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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) August 12, 2022 (August 8, 2022)

 

SRAX, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-37916   45-2925231
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

2629 Townsgate Road #215, Westlake Village, CA   91362
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (323) 694-9800

 

not applicable

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

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
   
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
   
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Title of Class   Trading Symbol   Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Class A Common stock   SRAX   NASDAQ Global Market

 

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

 

Emerging growth company

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility

 

On August 8, 2022 (“Effective Date”), SRAX, Inc. (the “Company” or “SRAX”) entered into a senior secured revolving credit facility agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with an institutional investor (the “Lender”) to initially borrow up to $9,450,000 (“Loan Amount”) in the aggregate from time to time, subject to certain conditions (each a “Revolving Loan”). The Revolving Loan is secured by all the assets of SRAX and is guaranteed by SRAX’s wholly owned subsidiary LD Micro, Inc. (“LD”) (collectively, SRAX and LD are the “Credit Parties”). In addition to the Credit Agreement, SRAX and / or the Credit Parties, as applicable, also entered into a: (i) Revolving Note, (ii) Security Agreements, (iii) Fee Agreement and (iv) Registration Rights Agreement (collectively the “Loan Documents”). As part of the transaction, SRAX also amended and restated Lender’s outstanding warrants to extend the maturity date until September 30, 2023.

 

Credit Agreement and Revolving Note

 

On the Effective Date, the Lender advanced $5,580,000 consisting of $4,930,000 in cash and the exchange of the $650,000 bridge note entered into on June 28, 2022, which was previously disclosed on the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 7, 2022 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Provided that no event of default has occurred under the Loan Documents, upon SRAX becoming current with its filing obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as well as any other obligations of the Nasdaq Global Market, Lender will advance up to an additional $3,870,000. Future Revolving Loan amounts (but not in excess of the Loan Amount) are subject to a borrowing base calculation, with such borrowing base is determined by the value of 100% of the Company’s cash and 70% of the value of its portfolio of securities.

 

The Revolving Note is initially convertible into shares of SRAX’s Class A Common Stock (“Common Stock”) at a conversion price of $15.00 per share (“Conversion Price”). The Conversion Price is subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits, dividends and fundamental transactions. Moreover, in the event SRAX is deemed to have issued or sold shares of its Common Stock while the Revolving Loan is outstanding at a price equal to or less than $5.00 per share, the conversion price will adjust to such lower applicable price.

 

The principal balance of each Revolving Loan will reflect an original issue discount of ten percent (10%); provided that beginning on the date that is twelve (12) months from the Effective Date, such original issue discount will increase to twelve percent (12%) in the event the Prime borrowing rate increases to 6.75%. Additionally, on the 12-month anniversary of the origination date of each Revolving Loan, the principal will increase by the ten percent (10%) or twelve percent (12%) pursuant to the calculation in the foregoing sentence. The annual interest rate on each Revolving Loans is eleven and one half percent (11.5%). The Revolving Loans have a maturity date of the earlier of (i) twenty-four (24) months from the Effective Date or (ii) the occurrence of an event of default, as described in the Loan Documents.

 

Commencing on the first day of each month after the Effective Date (each a “Payment Date”), the outstanding balance of the Revolving Loan will be paid as follows:

 

a.With respect to the first, second and third months, 10% of the monthly collections from the sale of securities received by SRAX from its customers during the prior month;
   
b.With respect to the fourth, fifth and sixth months, 15% of the monthly collections from the sale of securities received by SRAX from its customers during the prior month; and
   
c.With respect to each successive Payment Date, 20% of the monthly collections from the sale of securities received by SRAX from its customers during the prior month.

 

Additionally, with respect to any Payment Date where the applicable monthly collection from the sale of securities received by SRAX from its customers during the prior month exceeds $2,000,000, SRAX will make an additional payment equal to 30% of any amounts in excess of $2,000,000.

 

 

 

 

Security Agreements

 

In order to perfect Lender’s security interest, the Credit Parties entered into: (i) Security Agreements, (ii) Guaranty Agreements, (iii) Pledge Agreements and (iv) Security Account Control Agreements and Deposit Account Control Agreements (collectively “Security Agreements”). The Security Agreements provide for a general lien on all of the Credit Parties’ assets, including each party’s respective intellectual property.

 

Extension of Warrants

 

As part of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, the Company additionally agreed to extend the expiration dates of the following outstanding Common Stock purchase warrants held by the Lender or its affiliated entities until September 30, 2023:

 

(a)a warrant to purchase 1,363,636 shares of Common Stock issued on June 30, 2020, that was initially disclosed on the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 30, 2020;
(b)a warrant to purchase 166,667 shares of Common Stock issued on November 29, 2018, that was initially disclosed on the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 30, 2018; and
(c)a warrant to purchase 530,027 shares of Common Stock issued on November 29, 2018, that was initially disclosed on the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 30, 2018;
(d)a warrant to purchase 530,028 shares of Common Stock issued on October 27, 2017 that was initially disclosed on the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 27, 2017.

 

Fee Agreement

 

As consideration for Lender entering into the Loan Documents, Lender will be entitled to receive, in addition to any payment made under the Credit Agreement, 10% of the net proceeds received by SRAX from the sales of securities received during the term of the Revolving Loan.

 

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

 

The information contained in Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 2.04 Triggering Events That Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement.

 

The information set forth above in Item 1.01 of this current report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities.

 

The information set forth above in Item 1.01 of this current report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statement and Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

No.

 

 

Description

4.01   Form of Revolving Note
10.01   Form of Credit Agreement
10.02   Form of Guaranty Agreement
10.03   Form of Security Agreement (SRAX)
10.04   Form of Security Agreement (LD Micro)
10.05   Form of Patent Security Agreement
10.06   Form of Trademark Security Agreement
10.07   Form of Pledge and Escrow Agreement
10.08   Form of Registration Rights Agreement
10.09   Form of Fee Letter
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: August 12, 2022 SRAX, Inc.
     
  By: /s/ Christopher Miglino
    Christopher Miglino
    Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

INDEX OF EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit

No.

 

 

Description

4.01   Form of Revolving Note
10.01   Form of Credit Agreement
10.02   Form of Guaranty Agreement
10.03   Form of Security Agreement (SRAX)
10.04   Form of Security Agreement (LD Micro)
10.05   Form of Patent Security Agreement
10.06   Form of Trademark Security Agreement
10.07   Form of Pledge and Escrow Agreement
10.08   Form of Registration Rights Agreement
10.09   Form of Fee Letter
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.01

 

BY ACCEPTING THIS OBLIGATION, THE LENDER REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT IS NOT A UNITED STATES PERSON (OTHER THAN AN EXEMPT RECIPIENT DESCRIBED IN SEC 6049(B)(4) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND REGULATIONS THEREUNDER) AND THAT IT IS NOT ACTING FOR OR ON BEHALF OF A UNITED STATES PERSON (OTHER THAN AN EXEMPT RECIPIENT DESCRIBED IN SEC. 6049(B)(4) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND THE REGULATIONS THEREUNDER).

 

REVOLVING NOTE

 

$____________Issuance Date: as of August 8, 2022

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, SRAX, INC., a Delaware corporation, whose address is ______________________________ (the “Borrower”), promises to pay to the order of [ATW OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND II, LP] (hereinafter, together with any Lender hereof, “Lender”), whose address is_______________________ , on or before the Revolving Loan Maturity Date: (A) the lesser of: (i) TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,500,000); or (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans outstanding under and pursuant to that certain Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility Agreement dated as of August 8, 2022, executed by and between Borrower, other Credit Parties, and Lender, as amended from time to time (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), and made available by Lender to Borrower at the maturity or maturities and in the amount or amounts stated on the records of Lender; together with (B) interest (computed on the actual number of days elapsed on the basis of a 360 day year) on the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans and other Obligations outstanding from time to time, as provided in the Credit Agreement; and together with (C) all other Obligations due, owing and payable under the terms of the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents. Capitalized words and phrases not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, as provided in the Credit Agreement, the principal amount of this Note shall reflect an original issue discount of ten percent (10%); provided, beginning on the date that is twelve months from the Issue Date, that such original issue discount shall increase to twelve percent (12%) in respect of any future revolving loan advance if the Prime Rate shall have increased to six percent and seventy-five basis points (6.75%).

 

This Revolving Note (“Note”) evidences the Revolving Loans incurred by Borrower under and pursuant to the Credit Agreement, to which reference is hereby made for a statement of the terms and conditions under which the Revolving Loan Maturity Date or any payment hereon may be accelerated. The Lender of this Note is entitled to all of the benefits and security provided for in the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents, of even date herewith, executed by and between Borrower and Lender. All Revolving Loans and all other Obligations shall be repaid by Borrower on the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, unless payable sooner pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Agreement. The principal balance of any Revolving Loan represented by this Note shall be increased by ten percent (10%) on each twelve month anniversary that such Revolving Loan remains outstanding.

 

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Principal, interest and other Obligations shall be paid to Lender as set forth in the Credit Agreement, or at such other place as the Lender of this Note shall designate in writing to Borrower. Each Revolving Loan made by Lender, and all payments on account of the principal and interest thereof shall be recorded on the books and records of Lender and the principal balance as shown on such books and records, or any copy thereof certified by an officer of Lender, shall be rebuttably presumptive evidence of the principal amount owing hereunder.

 

Except for such notices as may be required under the terms of the Credit Agreement, Borrower waives presentment, demand, notice, protest, and all other demands, or notices, in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default, or enforcement of this Note, and assents to any extension or postponement of the time of payment or any other indulgence.

 

Borrower shall be solely responsible for the payment of any and all documentary stamps and other taxes applicable to the full face amount of this Note.

 

This Note shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, and shall be binding upon Borrower and its legal representatives, successors, and assigns. Wherever possible, each provision of the Credit Agreement and this Note shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of the Credit Agreement or this Note shall be prohibited by or be invalid under such law, such provision shall be severable, and be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remaining provisions of the Credit Agreement or this Note.

 

Nothing herein contained, nor in any instrument or transaction relating hereto, shall be construed or so operate as to require Borrower, or any person liable for the payment of this Note, to pay interest in an amount or at a rate greater than the highest rate permissible under applicable law. By acceptance hereof, Lender hereby warrants and represents to Borrower that Lender has no intention of charging a usurious rate of interest. Should any interest or other charges paid by Borrower, or any parties liable for the payments made pursuant to this Note, result in the computation or earning of interest in excess of the highest rate permissible under applicable law, any and all such excess shall be and the same is hereby waived by the Lender hereof. Lender shall make adjustments in the Note or Credit Agreement, as applicable, as necessary to ensure that Borrower will not be required to pay further interest in excess of the amount permitted by applicable law. All such excess shall be automatically credited against and in reduction of the outstanding principal balance. Any portion of such excess which exceeds the outstanding principal balance shall be paid by the Lender hereof to the Lender and any parties liable for the payment of this Note, it being the intent of the parties hereto that under no circumstances shall Borrower, or any party liable for the payments hereunder, be required to pay interest in excess of the highest rate permissible under applicable law.

 

At any time and from time to time while this Note is outstanding, this Note may be, at the sole option of the Lender, convertible into shares of the common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) of Borrower, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth below.

 

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(a) Voluntary Conversion. At any time while this Note is outstanding, the Lender may convert all or any portion of the outstanding principal, accrued and unpaid interest, and any other sums due and payable hereunder or under the Credit Agreement (such total amount, the “Conversion Amount”) into shares of Common Stock of the Borrower (the “Conversion Shares”) at price equal to $15.00 per share, subject to adjustment as provided herein (the “Conversion Price”). The Lender shall submit a conversion notice (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, the “Conversion Notice”) indicating the Conversion Amount, the number of Conversion Shares issuable upon such conversion, and where the Conversion Shares should be delivered.

 

(b) The Lender’s Conversion Limitations. The Borrower shall not affect any conversion of this Note, and the Lender shall not have the right to convert any portion of this Note, to the extent that after giving effect to the conversion set forth on the Conversion Notice submitted by the Lender, the Lender (together with the Lender’s Affiliates and any Persons acting as a group together with the Lender or any of the Lender’s Affiliates) would beneficially own shares of Common Stock in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined herein) or, if Shareholder Approval is necessary, in excess of the Shareholder Approval Limitation, unless Shareholder Approval shall have been obtained. To ensure compliance with this restriction, prior to delivery of any Conversion Notice, the Lender shall have the right to request that the Borrower provide to the Lender a written statement of the number of Common Shares issued and outstanding. The Borrower shall, within two (2) Business Days of such request, provide Lender with the requested information in a written statement, and the Lender shall be entitled to rely on such written statement from the Borrower in issuing its Conversion Notice and ensuring that its ownership of the Borrower’s Common Stock is not in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation or the Shareholder Approval Limitation. The restriction described in this Section relating the Beneficial Ownership Limitation may be increased by Lender, in whole or in part, by providing sixty-one (61) days written notice from the Lender to the Borrower to increase such percentage.

 

For purposes of this Note, the “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall be 4.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note. The limitations contained in this Section shall apply to a successor Lender of this Note. For purposes of this Note, “Person” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a government or any department or agency thereof.

 

For purposes of this Note, the “Shareholder Approval Limitation” shall mean 19.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding as of the Issuance Date.

 

 

(c) Mechanics of Conversion. The conversion of this Note shall be conducted in the following manner:

 

(1) To convert this Note into shares of Common Stock on any date set forth in the Conversion Notice by the Lender (the “Conversion Date”), the Lender shall transmit by facsimile or electronic mail (or otherwise deliver) a copy of the fully executed Conversion Notice to the Borrower (or, under certain circumstances as set forth below, by delivery of the Conversion Notice to the Borrower’s transfer agent).

 

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(2) Upon receipt by the Borrower of a copy of a Conversion Notice, the Borrower shall as soon as practicable, but in no event later than one (1) Business Day after receipt of such Conversion Notice, send, via facsimile or electronic mail (or otherwise deliver) a confirmation of receipt of such Conversion Notice (the “Conversion Confirmation”) to the Lender indicating that the Borrower will process such Conversion Notice in accordance with the terms herein. In the event the Borrower fails to issue its Conversion Confirmation within said one (1) Business Day time period, the Lender shall have the absolute and irrevocable right and authority to deliver the fully executed Conversion Notice to the Borrower’s transfer agent, and pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower’s transfer agent shall issue the applicable Conversion Shares to Lender as hereby provided. Within one (1) Business Day after the date of the Conversion Confirmation (or the date of the Conversion Notice, if the Borrower tails to issue the Conversion Confirmation), provided that the Borrower’s transfer agent is participating in the Depository Trust Company’s (“DTC”) Fast Automated Securities Transfer (“FAST”) program, the Borrower shall cause the transfer agent to (or, if for any reason the Borrower fails to instruct or cause its transfer agent to so act, then pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lender may request and require the Borrower’s transfer agent to) electronically transmit the applicable Conversion Shares to which the Lender shall be entitled by crediting the account of the Lender’s prime broker with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission (“DWAC”) system, and provide proof satisfactory to the Lender of such delivery. In the event that the Borrower’s transfer agent is not participating in the DTC FAST program and is not otherwise DWAC eligible, within five (5) Business Days after the date of the Conversion Confirmation (or the date of the Conversion Notice, if the Borrower fails to issue the Conversion Confirmation), the Borrower shall instruct and cause its transfer agent to (or, if for any reason the Borrower fails to instruct or cause its transfer agent to so act, then pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lender may request and require the Borrower’s transfer agent to) issue and surrender to a nationally recognized overnight courier for delivery to the address specified in the Conversion Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the Lender, or its designees, for the number of Conversion Shares to which the Lender shall be entitled. To effect conversions hereunder, the Lender shall not be required to physically surrender this Note to the Borrower unless the entire principal amount of this Note, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, has been so converted. Conversions hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding principal amount of this Note in an amount equal to the applicable conversion. The Lender and the Borrower shall maintain records showing the principal amount(s) converted and the date of such conversion(s). The Lender, and any assignee by acceptance of this Note, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following conversion of a portion of this Note, the unpaid and unconverted principal amount of this Note may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.

 

(3) The Person(s) entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion of this Note shall be treated for all purposes as the record Lender(s) of such shares of Common Stock as of the Conversion Date.

 

(4) If in the case of any Conversion Notice, the certificate or certificates are not delivered to or as directed by the Lender by the date required hereby, the Lender shall be entitled to elect by written notice to the Borrower at any time on or before its receipt of such certificate or certificates, to rescind such Conversion Notice, in which event the Borrower shall promptly return to the Lender any original Note delivered to the Borrower and the Lender shall promptly return to the Borrower the Common Stock certificates representing the principal amount of this Note unsuccessfully tendered for conversion to the Borrower.

 

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(5) The Borrower’s obligations to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares upon conversion of this Note in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Lender to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any person or entity or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Lender or any other person or entity of any obligation to the Borrower or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Lender or any other person or entity, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Borrower to the Lender in connection with the issuance of such Conversion Shares; provided, however, that such delivery shall not operate as a waiver by the Borrower of any such action the Borrower may have against the Lender. In the event the Lender of this Note shall elect to convert any or all of the outstanding principal amount hereof and accrued but unpaid interest thereon in accordance with the terms of this Note, the Borrower may not refuse conversion based on any claim that the Lender or anyone associated or affiliated with the Lender has been engaged in any violation of law, agreement or for any other reason, unless an injunction from a court, on notice to Lender, restraining and or enjoining conversion of all or part of this Note shall have been sought and obtained, and the Borrower posts a surety bond for the benefit of the Lender, which bond shall remain in effect until the completion of arbitration/litigation of the underlying dispute and the proceeds of which shall be payable to such Lender to the extent it obtains judgment. In the absence of such injunction, the Borrower shall issue Conversion Shares upon a properly noticed conversion. If the Borrower fails for any reason to deliver to the Lender such certificate or certificates representing Conversion Shares pursuant to timing and delivery requirements of this Note, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender, in cash, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of principal amount being converted, $1.00 per day for each day after the date by which such certificates should have been delivered until such certificates are delivered. Nothing herein shall limit a Lender’s right to pursue actual damages or declare an Event of Default pursuant to the Credit Agreement, this Note or any agreement securing the indebtedness under this Note for the Borrower’s failure to deliver Conversion Shares within the period specified herein and such Lender shall have the right to pursue all remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity, including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief. The exercise of any such rights shall not prohibit the Lender from seeking to enforce damages pursuant to any other Section hereof or under applicable law. Nothing herein shall prevent the Lender from having the Conversion Shares issued directly by the Borrower’s transfer agent in accordance with the Credit Agreement, in the event for any reason the Borrower fails to issue or deliver, or cause its transfer agent to issue and deliver, the Conversion Shares to the Lender upon exercise of Lender’s conversion rights hereunder.

 

(6) The issuance of certificates for shares of the Common Stock on conversion of this Note shall be made without charge to the Lender hereof for any documentary stamp or similar taxes, or any other issuance or transfer fees of any nature or kind that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of such certificates, any such taxes or fees, if payable, to be paid by the Borrower.

 

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(7) Borrower shall take all action reasonably necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall be necessary to effect the full conversion of the Note in accordance with its terms (the “Share Reserve”). If at any time the Share Reserve is insufficient to effect the full conversion of the Note then outstanding, Borrower shall increase the Share Reserve accordingly. If Borrower does not have sufficient authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock available to increase the Share Reserve, Borrower shall call and hold a special meeting of the shareholders within forty-five (45) days of such occurrence, or take action by the written consent of the Lenders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, if possible, for the sole purpose of increasing the number of shares authorized to an amount of shares equal to two (2) times the Conversion Shares. Borrower’s management shall recommend to the shareholders to vote in favor of increasing the number of shares of Common Stock authorized.

 

(d) Adjustments to Conversion Price.

 

(1) If the Borrower, at any time while this Note is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions payable in shares of Common Stock on outstanding shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of a reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues, in the event of a reclassification of shares of Common Stock, any shares of capital stock of the Borrower, then the Conversion Price shall be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding any treasury shares of the Borrower) outstanding immediately before such event, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination, or re-classification.

 

(2) If, at any time while this Note is outstanding: (i) the Borrower effects any merger or consolidation of the Borrower with or into another Person where Borrower is not the surviving entity, (ii) the Borrower effects any sale of all or substantially all of its assets in one transaction or a series of related transactions, (iii) any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Borrower or another Person) is completed pursuant to which Lenders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property, or (iv) the Borrower effects any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property (in any such case, a “Fundamental Transaction”), then upon any subsequent conversion of this Note, the Lender shall have the right to receive, for each Conversion Share that would have been issuable upon such conversion immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, the same kind and amount of securities, cash or property as it would have been entitled to receive upon the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction if it had been, immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, the Lender of one (1) share of Common Stock (the “Alternate Consideration”). For purposes of any such conversion, the determination of the Conversion Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one (1) share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Borrower shall apportion the Conversion Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If Lenders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Lender shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any conversion of this Note following such Fundamental Transaction. To the extent necessary to effectuate the foregoing provisions, any successor to the Borrower or surviving entity in such Fundamental Transaction shall issue to the Lender a new note consistent with the foregoing provisions and evidencing the Lender’s right to convert such note into Alternate Consideration. The terms of any agreement pursuant to which a Fundamental Transaction is effected shall include terms requiring any such successor or surviving entity to comply with the provisions of this Section and insuring that this Note (or any such replacement security) will be similarly adjusted upon any subsequent transaction analogous to a Fundamental Transaction.

 

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(3) If, at any time when any Notes are issued and outstanding, the Borrower issues or sells, or in accordance with this Section (d) hereof is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock for a consideration per share (before deduction of reasonable expenses or commissions or underwriting discounts or allowances in connection therewith) less than the lower of (i) $5.00 and (ii) the Conversion Price in effect on the date of such issuance (or deemed issuance) of such shares of Common Stock (a “Dilutive Issuance”), then immediately upon the Dilutive Issuance, the Conversion Price will be reduced to the amount of the consideration per share received by the Borrower in such Dilutive Issuance.

 

The Borrower shall be deemed to have issued or sold shares of Common Stock if the Borrower in any manner issues or grants any warrants, rights or options (not including employee stock option plans), whether or not immediately exercisable, to subscribe for or to purchase Common Stock or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock (“Convertible Securities”) (such warrants, rights and options to purchase Common Stock or Convertible Securities are hereinafter referred to as “Options”) and the price per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of such Options is less than the lower of (i) $5.00 and (ii) the Conversion Price then in effect, then the Conversion Price shall be equal to such price per share. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the “price per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of such Options” is determined by dividing (i) the total amount, if any, received or receivable by the Borrower as consideration for the issuance or granting of all such Options, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, payable to the Borrower upon the exercise of all such Options, plus, in the case of Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of such Options, the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration payable upon the conversion or exchange thereof at the time such Convertible Securities first become convertible or exchangeable, by (ii) the maximum total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of all such Options (assuming full conversion of Convertible Securities, if applicable). No further adjustment to the Conversion Price will be made upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock upon the exercise of such Options or upon the conversion or exchange of Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of such Options.

 

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Additionally, the Borrower shall be deemed to have issued or sold shares of Common Stock if the Borrower in any manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities, whether or not immediately convertible, and the price per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon such conversion or exchange is less than the lower of (i) $5.00 and (ii) the Conversion Price then in effect, then the Conversion Price shall be equal to such price per share. For the purposes of the preceding sentence, the “price per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon such conversion or exchange” is determined by dividing (i) the total amount, if any, received or receivable by the Borrower as consideration for the issuance or sale of all such Convertible Securities, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration, if any, payable to the Borrower upon the conversion or exchange thereof at the time such Convertible Securities first become convertible or exchangeable, by (ii) the maximum total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities. No further adjustment to the Conversion Price will be made upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities.

 

(4) Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Note, the Borrower shall promptly deliver to Lender a notice setting forth the Conversion Price after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment.

 

(5) If: (A) the Borrower shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Borrower shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Borrower shall authorize the granting to all Lenders of the Common Stock of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any shareholders of the Borrower shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Borrower is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower, of any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Borrower shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Borrower, then, in each case, the Borrower shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of this Note, and shall cause to be delivered to the Lender at its last address as it shall appear upon the Borrower’s records, at least twenty (20) calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating: (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the Lenders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined, or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that Lenders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange, provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. The Lender is entitled to convert this Note during the 10-day period commencing on the date of such notice through the effective date of the event triggering such notice.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has executed this Note as of the date set forth above.

 

BORROWER:  
   
SRAX, INC.  
   
By:        
Name:    
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 ______________, Chief Executive Officer of SRAX, 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:
   

 

[Signature Page to Revolving Note]

 

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CONSENT AND AGREEMENT

 

The undersigned, referred to in the foregoing revolving note as a guarantor, hereby consents and agrees to said revolving note 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 revolving note to the same extent as if the undersigned were a party to said revolving note.

 

GUARANTOR:  
   
LD MICRO, INC.  
   
By:                      
Name: [●]  
Title: [●]  

 

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 LD Micro, 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:
   

 

[Signature Page to Revolving Note]

 

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EXHIBIT A

NOTICE OF CONVERSION

 

The undersigned hereby elects to convert principal and/or interest under the Revolving Convertible Promissory Note (the “Note”) of SRAX, Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), into shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Shares”), of the Company in accordance with the conditions of the Note, as of the date written below.

 

Based solely on information provided by the Company to Holder, the undersigned represents and warrants to the Company that its ownership of the Common Shares does not exceed the Beneficial Ownership Limitation as specified under the Note.

 

Conversion Calculations Effective Date of Conversion:

Principal Amount and/or Interest to be Converted:

Number of Common Shares to be Issued:

 

[HOLDER]  
   
By:    
Name:    
Title:    
Address:    

 

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Exhibit 10.01

 

SENIOR SECURED REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

IN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF US$9,450,000

 

BY AND AMONG

 

SRAX, INC.,

as Borrower,

 

LD MICRO, INC.,

as Guarantor ,

 

AND

 

ATW OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND II, LP,

as Lender

 

 

 

 

 

Effective as of August 8, 2022

 

 

 

 

SENIOR SECURED REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

This SENIOR SECURED REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, this “Agreement”), dated as of August 8, 2022 and made effective as of August 8, 2022 (the “Effective Date”), is executed by and among: (i) SRAX, INC., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Borrower”); (ii) LD MICRO, INC., a corporation incorporated organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (the “Corporate Guarantor”); (iii) any Person to hereafter become a Subsidiary of the Borrower pursuant to Section 10.18 hereof, and any Person that from time to time may hereafter become liable for the Obligations, or any part thereof, as joint and several guarantors (collectively, the “Additional Guarantors”) (the Corporate Guarantor and the Additional Guarantors together, jointly and severally, the “Guarantors” and together with the Borrower, the “Credit Parties”); and (iv) ATW OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND II, LP, a limited partnership organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware as lender (the “Lender”).

 

WHEREAS, Borrower has requested that Lender extend a senior secured revolving credit facility to Borrower of up to Nine Million Four Hundred Fifty Thousand and No/100 United States Dollars (US$9,450,000.00) to purchase Common Stock, for working capital financing for Borrower and for any other purposes permitted hereunder; and for these purposes, Lender is willing to make certain loans and extensions of credit available to Borrower of up to such amount and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein; and

 

WHEREAS, as a material inducement for Lender to make loans and extensions of credit to Borrower pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein: (i) the Guarantors have, inter alia, agreed to execute Guaranty Agreements in favor of Lender, whereby each Guarantor shall jointly and severally guarantee any and all of the Borrower’s Obligations owed under this Agreement and under any other Loan Document; (ii) the Credit Parties have, inter alia, agreed to execute Security Agreements in favor of Lender, whereby each Credit Party shall grant to the Lender a first priority security interest in and lien upon all of its existing and after-acquired tangible and intangible assets, as security for the payment and performance of any and all Obligations owed under this Agreement and under any other Loan Document; and (iii) the Pledgors (as defined herein) have each agreed to execute a Pledge Agreement in favor of Lender, whereby the Pledgors shall pledge to the Lender all of their right, title and interest in and to, and provide a first priority lien and security interest on, all of their issued and outstanding shares and/or membership interests of the Pledged Company (as defined herein), as applicable, as security for the payment and performance of any and all Obligations owed under this Agreement and under any other Loan Document;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants hereinafter contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

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1. DEFINITIONS.

 

1.1 Defined Terms. For the purposes of this Agreement, the following capitalized words and phrases shall have the meanings set forth below.

 

(a) “Account” shall mean, individually, and “Accounts” shall mean, collectively, any and all accounts (as such term is defined in the UCC) of any Credit Party.

 

(b) “Affiliate” (a) of Lender shall mean: (i) any entity which, directly or indirectly, Controls or is Controlled By or is under common Control with Lender; and (ii) any entity administered or managed by Lender, or an Affiliate or investment advisor thereof and which is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans; and (b) of any Credit Party shall mean any entity which, directly or indirectly, Controls or is Controlled By or is under common Control with any Credit Party.

 

(c) “Agreement” shall mean this Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility Agreement by and among the Credit Parties and the Lender.

 

(d) “Applicable Closing Price” with respect to any security shall mean the closing price of such security on the applicable Trading Market on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the applicable Monthly Collateral Report, Borrowing Base Certificate or Compliance Certificate.

 

(e) “Borrower” shall have the meaning given to such term in the preamble hereof.

 

(f) “Borrowing Base Amount” shall mean the sum of, expressed in Dollars, one hundred percent (100%) of cash held in those deposit accounts in respect of which the Lender has a secured and perfected lien and seventy percent (70%) (representing a discount of thirty percent (30%)) of the value of the then existing Eligible Securities Collateral as determined by: (i) with regard to equity securities, multiplying the Applicable Closing Price of such security by the quantity of each such security; and (ii) by multiplying the Applicable Closing Price by the number of equity securities receivable upon exercise or conversion with respect to convertible securities.

 

(g) “Borrowing Base Certificate” shall mean a certificate delivered by Lender to Borrower from time to time in a form acceptable to Lender, pursuant to which the calculation of the Borrowing Base Amount is made by Borrower.

 

(h) “Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday on which banks are authorized or required to be closed for the conduct of commercial banking business in the State of New York, provided however, for clarification, commercial banks shall not be deemed to be authorized or required by law to remain closed due to “stay at home”, “shelter-in-place”, “non-essential employee” or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems (including for wire transfers) of commercial banks in New York are generally are open for use by customers on such day.

 

(i) “BSA” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 14.22 hereof.

 

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(j) “Capital Expenditures” shall mean expenditures (including Capital Lease obligations which should be capitalized under GAAP) for the acquisition of fixed assets which are required to be capitalized under GAAP.

 

(k) “Capital Lease” shall mean, as to any Person, a lease of any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible, by such Person as lessee that is, or should be, in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 13, as amended from time to time, or, if such Statement is not then in effect, such statement of GAAP as may be applicable, recorded as a “capital lease” on the balance sheets of any Credit Party prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

(l) “Change in Control” shall mean any sale, conveyance, assignment or other transfer, directly or indirectly, of any ownership interest of any Credit Party, which results in any change in the identity of the individuals or entities in Control of such Credit Party as of the Effective Date or the grant of a security interest in any ownership interest of any Person, directly or indirectly Controlling the Credit Parties, which could result in a change in the identity of the individuals or entities in Control of such Credit Party as of the Effective Date.

 

(m) “Collateral” shall mean “Collateral” as defined in the Security Agreements, and if there is more than one Security Agreement, it shall mean, as the context so requires, the “Collateral” for each individual Credit Party, as such term is defined in the Security Agreement for such applicable Credit Party, and all of the “Collateral,” in the aggregate, for all Credit Parties, collectively, under each of the Security Agreements.

 

(n) “Collections Period” in respect of (i) the initial Payment Date, shall mean the period beginning on the Effective Date and ending on the day preceding the initial Payment Date, and (ii) any subsequent Payment Date, shall mean the calendar month preceding such subsequent Payment Date.

 

(o) “Commitment Increase Date” shall mean the date upon which the Borrower becomes current with its filing obligations with the SEC, the Principal Trading Market, or any other Governmental Authority, as applicable; provided that as of such date no Event of Default under this Agreement or any other Loan Document has occurred or other event has occurred that, with the passage of time, or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute an Event of Default under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 

(p) “Common Stock” shall mean the Class A common stock of the Borrower, par value $0.001 per share.

 

(q) “Compliance Certificate” shall mean the covenant compliance certificate, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “A”.

 

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(r) “Contingent Liability” and “Contingent Liabilities” shall mean, respectively, each obligation and liability of the Credit Parties and all such obligations and liabilities of the Credit Parties incurred pursuant to any agreement, undertaking or arrangement by which any Credit Party either: (i) guarantees, endorses or otherwise becomes or is contingently liable upon (by direct or indirect agreement, contingent or otherwise, to provide funds for payment, to supply funds to, or otherwise to invest in, a debtor, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss) the indebtedness, dividend, obligation or other liability of any other Person in any manner (other than by endorsement of instruments in the course of collection), including without limitation, any indebtedness, dividend or other obligation which may be issued or incurred at some future time; (ii) guarantees the payment of dividends or other distributions upon the shares or ownership interest of any other Person; (iii) undertakes or agrees (whether contingently or otherwise): (A) to purchase, repurchase, or otherwise acquire any indebtedness, obligation or liability of any other Person or any property or assets constituting security therefor; (B) to advance or provide funds for the payment or discharge of any indebtedness, obligation or liability of any other Person (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise), or to maintain solvency, assets, level of income, working capital or other financial condition of any other Person; or (C) to make payment to any other Person other than for value received; (iv) agrees to lease property or to purchase securities, property or services from such other Person with the purpose or intent of assuring the owner of such indebtedness or obligation of the ability of such other Person to make payment of the indebtedness or obligation; (v) to induce the issuance of, or in connection with the issuance of, any letter of credit for the benefit of such other Person; or (vi) undertakes or agrees otherwise to assure or insure a creditor against loss. The amount of any Contingent Liability shall (subject to any limitation set forth herein) be deemed to be the outstanding principal amount (or maximum permitted principal amount, if larger) of the indebtedness, obligation or other liability guaranteed or supported thereby.

 

(s) “Control,” “Controlling,” “Controlled By,” or words of similar import shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct, or cause the direction of, the management and policies of a Person by contract, voting of securities, or otherwise.

 

(t) “Conversion Shares” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.2(g) hereof.

 

(u) “Credit Party(ies)” shall have the meaning given to such term in the preamble hereof.

 

(v) “Credit Party Leases” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 7.18 hereof.

 

(w) “Customer” shall mean any Person who is obligated to any Credit Party for any Securities Collateral.

 

(x) “Customer Contract” shall mean any agreement between a Credit Party and Customer pursuant to which a Credit Party will provide services and/or sell media to such Customer.

 

(y) “Default Rate” shall mean a per annum rate of interest equal to the highest non-usurious rate permitted by applicable law, and if there is no such rate under applicable law, then eighteen percent (18%) per annum.

 

(z) “Dollars” or “$” means lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

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(aa) “Effective Date” shall have the meaning given to it in the preamble hereof.

 

(bb) “Eligible Securities Collateral” means all Securities Collateral in respect of which the following is true and correct:

 

(A) such Securities Collateral is subject to a perfected, first priority Lien in favor of Lender and not subject to any Lien whatsoever, other than the Lien of Lender and except for Permitted Liens;

 

(B) such Securities Collateral is held in a Pledged Brokerage Account or the Borrower has agreed in writing that such Securities Collateral will only be deposited in a Pledged Brokerage Account; and

 

(C) such Securities Collateral meets each of the criteria set forth below (Securities Collateral that fails to meet the criteria below can still be deemed Eligible Securities Collateral, in Lender’s sole discretion): and

 

(i) are genuine in all respects and have arisen in the Credit Parties’ Ordinary Course of Business from the performance of services or sale of media to Customer by the Credit Parties, which delivery of performance of services have been fully performed;

 

(ii) the obligation of the applicable Customer to have delivered such Securities Collateral is valid, legally enforceable and unconditional, is not the subject of any setoff, counterclaim, credit, allowance or adjustment by the applicable Customer, or of any claim by such Customer denying liability in respect thereof in whole or in part, and such Customer has not refused to accept the services in respect of which such Securities Collateral is compensation;

 

(iii) the common stock of the applicable Customer shall be listed on at least one of the Pink Sheets, OTCQX, OTCQB, Nasdaq National Market, Nasdaq Small Cap Market, New York Stock Exchange, NYSE MKT, a Canadian exchange or an equivalent replacement exchange;

 

(iv) the common stock of the applicable Customer shall not be designated ‘Limited Information’ (Yield), ‘No Information’ (Stop Sign), ‘Caveat Emptor’ (Skull & Crossbones),’ or ‘Grey Market’ (Exclamation Mark Sign) or carry another trading restriction other than those related to restricted securities as that term is defined in the Securities Act;

 

(v) if the common stock of the applicable Customer is not listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Capital Market, New York Stock Exchange, NYSE MKT, or an equivalent replacement exchange, the documentation underlying the obligation to deliver the Securities Collateral to a Credit Party shall contain customary and standard “anti-dilution” provisions;

 

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(vi) shall not be an Enumerated Security; and

 

(vii)if the applicable Customer is a Shell Company or a former Shell Company, such Customer shall have timely filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC, the Principal Trading Market, or any other Governmental Authority, as applicable, so that such Securities Collateral would be eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144.

 

(cc) “Employee Plan” includes any pension, stock bonus, employee stock ownership plan, retirement, disability, medical, dental or other health plan, life insurance or other death benefit plan, profit sharing, deferred compensation, stock option, bonus or other incentive plan, vacation benefit plan, severance plan or other employee benefit plan or arrangement, including, without limitation, those pension, profit-sharing and retirement plans of the Credit Parties described from time to time in the consolidated financial statements of the Credit Parties and any pension plan, welfare plan, Defined Benefit Pension Plans (as defined in ERISA) or any multi-employer plan, maintained or administered by the Credit Parties or to which is the Credit Parties are a party or may have any liability or by which the Credit Parties are bound.

 

(dd) “Enumerated Securities” means (i) the Borrower’s securities designated by the Borrower’s board of directors to be sold and the proceeds distributed to certain of Borrower’s securities holders pursuant to the rights and obligations of the Series A Preferred Stock or (ii) the June 2022 CVR.

 

(ee) “Environmental Laws” shall mean all federal, state, district, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, and consent decrees relating to health, safety, hazardous substances, pollution and environmental matters, as now or at any time hereafter in effect, applicable to the Credit Parties’ business or facilities owned or operated by the Credit Parties, including laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of pollutants, contamination, chemicals, or hazardous, toxic or dangerous substances, materials or wastes in the environment (including ambient air, surface water, land surface or subsurface strata) or otherwise relating to the generation, manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials.

 

(ff) “ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

 

(gg) “Estimated Over-advance Payment” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.1(d)(iv) hereof.

 

(hh) “Event of Default” shall mean any of the events or conditions set forth in Section 12 hereof.

 

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(ii) “Fee Letter Agreement” means that certain Fee Letter Agreement, between the Borrower and the Lender dated as of the date hereof.

 

(jj) “Financial Statements” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 7.10 hereof.

 

(kk) “Financing Fee” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.2(a) hereof.

 

(ll) “Funded Indebtedness” shall mean, as to any Person, without duplication: (i) all indebtedness for borrowed money of such Person (including principal, interest and, if not paid when due, fees and charges), whether or not evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments; (ii) all obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services; (iii) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, with respect to the maximum face amount of all letters of credit (whether or not drawn), bankers’ acceptances and similar obligations issued for the account of such Person (including the Letters of Credit), and all unpaid drawings in respect of such letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances and similar obligations; and (iv) all indebtedness secured by any Lien on any property owned by such Person, whether or not such indebtedness has been assumed by such Person (provided, however, if such Person has not assumed or otherwise become liable in respect of such indebtedness, such indebtedness shall be deemed to be in an amount equal to the fair market value of the property subject to such Lien at the time of determination). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Funded Indebtedness shall not include trade payables, and accrued expenses incurred by such Person in accordance with customary practices and in the Ordinary Course of Business of such Person.

 

(mm) “GAAP” shall mean United States generally accepted accounting principles set forth from time to time 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 agencies with similar functions of comparable stature and authority within the U.S. accounting profession), which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination; provided, however, that interim financial statements or reports shall be deemed in compliance with GAAP despite the absence of footnotes and fiscal year-end adjustments as required by GAAP.

 

(nn) “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.

 

(oo) “Guarantors” shall have the meaning given to it in the preamble hereof. If any Guarantor is an individual, then the term “Guarantors” shall also include such individual’s spouse, if any.

 

(pp) “Guarantee Agreement(s)” shall mean the guaranty agreements executed by each Guarantor in favor of the Lender, pursuant to which the Guarantors shall each guarantee all of the Obligations of the Borrower, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “B”.

 

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(qq) “Hazardous Materials” shall mean any hazardous, toxic or dangerous substance, materials and wastes, including hydrocarbons (including naturally occurring or man-made petroleum and hydrocarbons), flammable explosives, asbestos, urea formaldehyde insulation, radioactive materials, biological substances, polychlorinated biphenyls, pesticides, herbicides and any other kind and/or type of pollutants or contaminants (including, without limitation, materials which include hazardous constituents), sewage, sludge, industrial slag, solvents and/or any other similar substances, materials or wastes that are or become regulated under any Environmental Law (including any that are or become classified as hazardous or toxic under any Environmental Law).

 

(rr) “Insurance Policies” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 7.23 hereof.

 

(ss) “Interest Rate” shall mean a fixed rate of interest equal to Eleven and One-Half percent (11.50%) per annum, calculated on the actual number of days elapsed over a 360-day year.

 

(tt) “IP Rights” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 7.21 hereof.

 

(uu) “June 2022 CVR” shall mean that certain contingent right sold by the Company to a third-party on June 13, 2022, which grants such third-party the right to receive the net proceeds upon the sale of certain securities held by the Company with a guaranteed minimum of 120% of the purchase price paid for such right.

 

(vv) “Lender” shall have the meaning given to it in the preamble hereof.

 

(ww) “Lender Indemnitee(s)” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 14.19 hereof.

 

(xx) “License Agreements” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 7.21 hereof.

 

(yy) “Lien” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, judgment lien or similar legal process, title retention lien, or other lien, security interest or encumbrance of any nature or kind granted by such Person or arising by judicial process or otherwise, including the interest of a vendor under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and the interest of a lessor under a lease of any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible, by such Person as lessee that is, or should be, a Capital Lease on the balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

(zz) “Loan” or “Loans” shall mean the aggregate of all Revolving Loans made by Lender to Borrower under and pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(aaa) “Loan Documents” shall mean those documents listed in Sections 3.1, 3.20 and 3.21 hereof, and any other documents or instruments executed in connection with this Agreement or the Revolving Loans contemplated hereby, and all renewals, extensions, future advances, modifications, substitutions, or replacements thereof.

 

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(bbb) “Material Adverse Effect” shall mean: (i) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the assets, business, 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 Loan Documents; or (iii) a material adverse effect on: (A) any material portion of the Collateral; (B) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Credit Party of any of the Loan Documents; (C) the perfection or priority (subject to Permitted Liens) of any Lien granted to Lender under any Loan Document; or (D) the rights or remedies of Lender under any Loan Document; or (E) the Lender’s ability to sell, without limitation or restriction, if applicable, any shares issued to the Lender upon a conversion pursuant to the Revolving Note. For purposes of determining whether any of the foregoing changes, effects, impairments, or other events have occurred, such determination shall be made by Lender, in its reasonable sole and absolute discretion.

 

(ccc) “Material Shareholder” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 7.31 hereof.

 

(ddd) “Monthly Collateral Report” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 10.8(a) hereof.

 

(eee) “Monthly Collections” shall mean the cash proceeds received by the Borrower or any other Credit Party in respect of the sale of Securities Collateral during a Collections Period.

 

(fff) “Obligations” shall mean, whether now existing or hereafter arising, created or incurred: (i) all Revolving Loans, advances (whether of principal or otherwise) and other financial accommodations (whether primary, contingent or otherwise) made by Lender to Borrower under any Loan Documents; (ii) all interest accrued thereon (including interest which would be payable as post-petition in connection with any bankruptcy or similar Proceeding, whether or not permitted as a claim thereunder); (iii) any and all fees, charges or other amounts due to Lender under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; (iv) any and all expenses incurred by Lender under, or in connection with, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; (v) any and all other liabilities and obligations of any of the Credit Parties to Lender under this Agreement and any other Loan Documents; and (vi) the performance by the Credit Parties of all covenants, agreements and obligations of every nature and kind on the part of any of the Credit Parties to be performed under this Agreement and any other Loan Documents.

 

(ggg) “OFAC” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 14.22 hereof

 

(hhh) “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).

 

(iii) “Over-advance” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.1(d)(iv) hereof.

 

(jjj) “Payment Date” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.1(c) hereof.

 

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(kkk) “Perfection and Diligence Certificate” shall mean a perfection and diligence certificate, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “F”.

 

(lll) “Permitted Liens” shall mean: (i) Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not at the time delinquent or thereafter payable without penalty or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and, in each case, for which adequate reserves are maintained in accordance with GAAP and in respect of which no Lien has been filed; (ii) Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics and materialmen arising in the Ordinary Course of Business; (iii) Liens in the form of deposits or pledges incurred in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment compensation and other types of Social Security (excluding Liens arising under ERISA or in connection with surety bonds, bids, performance bonds and similar obligations) for sums not overdue or being contested in good faith by appropriate Proceedings and not involving any advances or borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of property or services, which do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of the property or assets of the Credit Parties taken as a whole or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the Credit Parties’ business and, in each case, for which adequate reserves are maintained in accordance with GAAP and in respect of which no Lien has been filed; (iv) Liens described in the Financial Statements and acceptable to Lender in its sole and absolute discretion, and the replacement, extension or renewal of any such Lien upon or in the same property subject thereto arising out of the extension, renewal or replacement of the indebtedness secured thereby (without increase in the amount thereof and without expansion of such Liens upon any other property); (v) attachments, appeal bonds, judgments and other similar Liens, for sums not exceeding Fifty Thousand and No/100 United States Dollars (US$50,000.00) arising in connection with court Proceedings, provided the execution or other enforcement of such Liens is effectively stayed and the claims secured thereby are being actively contested in good faith and by appropriate Proceedings, and only to the extent such judgments or awards do not otherwise constitute an Event of Default; (vi) zoning and similar restrictions on the use of property and easements, rights of way, restrictions, minor defects or irregularities in title and other similar Liens not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Credit Parties; (vii) Liens arising in connection with Capital Leases (and attaching only to the property being leased); (viii) Liens that constitute purchase money security interests on any property securing indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the cost of acquiring such property, provided that any such Lien attaches to such property within sixty (60) days of the acquisition thereof and attaches solely to the property so acquired; (ix) Liens granted to Lender hereunder and under the Loan Documents; (x) any interest or title of a lessor, sublessor, licensor or sublicensor under any lease or non-exclusive license permitted by this Agreement; (xi) Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statements filed under any lease permitted by this Agreement; (xii) banker’s Liens and rights of set-off of financial institutions arising in connection with items deposited in accounts maintained at such financial institutions and subsequently unpaid and unpaid fees and expenses that are charged to the Credit Parties by such financial institutions in the Ordinary Course of Business of the maintenance and operation of such accounts; (xiii) Liens related to the Enumerated Securities, and (ixx) the Lien of ATW Master Fund II, L.P. in connection with that certain Original Issue Discount Senior Secured Convertible Debenture, issued by the Borrower to ATW Master Fund II, L.P., on June 30, 2020.

 

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(mmm) “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.

 

(nnn) “Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, corporation, trust, joint venture, joint stock company, association, unincorporated organization, government or agency or political subdivision thereof, or other entity.

 

(ooo) “Pledge Agreement(s)” shall mean the pledge agreements executed by the Pledgors in favor of the Lender, pursuant to which the Pledgors grants a priority lien and security interest in and to all of the shares or membership interests (as applicable) owned by the Pledgors in the Borrower to the Lender, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “C”.

 

(ppp) “Pledged Brokerage Account” shall mean any securities account in respect of which the Lender shall have received a securities account control agreement in a form acceptable to Lender in its sole discretion duly executed by the Credit Party in whose name such securities account is held and the institution or Person maintaining such account.

 

(qqq) “Pledged Companies” shall mean LD Micro, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

(rrr) “Pledgor(s)” shall mean Borrower.

 

(sss) “Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 7.4 hereof.

 

(ttt) “Prime Rate” means the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate” in the U.S. or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by the Administrative Agent). Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced or quoted as being effective.

 

(uuu) “Principal Trading Market” shall mean the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the OTCQX, the OTCQB, the OTC Pink, the NYSE Euronext or the New York Stock Exchange, whichever is at the time the principal trading exchange or market for the Common Stock.

 

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

 

(www) “Public Documents” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 7.11 hereof.

 

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(xxx) “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, and specifically including the real property listed on Schedule 7.18.

 

(yyy) “Required Approvals” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 7.5.

 

(zzz) “Revolving Loan” and “Revolving Loans” shall mean, respectively, each advance, and the aggregate of all such advances, made by Lender to Borrower under and pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Documents plus an original issue discount of ten percent (10%) of such advance; provided that, beginning on the date that is twelve months from the Effective Date, such original issue discount shall increase to twelve percent (12%) in respect of any advance if the Prime Rate shall have increased to six percent and seventy-five business points (6.75%).

 

(aaaa) “Revolving Loan Availability” shall mean at any time, the lesser of: (i) the then applicable Revolving Loan Commitment; or (ii) the Borrowing Base Amount.

 

(bbbb) “Revolving Loan Commitment” shall mean, on the Effective Date, Five Million Five Hundred Eighty Thousand and No/100 United States Dollars (US$5,580,000.00), and after the Commitment Increase Date, shall mean up to Nine Million Four Hundred Fifty Thousand and No/100 United States Dollars (US$9,450,000.00), all as applicable pursuant to Section 2.1(b); which for the avoidance of doubt shall not include the original issue discount owing in respect of each advance.

 

(cccc) “Revolving Loan Maturity Date” shall mean the earlier of: (i) twenty four (24) months from the Effective Date; or (ii) the occurrence of an Event of Default and acceleration of the Revolving Note pursuant to this Agreement, unless the date in clause (i) shall be extended pursuant to Section 2.3 or by Lender pursuant to any modification, extension or renewal note executed by Borrower and accepted by Lender in its sole and absolute discretion in substitution for the Revolving Note.

 

(dddd) “Revolving Note” shall mean that certain Revolving Note in the principal amount of the Revolving Loan Commitment of even date herewith made by Borrower in favor of Lender, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “D”, and any renewal, extension, future advance, modification, substitution, or replacement thereof.

 

(eeee) “Rule 144” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act.

 

(ffff) “SEC” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission

 

(gggg) “SEC Reports” shall mean all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents filed by the Borrower under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof.

 

(hhhh) “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

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(iiii) “Security Agreement(s)” shall mean the security agreements executed by the Credit Parties in favor of Lender, pursuant to which each of the Credit Parties grant a priority lien and security interest in and to all of their respective Collateral as security for the Obligations, the forms of which are attached hereto as Exhibit “E-1” and Exhibit “E-2”.

 

(jjjj) “Securities Being Sold” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 10.20 hereof.

 

(kkkk) “Securities Collateral” shall mean any securities at any time received or receivable by the Credit Parties, or otherwise owing to the Credit Parties, as compensation for services.

 

(llll) “Series A Preferred Stock” means the Borrower’s Series A Non-Voting Preferred Stock, par value $0.001.

 

(mmmm) “Share Reserve” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 10.21 hereof.

 

(nnnn) “Shareholder Approval” means the approval of the holders of a majority of the Borrower’s outstanding voting Common Stock: (a) if and to the extent legally required, to amend the Borrower’s Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock by at least the number of shares equal to the number of shares of Common Stock issuable under the Loan Documents, or (b) to ratify and approve all of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, including the issuance of all of the Conversion Shares (as such term is defined in each of such documents) issued and potentially issuable to the Lender thereunder, as may be required by the applicable rules and regulations of the Principal Trading Market (or any successor).

 

(oooo) “Shell Company” means an issuer as defined in Rule 144(i).

 

(pppp) “Subsidiary” and “Subsidiaries” 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 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.

 

(qqqq) Trading Day means a day on which the applicable security is traded on a Trading Market.

 

(rrrr) “Trading Market” with respect to any issuer means whichever of the OTCQX, OTCQB, Nasdaq National Market, Nasdaq Small Cap Market, New York Stock Exchange, NYSE MKT, or an equivalent replacement exchange, on which the securities of such is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question.

 

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(ssss) “Transfer Agent” shall mean the Borrower’s transfer agent.

 

(tttt) “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in Nevada from time to time.

 

1.2 Accounting Terms. Any accounting terms used in this Agreement which are not specifically defined herein shall have the meanings customarily given them in accordance with GAAP. Calculations and determinations of financial and accounting terms used and not otherwise specifically defined hereunder and the preparation of financial statements to be furnished to Lender pursuant hereto shall be made and prepared, both as to classification of items and as to amount, in accordance with GAAP as used in the preparation of the financial statements of Borrower on the date of this Agreement. If any changes in accounting principles or practices from those used in the preparation of the financial statements are hereafter occasioned by the promulgation of rules, regulations, pronouncements and opinions by or required by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (or any successor thereto or agencies with similar functions), which results in a material change in the method of accounting in the financial statements required to be furnished to Lender hereunder or in the calculation of financial covenants, standards or terms contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto agree to enter into good faith negotiations to amend such provisions so as equitably to reflect such changes to the end that the criteria for evaluating the financial condition and performance of Borrower will be the same after such changes as they were before such changes; and if the parties fail to agree on the amendment of such provisions, Borrower will furnish financial statements in accordance with such changes but shall provide calculations for all financial covenants, perform all financial covenants and otherwise observe all financial standards and terms in accordance with applicable accounting principles and practices in effect immediately prior to such changes. Calculations with respect to financial covenants required to be stated in accordance with applicable accounting principles and practices in effect immediately prior to such changes shall be reviewed and certified by Borrower’s accountants.

 

1.3 Other Terms Defined in UCC. All other words and phrases used herein and not otherwise specifically defined shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the UCC, as amended from time to time, to the extent the same are used or defined therein.

 

1.4 Other Definitional Provisions; Construction. Whenever the context so requires, the neuter gender includes the masculine and feminine, the single number includes the plural, and vice versa. In addition: (i) the words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and references to Article, Section, Subsection, Annex, Schedule, Exhibit and like references are references to this Agreement unless otherwise specified; (ii) wherever the word “include,” “includes” or “including” is used in this Agreement, it will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation;” (iii) an Event of Default shall “continue” or be “continuing” until such Event of Default has been cured in Lender’s sole and absolute discretion, or waived by Lender in accordance with Section 14.3 hereof; (iv) any reference to the Credit Parties shall mean and refer to all the Credit Parties, collectively, and to each Credit Party, individually, and accordingly, each representation, warranty, covenant, obligation or other agreement, term or provision in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, to the extent applicable to the Credit Parties, shall be deemed to be applicable and effective as to all Credit Parties, collectively, and to each Credit Party, individually, as the context may so require, regardless of the gender, singular, plural, or other tense used in the applicable provision; (v) references in this Agreement to any party shall include such party’s successors and permitted assigns; and (vi) references to any “Section” shall be a reference to such Section of this Agreement unless otherwise stated. To the extent any of the provisions of the other Loan Documents are inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern.

 

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2. REVOLVING LOAN FACILITY.

 

2.1 Revolving Loan.

 

(a) Revolving Loan Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans to Borrower from time to time, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, until, but not including, the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, and in such amounts as Lender may determine from time to time up to the Revolving Loan Availability (and subject at all times to the amounts available to be borrowed in accordance with the Borrowing Base Certificate); provided, however, that the amount of Revolving Loans outstanding at any time shall not exceed the Revolving Loan Availability. Revolving Loans made by Lender may be repaid and, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, borrowed again up to, but not including, the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, unless the Revolving Loans are otherwise terminated or extended as provided in this Agreement. The Revolving Loans shall be used by Borrower for the specific purposes permitted hereunder and for no other purpose. The principal balance of each Revolving Loan hereunder shall reflect an original issue discount of ten percent (10%); provided that, beginning on the date that is twelve months from the Effective Date, such original issue discount shall increase to twelve percent (12%) in respect of any advance if the Prime Rate shall have increased to six percent and seventy-five basis points (6.75%). Additionally, as provided in the Revolving Note, the principal balance of each Revolving Loan shall increase by ten percent (10%) on each twelve-month anniversary that such Revolving Loan remains outstanding.

 

(b) Increase to Revolving Loan Commitment. Borrower may request, from time to time, that the Revolving Loan Commitment be increased, and Lender, in its sole and absolute discretion, may make available Revolving Loan Commitment increases to Borrower. Lender’s election to increase the Revolving Loan Commitment from time to time may be granted or denied by Lender in its sole and absolute discretion, however, at a minimum, the following conditions must be satisfied, in Lender’s sole and absolute discretion:

 

(i) no Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing, or result from the applicable increase of the Revolving Loan Commitment;

 

(ii) Borrower shall have executed and delivered a new or revised Revolving Note;

 

(iii) after giving effect to such increase, the amount of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all Revolving Loans shall not be in excess of the Revolving Loan Availability;

 

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(iv) Lender shall have reviewed and accepted or waived review and acceptance, in its sole and absolute discretion, the amount and type of current and historical Securities Collateral and Eligible Securities Collateral of the Credit Parties or other Collateral required for the increase; and

 

(v) Lender shall have received any and all documents or agreements as it shall require in its sole and absolute discretion.

 

It is expressly agreed and acknowledged by each of the Credit Parties that, notwithstanding that this Agreement provides for the opportunity to increase the Revolving Loan Commitment as hereby provided: (i) Lender has no obligation of any nature or kind whatsoever to grant or provide any such increase to the Credit Parties; (ii) the Credit Parties did not enter into this Agreement based on any promise, express or implied, by Lender or any of its agents or representatives, or based on any expectation by any of the Credit Parties, that funds or Loans beyond the Revolving Loans made on the Effective Date or the Commitment Increase Date would be made or provided after the Effective Date or the Commitment Increase Date, as applicable; and (iii) each of the Credit Parties hereby fully and unconditionally waives any and all claims, counterclaims, and defenses any of them may have based on any argument that Lender had any obligation or otherwise promised to fund additional Revolving Loans beyond the Revolving Loan funded on the Effective Date or on the Commitment Increase Date, or any argument or implied covenant of fair dealing and good faith that may in any way imply an obligation upon Lender to make such additional Revolving Loans.

 

(c) Revolving Loan Interest. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loans and all other Obligations shall be repaid on or before the Revolving Loan Maturity Date. The principal amount of the Revolving Loans outstanding from time to time shall bear interest at the Interest Rate. Any amount of principal or interest on the Obligations which is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, shall at Lender’s option bear interest payable on demand at the Default Rate.

 

(d) Revolving Loan Payments.

 

(i) Revolving Loan Principal Repayment and Interest Payments. The principal balance of all Revolving Loans outstanding from time to time, accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and other fees and charges due hereunder, shall be paid by the Borrower on a monthly basis on the first day of each month, or such other date as Lender and Borrower may agree upon, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date (each a “Payment Date”) until the Obligations have been satisfied in full, as follows:

 

(1) In respect of each of the first, second and third Payment Dates, an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the Monthly Collections for the Collections Period preceding the applicable Payment Date;

 

(2) In respect of each of the fourth, fifth and sixth Payment Dates, an amount equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the Monthly Collections for the Collections Period preceding the applicable Payment Date; and

 

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(3) In respect of each succeeding Payment Date, an amount equal to the greater of (x) twenty percent (20%) of the Monthly Collections for the Collections Period preceding the applicable Payment Date, and (y) the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loans as of such Payment divided by the number of remaining Payment Dates including such Payment Date.

 

(ii) Additional Payment. In addition to the payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(i), in respect of any Payment Date, if the Monthly Collections for the Collections Period preceding the applicable Payment Date are in excess of $2,000,000.00, the Borrower shall pay as an additional payment thirty percent (30%) of such excess.

 

(iii) Application of Amounts Received on any Payment Date. Amounts received by the Lender from the Borrower on any Payment Date shall be applied first to any costs and expenses due or incurred hereunder or under any other Loan Documents, second to accrued and unpaid interest owing on the unpaid principal balance of the Revolving Loans, and last to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loans.

 

(iv) Mandatory Principal Prepayments; Over-advances. All Obligations shall be repaid by Borrower on or before the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, unless payable sooner pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. In the event at any time the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all Revolving Loans hereunder exceeds the Revolving Loan Availability (an “Over-advance”), Borrower shall be obligated to eliminate such Over-advance as follows: (A) if the Over-advance exists as of the Effective Date, then: (I) Lender shall determine the amount of the Over-advance, as well as the estimated amount of a payment (“Estimated Over-advance Payment”) to be made by Borrower on each Payment Date (or such other time period as Lender may determine, such as a monthly payment) to be applied against the principal balance of the outstanding Revolving Loans, such that the Over-advance would be eliminated over a one hundred twenty (120) day period from the Effective Date (Lender shall have the right to modify the amount of the Estimated Over-advance Payment from time to time upon written notice to Borrower as necessary to cause the elimination of the Over-advance over the one hundred twenty (120) day period contemplated hereby); and (II) Lender shall notify Borrower in writing of the amount of the Estimated Over-advance Payment, and on each Payment Date (or such other time period selected by Lender), Borrower shall make the Estimated Over-advance Payment to Lender; or (B) if an Over-advance should occur after the Effective Date and during the term of this Agreement, then Borrower will be required to cure the Over-advance during a period of time as determined by Lender, in its sole discretion but in no event less than a ninety (90) day period, and if so, Lender shall notify Borrower in writing of the amount of the Estimated Over-advance Payment and what other commercially reasonable conditions Lender may impose in connection with such cure period. Lender shall determine the amount of the Over-advance, the cure period available to Borrower in which to eliminate the Over-advance, provided such period will not be less than ninety (90) days, and any other commercially reasonable conditions to be satisfied by Borrower in connection with the cure period selected by Lender for elimination of the Over-advance, as well as the Estimated Over-advance Payment to be made by Borrower on each Payment Date (or such other time period as Lender may determine, such as a monthly payment) to be applied against the principal balance of the outstanding Revolving Loans, such that the Over-advance would be eliminated over whatever cure period shall have been elected by Lender, in its sole discretion (Lender shall have the right to modify the amount of the Estimated Over-advance Payment from time to time upon notice to Borrower as necessary to cause the elimination of the Over-advance over the cure period selected by Lender); and Lender shall notify Borrower in writing of the amount of the Estimated Over-advance Payment, the cure period selected by Lender during which the Over-advance must be eliminated, and any other conditions applicable thereto, and on each Payment Date (or such other time period selected by Lender), Borrower shall make the Estimated Over-advance Payment to Lender, such that the Over-advance is eliminated in full in the period of time selected by Lender therefor. The Credit Parties shall also satisfy whatever other conditions may be imposed by Lender as conditions to allowing the Credit Parties a cure period to eliminate the Over-advance.

 

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(e) Pledged Brokerage Accounts; Rights Upon Default.

 

(i) Commencing on the Effective Date, the Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Customer that is an issuer of Securities Collateral to deposit, and/or send, as applicable, such Securities Collateral directly to a Pledged Brokerage Account, promptly, but in no event in excess of thirty (30) days, following the date that such Securities Collateral may be resold under Rule 144 without restriction on the number of shares to be sold or manner of sale.

 

(ii) The Credit Parties hereby agree to undertake any and all required actions, execute any required documents, instruments or agreements, or to otherwise do any other thing reasonably required or requested by Lender in order to effectuate the requirements of this Section 2.1(e). Notwithstanding any documents entered into or executed by the Credit Parties in connection with the establishment of the Pledged Brokerage Account, the Credit Parties hereby agree and acknowledge that: (i) Lender shall at all times have full “control” (within the meaning of the UCC) of the Pledged Brokerage Account and all funds deposited therein; (ii) the Credit Parties shall not revoke Lender’s authority or rights with respect to a Pledged Brokerage Account and the funds therein (notwithstanding any right that the Credit Parties may have to do so under ancillary documents executed by the Credit Parties to establish any Pledged Brokerage Account); and (iii) Credit Parties shall not take any action or position contrary to the intent of the parties as expressed herein that Lender shall at all times be in full control of the Pledged Brokerage Account and the deposits therein. It is the intent of the parties that all Securities Collateral, received or receivable by, or due to, the Credit Parties, shall be deposited directly into a Pledged Brokerage Account, rather than any other accounts of Credit Parties, or if received into any account of the Credit Parties, then the Credit Parties shall immediately re-direct and deposit the same into a Pledged Brokerage Account. In this regard, if any Credit Parties, any Affiliate or Subsidiary, any shareholder, officer, director, employee or agent of the Credit Parties or any Affiliate or Subsidiary, or any other Person acting for or in concert with the Credit Parties, shall receive any Securities Collateral, the Credit Parties and each such Person shall receive all such items in trust for, and as the sole and exclusive property of, Lender, and, immediately upon receipt thereof, shall remit the same (or cause the same to be remitted) in a Pledged Brokerage Account.

 

(iii) Rights Upon Default. Lender may, at any time and from time to time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, subject to any applicable notice or cure period set forth in Section 12, whether before or after notification to any Credit Party or any Customer and whether before or after the maturity of any of the Obligations: (A) enforce collection of any of the Accounts and Securities Collateral of the Credit Parties or other amounts owed to the Credit Parties by suit or otherwise; (B) exercise all of the rights and remedies of the Credit Parties with respect to Proceedings brought to collect any Accounts, Securities Collateral, or other amounts owed to the Credit Parties; (C) surrender, release or exchange all or any part of any Accounts, Securities Collateral, or other amounts owed to the Credit Parties, or compromise or extend or renew for any period (whether or not longer than the original period) any indebtedness thereunder; (D) sell or assign any Account or Securities Collateral of the Credit Parties, or other amount owed to the Credit Parties, upon such terms, for such amount and at such time or times as Lender deems advisable; (E) prepare, file and sign any Credit Parties’ name on any proof of claim in bankruptcy or other similar document against any Customer or other Person obligated to the Credit Parties; and (F) do all other acts and things which are necessary, in Lender’s reasonable sole discretion, to fulfill the Credit Parties’ obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to allow Lender to collect the Accounts, Securities Collateral, or other amounts owed to the Credit Parties. In addition to any other provision hereof, Lender may at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, subject to any applicable notice or cure period set forth in Section 12, at the Credit Parties’ expense, notify any parties obligated on any of the Accounts and Securities Collateral to make payment directly to Lender of any amounts due or to become due thereunder.

 

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(f) Initial Revolving Loan; Exchange of Promissory Note. Reference is made to that certain Promissory Note, dated as of July 1, 2022, in the principal amount of $650,000, issued by Borrower to the Lender (the “Bridge Note”). In connection with the initial funding of Revolving Loans hereunder, subject to the conditions set forth in Article 3, the Lender and Borrower agree that the Bridge Note shall be extinguished and exchanged for a Revolving Loan in the principal amount of $722,222.22. For the avoidance of doubt, the Lender shall not be in required to fund any cash in respect of such exchange.

 

2.2 Fees.

 

(a) Financing Fee. Borrower agrees to pay to Lender a financing fee (“Financing Fee”) in accordance with the terms of the Fee Letter Agreement.

 

(b) Reserved.

 

(c) Due Diligence Fees. Borrower agrees to pay the reasonable costs and expenses of Lender’s due diligence in connection with the Loan Documents, 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.

 

(d) Document Review and Legal Fees. Borrower agrees to pay to the Lender or its counsel document review and legal fees on an hourly basis 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.

 

(e) Other Fees. Borrower also agrees to pay to the Lender (or any designee of the Lender), 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 Lender and of any experts and agents, which the Lender may incur or which may otherwise be due and payable in connection with: (i) the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery, recordation, administration, amendment, waiver, subordination, or other modification or termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents (provided that there shall be no fees for the preparation and negotiation of this Agreement other than as specifically set forth in the closing or settlement statement to be executed by Borrower and Lender on the Effective Date); (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 Loan Documents; (iii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the Lender under this Agreement or the Loan Documents; or (iv) the failure by the Credit Parties to perform or observe any of the provisions of this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents. Included in the foregoing shall be the amount of all expenses paid or incurred by Lender in consulting with counsel concerning any of its rights under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or under applicable law. 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 Default Rate. All of such costs and expenses shall be additional Obligations of the Credit Parties to Lender secured under the Loan Documents. The provisions of this Subsection shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

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(f) Reserved.

 

(g) Matters with Respect to Common Stock.

 

(i) Issuance of Conversion Shares. The parties hereto acknowledge that pursuant to the terms of the Revolving Note, Lender has the right to convert amounts due under the Revolving Note into Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Revolving Notes. In the event, for any reason, the Borrower fails to issue, or cause the Transfer Agent to issue, any portion of the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Revolving Notes (the “Conversion Shares”) to Lender in connection with the exercise by Lender of any of its conversion rights under the Revolving Note, then the parties hereto acknowledge that Lender shall irrevocably be entitled to deliver to the Transfer Agent, on behalf of itself and the Borrower, a “Conversion Notice” (as defined in the Revolving Note) requesting the issuance of the Conversion Shares then issuable in accordance with the terms of the Revolving Note, and the Transfer Agent, provided they are the acting transfer agent for the Borrower at the time, shall, and the Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Transfer Agent to, without any further confirmation or instructions from the Borrower, issue the Conversion Shares applicable to the Conversion Notice then being exercised, and surrender to a nationally recognized overnight courier for delivery to Lender at the address specified in the Conversion Notice, a certificate of the Common Stock of the Borrower, registered in the name of Lender or its designee, for the number of Conversion Shares to which Lender shall be then entitled under the Revolving Note, as set forth in the Conversion Notice.

 

(ii) Removal of Restrictive Legends. In the event that Lender has any shares of the Borrower’s Common Stock bearing any restrictive legends, and Lender, through its counsel or other representatives, submits to the Transfer Agent any such shares for the removal of the restrictive legends thereon, whether in connection with a sale of such shares pursuant to any exemption to the registration requirements under the Securities Act, or otherwise, and the Borrower and or its counsel refuses or fails for any reason to render an opinion of counsel or any other documents, certificates or instructions required for the removal of the restrictive legends, then: (A) to the extent such legends could be lawfully removed under applicable laws, Borrower’s failure to provide the required opinion of counsel or any other documents, certificates or instructions required for the removal of the restrictive legends shall be an immediate Event of Default under this Agreement and all other Loan Documents; and (B) the Borrower hereby agrees and acknowledges that Lender is hereby irrevocably and expressly authorized to have counsel to Lender render any and all opinions and other certificates or instruments which may be required for purposes of removing such restrictive legends, and the Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Transfer Agent to, without any further confirmation or instructions from the Borrower, issue any such shares without restrictive legends as instructed by Lender, and surrender to a common carrier for overnight delivery to the address as specified by Lender, certificates, registered in the name of Lender or its designees, representing the shares of Common Stock to which Lender is entitled, without any restrictive legends and otherwise freely transferable on the books and records of the Borrower.

 

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(iii) Authorized Agent of the Borrower. The Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints the Lender and its counsel and its representatives, each as the Borrower’s duly authorized agent and attorney-in-fact for the Borrower for the purposes of authorizing and instructing the Transfer Agent to process issuances, transfers and legend removals related to the Common Stock upon instructions from Lender, or any counsel or representatives of Lender, as specifically contemplated herein. The authorization and power of attorney granted hereby is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable so long as any Obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents remain outstanding, and so long as the Lender owns or has the right to receive, any shares of the Borrower’s Common Stock hereunder or under the Revolving Notes. In this regard, the Borrower hereby confirms to the Transfer Agent and the Lender that it can NOT and will NOT give instructions, including stop orders or otherwise, inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement with regard to the matters contemplated herein, and that the Lender shall have the absolute right to provide a copy of this Agreement to the Transfer Agent as evidence of the Borrower’s irrevocable authority for Lender and Transfer Agent to process issuances, transfers and legend removals upon instructions from Lender, or any counsel or representatives of Lender, as specifically contemplated herein, without any further instructions, orders or confirmations from the Borrower.

 

(iv) Injunction and Specific Performance. The Borrower specifically acknowledges and agrees that in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Borrower of any provision of this Section 2.2(g), the Lender will be irreparably damaged and that damages at law would be an inadequate remedy if this Agreement were not specifically enforced. Therefore, in the event of a breach or threatened breach of any provision of this Section 2.2(g) by the Borrower, the Lender shall be entitled to obtain, in addition to all other rights or remedies Lender may have, at law or in equity, an injunction restraining such breach, without being required to show any actual damage or to post any bond or other security, and/or to a decree for specific performance of the provisions of this Section 2.2(g).

 

(h) Surviving Obligations. The Credit Parties agree and acknowledge that notwithstanding the termination of this Agreement, or the payment in full of all of the Revolving Loans or other obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Documents, the Credit Parties’ obligations and liability under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the Lender’s Lien and security interest on all Collateral, shall survive, shall remain valid and effective and shall not be released or terminated, until all of Credit Parties’ Obligations under the Loan Documents has been fully performed. All of the Credit Parties’ obligations under Section 2.2(g) shall survive termination of this Agreement.

 

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(i) Right to Approve Transfer Agent. The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that the Borrower’s current Transfer Agent is Transfer Online, Inc., whose contact information is as follows: 512 SE Salmon Street, Portland, OR 97214, phone: 503-227-2950. The Borrower hereby agrees that it shall not change the Transfer Agent, unless Borrower provide Lender written notice of such change.

 

2.3 Renewal of Revolving Loans; Non-Renewal of Revolving Loans; Fees. So long as no Event of Default exists under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, and so long as no event has occurred that, with the passage of time, the giving of notice, or both, would constitute an Event of Default under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, Borrower shall have the option to request a renewal of the Revolving Loan Commitment and extension of the Revolving Loan Maturity Date. To make such request, Borrower shall give written notice to Lender of Borrower’s request to renew the Revolving Loan Commitment and extend the Revolving Loan Maturity Date on or before a date that is thirty (30) days prior to the then scheduled Revolving Loan Maturity Date. Lender may elect to accept or reject Borrower’s request for a renewal of the Revolving Loan Commitment and extension of the Revolving Loan Maturity Date in its sole and absolute discretion, and any acceptance may be conditioned upon additional obligations, terms and conditions, including an increase in the percentage used to calculate the amount of the Monthly Collections for the Collections Period. Additionally, Lender has the option to extend the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, at its sole and absolute discretion, for a period up to an additional two (2) years.

 

2.4 Interest and Fee Computation; Collection of Funds. Interest accrued hereunder shall be payable as set forth in Section 2.1(c) hereof. Except as otherwise set forth herein, all interest and fees shall be calculated on the basis of a year consisting of 360 days and shall be paid for the actual number of days elapsed. Principal payments submitted in funds not immediately available shall continue to bear interest until collected. If any payment to be made by Borrower hereunder or under the Revolving Note shall become due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in computing any interest in respect of such payment. Any Obligations which are not paid when due (subject to applicable grace periods) shall bear interest at the Default Rate.

 

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2.6 Discretionary Disbursements. Lender, in its sole and absolute discretion, may immediately upon notice to Borrower, disburse any or all proceeds of the Revolving Loans made or available to Borrower pursuant to this Agreement to pay any fees, costs, expenses or other amounts required to be paid by Borrower hereunder and not so paid. All monies so disbursed shall be a part of the Obligations, payable by Borrower on demand from Lender.

 

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3. CONDITIONS OF BORROWING.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the obligation of Lender to disburse or make all or any portion of any Loans is subject to satisfaction of all of the following conditions precedent (unless a condition is waived in writing by Lender) contained in this Article 3; provided that the Lender shall have no obligation to make any Loans if the conditions precedent set forth in this Article 3 are not satisfied within ten (10) Business Days of the date first written above.

 

3.1 Loan Documents to be Executed by Borrower. As a condition precedent to Lender’s disbursal or making of the Loans pursuant to this Agreement, Borrower shall have executed or cause to be executed and delivered to Lender all of the following documents, each of which must be satisfactory to Lender and Lender’s counsel in form, substance and execution:

 

(a) Credit Agreement. An original of this Agreement, duly executed by Borrower and consented and agreed to by the Guarantors;

 

(b) Revolving Note. An original Revolving Note, duly executed by Borrower and consented and agreed to by the Guarantors;

 

(c) Security Agreements. An original of the Security Agreements, duly executed by the Credit Parties;

 

(d) Guaranty Agreements. An original of the Guaranty Agreements, duly executed by the Guarantors;

 

(e) Pledge Agreements. An original of the Pledge Agreements, duly executed by the Pledgors and Borrower;

 

(f) Perfection and Diligence Certificate. An original of the Perfection and Diligence Certificate, duly executed by the Borrower;

 

(g) Securities Account Control Agreements and Deposit Account Control Agreements. Duly executed securities account control agreement and/or deposit account control agreements over such brokerage, cash or other accounts as Lender shall require, in its sole discretion;

 

(h) Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions Relating to Securities Collateral. Duly executed and acknowledged irrevocable instructions of the Borrower to the transfer agents of those Customers as the Lender may determine, in its sole discretion, directing such transfer agents to deposit the applicable Securities Collateral into a Pledged Brokerage Account;

 

(i) Closing Statement. An original of a closing or settlement statement, duly executed by the Borrower; and

 

(j) Additional Documents. Such other agreements, documents, instruments, certificates, financial statements, schedules, resolutions, opinions of counsel, notes and other items which Lender shall require in connection with this Agreement.

 

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3.2 Organizational and Authorization Documents. A certificate of the corporate secretary, manager, members or other officer, partner, manager or equivalent authorized Person of each Credit Party certifying and attaching: (i) copies of each Credit Parties’ respective articles of incorporation (including any certificates of designation, if applicable), bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement, certificate of organization or other applicable formation or governing documents; (ii) resolutions of the board of directors, managers, members, general partners or other Persons with proper authority to manage the affairs of, and otherwise bind, each Credit Party, approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is party and the transactions contemplated thereby; (iii) resolution of the Guarantors’ shareholders (if applicable), approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is party and the transactions contemplated thereby; and (iv) the signatures and incumbency of the officers, managers, members, partners or other authorized Persons of each Credit Party executing any of the Loan Documents, each of which Borrower hereby certifies to be true and complete, and in full force and effect without modification, it being understood that Lender may conclusively rely on each such document and certificate until formally advised by Borrower of any changes therein.

 

3.3 Certificates of Good Standing. Copies of certificates of good standing with respect to each Credit Party, as applicable, issued by the Secretary of State of the state of incorporation of each Credit Party, dated as of such a date as is reasonably acceptable to Lender, evidencing the good standing thereof.

 

3.4 Search Results. Copies of UCC search reports dated as of such a date as is reasonably acceptable to Lender, listing all effective financing statements which name each Credit Party, under its present name and any previous names, as debtors, together with copies of such financing statements.

 

3.5 Insurance. Within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date, evidence satisfactory to Lender of the existence of insurance required to be maintained pursuant to this Agreement and the Security Agreement, together with evidence that Lender has been named as additional insured and lender’s loss payee, as applicable, on all related insurance policies.

 

3.6 Material Non-Public Information. To the extent that the Borrower has provided to the Lender or the Lender is in possession of material, non-public information with respect to the Borrower, the Borrower shall have publicly disclosed such information in a manner and form reasonably acceptable to Lender

 

3.7 Reserved.

 

3.8 Opinion of Counsel. A customary opinion of Borrower’s counsel, in form satisfactory to Lender.

 

3.9 Perfection of Lien on Collateral. The Credit Parties shall have duly authorized, executed and delivered any other related documentation necessary or advisable to perfect the Lien on the Collateral in the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Credit Parties, including such UCC-1 Financing Statements and any and all documents necessary to complete any filings which Lender shall require in connection with this Agreement.

 

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3.10 Press Release Authorization. Evidence satisfactory to the Lender that the Borrower has authorized the Lender to publish such press releases with respect to this Agreement and the instant transaction, including a copy of an e-mail delivered to Marketwire.com by the Borrower whereby the Borrower authorizes the Lender to use its name and, if applicable, stock symbol, in connection with current or future press releases.

 

3.11 Payment of Fees. Borrower shall have paid to Lender all fees, costs and expenses, including due diligence expenses, attorney’s fees, search fees, title fees, documentation and filing fees (including documentary stamps and taxes payable on the face amount of the Revolving Note).

 

3.12 Event of Default. No Event of Default, or event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

3.13 Adverse Changes. There shall not have occurred any Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.14 Litigation. No pending claim, investigation, litigation or other Proceeding shall have been instituted against any Credit Party or any of their respective officers, shareholders, members, managers, partners, or other principals of any Credit Party.

 

3.15 Representations and Warranties. No representation or warranty of any of the Credit Parties contained herein or in any Loan Documents shall be untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of the date of any Loans as though made on such date, except to the extent such representation or warranty expressly relates to an earlier date.

 

3.16 Due Diligence. The business, legal and collateral due diligence review performed by Lender, including a review of the Credit Parties’ historical performance and financial information, including but not limited to, any information or material set forth in any schedules, appendices, or annexes to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Document provided after the date hereof, must be acceptable in form and content to Lender in its sole discretion. Lender reserves the right to increase any and all aspects of its due diligence in Lender’s sole discretion.

 

3.17 Repayment of Outstanding Indebtedness. The Credit Parties shall have repaid in full all outstanding indebtedness secured by the Collateral, other than indebtedness giving rise to Permitted Liens.

 

3.18 Loan Documents to be Executed by any Subsidiary following the Effective Date. Within ten (10) days of any entity becoming a Subsidiary of any Credit Party, the following documents shall be executed and delivered to Lender, each of which must be satisfactory to Lender and Lender’s counsel in form, substance and execution:

 

(a) Consent and Agreement. An original of a Consent and Agreement duly executed by such Subsidiary, pursuant to which such Subsidiary consents and agrees to become a “Credit Party” hereunder and to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement and all other Loan Documents;

 

(b) Security Agreement. An original of a Security Agreement, duly executed by such Subsidiary;

 

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(c) Guaranty Agreement. An original of a Guaranty Agreement, duly executed by such Subsidiary;

 

(d) Pledge Agreement. An original of a Pledge Agreement, duly executed by the parent of the Subsidiary; and

 

(e) Organizational and Authorization Documents. A certificate of the corporate secretary, manager, members or other officer, partner, manager or equivalent authorized Person of such Subsidiary certifying and attaching: (i) copies of such Subsidiary’s articles of incorporation (including any certificates of designation, if applicable), bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement, certificate of organization or other applicable formation or governing documents; (ii) resolutions of the board of directors, managers, members, general partners or other Persons with proper authority to manage the affairs of, and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated thereby; (iii) resolution of the Subsidiary’s shareholders (if applicable), approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is or will become a party and the transactions contemplated thereby; and (iv) the signatures and incumbency of the officers, managers, members, partners or other authorized Persons of such Subsidiary executing any of the Loan Documents, each of which Borrower hereby certifies to be true and complete, and in full force and effect without modification, it being understood that Lender may conclusively rely on each such document and certificate until formally advised by Borrower of any changes therein; and

 

(f) Additional Documents. Such other agreements, documents, instruments, certificates, financial statements, schedules, resolutions, opinions of counsel, notes and other items which Lender shall require in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

3.19 Loan Documents to be Executed by each Credit Party Upon Each Subsequent Advance. As a condition precedent to Lender’s disbursal or making of additional advances of principal pursuant to this Agreement following the Effective Date, the Credit Parties shall have executed or caused to be executed and delivered to Lender all of the documents in this Section 3 applicable thereto, and such documents shall remain in full force and effect as of the date of the subsequent principal advance.

 

4. NOTES EVIDENCING LOANS.

 

The Revolving Loans shall be evidenced by the Revolving Note (together with any and all renewal, extension, modification or replacement notes executed by Borrower and delivered to Lender and given in substitution therefor) duly executed by Borrower, and consented and agreed to by the Guarantors, and payable to the order of Lender. At the time of the initial disbursement of a Revolving Loan and at each time an additional Revolving Loan shall be requested hereunder or a repayment made in whole or in part thereon, an appropriate notation thereof shall be made on the books and records of Lender. All amounts recorded shall be, absent demonstrable error, conclusive and binding evidence of: (i) the principal amount of the Revolving Loans advanced hereunder; (ii) any unpaid interest owing on the Revolving Loans; and (iii) all amounts repaid on the Revolving Loans. The failure to record any such amount or any error in recording such amounts shall not, however, limit or otherwise adversely affect the obligations of Borrower under the Revolving Note to repay the principal amount of the Revolving Loans, together with all other Obligations.

 

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5. MANNER OF BORROWING.

 

5.1 Loan Requests. Subject to Section 2.1(a) and Article 3 hereof, the Loans shall be made available to Borrower in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement, up to the then applicable Revolving Loan Availability; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents to the contrary, each Revolving Loan requested by Borrower under this Agreement shall be subject to Lender’s approval, which approval shall not be withheld provided the following conditions are met: (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing, and other event shall have occurred that, with the passage of time, the giving of notice, or both, would constitute an Event of Default under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; and (ii) the Company’s preparation of a Borrowing Base Certificate, showing that there is borrowing availability under the Revolving Loan Availability and pursuant to a calculation of the Borrowing Base Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing no Revolving Loan shall be in an amount of less than $100,000 and following any request for a Revolving Loan, the Lender shall have seven (7) Business Days to fund the Revolving Loan from the date that all conditions to the making of such Revolving Loan are met.

 

5.2 Communications. Lender is authorized to rely on any written, verbal, electronic, telephonic or telecopy loan requests which Lender believes in its good faith judgment to emanate from the President or Chief Executive Officer, or any other authorized representative of Borrower. Borrower hereby irrevocably confirms, ratifies and approves all such advances by Lender and Borrower hereby indemnifies Lender against losses and expenses (including court costs, attorneys’ and paralegals’ fees) and shall hold Lender harmless with respect thereto.

 

6. SECURITY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS.

 

6.1 Security Agreement. To secure the payment and performance by Borrower of the Obligations hereunder, each of the Credit Parties grants, under and pursuant to the Security Agreements executed by the Credit Parties dated as of the Effective Date, to Lender, its successors and assigns, an unconditional, continuing, priority, perfected security interest in, and does hereby assign, transfer, mortgage, convey, pledge, hypothecate and set over to Lender, its successors and assigns, all of the right, title and interest of the Credit Parties in and to the Collateral, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and all proceeds (including all insurance proceeds) and products of any of the Collateral. At any time upon Lender’s request, the Credit Parties shall execute and deliver to Lender any other documents, instruments or certificates reasonably requested by Lender for the purpose of properly documenting and perfecting the security interests of Lender in and to the Collateral granted hereunder, including any additional security agreements, mortgages, control agreements, and financing statements. The Security Agreements executed by the Credit Parties shall terminate following the full payment and performance of all of the Obligations hereunder and under any Loan Document and upon Lender’s express written acknowledgement of such full payment and performance being received by the Borrower.

 

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6.2 Pledge Agreement. To secure the payment and performance by Borrower of the Obligations hereunder, the Pledgors shall grant, under and pursuant to the Pledge Agreement executed by the Pledgors dated as of the Effective Date, to Lender, its successors and assigns, a continuing, priority security interest in, and assignment, transference, mortgage, conveyance, pledge, hypothecation and set over to Lender, its successors and assigns, all of the Pledgors’ right, title and interest in and to all of the shares and/or membership interests, as applicable, of the Borrower. At any time upon Lender’s request, the Pledgors shall execute and deliver to Lender any other documents, instruments or certificates requested by Lender for the purpose of properly documenting and perfecting the security interests of Lender in and to the shares of common stock of the Borrower granted hereunder, including any additional pledge agreements and financing statements. The Pledge Agreement executed by the Pledgors shall terminate following the full payment and performance of all of the Obligations hereunder and under any Loan Document and upon Lender’s express written acknowledgement of such full payment and performance being received by the Borrower.

 

7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CREDIT PARTIES.

 

To induce Lender to make the Loans, the Credit Parties, as applicable, make the following representations and warranties to Lender, each of which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the date of each Revolving Loan made hereunder, except to the extent such representation expressly relates to an earlier date, and which shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement:

 

7.1 Subsidiaries. A list of all of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries and each of the Guarantor’s Subsidiaries are listed on Schedule 7.1 hereto. All of such Subsidiaries are wholly-owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower or a Guarantor, as applicable, and except for such Subsidiaries as listed on Schedule 7.1, no Borrower or Guarantor has any Control over, any other Person.

 

7.2 Borrower Organization and Name. Each Credit Party, unless an individual, is 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 its jurisdiction of organization, and has the full power and authority and all necessary Permits to: (i) enter into and execute this Agreement and the Loan 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 Credit Party is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, company or other entity in each jurisdiction where the character of its business or the ownership or use and operation of its assets or properties requires such qualification except where such failure would not result in a Materially Adverse Effect. The exact legal names of each of the Credit Parties is as set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement, except as contained on Schedule 7.2 hereto, the Credit Parties do not currently conduct, nor have the Credit Parties conducted, during the last five (5) years, business under any other name or trade name.

 

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7.3 Authorization; Validity. Each Credit Party has full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement, to make the borrowings and execute and deliver the Loan Documents as provided herein and to perform all of its duties and obligations under this Agreement and the Loan Documents, and no other action or consent on the part of the Credit Parties, its board of directors, stockholders, members, managers, partners, or any other Person is necessary or required by the Credit Parties to execute this Agreement and the Loan Documents, consummate the transactions contemplated herein and therein, and perform all of its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Loan Documents will not, nor will the observance or performance of any of the matters and things herein or therein set forth, violate or contravene any provision of law or of the Credit Parties’ articles of incorporation, bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement, or other governing documents. All necessary and appropriate action has been taken on the part of the Credit Parties to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Loan Documents and the issuance of the Revolving Note. This Agreement and the Loan Documents are valid and binding agreements and contracts of the Credit Parties, enforceable against the Credit Parties in accordance with their respective terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws enacted for the relief of debtors generally and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles which may affect the availability of specific performance and other equitable remedies. The Credit Parties do not know of any reason why the Credit Parties cannot perform any of its obligations under this Agreement, the Loan Documents or any related agreements.

 

7.4 Capitalization. The authorized capital stock or other capitalization of each Credit Party, as applicable, is as set forth in Schedule 7.4(a) attached hereto. Schedule 7.4(a) shall specify, for each Credit Party, the total number of authorized shares of capital stock or other securities (or functional equivalents thereof in the applicable jurisdiction), and of such authorized shares or securities, the number which are designated as Common Stock, the number designated as preferred stock (the “Preferred Stock”), or any other applicable designations. Schedule 7.4(a) shall also specify, for each Credit Party, as applicable, as of the date hereof, the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding and the number of shares of Preferred Stock issued and outstanding, if applicable. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or other securities of each Credit Party are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, 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 date of this Agreement, no shares of capital stock or other securities of any Credit Party are subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or any Liens suffered or permitted by any Credit Parties. The Common Stock is currently quoted on the Nasdaq Global Market under the trading symbol “SRAX”. Except as set forth in Schedule 7.4(a) attached hereto, the Borrower has received no notice, either oral or written, with respect to the continued eligibility of the Common Stock for quotation on the Principal Trading Market, and the Borrower has maintained all requirements on its part for the continuation of such quotation. Except for the securities to be issued pursuant to this Agreement, and except as set forth in Schedule 7.4(b), as of the date of this Agreement: (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 or other securities of any Credit Party, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which any Credit Party is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock or other securities of any Credit Party, 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 or other securities of any Credit Party; (ii) there are no outstanding debt securities, notes, credit agreements, credit facilities or other contracts or instruments evidencing Funded Indebtedness of any Credit Party, or by which any Credit Party is or may become bound; (iii) there are no outstanding registration statements with respect to any Credit Party or any of its securities and there are no outstanding comment letters from any Governmental Authority with respect to any securities of any Credit Party; (iv) there are no agreements or arrangements under which any Credit Party is obligated to register the sale of any of its securities under the Securities Act or any other laws of any Governmental Authority; (v) there are no financing statements or other security interests or Liens filed with any Governmental Authority securing any obligations of any Credit Party, or filed in connection with any assets or properties of any Credit Party; (vi) here are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by this Agreement or any related agreement or the consummation of the transactions described herein or therein; and (v) there are no outstanding securities or instruments of any Credit Party which contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts or agreements by which any Credit Party is or may become bound to redeem a security of any Credit Party. Borrower has furnished to the Lender true, complete and correct copies of, as applicable, each Credit Parties’ respective articles of incorporation (including any certificates of designation, if applicable), bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement, certificate of organization or similar organizational and governing documents. Except for the documents delivered to Lender in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence or as set forth in Schedule 7.4(c), there are no other shareholder agreements, voting agreements, operating agreements, or other contracts or agreements of any nature or kind that restrict, limit or in any manner impose obligations, restrictions or limitations on the governance of any Credit Party.

 

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7.5 No Conflicts; Consents and Approvals. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Loan Documents, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance of the Revolving Note, will not: (i) constitute a violation of or conflict with any Credit Parties’ respective articles of incorporation (including any certificates of designation, if applicable), bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement, certificate of organization or similar governing or organizational documents; (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 or agreement to which any Credit Party is a party or by which any of its or their 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 conflict with, any order, writ, injunction, decree, or any other judgment of any nature whatsoever; (iv) constitute a violation of, or conflict with, any law, rule, ordinance or other regulation (including foreign and 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 Lien, claim or 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 Credit Parties are not in violation of any Credit Parties’ respective articles of incorporation (including any certificates of designation, if applicable), bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement, certificate of organization or similar governing or organizational documents, as applicable, 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 or agreement to which any Credit Party is a party or by which any property or assets of any Credit Party are bound or affected. No business of any Credit Party is being conducted, and shall not be conducted, in violation of any law, rule, ordinance or other regulation. Except as specifically contemplated by this Agreement, the Credit Parties are not required to obtain any consent or approval 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 Loan Documents in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof, other than: (i) the filings on a current report on Form 8-K disclosing the transaction contemplated by this Agreement and the Loan Documents, (ii) the notice and/or application(s) to each applicable Principal Trading Market for the issuance and sale of the Revolving Notes and the listing of the Conversion Shares for trading thereon in the time and manner required thereby, (iv) the filing of Form D with the SEC and such filings as are required to be made under applicable state securities laws and (v) Shareholder Approval, if required by the listing rules of the Principal Trading Market (collectively, the “Required Approvals”). All consents and approvals which any Credit Party is required to obtain pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the Effective Date.

 

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7.6 Issuance of Securities. Any shares issuable upon conversion of the Revolving Notes, in accordance with the terms of the Revolving Notes, 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 Liens, claims, charges, taxes, or other encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof, and will be issued in compliance with all applicable United States federal and state securities laws and the laws of any foreign jurisdiction applicable to the issuance thereof.

 

7.7 Compliance With Laws. The nature and transaction of the Credit Parties’ business and operations and the use of its properties and assets, including the Collateral or any real estate owned, leased, or occupied by the Credit Parties, do not and during the term of the Loans shall not, violate or conflict with any applicable law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation or order of any kind or nature, including the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any zoning, land use, building, noise abatement, occupational health and safety or other laws, any Permit or any condition, grant, easement, covenant, condition or restriction, whether recorded or not, except to the extent such violation or conflict would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

7.8 Environmental Laws and Hazardous Materials. Except to the extent that any of the following would not have a Material Adverse Effect (including financial reserves, insurance policies and cure periods relating to compliance with applicable laws and Permits) and are used in such amounts as are customary in the Ordinary Course of Business in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, the Credit Parties represent and warrant to Lender that, to the best knowledge of each of the Credit Parties: (i) the Credit Parties have not generated, used, stored, treated, transported, manufactured, handled, produced or disposed of any Hazardous Materials, on or off any of the premises of the Credit Parties (whether or not owned by the Credit Parties) 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 Credit Parties 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 of same pending or, to the Credit Parties’ knowledge, threatened; and (iv) the Credit Parties 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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7.9 Collateral Representations. No Person other than the Credit Parties, owns or has other rights in the Collateral, and the Collateral is valid and genuine Collateral, free from any Lien of any kind, other than the Lien of Lender and Permitted Liens.

 

7.10 Financial Statements. The Borrower has delivered to the Lender an unaudited consolidated Balance Sheet and Statement of Income for fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, (collectively, together with any financial statements filed by the Borrower with the SEC, any Principal Trading Market, or any other Governmental Authority, if applicable, 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 Credit Parties 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 to the Lender, either as a disclosure schedule to this Agreement, or otherwise in connection with Lender’s due diligence investigation of the Credit Parties, 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.

 

7.11 Public Documents. The Common Stock of the Borrower is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act and the Borrower is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Except as set forth in Schedule 7.11 attached hereto, Borrower has timely filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC, the Principal Trading Market, or any other Governmental Authority, as applicable (all of the foregoing filed within the two (2) years preceding the date hereof or amended after the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial statements and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being hereinafter referred to as the “Public Documents”). Except as set forth in Schedule 7.11, Borrower is current with its filing obligations with the SEC, the Principal Trading Market, or any other Governmental Authority, as applicable. The Borrower represents and warrants that true and complete copies of the Public Documents are available on the SEC website or the Principal Trading Market website, as applicable (www.sec.gov, or www.nasdaq.com) at no charge to Lender, and Lender acknowledges that it may retrieve all Public Documents from such websites and Lender’s access to such Public Documents through such website shall constitute delivery of the Public Documents to Lender; provided, however, that if Lender is unable to obtain any of such Public Documents from such websites at no charge, as result of such websites not being available or any other reason beyond Lender’s control, then upon request from Lender, the Borrower shall deliver to Lender true and complete copies of such Public Documents. None of the Public Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, the Principal Trading Market, or other Governmental Authority, as applicable, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. None of the statements made in any such Public Documents is, or has been, required to be amended or updated under applicable law (except for such statements as have been amended or updated in subsequent filings prior the date hereof, which amendments or updates are also part of the Public Documents). As of their respective dates, the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries included in the Public Documents complied in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and any published rules and regulations of the SEC and Principal Trading Market with respect thereto.

 

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7.12 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) Except as set forth in Schedule 7.12(b) attached hereto, there has been no transaction, event, action, development, payment, or any other matter of any nature whatsoever entered into by the Credit Parties other than in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Credit Parties.

 

7.13 Litigation and Taxes. There is no Proceeding pending, or to the best knowledge of the Credit Parties, threatened, against any Credit Party or its officers, managers, members, shareholders or other principals, or against or affecting any of its assets, which if adjudicated against a Credit Party, would result in a Material Adverse Effect. In addition, there are no outstanding judgments, orders, writs, decrees or other similar matters or items against or affecting the Credit Parties, its business or assets. Except as set forth in Schedule 7.13 attached hereto, the Credit Parties have not received any material complaint from any Customer, supplier, vendor or employee. The Credit Parties have duly filed all applicable income or other tax returns and have paid all income or other taxes when due. There is no Proceeding, controversy or objection pending or threatened in respect of any tax returns of the Credit Parties.

 

7.14 Event of Default. No Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and no event has occurred and is continuing which, with the lapse of time, the giving of notice, or both, would constitute such an Event of Default under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the Credit Parties are not in default (without regard to grace or cure periods) under any contract or agreement to which it is a party or by which any of their respective assets are bound.

 

7.15 ERISA Obligations. To the best knowledge of each of the Credit Parties, all Employee Plans of the Credit Parties meet the minimum funding standards of Section 302 of ERISA, where applicable, and each such Employee 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 Plans and no “Reportable Event” or “Prohibited Transaction” (as such terms are defined in ERISA), has occurred with respect to any such Employee Plans, unless approved by the appropriate Governmental Authority. To the best knowledge of each of the Credit Parties, the Credit Parties have promptly paid and discharged all obligations and liabilities arising under ERISA of a character which if unpaid or unperformed might result in the imposition of a Lien against any of its properties or assets.

 

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7.16 Adverse Circumstances. To the best knowledge of each of the Credit Parties, 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 Liens granted to Lender under the Loan Documents; (ii) could adversely affect the ability of the Credit Parties to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents; (iii) would constitute a default under any of the Loan 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.

 

7.17 Liabilities and Indebtedness of the Borrower. The Credit Parties do not have any Funded Indebtedness or any liabilities or obligations of any nature whatsoever, except: (i) as disclosed in the Financial Statements; or (ii) liabilities and obligations incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business since the date of the last Financial Statements which do not or would not, individually or in the aggregate, exceed Fifty Thousand and No/100 United States Dollars (US$50,000.00) or otherwise have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

7.18 Real Estate.

 

(a) Real Property Ownership. Except for the Credit Party Leases and as otherwise disclosed in Schedule 7.18, Borrower does not own any Real Property.

 

(b) Real Property Leases. Except for ordinary leases for office space from which the Credit Parties conduct its business (the “Credit Party Leases”), or as set forth on Schedule 7.18(b), the Credit Parties do not lease any other Real Property. With respect to each of the Credit Party Leases there exists no event, occurrence, condition or act known to the officers or directors of the Credit Parties which, upon notice or lapse of time or both, would have a Material Adverse Effect. The Credit Parties have delivered to the Lender 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 the Credit Party Leases will be renewed only at higher rents.

 

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7.20 Title to Assets. The Credit Parties have good and marketable title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all of its assets and properties which are material to its business and operations as presently conducted, free and clear of all Liens, claims, charges or other encumbrances or restrictions on the transfer or use of same, other than the Permitted Liens. Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, the assets and properties of each Credit Party 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.

 

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7.21 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 7.20. 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 7.20. 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 Lender 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 Lender foreclosed on all Collateral, Lender would have the right to use such IP Rights under the License Agreements, subject only to Lender’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.

 

7.22 Labor and Employment Matters. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.22, the Credit Parties are not involved in any labor dispute or, to the knowledge of the Credit Parties, is any such dispute threatened. To the knowledge of the Credit Parties and its officers, none of the employees of any Credit Party is a member of a union and the Credit Parties believe that its relations with its employees are good. To the knowledge of the Credit Parties and its officers, the Credit Parties have complied in all material respects with all laws, rules, ordinances and regulations relating to employment matters, civil rights and equal employment opportunities.

 

7.23 Insurance. The Credit Parties 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 business against losses and risks normally insured against by other corporations or entities in the same or similar lines of businesses as the Credit Parties 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 Credit Parties have complied with the provisions of such Insurance Policies. The Credit Parties have not been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for and the Credit Parties do not have any reason to believe that they will not be able to renew their existing Insurance Policies as and when such Insurance Policies expire or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue their business at a cost that would not materially and adversely affect the condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings, business or operations of the Credit Parties.

 

7.24 Permits. The Credit Parties possess all Permits necessary to conduct its business, and the Credit Parties have not received any notice of, or are 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 Credit Parties are in full compliance with the respective requirements of all such Permits.

 

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7.25 Lending Relationship. The Credit Parties acknowledge and agree that the relationship hereby created with Lender is and has been conducted on an open and arm’s length basis in which no fiduciary relationship exists and that Borrower has not relied on, nor is relying on, any such fiduciary relationship in executing this Agreement and in consummating the Loans.

 

7.26 Compliance with Regulation U. No portion of the proceeds of the Loans shall be used by Borrower, or any Affiliates of Borrower, either directly or indirectly, for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock, within the meaning of Regulation U as adopted by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

 

7.27 Governmental Regulation. The Credit Parties are not, nor after giving effect to any Loan, will be, subject to regulation under the Public Utility Holding Borrower Act of 1935, the Federal Power Act or the Investment Company Act of 1940 or to any federal or state statute or regulation limiting its ability to incur indebtedness for borrowed money.

 

7.28 Bank Accounts. Schedule 7.28 sets forth, with respect to each account of the Credit Parties with any bank, broker, Payment Processing Company, 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.

 

7.29 Places of Business. The principal place of business of each of the Credit Parties is set forth on Schedule 7.29 and the Credit Parties shall promptly notify Lender of any change in such location. The Credit Parties will not remove or permit the Collateral to be removed from such locations without the prior written consent of Lender, except for: (i) certain heavy equipment kept at third party sites when conducting business or maintenance; (ii) vehicles, containers and rolling stock; (iii) Inventory sold or leased in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Credit Parties; and (iv) temporary removal of Collateral to other locations for repair or maintenance as may be required from time to time in each instance in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Credit Parties.

 

7.30 Illegal Payments. Neither the Credit Parties, nor any director, officer, member, manager, 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.

 

7.31 Related Party Transactions. Except for arm’s length transactions pursuant to which the Credit Parties make payments in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Credit Parties upon terms no less favorable than the Credit Parties could obtain from third parties, or as disclosed in the SEC Reports, none of the officers, directors, managers, or employees of the Credit Parties, nor any stockholders, members or partners 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 Borrower or Material Shareholder is an officer, director, trustee or partner. There are no claims, demands, disputes or Proceedings 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 the Credit Parties.

 

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7.32 Internal Accounting Controls. Except as qualified in the SEC Reports, the Credit Parties maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with 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.

 

7.33 Brokerage Fees. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.33 attached hereto, 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.

 

7.34 Acknowledgment Regarding Lender’s Loans. The Credit Parties acknowledge and agree that Lender is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length lender with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. The Credit Parties further acknowledge that Lender 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 Lender or any of its representatives or agents in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby is merely incidental to the making of the Loans hereunder by Lender. The Credit Parties further represent to Lender that the Credit Parties’ decision to enter into this Agreement has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the Credit Parties and their representatives.

 

7.35 Seniority. Except as set forth on Schedule 7.35 attached hereto, no Funded Indebtedness or other equity or debt security of the Credit Parties is senior to the Obligations in right of payment, whether with respect to interest or upon liquidation or dissolution, or otherwise.

 

7.36 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 Revolving Note or the shares issuable upon conversion of the Revolving Note.

 

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7.37 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 Revolving Note under the Securities Act or any similar laws of any foreign jurisdiction, or cause this offering of such securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Credit Parties for purposes of the Securities Act or any similar laws of any foreign jurisdiction.

 

7.38 Private Placement. Assuming the accuracy of the Lender’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 8 below, no registration under the Securities Act or the laws, rules or regulation of any other Governmental Authority is required for the issuance of the Revolving Note.

 

7.39 Complete Information. This Agreement, the SEC Reports and all financial statements, schedules, certificates, confirmations, agreements, contracts, and other materials submitted to Lender in connection with or in furtherance of this Agreement by or on behalf of the Credit Parties fully and fairly states the matters with which they purport to deal, and do not misstate any material fact nor, separately or in the aggregate, fail to state any material fact necessary to make the statements made not misleading.

 

7.40 Interpretation; Reliance; Survival. Each warranty and representation made by the Credit Parties in this Agreement or pursuant hereto, or in any other Loan Documents, is independent of all other warranties and representations made by the Credit Parties in this Agreement or pursuant hereto, or in any other Loan Documents (whether or not covering identical, related or similar matters) and must be independently and separately satisfied. Exceptions or qualifications to any such warranty or representation shall not be construed as exceptions or qualifications to any other warranty or representation. Notwithstanding any investigation made by Lender or any of its agents or representatives, or any rights to conduct such investigations, and notwithstanding any knowledge of facts determined or determinable by Lender as a result of such investigation or right of investigation, the Lender has the unqualified right to rely upon the representations and warranties made by the Credit Parties in this Agreement and in the Schedules attached hereto or pursuant hereto, or in any other Loan Documents. Each and every representation and warranty of the Credit Parties made herein, pursuant hereto, or in any other Loan Documents has been relied upon by Lender, and is material to the decision of the Lender to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans contemplated herein. All representations and warranties of the Credit Parties made in this Agreement or pursuant hereto, or in any other Loan Documents, shall survive the Effective Date, the consummation of any Loans made hereunder, and any investigation, and shall be deemed and construed as continuing representations and warranties.

 

8. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF LENDER.

 

Lender makes the following representations and warranties to the Borrower, each of which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the date of each Loan made hereunder, except to the extent such representation expressly relates to an earlier date, and which shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement:

 

8.1 Investment Purpose. Lender is acquiring the Revolving Note 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, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act.

 

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8.2 Accredited Investor Status. Lender is an “Accredited Investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

8.3 Reliance on Exemptions. Lender understands that the Revolving Note is 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 Borrower is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and Lender’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of Lender set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of Lender to acquire such securities.

 

8.4 Information. Lender has been furnished with all materials it has requested relating to the business, finances and operations of the Credit Parties and information deemed material by Lender to making an informed investment decision regarding the Revolving Note. Lender has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Credit Parties and its management. Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by Lender or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect Lender’s right to rely on the Credit Parties’ representations and warranties contained in Article 7 above or elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other Loan Documents. Lender understands that its investment in the Revolving Note involves a high degree of risk. Lender is in a position regarding the Credit Parties, which, based upon economic bargaining power, enabled and enables Lender to obtain information from the Credit Parties in order to evaluate the merits and risks of this investment. Lender has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice, as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the Revolving Note.

 

8.5 No Governmental Review. Lender understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other Governmental Authority has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Revolving Note, or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Revolving Note, nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Revolving Note.

 

8.6 Transfer or Resale. Lender understands that: (i) the Revolving Note has not been and is not being registered under the Securities Act or any other foreign or state securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless: (A) subsequently registered thereunder; or (B) such securities to be sold, assigned or transferred may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration requirements; and (ii) neither the Credit Parties nor any other Person is under any obligation to register such securities under the Securities Act or any foreign or state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder, except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement.

 

8.7 Authorization, Enforcement. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of Lender and is a valid and binding agreement of Lender 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.

 

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8.8 Due Formation of Lender. Lender is an entity that has been formed and validly exists and has not been organized for the specific purpose of purchasing the Revolving Note and is not prohibited from doing so.

 

8.9 No Legal Advice from Credit Parties. Lender acknowledges that it had the opportunity to review this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with its own legal counsel and investment and tax advisors. Lender is relying solely on such counsel and advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Credit Parties or any of its representatives or agents for legal, tax or investment advice with respect to this investment, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the securities laws of any jurisdiction; provided, however, the foregoing shall not modify, amend or affect Lender’s right to rely on the Credit Parties’ representations and warranties contained in Article 7 above or in any other Loan Documents.

 

9. NEGATIVE COVENANTS.

 

9.1 Indebtedness. Except as existing immediately prior to the Effective Date, the Credit Parties shall not, either directly or indirectly, create, assume, incur or have outstanding any Funded Indebtedness (including purchase money indebtedness), or become liable, whether as endorser, guarantor, surety or otherwise, for any debt or obligation of any other Person, except:

 

(a) the Obligations;

 

(b) endorsement for collection or deposit of any commercial paper secured in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Credit Parties;

 

(c) obligations for taxes, assessments, municipal or other governmental charges; provided, the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate Proceedings and are insured against or bonded over to the satisfaction of Lender;

 

(d) obligations for accounts payable incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Credit Parties; provided that any fees or other sums, other than salary or fees accrued in the Credit Parties’ Ordinary Course of Business, payable by the Credit Parties to any officer, director, member, manager, principal, or Material Shareholder, shall be fully subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the Obligations hereunder;

 

(e) unsecured intercompany Funded Indebtedness incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Credit Parties;

 

(f) Funded Indebtedness existing on the Effective Date and set forth in the Financial Statements, including any extensions or refinancings of the foregoing, which do not increase the principal amount of such Funded Indebtedness as of the date of such extension or refinancing; provided such Funded Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations owed to Lender pursuant to a subordination agreement, in form and content acceptable to Lender in its sole discretion, which shall include an indefinite standstill on remedies and payment blockage rights during any default;

 

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(g) Funded Indebtedness consisting of Capital Lease obligations or secured by Permitted Liens of the type described in clause (vii) of the definition thereof not to exceed Fifty Thousand and No/100 United States Dollars (US$50,000.00) in the aggregate at any time;

 

(h) Contingent Liabilities arising with respect to customary indemnification obligations in favor of purchasers in connection with dispositions permitted hereunder;

 

(i) Contingent Liabilities incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business with respect to surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other similar obligations; and

 

(j) Contingent Liabilities arising under indemnity agreements to title insurers to cause such title insurers to issue to Lender title insurance policies.

 

9.2 Encumbrances. The Credit Parties shall not, either directly or indirectly, create, assume, incur or suffer or permit to exist any Lien or charge of any kind or character upon any asset of the Credit Parties, whether owned at the date hereof or hereafter acquired, except Permitted Liens or as otherwise authorized by Lender in writing.

 

9.3 Investments. The Credit Parties shall not, either directly or indirectly, make 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:

 

(a) the stock or other ownership interests in a Subsidiary existing as of the Effective Date;

 

(b) investments in direct obligations of the United States or any state in the United States;

 

(c) trade credit extended by the Credit Parties in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Credit Parties;

 

(d) investments in securities of Customers;

 

(e) investment in the securities of Customers received pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of such Customers;

 

(f) investments existing on the Effective Date and set forth in the Financial Statements;

 

(g) Contingent Liabilities permitted pursuant to Section 9.1;

 

(h) Capital Expenditures permitted under Section 9.5; or

 

(i) The repurchase of Borrower’s Common Stock at a price of $5.00 or less.

 

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9.4 Transfer; Merger. The Credit Parties shall not, either directly or indirectly, permit a Change in Control, merge, consolidate, sell, transfer, license, lease, encumber or otherwise dispose of all or in excess of 30% of its assets, or sell or discount (with or without recourse) any of its Notes (as defined in the UCC), Chattel Paper, Payment Intangibles or Accounts; provided, however, that the Credit Parties may:

 

(a) sell or lease Inventory and Equipment in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Credit Parties;

 

(b) upon not less than three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice to Lender, any Subsidiary of Borrower may merge with (so long as the Borrower remains the surviving entity), or dissolve or liquidate into, or transfer its property to Borrower;

 

(c) upon not less than three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice to Lender, sell any Subsidiary of Borrower in an arms-length transaction for fair market value; provided that (i) fifteen (15%) of the gross proceeds of any such sale shall be used by the Borrower to redeem its Common Stock at a price per share of less than $5.00 with 45 days of the receipt of such proceeds and (ii) ten percent (10%) of the gross proceeds of any such sale shall be used by the Borrower to pay amounts in respect of the Revolving Loans;

 

(d) dispose of used, worn-out or surplus equipment in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Credit Parties;

 

(e) discount or write-off overdue Accounts for collection in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Credit Parties;

 

(f) sell or otherwise dispose of Securities Collateral in the Ordinary Course of Business and subject to the provisions contained in the Loan Documents;

 

(g) sell or otherwise dispose (including cancellation of Funded Indebtedness) of any Investment permitted under Section 9.3 in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Credit Parties; and

 

(h) grant Permitted Liens.

 

9.5 Capital Expenditures. Without Lender’s prior written consent, the Credit Parties shall not make or incur obligations for any Capital Expenditures.

 

9.6 Reserved.

 

9.7 Distributions; Restricted Payments; Change in Management. Except as set forth on Schedule 9.7, the Credit Parties shall not make any payments of any Funded Indebtedness other than as specifically permitted hereunder.

 

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9.8 Use of Proceeds. The Credit Parties shall not use any portion of the proceeds of the Loans, either directly or indirectly, for any of the following purposes: (i) to make any payment towards any Funded Indebtedness of the Credit Parties or any Affiliates thereof, except as specifically permitted hereunder ; (ii) to pay any taxes of any nature or kind that may be due by the Credit Parties or any Affiliates thereof; (iii) except with respect to compensation owing to such persons in the Ordinary Course of Business consistent with past practices, to pay any obligations or liabilities of any nature or kind due or owing to any managers, officers, directors, employees, members, principals, or Material Shareholders of the Credit Parties or any Affiliates thereof. The Credit Parties shall only use the proceeds of the Loans (or any portion thereof) for general working capital purposes and shall within forty-five (45) days following the next disbursement of the Loans following the Effective Date, either (i) redeem $1,000,000 of Common Stock at a price per share equal to or less than $5.00, or (ii) write put options to purchase $1,000,000 of Common Stock with a strike price equal to or less than $5.00. In the event that such put options expire as worthless, the Company shall continue to write additional put options with a strike price equal to or less than $5.00 until such as $1,000,000 of Common Stock has been redeemed.

 

9.9 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 on the date hereof and business reasonably related thereto; (ii) change its name, its type of organization, its jurisdictions of organization or other legal structure; or (ii) permit its articles of incorporation (including any certificates of designation, if applicable), bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement, certificate of organization or similar governing or organizational documents to be amended or modified in any way which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

9.10 Transactions with Affiliates. The Credit Parties shall not enter into any transaction with any of its Affiliates, except in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Credit Parties and upon fair and reasonable terms that are no less favorable to the Credit Parties than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Credit Parties.

 

9.11 Bank Accounts. Except with Lender’s prior approval, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld, the Credit Parties shall not maintain any bank, deposit or credit card payment processing accounts with any financial institution, or any other Person, for the Credit Parties or any Affiliate of the Credit Parties, other than the accounts of the Credit Parties listed in the attached Schedule 7.28. Specifically, the Credit Parties shall not change, modify, close, any of the other accounts listed in Schedule 7.28, without Lender’s prior written approval, which approval may not be unreasonably withheld. Further to the foregoing, the Borrower shall not either (i) deposit at any one time into either of accounts numbered 8901003158 or 112180000032080068 at Banco Monex any amounts in excess of those amounts reasonably necessary to meet the payroll expenses of the Borrower’s Mexican employees for the succeeding pay period, except with Lender’s prior approval, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld or (ii) deposit at any time any amount into any account of any of its Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, that certain account in the name of LD Micro, Inc. at Chase and numbered 861577655.

 

10. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.

 

10.1 Compliance with Regulatory Requirements. Upon demand by Lender, Borrower shall reimburse Lender for Lender’s additional costs and/or reductions in the amount of principal or interest received or receivable by Lender if at any time after the date of this Agreement any law, treaty or regulation or any change in any law, treaty or regulation or the interpretation thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the administration thereof or any other authority having jurisdiction over Lender or the Loans, whether or not having the force of law, shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve and/or special deposit requirement against or in respect of assets held by or deposits in or for the account of the Loans by Lender or impose on Lender any other condition with respect to this Agreement or the Loans, the result of which is to either increase the cost to Lender of making or maintaining the Loans or to reduce the amount of principal or interest received or receivable by Lender with respect to such Loans. Said additional costs and/or reductions will be those which directly result from the imposition of such requirement or condition on the making or maintaining of such Loans.

 

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10.2 Corporate Existence. Each of 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 (other than such jurisdictions in which the failure to be qualified or in good standing could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect), and shall at all times continue as a going concern in the business which Borrower is presently conducting.

 

10.3 Maintain Property. Each of the Credit Parties shall at all times maintain, preserve and keep its plants, properties and equipment, including, but not limited to, any Collateral, in good repair, working order and condition, normal wear and tear excepted, and shall from time to time, as Borrower deems 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 Lender to examine and inspect such plant, properties and equipment, including any Collateral, at all reasonable times upon reasonable notice during business hours. During the continuance of any Event of Default, Lender shall, at the Credit Parties’ expense, have the right to make additional inspections without providing advance notice.

 

10.4 Maintain Insurance. The Credit Parties’ shall at all times insure and keep insured with insurance companies acceptable to Lender, 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. Prior to the date of the funding of any Loans under this Agreement, Borrower shall deliver to Lender a certificate setting forth in summary form the nature and extent of the insurance maintained pursuant to this Section. All such policies of insurance must be satisfactory to Lender in relation to the amount and term of the Obligations and type and value of the Collateral and assets of the Credit Parties, shall identify Lender as sole/lender’s loss payee and as an additional insured. In the event the Credit Parties fail to provide Lender with evidence of the insurance coverage required by this Section or at any time hereafter shall fail to obtain or maintain any of the policies of insurance required above, or to pay any premium in whole or in part relating thereto, then Lender, without waiving or releasing any obligation or default by Borrower hereunder, may at any time (but shall be under no obligation to so act), obtain and maintain such policies of insurance and pay such premium and take any other action with respect thereto, which Lender deems advisable. This insurance coverage: (i) may, but need not, protect the Credit Parties’ interest in such property, including, but not limited to, the Collateral; and (ii) may not pay any claim made by, or against, the Credit Parties in connection with such property, including, but not limited to, the Collateral. The Credit Parties may later cancel any such insurance purchased by Lender, but only after providing Lender with evidence that the insurance coverage required by this Section is in force. The costs of such insurance obtained by Lender, through and including the effective date that such insurance coverage is canceled or expires, shall be payable on demand by the Credit Parties to Lender, together with interest at the Default Rate on such amounts until repaid and any other charges by Lender in connection with the placement of such insurance. The costs of such insurance, which may be greater than the cost of insurance which the Credit Parties may be able to obtain on their own, together with interest thereon at the Default Rate and any other charges by Lender in connection with the placement of such insurance may be added to the total Obligations due and owing to the extent not paid by the Credit Parties.

 

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10.5 Tax Liabilities.

 

(a) The Credit Parties shall at all times pay and discharge all property, income and other taxes, assessments and governmental charges upon, and all claims (including claims for labor, materials and supplies) against the Credit Parties or any of their properties, Equipment or Inventory, 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.

 

(b) Borrower shall be solely responsible for the payment of any and all documentary stamps and other taxes in connection with the execution of the Loan Documents.

 

10.6 ERISA Liabilities; Employee Plans. The Credit Parties 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 Credit Parties; (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 Lender immediately upon receipt by the Credit Parties 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 Lender 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.

 

10.7 Financial Statements. The Credit Parties shall at all times maintain a system of accounting which is capable of producing its individual and consolidated 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 Lender or its authorized representatives such information regarding the business affairs, operations and financial condition of the Credit Parties as Lender may from time to time request or require, including, but not limited to:

 

(a) If the Revolving Loan Maturity Date is extended beyond the original term, within the time designated in published rules and regulations of the SEC, including any applicable extensions, provide a copy of the annual audited consolidated financial statements of Borrower, 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 Lender, containing an unqualified opinion of such accountant; and

 

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(b) Within the time designated in published rules and regulations of the SEC, including any applicable extensions, after the close of each fiscal quarter, a copy of the quarterly unaudited consolidated financial statements of Borrower, 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 President, Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of Borrower.

 

The Credit Parties represent and warrant to Lender that the financial statements delivered to Lender 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 Credit Parties in all material respects. Lender 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 Credit Parties and make extracts therefrom; and

 

Borrower agrees to advise Lender immediately, in writing, of the occurrence of any Material Adverse Effect, or the occurrence of any event, circumstance or other happening that could be reasonably expected to lead to or become a Material Adverse Effect.

 

10.8 Reporting; Material Non-Public Information. Borrower shall provide the following reports and statements to Lender as follows:

 

(a) On the first (1st) day of every calendar month after the Effective Date, the Borrower shall prepare a monthly collateral report setting forth its internal calculations of the Borrower Base (the “Monthly Collateral Report”). Following the filing of each form 10-Q and form 10-k the Borrower shall provide to the Lender the Monthly Collateral Reports for the period relating to such form 10-Q or form 10-k; provided that the Borrower shall redact from such Monthly Collateral Reports any material non-public information.

 

(b) The Lender shall be entitled to receive such other information relating to the business, finances and operations of the Credit Parties (“Additional Information”); provided that to the extent that any such Additional Information constitutes material non-public information the Borrower shall only provide such Additional Information to the Lender, if Lender shall have previously waived in writing the obligation set forth in Section 10.8(c) of the Borrower to cure the disclosure of such information to the Lender by filing a Form 8-K pursuant to Regulation FD and the Lender shall have agreed in writing not to disclose such Additional Information prior to such Additional Information becoming public.

 

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(c) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, if the Borrower, its officers, directors, and/or affiliates to transmit, convey, disclose, any material non-public information concerning the Borrower, to the Lender or its successors and assigns, Borrower shall immediately disclose such information by filing a Form 8-K pursuant to Regulation FD by no later than the Business Day following such disclosure. To the extent that the Borrower fails disclose such information in accordance with the terms of this section, the Borrower hereby authorizes the Lender to disclose such information in the form of a widely disseminated press release.

 

10.9 Shareholder Approval. If required by the rules of the Principal Trading Market, the Borrower shall hold a special meeting of shareholders (which may also be at the annual meeting of shareholders) on or before the 60th calendar day following the date hereof for the purpose of obtaining the Shareholder Approval; provided, however, such sixty (60) calendar days shall be increased to ninety (90) calendar days in the event the Borrower receives comments to its proxy statement from the SEC, with the recommendation of the board of directors of the Borrower that such proposal be approved, and the Borrower shall solicit proxies from its shareholders in connection therewith in the same manner as all other management proposals in such proxy statement and all management-appointed proxyholders shall vote their proxies in favor of such proposal. If the Borrower does not obtain Shareholder Approval at the first meeting, the Borrower shall call a meeting every four months thereafter to seek Shareholder Approval until the date the Shareholder Approval is obtained.

 

10.10 Covenant Compliance. Borrower shall, on a quarterly basis, deliver to Lender a Compliance Certificate showing compliance by Borrower with the covenants therein, and certified as accurate by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Borrower.

 

10.11 Collateral Records. The Credit Parties shall keep full and accurate books and records relating to the Collateral and shall mark such books and records to indicate Lender’s Lien in the Collateral including placing a legend, in form and content reasonably acceptable to Lender, on all Chattel Paper created by the Credit Parties indicating that Lender has a Lien in such Chattel Paper.

 

10.12 Notice of Proceedings. Borrower shall, promptly, but not more than five (5) days after knowledge thereof shall have come to the attention of any officer of the Credit Parties, give written notice to Lender of all threatened or pending actions, suits, and Proceedings before any Governmental Agency or other administrative agency, or before or involving any other Person, which may have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

10.13 Notice of Default. Borrower shall, promptly, but not more than seven (7) days after the commencement thereof, give notice to Lender in writing of the occurrence of an Event of Default or of any event which, with the lapse of time, the giving of notice or both, would constitute an Event of Default hereunder.

 

10.14 Environmental Matters. If any release or threatened release or other disposal of Hazardous Materials shall occur or shall have occurred on any real property or any other assets of the Credit Parties or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Credit Parties, the Credit Parties shall cause the prompt containment and/or removal of such Hazardous Materials and the remediation and/or operation of such real property or other assets as necessary to comply with all Environmental Laws and to preserve the value of such real property or other assets. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Credit Parties shall comply with any Federal or state judicial or administrative order requiring the performance at any real property of the Credit Parties of activities in response to the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials. To the extent that the transportation of Hazardous Materials is permitted by this Agreement, Borrower shall dispose of such Hazardous Materials, or of any other wastes, only at licensed disposal facilities operating in compliance with Environmental Laws.

 

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10.15 Subsidiaries. Any Subsidiary which is formed or acquired or otherwise becomes a Subsidiary of the Credit Parties following the date hereof, within five (5) Business Days of such event, shall become an additional Credit Party hereto, and the Borrower shall take any and all actions necessary or required by Lender to cause said Subsidiary to execute a counterpart to this Agreement and any and all other documents which the Lender shall require, including causing such party to execute those documents contained in Section 3.20 hereof.

 

10.19 Reporting Status; Listing. So long as this Agreement remains in effect and the Revolving Note remains outstanding, and for so long as Lender owns, legally or beneficially, any shares of Common Stock the Borrower shall: (i) file in a timely manner all reports required to be filed with the Principal Trading Market, and, to provide a copy thereof to the Lender promptly after such filing; (ii) if required by the rules and regulations of the Principal Trading Market, promptly secure the listing of the shares of the Borrower’s Common Stock issuable to Lender under any of the Loan Documents upon the Principal Trading Market (subject to official notice of issuance) and, take all reasonable action under its control to maintain the continued listing, quotation and trading of its Common Stock (including, without limitation, any shares of Common Stock issuable to Lender under any of the Loan Documents) on the Principal Trading Market, and the Borrower shall comply in all respects with the Borrower’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of the Principal Trading Market, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. and such other Governmental Authorities, as applicable. The Borrower shall promptly provide to Lender copies of any notices it receives from the SEC or any Principal Trading Market, to the extent any such notices could in any way have or be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

10.21 Securities Account Control Agreements. Within thirty (30) days of the date hereof the Borrower shall obtain, duly executed securities account control agreement over such brokerage or other accounts as Lender shall require, in its sole discretion and which were not obtained as of the date hereof.

 

10.22 Escrow of Software Intellectual Property. Within thirty (30) days of the date hereof, the Borrower shall cause to be escrowed pursuant to documents acceptable to Lender all intellectual property of the Credit Parties consisting of software.

 

10.23 Reservation of Shares. Borrower shall take all action reasonably necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall be necessary to effect the full conversion of the Revolving Notes in accordance with its terms (the “Share Reserve”). If at any time the Share Reserve is insufficient to effect the full conversion of the Revolving Notes then outstanding, Borrower shall increase the Share Reserve accordingly. If Borrower does not have sufficient authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock available to increase the Share Reserve, Borrower shall call and hold a special meeting of the shareholders within forty-five (45) days of such occurrence, or take action by the written consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, if possible, for the sole purpose of increasing the number of shares authorized. Borrower’s management shall recommend to the shareholders to vote in favor of increasing the number of shares of Common Stock authorized.

 

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11. FINANCIAL COVENANT.

 

11.1 Securities Collateral. On each Trading Day while this Agreement remains in effect, the Credit Parties shall have sales of Securities Collateral for such calendar quarter that are not less than 10% minimum trading volume of the applicable common stock on the preceding Trading Day; provided that such Securities Collateral may be resold under Rule 144 without restriction on the number of shares to be sold or manner of sale.

 

12. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

 

Borrower, without notice or demand of any kind (except as specifically provided in this Agreement), shall be in default under this Agreement upon the occurrence of any of the following events (each an “Event of Default”):

 

12.1 Nonpayment of Obligations. Any amount due and owing on the Revolving Note or any of the Obligations, whether by its terms or as otherwise provided herein, is not paid on the date that such amount is due, and such failure is not remedied within five (5) days.

 

12.2 Misrepresentation. Any written warranty, representation, certificate or statement of the Credit Parties in this Agreement, the Loan Documents or any other agreement with Lender shall be false or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed to be made.

 

12.3 Nonperformance. Any failure to perform or default in the performance of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (not otherwise addressed in this Article 12), which failure to perform or default in performance continues for a period of ten (10) days after any Credit Party receives notice from Lender of such failure to perform or default in performance (provided that if the failure to perform or default in performance is not capable of being cured, in Lender’s reasonable discretion, then the cure period set forth herein shall not be applicable and the failure or default shall be an immediate Event of Default hereunder).

 

12.4 Default under Loan Documents. Any failure to perform or default in the performance by any Credit Party that continues after applicable grace and cure periods under any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any of the other Loan Documents or any other agreement with Lender, all of which covenants, conditions and agreements are hereby incorporated in this Agreement by express reference.

 

12.5 Default under Other Obligations. (i) Any default by Borrower in the payment of principal, interest or any other sum for other obligations, beyond any period of grace, relating Funded Indebtedness, exceeding in the aggregate $500,000; (ii) any breach by the Borrower in respect of any agreement (including any capital or operating lease or any agreement in connection with the deferred purchase price of property) which does not relate to Funded Indebtedness or which is not a Customer Contract, the effect of which breach is to cause or permit the other party to such other agreement to cause such agreement to terminate, or to otherwise modify or adversely affect such agreement in a manner that could have a Material Adverse Effect on any Credit Party, or (iii) a dispute or disputes with respect to any Customer Contract(s) involving damages or claims singly or in the aggregate in excess of $500,000, which result in litigation which is not terminated pursuant to an order for summary judgment.

 

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12.6 Assignment for Creditors. Any Credit Party makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, fails to pay, or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they mature; or if a trustee of any substantial part of the assets of the Credit Parties is applied for or appointed, and in the case of such trustee being appointed in a Proceeding brought against any of the Credit Parties, the Credit Parties, by any action or failure to act indicates its approval of, consent to, or acquiescence in such appointment and such appointment is not vacated, stayed on appeal or otherwise shall not have ceased to continue in effect within sixty (60) days after the date of such appointment.

 

12.7 Bankruptcy. Any Proceeding involving any of the Credit Parties, is commenced by or against any of the Credit Parties under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation law or statute of the federal government or any state government, and in the case of any such Proceeding being instituted against any of the Credit Parties: (i) any of the Credit Parties, by any action or failure to act, indicates its approval of, consent to or acquiescence therein; or (ii) an order shall be entered approving the petition in such Proceedings and such order is not vacated, stayed on appeal or otherwise shall not have ceased to continue in effect within sixty (60) days after the entry thereof.

 

12.8 Judgments. Except with respect to the actions set forth on Schedule 12.8 attached hereto, the entry of any judgment, decree, levy, attachment, garnishment or other process, or the filing of any Lien against the property of any of the Credit Parties which could result in a Material Adverse Effect, unless such judgment or other process shall have been, within sixty (60) days from the entry thereof: (i) bonded over to the satisfaction of Lender and appealed; (ii) vacated; or (iii) discharged.

 

12.9 Reserved

 

12.10 Change in Control. Except as permitted under this Agreement, any Change in Control shall occur; provided, however, a Change in Control shall not constitute an Event of Default if: (i) it arises out of an event or circumstance beyond the reasonable control of the Credit Parties (for example, but not by way of limitation, a transfer of ownership interest due to death or incapacity); and (ii) within sixty (60) days after such Change in Control, the Credit Parties provide Lender with information concerning the identity and qualifications of the individual or individuals who will be in Control, and such individual or individuals shall be acceptable to Lender, in Lender’s sole discretion.

 

12.11 Collateral Impairment. The entry of any judgment, decree, levy, attachment, garnishment or other process, or the filing of any Lien against, any of the Collateral or any collateral under a separate security agreement securing any of the Obligations, and such judgment or other process shall not have been, within thirty (30) days from the entry thereof: (i) bonded over to the satisfaction of Lender and appealed; (ii) vacated; or (iii) discharged, or the loss, theft, destruction, seizure or forfeiture, or the occurrence of any material deterioration or impairment of any of the Collateral or any of the Collateral under any security agreement securing any of the Obligations, or any material decline or depreciation in the value or market price thereof (whether actual or reasonably anticipated), which causes the Collateral, in the sole opinion of Lender acting in good faith, to become unsatisfactory as to value or character, or which causes Lender to reasonably believe that it is insecure and that the likelihood for repayment of the Obligations is or will soon be impaired, time being of the essence. The cause of such deterioration, impairment, decline or depreciation shall include, but is not limited to, the failure by the Credit Parties to do any act deemed reasonably necessary by Lender to preserve and maintain the value and collectability of the Collateral.

 

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12.12 Current in Filings. The Borrower shall fail to become current with its filing obligations with the SEC within one hundred twenty (120) days of the funding of the initial Revolving Loan under this Agreement and thereafter a failure by the Borrower to comply with its reporting and filing obligations with the SEC for a period of sixty (60) days beyond the applicable filing deadline, regardless of whether or not Lender shall have provided notice of such failure.

 

13. REMEDIES.

 

(a) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender shall have all rights, powers and remedies set forth in the Loan Documents, in any written agreement or instrument (other than this Agreement or the Loan Documents) relating to any of the Obligations or any security therefor, or as otherwise provided at law or in equity. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Lender may, at its option, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, declare its commitments to Borrower to be terminated and all Obligations to be immediately due and payable; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under either Section 12.6, “Assignment for Creditors”, or Section 12.7, “Bankruptcy”, all commitments of Lender to Borrower shall immediately terminate and all Obligations shall be automatically due and payable, all without demand, notice or further action of any kind required on the part of Lender. The Credit Parties hereby waive any and all presentment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest, and all other notices and demands in connection with the enforcement of Lender’s rights under the Loan Documents, and hereby consent to, and waive notice of release, with or without consideration, of the Credit Parties or of any Collateral, notwithstanding anything contained herein or in the Loan Documents to the contrary.

 

(b) No Event of Default shall be waived by Lender, except and unless such waiver is in writing and signed by Lender. No failure or delay on the part of Lender in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver of the exercise of the same or any other right at any other time; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy hereunder. There shall be no obligation on the part of Lender to exercise any remedy available to Lender in any order. The remedies provided for herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided at law or in equity. The Credit Parties agree that in the event that Borrower fails to perform, observe or discharge any of its Obligations or liabilities under this Agreement, the Revolving Note, and other Loan Documents, or any other agreements with Lender, no remedy of law will provide adequate relief to Lender, and further agrees that Lender shall be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages.

 

(c) Reserved.

 

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14. MISCELLANEOUS.

 

14.1 Obligations Absolute. None of the following shall affect the Obligations of the Credit Parties to Lender under this Agreement or Lender’s rights with respect to the Collateral:

 

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

 

(b) release by Lender of all or any part of the Collateral or of any party liable with respect to the Obligations (other than Borrower);

 

(c) release, extension, renewal, modification or substitution by Lender of the Revolving Note, or any note evidencing any of the Obligations; or

 

(d) failure of Lender to resort to any other security or to pursue the Credit Parties or any other obligor liable for any of the Obligations before resorting to remedies against the Collateral.

 

14.2 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents: (i) are valid, binding and enforceable against the Credit Parties and Lender in accordance with their 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 the Credit Parties and Lender. No promises, either expressed or implied, exist between the Credit Parties and Lender, unless contained herein or in the Loan Documents. This Agreement and the Loan 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.

 

14.3 Amendments; Waivers. No amendment, modification, termination, discharge or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or of the Loan Documents, or consent to any departure by the Credit Parties therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Lender, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only for the specific purpose for which given. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no amendment or modification of this Agreement or of the Loan Documents shall be effective unless set forth in a written document executed by Lender and Borrower.

 

14.4 WAIVER OF DEFENSES. THE CREDIT PARTIES WAIVE EVERY PRESENT AND FUTURE DEFENSE, CAUSE OF ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR SETOFF WHICH THE CREDIT PARTIES MAY HAVE AS OF THE DATE HEREOF TO ANY ACTION BY LENDER IN ENFORCING THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS. THE CREDIT PARTIES WAIVE ANY IMPLIED COVENANT OF GOOD FAITH AND RATIFIES AND CONFIRMS WHATEVER LENDER MAY DO PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AS OF THE DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT. THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR LENDER GRANTING ANY FINANCIAL ACCOMMODATION TO BORROWER.

 

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14.5 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. LENDER AND CREDIT PARTIES, AFTER CONSULTING OR HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL, KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE, 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, THE REVOLVING NOTE, ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS, 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 LENDER AND CREDIT PARTIES ARE ADVERSE PARTIES. THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR LENDER GRANTING ANY FINANCIAL ACCOMMODATION TO BORROWER.

 

14.6 Reserved

 

14.7 Usury Savings Clause. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, 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 Agreement 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 Agreement, 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 of this Agreement immediately upon receipt of such sums by the Lender, with the same force and effect as though the Borrower had specifically designated such excess sums to be so applied to the reduction of such outstanding principal balance and the Lender had agreed to accept such sums as a penalty-free payment of principal; provided, however, that the Lender may, at any time and from time to time, elect, by notice in writing to the Borrower, 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 outstanding principal balance. It is the intention of the parties that the Borrower does not intend or expect to pay nor does the Lender intend or expect to charge or collect any interest under this Agreement greater than the highest non-usurious rate of interest which may be charged under applicable law.

 

14.8 Assignability. Lender may at any time assign Lender’s rights in this Agreement, the Revolving Note, any Loan Documents, the Obligations, or any part thereof, and transfer Lender’s rights in any or all of the Collateral, all without the Credit Parties’ consent or approval, and Lender thereafter shall be relieved from all liability with respect to such instrument or Collateral so transferred. In addition, Lender may at any time sell one or more participations in the Loans, all without the Credit Parties’ consent or approval. The Credit Parties may not sell or assign this Agreement, any Loan Document or any other agreement with Lender, or any portion thereof, either voluntarily or by operation of law, nor delegate any of its duties or obligations hereunder or thereunder, without the prior written consent of Lender, which consent may be withheld in Lender’s sole and absolute discretion. This Agreement shall be binding upon Lender and the Credit Parties and their respective legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns. All references herein to a Credit Party shall be deemed to include any successors, whether immediate or remote. In the case of a joint venture or partnership, the term “Borrower” or “Credit Party” shall be deemed to include all joint venturers or partners thereof, who shall be jointly and severally liable hereunder.

 

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14.9 Confidentiality. Each of the Credit Parties shall keep confidential any information obtained from Lender (except information publicly available or in Credit Parties’ domain prior to disclosure of such information from Lender, and except as required by applicable laws) and shall promptly return to the Lender all schedules, documents, instruments, work papers and other written information without retaining copies thereof, previously furnished by it as a result of this Agreement or in connection herewith.

 

14.10 Publicity. Lender 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 Credit Parties; provided, however, that the Credit Parties shall be entitled, without the prior approval of Lender, 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 Credit Parties shall use their best efforts to consult Lender in connection with any such press release or other public disclosure prior to its release and Lender shall be provided with a copy thereof upon release thereof. Lender shall have the right to make any press release with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby without the Credit Parties’ approval. In addition, with respect to any press release to be made by Lender, Borrower hereby authorizes and grants blanket permission to Lender to include the Borrower’s stock symbol, if any, in any press releases. Borrower shall, promptly upon request, execute any additional documents of authority or permission as may be requested by Lender in connection with any such press releases.

 

14.11 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective upon execution by the Credit Parties and Lender.

 

14.12 Governing Law/Venue. This Agreement, the Loan Documents and the Revolving Note 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 Delaware, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the choice of law provisions of such State. The governing law provisions of this Section 14.12 are a material inducement for Lender to enter into this Agreement, and the Borrower hereby agrees, acknowledges and understands that the Lender would not have entered into this Agreement, nor made or provided the Loans, without the full agreement and consent of the Credit Parties, with full knowledge and understanding, this Agreement, and each of the Loan Documents, shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of Delaware, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the choice of law provisions. In this regard, each of the Credit Parties hereby acknowledges that it has reviewed this Agreement and all Loan Documents, and specifically, this Section 14.12, with competent counsel selected by the Credit Parties, and in that regard, each of the Credit Parties fully understands the choice of law provisions set forth in this Section. In addition, each of the Credit Parties agree, and acknowledge that it has had an opportunity to negotiate the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with and through its counsel, and that the Credit Parties have sufficient leverage and economic bargaining power, and have used such leverage and economic bargaining power, to fairly and fully negotiate this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in a manner that is acceptable to the Credit Parties. Moreover, because of the material nature of this choice of law provision in inducing Lender to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans to the Credit Parties, each of the Credit Parties hereby fully and absolutely waives any and all rights to make any claims, counterclaims, defenses, to raise or make any arguments (including any claims, counterclaims, defenses, or arguments based on grounds of public policy, unconscionability, or implied covenants of fair dealing and good faith), or to otherwise undertake any litigation strategy or maneuver of any nature or kind that would result in, or which otherwise seeks to, invalidate this choice of law provision, or that would otherwise result in or require the application of the laws of any other State other than the State of Delaware in the interpretation or governance of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Loan Documents (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of the Loan Documents), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such Action or Proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding .Each of the Credit Parties has carefully considered this Section 14.12 and has carefully reviewed its application and effect with competent counsel, and in that regard, fully understands and agrees that Lender would not have entered into this Agreement, nor made the Loans, without the express agreement and acknowledgement of each of the Credit Parties to this choice of law provision, and the express waivers set forth herein.

 

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14.13 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.

 

14.14 Survival of Borrower’s Representations. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Credit Parties herein shall, notwithstanding any investigation by Lender, be deemed material and relied upon by Lender and shall survive the making and execution of this Agreement and the Loan Documents and the issuance of the Revolving Note, and shall be deemed to be continuing representations and warranties until such time as the Credit Parties have fulfilled all of their Obligations to Lender, and Lender has been indefeasibly paid in full. Lender, in extending financial accommodations to Borrower, is expressly acting and relying on the aforesaid representations and warranties.

 

14.15 Extensions of Lender’s Commitment and the Revolving Note. This Agreement shall secure and govern the terms of any extensions or renewals of Lender’s commitment hereunder and the Revolving Note pursuant to the execution of any modification, extension or renewal note executed by Borrower, consented and agreed to by the Guarantors, and accepted by Lender in its sole and absolute discretion in substitution for the Revolving Note.

 

14.16 Time of Essence. Time is of the essence in making payments of all amounts due Lender under this Agreement and in the performance and observance by the Credit Parties of each covenant, agreement, provision and term of this Agreement.

 

14.17 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. In the event that any signature of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Lender shall not be obligated to accept any document or instrument signed by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format file or other similar format file as an original, and may in any instance require that an original document be submitted to Lender in lieu of, or in addition to, any such document executed by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format file or other similar format file.

 

14.18 Notices. Any notices, consents, waivers, or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement 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, overnight 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 or (iv) the time of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number or email attachment at the email address as set forth below, at or prior to 5:30 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. 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. No notice to or demand on Borrower in any case shall entitle Borrower to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances:

 

If to any Credit Party: SRAX, INC.
 

2629 Townsgate Road

#215

Westlake Village, CA 91361

  Attention:  
  E-Mail:  

 

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With a copy to: [●]
 

[●]

[●]

  Attention: [●]
  E-Mail: [●]
   
If to the Lender: ATW OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND II, LP
   
  Attention:  
  E-Mail:  
   
With a copy to: Lucosky Brookman LLP
  101 Wood Avenue South
  Woodbridge, NJ 08830
  Attention: Seth A. Brookman
  E-Mail: sbrookman@lucbro.com

 

14.19 Indemnification. As a material inducement for Lender to enter into this Agreement, the Credit Parties agree to defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless Lender, and its parent companies, Subsidiaries, Affiliates, divisions, and their respective attorneys, officers, directors, agents, shareholders, members, partners, employees, and representatives, and the predecessors, successors, assigns, personal representatives, heirs and executors of each of them (including those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) (each, a “Lender Indemnitee” and collectively, the “Lender Indemnitees”) from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, Proceedings, suits, claims, costs, expenses and distributions of any kind or nature (including the disbursements and the reasonable fees of counsel and paralegals for each Lender Indemnitee thereto throughout all trial and appellate levels, bankruptcy Proceedings, mediations, arbitrations, administrative hearings and at all other levels and tribunals), which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against, any Lender Indemnitee (whether direct, indirect or consequential and whether based on any federal, state or local laws or regulations, including securities, Environmental Laws and commercial laws and regulations, under common law or in equity, or based on contract, tort, or otherwise) in any manner relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, or any act, event or transaction related or attendant thereto, the preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Loan Documents, including the making or issuance and management of the Loans, the use or intended use of the proceeds of the Loans, the enforcement of Lender’s rights and remedies under this Agreement, the Loan Documents, the Revolving Note, any other instruments and documents delivered hereunder, or under any other agreement between Borrower and Lender; provided that the Credit Parties shall not be liable in respect of any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, cost or expense under this Section 14.19 if it determined in a final, non-appealable judgment from a court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction that such liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, cost or expense is a direct result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the applicable Lender Indemnitee. To the extent that the undertaking to indemnify set forth in the preceding sentence may be unenforceable because it violates any law or public policy, the Credit Parties shall satisfy such undertaking to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. Any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, cost or expense covered by this indemnity shall be paid to each Lender Indemnitee on demand, and, failing prompt payment, shall, together with interest thereon at the Default Rate from the date incurred by each Lender Indemnitee until paid by Borrower, be added to the Obligations of Borrower and be secured by the Collateral. The provisions of this Section shall survive the satisfaction and payment of the other Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

 

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14.20 Reserved.

 

14.21 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.

 

14.22 Compliance with Federal Law. The Credit Parties shall: (i) ensure that no Person who owns a Controlling interest in or otherwise Controls the Credit Parties 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; (ii) not use or permit the use of the proceeds of the Loans 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 (“BSA”) laws and regulations, as amended. As required by federal law and Lender’s policies and practices, Lender 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.

 

14.23 Consents. With respect to any provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents which require the consent or approval of Lender, unless expressly otherwise provided in any such provision, such consent or approval may be granted, conditioned, or withheld by Lender in its sole and absolute discretion. In any event, when any consent or approval of Lender is required under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, the Credit Parties shall not be entitled to make any claim for, and the Credit Parties hereby expressly waives any claim for, damages incurred by the Credit Parties by reason of Lender’s granting, conditioning or withholding any such consent or approval, and the Credit Parties’ sole and absolute remedy with respect thereto shall be an action for specific performance. To the extent that any consent or approval is given by Lender under any provision hereunder or under any other Loan Documents, such consent or approval shall only be applicable to the specific instance to which it relates and shall not be deemed to be a continuing or future consent or approval, and any such consent or approval shall not impose any liability or warranty obligation on the Lender.

 

[REMAINDER OF PAGE LEFT BLANK, SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Borrower and Lender have executed this Credit Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

BORROWER:

 

SRAX, INC.

 

By:    
Name:    
Title:    

 

STATE OF     )
      ) SS.
COUNTY OF     )

 

The undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the said County, in the State aforesaid, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY that ______, Chief Executive Officer of SRAX, 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:  
     

 

   

 

[Signature Page – SRAX Credit Agreement]

 

 

 

 

LENDER:

 

ATW OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND II, LP

 

By:    
Name:    
Title:    

 

[Signature Page – SRAX Credit Agreement]

 

 

 

 

CONSENT AND AGREEMENT

 

The undersigned, referred to in the foregoing senior secured revolving credit facility agreement as a guarantor, hereby consents and agrees to said senior secured revolving credit facility agreement and to the payment of the amounts contemplated therein, documents contemplated thereby, representations and warranties made therein, 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 senior secured revolving credit facility agreement to the same extent as if the undersigned were a party to said senior secured revolving credit facility agreement.

 

GUARANTOR:

 

LD MICRO, INC.

 

     
Name:    
Title:    

 

STATE OF     )
      ) SS.
COUNTY OF     )

 

The undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the said County, in the State aforesaid, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY that ______, Chief Executive Officer of LD Micro, 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:  
     
     

 

[Signature Page – SRAX Credit Agreement]

 

 

 

 

INDEX OF EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit B Form of Guaranty
Exhibit C Form of Pledge Agreement
Exhibit D Form of Revolving Note
Exhibit E-1 Form of Security Agreement (Borrower)
Exhibit E-2 Form of Security Agreement (Subsidiary/Guarantor)
Exhibit F Form of Perfection and Diligence Certificate

 

INDEX OF SCHEDULES

 

Schedule 7.1 Subsidiaries
Schedule 7.4 Capitalization
Schedule 7.18 Real Property
Schedule 7.20 IP Rights
Schedule 7.28 Bank Accounts and Deposit Accounts
Schedule 7.29 Places of Business

 

[Need to update for exceptions]

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

Form of Compliance Certificate

 

 

 

 

Exhibit B

 

Form of Guaranty Agreement

 

 

 

 

Exhibit C

 

Form of Pledge Agreement

 

 

 

 

Exhibit D

 

Form of Revolving Note

 

 

 

 

Exhibit E-1

 

Form of Security Agreement – Borrower

 

 

 

 

Exhibit E-2

 

Form of Security Agreement – Guarantor

 

 

 

 

Exhibit F

 

Form of Perfection and Diligence Certificate

 

 

 

 

Schedule 7.1

 

Subsidiaries

 

[BORROWER TO PROVIDE]

 

 

 

 

Schedule 7.4

 

Capitalization

 

[BORROWER TO PROVIDE]

 

 

 

 

Schedule 7.18

 

Real Property

 

[BORROWER TO PROVIDE]

 

 

 

 

Schedule 7.20

 

IP Rights

 

[BORROWER TO PROVIDE]

 

 

 

 

Schedule 7.28

 

Bank Accounts and Deposit Accounts

 

Bank: [●]

 

Account Name: [●]

 

Routing Number: [●]

 

Account Number: [●]

 

Authorized Signatories: [●]

 

 

 

 

Schedule 7.29

 

Places of Business

 

[BORROWER TO PROVIDE]

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.02

 

GUARANTY AGREEMENT

 

This GUARANTY AGREEMENT is dated as of August 8, 2022 (as amended, restated or modified from time to time, the “Guaranty”), and is made by LD MICRO, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Guarantor”), in favor of [ATW OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND II, LP], a limited partnership organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (the “Lender”).

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to a Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility Agreement dated as of even date herewith (the “Credit Agreement”) by and between SRAX, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Guarantor and certain other additional Credit Parties, and the Lender, the Borrower desires to borrow funds and obtain financial accommodations from Lender (such financial accommodations hereinafter referred to as the “Loan”); and

 

WHEREAS, in order to induce Lender to enter into the Loan with the Borrower, and with full knowledge that Lender would not enter into this Loan without this Guaranty, Guarantor has agreed to execute and deliver this Guaranty to Lender, for the benefit of Lender, as security for the Obligations; and

 

WHEREAS, Guarantor is a subsidiary of the Borrower and will significantly benefit from the Borrower obtaining the Loan from the Lender;

 

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

 

Guarantor hereby guarantees and becomes surety to Lender for the full, prompt and unconditional payment 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 Borrower under the Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents. This Guaranty is a primary obligation of the Guarantor and shall be a continuing inexhaustible Guaranty. This is a guaranty of payment and not of collection. Lender may require Guarantor to pay and perform their liabilities and obligations under this Guaranty and may proceed immediately against the Guarantor without being required to bring any proceeding or take any action against Borrower or any other Person prior thereto; the liability of Guarantor hereunder being independent of and separate from the liability of Borrower, any other guarantor, any other Person, and the availability of other Collateral security for the Loan and the other Loan Documents.

 

2. DEFINITIONS

 

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

 

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3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Guarantor represents and warrants to Lender as follows:

 

3.1. Organization, Powers. The Guarantor is duly incorporated or organized and validly exists and is in good standing under its respective jurisdiction of organization. The Guarantor has the power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now being conducted and as now contemplated and has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform and by all necessary action has authorized the execution, delivery and performance of all of its obligations under this Guaranty and any other Loan Documents to which it is a party.

 

3.2. Execution of Guaranty. This Guaranty, and each of the other Loan Documents to which the Guarantor is a party, have been duly executed and delivered by the Guarantor. Execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty and each of the other Loan Documents to which the Guarantor is 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 the Guarantor is a party or by which the Guarantor or any of its properties or assets are bound; (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien, claim or other encumbrance of any nature or kind, other than the Liens created by the Loan 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 Loan Documents.

 

3.3. Obligations of Guarantor. This Guaranty and all other Loan Documents to which the Guarantor is a party, are the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Guarantor, enforceable against the Guarantor 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 Loan made by Lender and the assumption by Guarantor of its obligations hereunder and under any other Loan Documents to which Guarantor is a party will result in material benefits to the Guarantor. This Guaranty was entered into by Guarantor for commercial purposes.

 

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 the Guarantor, threatened, against or affecting the Guarantor or any of its properties, assets or rights which, if adversely determined, would impair or affect: (i) the value of any Collateral securing the Obligations; (ii) Guarantor’s right to carry on its business substantially as now conducted (and as now contemplated); (iii) Guarantor’s financial condition; or (iv) Guarantor’s capacity to consummate and perform its obligations under this Guaranty or any other Loan Documents to which Guarantor is a party which would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.5. No Defaults. Guarantor is not 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 Guarantor is a party or by which Guarantor or any of their properties or assets are bound which would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.6. No Untrue Statements. To the knowledge of Guarantor, no Loan Documents or other document, certificate or statement furnished to Lender by or on behalf of Borrower or Guarantor 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. Guarantor acknowledges that all such statements, representations and warranties shall be deemed to have been relied upon by Lender as an inducement in providing the Loan.

 

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4. NO LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

 

4.1. Guarantor acknowledges that the obligations undertaken herein involve the guaranty of obligations of a Person other than Guarantor and, in full recognition of that fact, Guarantor consents and agrees that Lender 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 Loan Documents evidencing same, and the Guaranty herein made shall apply to the Obligations and the Loan 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 Loan 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 Borrower or other Persons (including Guarantor) 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 Loan 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 Lender, in its sole and absolute discretion, may determine; (ix) add, release, settle, modify or discharge the obligation of any maker, endorser, guarantor, 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 Obligation, whether in a Proceeding or not, and whether voluntarily or involuntarily, dispose of any security therefor (with or without consideration and in whatever manner Lender deems appropriate), and subordinate the payment of any of the Obligations, whether or not due, to the payment of liabilities owing to creditors of Borrower other than Lender and Guarantor; (xi) consent to the merger, change or any other restructuring or termination of the corporate existence of Borrower or any other Person, and correspondingly restructure the Obligations, and any such merger, change, restructuring or termination shall not affect the liability of Guarantor 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, Borrower or any other Person (including Guarantor) in respect of the Obligations.

 

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

 

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4.3. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, Lender may enforce this Guaranty independently of any other remedy, guaranty or security Lender at any time may have or hold in connection with the Obligations, and it shall not be necessary for Lender to marshal assets in favor of Borrower, any other guarantor 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. Guarantor expressly waives any right to require Lender to marshal assets in favor of Borrower or any other Person, or to proceed against Borrower or any other guarantor of the Obligations or any Collateral provided by any Person, and agrees that Lender may proceed against any obligor (including Guarantor) and/or the Collateral in such order as Lender shall determine in its sole and absolute discretion. Lender may file a separate action or actions against Guarantor, 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. Guarantor agrees that Lender and Borrower 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. Guarantor expressly waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all defenses which Guarantor shall or may have as of the date hereof arising or asserted by reason of: (i) any disability or other defense of Borrower, 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 Borrower, 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 Lender to marshal assets in favor of Borrower or any other Person; (v) any failure of Lender to give notice of sale or other disposition of Collateral to Borrower 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 Lender 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 Lender to conduct a commercially reasonable sale or other disposition of any Collateral or other security for any Obligations; (vii) any act or omission of Lender or others that directly or indirectly results in or aids the discharge or release of Borrower 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 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 guarantor’s obligation in proportion to the principal obligation; (ix) any failure of Lender to file or enforce a claim in any bankruptcy or other proceeding with respect to any Person; (x) the election by Lender, 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 Lender 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 Lender that is authorized by this Section or any other provision of any Loan Documents. 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.

 

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

 

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5. LIMITATION ON SUBROGATION

 

Until the Termination Date, Guarantor waives any present or future right to which Guarantor is or may become entitled to be subrogated to Lender’s rights against Borrower or to seek contribution, reimbursement, indemnification, payment or the like, or participation in any claim, right or remedy of Lender against Borrower or any security which Lender 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 Guarantor on account of such subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, or indemnification at any time when all of the Obligations have not been paid in full, the Guarantor shall hold such funds or property in trust for Lender and shall forthwith pay over to Lender such funds and/or property to be applied by Lender to the Obligations.

 

6. COVENANTS

 

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

 

6.2. Subordination of Other Debts. Guarantor hereby: (a) subordinates the obligations now or hereafter owed by Borrower to the Guarantor (“Subordinated Debt”) to any and all Obligations of Borrower to Lender now or hereafter existing while this Guaranty is in effect, and hereby agree that the 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 the Guarantor, through error or otherwise, shall immediately be forwarded to Lender by the Guarantor, properly endorsed to the order of Lender, to apply to the Obligations.

 

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6.3. Security for Guaranty. All of Guarantor’s obligations and liabilities evidenced by this Guaranty are also secured by all of the Collateral of the Guarantor pursuant to that certain Security Agreement by and between the Guarantor and Lender 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 Loan Documents to which Guarantor is a party which are to be kept and performed by the Guarantor is 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 the Guarantor covenants and agrees to keep and perform them, or cause them to be kept or performed, strictly in accordance with their terms.

 

6.4. No Material Changes. Until the Termination Date, Guarantor shall not: (i) transfer, assign, convey, hypothecate, pledge or otherwise transfer or encumber any material portion of its assets, whether or not disclosed by Guarantor to Lender in the financial statements of Guarantor provided to Lender and accepted by Lender prior to the execution hereof; (ii) incur or become liable for, whether directly or indirectly, any material liabilities or obligations not already disclosed by Guarantor to Lender in the financial statements of Guarantor provided to Lender and accepted by Lender prior to the execution hereof, including any contingent liabilities; and (iii) enter into any transaction or become bound by any agreement or obligation that could have a material adverse effect on the financial condition of the Guarantor.

 

7. EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

Each of the following shall constitute a default (each, an “Event of Default”) hereunder:

 

7.1. The occurrence of any “Event of Default” (as defined in the Credit Agreement) under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Documents, whether by Borrower, Guarantor or any other Credit Parties;

 

7.2. A breach by Guarantor of any term, covenant, condition, obligation or agreement under this Guaranty; and

 

7.3. Any representation or warranty made by Guarantor in this Guaranty shall prove to be false, incorrect or misleading in any material respect as of the date when made.

 

8. REMEDIES.

 

8.1. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, all liabilities and obligations of 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, Lender may:

 

8.1.1. Enforce the obligations of Guarantor 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 Lender in any capacity to Guarantor whether due or not.

 

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8.1.3. Perform any covenant or agreement of Guarantor in default hereunder (but without obligation to do so) and in that regard pay such money as may be required or as Lender may reasonably deem expedient. Any costs, expenses or fees, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, incurred by Lender 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 Lender shall not be deemed to be a waiver or release of Guarantor hereunder and shall be without prejudice to any other right or remedy of Lender.

 

8.2. Settlement of any claim by Lender against Borrower, 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 Borrower or any other obligated Person and legally retained by Lender in connection with the settlement (unless otherwise provided for herein).

 

9. MISCELLANEOUS.

 

9.1. Disclosure of Financial Information. Lender is hereby authorized to disclose any financial or other information about Guarantor to any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over Lender or to any present, future or prospective participant or successor in interest in the Loan. The information provided may include, without limitation, amounts, terms, balances, payment history, return item history and any financial or other information about Guarantor.

 

9.2. Remedies Cumulative. The rights and remedies of Lender, as provided herein and in any other Loan Documents, 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 Lender at law or in equity. The failure, at any one or more times, of Lender to exercise any such right or remedy shall in no event be construed as a waiver or release thereof. Lender shall have the right to take any action it deems appropriate without the necessity of resorting to any Collateral securing this Guaranty.

 

9.3. Integration. This Guaranty and the other Loan 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 Lender retains the services of counsel by reason of a claim of an Event of Default hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, or on account of any matter involving this Guaranty, or for examination of matters subject to Lender’s approval under the Loan Documents, all costs of suit and all reasonable attorneys’ fees and such other reasonable expenses so incurred by Lender shall forthwith, on demand, become due and payable and shall be guaranteed hereby.

 

9.5. No Implied Waiver. Lender 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 Lender, 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 Loan Documents, 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 the Guarantor might otherwise be entitled or which might be required by law to be given by Lender. 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 Lender against it. Guarantor irrevocably waives all claims of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise and the right to assert against Lender any defenses, set-offs, counterclaims, or claims that the Guarantor may have at any time against Borrower or any other party liable to Lender.

 

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9.7. No Third Party Beneficiary. Except as otherwise provided herein, Guarantor and Lender do not intend the benefits of this Guaranty to inure to any third party and no third party (including Borrower) 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 Guarantor without the prior written consent of Lender, and any such assignment or attempted assignment by the Guarantor shall be void and of no effect with respect to the Lender.

 

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. Lender may from time to time sell or assign the Loan, in whole or in part, or grant participations in the Loan and/or the obligations evidenced thereby without the consent of Borrower or Guarantor (other than as provided in the Credit Agreement). The holder of any such sale, assignment or participation, if the applicable agreement between Lender and such holder so provides, shall be: (a) entitled to all of the rights, obligations and benefits of Lender (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 Guarantor (to the extent of such holder’s interest or participation), in each case as fully as though Guarantor was directly indebted to such holder. Lender may in its discretion give notice to Guarantor of such sale, assignment or participation; however, the failure to give such notice shall not affect any of Lender’s or such holder’s rights hereunder.

 

9.12. Reserved

 

9.13. Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon Lender or Guarantor, to be effective, shall be delivered in the manner and addressed at the applicable address set forth in the Credit Agreement. Guarantor agrees and acknowledges that notice to the Guarantor may be sent and delivered to the Borrower, as required under the Credit Agreement, and such notice to the Borrower shall be deemed valid and effective notice to Guarantor hereunder.

 

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 Delaware without reference to conflict of laws principles.

 

9.15. Joint and Several Liability. The word “Guarantor” 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 guarantor or obligor of the Obligations, under any other guaranty or other Loan Documents.

 

9.16. Continuing Enforcement. If, after receipt of any payment of all or any part of the Obligations, Lender 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 Guarantor shall be liable for, and shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Lender 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 or conversion of the Loan, this Guaranty or any other Loan Document, the release of any security interest, lien or encumbrance securing the Obligations or any other action which Lender 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.

 

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9.17. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. GUARANTOR AGREES THAT, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, WHETHER CLAIM OR COUNTERCLAIM, BROUGHT BY LENDER OR GUARANTOR 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 GUARANTOR 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 GUARANTOR 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. GUARANTOR ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THIS SECTION IS A SPECIFIC AND MATERIAL ASPECT OF THIS GUARANTY AND THAT LENDER WOULD NOT HAVE MADE THIS LOAN IF THE WAIVERS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION WERE NOT A PART OF THIS GUARANTY.

 

9.18. Increase in Obligations. This Guaranty shall 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 Loan Documents, and all of the Obligations, as so increased from time to time, shall be and are guaranteed hereby.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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

 

LD MICRO, INC.  
     
By:    
Name: [●]  
Title: [●]  

 

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 LD Micro, 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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Exhibit 10.03

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

This SECURITY AGREEMENT (the “Security Agreement”) dated as of August 8, 2022 is executed by SRAX, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Debtor”), with its chief executive offices located at 2629 Townsgate Road, Suite 215, Westlake Village, Ca., 91362, and [ATW OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND II, LP] (the “Secured Party”).

 

R E C I T A L S:

 

WHEREAS, Debtor desires to borrow funds and obtain financial accommodations from Secured Party pursuant to that certain Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility Agreement of even date herewith among Debtor, any additional Credit Parties, and Secured Party (as amended, renewed, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the credit extended now and in the future by Secured Party to the Debtor and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Debtor and Secured Party hereby agree as follows:

 

A G R E E M E N T S:

 

1 DEFINITIONS.

 

1.1 Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Security Agreement (including the Recitals) shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement. For the purposes of this Security Agreement, the following capitalized words and phrases shall have the meanings set forth below.

 

(a) “Capital Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) of such Person’s capital, whether now outstanding or issued or acquired after the date hereof, including common shares, preferred shares, membership interests in a limited liability company, limited or general partnership interests in a partnership or any other equivalent of such ownership interest.

 

(b) “Collateral” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 hereof.

 

(c) “Obligor” shall mean Debtor, or any other party liable with respect to the Obligations.

 

(d) “Organizational Identification Number” means, with respect to Debtor, the organizational identification number assigned to Debtor by the applicable governmental unit or agency of the jurisdiction of organization of Debtor, if any.

 

(e) “Taxes” shall mean any and all present and future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, charges or withholdings, and any and all liabilities (including interest and penalties and other additions to taxes) with respect to the foregoing.

 

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(f) “Unmatured Event of Default” shall mean any event which, with the giving of notice, the passage of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

 

1.2 Other Terms Defined in UCC. All other capitalized words and phrases used herein and not otherwise specifically defined herein or in the Credit Agreement shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the UCC, to the extent the same are used or defined therein.

 

1.3 Other Interpretive Provisions.

 

(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms. Whenever the context so requires, the neutral gender includes the masculine and feminine, the single number includes the plural, and vice versa, and in particular the word “Debtor” shall be so construed.

 

(b) Section and Schedule references are to this Security Agreement unless otherwise specified. The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Security Agreement shall refer to this Security Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Security Agreement

 

(c) The term “including” (or words of similar import) is not limiting, and means “including, without limitation”.

 

(d) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”; the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”, and the word “through” means “to and including”.

 

(e) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein: (i) references to agreements (including this Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent such amendments, restatements, supplements and other modifications are not prohibited by the terms of any Loan Document; and (ii) references to any statute or regulation shall be construed as including all statutory and regulatory provisions amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such statute or regulation.

 

(f) To the extent any of the provisions of the other Loan Documents are inconsistent with the terms of this Security Agreement, the provisions of this Security Agreement shall govern.

 

(g) This Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents may use several different limitations, tests or measurements to regulate the same or similar matters. All such limitations, tests and measurements are cumulative and each shall be performed in accordance with its terms.

 

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2 SECURITY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS.

 

2.1 Security for Obligations. As security for the payment and performance of the Obligations, Debtor does hereby pledge, assign, transfer, deliver and grant to Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, a continuing and unconditional priority security interest in and to any and all property of Debtor, of any kind or description, tangible or intangible, wheresoever located and whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired, including the following (all of which property for Debtor, along with the products and proceeds therefrom, are individually and collectively referred to as the “Collateral”):

 

(a) all property of, or for the account of, Debtor 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; and

 

(b) the additional property of Debtor, 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 Debtor’s books and records and recorded data relating thereto (regardless of the medium of recording or storage), together with all of Debtor’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, identified and set forth as follows:

 

(i) All Accounts and all goods whose sale, lease or other disposition by Debtor has given rise to Accounts and have been returned to, or repossessed or stopped in transit by, Debtor, or rejected or refused by a Customer;

 

(ii) All Inventory, including raw materials, work-in-process and finished goods;

 

(iii) All goods (other than Inventory), including embedded software, Equipment, vehicles, furniture and Fixtures;

 

(iv) All Software and computer programs;

 

(v) All Securities, Investment Property, Financial Assets and Deposit Accounts, and all funds at any time deposited therewith, and all funds and amounts reserved or held back by any Payment Processing Companies;

 

(vi) All As-Extracted Collateral, Commodity Accounts, Commodity Contracts, and Farm Products;

 

(vii) All Chattel Paper, Electronic Chattel Paper, Instruments, Documents, Letter of Credit Rights, all proceeds of letters of credit, Health-Care-Insurance Receivables, Supporting Obligations, notes secured by real estate, Commercial Tort Claims and General Intangibles, including Payment Intangibles; and

 

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(viii) All real estate property owned by Debtor and the interest of Debtor in fixtures related to such real property;

 

(ix) All Proceeds (whether Cash Proceeds or Non-cash Proceeds) of the foregoing property, including all insurance policies and proceeds of insurance payable by reason of loss or damage to the foregoing property, including unearned premiums, and of eminent domain or condemnation awards.

 

2.2 Possession and Transfer of Collateral. Until an Event of Default has occurred, but subject to Secured Party’s rights under the Credit Agreement, Debtor shall be entitled to possession and use of the Collateral (other than Instruments or Documents (including Tangible Chattel Paper and Investment Property consisting of certificated securities) and other Collateral required to be delivered to Secured Party pursuant to this Section 2). The cancellation or surrender of any promissory note evidencing an Obligation, upon payment or otherwise, shall not affect the right of Secured Party to retain the Collateral for any other of the Obligations, except upon payment in full of the Obligations. Debtor shall not sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise), license, lease or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to any of the Collateral, except as permitted pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

 

2.3 Financing Statements. Debtor authorizes Secured Party to prepare and file such financing statements, amendments and other documents and do such acts as Secured Party deems necessary in order to establish and maintain valid, attached and perfected, first priority security interests in the Collateral in favor of Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, free and clear of all Liens and claims and rights of third parties whatsoever, except Permitted Liens. Debtor hereby irrevocably authorizes Secured Party at any time, and from time to time, to file in any jurisdiction any initial financing statements and amendments thereto that: (a) indicate the Collateral: (i) is comprised of all assets of Debtor (or words of similar effect), regardless of whether any particular asset comprising a part of the Collateral falls within the scope of Article 9 of the UCC of the jurisdiction wherein such financing statement or amendment is filed; or (ii) as being of an equal or lesser scope or within greater detail as the grant of the security interest set forth herein; and (b) contain any other information required by Section 5 of Article 9 of the UCC of the jurisdiction wherein such financing statement or amendment is filed regarding the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement or amendment, including: (A) whether Debtor is an organization, the type of organization and any Organizational Identification Number issued to Debtor; and (B) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or indicating Collateral as as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, a sufficient description of the real property to which the Collateral relates. Debtor agrees to furnish any such information to Secured Party promptly upon request. In addition, Debtor shall make appropriate entries on its books and records disclosing the security interests of Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, in the Collateral. Debtor hereby agrees that a photogenic or other reproduction of this Security Agreement is sufficient for filing as a financing statement and Debtor authorizes Secured Party to file this Security Agreement as a financing statement in any jurisdiction.

 

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2.4 Preservation of the Collateral. Secured Party may, but is not required to, take such actions from time to time as Secured Party deems appropriate to maintain or protect the Collateral. Secured Party shall have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral if Secured Party takes such action as Debtor shall reasonably request in writing which is not inconsistent with Secured Party’s status as a secured party, but the failure of Secured Party to comply with any such request shall not be deemed a failure to exercise reasonable care; provided, however, Secured Party’s responsibility for the safekeeping of the Collateral shall: (i) be deemed reasonable if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which Secured Party accords its own property; and (ii) not extend to matters beyond the control of Secured Party, including acts of God, war, insurrection, riot or governmental actions. In addition, any failure of Secured Party to preserve or protect any rights with respect to the Collateral against prior or third parties, or to do any act with respect to preservation of the Collateral, not so requested by Debtor, shall not be deemed a failure to exercise reasonable care in the custody or preservation of the Collateral. Debtor shall have the sole responsibility for taking such action as may be necessary, from time to time, to preserve all rights of Debtor and Secured Party in the applicable Collateral against prior or third parties.

 

2.5 Other Actions as to any and all Collateral. Debtor further agrees to take any other action reasonably requested by Secured Party to ensure the attachment, perfection and first priority of, and the ability of Secured Party to enforce, the security interest of Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, in any and all of the Collateral, including: (i) causing Secured Party’s name to be noted as secured party on any certificate of title for a titled good if such notation is a condition to attachment, perfection or priority of, or ability of the bank to enforce, the security interest of Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, in such Collateral; (ii) complying with any provision of any statute, regulation or treaty of the United States as to any material portion of the Collateral as soon as possible but not more than forty-five (45) days after such request if compliance with such provision is a condition to attachment, perfection or priority of, or ability of Secured Party to enforce, the security interest of Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, in such Collateral; (iii) obtaining governmental and other third party consents and approvals, including, without limitation, any consent of any licensor, lessor or other Person with authority or control over or an interest in any material portion of the Collateral as soon as possible but not more than forty-five (45) days after such request; (iv) obtaining waivers from mortgagees and landlords in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Secured Party which affect any material portion of the Collateral as soon as possible but not more than forty-five (45) days after such request; and (v) taking all actions required by the UCC in effect from time to time or by other law, as applicable in any relevant UCC jurisdiction, or by other law as applicable in any foreign jurisdiction. Debtor further agrees to indemnify and hold Secured Party harmless against claims of any Persons not a party to this Security Agreement concerning disputes arising over the Collateral, except to the extent resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Secured Party or its Affiliates.

 

2.6 Collateral in the Possession of a Warehouseman or Bailee. If any material portion of the Collateral at any time is in the possession of a warehouseman or bailee, Debtor shall promptly notify Secured Party thereof, and, as soon as possible, but not more than forty-five (45) days later, shall obtain a Collateral Access Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Secured Party from such warehouseman or bailee.

 

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2.7 Letter-of-Credit Rights. If Debtor at any time is a beneficiary under a letter of credit now or hereafter issued in favor of Debtor, Debtor shall promptly notify Secured Party thereof and, at the request and option of Secured Party, Debtor shall, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Secured Party, either: (i) arrange for the issuer and any confirmer of such letter of credit to consent to an assignment to Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, of the proceeds of any drawing under the letter of credit; or (ii) arrange for Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, to become the transferee beneficiary of the letter of credit, with Secured Party agreeing, in each case, that the proceeds of any drawing under the letter to credit are to be applied as provided in the Credit Agreement.

 

2.8 Commercial Tort Claims. If Debtor shall at any time hold or acquire a Commercial Tort Claim, Debtor shall promptly notify Secured Party in writing signed by Debtor of the details thereof and grant to Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, in such written notice or other written instrument, a security interest therein and in the proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Security Agreement, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Secured Party, and shall execute any amendments hereto deemed reasonably necessary by Secured Party to perfect the security interest of Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, in such Commercial Tort Claim.

 

2.9 Electronic Chattel Paper and Transferable Records. If Debtor at any time holds or acquires an interest in any electronic chattel paper or any “transferable record”, as that term is defined in Section 201 of the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, or in Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction, Debtor shall promptly notify Secured Party thereof and, at the request of Secured Party, shall take such action as Secured Party may reasonably request to vest in Secured Party control under Section 9-105 of the UCC of such electronic chattel paper or control under Section 201 of the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or, as the case may be, Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, as so in effect in such jurisdiction, of such transferable record. Secured Party agrees with Debtor that Secured Party will arrange, pursuant to procedures reasonably satisfactory to Secured Party and so long as such procedures will not result in Secured Party’s loss of control, for Debtor to make alterations to the electronic chattel paper or transferable record permitted under Section 9-105 of the UCC or, as the case may be, Section 201 of the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, for a party in control to make without loss of control.

 

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2.10 Additional Requirements on Collateral. Debtor shall fully 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. Such control agreements shall only be required if, in the reasonable discretion of the Secured Party, the nature of the Collateral requires any such control agreements in order for the Secured Party to perfect its security interests in any Collateral as granted hereunder, and in such event, Debtor shall promptly provide any such control agreements upon request from the Secured Party. In addition, Debtor, at the Debtor’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 hearing, suit, action, or other 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.

 

3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

 

Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedules attached hereto (“Security Disclosure Schedules”), which Security Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any representation or otherwise made herein to the extent of the disclosure contained in the Security Disclosure Schedules, Debtor makes the following representations and warranties to Secured Party:

 

3.1 Debtor Organization and Name. Debtor is a corporation, duly organized, existing and in good standing under the laws of its State of organization, with full and adequate power to carry on and conduct its business as presently conducted. Debtor is duly licensed or qualified in all foreign jurisdictions wherein the nature of its activities requires such qualification or licensing. Debtor’s Organizational Identification Number, if applicable, is set forth in the Credit Agreement. The exact legal name of Debtor is as set forth in the first paragraph of this Security Agreement, and Debtor currently does not conduct, nor has it during the last five (5) years conducted, business under any other name or trade name, except for Compliance Systems Corporation.

 

3.2 Authorization. Debtor has full right, power and authority to enter into this Security Agreement and to perform all of its duties and obligations under this Security Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents will not, nor will the observance or performance of any of the matters and things herein or therein set forth, violate or contravene any provision of law or of the articles of incorporation, bylaws, operating agreement, or other governing documents of Debtor. All necessary and appropriate action has been taken on the part of Debtor to authorize the execution and delivery of this Security Agreement.

 

3.3 Validity and Binding Nature. This Security Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of Debtor, enforceable against Debtor in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting the enforceability of creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity.

 

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3.4 Consent; Absence of Breach. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.4 attached hereto, the execution, delivery and performance of this Security Agreement and any other documents or instruments to be executed and delivered by Debtor in connection herewith, do not and will not: (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, or filings with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any governmental authority or any other Person (other than filings or notices pursuant to federal or state securities laws or other than any consent or approval which has been obtained and is in full force and effect); (b) conflict with: (i) any provision of law or any applicable regulation, order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental authority; (ii) the articles of incorporation, bylaws, or other organic or governance document of Debtor; or (iii) any agreement, indenture, instrument or other document, or any judgment, order or decree, which is binding upon Debtor or any of its properties or assets; or (c) require, or result in, the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of Debtor, other than Liens in favor of Secured Party created pursuant to this Security Agreement and Permitted Liens.

 

3.5 Ownership of Collateral; Liens. Debtor is the sole owner of all the Collateral, free and clear of all Liens, charges and claims (including infringement claims with respect to patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights and other intellectual property rights), other than Permitted Liens.

 

3.6 Adverse Circumstances. No condition, circumstance, event, agreement, document, instrument, restriction, litigation or proceeding (or threatened litigation or proceeding or basis therefor) exists which: (i) would have a Material Adverse Effect upon Debtor; or (ii) would constitute an Event of Default or an Unmatured Event of Default.

 

3.7 Security Interest. This Security Agreement creates a valid security interest in favor of Secured Party in the Collateral and, when properly perfected by filing in the appropriate jurisdictions, or by possession or control of such Collateral by Secured Party or delivery of such Collateral to Secured Party, shall constitute a valid, perfected, priority security interest in such Collateral.

 

3.8 Place of Business. The principal place of business and books and records of Debtor is set forth in the preamble to this Security Agreement, and the location of all Collateral, if other than at such principal place of business, is as set forth on Schedule 3.8 attached hereto and made a part hereof, and Debtor shall promptly notify Secured Party of any change in such locations. Debtor will not remove or permit the Collateral to be removed from such locations without the prior written consent of Secured Party, except as permitted pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

 

3.9 Complete Information. This Security Agreement and all financial statements, schedules, certificates, confirmations, agreements, contracts, and other materials and information heretofore or contemporaneously herewith furnished in writing by Debtor to Secured Party for purposes of, or in connection with, this Security Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby is, and all written information hereafter furnished by or on behalf of Debtor to Secured Party pursuant hereto or in connection herewith will be, true and accurate in every material respect on the date as of which such information is dated or certified, and none of such information is or will be incomplete by omitting to state any material fact necessary to make such information not misleading in light of the circumstances under which made (it being recognized by Secured Party that any projections and forecasts provided by Debtor are based on good faith estimates and assumptions believed by Debtor to be reasonable as of the date of the applicable projections or assumptions and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections and forecasts may differ from projected or forecasted results).

 

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4 REMEDIES.

 

Upon the occurrence of any default in the payment or performance of any of the covenants, conditions and agreements contained in this Security Agreement or any other Event of Default, Secured Party shall have all rights, powers and remedies set forth in this Security Agreement or the other Loan Documents or in any other written agreement or instrument relating to any of the Obligations or any security therefor, as a secured party under the UCC or as otherwise provided at law or in equity. Debtor hereby waives any and all presentment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest, and all other notices and demands in connection with the enforcement of Secured Party’s rights under the Loan Documents, and hereby consents to, and waives notice of release, with or without consideration, of any Collateral, notwithstanding anything contained herein or in the Loan Documents to the contrary. In addition to the foregoing:

 

4.1 Possession and Assembly of Collateral. Secured Party may, without notice, demand or the initiation of legal process of any kind, take possession of any or all of the Collateral (in addition to Collateral of which Secured Party already has possession), wherever it may be found, and for that purpose may pursue the same wherever it may be found, and may at any time enter into any of Debtor’s premises where any of the Collateral may be or is supposed to be, and search for, take possession of, remove, keep and store any of the Collateral until the same shall be sold or otherwise disposed of and Secured Party shall have the right to store and conduct a sale of the same in any of Debtor’s premises without cost to Secured Party. At Secured Party’s request, Debtor will, at Debtor’s sole expense, assemble the Collateral and make it available to Secured Party at a place or places to be designated by Secured Party which is reasonably convenient to Secured Party and Debtor.

 

4.2 Sale of Collateral. Secured Party may sell any or all of the Collateral at public or private sale, upon such terms and conditions as Secured Party may deem proper, and Secured Party may purchase any or all of the Collateral at any such sale. Debtor acknowledges that Secured Party may be unable to effect a public sale of all or any portion of the Collateral because of certain legal and/or practical restrictions and provisions which may be applicable to the Collateral and, therefore, may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales to a restricted group of offerees and purchasers. Debtor consents to any such private sale so made even though at places and upon terms less favorable than if the Collateral were sold at public sale. Secured Party shall have no obligation to clean-up or otherwise prepare the Collateral for sale. Secured Party may apply the net proceeds, after deducting all costs, expenses, attorneys’ and paralegals’ fees incurred or paid at any time in the collection, protection and sale of the Collateral and the Obligations, to the payment of the Obligations, returning the excess proceeds, if any, to Debtor. Debtor shall remain liable for any amount remaining unpaid after such application, with interest at the Default Rate. Any notification of intended disposition of the Collateral required by law shall be conclusively deemed reasonably and properly given if given by Secured Party at least ten (10) calendar days before the date of such disposition. Debtor hereby confirms, approves and ratifies all commercially reasonable acts and deeds of Secured Party relating to the foregoing, and each part thereof, and expressly waives any and all claims of any nature, kind or description which it has or may hereafter have against Secured Party or its representatives, by reason of taking, selling or collecting any portion of the Collateral in a commercially reasonable manner. Debtor consents to releases of the Collateral at any time (including prior to default) and to sales of the Collateral in groups, parcels or portions, or as an entirety, as Secured Party shall deem appropriate. Debtor expressly absolves Secured Party from any loss or decline in market value of any Collateral by reason of delay in the enforcement or assertion or non-enforcement of any rights or remedies under this Security Agreement.

 

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4.3 Standards for Exercising Remedies. All actions taken by Secured Party will be required to be exercised in a commercially reasonable manner. Debtor acknowledges and agrees that it is not commercially unreasonable for Secured Party: (i) to incur expenses deemed necessary by Secured Party to prepare Collateral for disposition or otherwise to complete raw material or work-in-process into finished goods or other finished products for disposition; (ii) to fail to obtain third party consents for access to Collateral to be disposed of, or to obtain or, if not required by other law, to fail to obtain governmental or third party consents for the collection or disposition of Collateral to be collected or disposed of; (iii) to fail to exercise collection remedies against Customers or other Persons obligated on Collateral or to remove liens or encumbrances on or any adverse claims against Collateral; (iv) to exercise collection remedies against Customers and other Persons obligated on Collateral directly or through the use of collection agencies and other collection specialists; (v) to advertise dispositions of Collateral through publications or media of general circulation, whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized nature; (vi) to contact other Persons, whether or not in the same business as Debtor, for expressions of interest in acquiring all or any portion of the Collateral; (vii) to hire one or more professional auctioneers to assist in the disposition of Collateral, whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized nature; (viii) to dispose of Collateral by utilizing internet sites that provide for the auction of assets of the types included in the Collateral or that have the reasonable capability of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets; (ix) to dispose of assets in wholesale rather than retail markets; (x) to disclaim disposition warranties, including any warranties of title; (xi) to purchase insurance or credit enhancements to insure Secured Party against risks of loss, collection or disposition of Collateral or to provide to Secured Party a guaranteed return from the collection or disposition of Collateral; or (xii) to the extent deemed appropriate by Secured Party, to obtain the services of other brokers, investment bankers, consultants and other professionals to assist Secured Party in the collection or disposition of any of the Collateral. Debtor acknowledges that the purpose of this section is to provide non-exhaustive indications of what actions or omissions by Secured Party would not be commercially unreasonable in Secured Party’s exercise of remedies against the Collateral and that other actions or omissions by Secured Party shall not be deemed commercially unreasonable solely on account of not being indicated in this Section. Without limitation upon the foregoing, nothing contained in this Section shall be construed to grant any rights to Debtor or to impose any duties on Secured Party that would not have been granted or imposed by this Security Agreement or by applicable law in the absence of this Section.

 

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4.4 UCC and Offset Rights. Secured Party may exercise, from time to time, any and all rights and remedies available to it under the UCC or under any other applicable law in addition to, and not in lieu of, any rights and remedies expressly granted in this Security Agreement or in any other agreements between any Obligor and Secured Party, and may, without demand or notice of any kind, appropriate and apply toward the payment of such of the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, including costs of collection and attorneys’ and paralegals’ fees and costs, and in such order of application as Secured Party may, from time to time, elect, any indebtedness of Secured Party to any Obligor, however created or arising, including balances, credits, deposits, accounts or moneys of such Obligor in the possession, control or custody of, or in transit to Secured Party. Debtor, on behalf of itself and any Obligor, hereby waives the benefit of any law that would otherwise restrict or limit Secured Party in the exercise of its right, which is hereby acknowledged, to appropriate at any time hereafter any such indebtedness owing from Secured Party to any Obligor.

 

4.5 Additional Remedies. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Secured Party shall have the right and power to:

 

(a) instruct Debtor, at its own expense, to notify any parties obligated on any of the Collateral, including any Customers and Payment Processing Companies, to make payment directly to Secured Party of any amounts due or to become due thereunder, or Secured Party may directly notify such obligors of the security interest of Secured Party, and/or of the assignment to Secured Party of the Collateral and direct such obligors to make payment to Secured Party of any amounts due or to become due with respect thereto, and thereafter, collect any such amounts due on the Collateral directly from such Persons obligated thereon;

 

(b) enforce collection of any of the Collateral, including any Accounts, by suit or otherwise, or make any compromise or settlement with respect to any of the Collateral, or surrender, release or exchange all or any part thereof, or compromise, extend or renew for any period (whether or not longer than the original period) any indebtedness thereunder;

 

(c) take possession or control of any proceeds and products of any of the Collateral, including the proceeds of insurance thereon;

 

(d) extend, renew or modify for one or more periods (whether or not longer than the original period) the Obligations or any obligation of any nature of any other obligor with respect to the Obligations;

 

(e) grant releases, compromises or indulgences with respect to the Obligations, any extension or renewal of any of the Obligations, any security therefor, or to any other obligor with respect to the Obligations;

 

(f) transfer the whole or any part of Capital Securities which may constitute Collateral into the name of Secured Party or Secured Party’s nominee without disclosing, if Secured Party so desires, that such Capital Securities so transferred are subject to the security interest of Secured Party, and any corporation, association, or any of the managers or trustees of any trust issuing any of such Capital Securities, or any transfer agent, shall not be bound to inquire, in the event that Secured Party or such nominee makes any further transfer of such Capital Securities, or any portion thereof, as to whether Secured Party or such nominee has the right to make such further transfer, and shall not be liable for transferring the same;

 

(g) vote the Collateral;

 

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(h) make an election with respect to the Collateral under Section 1111 of the Bankruptcy Code or take action under Section 364 or any other section of Bankruptcy Code; provided, however, that any such action of Secured Party as set forth herein shall not, in any manner whatsoever, impair or affect the liability of Debtor hereunder, nor prejudice, waive, nor be construed to impair, affect, prejudice or waive Secured Party’s rights and remedies at law, in equity or by statute, nor release, discharge, nor be construed to release or discharge, Debtor, any guarantor or other Person liable to Secured Party for the Obligations; and

 

(i) at any time, and from time to time, accept additions to, releases, reductions, exchanges or substitution of the Collateral, without in any way altering, impairing, diminishing or affecting the provisions of this Security Agreement, the Loan Documents, or any of the other Obligations, or Secured Party’s rights hereunder, under the Obligations.

 

Debtor hereby ratifies and confirms whatever Secured Party may do with respect to the Collateral and agrees that Secured Party shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistakes of fact or law with respect to actions taken in connection with the Collateral.

 

4.6 Attorney-in-Fact. Debtor hereby irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints Secured Party (and any officer of Secured Party or any Person designated by Secured Party for that purpose) as Debtor’s true and lawful proxy and attorney-in-fact (and agent-in-fact) in Debtor’s name, place and stead, with full power of substitution, to: (i) take such actions as are permitted in this Security Agreement; (ii) execute such financing statements and other documents and to do such other acts as Secured Party may require to perfect and preserve Secured Party’s security interest in, and to enforce such interests in the Collateral; and (iii) upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, carry out any remedy provided for in this Security Agreement, the Credit Agreement, or otherwise at law or in equity, including endorsing Debtor’s name to checks, drafts, instruments and other items of payment, and proceeds of the Collateral, executing change of address forms with the postmaster of the United States Post Office serving the address of Debtor, changing the address of Debtor to that of Secured Party, opening all envelopes addressed to Debtor and applying any payments contained therein to the Obligations, and changing any merchant accounts or instructions to Payment Processing Companies regarding any credit/debit card payments from Customers. Debtor hereby acknowledges that the constitution and appointment of such proxy and attorney-in-fact are coupled with an interest and are irrevocable. Debtor hereby ratifies and confirms all that such attorney-in-fact may do or cause to be done by virtue of any provision of this Security Agreement.

 

4.7 No Marshaling. Secured Party shall not be required to marshal any present or future collateral security (including this Security 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. To the extent that it lawfully may, Debtor 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 Secured Party’s rights under this Security 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, Debtor hereby irrevocably waives the benefits of all such laws.

 

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4.8 No Waiver. No Event of Default shall be waived by Secured Party except in writing. No failure or delay on the part of Secured Party in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver of the exercise of the same or any other right at any other time; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy hereunder. There shall be no obligation on the part of Secured Party to exercise any remedy available to Secured Party in any order. The remedies provided for herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided at law or in equity. Debtor agrees that in the event that Debtor fails to perform, observe or discharge any of its Obligations or liabilities under this Security Agreement or any other agreements with Secured Party, no remedy of law will provide adequate relief to Secured Party, and further agrees that Secured Party shall be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages.

 

4.9 Application of Proceeds. Secured Party will, within three (3) Business Days after receipt of cash or solvent credits from collection of items of payment, proceeds of Collateral or any other source, apply the whole or any part thereof against the Obligations secured hereby. Secured Party shall further have the exclusive right to determine how, when and what application of such payments and such credits shall be made on the Obligations, and such determination shall be conclusive upon Debtor. Any proceeds of any disposition by Secured Party of all or any part of the Collateral may be first applied by Secured Party to the payment of expenses incurred by Secured Party in connection with the Collateral, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses and costs as provided for in Section 5.13 hereof.

 

5 MISCELLANEOUS.

 

5.1 Entire Agreement. This Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents: (i) are valid, binding and enforceable against Debtor and Secured Party in accordance with their respective provisions and no conditions exist as to their legal effectiveness; (ii) constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof; and (iii) are the final expression of the intentions of Debtor and Secured Party. No promises, either expressed or implied, exist between Debtor and Secured Party, unless contained herein or therein. This Security Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, supersedes all negotiations, representations, warranties, commitments, term sheets, discussions, negotiations, offers or contracts (of any kind or nature, whether oral or written) prior to or contemporaneous with the execution hereof with respect to any matter, directly or indirectly related to the terms of this Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents. This Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents are the result of negotiations between Secured Party and Debtor and have been reviewed (or have had the opportunity to be reviewed) by counsel to all such parties, and are the products of all parties. Accordingly, this Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be construed more strictly against Secured Party merely because of Secured Party’s involvement in their preparation.

 

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5.2 Amendments; Waivers. No delay on the part of Secured Party in the exercise of any right, power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise by Secured Party of any right, power or remedy preclude other or further exercise thereof, or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. No amendment, modification or waiver of, or consent with respect to, any provision of this Security Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and acknowledged by Secured Party, and then any such amendment, modification, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.

 

5.3 WAIVER OF DEFENSES. DEBTOR WAIVES EVERY PRESENT AND FUTURE DEFENSE, CAUSE OF ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR SETOFF WHICH DEBTOR MAY NOW HAVE OR HEREAFTER MAY HAVE TO ANY ACTION BY SECURED PARTY IN ENFORCING THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT. PROVIDED SECURED PARTY ACTS IN GOOD FAITH, DEBTOR RATIFIES AND CONFIRMS WHATEVER SECURED PARTY MAY DO PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT. THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR SECURED PARTY GRANTING ANY FINANCIAL ACCOMMODATION TO DEBTOR.

 

5.4 Reserved.

 

5.5 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. DEBTOR AND SECURED PARTY, AFTER CONSULTING OR HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL, EACH KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE IRREVOCABLY, ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS UNDER THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT, ANY NOTE, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, ANY OF THE OTHER OBLIGATIONS, THE COLLATERAL, OR ANY AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT DELIVERED OR WHICH MAY IN THE FUTURE BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH OR ARISING FROM ANY LENDING RELATIONSHIP EXISTING IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE FOREGOING, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT OR COURSE OF DEALING IN WHICH SECURED PARTY AND DEBTOR ARE ADVERSE PARTIES, AND EACH AGREES THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY. THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR SECURED PARTY GRANTING ANY FINANCIAL ACCOMMODATION TO DEBTOR.

 

5.6 Assignability. Secured Party, without consent from or notice to anyone, may at any time assign Secured Party’s rights in this Security Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Obligations, or any part thereof and transfer Secured Party’s rights in any or all of the Collateral, and Secured Party thereafter shall be relieved from all liability with respect to such Collateral. This Security Agreement shall be binding upon Secured Party and Debtor and its respective legal representatives and successors. All references herein to Debtor shall be deemed to include any successors, whether immediate or remote. In the case of a joint venture or partnership, the term “Debtor” shall be deemed to include all joint venturers or partners thereof, who shall be jointly and severally liable hereunder.

 

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5.7 Binding Effect. This Security Agreement shall become effective upon execution by Debtor and Secured Party, and shall bind the Debtor and Secured Party, and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

5.8 Governing Law/Venue. This Agreement 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 Delaware, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the choice of law provisions of such State. The governing law provisions of this Section 5.8 are a material inducement for Secured Party to enter into this Agreement, and the Debtor hereby agrees, acknowledges and understands that the Secured Party would not have entered into this Agreement, nor made or provided the Loans, without the full agreement and consent of the Debtor, with full knowledge and understanding, this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of Delaware, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the choice of law provisions. In this regard, Debtor hereby acknowledges that it has reviewed this Agreement and specifically, this Section 5.8, with competent counsel selected by the Debtor and fully understands the choice of law provisions set forth in this Section. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein.

 

5.9 Enforceability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Security Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Security 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 Security Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

5.10 Time of Essence. Time is of the essence in making payments of all amounts due Secured Party under the Loan Documents and in the performance and observance by Debtor of each covenant, agreement, provision and term of this Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

5.11 Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures. This Security Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts and each such counterpart shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same Security Agreement. Receipt of an executed signature page to this Security Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall constitute effective delivery thereof. Electronic records of executed Loan Documents maintained by Secured Party shall be deemed to be originals thereof.

 

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5.12 Notices. Except as otherwise provided herein, Debtor 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 Credit Agreement.

 

5.13 Costs, Fees and Expenses. Debtor shall pay or reimburse Secured Party for all reasonable costs, fees and expenses incurred by Secured Party or for which Secured Party becomes obligated in connection with the enforcement of this Security Agreement, including search fees, costs and expenses and attorneys’ fees, costs and time charges of counsel to Secured Party and all taxes payable in connection with this Security Agreement. In furtherance of the foregoing, Debtor shall pay any and all stamp and other taxes, UCC search fees, filing fees and other costs and expenses in connection with the execution and delivery of this Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents to be delivered hereunder, and agrees to save and hold Secured Party harmless from and against any and all liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay in paying or omission to pay such costs and expenses. That portion of the Obligations consisting of costs, expenses or advances to be reimbursed by Debtor to Secured Party pursuant to this Security Agreement or the other Loan Documents which are not paid on or prior to the date hereof shall be payable by Debtor to Secured Party on demand. If at any time or times hereafter Secured Party: (a) employs counsel for advice or other representation: (i) with respect to this Security Agreement or the other Loan Documents; (ii) to represent Secured Party in any litigation, contest, dispute, suit or proceeding or to commence, defend, or intervene or to take any other action in or with respect to any litigation, contest, dispute, suit, or proceeding (whether instituted by Secured Party, Debtor, or any other Person) in any way or respect relating to this Security Agreement; or (iii) to enforce any rights of Secured Party against Debtor or any other Person under of this Security Agreement; (b) takes any action to protect, collect, sell, liquidate, or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral; and/or (c) attempts to or enforces any of Secured Party’s rights or remedies under this Security Agreement, the costs and expenses incurred by Secured Party in any manner or way with respect to the foregoing, shall be part of the Obligations, payable by Debtor to Secured Party on demand.

 

5.14 Termination. This Security Agreement and the Liens and security interests granted hereunder shall not terminate until the termination of the Credit Agreement and the commitments to make Loans thereunder and the full and complete performance and satisfaction and payment in full of all the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations to the extent no claim giving rise thereto has been asserted). Upon termination of this Security Agreement, Secured Party shall also deliver to Debtor (at the sole expense of Debtor) such UCC termination statements, certificates for terminating the liens on the Motor Vehicles (if any) and such other documentation, without recourse, warranty or representation whatsoever, as shall be reasonably requested by Debtor to effect the termination and release of the Liens and security interests in favor of Secured Party affecting the Collateral; provided, however, to the extent any such terminations or releases require Secured Party to expend any sums in terminating or releasing any such Liens, Secured Party may refrain from terminating or releasing such Liens unless and until Debtor pays to Secured Party the estimated cost, as reasonably determined by Secured Party, of effectuating such terminations or releases.

 

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5.15 Reinstatement. This Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against Debtor for liquidation or reorganization, should Debtor become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of any creditor or creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of Debtor’s assets, and shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Obligations, or any part thereof, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee of the Obligations, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent conveyance,” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Obligations shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

 

5.16 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 Loan Documents, and all of the Obligations, as so increased from time to time, shall be and are secured hereby. Upon the execution hereof, Debtor 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 Loan Documents, and if, as and to the extent the Obligations are increased from time to time in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Loan Documents, then Debtor shall immediately pay any additional documentary stamp taxes or other charges in connection therewith.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Debtor and Secured Party have executed this Security Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

  Debtor:
     
  SRAX, INC.
     
  By:  
  Name:  
  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 _________________, Chief Executive Officer of SRAX, 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:
   
 

 

[Signature Page –Security Agreement (Borrower)]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Debtor and Secured Party have executed this Security Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

  Agreed and accepted:
     
  Secured Party:
     
  [ATW OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND II, LP]
     
  By:  
  Its: General Partner
  By:

 

[Signature Page –Security Agreement (Borrower)]

 

 

 

 

Schedule 3.8

 

Collateral Locations/Places of Business

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.04

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

This SECURITY AGREEMENT (the “Security Agreement”) dated as of August 8, 2022, is executed by and between LD Micro, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Debtor”), and [ATW OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND II, LP] (the “Secured Party”).

 

R E C I T A L S:

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to a Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility Agreement dated as of even date herewith (the “Credit Agreement”) by and between SRAX, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), additional Credit Parties, and the Secured Party, the Company desires to borrow funds and obtain financial accommodations from Secured Party (such financial accommodations hereinafter referred to as the “Loan”); and

 

WHEREAS, in order to induce Secured Party to enter into the Loan with the Company, the Debtor, a Subsidiary of the Company, has entered into and executed a Guaranty Agreement dated of even date herewith in favor of Secured Party (the “Guaranty Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, in order to induce the Secured Party to make the Loan, and to secure Debtor’s liabilities and obligations under the Guaranty Agreement, Debtor has agreed to execute and deliver to the Secured Party this Agreement for the benefit of the Secured Party;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the credit extended now and in the future by Secured Party to the Company and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Debtor and Secured Party hereby agree as follows:

 

A G R E E M E N T S:

 

1 DEFINITIONS.

 

1.1 Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Security Agreement (including the Recitals) shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement. For the purposes of this Security Agreement, the following capitalized words and phrases shall have the meanings set forth below.

 

(a) “Capital Securities” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) of such Person’s capital, whether now outstanding or issued or acquired after the date hereof, including common shares, preferred shares, membership interests in a limited liability company, limited or general partnership interests in a partnership or any other equivalent of such ownership interest.

 

(b) “Collateral” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 hereof.

 

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(c) “Obligor” shall mean, collectively, the Debtor, or any other party liable with respect to the Obligations.

 

(d) “Organizational Identification Number” means, with respect to Debtor, the organizational identification number assigned to Debtor by the applicable governmental unit or agency of the jurisdiction of organization of Debtor, if any.

 

(e) “Taxes” shall mean any and all present and future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, charges or withholdings, and any and all liabilities (including interest and penalties and other additions to taxes) with respect to the foregoing.

 

(f) “Unmatured Event of Default” shall mean any event which, with the giving of notice, the passage of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

 

1.2 Other Terms Defined in UCC. All other capitalized words and phrases used herein and not otherwise specifically defined herein or in the Credit Agreement shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the UCC, to the extent the same are used or defined therein.

 

1.3 Other Interpretive Provisions.

 

(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms. Whenever the context so requires, the neuter gender includes the masculine and feminine, the single number includes the plural, and vice versa.

 

(b) Section and Schedule references are to this Security Agreement unless otherwise specified. The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Security Agreement shall refer to this Security Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Security Agreement

 

(c) The term “including” (or words of similar import) is not limiting, and means “including, without limitation”.

 

(d) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”; the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”, and the word “through” means “to and including”.

 

(e) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein: (i) references to agreements (including this Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent such amendments, restatements, supplements and other modifications are not prohibited by the terms of any Loan Document; and (ii) references to any statute or regulation shall be construed as including all statutory and regulatory provisions amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such statute or regulation.

 

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(f) To the extent any of the provisions of the other Loan Documents are inconsistent with the terms of this Security Agreement, the provisions of this Security Agreement shall govern.

 

(g) This Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents may use several different limitations, tests or measurements to regulate the same or similar matters. All such limitations, tests and measurements are cumulative and each shall be performed in accordance with its terms.

 

2 SECURITY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS.

 

2.1 Security for Obligations. As security for the payment and performance of the Obligations, Debtor does hereby pledge, assign, transfer, deliver and grant to Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, a continuing and unconditional first priority security interest in and to any and all property of Debtor, of any kind or description, tangible or intangible, wheresoever located and whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired, including the following (all of which property for Debtor, along with the products and proceeds therefrom, are individually and collectively referred to as the “Collateral”):

 

(a) all property of, or for the account of, Debtor 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; and

 

(b) the additional property of Debtor, 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 Debtor’s books and records and recorded data relating thereto (regardless of the medium of recording or storage), together with all of Debtor’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, identified and set forth as follows:

 

(i) All Accounts and all goods whose sale, lease or other disposition by Debtor has given rise to Accounts and have been returned to, or repossessed or stopped in transit by Debtor, or rejected or refused by any Customer;

 

(ii) All Inventory, including raw materials, work-in-process and finished goods;

 

(iii) All goods (other than Inventory), including embedded software, Equipment, vehicles, furniture and Fixtures;

 

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(iv) All Software and computer programs;

 

(v) All Securities, Investment Property, Financial Assets and Deposit Accounts, and all funds at any time deposited therewith, and all funds and amounts reserved or held back by any Payment Processing Companies;

 

(vi) All As-Extracted Collateral, Commodity Accounts, Commodity Contracts, and Farm Products;

 

(vii) All Chattel Paper, Electronic Chattel Paper, Instruments, Documents, Letter of Credit Rights, all proceeds of letters of credit, Health-Care-Insurance Receivables, Supporting Obligations, notes secured by real estate, Commercial Tort Claims and General Intangibles, including Payment Intangibles; and

 

(viii) All real estate property owned by Debtor and the interest of Debtor in fixtures related to such real property;

 

(ix) All Proceeds (whether Cash Proceeds or Non-cash Proceeds) of the foregoing property, including all insurance policies and proceeds of insurance payable by reason of loss or damage to the foregoing property, including unearned premiums, and of eminent domain or condemnation awards.

 

2.2 Possession and Transfer of Collateral. Until an Event of Default has occurred, but subject to Secured Party’s rights under the Credit Agreement Debtor shall be entitled to possession and use of the Collateral (other than Instruments or Documents (including Tangible Chattel Paper and Investment Property consisting of certificated securities) and other Collateral required to be delivered to Secured Party pursuant to this Section 2). The cancellation or surrender of any promissory note evidencing an Obligation, upon payment or otherwise, shall not affect the right of Secured Party to retain the Collateral for any other of the Obligations, except upon payment in full of the Obligations. Debtor shall not sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise), license, lease or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to any of the Collateral, except as permitted pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

 

2.3 Financing Statements. Debtor authorizes Secured Party to prepare and file such financing statements, amendments and other documents and do such acts as Secured Party deems necessary in order to establish and maintain valid, attached and perfected, first priority security interests in the Collateral in favor of Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, free and clear of all Liens and claims and rights of third parties whatsoever, except Permitted Liens. Debtor hereby irrevocably authorizes Secured Party at any time, and from time to time, to file in any jurisdiction any initial financing statements and amendments thereto that: (a) indicate the Collateral: (i) is comprised of all assets of Debtor (or words of similar effect), regardless of whether any particular asset comprising a part of the Collateral falls within the scope of Article 9 of the UCC of the jurisdiction wherein such financing statement or amendment is filed; or (ii) as being of an equal or lesser scope or within greater detail as the grant of the security interest set forth herein; and (b) contain any other information required by Section 5 of Article 9 of the UCC of the jurisdiction wherein such financing statement or amendment is filed regarding the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement or amendment, including: (A) whether Debtor is an organization, the type of organization and any Organizational Identification Number issued to Debtor; and (B) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or indicating Collateral as as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, a sufficient description of the real property to which the Collateral relates. Debtor agrees to furnish any such information to Secured Party promptly upon request. In addition, Debtor shall make appropriate entries on its books and records disclosing the security interests of Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, in the Collateral. Debtor hereby agrees that a photogenic or other reproduction of this Security Agreement is sufficient for filing as a financing statement and Debtor authorizes Secured Party to file this Security Agreement as a financing statement in any jurisdiction.

 

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2.4 Preservation of the Collateral. Secured Party may, but is not required to, take such actions from time to time as Secured Party deems appropriate to maintain or protect the Collateral. Secured Party shall have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral if Secured Party takes such action as Debtor shall reasonably request in writing which is not inconsistent with Secured Party’s status as a secured party, but the failure of Secured Party to comply with any such request shall not be deemed a failure to exercise reasonable care; provided, however, Secured Party’s responsibility for the safekeeping of the Collateral shall: (i) be deemed reasonable if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which Secured Party accords its own property; and (ii) not extend to matters beyond the control of Secured Party, including acts of God, war, insurrection, riot or governmental actions. In addition, any failure of Secured Party to preserve or protect any rights with respect to the Collateral against prior or third parties, or to do any act with respect to preservation of the Collateral, not so requested by Debtor, shall not be deemed a failure to exercise reasonable care in the custody or preservation of the Collateral. Debtor shall have the sole responsibility for taking such action as may be necessary, from time to time, to preserve all rights of Debtor and Secured Party in the applicable Collateral against prior or third parties.

 

2.5 Other Actions as to any and all Collateral. Debtor further agrees to take any other action reasonably requested by Secured Party to ensure the attachment, perfection and first priority of, and the ability of Secured Party to enforce, the security interest of Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, in any and all of the Collateral, including: (i) causing Secured Party’s name to be noted as secured party on any certificate of title for a titled good if such notation is a condition to attachment, perfection or priority of, or ability of the bank to enforce, the security interest of Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, in such Collateral; (ii) complying with any provision of any statute, regulation or treaty of the United States as to any material portion of the Collateral as soon as possible but not more than forty-five (45) days after such request if compliance with such provision is a condition to attachment, perfection or priority of, or ability of Secured Party to enforce, the security interest of Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, in such Collateral; (iii) obtaining governmental and other third party consents and approvals, including, without limitation, any consent of any licensor, lessor or other Person with authority or control over or an interest in any material portion of the Collateral as soon as possible but not more than forty-five (45) days after such request; (iv) obtaining waivers from mortgagees and landlords in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Secured Party which affect any material portion of the Collateral as soon as possible but not more than forty-five (45) days after such request; and (v) taking all actions required by the UCC in effect from time to time or by other law, as applicable in any relevant UCC jurisdiction, or by other law as applicable in any foreign jurisdiction. Debtor further agrees to indemnify and hold Secured Party harmless against claims of any Persons not a party to this Security Agreement concerning disputes arising over the Collateral, except to the extent resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Secured Party or its Affiliates.

 

2.6 Collateral in the Possession of a Warehouseman or Bailee. If any material portion of the Collateral at any time is in the possession of a warehouseman or bailee, Debtor shall promptly notify Secured Party thereof, and, as soon as possible, but not more than forty-five (45) days later, shall obtain a Collateral Access Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Secured Party from such warehouseman or bailee.

 

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2.7 Letter-of-Credit Rights. If Debtor at any time is a beneficiary under a letter of credit now or hereafter issued in favor of Debtor, Debtor shall promptly notify Secured Party thereof and, at the request and option of Secured Party, Debtor shall, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Secured Party, either: (i) arrange for the issuer and any confirmer of such letter of credit to consent to an assignment to Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, of the proceeds of any drawing under the letter of credit; or (ii) arrange for Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, to become the transferee beneficiary of the letter of credit, with Secured Party agreeing, in each case, that the proceeds of any drawing under the letter to credit are to be applied as provided in the Credit Agreement.

 

2.8 Commercial Tort Claims. If Debtor shall at any time hold or acquire a Commercial Tort Claim, Debtor shall promptly notify Secured Party in writing signed by Debtor of the details thereof and grant to Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, in such written notice or other written instrument, a security interest therein and in the proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Security Agreement, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Secured Party, and shall execute any amendments hereto deemed reasonably necessary by Secured Party to perfect the security interest of Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates, in such Commercial Tort Claim.

 

2.9 Electronic Chattel Paper and Transferable Records. If Debtor at any time holds or acquires an interest in any electronic chattel paper or any “transferable record”, as that term is defined in Section 201 of the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, or in Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction, Debtor shall promptly notify Secured Party thereof and, at the request of Secured Party, shall take such action as Secured Party may reasonably request to vest in Secured Party control under Section 9-105 of the UCC of such electronic chattel paper or control under Section 201 of the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or, as the case may be, Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, as so in effect in such jurisdiction, of such transferable record. Secured Party agrees with Debtor that Secured Party will arrange, pursuant to procedures reasonably satisfactory to Secured Party and so long as such procedures will not result in Secured Party’s loss of control, for Debtor to make alterations to the electronic chattel paper or transferable record permitted under Section 9-105 of the UCC or, as the case may be, Section 201 of the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, for a party in control to make without loss of control.

 

2.10 Additional Requirements on Collateral. Debtor shall fully 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. Such control agreements shall only be required if, in the reasonable discretion of the Secured Party, the nature of the Collateral requires any such control agreements in order for the Secured Party to perfect its security interests in any Collateral as granted hereunder, and in such event, Debtor shall promptly provide any such control agreements upon request from the Secured Party. In addition, Debtor, at the Debtor’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 hearing, suit, action, or other 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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3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

 

Debtor makes the following representations and warranties to Secured Party:

 

3.1 Debtor Organization and Name. Debtor is a corporation, limited liability company, or other legally recognized form of entity, as applicable, duly organized, existing and in good standing under the laws of its State of organization, with full and adequate power to carry on and conduct its business as presently conducted. Debtor is duly licensed or qualified in all foreign jurisdictions wherein the nature of its activities requires such qualification or licensing. Debtor’s Organizational Identification Number is set forth in the Credit Agreement. The exact legal name of Debtor is as set forth in the first paragraph of this Security Agreement, and Debtor does not currently conduct, nor has it during the last five (5) years conducted, business under any other name or trade name.

 

3.2 Authorization. Debtor has full right, power and authority to enter into this Security Agreement and to perform all of its duties and obligations under this Security Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents will not, nor will the observance or performance of any of the matters and things herein or therein set forth, violate or contravene any provision of law or of the articles of incorporation, by-laws, operating agreement or other governing documents, as applicable, of Debtor. All necessary and appropriate action has been taken on the part of Debtor to authorize the execution and delivery of this Security Agreement.

 

3.3 Validity and Binding Nature. This Security Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of Debtor, enforceable against Debtor in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting the enforceability of creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity.

 

3.4 Consent; Absence of Breach. The execution, delivery and performance of this Security Agreement and any other documents or instruments to be executed and delivered by Debtor in connection herewith, do not and will not: (a) require any consent, approval, authorization, or filings with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any governmental authority or any other Person (other than filings or notices pursuant to federal or state securities laws or other than any consent or approval which has been obtained and is in full force and effect); (b) conflict with: (i) any provision of law or any applicable regulation, order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental authority; (ii) the articles of incorporation, bylaws, operating agreement, or other organic or governance document applicable to Debtor; or (iii) any agreement, indenture, instrument or other document, or any judgment, order or decree, which is binding upon Debtor or any of its properties or assets; or (c) require, or result in, the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of Debtor, other than Liens in favor of Secured Party created pursuant to this Security Agreement and Permitted Liens.

 

3.5 Ownership of Collateral; Liens. Debtor is the sole owner of all the Collateral applicable to Debtor, free and clear of all Liens, charges and claims (including infringement claims with respect to patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights and other intellectual property rights), other than Permitted Liens.

 

3.6 Adverse Circumstances. No condition, circumstance, event, agreement, document, instrument, restriction, litigation or proceeding (or threatened litigation or proceeding or basis therefor) exists which: (i) would have a Material Adverse Effect upon Debtor; or (ii) would constitute an Event of Default or an Unmatured Event of Default.

 

3.7 Security Interest. This Security Agreement creates a valid security interest in favor of Secured Party in the Collateral and, when properly perfected by filing in the appropriate jurisdictions, or by possession or control of such Collateral by Secured Party or delivery of such Collateral to Secured Party, shall constitute a valid, perfected, first-priority security interest in such Collateral.

 

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3.8 Place of Business. The principal place of business and books and records of Debtor is set forth in the preamble to this Security Agreement, and the location of all Collateral, if other than at such principal place of business, is as set forth on Schedule 3.8 attached hereto and made a part hereof, and Debtor shall promptly notify Secured Party of any change in such locations. Debtor will not remove or permit the Collateral to be removed from such locations without the prior written consent of Secured Party, except as permitted pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

 

3.9 Complete Information. This Security Agreement and all financial statements, schedules, certificates, confirmations, agreements, contracts, and other materials and information heretofore or contemporaneously herewith furnished in writing by Debtor to Secured Party for purposes of, or in connection with, this Security Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby is, and all written information hereafter furnished by or on behalf of Debtor to Secured Party pursuant hereto or in connection herewith will be, true and accurate in every material respect on the date as of which such information is dated or certified, and none of such information is or will be incomplete by omitting to state any material fact necessary to make such information not misleading in light of the circumstances under which made (it being recognized by Secured Party that any projections and forecasts provided by Debtor are based on good faith estimates and assumptions believed by Debtor to be reasonable as of the date of the applicable projections or assumptions and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections and forecasts may differ from projected or forecasted results).

 

4 REMEDIES.

 

Upon the occurrence of any default in the payment or performance of any of the covenants, conditions and agreements contained in this Security Agreement or any other Event of Default, including any Event of Default under the Guaranty Agreement, Secured Party shall have all rights, powers and remedies set forth in this Security Agreement or the other Loan Documents or in any other written agreement or instrument relating to any of the Obligations or any security therefor, as a secured party under the UCC or as otherwise provided at law or in equity. Debtor hereby waives any and all presentment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest, and all other notices and demands in connection with the enforcement of Secured Party’s rights under the Loan Documents, and hereby consents to, and waives notice of release, with or without consideration, of any Collateral, notwithstanding anything contained herein or in the Loan Documents to the contrary. In addition to the foregoing:

 

4.1 Possession and Assembly of Collateral. Secured Party may, without notice, demand or the initiation of legal process of any kind, take possession of any or all of the Collateral (in addition to Collateral of which Secured Party already has possession), wherever it may be found, and for that purpose may pursue the same wherever it may be found, and may at any time enter into any of Debtor’s premises where any of the Collateral may be or is supposed to be, and search for, take possession of, remove, keep and store any of the Collateral until the same shall be sold or otherwise disposed of and Secured Party shall have the right to store and conduct a sale of the same in any of Debtor’s premises without cost to Secured Party. At Secured Party’s request, Debtor will, at Debtor’s sole expense, assemble the Collateral and make it available to Secured Party at a place or places to be designated by Secured Party which is reasonably convenient to Secured Party and Debtor.

 

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4.2 Sale of Collateral. Secured Party may sell any or all of the Collateral at public or private sale, upon such terms and conditions as Secured Party may deem proper, and Secured Party may purchase any or all of the Collateral at any such sale. Debtor acknowledges that Secured Party may be unable to effect a public sale of all or any portion of the Collateral because of certain legal and/or practical restrictions and provisions which may be applicable to the Collateral and, therefore, may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales to a restricted group of offerees and purchasers. Debtor consents to any such private sale so made even though at places and upon terms less favorable than if the Collateral were sold at public sale. Secured Party shall have no obligation to clean-up or otherwise prepare the Collateral for sale. Secured Party may apply the net proceeds, after deducting all costs, expenses, attorneys’ and paralegals’ fees incurred or paid at any time in the collection, protection and sale of the Collateral and the Obligations, to the payment of the Obligations, returning the excess proceeds, if any, to Debtor. Debtor shall remain liable for any amount remaining unpaid after such application, with interest at the Default Rate. Any notification of intended disposition of the Collateral required by law shall be conclusively deemed reasonably and properly given if given by Secured Party at least ten (10) calendar days before the date of such disposition. Debtor hereby confirms, approves and ratifies all commercially reasonable acts and deeds of Secured Party relating to the foregoing, and each part thereof, and expressly waives any and all claims of any nature, kind or description which it has or may hereafter have against Secured Party or its representatives, by reason of taking, selling or collecting any portion of the Collateral in a commercially reasonable manner. Debtor consents to releases of the Collateral at any time (including prior to default) and to sales of the Collateral in groups, parcels or portions, or as an entirety, as Secured Party shall deem appropriate. Debtor expressly absolves Secured Party from any loss or decline in market value of any Collateral by reason of delay in the enforcement or assertion or non-enforcement of any rights or remedies under this Security Agreement.

 

4.3 Standards for Exercising Remedies. All actions taken by Secured Party will be required to be exercised in a commercially reasonable manner. Debtor acknowledges and agrees that it is not commercially unreasonable for Secured Party: (i) to incur expenses deemed necessary by Secured Party to prepare Collateral for disposition or otherwise to complete raw material or work-in-process into finished goods or other finished products for disposition; (ii) to fail to obtain third party consents for access to Collateral to be disposed of, or to obtain or, if not required by other law, to fail to obtain governmental or third party consents for the collection or disposition of Collateral to be collected or disposed of; (iii) to fail to exercise collection remedies against Customers or other Persons obligated on Collateral or to remove liens or encumbrances on or any adverse claims against Collateral; (iv) to exercise collection remedies against Customers and other Persons obligated on Collateral directly or through the use of collection agencies and other collection specialists; (v) to advertise dispositions of Collateral through publications or media of general circulation, whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized nature; (vi) to contact other Persons, whether or not in the same business as Debtor, for expressions of interest in acquiring all or any portion of the Collateral; (vii) to hire one or more professional auctioneers to assist in the disposition of Collateral, whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized nature; (viii) to dispose of Collateral by utilizing internet sites that provide for the auction of assets of the types included in the Collateral or that have the reasonable capability of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets; (ix) to dispose of assets in wholesale rather than retail markets; (x) to disclaim disposition warranties, including any warranties of title; (xi) to purchase insurance or credit enhancements to insure Secured Party against risks of loss, collection or disposition of Collateral or to provide to Secured Party a guaranteed return from the collection or disposition of Collateral; or (xii) to the extent deemed appropriate by Secured Party, to obtain the services of other brokers, investment bankers, consultants and other professionals to assist Secured Party in the collection or disposition of any of the Collateral. Debtor acknowledges that the purpose of this section is to provide non-exhaustive indications of what actions or omissions by Secured Party would not be commercially unreasonable in Secured Party’s exercise of remedies against the Collateral and that other actions or omissions by Secured Party shall not be deemed commercially unreasonable solely on account of not being indicated in this Section. Without limitation upon the foregoing, nothing contained in this Section shall be construed to grant any rights to Debtor or to impose any duties on Secured Party that would not have been granted or imposed by this Security Agreement or by applicable law in the absence of this Section.

 

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4.4 UCC and Offset Rights. Secured Party may exercise, from time to time, any and all rights and remedies available to it under the UCC or under any other applicable law in addition to, and not in lieu of, any rights and remedies expressly granted in this Security Agreement or in any other agreements between any Obligor and Secured Party, and may, without demand or notice of any kind, appropriate and apply toward the payment of such of the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, including costs of collection and attorneys’ and paralegals’ fees and costs, and in such order of application as Secured Party may, from time to time, elect, any indebtedness of Secured Party to any Obligor, however created or arising, including balances, credits, deposits, accounts or moneys of such Obligor in the possession, control or custody of, or in transit to Secured Party. Debtor, on behalf of itself and any Obligor, hereby waives the benefit of any law that would otherwise restrict or limit Secured Party in the exercise of its right, which is hereby acknowledged, to appropriate at any time hereafter any such indebtedness owing from Secured Party to any Obligor.

 

4.5 Additional Remedies. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Secured Party shall have the right and power to:

 

(a) instruct Debtor, at its own expense, to notify any parties obligated on any of the Collateral, including any Customers and Payment Processing Companies, to make payment directly to Secured Party of any amounts due or to become due thereunder, or Secured Party may directly notify such obligors of the security interest of Secured Party, and/or of the assignment to Secured Party of the Collateral and direct such obligors to make payment to Secured Party of any amounts due or to become due with respect thereto, and thereafter, collect any such amounts due on the Collateral directly from such Persons obligated thereon;

 

(b) enforce collection of any of the Collateral, including any Accounts, by suit or otherwise, or make any compromise or settlement with respect to any of the Collateral, or surrender, release or exchange all or any part thereof, or compromise, extend or renew for any period (whether or not longer than the original period) any indebtedness thereunder;

 

(c) take possession or control of any proceeds and products of any of the Collateral, including the proceeds of insurance thereon;

 

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(d) extend, renew or modify for one or more periods (whether or not longer than the original period) the Obligations or any obligation of any nature of any other obligor with respect to the Obligations;

 

(e) grant releases, compromises or indulgences with respect to the Obligations, any extension or renewal of any of the Obligations, any security therefor, or to any other obligor with respect to the Obligations;

 

(f) transfer the whole or any part of Capital Securities which may constitute Collateral into the name of Secured Party or Secured Party’s nominee without disclosing, if Secured Party so desires, that such Capital Securities so transferred are subject to the security interest of Secured Party, and any corporation, association, or any of the managers or trustees of any trust issuing any of such Capital Securities, or any transfer agent, shall not be bound to inquire, in the event that Secured Party or such nominee makes any further transfer of such Capital Securities, or any portion thereof, as to whether Secured Party or such nominee has the right to make such further transfer, and shall not be liable for transferring the same;

 

(g) vote the Collateral;

 

(h) make an election with respect to the Collateral under Section 1111 of the Bankruptcy Code or take action under Section 364 or any other section of Bankruptcy Code; provided, however, that any such action of Secured Party as set forth herein shall not, in any manner whatsoever, impair or affect the liability of Debtor hereunder, nor prejudice, waive, nor be construed to impair, affect, prejudice or waive Secured Party’s rights and remedies at law, in equity or by statute, nor release, discharge, nor be construed to release or discharge, Debtor or any other Person liable to Secured Party for the Obligations; and

 

(i) at any time, and from time to time, accept additions to, releases, reductions, exchanges or substitution of the Collateral, without in any way altering, impairing, diminishing or affecting the provisions of this Security Agreement, the Loan Documents, or any of the other Obligations, or Secured Party’s rights hereunder, under the Obligations.

 

Debtor hereby ratifies and confirms whatever Secured Party may do with respect to the Collateral and agrees that Secured Party shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistakes of fact or law with respect to actions taken in connection with the Collateral.

 

4.6 Attorney-in-Fact. Debtor hereby irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints Secured Party (and any officer of Secured Party or any Person designated by Secured Party for that purpose) as Debtor’s true and lawful proxy and attorney-in-fact (and agent-in-fact) in Debtor’s name, place and stead, with full power of substitution, to: (i) take such actions as are permitted in this Security Agreement; (ii) execute such financing statements and other documents and to do such other acts as Secured Party may require to perfect and preserve Secured Party’s security interest in, and to enforce such interests in the Collateral; and (iii) upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, carry out any remedy provided for in this Security Agreement, the Credit Agreement or through law or equity, including endorsing Debtor’s name to checks, drafts, instruments and other items of payment, and proceeds of the Collateral, executing change of address forms with the postmaster of the United States Post Office serving the address of Debtor, changing the address of Debtor to that of Secured Party, opening all envelopes addressed to Debtor and applying any payments contained therein to the Obligations, and changing any merchant accounts or instructions to Payment Processing Companies regarding any credit/debit card payments from Customers. Debtor hereby acknowledges that the constitution and appointment of such proxy and attorney-in-fact are coupled with an interest and are irrevocable. Debtor hereby ratifies and confirms all that such attorney-in-fact may do or cause to be done by virtue of any provision of this Security Agreement.

 

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4.7 No Marshaling. Secured Party shall not be required to marshal any present or future collateral security (including this Security 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. To the extent that it lawfully may, Debtor 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 Secured Party’s rights under this Security 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, Debtor hereby irrevocably waives the benefits of all such laws.

 

4.8 No Waiver. No Event of Default shall be waived by Secured Party except in writing. No failure or delay on the part of Secured Party in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver of the exercise of the same or any other right at any other time; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy hereunder. There shall be no obligation on the part of Secured Party to exercise any remedy available to Secured Party in any order. The remedies provided for herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided at law or in equity. Debtor agrees that in the event that Debtor fails to perform, observe or discharge any of its Obligations or liabilities under this Security Agreement or any other agreements with Secured Party, no remedy of law will provide adequate relief to Secured Party, and further agrees that Secured Party shall be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages.

 

4.9 Application of Proceeds. Secured Party will, within three (3) Business Days after receipt of cash or solvent credits from collection of items of payment, proceeds of Collateral or any other source, apply the whole or any part thereof against the Obligations secured hereby. Secured Party shall further have the exclusive right to determine how, when and what application of such payments and such credits shall be made on the Obligations, and such determination shall be conclusive upon Debtor. Any proceeds of any disposition by Secured Party of all or any part of the Collateral may be first applied by Secured Party to the payment of expenses incurred by Secured Party in connection with the Collateral, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses and costs as provided for in Section 5.13 hereof.

 

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5 MISCELLANEOUS.

 

5.1 Entire Agreement. This Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents: (i) are valid, binding and enforceable against Debtor and Secured Party in accordance with their respective provisions and no conditions exist as to their legal effectiveness; (ii) constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof; and (iii) are the final expression of the intentions of Debtor, the Company and Secured Party. No promises, either expressed or implied, exist between any Debtor and Secured Party, unless contained herein or therein. This Security Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, supersedes all negotiations, representations, warranties, commitments, term sheets, discussions, negotiations, offers or contracts (of any kind or nature, whether oral or written) prior to or contemporaneous with the execution hereof with respect to any matter, directly or indirectly related to the terms of this Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents. This Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents are the result of negotiations between Secured Party and Debtor and have been reviewed (or have had the opportunity to be reviewed) by counsel to all such parties, and are the products of all parties. Accordingly, this Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be construed more strictly against Secured Party merely because of Secured Party’s involvement in their preparation.

 

5.2 Amendments; Waivers. No delay on the part of Secured Party in the exercise of any right, power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise by Secured Party of any right, power or remedy preclude other or further exercise thereof, or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. No amendment, modification or waiver of, or consent with respect to, any provision of this Security Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and acknowledged by Secured Party, and then any such amendment, modification, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.

 

5.3 WAIVER OF DEFENSES. DEBTOR WAIVES EVERY PRESENT AND FUTURE DEFENSE, CAUSE OF ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR SETOFF WHICH DEBTOR MAY NOW HAVE OR HEREAFTER MAY HAVE TO ANY ACTION BY SECURED PARTY IN ENFORCING THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT. PROVIDED SECURED PARTY ACTS IN GOOD FAITH, DEBTOR RATIFIES AND CONFIRMS WHATEVER SECURED PARTY MAY DO PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT. THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR SECURED PARTY GRANTING ANY FINANCIAL ACCOMMODATION TO DEBTOR.

 

5.4 Reserved.

 

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5.5 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. DEBTOR AND SECURED PARTY, AFTER CONSULTING OR HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL, EACH KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE IRREVOCABLY, ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS UNDER THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT, ANY NOTE, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, ANY OF THE OTHER OBLIGATIONS, THE COLLATERAL, OR ANY AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT DELIVERED OR WHICH MAY IN THE FUTURE BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH OR ARISING FROM ANY LENDING RELATIONSHIP EXISTING IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE FOREGOING, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT OR COURSE OF DEALING IN WHICH SECURED PARTY AND DEBTOR ARE ADVERSE PARTIES, AND EACH AGREES THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY. THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR SECURED PARTY GRANTING ANY FINANCIAL ACCOMMODATION TO DEBTOR.

 

5.6 Assignability. Secured Party, without consent from or notice to anyone, may at any time assign Secured Party’s rights in this Security Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Obligations, or any part thereof and transfer Secured Party’s rights in any or all of the Collateral, and Secured Party thereafter shall be relieved from all liability with respect to such Collateral. This Security Agreement shall be binding upon Secured Party and Debtor and their respective legal representatives and successors. All references herein to any Debtor shall be deemed to include any successors, whether immediate or remote. In the case of a joint venture or partnership, the term “Debtor” shall be deemed to include all joint venturers or partners thereof, who shall be jointly and severally liable hereunder.

 

5.7 Binding Effect. This Security Agreement shall become effective upon execution by Debtor and Secured Party, and shall bind the Debtor and Secured Party, and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

5.8 Governing Law/Venue. This Agreement 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 Delaware, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the choice of law provisions of such State. The governing law provisions of this Section 5.8 are a material inducement for Secured Party to enter into this Agreement, and the Debtor hereby agrees, acknowledges and understands that the Secured Party would not have entered into this Agreement, nor made or provided the Loans, without the full agreement and consent of the Debtor, with full knowledge and understanding, this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of Delaware, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the choice of law provisions. In this regard, Debtor hereby acknowledges that it has reviewed this Agreement and specifically, this Section 5.8, with competent counsel selected by the Debtor and fully understands the choice of law provisions set forth in this Section. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein.

 

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5.9 Enforceability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Security Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Security 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 Security Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

5.10 Time of Essence. Time is of the essence in making payments of all amounts due Secured Party under the Loan Documents and in the performance and observance by Debtor of each covenant, agreement, provision and term of this Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

5.11 Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures. This Security Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts and each such counterpart shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same Security Agreement. Receipt of an executed signature page to this Security Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall constitute effective delivery thereof. Electronic records of executed Loan Documents maintained by Secured Party shall be deemed to be originals thereof.

 

5.12 Notices. Except as otherwise provided herein, Debtor 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 Credit Agreement, and Debtor agrees and acknowledges that notice to Debtor may be sent and delivered to the Company, as required under the Credit Agreement, and such notice to the Company shall be deemed valid and effective notice to Debtor hereunder.

 

5.13 Costs, Fees and Expenses. Debtor shall pay or reimburse Secured Party for all reasonable costs, fees and expenses incurred by Secured Party or for which Secured Party becomes obligated in connection with the enforcement of this Security Agreement, including search fees, costs and expenses and attorneys’ fees, costs and time charges of counsel to Secured Party and all taxes payable in connection with this Security Agreement. In furtherance of the foregoing, Debtor shall pay any and all stamp and other taxes, UCC search fees, filing fees and other costs and expenses in connection with the execution and delivery of this Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents to be delivered hereunder, and agrees to save and hold Secured Party harmless from and against any and all liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay in paying or omission to pay such costs and expenses. That portion of the Obligations consisting of costs, expenses or advances to be reimbursed by Debtor to Secured Party pursuant to this Security Agreement or the other Loan Documents which are not paid on or prior to the date hereof shall be payable by Debtor to Secured Party on demand. If at any time or times hereafter Secured Party: (a) employs counsel for advice or other representation: (i) with respect to this Security Agreement or the other Loan Documents; (ii) to represent Secured Party in any litigation, contest, dispute, suit or proceeding or to commence, defend, or intervene or to take any other action in or with respect to any litigation, contest, dispute, suit, or proceeding (whether instituted by Secured Party, Debtor, or any other Person) in any way or respect relating to this Security Agreement; or (iii) to enforce any rights of Secured Party against Debtor or any other Person under of this Security Agreement; (b) takes any action to protect, collect, sell, liquidate, or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral; and/or (c) attempts to or enforces any of Secured Party’s rights or remedies under this Security Agreement, the costs and expenses incurred by Secured Party in any manner or way with respect to the foregoing, shall be part of the Obligations, payable by Debtor to Secured Party on demand.

 

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5.14 Termination. This Security Agreement and the Liens and security interests granted hereunder shall not terminate until the termination of the Credit Agreement and the commitments to make Loans thereunder and the full and complete performance and satisfaction and payment in full of all the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations to the extent no claim giving rise thereto has been asserted). Upon termination of this Security Agreement, Secured Party shall also deliver to Debtor (at the sole expense of Debtor) such UCC termination statements, certificates for terminating the liens on the Motor Vehicles (if any) and such other documentation, without recourse, warranty or representation whatsoever, as shall be reasonably requested by Debtor to effect the termination and release of the Liens and security interests in favor of Secured Party affecting the Collateral; provided, however, to the extent any such terminations or releases require Secured Party to expend any sums in terminating or releasing any such Liens, Secured Party may refrain from terminating or releasing such Liens unless and until Debtor pays to Secured Party the estimated cost, as reasonably determined by Secured Party, of effectuating such terminations or releases.

 

5.15 Reinstatement. This Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against Debtor for liquidation or reorganization, should Debtor become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of any creditor or creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of Debtor’s assets, and shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Obligations, or any part thereof, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee of the Obligations, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent conveyance,” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Obligations shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

 

5.16 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 Loan Documents, and all of the Obligations, as so increased from time to time, shall be and are secured hereby. Upon the execution hereof, Debtor 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 Loan Documents, and if, as and to the extent the Obligations are increased from time to time in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Loan Documents, then Debtor shall immediately pay any additional documentary stamp taxes or other charges in connection therewith.

 

[Signatures on the following page]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Debtor and Secured Party have executed this Security Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

Debtor:  
   
LD Micro, Inc.  
     
By:    
Name: [●]  
Title: [●]  

 

STATE OF ____________________________   )  
    ) SS.
COUNTY OF ____________________________   )  

 

The undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the said County, in the State aforesaid, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY that [●], [●] of LD Micro, Inc., a _______________ 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, Debtor and Secured Party have executed this Security Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

  Agreed and accepted:
   
  Secured Party:
   
  [ATW OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND II, LP]
     
  By:  
  Its: General Partner
  By:  

 

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Schedule 3.8

 

Collateral Locations/Places of Business

 

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Exhibit 10.05

 

PATENT Security Agreement

 

This Patent Security Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2022, is made by each of the entities listed on the signature pages hereof (each a “Grantor” and, collectively, the “Grantors”), in favor of ATW OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND II, LP (together with its successors and permitted assigns, the “Lender”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

Whereas, pursuant to the Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2022 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), between SRAX, Inc. (the “Company”), the Lender has agreed to extend financing to the Company upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein; and

 

Whereas, each Grantor (other than the Company) has guaranteed the Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of the Company and other Credit Parties (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and all of the Grantors are party to Security Agreements of even date herewith with the Lender (the “Security Agreement”) pursuant to which the Grantors are required to execute and deliver this Patent Security Agreement.

 

Now, Therefore, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Lender to enter into the Lender, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Lender as follows:

 

Section 1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Security Agreements.

 

Section 2. Grant of Security Interest in Patent Collateral. Each Grantor, as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations of such Grantor, hereby mortgages, pledges and hypothecates to the Lender, and grants to the Lender a Lien on and security interest in, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the following Collateral of such Grantor (the “Patent Collateral”):

 

(a) all of its Patents and all IP Licenses providing for the grant by or to such Grantor of any right under any Patent, including, without limitation, those referred to on Schedule 1 hereto;

 

(b) all reissues, reexaminations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, renewals and extensions of the foregoing; and

 

(c) all income, royalties, proceeds and Liabilities at any time due or payable or asserted under and with respect to any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, all rights to sue and recover at law or in equity for any past, present and future infringement, misappropriation, dilution, violation or other impairment thereof.

 

Section 3. Security Agreement. The security interest granted pursuant to this Patent Security Agreement is granted in conjunction with the security interest granted to the Lender pursuant to the Security Agreement and each Grantor hereby acknowledges and agrees that the rights and remedies of the Lender with respect to the security interest in the Patent Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein.

 

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Section 4. Grantor Remains Liable. Each Grantor hereby agrees that, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, such Grantor shall assume full and complete responsibility for the prosecution, defense, enforcement or any other necessary or desirable actions in connection with their Patents and IP Licenses subject to a security interest hereunder.

 

Section 5. Coun0terparts. This Patent Security Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart.

 

Section 6. Governing Law. This Patent Security Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law of the State of Nevada.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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In witness whereof, each Grantor has caused this Patent Security Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  SRAX, INC.,
  as Grantor
           
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  
     
  LD MICRO, INC.,
  as Grantor
     
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT]

 

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Schedule 1 to

Patent Security Agreement

 

Patent Registrations

 

  A. REGISTERED PATENTS
     
  B. PATENT APPLICATIONS
     
  C. IP LICENSES

 

[Include complete legal description of agreement (name of agreement, parties and date)]

 

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Exhibit 10.06

 

TRADEMARK Security Agreement

 

This Trademark Security Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2022, is made by each of the entities listed on the signature pages hereof (each a “Grantor” and, collectively, the “Grantors”), in favor of ATW OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND II, LP (together with its successors and permitted assigns, the “Lender”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

Whereas, pursuant to the Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2022 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), between SRAX, Inc. (the “Company”), the Lender has agreed to extend financing to the Company upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein; and

 

Whereas, each Grantor (other than the Company) has guaranteed the Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of the Company and other Credit Parties (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and all of the Grantors are party to Security Agreements of even date herewith with the Lender (the “Security Agreement”) pursuant to which the Grantors are required to execute and deliver this Trademark Security Agreement.

 

Now, Therefore, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Lender to enter into the Lender, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Lender as follows:

 

Section 1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Security Agreements.

 

Section 2. Grant of Security Interest in Trademark Collateral. Each Grantor, as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations of such Grantor, hereby mortgages, pledges and hypothecates to the Lender, and grants to the Lender a Lien on and security interest in, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the following Collateral of such Grantor (the “Trademark Collateral”):

 

(a) all of its Trademarks and all IP Licenses providing for the grant by or to such Grantor of any right under any Trademark, including, without limitation, those referred to on Schedule 1 hereto;

 

(b) all renewals and extensions of the foregoing;

 

(c) all goodwill of the business connected with the use of, and symbolized by, each such Trademark; and

 

(d) all income, royalties, proceeds and Liabilities at any time due or payable or asserted under and with respect to any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, all rights to sue and recover at law or in equity for any past, present and future infringement, misappropriation, dilution, violation or other impairment thereof.

 

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Section 3. Security Agreement. The security interest granted pursuant to this Trademark Security Agreement is granted in conjunction with the security interest granted to the Lender pursuant to the Security Agreement and each Grantor hereby acknowledges and agrees that the rights and remedies of the Lender with respect to the security interest in the Trademark Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein.

 

Section 4. Grantor Remains Liable. Each Grantor hereby agrees that, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, such Grantor shall assume full and complete responsibility for the prosecution, defense, enforcement or any other necessary or desirable actions in connection with their Trademarks and IP Licenses subject to a security interest hereunder.

 

Section 5. Coun0terparts. This Trademark Security Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart.

 

Section 6. Governing Law. This Trademark Security Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law of the State of Nevada.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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In witness whereof, each Grantor has caused this Trademark Security Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.

 

  Very truly yours,
     
  SRAX, INC.,
  as Grantor
       
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

  LD MICRO, INC.,
  as Grantor
        
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT]

 

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SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

Schedule 1 to

Trademark Security Agreement

 

Trademark Registrations

 

  A. REGISTERED TRADEMARKS
     
  B. TRADEMARK APPLICATIONS
     
    [Include Application Number and Date]
     
  C. IP LICENSES
     
    [Include complete legal description of agreement (name of agreement, parties and date)]

 

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Exhibit 10.07

 

PLEDGE AND ESCROW AGREEMENT

 

THIS PLEDGE AND ESCROW AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of August 8, 2022 by and between SRAX, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Pledgor”), and ATW OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND II, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Secured Party”), with the joinder of LUCOSKY BROOKMAN LLP (“Escrow Agent”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Secured Party has made certain financial accommodations for the benefit of the Pledgor pursuant to that certain Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility Agreement of even date herewith among the Pledgor and Secured Party, among others (the “Credit Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, in order to secure the full and prompt payment when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all of the Pledgor’s Obligations to the Secured Party, or any successor to the Secured Party, under the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents, Pledgor has agreed to irrevocably pledge to the Secured Party 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock (“Pledged Shares”) of LD Micro, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”);

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, agreements, warranties, and representations herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. Recitals, Construction and Defined Terms. The recitations set forth in the preamble of this Agreement are true and correct and incorporated herein by this reference. 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; and (iii) wherever the word “include,” “includes,” “including” or words of similar import are used in this Agreement, such words will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” All capitalized terms used in this Agreement that are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement, unless the context of this Agreement requires otherwise (provided that if a capitalized term used herein is defined in the Credit Agreement and separately defined in this Agreement, the meaning of such term as defined in this Agreement shall control for purposes of this Agreement).

 

2. Pledge. In order to secure the full and timely payment and performance of all of the Pledgor’s Obligations to the Secured Party under the Loan Documents, the Pledgor hereby transfers, pledges, assigns, sets over, delivers and grants to the Secured Party a continuing lien and security interest in and to all of the following property of Pledgor, both now owned and existing and hereafter created, acquired and arising (all being collectively hereinafter referred to as the “Collateral”) and all right, title and interest of Pledgor in and to the Collateral, to-wit:

 

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(a) the Pledged Shares owned by Pledgor;

 

(b) any certificates representing or evidencing the Pledged Shares, if any;

 

(c) any and all distributions thereon, and cash and non-cash proceeds and products thereof, including all dividends, cash, distributions, income, profits, instruments, securities, stock dividends, distributions of capital stock or other securities of the Company and all other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, in exchange for or upon conversion of the Pledged Shares, whether in connection with stock splits, recapitalizations, merger, conversions, combinations, reclassifications, exchanges of securities or otherwise; and

 

(d) any and all voting, management, and other rights, powers and privileges accruing or incidental to an owner of the Pledged Shares and the other property referred to in subsections 2(a) through 2(c) above.

 

3. Transfer of Pledged Shares. Simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement, Pledgor shall deliver to the Escrow Agent: (i) the Pledged Shares and all physical certificates, if any, or any other statements representing or evidencing the Pledged Shares, otherwise together with undated, irrevocable and duly executed assignments or stock powers thereof in form and substance acceptable to Secured Party (together with medallion guaranteed signatures, if required by Secured Party), executed in blank by Pledgor; (ii) all other property, instruments, documents and papers comprising, representing or evidencing the Collateral, or any part thereof, together with proper instruments of assignment or endorsement, as Secured Party may reasonably request or require, duly executed by Pledgor (collectively, items (i) and (ii), the “Transfer Documents”); and (iii) an irrevocable proxy in favor of the Secured Party in respect of the Pledged Shares (the “Irrevocable Proxy”) The Pledged Shares, the Irrevocable Proxy and other Transfer Documents (collectively, the “Pledged Materials”) shall be held by the Escrow Agent pursuant to this Agreement until the full payment and performance of all of the Obligations, the termination or expiration of this Agreement, delivery of the Pledged Materials in accordance with this Agreement or the sale of the Pledged Shares Pledgor as provided for in the Credit Agreement. In addition, all non-cash dividends, dividends paid or payable in cash or otherwise in connection with a partial or total liquidation or dissolution of the Company, instruments, securities and any other distributions, whether paid or payable in cash or otherwise, made on or in respect of the Pledged Shares, whether resulting from a subdivision, combination, or reclassification of the outstanding capital stock or other securities of the Company, or received in exchange for the Pledged Shares or any part thereof, or in redemption thereof, as a result of any merger, consolidation, acquisition, or other exchange of assets to which the Company may be a party or otherwise, or any other property that constitutes part of the Collateral from time to time, including any additional certificates representing any portion of the Collateral hereafter acquired by the Pledgor, shall be immediately be delivered or cause to be delivered by Pledgor to the Escrow Agent in the same form as so received, together with proper instruments of assignment or endorsement duly executed by Pledgor, if received.

 

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4. Security Interest Only. The security interests in the Collateral granted to Secured Party hereunder are granted as security only and shall not subject the Secured Party to, or transfer or in any way affect or modify, any obligation or liability of the Pledgor with respect to any of the Collateral or any transaction in connection therewith.

 

5. Record Owner of Collateral. Until an “Event of Default” (as hereinafter defined) under this Agreement shall occur, the Pledged Shares shall remain registered in the name of the Pledgor. Pledgor will promptly give to the Secured Party copies of any notices or other communications received by it and with respect to Collateral registered in the name of Pledgor.

 

6. Rights Related to Pledged Shares. Subject to the terms of this Agreement:

 

(a) Unless and until an Event of Default under this Agreement shall occur, Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting, management, and other rights, powers and privileges accruing to an owner of the Pledged Shares, or any part thereof, for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement; provided, however, such action would not materially and adversely affect the rights inuring to Secured Party under any of the Loan Documents, or adversely affect the remedies of the Secured Party under any of the Loan Documents, or the ability of the Secured Party to exercise same.

 

(b) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, all rights of the Pledgor in and to the Pledged Shares and all other Collateral shall cease and all such rights shall immediately vest in Secured Party, as may be determined by Secured Party, although Secured Party shall not have any duty to exercise such rights or be required to sell or to otherwise realize upon the Collateral, as hereinafter authorized, or to preserve the same, and Secured Party shall not be responsible for any failure to do so or delay in doing so. To effectuate the foregoing, Pledgor hereby grants to Secured Party a proxy to vote the Pledged Shares for and on behalf of Pledgor, which proxy is irrevocable and coupled with an interest and which proxy shall be effective upon the occurrence of any Event of Default. Such proxy shall remain in effect so long as the Obligations remain outstanding. The Company hereby agrees that any vote by Pledgor in violation of this Section 6 shall be null, void and of no force or effect. Furthermore, all dividends or other distributions received by the Pledgor at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default shall be subject to delivery to Escrow Agent in accordance with Section 3 above, and until such delivery, any of such dividends and other distributions shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Secured Party, shall be segregated from other property or funds of the Pledgor and shall be forthwith delivered to Escrow Agent in accordance with Section 3 above.

 

7. Release of Pledged Shares. Upon the timely payment in full of all of the Obligations in accordance with the terms thereof, or the sale of the Pledged Shares or upon the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company as provided for in the Loan Documents, Secured Party shall notify the Escrow Agent in writing to such effect. Upon receipt of such written notice, the Escrow Agent shall return all of the Pledged Materials in Escrow Agent’s possession to the Pledgor, whereupon any and all rights of Secured Party in and to the Pledged Materials and all other Collateral shall be terminated.

 

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8. Representations, Warranties, and Covenants of the Pledgor and the Company. Except as set forth in the disclosure schedules (“Pledge Disclosure Schedules”), which Pledge Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof and shall qualify any covenant, warrant and representation or otherwise made herein, the Pledgor and the Company hereby covenant, warrant and represent, for the benefit of the Secured Party, as follows (the following representations and warranties shall be made as of the date of this Agreement and as of each date when Pledged Shares are delivered to Escrow Agent hereunder, as applicable):

 

(a) Except as set forth on Pledge Disclosure Schedule 8(a) attached hereto, the Pledged Shares are free and clear of any and all Liens, other than as created by this Agreement.

 

(b) The Pledged Shares have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and are subject to no options to purchase, or any similar rights or to any restrictions on transferability.

 

(c) Each certificate or document of title constituting the Pledged Shares is genuine in all respects and represents what it purports to be.

 

(d) Except as set forth on Pledge Disclosure Schedule 8(d), by virtue of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and upon delivery to Escrow Agent of the Pledged Shares and the filing by Secured Party of any items or documents as provide for in Section 8(i) below, in accordance with this Agreement, Secured Party will have a valid and perfected, priority security interest in the Collateral, subject to no prior or other Liens of any nature whatsoever.

 

(e) Pledgor covenants, that for so long as this Agreement is in effect, Pledgor will defend the Collateral and the priority of Secured Party’s security interests therein, at its sole cost and expense, against the claims and demands of all Persons at anytime claiming the same or any interest therein.

 

(f) At its option, Secured Party may pay, for Pledgor’s account, any taxes (including documentary stamp taxes), Liens, security interests, or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on the Collateral. Pledgor agrees to reimburse Secured Party on demand for any payment made or expense incurred by Secured Party pursuant to the foregoing authorization. Any such amount, if not promptly paid upon demand therefor, shall accrue interest at the highest non-usurious rate permitted by applicable law from the date of outlay, until paid, and shall constitute an Obligation secured hereby.

 

(g) The Pledgor and the Company acknowledge, represent and warrant that Secured Party is not an “affiliate” of the Pledgor or the Company, as such term is used and defined under Rule 144 of the federal securities laws.

 

(h) The Pledged Shares constitute all of the securities owned, legally or beneficially, by the Pledgor, and such securities represent 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, on a fully diluted basis, of the Company. At all times while this Agreement remains in effect, the Pledged Shares shall constitute and represent 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the Company, on a fully-diluted basis.

 

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(i) The Company and the Pledgor hereby authorize Secured Party to prepare and file such financing statements, amendments and other documents and do such acts as Secured Party deems necessary in order to establish and maintain valid, attached and perfected, priority security interests in the Collateral in favor of Secured Party, for its own benefit and as agent for its Affiliates. The Company and Pledgor hereby irrevocably authorize Secured Party at any time, and from time to time, to file in any jurisdiction any initial financing statements, amendments, continuations and other documents in furtherance of the foregoing.

 

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

 

(a) Default. The occurrence of any breach, default or “Event of Default” (as such term may be defined in any Loan Documents), after applicable notice and cure periods, under any of the Loan Documents.

 

(b) Covenants and Agreements. The failure of Pledgor or the Company to perform, observe or comply with any and all of the covenants, promises and agreements of the Pledgor and the Company in this Agreement, which such failure is not cured by the Pledgor or the Company within ten (10) 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 (provided that if the failure to perform or default in performance is not capable of being cured, in Secured Party’s sole discretion, then the cure period set forth herein shall not be applicable and the failure or default shall be an immediate Event of Default hereunder).

 

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

 

10. Rights and Remedies. Subject at all times to the Uniform Commercial Code as then in effect in the State governing this Agreement, the Secured Party shall have the following rights and remedies upon the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default:

 

(a) Upon and anytime after the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, the Secured Party shall have the right to acquire the Pledged Shares and all other Collateral in accordance with the following procedure: (i) the Secured Party shall provide written notice of such Event of Default (the “Default Notice”) to the Escrow Agent, with a copy to the Pledgor and the Company; (ii) as soon as practicable after receipt of a Default Notice, the Escrow Agent shall deliver the Pledged Shares and all other Collateral, along with the applicable Transfer Documents, to the Secured Party.

 

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(b) Upon receipt of the Pledged Shares and other Collateral issued to the Secured Party, the Secured Party shall have the right to, without notice or demand to Pledgor or the Company: (i) sell the Collateral and to apply the proceeds of such sales, net of any selling commissions, to the Obligations owed to the Secured Party by the Company under the Loan Documents, including outstanding principal, interest, legal fees, and any other amounts owed to the Secured Party; and (ii) exercise in any jurisdiction in which enforcement hereof is sought, any rights and remedies available to Secured Party under the provisions of any of the Loan Documents, the rights and remedies of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code as then in effect in the State governing this Agreement, and all other rights and remedies available to the Secured Party, under equity or applicable law, all such rights and remedies being cumulative and enforceable alternatively, successively or concurrently. In furtherance of the foregoing rights and remedies:

 

(i) Secured Party may sell the Pledged Shares, or any part thereof, or any other portion of the Collateral, in one or more sales, at public or private sale, conducted by any agent of, or auctioneer or attorney for Secured Party, at Secured Party’s place of business or elsewhere, or at any broker’s board or on any securities exchange, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery, and at such price or prices, all as Secured Party may deem appropriate. Secured Party may be a purchaser at any such sale of any or all of the Collateral so sold. In the event Secured Party is a purchaser at any such sale, Secured Party may apply to such purchase all or any portion of the sums then due and owing by the Company to Secured Party under any of the Loan Documents or otherwise, and the Secured Party may, upon compliance with the terms of the sale, hold, retain and dispose of such property without further accountability to the Pledgor or the Company therefore. Secured Party is authorized, in its absolute discretion, to restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers of any of the Collateral at any public or private sale as to their number, nature of business and investment intention, including the restricting of bidders or purchasers to one or more persons who represent and agree, to the satisfaction of Secured Party, that they are purchasing the Collateral, or any part thereof, for their own account, for investment, and not with a view to the distribution or resale of any of such Collateral.

 

(ii) Upon any such sale, Secured Party shall have the right to deliver, assign and transfer to each purchaser thereof the Collateral so sold to such purchaser. Each purchaser (including Secured Party) at any such sale shall, to the full extent permitted by law, hold the Collateral so purchased absolutely free from any claim or right whatsoever, including, without limitation, any equity or right of redemption of the Pledgor, who, to the full extent that it may lawfully do so, hereby specifically waives all rights of redemption, stay, valuation or appraisal which she now has or may have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter adopted.

 

(iii) At any such sale, the Collateral may be sold in one lot as an entirety, in separate blocks or individually as Secured Party may determine, in its sole and absolute discretion. Secured Party shall not be obligated to make any sale of any Collateral if it shall determine in its sole and absolute discretion, not to do so, regardless of the fact that notice of sale of such Collateral shall have been given. Secured Party may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for such sale, or any adjournment thereof, and any such sale may be made at any time or place to which the same may be so adjourned without further notice or publication.

 

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(iv) The Pledgor and the Company acknowledge that compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws (including, without limitation, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, blue sky or other state securities laws or similar laws now or hereafter existing analogous in purpose or effect) might very strictly limit or restrict the course of conduct of Secured Party if Secured Party were to attempt to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Collateral, and might also limit or restrict the extent to which or the manner in which any subsequent transferee of any such securities could sell or dispose of the same. The Pledgor and the Company further acknowledge that under applicable laws, Secured Party may be held to have certain general duties and obligations to the Pledgor, as pledgors of the Collateral, or the Company, to make some effort toward obtaining a fair price for the Collateral even though the obligations of the Pledgor and the Company may be discharged or reduced by the proceeds of sale at a lesser price. The Pledgor and the Company understand and agree that, to the extent allowable under applicable law, Secured Party is not to have any such general duty or obligation to the Pledgor or the Company, and neither the Pledgor nor the Company will attempt to hold Secured Party responsible for selling all or any part of the Collateral at an inadequate price even if Secured Party shall accept the first offer received or does not approach more than one possible purchaser. Without limiting their generality, the foregoing provisions would apply if, for example, Secured Party were to place all or any part of such securities for private placement by an investment banking firm, or if such investment banking firm purchased all or any part of such securities for its own account, or if Secured Party placed all or any part of such securities privately with a purchaser or purchasers.

 

(c) To the extent that the net proceeds received by the Secured Party are insufficient to satisfy the Obligations in full Secured Party shall be entitled to seek a deficiency judgment against the Company and any other Person obligated for the Obligations for such deficiency amount. The Secured Party shall have the absolute right to sell or dispose of the Collateral, or any part thereof, in any commercially reasonable manner it sees fit and shall have no liability to the Pledgor, the Company, or any other party for selling or disposing of such Collateral even if other methods of sales or dispositions would or allegedly would result in greater proceeds than the method actually used. The Company and any other Person obligated for the Obligations shall remain liable for all deficiencies and shortfalls, if any, that may exist after the Secured Party has exhausted all remedies hereunder.

 

(d) Each right, power and remedy of the Secured Party provided for in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall be cumulative and concurrent and shall be in addition to every other such right, power or remedy. The exercise or beginning of the exercise by the Secured Party of any one or more of the rights, powers or remedies provided for in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise, shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise by the Secured Party of all such other rights, powers or remedies, and no failure or delay on the part of the Secured Party to exercise any such right, power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof. No notice to or demand on the Pledgor in any case shall entitle it to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of any of the rights of the Secured Party to any other further action in any circumstances without demand or notice. The Secured Party shall have the full power to enforce or to assign or contract its rights under this Agreement to a third party.

 

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(e) In addition to all other remedies available to the Secured Party, upon the issuance of the Pledged Shares to the Secured Party after an Event of Default, Pledgor and the Company each agree to: (i) take such action and prepare, distribute and/or file such documents and papers, as are required or advisable in the opinion of Secured Party and/or its counsel, to permit the sale of the Pledged Shares, whether at public sale, private sale or otherwise, including, without limitation, issuing, or causing its counsel to issue, any opinion of counsel for Pledgor or the Company required to allow the Secured Party to sell the Pledged Shares or any other Collateral under Rule 144; (ii) to bear all costs and expenses of carrying out its obligations under this Section 8(e), which shall be a part of the Obligations secured hereby; and (iv) that there is no adequate remedy at law for the failure by the Pledgor and the Company to comply with the provisions of this Section 8(e) and that such failure would not be adequately compensable in damages, and therefore agrees that its agreements contained in this subsection may be specifically enforced.

 

(f) Notwithstanding any language to the contrary contained in this Agreement, all actions taken by Secured Party under this Agreement will be required to be exercised in a commercially reasonable manner.

 

11. Concerning the Escrow Agent.

 

(a) The Escrow Agent undertakes to perform only such duties as are expressly set forth herein and no implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Escrow Agent. Escrow Agent agrees to release any property held by it hereunder (the “Escrowed Property”) in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

(b) The Escrow Agent may act in reliance upon any writing or instrument or signature which it, in good faith, believes to be genuine, may assume the validity and accuracy of any statement or assertion contained in such a writing or instrument, and may assume that any person purporting to give any writing, notice, advice or instructions in connection with the provisions hereof has been duly authorized to do so. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable in any manner for the sufficiency or correctness as to form, manner, and execution, or validity of any instrument deposited in this escrow, nor as to the identity, authority, or right of any person executing the same; and its duties hereunder shall be limited to the safekeeping of the Escrowed Property, and for the disposition of the same in accordance with this Agreement. Escrow Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any matter or thing unless and until Escrow Agent has actually received written notice of such matter or thing and Escrow Agent shall not be charged with any constructive notice whatsoever.

 

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(c) Escrow Agent shall hold in escrow, pursuant to this Agreement, the Escrowed Property actually delivered and received by Escrow Agent hereunder, but Escrow Agent shall not be obligated to ascertain the existence of (or initiate recovery of) any other property that may be part or portion of the Collateral, or to become or remain informed with respect to the possibility or probability of additional Collateral being realized upon or collected at any time in the future, or to inform any parties to this Agreement or any third party with respect to the nature and extent of any Collateral realized and received by Escrow Agent (except upon the written request of such party), or to monitor current market values of the Collateral. Further, Escrow Agent shall not be obligated to proceed with any action or inaction based on information with respect to market values of the Collateral which Escrow Agent may in any manner learn, nor shall Escrow Agent be obligated to inform the parties hereto or any third party with respect to market values of any of the Collateral at any time, Escrow Agent having no duties with respect to investment management or information, all parties hereto understanding and intending that Escrow Agent’s responsibilities are purely ministerial in nature. Any reduction in the market value or other value of the Collateral while deposited with Escrow Agent shall be at the sole risk of Pledgor and Secured Party. If all or any portion of the Escrowed Property is in the form of a check or in any other form other than cash, Escrow Agent shall deposit same as required but shall not be liable for the nonpayment thereof, nor responsible to enforce collection thereof.

 

(d) In the event instructions from Secured Party, Pledgor, or any other Person would require Escrow Agent to expend any monies or to incur any cost, Escrow Agent shall be entitled to refrain from taking any action until it receives payment for such costs. It is agreed that the duties of Escrow Agent are purely ministerial in nature and shall be expressly limited to the safekeeping of the Escrowed Property and for the disposition of same in accordance with this Agreement. Secured Party, Pledgor and the Company, jointly and severally, each hereby indemnifies Escrow Agent and holds it harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, costs, penalties, losses, actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity, or any other expenses, fees or charges of any character or nature (collectively, the “Claims”), which it may incur or with which it may be threatened, directly or indirectly, arising from or in any way connected with this Agreement or which may result from Escrow Agent’s following of instructions from Secured Party, Pledgor or the Company, and in connection therewith, indemnifies Escrow Agent against any and all expenses, including attorneys’ fees and the cost of defending any action, suit, or proceeding or resisting any Claim, whether or not litigation is instituted, unless any such Claims arise as a result of Escrow Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. Escrow Agent shall be vested with a lien on all Escrowed Property under the terms of this Agreement, for indemnification, attorneys’ fees, court costs and all other costs and expenses arising from any suit, interpleader or otherwise, or other expenses, fees or charges of any character or nature, which may be incurred by Escrow Agent by reason of disputes arising between Pledgor, the Company, Secured Party, or any third party as to the correct interpretation of this Agreement, and instructions given to Escrow Agent hereunder, or otherwise, with the right of Escrow Agent, regardless of the instruments aforesaid and without the necessity of instituting any action, suit or proceeding, to hold any property hereunder until and unless said additional expenses, fees and charges shall be fully paid. Any fees and costs charged by the Escrow Agent for serving hereunder shall be paid by the Pledgor and the Company, jointly and severally.

 

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(e) In the event Escrow Agent shall be uncertain as to its duties or rights hereunder or shall receive instructions, claims or demands from Secured Party, the Company, Pledgor or from third persons with respect to the Escrowed Property, which, in Escrow Agent’s sole opinion, are in conflict with each other or with any provision of this Agreement, Escrow Agent shall be entitled to refrain from taking any action until it shall be directed otherwise in writing by Pledgor, the Company and Secured Party and said third persons, if any, or by a final order or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. If any of the parties shall be in disagreement about the interpretation of this Agreement, or about the rights and obligations, or the propriety of any action contemplated by the Escrow Agent hereunder, the Escrow Agent may, at its sole discretion, deposit the Escrowed Property with a court having jurisdiction over this Agreement, and, upon notifying all parties concerned of such action, all liability on the part of the Escrow Agent shall fully cease and terminate. The Escrow Agent shall be indemnified by the Pledgor, the Company and Secured Party for all costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, in connection with the aforesaid proceeding, and shall be fully protected in suspending all or a part of its activities under this Agreement until a final decision or other settlement in the proceeding is received. In the event Escrow Agent is joined as a party to a lawsuit by virtue of the fact that it is holding the Escrowed Property, Escrow Agent shall, at its sole option, either: (i) tender the Collateral in its possession to the registry of the appropriate court; or (ii) disburse the Collateral in its possession in accordance with the court’s ultimate disposition of the case, and Secured Party, the Company and Pledgor hereby, jointly and severally, indemnify and hold Escrow Agent harmless from and against any damages or losses in connection therewith including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs at all trial and appellate levels.

 

(f) The Escrow Agent may consult with counsel of its own choice (and the costs of such counsel shall be paid by the Pledgor, the Company and Secured Party, jointly and severally) and shall have full and complete authorization and protection for any action taken or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the opinion of such counsel. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any mistakes of fact or error of judgment, or for any actions or omissions of any kind, unless caused by its willful misconduct or gross negligence.

 

(g) The Escrow Agent may resign upon ten (10) days’ written notice to the parties in this Agreement. If a successor Escrow Agent is not appointed by Secured Party and Pledgor within this ten (10) day period, the Escrow Agent may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to name a successor.

 

(h) Conflict Waiver. The Pledgor and each Company hereby acknowledges that the Escrow Agent is counsel to the Secured Party in connection with the transactions contemplated and referred herein. The Pledgor and the Company agree that in the event of any dispute arising in connection with this Agreement or otherwise in connection with any transaction or agreement contemplated and referred herein, the Escrow Agent shall be permitted to continue to represent the Secured Party and neither the Pledgor, nor the Company, will seek to disqualify such counsel and each of them waives any objection Pledgor or the Company might have with respect to the Escrow Agent acting as the Escrow Agent pursuant to this Agreement. Pledgor, the Company and Secured Party acknowledge and agree that nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit Escrow Agent from: (i) serving in a similar capacity on behalf of others; or (ii) acting in the capacity of attorneys for one or more of the parties hereto in connection with any matter.

 

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12. 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 Loan Documents, and all of the Obligations, as so increased from time to time, shall be and are secured hereby. Upon the execution hereof, Pledgor and 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 Loan Documents, and if, as and to the extent the Obligations are increased from time to time in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Loan Documents, then Pledgor and the Company shall immediately pay any additional documentary stamp taxes or other charges in connection therewith.

 

13. Irrevocable Authorization and Instruction. If applicable, Pledgor and the Company hereby authorize and instruct the transfer agent for the Company (or transfer agents if there is more than one) to comply with any instruction received by it from Secured Party in writing that: (i) states that an Event of Default hereunder exists or has occurred; and (b) is otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without any other or further instructions from Pledgor or the Company, and Pledgor and the Company agree that such transfer agents shall be fully protected in so complying with any such instruction from Secured Party.

 

14. Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact. The Company and Pledgor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Secured Party and any officer or agent of Secured Party, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of Pledgor or the Company, as applicable, and in the name of Pledgor, the Company, or in the name of Secured Party, as applicable, from time to time in the discretion of Secured Party, so long as an Event of Default hereunder exists, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including any financing statements, endorsements, assignments or other instruments of transfer. Pledgor and the Company each hereby ratify all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done pursuant to the power of attorney granted in this Section 14. All powers, authorizations and agencies contained in this Agreement are coupled with an interest and are irrevocable until the Obligations are paid and performed in full.

 

15. Continuing Obligation of Pledgor and the Company. The obligations, covenants, agreements and duties of the Pledgor and the Company under this Agreement shall in no way be affected or impaired by: (i) the modification or amendment (whether material or otherwise) of any of the obligations of the Pledgor or the Company or any other Person, as applicable; (ii) the voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization, or other similar proceedings affecting the Company, Pledgor or any other Person, as applicable; (iii) the release of the Company, Pledgor or any other Person from the performance or observance of any of the agreements, covenants, terms or conditions contained in any Loan Documents, by the operation of law or otherwise, including the release of the Company’s or Pledgor’s obligation to pay interest or attorney’s fees.

 

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Pledgor and the Company further agree that Secured Party may take other guaranties or collateral or security to further secure the Obligations, and consent that any of the terms, covenants and conditions contained in any of the Loan Documents may be renewed, altered, extended, changed or modified by Secured Party or may be released by Secured Party, without in any manner affecting this Agreement or releasing Pledgor herefrom, and Pledgor shall continue to be liable hereunder to pay and perform pursuant hereto, notwithstanding any such release or the taking of such other guaranties, collateral or security. This Agreement is additional and supplemental to any and all other guarantees, security agreements or collateral heretofore and hereafter executed by Pledgor and the Company for the benefit of Secured Party, whether relating to the indebtedness evidenced by any of the Loan Documents or not, and shall not supersede or be superseded by any other document or guaranty executed by Pledgor, the Company or any other Person for any purpose. Pledgor and the Company hereby agree that Pledgor, the Company, and any additional parties who may become liable for repayment of the sums due under the Loan Documents, may hereafter be released from their liability hereunder and thereunder; and Secured Party may take, or delay in taking or refuse to take, any and all action with reference to any of the Loan Documents (regardless of whether same might vary the risk or alter the rights, remedies or recourses of Pledgor), including specifically the settlement or compromise of any amount allegedly due thereunder, all without notice to, consideration to or the consent of the Pledgor, and without in any way releasing, diminishing or affecting in any way the absolute nature of Pledgor’s obligations and liabilities hereunder.

 

No delay on the part of the Secured Party in exercising any rights hereunder or failure to exercise the same shall operate as a waiver of such rights. Pledgor and the Company hereby waives any and all legal requirements, statutory or otherwise, that Secured Party shall institute any action or proceeding at law or in equity or exhaust its rights, remedies and recourses against Pledgor, the Company or anyone else with respect to the Loan Documents, as a condition precedent to bringing an action against Pledgor or the Company upon this Agreement or as a condition precedent to Secured Party’s rights to sell the Pledged Shares or any other Collateral. Pledgor and the Company agrees that Secured Party may simultaneously maintain an action upon this Agreement and an action or proceeding upon the Loan Documents. All remedies afforded by reason of this Agreement are separate and cumulative remedies and may be exercised serially, simultaneously and in any order, and the exercise of any of such remedies shall not be deemed an exclusion of the other remedies and shall in no way limit or prejudice any other contractual, legal, equitable or statutory remedies which Secured Party may have in the Pledged Shares, any other Collateral, or under the Loan Documents. Until the Obligations, and all extensions, renewals and modifications thereof, are paid in full, and until each and all of the terms, covenants and conditions of this Agreement are fully performed, Pledgor shall not be released by any act or thing which might, but for this provision of this Agreement, be deemed a legal or equitable discharge of a surety, or by reason of any waiver, extension, modification, forbearance or delay of Secured Party or any obligation or agreement between the Company or their successors or assigns, and the then holder of the Loan Documents, relating to the payment of any sums evidenced or secured thereby or to any of the other terms, covenants and conditions contained therein, and Pledgor hereby expressly waive and surrender any defense to liability hereunder based upon any of the foregoing acts, things, agreements or waivers, or any of them. Pledgor and the Company also waives any defense arising by virtue of any disability, insolvency, bankruptcy, lack of authority or power or dissolution of Pledgor or the Company, even though rendering the Loan Documents void, unenforceable or otherwise uncollectible, it being agreed that Pledgor and the Company shall remain liable hereunder, regardless of any claim which Pledgor or the Company might otherwise have against Secured Party by virtue of Secured Party’s invocation of any right, remedy or recourse given to it hereunder or under the Loan Documents. In addition, Pledgor waives and renounces any right of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnity whatsoever, and any right of recourse to security for the Obligations of the Company to Secured Party, unless and until all of said Obligations have been paid in full to Secured Party.

 

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16. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Performance for Pledgor or the Company. The Pledgor and the Company agree and hereby acknowledge 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 or Pledgor, without prior notice to the Pledgor or the Company, in order to insure the Company’s and Pledgor’s compliance with any covenant, warranty, representation or agreement of the Pledgor or the Company made in or pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, to continue or complete, or cause to be continued or completed, performance of the Pledgor’s and the Company’s obligations under any contracts of the Pledgor or the Company, or to preserve or protect any right or interest of Secured Party in the Collateral or under or pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; 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 Pledgor or the Company of any such Event of Default. The Pledgor and the Company, respectively and as applicable, shall pay to Secured Party upon demand all such advances made by Secured Party with interest thereon at the highest rate permitted by applicable 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.

 

(b) Applications of Payments and Collateral. Except as may be otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, all Collateral and proceeds of Collateral coming into Secured Party’s possession may be applied by Secured Party (after payment of any costs, fees and other amounts incurred by Secured Party in connection therewith) to any of the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, as Secured Party shall determine in its sole 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. 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 permitted 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.

 

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(c) Waivers by Pledgor and the Company. The Company and the Pledgor 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 Pledgor and 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 any other Loan Documents or under applicable law; (iii) all claims of the Pledgor and 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 other Loan Documents or under applicable law; (iv) all rights of redemption of the Pledgor 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 Pledgor or the Company; (vii) any and all other notices or demands which by applicable law must be given to or made upon the Pledgor or the Company by Secured Party; (viii) settlement, compromise or release of the obligations of any person or entity primarily or secondarily liable upon any of the Obligations; (ix) all rights of the Pledgor or the Company to demand that Secured Party release account debtors or other persons or entities 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 Pledgor and the Company agree that Secured Party may exercise any or all of its rights and/or remedies hereunder and under any other Loan 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.

 

(d) Waivers by Secured Party. No failure or any delay on the part of Secured Party in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder or under any other Loan 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 Pledgor or the Company by Secured Party.

 

(f) Modifications, Waivers and Consents. No modifications or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, and no consent by Secured Party to any departure by the Pledgor or 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 Pledgor or the Company in any case shall entitle Pledgor or the Company to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.

 

(g) Notices. All notices of request, demand and other communications hereunder shall be addressed, sent and deemed delivered in accordance with the Credit Agreement, including delivery of any such notices or communications to the Pledgor on behalf of the Company, which the Company hereby agrees and acknowledges shall be valid and effective notice to the Company hereunder.

 

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(h) Applicable Law and Consent to Jurisdiction. The Pledgor, the Company 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 the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such Action or Proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. The Pledgor and the Company each 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 Pledgor or the Company, as applicable, as set forth herein and 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 Delaware, without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws.

 

(i) Survival: Successors and Assigns. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made herein shall survive the execution and delivery hereof, 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. 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, such assignment shall be binding upon and recognized by the Pledgor. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties by or on behalf of the Pledgor or the Company which are contained in this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of Secured Party, its successors and assigns. Neither the Pledgor, nor the Company, may assign this Agreement or delegate any of their respective 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 other Loan Documents contain the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the matters covered and the transactions contemplated hereby, and no other agreement, statement or promise made by any party hereto, or by any employee, officer, agent or attorney of any party hereto, which is not contained herein shall be valid or binding.

 

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(l) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THE PLEDGOR AND THE COMPANY EACH HEREBY: (i) COVENANTS AND AGREES NOT TO ELECT A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY ISSUE TRIABLE OF RIGHT BY A JURY; AND (ii) WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO WHICH THE PLEDGORS, ANY COMPANY AND SECURED PARTY MAY BE PARTIES, ARISING OUT OF, IN CONNECTION WITH OR IN ANY WAY PERTAINING TO THIS 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 AGREEMENT. THIS WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL IS SEPARATELY GIVEN, KNOWINGLY, WILLINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY MADE BY THE PLEDGORS AND THE COMPANY AND THE PLEDGOR AND THE COMPANY HEREBY AGREE 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 HAVING JURISDICTION OVER THE SUBJECT MATTER AND THE PLEDGORS, THE COMPANY AND SECURED PARTY, SO AS TO SERVE AS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF SUCH WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. THE PLEDGORS AND THE COMPANY REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT EACH OF THEM 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.

 

(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. 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) 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.

 

(p) 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, including the execution and filing of UCC-1 Financing Statements in any jurisdiction as Secured Party may require.

 

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(q) 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.

 

(r) 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.

 

(s) Prevailing Party. If any legal action or other proceeding is brought for the enforcement of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, or because of an alleged dispute, breach, default or misrepresentation in connection with any provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, the successful or prevailing party or parties shall be entitled to recover from the non-prevailing party, reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs and all expenses, even if not taxable as court costs (including, without limitation, all such fees, costs and expenses incident to appeals), incurred in that action or proceeding, in addition to any other relief to which such party or parties may be entitled.

 

(t) Costs and Expenses. The Pledgor and the Company, jointly and severally, agree 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 Pledgor or 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 any Loan Documents 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 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.

 

(u) Joint and Several Liability. The liability of Pledgor shall be joint and several with the liability of the Company and any other Person liable for the Obligations.

 

[Signatures on the following page]

 

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

 

PLEDGOR:  
     
SRAX, INC.  
     
By:            
Name:    
Title:    

 

STATE OF ____________ )    
  )SS.  
COUNTY OF ____________ )    

 

The undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the said County, in the State aforesaid, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY that ______________, Chief Executive Officer of SRAX, Inc., a _______ 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:
   
 

 

[Signature Page – Pledge and Escrow Agreement]

 

 
 

 

COMPANY:  
     
LD MICRO, INC.  
     
By:             
Name: [●]  
Title: [●]  

 

The undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the said County, in the State aforesaid, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY that [●], [●] of LD Micro, Inc., a [●] 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:
   
 

 

 
 

 

SECURED PARTY:  
     
[ATW OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND II, LP]  
     
By:    
Its: General Partner  
     
By:                       
Name:    
Title:    

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.08 

 

FEE LETTER

 

August 8, 2022

 

SRAX, Inc. 

2629 Townsgate Road
#215 

Westlake Village, CA 91361

 

Re:Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, dated August 8, 2022 (as amended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) by and among SRAX, Inc. (“Borrower”), LD Micro, Inc. (“Guarantor”), and [ATW Opportunities Master Fund II, LP] (“Lender”)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This fee letter agreement (the “Fee Letter”) is delivered to you in connection with the Credit Agreement and sets forth the pricing terms, provisions and additional fees and compensation referenced in the Credit Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to “this Agreement”, “hereto” or “herein” are references to the Credit Agreement, and all references to a particular numbered section are references to the applicable Section of the Credit Agreement.

 

1. Financing Fee. The Borrower shall pay to Lender a financing fee as consideration for extending Borrower credit, an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the net proceeds actually received by the Borrower or its Affiliates from the sale of the Securities Compensation (the “Financing Fee”). The Financing Fee shall be payable in respect of any Securities Compensation earned by the Borrower or its Affiliates as compensation for services with regard to any contracts payable in securities which are entered into by Borrower, during the period beginning on the date of the initial funding under the Credit Agreement (the “Initial Funding Date”) and ending on the date that is the later of (i) twenty-four months from the Initial Funding Date, and (ii) the Revolving Loan Maturity Date (including any extensions thereof in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement) (the “Financing Fee Period”). The Financing Fee shall be payable upon the Borrower’s or its Affiliates’ receipt of net proceeds for the sale of such Securities Compensation even if the actual sale or receipt of such net proceeds occurs after the Financing Fee Period. For purposes of this Fee Letter, “Securities Compensation” means any shares of common stock, preferred stock (including common shares issuable upon conversion or exchange of preferred stock or convertible debt thereof) earned by the Borrower or its Affiliates as compensation for services with regard to any contracts payable in securities which are entered into by Borrower, including affiliates, and Borrower’s customers during the Financing Fee Period.

 

 

 

 

2. Other Provisions.

 

It is understood and agreed that this Fee Letter shall not constitute or give rise to any obligation to provide any financing where there is otherwise no such obligation. This Fee Letter may not be amended nor any provision hereof waived or modified except by an instrument in writing signed by the Borrower, and the Lender. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Fee Letter and the provisions of the Credit Agreement, the provisions of this Fee Letter shall govern and control.

 

Each provision and agreement herein shall be treated as separate and independent from any other provision or agreement herein and shall be enforceable notwithstanding the unenforceability of any such other provision or agreement.

 

This Fee Letter and any claim, dispute or controversy arising under or related to or in connection with this Fee Letter, the relationship of the parties, and/or the interpretation and enforcement of the rights and duties of the parties shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to any conflicts of laws principles.

 

This Fee Letter may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall constitute one and the same agreement. Counterparts may be delivered electronically.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Fee Letter to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

  [ATW OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND II, LP],  
  as Lender
   
  By:                       
  Its:  
  Title:  

 

Signature Page to Fee Letter 

 

 

 

 

  SRAX, INC. 
  as Borrower
   
  By:         
  Its:  
  Title:  

 

Signature Page to Fee Letter 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.09

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of August 8, 2022, between SRAX, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and ATW Opportunities Master Fund II, LP (the “Holder”).

 

This Agreement is made pursuant to the Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2022 between the Company and the Holder (the “Credit Agreement”).

 

In consideration of the premises, the mutual provisions of this Agreement, and other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, Company and the Holder agree as follows:

 

Section 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the meanings given such terms in the Credit Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Advice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(d).

 

Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday, any day which is a federal legal holiday in the United States or any day on which banking institutions in the State of New of are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Conversion Shares” means the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Revolving Note.

 

Effectiveness Deadline” means, with respect to the Initial Registration Statement required to be filed hereunder, the 60th calendar day following the Filing Deadline and with respect to any additional Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section 2(c), the 60th calendar day following the date on which an additional Registration Statement is required to be filed hereunder; provided, however, that in the event the Company is notified by the Commission that one or more of the above Registration Statements will not be reviewed or is no longer subject to further review and comments, the Effectiveness Deadline as to such Registration Statement shall be the fifth Trading Day following the date on which the Company is so notified if such date precedes the dates otherwise required above, provided, further, if such Effectiveness Deadline falls on a day that is not a Trading Day, then the Effectiveness Deadline shall be the next succeeding Trading Day.

 

Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

 

Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d).

 

Event Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d).

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Filing Deadline” means: (i) with respect to the Initial Registration Statement, the date that is 45 days following the date upon which the Company becomes current with its filing obligations with the Commission, the Principal Trading Market, or any other Governmental Authority, (ii) with respect to any additional Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section 2(c), the earliest practical date on which the Company is permitted by SEC Guidance to file such additional Registration Statement related to the Registrable Securities, and (iii) with respect to any additional Registration Statements which may be required pursuant to Section 3(c), the date that is 45 days following the date on which the number of Registrable Securities exceeds 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock then registered in a Registration Statement.

 

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Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c).

 

Indemnifying Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c).

 

Initial Registration Statement” means the initial Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a) of this Agreement.

 

Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).

 

Prospectus” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

 

Registrable Securities” means, as of any date of determination: (a) all of the Conversion Shares then issued and issuable upon conversion in full of the Revolving Note; (b) the Warrant Shares; and (c) any securities issued or then issuable upon any standard anti-dilution provisions, including but not limited to stock split, dividend or other distribution, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the foregoing; provided, however, that any such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities (and the Company shall not be required to maintain the effectiveness of any, or file another, Registration Statement hereunder with respect thereto) for so long as: (i) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such Registrable Securities is declared effective by the Commission under the Securities Act and such Registrable Securities have been disposed of by the Holder in accordance with such effective Registration Statement, (ii) such Registrable Securities have been sold in accordance with Rule 144 and the Company has delivered certificates representing such securities that no longer bear a legend and/or for which the Transfer Agent has not instituted a stop order restricting further transfer, or (iii) such securities become eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions and without current public information pursuant to Rule 144 as set forth in a written opinion letter to such effect, addressed, delivered and acceptable to the Transfer Agent and the Holder (assuming that such securities and any securities issuable upon exercise or conversion of which, or as a dividend upon which, such securities were issued or are issuable, were at no time held by any Affiliate of the Company, as reasonably determined by the Company, upon the advice of counsel to the Company).

 

Registration Statement” means any registration statement required to be filed hereunder pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 3 and any additional registration statements contemplated by Section 2(c), including (in each case) the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to any such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in any such registration statement.

 

Revolving Note” shall have the same meaning set forth in the Credit Agreement.

 

Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission under the 1933 Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any other similar or successor rule or regulation of the Commission that may at any time permit the Holder to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration.

 

Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission providing for offering securities on a continuous or delayed basis.

 

Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended or interpreted from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same purpose and effect as such Rule.

 

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Selling Stockholder Questionnaire” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).

 

SEC Guidance” means: (i) any publicly-available written or oral guidance of the Commission staff, or any comments, requirements or requests of the Commission staff; and (ii) the Securities Act.

 

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

 

Trading Day” means a day on which the principal national securities exchanges on which the Registrable Securities is listed or admitted to trading, are open for the transaction of business or, if the Registrable Securities are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, a Business Day.

 

Warrants” means the Common Stock purchase warrants issued to Holder and having the following issuance dates: (i) October 27, 2017, (ii) November 29, 2018, and (iii) June 30, 2020.

 

Warrant Shares” means the shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants.

 

Section 2. Required Registration.

 

(a) The Company shall prepare and, as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the Filing Deadline, file with the Commission the Initial Registration Statement; provided that the Initial Registration Statement shall register for resale at the lesser of: (x) the number of share Common Stock equal to 125% of the maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Revolving Note at the initial conversion price thereof, and (y) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock allowable in the event the Commission informs the Company that all of the Registerable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement (the “Initial Required Registration Amount”) as well as the Warrant Shares. The Registration Statement filed hereunder shall be on Form S-1 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-1, in which case such registration shall be on another appropriate form in accordance herewith). Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company shall cause each Registration Statement required to be filed under this Agreement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as possible after the filing thereof and shall keep such Registration Statements continuously effective under the Securities Act until the earlier of: (i) the date that all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement no longer constitute Registrable Securities, or (ii) the two year anniversary of the date of this Agreement (the “Effectiveness Period”). The Company shall request effectiveness of a Registration Statement as of 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a Trading Day. The Company shall promptly notify the Holder via facsimile or by e-mail of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement on the same Trading Day that the Company telephonically confirms effectiveness with the Commission, which shall be the date requested for effectiveness of such Registration Statement. The Company shall, by 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time on the Trading Day after the effective date of such Registration Statement, file a final Prospectus with the Commission as required by Rule 424. Failure to so notify the Holder within one (1) Trading Day of such notification of effectiveness or failure to file a final Prospectus as foresaid shall be deemed an Event under Section 2(d).

 

(b) Notwithstanding the registration obligations set forth in Section 2(a), if the Commission informs the Company that all of the Registrable Securities cannot, as a result of the application of Rule 415, be registered for resale as a secondary offering on a single registration statement, the Company agrees to promptly inform the Holder thereof and use its reasonable best efforts to file amendments to the Initial Registration Statement as required by the Commission, covering the maximum number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered by the Commission, on such form available to register for resale the Registrable Securities as a secondary offering, subject to the provisions of Section 2(e); with respect to filing on such appropriate form; provided, however, that prior to filing such amendment, the Company shall be obligated to use diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the SEC Guidance, including without limitation, Compliance and Disclosure Interpretation 612.09 of the Commission. Notwithstanding the obligations of the Company under this Section 2(b), the provisions of Section 2(d) shall apply with respect to the payment of the Liquidated Damages.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if the Commission or any SEC Guidance sets forth a limitation on the number of Registrable Securities permitted to be registered on a particular Registration Statement as a secondary offering (and notwithstanding that the Company used diligent efforts to advocate with the Commission for the registration of all or a greater portion of Registrable Securities), unless otherwise: (i) directed in writing by the Holder as to its Registrable Securities, or (ii) directed by the Commission as to the limitations or restrictions that it would require, the number of Registrable Securities to be registered on such Registration Statement will be reduced as follows:

 

a. First, the Company shall reduce or eliminate any securities to be included by any Person other than the Holder; and

 

b. Second, the Company shall reduce Registrable Securities represented by Warrant Shares; and

 

c. Finally, the Company shall reduce the Registrable Securities represented by the Conversion Shares.

 

In the event of a cutback hereunder, the Company shall give the Holder at least five (5) Trading Days prior written notice along with the calculations as to the Holder’s allotment. In the event the Company amends the Initial Registration Statement in accordance with the foregoing, or determines to file an additional Registration Statement, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to file with the Commission, as promptly as allowed by Commission or SEC Guidance provided to the Company or to registrants of securities in general, one or more Registration Statements on such other form available to register for resale those Registrable Securities that were not registered for resale on the Initial Registration Statement, as amended, as a result of any cutback of Registrable Securities of the Holder or any Registrable Securities not included in the Initial Registration Statement. In any additional Registration Statement filed because of a cutback in the number of Registrable Securities included in the Initial Registration Statement, all holders of Common Stock included in such additional Registration Statement shall be subject to any additional cutbacks that may be required by the Commission on a pro rata basis.

 

(d) If: (i) the Initial Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to its Filing Deadline, or (ii) the Company fails to file with the Commission a request for acceleration of a Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, within five (5) Trading Days of the date that the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that such Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review, or (iii) a Registration Statement registering for resale all of the Initial Required Registration Amount is not declared effective by the Commission by the Effectiveness Deadline of the Initial Registration Statement, or (iv) after the effective date of a Registration Statement, such Registration Statement ceases for any reason, other than as a result of Holder’s actions, to remain continuously effective as to all Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement, or the Holder is otherwise not permitted to utilize the Prospectus therein to resell such Registrable Securities, for more than ten (10) consecutive Trading Days or more than an aggregate of thirty (30) Trading Days (which need not be consecutive calendar days) during any 12-month period (any such failure or breach being referred to as an “Event”, and for purposes of clauses (i) and (iii), the date on which such Event occurs, and for purpose of clause (ii) the date on which such five (5) Trading Day period is exceeded, and for purpose of clause (iv) the date on which such ten (10) or thirty (30) Trading Days, as applicable, is exceeded being referred to as “Event Date”), then, in addition to any other rights the Holder may have hereunder or under applicable law, on each such Event Date and on each monthly anniversary of each such Event Date until the applicable Event is cured, the Company shall pay to Holder an amount in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to the product of: (1) 1.00% multiplied by (2) the principal amount of the Revolving Note then not covered by a Registration Statement that is then effective and available for use by the Holder (the “Liquidated Damages”). The parties agree that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Credit Agreement, no liquidated damages shall be payable due to the Holder’s actions that delay or prevent the Company from performing its obligations under this Agreement.

 

The Liquidated Damages shall accrue pursuant to the terms hereof on a daily pro rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of an Event. Further, amounts payable as Liquidated Damages to the Holder hereunder with respect to each share of Registrable Securities shall cease when the Holder no longer holds such shares of Registrable Securities. No Event shall be deemed to occur or continue if such Registration Event is caused by delays which are solely attributable to (i) the failure of the Holder to timely advise the Company of any information regarding the Holder for inclusion in the Registration Statement, but any such failure shall apply only to that particular Holder, or (ii) the resolution of comments from the Commission pertaining to the Holder.

 

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For the purposes of clarity, it is hereby agreed that Liquidated Damages shall not accrue during, and none shall be due as a result of, any period not to exceed (i) five (5) consecutive Trading Days or (ii) ten (10) Trading Days in total during any twelve-month period (such periods, an “Allowed Delay”) during which the Prospectus included in any Registration Statement contemplated by this Registration Rights Agreement is suspended or otherwise unavailable.

 

Section 3. Company Obligations. In connection with the Company’s registration obligations hereunder, the Company shall:

 

(a) Not less than three (3) Trading Days prior to the filing of each Registration Statement and not less than one (1) Trading Days prior to the filing of any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (including any document that would be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference), the Company shall: (i) furnish to the Holder copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents (other than those incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference) will be subject to the review of the Holder, and (ii) cause its officers and directors, counsel and independent registered public accountants to respond to such inquiries as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of respective counsel to the Holder, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act. Notwithstanding the above, the Company shall not be obligated to provide the Holder advance copies of any universal shelf registration statement registering securities in addition to those required hereunder, or any Prospectus prepared thereto.

 

(b) (i) Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, to a Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep a Registration Statement continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for the Effectiveness Period and prepare and file with the Commission such additional Registration Statements in order to register for resale under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities, (ii) cause the related Prospectus to be amended or supplemented by any required Prospectus supplement (subject to the terms of this Agreement), and, as so supplemented or amended, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424, (iii) respond as promptly as reasonably possible to any comments received from the Commission with respect to a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, and (iv) comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement during the applicable period in accordance (subject to the terms of this Agreement) with the intended methods of disposition by the Holder thereof set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented.

 

(c) If during the Effectiveness Period, the number of Registrable Securities at any time exceeds 100% of the number of shares of Common Stock then registered in a Registration Statement, then the Company shall file as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any case, prior to the applicable Filing Deadline, an additional Registration Statement covering the resale by the Holder of not less than the number of such Registrable Securities.

 

(d) Notify the Holder of Registrable Securities to be sold (which notice shall, pursuant to clauses (iii) through (vi) hereof, be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the requisite changes have been made) as promptly as reasonably possible: (i) (A) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement has been filed; (B) when the Commission notifies the Company whether there will be a “review” of such Registration Statement; and (C) with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information, in each case, after the such Registration Statement has been declared effective, (iii) of the issuance by the Commission or any other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement covering any or all of the Registrable Securities or the initiation of any Proceedings for that purpose, (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any Proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the occurrence of any event or passage of time that makes the financial statements included in a Registration Statement ineligible for inclusion therein or any statement made in a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires any revisions to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or other documents so that, in the case of a Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (vi) of the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development with respect to the Company that the Company believes may be material and that, in the determination of the Company, makes it not in the best interest of the Company to allow continued availability of a Registration Statement or Prospectus, provided, however, in no event shall any such notice contain any information which would constitute material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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(e) Use its reasonable best efforts to avoid the issuance of, or, if issued, obtain the withdrawal of (i) any order stopping or suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or (ii) any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, at the earliest practicable moment.

 

(f) Furnish to the Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each such Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference to the extent requested by such Person, and all exhibits to the extent requested by such Person (including those previously furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the Commission; provided, that any such item which is available on the EDGAR system (or successor thereto) need not be furnished. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by the Holder in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, except after the Company has given notice pursuant to Section 3(d).

 

(g) The Company shall cooperate with any broker-dealer through which the Holder proposes to resell its Registrable Securities in effecting a filing with the FINRA Corporate Financing Department pursuant to FINRA Rule 5110, as requested by any the Holder.

 

(h) Prior to any resale of Registrable Securities by the Holder, use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the Holder in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from the Registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for the resale by the Holder under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as the Holder reasonably requests in writing, to keep each registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement; provided, that, the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, subject the Company to any material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction.

 

(i) If requested by the Holder, cooperate with the Holder to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to a Registration Statement, which certificates shall be free, to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any the Holder may request.

 

(j) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by clause (v) or (vi) of Section 3(d), as promptly as reasonably possible under the circumstances taking into account the Company’s good faith assessment of any adverse consequences to the Company and its stockholders of the premature disclosure of such event, prepare a supplement or amendment, including a post-effective amendment, to a Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, and file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered, neither a Registration Statement nor such Prospectus will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. If the Company notifies the Holder in accordance with clauses (iii) through (vi) of Section 3(d) above to suspend the use of any Prospectus until the requisite changes to such Prospectus have been made, then the Holder shall suspend use of such Prospectus. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable.

 

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(k) Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission.

 

(l) The Company may require each selling Holder to furnish to the Company a certified statement as to the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and, if required by the Commission, the natural persons thereof that have voting and dispositive control over the shares. During any periods that the Company is unable to meet its obligations hereunder with respect to the registration of the Registrable Securities solely because the Holder fails to furnish such information within three Trading Days of the Company’s request, any liquidated damages that are accruing at such time shall be tolled and any Event that may otherwise occur solely because of such delay shall be suspended until such information is delivered to the Company.

 

Section 4. Obligations of the Holder.

 

(a) The Holder agrees to furnish to the Company a completed questionnaire in the form attached to this Agreement as Appendix A (a “Selling Stockholder Questionnaire”) on a date that is not less than ten (10) days prior to the Filing Deadline or within three (3) Trading Days of receiving the Company’s request for such information. The Holder shall furnish in writing to the Company such additional information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities held by it, and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration, as shall be reasonably required to effect the registration of such Registrable Securities. The Holder shall provide such information to the Company at least two (2) Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement if the Holder elects to have any of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement. The Company shall not be required to include the Registrable Securities of the Holder in a Registration Statement, and no Event shall be deemed to occur and or continue solely as a result of the failure to include the Registrable Securities of the Holder in the Registration Statement, if the Holder fails to furnish to the Company a fully completed Selling Stockholder Questionnaire within the time specified in this Section 4(a).

 

(b) The Holder agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of a Registration Statement hereunder, unless the Holder has notified the Company in writing of its election to exclude all of its Registrable Securities from such Registration Statement.

 

(c) The Holder covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act as applicable to it (unless an exemption therefrom is available) in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement.

 

(d) The Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of either: (i) the commencement of an Allowed Delay, or (ii) the happening of an event pursuant to Section 3(d)(iii) – (vi) hereof, the Holder will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities, until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus (as it may have been supplemented or amended) may be resumed. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed as promptly as is practicable.

 

Section 5. Registration Expenses. All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with, this Agreement by the Company shall be borne by the Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement. The fees and expenses referred to in the foregoing sentence shall include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent registered public accountants) (A) with respect to filings made with the Commission, (B) with respect to filings required to be made with any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed for trading, and (C) in compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws reasonably agreed to by the Company in writing (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with Blue Sky qualifications or exemptions of the Registrable Securities), (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities), (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses of the Company, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance, and (vi) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In addition, the Company shall be responsible for all of its internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder. In no event shall the Company be responsible for any broker or similar commissions of the Holder or, except to the extent provided for in the Transaction Documents, any legal fees or other costs of the Holder.

 

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Section 6. Indemnification.

 

(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless the Holder, the officers, directors, members, partners, agents, brokers (including brokers who offer and sell Registrable Securities as principal as a result of a pledge or any failure to perform under a margin call of the Common Stock), investment advisors and employees of the Company, each Person who controls any the Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the officers, directors, members, stockholders, partners, agents, investment advisors and employees of each such controlling Person, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “Losses”), as incurred, arising out of or relating to: (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any form of prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, or (ii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder, in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that (A) such untrue statements or omissions are based solely upon information regarding the Holder furnished in writing to the Company by the Holder expressly for use therein (it being understood that such information shall only consist of the name of the Holder, the number of offered shares (excluding percentages), the address and other information with respect to the Holder and the information included on Appendix A hereto, each only to the extent which such information appears in an effective Registration Statement or any Prospectus), or (B) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(d)(iii)-(vi), the use by the Holder of an outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable Prospectus after the Company has notified the Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable for use by the Holder and prior to the receipt by the Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 5(d). The Company shall notify the Holder promptly of the institution, threat or assertion of any Proceeding arising from or in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement of which the Company is aware. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such indemnified person and shall survive the transfer of any Registrable Securities by any of the Holder in accordance with Section 7(e).

 

(b) Indemnification by Holder. The Holder shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, agents and employees, each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act), and the directors, officers, agents or employees of such controlling Persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against all Losses, as incurred, to the extent arising out of or based solely upon: (i) the Holder’s failure to comply with any applicable prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act through no fault of the Company, or (ii) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising out of or relating to any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus or supplement thereto, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information so furnished in writing by the Holder to the Company expressly for inclusion in such Registration Statement or such Prospectus (it being understood that such information shall only consist of the name of the Holder, the number of offered shares (excluding percentages), the address and other information with respect to the Holder and the information included on Appendix A hereto, each only to the extent which such information appears in an effective Registration Statement or any Prospectus), such Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (iii) in the case of an occurrence of an event of the type specified in Section 3(d)(iii)-(vi), to the extent, but only to the extent, related to the use by the Holder of an outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable Prospectus after the Company has notified the Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated, defective or otherwise unavailable for use by the Holder and prior to the receipt by the Holder of the Advice contemplated in Section 5(d). In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder under this Section 7(b) be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by the Holder upon the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation, except in the case of fraud or willful misconduct by the Holder.

 

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(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any Proceeding shall be brought or asserted against any Person entitled to indemnity hereunder (an “Indemnified Party”), such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Person from whom indemnity is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and the payment of all reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with defense thereof; provided, that, the failure of any Indemnified Party to give such notice shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except (and only) to the extent that it shall be finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) that such failure shall have materially and adversely prejudiced the Indemnifying Party. An Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such Proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party or Parties unless: (1) the Indemnifying Party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses, (2) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed promptly to assume the defense of such Proceeding and to employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in any such Proceeding, or (3) the named parties to any such Proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and counsel to the Indemnified Party shall reasonably believe that a material conflict of interest is likely to exist if the same counsel were to represent such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in which case, if such Indemnified Party notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume the defense thereof and the reasonable fees and expenses of no more than one separate counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnifying Party). The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such Proceeding effected without its written consent. No Indemnifying Party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect any settlement of any pending Proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Party is a party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceeding. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, all reasonable fees and expenses of the Indemnified Party (including reasonable fees and expenses to the extent incurred in connection with investigating or preparing to defend such Proceeding in a manner not inconsistent with this Section) shall be paid to the Indemnified Party, as incurred, within thirty (30) calendar days of written notice thereof to the Indemnifying Party; provided, that, the Indemnified Party shall promptly reimburse the Indemnifying Party for that portion of such fees and expenses applicable to such actions for which such Indemnified Party is finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction (which determination is not subject to appeal or further review) not to be entitled to indemnification hereunder.

 

(d) Contribution. If the indemnification under Section 7(a) or 7(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold an Indemnified Party harmless for any Losses, then each Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement, any reasonable attorneys’ or other fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for in this Section was available to such party in accordance with its terms. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7(d), no Holder shall be required to contribute pursuant to this Section 7(d), in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds actually received by the Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any damages that the Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

 

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(e) The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties.

 

Section 7. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company or by the Holder of any of their respective obligations under this Agreement, the Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law and under this Agreement, including recovery of damages, shall be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. Each of the Company and the Holder agrees that monetary damages would not provide adequate compensation for any losses incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agrees that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall not assert or shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

(b) Reserved.

 

(c) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Company and the Holder.

 

(d) Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be delivered as set forth in the Credit Agreement.

 

(e) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of the Holder. The Company may not assign (except by merger) its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of all of the Holder. The Holder may assign its rights hereunder in the manner and to the Persons as permitted under the Credit Agreement.

 

(f) [Intentionally Omitted]

 

(g) Execution and Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.

 

(h) Governing Law and Venue. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement. In the event of a dispute related to this Agreement, venue will be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement.

 

(i) Cumulative Remedies. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any other remedies provided by law.

 

(j) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their reasonable best efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

 

(k) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of the Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

 

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(Signature Pages Follow)

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  SRAX, INC.
     
  By:                     
  Name:  
  Title:  
     
  ATW OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND II, LP
     
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

[Signature Pages Continue]

 

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APPENDIX A

Selling Stockholder Questionnaire

 

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srax, inc.

 

Selling Stockholder Notice and Questionnaire

 

The undersigned beneficial owner of common stock (the “Registrable Securities”) of SRAX, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of the Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) to which this document is annexed. A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the address set forth below. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling stockholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus. Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being named as a selling stockholder in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.

 

NOTICE

 

The undersigned beneficial owner (the “Selling Stockholder”) of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include the Registrable Securities owned by it in the Registration Statement.

 

The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate:

 

QUESTIONNAIRE

 

1. Name.

 

(a)Full Legal Name of Selling Stockholder

 

   

 

  (b) Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities are held:

 

   

 

  (c) Full Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose of the securities covered by this Questionnaire):

 

   

 

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2. Address for Notices to Selling Stockholder:

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Telephone:
 
Fax:
 

Contact

Person:

 

 

3. Broker-Dealer Status:

 

  (a) Are you a broker-dealer?

 

  Yes ☐ No ☐

 

  (b) If “yes” to Section 3(a), did you receive your Registrable Securities as compensation for investment banking services to the Company?

 

  Yes ☐ No ☐

 

  Note: If “no” to Section 3(b), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.

 

  (c) Are you an affiliate of a broker-dealer?

 

  Yes ☐ No ☐

 

  (d) If you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you purchased the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities?

 

  Yes ☐ No ☐

 

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  Note: If “no” to Section 3(d), the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.

 

4. Beneficial Ownership of Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling Stockholder.

 

Except as set forth below in this Item 4, the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the securities issuable pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

 

(a)Type and Amount of other securities beneficially owned by the Selling Stockholder:

 

   
   
   

 

5. Relationships with the Company:

 

Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.

 

State any exceptions here:

 

   
   
   

 

The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof at any time while the Registration Statement remains effective.

 

By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 5 and the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto. The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Registration Statement and the related prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.

 

Date:     Beneficial Owner:  

 

      By:  
      Name:  
      Title:  

 

PLEASE FAX A COPY (OR EMAIL A .PDF COPY) OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE, AND RETURN BY EMAIL TO: rsilvestre@silvestrelaw.com

 

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