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) April 27, 2018

 

Commission File No. 001-38250

 

FAT Brands Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   08-2130269
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)   Identification No.)

 

9720 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500

Beverly Hills, CA 90212

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(310) 402-0600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K 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 203.425)
   
[  ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
   
[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
   
[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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

 

[X] Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. Yes [X] No [  ]

 

 

 

     
 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On April 27, 2018, FAT Brands Inc. (the “Company”, “we” or “us”) established a credit facility with TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP, a Cayman Islands limited partnership (“TCA”). The Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with TCA, pursuant to which TCA agreed to lend the Company up to $5,000,000 through the purchase of Senior Secured Redeemable Debentures issued by the Company (the “Debentures”).

 

A total of $2,000,000 was funded by TCA in connection with the initial closing on April 27, 2018, and the Company issued to TCA an initial Debenture with a face amount of $2,000,000, maturing on October 27, 2019 and bearing interest at the rate of 15% per annum. We have the right to prepay the Debentures , in whole or in part, at any time prior to maturity without penalty. The Company will make interest only payments during the first four months, followed by fully amortizing payments for the balance of the term. We paid a commitment fee of 2% of issued Debentures for the facility, and agreed to pay an investment banking fee of $170,000. The Company used the net proceeds for working capital purposes and repayment of other indebtedness.

 

The amounts borrowed under the Purchase Agreement are guaranteed by our operating subsidiaries and by our parent company, Fog Cutter Capital Group, Inc. (“Fog Cutter”), pursuant to a Guaranty Agreement in favor of TCA. The Company’s obligations under the Debentures are also secured by a Security Agreement, granting TCA a security interest in substantially all of our assets. In addition, Fog Cutter’s obligations under the Guaranty Agreement are secured by a pledge in favor of TCA of certain shares of common stock that Fog Cutter holds in the Company. During the term of the Purchase Agreement, we are prohibited from incurring additional indebtedness, with customary exceptions for ordinary course financing arrangements and subordinated indebtedness.

 

The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement, Debentures, Guaranty Agreement and Security Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the forms of such agreements, which are filed hereto as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 and 10.4, respectively.

 

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

 

The matters described in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K are incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)       Exhibits.

 

10.1 Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 27, 2018
10.2 Senior Secured Redeemable Debenture, dated as of April 27, 2018
10.3 Guaranty Agreement, dated April 27, 2018
10.4 Security Agreement, dated April 27, 2018

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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

 

Date: May 3, 2018

 

  FAT Brands Inc.
     
  By: /s/ Andrew A. Wiederhorn
    Andrew A. Wiederhorn
    Chief Executive Officer

 

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SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) is dated and effective as of April 27, 2018 (the “ Effective Date ”), by and between FAT BRANDS INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Company ”) and TCA GLOBAL CREDIT MASTER FUND, LP, a limited partnership organized and existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “ Buyer ”).

 

WHEREAS, Buyer desires to purchase from the Company, and the Company desires to sell and issue to Buyer, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, up to Five Million and No/100 United States Dollars ($5,000,000) of senior secured, redeemable debenture in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A the “ Debenture ”), of which Two Million and No/100 United States Dollars ($2,000,000) shall be purchased on the date hereof (the “ First Closing ”) for the total purchase price of Two Million and No/100 United States Dollars ($2,000,000) (the “ Purchase Price ”), and up to Three Million and No/100 United States Dollars ($3,000,000) may be purchased in additional closings as set forth in Section 4.2 below (the “ Additional Closings ”) (each of the First Closing and the Additional Closings are sometimes hereinafter individually referred to as a “ Closing ” and collectively as the “ Closings ”), all subject to the terms and provisions hereinafter set forth;

 

WHEREAS, the Company and Fog Cutter Capital Group, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland (“ Fog Cutter ”) have each agreed to secure all of the Company’s Obligations to Buyer under the Debenture, this Agreement and all other Transaction Documents by granting to the Buyer an unconditional and continuing security interest in all of the assets and properties of the Company and Fog Cutter, whether now existing or hereafter acquired, pursuant to those certain Security Agreements, each dated as of the date hereof (in the forms attached hereto as Exhibit B , the “ Security Agreements ”);

 

WHEREAS, for purposes of this Agreement, the Debenture and each of the other Transaction Documents, each of the Company, Fatburger, Buffalo’s, Ponderosa, Bonanza, and any other person or entity to hereafter become a guarantor or party hereunder shall be deemed “ Credit Parties ”;

 

WHEREAS, the Fog Cutter, Fatburger North America Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (“ Fatburger ”), Buffalo’s Franchise Concepts Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Nevada (“ Buffalo’s ”), Ponderosa Franchising Company, a general partnership organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (“ Ponderosa ”), and Bonanza Restaurant Company, a general partnership organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (“ Bonanza ”, and together with Fog Cutter, Fatburger, Buffalo’s, Ponderosa, jointly and severally, the “ Guarantors ”), will receive a substantial benefit from the Buyer’s purchase of the Debentures and, as such, have agreed to guarantee all of the Obligations of the Buyer under the Debentures, this Agreement and all other Transaction Documents pursuant to those certain Guaranty Agreements, each dated as of the date hereof (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C , the “ Guaranty Agreements ”); and

 

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WHEREAS, as security for the payment and performance of any and all of the Company’s Obligations to Buyer under the Debentures, this Agreement and all other Transaction Documents, Fog Cutter has agreed to execute a Pledge Agreement in favor of Buyer, whereby Fog Cutter shall pledge to the Buyer all of its right, title and interest in and to, and provide a first priority lien and security interest on, certain issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the Company, dated as of the date hereof (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D , the “ Pledge Agreement ”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants of the parties hereinafter expressed and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, each intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

RECITALS, EXHIBITS, SCHEDULES

 

The foregoing recitals are true and correct and, together with the Schedules and Exhibits referred to hereafter, are hereby incorporated into this Agreement by this reference.

 

ARTICLE II

DEFINITIONS

 

For purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or otherwise defined elsewhere in this Agreement, or unless the context otherwise requires, the capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in this Article as follows:

 

2.1 “ Affiliate ” means, with respect to a Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or 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, the term “ control ,” “ controlling ,” “ controlled ” and words of similar import, when used in this context, means, with respect to any Person, the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct, or cause the direction of, management policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

2.2 “ Assets ” means all of the properties and assets of the Person in question, as the context may so require, whether real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible, wherever located, whether now owned or hereafter acquired.

 

2.3 “ Business Day ” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday on which federal banks are authorized or required to be closed for the conduct of commercial banking business.

 

2.4 “ Claims ” means any Proceedings, Judgments, Obligations, threats, losses, damages, deficiencies, settlements, assessments, charges, costs and expenses of any nature or kind.

 

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2.5 “ Collateral ” shall have the meaning given to it in the Security Agreements.

 

2.6 “ Compliance Certificate ” means that certain compliance certificate executed by an officer of the Company in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E .

 

2.7 “ Consent ” means any consent, approval, order or authorization of, or any declaration, filing or registration with, or any application or report to, or any waiver by, or any other action (whether similar or dissimilar to any of the foregoing) of, by or with, any Person, which is necessary in order to take a specified action or actions, in a specified manner and/or to achieve a specific result.

 

2.8 “ Contract ” means any written or oral contract, agreement, order or commitment of any nature whatsoever, including, any sales order, purchase order, lease, sublease, license agreement, services agreement, loan agreement, mortgage, security agreement, guarantee, management contract, employment agreement, consulting agreement, partnership agreement, shareholders agreement, buy-sell agreement, option, warrant, debenture, subscription, call or put.

 

2.9 “ Credit Party(ies) ” shall have the meaning given to it in the recitals hereof.

 

2.10 “ Debentures ” shall have the meaning given to it in the preamble hereof.

 

2.11 “ Effective Date ” means the date so defined in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

 

2.12 “ Encumbrance ” means any lien, security interest, pledge, mortgage, easement, leasehold, assessment, tax, covenant, restriction, reservation, conditional sale, prior assignment, or any other encumbrance, claim, burden or charge of any nature whatsoever.

 

2.13 “ Environmental Requirements ” means all Laws and requirements relating to human health, safety or protection of the environment or to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of pollutants, contaminants, or Hazardous Materials in the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata), or otherwise relating to the treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of any Hazardous Materials.

 

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

 

2.15 “ Fee Debenture ” shall mean that certain debenture, or any replacement, substitution or amended and restated form thereof, in the principal amount of one hundred seventy thousand and no/100 United States Dollars ($170,000), issued by the Company in favor of the Buyer, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit F .

 

2.16 “ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles, methods and practices set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or of such other Person as may be approved by a significant segment of the U.S. accounting profession, in each case as of the date or period at issue, and as applied in the U.S. to U.S. companies.

 

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2.17 “ Governmental Authority ” means any foreign, federal, state or local government, or any political subdivision thereof, or any court, agency or other body, organization, group, stock market or exchange exercising any executive, legislative, judicial, quasi-judicial, regulatory or administrative function of government.

 

2.18 “ Guaranty Agreements ” shall have the meaning given to it in the recitals hereof.

 

2.19 “ Guarantors ” shall have the meaning given to it in the recitals hereof.

 

2.20 “ Hazardous Materials ” means: (i) any chemicals, materials, substances or wastes which are now or hereafter become defined as or included in the definition of “hazardous substances,” “hazardous wastes,” “hazardous materials,” “extremely hazardous wastes,” “restricted hazardous wastes,” “toxic substances,” “toxic pollutants” or words of similar import, under any Law; and (iii) any other chemical, material, substance, or waste, exposure to which is now or hereafter prohibited, limited or regulated by any Governmental Authority.

 

2.21 “ Judgment ” means any order, writ, injunction, fine, citation, award, decree, or any other judgment of any nature whatsoever of any Governmental Authority.

 

2.22 “ Law ” means any provision of any law, statute, ordinance, code, constitution, charter, treaty, rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority.

 

2.23 “ Leases ” means all leases for real or personal property.

 

2.24 “ Lien ” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

 

2.25 “ Material Adverse Effect ” shall mean: (i) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the Assets, business, prospects, properties, financial condition or results of operations of any Credit Party; (ii) a material impairment of the ability of any Credit Party to perform any of its Obligations under any of the Transaction Documents; (iii) a material adverse effect on: (A) any material portion of the “Collateral” (as such term is defined in the Security Agreements); (B) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against the Credit Parties of any of the Transaction Documents; (C) the perfection or priority of any Encumbrance granted to Buyer under any Transaction Documents; or (D) the rights or remedies of the Buyer under any of the Transaction Documents. For purposes of determining whether any of the foregoing changes, effects, impairments, or other events have occurred, such determination shall be made by Buyer, in its sole, but reasonably exercised, discretion.

 

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2.26 “ Material Contract ” shall mean any Contract to which a Credit Party is a party or by which the Company or any of its Assets are bound and which is required to be filed as an exhibit to the SEC Reports of the Company pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Exchange Act.

 

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

 

2.28 “ Ordinary Course of Business ” means the ordinary course of business of the Person in question, consistent with past custom and practice (including with respect to quantity, quality and frequency).

 

2.29 “ Permit ” means any license, permit, approval, waiver, order, authorization, right or privilege of any nature whatsoever, granted, issued, approved or allowed by any Governmental Authority.

 

2.30 “ Permitted Encumbrances ”: (a) Liens securing taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies not delinquent or which are being contested in good faith; (b) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, social security and other like laws; (c) Liens on fixed assets securing purchase money indebtedness; (d) Liens existing on the Effective Date and disclosed on Schedule 2.30 hereto; (e) carrier’s warehousemen’s, mechanic’s, workmen’s, landlord’s and other materialmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to obligations which are not due or which are being contested in good faith; (f) attachments, appeal bonds, judgment liens and other similar Liens for sums not exceeding $250,000 in the aggregate arising in connection with court proceedings; (g) Liens of collecting banks under the UCC arising in the course of collection and statutory Liens and rights of set-off of banks, in each case arising in the ordinary course of business; (h) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the Ordinary Course of business; and (i) zoning restrictions, easements, rights-of-way, restrictions on use of real property and other similar encumbrances incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business.

 

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2.31 “ Person ” means any individual, sole proprietorship, joint venture, partnership, company, corporation, association, cooperation, trust, estate, Governmental Authority, or any other entity of any nature whatsoever.

 

2.32 “ Pledge Agreement ” shall have the meaning given to it in the recitals hereof.

 

2.33 “ Pledged Company ” shall mean Fat Brands Inc.

 

2.34 “ Pledgor ” shall mean Fog Cutter Capital Group, Inc.

 

2.35 “ Proceeding ” means any demand, claim, suit, action, litigation, investigation, audit, study, arbitration, administrative hearing, or any other proceeding of any nature whatsoever.

 

2.36 “ Real Property ” means any real estate, land, building, structure, improvement, fixture or other real property of any nature whatsoever, including, but not limited to, fee and leasehold interests.

 

2.37 “ SEC ” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

2.38 “ SEC Reports ” means the Offering Statement (File No. 024-10737) filed by the Company with the SEC, the related Offering Circular filed on October 23, 2017, and such other reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents filed by the Company with the SEC under the Exchange Act from time to time, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein.

 

2.39 “ Securities ” means the Debentures.

 

2.40 “ Security Agreements ” shall have the meaning given to it in the recitals hereof.

 

2.41 “ Tax ” means (i) any foreign, federal, state or local income, profits, gross receipts, franchise, sales, use, occupancy, general property, real property, personal property, intangible property, transfer, fuel, excise, accumulated earnings, personal holding company, unemployment compensation, social security, withholding taxes, payroll taxes, or any other tax of any nature whatsoever, (ii) any foreign, federal, state or local organization fee, qualification fee, annual report fee, filing fee, occupation fee, assessment, rent, or any other fee or charge of any nature whatsoever, or (iii) any deficiency, interest or penalty imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

2.42 “ Tax Return ” means any tax return, filing, declaration, information statement or other form or document required to be filed in connection with or with respect to any Tax.

 

2.43 “ Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement any and all documents or instruments executed or to be executed by any Credit Party in connection with this Agreement, including the Debentures, the Security Agreements, the Guaranty Agreements, the Use of Proceeds Confirmation, the Pledge Agreements, the Fee Debenture and the Validity Certificates, together with all modifications, amendments, extensions, future advances, renewals, and substitutions thereof.

 

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2.44 “ Use of Proceeds Confirmation ” means that certain use of proceeds confirmation executed by an officer of the Company in the form attached hereto as G .

 

2.45 “ Validity Certificate(s) ” shall mean those certain validity certificates executed by such officers and directors of the Credit Parties as the Buyer shall require, in the Buyer’s sole discretion, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit H .

 

ARTICLE III

INTERPRETATION

 

In this Agreement, unless the express context otherwise requires: (i) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; (ii) references to the words “Article” or “Section” refer to the respective Articles and Sections of this Agreement, and references to “Exhibit” or “Schedule” refer to the respective Exhibits and Schedules annexed hereto; (iii) references to a “party” mean a party to this Agreement and include references to such party’s permitted successors and permitted assigns; (iv) references to a “third party” mean a Person not a party to this Agreement; (v) references to the words “share” or “shareholder”, if in reference to the Company, shall refer to “units” or “unitholder” respectively and (v) the terms “dollars” and “$” means U.S. dollars; (vi) wherever the word “include,” “includes” or “including” is used in this Agreement, it will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”.

 

ARTICLE IV

PURCHASE AND SALE OF DEBENTURES

 

4.1 Purchase and Sale of Debentures . Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Buyer agrees to purchase, at each Closing, and Company agrees to sell and issue to Buyer, at each Closing, Debentures in the amount of the purchase price applicable to each Closing as more specifically set forth below.

 

4.2 Closing Dates . The First Closing of the purchase and sale of the Debentures shall be for two million and No/100 United States Dollars ($2,000,000), and shall take place on the Effective Date, subject to satisfaction of the conditions to the First Closing set forth in this Agreement (the “ First Closing Date ”). Additional Closings of the purchase and sale of the Debentures shall be at such times and for such amounts as determined in accordance with Section 4.4 below, subject to satisfaction of the conditions to the Additional Closings set forth in this Agreement (the “ Additional Closing Dates ”) (collectively, with the First Closing Date, referred to as the “ Closing Dates ”). The Closings shall occur on the respective Closing Dates through the use of overnight mails and subject to customary escrow instructions from Buyer and its counsel, or in such other manner as is mutually agreed to by the Company and the Buyer.

 

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4.3 Form of Payment . Subject to the satisfaction of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on each Closing Date: (i) the Buyer shall deliver to the Company, to an account designated by the Company, the aggregate proceeds for the Debentures to be issued and sold to Buyer at each such Closing, minus the fees to be paid directly from the proceeds of each such Closing as set forth in this Agreement, in the form of wire transfers of immediately available U.S. dollars; and (ii) the Company shall deliver to Buyer the Securities which Buyer is purchasing hereunder at each Closing, duly executed on behalf of the Company, together with any other documents required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement.

 

4.4 Additional Closings . At any time after the First Closing but prior to the maturity date of the Debenture issued in the First Closing, the Company may request that Buyer purchase additional Debentures hereunder in Additional Closings by written notice to Buyer, and, subject to the conditions below, Buyer shall purchase such additional Debentures in such amounts and at such times as Buyer and the Company may mutually agree; provided that (i) no fewer than ninety (90) days have elapsed since the date of the First Closing, (ii) no default or “Event of Default” (as such term is defined in any of the Transaction Documents) shall have occurred or be continuing under this Agreement or any other Transaction Documents, and no event shall have occurred that, with the passage of time, the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default or an Event of Default hereunder or thereunder; and (iii) any additional purchase of Debentures beyond the purchase of Debentures at the First Closing shall have been approved by Buyer, which approval may be given or withheld in Buyer’s sole and absolute discretion.

 

ARTICLE V

BUYER’S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Buyer represents and warrants to the Company, that:

 

5.1 Investment Purpose . Buyer is acquiring the Securities for its own account for investment only and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof.

 

5.2 Accredited Buyer Status . Buyer is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D, as promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

5.3 Reliance on Exemptions . Buyer understands that the Securities are being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and Buyer’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of Buyer set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of Buyer to acquire the Securities.

 

5.4 Information . Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been furnished with all materials they have requested relating to the business, finances and operations of the Company and information Buyer deemed material to making an informed investment decision regarding its purchase of the Securities. Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Company and their management. Neither such inquiries, nor any materials provided to Buyer, nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by Buyer or its advisors, if any, or its representatives, shall modify, amend or affect Buyer’s right to fully rely on the Company’s representations and warranties contained in Article VI below. Buyer understands that its investment in the Securities involves a high degree of risk. Buyer is in a position regarding the Company, which, based upon economic bargaining power, enabled and enables Buyer to obtain information from the Company in order to evaluate the merits and risks of this investment. Buyer has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the Securities.

 

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5.5 No Governmental Review . Buyer understands that no United States federal or state Governmental Authority has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities, or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Securities, nor have such Governmental Authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Securities.

 

5.6 Authorization, Enforcement . This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of Buyer and is a valid and binding agreement of Buyer, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies.

 

ARTICLE VI

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CREDIT PARTIES

 

To induce the Buyer to purchase the Securities, the Credit Parties make the following representations and warranties to Buyer, each of which shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the date of each Closing hereunder, and which shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement:

 

6.1 Subsidiaries . A list of all of the Company’s and Guarantors’ Subsidiaries, direct and indirect, is set forth in Schedule 6.1 hereto.

 

6.2 Organization . Each of the Company and the Guarantors are a corporation, limited liability company, or other form of legally recognized entity, as applicable, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated, and has the full power and authority and all necessary certificates, licenses, approvals and Permits to: (i) enter into and execute this Agreement and the Transaction Documents and to perform all of its Obligations hereunder and thereunder; and (ii) own and operate its Assets and properties and to conduct and carry on its business as and to the extent now conducted. Each of the Company and the Guarantors are duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where the character of its business or the ownership or use and operation of its Assets or properties requires such qualification. The exact legal name of each of the Credit Parties is as set forth in the preamble to this Agreement, and none of the Credit Parties currently conducts, nor has any Credit Party, during the last five (5) years conducted, business under any other name or trade name.

 

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6.3 Authority and Approval of Agreement; Binding Effect . The execution and delivery by Credit Parties of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents, and the performance by each Credit Party of all of its Obligations hereunder and thereunder, including the issuance of the Securities, have been duly and validly authorized and approved by each Credit Party and, as applicable, its board of directors, stockholders, members, managers or partners pursuant to all applicable Laws and no other action or Consent on the part of any Credit Party, its board of directors, managers, stockholders members, partners or any other Person is necessary or required by any Credit Parties to execute this Agreement and the Transaction Documents, consummate the transactions contemplated herein and therein, perform all Obligations hereunder and thereunder, or to issue the Securities. This Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents has been duly and validly executed by the applicable Credit Parties party thereto (and the officer executing this Agreement and all such other Transaction Documents is duly authorized to act and execute same on behalf of each Credit Party) and constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of the Credit Parties, enforceable against each Credit Party in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies.

 

6.4 Capitalization . The authorized capital stock or other capitalization of the Credit Parties, as applicable, is set forth in the SEC Reports. All of such outstanding shares or other securities of the Credit Parties are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and have been issued in compliance with all foreign, federal and state securities laws and none of such outstanding shares or other securities were issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities. As of the Effective Date, no shares of capital stock or other securities of the Credit Parties or any Subsidiary thereof that are pledged as Collateral under the Pledge Agreements are subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or any Claims or Encumbrances suffered or permitted by any Credit Party or Subsidiary thereof. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports and except for the Securities to be issued pursuant to this Agreement, as of the Effective Date: (i) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, any shares of capital stock of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, or Contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, any shares of capital stock of any Credit Party or Subsidiary thereof; (ii) there are no outstanding debt securities, notes, credit agreements, credit facilities or other Contracts or instruments evidencing indebtedness of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof, or by which any Credit Party or Subsidiary thereof, is or may become bound; and (vii) there are no outstanding securities or instruments of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof which contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no Contracts by which such Credit Party or Subsidiary is or may become bound to redeem a security of such Credit Party or Subsidiary. Fog Cutter and the Credit Parties have furnished to the Buyer true, complete and correct copies of: Fog Cutter’s and each Credit Party’s respective articles of incorporation (including any certificates of designation, as applicable), bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement, certificate of organization or similar organizational and governing documents (the “ Organizational Documents ”). Except for the Organizational Documents or as disclosed in the SEC Reports, there are no other shareholder agreements, voting agreements or other Contracts of any nature or kind that restrict, limit or in any manner impose Obligations on the governance of any Credit Party.

 

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6.5 No Conflicts; Consents and Approvals . The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance of any of the Securities, will not: (i) constitute a violation of or conflict with the Organizational Documents of the Company and the Guarantors; (ii) constitute a violation of, or a default or breach under (either immediately, upon notice, upon lapse of time, or both), or conflicts with, or gives to any other Person any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any provision of any Contract to which the Company and the Guarantors are a party or by which any of its Assets or properties may be bound; (iii) constitute a violation of, or a default or breach under (either immediately, upon notice, upon lapse of time, or both), or conflicts with, any Judgment; (iv) constitute a violation of, or conflict with, any Law (including United States federal and state securities Laws); or (v) result in the loss or adverse modification of, or the imposition of any fine, penalty or other Encumbrance with respect to, any Permit granted or issued to, or otherwise held by or for the use of, any Credit Party or any of its Assets. The Company and the Guarantors are not in violation of any Company or Guarantor’s Organizational Documents and the Credit Parties are not in default or breach (and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both could put any Credit Party in default or breach) under, and the Credit Parties have not taken any action or failed to take any action that would give to any other Person any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any Contract to which any Credit Party is a party or by which any property or Assets of the Credit Parties are bound or affected. The businesses of the Credit Parties are not being conducted, and shall not be conducted so long as Buyer owns any of the Securities, in violation of any Law. Except as specifically contemplated by this Agreement, no Credit Party is required to obtain any Consent of, from, or with any Governmental Authority, or any other Person, in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its Obligations under this Agreement or the Transaction Documents in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof, or to issue and sell the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof. All Consents which any Credit Party is required to obtain pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the date hereof. The Credit Parties are not aware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing.

 

6.6 Issuance of Securities . The Securities are duly authorized and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms hereof, shall be duly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and free from all Encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof, and will be issued in compliance with all applicable United States federal and state securities Laws.

 

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6.7 Financial Statements . The Company has delivered to the Buyer copies of the financial statements filed by the Company with the SEC Reports (collectively, the “ Financial Statements ”). The Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except: (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such Financial Statements or the notes thereto; or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements), and fairly and accurately present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the consolidated results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments). To the best knowledge of the Credit Parties, no other information provided by or on behalf of the Credit Parties and its Subsidiaries to the Buyer, either as a disclosure schedule to this Agreement, or otherwise in connection with Buyer’s due diligence investigation of the Credit Parties and its Subsidiaries, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstance under which they are or were made, not misleading.

 

6.8 Absence of Certain Changes. Since the date of the most recent of the Financial Statements, none of the following have occurred:

 

(a) There has been no event or circumstance of any nature whatsoever that has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

(b) Any transaction, event, action, development, payment, or any other matter of any nature whatsoever entered into by the Credit Parties other than in the Credit Parties’ Ordinary Course of Business.

 

6.9 Absence of Litigation or Adverse Matters . No condition, circumstance, event, agreement, document, instrument, restriction, litigation or Proceeding (or threatened litigation or Proceeding or basis therefor) exists which: (i) could adversely affect the validity or priority of the Encumbrances granted to the Buyer under the Transaction Documents; (ii) could adversely affect the ability of each Credit Party to perform its Obligations under the Transaction Documents; (iii) would constitute a default under any of the Transaction Documents; (iv) would constitute such a default with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both; or (v) would constitute or give rise to a Material Adverse Effect. In addition: (vi) there is no Proceeding before or by any Governmental Authority or any other Person, pending, or to the best of each Credit Party’s knowledge, threatened or contemplated by, against or affecting either Credit Party, its business or Assets; (vii) there is no outstanding Judgment against or affecting either Credit Party, its business or Assets; (viii) neither Credit Party is in breach or violation of any Contract; and (ix) neither Company has received any material complaint from any customer, supplier, vendor or employee.

 

6.10 Liabilities and Indebtedness of the Company . The Company and its Subsidiaries do not have any Obligations of any nature whatsoever, except: (i) as disclosed in the Financial Statements; or (ii) Obligations incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business since the date of the most recent Financial Statements which do not or would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; or (iii) Obligations owed to the Buyer.

 

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6.11 Title to Assets . Each of the Company and Guarantors have good and marketable title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all of its Assets which are material to the business and operations of the Company as presently conducted, free and clear of all Encumbrances or restrictions on the transfer or use of same. Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, each Guarantors Assets are in good operating condition and repair, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and are free of any latent or patent defects which might impair their usefulness, and are suitable for the purposes for which they are currently used and for the purposes for which they are proposed to be used.

 

6.12 Real Estate.

 

(a) Real Property Ownership . Except for the Credit Party Leases and as described in the SEC Reports, the Credit Parties do not own any Real Property.

 

(b) Real Property Leases . Except for ordinary office Leases disclosed to the Buyer in writing prior to the date hereof (the “ Credit Party Leases ”), the Credit Parties do not lease any other Real Property. With respect to each of the Credit Party Leases: (i) the Credit Parties have been in peaceful possession of the property leased thereunder and neither the Credit Parties nor the landlord is in default thereunder; (ii) no waiver, indulgence or postponement of any of the Obligations thereunder has been granted by the Credit Parties or landlord thereunder; and (iii) there exists no event, occurrence, condition or act known to the officers or directors of Credit Parties which, upon notice or lapse of time or both, would be or could become a default thereunder or which could result in the termination of the Credit Party Leases, or any of them, or have a Material Adverse Effect on the business of any Credit Party, its Assets or its operations or financial results. The Credit Parties have not violated nor breached any provision of any such Credit Party Leases, and all Obligations required to be performed by the Credit Parties under any of such Credit Party Leases have been fully, timely and properly performed. The Credit Parties have delivered to the Buyer true, correct and complete copies of all Credit Party Leases, including all modifications and amendments thereto, whether in writing or otherwise. The Credit Parties have not received any written or oral notice to the effect that any of the Credit Party Leases will not be renewed at the termination of the term of such Credit Party Leases, or that any of such Credit Party Leases will be renewed only at higher rents.

 

6.13 Material Contracts. An accurate, current and complete copy of each of the Material Contracts has been filed as an exhibit to the SEC Reports, and each of the Material Contracts constitutes the entire agreement of the respective parties thereto relating to the subject matter thereof. There are no outstanding offers, bids, proposals or quotations made by any Credit Party which, if accepted, would create a Material Contract with any Credit Party. Each of the Material Contracts is in full force and effect and is a valid and binding Obligation of the parties thereto in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof. To the knowledge of each Credit Party and its officers, all Obligations required to be performed under the terms of each of the Material Contracts by any party thereto through and including the date hereof have been fully performed by all parties thereto, and no party to any Material Contracts is in default with respect to any term or condition thereof, nor has any event occurred which, through the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default thereunder or would cause the acceleration or modification of any Obligation of any party thereto or the creation of any Encumbrance upon any of the Assets of the Credit Parties. Further, no Credit Party has received notice, nor does any Credit Party have any knowledge, of any pending or contemplated termination of any of the Material Contracts and, no such termination is proposed or has been threatened, whether in writing or orally.

 

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6.14 Compliance with Laws . To the knowledge of each Credit Party and its officers, each Credit Party is and at all times has been in full compliance with all Laws, except for any such violations which, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect. No Credit Party has received any notice that it is in violation of, has violated, or is under investigation with respect to, or has been threatened to be charged with, any violation of any Law, except for any such violations which, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.15 Intellectual Property . The Credit Parties own or possess adequate and legally enforceable rights or licenses to use all trademarks, trade names, service marks, service mark registrations, service names, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, approvals, governmental authorizations, trade secrets and all other intellectual property rights necessary to conduct its business as now conducted (collectively, the “ IP Rights ”). All IP Rights, and any federal, state, local or foreign patent and trademark office, or functional equivalent thereof where any such IP Rights may be filed or registered, is set forth in Schedule 6.15 . All of the IP Rights are owned by the Credit Parties, except for IP Rights licensed by the Credit Parties, which licensed IP Rights are specifically outlined and described in Schedule 6.15 . If any IP Rights are licensed by any Credit Party, the underlying license agreement or other agreement pursuant to which such IP Rights are licensed (collectively, the “ License Agreements ”), permits Buyer to encumber such License Agreements without any further consent or approval of any other Person, including the underlying owner of such IP Rights, such that if there was an Event of Default and Buyer foreclosed on all Collateral, Buyer would have the right to use such IP Rights under the License Agreements, subject only to Buyer’s obligation to comply with the terms of such License Agreements. The Credit Parties do not have any knowledge of any infringement by any Credit Party of any IP Rights of others, and, to the knowledge of the Credit Parties, there is no claim, demand or Proceeding, or other demand of any nature being made or brought against, or to any Credit Party’s knowledge, being threatened against, any Credit Party regarding IP Rights or other intellectual property infringement; and is the Credit Parties are not aware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing.

 

6.16 Labor and Employment Matters . The Credit Parties are not involved in any labor dispute or, to the knowledge of each Credit Party, is any such dispute threatened. To the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors and their respective officers, none of the employees of the Company and the Guarantors are a member of a union and the Company and the Guarantors believe that their relations with their employees are good. To the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors and their respective officers, the Company and the Guarantors have complied in all material respects with all Laws relating to employment matters, civil rights and equal employment opportunities.

 

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6.17 Employee Benefit Plans . Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports, the Company and the Guarantors do not have and have not ever maintained, and have no Obligations with respect to any employee benefit plans or arrangements, including employee pension benefit plans, as defined in Section 3(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ ERISA ”), multiemployer plans, as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA, employee welfare benefit plans, as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA, deferred compensation plans, stock option plans, bonus plans, stock purchase plans, hospitalization, disability and other insurance plans, severance or termination pay plans and policies, whether or not described in Section 3(3) of ERISA, in which employees, their spouses or dependents of the Company and the Guarantors participate (collectively, the “ Employee Benefit Plans ”). The Company and the Guarantors knowledge, all Employee Benefit Plans meet the minimum funding standards of Section 302 of ERISA, where applicable, and each such Employee Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified within the meaning of Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is qualified. No withdrawal liability has been incurred under any such Employee Benefit Plans and no “Reportable Event” or “Prohibited Transaction” (as such terms are defined in ERISA), has occurred with respect to any such Employee Benefit Plans, unless approved by the appropriate Governmental Authority. To the Company and the Guarantors’ knowledge, the Company and the Guarantors have promptly paid and discharged all Obligations arising under ERISA of a character which if unpaid or unperformed might result in the imposition of an Encumbrance against any of its Assets or otherwise have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.18 Tax Matters . The Company and its Subsidiaries has made and timely filed all Tax Returns required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, subject to any permissible extensions, and each such Tax Return has been prepared in compliance with all applicable Laws, and all such Tax Returns are true and accurate in all respects. Except and only to the extent that the Company and its Subsidiaries has set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all unpaid and unreported Taxes, each of Company and its Subsidiaries has timely paid all Taxes shown or determined to be due on such Tax Returns, except those being contested in good faith, and each of them has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all Taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such Tax Returns apply. There are no unpaid Taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries know of no basis for any such claim. The Company and its Subsidiaries have withheld and paid all Taxes to the appropriate Governmental Authority required to have been withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to any Person. There is no Proceeding or Claim for refund now in progress, pending or threatened against or with respect to any of the Company or its Subsidiaries regarding Taxes.

 

6.19 Insurance . The Company and its Subsidiaries are each covered by valid, outstanding and enforceable policies of insurance which were issued to it by reputable insurers of recognized financial responsibility, covering its properties, Assets and businesses against losses and risks normally insured against by other corporations or entities in the same or similar lines of businesses as the Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged and in coverage amounts which are prudent and typically and reasonably carried by such other corporations or entities (the “ Insurance Policies ”). Such Insurance Policies are in full force and effect, and all premiums due thereon have been paid. None of the Insurance Policies will lapse or terminate as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Company and its Subsidiaries have complied with the provisions of such Insurance Policies. The Company and its Subsidiaries have not been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for and the Company and its Subsidiaries do not have any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing Insurance Policies as and when such Insurance Policies expire or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not materially and adversely affect the condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

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6.20 Permits . The Company and its Subsidiaries possess all Permits necessary to conduct its business, and neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries have received any notice of, or is otherwise involved in any Proceedings relating to, the revocation or modification of any such Permits. All such Permits are valid and in full force and effect and the Company and its Subsidiaries are in full compliance with the respective requirements of all such Permits.

 

6.21 Bank Accounts; Business Location . Schedule 6.21 sets forth, with respect to each account of the of the Company and the Guarantors with any bank, broker or other depository institution: (i) the name and account number of such account; (ii) the name and address of the institution where such account is held; (iii) the name of any Person(s) holding a power of attorney with respect to such account, if any; and (iv) the names of all authorized signatories and other Persons authorized to withdraw funds from each such account. The Company and the Guarantors have no office or place of business other than as identified on Schedule 6.21 and each of the Credit Party’s principal places of business and chief executive offices are indicated on Schedule 6.21 . All books and records of the Company and the Guarantors and other material Assets of the Credit Parties are held or located at the principal offices of the Credit Parties indicated on Schedule 6.21 .

 

6.22 Environmental Laws . Except as are used in such amounts as are customary in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, the Company and its Subsidiaries represents and warrants to Buyer that: (i) neither the Company or its Subsidiaries have generated, used, stored, treated, transported, manufactured, handled, produced or disposed of any Hazardous Materials, on or off any of the premises of the Company and its Subsidiaries (whether or not owned by the Company or the Guarantors) in any manner which at any time violates any Environmental Law or any Permit, certificate, approval or similar authorization thereunder; (ii) the operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries comply in all material respects with all Environmental Laws and all Permits certificates, approvals and similar authorizations thereunder; (iii) there has been no investigation, Proceeding, complaint, order, directive, Claim, citation or notice by any Governmental Authority or any other Person, nor is any pending or, to the Company and its Subsidiaries knowledge, threatened; and (iv) the Company and its Subsidiaries do not have any liability, contingent or otherwise, in connection with a release, spill or discharge, threatened or actual, of any Hazardous Materials or the generation, use, storage, treatment, transportation, manufacture, handling, production or disposal of any Hazardous Material.

 

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6.23 Illegal Payments . Neither the Credit Parties, nor any director, officer, agent, employee or other Person acting on behalf of the Credit Parties has, in the course of his actions for, or on behalf of, the Credit Parties: (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee.

 

6.24 Related Party Transactions . Except for arm’s length transactions pursuant to which the Credit Parties make payments in the Ordinary Course of Business upon terms no less favorable than the Credit Parties could obtain from third parties and the transactions disclosed in the SEC Reports, none of the officers, directors or employees of the Credit Parties, nor any stockholders who own, legally or beneficially, five percent (5%) or more of the ownership interests of the Credit Parties (each a “ Material Shareholder ”), is presently a party to any transaction with the Credit Parties (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any Contract providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from, any officer, director or such employee or Material Shareholder or, to the best knowledge of the Credit Parties, any other Person in which any officer, director, or any such employee or Material Shareholder has a substantial or material interest in or of which any officer, director or employee of the Credit Parties or Material Shareholder is an officer, director, trustee or partner. There are no Claims or disputes of any nature or kind between the Credit Parties and any officer, director or employee of the Credit Parties or any Material Shareholder, or between any of them, relating to each Credit Party and its business.

 

6.25 Internal Accounting Controls . The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to Assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for Assets is compared with the existing Assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

 

6.26 Acknowledgment Regarding Buyer’s Purchase of the Securities . Each Credit Party acknowledges and agrees that Buyer is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Each Company and each Guarantor further acknowledges that Buyer is not acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Credit Parties (or in any similar capacity) with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and any advice given by Buyer or any of its representatives or agents in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby is merely incidental to Buyer’s purchase of the Securities. The Credit Parties further represent to Buyer that each Company’s and each Guarantor’s decision to enter into this Agreement has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the Company, each Guarantor and its representatives.

 

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6.27 Seniority . No indebtedness or other equity or security of the Company is senior to the Debentures in right of payment, whether with respect to interest or upon liquidation or dissolution, or otherwise, except only purchase money security interests (which are senior only as to underlying Assets covered thereby).

 

6.28 Brokerage Fees . With the exception of the Dalmore Group, LLC, there is no Person acting on behalf of the Credit Parties who is entitled to or has any claim for any brokerage or finder’s fee or commission in connection with the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

6.29 No General Solicitation . Neither the Credit Parties, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act) in connection with the offer or issuance of the Securities.

 

6.30 No Integrated Offering . Neither the Credit Parties, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require registration of the Securities under the Securities Act or cause this offering of such securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Credit Parties for purposes of the Securities Act.

 

6.31 Private Placement . No registration under the Securities Act or the laws, rules or regulation of any other governmental authority is required for the issuance of the Securities.

 

6.32 Full Disclosure . All the representations and warranties made by the Company herein or in the Schedules hereto, and all of the financial statements, schedules, certificates, confirmations, agreements, contracts, and other materials of the Company submitted to the Buyer in connection with or in furtherance of this Agreement or pertaining to the transaction contemplated herein, whether made or given by the Company, its agents or representatives, are complete and accurate, and do not omit any information required to make the statements and information provided, in light of the transaction contemplated herein and in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, accurate and meaningful.

 

ARTICLE VII

COVENANTS

 

7.1 Negative Covenants .

 

(a) Indebtedness . So long as Buyer owns, legally or beneficially, any of the Debentures, the Credit Parties shall not, either directly or indirectly, create, assume, incur or have outstanding any indebtedness for borrowed money of any nature or kind (including purchase money indebtedness), or become liable, whether as endorser, guarantor, surety or otherwise, for any Obligation of any other Person, except for: (i) the Debentures; (ii) Obligations disclosed in the financial statements or SEC Reports provided to the Buyer as of the Effective Date; (iii) obligations for accounts payable, other than for money borrowed, and equipment financing arrangements incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Credit Parties; (iv) indebtedness which is junior in priority to the Debentures and the Fee Debenture and which such junior priority is evidenced by a subordination agreement with the Buyer; and (vi) indebtedness which is incurred to repay in full the Debentures and the Fee Debenture; provided that, any management or similar fees (other than regular compensation payable to directors and officers in the Ordinary Course of Business), payable by the Credit Parties shall be fully subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the Debentures and the Fee Debenture.

 

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(b) Encumbrances . So long as Buyer owns, legally or beneficially, any of the Debentures or the Fee Debenture, the Credit Parties shall not, either directly or indirectly, create, assume, incur or suffer or permit to exist any Encumbrance upon any Asset of the Credit Parties, whether owned at the date hereof or hereafter acquired, other than Permitted Encumbrances.

 

(c) Investments . So long as Buyer owns, legally or beneficially, any of the Debentures, no Credit Party shall, either directly or indirectly, make or have outstanding any new investments (whether through purchase of stocks, obligations or otherwise) in, or loans or advances to, any other Person, or acquire all or any substantial part of the assets, business, stock or other evidence of beneficial ownership of any other Person, except for the following: (i) investments in direct obligations of the United States or any state in the United States; (ii) trade credit extended by any Credit Party in its Ordinary Course of Business; (iii) investments existing on the Effective Date and set forth in the financial statements provided to the Buyer; (iv) intercompany advances among the Credit Parties, (v) notes receivable of, or prepaid royalties and other credit extensions, to customers and suppliers in the Ordinary Course of Business; (vi) obligations received in connection with the satisfaction or enforcement of claims due or owing to any of the Credit Parties, and (vii) capital expenditures, unless first approved by the Buyer in writing, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

(d) Issuances . So long as Buyer owns, legally or beneficially, any of the Debentures or the Fee Debenture, no Credit Party shall, either directly or indirectly, issue any equity, debt or convertible or derivative instruments or securities whatsoever, without obtaining Buyer’s prior written consent, which consent may be withheld in Buyer’s sole discretion, provided, however, that the Company may issue or convert equity, debt or convertible or derivative instruments or securities without consent, if immediately following such issuance or conversion there would be no Change in Control.

 

(e) Transfer; Merger . So long as Buyer owns, legally or beneficially, any of the Debentures or the Fee Debenture, Fog Cutter and the Credit Parties shall not, either directly or indirectly, permit or enter into any transaction involving a “Change in Control” (as hereinafter defined), or any other merger, consolidation, sale, transfer, license, Lease, Encumbrance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its properties or business or all or substantially all of its Assets, except for the sale, lease or licensing of property or Assets of Fog Cutter or the Credit Parties in the Ordinary Course of Business of Fog Cutter and the Credit Parties. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “ Change of Control ” shall mean any sale, conveyance, assignment or other transfer, directly or indirectly, of any ownership interest of the Fog Cutter and the Credit Parties which results in any change in the identity of the individuals or entities previously having the power to direct, or cause the direction of, the management and policies Fog Cutter or the Credit Parties, or the grant of a security interest in any ownership interest of any Person directly or indirectly controlling Fog Cutter or any of the Credit Parties, which could result in a change in the identity of the individuals or entities previously having the power to direct, or cause the direction of, the management and policies of Fog Cutter or the Credit Parties.

 

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(f) Distributions; Restricted Payments; Change in Management . So long as Buyer owns, legally or beneficially, any of the Debentures or the Fee Debenture, the Credit Parties shall not, either directly or indirectly: (i) purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock; (ii) declare or pay any dividends or distributions, whether in cash or otherwise, or set aside any funds for any such purpose, other than a quarterly cash dividend of $0.12 per share, pro rata stock dividends, and inter-company transfers in the Ordinary Course of Business; (iii) make any distribution to its shareholders (other than as permitted in clause (i)), make any distribution of its property or Assets or make any loans, advances or extensions of credit to, or investments in, any Person, other than in the Ordinary Course of Business, including, without limitation, any Affiliates of the Company and the Guarantors, or the Company and the Guarantors’ officers, directors, employees or Material Shareholder; (iv) pay any outstanding indebtedness of the Credit Parties, except for indebtedness and other Obligations permitted hereunder or as stated in the Use of Proceeds; or (v) increase the annual salary paid to any officers or directors of the Company and the Guarantors as of the Effective Date, unless any such increase is approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company. The Company and the Guarantors shall not pay any brokerage or finder’s fee or commission in connection with the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(g) Use of Proceeds . Except as set forth in the use of proceeds confirmation related to this Agreement, the Credit Parties shall not use any portion of the proceeds of the Debentures, either directly or indirectly, for any of the following purposes: (i) to make any payment towards any indebtedness or other Obligations of the Credit Parties; (ii) to pay any Taxes of any nature or kind that may be due by the Credit Parties; or (iii) to pay any Obligations of any nature or kind due or owing to any officers, directors, employees, or Material Shareholders of the Credit Parties, other than salaries payable in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Credit Parties. Each Credit Party covenants and agrees to only use any portion of the proceeds of the purchase and sale of the Debentures for the purposes set forth in the Use of Proceeds Confirmation to be executed by the Company on the Effective Date, unless the Company obtains the prior written consent of the Buyer to use such proceeds for any other purpose, which consent may be granted or withheld or conditioned by Buyer in its sole and absolute discretion.

 

(h) Business Activities; Change of Legal Status and Organizational Documents . The Credit Parties shall not: (i) engage in any line of business other than the businesses engaged in as of the Effective Date and business reasonably related thereto (including the pending acquisition of Hurricane AMT, LLC); (ii) change its name, organizational identification number (if applicable), its type of organization, its jurisdiction of organization or other legal structure; or (iii) permit its Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws or other organizational documents to be amended or modified in any way which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(i) Transactions with Affiliates . No Credit Party shall enter into any transaction with any of its Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, Material Shareholders or other insiders, except in the Ordinary Course of Business of such Credit Party and upon fair and reasonable terms that are no less favorable to such Credit Party than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate of such Credit Party.

 

(j) Bank Accounts . The Credit Parties shall not maintain any bank, deposit, credit card payment processing accounts, or other accounts with any financial institution, or any other Person, other than the Credit Parties’ accounts listed in the attached Schedule 6.21 or that is otherwise disclosed to Buyer no later than ten business days in advance of depositing any funds .

 

7.2 Affirmative Covenants .

 

(a) Corporate Existence . Fog Cutter and the Credit Parties shall at all times preserve and maintain its: (i) existence and good standing in the jurisdiction of its organization; and (ii) its qualification to do business and good standing in each jurisdiction where the nature of its business makes such qualification necessary, and shall at all times continue as a going concern in the business which Fog Cutter and the Credit Parties are presently conducting.

 

(b) Tax Liabilities. Each Credit Party shall at all times pay and discharge all Taxes upon, and all Claims (including claims for labor, materials and supplies) against the such Credit Party or any of its properties or Assets, before the same shall become delinquent and before penalties accrue thereon, unless and to the extent that the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained.

 

(c) Notice of Proceedings . The Credit Parties shall, promptly, but not more than five (5) days after knowledge thereof shall have come to the attention of any officer of any Credit Party, give written notice to the Buyer of all threatened or pending Proceedings before any Governmental Authority or otherwise affecting any Credit Party or any of its Assets.

 

(d) Material Adverse Effect . The Credit Parties shall, promptly, but not more than five (5) days after knowledge thereof shall have come to the attention of any officer of a Credit Party, give written notice to the Buyer of any event, circumstance, fact or other matter that could in any way have or be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(e) Notice of Default . The Company and the Guarantors shall, promptly, but not more than five (5) days after the commencement thereof, give notice to the Buyer in writing of the occurrence of any “Event of Default” (as such term is defined in any of the Transaction Documents) or of any event which, with the lapse of time, the giving of notice or both, would constitute an Event of Default hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents.

 

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(f) Maintain Property . The Credit Parties shall at all times maintain, preserve and keep all of its Assets in good repair, working order and condition, normal wear and tear excepted, and shall from time to time, as the Credit Parties deem appropriate in its reasonable judgment, make all needful and proper repairs, renewals, replacements, and additions thereto so that at all times the efficiency thereof shall be fully preserved and maintained. The Credit Parties shall permit Buyer to examine and inspect such Assets at all reasonable times upon reasonable notice during business hours. During the continuance of any Event of Default hereunder or under any Transaction Documents, the Buyer shall, at the Companies’ expense, have the right to make additional inspections without providing advance notice.

 

(g) Maintain Insurance . The Credit Parties shall at all times insure and keep insured with investment grade rated insurance companies, all insurable property owned by the Credit Parties which is of a character usually insured by companies similarly situated and operating like properties, against loss or damage from environmental, fire and such other hazards or risks as are customarily insured against by companies similarly situated and operating like properties; and shall similarly insure employers’, public and professional liability risks.

 

(h) ERISA Liabilities; Employee Plans . The Company and the Guarantors shall: (i) keep in full force and effect any and all Employee Plans which are presently in existence or may, from time to time, come into existence under ERISA, and not withdraw from any such Employee Plans, unless such withdrawal can be effected or such Employee Plans can be terminated without liability to the Company and the Guarantors ; (ii) make contributions to all of such Employee Plans in a timely manner and in a sufficient amount to comply with the standards of ERISA, including the minimum funding standards of ERISA; (iii) comply with all material requirements of ERISA which relate to such Employee Plans; (iv) notify Buyer immediately upon receipt by the Company and the Guarantors of any notice concerning the imposition of any withdrawal liability or of the institution of any Proceeding or other action which may result in the termination of any such Employee Plans or the appointment of a trustee to administer such Employee Plans; (v) promptly advise Buyer of the occurrence of any “Reportable Event” or “Prohibited Transaction” (as such terms are defined in ERISA), with respect to any such Employee Plans; and (vi) amend any Employee Plan that is intended to be qualified within the meaning of Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to the extent necessary to keep the Employee Plan qualified, and to cause the Employee Plan to be administered and operated in a manner that does not cause the Employee Plan to lose its qualified status.

 

(i) Continued Due Diligence/Field Audits . The Credit Parties acknowledge that during the term of this Agreement, Buyer and its agents and representatives undertake ongoing and continuing due diligence reviews of the Credit Parties and its business and operations. Such ongoing due diligence reviews may include, and the Credit Parties do hereby agree to allow Buyer, to conduct site visits and field examinations of the office locations of the Credit Parties, and the Assets and records of each of them, the results of which must be satisfactory to Buyer in Buyer’s sole and absolute discretion. In this regard, in order to cover Buyer’s expenses of the ongoing due diligence reviews and any site visits or field examinations which Buyer may undertake from time to time while this Agreement is in effect, the Credit Parties shall pay to Buyer, within five (5) Business Days after receipt of an invoice or demand therefor from Buyer, a fee of up to $5,000 per year (based on two (2) expected field audits and ongoing due diligence of $2,500 per visit or audit) to cover such ongoing expenses. Failure to pay such fee as and when required shall be deemed an Event of Default under this Agreement and all other Transaction Documents. The foregoing notwithstanding, from and after the occurrence of an Event of Default or any event which with notice, lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, Buyer may conduct site visits, field examinations and other ongoing reviews of the Credit Parties’ records, Assets and operations at any time, in its sole discretion, without any limitations in terms of number of site visits or examinations and without being limited to the fee hereby contemplated, all at the sole expense of the Credit Parties.

 

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7.3 Reporting Requirements . The Credit Parties agree as follows:

 

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

 

(i) as soon as available, and in any event, within ninety (90) days after the close of each fiscal year, a copy of the annual audited financial statements of Credit Parties including balance sheet, statement of income and retained earnings, statement of cash flows for the fiscal year then ended, in reasonable detail, prepared and reviewed by an independent certified public accountant reasonably acceptable to Buyer, containing an unqualified opinion of such accountant; which may be satisfied by transmitting electronically to the Buyer copies of (or hyper links to) the Company’s reports filed with the SEC that contain the same information;

 

(ii) as soon as available, and in any event, within sixty (60) days after the close of each fiscal quarter, a copy of the quarterly financial statements of Credit Parties, including balance sheet, statement of income and retained earnings, statement of cash flows for the fiscal year then ended, in reasonable detail, prepared and certified as accurate in all material respects by the CEO or CFO of such Credit Party; which such obligation of the Company to deliver financial statements may be satisfied by transmitting electronically to the Buyer copies of (or hyper links to) the Company’s reports filed with the SEC that contain the same information;

 

(iii) as soon as available, and in any event, within thirty (30) days following the end of each calendar month, a copy of the financial statements of Credit Party regarding such month, including balance sheet, statement of income and retained earnings, statement of cash flows for the month then ended, in reasonable detail, prepared and certified as accurate in all material respects by the CEO or CFO of such Credit Party.

 

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Except as may be required in order to conform with GAAP or rules and regulations enforced by the SEC, no change with respect to the accounting principles shall be made by the Credit Parties without giving prior notification to Buyer. The Credit Parties represent and warrant to Buyer that the financial statements delivered to Buyer at or prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and to be delivered at all times thereafter accurately reflect and will accurately reflect the financial condition of the Company and the Guarantors in all material respects. Buyer shall have the right at all times (and on reasonable notice so long as there then does not exist any Event of Default) during business hours to inspect the books and records of the Company and the Guarantors and make extracts therefrom.

 

(b) Additional Reporting Requirements . The Credit Parties shall provide the following reports and statements to Buyer as follows:

 

(i) Income Projections; Variance . On the Effective Date the Company shall provide to Buyer a projection showing, in reasonable detail, its projection of consolidated revenues for the twelve (12) calendar months following the Effective Date (the “ Income Projections ”). In addition, no later than the tenth day of every calendar month after the Effective Date, the Company shall provide to Buyer a report comparing the Income Projections for the preceding month to actual results. Any variance in the Income Projections to actual results that is more than ten percent (10%) (either above or below) will require the Company to submit to Buyer written explanations as to the nature and circumstances for the variance.

 

(ii) Use of Proceeds; Variance . No later than the tenth day of every calendar month after the Effective Date, each Credit Party shall provide to Buyer a report comparing the use of the proceeds from the sale of Debentures set forth in the Use of Proceeds Confirmation, with the actual use of such proceeds until all proceeds from the Debentures have been applied. Any variance in the actual use of such proceeds from the amounts set forth in the approved Use of Proceeds Confirmation will require the Credit Parties to submit to Buyer written explanations as to the nature and circumstances for the variance.

 

(iii) Bank Statements . Each Credit Party shall submit to Buyer true and correct copies of all bank statements received by the Credit Parties within five (5) business days after the Credit Parties’ receipt thereof from its bank.

 

(iv) Interim Reports . Promptly upon receipt thereof, each Credit Party shall provide to Buyer copies of interim and supplemental reports, if any, submitted to the Credit Party by independent accountants in connection with any interim audit or review of the books of the Credit Parties.

 

(v) Aged Accounts/Payables Schedules . The Credit Parties shall, no later than the tenth day of each and every calendar month, deliver to Buyer an aged schedule of the accounts receivable of the Credit Parties, listing the name and amount due from each Person and showing the aggregate amounts due from: (i) 0-30 days; (ii) 31-60 days; (iii) 61-90 days; (iv) 91-120 days; and (v) more than 120 days, and certified as accurate by the CEO or CFO of such Credit Party. Each Credit Party shall, no later than the tenth day of each and every calendar month, deliver to Buyer an aged schedule of the accounts payable of the Credit Parties, listing the name and amount due to each creditor and showing the aggregate amounts due from: (v) 0-30 days; (w) 31-60 days; (x) 61-90 days; (y) 91-120 days; and (z) more than 120 days, and certified as accurate by the CEO or CFO of the Credit Party.

 

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(c) Covenant Compliance . The Credit Parties shall each, within thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar month, deliver to Buyer a Compliance Certificate, confirming compliance by the Credit Parties with the covenants therein, and certified as accurate by an officer of the Company.

 

(d) View Only Access . The Credit Parties shall provide the Buyer view only access to any and all accounts listed on the attached Schedule 6.21 and any and all other accounts of the Credit Parties as requested by Buyer in its sole and absolute discretion. In the event the Credit Parties, with the Buyer’s prior written consent, open any new bank, deposit, credit card payment processing accounts, or other accounts with any financial institution, and/or the Buyer discovers an account of the Credit Parties that are in existence prior to the Effective Date but is not listed on Schedule 6.21 , the Credit Parties shall provide the Buyer view only access to such account(s) within one (1) Business Day following the opening or discovery of such account(s).

 

7.4 Fees and Expenses.

 

(a) Transaction Fees . The Credit Parties agree to pay to Buyer a transaction advisory fee equal to two percent (2%) of the amount of the Debentures purchased by Buyer at the First Closing, which fee shall be due and payable on the Effective Date and withheld from the gross purchase price paid by Buyer for the Debentures. In the event of any Additional Closings, the Credit Parties shall pay to Buyer a transaction advisory fee equal to two percent (2%) of the amount of the Debentures purchased by Buyer at any such Additional Closings, which fee shall be due and payable upon such Additional Closing and withheld from the gross purchase price paid by Buyer for the Debentures at such Additional Closing.

 

(b) Due Diligence Fees . The Credit Parties agree to pay to the Buyer a due diligence fee equal to Fifteen Thousand and No/100 United States Dollars ($15,000.00), which shall be due and payable in full on the Effective Date, or any remaining portion thereof shall be due and payable on the Effective Date if a portion of such fee was paid upon the execution of any term sheet related to this Agreement.

 

(c) Document Review and Legal Fees . The Credit Parties agree to pay to the Buyer or its counsel document review and legal fees on an hourly basis (with a minimum amount equal to Twenty Five Thousand and No/100 United States Dollars ($25,000.00)), which shall be due and payable in full on the Effective Date, or any remaining portion thereof shall be due and payable on the Effective Date if a portion of such fee was paid upon the execution of any term sheet related to this Agreement. The Credit Parties also agree to be responsible for the prompt payment of all legal fees and expenses of the Credit Parties and its own counsel and other professionals incurred by the Credit Parties in connection with the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents.

 

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(d) Other Fees . The Credit Parties also agree to pay to the Buyer (or any designee of the Buyer), upon demand, or to otherwise be responsible for the payment of, any and all other reasonable costs, fees and expenses, including the reasonable fees, costs, expenses and disbursements of counsel for the Buyer and of any experts and agents, which the Buyer may incur or which may otherwise be due and payable in connection with: (i) the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery, recordation, administration, amendment, subordination, waiver or other modification or termination of this Agreement or any other Transaction Documents; (ii) any documentary stamp taxes, intangibles taxes, recording fees, filing fees, or other similar taxes, fees or charges imposed by or due to any Governmental Authority in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Documents; (iii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the Buyer under this Agreement or the Transaction Documents; or (iv) the failure by the Credit Parties to perform or observe any of the provisions of this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents. Included in the foregoing shall be the amount of all expenses paid or incurred by Buyer in consulting with counsel concerning any of its rights under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or under applicable law. To the extent any such costs, fees, charges, taxes or expenses are incurred prior to the funding of proceeds from the Closing, same shall be paid directly from the proceeds of the Closing. All such costs and expenses, if not so immediately paid when due or upon demand thereof, shall bear interest from the date of outlay until paid, at the highest rate set forth in the Debentures, or if none is so stated, the highest rate allowed by law. All of such costs and expenses shall be additional Obligations of the Credit Parties to Buyer secured under the Transaction Documents. The provisions of this Subsection shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

7.5 Advisory Fees . The Credit Parties shall pay to the Buyer, in consideration of investment banking and advisory services rendered by the Buyer to the Credit Parties prior to the date hereof, which such services the Credit Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that the Buyer has fully rendered to its satisfaction, an advisory fee in the amount of One Hundred Seventy Thousand and No/100 United States Dollars ($170,000) (the “Advisory Fee”). The Advisory Fee shall be paid in the form of a Fee Debenture. The Fee Debenture shall be issued by the Company to the Buyer on the Effective Date and shall be payable on the maturity date set forth therein. Any amount due pursuant to the Fee Debenture which is not paid when due, whether at a stated payment date, by acceleration or otherwise, shall at Buyer’s option bear interest payable on demand at the Default Rate. The obligation to redeem the Fee Debenture shall be an Obligation of Credit Parties hereunder, secured by all Transaction Documents, and failure by the Credit Parties to redeem the Fee Debenture as hereby provided shall be an immediate Event of Default hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents. The Credit Parties’ obligation to redeem the Fee Debenture as hereby provided shall be applicable and effective regardless of the amount or number of Debentures purchased hereunder.

 

7.6 Subsidiaries . Any Subsidiary which is formed or acquired or otherwise becomes a Subsidiary of any Credit Party, as applicable, following the date hereof, within ten (10) Business Days of such event, shall become an additional party hereto and guarantor of the Credit Parties Obligation hereunder, and the Credit Parties shall take any and all actions necessary or advisable to cause said Subsidiary to execute a counterpart to this Agreement and any and all other documents which the Buyer shall require. “ Subsidiary ” shall mean, respectively, each and all such corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships or other entities of which or in which a Person owns, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of: (i) the combined voting power of all classes of stock/units having general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect a majority of the board of directors of such entity if a corporation; (ii) the management authority and capital interest or profits interest of such entity, if a partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, joint venture or similar entity; or (iii) the beneficial interest of such entity, if a trust, association or other unincorporated organization.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE COMPANY’S OBLIGATIONS TO SELL

 

The obligation of each Company hereunder to issue and sell the Securities to the Buyer at the Closings is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the respective Closing Dates, of each of the following conditions, provided that these conditions are for the Company’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Company at any time in its sole discretion:

 

8.1 Buyer shall have executed the Transaction Documents and delivered them to the Companies.

 

8.2 The representations and warranties of the Buyer shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date when made and as of the Closing Dates as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date), and the Buyer shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Buyer at or prior to the Closing Dates.

 

8.3 The Company shall have received such certificates, confirmations, resolutions, acknowledgements or other documentation necessary or advisable from all applicable Governmental Authorities, including, but not limited to, those Governmental Authorities located in each Company’s State of incorporation or formation, as the Companies may require in order to evidence such Governmental Authorities’ approval of this Agreement, the Transaction Documents and the purchase of the Debentures contemplated hereby.

 

ARTICLE IX

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE BUYER’S OBLIGATIONS TO PURCHASE

 

The obligation of the Buyer hereunder to purchase the Debentures at the Closings is subject to the satisfaction, at or before each applicable Closing Date, of each of the following conditions (in addition to any other conditions precedent elsewhere in this Agreement), provided that these conditions are for the Buyer’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Buyer at any time in its sole discretion:

 

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9.1 First Closing . The obligation of the Buyer hereunder to purchase the Debentures at the First Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the First Closing Date, of each of the following conditions (in addition to any other conditions precedent elsewhere in this Agreement), provided that these conditions are for the Buyer’s sole benefit and may be waived by the Buyer at any time in its sole discretion:

 

(a) The Company, each Guarantor and/or the Chief Executive Officer (as applicable) shall have executed and delivered the Transaction Documents applicable to the First Closing and delivered the same to the Buyer.

 

(b) The representations and warranties of the Credit Parties shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that any of such representations and warranties are already qualified as to materiality in Article VI above, in which case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects without further qualification) as of the date when made and as of the First Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date) and the Credit Parties shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Credit Parties at or prior to the First Closing Date.

 

(c) The Buyer shall have received an opinion of counsel from counsel to the Credit Parties in a form satisfactory to the Buyer and its counsel.

 

(d) The Credit Parties shall have executed and delivered to Buyer a closing certificate, certified as true, complete and correct by an officer of the Credit Parties, in substance and form required by Buyer, which closing certificate shall include and attach as exhibits: (i) a true copy of a certificate of good standing evidencing the formation and good standing of the Credit Parties from the secretary of state (or comparable office) from the jurisdiction in which each Credit Party is formed; (ii) the Credit Parties’ Organizational Documents; (iii) copies of the resolutions of the board of directors of the Credit Parties as adopted by the Credit Parties’ board of directors or managers, in a form acceptable to Buyer.; and (iv) copies of the resolutions adopted by the shareholders or members of the Credit Parties, as applicable, approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents to which it is party and the transactions contemplated thereby, in a form acceptable to Buyer.

 

(e) No event shall have occurred which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(f) The Buyer shall have received copies of UCC search reports, issued by the Secretary of State of the state of incorporation or residency, as applicable, of the Credit Parties, dated such a date as is reasonably acceptable to Buyer, listing all effective financing statements which name the Credit Parties, under their present name and any previous names, as debtors, together with copies of such financing statements.

 

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(g) The Credit Parties shall have executed such other agreements, certificates, confirmations or resolutions as the Buyer may require to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents, including a closing statement and joint disbursement instructions as may be required by Buyer.

 

9.2 Additional Closing . Provided the Buyer is to purchase additional Debentures in accordance with Section 4.4 at an Additional Closing, the obligation of the Buyer hereunder to accept and purchase the Debentures at any Additional Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or before the Additional Closing Date, of each of the following conditions:

 

(a) The Credit Parties shall have executed the Transaction Documents applicable to the Additional Closing and delivered the same to the Buyer.

 

(b) The representations and warranties of the Credit Parties shall be true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that any of such representations and warranties are already qualified as to materiality in Article VI above, in which case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects without further qualification) as of the date when made and as of the Additional Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date) and the Credit Parties shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Credit Parties at or prior to the Additional Closing Date.

 

(c) No event shall have occurred which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(d) The Buyer shall have received an opinion of counsel from counsel to the Company in a form satisfactory to the Buyer and its counsel.

 

(e) No default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under this Agreement or any other Transaction Documents, and no event shall have occurred that, with the passage of time, the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default or an Event of Default under this Agreement or any other Transaction Documents.

 

(f) The Credit Parties shall have executed such other agreements, certificates, confirmations or resolutions as the Buyer may require to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents, including a closing statement and joint disbursement instructions as may be required by Buyer.

 

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ARTICLE X

INDEMNIFICATION

 

10.1 Companies’ and Guarantors’ Obligation to Indemnify . In consideration of the Buyer’s execution and delivery of this Agreement and acquiring the Securities hereunder, and in addition to all of each Company’s and the Guarantors’ other obligations under this Agreement, each Company and each Guarantor hereby agrees to defend and indemnify Buyer and its Affiliates and subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives, and the successors and assigns of each of them (collectively, the “ Buyer Indemnified Parties ”) and each Company and each Guarantor does hereby agree to hold the Buyer Indemnified Parties forever harmless, from and against any and all Claims made, brought or asserted against the Buyer Indemnified Parties, or any one of them, and each Company and each Guarantor hereby agrees to pay or reimburse the Buyer Indemnified Parties for any and all Claims payable by any of the Buyer Indemnified Parties to any Person, including reasonable attorneys’ and paralegals’ fees and expenses, court costs, settlement amounts, costs of investigation and interest thereon from the time such amounts are due at the highest non-usurious rate of interest permitted by applicable Law, through all negotiations, mediations, arbitrations, trial and appellate levels, as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to: (i) any misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by each Company and the Guarantors in this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby; (ii) any breach of any covenant, agreement or Obligation of each Company and the Guarantors contained in this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or any other certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby; or (iii) any Claims brought or made against the Buyer Indemnified Parties, or any one of them, by a third party and arising out of or resulting from the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement of this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or any other instrument, document or agreement executed pursuant hereto or thereto, any transaction financed or to be financed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, with the proceeds of the issuance of the Debentures, or the status of the Buyer or holder of any of the Securities, as a buyer and holder of such Securities in each Company. To the extent that the foregoing undertaking by each Company and each Guarantor may be unenforceable for any reason, each Company and each Guarantor shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Claims covered hereby, which is permissible under applicable Law.

 

ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

 

11.1 Notices . All notices of request, demand and other communications hereunder shall be addressed to the parties as follows:

 

If to the Company: Fat Brands Inc.
  9720 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500
  Beverly Hills, CA 90212
  Attention: Andrew A. Wiederhorn
  Facsimile: (310) 319-1863
  Email: andy.wiederhorn@fccgi.com

 

With a copy to: Loeb & Loeb LLP
(which shall not constitute notice) 10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 2200
  Los Angeles, CA 90067
  Attention: Allen Z. Sussman, Esq.
  Facsimile: (310) 919-3934
  Email: asussman@loeb.com

 

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If to the Buyer: TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP
  3960 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 500
  Las Vegas, NV 89169
  Attn: Mr. Robert Press
  E-Mail: bpress@tcaglobalfund.com
   
With a copy to: Lucosky Brookman LLP
(which shall not constitute notice) 101 Wood Avenue South, 5th Floor
  Woodbridge, NJ 08830
  Attn: Seth A. Brookman, Esq.
  E-Mail: sbrookman@lucbro.com

 

unless the address is changed by the party by like notice given to the other parties. Notice shall be in writing and shall be deemed delivered: (i) if mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the address below, then three (3) business days after deposit of same in a regularly maintained U.S. Mail receptacle; or (ii) if mailed by Federal Express, UPS or other nationally recognized overnight courier service, next business morning delivery, then one (1) business day after deposit of same in a regularly maintained receptacle of such overnight courier; or (iii) if hand delivered, then upon hand delivery thereof to the address indicated on or prior to 5:00 p.m., EST, on a business day. Any notice hand delivered after 5:00 p.m., EST, shall be deemed delivered on the following business day. Notwithstanding the foregoing, notice, consents, waivers or other communications referred to in this Agreement may be sent by facsimile, e-mail, or other method of delivery, but shall be deemed to have been delivered only when the sending party has confirmed (by reply e-mail or some other form of written confirmation from the receiving party) that the notice has been received by the other party.

 

11.2 Obligations Absolute . None of the following shall affect the Obligations of each Company and each Guarantor to Buyer under this Agreement, Buyer’s rights with respect to the Collateral or any other Transaction Documents:

 

(a) acceptance or retention by Buyer of other property or any interest in property as security for the Obligations;

 

(b) release by Buyer of all or any part of the Collateral or of any party liable with respect to the Obligations (other than each Company and the Guarantors);

 

(c) release, extension, renewal, modification or substitution by Buyer of the debentures or any other Transaction Documents; or

 

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(d) failure of Buyer to resort to any other security or to pursue each Company or any other obligor liable for any of the Obligations of each Company and the Guarantors hereunder before resorting to remedies against the Collateral.

 

11.3 Entire Agreement . This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents: (i) are valid, binding and enforceable against each Company, the Guarantors and Buyer in accordance with its provisions and no conditions exist as to their legal effectiveness; (ii) constitute the entire agreement between the parties; and (iii) are the final expression of the intentions of each Company, the Guarantors and Buyer. No promises, either expressed or implied, exist between each Company, the Guarantors and Buyer, unless contained herein or in the Transaction Documents. This Agreement and the Transaction Documents supersede all negotiations, representations, warranties, commitments, offers, contracts (of any kind or nature, whether oral or written) prior to or contemporaneous with the execution hereof.

 

11.4 Amendments; Waivers . No amendment, modification, termination, discharge or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or of the Transaction Documents, or consent to any departure by any Company or the Guarantors therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Buyer, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only for the specific purpose for which given.

 

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

 

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

 

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11.7 Assignability . Buyer may at any time assign Buyer’s rights in this Agreement, the Debentures, any Transaction Document, or any part thereof and transfer Buyer’s rights in any or all of the Collateral, and Buyer thereafter shall be relieved from all liability with respect to such Collateral. In addition, Buyer may at any time sell one or more participations in the Debentures. The Company and the Guarantors may not sell or assign this Agreement, any Transaction Document or any other agreement with Buyer, or any portion thereof, either voluntarily or by operation of law, nor delegate any of its duties of obligations hereunder or thereunder, without the prior written consent of Buyer, which consent may be withheld or conditioned in Buyer’s sole and absolute discretion. This Agreement shall be binding upon Buyer, the Guarantors and the Company and their respective legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns. All references herein to any Company or any Guarantor shall be deemed to include any successors, whether immediate or remote. In the case of a joint venture or partnership, the term “Company”, “Companies” or “Guarantor” shall be deemed to include all joint venturers or partners thereof, who shall be jointly and severally liable hereunder.

 

11.8 Publicity . Buyer shall have the right to approve, before issuance, any press release or any other public statement with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby made by the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall be entitled, without the prior approval of Buyer, to issue any press release or other public disclosure with respect to such transactions required under applicable securities or other laws or regulations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall use their best efforts to consult Buyer in connection with any such press release or other public disclosure prior to its release and Buyer shall be provided with a copy thereof upon release thereof. Buyer shall have the right to make any press release with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby without Company’s approval. In addition, with respect to any press release to be made by Buyer, the Company hereby authorizes and grants blanket permission to Buyer to include the Company’s stock symbols, if any, in any press releases. The Company shall, promptly upon request, execute any additional documents of authority or permission as may be requested by Buyer in connection with any such press releases.

 

11.9 Binding Effect . This Agreement shall become effective upon execution by the Company, the Guarantors and Buyer.

 

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11.10 Governing Law . Except in the case of the Mandatory Forum Selection Clause in Section 11.6 above, which clause shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with Florida law, this Agreement and all other Transaction Documents shall be delivered and accepted in and shall be deemed to be contracts made under and governed by the internal laws of the State of Nevada, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of such State, without giving effect to the choice of law provisions of such State.

 

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

 

11.12 Survival of Companies’ and the Guarantors’ Representations . All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Company and the Guarantors herein shall, notwithstanding any investigation by Buyer, be deemed material and relied upon by Buyer and shall survive the making and execution of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents and the sale and purchase of the Debentures, and shall be deemed to be continuing representations and warranties until such time as the Company and the Guarantors have fulfilled all of its Obligations to Buyer hereunder and under all other Transaction Documents, and Buyer has been indefeasibly paid in full.

 

11.13 Time of Essence . Time is of the essence in making payments of all amounts due Buyer under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and in the performance and observance by the Company and the Guarantors of each covenant, agreement, provision and term of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. The parties agree that in the event that any date on which performance is to occur falls on a day other than a Business Day, then the time for such performance shall be extended until the next Business Day thereafter occurring.

 

11.14 Release . In consideration of the mutual promises and covenants made herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Company and the Guarantors hereby agree to fully, finally and forever release and forever discharge and covenant not to sue Buyer, and/or any other Buyer Indemnified Parties from any and all Claims, debts, fees, attorneys’ fees, liens, costs, expenses, damages, sums of money, accounts, bonds, bills, covenants, promises, judgments, charges, demands, causes of action, suits, Proceedings, liabilities, expenses, Obligations or Contracts of any kind whatsoever, whether in law or in equity, whether asserted or unasserted, whether known or unknown, fixed or contingent, under statute or otherwise, from the beginning of time through the Effective Date, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any and all Claims relating to or arising out of any financing transactions, credit facilities, debentures, security agreements, and other agreements including each of the Transaction Documents, entered into by the Company and the Guarantors with Buyer and any and all Claims that the Company and the Guarantors do not know or suspect to exist, whether through ignorance, oversight, error, negligence, or otherwise, and which, if known, would materially affect their decision to enter into this Agreement or the related Transaction Documents.

 

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11.15 Interpretation . If any provision in this Agreement requires judicial or similar interpretation, the judicial or other such body interpreting or construing such provision shall not apply the assumption that the terms hereof shall be more strictly construed against one party because of the rule that an instrument must be construed more strictly against the party which itself or through its agents prepared the same. The parties hereby agree that all parties and their agents have participated in the preparation hereof equally.

 

11.16 Compliance with Federal Law . The Company and each Guarantor shall: (i) ensure that no Person who owns a controlling interest in or otherwise controls the Company or any Guarantor is or shall be listed on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Person List or other similar lists maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“ OFAC ”), the Department of the Treasury, included in any Executive Orders or any other similar lists from any Governmental Authority, foreign or national; (ii) not use or permit the use of the proceeds of the Debentures to violate any of the foreign asset control regulations of OFAC or any enabling statute or Executive Order relating thereto, or any other similar national or foreign governmental regulations; and (iii) comply with all applicable Lender Secrecy Act laws and regulations, as amended. As required by federal law and Buyer’s policies and practices, Buyer may need to obtain, verify and record certain customer identification information and documentation in connection with opening or maintaining accounts or establishing or continuing to provide services.

 

11.17 Termination . Upon payment in full of all outstanding Debentures purchased hereunder, together with all other charges, fees and costs due and payable under this Agreement or under any of the Transaction Documents, the Company shall have the right to terminate this Agreement upon written notice to the Buyer, provided, however, that if such termination occurs within the ninety (90) days after the First Closing Date, then the Company shall pay to Buyer as liquidated damages and compensation for the costs of being prepared to make funds available hereunder, an amount equal to two and one half percent (2.5%) of the amount of Debenture purchased hereunder. The parties agree that the amount payable to pursuant to this Section 11.17 is a reasonable calculation of Buyer’s lost profits in view of the difficulties and impracticality of determining actual damages resulting from an early termination of this Agreement.

 

11.18 Gender and Use of Singular and Plural . All pronouns shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the party or parties or their personal representatives, successors and assigns may require.

 

11.19 Execution . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which taken together shall be deemed and considered one and the same Agreement, and same shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and each party has delivered its signed counterpart to the other party. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf’ format file or other similar format file, such signature shall be deemed an original for all purposes and shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing same with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf’ signature page was an original thereof.

 

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11.20 Headings . The article and section headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of the Agreement.

 

11.21 Further Assurances . The Company and the Guarantors will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts and things as may be reasonably required by Buyer to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement.

 

11.22 No Third Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.

 

11.23 Confidentiality . Except as permitted below, the Buyer shall maintain the confidentiality of the items delivered pursuant to Section 7.2(i) or Section 7.3 hereof (the “ Confidential Materials ”). The Confidential Materials, shall not be disclosed to third parties (including, but not limited to, the media) without the express written approval of the Company, except as otherwise provided in this Section or as required by federal or state securities law, rule or regulation. The Confidential Materials shall not be introduced in evidence or used for any purpose except: (a) in an action to enforce this Agreement; (b) to prove a defense to a claim or other legal form of action alleged to have been released herein; (c) in response to an order directed to the Buyer from a judicial or governmental authority having jurisdiction over the Buyer, in which event the Buyer shall notify the Company of the order; (d) in response to a subpoena or other process served on the Buyer by a third party seeking to compel the disclosure of the Confidential Materials, in which event, however, the Buyer shall notify the Company of such subpoena or process as soon as possible and grant it the opportunity to notify Buyer in writing within ten (10) days if the Company intends to move to quash, seek a protective order or take other appropriate action, and, if so informed, the Buyer shall not make the disclosure sought by the subpoena or notice unless the relief sought is denied or the Company – despite its or their notice to the contrary – fails to seek the noticed relief within a reasonable time; or (e) as required by federal or state law, rule or regulation. The Buyer also may, to the minimum extent necessary, disclose the Confidential Materials to the Internal Revenue Service and/or any state taxing authorities and to its’ respective attorneys, accountants, auditors, professionals and other financial advisors/consultants who have a legal or ethical obligation to hold the terms and information herein confidential, so that they may perform their professional, business, or financial duties and obligations. To the extent possible under federal or state law, rule or regulation, any disclosure by the Buyer subject to the confidentiality terms of this Section shall not reference the Company. The determination of whether a federal or state law, rule or regulation requires the disclosure of the Confidential Materials is left to the sole discretion of the Buyer, in consultation with its attorneys, accountants, auditors, professionals or other financial advisors/consultants.

 

[signature pages follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date and year set forth above.

 

COMPANY:

 

FAT BRANDS INC.

 

By: /s/ Andrew Wiederhorn  
Name: Andrew Wiederhorn  
Title: Chief Executive Officer  

 

STATE OF _____________________________ )  
  ) SS.  
COUNTY OF ______________ _____________ )  

 

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

 

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

 

   
  Notary Public  
     
  My Commission Expires :
     
   

 

[signature page to Securities Purchase Agreement]

 

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BUYER:  
     
TCA GLOBAL CREDIT MASTER FUND, LP  
   
By: TCA Global Credit Master Fund GP, Ltd.  
Its: General Partner  
     
By: /s/ Robert Press  
Name: Robert Press  
Title: Managing Director  

 

[signature page to Securities Purchase Agreement]

 

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CONSENT AND AGREEMENT

 

The undersigned, referred to in the foregoing securities purchase agreement as a guarantor, hereby consents and agrees to said securities purchase agreement and to the payment of the amounts contemplated therein, documents contemplated thereby and to the provisions contained therein relating to conditions to be fulfilled and obligations to be performed by it pursuant to or in connection with said securities purchase agreement to the same extent as if the undersigned were a party to said securities purchase agreement.

 

GUARANTOR:  
     
FOG CUTTER CAPITAL GROUP, INC.  
     
By: /s/ Andrew Wiederhorn  
Name: Andrew Wiederhorn  
Title: Chief Executive Officer  

 

STATE OF _____________________________ )  
  ) SS.  
COUNTY OF ___________________________ )  

 

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

 

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

 

   
  Notary Public  
     
  My Commission Expires :
     
   

 

[signature page to Securities Purchase Agreement]

 

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CONSENT AND AGREEMENT

 

The undersigned, referred to in the foregoing securities purchase agreement as a guarantor, hereby consents and agrees to said securities purchase agreement and to the payment of the amounts contemplated therein, documents contemplated thereby and to the provisions contained therein relating to conditions to be fulfilled and obligations to be performed by it pursuant to or in connection with said securities purchase agreement to the same extent as if the undersigned were a party to said securities purchase agreement.

 

GUARANTOR:  
     
FATBURGER NORTH AMERICA INC.  
     
By: /s/ Andrew Wiederhorn  
Name: Andrew Wiederhorn  
Title: Chief Executive Officer  

 

STATE OF _____________________________ )  
  ) SS.  
COUNTY OF ___________________________ )  

 

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

 

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

 

   
  Notary Public  
  My Commission Expires :
     
   

 

[signature page to Securities Purchase Agreement]

 

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CONSENT AND AGREEMENT

 

The undersigned, referred to in the foregoing securities purchase agreement as a guarantor, hereby consents and agrees to said securities purchase agreement and to the payment of the amounts contemplated therein, documents contemplated thereby and to the provisions contained therein relating to conditions to be fulfilled and obligations to be performed by it pursuant to or in connection with said securities purchase agreement to the same extent as if the undersigned were a party to said securities purchase agreement.

 

GUARANTOR:  
     
BUFFALO’S FRANCHISE CONCEPTS INC.  
     
By: /s/ Andrew Wiederhorn  
Name: Andrew Wiederhorn  
Title: Chief Executive Officer  

 

STATE OF _____________________________ )  
  ) SS.  
COUNTY OF ______________ _____________ )  

 

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

 

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

 

   
  Notary Public  
  My Commission Expires :
   
     

 

[signature page to Securities Purchase Agreement]

 

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CONSENT AND AGREEMENT

 

The undersigned, referred to in the foregoing securities purchase agreement as a guarantor, hereby consents and agrees to said securities purchase agreement and to the payment of the amounts contemplated therein, documents contemplated thereby and to the provisions contained therein relating to conditions to be fulfilled and obligations to be performed by it pursuant to or in connection with said securities purchase agreement to the same extent as if the undersigned were a party to said securities purchase agreement.

 

GUARANTOR:  
     
PONDEROSA FRANCHISING COMPANY  
     
By: /s/ Andrew Wiederhorn  
Name: Andrew Wiederhorn  
Title: Chief Executive Officer  

 

STATE OF _____________________________ )  
  ) SS.  
COUNTY OF ___________________________ )  

 

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

 

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

 

   
  Notary Public  
     
  My Commission Expires :
     
   

 

[signature page to Securities Purchase Agreement]

 

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CONSENT AND AGREEMENT

 

The undersigned, referred to in the foregoing securities purchase agreement as a guarantor, hereby consents and agrees to said securities purchase agreement and to the payment of the amounts contemplated therein, documents contemplated thereby and to the provisions contained therein relating to conditions to be fulfilled and obligations to be performed by it pursuant to or in connection with said securities purchase agreement to the same extent as if the undersigned were a party to said securities purchase agreement.

 

GUARANTOR:  
     
BONANZA RESTAURANT COMPANY  
     
By: /s/ Andrew Wiederhorn  
Name: Andrew Wiederhorn  
Title: Chief Executive Officer  

 

STATE OF _____________________________ )  
  ) SS.  
COUNTY OF ______________ _____________ )  

 

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

 

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

 

   
  Notary Public  
     
  My Commission Expires :
     
   

 

[signature page to Securities Purchase Agreement]

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF DEBENTURES

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

FORM OF GUARANTY

 

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EXHIBIT D

 

FORM OF PLEDGE AGREEMENT

 

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EXHIBIT E

 

FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

 

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EXHIBIT F

 

FORM OF FEE DEBENTURE

 

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EXHIBIT G

 

FORM OF USE OF PROCEEDS CONFIRMATION

 

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EXHIBIT H

 

FORM OF VALIDITY CERTIFICATE

 

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SCHEDULE 2.30

 

PERMITTED LIENS

 

N/A

 

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SCHEDULE 6.1

 

SUBSIDIARIES

 

Fatburger North America, Inc.

Buffalo’s Franchise Concepts, Inc. (Nevada)

Buffalo’s Franchise Concepts, Inc. (Georgia)

BFCI of Georgia, Inc.

Ponderosa Franchising Company

Bonanza Restaurant Company

Ponderosa International Development, Inc.

Puerto Rico Ponderosa, Inc.

 

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SCHEDULE 6.15

 

IP RIGHTS

 

Please see attachment

 

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SCHEDULE 6.21

 

BANK ACCOUNTS; BUSINESS LOCATIONS

 

Bank Accounts

 

See Attachment

 

Business Location(s) :

 

9720 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500

Beverly Hills, CA 90212

 

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THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS DEBENTURE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR (B) AN OPINION OF COUNSEL (WHICH COUNSEL SHALL BE SELECTED BY THE HOLDER), IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE FORM, THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT OR (II) UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OR RULE 144A UNDER SAID ACT. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, THE SECURITIES MAY BE PLEDGED IN CONNECTION WITH A BONA FIDE MARGIN ACCOUNT OR OTHER LOAN OR FINANCING ARRANGEMENT SECURED BY THE SECURITIES.

 

FAT BRANDS, INC.

 

SENIOR SECURED REDEEMABLE DEBENTURE

 

Dated as of: April 27, 2018   Principal Amount: $2,000,000
Effective Date: April 27, 2018    
Maturity Date: October 27, 2019    

 

This SENIOR SECURED REDEEMABLE DEBENTURE (the “ Debenture ”) is issued, dated and effective as of April 27, 2018 (the “ Effective Date ”), by FAT BRANDS, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Company ”), to TCA GLOBAL CREDIT MASTER FUND, LP, a limited partnership organized and existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands (together with its permitted successors and assigns, the “ Holder ”) pursuant to exemptions from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This Debenture is issued in connection with that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Company and the Holder (the “ Purchase Agreement ”). All capitalized terms used in this Debenture and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Purchase Agreement.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Section 1.01 Principal and Interest . For value received, the Company hereby promises to pay to the order of the Holder, by no later than October 27, 2019 (the “ Maturity Date ”), in immediately available and lawful dollars of the United States of America, Two Million and No/100 United States Dollars ($2,000,000), together with interest on the outstanding principal amount under this Debenture, at the rate of fifteen percent (15%) per annum simple interest (the “ Interest Rate ”) from the Effective Date, until paid, as more specifically provided below.

 

     
 

 

Section 1.02 Optional Redemption Prior to Maturity . The Company, at its option, shall have the right to redeem this Debenture in full and for cash, at any time prior to the Maturity Date, with three (3) business days advance written notice (the “ Redemption Notice ”) to the Holder. The amount required to redeem this Debenture in full pursuant to this Section 1.02 shall be equal to: (i) the aggregate principal amount then outstanding under this Debenture; plus all accrued and unpaid interest due under this Debenture as of the redemption date; plus (ii) all other costs, fees and charges due and payable hereunder or under any other “Transaction Documents” (as hereinafter defined), including, but not limited to, any prepayment penalties provided for in the Purchase Agreement (collectively, the “ Redemption Amount ”). The Company shall deliver the Redemption Amount to the Holder on the third (3rd) business day after the date of the Redemption Notice.

 

Section 1.03 Mandatory Redemption at Maturity . On the Maturity Date, the Company shall redeem this Debenture for the Redemption Amount, which Redemption Amount shall be due and payable to the Holder by no later than 2:00 P.M. EST, on the Maturity Date.

 

Section 1.04 Payments .

 

(1) Monthly Payments . The Company shall make monthly payments of principal and interest to the Holder, while this Debenture is outstanding, until the Maturity Date, based on the payment and amortization schedule attached hereto as Schedule A . In the event such day is not a Business Day, then said payment shall be due on the first Business Day thereafter occurring.

 

(2) Interest Calculations; Payment Application . Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, and shall accrue daily on the outstanding principal amount outstanding from time to time for the actual number of days elapsed, commencing on the Effective Date until payment in full of the outstanding principal, together with all accrued and unpaid interest and other amounts which may become due hereunder or under any Transaction Documents, has been made. All payments received and actually collected by Holder hereunder shall be applied first to any costs and expenses due or incurred hereunder or under any other Transaction Documents, second to accrued and unpaid interest hereunder, and last to reduce the outstanding principal balance of this Debenture.

 

(3) Late Fee . If all or any portion of the payments of principal, interest or other charges due hereunder are not received by the Holder within five (5) days of the date such payment is due, then the Company shall pay to the Holder a late charge (in addition to any other remedies that Holder may have) equal to five percent (5%) of each such unpaid payment or sum. Any payments returned to Holder for any reason must be covered by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by Holder, plus a $100.00 administrative fee charge. Holder shall have no responsibility or liability for payments purportedly made hereunder but not actually received by Holder; and the Company shall not be discharged from the obligation to make such payments due to loss of same in the mails or due to any other excuse or justification ultimately involving facts where such payments were not actually received by Holder.

 

     
 

 

Section 1.05 Manner of Payments . All sums payable to the order of Holder hereunder shall be payable by ACH transfer of lawful dollars of the United States of America to the ACH instructions set forth below, or at such place as Holder, from time to time, may designate in writing. ACH Instructions for all sums due and payable hereunder are as follows:

 

Bank Name: Bank of America
Bank Address: 100 W. 33 rd Street, New York, NY 10001
Beneficiary Account Name: TCA Fund Mgmt Group
Beneficiary Account Number:
ACH Transfer/Routing Number:
SWIFT:

 

ARTICLE II

 

Section 2.01 Secured Nature of Debenture . This Debenture is being issued in connection with the Purchase Agreement. The indebtedness evidenced by this Debenture is also secured by all of the assets and property of the Credit Parties and various other instruments and documents referred to in the Purchase Agreement as the “ Transaction Documents ”. All of the agreements, conditions, covenants, provisions, representations, warranties and stipulations contained in any of the Transaction Documents which are to be kept and performed by the Credit Parties are hereby made a part of this Debenture to the same extent and with the same force and effect as if they were fully set forth herein, and the Company covenants and agrees to keep and perform them, or cause them to be kept or performed, strictly in accordance with their terms.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Section 3.01 Events of Default . The occurrence of any of the following events shall constitute an “ Event of Default ” hereunder: (i) the Company shall fail to pay any interest, principal or other charges due under this Debenture or any other Transaction Documents on the date when any such payment shall be due and payable; (ii) the Company makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; (iii) any order or decree is rendered by a court which appoints or requires the appointment of a receiver, liquidator or trustee for the Company, and the order or decree is not vacated within thirty (30) days from the date of entry thereof; (iv) any order or decree is rendered by a court adjudicating the Company insolvent, and the order or decree is not vacated within thirty (30) days from the date of entry thereof; (v) the Company files a petition in bankruptcy under the provisions of any bankruptcy law or any insolvency act; (vi) the Company admits, in writing, its inability to pay its debts as they become due; (vii) a proceeding or petition in bankruptcy is filed against the Company and such proceeding or petition is not dismissed within thirty (30) days from the date it is filed; (viii) the Company files a petition or answer seeking reorganization or arrangement under the bankruptcy laws or any law or statute of the United States or any other foreign country or state; (ix) any written warranty, representation, certificate or statement of the Company and/or Guarantors in this Debenture, the Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any other agreement with Holder shall be false or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made; and (x) the Company shall fail to perform, comply with or abide by any of the stipulations, agreements, conditions and/or covenants contained in this Debenture, the Purchase Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents on the part of the Company to be performed complied with or abided by, and such failure continues or remains uncured for ten (10) days following written notice from the Holder to the Company.

 

     
 

 

Section 3.02 Remedies . Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default that is not timely cured within an applicable cure period hereunder, the interest on this Debenture shall immediately accrue at an interest rate equal to the lesser of (i) twenty-four percent (24%) per annum or (ii) the maximum interest rate allowable by law, and, in addition to all other rights or remedies the Holder may have, at law or in equity, the Holder may, in its sole discretion, accelerate full repayment of all principal amounts outstanding hereunder, together with accrued interest thereon, together with all attorneys’ fees, paralegals’ fees and costs and expenses incurred by the Holder in collecting or enforcing payment hereof (whether such fees, costs or expenses are incurred in negotiations, all trial and appellate levels, administrative proceedings, bankruptcy proceedings or otherwise), and together with all other sums due by the Company hereunder and under the Transaction Documents, all without any relief whatsoever from any valuation or appraisement laws, and payment thereof may be enforced and recovered in whole or in part at any time by one or more of the remedies provided to the Holder at law, in equity, or under this Debenture or any of the other Transaction Documents. In connection with the Holder’s rights hereunder upon an Event of Default, the Holder need not provide, and the Company hereby waives, any presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, and the Holder may immediately enforce any and all of its rights and remedies hereunder and all other remedies available to it in equity or under applicable law.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Section 4.01 Usury Savings Clause . Notwithstanding any provision in this Debenture or the other Transaction Documents to the contrary, the total liability for payments of interest and payments in the nature of interest, including, without limitation, all charges, fees, exactions, or other sums which may at any time be deemed to be interest, shall not exceed the limit imposed by the usury laws of the jurisdiction governing this Debenture or any other applicable law. In the event the total liability of payments of interest and payments in the nature of interest, including, without limitation, all charges, fees, exactions or other sums which may at any time be deemed to be interest, shall, for any reason whatsoever, result in an effective rate of interest, which for any month or other interest payment period exceeds the limit imposed by the usury laws of the jurisdiction governing this Debenture, all sums in excess of those lawfully collectible as interest for the period in question shall, without further agreement or notice by, between, or to any party hereto, be applied to the reduction of the outstanding principal balance due hereunder immediately upon receipt of such sums by the Holder hereof, with the same force and effect as though the Company had specifically designated such excess sums to be so applied to the reduction of the principal balance then outstanding, and the Holder hereof had agreed to accept such sums as a penalty-free payment of principal; provided, however, that the Holder may, at any time and from time to time, elect, by notice in writing to the Company, to waive, reduce, or limit the collection of any sums in excess of those lawfully collectible as interest, rather than accept such sums as a prepayment of the principal balance then outstanding. It is the intention of the parties that the Company does not intend or expect to pay, nor does the Holder intend or expect to charge or collect any interest under this Debenture greater than the highest non-usurious rate of interest which may be charged under applicable law.

 

 

     
 

 

ARTICLE V

 

Section 5.01 No Exemption . The Company hereby waives and releases all benefit that might accrue to the Company by virtue of any present or future laws exempting any property that may serve as security for this Debenture, or any other property, real or personal, or any part of the proceeds arising from any sale of any such property, from attachment, levy, or sale under execution, exemption from civil process, or extension of time for payment; and the Company agrees that any property that may be levied upon pursuant to a judgment obtained by virtue hereof, on any writ of execution issued thereon, may be sold upon any such writ in whole or in part in any order or manner desired by Holder.

 

Section 5.02 Exercise of Remedies . The remedies of the Holder as provided herein and in any of the other Transaction Documents shall be cumulative and concurrent and may be pursued singly, successively or together, at the sole discretion of the Holder, and may be exercised as often as occasion therefor shall occur; and the failure to exercise any such right or remedy shall in no event be construed as a waiver or release thereof.

 

Section 5.03 Waivers . The Company and all others who are, or may become liable for the payment hereof: (i) severally waive presentment for payment, demand, notice of nonpayment or dishonor, protest and notice of protest of this Debenture or any other Transaction Documents, and all other notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default, or enforcement of the payment of this Debenture and the other Transaction Documents, except as specifically provided in this Debenture or any other Transaction Document; (ii) expressly consent to all extensions of time, renewals or postponements of time of payment of this Debenture and any other Transaction Documents from time to time prior to or after the maturity of this Debenture without notice, consent or further consideration to any of the foregoing; (iii) expressly agree that the Holder shall not be required first to institute any suit, or to exhaust its remedies against the Company or any other person or party to become liable hereunder or against any collateral that may secure this Debenture in order to enforce the payment of this Debenture; and (iv) expressly agree that, notwithstanding the occurrence of any of the foregoing (except the express written release by the Holder of any such person), the undersigned shall be and remain, directly and primarily liable for all sums due under this Debenture.

 

Section 5.04 No Waiver . Holder shall not be deemed, by any act of omission or commission, to have waived any of its rights or remedies hereunder unless such waiver is in writing and signed by Holder, and then only to the extent specifically set forth in the writing. A waiver on one event shall not be construed as continuing or as a bar to or waiver of any right or remedy to a subsequent event.

 

 

     
 

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Section 6.01 Notice . Any notices, consents, waivers, or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Debenture must be in writing and in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same in accordance with the information below, and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) if mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the address below, then three (3) business days after deposit of same in a regularly maintained U.S. Mail receptacle; or (ii) if mailed by Federal Express, UPS or other nationally recognized overnight courier service, next business morning delivery, then one (1) business day after deposit of same in a regularly maintained receptacle of such overnight courier; or (iii) if hand delivered, then upon hand delivery thereof to the address indicated on or prior to 5:00 p.m ., EST, on a business day. Any notice hand delivered after 5:00 p.m., EST, shall be deemed delivered on the following business day. Notwithstanding the foregoing, notice, consents, waivers or other communications referred to in this Debenture may be sent by facsimile, e-mail, or other method of delivery, but shall be deemed to have been delivered only when the sending party has confirmed (by reply e-mail or some other form of written confirmation from the receiving party) that the notice has been received by the other party. The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be as set forth below, unless such address or information is changed by a notice conforming to the requirements hereof.

 

If to the Company:   Fat Brands, Inc.
    9720 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500
    Beverly Hills, CA 90212
    Attention: Andrew A. Wiederhorn
    Facsimile: (310) 319-1863
    Email: andy.wiederhorn@fccgi.com
     
With a copy to:   Loeb & Loeb LLP
(which shall not constitute notice)   10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 2200
    Los Angeles, CA 90067
    Attention: Allen Z. Sussman, Esq.
    Facsimile: (310) 919-3934
    Email: asussman@loeb.com
     
If to the Holder:   TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP
    3960 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 500
    Las Vegas, NV 89196
    Attn: Mr. Robert Press
    E-Mail: bpress@tcaglobalfund.com
     
With a copy to:   Lucosky Brookman LLP
(which shall not constitute notice)   101 Wood Avenue South, 5 th Floor
    Woodbridge, NJ 08830
    Attn: Seth A. Brookman, Esq.
    E-Mail: sbrookman@lucbro.com

 

     
 

 

Section 6.02 Governing Law and Venue . The Company and Holder each irrevocably agrees that any dispute arising under, relating to, or in connection with, directly or indirectly, this Debenture or related to any matter which is the subject of or incidental to this Debenture (whether or not such claim is based upon breach of contract or tort) shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and/or federal courts located in Broward County, Florida; provided, however, Holder may, at the Holder’s sole option, elect to bring any action in any other jurisdiction. This provision is intended to be a “mandatory” forum selection clause and governed by and interpreted consistent with Florida law. The Company and Holder each hereby consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any state or federal court having its situs in said county, and each waives any objection based on forum non conveniens. The Company hereby waives personal service of any and all process and consent that all such service of process may be made by certified mail, return receipt requested, directed to the Company, as set forth herein in the manner provided by applicable statute, law, rule of court or otherwise. Except for the foregoing mandatory forum selection clause, all terms and provisions hereof and the rights and obligations of the Company and Holder hereunder shall be governed, construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada, without reference to conflict of laws principles.

 

Section 6.03 Severability . In the event any one or more of the provisions of this Debenture shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, in whole or in part, in any respect, or in the event that any one or more of the provisions of this Debenture operates or would prospectively operate to invalidate this Debenture, then and in any of those events, only such provision or provisions shall be deemed null and void and shall not affect any other provision of this Debenture. The remaining provisions of this Debenture shall remain operative and in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, prejudiced, or disturbed thereby.

 

Section 6.04 Entire Agreement and Amendments . This Debenture, together with the other Transaction Documents represents the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no representations, warranties or commitments, except as set forth herein and therein. This Debenture may be amended only by an instrument in writing executed by the parties hereto.

 

Section 6.05 Binding Effect . This Debenture shall be binding upon the Company and the successors and assigns of the Company and shall inure to the benefit of the Holder and the successors and assigns of the Holder.

 

Section 6.06 Assignment . The Holder may from time to time sell or assign, in whole or in part, or grant participations in, this Debenture and/or the obligations evidenced hereby without the consent of the Company. The holder of any such sale, assignment or participation, if the applicable agreement between Holder and such holder so provides, shall be: (i) entitled to all of the rights obligations and benefits of Holder (to the extent of such holder’s interest or participation); and (ii) deemed to hold and may exercise the rights of setoff or banker’s lien with respect to any and all obligations of such holder to the Company (to the extent of such holder’s interest or participation), in each case as fully as though the Company was directly indebted to such holder. Holder may in its discretion give notice to the Company of such sale, assignment or participation; however, the failure to give such notice shall not affect any of Holder’s or such holder’s rights hereunder.

 

     
 

 

Section 6.07 Lost or Mutilated Debenture . If this Debenture shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed the Company shall execute and deliver, in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of a mutilated Debenture or in lieu of or in substitution for a lost, stolen or destroyed Debenture a new Debenture for the principal amount of this Debenture so mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Debenture, and of the ownership hereof, reasonably satisfactory to the Company.

 

Section 6.08 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . THE COMPANY HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, INTENTIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION BASED ON THIS DEBENTURE, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS DEBENTURE OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF OR BETWEEN ANY PARTY HERETO, AND THE COMPANY AGREES AND CONSENTS TO THE GRANTING TO HOLDER OF RELIEF FROM ANY STAY ORDER WHICH MIGHT BE ENTERED BY ANY COURT AGAINST HOLDER AND TO ASSIST HOLDER IN OBTAINING SUCH RELIEF. THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR HOLDER ACCEPTING THIS DEBENTURE FROM THE COMPANY. THE COMPANY’S REASONABLE RELIANCE UPON SUCH INDUCEMENT IS HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGED.

 

Section 6.09 NON-US STATUS . THE HOLDER IS A NON-US PERSON AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN THE UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. IT IS HEREBY AGREED AND UNDERSTOOD THAT THE OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER MAY BE SOLD ONLY TO NON-U.S. PERSON. THE INTEREST PAYABLE HEREUNDER IS PAYABLE ONLY OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. ANY U.S. PERSON WHO HOLDS THIS OBLIGATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS UNDER THE UNITED STATES INCOME TAX LAW. BY ACCEPTING THIS OBLIGATION, THE HOLDER REPRESENTS AND WARRANT THAT IT IS NOT A UNITED STATES PERSON (OTHER THAN AN EXEMPT RECIPIENT DESCRIBED IN SEC 6049(8)(4) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND REGULATIONS THEREUNDER) AND THAT IT IS NOT ACTING FOR OR ON BEHALF OF A UNITED STATE PERSON (OTHER THAN AN EXEMPT RECIPIENT DESCRIBED IN SEC. 6049(B)(4) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND THE REGULATIONS THEREUNDER).

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF with the intent to be legally bound hereby, the Company has executed this Senior Secured Redeemable Debenture as of the date first written above.

 

FAT BRANDS, INC.  
     
By: /s/ Andrew Wiederhorn  
Name: Andrew Wiederhorn  
Title: Chief Executive Officer  

 

STATE OF ___________________________ )  
  ) SS
COUNTY OF _________________________ )  

 

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

 

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

 

   
  Notary Public  
     
  My Commission Expires:  
     
   

[signature page to Debenture]

 

     
 

 

 

CONSENT AND AGREEMENT

 

The undersigned, referred to in the foregoing securities purchase agreement as a guarantor, hereby consents and agrees to said securities purchase agreement and to the payment of the amounts contemplated therein, documents contemplated thereby and to the provisions contained therein relating to conditions to be fulfilled and obligations to be performed by it pursuant to or in connection with said securities purchase agreement to the same extent as if the undersigned were a party to said securities purchase agreement.

 

GUARANTOR:

 

FOG CUTTER CAPITAL GROUP, INC.  
     
By: /s/ Andrew Wiederhorn  
Name: Andrew Wiederhorn  
Title: Chief Executive Officer  

 

STATE OF ____________________________ )  
  ) SS.
COUNTY OF __________________________ )  

 

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

 

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

 

   
  Notary Public  
     
  My Commission Expires:  
   

 

[signature page to Debenture]

 

     
 

 

CONSENT AND AGREEMENT

 

The undersigned, referred to in the foregoing securities purchase agreement as a guarantor, hereby consents and agrees to said securities purchase agreement and to the payment of the amounts contemplated therein, documents contemplated thereby and to the provisions contained therein relating to conditions to be fulfilled and obligations to be performed by it pursuant to or in connection with said securities purchase agreement to the same extent as if the undersigned were a party to said securities purchase agreement.

 

GUARANTOR:

 

FATBURGER NORTH AMERICA INC.  
     
By: /s/ Andrew Wiederhorn  
Name: Andrew Wiederhorn  
Title: Chief Executive Officer  

 

STATE OF ____________________________ )  
  ) SS.
COUNTY OF ______________ ____________ )  

 

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

 

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

 

   
  Notary Public  
     
  My Commission Expires:  
   

 

[signature page to Debenture]

 

     
 

 

 

CONSENT AND AGREEMENT

 

The undersigned, referred to in the foregoing securities purchase agreement as a guarantor, hereby consents and agrees to said securities purchase agreement and to the payment of the amounts contemplated therein, documents contemplated thereby and to the provisions contained therein relating to conditions to be fulfilled and obligations to be performed by it pursuant to or in connection with said securities purchase agreement to the same extent as if the undersigned were a party to said securities purchase agreement.

 

GUARANTOR:

 

BUFFALO’S FRANCHISE CONCEPTS INC.  
     
By: /s/ Andrew Wiederhorn  
Name: Andrew Wiederhorn  
Title: Chief Executive Officer  

 

STATE OF ________________ _____________ )  
  ) SS.
COUNTY OF ______________ _____________ )  

 

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

 

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

 

   
  Notary Public  
     
  My Commission Expires:  
   

 

[signature page to Debenture]

 

     
 

 

 

CONSENT AND AGREEMENT

 

The undersigned, referred to in the foregoing securities purchase agreement as a guarantor, hereby consents and agrees to said securities purchase agreement and to the payment of the amounts contemplated therein, documents contemplated thereby and to the provisions contained therein relating to conditions to be fulfilled and obligations to be performed by it pursuant to or in connection with said securities purchase agreement to the same extent as if the undersigned were a party to said securities purchase agreement.

 

GUARANTOR:

 

PONDEROSA FRANCHISING COMPANY  
     
By: /s/ Andrew Wiederhorn  
Name: Andrew Wiederhorn  
Title: Chief Executive Officer  

 

STATE OF ________________ _____________ )  
  ) SS.
COUNTY OF ______________ _____________ )  

 

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

 

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

 

   
  Notary Public  
     
  My Commission Expires:  
   

 

[signature page to Debenture]

 

     
 

 

CONSENT AND AGREEMENT

 

The undersigned, referred to in the foregoing securities purchase agreement as a guarantor, hereby consents and agrees to said securities purchase agreement and to the payment of the amounts contemplated therein, documents contemplated thereby and to the provisions contained therein relating to conditions to be fulfilled and obligations to be performed by it pursuant to or in connection with said securities purchase agreement to the same extent as if the undersigned were a party to said securities purchase agreement.

 

GUARANTOR:

 

BONANZA RESTAURANT COMPANY  
     
By: /s/ Andrew Wiederhorn  
Name: Andrew Wiederhorn  
Title: Chief Executive Officer  

 

STATE OF ________________ ____________ )  
  ) SS.
COUNTY OF ______________ ____________ )  

 

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

 

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

 

   
  Notary Public  
     
  My Commission Expires:  
   

 

[signature page to Debenture]

 

     
 

 

 

GUARANTY AGREEMENT

 

This GUARANTY AGREEMENT is dated and effective as of April 27, 2018 (as amended, restated or modified from time to time, the “ Guaranty ”), and is made Fog Cutter Capital Group, Inc. (“ Fog Cutter ”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland, Fatburger North America Inc. (“ Fatburger ”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, Buffalo’s Franchise Concepts Inc. (“ Buffalo’s ”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Nevada, Ponderosa Franchising Company (“ Ponderosa ”), a general partnership organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and Bonanza Restaurant Company, a general partnership organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (“ Bonanza ”, together with Fog Cutter, Fatburger, Buffalo’s and Ponderosa, the “ Guarantors ”) in favor of TCA GLOBAL CREDIT MASTER FUND, LP, a limited partnership organized and existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “ Buyer ”).

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement dated and effective as of even date herewith (the “ Purchase Agreement ”) by and between Fat Brands, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Company ”), and the Buyer, the Company has agreed to issue to the Buyer and the Buyer has agreed to purchase from Company certain senior secured, redeemable debentures (the “ Debentures ”), as more specifically set forth in the Purchase Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, in order to induce Buyer to purchase the Debentures, and with full knowledge that Buyer would not purchase the Debentures without this Guaranty, Guarantors have agreed to execute and deliver this Guaranty to Buyer, for the benefit of Buyer, as security for the Obligations;

 

WHEREAS, The Guarantors are affiliates of the Company and will significantly benefit from Buyer’s purchase of the Debentures from the Company; and

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements of the parties hereinafter set forth and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties each intending to be legally bound, hereby do agree as follows:

 

1. OBLIGATIONS GUARANTEED

 

Guarantors hereby guaranty and become surety to Buyer for the full, prompt and unconditional payment and performance of the Obligations, when and as the same shall become due, whether at the stated maturity date, by acceleration or otherwise, and the full, prompt and unconditional performance of each term and condition to be performed by Company under the Debentures and the other Transaction Documents. This Guaranty is a primary obligation of Guarantors and shall be a continuing inexhaustible Guaranty. This is a guaranty of payment and not of collection. Buyer may require Guarantors to pay and perform its liabilities and obligations under this Guaranty and may proceed immediately against Guarantors without being required to bring any proceeding or take any action against Company or any other Person prior thereto; the liability of Guarantors hereunder being independent of and separate from the liability of Company, any other Guarantors, any other Person, and the availability of other collateral security for the Debentures and the other Transaction Documents.

 

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2. DEFINITIONS

 

All capitalized terms used in this Guaranty that are defined in the Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Purchase Agreement, unless the context of this Guaranty requires otherwise.

 

3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Guarantors represent and warrant to Buyer as follows:

 

3.1. Organization, Powers . (i) Fog Cutter is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Maryland, (ii) Fatburger and Buffalo’s are corporations organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, (iii) Ponderosa and Bonanza are partnerships organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware; (ii) each Guarantor has the power and authority (a) to own their properties and assets and to carry on their business as now being conducted and as now contemplated; and (b) to execute, deliver and perform (and the officer or manager executing this Guaranty on behalf of each Guarantor have been duly authorized to so act and execute this Guaranty on behalf of such Guarantor), and (iii) each Guarantor has by all necessary action authorized the execution, delivery and performance of all of its obligations under this Guaranty and any other Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

 

3.2. Execution of Guaranty . This Guaranty, and each other Transaction Document to which Guarantors are a party, has been duly executed and delivered by Guarantors. Execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty and each other Transaction Document to which Guarantors are a party will not: (i) violate any provision of any law, rule or regulation, any judgment, order, writ, decree or other instrument of any governmental authority, or any provision of any contract or other instrument to which Guarantors are a party or by which Guarantors or any of its properties or assets are bound; (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, claim or encumbrance of any nature, other than the liens created by the Transaction Documents; and (iii) require any consent from, exemption of, or filing or registration with, any governmental authority or any other Person, other than any filings in connection with the liens created by the Transaction Documents.

 

3.3. Obligations of Guarantors . This Guaranty and each other Transaction Document to which Guarantors are a party are the legal, valid and binding obligations of Guarantors, enforceable against Guarantors in accordance with their terms, except as the same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles which may affect the availability of specific performance and other equitable remedies. The purchase of the Debenture by Buyer and the assumption by Guarantors of their obligations hereunder and under any other Transaction Document to which Guarantors are a party will result in material benefits to Guarantors. This Guaranty was entered into by Guarantors for commercial purposes.

 

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3.4. Litigation . There is no demand, claim, suit, action, litigation, investigation, audit, study, arbitration, administrative hearing, or any other proceeding of any nature whatsoever at law or in equity or by or before any governmental authority now pending or, to the knowledge of Guarantors, threatened, against or affecting Guarantors or any of its properties, assets or rights which, if adversely determined, would materially impair or affect: (i) the value of any collateral securing the Obligations; (ii) Guarantors’ right to carry on its business substantially as now conducted (and as now contemplated); (iii) Guarantors’ financial condition; or (iv) Guarantors’ capacity to consummate and perform its obligations under this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document to which Guarantors is a party.

 

3.5. No Defaults . No Guarantor is in default beyond the expiration of any applicable grace or cure periods, in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained herein or in any contract or other instrument to which such Guarantor is a party or by which such Guarantor or any of its properties or assets are bound.

 

3.6. No Untrue Statements . To the knowledge of Guarantors, no Transaction Document or other document, certificate or statement furnished to Buyer by or on behalf of the Company or Guarantors contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein and therein not misleading. Guarantors acknowledge that all such statements, representations and warranties shall be deemed to have been relied upon by Buyer as an inducement to purchase the Debentures.

 

4. NO LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

 

4.1. Guarantors acknowledge that the obligations undertaken herein involve the guaranty of obligations of a Person other than Guarantors and, in full recognition of that fact, Guarantors consent and agree that Buyer may, at any time and from time to time, without notice or demand, and without affecting the enforceability or continuing effectiveness of this Guaranty: (i) change the manner, place or terms of payment of (including, without limitation, any increase or decrease in the principal amount of the Obligations or the interest rate), and/or change or extend the time for payment of, or renew, supplement or modify, any of the Obligations, any security therefor, or any of the Transaction Documents evidencing same, and the Guaranty herein made shall apply to the Obligations and the Transaction Documents as so changed, extended, renewed, supplemented or modified; (ii) sell, exchange, release, surrender, realize upon or otherwise deal with in any manner and in any order, any property securing the Obligations; (iii) supplement, modify, amend or waive, or enter into or give any agreement, approval, waiver or consent with respect to, any of the Obligations, or any part thereof, or any of the Transaction Documents, or any additional security or guaranties, or any condition, covenant, default, remedy, right, representation or term thereof or thereunder; (iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against Company or other Persons (including Guarantors) or against any security for the Obligations; (v) accept new or additional instruments, documents or agreements in exchange for or relative to any of the Transaction Documents or the Obligations, or any part thereof; (vi) accept partial payments on the Obligations; (vii) receive and hold additional security or guaranties for the Obligations, or any part thereof; (viii) release, reconvey, terminate, waive, abandon, fail to perfect, subordinate, exchange, substitute, transfer and/or enforce any security or guaranties, and apply any security and direct the order or manner of sale thereof as Buyer, in its sole and absolute discretion, may determine; (ix) add, release, settle, modify or discharge the obligation of any maker, endorser, Guarantors, surety, obligor or any other Person who is in any way obligated for any of the Obligations, or any part thereof; (x) settle or compromise any Obligations, whether in a Proceeding or not, and whether voluntarily or involuntarily, dispose of any security therefor (with or without consideration and in whatever manner Buyer deems appropriate), and subordinate the payment of any of the Obligations, whether or not due, to the payment of liabilities owing to creditors of Company other than Buyer and Guarantors; (xi) consent to the merger, change or any other restructuring or termination of the corporate existence of Company or any other Person, and correspondingly restructure the Obligations, and any such merger, change, restructuring or termination shall not affect the liability of Guarantors or the continuing effectiveness hereof, or the enforceability hereof with respect to all or any part of the Obligations; (xii) apply any sums it receives, by whomever paid or however realized, to any of the Obligations and/or (xiii) take any other action which might constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, Company or any other Person (including Guarantors) in respect of the Obligations.

 

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4.2. The invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of all or any part of the Obligations or any Transaction Document, or the impairment or loss of any security therefor, whether caused by any action or inaction of Buyer, or otherwise, shall not affect, impair or be a defense to any Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty.

 

4.3. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, Buyer may enforce this Guaranty independently of any other remedy, guaranty or security Buyer at any time may have or hold in connection with the Obligations, and it shall not be necessary for Buyer to marshal assets in favor of Company, any other Guarantors of the Obligations or any other Person or to proceed upon or against and/or exhaust any security or remedy before proceeding to enforce this Guaranty. Guarantors expressly waives any right to require Buyer to marshal assets in favor of Company or any other Person, or to proceed against Company or any other Guarantor of the Obligations or any collateral provided by any Person, and agrees that Buyer may proceed against any obligor (including any Guarantor) and/or the collateral in such order as Buyer shall determine in its sole and absolute discretion. Buyer may file a separate action or actions against Guarantors, whether action is brought or prosecuted with respect to any security or against any other Person, or whether any other Person is joined in any such action or actions. Each Guarantor agrees that Buyer and Company may deal with each other in connection with the Obligations or otherwise, or alter any contracts or agreements now or hereafter existing between them, in any manner whatsoever, all without in any way altering or affecting the security of this Guaranty.

 

4.4. Each Guarantor expressly waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all defenses which such Guarantor shall or may have as of the date hereof arising or asserted by reason of: (i) any disability or other defense of the Company, or any other Guarantor for the Obligations, with respect to the Obligations; (ii) the unenforceability or invalidity of any security for or guaranty of the Obligations or the lack of perfection or continuing perfection or failure of priority of any security for the Obligations; (iii) the cessation for any cause whatsoever of the liability of the Company, or any other Guarantor of the Obligations (other than by reason of the full payment and performance of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations)); (iv) any failure of Buyer to marshal assets in favor of the Company or any other Person; (v) any failure of Buyer to give notice of sale or other disposition of collateral to Company or any other Person or any defect in any notice that may be given in connection with any sale or disposition of collateral; (vi) any failure of Buyer to comply with applicable laws in connection with the sale or other disposition of any collateral or other security for any Obligations, including, without limitation, any failure of Buyer to conduct a commercially reasonable sale or other disposition of any collateral or other security for any Obligations; (vii) any act or omission of Buyer or others that directly or indirectly results in or aids the discharge or release of the Company or any other Guarantor of the Obligations, or of any security or guaranty therefor by operation of law or otherwise; (viii) any law which provides that the obligation of a surety or any Guarantor must neither be larger in amount or in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal or which reduces a surety’s or such Guarantor’s obligation in proportion to the principal obligation; (ix) any failure of Buyer to file or enforce a claim in any bankruptcy or other proceeding with respect to any Person; (x) the election by Buyer, in any bankruptcy proceeding of any Person, of the application or non-application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the United States Bankruptcy Code; (xi) any extension of credit or the grant of any lien under Section 364 of the United States Bankruptcy Code; (xii) any use of collateral under Section 363 of the United States Bankruptcy Code; (xiii) any agreement or stipulation with respect to the provision of adequate protection in any bankruptcy proceeding of any Person; (xiv) the avoidance of any lien or security interest in favor of Buyer for any reason; (xv) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment of debt, liquidation or dissolution proceeding commenced by or against any Person, including without limitation any discharge of, or bar or stay against collecting, all or any of the Obligations (or any interest thereon) in or as a result of any such proceeding; or (xvi) any action taken by Buyer that is authorized by this Section or any other provision of any Transaction Document. Each Guarantor expressly waives all setoffs and counterclaims and all presentments, demands for payment or performance, notices of nonpayment or nonperformance, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and all other notices or demands of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the Obligations, and all notices of acceptance of this Guaranty or of the existence, creation or incurrence of new or additional Obligations.

 

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4.5. This is a continuing guaranty and shall remain in full force and effect as to all of the Obligations until such date as all amounts owing by the Company to Buyer shall have been paid in full in cash and all obligations of the Company with respect to any of the Obligations shall have terminated or expired (other than contingent indemnification obligations) (such date is referred to herein as the “ Termination Date ”).

 

5. LIMITATION ON SUBROGATION

 

Until the Termination Date, each Guarantor waives any present or future right to which such Guarantor is or may become entitled to be subrogated to Buyer’s rights against Company or to seek contribution, reimbursement, indemnification, payment or the like, or participation in any claim, right or remedy of Buyer against Company or any security which Buyer now has or hereafter acquires, whether or not such claim, right or remedy arises under contract, in equity, by statute, under common law or otherwise. If, notwithstanding such waiver, any funds or property shall be paid or transferred to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, or indemnification at any time when all of the Obligations have not been paid in full, such Guarantor shall hold such funds or property in trust for Buyer and shall forthwith pay over to Buyer such funds and/or property to be applied by Buyer to the Obligations.

 

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6. COVENANTS

 

6.1. Financial Statements; Compliance Certificate . No later than ten (10) days after written request therefore from Buyer, each Guarantor shall deliver to Buyer: (a) financial statements disclosing all of such Guarantor’s assets, liabilities, net worth, income and contingent liabilities, all in reasonable detail and in form reasonably acceptable to Buyer, signed by such Guarantor, and certified by such Guarantor to Buyer to be true, correct and complete in all material respects; (b) complete copies of federal tax returns, including all schedules, each of which shall be signed and certified by such Guarantor to be true and complete copies of such returns; and (c) such other information respecting such Guarantor as Buyer may from time to time reasonably request.

 

6.2. Subordination of Other Debts . Each Guarantor hereby: (a) subordinates the obligations now or hereafter owed by Company to such Guarantor (“ Subordinated Debt ”) to any and all obligations of Company to Buyer now or hereafter existing while this Guaranty is in effect, and hereby agrees that such Guarantor will not request or accept payment of or any security for any part of the Subordinated Debt, and any proceeds of the Subordinated Debt paid to such Guarantor, through error or otherwise, shall immediately be forwarded to Buyer by Guarantors, properly endorsed to the order of Buyer, to apply to the Obligations; provided, that the foregoing shall not apply to (i) inter-company debt between the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, or (ii) debt that is currently outstanding between the Company and Fog Cutter, as reported in the Company’s SEC Reports.

 

6.3. Security for Guaranty . Each obligation and liability of Fog Cutter evidenced by this Guaranty is also secured by all of the Collateral of Fog Cutter pursuant to that certain Security Agreement by and between Fog Cutter and Buyer made of even date herewith (the “ Security Agreement ”). All of the agreements, conditions, covenants, provisions, representations, warranties and stipulations contained in the Security Agreement or any other Transaction Documents to which a Guarantor is a party which are to be kept and performed by the Guarantors are hereby made a part of this Guaranty to the same extent and with the same force and effect as if they were fully set forth herein, and each Guarantor covenants and agrees to keep and perform them, or cause them to be kept or performed, strictly in accordance with their terms.

 

7. EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

Each of the Events of Default in the Debenture, Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall constitute an Event of Default hereunder.

 

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8. REMEDIES.

 

8.1. Upon an Event of Default, as provided in the Debenture, Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Document, all liabilities and obligations of any Guarantor hereunder shall become immediately due and payable without demand or notice and, in addition to any other remedies provided by law or in equity, Buyer may:

 

8.1.1. Enforce the obligations of the Guarantors under this Guaranty.

 

8.1.2. To the extent not prohibited by and in addition to any other remedy provided by law or equity, setoff against any of the Obligations any sum owed by Buyer in any capacity to any Guarantor whether due or not.

 

8.1.3. Perform any covenant or agreement of any Guarantor in default hereunder (but without obligation to do so) and in that regard pay such money as may be required or as Buyer may reasonably deem expedient. Any costs, expenses or fees, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, incurred by Buyer in connection with the foregoing shall be included in the Obligations guaranteed hereby, and shall be due and payable on demand, together with interest at the highest non-usurious rate permitted by applicable law, such interest to be calculated from the date of such advance to the date of repayment thereof. Any such action by Buyer shall not be deemed to be a waiver or release of any Guarantor hereunder and shall be without prejudice to any other right or remedy of Buyer.

 

8.2. Settlement of any claim by Buyer against Company, whether in any Proceeding or not, and whether voluntary or involuntary, shall not reduce the amount due under the terms of this Guaranty, except to the extent of the amount actually paid by Company or any other obligated Person and legally retained by Buyer in connection with the settlement (unless otherwise provided for herein or therein).

 

9. MISCELLANEOUS.

 

9.1. Disclosure of Financial Information . Buyer is hereby authorized to disclose any financial or other information about any Guarantor to any governmental authority having jurisdiction over Buyer or to any present, future or prospective participant or successor in interest in the Debentures, provided that any such participant or successor in interest agree to maintain such information confidential and limit the distribution of such information only to such persons’ Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, representatives, advisors and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such information and instructed to keep such information confidential). The information provided may include, without limitation, amounts, terms, balances, payment history, return item history and any financial or other information about Guarantors.

 

9.2. Remedies Cumulative . The rights and remedies of Buyer, as provided herein and in any other Transaction Document, shall be cumulative and concurrent, may be pursued separately, successively or together, may be exercised as often as occasion therefor shall arise, and shall be in addition to any other rights or remedies conferred upon Buyer at law or in equity. The failure, at any one or more times, of Buyer to exercise any such right or remedy shall in no event be construed as a waiver or release thereof. Buyer shall have the right to take any action it deems appropriate without the necessity of resorting to any collateral securing this Guaranty.

 

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9.3. Integration . This Guaranty and the other Transaction Documents constitute the sole agreement of the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and supersede all oral negotiations and prior writings with respect thereto.

 

9.4. Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses . If Buyer retains the services of counsel by reason of a claim of an Event of Default hereunder or under any of the other Transaction Documents, or on account of any matter involving this Guaranty, or for examination of matters subject to Buyer’s approval under the Transaction Documents, all costs of suit and all reasonable attorneys’ fees and such other reasonable expenses so incurred by Buyer shall forthwith, on demand, become due and payable and shall be secured hereby.

 

9.5. No Implied Waiver . Buyer shall not be deemed to have modified or waived any of its rights or remedies hereunder unless such modification or waiver is in writing and signed by Buyer, and then only to the extent specifically set forth therein. A waiver in one event shall not be construed as continuing or as a waiver of or bar to such right or remedy on a subsequent event.

 

9.6. Waiver . Except as otherwise provided herein or in any of the Transaction Documents, each Guarantor waives notice of acceptance of this Guaranty and notice of the Obligations and waives notice of default, non-payment, partial payment, presentment, demand, protest, notice of protest or dishonor, and all other notices to which Guarantors might otherwise be entitled or which might be required by law to be given by Buyer. Each Guarantor waives the right to any stay of execution and the benefit of all exemption laws, to the extent permitted by law, and any other protection granted by law to Guarantors, now or hereafter in effect with respect to any action or proceeding brought by Buyer against it. Each Guarantor irrevocably waives all claims of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise and the right to assert against Buyer any defenses, set-offs, counterclaims, or claims that any Guarantor may have at any time against Company or any other party liable to Buyer.

 

9.7. No Third Party Beneficiary . Except as otherwise provided herein, no party hereto intends the benefits of this Guaranty to inure to any third party and no third party (including Company) shall have any status, right or entitlement under this Guaranty.

 

9.8. Partial Invalidity . The invalidity or unenforceability of any one or more provisions of this Guaranty shall not render any other provision invalid or unenforceable. In lieu of any invalid or unenforceable provision, there shall be added automatically a valid and enforceable provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible.

 

9.9. Binding Effect . The covenants, conditions, waivers, releases and agreements contained in this Guaranty shall bind, and the benefits thereof shall inure to, the parties hereto and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns; provided, however, that this Guaranty cannot be assigned by Guarantors without the prior written consent of Buyer, and any such assignment or attempted assignment by Guarantors shall be void and of no effect with respect to the Buyer.

 

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9.10. Modifications . This Guaranty may not be supplemented, extended, modified or terminated except by an agreement in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of any waiver, change, modification or discharge is sought.

 

9.11. Sales or Participations . Buyer may from time to time sell or assign the Debentures, in whole or in part, or grant participations in the Debentures and/or the obligations evidenced thereby without the consent of Company or Guarantors (other than as provided in the Purchase Agreement), provided, however, Buyer shall provide written notice to Company and Guarantors of any such assignment or grant of participations. The holder of any such sale, assignment or participation, if the applicable agreement between Buyer and such holder so provides, shall be: (a) entitled to all of the rights, obligations and benefits of Buyer (to the extent of such holder’s interest or participation); and (b) deemed to hold and may exercise the rights of setoff or banker’s lien with respect to any and all obligations of such holder to Guarantors (to the extent of such holder’s interest or participation), in each case as fully as though Guarantors are directly indebted to such holder. Buyer may in its discretion give notice to Guarantors of such sale, assignment or participation; however, the failure to give such notice shall not affect any of Buyer’s or such holder’s rights hereunder.

 

9.12. MANDATORY FORUM SELECTION . Any dispute arising under, relating to, or in connection with THIS GUARANTY or related to any matter which is the subject of or incidental to THIS GUARANTY, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT, OR THE COLLATERAL (whether or not such claim is based upon breach of contract or tort) shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and/or federal courts located in Broward County, Florida; provided, however, BUYER may, at its sole option, elect to bring any action in any other jurisdiction. This provision is intended to be a “mandatory” forum selection clause and governed by and interpreted consistent with Florida law OR NEVADA LAW, AS APPLICABLE . GUARANTORS HEREBY WAIVE PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS AND CONSENT THAT ALL SUCH SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, DIRECTED TO GUARANTORS, AS SET FORTH HEREIN OR IN THE MANNER PROVIDED BY APPLICABLE STATUTE, LAW, RULE OF COURT OR OTHERWISE.

 

9.13. Notices . All notices, requests and demands to or upon Buyer or Guarantors, to be effective, shall be delivered in the manner and addressed at the applicable address set forth in the Purchase Agreement. The Guarantors agree and acknowledge that notice to each of them may be sent and delivered to the Company, as required under the Purchase Agreement, and such notice to the Company shall be deemed valid and effective notice to Guarantors hereunder.

 

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9.14. Governing Law . Except in the case of the Mandatory Forum Selection clause set forth in Section 9.12 hereof, this Guaranty shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the substantive laws of the State of Nevada without reference to conflict of laws principles.

 

9.15. Joint and Several Liability . The word “Guarantors” or “Guarantors” shall mean all of the undersigned persons, if more than one, and their liability shall be joint and several. The liability of Guarantors shall also be joint and several with the liability of any other Guarantors under any other guaranty.

 

9.16. Continuing Enforcement . If, after receipt of any payment of all or any part of the Obligations, Buyer is compelled or reasonably agrees, for settlement purposes, to surrender such payment to any person or entity for any reason (including, without limitation, a determination that such payment is void or voidable as a preference or fraudulent conveyance, an impermissible setoff, or a diversion of trust funds), then this Guaranty shall continue in full force and effect or be reinstated, as the case may be, and Guarantors shall be liable for, and shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Buyer with respect to the full amount so surrendered. The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Guaranty and shall remain effective notwithstanding the payment of the Obligations, the cancellation, conversion or redemption of the Debentures, this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document, the release of any security interest, lien or encumbrance securing the Obligations or any other action which Buyer may have taken in reliance upon its receipt of such payment. Any cancellation, release or other such action shall be deemed to have been conditioned upon any payment of the Obligations having become final and irrevocable.

 

9.17. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . GUARANTORS AGREE THAT, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, WHETHER CLAIM OR COUNTERCLAIM, BROUGHT BY LENDER OR GUARANTORS ON OR WITH RESPECT TO THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES WITH RESPECT HERETO OR THERETO, SHALL BE TRIED ONLY BY A COURT AND NOT BY A JURY. LENDER AND GUARANTORS HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, INTENTIONALLY AND INTELLIGENTLY, AND WITH THE ADVICE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNSEL, WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING. FURTHER, LENDER AND GUARANTORS WAIVE ANY RIGHT THEY MAY HAVE TO CLAIM OR RECOVER, IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, ANY SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES OTHER THAN, OR IN ADDITION TO, ACTUAL DAMAGES. GUARANTORS ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREES THAT THIS SECTION IS A SPECIFIC AND MATERIAL ASPECT OF THIS GUARANTY AND THAT LENDER WOULD NOT PURCHASE THE DEBENTURES IF THE WAIVERS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION WERE NOT A PART OF THIS GUARANTY.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound, has duly executed and delivered this Guaranty Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

  FOG CUTTER CAPITAL GROUP, INC.
     
  /s/ Andrew Wiederhorn
  Name: Andrew Wiederhorn
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

STATE OF ____________________________ )  
  ) SS.  
COUNTY OF ______________ ____________ )  

 

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

 

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

 

   
  Notary Public  
     
  My Commission Expires :
     

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound, has duly executed and delivered this Guaranty Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

  FATBURGER NORTH AMERICA INC.
     
  /s/ Andrew Wiederhorn
  Name: Andrew Wiederhorn
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

STATE OF ____________________________ )  
  ) SS.  
COUNTY OF ______________ ____________ )  

 

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

 

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

 

   
  Notary Public  
     
  My Commission Expires :
     

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound, has duly executed and delivered this Guaranty Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

  BUFFALO’S FRANCHISE CONCEPTS INC.
     
  /s/ Andrew Wiederhorn
  Name: Andrew Wiederhorn
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

STATE OF ____________________________ )  
  ) SS.  
COUNTY OF ______________ ____________ )  

 

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

 

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

 

   
  Notary Public  
     
  My Commission Expires :
   

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound, has duly executed and delivered this Guaranty Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

  PONDEROSA FRANCHISING COMPANY
     
  /s/ Andrew Wiederhorn
  Name: Andrew Wiederhorn
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

STATE OF____________________________ )  
  ) SS.  
COUNTY OF ______________ ____________ )  

 

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

 

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

 

   
  Notary Public  
     
  My Commission Expires :
   

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound, has duly executed and delivered this Guaranty Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

  BONANZA RESTAURANT COMPANY
     
  /s/ Andrew Wiederhorn
  Name: Andrew Wiederhorn
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

STATE OF ____________________________ )  
  ) SS.  
COUNTY OF ______________ ____________ )  

 

The undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the said County, in the State aforesaid, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY that [●], the [●] of Bonanza Restaurant Company, a Delaware general partnership, who is personally known to me to be the same person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing, appeared before me this day in person and acknowledged that he/she signed and delivered the said instrument as his/her own free and voluntary act and as the free and voluntary act of said corporation, for the uses and purposes therein set forth.

 

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

 

   
  Notary Public  
     
  My Commission Expires :
   

 

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SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

This SECURITY AGREEMENT (“ Agreement ”) is dated and effective as of April 27, 2018 by and between FAT BRANDS, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware ( the “ Company ”), in favor of TCA GLOBAL CREDIT MASTER FUND, LP, a limited partnership organized and existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “ Secured Party ”).

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement dated and effective as of even date herewith by and between, the Company and the Secured Party (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), the Company has agreed to issue to the Secured Party and the Secured Party has agreed to purchase from Company certain senior secured redeemable debentures (the “ Debentures ”), as more specifically set forth in the Purchase Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, in order to induce the Secured Party to purchase the Debentures, the Company has agreed to execute and deliver to the Secured Party this Agreement for the benefit of the Secured Party and to grant to Secured Party an unconditional and continuing, first priority security interest in all of the assets and property of the Company to secure the prompt payment, performance and discharge in full of all of Company’s obligations under the Debentures, the Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements of the parties hereinafter set forth and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties each intending to be legally bound, hereby do agree as follows:

 

1. Recitals . The recitations set forth in the preamble of this Agreement are true and correct and incorporated herein by this reference.

 

2. Construction and Definition of Terms . In this Agreement, unless the express context otherwise requires: (i) the words “herein,” “hereof’ and “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; (ii) references to the words “Section” or “Subsection” refer to the respective Sections and Subsections of this Agreement, and references to “Exhibit” or “Schedule” refer to the respective Exhibits and Schedules attached hereto; (iii) wherever the word “include,” “includes” or “including” is used in this Agreement , it will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” All capitalized terms used in this Agreement that are defined in the Purchase Agreement or otherwise defined in Articles 8 or 9 of the Code shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Purchase Agreement or the Code, respectively and as applicable, unless the context of this Agreement requires otherwise. In addition to the capitalized terms defined in the Code and the Purchase Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, when used herein, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings (provided that if a capitalized term used herein is defined in the Purchase Agreement and separately defined in this Agreement, the meaning of such term as defined in this Agreement shall control for purposes of this Agreement):

 

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(a) Agreement ” means this Security Agreement and all amendments, modifications and supplements hereto.

 

(b) Bankruptcy Code ” means the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended from time to time, or any other similar laws, codes, rules or regulations relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or the protection of creditors.

 

(c) Business Premises ” shall mean the Company’s offices located at 19950 West Country Club Drive, Suite 100, Aventura, Florida 33180.

 

(d) Closing ” shall mean the date on which this Agreement is fully executed by both parties.

 

(e) Code ” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of Nevada, provided that terms used herein which are defined in the Code as in effect in the State of Nevada on the date hereof shall continue to have the same meaning notwithstanding any replacement or amendment of such statute, except as the Secured Party may otherwise agree.

 

(f) Collateral ” shall mean any and all property of the Company, of any kind or description, tangible or intangible, real, personal or mixed, wheresoever located and whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired, including the following: (i) all property of, or for the account of, the Company now or hereafter coming into the possession, control or custody of, or in transit to, Secured Party or any agent or bailee for Secured Party or any parent, affiliate or subsidiary of Secured Party or any participant with Secured Party in the Obligations (whether for safekeeping, deposit, collection, custody, pledge, transmission or otherwise), including all cash, earnings, dividends, interest, or other rights in connection therewith and the products and proceeds therefrom, including the proceeds of insurance thereon; (ii) the following additional property of the Company, whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired, and wherever now or hereafter located, together with all additions and accessions thereto, substitutions, betterments and replacements therefor, products and Proceeds therefrom, and all of the Company’s books and records and recorded data relating thereto (regardless of the medium of recording or storage), together with all of the Company’s right, title and interest in and to all computer software required to utilize, create, maintain and process any such records or data on electronic media, including all: (A) Accounts, and all goods whose sale, lease or other disposition by the Company has given rise to Accounts and have been returned to, or repossessed or stopped in transit by, the Company, or rejected or refused by an Account debtor; (B) As-extracted Collateral; (C) Chattel Paper (whether tangible or electronic); (D) Commodity Accounts; (E) Commodity Contracts; (F) Deposit Accounts, including all cash and other property from time to time deposited therein and the monies and property in the possession or under the control of the Secured Party or any affiliate, representative, agent, designee or correspondent of the Secured Party; (G) Documents; (H) Equipment; (I) Farm Products; (J) Fixtures; (K) General Intangibles (including all Payment Intangibles); (L) Goods, and all accessions thereto and goods with which the Goods are commingled; (M) Health-Care Insurance Receivables; (N) Instruments; (O) Inventory, including raw materials, work-in-process and finished goods; (P) Investment Property; (Q) Letter-of-Credit Rights; (R) Promissory Notes; (S) Software; (T) all Supporting Obligations; (U) all commercial tort claims hereafter arising; (V) all other tangible and intangible personal property of the Company (whether or not subject to the Code), including, all bank and other accounts and all cash and all investments therein, all proceeds, products, offspring, accessions, rents, profits, income, benefits, substitutions and replacements of and to any of the property of the Company described within the definition of Collateral (including, any proceeds of insurance thereon and all causes of action, claims and warranties now or hereafter held by the Company in respect of any of the items listed within the definition of Collateral), and all books, correspondence, files and other Records, including, all tapes, desks, cards, Software, data and computer programs in the possession or under the control of the Company or any other Person from time to time acting for the Company, in each case, to the extent of the Company’s rights therein, that at any time evidence or contain information relating to any of the property described or listed within the definition of Collateral or which are otherwise necessary or helpful in the collection or realization thereof; (W) all real property interests of the Company and the interest of the Company in fixtures related to such real property interests; and (X) Proceeds, including all Cash Proceeds and Noncash Proceeds, and products of any or all of the foregoing, in each case howsoever the Company’s interest therein may arise or appear (whether by ownership, security interest, claim or otherwise).

 

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(g) Event of Default ” shall mean any of the events described in Section 4 hereof.

 

(h) Obligations ” shall have the meaning given to it in the Purchase Agreement.

 

3. Security.

 

(a) Grant of Security Interest . As security for the full payment and performance of all of the Obligations, whether or not any instrument or agreement relating to any Obligation specifically refers to this Agreement or the security interest created hereunder, the Company hereby assigns, pledges and grants to Secured Party an unconditional, continuing, first priority security interest in all of the Collateral. Secured Party’s security interest shall continually exist until all Obligations have been indefeasibly satisfied and/or paid in full.

 

(b) Representations, Warranties. Covenants and Agreement of the Company . The Company covenants, warrants and represents, for the benefit of the Secured Party, as follows:

 

(i) The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the filings contemplated herein have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditor’s rights generally.

 

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(ii) The Company represents and warrants that it has no place of business or offices where its respective books of account and records are kept or places where Collateral is stored or located, except for the Business Premises.

 

(iii) The Company is the sole owner of the Collateral (except for non-exclusive licenses granted by the Company in the Company’s Ordinary Course of Business), free and clear of any and all Encumbrances. The Company is fully authorized to grant the security interests in and to pledge the Collateral to Secured Party. There is not on file in any agency, land records or other office of any Governmental Authority, an effective financing statement, security agreement, license or transfer or any notice of any of the foregoing (other than those that have been filed in favor of the Secured Party pursuant to this Agreement) covering or affecting any of the Collateral. So long as this Agreement shall be in effect, the Company shall not execute and shall not permit to be on file in any such agency, land records or other office any such financing statement or other document or instrument (except to the extent filed or recorded in favor of the Secured Party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement).

 

(iv) No part of the Collateral has been judged invalid or unenforceable. No Claim, Proceeding or other notice or other similar item has been received by the Company that any Collateral or the Company’s use of any Collateral violates the rights of any Person. There has been no adverse decision or claim to the Company’s ownership rights in or exclusive rights to use the Collateral in any jurisdiction or to the Company’s right to keep and maintain such Collateral in full force and effect, and there is no Claim or Proceeding of any nature involving said rights pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened, before any Governmental Authority.

 

(v) The Company shall at all times maintain its books of account and records relating to the Collateral and maintain the Collateral at the Business Premises, and the Company shall not relocate such books of account and records or Collateral, except and unless: (A) Secured Party first approves of such relocation, which approval may be withheld in Secured Party’s sole and absolute discretion; (B) evidence that appropriate financing statements and other necessary documents have been filed and recorded and other steps have been taken to create in favor of the Secured Party valid, perfected and continuing liens in the Collateral; or (C) Collateral is moved or relocated in the Company’s Ordinary Course of Business, provided, however, that any permanent relocation of any of the Collateral shall require Secured Party’s prior written approval in accordance with Subsection 3(b)(v)(A) above.

 

(vi) Upon making the filings described in the immediately following sentence or by possession or control of such Collateral by Secured Party or delivery of such Collateral to Secured Party, this Agreement creates, in favor of the Secured Party, a valid, perfected, security interest in the Collateral. Except for the filing of financing statements on Form UCC-1 under the Code with the State of Delaware and the State of Florida, no authorization or approval of, or filing with, or notice to any Governmental Authority is required either: (A) for the grant by the Company of, or the effectiveness of, the security interest granted hereby or for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company; or (B) for the perfection of or exercise by the Secured Party of its rights and remedies hereunder.

 

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(vii) Simultaneous with the execution of this Agreement, the Company hereby authorizes the Secured Party to file one or more UCC financing statements, and any continuations, amendments, or assignments thereof with respect to the security interests on the Collateral granted hereby, with the State of Delaware and the State of Florida and in such other jurisdictions as may be requested or desired by the Secured Party.

 

(viii) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and the granting of the security interests contemplated hereby, will not: (A) constitute a violation of or conflict with the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws or any other organizational or governing documents of the Company; (B) constitute a violation of, or a default or breach under (either immediately, upon notice, upon lapse of time, or both), or conflicts with, or gives to any other Person any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any provision of any Contract or agreement to which Company is a party or by which any of the Collateral may be bound; (C) constitute a violation of, or a default or breach under (either immediately, upon notice, upon lapse of time, or both), or conflicts with, any Judgment of any Governmental Authority; (D) constitute a violation of, or conflict with, any Law; or (E) result in the loss or adverse modification of, or the imposition of any fine, penalty or other Encumbrance with respect to, any Permit granted or issued to, or otherwise held by or for the use of, the Company or any of the Collateral. No Consent (including from stockholders or creditors of the Company) is required for the Company to enter into and perform its obligations hereunder.

 

(ix) The Company shall at all times maintain the liens and security interests provided for hereunder as valid and perfected liens and security interests in the Collateral in favor of the Secured Party until this Agreement and the security interests hereunder shall terminate pursuant to Section 8(o) below. The Company shall at all times safeguard and protect all Collateral, at its own expense, for the account of the Secured Party. At the request of the Secured Party, the Company will sign and deliver to the Secured Party at any time, or from time to time, one or more financing statements pursuant to the Code (or any other applicable statute) in form reasonably satisfactory to the Secured Party and will pay the cost of filing the same in all public offices wherever filing is, or is deemed by the Secured Party to be, necessary or desirable to effect the rights and obligations provided for herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall pay all fees, taxes and other amounts necessary to maintain the Collateral and the security interests granted hereunder, and the Company shall obtain and furnish to the Secured Party from time to time, upon demand, such releases and/or subordinations of claims and liens which may be required to maintain the priority of the security interests hereunder.

 

(x) The Company will not transfer, pledge, hypothecate, encumber, license, sell or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral without the prior written consent of the Secured Party, which consent may be withheld in the Secured Party’s sole and absolute discretion, except for transfers, sales or licenses made in the Company’s Ordinary Course of Business.

 

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(xi) The Company shall keep, maintain and preserve all of the Collateral in good condition, repair and order and the Company will use, operate and maintain the Collateral in compliance with all Laws, and in compliance with all applicable insurance requirements and regulations.

 

(xii) The Company shall, within five (5) days of obtaining knowledge thereof, advise the Secured Party promptly, in sufficient detail, of any substantial or material change in the Collateral, and of the occurrence of any event which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(xiii) The Company shall promptly execute and deliver to the Secured Party such further deeds, mortgages, assignments, security agreements, financing statements or other instruments, documents, certificates and assurances and take such further action as the Secured Party may from time to time request and may in its sole discretion deem necessary to perfect, protect or enforce its security interest in the Collateral, including, placing legends on Collateral or on books and records pertaining to Collateral stating that Secured Party has a security interest therein.

 

(xiv) The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to diligently pursue and seek to preserve, enforce and collect any rights, claims, causes of action and accounts receivable in respect of the Collateral.

 

(xv) The Company shall promptly notify the Secured Party in sufficient detail upon becoming aware of any Claim, Proceeding, or any other litigation, attachment, garnishment, execution or other legal process levied against any Collateral or of any Claim, Proceeding or any other litigation, attachment, garnishment, execution or other legal process which Company knows or has reason to believe is pending or threatened against it or the Collateral, and of any other information received by the Company that may materially affect the value of the Collateral, the security interests granted hereunder or the rights and remedies of the Secured Party hereunder.

 

(xvi) All information heretofore, herein or hereafter supplied to the Secured Party by or on behalf of the Company with respect to the Collateral is accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date furnished.

 

(xvii) Company will promptly pay when due all Taxes and all transportation, storage, warehousing and all other charges and fees affecting or arising out of or relating to the Collateral and shall defend the Collateral, at Company’s expense, against all claims of any Persons claiming any interest in the Collateral adverse to Company or Secured Party.

 

(xviii) During normal business hours and subject to prior reasonable notice from Secured Party to the Company (which notice may be e-mail or telephonic notice), Secured Party and its agents and designees may enter the Business Premises and any other premises of the Company and inspect the Collateral and all books and records of the Company (in whatever form), and the Company shall pay the reasonable costs of such inspections.

 

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(xix) The Company shall maintain comprehensive casualty insurance on the Collateral against such risks, in such amounts, with such loss deductible amounts and with such companies as may be reasonably satisfactory to the Secured Party, and each such policy shall contain a clause or endorsement satisfactory to Secured Party naming Secured Party as loss payee and a clause or endorsement satisfactory to Secured Party that such policy may not be canceled or altered and Secured Party may not be removed as loss payee without at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to Secured Party. In all events, the amounts of such insurance coverages shall conform to prudent business practices and shall be in such minimum amounts that Company will not be deemed a co-insurer under applicable insurance laws, policies or practices. The Company hereby assigns to Secured Party and grants to Secured Party a security interest in any and all proceeds of such policies and authorizes and empowers Secured Party to adjust or compromise any loss under such policies and to collect and receive all such proceeds. The Company hereby authorizes and directs each insurance company to pay all such proceeds directly and solely to Secured Party and not to the Company and Secured Party jointly. The Company authorizes and empowers Secured Party to execute and endorse in Company’s name all proofs of loss, drafts, checks and any other documents or instruments necessary to accomplish such collection, and any persons making payments to Secured Party under the terms of this subsection are hereby relieved absolutely from any obligation or responsibility to see to the application of any sums so paid. After deduction from any such proceeds of all costs and expenses (including attorney’s fees) incurred by Secured Party in the collection and handling of such proceeds, the net proceeds shall be applied as follows: if no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, such net proceeds may be applied, at Company’s option, either toward replacing or restoring the Collateral, in a manner and on terms satisfactory to Secured Party, or as a credit against such of the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, as Secured Party shall determine in Secured Party’s sole discretion. In the event that Company may and does elect to replace or restore any of the Collateral as aforesaid, then such net proceeds shall be deposited in a segregated account opened in the name and for the benefit of Secured Party, and such net proceeds shall be disbursed therefrom by Secured Party in such manner and at such times as Secured Party deems appropriate to complete and insure such replacement or restoration; provided, however, that if an Event of Default shall occur at any time before or after replacement or restoration has commenced, then thereupon Secured Party shall have the option to apply all remaining net proceeds either toward replacing or restoring the Collateral, in a manner and on terms satisfactory to Secured Party, or as a credit against such of the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, as Secured Party shall determine in Secured Party’s sole discretion. If an Event of Default shall have occurred prior to such deposit of the net proceeds, then Secured Party may, in its sole discretion, apply such net proceeds either toward replacing or restoring the Collateral, in a manner and on terms satisfactory to Secured Party, or as a credit against such of the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, as Secured Party shall determine in Secured Party’s sole discretion.

 

(xx) The Company shall cooperate with Secured Party to obtain and keep in effect one or more control agreements in Deposit Accounts, Electronic Chattel Paper, Investment Property and Letter-of-Credit Rights Collateral. In addition, the Company, at the Company’s expense, shall promptly: (A) execute all notices of security interest for each relevant type of Software and other General Intangibles in forms suitable for filing with any United States or foreign office handling the registration or filing of patents, trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property and any successor office or agency thereto; and (B) take all commercially reasonable steps in any Proceeding before any such office or any similar office or agency in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, to diligently prosecute or maintain, as applicable, each application and registration of any Software, General Intangibles or any other intellectual property rights and assets that are part of the Collateral, including filing of renewals, affidavits of use, affidavits of incontestability and opposition, interference and cancellation proceedings.

 

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(xxi) Company shall not file any amendments, correction statements or termination statements concerning the Collateral without the prior written consent of Secured Party.

 

(c) Collateral Collections . After an Event of Default shall have occurred, Secured Party shall have the right at any and all times to enforce the Company’s rights against all Persons obligated on any of the Collateral, including the right to: (i) notify and/or require the Company to notify any or all Persons obligated on any of the Collateral to make payments directly to Secured Party or in care of a post office lock box under the sole control of Secured Party established at Company’s expense, and to take any or all action with respect to Collateral as Secured Party shall determine in its sole discretion, including, the right to demand, collect, sue for and receive any money or property at any time due, payable or receivable on account thereof, compromise and settle with any Person liable thereon, and extend the time of payment or otherwise change the terms thereof, without incurring any liability or responsibility to the Company whatsoever; and/or (ii) require the Company to segregate and hold in trust for Secured Party and, on the day of Company’s receipt thereof, transmit to Secured Party in the exact form received by the Company (except for such assignments and endorsements as may be required by Secured Party), all cash, checks, drafts, money orders and other items of payment constituting any portion of the Collateral or proceeds of the Collateral. Secured Party’s collection and enforcement of Collateral against Persons obligated thereon shall be deemed to be commercially reasonable if Secured Party exercises the care and follows the procedures that Secured Party generally applies to the collection of obligations owed to Secured Party.

 

(d) Care of Collateral . Company shall have all risk of loss of the Collateral. Secured Party shall have no liability or duty, either before or after the occurrence of an Event of Default, on account of loss of or damage to, to collect or enforce any of its rights against, the Collateral, to collect any income accruing on the Collateral, or to preserve rights against Persons with prior interests in the Collateral. If Secured Party actually receives any notices requiring action with respect to Collateral in Secured Party’s possession, Secured Party shall take reasonable steps to forward such notices to the Company. The Company is responsible for responding to notices concerning the Collateral, voting the Collateral, and exercising rights and options, calls and conversions of the Collateral. Secured Party’s sole responsibility is to take such action as is reasonably requested by Company in writing, however, Secured Party is not responsible to take any action that, in Secured Party’s sole judgment, would affect the value of the Collateral as security for the Obligations adversely. While Secured Party is not required to take certain actions, if action is needed, in Secured Party’s sole discretion, to preserve and maintain the Collateral, Company authorizes Secured Party to take such actions, but Secured Party is not obligated to do so.

 

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4. Events of Default . The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall constitute an “ Event of Default ” hereunder:

 

(a) Failure to Pay . The failure of Company to pay any sum due under or as part of the Obligations as and when due and payable (whether by acceleration, declaration, extension or otherwise).

 

(b) Covenants and Agreements . The failure of Company to perform, observe or comply with any and all of the covenants, promises and agreements of the Company in this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Documents, which such failure is not cured by the Company within fifteen (15) days after receipt of written notice thereof from Secured Party, except that there shall be no notice or cure period with respect to any failure to pay any sums due under or as part of the Obligations.

 

(c) Information, Representations and Warranties . If any representation or warranty made herein, in the Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Documents, or if any information contained in any financial statement, application, schedule, report or any other document given by the Company in connection with the Obligations, with the Collateral, or with any Transaction Document, is not in all respects true, accurate and complete, or if the Company omitted to state any material fact or any fact necessary to make such information not misleading.

 

(d) Default on Other Obligations . The occurrence of any default under any other borrowing, Obligation or Contract of the Company, if the result of such default would: (i) permit any Person which is a party to any such borrowing, Obligation or Contract, to accelerate the maturity thereof, or to cancel or terminate any such borrowing, Obligation or Contract; (ii) cause or be reasonably expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect; or (iii) materially and adversely affect, as determined by Secured Party in good faith, but in its sole discretion, any of the Collateral, the value thereof, Secured Party’s rights and remedies to realize upon such Collateral as set forth herein, or the Secured Party’s ability to comply with the Transaction Documents.

 

(e) Insolvency . Company shall be or become insolvent or unable to pay its debts as they become due, or admits in writing to such insolvency or to such inability to pay its debts as they become due.

 

(f) Involuntary Bankruptcy . There shall be filed against Company an involuntary petition or other pleading seeking the entry of a decree or order for relief under the Bankruptcy Code or any similar foreign, federal or state insolvency or similar laws ordering: (i) the liquidation of the Company; or (ii) a reorganization of Company or the business and affairs of Company; or (iii) the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, or similar official for Company of the property of Company, and the failure to have such petition or other pleading denied or dismissed within thirty (30) calendar days from the date of filing.

 

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(g) Voluntary Bankruptcy . The commencement by the Company of a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or any foreign, federal or state insolvency or similar laws or the consent by the Company to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, or similar official for Company of any of the property of the Company or the making by the Company of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the failure by the Company generally to pay its debts as the debts become due.

 

(h) Judgments, Awards . The entry of any final and non-appealable Judgment or other determination or adjudication against the Company and a determination by Secured Party, in good faith but in its sole discretion, that any such Judgment or other determination or adjudication could have a Material Adverse Effect, or could otherwise adversely affect the prospect for Secured Party to fully and punctually realize the full benefits conferred on Secured Party by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, or the prospect of repayment of all the Obligations.

 

(i) Injunction. The injunction or restraint of the Company in any manner from conducting its business in whole or in part and a determination by Secured Party, in good faith but in its sole discretion, that the same could have a Material Adverse Effect, or could otherwise adversely affect the prospect for Secured Party to fully and punctually realize the full benefits conferred on Secured Party by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, or the prospect of repayment of all the Obligations.

 

(j) Attachment by Other Parties. Any Assets of the Company shall be attached, levied upon, seized or repossessed, or come into the possession of a trustee, receiver or other custodian and a determination by Secured Party, in good faith but in its sole discretion, that the same could have a Material Adverse Effect, or could otherwise adversely affect the prospect for Secured Party to fully and punctually realize the full benefits conferred on Secured Party by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, or the prospect of repayment of all the Obligations.

 

(k) Adverse Change in Financial Condition. The determination in good faith by Secured Party that an event has occurred, either in the financial condition or operations of the Company, or the Collateral, or otherwise, which event could have a Material Adverse Effect, or could otherwise adversely affect the prospect for Secured Party to fully and punctually realize the full benefits conferred on Secured Party by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

 

(1) Adverse Change in Value of Collateral. The determination in good faith by Secured Party that the security for the Obligations is or has become inadequate.

 

(m) Prospect of Payment or Performance. The determination in good faith by Secured Party that the prospect for payment or performance of any of the Obligations is impaired for any reason.

 

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5. Rights and Remedies.

 

(a) Rights and Remedies of Secured Party . Upon and after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Secured Party may, without notice or demand, exercise in any jurisdiction in which enforcement hereof is sought, the following rights and remedies, in addition to the rights and remedies available to Secured Party under the Purchase Agreement and any other Transaction Documents, the rights and remedies of a secured party under the Code, and all other rights and remedies available to Secured Party under applicable law or in equity, all such rights and remedies being cumulative and enforceable alternatively, successively or concurrently:

 

(i) Take absolute control of the Collateral including transferring into the Secured Party’s name or into the name of its nominee or nominees (to the extent the Secured Party has not theretofore done so) and thereafter receive, for the benefit of the Secured Party, all payments made thereon, give all consents, waivers and ratifications in respect thereof and otherwise act with respect thereto as though it were the outright owner thereof;

 

(ii) Require the Company to, and the Company hereby agrees that it will at its expense and upon request of the Secured Party forthwith, assemble all or part of the Collateral as directed by the Secured Party and make it available to the Secured Party at a place or places to be designated by the Secured Party that is convenient to Secured Party, and the Secured Party may enter into and occupy the Business Premises or any other premises owned or leased by the Company where the Collateral or any part thereof is located or assembled in order to effectuate the Secured Party’s rights and remedies hereunder or under law, including removing such Collateral therefrom, without any obligation or liability to the Company in respect of such occupation, the Company HEREBY WAIVING ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO PRIOR NOTICE AND TO JUDICIAL HEARING WITH RESPECT TO REPOSSESSION OF COLLATERAL AND THE COMPANY HEREBY GRANTING TO SECURED PARTY AND ITS AGENTS AND REPRESENTATIVES FULL AUTHORITY TO ENTER SUCH PREMISES;

 

(iii) Without notice, except as specified below, and without any obligation to prepare or process the Collateral for sale: (A) sell the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any of the Secured Party’s offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, and at such price or prices and upon such other terms as the Secured Party may deem commercially reasonable; and/or (B) lease, license or dispose of the Collateral or any part thereof upon such terms as the Secured Party may deem commercially reasonable. The Company agrees that, to the extent notice of sale or any other disposition of the Collateral shall be required by law, at least ten (10) days’ notice to the Company of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale or other disposition of the Collateral is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification. The Secured Party shall not be obligated to make any sale or other disposition of any Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The Secured Party may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned. The Company hereby waives any claims and actions against the Secured Party arising by reason of the fact that the price at which any of the Collateral may have been sold at a private sale was less than the price which might have been obtained at a public sale or was less than the aggregate amount of the Obligations, even if the Secured Party accepts the first offer received and does not offer such Collateral to more than one offeree, and waives all rights that the Company may have to require that all or any part of such Collateral be marshaled upon any sale (public or private) thereof. The Company hereby acknowledges that: (X) any such sale of the Collateral by the Secured Party shall be made without warranty; (Y) the Secured Party may specifically disclaim any warranties of title, possession, quiet enjoyment or the like; and (Z) such actions set forth in clauses (X) and (Y) above shall not adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any such sale of Collateral. In addition to the foregoing: (1) upon written notice to the Company from the Secured Party after and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Company shall cease any use of any intellectual property or any trademark, patent or copyright similar thereto for any purpose described in such notice; (2) the Secured Party may, at any time and from time to time after and during the continuance of an Event of Default, license, whether general, special or otherwise, and whether on an exclusive or non-exclusive basis, any of the Company’s intellectual property, throughout the universe for such term or terms, on such conditions, and in such manner, as the Secured arty shall in its sole discretion determine; and (3) the Secured Party may, at any time, pursuant to the authority granted under this Agreement (such authority being effective upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default), execute and deliver on behalf of the Company, one or more instruments of assignment of any intellectual property (or any application or registration thereof), in form suitable for filing, recording or registration in any country.

 

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(iv) Operate, manage and control the Collateral (including use of the Collateral and any other property or assets of Company in order to continue or complete performance of Company’s obligations under any contracts of Company), or permit the Collateral or any portion thereof to remain idle or store the same, and collect all rents and revenues therefrom.

 

(v) Enforce the Company’s rights against any Persons obligated upon any of the Collateral.

 

(vi) The Company hereby acknowledges that if the Secured Party complies with any applicable foreign, state, provincial or federal law requirements in connection with a disposition of the Collateral, such compliance will not adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral.

 

(vii) The Secured Party shall not be required to marshal any present or future collateral security (including, this Agreement and the Collateral) for, or other assurances of payment of, the Obligations or any of them or to resort to such collateral security or other assurances of payment in any particular order, and all of the Secured Party’s rights hereunder and in respect of such collateral security and other assurances of payment shall be cumulative and in addition to all other rights, however existing or arising. To the extent that the Company lawfully may, the Company hereby agrees that it will not invoke any law relating to the marshaling of collateral which might cause delay in or impede the enforcement of the Secured Party’s rights under this Agreement or under any other instrument creating or evidencing any of the Obligations or under which any of the Obligations is outstanding or by which any of the Obligations is secured or payment thereof is otherwise assured, and, to the extent that it lawfully may, the Company hereby irrevocably waives the benefits of all such laws.

 

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(b) Power of Attorney. Effective upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Company hereby designates and appoints Secured Party and its designees as attorney-in-fact of and for the Company, irrevocably and with full power of substitution, with authority to endorse the Company’s name on any notes, acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders, instruments or other evidences of payment or proceeds of the Collateral that may come into Secured Party’s possession; to execute proofs of claim and loss; to adjust and compromise any claims under insurance policies; and to perform all other acts necessary and advisable, in Secured Party’s sole discretion, to carry out and enforce this Agreement and the rights and remedies conferred upon the Secured Party by this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Documents. All acts of said attorney or designee are hereby ratified and approved by the Company and said attorney or designee shall not be liable for any acts of commission or omission, nor for any error of judgment or mistake of fact or law. This power of attorney is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable so long as any of the Obligations remain unpaid or unperformed or there exists any commitment by Secured Party which could give rise to any Obligations.

 

(c) Costs and Expenses . The Company agrees to pay to the Secured Party, upon demand, the amount of any and all costs and expenses, including the reasonable fees, costs, expenses and disbursements of counsel for the Secured Party and of any experts and agents, which the Secured Party may incur in connection with: (i) the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery, recordation, administration, amendment, waiver or other modification or termination of this Agreement; (ii) the custody, preservation, use or operation of, or the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, any Collateral; (iii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the Secured Party hereunder; or (iv) the failure by the Company to perform or observe any of the provisions hereof. Included in the foregoing shall be the amount of all expenses paid or incurred by Secured Party in consulting with counsel concerning any of its rights hereunder, under the Purchase Agreement or under applicable law, as well as such portion of Secured Party’s overhead as Secured Party shall allocate to collection and enforcement of the Obligations in Secured Party’s sole but reasonable discretion. All such costs and expenses shall bear interest from the date of outlay until paid, at the highest rate set forth in the Debenture, or if none is so stated, the highest rate allowed by law. The provisions of this Subsection shall survive the termination of this Agreement and Secured Party’s security interest hereunder and the payment of all Obligations.

 

6. Security Interest Absolute . All rights of the Secured Party and all Obligations of the Company hereunder, shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of: (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, and any other Transaction Documents or any agreement entered into in connection with the foregoing, or any portion hereof or thereof; (ii) any change in the time, manner or place of payment or performance of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the terms and provisions of the Purchase Agreement, any other Transaction Documents, or any other agreement entered into in connection with the foregoing; (iii) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any of the Collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any other collateral for, or any guaranty, or any other security, for all or any of the Obligations; (iv) any action by the Secured Party to obtain, adjust, settle and cancel in its sole discretion any insurance claims or matters made or arising in connection with the Collateral; or (v) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute any legal or equitable defense available to the Company, or a discharge of all or any part of the security interests granted hereby. Until the Obligations shall have been paid and performed in full, the rights of the Secured Party shall continue even if the Obligations are barred for any reason, including, the running of the statute of limitations or bankruptcy. In the event that at any time any transfer of any Collateral or any payment received by the Secured Party hereunder shall be deemed by final order of a court of competent jurisdiction to have been a voidable preference or fraudulent conveyance under the Bankruptcy Code or any other similar insolvency or bankruptcy laws of any jurisdiction , or shall be deemed to be otherwise due to any party other than the Secured Party, then, in any such event, the Company’s obligations hereunder shall survive cancellation of this Agreement, and shall not be discharged or satisfied by any prior payment thereof and/or cancellation of this Agreement, but shall remain a valid and binding obligation enforceable in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof. The Company waives all right to require the Secured Party to proceed against any other Person or to apply any Collateral which the Secured Party may hold at any time, or to pursue any other remedy. The Company waives any defense arising by reason of the application of the statute of limitations to any obligation secured hereby.

 

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7. Indemnity . The Company agrees to defend, protect, indemnify and hold the Secured Party forever harmless from and against any and all Claims of any nature or kind (including reasonable legal fees, costs, expenses, and disbursements of counsel) to the extent that they arise out of, or otherwise result from, this Agreement (including, enforcement of this Agreement). This indemnity shall survive termination of this Agreement.

 

8. Miscellaneous .

 

(a) Performance for Company . The Company agrees and hereby authorizes that Secured Party may, in Secured Party’s sole discretion, but Secured Party shall not be obligated to, whether or not an Event of Default shall have occurred, advance funds on behalf of the Company , without prior notice to the Company, in order to insure the Company’s compliance with any covenant, warranty , representation or agreement of the Company made in or pursuant to this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, or any other Transaction Documents, to continue or complete, or cause to be continued or completed, performance of the Company’s obligations under any Contracts of the Company, or to preserve or protect any right or interest of Secured Party in the Collateral or under or pursuant to this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Documents, including, the payment of any insurance premiums or taxes and the satisfaction or discharge of any Claim, Obligation, Judgment or any other Encumbrance upon the Collateral or other property or Assets of Company; provided, however, that the making of any such advance by Secured Party shall not constitute a waiver by Secured Party of any Event of Default with respect to which such advance is made, nor relieve the Company of any such Event of Default. The Company shall pay to Secured Party upon demand all such advances made by Secured Party with interest thereon at the highest rate set forth in the Debenture, or if none is so stated, the highest rate allowed by law. All such advances shall be deemed to be included in the Obligations and secured by the security interest granted Secured Party hereunder; provided, however, that the provisions of this Subsection shall survive the termination of this Agreement and Secured Party’s security interest hereunder and the payment of all other Obligations.

 

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(b) Applications of Payments and Collateral. Except as may be otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement or the Purchase Agreement, all Collateral and proceeds of Collateral coming into Secured Party’s possession and all payments made by any Person to Secured Party with respect to any Collateral may be applied by Secured Party (after payment of any amounts payable to the Secured Party pursuant to Section 5(c) hereof) to any of the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, as Secured Party shall determine in its sole, but reasonable discretion. Any surplus held by the Secured Party and remaining after the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all of the Obligations shall be paid over to whomsoever shall be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct. Secured Party may defer the application of Noncash Proceeds of Collateral, to the Obligations until Cash Proceeds are actually received by Secured Party. In the event that the proceeds of any such sale, collection or realization are insufficient to pay all amounts to which the Secured Party is legally entitled, the Company shall be liable for the deficiency, together with interest thereon at the highest rate specified in the Debenture for interest on overdue principal thereof or such other rate as shall be fixed by applicable law, together with the costs of collection and the reasonable fees, costs, expenses and other client charges of any attorneys employed by the Secured Party to collect such deficiency.

 

(c) Waivers by Company . The Company hereby waives, to the extent the same may be waived under applicable law: (i) notice of acceptance of this Agreement; (ii) all claims and rights of the Company against Secured Party on account of actions taken or not taken by Secured Party in the exercise of Secured Party’s rights or remedies hereunder, under the Purchase Agreement, and other Transaction Documents or under applicable law; (iii) all claims of the Company for failure of Secured Party to comply with any requirement of applicable law relating to enforcement of Secured Party’s rights or remedies hereunder, under the Purchase Agreement, under any other Transaction Documents or under applicable law; (iv) all rights of redemption of the Company with respect to the Collateral; (v) in the event Secured Party seeks to repossess any or all of the Collateral by judicial proceedings, any bond(s) or demand(s) for possession which otherwise may be necessary or required; (vi) presentment, demand for payment, protest and notice of non-payment and all exemptions applicable to any of the Collateral or the Company; (vii) any and all other notices or demands which by applicable law must be given to or made upon the Company by Secured Party; (viii) settlement, compromise or release of the obligations of any Person primarily or secondarily liable upon any of the Obligations; (ix) all rights of the Company to demand that Secured Party release account debtors or other Persons liable on any of the Collateral from further obligation to Secured Party; and (x) substitution, impairment, exchange or release of any Collateral for any of the Obligations. The Company agrees that Secured Party may exercise any or all of its rights and/or remedies hereunder, under the Purchase Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and under applicable law without resorting to and without regard to any Collateral or sources of liability with respect to any of the Obligations. Upon termination of this Agreement and Secured Party’s security interest hereunder and payment of all Obligations, within ten (10) Business Days following the Company’s request to Secured Party, Secured Party shall release control of any security interest in the Collateral perfected by control and Secured Party shall send Company a statement terminating any financing statement filed against the Collateral.

 

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(d) Waivers by Secured Party . No failure or any delay on the part of Secured Party in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder, under this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, and other Transaction Documents or under applicable law, shall operate as a waiver thereof.

 

(e) Secured Party’s Setoff . Secured Party shall have the right, in addition to all other rights and remedies available to it, following an Event of Default, to set off against any Obligations due Secured Party, any debt owing to the Company by Secured Party.

 

(f) Modifications, Waivers and Consents . No modifications or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, or any other Transaction Documents, and no consent by Secured Party to any departure by the Company therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given, and any single or partial written waiver by Secured Party of any term, provision or right of Secured Party hereunder shall only be applicable to the specific instance to which it relates and shall not be deemed to be a continuing or future waiver of any other right, power or remedy. No notice to or demand upon the Company in any case shall entitle Company to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.

 

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

 

(h) Applicable Law and Consent to Jurisdiction . The Grantor and the Secured Party each irrevocably agrees that any dispute arising under, relating to, or in connection with, directly or indirectly, this Agreement or related to any matter which is the subject of or incidental to this Agreement (whether or not such claim is based upon breach of contract or tort) shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and/or federal courts located in Broward County, Florida ; provided, however, Secured Party may, at its sole option, elect to bring any action in any other jurisdiction . This provision is intended to be a “mandatory” forum selection clause and governed by and interpreted consistent with Florida law. The Grantor and Secured Party each hereby consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of any state or federal court having its situs in said county, and each waives any objection based on forum non conveniens. The Grantor hereby waives personal service of any and all process and consent that all such service of process may be made by certified mail, return receipt requested, directed to the Grantor, as set forth herein in the manner provided by applicable statute, law, rule of court or otherwise. Except for the foregoing mandatory forum selection clause, this Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada, without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws, except to the extent that the validity and perfection or the perfection and the effect of perfection or non-perfection of the security interest created hereby, or remedies hereunder, in respect of any particular Collateral are governed under the Code by the law of a jurisdiction other than the State of Nevada, in which case such issues shall be governed by the laws of the jurisdiction governing such issues under the Code.

 

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(i) Survival: Successors and Assigns . All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made herein shall survive the execution and delivery hereof, shall survive Closing and shall continue in full force and effect until all Obligations have been paid in full, there exists no commitment by Secured Party which could give rise to any Obligations and all appropriate termination statements have been filed terminating the security interest granted Secured Party hereunder. 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. In the event that Secured Party assigns this Agreement and/or its security interest in the Collateral, Secured Party shall give written notice to the Company of any such assignment and such assignment shall be binding upon and recognized by the Company (provided that failure to deliver any such written notice shall not impair, negate or otherwise adversely affect any of the Secured Party’s rights or remedies under this Agreement or any other Transaction Documents). All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties by or on behalf of the Company which are contained in this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of Secured Party, its successors and assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or delegate any of its rights or obligations hereunder, without the prior written consent of Secured Party, which consent may be withheld in Secured Party’s sole and absolute discretion.

 

(j) Severability . If any term, provision or condition, or any part thereof, of this Agreement shall for any reason be found or held invalid or unenforceable by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the remainder of such term, provision or condition nor any other term, provision or condition, and this Agreement shall survive and be construed as if such invalid or unenforceable term, provision or condition had not been contained therein.

 

(k) Merger and Integration. This Agreement and the attached Schedules (if any), together with the Purchase Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, contain the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the matters covered and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and no other agreement, statement or promise made by any party hereto or thereto, or by any employee, officer, agent or attorney of any party hereto, which is not contained herein or therein shall be valid or binding.

 

(1) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . THE COMPANY HEREBY: (a) COVENANTS AND AGREES NOT TO ELECT A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY ISSUE TRIABLE OF RIGHT BY A JURY; AND (b) WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO WHICH THE COMPANY AND SECURED PARTY MAY BE PARTIES, ARISING OUT OF, IN CONNECTION WITH OR IN ANY WAY PERTAINING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND/OR ANY TRANSACTIONS, OCCURRENCES, COMMUNICATIONS, OR UNDERSTANDINGS (OR THE LACK OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING) RELATING IN ANY WAY TO DEBTOR-CREDITOR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PARTIES. IT IS UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED THAT THIS WAIVER CONSTITUTES A WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY OF ALL CLAIMS AGAINST ALL PARTIES TO SUCH ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS, INCLUDING CLAIMS AGAINST PARTIES WHO ARE NOT PARTIES TO THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT. THIS WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL IS SEPARATELY GIVEN, KNOWINGLY, WILLINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY MADE BY THE COMPANY AND THE COMPANY HEREBY AGREES THAT NO REPRESENTATIONS OF FACT OR OPINION HAVE BEEN MADE BY ANY INDIVIDUAL TO INDUCE THIS WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY OR TO IN ANY WAY MODIFY OR NULLIFY ITS EFFECT. SECURED PARTY IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO SUBMIT THIS AGREEMENT TO ANY COURT HAYING JURISDICTION OVER THE SUBJECT MATTER AND THE COMPANY AND SECURED PARTY, SO AS TO SERVE AS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF SUCH WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. THE COMPANY REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT HAS BEEN REPRESENTED IN THE SIGNING OF THIS AGREEMENT AND IN THE MAKING OF THIS WAIVER BY INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL, SELECTED OF ITS OWN FREE WILL, AND/OR THAT IT HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS WAIVER WITH COUNSEL.

 

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(m) Execution . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which taken together shall be deemed and considered one and the same Agreement, and same shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and each party has delivered its signed counterpart to the other party. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format file or other similar format file, such signature shall be deemed an original for all purposes and shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing same with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page was an original thereof.

 

(n) Headings . The headings and sub-headings contained in the titling of this Agreement are intended to be used for convenience only and shall not be used or deemed to limit or diminish any of the provisions hereof.

 

(o) Termination . This Agreement and the security interests hereunder shall terminate on the date on which all Obligations have been indefeasibly paid or discharged in full and there are no commitments outstanding for Secured Party to advance any funds to the Company, either under the Purchase Agreement, the Transaction Documents or any other Contract. Upon such termination, the Secured Party, at the request and at the expense of the Company, will join in executing any termination statement with respect to any financing statement executed and filed pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(p) Gender and Use of Singular and Plural . All pronouns shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the party or parties or their personal representatives, successors and assigns may require.

 

(q) Further Assurances. The parties hereto will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts and things as may be reasonably required to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement.

 

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(r) Time is of the Essence . The parties hereby agree that time is of the essence with respect to performance of each of the parties’ obligations under this Agreement. The parties agree that in the event that any date on which performance is to occur falls on a Saturday, Sunday or state or national holiday, then the time for such performance shall be extended until the next business day thereafter occurring.

 

(s) Joint Preparation . The preparation of this Agreement has been a joint effort of the parties and the resulting documents shall not, solely as a matter of judicial construction, be construed more severely against one of the parties than the other.

 

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

 

[signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Security Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

  COMPANY:
   
  FAT BRANDS, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Andrew Wiederhorn
  Name: Andrew Wiederhorn
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

STATE OF____________________________ )  
  ) SS.  
COUNTY OF ______________ ____________ )  

 

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

 

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

 

   
  Notary Public  
     
  My Commission Expires :
     
   

 

[Signature Page to Security Agreement (Borrower)]

 

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  SECURED PARTY:
   
  TCA GLOBAL CREDIT MASTER FUND, LP
 
  By: TCA Global Credit Master Fund GP, Ltd.
  Its: General Partner
     
  By: /s/ Robert Press
  Name: Robert Press
  Title: Director

 

[Signature Page to Security Agreement (Borrower)]

 

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