default Condition or Event of Default, regardless of whether the Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default Condition or Event of Default at the time.

 

(b)     No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, nor consent to any departure by the Loan Parties therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Loan Parties and Lender and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.

 

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9.03      Expenses; Indemnification .

 

(a)     The Loan Parties shall, jointly and severally, pay (i) all reasonable, out-of-pocket costs and expenses of Lender, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for Lender, in connection with the preparation and administration of the Loan Documents and any amendments, modifications or waivers thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable, actual out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Lender in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of outside counsel and the allocated cost of inside counsel) incurred by Lender in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement, including its rights under this Section 9.03 , or in connection with the Credit Facilities opened by Lender in favor of Borrower hereunder or any Letters of Credit issued pursuant to the terms hereof, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Credit Facilities or Letters of Credit.

 

(b)     The Loan Parties shall indemnify Lender and each Related Party (each such Person being called an “ Indemnitee ”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), and shall indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee from all fees and time charges and disbursements for attorneys who may be employees of any Indemnitee, incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) the Credit Facilities or Letters of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by Lender to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or Release of Hazardous Substances on or from any property owned or operated by the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party, or any actual or alleged Environmental Liability related in any way to the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Loan Parties, or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (y) result from a claim brought by the Loan Parties, or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party against an Indemnitee for such Indemnitee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, if the Loan Parties, or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

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(c)     The Loan Parties shall, jointly and severally, pay, and hold Lender harmless from and against, any and all present and future stamp, documentary, and other similar taxes with respect to this Agreement and any other Loan Documents, any collateral described therein, or any payments due thereunder, and save the Lender harmless from and against any and all liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay or omission to pay such taxes.

 

(d)     The Loan Parties shall, jointly and severally, pay, and hold Lender harmless from and against any civil penalty or fine assessed by OFAC against, and all reasonable costs and expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements) incurred in connection with defense thereof by the Lender as a result of conduct of the Borrower that violates a sanction enforced by OFAC.

 

(e)     To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Loan Parties shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to actual or direct damages) arising out of, in connection with or as a result of, this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated therein, any loan or the use of proceeds thereof.

 

(f)     All amounts due under this Section 9.03 shall be payable promptly after written demand therefor.

 

9.04      Successors and Assigns .

 

(a)     The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) the Loan Parties may not assign or otherwise transfer any of their rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Lender and (ii) Lender may assign its rights and obligations hereunder and upon such assignment shall be relieved of all obligations hereunder. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subparagraph (b) of this Section 9.04 and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of Lender) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

(b)     Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Loan Parties, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person, the Loan Parties or any of their Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “ Participant ”) in all or a portion of Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement; provided that (i) Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Loan Parties shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.

 

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9.05      Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process .

 

(a)     This Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be construed in accordance with and be governed by the law (without giving effect to the conflict of law principles thereof) of the State of Florida. EACH LOAN DOCUMENT (OTHER THAN AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN A LOAN DOCUMENT) WILL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA .

 

(b)     The Loan Parties hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submit, for themselves and their property, to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court of the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division, and of any court of the State of Florida sitting in Hillsborough County, Florida, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such Florida state court or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against the Loan Parties or their properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

 

(c)     The Loan Parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection which they may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding described in paragraph (b) of this Section 9.05 and brought in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section 9.05 . Each of the parties hereto irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

 

(d)     Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to the service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

9.06    Waiver of Jury Trial . EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.06 .

 

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9.07      Right of Setoff . In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, Lender shall have the right, at any time or from time to time upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, without prior notice to the Loan Parties, any such notice being expressly waived by the Loan Parties to the extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply against all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) of the Loan Parties at any time held or other obligations at any time owing by Lender to or for the credit or the account of the Loan Parties against any and all Obligations held by Lender, irrespective of whether Lender shall have made demand hereunder and although such Obligations may be unmatured. Lender agree promptly to notify the Loan Parties after any such set-off and any application made by Lender; provided , that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.

 

9.08      Counterparts; Integration . This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Any party to this Agreement may execute a counterpart copy of this Agreement and deliver the same by telecopier, or by an electronically or digitally scanned copy signed counterpart stored in an electronic or digital format ( e.g. , “.pdf” or “.tft” format) which preserves the graphical or pictorial appearance of the original and delivered by electronic or digital means, such as electronic mail, so that the same may be printed in a tangible format, which shall be deemed an original for all purposes. This Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto and thereto regarding the subject matters hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, regarding such subject matters.

 

9.09      Survival . All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties herein and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of any Advances, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default Condition or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on the Credit Facilities or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid and so long as the Credit Facilities have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 3.10 , 3.13 , 3.14 , and 9.03 hereof shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Credit Facilities, the expiration or termination of the Credit Facilities or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof. All representations and warranties made herein, in the certificates, reports, notices, and other documents delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the making of any Advances.

 

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9.10      Severability . Any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability without affecting the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof or thereof; and the illegality, invalidity or unenforceability of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

9.11      Confidentiality . Lender agrees to take normal and reasonable precautions to maintain the confidentiality of any information provided to it by the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary in accordance with a previously executed confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement between such parties, except that such information may be disclosed (i) to any Related Party of the Lender, including without limitation accountants, legal counsel and other advisors, (ii) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (iii) to the extent requested by any regulatory agency or authority, (iv) to the extent that such information becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 9.11 , or which becomes available to the Lender or any Related Party of any of the foregoing on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Loan Parties, (v) in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder, and subject to provisions substantially similar to this Section 9.11 , to any actual or prospective assignee or Participant, or (vi) with the consent of the Loan Parties. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of any information as provided for in this Section 9.11 shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such information as such Person would accord its own confidential information.

 

9.12      Interest Rate Limitation . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to the Credit Facilities or any Advance, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which may be treated as interest on such Credit Facility under applicable law (collectively, the “ Charges ”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate of interest (the “ Maximum Rate ”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by Lender in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of the Credit Facilities or any Advance hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate.

 

9.13      Waiver of Effect of Corporate Seal . The Loan Parties represent and warrant that neither they nor any Subsidiary is required to affix its corporate seal to this Agreement or any other Loan Document pursuant to any Requirement of Law or regulation, agrees that this Agreement is delivered by Loan Parties under seal and waives any shortening of the statute of limitations that may result from not affixing the corporate seal to this Agreement or such other Loan Documents.

 

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9.14      Patriot Act . The Lender hereby notifies Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “ Patriot Act ”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies Loan Parties and each of their Subsidiaries, which information includes the name and address of such Person and other information that will allow such Lender to identify such Person in accordance with the Patriot Act. Each of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries shall provide to the extent commercially reasonable, such information and take such other actions as are reasonably requested by the Lender in order to assist the Lender in maintaining compliance with the Patriot Act.

 

9.15      Publicity . Each Loan Party consents to the publication by Lender of customary advertising material relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Loan Documents using Borrower’s or any other Loan Party’s name, product photographs, logo or trademark.

 

9.16      Post Closing Actions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the actions and other matters described in Annex X shall be completed in accordance with Annex X . The provisions of Annex X shall be deemed incorporated herein by reference as fully as if set forth herein in its entirety.

 

All provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, all conditions precedent, representations, warranties, covenants, events of default and other agreements herein and therein) shall be deemed modified to the extent necessary to effect the foregoing (and to permit the taking of the actions described above within the time periods required above, rather than as otherwise provided in the Loan Documents); provided that (x) to the extent any representation and warranty would not be true because the foregoing actions were not taken on the Effective Date the respective representation and warranty shall be required to be true and correct in all material respects at the time the respective action is taken (or was required to be taken) in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 9.16 and (y) all representations and warranties relating to the Security Documents shall be required to be true immediately after the actions required to be taken by this Section 9.16 have been taken (or were required to be taken). The acceptance of the benefits of the Credit Facilities shall constitute a covenant and agreement by each Loan Party to the Lender that the actions required pursuant to this Section 9.16 will be, or have been, taken within the relevant time periods referred to in this Section 9.16 and that, at such time, all representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall then be true and correct without any modification pursuant to this Section 9.16 . The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the failure to take any of the actions required above, within the relevant time periods required above, shall give rise to an immediate Event of Default pursuant to this Agreement.

 

9.17      Amendment and Restatement of Existing Credit Agreement. The parties to this Agreement agree that, on the Effective Date, the terms and provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement shall be and hereby are amended, superseded and restated in their entirety by the terms and provisions of this Agreement. This Agreement is not intended to and shall not constitute a novation, payment and reborrowing or termination of the Obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Existing Loan Documents as in effect prior to the Effective Date. All Advances made and Obligations incurred under the Existing Credit Agreement that are outstanding on the Effective Date shall continue as Advances and Obligations under (and shall be governed by the terms of) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the foregoing, on the Effective Date: (a) all references in the Existing Loan Documents to the “Credit Agreement” and the “Loan Documents” shall be deemed to refer to this Agreement and the Loan Documents, (b) all obligations constituting “Obligations” with Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender that are outstanding on the Effective Date shall continue as Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (c) the liens and security interests in favor of the Lender securing payment of the Obligations are in all respects continuing and in full force and effect with respect to all Obligations.

 

9.18      Consent and Reaffirmation. Each Guarantor hereby consents to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and agrees that each reference to the Existing Credit Agreement in the Loan Documents shall, on and after the date hereof, be deemed to be a reference to this Agreement. Each Guarantor hereby acknowledges and agrees that, after giving effect to this Agreement, all of its respective obligations and liabilities under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, as such obligations and liabilities have been amended by this Agreement, are reaffirmed, and remain in full force and effect.

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

Lender:

 

BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY,
a North Carolina banking corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/  Thomas M. Lambert

 

 

 

Thomas M. Lambert

Senior Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Signature Page to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

Borrower:

 

SUPERIOR UNIFORM GROUP, INC.,
a Florida corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/  Andrew D. Demott, Jr.  

 

 

 

Andrew D. Demott, Jr.  

 

 

 

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

Fashion Seal:

 

FASHION SEAL CORPORATION,
a Nevada corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/  Andrew D. Demott, Jr.

 

 

 

Andrew D. Demott, Jr.

 

 

 

President

 

 

 

 

 

TOG:

 

THE OFFICE GURUS, LLC,
a Florida limited liability company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

SUPERIOR UNIFORM GROUP, INC.,
a Florida corporation, its Sole Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew D. Demott, Jr.

 

   

Andrew D. Demott, Jr.,

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

BAMKO, LLC:

 

BAMKO, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

SUPERIOR UNIFORM GROUP, INC.,
a Florida corporation, its Sole Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew D. Demott, Jr.

 

   

Andrew D. Demott, Jr.,

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

SU-ARK:

 

Superior Uniform Arkansas LLC,

an Arkansas limited liability company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

SUPERIOR UNIFORM GROUP, INC.,
a Florida corporation, its Sole Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew D. Demott, Jr.

 

   

Andrew D. Demott, Jr.,

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

SGC LLC:

 

SUPERIOR GROUP OF COMPANIES, LLC,
a Florida limited liability company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

SUPERIOR UNIFORM GROUP, INC.,
a Florida corporation, its Sole Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew D. Demott, Jr.

 

   

Andrew D. Demott, Jr.,

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

 

Signature Page to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

CID:

 

CID Resources, Inc.,
a D elaware corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andrew D. Demott, Jr.

 

 

 

Andrew D. Demott, Jr.,

 

 

 

Vice President

 

 

 

 

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Signature Page to Credit Agreement

 

 

EXHIBIT “A”
TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

 

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

 

In connection with the terms of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 2, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), between, inter alios , Superior Uniform Group, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “ Borrower ”) and Branch Banking and Trust Company, a North Carolina banking corporation (the “ Lender ”), the undersigned certifies that the following information is true and correct, in all material respects, as of the date of this Covenant Compliance Certificate:

 

No Default Condition or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

The Coverage Ratio for the period of twelve (12) months ended on [_____] was [___] to 1.00, calculated as set forth in Schedule 1 , and exceeds the level required by Section 6.16 of the Credit Agreement.

 

The Funded Indebtedness to EBITDA Ratio for the period of twelve (12) months ended on [____] was [____] to 1.00, calculated as set forth in Schedule 2 , and is less than the level required by Section 6.18 of the Credit Agreement.

 

Capitalized terms used in this Compliance Certificate shall have the same meanings as those assigned to them in the Credit Agreement. The foregoing is true and correct, in all material respects, as of [____________, 20__].

 

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Blank]

 

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Dated as of [_________, 20___].

 

 

SUPERIOR UNIFORM GROUP, INC.,
a Florida corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ 

 

 

 

Andrew D. Demott, Jr.,

 

 

 

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

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Schedule 1

 

Calculation of Coverage Ratio

 

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Schedule 2

 

Calculation of Funded Indebtedness to EBITDA Ratio

 

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EXHIBIT “B”
TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF JOINDER TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

JOINDER TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

THIS JOINDER TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Joinder ”) is made this [____day of _________, 20__] by and among SUPERIOR UNIFORM GROUP, INC. , a Florida corporation (the “ Borrower ”), BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY , a North Carolina banking corporation, and [_____________________], (collectively, the “ Subsidiary Loan Parties ,” and individually, a “ Subsidiary Loan Party ,” and together with the Borrower, and the Guarantors (as defined in the Credit Agreement) collectively, the “ Loan Parties ,” and individually, a “ Loan Party ”). Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 2, 2018 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among, inter alios , Lender and Borrower. Capitalized and initially capitalized terms used herein and not herein defined shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS , Sections 6.19 and 6.20 of the Credit Agreement provide that upon any Loan Party’s formation or acquisition of any Domestic Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall (i) join in and become a party to the Credit Agreement as a “Subsidiary Loan Party,” (ii) guaranty payment and performance of the Credit Facility, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents pursuant to the Amended and Restated Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement dated as of even date with the Credit Agreement (the “ Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement ”), and (iii) grant to Lender a security interest in and to that portion of the Collateral owned by such Subsidiary, all pursuant to the terms of a Joinder to the Credit Agreement in the form hereof, a Supplement to the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement in the form required by the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement, and a Supplement to the Security Agreement in the form required by the Amended and Restated Security Agreement dated as of even date with the Credit Agreement (the “ Security Agreement ”);

 

WHEREAS , each of the undersigned Subsidiary Loan Parties has been formed or acquired as a Domestic Subsidiary of a Loan Party and is therefore entering into this Joinder and further executing and delivering to Lender contemporaneously with the execution and delivery hereof a Supplement to Amended and Restated Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement and a Supplement to Amended and Restated Security Agreement pursuant to Sections 6.19 and/or 6.20 , as applicable, of the Credit Agreement; and

 

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged), the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

1.      Incorporation of Recitals . The foregoing recitals are incorporated herein by reference to the same extent and with the same force and effect as if fully set forth herein.

 

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2.      Subsidiary Loan Parties as Parties to the Credit Agreement . Each of the undersigned Subsidiary Loan Parties hereby (i) agrees that by execution and delivery of this Joinder each of the undersigned shall become a “Subsidiary Loan Party,” a “Guarantor” and a “Loan Party” under the Credit Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Subsidiary Loan Party, (ii) acknowledge receipt of a copy of and agree to be obligated and bound by all of the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents, (iii) acknowledges that each of the undersigned is a Subsidiary of a Loan Party and has executed and delivered to Lender a Supplement to the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement and a Supplement to the Security Agreement contemporaneously with the execution and delivery hereof, and (iv) acknowledge and agree that, from and after the date hereof, each reference in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents to a “Guarantor,” a “Subsidiary Loan Party,” a “Loan Party,” a “Subsidiary,” and a “Domestic Subsidiary” shall be deemed to include without limitation each of the undersigned Subsidiary Loan Parties. Each of the undersigned Subsidiary Loan Parties hereby waive acceptance from the Lender of the obligations of each Subsidiary Loan Party under the Credit Agreement, the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement, the Security Agreement, and the other Loan Documents upon the execution and delivery of this Joinder by the undersigned.

 

3.      Subsidiary Loan Party Representations, Warranties and Covenants . Each of the undersigned Subsidiary Loan Parties (a) represents and warrants that (i) each of the undersigned Subsidiary Loan Parties has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Joinder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Guarantor, a Subsidiary Loan Party and a Loan Party under the Credit Agreement, (ii) from and after the Joinder Effective Date (as defined below), each of the undersigned Subsidiary Loan Parties shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement, the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement, the Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents as a Guarantor, a Subsidiary Loan Party and a Loan Party thereunder and shall have the obligations as such thereunder, and (iii) each has received copies of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents; (b) affirms and makes as to itself to Lender those representations and warranties set forth in Article Five of the Credit Agreement which are applicable to a Loan Party as of the date hereof; and (c) agrees that the undersigned will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are required to be performed by the undersigned as a Guarantor, a Subsidiary Loan Party and a Loan Party.

 

4.      Effectiveness of Joinder . This Joinder and the amendments contained herein shall become effective on the date (the “ Joinder Effective Date ”) when each of the conditions set forth below shall have been fulfilled to the satisfaction of the Lender:

 

(a)     Lender shall have received counterparts of this Joinder, duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Borrower and each Subsidiary Loan Party set forth herein, and the Lender, as well as a Supplement to Amended and Restated Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement and a Supplement to Amended and Restated Security Agreement each duly executed and delivered by the undersigned Subsidiary Loan Parties becoming party to the Credit Agreement pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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(b)     No event shall have occurred and be continuing that constitutes an Event of Default or a Default Condition.

 

(c)     All representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in the Credit Agreement, and all representations and warranties of each other Loan Party in each Loan Document to which it is a party, shall be true and correct in all material respects at the Effective Date as if made on and as of such Joinder Effective Date.

 

(d)     The Borrower shall have delivered to the Lender (1) certified copies of evidence of all corporate, company and/or partnership actions taken by the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, including without limitation each Subsidiary Loan Party set forth herein, to authorize the execution and delivery of this Joinder, (2) certified copies of any amendments to the articles or certificate of incorporation, formation or organization, bylaws, partnership certificate or operating agreement of the Borrower and each other Loan Party since the date of the Credit Agreement, (3) certified copies of the articles or certificate of incorporation, formation, organization, bylaws, partnership certificate or operating agreement of each Subsidiary Loan Party joining into the Credit Agreement pursuant to the terms hereof, (4) a certificate of incumbency for the officers or other authorized agents, members or partners of the Borrower and each other Loan Party executing this Joinder, and (5) such additional supporting documents as the Lender or counsel for the Lender reasonably may request.

 

(e)     The Lender (or its counsel) shall have received a favorable written opinion of counsel to the Loan Parties, addressed to the Lender, and covering such matters relating to the Loan Parties, this Joinder, each Supplement to Amended and Restated Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement, each Supplement to Amended and Restated Security Agreement, and the other documents required hereby and the transactions contemplated herein and therein as the Lender shall reasonably request.

 

(f)     The Lender (or its counsel) shall have received the results of a search of the Uniform Commercial Code filings (or equivalent filings) made with respect to the Loan Parties in the states (or other jurisdictions) of formation of such Persons, together with copies of the financing statements (or similar documents) disclosed by such search, and accompanied by evidence satisfactory to the Lender that the Liens indicated in any such financing statement (or similar document) would be permitted by Section 7.02 of the Credit Agreement or have been or will be contemporaneously released or terminated.

 

(g)     All documents delivered pursuant to this Joinder must be of form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender and its counsel, and all legal matters incident to this Joinder must be reasonably satisfactory to the Lender’s counsel.

 

As of the Joinder Effective Date, each Subsidiary Loan Party becoming a Subsidiary Loan Party by the execution hereof shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and, to the extent provided in this Joinder, shall have the rights and obligations of a Loan Party and a Guarantor thereunder and under the other Loan Documents.

 

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5.      Successors and Assigns . This Joinder shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, and the Lender and their respective successors and assigns.

 

6.      No Further Amendments . Nothing in this Joinder or any prior amendment to the Loan Documents shall require the Lender to grant any amendments to the terms of the Loan Documents. Each of the Borrower and each other Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that there are no defenses, counterclaims or setoffs against any of their respective obligations under the Loan Documents.

 

7.      Representations and Warranties . Each of the Borrower and each other Loan Party represents and warrants that this Joinder has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it in accordance with resolutions adopted by its board of directors or comparable managing body. All other representations and warranties made by the Borrower and each other Loan Party in the Loan Documents are incorporated by reference in this Joinder and are deemed to have been repeated as of the date of this Joinder with the same force and effect as if set forth in this Joinder, except that any representation or warranty relating to any financial statements shall be deemed to be applicable to the financial statements most recently delivered to the Lender in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents. Each of the Borrower and each other Loan Party represents and warrants to the Lender that, after giving effect to the terms of this Joinder, no Default Condition has occurred and been continuing.

 

8.      Confirmation of Lien . Each of the Borrower and each other Loan Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Collateral is and shall remain in all respects subject to the lien, charge and encumbrance of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and nothing herein contained, and nothing done pursuant hereto, shall adversely affect or be construed to adversely affect the lien, charge or encumbrance of, or conveyance effected by the Loans or the priority thereof over other liens, charges, encumbrances or conveyances.

 

9.      Fees and Expenses . The Borrower agrees to pay all reasonable, actual out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Lender and its Affiliates, including the reasonable, actual fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Lender and its Affiliates, in connection with the preparation and administration of this Joinder.

 

10.      Severability . Any provision of this Joinder held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability without affecting the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the illegality, invalidity or unenforceability of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

11.      Governing Law . This Joinder shall be construed in accordance with and be governed by the law (without giving effect to the conflict of law principles thereof) of the State of Florida. THIS JOINDER WILL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

 

12.      Counterparts . This Joinder may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Joinder on any number of separate counterparts (including by telecopy), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. It shall not be necessary that the signature of, or on behalf of, each party, or that the signatures of the persons required to bind any party, appear on more than one counterpart.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties have caused this Joinder to be duly executed by their respective duly authorized representatives all as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

BORROWER:

 

SUPERIOR UNIFORM GROUP, INC.,
a Florida corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ 

 

 

 

Andrew D. Demott, Jr.,

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

       
 

SUBSIDIARY LOAN PARTIES:

 
       
  [_____________________________________]  
       
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:    

 

 

[SIGNATURES CONTINUE ON FOLLOWING PAGE]

 

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Consented and agreed to:

 

LENDER:

 

BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY

 

By: ________________________

Thomas M. Lambert

Senior Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT “C”
TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF BORROWING

 

NOTICE OF BORROWING

 

[________________, 20__]

 

Branch Banking and Trust Company

400 N. Tampa Street, Suite 2500

Tampa, Florida 33602

 

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 2, 2018 (as amended and in effect on the date hereof, the “ Credit Agreement ”), between, inter alios , the undersigned, as Borrower and Branch Banking and Trust Company, as Lender. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meanings. This notice constitutes a Notice of Borrowing, and the Borrower hereby requests an Advance under the Revolving Credit Facility opened pursuant to, and upon the terms and conditions of, the Credit Agreement, and in that connection the Borrower specifies the following information with respect to the Advance requested hereby:

 

 

(A)

Aggregate principal amount of Advance:

     
    $[_______________]

 

 

(B)

Date of Advance (which is a Business Day):

     
    [______________].

 

 

(C)

Location and number of Borrower’s account to which proceeds of Advance are to be disbursed:

     
   

Beneficiary Name: Superior Uniform Group, Inc.

Bank Name: Branch Banking and Trust Company

Account Number: [______________]

Routing Number: [_______________]

 

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The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that the conditions specified in Section 4.02 of the Credit Agreement are satisfied.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

SUPERIOR UNIFORM GROUP, INC.,
a Florida corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Andrew D. Demott, Jr.,

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

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EXHIBIT “D”
TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF REVOLVING NOTE

 

 

Amended and restated REVOLVING LINE OF CREDIT

PROMISSORY NOTE

$75,000,000.00

 
   
 

May 2, 2018

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED , the undersigned, SUPERIOR UNIFORM GROUP, INC., a Florida corporation (the “ Borrower ”), hereby promises to pay to the order of BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY , a North Carolina banking corporation (the Lender ”) or its assigns, at its office located at 400 N. Tampa Street, Suite 2500, Tampa, Florida 33602, on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, as defined in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 2, 2018 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, replaced, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement ), between, inter alios , the Borrower and the Lender, the lesser of the principal sum of seventy -FIVE MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($75,000,000.00) or the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Advances made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement, in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds, and to pay interest from the date hereof on the principal amount thereof from time to time outstanding, in like funds, at said office, on each Payment Date and on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date at the Interest Rate per annum applicable to the Revolving Credit Facility as provided in the Credit Agreement. In addition, should legal action or an attorney-at-law be utilized to collect any amount due hereunder, the Borrower further promises to pay all out-of-pocket costs of collection, including the reasonable attorneys’ fees of the Lender. Capitalized or initially capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

 

The Borrower promises to pay interest, on demand, on any overdue principal and, to the extent permitted by law, overdue interest from their due dates at a rate or rates provided in the Credit Agreement.

 

If any payment of principal or interest is not paid when due under (whether by acceleration or otherwise) or within ten (10) days thereafter, the Borrower shall pay to Lender a late payment fee of 5% of the payment amount then due, with a minimum fee of $20.00.

 

Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, all outstanding principal of this Amended and Restated Revolving Line of Credit Promissory Note shall bear interest at the Default Rate, and such default interest shall be payable on each Payment Date or upon demand or acceleration by Lender. To the greatest extent permitted by law, interest shall continue to accrue under the Notes at the Default Rate after the filing by or against any Loan Party of any petition seeking any relief in bankruptcy or under any law pertaining to insolvency or debtor relief.

 

DOCUMENTARY STAMP TAX IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,450 DUE ON THIS NOTE HAVE BEEN PAID IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

 

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The principal amount of this Amended and Restated Revolving Line of Credit Promissory Note is subject to mandatory prepayments, if any, as provided in Section 3.03 of the Credit Agreement.

 

Subject to and upon compliance with all of the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow the proceeds of the Revolving Credit Facility.

 

All borrowings evidenced by this Amended and Restated Revolving Line of Credit Promissory Note and all payments and prepayments of the principal hereof and the date thereof shall be recorded by the holder hereof in its internal records. Should a conflict arise between this Amended and Restated Revolving Line of Credit Promissory Note and the Credit Agreement, the terms of the Credit Agreement shall control.

 

This Amended and Restated Revolving Line of Credit Promissory Note is issued in connection with, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Credit Agreement which, among other things, contains provisions for the acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain events, for prepayment of the principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof and for the amendment or waiver of certain provisions of the Credit Agreement, all upon the terms and conditions therein specified. This Amended and Restated Revolving Line of Credit Promissory Note amends and restates, but is not a novation or an accord and satisfaction of, the Lender’s Revolving Line of Credit Promissory Note dated as of February 28, 2017 in the original principal amount of $35,000,000 executed in connection with that certain Credit Agreement dated as of February 28, 2017.

 

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING LINE OF CREDIT PROMISSORY NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING LINE OF CREDIT PROMISSORY NOTE WILL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

 

BORROWER BY ITS EXECUTION HEREOF AND LENDER BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, EACH IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EITHER MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF THIS NOTE OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS NOTE AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS PARAGRAPH.

 

[SIGNATURE ON FOLLOWING PAGE]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Borrower has caused this Amended and Restated Revolving Line of Credit Promissory Note to be signed by its duly authorized representative all as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

SUPERIOR UNIFORM GROUP, INC.,
a Florida corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ 

 

 

 

Andrew D. Demott, Jr.,

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT “E”
TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of May 2, 2018, among Superior Uniform Group, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “ Borrower ”), the Subsidiaries of the Borrower signatory hereto and each other Subsidiary of the Borrower hereafter a party hereto (Borrower, each Subsidiary of the Borrower a party hereto and each other Subsidiary hereafter becoming a party hereto shall be collectively known as the “ Grantors ,” and individually as a “ Grantor ”), in favor of Branch Banking and Trust Company, a North Carolina banking corporation (the “ Lender ”) and is entered into pursuant to the terms of that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as the same may be amended, supplemented, replaced, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”) dated as of the date hereof, among Lender, Borrower the Subsidiaries of the Borrower signatory thereto and each other Subsidiary of the Borrower hereafter a party thereto.

 

WIT N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS , pursuant to the Credit Agreement, Lender has agreed to establish a revolving credit facility and to extend two term loans to the Borrower; and

 

Whereas, the Grantors have previously entered into a Security Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2017 (as amended, the “ Existing Security Agreement ”) and the parties hereto wish to amend and restate the Existing Security Agreement on the terms set forth herein; and

 

WHEREAS , it is a condition precedent to the obligations of the Lender under the Credit Agreement that the Grantors enter into this Agreement in order to secure and continue to secure all obligations of the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, to secure and to continue to secure the obligations of each Subsidiary of the Borrower as party to the Credit Agreement under the Amended and Restated Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement dated as of May 2, 2018 (the “ Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement ”) and all other Loan Documents to which each Grantor is a party, to secure and continue to secure all other Obligations owed by any Loan Party to Lender or Affiliate of Lender, and the Grantors desire to satisfy such condition precedent.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Section 1.      Definitions . Capitalized and initially capitalized terms defined in the Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined herein, when used in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings provided for in the Credit Agreement. The following additional terms, when used in this Agreement, shall have the following meanings:

 

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Account Debtor ” shall mean any person or entity that is obligated under an Account.

 

Accounts” shall mean all “accounts ” (as defined in the UCC) now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor or in which any Grantor has or acquires any rights, and, in any event, shall mean and include, without limitation, (a) all accounts receivable, contract rights, book debts, notes, drafts and other obligations or indebtedness owing to any Grantor arising from the sale or lease of Goods or other property by any Grantor or the performance of services by Grantor (including, without limitation, any such obligation which might be characterized as an account, contract right or general intangible under the UCC in effect in any jurisdiction), (b) all of each Grantor’s rights in, to and under all purchase and sales orders for Goods, services or other property, and all of each Grantor’s rights to any Goods, services or other property represented by any of the foregoing (including returned or repossessed Goods and unpaid sellers’ rights of rescission, replevin, reclamation and rights to stoppage in transit), (c) all monies due to or to become due to any Grantor under all contracts for the sale, lease or exchange of Goods or other property or the performance of services by any Grantor (whether or not yet earned by performance on the part of such Grantor), and (d) all collateral security and guarantees of any kind given to any Grantor with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

Chattel Paper ” shall mean all “chattel paper” (as defined in the UCC) owned or acquired by any Grantor or in which any Grantor has or acquires any rights.

 

Collateral ” shall mean, collectively, all of the following:

 

all Accounts;

 

all as-extracted collateral

 

all Chattel Paper;

 

all Deposit Accounts;

 

all Documents;

 

all Equipment;

 

all Fixtures;

 

General Intangibles;

 

Goods, and all accessions thereto and Goods with which the Goods are commingled;

 

all Health Care Insurance Receivables;

 

all Instruments;

 

all Inventory;

 

all Investment Property;

 

all Payment Intangibles;

 

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all Promissory Notes;

 

all Software;

 

money, cash or cash equivalents;

 

all other goods and personal property, whether tangible or intangible;

 

all Supporting Obligations and Letter-of-Credit Rights of any Grantor;

 

all books and records pertaining to any of the Collateral (including, without limitation, credit files, Software, computer programs, printouts and other computer materials and records but excluding customer lists); and

 

All products and Proceeds of all or any of the Collateral described in clauses (i) through (xv) hereof;

 

provided, however , that “Collateral” shall not include any Excluded Property; and provided, further, that if and when any property shall cease to be Excluded Property, such property shall be deemed at all times from and after the date hereof to constitute Collateral.

 

Copyright License ” shall mean any and all rights of any Grantor under any written agreement granting any right to use any Copyright or Copyright registration.

 

Copyrights ” shall mean all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor or in which Grantor now has or hereafter acquires any rights: (a) all copyrights and general intangibles of like nature (whether registered or unregistered), all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including all registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any state or territory thereof, or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, and (b) all reissues, extensions or renewals thereof.

 

Deposit Accounts ” shall mean all “deposit accounts” (as defined in the UCC) now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor or in which any Grantor has or acquires any rights, or other receipts, of any Grantor covering, evidencing or representing rights or interest in such deposit accounts..

 

Documents ” shall mean all “documents” (as defined in the UCC) now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor or in which any Grantor has or acquires any rights, or other receipts, of any Grantor covering, evidencing or representing goods.

 

Equipment ” shall mean all “equipment” (as defined in the UCC) now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor and wherever located, and, in any event, shall include without limitation all machinery, furniture, furnishings, processing equipment, conveyors, machine tools, engineering processing equipment, manufacturing equipment, materials handling equipment, trade fixtures, trucks, trailers, forklifts, vehicles, computers and other electronic data processing and other office equipment of any Grantor, and any and all additions, substitutions and replacements of any of the foregoing, together with all attachments, components, parts, equipment and accessories installed thereon or affixed thereto, all fuel therefore and all manuals, drawings, instructions, warranties and rights with respect thereto.

 

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Event of Default ” shall have the meaning set forth for such term in Section 7 hereof.

 

Excluded Equity ” shall mean any voting stock in excess of 65% of the outstanding voting stock of any Subsidiary not formed in the United States. For the purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means, with respect to any issuer, the issued and outstanding shares of each class of equity of such issuer entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations § 1.956-2(c)(2)).

 

Excluded Property ” shall mean, collectively, (i) Excluded Equity, (ii) any permit or license or any Contractual Obligation entered into by any Grantor (A) that prohibits or requires the consent of any Person other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as a condition to the creation by Grantor of a Lien on any right, title or interest in such permit, license or Contractual Obligation or any equity related thereto or (B) to the extent that any Requirement of Law applicable thereto prohibits the creation of a Lien thereon, but only, with respect to the prohibition in (A) and (B), to the extent, and for as long as, such prohibition is not terminated or rendered unenforceable or otherwise deemed ineffective by the UCC or any other Requirement of Law, (iii) fixed or capital assets owned by any Grantor that is subject to a purchase money Lien or a Capital Lease Obligation if the Contractual Obligation pursuant to which such Lien is granted (or in the document providing for such Capital Lease Obligation) prohibits or requires the consent of any Person other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as a condition to the creation of any other Lien on such equipment and (iv) any “intent to use” Trademark applications for which a statement of use has not been filed (but only until such statement is filed); provided, however, “Excluded Property” shall not include any proceeds, products, substitutions or replacements of Excluded Property (unless such proceeds, products, substitutions or replacements would otherwise constitute Excluded Property); provided, however, that if and when any property shall cease to be Excluded Property, such property shall be deemed at all times from and after the date hereof to constitute Collateral.

 

Excluded Swap Obligation ” shall mean, with respect to any guarantor of a Swap Obligation, including the grant of a security interest to secure the guaranty of such Swap Obligation, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, such Swap Obligation is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the guaranty or grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Swap Obligation or security interest is or becomes illegal.

 

Fixtures ” shall mean all “fixtures” (as defined in the UCC) now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor and affixed to or forming a part of any real property now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor

 

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General Intangibles ” shall mean all “general intangibles” (as defined in the UCC) now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor or in which any Grantor has or acquires any rights and, in any event, shall include all right, title and interest in or under all contracts, all customer lists, Licenses, Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents, and all applications therefor and reissues, extensions or renewals thereof, rights in Intellectual Property, interests in partnerships, joint ventures and other business associations, licenses, permits, copyrights, trade secrets, proprietary or confidential information, inventions (whether or not patented or patentable), technical information, procedures, designs, knowledge, know-how, software, data bases, data, skill, expertise, experience, processes, models, drawings, materials and records, goodwill (including the goodwill associated with any Trademark or Trademark License), all rights and claims in or under insurance policies (including insurance for fire, damage, loss and casualty, whether covering personal property, real property, tangible rights or intangible rights, all liability, life, key man and business interruption insurance, and all unearned premiums), uncertificated securities, choses in action, deposit, checking and other bank accounts, rights to receive tax refunds and other payments, rights of indemnification, all books and records, correspondence, credit files, invoices, tapes, cards, computer runs, domain names, prospect lists, customer lists and other papers and documents.

 

Goods ” shall mean all “goods” (as defined in the UCC) now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor or in which any Grantor has or acquires any rights.

 

Instruments ” shall mean all “instruments” (as defined in the UCC) now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor or in which any Grantor has or acquires any rights and, in any event, shall include all promissory notes, all certificates of deposit and all letters of credit evidencing, representing, arising from or existing in respect of, relating to, securing or otherwise supporting the payment of, any of the Accounts or other obligations owed to any Grantor.

 

Intellectual Property ” shall mean all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor or in which any Grantor has or acquires any rights: (a) all Patents, patent rights and patent applications, Copyrights and copyright applications, Trademarks, trademark rights, trade names, trade name rights, service marks, service mark rights, applications for registration of trademarks, trade names and service marks, fictitious names registrations and trademark, trade name and service mark registrations, and all derivations thereof; and (b) Patent Licenses, Trademark Licenses, Copyright Licenses and other licenses to use any of the items described in the preceding clause (a), and any other items necessary to conduct or operate the business of any Grantor.

 

Inventory ” shall mean all “inventory” (as defined in the UCC) now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor or in which any Grantor has or acquires any rights and, in any event, shall include all Goods owned or held for sale or lease to any other Persons.

 

Investment Property ” shall mean all “investment property” (as defined in the UCC) now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor or in which any Grantor has or acquires any rights and, in any event, shall include all “certificated securities,” “uncertificated securities,” “security entitlements,” “securities accounts,” “commodity contracts” and “commodity accounts” (as all such terms are defined in the UCC) of any Grantor.

 

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Letter-of-Credit Rights ” shall mean “letter-of-credit rights” (as defined in the UCC) now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, including rights to payment or performance under a letter of credit, whether or not any Grantor, as beneficiary, has demanded or is entitled to demand payment or performance.

 

License ” shall mean any Copyright License, Patent License, Trademark License or other license of rights or interests of any Grantor in Intellectual Property.

 

Patent License ” shall mean any written agreement now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor or in which any Grantor has or acquires any rights granting any right with respect to any property, process or other invention on which a Patent is in existence.

 

Patents ” shall mean all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor or in which any Grantor has or acquires any rights: (a) all letters patent of the United States or any other country, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications for letters patent of the United States or any other country, including registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State or Territory thereof, or any other country; and (b) all reissues, continuations, continuations-in-part and extensions thereof.

 

Payment Intangibles ” shall mean “payment intangibles” (as defined in the UCC) now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor or in which any Grantor has or acquires any rights.

 

Proceeds ” shall mean all “proceeds” (as defined in the UCC) of, and all other profits, rentals or receipts, in whatever form, arising from the collection, sale, lease, exchange, assignment, licensing or other disposition of, or realization upon, the Collateral, and, in any event, shall mean and include all claims against third parties for loss of, damage to or destruction of, or for proceeds payable under, or unearned premiums with respect to, policies of insurance in respect of any Collateral, and any condemnation or requisition payments with respect to any Collateral and the following types of property acquired with cash proceeds: Accounts, Inventory, General Intangibles, Documents, Instruments and Equipment.

 

Promissory Notes ” shall mean all “promissory notes” (as defined in the UCC) now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor or in which any Grantor has or acquires any rights.

 

Secured Obligations ” shall mean (i) all Obligations of the Borrower, (ii) all Guaranteed Obligations (as such term is defined in the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement) of each other Grantor and all other Loan Documents to which such other Grantor is a party to (whether for principal, interest, fees, expenses, indemnity or reimbursement payments, or otherwise), (iii) all renewals, extensions, refinancings and modifications thereof, and (iv) all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Lender in connection with the exercise of its rights and remedies hereunder (including reasonable attorneys’ fees).

 

Security Interests ” shall mean the security interests granted to the Lender pursuant to Section 3 , as well as all other security interests created or assigned as additional security for the Secured Obligations pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.

 

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Software ” shall mean all “software” (as defined in the UCC), now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, including all computer programs and all supporting information provided in connection with a transaction related to any program.

 

Subsidiary Capital Stock ” shall mean Investment Property, “securities” (as defined in the UCC) and/or General Intangibles now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor or in which any Grantor has or acquires any rights consisting of all of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of Borrower or any other Grantor and Capital Stock of any direct or indirect Foreign Subsidiary of Borrower or any other Grantor but only to the extent of 65% of said Capital Stock in a Foreign Subsidiary, and, in any event, shall include all “general intangibles,” “certificated securities,” “uncertificated securities,” “security entitlements,” and “securities accounts” evidencing or relating thereto, which Subsidiary Capital Stock existing as of the date of this Agreement is described on Schedule IV

 

Supporting Obligations ” means all “supporting obligations” (as defined in the UCC), including letters of credit and guaranties issued in support of Accounts, Chattel Paper, Documents, General Intangibles, Instruments, or Investment Property.

 

Swap Obligation ” shall mean any Rate Management Obligation that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended from time to time.

 

Trademark License ” shall mean any written agreement now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor or in which any Grantor has or acquires any such rights granting to Grantor any right to use any Trademark.

 

Trademarks ” shall mean all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor or in which any Grantor has or acquires any such rights: (i) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos, other source or business identifiers, prints and labels on which any of the foregoing have appeared or appear, designs and general intangibles of like nature (whether registered or unregistered), now owned or existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including, without limitation, registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, (ii) all reissues, extensions or renewals thereof and (iii) all goodwill associated with or symbolized by any of the foregoing.

 

UCC ” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect, from time to time, in the State of Florida; provided that if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, the perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection of the Security Interests in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than Florida, “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or non-perfection. “ United States ” or “ U.S. ” shall mean the United States of America, any of the fifty states thereof, and the District of Columbia.

 

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Section 2.      Representations and Warranties . Grantors represent and warrant to the Lender, as follows:

 

 

(a)

Each Grantor has rights in and the power to transfer each item of the Collateral upon which it purports to grant a Lien hereunder and has good and marketable title to all of its Collateral, free and clear of any Liens other than Liens expressly permitted under Section 7.02 of the Credit Agreement.

 

 

(b)

Other than financing statements, security agreements, or other similar or equivalent documents or instruments with respect to Liens expressly permitted under Section 7.02 of the Credit Agreement, no financing statement, mortgage, security agreement or similar or equivalent document or instrument evidencing a Lien on all or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record in any jurisdiction. None of the Collateral is in the possession of a Person (other than the Grantor owning the same) asserting any claim thereto or security interest therein, except that the Lender or its designee may have possession of Collateral as contemplated hereby.

 

 

(c)

When the UCC financing statements in appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on Schedule I attached hereto, the Security Interests shall constitute valid and perfected security interests in the Collateral, prior to all other Liens and rights of others therein except for the Liens expressly permitted under Section 7.02 of the Credit Agreement, to the extent that a security interest therein may be perfected by filing pursuant to the UCC, assuming the proper filing and indexing thereof.

 

 

(d)

All Inventory and Equipment is insured in accordance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement.

 

 

(e)

None of the Collateral constitutes, or is the Proceeds of, “farm products” (as defined in the UCC).

 

 

(f)

Schedule II correctly sets forth each Grantor’s state of organization, taxpayer identification number, organizational identification number and correct legal name indicated on the public record of each Grantor’s jurisdiction of organization which shows each Grantor to be organized.

 

 

(g)

The Perfection Certificates for each Grantor, which are attached hereto as composite Schedule III , correctly set forth (i) all names and tradenames that each Grantor has used within the last five (5) years and the names of all Persons that have merged into or been acquired by any Grantor, (ii) the chief executive offices of each Grantor over the last five (5) years, (iii) all other locations in which tangible assets of each Grantor have been located in the last five (5) years, (iv) the name of each bank at which each Grantor maintains Deposit Accounts, the state or other jurisdiction of location of each such bank, and the account numbers for each Deposit Account, (v) all letters of credit under which each Grantor is a beneficiary, (vi) all third parties with possession of any Inventory or Equipment of each Grantor and (vii) each Grantor’s mailing address.

 

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(h)

With respect to the Accounts of each Grantor: (i) to the extent an Account arises out of Goods sold and/or services furnished, (A) the Goods sold and/or services furnished giving rise to each Account, to the extent applicable, are not subject to any security interest or Lien except the security interest granted to the Lender herein and Liens expressly permitted by Section 7.02 of the Credit Agreement, (B) such Account arises out of a bona fide transaction for Goods sold and delivered (or in the process of being delivered) by any Grantor or for services actually rendered by any Grantor; (ii) each Account and the papers and documents of the applicable Grantor relating thereto are genuine and in all material respects what they purport to be; (iii) the amount of each Account as shown on the applicable Grantor’s books and records, and on all invoices and statements which may be delivered to the Lender with respect thereto, is due and payable to the applicable Grantor and is not in any way contingent (except for contingent Accounts relating to the sale, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of a line of business or division of any Grantor); (iv) no Account is subject to set-offs, counterclaims or disputes existing or asserted with respect to any Account that in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and no Grantor has made any agreement with any Account Debtor for any deduction from any Account except for deductions made in the ordinary course of its business; (v) to each Grantor’s knowledge, there has been no development or event in respect of the validity or enforcement of any Account or Accounts or the amount payable thereunder as shown on the applicable Grantor’s books and records and all invoices and statements delivered to the Lender with respect thereto, which individually or in the aggregate has had or could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (vi) the right to receive payment under each Account is assignable except where the Account Debtor with respect to such Account is the United States government or any State government or any agency, department or instrumentality thereof, to the extent the assignment of any such right to payment is prohibited or limited by applicable law, regulations, administrative guidelines or contract.

 

 

(i)

With respect to any Inventory, (i) such Inventory is located at one of the Grantor’s locations set forth on the respective Perfection Certificate for such Grantor (other than Inventory in transit or in foreign locations, in each instance which is insured as required pursuant to the terms of Section 4(g) hereof), (ii) no Inventory is now, or shall at any time or times hereafter be stored at any other location without Lender’s prior consent, and if Lender gives such consent, such Grantor will concurrently therewith obtain, to the extent required by the Credit Agreement, Collateral Access Agreements, (iii) each Grantor has good title to such Inventory and such Inventory is not subject to any Lien or security interest or document whatsoever except for the Lien granted to the Lender and Permitted Encumbrances, (iv) such Inventory is not subject to any material licensing, patent, royalty, trademark, trade name or copyright agreements with any third parties which would require any consent of any third party upon sale or disposition of that Inventory or the payment of any monies to any third party upon such sale or other disposition, and (v) the completion of manufacture, sale or other disposition of such Inventory by the Lender following an Event of Default shall not require the consent of any Person and shall not constitute a breach or default under any contract or agreement to which each Grantor is a party or to which such property is subject.

 

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(j)

No Grantor has any interest in, or title to, any Patent, Trademark or Copyright except as set forth in the applicable Perfection Certificate for such Grantor. This Agreement is effective to create a valid and continuing Lien on and, upon filing of the Copyright Security Agreements (as hereinafter defined) with the United States Copyright Office and filing of the Patent Security Agreements (as hereinafter defined) and the Trademark Security Agreements (as hereinafter defined) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, perfected security interests in favor of the Lender in each Grantor’s Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights and such perfected security interests are enforceable as such as against any and all creditors of and purchasers from each Grantor. Upon filing of the Copyright Security Agreements with the United States Copyright Office and filing of the Patent Security Agreements and the Trademark Security Agreements with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the filing of appropriate financing statements listed on Schedule I hereto, all action necessary or desirable to protect and perfect the Lender’s Lien on each Grantor’s Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights shall have been duly taken. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Lender shall only require perfection of its security interests in, or other registration with respect to, any Patent, Trademark or Copyright registered, or eligible to be registered, with a country other than the United States or any political subdivision thereof, to the extent that Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that such Patent, Trademark or Copyright, and the registration thereof in such other country or political subdivision thereof, is material to the applicable Grantor’s business.

 

Section 3.      The Security Interests . In order to secure the full and punctual payment and performance of the Secured Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, each Grantor hereby pledges, assigns, hypothecates, sets over and conveys to the Lender and grants to the Lender a continuing security interest in and to, all of its rights in and to all Collateral now or hereafter owned or acquired by each Grantor or in which any Grantor now has or hereafter has or acquires any rights, and wherever located. The Security Interests are granted as security only and shall not subject the Lender or transfer to the Lender, or in any way affect or modify, any obligation or liability of the Grantors with respect to any Collateral or any transaction in connection therewith

 

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Section 4.      Further Assurances; Covenants .

 

 

(a)

General .

 

 

(i)

No Grantor shall change the location of its chief executive office or principal place of business unless it shall have given the Lender thirty (30) days’ prior notice thereof, as well as authorized the filing by Lender of all financing statements and financing statement amendments which Lender may require in connection therewith. No Grantor shall change the locations, or establish new locations, where it keeps or holds any of the Collateral or any records relating thereto from the applicable locations described in the respective Perfection Certificates attached hereto as composite Schedule III unless such Grantor shall have given the Lender thirty (30) days’ prior notice of such change of location. The foregoing covenant shall not apply to any Collateral (including motor vehicles) perfected by recordation of the Lender’s Lien on the appropriate certificate of title.

 

 

(ii)

No Grantor shall change its name, organizational identification number, identity or jurisdiction or form of organization in any manner unless it shall have given the Lender thirty (30) days’ prior written notice thereof, as well as authorized the filing by Lender of all financing statements and financing statement amendments which Lender may require in connection therewith. No Grantor shall merge or consolidate into, or transfer any of the Collateral to, any other Person other than another Grantor, other than as permitted by the Credit Agreement. Lender hereby consents to the Borrower changing its name to “Superior Group of Companies, Inc.” and to Superior Group of Companies, LLC changing its name to “Superior Uniform Group, LLC” following approval by the Borrower’s shareholders.

 

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(iii)

Each Grantor hereby authorizes the Lender, its counsel or its representative, at any time and from time to time, to file financing statements and amendments that describe the collateral covered by such financing statements as “all assets of the Grantor,” “all personal property of the Grantor” or words of similar effect, in such jurisdictions as are necessary or desirable in order to perfect the security interests granted by any Grantor under this Agreement. Each Grantor will, from time to time, at its expense, execute, deliver, file and record any statement, assignment, instrument, document, agreement or other paper and take any other action (including, without limitation, any filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Copyright or Patent filings and any filings of financing or continuation statements under the UCC) that from time to time may be necessary, or that the Lender may request, in order to create, preserve, upgrade in rank (to the extent required hereby), perfect, confirm or validate the Security Interests or to enable the Lender to obtain the full benefits of this Agreement, or to enable the Lender to exercise and enforce any of its rights, powers and remedies hereunder with respect to any of its Collateral. Each Grantor hereby authorizes the Lender to execute and file financing statements, financing statement amendments or continuation statements on behalf of each Grantor. Each Grantor agrees that a carbon, photographic, photostatic or other reproduction of this Agreement or of a financing statement is sufficient as a financing statement. Grantors shall pay the costs of, or incidental to, any recording or filing of any financing statements, financing statement amendments or continuation statements necessary in the sole discretion of the Lender, to perfect the Lender’s security interest in the Collateral.

 

 

(iv)

Except as set forth in the respective Perfection Certificates attached hereto as composite Schedule III , no Grantor shall permit any of its Inventory and Equipment to be in the possession of any other Person unless pursuant to an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender and (A) such Person has acknowledged that (1) it holds possession of such Inventory and Equipment, as the case may be, for the Lender’s benefit, subject to the Lender’s instructions, and (2) such Person does not have a Lien in such Inventory or Equipment, (B) such Person agrees not to hold such Inventory or Equipment on behalf of any other Person and (C) such Person agrees that, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and upon request by the Lender it will issue and deliver to the Lender warehouse receipts, bills of lading or any similar documents relating to such Collateral in the Lender’s name and in form and substance acceptable to the Lender. Lender reserves the right to require a Collateral Access Agreement from any lessor, warehousemen, processor or other Person in possession of, having a Lien upon or having rights or interests in the Collateral that Lender determines, in its sole discretion, at any time or from time to time, to be material.

 

 

(v)

No Grantor shall (A) sell, transfer, lease, exchange, assign or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option, warrant or other right with respect to, any of its Collateral other than sales of assets permitted under Section 7.06 of the Credit Agreement; or (B) create, incur or suffer to exist any Lien with respect to any Collateral, except for the Liens expressly permitted under Section 7.02 of the Credit Agreement.

 

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(vi)

Grantors will, promptly upon request, provide to the Lender all information and evidence it may reasonably request concerning the Collateral, to enable the Lender to enforce the provisions of this Agreement.

 

 

(vii)

Each Grantor shall take all actions necessary or reasonably requested by Lender in order to maintain the perfected status of the Security Interests.

 

 

(viii)

No Grantor shall file any amendment to or termination of a financing statement naming such Grantor as debtor and the Lender as Lender, or any correction statement with respect thereto, in any jurisdiction until such time as the Secured Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash and the Revolving Credit Facility has been terminated.

 

 

(ix)

Each Grantor shall take all steps commercially reasonably necessary to grant the Lender control of all electronic chattel paper in accordance with the UCC and all “transferable records” as defined in each of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act and the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

 

 

(b)

Accounts, Etc .

 

 

(i)

Each Grantor shall use all commercially reasonable efforts consistent with prudent business practice to cause to be collected from its Account Debtors, as and when due, any and all amounts owing under or on account of each Account (including, without limitation, Accounts which are delinquent, such Accounts to be collected in accordance with lawful collection procedures) and apply forthwith upon receipt thereof all such amounts as are so collected to the outstanding balance of such Account. The costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees actually incurred) of collection of Accounts incurred by Grantors or the Lender shall be borne by Grantors.

 

 

(ii)

Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, Grantors shall, at the request and option of the Lender, notify Account Debtors and other Persons obligated on the Accounts or any of the Collateral of the security interest of Lender in any Account or other Collateral and that payment thereof is to be made directly to the Lender, and may itself, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, without notice to or demand upon Grantors, so notify Account Debtors and other Persons obligated on Collateral. After the making of such a request or the giving of any such notification, Grantors shall hold any proceeds of collection of the Accounts and such other Collateral received by any Grantor as trustee for the Lender without commingling the same with other funds of such Debtor and shall turn the same over to the Lender in the identical form received, together with any necessary endorsements or assignments. The Lender shall apply the proceeds of collection of the Accounts and other Collateral received by the Lender to the Obligations in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement, such proceeds to be immediately credited after final payment in cash or other immediately available funds of the items giving rise to them.

 

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(iii)

Grantors will perform and comply in all material respects with all of their respective material obligations in respect of Accounts, Instruments and General Intangibles.

 

 

(iv)

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, Grantors shall remain liable under each of its Accounts, contracts and agreements to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of any agreement giving rise to each such Account or the terms of such contract or agreement. The Lender shall not have any obligation or liability under any Account (or any agreement giving rise thereto), contract or agreement by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Lender of any payment relating to such Account, contract or agreement pursuant hereto, nor shall the Lender be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of Grantors under or pursuant to any Account (or any agreement giving rise thereto), contract or agreement, to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any Account (or any agreement giving rise thereto), contract or agreement, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.

 

 

(v)

At any time and from time to time, the Lender shall have the right, but not the obligation, to make test verifications of the Accounts in any manner and through any medium that it reasonably considers advisable, and Grantors shall furnish all such assistance and information as the Lender may reasonably require in connection with such test verifications. Upon the Lender’s request and at the expense of Grantors, Grantors shall cause their independent public accountants or others reasonably satisfactory to Lender to furnish Lender reports showing reconciliations, aging and test verifications of, and trial balances for, the Accounts. After the occurrence of an Event of Default, Lender in its own name or in the name of others may communicate with Account Debtors on the Accounts to verify with them to the Lender’s reasonable satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of any Accounts.

 

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(vi)

Lender shall have the right at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to require that Grantors enter into a “lockbox” or “blocked account” arrangement whereby Grantors shall notify any or all of the account debtors on the Accounts, Chattel Paper or General Intangibles of Grantors, or obligors on any instruments of which Grantors is obligee, all as Lender shall determine, to make payments directly to a post office box or address maintained by a collection agent designated by Lender, which collection agent may be Lender, all at Grantors’ sole cost and expense, all pursuant to a “blocked account agreement” in form and substance as required by or as is satisfactory to Lender, in its sole and absolute discretion. The cost of any lockbox or blocked account arrangement whether with Lender or any other collection agent shall be paid by Grantors.

 

 

(c)

Equipment, Etc . Grantors shall, (i) within ten (10) days after a written request by the Lender, in the case of Equipment now owned, and (ii) following a request by the Lender pursuant to subclause (i) above, within ten (10) days after acquiring any other Equipment, deliver to the Lender, any and all certificates of title, and applications therefor, if any, of such Equipment and shall cause the Lender to be named as lienholder on any such certificate of title and applications to the extent such Equipment has a value of $25,000 or more. No Grantor shall permit any such items to become a fixture to real estate or an accession to other personal property unless such real estate or personal property is the subject of a fixture filing (as defined in the UCC) creating a first priority perfected Lien in favor of the Lender.

 

 

(d)

Patents, Trademarks, Etc . Grantors shall notify the Lender immediately upon the occurrence of each of the following (i) any Grantor’s acquisition after the date of this Agreement of any material Intellectual Property and (ii) a Responsible Officer of the applicable Grantor obtaining actual knowledge that any application or registration relating to any material Intellectual Property owned by or licensed to such Grantor is reasonably likely to become abandoned or dedicated, or of any material adverse determination or development (including, without limitation, the institution of, or any such determination or development in, any proceeding in the United States Copyright Office, the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any court) regarding such Grantor’s ownership of any material Intellectual Property, its right to register the same, or to keep and maintain the same. Grantors will, contemporaneously herewith, execute and deliver to the Lender the Patent Security Agreement, Trademark Security Agreement and Copyright Security Agreement in the forms of Exhibit A , Exhibit B and Exhibit C hereto, as necessary, and shall execute and deliver to the Lender any other document required to acknowledge or register or perfect the Lender’s interest in any part of the Intellectual Property. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Lender shall only require perfection of its security interests in, or other registration with respect to, any Patent, Trademark or Copyright registered, or eligible to be registered, with a country other than the United States or any political subdivision thereof, to the extent that Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that such Patent, Trademark or Copyright, and the registration thereof in such other country or political subdivision thereof, is material to the applicable Grantor’s business.

 

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(e)

Deposit Accounts, Subsidiary Capital Stock, Chattel Paper, Investment Property and Letters of Credit .

 

 

(i)

No Grantor shall open or maintain any Deposit Accounts other than those listed on the respective Perfection Certificates attached hereto as composite Schedule III or Excluded Accounts and such other Deposit Accounts as such Grantor shall open and maintain with the written consent of Lender subject to control agreements, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender in its sole discretion, executed by such Grantor, that depository institution at which the deposit account is maintained and Lender; provided that no control agreements shall be required for the Deposit Accounts of CID Resources, Inc. unless such Deposit Accounts remain open after June 30, 2018.

 

 

(ii)

No Grantor shall become the beneficiary of any Letters of Credit with a face amount in excess of $50,000, unless the issuer of the Letter of Credit has consented to the assignment of the proceeds of such Letter of Credit to the Lender which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, such assignment to be in form and substance acceptable to the Lender.

 

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(iii)

Grantors, at any time and from time to time, will (a) take such steps as the Lender may reasonably request from time to time for the Lender to obtain “control” of any Subsidiary Capital Stock and any other Investment Property or electronic Chattel Paper, with any agreements establishing control to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender, and (b) otherwise to insure the continued perfection and priority of Lender’s security interest in any of the Collateral and of the preservation of its rights therein. Each Grantor specifically covenants and agrees that upon the formation or acquisition of any Subsidiary, such Grantor shall subject 100% of the Capital Stock of any Domestic Subsidiary and 65% of the Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary so formed or acquired to the security interest and lien of this Agreement and shall execute and deliver to Lender a Supplement in the form of Annex 1 to this Agreement describing with the specificity the Capital Stock in the Domestic Subsidiary or Foreign Subsidiary formed or acquired and required to be made subject of this Agreement and shall further deliver to Lender all original certificates evidencing any such Capital Stock, together with appropriate stock or other powers executed in blank with respect to such certificates, to the extent that such Capital Stock is “certificated” and shall otherwise take such actions as are required by the first sentence of this clause (ii). The execution and delivery of any instrument supplementing this Agreement so as to add Subsidiary Capital Stock as herein contemplated shall not require the consent of any other Grantor hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any such additional Subsidiary Capital Stock.

 

 

(f)

 

Commercial Tort Claims . If any Grantor shall at any time acquire a “commercial tort claim” (as such term is defined in the UCC) with a claim for damages that could reasonably be expected to be in excess of $100,000, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Lender thereof in a writing, providing a reasonable description and summary thereof, and shall execute a supplement to this Agreement granting a security interest in such commercial tort claim to the Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, Grantor shall not be obligated to execute a supplement to this Agreement in respect of the claim filed by Superior Uniform Group, Inc. d/b/a Fashion Seal Healthcare (as “Claimant”) against Oceanside Institutional Industries, Inc., known as Civ. Action No. 16-4807 filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

 

 

(g)

Insurance . Each Grantor shall have its Inventory, Equipment and all other tangible personal property insured against loss or damage by fire, theft, burglary, pilferage, loss in transportation and such other hazards as Lender shall reasonably specify, by reputable and financially viable insurers (having a rating of A or A-: Class V or better by Best’s Key Rating Guide), in amounts satisfactory to Lender and under policies containing loss payable clauses satisfactory to Lender. Any such insurance policies, or certificates or other evidence thereof satisfactory to Lender, shall be deposited with Lender. Each Grantor agrees that Lender shall have a security interest in such policies and the proceeds of such policies thereof, and if any loss shall occur during the continuation of an Event of Default, the proceeds relating to the loss or damage of Inventory, Equipment or other personal property may be applied to the payment of the Obligations or to the replacement or restoration of the Inventory, Equipment or other personal property damaged or destroyed, as Lender may elect or direct. After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender shall have the right to file claims under any insurance policies, to receive receipt and give acquaintance for any payments that may be made thereunder, and to execute any and all endorsements, receipts, releases, assignments, reassignments or other documents that may be necessary to effect to the collection, compromise, or settlement of any claims under any of the insurance policies.

 

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Section 5.      Reporting and Recordkeeping . Grantors covenant and agree with the Lender that from and after the date of this Agreement and until the Secured Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash:

 

 

(a)

Maintenance of Records Generally . Each Grantor will keep and maintain at its own cost and expense records of its Collateral, complete in all material respects, including, without limitation, a record of all payments received and all credits granted with respect to the Collateral and all other dealings with its Collateral. Each Grantor shall mark its books and records pertaining to its Collateral to evidence this Agreement and the Security Interests. All Chattel Paper will be marked with the following legend: “This writing and the obligations evidenced or secured hereby are subject to the security interest of Branch Banking and Trust Company.” For the Lender’s further security, Grantors agree that the Lender shall have a security interest in all of each Grantor’s books and records pertaining to its Collateral and, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default, each Grantor shall deliver and turn over full and complete copies of any such books and records to the Lender or to its representatives at any time on demand of the Lender. To the extent required by the Credit Agreement, upon reasonable notice from the Lender, Grantors shall permit any representative of the Lender, to inspect such books and records and will provide photocopies thereof to the Lender.

 

 

(b)

Special Provisions Regarding Maintenance of Records and Reporting Re: Accounts, Inventory and Equipment;

 

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(i)

Grantors shall keep complete and materially accurate records of its Accounts. Upon the request of the Lender, Grantors shall deliver to the Lender copies of all documents, including, without limitation, repayment histories and present status reports, relating to its Accounts so scheduled and such other matters and information relating to the status of its then existing Accounts as the Lender shall reasonably request.

 

 

(ii)

In the event any amounts due and owing in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate are in dispute between any Account Debtor and any Grantor, such Grantor shall provide the Lender with written notice thereof promptly after such Grantor’s learning thereof explaining in detail the reason for the dispute, all claims related thereto and the amount in controversy.

 

 

(iii)

Each Grantor shall maintain itemized records, accurate in all material respects, itemizing and describing the kind, type, quality, quantity, location and book value of its Inventory and Equipment and shall, upon request by the Lender, furnish the Lender with a current schedule containing the foregoing information.

 

 

(iv)

Each Grantor will promptly upon, but in no event later than five (5) Business Days after:

 

 

A.

Grantor’s learning thereof, inform the Lender, in writing, of any delay in Grantor’s performance of any of its obligations to any Account Debtor and of any assertion of any claims, offsets or counterclaims by any Account Debtor and of any allowances, credits or other monies granted by Grantor to any Account Debtor, in each case involving amounts in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate for all Accounts of such Account Debtor; and

 

 

B.

Grantor’s receipt or learning thereof, furnish to and inform the Lender of all material adverse information relating to the commencement of any insolvency proceeding with respect to any Account Debtor with Accounts exceeding $500,000 in the aggregate.

 

 

(v)

If any Account, arises out of a contract with the United States of America, or any department, agency, subdivision or instrumentality thereof, or of any state (or department, agency, subdivision or instrumentality thereof) where such state has a state assignment of claims act or other law comparable to the Federal Assignment of Claims Act, Grantors will take any action required or requested by the Lender to give notice of the Lender’s security interest in such Accounts under the provisions of the Federal Assignment of Claims Act or any comparable law or act enacted by any state or local governmental authority.

 

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(c)

Further Identification of Collateral . Grantors will if so requested by the Lender furnish to the Lender, as often as the Lender reasonably requests but in no event more frequently than once per Fiscal Quarter and without limit after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and such other reports in connection with the Collateral as the Lender may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail.

 

 

(d)

Notices . In addition to the notices required by Section 5(b) hereof, Grantors will advise the Lender promptly, but in no event later than thirty (30) days after the occurrence thereof, in reasonable detail, (i) of any Lien or claim made or asserted against any of the Collateral that is not expressly permitted by the terms of the Credit Agreement, and (ii) of the occurrence of any other event which would have a material adverse effect on the aggregate value of the Collateral or on the validity, perfection or priority of the Security Interests.

 

Section 6.      General Authority . Grantors hereby irrevocably appoint, so long as any Obligations remain outstanding, the Lender its true and lawful attorney, with full power of substitution, in the name of Grantors, the Lender or otherwise, for the sole use and benefit of the Lender on its behalf, but at Grantors’ expense, to exercise, at any time (subject to the proviso below) all or any of the following powers:

 

 

(a)

to file the financing statements, financing statement amendments and continuation statements referred to in Section 4(a) ,

 

 

(b)

to demand, sue for, collect, receive and give acquaintance for any and all monies due or to become due with respect to any Collateral or by virtue thereof,

 

 

(c)

to settle, compromise, compound, prosecute or defend any action or proceeding with respect to any Collateral,

 

 

(d)

to sell, transfer, assign or otherwise deal in or with the Collateral or the proceeds or avails thereof, as fully and effectually as if the Lender were the absolute owner thereof, and

 

 

(e)

to extend the time of payment of any or all thereof and to make any allowance and other adjustments with reference to the Collateral;

 

provided , however , that the powers described in clauses (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above may be exercised by the Lender only if an Event of Default then exists.

 

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Section 7.      Events of Default . Each of the following specified events shall constitute an Event of Default under this Agreement:

 

 

(a)

The existence or occurrence of any “Event of Default” as provided under the terms of the Credit Agreement;

 

 

(b)

Any representation or warranty made by or on behalf of Grantor under or pursuant to this Agreement shall have been false or misleading in any material respect when made; or

 

 

(c)

Grantors shall fail, in any material respect, to observe or perform any covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement other than those referenced in paragraphs (a) and (b) above, and if such failure is capable of being remedied, such failure shall remain unremedied for thirty (30) days following notice from Lender to Grantors.

 

Section 8.      Remedies upon Event of Default .

 

 

(a)

If any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Lender may, without further notice, exercise all rights and remedies under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or that are available to a secured creditor under the UCC or that are otherwise available at law or in equity, at any time, in any order and in any combination, including to collect any and all Secured Obligations from Grantors, and, in addition, the Lender may sell the Collateral or any part thereof at public or private sale, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery, and at such price or prices as the Lender may deem satisfactory. The Lender shall give the Borrower not less than ten (10) days’ prior written notice of the time and place of any sale or other intended disposition of Collateral, except any Collateral which is perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value or is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market. Grantors agree that any such notice constitutes “reasonable notification” within the meaning of Section 9-611 of the UCC (to the extent such Section or any successor provision under the UCC is applicable).

 

 

(b)

The Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of the Collateral so sold at any public sale (or, if such Collateral is of a type customarily sold in a recognized market or is of a type which is the subject of widely distributed standard price quotations or if otherwise permitted under applicable law, at any private sale) and thereafter hold the same, absolutely, free from any right or claim of whatsoever kind. Grantors agree during an Event of Default to execute and deliver such documents and take such other action as the Lender reasonably deems necessary or advisable in order that any such sale may be made in compliance with law. Upon any such sale the Lender shall have the right to deliver, assign and transfer to the purchaser thereof the Collateral so sold. Each purchaser at any such sale shall hold the Collateral so sold to it absolutely, free from any claim or right of any kind, including any equity or right of redemption of Grantors. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Grantors hereby specifically waive all rights of redemption, stay or appraisal which it has or may have under any law now existing or hereafter adopted. The notice (if any) of such sale shall (1) in case of a public sale, state the time and place fixed for such sale, and (2) in the case of a private sale, state the day after which such sale may be consummated. Any such public sale shall be held at such time or times within ordinary business hours and at such place or places as the Lender may fix in the notice of such sale. At any such sale Collateral may be sold in one (1) lot as an entirety or in separate parcels, as the Lender may determine. The Lender shall not be obligated to make any such sale pursuant to any such notice. The Lender may, without notice or publication (other than any notices required by this Section 8 or by applicable law), adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for the sale, and such sale may be made at any time or place to which the same may be so adjourned. In case of any sale of all or any part of the Collateral on credit or for future delivery, such Collateral so sold may be retained by the Lender until the selling price is paid by the purchaser thereof, but the Lender shall not incur any liability in case of the failure of such purchaser to take up and pay for such Collateral so sold and, in case of any such failure, such Collateral may again be sold upon like notice. The Lender, instead of exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon it, may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to foreclose the Security Interests and sell Collateral, or any portion thereof, under a judgment or decree of a court or courts of competent jurisdiction. Grantors shall remain liable for any deficiency.

 

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(c)

For the purpose of enforcing any and all rights and remedies under this Agreement, the Lender may (i) require Grantors to, and Grantors agree that it will, at the joint and several expense of Grantors, and upon the request of the Lender, forthwith assemble all or any part of its Collateral as directed by the Lender and make it available at a place designated by the Lender which is, in the Lender’s opinion, reasonably convenient to the Lender and Grantors, whether at the premises of Grantors or otherwise, (ii) to the extent permitted by applicable law, enter, with or without process of law and without breach of the peace, any premise where any such Collateral is or may be located and, without charge or liability to the Lender, seize and remove such Collateral from such premises, (iii) have access to and use each Grantor’s books and records, computers and software (subject to the terms of applicable licenses) relating to the Collateral, and (iv) prior to the disposition of any of the Collateral, store or transfer such Collateral without charge in or by means of any storage or transportation facility owned or leased by any Grantor, process, repair or recondition such Collateral or otherwise prepare it for disposition in any manner and to the extent the Lender deems appropriate and, in connection with such preparation and disposition, use without charge any trademark, trade name, copyright, patent or technical process used by any Grantor.

 

 

(d)

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing:

 

 

(i)

the Lender may (without assuming any obligations or liability thereunder), at any time and from time to time, enforce (and shall have the exclusive right to enforce) against any licensee or sublicensee all rights and remedies of Grantors in, to and under any Licenses and take or refrain from taking any action under any thereof, and Grantors hereby release the Lender from, and agrees to hold the Lender free and harmless from and against any claims arising out of, any lawful action so taken or omitted to be taken with respect thereto except for the Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction; and

 

 

(ii)

upon request by the Lender, Grantor agrees to execute and deliver to the Lender powers of attorney, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender, for the implementation of any lease, assignment, license, sublicense, grant of option, sale or other disposition of any Intellectual Property, in each case subject to the terms of the applicable License. In the event of any such disposition pursuant to this Section 8 , Grantors shall supply their know-how and expertise relating to the manufacture and sale of the products bearing Trademarks or the products or services made or rendered in connection with Patents or Copyrights, and its customer lists and other records relating to such Intellectual Property and to the distribution of said products, to the Lender.

 

Section 9.      Limitation on Duty of Lender in Respect of Collateral . Beyond reasonable care in the custody thereof, the Lender shall have no duty as to any Collateral of Grantors in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto. The Lender shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Collateral of Grantors in its possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property, and the Lender shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or damage to any of the Collateral, or for any diminution in the value thereof, by reason of the act or omission of any warehouseman, carrier, forwarding agency, consignee or other agent or bailee selected by the Lender in good faith.

 

Section 10.      Application of Proceeds . The proceeds of any sale of, or other realization upon, all or any part of the Collateral of Grantors shall be applied by the Lender in the manner set forth in Section 8.02 of the Credit Agreement.

 

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Section 11.      Expenses . In the event that Grantors fail to comply with the provisions of the Credit Agreement, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, such that the value of any of its Collateral or the validity, perfection, rank or value of the Security Interests are thereby diminished or potentially diminished or put at risk, the Lender may, but shall not be required to, effect such compliance on behalf of Grantors, and Grantors shall reimburse the Lender for the reasonable and actual costs thereof on demand. All insurance expenses and all expenses of protecting, storing, warehousing, appraising, insuring, handling, maintaining and shipping such Collateral, any and all excise, stamp, intangibles, transfer, property, sales, and use taxes imposed by any state, federal, or local authority or any other governmental authority on any of such Collateral, or in respect of periodic appraisals and inspections of such Collateral, or in respect of the sale or other disposition thereof, shall be borne and paid by Grantors; and if Grantors fail promptly to pay any portion thereof when due, the Lender may, at its option, but shall not be required to, pay the same and charge each Grantor’s accounts therefor, and Grantors agree to reimburse the Lender therefor on demand. All sums so paid or incurred by the Lender for any of the foregoing and any and all other sums for which Grantors may become liable hereunder and all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees, legal expenses and court costs) incurred by the Lender in enforcing or protecting the Security Interests or any of its rights or remedies thereon shall be payable by Grantors on demand and shall bear interest (after as well as before judgment) until paid at the default rate of interest set forth in the Credit Agreement and shall be additional Secured Obligations hereunder

 

Section 12.      Termination of Security Interests; Release of Collateral . Upon the repayment in full in cash of all Secured Obligations, termination of all commitments of the Lender under the Credit Agreement, the Security Interests shall terminate and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to Grantors. Upon any such termination of the Security Interests or release of such Collateral, the Lender will promptly upon the Grantors’ request and contemporaneously with any refinancing of the Obligations, at the expense of the Borrower, (a) execute and deliver to the Borrower such documents as Grantors shall reasonably request, but without recourse or warranty to the Lender, including but not limited to written authorization to file termination statements to evidence the termination of the Security Interests in such Collateral, and (b) assign and deliver to the Grantor any Collateral in the possession of Lender.

 

Section 13.      Notices . All notices, requests and other communications to Grantors or the Lender hereunder shall be delivered in the manner required by the Credit Agreement and shall be sufficiently given to the Lender or Grantor if addressed or delivered to them at, in the case of the Lender and the Borrower, its addresses and telecopier numbers specified in the Credit Agreement and in the case of any other Grantors, at their respective addresses and telecopier number provided in the Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement. All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given at the times set forth in the Credit Agreement.

 

Section 14.      No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative . No failure or delay on the part of the Lender in exercising any right or remedy hereunder, and no course of dealing between Grantors on the one hand and the Lender or any holder of any Note on the other hand shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or any other Loan Document preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy hereunder or thereunder. The rights and remedies herein and in the other Loan Documents are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies which the Lender would otherwise have. No notice to or demand on Grantors not required hereunder in any case shall entitle Grantors to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of the rights of the Lender to any other or further action in any circumstances without notice or demand.

 

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Section 15.      Successors and Assigns . This Agreement is for the benefit of the Lender and its successors and assigns, and in the event of an assignment of all or any of the Secured Obligations, the rights hereunder, to the extent applicable to the indebtedness so assigned, may be transferred with such indebtedness. This Agreement shall be binding on Grantors and its successors and assigns; provided , however , that no Grantor may assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Lender.

 

Section 16.      Amendments . No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor consent to any departure by each Grantor herefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Lender and each Grantor, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given .

 

Section 17.      Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial .

 

 

(a)

THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND SECURED OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW (WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF) OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT PERFECTION (AND THE EFFECT OF PERFECTION AND NONPERFECTION) AND CERTAIN REMEDIES MAY BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN FLORIDA. THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

 

 

(b)

GRANTOR IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH FLORIDA STATE COURT OR, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH GRANTOR AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE LENDER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST SUCH GRANTOR OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.

 

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(c)

GRANTOR IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (b) OF THIS SECTION 17 AND BROUGHT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (b) OF THIS SECTION 17 . GRANTOR IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.

 

 

(d)

GRANTOR IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN THE CREDIT AGREEMENT. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.

 

 

(e)

GRANTOR HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING AMONG THE PARTIES HERETO DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). GRANTOR (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 17 .

 

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Section 18.      Severability . In case any provision in or obligation under this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, in whole or in part, in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 19.      Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one (1) and the same instruments.

 

Section 20.      Headings Descriptive . The headings of the several sections and subsections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not in any way affect the meaning or construction of any provision of this Agreement.

 

Section 21.      Additional Grantors . Pursuant to Section 6.19 of the Credit Agreement, each Subsidiary Loan Party that was not in existence on the date of the Credit Agreement is required to enter into this Agreement as a Grantor upon becoming a Subsidiary Loan Party. Upon execution and delivery after the date hereof by Lender and such Subsidiary of an instrument in the form of Annex 2 , such Subsidiary shall become a Grantor hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Grantor herein. The execution and delivery of any instrument adding an additional Grantor as a party to this Agreement shall not require the consent of any other Grantor hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Grantor as a party to this Agreement.

 

Section 22.      Conflicts . If the terms of any provision of this Agreement conflicts with the terms of any provision of the Credit Agreement, the terms of the provision of the Credit Agreement shall control.

 

Section 23.      Consent and Reaffirmation . Each Grantor hereby consents to the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Agreement and agrees that each reference to the Existing Credit Agreement in the Loan Documents shall, on and after the date hereof, be deemed to be a reference to the Credit Agreement. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges and agrees that, after giving effect to the Credit Agreement, all of its respective obligations and liabilities under the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, this Agreement) to which it is a party, as such obligations and liabilities have been amended by the Credit Agreement, are reaffirmed, and remain in full force and effect.

 

Section 24.      Effect of Restatement . The Agreement amends and restates the Existing Security Agreement in its entirety and supersedes the Existing Security Agreement in all respects.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Grantors have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

SUPERIOR UNIFORM GROUP, INC.,
a Florida corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Andrew D. Demott, Jr.,

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

FASHION SEAL CORPORATION,
a Nevada corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Andrew D. Demott, Jr.,
President

 

 

 

 

THE OFFICE GURUS, LLC,
a Florida limited liability company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

SUPERIOR UNIFORM GROUP, INC.,
a Florida corporation, its Sole Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

 

 

By:

 

 

   

Andrew D. Demott, Jr.,

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

BAMKO, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

SUPERIOR UNIFORM GROUP, INC.,
a Florida corporation, its Sole Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

 

 

By:

 

 

   

Andrew D. Demott, Jr.,

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

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Superior Uniform Arkansas LLC,

an Arkansas limited liability company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

SUPERIOR UNIFORM GROUP, INC.,
a Florida corporation, its Sole Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

 

 

By:

 

 

   

Andrew D. Demott, Jr.,

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

Superior Group of Companies, LLC ,
a Florida limited liability company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

SUPERIOR UNIFORM GROUP, INC.,
a Florida corporation, its Sole Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

 

 

By:

 

 

   

Andrew D. Demott, Jr.,

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

CID Resources, Inc.

a Delaware corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

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ANNEX 1 TO THE

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

COLLATERAL SUPPLEMENT NO. [__] dated as of [________________], to the Amended and Restated Security Agreement (the “ Security Agreement ”) dated as of May 2, 2018, among Superior Uniform Group, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “ Borrower ”), each of the direct and indirect Subsidiaries of Borrower listed on Schedule I thereto, and each direct or indirect Subsidiary subsequently becoming a party thereto as provided in Section 21 thereof (Borrower and each such Subsidiary individually, a “ Grantor ” and collectively, the “ Grantors ”) and Branch Banking and Trust Company, a North Carolina banking corporation (the “ Lender ”).

 

A.     Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 2, 2018 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among the Borrower, the Lender and certain other Loan Parties (as defined therein).

 

B.     Capitalized or initially capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Security Agreement and the Credit Agreement.

 

C.     The Grantors have entered into the Security Agreement in order to induce the Lender to extend the Credit Facilities and to issue Letters of Credit. Pursuant to Section 6.19 of the Credit Agreement, upon the acquisition and formation of any Subsidiary subsequent to the date of the Credit Agreement, the Grantor owning the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary is required to pledge to Lender 100% of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary if it is a Domestic Subsidiary and 65% of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary if it is a Foreign Subsidiary. Clause (iii) of Section 4(e) of the Security Agreement provides that upon formation or acquisition of any such Subsidiary, the Grantor forming or acquiring Capital Stock in such Subsidiary shall execute a supplement in the form hereof in order to modify Schedule IV to the Security Agreement so as to include the Capital Stock of the Domestic Subsidiary and/or a Foreign Subsidiary being formed or acquired as aforesaid.

 

Accordingly, the undersigned Grantor agrees with Lender as follows:

 

Section 1.     In accordance with Clause (iii) of Section 4(e) of the Security Agreement, Grantor by its signature below grants to Lender a security interest in the Subsidiary Capital Stock described on Schedule I hereto and Grantor (a) agrees that the Subsidiary Capital Stock described on Schedule I shall be subject to the security interest, lien, encumbrance, and operation of the Security Agreement in favor of Lender, (b) Schedule IV of the Security Agreement is hereby supplemented and amended so as to include, without limitation, the Subsidiary Capital Stock described on Schedule I hereto and (c) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by the Grantors thereunder, including without limitation those representations and warranties as to Subsidiary Capital Stock are true and correct on and as of the date hereof with respect to the Subsidiary Capital Stock described on Schedule I hereto. Each reference to Subsidiary Capital Stock in the Security Agreement shall be deemed to include the Subsidiary Capital Stock described on Schedule I hereto. The Security Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Section 2.     Grantor represents and warrants to Lender that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.

 

Section 3.     This Supplement may be executed in counterparts each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Supplement shall become effective when Lender shall have received counterparts of this Supplement that, when taken together, bear the signatures of Grantor and Lender of an executed signature page to this Supplement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Supplement.

 

Section 4.     Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

Section 5.     THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

 

Section 6.     In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Security Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision hereof in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction). The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

Section 7.     Grantor agrees to reimburse Lender for its out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Supplement, including the fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for Lender.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Grantor and Lender have duly executed this Collateral Supplement to the Security Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

[NAME OF GRANTOR]

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Name:  
       
    Title:  

 

 

 

 

    Address:  

 

 

 

 

BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY,
a North Carolina banking corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Thomas M. Lambert

Senior Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ANNEX 2 TO THE

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

SUPPLEMENT NO. [__] dated as of [________________], to the Amended and Restated Security Agreement (the “ Security Agreement ”) dated as of May 2, 2018, among Superior Uniform Group, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “ Borrower ”), each of the direct and indirect Subsidiaries of Borrower listed on Schedule I thereto, and each direct or indirect Subsidiary subsequently becoming a party thereto as provided in Section 21 thereof (Borrower and each such Subsidiary individually, a “ Grantor ” and collectively, the “ Grantors ”) and Branch Banking and Trust Company, a North Carolina banking corporation (the “ Lender ”).

 

A.     Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 2, 2018 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among the Borrower, the Lender and certain other Loan Parties (as defined therein).

 

B.     Capitalized or initially capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Security Agreement and the Credit Agreement.

 

C.     The Grantors have entered into the Security Agreement in order to induce the Lender to extend the Credit Facilities and to issue Letters of Credit. Pursuant to Section 6.19 of the Credit Agreement, each Subsidiary Loan Party that was not in existence or not a Subsidiary Loan Party on the date of the Credit Agreement is required to enter into the Security Agreement as a Grantor upon becoming a Subsidiary Loan Party. Section 21 of the Security Agreement provides that additional direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiaries of the Borrower may become Grantors under the Security Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower (the “ New Grantor ”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement to become a Grantor under the Security Agreement in order to induce Lender to make additional advances under the Revolving Credit Facility and to issue additional Letters of Credit and as consideration for the 2017 Term Loan, the 2018 Term Loan and/or or Advances under the Revolving Credit Facility previously made and Letters of Credit previously issued.

 

Accordingly, New Grantor agrees with Lender as follows:

 

Section 1.     In accordance with Section 21 of the Security Agreement, the New Grantor by its signature below becomes a Grantor under the Security Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Grantor and the New Grantor hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Security Agreement applicable to it as Grantor thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it (but not the other Grantors) as a Grantor thereunder are true and correct on and as of the date hereof. Each reference to a Grantor in the Security Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Grantor. The Security Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

 

Section 2.     The New Grantor represents and warrants to Lender that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.

 

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Section 3.     This Supplement may be executed in counterparts each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Supplement shall become effective when Lender shall have received counterparts of this Supplement that, when taken together, bear the signatures of the New Grantor and Lender of an executed signature page to this Supplement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Supplement.

 

Section 4.     Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

Section 5.     THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

 

Section 6.     In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Security Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision hereof in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction). The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

Section 7.     All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 13 of the Security Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the New Grantor shall be given to it at the address set forth under its signature below, with a copy to the Borrower.

 

Section 8.     The New Grantor agrees to reimburse Lender for its out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Supplement, including the fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for Lender.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the New Grantor and Lender have duly executed this Supplement to the Security Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

[NAME OF GRANTOR]

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
    Address:  

 

 

 

BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY,
a North Carolina banking corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Thomas M. Lambert

Senior Vice President

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

to Security Agreement

 

PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

This PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of _________, is made between  _____________________ (the “ Grantor ”), and Branch Banking and Trust Company, a North Carolina banking corporation, as the Secured Party (the “ Secured Party ”) and relates to certain financing or other financial accommodations made by Secured Party pursuant to the terms of that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 2, 2018, by and between, inter alios , Superior Uniform Group, Inc., a Florida corporation (“ Borrower ”) and Secured Party (as the same may be amended, supplemented, replaced, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS , in connection with the Credit Agreement, the Grantor has executed and delivered, or has previously or contemporaneously with the execution and delivery hereof become a party to, an Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of May 2, 2018 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, replaced, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Security Agreement ”);

 

WHEREAS , pursuant to Section 4(d) of the Security Agreement, the Grantor is required to execute and deliver this Agreement and to grant to the Secured Party a continuing security interest in all of the Patent Collateral (as defined below) to secure all Secured Obligations; and

 

WHEREAS , the Grantor has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement;

 

NOW, THEREFORE , for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Grantor agrees, for the benefit of the Secured Party, as follows:

 

SECTION 1.      Definitions . Unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires, terms used in this Agreement, including its preamble and recitals, have the meanings provided (or incorporated by reference) in the Security Agreement.

 

SECTION 2.      Grant of Security Interest . For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, to secure all of the Secured Obligations, the Grantor does hereby mortgage, pledge and hypothecate to the Secured Party, and grant to the Secured Party a security interest in, for its benefit and the benefit of each Secured Party, all of the following property (the “ Patent Collateral ”), whether now owned or hereafter acquired or existing by it:

 

(a)     all letters patent and applications for letters patent throughout the world, including all patent applications in preparation for filing anywhere in the world and including each patent and patent application referred to in Item A of Schedule I attached hereto;

 

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(b)     all reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals and reexaminations of any of the items described in clause (a);

 

(c)     all patent licenses, including each patent license referred to in Item B of Schedule I attached hereto; and

 

(d)     all proceeds of, and rights associated with, the foregoing (including license royalties and proceeds of infringement suits), the right to sue third parties for past, present or future infringements of any patent or patent application, including any patent or patent application referred to in Item A of Schedule I attached hereto, and for breach or enforcement of any patent license, including any patent license referred to in Item B of Schedule I attached hereto, and all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world.

 

SECTION 3.      Security Agreement . This Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Grantor for the purpose of registering the security interest of the Secured Party in the Patent Collateral with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and corresponding offices in other countries of the world (subject to Sections 2 and 4(d) of the Security Agreement). The security interest granted hereby has been granted as a supplement to, and not in limitation of, the security interest granted to the Secured Party under the Security Agreement. The Security Agreement (and all rights and remedies of the Secured Party thereunder) shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms subject to Section 4 hereof.

 

SECTION 4.      Release of Security Interest . Upon (i) the sale, transfer or other disposition of any Patent Collateral in accordance with the Credit Agreement or (ii) the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Secured Obligations and the termination of the Revolving Credit Facility (as defined in the Credit Agreement), the Secured Party shall promptly upon the Grantor’s request and contemporaneously with any refinancing of the Secured Obligations, at the Grantor’s expense, execute and deliver to the Grantor all instruments and other documents as may be necessary or proper to release the lien on and security interest in the Patent Collateral which has been granted hereunder; provided that in the case of subsection (i) above, only the Patent Collateral sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the Credit Agreement shall be released.

 

SECTION 5.      Acknowledgment . The Grantor does hereby further acknowledge and affirm that the rights and remedies of the Secured Party with respect to the security interest in the Patent Collateral granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which (including the remedies provided for therein) are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein.

 

SECTION 6.      Loan Document, etc . This Agreement is a Loan Document executed pursuant to the Credit Agreement and shall (unless otherwise expressly indicated herein) be construed, administered and applied in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement.

 

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SECTION 7.      Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original (whether such counterpart is originally executed or an electronic copy of an original) and all of which shall constitute together but one and the same agreement.

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Thomas M. Lambert

Senior Vice President

 

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

to Patent Security Agreement

 

Item A. Patents

       
   

Issued Patents

     
           

* Country

Patent No .

Issue Date

Inventor(s)

Title

 
           
 

Pending Patent Applications

   
           

*Country

Serial No.

Filing Date

Inventor(s)

Title

 
           
           
 

Patent Applications in Preparation

   
           

*Country

Docket No.

Expected
Filing Date

Inventor(s)

Title

 
           

Item B. Patent Licenses

     
           

*Country or

Territory

Licensor

Licensee

Effective
Date

Expiration

Date

Subject

Matter

 

*List items related to the United States first for ease of recordation. List items related to other countries next, grouped by country and in alphabetical order by country name.

 

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EXHIBIT B

to Security Agreement

 

TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

This TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of __________, is made between _______________ (the “ Grantor ”), and Branch Banking and Trust Company, a North Carolina banking corporation, as the Secured Party (the “ Secured Party ”) and relates to certain financing or other financial accommodations made by Secured Party pursuant to the terms of that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 2, 2018, by and between, inter alios , Superior Uniform Group, Inc., a Florida corporation (“ Borrower ”) and Secured Party (as the same may be amended, supplemented, replaced, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS , in connection with the Credit Agreement, the Grantor has executed and delivered, or has previously or contemporaneously with the execution and delivery hereof become a party to, an Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of May 2, 2018 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, replaced, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Security Agreement ”);

 

WHEREAS , pursuant to Section 4(d) of the Security Agreement, the Grantor is required to execute and deliver this Agreement and to grant to the Secured Party a continuing security interest in all of the Trademark Collateral (as defined below) to secure all Secured Obligations; and

 

WHEREAS , the Grantor has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement;

 

NOW, THEREFORE , for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Grantor agrees, for the benefit of the Secured Party, as follows:

 

SECTION 1.      Definitions . Unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires, terms used in this Agreement, including its preamble and recitals, have the meanings provided (or incorporated by reference) in the Security Agreement.

 

SECTION 2.      Grant of Security Interest . For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, to secure all of the Secured Obligations, the Grantor does hereby mortgage, pledge and hypothecate to the Secured Party, and grant to the Secured Party a security interest in, for its benefit and the benefit of each Secured Party, all of the following property (the “ Trademark Collateral ”), whether now owned or hereafter acquired or existing by it:

 

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(a)     all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, certification marks, collective marks, logos, other source of business identifiers, prints and labels on which any of the foregoing have appeared or appear, designs and general intangibles of a like nature (all of the foregoing items in this clause (a) being collectively called a “ Trademark ”), now existing anywhere in the world or hereafter adopted or acquired, whether currently in use or not, all registrations and recordings thereof and all applications in connection therewith, whether pending or in preparation for filing, including registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any office or agency of the United States of America or any State thereof or any foreign country, including those referred to in Item A of Schedule I attached hereto;

 

(b)     all Trademark licenses, including each Trademark license referred to in Item B of Schedule I attached hereto;

 

(c)     all reissues, extensions or renewals of any of the items described in clause (a) and (b) ;

 

(d)     all of the goodwill of the business connected with the use of, and symbolized by the items described in, clauses (a) and (b) ; and

 

(e)     all proceeds of, and rights associated with, the foregoing, including any claim by the Grantor against third parties for past, present or future infringement or dilution of any Trademark, Trademark registration or Trademark license, including any Trademark, Trademark registration or Trademark license referred to in Item A and Item B of Schedule I attached hereto, or for any injury to the goodwill associated with the use of any such Trademark or for breach or enforcement of any Trademark license.

 

Provided, that Trademark Collateral shall not include any “intent to use” Trademark applications for which a statement of use has not been filed (but only until such statement is filed).

 

SECTION 3.      Security Agreement . This Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Grantor for the purpose of registering the security interest of the Secured Party in the Trademark Collateral with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and corresponding offices in other countries of the world (subject to Sections 2 and 4(d) of the Security Agreement). The security interest granted hereby has been granted as a supplement to, and not in limitation of, the security interest granted to the Secured Party under the Security Agreement. The Security Agreement (and all rights and remedies of the Secured Party thereunder) shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms subject to Section 4 hereof.

 

SECTION 4.      Release of Security Interest . Upon (i) the sale, transfer or other disposition of any Trademark Collateral in accordance with the Credit Agreement or (ii) the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Secured Obligations and the termination of the Revolving Credit Facility (as defined in the Credit Agreement), the Secured Party shall promptly upon the Grantor’s request and contemporaneously with any refinancing of the Secured Obligations, at the Grantor’s expense, execute and deliver to the Grantor all instruments and other documents as may be necessary or proper to release the lien on and security interest in the Trademark Collateral which has been granted hereunder; provided that in the case of subsection (i) above, only the Trademark Collateral sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the Credit Agreement shall be released.

 

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SECTION 5.      Acknowledgment . The Grantor does hereby further acknowledge and affirm that the rights and remedies of the Secured Party with respect to the security interest in the Trademark Collateral granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which (including the remedies provided for therein) are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein.

 

SECTION 6.      Loan Document, etc . This Agreement is a Loan Document executed pursuant to the Credit Agreement and shall (unless otherwise expressly indicated herein) be construed, administered and applied in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement.

 

SECTION 7.      Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original (whether such counterpart is originally executed or an electronic copy of an original) and all of which shall constitute together but one and the same agreement.

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Thomas M. Lambert

Senior Vice President

 

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

to Trademark Security Agreement

 

Item A. Trademarks

       
   

Registered Trademark

   
           

* Country

Trademark.

Registration No

Registration Date

 
           
 

Pending Trademark Applications

   
           

*Country

Trademark

Serial No

Filling Date

   
           
 

Trademark Application in Preparation

   
           

*Country

Trademark.

Docket No.

Expected

Filling Date

Products/
services

 
           

Item B. Trademark Licenses

     
           

*Country or

Territory

Trademark

Licensor

Licensee

Effective

Date

Expiration

Date

 

*List items related to the United States first for ease of recordation. List items related to other countries next, grouped by country and in alphabetical order by country name.

 

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EXHIBIT C

to Security Agreement

 

COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

This COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of _________, is made between  ________________________ (the “ Grantor ”) and, and Branch Banking and Trust Company, a North Carolina banking corporation, as the Secured Party (the “ Secured Party ”) and relates to certain financing or other financial accommodations made by Secured Party pursuant to the terms of that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 2, 2018, by and between, inter alios , Superior Uniform Group, Inc., a Florida corporation (“ Borrower ”) and Secured Party (as the same may be amended, supplemented, replaced, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS , in connection with the Credit Agreement, the Grantor has executed and delivered, or has previously or contemporaneously with the execution and delivery hereof become a party to, an Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of May 2, 2018 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, replaced, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Security Agreement ”);

 

WHEREAS , pursuant to Section 4(d) of the Security Agreement, the Grantor is required to execute and deliver this Agreement and to grant to the Secured Party a continuing security interest in all of the Copyright Collateral (as defined below) to secure all Secured Obligations; and

 

WHEREAS , the Grantor has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement;

 

NOW, THEREFORE , for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Grantor agrees, for the benefit of the Secured Party, as follows:

 

SECTION 1.      Definitions . Unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires, terms used in this Agreement, including its preamble and recitals, have the meanings provided (or incorporated by reference) in the Security Agreement.

 

SECTION 2.      Grant of Security Interest . For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, to secure all of the Secured Obligations, the Grantor does hereby mortgage, pledge and hypothecate to the Secured Party, and grant to the Secured Party a security interest in, all of the following property (the “ Copyright Collateral ”), whether now owned or hereafter acquired or existing by it, being all copyrights (including all copyrights for semi-conductor chip product mask works) of the Grantor, whether statutory or common law, registered or unregistered, now or hereafter in force throughout the world including all of the Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to all copyrights registered in the United States Copyright Office or anywhere else in the world and also including the copyrights referred to in Item A of Schedule I attached hereto, and all applications for registration thereof, whether pending or in preparation, all copyright licenses, including each copyright license referred to in Item B of Schedule I attached hereto, the right to sue for past, present and future infringements of any thereof, all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world, all extensions and renewals of any thereof and all proceeds of the foregoing, including licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit.

 

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SECTION 3.      Security Agreement . This Agreement has been executed and delivered by the Grantor for the purpose of registering the security interest of the Secured Party in the Copyright Collateral with the United States Copyright Office and corresponding offices in other countries of the world (subject to Sections 2 and 4(d) of the Security Agreement). The security interest granted hereby has been granted as a supplement to, and not in limitation of, the security interest granted to the Secured Party under the Security Agreement. The Security Agreement (and all rights and remedies of the Secured Party thereunder) shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms subject to Section 4.

 

SECTION 4.      Release of Security Interest . Upon (i) the sale, transfer or other disposition of any Copyright Collateral in accordance with the Credit Agreement or (ii) the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Secured Obligations and the termination of the Revolving Credit Facility (as defined in the Credit Agreement), the Secured Party shall promptly upon the Grantor’s request and contemporaneously with any refinancing of the Secured Obligations, at the Grantor’s expense, execute and deliver to the Grantor all instruments and other documents as may be necessary or proper to release the lien on and security interest in the Copyright Collateral which has been granted hereunder; provided that in the case of subsection (i) above, only the Copyright Collateral sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the Credit Agreement shall be released.

 

SECTION 5.      Acknowledgment . The Grantor does hereby further acknowledge and affirm that the rights and remedies of the Secured Party with respect to the security interest in the Copyright Collateral granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which (including the remedies provided for therein) are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein.

 

SECTION 6.      Loan Document, etc . This Agreement is a Loan Document executed pursuant to the Credit Agreement and shall (unless otherwise expressly indicated herein) be construed, administered and applied in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement.

 

SECTION 7.      Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original (whether such counterpart is originally executed or an electronic copy of an original) and all of which shall constitute together but one and the same agreement.

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Thomas M. Lambert

Senior Vice President

 

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SCHEDULE I

to Copyright Security Agreement

 

Item A. Copyrights

       
         

Registered Trademark

     
           

* Country

Title.

Date of
Creation

Date of

Publication

Date of

Registration

Registration Number

           

Pending Trademark Applications

     
           

*Country

Copyright

Application

Filling Date

   
           

Item B: Copyright Licenses

     
           

*Country or

Territory

Copyright

Licensor

Licensee

Effective

Date

Expiration

Date

 

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EXHIBIT “F”

TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF SOLVENCY CERTIFICATE

 

SOLVENCY CERTIFICATE

 

TO:     Branch Banking and Trust Company

 

THIS SOLVENCY CERTIFICATE (the “ Certificate ”) is delivered to you in connection with, and reference is made to, that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “ Credit Agreement ”) between, inter alios , Branch Banking and Trust Company (the “ Lender ”), Superior Uniform Group, Inc. (the “ Borrower ”) and the other Loan Parties thereto dated as of May 2, 2018. Capitalized or initially capitalized terms used herein but not defined have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement. This Certificate is being delivered in connection with the execution of the Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents.

 

I, Andrew D. Demott, Jr., the Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Borrower hereby certify as follows:

 

1.     I am familiar with the properties, business and assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and an authorized to execute this Certificate on behalf of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries

 

2.     I have carefully reviewed the contents of this Certificate and have made such investigations and inquiries as I deem reasonably necessary and prudent in connection with the matters set forth herein. Among other things, I have reviewed the Credit Agreement, together with the other material Loan Documents executed or to be executed by the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement

 

3.     I believe that the financial information and assumptions which underlie and form the basis for the representations made in this Certificate are reasonable in all material respects as of the date hereof

 

4.     For purposes of this Certificate: (a) the term “Transactions” means (1) the fulfillment of all conditions precedent to the execution of the Credit Agreement and (2) the execution and delivery of the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents under the Credit Agreement, and (b) the term “indebtedness” mean all obligations and liabilities of the Borrower, whether matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, disputed or undisputed, secured or unsecured, subordinated, absolute, fixed or contingent.

 

5.     As of the date hereof, assuming each of the Transactions is consummated on and as of the date hereof and taking into account the effect thereof, it is my opinion that:

 

(a)     the present fair saleable value of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, exceeds the total amount of the indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

 

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(b)     the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are each able to realize upon their assets and pay their indebtedness as such indebtedness matures in the normal course of business; and

 

(c)     the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, do not have an unreasonably small capital nor will they be left with an unreasonably small capital

 

6.     The Borrower and its Subsidiaries do not intend to, nor believes that it will, incur indebtedness that will be beyond its ability to pay such indebtedness as it matures.

 

7.     In consummating the Transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries do not intend to disturb, delay, hinder or defraud either present or future creditors or other persons to which the Borrower or any such Subsidiary is or will become, on or after the date hereof, indebted.

 

8.     Each of the representations and warranties made by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects.

 

9.     In reaching the conclusions set forth in this Certificate, I have reviewed and considered, among other things:

 

(a)     the cash and other current assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, as reflected in its audited December 31, 2017 balance sheets;

 

(b)     the book and enterprise value of Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ business and now (and to the extent) owned real property, equipment, inventory, investment property, accounts receivable, computer software, customer lists, trade secrets and proprietary information, supply contracts, leases, copyrights, patents, trademarks and all other property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, real and personal, tangible and intangible; provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to conflict with the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ representations regarding asset ownership contained in the Credit Agreement;

 

(c)     the experience of management of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in acquiring and disposing of their assets and managing their businesses;

 

(d)     all indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries known to me, including, among other things, claims arising out of pending or, to my knowledge, overtly threatened litigation against the Borrower or its Subsidiaries;

 

(e)     historical and anticipated growth in the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ sales volume

 

(f)     the customary terms of trade payables of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

 

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(g)     the amount of the credit extended by and to customers of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries

 

(h)     the financing alternatives available to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries

 

(i)     the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ backlog of contracts; and

 

(j)     the level of capital customarily maintained by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and other entities engaged in the same or similar business as the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

 

For purposes of the above analysis, the values of the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ enterprise and assets have been computed by considering the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as a going concern entity.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , I have executed this Certificate as of May 2, 2018.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Andrew D. Demott, Jr.

 

 

Title:

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT “G”

TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY AGREEMENT

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY AGREEMENT dated as of May 2, 2018, by each of the direct or indirect Subsidiaries listed on Schedule I hereto (each such Subsidiary individually, a “ Guarantor ,” and collectively, the “ Guarantors ”) of Superior Uniform Group, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “ Borrower ”), in favor of Branch Banking and Trust Company, a North Carolina banking corporation (the “ Lender ”), having an address for purposes hereof of 400 N. Tampa Street, Suite 2500, Tampa, Florida 33602.

 

Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among the Borrower, the Loan Parties (as defined in the Credit Agreement), including without limitation the undersigned Guarantors, any other Subsidiary Loan Parties who become party thereto from to time and Lender.

 

Lender has agreed to make the 2017 Term Loan, the 2018 Term Loan and a Revolving Credit Facility to the Borrower, and Lender has agreed to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower, pursuant to, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions specified in, the Credit Agreement. Each of the Guarantors is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower and acknowledges that it will derive substantial benefit from the making of the Credit Facilities and the issuance of the Letters of Credit by Lender. The obligations of the Lender to open the Credit Facilities and to issue Letters of Credit are conditioned on, among other things, the execution and delivery by the Guarantors of a Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement in the form hereof. The Grantors have previously entered into a Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2017 (as amended, the “ Existing Guaranty Agreement ”) and the parties hereto wish to amend and restate the Existing Guaranty Agreement on the terms set forth herein. As consideration therefor and in order to induce Lender to open the Credit Facilities and to issue Letters of Credit, the Guarantors are willing to execute this Amended and Restated Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, this “ Agreement ”).

 

Accordingly, Guarantors agree with Lender as follows:

 

Section 1.      Definitions . Capitalized and initially capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. In addition to the terms which are defined in the Credit Agreement, the preamble to this Agreement or otherwise herein, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below such meanings to be equally applicable to the singular and plural forms thereof):

 

Commodity Exchange Act ” shall mean the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq .), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

 

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Excluded Swap Obligation ” shall mean, with respect to any guarantor of a Swap Obligation, including without limitation any Guarantor, and including the grant of a security interest to secure the guaranty of such Swap Obligation, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, such Swap Obligation is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the guaranty or grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Swap Obligation or security interest is or becomes illegal.

 

Obligations ” shall mean (i) all amounts owing by (A) Borrower to Lender pursuant to or in connection with the Credit Agreement, the 2017 Term Loan Note, the 2018 Term Loan Note, the Amended and Restated Revolving Note, or any other promissory note or other instrument of indebtedness from Borrower to Lender, at any time or from time to time, including without limitation, the principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Credit Facilities, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, (B) Borrower with respect to any Letter of Credit or under any LC Documents, including without limitation each payment required to be made by the Borrower thereon or with respect thereto when and as due, including payments in respect of reimbursement or disbursements, interest thereon and obligations to provide cash collateral, (C) any of the Loan Parties to the Lender pursuant to or in connection with the Credit Agreement, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise with respect to the Credit Facilities, including without limitation, all principal, interest (including any interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding relating to any Loan Party, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), all reimbursement obligations, fees, expenses, indemnification and reimbursement payments, costs and expenses (including all fees and expenses of counsel to Lender incurred pursuant to the Notes, this Agreement or any other Loan Document), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, now existing or hereafter arising hereunder or thereunder, (ii) all Rate Management Obligations, (iii) all Treasury Management Obligations, (iv) any obligations under any purchasing card or credit card account established for a Loan Party by Lender or any affiliate of Lender, and (v) all other indebtedness of whatever kind arising of any Loan Party to Lender or any affiliate of Lender, together with all renewals, extensions, modifications or refinancings of any of the foregoing, together with all renewals, extensions, modifications or refinancings of any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Obligations” shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations.

 

Rate Management Agreement ” shall mean any agreement, device or arrangement providing for payments which are related to fluctuations of interest rates, exchange rates, forward rates, or equity prices, including, but not limited to, dollar-denominated or cross-currency interest rate exchange agreements, forward currency exchange agreements, interest rate cap or collar protection agreements, forward rate currency or interest rate options, puts and warrants, and any agreement pertaining to equity derivative transactions ( e.g ., equity or equity index swaps, options, caps, floors, collars and forwards), including without limitation any ISDA Master Agreement between any Loan Party and Lender or any affiliate of Branch Banking and Trust Company, and any schedules, confirmations and documents and other confirming evidence between the parties confirming transactions thereunder, all whether now existing or hereafter arising, and in each case as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

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Rate Management Obligations ” shall mean any and all obligations of any Loan Party to Lender or any affiliate of Branch Banking and Trust Company, whether absolute, contingent or otherwise and howsoever and whensoever (whether now or hereafter) created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefor), under or in connection with (i) any and all Rate Management Agreements, and (ii) any and all cancellations, buy-backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any Rate Management Agreement.

 

Swap Obligation ” shall mean any Rate Management Obligation that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended from time to time.

 

Treasury Management Obligations ” shall mean, collectively, all obligations and other liabilities of any Loan Party owing to Lender or any affiliate of Lender pursuant to any agreements governing the provision to such Loan Party of treasury or cash management services, including deposit accounts, funds transfer, automated clearing house, zero balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled disbursement, lockbox, account reconciliation and reporting and trade finance services.

 

Section 2.      Guaranty. Each Guarantor unconditionally guarantees, jointly with the other Guarantors and severally, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, the due and punctual payment of all Obligations, as well as the due and punctual performance by the Loan Parties of other obligations required to be performed by the Loan Parties under and pursuant to the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents (all of the foregoing being collectively called the “ Guaranteed Obligations ”). In no event shall the Guaranteed Obligations be deemed to include any Excluded Swap Obligation. Each Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice to or further assent from such Guarantor, and that such Guarantor will remain bound upon its guarantee notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligations.

 

Section 3.      Obligations Not Waived . To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives presentment or protest to, demand of or payment from the other Loan Parties of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and also waives notice of acceptance of its guarantee and notice of protest for nonpayment. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of Lender to assert any claim or demand or to enforce or exercise any right or remedy against the Borrower or any other Guarantor under the provisions of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or otherwise, (ii) the failure of Lender to assert any claim or demand or to enforce or exercise any right or remedy against the Borrower or any other Guarantor under the provisions of any instruments, agreements or documents executed in connection with any Rate Management Agreement incurred to limit interest rate or fee fluctuation with respect to the Credit Facilities and Letters of Credit, (iii) the failure of Lender to assert any claim or demand or to enforce or exercise any right or remedy against the Borrower or any other Guarantor under the provisions of any instruments, agreements or documents executed in connection with a Treasury Management Obligation, (iv) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any release from any of the terms or provisions of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, Rate Management Agreement, any document evidencing any Treasury Management Obligation or any guarantee or any other agreement, including with respect to any other Guarantor under this Agreement, or (v) the failure to perfect any security interest in, or the release of, any of the security held by or on behalf of Lender.

 

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Section 4.      Security . Each of the Guarantors authorizes Lender to (a) take and hold security for payment under this Agreement and the Guaranteed Obligations and exchange, enforce, waive and release any such security, (b) apply such security and direct the order or manner of sale thereof as they in their discretion may determine and (c) release or substitute any one or more endorsees, other guarantors or other obligors.

 

Section 5.      Guaranty of Payment. Each Guarantor further agrees that its guaranty constitutes a guaranty of payment when due and not of collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by Lender to any of the security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations or to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of Lender in favor of the Borrower or any other Person.

 

Section 6.      No Discharge or Diminishment of Guaranty. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason (other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations), including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and shall not be subject to any defense or setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of Lender to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under the Credit Agreement except to the extent otherwise provided by applicable law, any other Loan Document, Rate Management Agreement, any document relating to any Treasury Management Obligation, or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any provision of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Guaranteed Obligations, or by any other act or omission that may or might in any manner or to the extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or that would otherwise operate as a discharge of each Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Obligations).

 

Section 7.      Defenses of Borrower Waived. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of any Loan Party or the unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of any Loan Party, other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations. Lender may, at its election, foreclose on any security held by it by one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, accept an assignment of any such security in lieu of foreclosure, compromise or adjust any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, make any other accommodation with any other Loan Party or any other guarantor, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of any Guarantor hereunder except to the extent the Guaranteed Obligations have been fully, finally and indefeasibly paid in cash. Pursuant to applicable law, each Guarantor waives any defense arising out of any such election even though such election operates, pursuant to applicable law, to impair or to extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of such Guarantor against the Borrower or any other Guarantor or guarantor, as the case may be, or any security.

 

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Section 8.      Agreement to Pay; Subordination. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right that Lender has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to pay any Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, each Guarantor hereby promises to and will forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to Lender in cash the amount of such unpaid and overdue Obligation. Upon payment by any Guarantor of any sums to Lender, all rights of such Guarantor against any Loan Party arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or otherwise shall in all respects be subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Guaranteed Obligations. In addition, any indebtedness of any Loan Party now or hereafter held by any Guarantor is hereby subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations. If any amount shall erroneously be paid to any Guarantor on account of (i) such subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or similar right or (ii) any such indebtedness of any Loan Party, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of Lender and shall forthwith be paid to Lender to be credited against the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents.

 

Section 9.      Information. Each Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of other Loan Parties’ financial condition and assets, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that such Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that Lender will not have any duty to advise any of the Guarantors of information known to it or any of them regarding such circumstances or risks.

 

Section 10.      Indemnity and Subrogation . In addition to all such rights of indemnity and subrogation as the Guarantors may have under applicable law (but subject to Section 8), the Borrower agrees that (a) in the event a payment shall be made by any Guarantor under this Agreement, the Borrower shall indemnify such Guarantor for the full amount of such payment and such Guarantor shall be subrogated to the rights of the person to whom such payment shall have been made to the extent of such payment and (b) in the event any assets of any Guarantor shall be sold to satisfy a claim of Lender under this Agreement, the Borrower shall indemnify such Guarantor in an amount equal to the greater of the book value or the fair market value of the assets so sold.

 

Section 11.      Contribution and Subrogation. Each Guarantor (a “ Contributing Guarantor ”) agrees (subject to Section 8 ) that, in the event a payment shall be made by any other Guarantor under this Agreement or assets of any other Guarantor shall be sold to satisfy a claim of Lender and such other Guarantor (the “ Claiming Guarantor ”) shall not have been fully indemnified by the Borrower as provided in Section 10 , the Contributing Guarantor shall indemnify the Claiming Guarantor in an amount equal to the amount of such payment or the greater of the book value or the fair market value of such assets, as the case may be, in each case multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the net worth of the Contributing Guarantor on the date hereof and the denominator shall be the aggregate net worth of all the Guarantors on the date hereof (or, in the case of any Guarantor becoming a party hereto pursuant to Section 24 , the date of the Supplement hereto executed and delivered by such Guarantor). Any Contributing Guarantor making any payment to a Claiming Guarantor pursuant to this Section 11 shall be subrogated to the rights of such Claiming Guarantor under Section 10 to the extent of such payment.

 

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Section 12.      Subordination. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, all rights of the Guarantors under Section 10 and Section 11 and all other rights of indemnity, contribution or subrogation under applicable law or otherwise shall be fully subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations. No failure on the part of the Borrower or any Guarantor to make the payments required under applicable law or otherwise shall in any respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor with respect to its obligations hereunder, and each Guarantor shall remain liable for the full amount of the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder.

 

Section 13.      Representations and Warranties . Each Guarantor represents and warrants as to itself that all representations and warranties relating to it (as a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Borrower) contained in the Credit Agreement are true and correct.

 

Section 14.      Termination. The guarantees made hereunder (i) shall terminate without the necessity of any further action by any party hereto when all the Guaranteed Obligations have been paid in full in cash and Lender has no further commitment to lend under the Credit Agreement, the LC Exposure has been reduced to zero and Lender has no further obligation to issue Letters of Credit under the Credit Agreement and (ii) shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by Lender or any Guarantor upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower, any Guarantor or otherwise. In connection with the foregoing, Lender shall execute and deliver to such Guarantor or Guarantor’s designee, at such Guarantor’s expense, any documents or instruments which such Guarantor shall reasonably request from time to time to evidence such termination and release.

 

Section 15.      Binding Effect; Several Agreement; Assignments. Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of the Guarantors that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of each party hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns. This Agreement shall become effective as to any Guarantor when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such Guarantor shall have been delivered to Lender, and thereafter shall be binding upon such Guarantor and its successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of Lender, and its successors and assigns, except that no Guarantor shall have the right to assign its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein (and any such attempted assignment shall be void). This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with respect to each Guarantor and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or released with respect to any Guarantor without the approval of any other Guarantor and without affecting the obligations of any other Guarantor hereunder.

 

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Section 16.      Waivers; Amendment.

 

(a)     No failure or delay of Lender of any kind in exercising any power, right or remedy hereunder and no course of dealing between any Guarantor on the one hand and Lender or any holder of any Note on the other hand shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or remedy hereunder, or under any Loan Document, Rate Management Agreement, or any document relating to any Treasury Management Obligation, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a power, right or remedy, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power, right or remedy. The rights of Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the Rate Management Agreements and any document relating to any Treasury Management Obligation, as applicable, are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any Guarantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by subsection (b) below, and then such waiver and consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on any Guarantor in any case shall entitle such Guarantor to any other or further notice in similar or other circumstances.

 

(b)     Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to a written agreement entered into between the Guarantors with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification relates and Lender.

 

Section 17.      Governing Law . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

 

Section 18.      Notices . All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to each Guarantor shall be given to it at its address set forth on Schedule I attached hereto or any subsequent address described in a written notice given as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement.

 

Section 19.      Survival of Agreement; Severability .

 

(a)     All covenants, agreements representations and warranties made by the Guarantors herein and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by Lender and shall survive the making by Lender of the Credit Facilities and the issuance of any Letters of Credit by Lender regardless of any investigation made by any of them or on their behalf, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Credit Facility or any other fee or amount payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid or the LC Exposure does not equal zero and as long as the commitment of Lender to may Advances under the Revolving Credit Facility has not been terminated.

 

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(b)     In the event one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction). The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

Section 20.      Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract (subject to Section 15 ), and shall become effective as provided in Section 15. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

Section 21.      Rules of Interpretation . The rules of interpretation specified in Section 1.03 of the Credit Agreement shall be applicable to this Agreement.

 

Section 22.      Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process .

 

(a)     Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any Florida State court or Federal court of the United States of America sitting in Tampa, Florida, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Rate Management Agreement or any document relating to any Treasury Management Obligation or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such Florida State court or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents against any Guarantor or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

 

(b)     Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents in any Florida State or Federal court. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

 

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(c)     Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 18. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

Section 23.      Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, RATE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATING TO ANY TREASURY MANAGEMENT OBLIGATION OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, ANY RATE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT EVIDENCING ANY TREASURY MANAGEMENT OBLIGATION, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 23.

 

Section 24.      Additional Guarantors . Pursuant to Section 6.19 of the Credit Agreement, each Subsidiary Loan Party that was not in existence on the date of the Credit Agreement is required to enter into this Agreement as a Guarantor upon becoming a Subsidiary Loan Party. Upon execution and delivery after the date hereof by Lender and such Subsidiary of an instrument in the form of Annex 1 , such Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Guarantor herein. The execution and delivery of any instrument adding an additional Guarantor as a party to this Agreement shall not require the consent of any other Guarantor hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Guarantor as a party to this Agreement.

 

Section 25.      Right of Setoff . If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Lender is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other Indebtedness at any time owing by Lender to or for the credit or the account of any Guarantor against any or all the obligations of such Guarantor now or hereafter existing under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, any Rate Management Agreement (but only to extent that the same does not relate to an Excluded Swap Obligation) or any document relating to any Treasury Management Obligation held by Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Person shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, Rate Management Agreement or any document relating to any Treasury Management Obligation, and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of Lender under this Section 25 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which Lender may have.

 

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Section 26.      Savings Clause .

 

(a)     It is the intent of each Guarantor and Lender that each Guarantor’s maximum obligations hereunder shall be, but not in excess of:

 

(i)     in a case or proceeding commenced by or against any Guarantor under the provisions of Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§101 et seq. (the “ Bankruptcy Code ”), the maximum amount which would not otherwise cause the Guaranteed Obligations (or any other obligations of such Guarantor owed to Lender) to be avoidable or unenforceable against such Guarantor under (i) Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or (ii) any state fraudulent transfer or fraudulent conveyance act or statute applied in such case or proceeding by virtue of Section 544 of the Bankruptcy Code; or

 

(ii)     in a case or proceeding commenced by or against any Guarantor under any law, statute or regulation other than the Bankruptcy Code (including, without limitation, any other bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium, readjustment of debt, dissolution, liquidation or similar debtor relief laws), the maximum amount which would not otherwise cause the Guaranteed Obligations (or any other obligations of such Guarantor to Lender) to be avoidable or unenforceable against such Guarantor under such law, statute or regulation including, without limitation, any state fraudulent transfer or fraudulent conveyance act or statute applied in any such case or proceeding.

 

(b)     The substantive laws under which the possible avoidance or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations (or any other obligations of such Guarantor to Lender) as may be determined in any case or proceeding shall hereinafter be referred to as the “ Avoidance Provisions. ” To the extent set forth in Section 26(a) (i) and (ii) , but only to the extent that the Guaranteed Obligations would otherwise be subject to avoidance or found unenforceable under the Avoidance Provisions, if any Guarantor is not deemed to have received valuable consideration, fair value or reasonably equivalent value for the Guaranteed Obligations, or if the Guaranteed Obligations would render such Guarantor insolvent, or leave such Guarantor with an unreasonably small capital to conduct its business, or cause such Guarantor to have incurred debts (or to have intended to have incurred debts) beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature, in each case as of the time any of the Guaranteed Obligations are deemed to have been incurred under the Avoidance Provisions and after giving effect to the contribution by such Guarantor, the maximum Guaranteed Obligations for which such Guarantor shall be liable hereunder shall be reduced to that amount which, after giving effect thereto, would not cause the Guaranteed Obligations (or any other obligations of such Guarantor to Lender), as so reduced, to be subject to avoidance or unenforceability under the Avoidance Provisions.

 

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(c)     This Section 26 is intended solely to preserve the rights of Lender hereunder to the maximum extent that would not cause the Guaranteed Obligations of such Guarantor to be subject to avoidance or unenforceability under the Avoidance Provisions, and neither the Guarantors nor any other Person shall have any right or claim under this Section 26 as against Lender that would not otherwise be available to such Person under the Avoidance Provisions.

 

Section 27.      Consent and Reaffirmation . Each Guarantor hereby consents to the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Agreement and agrees that each reference to the Existing Credit Agreement in the Loan Documents shall, on and after the date hereof, be deemed to be a reference to the Credit Agreement. Each Guarantor hereby acknowledges and agrees that, after giving effect to the Credit Agreement, all of its respective obligations and liabilities under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, as such obligations and liabilities have been amended by the Credit Agreement, are reaffirmed, and remain in full force and effect.

 

Section 28.      Effect of Restatement . The Agreement amends and restates the Existing Guaranty Agreement in its entirety and supersedes the Existing Guaranty Agreement in all respects.

 

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EXHIBIT “G”

TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY AGREEMENT

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Guarantors have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

FASHION SEAL CORPORATION,
a Nevada corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Andrew D. Demott, Jr.,
President

 

 

 

 

THE OFFICE GURUS, LLC,
a Florida limited liability company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

SUPERIOR UNIFORM GROUP, INC.,
a Florida corporation, its Sole Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

 

 

By:

 

 

   

Andrew D. Demott, Jr.,

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

BAMKO, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

SUPERIOR UNIFORM GROUP, INC.,
a Florida corporation, its Sole Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

 

 

By:

 

 

   

Andrew D. Demott, Jr.,

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

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Superior Uniform Arkansas LLC,

an Arkansas limited liability company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

SUPERIOR UNIFORM GROUP, INC.,
a Florida corporation, its Sole Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

 

 

By:

 

 

   

Andrew D. Demott, Jr.,

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

Superior Group of Companies, LLC ,
a Florida limited liability company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

SUPERIOR UNIFORM GROUP, INC.,
a Florida corporation, its Sole Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

 

 

By:

 

 

   

Andrew D. Demott, Jr.,

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

CID Resources, Inc.

a Delaware corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT “G”

TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY AGREEMENT

 

SCHEDULE I TO THE

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY AGREEMENT

 

Guarantor(s)

Guarantors

Address

 

FASHION SEAL CORPORATION,

a Nevada corporation

 

c/o Superior Uniform Group, Inc. 10055

Seminole Boulevard Seminole, Florida 33772

Attention: Andrew D. Demott, Jr.

 

Facsimile Number: (727) 803-2642

     

THE OFFICE GURUS, LLC,

a Florida limited liability company

 

c/o Superior Uniform Group, Inc. 10055

Seminole Boulevard Seminole, Florida 33772

Attention: Andrew D. Demott, Jr.

 

Facsimile Number: (727) 803-2642

     

BAMKO, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company

 

c/o Superior Uniform Group, Inc. 10055

Seminole Boulevard Seminole, Florida 33772

Attention: Andrew D. Demott, Jr.


Facsimile Number: (727) 803-2642

 

SUPERIOR UNIFORM ARKANSAS LLC,

an Arkansas limited liability company

 

c/o Superior Uniform Group, Inc. 10055

Seminole Boulevard Seminole, Florida 33772

Attention: Andrew D. Demott, Jr.


Facsimile Number: (727) 803-2642

     

SUPERIOR GROUP OF COMPANIES, LLC,

a Florida limited liability company

 

c/o Superior Uniform Group, Inc. 10055

Seminole Boulevard Seminole, Florida 33772

Attention: Andrew D. Demott, Jr.


Facsimile Number: (727) 803-2642

     

CID RESOURCES, INC.

 

c/o Superior Uniform Group, Inc. 10055

Seminole Boulevard Seminole, Florida 33772

Attention: Andrew D. Demott, Jr.


Facsimile Number: (727) 803-2642

 

Schedule I

G-14

 

 

EXHIBIT “G”

 

TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY AGREEMENT

 

ANNEX 1 TO THE

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY AGREEMENT

 

SUPPLEMENT NO. [  ] dated as of [        ], to the Amended and Restated Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement (the “ Guaranty Agreement ”) dated as of May 2, 2018, from each of the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule I thereto (each such Subsidiary individually, a “ Guarantor ” and collectively, the “ Guarantors ”) of Superior Uniform Group, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “ Borrower ”), in favor of Branch Banking and Trust Company, a North Carolina banking corporation (the “ Lender ”).

 

A.     Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 2, 2018 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among the Borrower, the Lender and certain other Loan Parties (as defined therein).

 

B.     Capitalized or initially capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Guaranty Agreement and the Credit Agreement.

 

C.     The Guarantors have entered into the Guaranty Agreement in order to induce the Lender to extend the Credit Facilities and to issue Letters of Credit. Pursuant to Section 6.19 of the Credit Agreement, each Subsidiary Loan Party that was not in existence or not a Subsidiary Loan Party on the date of the Credit Agreement is required to enter into the Guaranty Agreement as a Guarantor upon becoming a Subsidiary Loan Party. Section 24 of the Guaranty Agreement provides that additional direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiaries of the Borrower may become Guarantors under the Guaranty Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower (the “ New Guarantor ”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement to become a Guarantor under the Guaranty Agreement in order to induce Lender annex to make additional advances under the Credit Facilities and to issue additional Letters of Credit and as consideration for 2017 Term Loan, the 2018 Term Loan and/or or Advances under the Revolving Credit Facility previously made and Letters of Credit previously issued.

 

Accordingly, New Guarantor agrees with Lender as follows:

 

Section 1.     In accordance with Section 24 of the Guaranty Agreement, the New Guarantor by its signature below becomes a Guarantor under the Guaranty Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Guarantor and the New Guarantor hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Guaranty Agreement applicable to it as Guarantor thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it (but not the other Guarantors) as a Guarantor thereunder are true and correct on and as of the date hereof. Each reference to a Guarantor in the Guaranty Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Guarantor. The Guaranty Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Section 2.     The New Guarantor represents and warrants to Lender that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.

 

Section 3.     This Supplement may be executed in counterparts each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Supplement shall become effective when Lender shall have received counterparts of this Supplement that, when taken together, bear the signatures of the New Guarantor and Lender of an executed signature page to this Supplement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Supplement.

 

Section 4.     Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Guaranty Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

Section 5.     THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

 

Section 6.     In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Guaranty Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision hereof in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction). The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

Section 7.     All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 18 of the Guaranty Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the New Guarantor shall be given to it at the address set forth under its signature below, with a copy to the Borrower.

 

Section 8.     The New Guarantor agrees to reimburse Lender for its out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Supplement, including the fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for Lender.

 

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Blank]

 

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EXHIBIT “G”

 

TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTY AGREEMENT

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the New Guarantor and Lender have duly executed this Supplement to the Amended and Restated Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

[NAME OF NEW GRANTOR]

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
    Address:  

 

 

 

BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY,
a North Carolina banking corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Thomas M. Lambert

Senior Vice President

 

 

G-17

 

 

EXHIBIT “H-1”

TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF 2017 TERM LOAN NOTE

 

Amended and restated TERM LOAN PROMISSORY NOTE

 

$42,000,000.00

May 2, 2018

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED , the undersigned, SUPERIOR UNIFORM GROUP, INC. , a Florida corporation (the “ Borrower ”), hereby promises to pay to the order of Branch Banking and Trust Company, a North Carolina banking corporation (the Lender ”) or its assigns, at its office located at 400 N. Tampa Street, Suite 2500, Tampa, Florida 33602, the principal sum of FORTY-TWO MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ( $42,000,000.00 ) in (i) installments of principal of $500,000.00, plus accrued interest thereon, at the Interest Rate per annum applicable to the 2017 Term Loan as provided in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 2, 2018 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, replaced, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement ), between, inter alios , the Borrower and the Lender, on each Payment Date and (ii) a final payment of the outstanding principal balance of this Amended and Restated Term Loan Promissory Note, together with accrued interest thereon, at the Interest Rate per annum applicable to the 2017 Term Loan as provided in the Credit Agreement, on the 2017 Term Loan Maturity Date, all in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds, at said office. In addition, should legal action or an attorney-at-law be utilized to collect any amount due hereunder, the Borrower further promises to pay all out-of-pocket costs of collection, including the reasonable attorneys’ fees of the Lender. Capitalized or initially capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

 

The Borrower promises to pay interest, on demand, on any overdue principal and, to the extent permitted by law, overdue interest from their due dates at a rate or rates provided in the Credit Agreement.

 

If any payment of principal or interest is not paid when due under (whether by acceleration or otherwise) or within ten (10) days thereafter, the Borrower shall pay to Lender a late payment fee of 5% of the payment amount then due, with a minimum fee of $20.00.

 

Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, all outstanding principal of this Amended and Restated Term Loan Promissory Note shall bear interest at the Default Rate, and such default interest shall be payable on each Payment Date or upon demand or acceleration by Lender. To the greatest extent permitted by law, interest shall continue to accrue under the Notes at the Default Rate after the filing by or against any Loan Party of any petition seeking any relief in bankruptcy or under any law pertaining to insolvency or debtor relief.

 

 

DOCUMENTARY STAMP TAX IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,450 DUE ON THIS NOTE HAVE BEEN PAID IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

 

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The principal amount of this Amended and Restated Term Loan Promissory Note is subject to mandatory prepayments, if any, as provided in Section 3.03 of the Credit Agreement.

 

All borrowings evidenced by this Amended and Restated Term Loan Promissory Note and all payments and prepayments of the principal hereof and the date thereof shall be recorded by the holder hereof in its internal records; provided, that the failure of the holder hereof to make such a notation or any error in such notation shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower to make the payments of principal and interest in accordance with the terms of this Amended and Restated Term Loan Promissory Note and the Credit Agreement. Should a conflict arise between this Amended and Restated Term Loan Promissory Note and the Credit Agreement, the terms of the Credit Agreement shall control.

 

This Amended and Restated Term Loan Promissory Note is issued in connection with, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Credit Agreement which, among other things, contains provisions for the acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain events, for prepayment of the principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof and for the amendment or waiver of certain provisions of the Credit Agreement, all upon the terms and conditions therein specified. This Amended and Restated Term Loan Promissory Note amends and restates, but is not a novation or an accord and satisfaction of, the Lender’s Term Loan Promissory Note dated as of February 28, 2017 in the original principal amount of $42,000,000 executed in connection with that certain Credit Agreement dated as of February 28, 2017.

 

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED TERM LOAN PROMISSORY NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED TERM LOAN PROMISSORY NOTE WILL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

 

BORROWER BY ITS EXECUTION HEREOF AND LENDER BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, EACH IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EITHER MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED TERM LOAN PROMISSORY NOTE OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED TERM LOAN PROMISSORY NOTE AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

[SIGNATURE ON FOLLOWING PAGE]

 

H-2

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Borrower has caused this Amended and Restated Term Loan Promissory Note to be signed by its duly authorized representative all as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

SUPERIOR UNIFORM GROUP, INC.,
a Florida corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

  Andrew D. Demott, Jr.,

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amended and Restated Term Loan Promissory Note Signature Page

 

H-3

 

 

EXHIBIT “H-2”

TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF 2018 TERM LOAN NOTE

 

TERM LOAN PROMISSORY NOTE

 

$85,000,000.00

May 2, 2018

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED , the undersigned, SUPERIOR UNIFORM GROUP, INC. , a Florida corporation (the “ Borrower ”), hereby promises to pay to the order of Branch Banking and Trust Company, a North Carolina banking corporation (the Lender ”) or its assigns, at its office located at 400 N. Tampa Street, Suite 2500, Tampa, Florida 33602, the principal sum of Eighty-Five MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ( $85,000,000.00 ) in (i) installments of interest from the date hereof on the principal amount thereof from time to time outstanding, in like funds, at said office, on each Payment Date at the Interest Rate per annum applicable to the 2018 Term Loan as provided in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 2, 2018 (as the same may be amended, supplemented, replaced, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement ), between, inter alios , the Borrower and the Lender, and (ii) a final payment of the outstanding principal balance of this Term Loan Promissory Note, together with accrued interest thereon, at the Interest Rate per annum applicable to the 2018 Term Loan as provided in the Credit Agreement, on the 2018 Term Loan Maturity Date, all in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds, at said office. In addition, should legal action or an attorney-at-law be utilized to collect any amount due hereunder, the Borrower further promises to pay all out-of-pocket costs of collection, including the reasonable attorneys’ fees of the Lender. Capitalized or initially capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

 

The Borrower promises to pay interest, on demand, on any overdue principal and, to the extent permitted by law, overdue interest from their due dates at a rate or rates provided in the Credit Agreement.

 

If any payment of principal or interest is not paid when due under (whether by acceleration or otherwise) or within ten (10) days thereafter, the Borrower shall pay to Lender a late payment fee of 5% of the payment amount then due, with a minimum fee of $20.00.

 

Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, all outstanding principal of this Term Loan Promissory Note shall bear interest at the Default Rate, and such default interest shall be payable on each Payment Date or upon demand or acceleration by Lender. To the greatest extent permitted by law, interest shall continue to accrue under the Notes at the Default Rate after the filing by or against any Loan Party of any petition seeking any relief in bankruptcy or under any law pertaining to insolvency or debtor relief.

 

The principal amount of this Term Loan Promissory Note is subject to mandatory prepayments, if any, as provided in Section 3.03 of the Credit Agreement.

 

DOCUMENTARY STAMP TAX IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,450 DUE ON THIS NOTE HAVE BEEN PAID IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

 

 

 

 

All borrowings evidenced by this Term Loan Promissory Note and all payments and prepayments of the principal hereof and the date thereof shall be recorded by the holder hereof in its internal records; provided, that the failure of the holder hereof to make such a notation or any error in such notation shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower to make the payments of principal and interest in accordance with the terms of this Term Loan Promissory Note and the Credit Agreement. Should a conflict arise between this Term Loan Promissory Note and the Credit Agreement, the terms of the Credit Agreement shall control.

 

This Term Loan Promissory Note is issued in connection with, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Credit Agreement which, among other things, contains provisions for the acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain events, for prepayment of the principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof and for the amendment or waiver of certain provisions of the Credit Agreement, all upon the terms and conditions therein specified.

 

THIS TERM LOAN PROMISSORY NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS TERM LOAN PROMISSORY NOTE WILL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

 

BORROWER BY ITS EXECUTION HEREOF AND LENDER BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, EACH IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EITHER MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF THIS TERM LOAN PROMISSORY NOTE OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS TERM LOAN PROMISSORY NOTE AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

[SIGNATURE ON FOLLOWING PAGE]

 


 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Borrower has caused this Term Loan Promissory Note to be signed by its duly authorized representative all as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

SUPERIOR UNIFORM GROUP, INC.,
a Florida corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

  Andrew D. Demott, Jr.,

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term Loan Promissory Note Signature Page

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

Superior Uniform Group, Inc.

A NASDAQ Listed Company: SGC

10055 Seminole Blvd.

Seminole, FL 33772-2539

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

Superior Uniform Group ® Announces Acquisition of CID Resources ®

 

Acquisition of CID’s WonderWink Brands and the other Licenses S ignificantly E nhances Superior’s H ealthcare U niform B usiness and is Expected to be  Accretive to Superior’s Earnings in 2018

 

SEMINOLE, Fla. – (May 3, 2018) – Superior Uniform Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SGC) (the “Company” or “Superior”) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding stock of CID Resources, Inc. (“CID”), a privately owned company based in Coppell, TX, for approximately $88.4 million.

 

CID is a leading provider of branded medical uniforms. CID has built its WonderWink ® brand into one of the leading retail scrub brands. WonderWink ® and its sub-brands, WonderWink Origins, WonderWink Layers, WonderWink Four-Stretch ® , WonderFLEX , WonderWORK ® , WonderWink HP ® , WonderWink NEXT ® , WonderTECH ® and W123 , represent a diverse and innovative retail offering, providing style, fit, and features for every medical professional.

 

CID also has licensed and built well-known work wear and outdoor brand, Carhartt ® , and lifestyle brand, Vera Bradley ® , into successful scrub brands by creating innovative products targeting specific market segments.

 

By leveraging CID’s brands, licenses, and established network of retailers, Superior Uniform Group expects to greatly expand its line of uniforms for healthcare support personnel with more retail-focused uniform options and local, consumer-friendly service.

 

The purchase price of approximately $88.4 million for the transaction consists of approximately $84.4 million in cash, net of cash acquired, subject to adjustments, and the issuance of approximately 150,000 shares of Superior common stock. The transaction closed on May 2, 2018 and was structured as a stock purchase. CID’s net sales for the year ended December 31, 2017 were $65.3 million. The transaction is expected to be accretive to Superior’s earnings per share and other operating results in 2018.

 

 

 

 

“We have always considered acquisitions as a vehicle to accelerate our growth and add to our bottom line,” said Michael Benstock, CEO of Superior. “Our acquisition of HPI years ago was a great example of our success at doing so in the uniform space. We believe that CID will be no exception, as it will enhance our current sales opportunities with our other uniform customers.”

 

CID will manage the Direct Healthcare channel for Superior and will continue to sell through the retail channels that have already been established and have contributed so greatly to CID’s success. Benstock continued, “CID will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Superior and will continue to operate from its Coppell, Texas, headquarters. We are thrilled that CID’s very capable and experienced management team will be joining our team and will drive this portion of our healthcare business in the years ahead.”

 

“We have spent the past eight years building our business and our brands”, said H.P. Park, President of CID. “This acquisition will allow us to take CID to the next level as we leverage Superior’s relationships, sourcing, technology, distribution, and financial resources.”

 

Concurrently with the closing of the acquisition, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 2, 2018, with its existing lender, Branch Banking & Trust Company, a North Carolina banking corporation (the “Lender”), pursuant to which the Company’s existing revolving credit facility was increased from $35 million to $75 million and the Lender provided an additional term loan in the principal amount of $85 million. No principal payments are due on the $85 million term loan prior to its maturity. The term of the revolving credit facility was extended until May 2023 and the $85 million term loan matures in May 2020. The Company’s existing term loan with the Lender in the principal amount of $42 million remains outstanding with a maturity date of February 2024 and the same amortization schedule. Obligations outstanding under the revolving credit facility and the $42 million term loan generally have a variable interest rate of LIBOR plus 0.68 percent and the new $85 million term loan generally has a variable interest rate of LIBOR plus 0.93 percent for the first twelve months after the effective date, 1.5 percent for the period from thirteen months through eighteen months after the effective date, and 1.75 percent thereafter.

 

Cross Keys Capital served as exclusive financial advisor and Hill Ward Henderson served as primary legal counsel to Superior in connection with the transaction.

 

In connection with the CID acquisition, Superior posted an investor presentation containing additional information on the acquisition on its website ( www.superioruniformgroup.com ) under “Investor Information – Presentations,” which presentation is also being furnished as an exhibit to Superior’s Current Report on Form 8-K on the date hereof.

 

 

 

 

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About Superior Uniform Group, Inc.:

Superior Uniform Group ® , established in 1920, is a provider of a wide range of award-winning products and services. It provides customized support for each of its divisions through its shared services model.

 

Fashion Seal Healthcare ® , Superior I.D , and HPI Direct ® are signature uniform brands of Superior Uniform Group ® . Each is one of America’s foremost providers of fine uniforms and image apparel in its markets. They are leaders in innovative uniform program design, global manufacturing, and state-of-the-art distribution. These brands help their customers achieve a more professional appearance and better communicate their own brands. More than 5 million Americans are smartly outfitted with a Superior uniform each workday.

 

BAMKO ® is one of the nation’s largest full-service promotional products companies. It provides unique custom branding, design, sourcing, and marketing solutions to some of the world’s most successful brands.

 

The Office Gurus ® is a global provider of custom call and contact center support. As a true strategic partner, The Office Gurus implements customized solutions for its customers in order to accelerate their growth and improve their customers’ service experiences.

 

Superior’s commitment to service, technology, quality and value-added benefits, as well as its financial strength and resources, provides unparalleled support for its customers’ diverse needs while embracing a "Customer 1st, Every Time!" philosophy and culture in all of its business segments.

 

For more information, call (800) 727-8643 or visit www.SuperiorUniformGroup.com .

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

Statements contained in this press release, which are not historical facts, such as statements with respect to CID’s ability to leverage Superior’s relationships, sourcing, technology, distribution and financial resources, and Superior’s ability to leverage CID’s brands, licenses and retailer network to expand its uniform business, may constitute forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including without limitation, those identified in the Company’s SEC filings, which could cause actual results to differ from those projected.

 

Contact:

Andrew D. Demott, Jr.             OR

COO, CFO & Treasurer

(727) 803-7135

Hala Elsherbini, Halliburton Investor

Relations

(972) 458-8000

 

Exhibit 99.2