UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of
Report (Date of earliest event reported):
April 30, 2018
RumbleOn, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
(State
or Other Jurisdiction
of
Incorporation)
001-38248
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46-3951329
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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4521 Sharon Road, Suite 370
Charlotte, North Carolina
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28211
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip Code)
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(704) 448-5240
(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(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:
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Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
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under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2 (b))
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under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4 (c))
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company
as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR
§230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(17 CFR §240.12b-2).
Emerging
growth company ☒
If an
emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided
pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☒
Item 1.01. Entry into Material Definitive Agreement.
The
information in Item 2.03 below is incorporated into this Item 1.01
by reference.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an
Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a
Registrant.
On April 30, 2018 (the “Closing
Date”), RumbleOn, Inc., a Nevada corporation
(the
“Company”), NextGen Pro, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“NextGen Pro”), RMBL Missouri, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company (“RMBL Missouri”)
and RMBL Texas, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“RMBL Texas," and together with the Company, NextGen Pro,
and RMBL Missouri, each, a “Borrower”, and
collectively, “Borrowers”)
, entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the
"Loan Agreement") with Hercules Capital, Inc. a Maryland
Corporation ("Hercules") and other financial institutions or
entities that may thereafter from time to time become parties
thereto (collectively, “Lender”) and Hercules in its
capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent for Lender
(in such capacity, “Agent”), pursuant to which Lender
may provide one or more term loans in an aggregate principal amount
of up to $20 million (the "Loan").
Under the terms of the Loan Agreement, $5.0
million will be funded at closing with the balance available in
three additional tranches over the term of the Loan Agreement,
subject to certain operating targets and otherwise as set forth in
the Loan Agreement. The Loan has an initial 36-month maturity and
initial 10.5% interest rate.
Under the Loan Agreement, on the Closing Date, the
Company issued to the Lender a warrant to purchase 81,818
(increasing to 109,091 if the fourth tranche is advanced) shares of
the Company’s Class B common stock at an exercise price of
$5.50 per share (the “Warrant”).
The Warrant is
immediately exercisable and expires on April 30, 2023. The Company
agreed to file a registration statement registering the resale of
the shares underlying the Warrant no later than 90 days after
issuance.
The warrants were
issued in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by
Section 4(a)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or
Regulation D thereunder, as a sale not involving any public
offering.
Advances under the Loan ("Advances")
will bear interest at a per annum rate
equal to the greater
of either (i) the prime rate as reported in The Wall Street Journal
plus 5.75%, and (ii) 10.25%,
based on a year consisting of 360 days,
with interest computed daily based on the actual number of days
elapsed. Advances under the Loan Agreement are due and payable on
May 1, 2021, unless Borrowers achieve certain performance
milestones, in which case Advances will be due and payable on
November 1, 2021.
Upon any event of default, the Agent may, at its option, exercise
its right to demand immediate payment of all liabilities and other
indebtedness and amounts owed to Lender by Borrowers.
The Loan is
secured by a grant of a security interest in all assets (the
“Collateral”) of the Borrowers, except that the
Collateral should not include (a) more than 65% of the presently
existing and later arising issued and outstanding shares of capital
stock owned by any Borrower of any foreign subsidiary which shares
entitle the holder thereof to vote for directors or any other
matter and (b) nonassignable licenses or contracts.
In
connection with the Loan Agreement, Borrowers and Agent each
entered into (i) a Subordination Agreement (the "Halcyon
Subordination Agreement"), effective April 30, 2018, with Halcyon
Consulting, LLC ("Halcyon"), and (ii) a Subordination Agreement
(the “Noteholder Subordination Agreement”), effective
April 30, 2018, with certain noteholders of the Company (the
“Note Holders”). In addition, the Borrowers have
acknowledged and approved an Intercreditor Agreement (the
“Intercreditor Agreement”), effective April 30, 2018,
by and between Agent and Ally Bank and Ally Financial Inc. (the
“Ally Parties”).
Under
the terms of the Halcyon Subordination Agreement, (i) all of each
Borrower’s indebtedness and obligations to Halcyon, whether
existing or arising in the future, is and shall be subordinated to
all of Borrowers’ indebtedness and obligations to Agent and
Lender, subject to the terms and conditions contained therein, and
(ii) all of Halcyon’s security interests, if any, in each
Borrower’s property is and shall be subordinated to all of
Agent’s security interests in Borrowers’ property,
subject to the terms and conditions contained therein.
Under
the terms of the Noteholder Subordination Agreement, (i) all of
each Borrower’s indebtedness and obligations to Note Holders,
whether existing or arising in the future, is and shall be
subordinated to all of Borrowers’ indebtedness and
obligations to Agent and Lender, subject to the terms and
conditions contained therein, and (ii) all of each Note
Holder’s security interests, if any, in each Borrower’s
property is and shall be subordinated to all of Agent’s
security interests in Borrowers’ property, subject to the
terms and conditions contained therein.
The
Intercreditor Agreement specifies the priority of, and the time and
method by which Hercules and the Ally Parties may enforce, their
respective security interests in the Collateral.
In
conjunction with the security interest granted under the Loan
Agreement, the Company’s obligations are further secured,
pursuant to the terms of an Intellectual Property Security
Agreement (the “Security Agreement”), dated as of the
Closing Date, among the Company, NextGen Pro and the Agent, by a
security interest in all now owned or hereafter acquired
intellectual property of the Company and NextGen Pro, except to the
extent such intellectual property cannot be assigned or the
creation of a security interest would be prohibited by applicable
law or contract.
The foregoing descriptions of the Loan,
the Loan Agreement, the Warrant, the Intercreditor Agreement, the
Noteholder Subordination Agreement, the Halcyon Subordination
Agreement and the
Security Agreement
are qualified in their entirety by
reference to the full text of the Warrant, Loan
Agreement, the Intercreditor
Agreement
, the
Halcyon
Subordination Agreement, the Noteholder
Subordination Agreement, and the Intellectual Property Security
Agreement
which are
attached to this report as Exhibits 4.1, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4,
and 10.5 respectively and incorporated by reference into this
report.
The
Company filed a press release announcing the entry into the Loan on
April 30, 2018. A copy of the press release is attached to this
Report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference in this
Report.
Item 3.02.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
The
disclosure included in Item 2.03 above is incorporated into
this Item 3.02 by reference.
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and
Exhibits
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(d)
Exhibits
Exhibit No.
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Description
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Warrant,
dated April 30, 2018.
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Loan and Security Agreement,
by and among the Company,
NextGen Pro, LLC, RMBL Missouri, LLC, RMBL Texas, LLC, Lender and
Hercules Capital, Inc.,
dated April
30, 2018.
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Intercreditor Agreement,
by and among Hercules Capital,
Inc., Ally Bank and Ally Financial, Inc. and agreed to by the
Company, NextGen Pro, LLC RMBL Missouri, LLC, and RMBL Texas, LLC,
dated April 30,
2018.
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Subordination
Agreement, by and among the Company, Halcyon Consulting, LLC,
NextGen Pro, LLC, RMBL Missouri, LLC, RMBL Texas, LLC, and Hercules
Capital, Inc.,
dated April 30,
2018.
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Subordination
Agreement, by and among the Company, Blue Flame Capital, LLC, Lori
Sue Chesrown, Ralph Wegis, NextGen Pro, LLC, RMBL Missouri, LLC,
RMBL Texas, LLC, and Hercules Capital, Inc.,
dated April 30, 2018.
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Intellectual
Property Security Agreement, by and among Hercules Capital, Inc.,
the Company and NextGen Pro, LLC, dated April 30, 2018.
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Press
Release, dated April 30, 2018.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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RUMBLEON, INC.
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Date:
May 1, 2018
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By:
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/s/
Steven R.
Berrard
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Steven
R. Berrard
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Chief
Financial Officer
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WARRANT TO PURCHASE CLASS B COMMON STOCK
OF
RUMBLEON, INC.
ISSUED
ON April 30, 2018
VOID
AFTER 5:30 P.M., EASTERN TIME, ON April 30, 2023
THIS
WARRANT AND ANY SHARES ACQUIRED UPON THE EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT
HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE “
ACT
”), AND MAY NOT BE SOLD,
PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, DONATED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT
COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION PROVISIONS OF
APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR APPLICABLE
EXEMPTIONS THEREFROM.
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, RUMBLEON, INC., a Nevada corporation (the
“
Company
”),
hereby agrees to sell upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set
forth, but no later than 5:30 p.m., Eastern Time, on the Expiration
Date (as hereinafter defined) to Hercules Capital, Inc. or its
registered assigns (the “
Holder
”), under the terms as
hereinafter set forth,
the Applicable
Number of
fully paid and non-assessable shares of the
Company’s Class B Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
(the “
Warrant
Shares
”), at a per share purchase price equal to $5.50
per share (the “
Warrant
Price
”), pursuant to this warrant (this
“
Warrant
”). The
term “
Applicable
Number
” shall mean 81,818 shares, provided that upon
Lender making an Advance pursuant to the Tranche IV , in each case,
as defined in the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of the date
hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time, the “
Loan
Agreement
”), by and among the Company, certain other
borrowers party thereto, the several banks and other financial
institutions or entities from time to time parties to this
Agreement and Hercules Capital, Inc., in its capacity as
administrative agent and collateral agent for lenders, the
Applicable Number shall be 109,091. The number of Warrant Shares to
be so issued and the Warrant Price are subject to adjustment in
certain events as hereinafter set forth. The term
“
Class B
Common Stock
” shall mean, when
used herein, unless the context otherwise requires, the stock and
other securities and property at the time receivable upon the
exercise of this Warrant.
1.
Definitions
a.
“
Act
” has the meaning set forth in
the legend above.
b.
“
Aggregate Exercise Price
” has the
meaning set forth in Section 10(c) hereof.
c.
“
Applicable Number
” has the meaning
set forth in the preamble hereto.
d.
“
Articles
” means the
Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as may be amended from
time to time.
e.
“
Business Day
” means a day Monday
through Friday on which banks are generally open for business in
New York City.
f.
“
Buy-In
” has the meaning set forth
in Section 6 hereof.
g.
“
Class B
Common Stock
” has the meaning set
forth in the preamble hereto.
h.
“
Common Stock
” means the common
stock of the Company, as defined in the Articles, and including the
Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock.
i.
“
Company
” has the meaning set forth
in the preamble hereto.
j.
“
Dilutive Issuance
” has the meaning
set forth in Section 7(d) hereof.
k.
“
Excluded Securities
”
means:
(i)
shares of Class B
Common Stock, or options to acquire shares of Class B Common Stock,
issued to directors, officers, employees and consultants of the
Company or any subsidiary pursuant to any qualified or
non-qualified stock option plan or agreement, stock purchase plan
or agreement, stock restriction agreement, employee stock ownership
plan, consultant equity compensation plan or arrangement approved
by the Board of Directors of the Company or an authorized committee
thereof, including any repurchase or stock restriction agreement,
or such other options, issuances, arrangements, agreements or plans
intended principally as a means of providing compensation for
employment or services and approved by the Board of Directors of
the Company;
(ii)
shares
of Class B Common Stock, or warrants or options to purchase Class B
Common Stock, issued in connection with bona fide acquisitions,
mergers or similar transactions, the terms of which are approved by
the Board of Directors of the Company; and
(iii)
shares
of Class B Common Stock issued upon exercise or conversion of any
options, warrants or convertible notes of the Company set forth on
the capitalization table set forth on
Schedule A
hereto.
l.
“
Expiration Date
” means April 30,
2023.
m.
“
fair market value
” has the meaning
set forth in Section 2(a) hereof.
n.
“
Filing Date
” has the meaning set
forth in Section 10(a) hereof.
o.
“
Final Prospectus
” has the meaning
set forth in Section 10(f) hereof.
p.
“
Fully-Diluted Basis
” means, at any
given time and without duplication, the aggregate number of Common
Stock and Preferred Stock (as such terms are defined in the
Articles) and any other shares of the Company outstanding at such
time plus the aggregate number of Common Stock and Preferred Stock
and any other shares of the Company issuable (subject to
readjustment upon the actual issuance thereof) upon the exercise,
conversion or exchange of any option, right, warrant or convertible
or exchangeable security outstanding at such time.
q.
“
Holder
” has the meaning set forth
in the preamble hereto.
r.
“
Indemnified Party
” has the meaning
set forth in Section 10(f) hereof.
s.
“
Indemnifying Party
” has the
meaning set forth in Section 10(f) hereof.
t.
“
Loan Agreement
”
has the meaning set forth in the
preamble hereto.
u.
“
Net Issuance
” has the meaning set
forth in Section 2(a) hereof.
v.
“
New Issuance
” means (A) any
issuance or sale by the Company of any class of shares of the
Company (including the issuance or sale of any shares owned or held
by or for the account of the Company) other than Excluded
Securities, (B) any issuance or sale by the Company of any options,
rights or warrants to subscribe for any class of shares of the
Company other than Excluded Securities, or (C) the issuance or sale
of any securities convertible into or exchangeable for any class of
shares of the Company other than Excluded Securities.
w.
“
New Issuance Price
” has the
meaning set forth in Section 7(d) hereof.
x.
“
Penalty Period
” has the meaning
set forth in Section 10(c) hereof.
y.
“
Purchase Price
” means, with
respect to any exercise of this Warrant, an amount equal to the
Warrant Price as of the relevant time multiplied by the number of
shares of Common Stock requested to be exercised under this Warrant
pursuant to such exercise.
z.
“
Registrable Securities
” means the
Warrant Shares;
provided
,
however
, that the Warrant
Shares shall only be treated as Registrable Securities if and only
for so long as they (i) have not been disposed of pursuant to a
Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC, (ii) have not
been sold in a transaction exempt from the registration and
prospectus delivery requirements of the Act so that all transfer
restrictions and restrictive legends with respect thereto are
removed upon the consummation of such sale or (iii) are held by the
Holder or a permitted transferee pursuant to Section
10(i).
aa.
“
Registration Default
” has the
meaning set forth in Section 10(c) hereof.
bb.
“
Registration Expenses
” means all
expenses incurred by the Company in complying with Section 10
hereof, including, without limitation, all registration,
qualification and filing fees, printing expenses, escrow fees, fees
and expenses of counsel for the Company, blue sky fees and expenses
and the expense of any special audits incident to or required by
any such registration (but excluding the fees of legal counsel for
the Holder).
cc.
“
Registration Period
” has the
meaning set forth in Section 10(d) hereof.
dd.
“
Registration Statement
” has the
meaning set forth in Section 10(a) hereof.
ee.
“
Selling Expenses
” means all
selling commissions applicable to the sale of Registrable
Securities and all fees and expenses of legal counsel for the
Holder.
ff.
“
Trading Day
” means a day on which
the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading.
gg.
“
Trading Market
” means any of the
following markets or exchanges on which the Class B Common Stock is
listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the NYSE
American, LLC, The NASDAQ Capital Market, The NASDAQ Global Market,
The NASDAQ Global Select Market, or the New York Stock Exchange (or
any successors to any of the foregoing).
hh.
“
Transfer Notice
” has the meaning
set forth in Section 3(b) hereof.
ii.
“
VWAP
” means, for any date, the
price determined by the first of the following clauses that
applies: (a) if the Class B Common Stock is then listed or quoted
on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the
Class B Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date)
on the Trading Market on which the Class B Common Stock is then
listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading
Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City
time)), (b) if Class B Common Stock is not then listed or quoted
for trading on a Trading Market, the volume weighted average price
of a share of Class B Common Stock for such date (or the nearest
preceding date) on the OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if Class B
Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on the OTCQB
or OTCQX and if prices for Class B Common Stock are then reported
in the “Pink Sheets” published by OTC Markets Group,
Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its
functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share
of Class B Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the
fair market value of the Class B Common Stock as determined by an
independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Holder and
reasonably acceptable to the Company, the fees and expenses of
which shall be paid by the Company.
jj.
“
Warrant
” means this Warrant and
any subsequent Warrant issued in accordance with the terms
hereof.
kk.
“
Warrant Price
”
has the meaning set forth in the
preamble hereto.
ll.
“
Warrant Register
” has the meaning
set forth in Section 9(c) hereof.
mm.
“
Warrant Share Delivery Date
” has
the meaning set forth in Section 6 hereof.
nn.
“
Warrant Shares
” means has the
meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
2.
Exercise of
Warrant
.
a.
The Holder or its
assignee may exercise this Warrant according to its terms by
completing the subscription form attached hereto and surrendering
this Warrant to the Company at the address set forth in Section 14,
accompanied by payment in full of the Purchase Price, as specified
in the subscription form, or as otherwise provided in this Warrant,
prior to 5:30 p.m., Eastern Time on the Expiration Date. Payment of
the purchase price may be made (i) in cash or certified check or by
bank draft in lawful money of the United States of America or (ii)
in accordance with the net issuance formula below
(“
Net
Issuance
”).
If the
Holder elects the Net Issuance method of payment, then the Company
shall issue to Holder upon exercise such number of shares of Class
B Common Stock determined in accordance with the following
formula:
X=
Y(A-B)
A
Where X
= the number of shares of Class B Common Stock to be issued to the
Holder;
Y = the
number of shares of Class B Common Stock with respect to which the
Holder is exercising its rights under this Warrant;
A = the
fair market value of one (1) share of Class B Common Stock on the
date of exercise; and
B = the
Warrant Price.
For
purposes of the above calculation, “
fair market value
” shall
mean:
(i)
if the Class B
Common Stock is listed or traded on the NASDAQ stock market or any
United States securities exchange or quoted on any securities
quotation service operated by NASDAQ (including the OTC Bulletin
Board), the twenty day volume weighted average trading price for
the twenty Trading Days ending on the second Trading Day prior to
the date of exercise; or
(ii)
if at any time the
Class B Common Stock is not listed or traded on any United States
stock exchange or quoted on any securities quotation service
operated by NASDAQ, the fair market value determined in good faith
by the Board of Directors of the Company and approved in good faith
by the Holder. In the event that the Holder does not accept the
valuation determined by the board of directors of the Company, then
the Company and the Holder shall, in good faith, select an
independent valuation firm mutually acceptable to each of them to
conduct a valuation of the price of a Warrant Share. The Holder may
elect, in its sole discretion, to receive the number of shares of
Class B Common Stock issuable to it upon exercise of this Warrant
calculated using the fair market value as determined in good faith
by the Board of Directors of the Company. Upon the determination of
the independent valuation firm, the Company and the Holder will
make adjustments to the issuance of Class B Common Stock based on
the determination of such independent valuation firm. The
determination of such independent valuation firm shall be
conclusive, absent manifest error, as between the Company and the
Holder for purposes herein. The Company shall pay all costs and
expenses associated with the engagement of the independent
valuation firm;
provided
that a valuation is
not required more than once in any given twelve (12) consecutive
month period. If at any time there will be more than one Holder,
then any determination of the fair market value, made with respect
to a Holder, shall apply to all the Holders, unless any party
proves that a material change in the valuation of the Company has
occurred since the valuation was determined.
b.
This Warrant may be
exercised in whole or in part so long as any exercise in part
hereof would not involve the issuance of fractional shares of
Warrant Shares. If exercised in part, the Company shall deliver to
the Holder a new Warrant, identical in form, in the name of the
Holder, evidencing the right to purchase the number of Warrant
Shares as to which this Warrant has not been exercised, which new
Warrant shall be signed by the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer or
President and the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the
Company.
c.
No fractional
shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon
the exercise of this Warrant. The Company shall pay cash in lieu of
fractional shares with respect to the Warrants based upon the fair
market value of such fractional shares of Class B Common Stock
(which, for purposes of this Section 2(c), shall be the closing
price of such shares on the exchange or market on which the Class B
Common Stock is then traded) at the time of exercise of this
Warrant.
3.
Disposition of Warrant Shares and
Warrant
.
a.
The Holder hereby
acknowledges that (i) this Warrant and any Warrant Shares purchased
pursuant hereto are, as of the date hereof, not registered: (A)
under the Act on the ground that the issuance of this Warrant is
exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Act as not
involving any public offering or (B) under any applicable state
securities law because the issuance of this Warrant does not
involve any public offering and (ii) the Company’s reliance
on the Section 4(2) exemption of the Act and under applicable state
securities laws is predicated in part on the representations hereby
made to the Company by the Holder. The Holder represents and
warrants that it is (i) an “accredited investor” within
the meaning of Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities
Act, (ii) (A) familiar with the business and affairs of the Company
and (B) knowledgeable and experienced in financial and business
matters to the extent that such Holder is capable of evaluating the
merits and risks of an investment in the Warrant and the Warrant
Shares, and (iii) acquiring this Warrant and will acquire the
Warrant Shares for investment for its own account, with no present
intention of dividing his, her or its participation with others or
reselling or otherwise distributing the same such that Holder may
be deemed an “underwriter” as such term is defined
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
b.
Subject to
compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and
the immediately following sentence, and if such intended transferee
is not an affiliate of the Holder and the intended transferee
provides a duly executed written confirmation that the
representations and warranties in Section 3(a) of this Warrant are
true and correct as to such intended transferee, this Warrant and
all rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part, without
charge to the Holder (except for transfer taxes) upon surrender of
this Warrant properly endorsed. The Holder hereby agrees that it
will not sell or transfer all or any part of this Warrant and/or
Warrant Shares unless and until it shall first have given notice to
the Company describing such sale or transfer and, if requested by
the Company in writing, furnished to the Company either (i) an
opinion, reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Company, of
counsel (skilled in securities matters, selected by the Holder and
reasonably satisfactory to the Company) to the effect that the
proposed sale or transfer may be made without registration under
the Act and without registration or qualification under any state
law, or (ii) an interpretative letter from the Securities and
Exchange Commission to the effect that no enforcement action will
be recommended if the proposed sale or transfer is made without
registration under the Act. Each taker and holder of this Warrant,
by taking or holding the same, consents and agrees that this
Warrant, when endorsed in blank, shall be deemed negotiable subject
to the transfer restrictions provided for herein, and that the
holder hereof, when this Warrant shall have been so endorsed and
its transfer recorded on the Company’s books, shall be
treated by the Company and all other persons dealing with this
Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for any purpose and as the
person entitled to exercise the rights represented by this Warrant
and, notwithstanding any other provision of this Warrant to the
contrary, shall be the Holder as referred to in this
Warrant.
The
proper transfer of this Warrant shall be recorded in the registry
referred to in Section 9(c) upon receipt by the Company of a notice
of transfer in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit II
(the
“
Transfer
Notice
”), at its principal offices and the payment to
the Company of all transfer taxes and other governmental charges
imposed on such transfer. Until the Company receives such Transfer
Notice, the Company may treat the registered owner hereof as the
owner for all purposes.
c.
If, at the time of
issuance of the shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, no
Registration Statement is in effect with respect to such shares
under applicable provisions of the Act, the Company may at its
election require that the Holder provide the Company with written
reconfirmation of the Holder’s investment intent and that any
stock certificate delivered to the Holder of a surrendered Warrant
shall bear legends reading substantially as follows:
“THE SHARES
REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED
OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE ISSUER OF THIS CERTIFICATE
THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID
ACT.”
In
addition, so long as the foregoing legend may remain on any stock
certificate delivered to the Holder, the Company may maintain
appropriate “stop transfer” orders with respect to such
certificates and the shares represented thereby on its books and
records and with those to whom it may delegate registrar and
transfer functions.
4.
Reservation of Shares
. The
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company as of the issue
date of this Warrant is as set forth on
Schedule A
hereto. The Company
hereby agrees that at all times there shall be reserved for
issuance upon the exercise of this Warrant such number of shares of
its Class B Common Stock as shall be required for issuance upon
exercise of this Warrant and shall at all times have a sufficient
number of authorized shares so as to permit the issuance of the
shares of Class B Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant. The
Company further agrees that all Warrant Shares represented by this
Warrant will be duly authorized and will, upon issuance and against
payment of the exercise price, be validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.
5.
Exchange, Transfer or Assignment of
Warrant
. This Warrant is exchangeable, without expense, at
the option of the Holder, upon presentation and surrender hereof to
the Company or at the office of its stock transfer agent, if any,
for other Warrants of different denominations, entitling the Holder
or Holders thereof to purchase in the aggregate the same number of
shares of Class B Common Stock purchasable hereunder. Upon
surrender of this Warrant to the Company or at the office of its
stock transfer agent, if any, with funds sufficient to pay any
transfer tax, the Company shall, without charge, execute and
deliver a new Warrant in the name of the assignee named in such
instrument of assignment and this Warrant shall promptly be
canceled.
6.
Delivery of Stock Certificate Upon
Exercise
. Within the third day after the Notice of Exercise
is delivered pursuant to this Warrant (the “
Warrant Share Delivery Date
”) and
payment of the Warrant Price (which payment shall be deemed to have
occurred when the funds are immediately available to the Company),
if applicable, the Company will cause to be issued in the name of
and delivered to the registered Holder hereof or its assigns, or
such Holder’s nominee or nominees, a certificate or
certificates for the full number of shares of Class B Common Stock
of the Company to which such Holder shall be entitled upon exercise
(and in the case of partial exercise, a Warrant of like tenor for
the unexercised portion remaining subject to exercise prior to the
Expiration Date set forth herein). For all corporate purposes, such
certificate or certificates shall be deemed to have been issued and
such Holder or Holder’s designee to be named therein shall be
deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares of Class B
Common Stock as of the date the duly executed exercise form
pursuant to this Warrant, together with the full payment of the
Warrant Price, is received by the Company as aforesaid. No fraction
of a share or scrip certificate for such fraction shall be issued
upon exercise of this Warrant; in lieu thereof, the Company will
pay or cause to be paid to such Holder cash equal to a like
fraction at the prevailing fair market price for such share as
determined in good faith by the Company. If the Company fails for
any reason to deliver to the Holder the Warrant Shares subject to a
Notice of Exercise by the second Trading Day following the Warrant
Share Delivery Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder, in cash,
as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, for each $1,000 of
Warrant Shares subject to such exercise (based on the VWAP of the
Class B Common Stock on the date of the applicable Notice of
Exercise), $10 per Trading Day (increasing to $20 per Trading Day
on the fifth Trading Day after such liquidated damages begin to
accrue) for each Trading Day after the second Trading Day following
such Warrant Share Delivery Date until such Warrant Shares are
delivered or Holder rescinds such exercise. In addition, if the
Company fails to cause its transfer agent to transmit to the Holder
the Warrant Shares pursuant to an exercise on or before the second
Trading Day following the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after
such date the Holder is required by its broker to purchase (in an
open market transaction or otherwise) or the Holder’s
brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Class B Common Stock
to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Warrant
Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a
“
Buy-In
”), then
the Company shall (A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any,
by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including
brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Class B Common
Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying
(1) the number of Warrant Shares that the Company was required to
deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue
times (2) the price at which the sell order giving rise to such
purchase obligation was executed, and (B) at the option of the
Holder, either reinstate the portion of the Warrant and equivalent
number of Warrant Shares for which such exercise was not honored
(in which case such exercise shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver
to the Holder the number of shares of Class B Common Stock that
would have been issued had the Company timely complied with its
exercise and delivery obligations hereunder. For example, if the
Holder purchases Class B Common Stock having a total purchase price
of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to an attempted exercise
of shares of Class B Common Stock with an aggregate sale price
giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000, under clause
(A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company shall be
required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall provide the
Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder
in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the Company, evidence
of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall limit a
Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it
hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a
decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with
respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver shares of
Class B Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as required
pursuant to the terms hereof.
7.
Adjustment of Warrant Price and Number
of Warrant Shares
. The number of Warrant Shares purchasable
upon the exercise of this Warrant and the Warrant Price shall be
subject to adjustment as follows:
a.
Recapitalization, Reclassification and
Succession
. If any recapitalization of the Company or
reclassification of its Common Stock or any merger or consolidation
of the Company into or with a corporation or other business entity,
or the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the
Company’s assets or of any successor corporation’s
assets to any other corporation or business entity (any such
corporation or other business entity being included within the
meaning of the term “successor corporation”) shall be
effected, at any time while this Warrant remains outstanding and
unexpired, then, as a condition of such recapitalization,
reclassification, merger, consolidation, sale or transfer, lawful
and adequate provision shall be made whereby the Holder of this
Warrant thereafter shall have the right to receive upon the
exercise hereof as provided in Section 2 and in lieu of the shares
of Common Stock immediately theretofore issuable upon the exercise
of this Warrant, such shares of capital stock, securities or other
property as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange
for a number of outstanding shares of Common Stock equal to the
number of shares of Common Stock immediately theretofore issuable
upon the exercise of this Warrant had such recapitalization,
reclassification, merger, consolidation, sale or transfer not taken
place, and in each such case, the terms of this Warrant shall be
applicable to the shares of stock or other securities or property
receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant after such
consummation.
b.
Subdivision or Combination of
Shares
. If the Company at any time while this Warrant
remains outstanding and unexpired shall subdivide or combine its
Common Stock, the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon
exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted in accordance with
Section 7(d)(i).
c.
Stock Dividends and
Distributions
. If the Company at any time while this Warrant
is outstanding and unexpired shall issue or pay the holders of its
Common Stock, or take a record of the holders of its Common Stock
for the purpose of entitling them to receive, a dividend payable
in, or other distribution of, Common Stock, then the Warrant Price
shall be adjusted in accordance with Section 7(d)(ii).
(i)
If, at any time
during the one-year period commencing on the date of issuance of
this Warrant, (A) the Company shall make a New Issuance for no
consideration or for a consideration per share less than the
Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such New Issuance (a
“
Dilutive
Issuance
”) or (B) the total consideration paid
(including exercise price of any option, right or warrant to
subscribe for any class of shares of the Company or the conversion
price of any security convertible into or exchangeable for any
class of shares of the Company) (other than an option, right or
warrant that is an Excluded Security) is when issued or is later
adjusted downward to a price that is less than the exercise price
in effect immediately prior to such downward adjustment (such lower
consideration price or adjusted exercise price or conversion price,
the “
New Issuance
Price
”), then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance
or downward adjustment of such exercise price or conversion price,
the Warrant Price then in effect shall be reduced to an amount
equal to the New Issuance Price. For purposes of this Warrant, if a
part or all of the consideration received by the Company in
connection with a New Issuance consists of property other than
cash, such consideration shall be deemed to have a fair market
value as defined in Section 2(a) above.
(ii)
If,
at any time after the one-year period commencing on the date of
issuance of this Warrant, the Company makes a Dilutive Issuance,
then, upon such issuance, the Warrant Price shall be reduced to
equal the amount computed using the following formula:
A * [(C
+ D)/B]
where:
A = the
Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to the Dilutive
Issuance;
B = the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the
New Issuance (calculated on a Fully-Diluted Basis);
C = the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to
the New Issuance (calculated on a Fully-Diluted Basis);
and
D = the
number of shares of Common Stock that would be issuable for the
total consideration to be received for the New Issuance if the
purchaser paid the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to the
New Issuance.
(iii)
Upon
each adjustment in the Warrant Price pursuant to this Section 7,
the number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder shall be
adjusted, to the nearest whole share, to the product obtained by
multiplying the number of Warrant Shares purchasable immediately
prior to such adjustment by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which
shall be the Warrant Price immediately prior to such adjustment,
and (ii) the denominator of which shall be the Warrant Price
immediately thereafter.
e.
Certain Shares Excluded
. The
number of shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding at any given
time for purposes of the adjustments set forth in this Section 7
shall exclude any shares then directly or indirectly held in the
treasury of the Company.
f.
No Impairment
. The Company will
not, in any way whatsoever, including by amendment of the Articles,
avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the
terms to be observed or performed hereunder, or impair the economic
interest of the Holder, but will at all times in good faith assist
in the carrying out of all of the provisions hereof and in the
taking of all such actions and making of all such adjustments as
may be necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights and
economic interests of the Holder against impairment.
8.
Representations,
Warranties And Covenants of the Company.
a.
Reservation of Common Stock
.
The Warrant Shares have been duly and validly reserved and, when
issued in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant, will be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and will be free of
any taxes, liens, charges or encumbrances of any nature whatsoever;
provided
that the
Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Warrant may be subject to
restrictions on transfer under state and/or federal securities
laws. The Company has made available to the Holder true, correct
and complete copies of its Articles and current bylaws. The
issuance of certificates for shares of Common Stock upon exercise
of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder for any
issuance tax in respect thereof, or other cost incurred by the
Company in connection with such exercise and the related issuance
of shares of Common Stock;
provided
that the Company shall
not be required to pay any tax that may be payable in respect of
any transfer and the issuance and delivery of any certificate in a
name other than that of the Holder.
b.
Due Authority
. The execution,
delivery and issuance by the Company of this Warrant and the
performance of all obligations of the Company hereunder, including
the issuance to Holder of the Warrant Shares, have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the
Company. This Warrant constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent
conveyance, moratorium, or other laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights in general, and except that the
enforceability of this Warrant is subject to general principles of
equity.
c.
Consents and Approvals
. No
consent or approval of, giving of notice to, registration with, or
taking of any other action in respect of any state, federal or
other governmental authority or agency is required with respect to
the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of its
obligations under this Warrant, except for the filing of notices
pursuant to Regulation D under the Act, and any filing required by
applicable state securities law and any required filings or
notifications regarding the issuance or listing of additional
shares with NASDAQ.
d.
Exempt Transaction
. Subject to
the accuracy of the Holder’s representations in Section 10,
the issuance of the Class B Common Stock upon exercise of this
Warrant will constitute a transaction exempt from (i) the
registration requirements of Section 5 of the Act and (ii) the
qualification requirements of the applicable state securities
laws.
e.
Compliance with Rule 144
. If
the Holder proposes to sell Class B Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise of this Warrant and in compliance with Rule 144, then,
upon Holder’s written request to the Company, the Company
shall furnish to the Holder, within ten days after receipt of such
request, a written statement confirming the Company’s
compliance with the filing requirements of the SEC as set forth in
such Rule, as such Rule may be amended from time to
time.
9.
Notice To Holders
.
a.
Notice of Record Date
. In
case:
(i)
the Company shall
take a record of the holders of its Common Stock (or other stock or
securities at the time receivable upon the exercise of this
Warrant) for the purpose of entitling them to receive any dividend
(other than a cash dividend payable out of earned surplus of the
Company) or other distribution, or any right to subscribe for or
purchase any shares of stock of any class or any other
securities;
(ii)
of
any capital reorganization of the Company, any reclassification of
the capital stock of the Company, any consolidation with or merger
of the Company into another corporation, or any conveyance of all
or substantially all of the assets of the Company to another
corporation; or
(iii)
of
any voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the
Company;
then,
and in each such case, the Company will mail or cause to be mailed
to the Holder hereof a notice specifying, as the case may be, (A)
the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such
dividend, distribution or right, and stating the amount and
character of such dividend, distribution or right, or (B) the date
on which such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation,
merger, conveyance, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is to
take place, and the time, if any is to be fixed, as of which the
holders of record of Common Stock (or such stock or securities at
the time receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant) shall be
entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock (or such other
stock or securities) for securities or other property deliverable
upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger,
conveyance, dissolution or winding-up. Unless otherwise agreed to
by the parties, such notice shall be mailed at least 10 days prior
to the record date therein specified; provided, however, failure to
provide any such notice shall not affect the validity of such
transaction.
b.
Notice of Adjustment
. Whenever
any adjustment shall be made pursuant to Section 7 hereof, the
Company shall promptly notify the Holder of this Warrant of the
event requiring the adjustment, the amount of the adjustment, the
method by which such adjustment was calculated and the Warrant
Price and number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of
this Warrant after giving effect to such adjustment.
c.
Warrant Register
. The Company
shall maintain a registry showing the name and address of the
registered holder of this Warrant (the “
Warrant Register
”). The Holder may
change such address by giving written notice of the change to the
Company.
10.
Registration
Rights
a.
Filing of Registration
Statement
. As soon as reasonably practicable, but in no
event later than 90 days after the issue date of this Warrant (such
date of filing is referred to as the “
Filing Date
”), the Company shall
file a registration statement covering the resale of the
Registrable Securities on a registration statement (the
“
Registration
Statement
”) with the SEC and effect the registration,
qualifications or compliances (including, without limitation, the
execution of any required undertaking to file post-effective
amendments, appropriate qualifications or exemptions under
applicable blue sky or other state securities laws and appropriate
compliance with applicable securities laws, requirements or
regulations) as promptly as possible after the filing thereof, but
in any event prior to the date that is 180 days after the issue
date of this Warrant. The Registration Statement will be on Form
S-3;
provided
that
if Form S-3 is not available for use by the Company on the Filing
Date, then the Registration Statement will be on such form as is
then available.
b.
Expenses
. All Registration
Expenses incurred in connection with any registration,
qualification, exemption or compliance pursuant to this Section 10
shall be borne by the Company. All Selling Expenses relating to the
sale of securities registered by or on behalf of the Holder shall
be borne by the Holder.
c.
Registration Defaults
. The
Company further agrees that, in the event that the Registration
Statement (i) has not been filed with the SEC within 90 days after
the issue date of this Warrant, (ii) has not been declared
effective by the SEC within 180 days after the issue date of this
Warrant, or (iii) after the Registration Statement is declared
effective by the SEC, is suspended by the Company or ceases to
remain continuously effective as to all Registrable Securities for
which it is required to be effective, other than, in each case,
within the time period(s) permitted by Section 10(g)(ii) (each such
event referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), (a
“
Registration
Default
”)), for any thirty-day period (a
“
Penalty
Period
”) during which the Registration Default remains
uncured (which initial thirty-day period shall commence on the
fifth Business Day after the date of such Registration Default if
such Registration Default has not been cured by such date), the
Company shall pay to the Holder an amount equal to one percent (1%)
of the aggregate Purchase Price due and payable upon full exercise
of the Warrants (the “
Aggregate Exercise Price
”) for
each Penalty Period during which the Registration Default remains
uncured;
provided
,
however
, that if
the Holder fails to provide the Company with any information that
is required to be provided in the Registration Statement with
respect to the Holder as set forth herein, then the commencement of
the Penalty Period described above shall be extended until five
Business Days following the date of receipt by the Company of such
required information;
provided
further
, that the amount
payable to the Holder hereunder for any partial Penalty Period
shall be prorated for the number of actual days during such Penalty
Period during which a Registration Default remains uncured; and
provided
further
, that in no
event shall the Company be required to pay to the Holder pursuant
to this Section 10(c) an aggregate amount that exceeds 10% of the
Aggregate Exercise Price. The Company shall deliver said cash
payment to the Holder by the fifth Business Day after the end of
such Penalty Period. If the Company fails to pay said cash payment
to the Holder in full by the fifth Business Day after the end of
such Penalty Period, the Company will pay interest thereon at a
rate of 10% per annum (or such lesser maximum amount that is
permitted to be paid by applicable law) to the Holder, accruing
daily from the date such liquidated damages are due until such
amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in
full.
d.
Registration Period Covenants
.
In the case of the registration, qualification, exemption or
compliance effected by the Company pursuant to this Warrant, the
Company shall, upon reasonable request, inform the Holder as to the
status of such registration, qualification, exemption and
compliance. At its expense, during the Registration Period, the
Company shall:
(i)
except for such
times as the Company is permitted hereunder to suspend the use of
the prospectus forming part of the Registration Statement under
Section 10(g)(ii), use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep
such registration, and any qualification, exemption or compliance
under state securities laws that the Company determines to obtain,
continuously effective with respect to the Holder, and to keep such
Registration Statement free of any material misstatements or
omissions, until the earlier of the following: (i) the second
anniversary of the issue date of this Warrant and (ii) the date all
Warrant Shares may be sold under Rule 144 during any 90 day period.
The period of time during which the Company is required hereunder
to keep the Registration Statement effective is referred to herein
as the “
Registration
Period
;”
(ii)
advise
the Holders:
A.
within two Business
Days when the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has
been filed with the SEC and when the Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto has become effective;
B.
within five
Business Days of any request by the SEC for amendments or
supplements to the Registration Statement or the prospectus
included therein or for additional information;
C.
within five
Business Days of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the
initiation of any proceedings for such purpose;
D.
within five
Business Days of the receipt by the Company of any notification
with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the
Registrable Securities included therein for sale in any
jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for
such purpose; and
E.
within five
Business Days of the occurrence of any event that requires the
making of any changes in the Registration Statement or the
prospectus so that, as of such date, the statements therein are not
misleading and do not omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the
case of the prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made) not misleading;
(iii)
use
its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any
order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement as
soon as reasonably practicable;
(iv)
promptly
deliver to the Holder, without charge, as many copies of the
prospectus included in such Registration Statement and any
amendment or supplement thereto as the Holder may reasonably
request in writing; and the Company consents to the use, consistent
with the provisions hereof, of the prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto by the Holder of Registrable Securities in
connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities
covered by the prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto;
(v)
if the Holder so
requests in writing, deliver to the Holder, without charge, (i) one
copy of the following documents, other than those documents
available via EDGAR: (A) its annual report to its stockholders, if
any (which annual report shall contain financial statements audited
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States of America by a firm of certified public accountants
of recognized standing), (B) if not included in substance in its
annual report to stockholders, its annual report on Form 10-K (or
similar form), (C) its definitive proxy statement with respect to
its annual meeting of stockholders, (D) each of its quarterly
reports to its stockholders, and, if not included in substance in
its quarterly reports to stockholders, its quarterly report on Form
10-Q (or similar form), and (E) a copy of the full Registration
Statement (the foregoing, in each case, excluding exhibits); and
(ii) if explicitly requested, all exhibits excluded by the
parenthetical to the immediately preceding clause (E);
(vi)
prior
to any public offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to any
Registration Statement, promptly take such actions as may be
necessary to register or qualify or obtain an exemption for offer
and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such United
States jurisdictions as any such Holders reasonably request in
writing, provided that the Company shall not for any such purpose
be required to qualify generally to transact business as a foreign
corporation in any jurisdiction where it is not so qualified or to
consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction, and
do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary or
advisable to enable the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the
Registrable Securities covered by such Registration
Statement;
(vii)
upon
the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 10(d)(ii)(E)
above, except for such times as the Company is permitted hereunder
to suspend the use of the prospectus forming part of the
Registration Statement, the Company shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to as soon as reasonably practicable prepare a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a
supplement to the related prospectus, or file any other required
document so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the
Registrable Securities included therein, the prospectus will not
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading;
(viii)
otherwise
use its commercially reasonable efforts to comply in all material
respects with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC that
could affect the sale of the Registrable Securities;
(ix)
use
its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Registrable
Securities to be listed on each securities exchange or market, if
any, on which equity securities issued by the Company have been
listed;
(x)
use its
commercially reasonable efforts to take all other steps necessary
to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities
contemplated hereby and to enable the Holders to sell Registrable
Securities under Rule 144;
(xi)
provide
to the Holder and its representatives, if requested, the
opportunity to conduct a reasonable inquiry of the Company’s
financial and other records during normal business hours and make
available on reasonable prior notice and during normal business
hours its officers, directors and employees for questions regarding
information that the Holder may reasonably request in order to
fulfill any due diligence obligation on its part; and
(xii)
permit
a single counsel for the Holder to review the Registration
Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto, at least two
Business Days prior to the filing thereof with the
SEC;
provided that, in
the case of clauses (xi) and (xii) above, the Company shall not be
required (A) to delay the filing of the Registration Statement or
any amendment or supplement thereto as a result of any ongoing
diligence inquiry by or on behalf of the Holder or to receive any
comments to the Registration Statement or any amendment or
supplement thereto by or on behalf of the Holder if such inquiry or
comments would require or result in a delay in the filing of such
Registration Statement, amendment or supplement, as the case may
be, or (B) to provide, and shall not provide, the Holder or its
representatives with material, non-public information unless the
Holder agrees to receive such information and enters into a written
confidentiality agreement with the Company in a form reasonably
acceptable to the Company.
e.
Certain Limitations
. The Holder
shall have no right to take any action to restrain, enjoin or
otherwise delay any registration pursuant to Section 10 hereof as a
result of any controversy that may arise with respect to the
interpretation or implementation of the Warrants.
f.
Indemnity
. To the extent
permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify the Holder and each
person controlling the Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Act, with respect to which any registration that has been
effected pursuant to this Section 10, against all claims, losses,
damages and liabilities (or action in respect thereof), including
any of the foregoing incurred in settlement of any litigation,
commenced or threatened (subject to Section 10(f)(iii) below),
arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue
statement) of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement, prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereof, or
other document incident to any such registration, qualification or
compliance or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading, in light of the
circumstances in which they were made, or any violation by the
Company of any rule or regulation promulgated by the Act applicable
to the Company and relating to any action or inaction required of
the Company in connection with any such registration, qualification
or compliance, and will reimburse the Holder and each person
controlling the Holder, for reasonable legal and other
out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred in connection with
investigating or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability
or action as incurred;
provided
that the Company will
not be liable in any such case to the extent that any untrue
statement or omission or allegation thereof is made in reliance
upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of the Holder for use in preparation of
such Registration Statement, prospectus, amendment or supplement;
provided
further
that the
Company will not be liable in any such case where the claim, loss,
damage or liability arises out of or is related to the failure of
the Holder to comply with the covenants and agreements contained in
this Warrant respecting sales of Registrable Securities, and except
that the foregoing indemnity agreement is subject to the condition
that, insofar as it relates to any such untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the
preliminary prospectus but eliminated or remedied in the amended
prospectus on file with the SEC at the time the Registration
Statement becomes effective or in the amended prospectus filed with
the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) or in the prospectus subject to
completion under Rule 434 of the Act, which together meet the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Act (the “
Final Prospectus
”), such indemnity
shall not inure to the benefit of the Holder or any such
controlling person, if a copy of the Final Prospectus furnished by
the Company to the Holder for delivery was not furnished to the
person or entity asserting the loss, liability, claim or damage at
or prior to the time such furnishing is required by the Act and the
Final Prospectus would have cured the defect giving rise to such
loss, liability, claim or damage.
(i)
The Holder will
severally, and not jointly, indemnify the Company, each of its
directors and officers, and each person who controls the Company
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, against all claims,
losses, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof),
including any of the foregoing incurred in settlement of any
litigation, commenced or threatened (subject to Section 10(f)(iii)
below), arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged
untrue statement) of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement, prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereof,
incident to any such registration, or based on any omission (or
alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, in light of the circumstances in which they were made,
and will reimburse the Company, such directors and officers, and
each person controlling the Company for reasonable legal and any
other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating
or defending any such claim, loss, damage, liability or action as
incurred, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that
such untrue statement or omission or allegation thereof is made in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to the Company by or on behalf of the Holder for use in preparation
of the Registration Statement, prospectus, amendment or supplement;
provided
that the
indemnity shall not apply to the extent that such claim, loss,
damage or liability results from the fact that a current copy of
the prospectus was not made available to the person or entity
asserting the loss, liability, claim or damage at or prior to the
time such furnishing is required by the Act and the Final
Prospectus would have cured the defect giving rise to such loss,
claim, damage or liability. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Holder’s aggregate liability pursuant to this subsection (b)
shall be limited to the net amount received by the Holder from the
sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such claims,
losses, damages and liabilities (and actions in respect
thereof).
(ii)
Each
party entitled to indemnification under this Section 10(f) (the
“
Indemnified
Party
”) shall give notice to the party required to
provide indemnification (the “
Indemnifying Party
”) promptly
after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of any claim as
to which indemnity may be sought, and shall permit the Indemnifying
Party (at its expense) to assume the defense of any such claim or
any litigation resulting therefrom;
provided
that counsel for the
Indemnifying Party, who shall conduct the defense of such claim or
litigation, shall be approved by the Indemnified Party (whose
approval shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed), and the
Indemnified Party may participate in such defense at such
Indemnified Party’s expense;
provided
further
that the failure of any
Indemnified Party to give notice as provided herein shall not
relieve the Indemnifying Party of its obligations under this
Warrant, unless such failure is materially prejudicial to the
Indemnifying Party in defending such claim or litigation. An
Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of an
action or claim effected without its written consent (which consent
will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). No Indemnifying
Party, in its defense of any such claim or litigation, shall,
except with the consent (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) of the Indemnified Party consent to entry of
any judgment or enter into any settlement that does not include as
an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or
plaintiff to such Indemnified Party of a release from all liability
in respect to such claim or litigation.
(iii)
If
the indemnification provided for in this Section 10(f) is held by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an Indemnified
Party or is insufficient to hold such Indemnified Party harmless
with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense
referred to therein, then the Indemnifying Party shall contribute
to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result
of such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the
Indemnifying Party on the one hand and of the Indemnified Party on
the other in connection with the statements or omissions that
resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense as well
as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault
of the Indemnifying Party and of the Indemnified Party shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to
state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
Indemnifying Party or by the Indemnified Party and the
parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information
and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holder’s aggregate
liability pursuant to this subsection (iv) shall be limited to the
net amount received by the Holder from the sale of Registrable
Securities giving rise to such loss, liability, claim, damage or
expense (or actions in respect thereof) less all other amounts paid
as damages in respect thereto.
g.
Additional Covenants and Agreements of
the Holder
. The Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any
notice from the Company of the happening of any event requiring the
preparation of a supplement or amendment to a prospectus relating
to Registrable Securities so that, as thereafter delivered to the
Holder, such prospectus shall not contain an 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 not
misleading, the Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of
Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement and
prospectus contemplated by Section 10(a) until its receipt of
copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus from the Company
and, if so directed by the Company, the Holder shall deliver to the
Company all copies, other than permanent file copies then in the
Holder’s possession, of the prospectus covering such
Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such
notice.
(i)
The Holder shall
suspend, upon request of the Company, any disposition of
Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement and
prospectus contemplated by Section 10(a) during no more than 90
calendar days (which need not be consecutive days) during any
12-month period to the extent that the Board of Directors of the
Company determines in good faith that the sale of Registrable
Securities under the Registration Statement would be reasonably
likely to cause a violation of the Act or Exchange
Act.
(ii)
As
a condition to the inclusion of its Registrable Securities, the
Holder shall furnish to the Company such information regarding the
Holder and the distribution proposed by the Holder as the Company
may reasonably request in writing, including completing a
Registration Statement questionnaire in the form provided by the
Company, or as shall be required in connection with any
registration referred to in this Section 10.
(iii)
The
Holder hereby covenants with the Company (A) not to make any sale
of the Registrable Securities without effectively causing the
prospectus delivery requirements under the Act to be satisfied, and
(B) if such Registrable Securities are to be sold by any method or
in any transaction other than on a national securities exchange,
Nasdaq or in the over-the-counter market, in privately negotiated
transactions, or in a combination of such methods, to notify the
Company at least five Business Days prior to the date on which the
Holder first offers to sell any such Registrable
Securities.
(iv)
The
Holder acknowledges and agrees that the Registrable Securities sold
pursuant to the Registration Statement are not transferable on the
books of the Company unless the stock certificate submitted to the
transfer agent evidencing such Registrable Securities is
accompanied by a certificate reasonably satisfactory to the Company
to the effect that (A) the Registrable Securities have been sold in
accordance with such Registration Statement and (B) the requirement
of delivering a current prospectus has been satisfied.
(v)
The Holder agrees
not to take any action with respect to any distribution deemed to
be made pursuant to such Registration Statement that would
constitute a violation of Regulation M under the Exchange Act or
any other applicable rule, regulation or law.
(vi)
At
the end of the Registration Period, the Holders shall discontinue
sales of shares pursuant to such Registration Statement upon
receipt of notice from the Company of its intention to remove from
registration the shares covered by such Registration Statement
which remain unsold, and such Holders shall notify the Company of
the number of shares registered which remain unsold immediately
upon receipt of such notice from the Company.
h.
Additional Covenants and Agreements of
the Company
. With a view to making available to the Holder
the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the SEC that at
any time permit the sale of the Registrable Securities to the
public without registration, so long as the Holder still own
Registrable Securities, the Company shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to:
(i)
make and keep
public information available, as those terms are understood and
defined in Rule 144, at all times;
(ii)
file
with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents
required of the Company under the Exchange Act; and
(iii)
so
long as the Holder owns any Registrable Securities, make available
or furnish to the Holder, upon any reasonable request, a written
statement by the Company as to its compliance with Rule 144 and of
the Exchange Act, a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly
report of the Company, and such other reports and documents of the
Company as the Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of
any rule or regulation of the SEC allowing the Holder to sell any
such securities without registration.
i.
Assignment of Registration
Rights
. The rights to cause the Company to register
Registrable Securities granted to the Holder by the Company under
Section 10(a) may be assigned by the Holder in connection with a
transfer by the Holder to a single transferee of the Warrants and
all Registrable Securities,
provided
,
however
, that (i) such transfer
complies with all applicable securities laws and with the terms and
provisions of Section 10 of each of the Warrants; (ii) the Holder
gives prior written notice to the Company; and (iii) such
transferee agrees in writing to comply with the terms and
provisions of each of the Warrants, and has provided the Company
with a completed Registration Statement questionnaire in such form
as is reasonably requested by the Company. Except as specifically
permitted by this Section 10(i), the rights of the Holder with
respect to Registrable Securities as set out herein shall not be
transferable to any other person.
j.
Waiver of Registration Rights
.
The rights of the Holder under any provision of this Section 10 may
be waived (either generally or in a particular instance, either
retroactively or prospectively and either for a specified period of
time or indefinitely) or amended by an instrument in writing signed
by the Holders holding not less than a majority of the Registrable
Securities;
provided
,
however
, that no consideration
shall be offered or paid to any person to amend or consent to a
waiver or modification of any provision of this Section 10 unless
the same consideration also is offered to all holders of
Registrable Securities.
11.
Loss, Theft, Destruction or
Mutilation
. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to it of the ownership and the loss, theft,
destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and, in the case of loss,
theft or destruction, of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the
Company and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and
cancellation thereof, the Company will execute and deliver a new
Warrant of like tenor dated the date hereof.
12.
Warrant Holder not a
Stockholder
. The Holder of this Warrant, in its capacity as
a warrant holder, shall not be entitled by reason of this Warrant
to any rights whatsoever as a stockholder of the
Company.
13.
[Reserved]
14.
Notices
. Any notice required or
contemplated by this Warrant shall be deemed to have been duly
given if transmitted by registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, or nationally recognized overnight delivery
service, to the Company at its principal executive offices at 4251
Sharon Road, Suite 370, Charlotte, NC 28211, Attention: Chief
Executive Officer, or to the Holder at the name and address set
forth in the Warrant Register maintained by the
Company.
15.
Choice of Law
. THIS WARRANT IS
ISSUED UNDER AND SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF
LAW.
16.
Jurisdiction and Venue
. The
Company and the Holder hereby agree that any dispute which may
arise between them arising out of or in connection with this
Warrant shall be adjudicated before a court located in Santa Clara
County, California and they hereby submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the federal and state courts of the State of
California located in Santa Clara County with respect to any action
or legal proceeding commenced by any party, and irrevocably waive
any objection they now or hereafter may have respecting the venue
of any such action or proceeding brought in such a court or
respecting the fact that such court is an inconvenient forum,
relating to or arising out of this Warrant or any acts or omissions
relating to the sale of the securities hereunder, and consent to
the service of process in the manner set forth in Section 13 of
this Warrant.
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[SIGNATURE
PAGE TO WARRANT TO PURCHASE STOCK]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Warrant as
of the date set forth above.
RUMBLEON,
INC.
By:
/s/ Steven R.
Berrard
Name:
Steven R. Berrard
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
SCHEDULE A
CAPITALIZATION
Class
|
No. of Authorized Shares
|
No. of Shares Outstanding
|
No. of Shares
Issuable upon
Exercise of any
Options, Warrants
or Convertible
Notes
|
Class A
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
|
1,000,000
|
1,000,000
|
-
|
Class B
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
|
99,000,000
|
11,928,541
|
218,250
|
Preferred
Stock, $0.001 par value
|
10,000,000
|
0
|
-
|
There
are 741,000 restricted stock units outstanding, which have been
granted under the Company’s Stock Incentive
Plan.
EXHIBIT I
FORM OF
EXERCISE
(to be
executed by the registered holder hereof)
1.
In lieu of
exercising the attached Warrant for cash, certified check or bank
draft, the undersigned hereby elects to effect the Net Issuance
provision of Section 2 of this Warrant and receive ______________
(leave blank if you choose Alternative No.2 below) shares of Class
B Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Class B Common
Stock”), of RumbleON, Inc. issuable pursuant to the terms of
the Warrant. (Initial here if the undersigned elects this
alternative) _____
2.
The undersigned
hereby exercises the right to purchase _____________ (leave blank
if you choose Alternative No.1 above) shares of Class B Common
Stock of RumbleON, Inc., evidenced by the within this Warrant
Certificate for an Warrant Price equal to [$________] per share and
herewith makes payment of the Purchase Price in full of
$_________.
3.
Kindly issue
certificates for shares of Class B Common Stock (and for the
unexercised balance of the Warrants evidenced by the within
Warrant, if any) in accordance with the instructions given
below.
Dated:
________________, 20__.
Instructions
for registration of stock:
Name
(Please Print)
Social Security or
other identifying
Number:
City/State
and Zip Code
Instructions
for registration of certificate representing
the
unexercised balance of Warrants (if any)
Name
(Please Print)
Social Security or
other identifying
Number:
City,
State and Zip Code
EXHIBIT II
TRANSFER
NOTICE
(To
transfer or assign the foregoing Warrant execute this form and
supply required information. Do not use this form to purchase
shares.)
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights evidenced
thereby are hereby transferred and assigned to
(Please
Print)
NOTE:
The signature to this Transfer Notice must correspond with the name
as it appears on the face of the Warrant, without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatever. Officers of corporations and
those acting in a fiduciary or other representative capacity should
file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing
Warrant.
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT is made and dated
as of April 30, 2018 and is entered into by and among RUMBLEON,
INC., a Nevada corporation (“
Parent
”),
NEXTGEN PRO, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“
NextGen
Pro
”), RMBL MISSOURI,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“
RMBL
Missouri
”), RMBL TEXAS,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“
RMBL
Texas
”), and each of
their Qualified Subsidiaries from time to time party hereto
(together with Parent, NextGen Pro, RMBL Missouri and RMBL Texas,
individually, each, a “
Borrower
”,
and collectively, “
Borrowers
”),
the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from
time to time parties to this Agreement (collectively,
“
Lender
”)
and HERCULES CAPITAL, INC., a Maryland corporation, in its capacity
as administrative agent and collateral agent for Lender (in such
capacity, “
Agent
”).
RECITALS
A.
Borrowers have requested Lender to make available
to Borrowers one
or
more growth capital term loans in an aggregate principal amount of
up to $20,000,000; and
B.
Lender
is willing to make such growth capital term loans on the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement.
AGREEMENT
NOW,
THEREFORE, Borrowers, Agent and Lender agree as
follows:
SECTION 1.
DEFINITIONS
AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
1.1
Unless
otherwise defined herein, the following capitalized terms shall
have the following meanings:
“
Account Control
Agreement(s)
” means any
agreement entered into by and among Agent, Borrowers and a third
party bank or other institution (including a Securities
Intermediary) in which any Borrower maintains a Deposit Account or
an account holding Investment Property and which perfects
Agent’s first priority security interest in the subject
account or accounts.
“
ACH
Authorization
” means the
ACH Debit Authorization Agreement in substantially the form
of
Exhibit
H
.
“
Adjusted
EBITDA
” means for any
period of determination, for Parent and each of its Subsidiaries,
on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to Net Income for such
period plus (a) the following to the extent deducted in calculating
Net Income for such period: (i) Interest Expense for such period,
(ii) federal, state, local and foreign income taxes for such
period, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense for such
period, (iv) all non-cash expenses related to stock based
compensation for such period, (v) extraordinary or non-recurring
items reducing Net Income for such period in an amount not to
exceed 10% of Adjusted EBITDA to the extent in excess of $0 or as
otherwise approved by Agent
,
and (vi) all non-cash items, other than described
in
clauses (a)(i) through
(v)
above, deducted to arrive
at Net Income for such period, and minus (b) the following the
extent included in calculating such Net Income for such period: (i)
interest income for such period, (ii) federal, state, local and
foreign income tax credits for such period, (iii) extraordinary or
non-recurring income or gains for such period, (iv) capitalized
software development costs for such period and (v) all non-cash
items, other than described in
clause (b)(i) through
(iv)
above, increasing Net
Income for such period.
“
Advance
”
means a Growth Capital Term Loan Advance.
“
Advance
Date
” means the funding
date of any Advance.
“
Advance
Request
” means a request
for an Advance submitted by Borrower Representative to Agent in
substantially the form of
Exhibit A
.
“
Affiliate
”
means (a) any Person that directly or indirectly controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with the Person in
question, (b) any Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling
or holding with power to vote ten percent (10%) or more of the
outstanding voting securities of another Person, (c) any Person ten
percent (10%) or more of whose outstanding voting securities are
directly or indirectly owned, controlled or held by another Person
with power to vote such securities, or (d) any Person related by
blood or marriage to any Person described in
subsection (a), (b) or
(c)
of this defined term. As
used in the definition of “Affiliate,” the term
“control” means the possession, directly or indirectly,
of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
“
Agent
”
has the meaning given to it in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“
Agreement
”
means this Loan and Security Agreement, as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“
Amortization
Date
” means (i) with
respect to any Advance pursuant to Tranche I or Tranche II,
December 1, 2018, provided however, if (A) as of December 1, 2018,
or (B) as of any Amortization Date, as extended from time to time,
then in effect, or (C) as of the last day of any month
after
the Amortization Date then in effect
has passed, but prior to September 30, 2019, Borrowers have
satisfied the Interest Only Extension Condition, then the
Amortization Date may be extended to be three (3) months after the
later of (x) the Amortization Date in effect prior to such
extension, and (y) if Borrower has commenced principal payments,
the first day of the fourth month after the date the Interest Only
Extension Condition is satisfied, provided that in no event shall
the Amortization Date with respect to any Advance pursuant to
Tranche I or Tranche II be extended to be later than November 1,
2019, (ii) with respect to any Advance pursuant to Tranche III,
February 1, 2021, and (iii) with respect to any Advance pursuant to
Tranche IV, as agreed among Borrowers and
Agent.
“
Anti-Corruption
Laws
” shall mean all
laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to any
Borrower or any of its Affiliates from time to time concerning or
relating to bribery or corruption, including without limitation the
United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended,
the UK Bribery Act 2010 and other similar legislation in any other
jurisdictions.
“
Anti-Terrorism
Laws
” means any laws,
rules, regulations or orders relating to terrorism or money
laundering, including without limitation Executive Order No. 13224
(effective September 24, 2001), the USA PATRIOT Act, the laws
comprising or implementing the Bank Secrecy Act, and the laws
administered by OFAC.
“
Assignee
”
has the meaning given to it in
Section
11.13
.
“
Blocked
Person
” means any Person:
(a) listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the
provisions of, Executive Order No. 13224, (b) a Person owned or
controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any Person that is
listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions
of, Executive Order No. 13224, (c) a Person with which any Lender
is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction
by any Anti-Terrorism Law, (d) a Person that commits, threatens or
conspires to commit or supports “terrorism” as defined
in Executive Order No. 13224, or (e) a Person that is named a
“specially designated national” or “blocked
person” on the most current list published by OFAC or other
similar list.
“
Board
”
means, with respect to any Person that is a corporation, its board
of directors, with respect to any Person that is a limited
liability company, its board of managers, board of members or
similar governing body, and with respect to any other Person that
is a legal entity, such Person’s governing body in accordance
with its Organizational Documents.
“
Borrower
Products
” means all
products, software, service offerings, technical data or technology
currently being designed, manufactured or sold by a Borrower or
which a Borrower intends to sell, license, or distribute in the
future including any products or service offerings under
development, collectively, together with all products, software,
service offerings, technical data or technology that have been
sold, licensed or distributed by a Borrower since each of its
formation.
“
Borrower
Representative
” means
Parent.
“
Budget
”
means a budget for Parent and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated
basis, acceptable to Agent, provided that in any event a budget
reflecting Revenue, Adjusted EBITDA, if applicable, and Gross
Profit, if applicable, of no less than the amounts set forth in the
projections delivered to Agent as of the Closing Date will be
acceptable to Agent, provided further that, if a Borrower
consummates a Permitted Acquisition and such Permitted Acquisition
is reasonably likely to affect the projections previously
delivered, as reasonably determined by Agent based on its review of
the proposed transaction, at all times thereafter, a budget will be
acceptable to Agent if reflecting Revenue, Adjusted EBITDA, if
applicable, and Gross Profit, if applicable, of no less than the
amounts set forth in the updated projections reasonably approved by
Agent in connection with such transaction.
“
Business
Day
” means any day other
than Saturday, Sunday and any other day on which banking
institutions in the State of California are closed for
business.
“
Cash
”
means all cash, cash equivalents and liquid
funds.
“
Change in
Control
” means (i) any
consolidation or merger (or similar transaction or series of
related transactions) of Parent, (ii) sale or exchange of
outstanding shares (or similar transaction or series of related
transactions) of Parent in which holders of outstanding shares
immediately before consummation of such transaction or series of
related transactions (or such holders’ Affiliates) do not,
immediately after consummation of such transaction or series of
related transactions, retain shares representing more than fifty
percent (50%) of the voting power of the surviving entity of such
transaction or series of related transactions (or the parent of
such surviving entity if such surviving entity is wholly owned by
such parent), in each case without regard to whether Parent is the
surviving entity, or (iii) any transaction or series of related
transactions, resulting in a Borrower (other than Parent) no longer
being a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent,
provided that the following shall not constitute or cause on their
own a “Change in Control”: (x) any transfers to any
trust or otherwise for estate planning purposes and (y) sales
on a public exchange or market in one or more transactions
(regardless of whether related) except for such sales resulting in
a single “person” or “group” (as such terms
are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other
than Marshall Chesrown, becoming, or obtaining rights (whether by
means of warrants, options or otherwise) to become, the
“beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and
13(d)-5 under the Exchange Act) of more than fifty percent (50%) of
the voting power for the election of directors of
Parent.
“
Charter
”
means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s formation
documents, as in effect from time to time.
“
Claims
”
has the meaning given to it in
Section
11.10
.
“
Closing
Date
” means the date of
this Agreement.
“
Collateral
”
means the property described in
Section
3
.
“
Compliance
Certificate
” means a
certificate in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit
F
“
Confidential
Information
” has the
meaning given to it in
Section
11.12
.
“
Contingent
Obligation
” means, as
applied to any Person, any direct or indirect liability of that
Person with respect to (i) any guarantee, contingent or otherwise,
of any Indebtedness, lease, letter of credit or other obligation of
another, including any such obligation directly or indirectly
guaranteed, endorsed, co-made or discounted or sold with recourse
by that Person, or in respect of which that Person is otherwise
directly or indirectly liable; (ii) any obligations with respect to
undrawn letters of credit, company credit cards or merchant
services issued for the account of that Person; and (iii) all net
mark-to-market obligations arising under any interest rate,
currency or commodity swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement,
interest rate collar agreement, or other similar agreement or
arrangement designated to protect a Person against fluctuation in
interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity prices;
provided, however, that the term “Contingent
Obligation” shall not include endorsements for collection or
deposit in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any
Contingent Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the
stated or determined amount of the primary obligation in respect of
which such Contingent Obligation is made or, if not stated or
determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in
respect thereof as determined by such Person in good faith;
provided, however, that such amount shall not in any event exceed
the maximum amount of the obligations under the guarantee or other
support arrangement nor, in the case of obligations described
in
clause (iii)
above, exceed the amount of the
obligation after all netting agreements.
“
Copyright
License
” means any
written agreement granting any right to use any Copyright or
Copyright registration, now owned or hereafter acquired by a
Borrower or in which a Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires any
interest.
“
Copyrights
”
means all copyrights, whether registered or unregistered, held
pursuant to the laws of the United States of America, any State
thereof, or of any other country.
“
Deposit
Accounts
” means any
“deposit accounts,” as such term is defined in the UCC,
and includes any checking account, savings account, or certificate
of deposit.
“
Domestic
Subsidiary
” means any
Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.
“
Due Diligence
Fee
” means $20,000, which
fee has been paid to Lender prior to the Closing Date, and shall be
deemed fully earned on such date regardless of the early
termination of this Agreement.
“
Eligible Foreign
Subsidiary
” means any
Foreign Subsidiary whose execution of a Joinder Agreement could not
result in a material adverse tax consequence to
Borrowers.
“
Equity
Interests
” means, with
respect to any Person, the capital stock, partnership or limited
liability company interest, or other equity securities or equity
ownership interests of such Person.
“
ERISA
”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended, and the regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“
Event of
Default
” has the meaning
given to it in
Section
9
.
“
Exchange
Act
” means the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“
Excluded
Taxes
” means any of the
following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or
required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient,
(a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however
denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each
case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being
organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in
the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in,
the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision
thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in
the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes
imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender
with respect to an applicable interest in an Advance or a
commitment to make Advances pursuant to a law in effect on the date
on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or
commitment to make Advances or (ii) such Lender changes its
lending office, except in each case to the extent that, amounts
with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such
Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a
party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its
lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such
Recipient’s failure to comply with
Section 2.9
and (d) any withholding Taxes
imposed under
FATCA, provided that
following an Event of Default, subsections (b) and (d) shall not be
considered “Excluded Taxes” to the extent Lender (or
any successor or assign of Lender) assigns its interests in the
Loan or any Financing Document following such Event of
Default
.
“
FATCA
”
means sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the
date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is
substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply
with), any current or future regulations or official
interpretations thereof, any intergovernmental agreement or foreign
legislation (including official administrative rules or practices)
implemented to give effect to any intergovernmental agreements
entered into thereunder and any agreements entered into pursuant to
section 1471(b) of the Code.
“
Facility
Charge
” means (i) at the
Closing Date, $150,000, in respect of Tranche I, Tranche II and
Tranche III, and (ii) 1.0% of the principal amount of any Advance
pursuant to Tranche IV.
“
Financial
Statements
” has the
meaning given to it in
Section
7.1
.
“
Foreign
Subsidiary
” means any
Subsidiary other than a Subsidiary organized under the laws of any
state within the United States of America.
“
GAAP
”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
of America, as in effect from time to time, provided that to the
extent any change in GAAP affect the determination of financial
covenant compliance, milestones or other limitations or
requirements under this Agreement, upon written notice by Borrower
or Agent, the parties hereto agree to negotiate in good faith with
respect to an amendment to the terms of this Agreement to adjust
for such change, provided further that until such amendment is so
agreed, all calculations with respect to financial covenant
compliance, milestones or other limitations or requirements under
this Agreement shall be made in accordance with GAAP as in effect
prior to such change in GAAP.
“
Gross
Margin
” means, for any
period, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of (a) an amount
equal to (i) Revenue for such period, less (ii) costs of Revenue
for such period to (b) Revenue for such period, determined in
accordance with GAAP and consistently with past
practices.
“
Gross
Profit
” means, for any
period, Revenue, for such period, minus costs of goods sold, for
such period, determined in accordance with GAAP and consistently
with past practices.
“
Growth Capital Term
Commitment
” means as to
any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any, to make a Growth
Capital Term Loan Advance to Borrowers in a principal amount not to
exceed the amount set forth under the heading “Growth Capital
Term Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on
Schedule
1.1
.
“
Growth Capital Term
Loan Advance
” means an
Advance pursuant to
Section
2.1(a)
“
Indebtedness
”
means indebtedness of any kind, including (a) all indebtedness for
borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of property or
services (excluding trade credit entered into in the ordinary
course of business due within ninety (90) days), including
reimbursement and other obligations with respect to surety bonds
and letters of credit, (b) all obligations evidenced by notes,
bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c) all capital lease
obligations, and (d) all Contingent Obligations; provided, however,
Indebtedness shall not include obligations to make payment on the
Equity Interests of the Parent.
“
Intellectual
Property
” means all of
each Borrower’s Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents, Licenses,
trade secrets and inventions; mask works; each Borrower’s
applications therefor and reissues, extensions, or renewals
thereof; and each Borrower’s goodwill associated with any of
the foregoing, together with each Borrower’s rights to sue
for past, present and future infringement of Intellectual Property
and the goodwill associated therewith.
“
Interest
Expense
” is, for any
period of determination, for Parent and each of its Subsidiaries on
a consolidated basis, an amount equal to the sum of all interest
charges (including imputed interest charges with respect to
capitalized lease obligations and all amortization of debt discount
and expense) of such Person for such period.
“
Interest Only
Extension Condition
”
shall mean satisfaction of each of the following events: (a) no
default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
and (b) either (i) Borrower Representative shall have provided
evidence reasonably satisfactory to Agent that Parent, on a
consolidated basis, shall have achieved Gross Profit and Adjusted
EBITDA for the most recent fiscal quarter then ended in an amount
not less than 80% of the projected Gross Profit and Adjusted EBITDA
for such fiscal quarter, as set forth in the Budget, or (ii)
Borrower Representative shall have provided evidence reasonably
satisfactory to Agent that (A) Parent, on a consolidated basis,
shall have achieved Gross Profit and Adjusted EBITDA for the most
recent fiscal quarter then ended in an amount not less than 75% of
the projected Gross Profit and Adjusted EBITDA for such fiscal
quarter, as set forth in the Budget,
and
(B) Parent shall have received net
cash proceeds from the issuance of its Equity Interest (not
including any proceeds from the conversion of indebtedness) of at
least $5,000,000 during the period commencing on the first day of
such fiscal quarter and ending on the Amortization Date as then in
effect.
“
Inventory Financing
Agreement
” means that
certain Inventory Financing and Security Agreement, by and among
Inventory Financing Lenders and RMBL Missouri, dated February 16,
2018, as it may be amended in compliance with the Inventory
Financing Intercreditor Agreement and similar agreements entered
into with any Inventory Financing Lender.
“
Inventory Financing
Intercreditor Agreement
”
means an intercreditor agreement by and among any Inventory
Financing Lender, Agent and Borrowers in form and substance
satisfactory to Agent in Agent’s reasonable discretion (it
being understood that the Inventory Financing Intercreditor
Agreement dated of even date with this Agreement shall be deemed
satisfactory in form and substance), pursuant to which the Liens
securing Indebtedness of any Borrower pursuant to any Inventory
Financing Agreement shall be subordinated to Agent’s Lien
except that the Lien granted to such Inventory Financing Lender may
be prior to Agent’s Lien with respect to the following
Collateral: (i) Inventory financed pursuant to the applicable
Inventory Financing Agreement, (ii) Permitted Inventory Financing
Cash Collateral, and (iii) cash proceeds from the sale of such
financed Inventory until the earlier of payment to Inventory
Financing Lender of the advance associated with such financed
Inventory and the date that is 30 days after the sale of such
financed Inventory, or, if a default or event of default has
occurred of which Agent has been duly notified, all cash proceeds
from the sale of Inventory constituting financed Inventory as of
the date the default or event of default occurred (or if Inventory
Financing Lender notifies Agent of the default or event of default
more than 30 days after the occurrence of the default or event of
default, all cash proceeds from Inventory constituting financed
Inventory as of the date that is 30 days prior to the date notice
of the default or event of default is duly given to Agent),
provided further, that if an Advance pursuant to Tranche III has
been made, Agent agrees that it will negotiate in good faith with
respect to an Inventory Financing Intercreditor Agreement pursuant
to which an Inventory Financing Lender may have a first priority
Lien (prior to Agent’s Lien) on all Inventory of the
applicable Borrower and certain cash proceeds thereof, as approved
by Agent in its sole discretion, subject to Borrowers maintenance
of a minimum cash balance of at least $2,000,000 in Deposit
Accounts and accounts in which Investment Property is maintained,
in each case, subject to an Account Control Agreement in favor of
Agent, if the amount of total Indebtedness pursuant to inventory
financing arrangements exceeds 70% of total value of the aggregate
book value of Inventory of Borrowers, on a consolidated basis (such
minimum cash requirement to be set forth in an amendment to this
Agreement, if so requested by Agen
t).
“
Inventory Financing
Lenders
” means Ally Bank
and Ally Financial Inc., collectively and each of their assigns or
successors in interest, and any additional or replacement lenders
providing inventory financing to any Borrower other than Parent,
provided that such lender shall be domiciled in the United States
and shall be in the business of extending credit of such type in
the ordinary course of business.
“
Investment
”
means any beneficial ownership (including stock, partnership or
limited liability company interests) of or in any Person, or any
loan, advance or capital contribution to any Person or the
acquisition of any asset of another Person.
“
Joinder
Agreements
” means for
each Qualified Subsidiary, a completed and executed Joinder
Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit
G
.
“
Lender
”
has the meaning given to it in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“
License
”
means any Copyright License, Patent License, Trademark License or
other license of rights or interests.
“
Lien
”
means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment for security, security interest, encumbrance, levy, lien
or charge of any kind, whether voluntarily incurred or arising by
operation of law or otherwise, against any property, any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any lease
in the nature of a security interest.
“
Loan
”
means the Advances made under this Agreement.
“
Loan
Documents
” means this
Agreement, the Notes (if any), the ACH Authorization, the Account
Control Agreements, the Joinder Agreements, all UCC Financing
Statements, the Warrant, and any other documents executed in
connection with the Secured Obligations or the transactions
contemplated hereby, as the same may from time to time be amended,
modified, supplemented or restated.
“
Material Adverse
Effect
” means a material
adverse effect upon: (i) the business, operations, properties,
assets or financial condition of Borrowers and each of its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole; or (ii) the ability of
Borrowers to perform or pay the Secured Obligations in accordance
with the terms of the Loan Documents, or the ability of Agent or
Lender to enforce any of its material rights or remedies with
respect to the Secured Obligations; or (iii) the Collateral or
Agent’s Liens on the Collateral or the priority of such
Liens.
“
Maximum Growth Capital
Term Loan Amount
” means
$20,000,000.
“
Maximum
Rate
” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in
Section
2.2
.
“
Net
Income
” is, for any
period of determination, for Parent and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, the net income of Parent and its Subsidiaries
determined in accordance with GAAP for such
period.
“
NextGen
Pro
” has the meaning
assigned to it in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“
Non-Disclosure
Agreement
” means that
certain Non-Disclosure Agreement/Confidentiality Agreement by and
between Borrower Representative and Agent dated as of August 17,
2017.
“
Note
”
means the Term Note.
“
OFAC
”
is the U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets
Control.
“
OFAC
Lists
” are, collectively,
the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List
maintained by OFAC pursuant to Executive Order No. 13224, 66 Fed.
Reg. 49079 (Sept. 25, 2001) and/or any other list of terrorists or
other restricted Persons maintained pursuant to any of the rules
and regulations of OFAC or pursuant to any other applicable
Executive Orders.
“
Organizational
Documents
” means with
respect to any Person, such Person’s formation documents, and
(a) if such Person is a corporation, its bylaws, (b) if such Person
is a limited liability company, its limited liability company
agreement (or similar agreement), and (c) if such Person is a
partnership, its partnership agreement (or similar agreement), each
of the foregoing with all current amendments or modifications
thereto.
“
Other Connection
Taxes
” means, with
respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or
former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction
imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such
Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed
its obligations under, received payments under, received or
perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other
transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or
assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan
Document).
“
Parent
”
has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“
Patent
License
” means any
written agreement granting any right with respect to any invention
on which a Patent is in existence or a Patent application is
pending, in which agreement a Borrower now holds or hereafter
acquires any interest.
“
Patents
”
means all letters patent of, or rights corresponding thereto, in
the United States of America or in any other country, all
registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications for
letters patent of, or rights corresponding thereto, in the United
States of America or any other country. No Patent of the Borrowers
on the date of this Agreement shall be deemed to be necessary or
material to the Borrowers’ business.
“
Performance Milestone
I
” means (a) either (i)
Borrower Representative shall have provided evidence reasonably
satisfactory to Agent that Parent, on a consolidated basis, shall
have achieved Gross Profit and Adjusted EBITDA for each of the
fiscal quarters ending June 30, 2018
and
September 30, 2018 in an amount not
less than 80% of the projected Gross Profit and Adjusted EBITDA for
each such quarter as set forth in the Budget, or (ii) Borrower
Representative shall have provided evidence reasonably satisfactory
to Agent that (A) Parent, on a consolidated basis, shall have
achieved Gross Profit and Adjusted EBITDA for the fiscal quarter
ending June 30, 2018
or
the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2018 in an
amount not less than 75% of the projected Gross Profit and Adjusted
EBITDA for such quarter as set forth in the Budget, and (B) Parent
shall have received net cash proceeds from the issuance of its
Equity Interests (not including any proceeds from the conversion of
indebtedness) of at least $5,000,000 not later than December 31,
2018; and (b) as of the date such evidence is provided, no Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
“
Performance Milestone
II
” means Borrower
Representative shall have provided evidence reasonably satisfactory
to Agent that Parent, on a consolidated basis, shall have achieved:
(i) Adjusted EBITDA for a fiscal quarter ending on or prior to
December 31, 2018 of at least $1.00 for such quarterly period, and
shall have demonstrated, to Lender’s reasonable satisfaction,
projections for continued positive Adjusted EBITDA during
subsequent periods; and (ii) $35,000,000 or more in Revenue
for at least one fiscal quarter ending on or prior to December 31,
2018 with associated Gross Margin for such fiscal quarter of not
less than 13.0%; and as of the date such evidence is provided, no
Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing.
“
Permitted
Acquisition
” means any
acquisition (including by way of merger) by a Borrower of all or
substantially all of the assets of another Person, or of a division
or line of business of another Person, or capital stock of another
Person, in each case located entirely within the United States of
America, which is conducted in accordance with the following
requirements:
(a)
such
acquisition is of a business or Person engaged in a line of
business related to that of the Parent or its
Subsidiaries;
(b)
if
such acquisition is structured as a stock acquisition, then the
Person so acquired shall either (i) become a wholly-owned
Subsidiary of a Borrower or of a Subsidiary and such Borrower shall
comply, or cause such Subsidiary to comply, with
Section 7.13
hereof or (ii) such Person shall be
merged with and into a Borrower (with such Borrower being the
surviving entity);
(c)
if
such acquisition is structured as an acquisition of assets, such
assets shall be acquired by a Borrower, and shall be free and clear
of Liens other than Permitted Liens;
(d)
both
immediately before and after such acquisition no default or Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(e)
Borrowers
have provided Agent with any term sheet or letter of intent for any
such acquisition together with all documents to be entered into in
connection therewith and all exhibits and schedules thereto
together with pro forma combined financial statements and updated
pro forma combined projections;
(f)
Borrowers
have provided Agent with written confirmation, supported by
reasonably detailed calculations, that
(i)
To
the extent Borrowers are not then subject to
Section 7.21,
the acquired Person, business line or
assets did not have
pro forma
Adjusted EBITDA of less than $1.00 during the
consecutive twelve (12) month period most recently concluded prior
to the date of the proposed acquisition;
(ii)
to
the extent then applicable, based on pro forma combined financial
statements and updated pro forma combined projections, Borrowers
would have been in compliance with the financial covenants set
forth in
Section
7.21
, as of the end of the
preceding fiscal quarter ended immediately prior to the
consummation of the proposed acquisition, and is projected to be in
compliance with such financial covenants at the end of each of the
following four fiscal quarter periods following the consummation of
such proposed acquisition; and
(iii)
after
giving effect to the proposed transaction, Borrowers shall maintain
Cash in an aggregate amount of at least (A) $5,000,000, if the
proposed acquisition is consummated prior to any Advance pursuant
to Tranche III, and (B) $10,000,000, if the proposed acquisition is
consummated after the Advance pursuant to Tranche III is
made;
(g)
the
consideration payable in respect of such acquisition (including
deferred or contingent consideration) shall not exceed (A)
$5,000,000 per fiscal year, if the proposed acquisition is
consummated prior to any Advance pursuant to Tranche III, and (B)
$10,000,000 per fiscal year, if the proposed acquisition is
consummated after the Advance pursuant to Tranche III is made,
provided that purchase consideration funded substantially
contemporaneously with (and in any event prior to) the consummation
of such acquisition from the sale and issuance of Parent’s
Equity Interests in a transaction not resulting in a Change in
Control shall be disregarded in determining compliance with
this
clause
(g)
;
(h)
any
Indebtedness owing by a Borrower to the seller of assets or Equity
Interests to a Borrower in connection with the consummation of such
acquisition is subordinated to the Secured Obligations on terms and
conditions reasonably acceptable to Agent; and
(i)
Agent
has determined, based upon review of the foregoing documents and
financial statements, that such transaction is not reasonably
expected to materially and adversely affect Borrower’s
ability to repay the Secured Obligations when due, Agent’s
security interest in the Collateral or Agent’s rights and
remedies pursuant to the Loan Documents or pursuant to applicable
law.
“
Permitted
Indebtedness
”
means:
(a)
Indebtedness
of a Borrower in favor of Lender or Agent arising under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(b)
Indebtedness
of up to $200,000 outstanding at any time secured by a Lien
described in
clause (f)
of the defined term “Permitted
Liens”, provided in the case of acquired Equipment such
Indebtedness does not exceed the cost of the Equipment financed
with such Indebtedness;
(c)
Indebtedness
to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of business,
including Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business
with company credit cards;
(d)
Indebtedness
that also constitutes a Permitted Investment;
(e)
Subordinated
Indebtedness;
(f)
reimbursement
obligations in connection with letters of credit that are secured
by Cash and issued on behalf of a Borrower or a Subsidiary in an
amount not to exceed $250,000 at any time outstanding, and
reimbursement obligations in connection with letters of credit
serving as a lease deposit;
(g)
intercompany
Indebtedness as long as each of the Subsidiary obligor and the
Subsidiary obligee under such Indebtedness is a Qualified
Subsidiary that has executed a Joinder Agreement;
(h)
Indebtedness
pursuant to a Qualified Inventory Financing;
(i)
Indebtedness
of any Person whose assets or Equity Interests are acquired by a
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in a Permitted Acquisition
provided, that the aggregate amount of such Indebtedness
outstanding at any time does not exceed $100,000 and was not
incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Permitted
Acquisition;
(j)
Indebtedness
consisting of deferred consideration payable in connection with the
consummation of a Permitted Acquisition, provided that such
Indebtedness is subordinated to the Secured Obligations on terms
and conditions reasonably acceptable to Agent;
(k)
Indebtedness
owed to any Person providing workers’ compensation, health,
disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or
liability insurance, pursuant to reimbursement or indemnification
obligations to such Person, in each case incurred in the ordinary
course of business; and
(l)
other
Indebtedness, including Indebtedness covered by, but in excess of
the amounts permitted under clauses (b), (f) and (i) above, at any
time outstanding in an amount not to exceed $750,000, (which amount
shall be reduced by the aggregate amount of Indebtedness described
in
clauses (b), (f) and
(i)
above, in each case up to
the amount permitted thereunder, that is outstanding as of the date
of determination).
“
Permitted Inventory
Financing Cash Collateral
” means cash collateral required to be
provided pursuant to any Inventory Financing Agreement, provided
that (a) the aggregate amount of such cash collateral shall not in
any event exceed the greater of (i) $250,000 and (ii) 10.0% of the
approved credit line pursuant to such Qualified Inventory
Financing, and (b) at any time, no additional cash collateral shall
be provided if doing so would result in an Event of Default or
could reasonably be expected to result in an Event of
Default.
“
Permitted
Investment
”
means:
(a)
(i)
marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed
by the United States of America or any agency or any State thereof
maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof
currently having a rating of at least A-2 or P-2 from either
Standard & Poor’s Corporation or Moody’s Investors
Services, (ii) commercial paper maturing no more than one year from
the date of creation thereof and currently having a rating of at
least A-2 or P-2 from either Standard & Poor’s
Corporation or Moody’s Investors Services, (iii) certificates
of deposit issued by any bank with assets of at least $500,000,000
maturing no more than one year from the date of investment therein,
and (iv) money market accounts;
(b)
all
repurchases of stock from former employees, directors, or
consultants of Borrower under the terms of applicable repurchase
agreements at the original issuance price of such securities in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000 in any fiscal year,
provided that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or
could exist after giving effect to the repurchases;
(c)
Investments
accepted in connection with Permitted Transfers;
(d)
Investments
(including debt obligations) received in connection with the
bankruptcy or reorganization of customers or suppliers and in
settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with,
customers or suppliers arising in the ordinary course of a
Borrower’s business;
(e)
Investments
consisting of (i) notes receivable of, or prepaid royalties
and other credit extensions, to customers and suppliers who are not
Affiliates, in the ordinary course of business, provided that
this
clause (e)
shall not apply to Investments of any
Borrower in any Subsidiary and (ii) prepaid insurance premiums
and prepaid rent to carriers and landlords, respectively, that are
not Affiliates, in the ordinary course of
business;
(f)
Investments
consisting of loans not involving the net transfer on a
substantially contemporaneous basis of cash proceeds to employees,
officers or directors relating to the purchase of capital stock of
Parent pursuant to employee stock purchase plans or other similar
agreements approved by Parent’s Board;
(g)
Investments
consisting of travel and relocation advances in the ordinary course
of business
;
(h)
Investments
of any Borrower in any other Borrower, Investments of Parent in any
Borrower and Investments in newly-formed Domestic Subsidiaries,
provided each such newly-formed Domestic Subsidiary has entered
into a Joinder Agreement in accordance with
Section 7.13
prior to or simultaneously with such
newly-formed Domestic Subsidiary making an
Investment;
(i)
Investments
in Foreign Subsidiaries approved in advance in writing by
Agent;
(j)
joint
ventures or strategic alliances in the ordinary course of
Borrowers’ business consisting of the nonexclusive licensing
of technology, the development of technology or the providing of
technical support, provided that cash Investments (if any) by any
Borrower do not exceed $100,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal
year;
(k)
Permitted
Acquisitions; and
(l)
additional
Investments, including Investments covered by, but in excess of the
amounts permitted under, clauses (b) and (j) above, that do not
exceed $750,000 during the term of this Agreement (less the amount
of Investments described in
clauses (b) and
(j)
above made, in each case,
up to the amount permitted thereunder, from the Closing Date
through the date of determination).
“
Permitted
Liens
” means any and all
of the following:
(a)
Liens
in favor of Agent or Lender;
(b)
Liens
for taxes, fees, assessments or other governmental charges or
levies, either not delinquent or being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings; provided, that Borrowers maintain adequate
reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP;
(c)
Liens
securing claims or demands of materialmen, artisans, mechanics,
carriers, warehousemen, landlords and other like Persons arising in
the ordinary course of Borrowers’ business and imposed
without action of such parties; provided, that the payment thereof
is not yet delinquent, subject to any grace period, by more than
fifteen (15) days or payment is disputed by Borrowers in good
faith, subject to reserves with respect to such obligation is in
accordance with GAAP;
(d)
Liens
arising from judgments, decrees or attachments in circumstances
which do not constitute an Event of Default hereunder;
(e)
the
following deposits, to the extent made in the ordinary course of
business: deposits under worker’s compensation, unemployment
insurance, social security and other similar laws, or to secure the
performance of bids, tenders or contracts (other than for the
repayment of borrowed money) or to secure indemnity, performance or
other similar bonds for the performance of bids, tenders or
contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money) or to
secure statutory obligations (other than Liens arising under ERISA
or environmental Liens) or surety or appeal bonds, or to secure
indemnity, performance or other similar bonds;
(f)
Liens
on Equipment or software or other intellectual property
constituting purchase money Liens and Liens in connection with
capital leases securing Indebtedness in an amount not in excess of
the amount set forth in
clause (b)
(or
clause (l)
if applicable) of “Permitted
Indebtedness”;
(g)
Liens
incurred in connection with Subordinated Indebtedness;
(h)
leasehold
interests in leases or subleases and licenses granted in the
ordinary course of business and not interfering in any material
respect with the business of the licensor;
(i)
Liens
in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of
law to secure payment of custom duties that are promptly paid on or
before the date they become due;
(j)
Liens
on insurance proceeds securing the payment of financed insurance
premiums that are promptly paid on or before the date they become
due (provided that such Liens extend only to such insurance
proceeds and not to any other property or assets);
(k)
statutory
and common law rights of set-off and other similar rights as to
deposits of cash and securities in favor of banks, other depository
institutions and brokerage firms;
(l)
easements,
zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real
property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of
business so long as they do not materially impair the value or
marketability of the related property as it is then being
used;
(m)
(i)
Liens on Cash securing obligations permitted under
clause
(f)
of the definition of
Permitted Indebtedness and (ii) security deposits in connection
with real property leases, the combination of (i) and (ii) in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $250,000 at any
time;
(n)
Liens
securing Indebtedness described in
clause (i)
of the defined term “Permitted
Indebtedness”, provided that such Liens shall be limited to
specific financed assets; and
(o)
Liens
securing Indebtedness pursuant to a Qualified Inventory Financing,
provided that such Liens are subject to the Inventory Financing
Intercreditor Agreement and that any cash collateral subject to a
Lien in favor of Inventory Financing Lenders shall not exceed the
amount of the Permitted Inventory Financing Cash
Collateral.
“
Permitted
Transfers
”
means:
(a)
sales
or leases of Inventory in the ordinary course of
business;
(b)
non-exclusive
licenses and similar arrangements for the use of Intellectual
Property in the ordinary course of business and licenses that could
not result in a legal transfer of title of the licensed property
but that may be exclusive in respects other than territory and that
may be exclusive as to territory only as to discreet geographical
areas outside of the United States of America in the ordinary
course of business;
(c)
dispositions
of worn-out, obsolete or surplus Inventory and Equipment in the
ordinary course of business;
(d)
transfers
among Borrowers; and
(e)
other
transfers of assets having a fair market value of not more than
$100,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year.
“
Person
”
means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint
venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association,
corporation, limited liability company, institution, other entity
or government.
“
Prepayment
Charge
” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.4
.
“
Qualified Inventory
Financing
” means
Indebtedness owing to Inventory Financing Lenders pursuant to an
Inventory Financing Agreement, provided that (i) any Inventory
Financing Lender shall have entered into and continue to be subject
to the Inventory Financing Intercreditor Agreement with respect to
any Inventory Financing Agreement to which it is a party, (ii) the
aggregate outstanding amount of the aggregate amount of such
Indebtedness at any time outstanding shall not exceed an amount
equal (x) 85% of the aggregate book value of all Inventory of
Borrowers, on consolidated basis less (y) the aggregate amount of
cash collateral maintained by such Inventory Financing Lenders,
(iii) the advance rates shall not deviate materially from the
advance rate structure pursuant to the inventory financing
arrangements as in effect on the Closing Date, and (iv) the
interest rate and applicable fees shall not be higher and the cash
collateral or deposit required shall not be a higher percentage of
the approved credit limit, in each case, relative to the inventory
financing arrangements as in effect on the Closing
Date.
“
Qualified
Subsidiary
” means any
direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary or Eligible Foreign
Subsidiary.
“
Receivables
”
means (i) all of each Borrower’s Accounts, Instruments,
Documents, Chattel Paper, Supporting Obligations, letters of
credit, proceeds of any letter of credit, and Letter of Credit
Rights, and (ii) all customer lists, software, and business records
related thereto.
“
Recipient
”
means (a) Agent, or (b) Lender, as
applicable.
“
Required
Lenders
” means at any
time, the holders of more than 50% of the sum of the aggregate
unpaid principal amount of the Growth Capital Term Loan Advances
then outstanding.
“
Revenue
”
means revenue of Parent, determined on a consolidated basis, in
accordance with GAAP.
“
RMBL
Missouri
” has the meaning
assigned to it in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“
RMBL
Texas
” has the meaning
assigned to it in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“
Sanctioned
Country
” shall mean, at
any time, a country or territory which is the subject or target of
any Sanctions.
“
Sanctioned
Person
” shall mean, at
any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of
designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets
Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S.
Department of State, or by the United Nations Security Council, the
European Union or any EU member state, (b) any Person operating,
organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person
controlled by any such Person.
“
Sanctions
”
shall mean economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes
imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S.
government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign
Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S.
Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security Council,
the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United
Kingdom.
“
Secured
Obligations
” means
Borrowers’ obligations under this Agreement and any Loan
Document (other than the Warrant), including any obligation to pay
any amount now owing or later arising.
“
Shares
”
means one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding
capital stock, membership units or other securities owned or held
of record by each Borrower in any of its Subsidiary, provided that
with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary other than a Qualified
Subsidiary or any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Borrower hereunder
or guarantor with respect to the Secured Obligations, from time to
time, “Shares” shall be limited to 65% of the shares of
capital stock entitled to vote.
“
Subordinated
Indebtedness
” means
Indebtedness (other than Qualified Inventory Financing)
subordinated to the Secured Obligations in amounts and on terms and
conditions satisfactory to Agent in its sole discretion and subject
to a subordination agreement in form and substance satisfactory to
Agent in its sole discretion.
“
Subsidiary
”
means an entity, whether corporate, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture or otherwise, in which a Borrower owns or
controls 50% or more of the outstanding voting
securities.
“
Taxes
”
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section
2.9
.
“
Term Loan Interest
Rate
” means, for any day
a per annum rate of interest equal to the greater of either (i) the
prime rate as reported in The Wall Street Journal plus 5.75%, and
(ii) 10.25%.
“
Term Loan Maturity
Date
” means May 1, 2021,
provided that if Borrower achieves the Performance Milestone II,
the Term Loan Maturity Date shall be November 1,
2021.
“
Term
Note
” means a promissory
note in substantially the form of
Exhibit
B
.
“
Trademark
License
” means any
written agreement granting any right to use any Trademark or
Trademark registration, now owned or hereafter acquired by a
Borrower or in which a Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires any
interest.
“
Trademarks
”
means all trademarks (registered, common law or otherwise) and any
applications in connection therewith, including registrations,
recordings and applications in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United
States of America, any State thereof or any other country or any
political subdivision thereof.
“
Tranche
I
” has the meaning set
forth in
Section
2.1(a)
.
“
Tranche
II
” has the meaning set
forth in
Section
2.1(a)
.
“
Tranche
III
” has the meaning set
forth in
Section
2.1(a)
.
“
Tranche
IV
” has the meaning set
forth in
Section
2.1(a)
.
“
UCC
” means the Uniform Commercial Code as the
same is, from time to time, in effect in the State of California;
provided, that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions
of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection or priority of, or
remedies with respect to, Agent’s Lien on any Collateral is
governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as the same is, from time
to time, in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of
California, then the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect, from time to time, in such other
jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions thereof relating
to such attachment, perfection, priority or remedies and for
purposes of definitions related to such
provisions.
“
Warrant
”
means any warrant entered into in connection with the Loan, as may
be amended, restated or modified from time to
time.
Unless
otherwise specified, all references in this Agreement or any Annex
or Schedule hereto to a “Section,”
“subsection,” “Exhibit,”
“Annex,” or “Schedule” shall refer to the
corresponding Section, subsection, Exhibit, Annex, or Schedule in
or to this Agreement. Unless otherwise specifically provided
herein, any accounting term used in this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents shall have the meaning customarily given such term
in accordance with GAAP, and all financial computations hereunder
shall be computed in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied.
Unless otherwise defined herein or in the other Loan Documents,
terms that are used herein or in the other Loan Documents and
defined in the UCC shall have the meanings given to them in the
UCC.
SECTION 2.
THE
LOAN
2.1
Growth
Capital Term Loan Advances.
(a)
Growth
Capital Term Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, Lender will severally (and not jointly) make in an
amount not to exceed its respective Growth Capital Term Commitment,
and Borrowers agree to draw, a Growth Capital Term Loan Advance of
$5,000,000 on the Closing Date (“
Tranche
I
”). During the period
commencing on Borrower’s achievement of Performance Milestone
I and ending December 31, 2018, Lender will severally (and not
jointly) make in an amount not to exceed its respective Growth
Capital Term Commitment, and Borrowers agree to draw, a Growth
Capital Term Loan Advance of $2,500,000 (“
Tranche
II
”). During the period
commencing upon Borrowers’ achievement of Performance
Milestone II and ending March 31, 2019, Borrower Representative may
request an additional Growth Capital Term Loan Advances in an
amount of $7,500,000 (“
Tranche
III
”). Upon Borrower
Representative’s request and approval by Lender’s
investment committee, in its sole discretion, Borrower
Representative may request additional Growth Capital Term Loan
Advances in an aggregate amount $5,000,000
(“
Tranche
IV
”). The aggregate
outstanding Growth Capital Term Loan Advances shall not exceed the
Maximum Growth Capital Term Loan Amount.
(b)
Advance
Request. To obtain a Growth Capital Term Loan Advance, Borrower
shall complete, sign and deliver an Advance Request at least three
(3) Business Days before the Advance Date, other than the Growth
Capital Term Loan Advance to be made on the Closing Date, which
shall be at least one (1) Business Day before the Advance Date, to
Agent. Lender shall fund each Growth Capital Term Loan Advance in
the manner requested by the Advance Request provided that each of
the conditions precedent to such Growth Capital Term Loan Advance
is satisfied as of the requested Advance Date.
(c)
Interest.
The principal balance of each Growth Capital Term Loan Advance
shall bear interest thereon from such Advance Date at the Term Loan
Interest Rate based on a year consisting of 360 days, with interest
computed daily based on the actual number of days elapsed. The Term
Loan Interest Rate will float and change on the day the prime rate
changes from time to time.
(d)
Payment.
Borrowers will pay interest on each Growth Capital Term Loan
Advance on the first Business Day of each month, beginning the
month after the Advance Date continuing until (but not including)
the Amortization Date. Borrowers shall repay the aggregate
principal balance of the Growth Capital Term Loan Advances that is
outstanding on the day immediately preceding the Amortization Date,
in equal monthly installments of principal and interest (mortgage
style) beginning on the Amortization Date and continuing on the
first Business Day of each month thereafter until the Secured
Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations) are repaid,
provided that if the Term Loan Interest Rate is adjusted in
accordance with its terms
, or
the Amortization Date or the Term Loan Maturity Date is extended,
the amount of each subsequent monthly installment shall be
recalculated, and provided further, that if, with respect to
Advances pursuant to Tranche I or Tranche II, Borrowers achieve the
Interest Only Extension Condition after principal payments have
commenced in accordance with the Amortization Date previously in
effect, then commencing on the first Business Day of the following
month and each month thereafter until the Amortization Date, as
extended, Borrower shall make payments of interest only, and on the
Amortization Date, as extended, shall resume payment of equal
monthly installments of principal and interest (as recalculated
based on the extended Amortization Date), as set forth above. The
entire principal balance of the Growth Capital Term Loan Advances
and all accrued but unpaid interest hereunder, shall be due and
payable on the Term Loan Maturity Date. Borrowers shall make all
payments under this Agreement without setoff, recoupment or
deduction and regardless of any counterclaim or defense. Lender
will initiate debit entries to the applicable Borrower’s
account as authorized on the ACH Authorization (i) on each payment
date of all periodic obligations payable to Lender under each
Growth Capital Term Loan Advance and (ii) out-of-pocket legal fees
and costs incurred by Agent or Lender in connection with
Section
11.11
of this Agreement;
provided that, with respect to
clause (i)
above, in the event that Lender or
Agent informs Borrower Representative that Lender will not initiate
a debit entry to such Borrower’s account for a certain amount
of the periodic obligations due on a specific payment date,
Borrowers shall pay to Lender such amount of periodic obligations
in full in immediately available funds on such payment date;
provided, further, that, with respect to
clause (i)
above, if Lender or Agent informs
Borrower Representative that Lender will not initiate a debit entry
as described above later than the date that is three (3) Business
Days prior to such payment date, Borrowers shall pay to Lender such
amount of periodic obligations in full in immediately available
funds on the date that is three (3) Business Days after the date on
which Lender or Agent notifies Borrower Representative thereof;
provided, further, that, with respect to
clause (ii)
above, in the event that Lender or
Agent informs Borrower Representative that Lender will not initiate
a debit entry to a Borrower’s account for specified
out-of-pocket legal fees and costs incurred by Agent or Lender,
Borrowers shall pay to Lender such amount in full in immediately
available funds within three (3) Business Days.
2.2
Maximum
Interest. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement or any
other Loan Document, it is the parties’ intent not to
contract for, charge or receive interest at a rate that is greater
than the maximum rate permissible by law that a court of competent
jurisdiction shall deem applicable hereto (which under the laws of
the State of California shall be deemed to be the laws relating to
permissible rates of interest on commercial loans) (the
“
Maximum
Rate
”). If a court of
competent jurisdiction shall finally determine that Borrowers have
actually paid to Lender an amount of interest in excess of the
amount that would have been payable if all of the Secured
Obligations had at all times borne interest at the Maximum Rate,
then such excess interest actually paid by Borrowers shall be
applied as follows: first, to the payment of the Secured
Obligations consisting of the outstanding principal; second, after
all principal is repaid, to the payment of Lender’s accrued
interest, costs, expenses, professional fees and any other Secured
Obligations; and third, after all Secured Obligations are repaid,
the excess (if any) shall be refunded to
Borrowers.
2.3
Default
Interest. In the event any payment is not paid on the scheduled
payment date (other than due to failure to pay due solely to an
administrative or operational error of Agent or Lender or the
applicable Borrower’s bank if Borrowers had the funds to make
the payment when due and make the payment within three (3) Business
Days following Borrowers’ knowledge of such failure to pay),
an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the past due amount shall
be payable on demand. In addition, upon the occurrence and during
the continuation of an Event of Default hereunder, all Secured
Obligations, including principal, interest and, to the extent
demand for payment has been made, professional fees, shall bear
interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate set forth in
Section
2.1(c)
, plus five percent (5%)
per annum. In the event any interest is not paid when due
hereunder, delinquent interest shall be added to principal monthly
and shall bear interest on interest, compounded at the rate set
forth in
Section 2.1(c)
or
Section
2.4
, as
applicable.
2.4
Prepayment.
At its option, upon at least seven (7) Business Days prior written
notice to Agent, Borrowers may prepay all, but not less than all,
of the outstanding Advances by paying the entire principal balance,
all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, together with
the applicable prepayment charge equal
to the following percentage of the Advance amount being prepaid:
with respect to amounts prepaid on or prior to the one year
anniversary of the Closing Date, 3.0%; after the one year
anniversary of the Closing Date, through the two year anniversary
of the Closing Date, 2.0%; and after the two year anniversary of
the Closing Date through the date that is forty-five (45) days
prior to the then current Term Loan Maturity Date, 1.0% (each, a
“
Prepayment
Charge
”), provided that
if the Secured Obligations are prepaid from the proceeds of the
issuance of Indebtedness, Borrowers shall afford Agent the
opportunity to provide a term sheet to refinance the Secured
Obligations (but no Borrower shall be required to enter into a
refinancing transaction with Agent or any Lender even if on
substantially similar terms as the proposed issuance). Borrowers
agree that the Prepayment Charge is a reasonable calculation of
Lender’s lost profits in view of the difficulties and
impracticality of determining actual damages resulting from an
early repayment of the Advances. Borrowers shall prepay the
outstanding amount of all principal and accrued interest through
the prepayment date and the Prepayment Charge upon the occurrence
of a Change in Control.
2.5
End
of Term Charge. On the earliest to occur of (i) the Term Loan
Maturity Date, (ii) the date that Borrowers prepay the outstanding
Secured Obligations (other than any inchoate indemnity obligations
and any other obligations which, by their terms, are to survive the
termination of this Agreement) in full, or (iii) the date that the
Secured Obligations otherwise become due and payable, Borrowers
shall pay Lender a charge of 4.55% of the Growth Capital Term
Commitment pursuant to Tranche I and Tranche II, 2.95% of
the Growth Capital Term Commitment pursuant to Tranche III,
and 2.35% of any principal amount paid or prepaid in respect of
Tranche IV. Notwithstanding the required payment date of such
charge, it shall be deemed earned by Lender as of the Closing Date
with regard to Tranche I, Tranche II and Tranche III, and on the
applicable Advance Date with regards to Tranche IV.
2.6
Due
Diligence Fee. The Due Diligence Fee has been paid by Borrowers
prior to the Closing Date.
2.7
Notes.
If so requested by Lender by written notice to Borrower
Representative, then Borrowers shall execute and deliver to Lender
(and/or, if applicable and if so specified in such notice, to any
Person who is an assignee of Lender pursuant to
Section
11.13
) (promptly after Borrower
Representative’s receipt of such notice) a Note or Notes to
evidence Lender’s Loans.
2.8
Pro
Rata Treatment; Application of Payments. Each payment (including
prepayment) on account of any fee and any reduction of the Growth
Capital Term Loan Advances shall be made pro rata according to the
Growth Capital Term Commitments of the relevant Lender. Lender has
the exclusive right to determine the order and manner in which all
payments then due and payable with respect to the Secured
Obligations may be applied. No Borrower shall have a right to
specify the order or the accounts to which Lender shall allocate or
apply any payments made by a Borrower to Lender or otherwise
received by Lender under this Agreement when any such allocation or
application is not expressly specified elsewhere in this
Agreement.
2.9
Withholding.
Payments received by Agent or Lender from any Borrower under any
Loan Document will be made free and clear of and without deduction
for any taxes, levies, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees
or other charges imposed by any governmental authority
(“
Taxes
”)
other than Excluded Taxes. Specifically, however, if at any time
any governmental authority, applicable law, regulation or
international agreement requires any Borrower to make any
withholding or deduction from any such payment or other sum payable
hereunder to Agent or Lender, authority other than Excluded Taxes
such payment or other sum payable hereunder shall be increased to
the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of such
required withholding or deduction, Agent or Lender, as applicable
receives a net sum equal to the sum which it would have received
had no withholding or deduction been required, and the applicable
Borrower shall pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the
relevant governmental authority. The applicable Borrower will, upon
request, furnish Agent with proof reasonably satisfactory to Agent
indicating that such Borrower has made such withholding payment.
The agreements and obligations of Borrowers contained in
this
Section 2.9
shall survive the termination of this
Agreement. Agent and Lender will
use commercially
reasonable efforts to cooperate
with Borrowers to minimize any withholding
taxes to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, including
by providing a properly completed and duly executed
Form
W-9
or applicable Form
W-8,
provided such
cooperation does not subject Agent or Lender to any unreimbursed
cost or expense and would not otherwise be materially
disadvantageous to Lender or Agent
.
SECTION 3.
SECURITY
INTEREST
3.1
As
security for the prompt and complete payment when due (whether on
the payment dates or otherwise) of all the Secured Obligations,
each Borrower grants to Agent a security interest in all of
Borrower’s
right, title,
and interest in, to and under all of Borrower’s personal
property and other assets including without limitation the
following (except as set forth herein)
whether
now
owned or hereafter acquired
(collectively, the “
Collateral
”):
(a) Receivables; (b) Equipment; (c) Fixtures; (d) General
Intangibles; (e) Inventory; (f) Investment Property; (g) Deposit
Accounts; (h) Cash; (i) Goods; and all other tangible and
intangible personal property of Borrower whether now or hereafter
owned or existing, leased, consigned by or to, or acquired by,
Borrower and wherever located, and any of Borrowers’ property
in the possession or under the control of Agent; and, to the extent
not otherwise included, all Proceeds of each of the foregoing and
all accessions to, substitutions and replacements for, and rents,
profits and products of each of the foregoing.
3.2
Notwithstanding
the broad grant of the security interest set forth in
Section
3.1
, above, to the extent
excluded from the collateral pursuant to every Qualified Inventory
Financing, the Collateral shall not include (a) more than 65% of
the presently existing and hereafter arising issued and outstanding
shares of capital stock owned by a Borrower of any Foreign
Subsidiary (other than an Eligible Foreign Subsidiary) which shares
entitle the holder thereof to vote for directors or any other
matter, and (b) nonassignable licenses or contracts, which by their
terms or applicable law require the consent of the licensor thereof
or another party (but only to the extent such prohibition on
transfer is enforceable under applicable law, including, without
limitation, Sections 9406, 9407 and 9408 of the UCC), provided
further, that upon the lapse of such prohibition or such consent
being provided with respect to any license or contract, such
license or contract shall automatically be included in the
Collateral.
3.3
Pledge
of Shares. Each Borrower hereby pledges, assigns and grants to
Agent a security interest in the Shares, together with all proceeds
and substitutions thereof, all cash, stock and other moneys and
property paid thereon, all rights to subscribe for securities
declared or granted in connection therewith, and all other cash and
noncash proceeds of the foregoing, as security for the performance
of the Secured Obligations. Borrowers represent and warrant that as
of the Closing Date, none of the Shares are evidenced by
certificates. To the extent required by the terms and conditions
governing the Shares, the applicable Borrower shall cause the books
of each entity whose Shares are pledged pursuant hereto and any
transfer agent to reflect the pledge of the Shares. Upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder, Agent may effect the
transfer of the Shares included in the Collateral into the name of
Agent and cause new certificates representing such securities to be
issued in the name of Agent or its transferee. Each Borrower will
execute and deliver such documents, and take or cause to be taken
such actions, as Agent may reasonably request to perfect or
continue the perfection of Agent’s security interest in the
Shares. Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, each Borrower shall be entitled to exercise any voting
rights with respect to the Shares and to give consents, waivers and
ratifications in respect thereof, provided that no vote shall be
cast or consent, waiver or ratification given or action taken which
would violate or result in the violation of any of the terms of
this Agreement, or which would adversely affect Agent’s
security interest. All such rights to vote and give consents,
waivers and ratifications shall terminate upon the occurrence and
continuance of an Event of Default. If any Shares not evidenced by
certificates as of the Closing Date subsequently become evidenced
by certificates, or if a Borrower subsequently acquires any Shares
evidenced by certificates, such Borrower shall promptly deliver to
Agent the certificates evidencing the Shares together with a stock
power or other similar instrument of transfer duly executed in
blank by such Borrower to be held by Agent as possessory
collateral.
SECTION 4.
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO LOAN
The
obligations of Lender to make the Loans hereunder are subject to
the satisfaction by Borrowers of the following
conditions:
4.1
Initial
Advance. On or prior to the Closing Date or initial Advance, to the
extent indicated below, Borrowers shall have delivered to Agent the
following:
(a)
duly
executed copies of the following, in form and substance acceptable
to Agent:
(i)
this
Agreement;
(ii)
the
completed ACH Authorization;
(iii)
the
intellectual property security agreement;
(iv)
Account
Control Agreements with respect to all Deposit Accounts and any
accounts where Investment Property is maintained, as required
by
Section 7.12
hereof, prior to the initial
Advance;
(v)
a
duly executed certificate of an officer of each Borrower certifying
and attaching copies of (A) the Charter, certified as of a recent
date by the jurisdiction of organization of such Borrower; (B) the
bylaws, operating agreement or similar governing document of such
Borrower; (C) resolutions of such Borrower’s Board or consent
of sole member evidencing approval of (1) the Loan and other
transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, and with respect
to Parent, (2) the Warrant and issuance of Equity Interests in
accordance with its terms; (D) resolutions of the holders of such
Borrower’s Equity Interests in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, to the extent required
pursuant to the terms of the Charter or other governing document,
in each case, as in effect as of the Closing Date, and (E) a
schedule setting forth the name, title and specimen signature of
officers or other authorized signers on behalf of each
Borrower;
(vi)
a
legal opinion of Borrowers’ counsel;
(vii)
a
subordination agreement, duly executed by each of Blue Flame
Capital, LLC, Lori Sue Chesrown and Ralph Wegis;
(viii)
a
subordination agreement, duly executed by Halcyon Consulting,
LLC;
(ix)
an
Inventory Financing Intercreditor Agreement, duly executed by Ally
Bank and Ally Financial Inc.;
(x)
any
other Loan Documents (other than the Warrant, which shall be
delivered pursuant to
subsection (b)
below);
(xi)
and
all other documents and instruments reasonably required by Agent to
effectuate the transactions contemplated hereby or to create and
perfect the Liens of Agent with respect to all Collateral (provided
that no certificates of title need be delivered or
endorsed);
(b)
Originals
of the following, in form and substance acceptable to
Agent:
(i)
the
Warrant, and
(ii)
any
certificates evidencing Shares pledged pursuant to
Section
3.3
, together with any unit
powers or other instruments of transfer;
(c)
a
certificate of good standing for each Borrower from its state of
incorporation and similar certificates from all other jurisdictions
in which it does business and where the failure to be qualified
could have a Material Adverse Effect;
(d)
payment
of the Facility Charge and reimbursement of Agent’s and
Lender’s current expenses reimbursable pursuant to this
Agreement, which amounts may be deducted from the initial
Advance;
(e)
all
certificates of insurance, endorsements, and copies of each
insurance policy required pursuant to
Section
6.2
, except to the extent
delivery after the Closing Date is permitted in accordance
with
Section
7.24
; and
(f)
such
other documents as Agent may reasonably request.
4.2
All
Advances. On each Advance Date:
(a)
Agent
shall have received (i) an Advance Request for the relevant
Advance as required by
Section
2.1(b)
, duly executed by
Borrower Representative’s Chief Executive Officer or Chief
Financial Officer, and (ii) any other documents Agent may
reasonably request.
(b)
The
representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement shall be
true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Advance
Date with the same effect as though made on and as of such date,
except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly
relate to an earlier date.
(c)
Borrowers
shall be in compliance with all the terms and provisions set forth
herein and in each other Loan Document on its part to be observed
or performed in all material respects, and at the time of and
immediately after such Advance no Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing.
(d)
Each
Advance Request shall be deemed to constitute a representation and
warranty by Borrowers on the relevant Advance Date as to the
matters specified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this
Section 4.2
and as to the matters set forth in the
Advance Request.
4.3
No
Default. As of the Closing Date and each Advance Date, (i) no fact
or condition exists that could (or could, with the passage of time,
the giving of notice, or both) reasonably be expected to constitute
an Event of Default and (ii) no event that could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect has occurred and is
continuing.
SECTION 5.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF BORROWERS
Borrowers
represent and warrant that:
5.1
Organizational
Status. Each Borrower is duly organized, legally existing and in
good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization,
and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation in all jurisdictions
in which the nature of its business or location of its properties
require such qualifications and where the failure to be qualified
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Each Borrower’s present name, former names (if any),
locations, place of formation, tax identification number,
organizational identification number and other information are
correctly set forth in
Exhibit
C
, or as such Borrower has
subsequently notified Agent after the Closing Date in accordance
with this Agreement (including in any Compliance
Certificate).
5.2
Collateral.
Each Borrower owns the Collateral free of all Liens, except for
Permitted Liens. Each Borrower has the power and authority to grant
to Agent a Lien in the Collateral as security for the Secured
Obligations.
5.3
Consents.
Each Borrower’s execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and all other Loan Documents, and Parent’s issuance
of the Warrant and the Equity Interests issuable upon exercise of
the Warrant, (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary
action in accordance with Borrower’s Organizational
Documents, (ii) will not result in the creation or imposition
of any Lien upon the Collateral, other than Permitted Liens and the
Liens created by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (iii)
do not violate any provisions of a Borrower’s Organizational
Documents, or any, law, regulation, order, injunction, judgment,
decree or writ to which a Borrower is subject and (iv) do not
violate any material contract or agreement in any material respect
or require the consent or approval of any other Person which has
not already been obtained. The individual or individuals executing
the Loan Documents and the Warrant are duly authorized to do
so.
5.4
Material
Adverse Effect. No event that has had, or could reasonably be
expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect has occurred and is
continuing.
5.5
Actions
Before Governmental Authorities. There are no actions, suits or
proceedings at law or in equity or by or before any governmental
authority now pending or, to the knowledge of a Borrower,
threatened against a Borrower or its property, that is reasonably
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
5.6
Laws.
(a)
Neither
any Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any
law, rule or regulation, or in default with respect to any
judgment, writ, injunction or decree of any governmental authority,
where such violation or default is reasonably expected to result in
a Material Adverse Effect. No Borrower
is in
default
in any material respect under any agreement or instrument
evidencing Indebtedness
material to the Borrowers as a whole, or any other
agreement
necessary or material
to the operation or conduct of the business of the Borrowers to
which any Borrower is a party or by which it is bound, subject to
any applicable grace period.
(b)
Neither
a Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is an “investment
company” or a company “controlled” by an
“investment company” under the Investment Company Act
of 1940, as amended. Neither a Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries
is engaged as one of its important activities in extending credit
for margin stock (under Regulations X, T and U of the Federal
Reserve Board of Governors). Each Borrower and each of its
Subsidiaries has complied in all material respects with the Federal
Fair Labor Standards Act. Neither a Borrower nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a “holding company” or an
“affiliate” of a “holding company” or a
“subsidiary company” of a “holding company”
as each term is defined and used in the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 2005. Neither a Borrower’s nor any of its
Subsidiaries’ properties or assets has been used by a
Borrower or such Subsidiary or, to a Borrower’s Knowledge, by
previous Persons, in disposing, producing, storing, treating, or
transporting any hazardous substance other than in material
compliance with applicable laws. Each Borrower and each of its
Subsidiaries has obtained all consents, approvals and
authorizations of, made all declarations or filings with, and given
all notices to, all governmental authorities that are necessary to
continue
in all material
respects their respective businesses as currently
conducted.
(c)
None
of Borrowers, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of Borrowers’
or its Subsidiaries’ Affiliates or any of their respective
agents acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement is (i) in violation of
any Anti-Terrorism Law, (ii) engaging in or conspiring to engage in
any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of
evading or avoiding or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions
set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law, or (iii) is a Blocked Person.
None of Borrowers, any of its Subsidiaries, or to the knowledge of
any Borrower and any of their Affiliates or agents, acting or
benefiting in any capacity in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, (x) conducts any business or
engages in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or
services to or for the benefit of any Blocked Person, or (y) deals
in, or otherwise engages in any transaction relating to, any
property or interest in property blocked pursuant to Executive
Order No. 13224, any similar executive order or other
Anti-Terrorism Law. None of the funds to be provided under this
Agreement will be used, directly or indirectly, (a) for any
activities in violation of any applicable anti-money laundering,
economic sanctions and anti-bribery laws and regulations laws and
regulations or (b) for any payment to any governmental official or
employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate
for political office, or anyone else acting in an official
capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain
any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
5.7
Information
Correct and Current. No information, report, Advance Request,
financial statement, exhibit or schedule furnished, by or on behalf
of Borrowers to Agent in connection with any Loan Document or
included therein or delivered pursuant thereto contained, or, when
taken as a whole, contains or will contain any material
misstatement of fact or, when taken together with all other such
information or documents, omitted, omits or will omit to state any
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were, are or will be
made, not materially misleading at the time such statement was made
or deemed made. Additionally, any and all financial or business
projections provided by a Borrower to Agent, whether prior to or
after the Closing Date, were (i) provided in good faith and based
on the most current data and information available to Borrowers,
and (ii) the most current of such projections provided to
Parent’s Board (it being understood that such projections are
subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of
which are beyond the control of the Borrowers, that no assurance is
given that any particular projections will be realized and that
actual results may differ materially).
5.8
Tax
Matters. Except to the extent contested in good faith with adequate
reserves under GAAP, (a) each Borrower has filed all material
federal, state and local tax returns that it is required to file,
(b) each Borrower has duly paid or fully reserved for all taxes or
installments thereof (including any interest or penalties) as and
when due, which have or may become due pursuant to such returns,
and (c) as of the Closing Date, each Borrower has paid or fully
reserved for any tax assessment received by such Borrower for the
three (3) years preceding the Closing Date, if any (including any
taxes being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings).
5.9
Intellectual
Property Claims. Borrowers are the sole owner of, or otherwise has
the right to use, the Intellectual Property material to
Borrowers’ business. Each of the Borrowers’ Copyrights,
Trademarks and Patents material to the Borrowers’ business is
valid and enforceable, the Intellectual Property material to the
Borrowers’ business has not been judged invalid or
unenforceable, in whole or in part, and no claim has been made in
writing to a Borrower that any material part of the Intellectual
Property material or necessary to the conduct of the
Borrowers’ business violates the rights of any third party,
except to the extent Borrowers have provided evidence satisfactory
to Agent that such claim is without merit or otherwise not
reasonably likely to be successful.
Exhibit D
is a true, correct and complete list
of each of Borrowers’ Patents, registered Trademarks,
registered Copyrights, and material agreements under which a
Borrower licenses Intellectual Property from third parties (other
than shrink-wrap software licenses), together with application or
registration numbers, as applicable, owned by a Borrower or any
Subsidiary, in each case as of the Closing Date. No Borrower is in
material breach of, nor has any Borrower failed to perform any
material obligations under, any of the foregoing contracts,
licenses or agreements material to the Borrowers’
business
and, to any
Borrower’s knowledge, no third party to any such contract,
license or agreement
material
to the Borrowers’ business is in material breach thereof or
has failed to perform any material obligations thereunder, except
to the extent such breach or failure to perform could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect,
Borrowers have notified Agent of such breach or failure to perform,
and Borrowers are taking actions to mitigate such circumstances
satisfactory to Agent.
5.10
Intellectual
Property. Borrowers have all material rights with respect to
Intellectual Property necessary or material in the operation or
conduct of Borrowers’ business as currently conducted and
proposed to be conducted by Borrowers. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, and in the case of Borrowers’
Licenses, except for restrictions that are unenforceable under
Division 9 of the UCC, Borrowers have the right, to the extent
required to operate Borrowers’ business, to freely transfer,
license or assign Intellectual Property necessary or material in
the operation or conduct of Borrowers’ business as currently
conducted and proposed to be conducted by Borrowers, without
condition, restriction or payment of any kind (other than license
payments in the ordinary course of business
and customary covenants in inbound license
agreements)
to any third party,
and Borrowers own or have the right to use, pursuant to valid
licenses, all software development tools, library functions,
compilers and all other third-party software and other items that
are material to Borrowers’ business and used in the design,
development, promotion, sale, license, manufacture, import, export,
use or distribution of Borrower Products except customary covenants
in inbound license agreements and equipment leases where a Borrower
is the licensee or lessee.
5.11
Borrower
Products. No Intellectual Property necessary or material in the
operation or conduct of Borrowers’ business as currently
conducted and proposed to be conducted and owned by a Borrower or
Borrower Product that constitutes
Intellectual Property has been or is subject to
any actual or, to the knowledge of any Borrower, threatened
litigation, proceeding (including any proceeding in the United
States Patent and Trademark Office or any corresponding foreign
office or agency) or outstanding decree, order, judgment,
settlement agreement or stipulation that restricts in any
material respect the applicable
Borrower’s use, transfer or licensing thereof or that
could reasonably be expected to affect
the validity, use or enforceability thereof. There is no decree,
order, judgment, agreement, stipulation, arbitral award or other
provision entered into in connection with any litigation or
proceeding that obligates any Borrower to grant licenses or
ownership interest in any future Intellectual Property necessary or
material to the operation or conduct of the business of Borrowers
or Borrower Products.
No
Borrower has received any written
notice or claim challenging or questioning any Borrower’s
ownership in any such Intellectual Property (or written notice of
any claim challenging or questioning the ownership in any licensed
such Intellectual Property of the owner thereof) or suggesting that
any third party has any claim of legal or beneficial ownership with
respect thereto nor, to any Borrower’s knowledge, is there a
reasonable basis for any such claim, except for claims with respect
to which Borrowers have provided evidence satisfactory to Agent
that such claim is without merit or otherwise not reasonably likely
to be successful. Neither any Borrower’s use of its
Intellectual Property
material
in the conduct of its business as currently conducted or proposed
to be conducted, nor the production and sale of a Borrower Product
infringes the Intellectual Property or other rights of
others.
5.12
Financial
Accounts.
Exhibit
E
, as may be updated by
Borrowers in a written notice provided to Agent after the Closing
Date, is a true, correct and complete list of (a) all banks
and other financial institutions at which a Borrower or any
Subsidiary maintains Deposit Accounts and (b) all institutions at
which a Borrower or any Subsidiary maintains an account holding
Investment Property, and such exhibit correctly identifies the
name, address and telephone number of each bank or other
institution, the name in which the account is held, a description
of the purpose of the account, and the complete account number
therefor, provided that Borrowers may provide the details regarding
any Deposit Account or other account in which initial Permitted
Inventory Financing Cash Collateral is maintained shall be provided
within five (5) Business Days of the Closing
Date.
5.13
[Intentionally
Omitted].
5.14
Capitalization
and Subsidiaries. Parent’s capitalization as of the Closing
Date is set forth on
Schedule 5.14
annexed hereto. No Borrower owns any
stock, partnership interest or other securities of any Person,
except for Permitted Investments. Attached as
Schedule
5.14
, as may be updated by
Borrowers in a written notice provided after the Closing Date, is a
true, correct and complete list of each
Subsidiary.
5.15
Foreign
Subsidiary Voting Rights. No decision or action in any governing
document of any Foreign Subsidiary (other than an Eligible Foreign
Subsidiary) requires a vote of greater than 50.1% of the Equity
Interests or voting rights of such Foreign Subsidiary.
SECTION 6.
INSURANCE;
INDEMNIFICATION
6.1
Coverage.
Each Borrower shall cause to be carried and maintained commercial
general liability insurance, on an occurrence form, against risks
customarily insured against in Borrowers’ line of business.
Such risks shall include the risks of bodily injury, including
death, property damage, personal injury, advertising injury, and
contractual liability per the terms of the indemnification
agreement found in
Section 6.3
.
Borrowers must maintain a minimum of $1,000,000 of commercial
general liability insurance for each occurrence. Borrowers have and
agree to maintain a minimum of $2,000,000 of directors’ and
officers’ insurance for each occurrence and $5,000,000 in the
aggregate. So long as there are any Secured Obligations
outstanding, Borrowers shall also cause to be carried and
maintained insurance upon the Collateral, insuring against all
risks of physical loss or damage howsoever caused, in an amount not
less than the full replacement cost of the Collateral, provided
that such insurance may be subject to standard exceptions and
deductibles.
6.2
Certificates.
Borrowers shall deliver to Agent certificates of insurance that
evidence Borrowers’ compliance with its insurance obligations
in
Section 6.1
and the obligations contained in
this
Section
6.2
. Borrowers’ insurance
certificate shall state Agent (shown as “Hercules Capital,
Inc.”, as “Agent”) is an additional insured for
commercial general liability, a lender loss payee for all risk
property damage insurance, subject to the insurer’s approval,
and a lender loss payee for property insurance and additional
insured for liability insurance for any future insurance that
Borrowers may acquire from such insurer. Attached to the
certificates of insurance will be additional insured endorsements
for liability and lender’s loss payable endorsements for all
risk property damage insurance. All certificates of insurance will
provide for a minimum of thirty (30) days advance written notice to
Agent of cancellation (other than cancellation for non-payment of
premiums, for which ten (10) days’ advance written notice
shall be sufficient) or any other change adverse to Agent’s
interests. Any failure of Agent to scrutinize such insurance
certificates for compliance is not a waiver of any of Agent’s
rights, all of which are reserved. Borrowers shall provide Agent
with copies of each insurance policy, and upon entering or amending
any insurance policy required hereunder, Borrowers shall provide
Agent with copies of such policies and shall promptly deliver to
Agent updated insurance certificates with respect to such
policies.
6.3
Indemnity.
Borrowers agree to indemnify and hold Agent, Lender and their
officers, directors, employees, agents, in-house attorneys,
representatives and shareholders (each, an
“
Indemnified
Person
”) harmless from
and against any and all claims, costs, expenses, damages and
liabilities (including such claims, costs, expenses, damages and
liabilities based on liability in tort, including strict liability
in tort), including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
disbursements and other costs of investigation or defense
(including those incurred upon any appeal) (collectively,
“
Liabilities
”),
that may be instituted or asserted against or incurred by such
Indemnified Person as the result of credit having been extended,
suspended or terminated under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents or the administration of such credit, or in connection
with or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereunder and
thereunder, or any actions or failures to act in connection
therewith, or arising out of the disposition or utilization by
Agent or Lender after an Event of Default of the Collateral,
excluding in all cases Liabilities to the extent resulting from any
Indemnified Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Borrowers agree to pay, and to save Agent and Lender harmless from,
any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any
delay in paying, any and all excise, sales or other similar taxes
(excluding taxes imposed on or measured by the net income of Agent
or Lender) that may be payable or determined to be payable with
respect to any of the Collateral or this Agreement. In no event
shall any Indemnified Person be liable on any theory of liability
for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages
(including any loss of profits, business or anticipated savings).
This
Section 6.3
shall survive the repayment of
indebtedness under, and otherwise shall survive the expiration or
other termination of, the Loan Agreement.
SECTION 7.
COVENANTS
OF BORROWERS
Each
Borrower agrees as follows:
7.1
Financial
Reports. Borrower Representative shall furnish to Agent the
financial statements and reports listed hereinafter (the
“
Financial
Statements
”):
(a)
through
the period ending October 31, 2018, as soon as practical (and in
any case within 30 days) after the end each month, unaudited
management prepared reports in a form agreed among Borrowers and
Agent prior to the Closing Date, and in any event including a
statement of profits and losses, a report of cash balances, a
report of accounts receivable and accounts payable, and an
inventory report and, thereafter, as soon as practicable (and in
any event within 30 days) after the end of the first two months of
each fiscal quarter of Parent, unaudited internally prepared
interim financial statements as of the end of such
month;
(b)
as
soon as practicable (and in any event within 45 days) after the end
of each fiscal quarter of Parent, unaudited interim and
year-to-date financial statements as of the end of such fiscal
quarter (prepared on a consolidated and consolidating basis)
including balance sheet and related statements of income and cash
flows accompanied by a report detailing any material contingencies
(including the commencement of any material litigation by or
against any Borrower) or any other occurrence that could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, certified by
Borrower Representative’s Chief Executive Officer or Chief
Financial Officer as having been prepared in accordance with GAAP,
(i) except for the absence of footnotes, and (ii) subject to normal
year-end adjustments; as well as the most recent capitalization
table for Parent, including the weighted average exercise price of
employee stock options; provided, however, that in lieu of the
reporting requirements pursuant to this
Section
7.1(b)
, Parent may provide to
Agent a link to its quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed pursuant to
the Exchange Act through its investor relations web
page;
(c)
as
soon as practicable (and in any event within 90 days) after the end
of each fiscal year, unqualified audited financial statements as of
the end of such year including balance sheet and related statements
of income and cash flows, and setting forth in comparative form the
corresponding figures for the preceding fiscal year, certified by a
firm of independent certified public accountants selected by
Borrowers and reasonably acceptable to Agent, accompanied by any
management report from such accountants; provided, however, that in
lieu of the reporting requirements pursuant to this
Section
7.1(c)
, Parent may provide to
Agent a link to its annual report on Form 10-K filed pursuant to
the Exchange Act through its investor relations web
page;
(d)
as
soon as practicable (and in any event together with monthly
financial statements delivered pursuant to
subsection (a)
above and together with quarterly
financial statements delivered pursuant to
subsection (b)
above), a Compliance Certificate in
the form of
Exhibit
F
;
(e)
as
soon as practicable (and in any event within 30 days) after the end
of each month, (i) a report showing agings of accounts receivable,
to the extent accounts receivable as of the last day of such month
exceed $1,000,000 and (ii) a report showing agings of accounts
payable, to the extent accounts payable as of the last day of such
month exceed $600,000;
(f)
through
its investor relations web page, copies of any proxy statements,
financial statements or reports that Parent has made available to
holders of its capital stock, and copies of any regular, periodic
and special reports or registration statements that Parent files
with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any governmental
authority that may be substituted therefor, or any national
securities exchange;
(g)
financial
and business projections and budget promptly following their
approval by Parent’s Board, and in any event, within 60 days
after the end of Parent’s fiscal year, which projections and
budget shall be in format acceptable to Agent, it being understood
that the format of the projections and budget delivered to Agent as
of the Closing Date is acceptable, and which projections and budget
shall be consistent with financial covenant compliance (if
applicable) and Borrower’s ability to pay the Secured
Obligations when due, and promptly after any update to such
projections or budget is approved by Parent’s Board, such
updated projections and budget, as well as such other budgets,
plans or financial information as Agent may reasonably request,
provided that if any projections or budget delivered to Agent do
not reflect levels consistent with financial covenant compliance
(if applicable) or Borrower’s ability to pay the Secured
Obligations when due, then Borrower shall promptly (and in any
event within 10
Business
Days) deliver to Agent a proposal or
plan
reasonably satisfactory to
Agent to address the circumstances;
(h)
a
daily inventory report, which shall indicate with respect to each
item of Inventory whether it is financed pursuant to a Qualified
Inventory Financing, on each Business Day, with respect to the
preceding Business Day, in form approved by Agent as of the Closing
Date or as subsequently agreed among the parties;
provided, however, Borrowers shall not
be in breach of this clause (h) if they fail less than four times
in any calendar month to timely provide such daily
reports;
(i)
any
material statement, or notice of increased commitment, change in
terms, non-renewal or default or any demand for payment pursuant to
a Qualified Inventory Financing; and
(j)
immediate
notice if a Borrower or any Subsidiary has knowledge that a
Borrower, or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of a Borrower, is listed
on the OFAC Lists or (a) is convicted on,
(b) pleads
nolo contendere
to, (c) is indicted on, or
(d) is arraigned and held over on charges involving money
laundering or predicate crimes to money
laundering.
No
Borrower shall make any change in its (a) accounting policies or
reporting practices (except as required by GAAP), or (b) fiscal
years or fiscal quarters. The fiscal year of each Borrower shall
end on December 31.
The executed Compliance Certificate may be sent
via email to Agent at legal@herculestech.com, with a copy to
tharris@htgc.com. All Financial Statements required to be delivered
pursuant to
clauses (a), (b)
and (c)
shall be sent via
e-mail to financialstatements@herculestech.com with a copy to
legal@herculestech.com and tharris@htgc.com provided, that if
e-mail is not available or sending such Financial Statements via
e-mail is not possible, they shall be faxed to Agent at: (650)
473-9194, attention Account Manager: RumbleON, Inc. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, documents required to be delivered under
Sections
7.1(a), (b), (c) or (f)
(to the
extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed
with the Securities Exchange Commission) may be delivered
electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been
delivered on the date on which Borrower emails a link thereto to
Agent.
7.2
Management
Rights. Borrowers shall permit any representative that Agent or
Lender authorizes, including its attorneys and accountants, to
inspect the Collateral and examine and make copies and abstracts of
the books of account and records of Borrowers at reasonable times
and upon reasonable notice during normal business hours; provided,
however, that so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, such examinations shall be limited to no more often
than twice per fiscal year. In addition, any such representative
shall have the right to meet with management and officers of
Borrowers to discuss such books of account and records. In
addition, Agent or Lender may at reasonable times and intervals
consult with and advise the management and officers of Borrowers
concerning significant business issues affecting Borrowers. Such
consultations
and advice shall
not unreasonably interfere with Borrowers’ business
operations. The parties intend that the rights granted Agent shall
constitute “management rights” within the meaning of 29
C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101(d)(3)(ii), but that any advice,
recommendations or participation by Agent or Lender with respect to
any business issues shall not be deemed to give Agent or Lender,
nor be deemed an exercise by Agent or Lender of, control over
Borrowers’ management or policies, and the
Borrowers shall have no obligation to
act upon or follow any such advice or recommendation
or to allow the Agent or Lender to
attend meetings of the Board of the Parent.
7.3
Further
Assurances. Each Borrower shall from time to time execute, deliver
and file, alone or with Agent, any financing statements, security
agreements, collateral assignments, notices, control agreements, or
other documents to perfect or give the highest priority to
Agent’s Lien on the Collateral, subject to Permitted Liens.
Each Borrower shall from time to time procure any instruments or
documents as may be reasonably requested by Agent, and take all
further action that may be necessary, or that Agent may reasonably
request, to perfect and protect the Liens granted hereby and
thereby; provided, however, certificates of title for vehicles need
not be delivered or endorsed so long as no Event of Default is then
continuing. In addition, and for such purposes only, each Borrower
hereby authorizes Agent to execute and deliver on behalf of such
Borrower and to file such financing statements (including an
indication that the financing statement covers “all assets or
all personal property” of such Borrower in accordance with
Section 9-504 of the UCC), collateral assignments, notices, control
agreements, security agreements and other documents without the
signature of such Borrower either in Agent’s name or in the
name of Agent as agent and attorney-in-fact for such Borrower. Each
Borrower shall protect and defend such Borrower’s title to
the Collateral and Agent’s Lien thereon against all Persons
claiming any interest adverse to such Borrower or Agent other than
Permitted Liens.
7.4
Indebtedness.
No Borrower shall create, incur, assume, guarantee or be or remain
liable with respect to any Indebtedness, or permit any Subsidiary
so to do, other than Permitted Indebtedness, or prepay any
Indebtedness or take any actions which impose on any Borrower an
obligation to prepay any Indebtedness, except for (a) the
conversion of Indebtedness into equity securities and the payment
of cash in lieu of fractional shares in connection with such
conversion, (b) purchase money Indebtedness pursuant to its then
applicable payment schedule, (c) prepayment by any Subsidiary of
(i) intercompany Indebtedness owed by such Subsidiary to any
Borrower, or (ii) if such Subsidiary is not a Borrower,
intercompany Indebtedness owed by such Subsidiary to another
Subsidiary that is not a Borrower, (d) as permitted pursuant to any
Inventory Financing Intercreditor Agreement or any subordination
agreement related to Subordinated Indebtedness, or (e) as otherwise
permitted hereunder or approved in writing by Agent.
7.5
Collateral.
Each Borrower shall at all times keep the Collateral and all other
property and assets used in Borrowers’ business or in which
such Borrower now or hereafter holds any interest free and clear
from any Liens whatsoever (except for Permitted Liens), and shall
give Agent prompt written notice of any legal process affecting the
Collateral, such other property or assets, or any Liens thereon,
provided however, that the Collateral and such other property and
assets may be subject to Permitted Liens. No Borrower shall agree
with any Person other than Agent, Lender, Inventory Financing
Lenders and holders of Subordinated Indebtedness not to encumber
its property. Each Borrower shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to
protect and defend such Subsidiary’s title to its assets from
and against all Persons claiming any interest adverse to such
Subsidiary, and each Borrower shall cause each of its Subsidiaries
at all times to keep such Subsidiary’s property and assets
free and clear from any Liens whatsoever (except for Permitted
Liens) and shall give Agent prompt written notice of any legal
process affecting such Subsidiary’s assets.
7.6
Investments;
Capital Expenditures. Each Borrower shall not directly or
indirectly acquire or own, or make any Investment in or to any
Person, or permit any of each of its Subsidiaries so to do, other
than Permitted Investments, and shall not permit aggregate capital
expenditures (other than software development costs, which may be
capitalized), determined in accordance with GAAP, to exceed
$250,000 per fiscal year.
7.7
Distributions.
No Borrower shall, and shall not allow any Subsidiary to, (a)
repurchase or redeem any class of stock or other Equity Interest
other than repurchases described in
clause (b)
of the defined term “Permitted
Investments” or in accordance with
clause (l)
of the defined term “Permitted
Investments”, (b) declare or pay any cash dividend or make a
cash distribution on any class of stock or other Equity Interest,
except that a Subsidiary may pay dividends or make distributions to
a Borrower; (c) except for Permitted Investments, lend money to any
employees, officers or directors or guarantee the payment of any
such loans granted by a third party in excess of $100,000 in the
aggregate; or (d) waive, release or forgive any Indebtedness owed
by any employees, officers or directors in excess of $100,000 in
the aggregate.
7.8
Transfers.
Except for Permitted Transfers, no Borrower shall, or shall allow
any Subsidiary to, voluntarily or involuntarily transfer, sell,
lease, license, lend or in any other manner convey any equitable,
beneficial or legal interest in any material portion of its assets
(it being understood and agreed that the issuance of Equity
Interests in the Parent shall not violate this
Section
7.8
).
7.9
Mergers
or Acquisitions. Except for Permitted Acquisitions, no Borrower
shall merge or consolidate, or permit any of each of its
Subsidiaries to merge or consolidate, with or into any other
business organization (other than mergers or consolidations of (a)
a Subsidiary which is not a Borrower into another Subsidiary or
into a Borrower or (b) a Borrower into another Borrower), or
acquire, or permit any of each of its Subsidiaries to acquire, all
or substantially all of the capital stock or property of another
Person.
7.10
Taxes.
Borrowers and each of its Subsidiaries shall pay when due (or
within any applicable grace period) all material taxes, fees or
other charges of any nature whatsoever (together with any related
interest or penalties) now or hereafter imposed or assessed against
a Borrower or the Collateral or upon a Borrower’s ownership,
possession, use, operation or disposition thereof or upon a
Borrower’s rents, receipts or earnings arising therefrom.
Each Borrower shall file on or before the due date therefor all
personal property tax returns in respect of the Collateral, or file
for appropriate extensions by such due date. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a Borrower may contest, in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings, taxes for which such Borrower maintains adequate
reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP.
7.11
Certain
Changes. Neither a Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall change its
jurisdiction of organization, organizational form or legal name
without twenty (20) days’ prior written notice to Agent.
Neither a Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall suffer a Change in
Control. Neither a Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall relocate its
chief executive office or its principal place of business unless:
(i) it has provided prior written notice to Agent; and (ii) such
relocation shall be within the continental United States of
America. Neither a Borrower nor any Qualified Subsidiary shall
relocate Collateral (excluding vehicles not constituting
Inventory), other than (w) sales of Inventory in the ordinary
course of business, (x) Inventory in transit in the ordinary course
of business, (y) relocations of Collateral from a location
described on
Exhibit C
to another location described
on
Exhibit C
or another location that is, from time
to time, subject to a landlord waiver or bailee agreement, in form
and substance satisfactory to Agent, in favor of Agent, or (z) to
the extent after giving effect to such relocation, the aggregate
value of Collateral (other than vehicles not constituting
Inventory) which is at locations not subject to a landlord waiver
or bailee agreement does not exceed $400,000 (excluding for such
purposes the value of Inventory in transit in the ordinary course
of business). With respect to any leased location or location where
Collateral (other than vehicles not constituting Inventory) is held
by a bailee, Borrowers shall deliver a landlord waiver or bailee
agreement in favor of Agent, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Agent, provided that for locations existing as of
the Closing Date and for which a landlord waiver or bailee
agreement would be required, Borrowers may deliver the same within
thirty (30) days of the Closing Date (subject to extension from
time to time in Agent’s discretion if Borrowers have
demonstrated their use of commercially reasonable efforts to obtain
such landlord waivers and agreements), and provided that no
landlord waiver or bailee agreement shall be required to the extent
that Collateral (other than vehicles not constituting Inventory) at
all leased or bailee locations not subject to such a landlord
waiver or bailee agreement does not exceed $400,000 at any
time.
7.12
Deposit
Accounts; Cash Management. Neither a Borrower nor any Qualified
Subsidiary shall maintain any Deposit Accounts, or accounts holding
Investment Property except for (i) the Deposit Account used
exclusively for maintaining the Permitted Inventory Financing Cash
Collateral with a balance not in excess of the amount permitted
herein (for which no Account Control Agreement shall be required),
or (ii) with respect to which Agent has an Account Control
Agreement. Any Subsidiary, including RMBL Missouri, that receives
proceeds from the sale of Inventory, shall, after settlement of any
amounts due in respect of a Qualified Inventory Financing with
respect to the Inventory sold, immediately transfer the excess
proceeds, if any, to a Deposit Account that is subject to an
Account Control Agreement in favor of Agent pursuant to which Agent
is the first lien or controlling secured party, as
applicable.
7.13
Formation
of Subsidiaries. Borrower Representative shall notify Agent of each
Subsidiary formed subsequent to the Closing Date and, within 30
days, shall cause any Qualified Subsidiary to execute and deliver
to Agent a Joinder Agreement. In the event of a restructuring
resulting in
Parent no longer
being a publicly traded entity and one or more holding companies
owning
all or substantially all
of the shares of Parent, Borrowers shall cause such Person to enter
into a Joinder Agreement.
7.14
[Reserved.]
7.15
Notification
of Event of Default. Borrower Representative shall notify Agent
immediately of the occurrence of any Event of Default.
7.16
[Reserved.]
7.17
Use
of Proceeds. Each Borrower agrees that the proceeds of the Loans
shall be used solely to pay related fees and expenses in connection
with this Agreement and for working capital and general business
purposes. The proceeds of the Loans will not be used in violation
of Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions.
7.18
Foreign
Subsidiary Voting Rights. Each Borrower shall not, and shall not
permit any Subsidiary, to amend or modify any governing document of
any Foreign Subsidiary of such Borrower (other than an Eligible
Foreign Subsidiary) the effect of which is to require a vote of
greater than 50.1% of the Equity Interests or voting rights of such
entity for any decision or action of such entity.
7.19
[Reserved.]
7.20
Compliance
with Laws.
(a)
Each
Borrower shall maintain, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries
to maintain compliance in all material respects with all applicable
laws, rules or regulations (including, without limitation,
dealership laws, laws applicable to the brokering of loans and
consumer protection laws), and shall, or cause its Subsidiaries to,
obtain and maintain all required governmental authorizations,
approvals, licenses, franchises, permits or registrations
reasonable necessary in connection with the conduct of
Borrowers’ business.
(b)
Neither
a Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, nor shall a Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries permit any Affiliate to, directly or
indirectly, knowingly enter into any documents, instruments,
agreements or contracts with any Person listed on the OFAC Lists.
Neither a Borrower, nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, nor shall a
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, permit any Affiliate to,
directly or indirectly, (i) conduct any business or engage in
any transaction or dealing with any Blocked Person, including,
without limitation, the making or receiving of any contribution of
funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Blocked
Person, (ii) deal in, or otherwise engage in any transaction
relating to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant
to Executive Order No. 13224 or any similar executive order or
other Anti-Terrorism Law, or (iii) engage in or conspire to
engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose
of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the
prohibitions set forth in Executive Order No. 13224 or other
Anti-Terrorism Law.
(c)
Each
Borrower has implemented and maintains in effect policies and
procedures designed to ensure compliance by a Borrower, each of its
Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees
and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and
each Borrower, each of its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of
each Borrower, its directors, officers, employees and agents, are
in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in
all material respects.
(d)
None
of Borrowers, any of its Subsidiaries or to the knowledge of
Borrowers, any director, officer, employee or agent for Borrowers
or any of its Subsidiaries that will act in any capacity in
connection with or benefit from the credit facility established
hereby, is a Sanctioned Person. No Loan, use of proceeds or other
transaction contemplated by this Agreement will violate
Anti-Corruption Laws or applicable Sanctions.
7.21
Financial
Covenants.
Beginning
with the draw of Tranche III, Borrowers shall be subject to the
following financial covenants:
(a)
Parent
shall achieve Revenue for each quarterly period in an amount of at
least 75% of the amount set forth in the Budget for such period,
tested quarterly.
(b)
If
during any fiscal quarter, the average balance of all Deposit
Accounts of Borrowers and accounts in which Investment Property of
Borrowers is maintained that are subject to an Account Control
Agreement in favor of Lender is less than $15,000,000, then Parent
shall achieve quarterly Adjusted EBITDA of not less than $2,000,000
for such quarter, tested quarterly.
7.22
Intellectual
Property. Each Borrower shall (i) protect, defend and maintain the
validity and enforceability of its Intellectual Property that is
material to the business of Borrowers as a whole; (ii) promptly
advise Agent in writing of material infringements of its
Intellectual Property that is material to the business of Borrowers
as a whole; and (iii) not allow any Intellectual Property material
to Borrowers’ business to be abandoned, forfeited or
dedicated to the public without Agent’s written consent. If a
Borrower (i) obtains any Patent, registered Trademark, registered
Copyright, registered mask work, or any pending application for any
of the foregoing, whether as owner, licensee or otherwise, or (ii)
applies for any Patent or the registration of any Trademark, then
such Borrower shall promptly provide written notice thereof to
Agent and shall execute such intellectual property security
agreements and other documents and take such other actions as Agent
may request in its good faith business judgment to perfect and
maintain a first priority perfected security interest in favor of
Agent in such property. If a Borrower decides to register any
Copyrights or mask works in the United States Copyright Office,
such Borrower shall: (x) provide Agent notice of such
Borrower’s intent to register such Copyrights or mask works
together with a copy of the application it intends to file with the
United States Copyright Office (excluding exhibits thereto); (y)
execute an intellectual property security agreement and such other
documents and take such other actions as Agent may request in its
good faith business judgment to perfect and maintain a first
priority perfected security interest in favor of Agent in the
Copyrights or mask works intended to be registered with the United
States Copyright Office; and (z) record such intellectual property
security agreement with the United States Copyright Office
contemporaneously (or promptly thereafter) with filing the
Copyright or mask work application(s) with the United States
Copyright Office. Borrowers shall promptly provide to Agent copies
of all applications that it files for Patents or for the
registration of Trademarks, Copyrights or mask works, together with
evidence of the recording of the intellectual property security
agreement required for Agent to perfect and maintain a first
priority perfected security interest in such property.
7.23
Transactions
with Affiliates. No Borrower shall or shall permit any Subsidiary
to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any
transaction of any kind with any Affiliate of any Borrower or such
Subsidiary on terms that are less favorable to Borrowers or such
Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that might be obtained
in an arm’s length transaction from a Person who is not an
Affiliate of a Borrower or such Subsidiary.
7.24
Post-Closing
Deliveries. Borrowers shall have delivered
(a)
the
landlord waivers and bailee agreements as required pursuant
to
Section
7.11
;
(b)
within
30 days of the Closing Date, the insurance certificate and
endorsement with respect to commercial property insurance in
accordance with
Section
6.2
; and
(c)
within
5 Business Days of the Closing Date, the details regarding any
Deposit Account or other account in which Permitted Inventory
Financing Cash Collateral is maintained.
SECTION 8.
[Reserved.]
SECTION 9.
EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
The
occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall be an
Event of Default:
9.1
Payments.
Borrowers fail to pay any amount due under this Agreement or any of
the other Loan Documents on the due date; provided, however, that
an Event of Default shall not occur on account of a failure to pay
due solely to an administrative or operational error of Agent or
Lender or the applicable Borrower’s bank if Borrowers had the
funds to make the payment when due and make the payment within
three (3) Business Days following Borrowers’ knowledge of
such failure to pay; or
9.2
Covenants.
A Borrower breaches or defaults in the performance of any covenant
or Secured Obligation under this Agreement, or any of the other
Loan Documents or any other agreement among any Borrower, Agent and
Lender, and (a) with respect to a default under any covenant
under this Agreement (other than the Sections specifically
identified in
clause (b)
hereof), any other Loan Document or
any other agreement between any Borrower and Agent or Lender, such
default continues for more than twenty (20) days, or (b) with
respect to a default under any of
Sections 6.1,
6.2
,
7.1
,
7.4
,
7.5
,
7.6
,
7.7
,
7.8
,
7.9
,
7.11
,
7.12
,
7.15
,
7.17
,
7.18
,
7.20(b),
(c) or (d),
7.21
,
or
7.24
the occurrence of such default;
or
9.3
Material
Adverse Effect. A circumstance has occurred that could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or
9.4
Representations.
Any representation or warranty made by any Borrower in any Loan
Document or in the Warrant shall have been false or misleading in
any material respect when made or when deemed made; or
9.5
Insolvency.
(i)(A) Any Borrower shall make an assignment for the benefit
of creditors; or (B) Borrowers, as a whole, shall be unable to
pay their debts as they become due, or be unable to pay or perform
their material obligations under the Loan Documents, or shall
become insolvent; or (C) any Borrower shall file a voluntary
petition in bankruptcy; or (D) any Borrower shall file any
petition, answer, or document seeking for itself any
reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment,
liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any present or
future statute, law or regulation pertinent to such circumstances;
or (E) any Borrower shall seek or consent to or acquiesce in
the appointment of any trustee, receiver, or liquidator of any
Borrower or of all or any material part of the assets or property
of Borrowers, as a whole; or (F) any Borrower (other than a
Borrower that has no material operations) shall cease operations of
its business as its business has normally been conducted, or
Borrowers, as a whole, terminate substantially all of their
employees; or (G) any Borrower or its directors or a majority
of the holders of its Equity Interests shall take any action
initiating any of the foregoing actions described in
clauses (A)
through (F)
; or (ii) either
(A) thirty (30) days shall have expired after the commencement
of an involuntary action against any Borrower seeking
reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment,
liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any present or
future statute, law or regulation, without such action being
dismissed or all orders or proceedings thereunder affecting the
operations or the business of any Borrower being stayed; or
(B) a stay of any such order or proceedings shall thereafter
be set aside and the action setting it aside shall not be appealed
within ten (10) days; or (C) any Borrower shall file any
answer admitting or not contesting the material allegations of a
petition filed against any Borrower in any such proceedings; or
(D) the court in which such proceedings are pending shall
enter a decree or order granting the relief sought in any such
proceedings; or (E) thirty (30) days shall have expired after the
appointment, without the consent or acquiescence of any Borrower,
of any trustee, receiver or liquidator of such Borrower or of all
or any material part of the properties of Borrowers, taken as a
whole without such appointment being vacated;
or
9.6
Attachments;
Judgments. Any material portion of any Borrower’s assets is
attached or seized, or a levy is filed against any such assets, or
a judgment or judgments is/are entered for the payment of
money
(not covered by
independent third party insurance as to which liability has been
accepted (subject to customary reservation of rights) by such
insurance carrier), individually or in the aggregate, of at least
$250,000, or any Borrower is enjoined or in any way prevented by
court order from conducting any material part of its
business;
9.7
Other
Obligations. The occurrence of any default and the passing of any
applicable grace period under any agreement or obligation of any
Borrower (including pursuant to the Inventory Financing Agreement)
involving any Indebtedness in excess of $250,000, which could
entitle or permit any Person to accelerate such Indebtedness, or
any other material agreement or obligation, if a Material Adverse
Effect could reasonably be expected to result from such default;
or
9.8
Stop
Trade. At any time, an SEC stop trade order or NASDAQ market
trading suspension of the Common Stock of Parent shall be in effect
for five (5) consecutive days or five (5) days during a period of
ten (10) consecutive days, excluding in all cases a suspension of
all trading on a public market, provided that Borrower shall not
have been able to cure such trading suspension within thirty (30)
days of the notice thereof or list the Common Stock on another
public market within sixty (60) days of such notice.
SECTION 10.
REMEDIES
10.1
General.
Upon and during the continuance of any one or more Events of
Default, (i) Agent may, and at the direction of the Required
Lenders shall, accelerate and demand payment of all or any part of
the Secured Obligations together with a Prepayment Charge and
declare them to be immediately due and payable (provided, that upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default of the type described
in
Section
9.5
, all of the Secured
Obligations shall automatically be accelerated and made due and
payable, in each case without any further notice or act), (ii)
Agent may, at its option, sign and file in any Borrower’s
name any and all collateral assignments, notices, control
agreements, security agreements and other documents it deems
necessary or appropriate to perfect or protect the repayment of the
Secured Obligations, and in furtherance thereof, each Borrower
hereby grants Agent an irrevocable power of attorney coupled with
an interest, and (iii) Agent may notify any of any Borrower’s
account debtors to make payment directly to Agent, compromise the
amount of any such account on such Borrower’s behalf and
endorse Agent’s name without recourse on any such payment for
deposit directly to Agent’s account. Agent may, and at the
direction of the Required Lenders shall, exercise all rights and
remedies with respect to the Collateral under the Loan Documents or
otherwise available to it under the UCC and other applicable law,
including the right to release, hold, sell, lease, liquidate,
collect, realize upon, or otherwise dispose of all or any part of
the Collateral and the right to occupy, utilize, process and
commingle the Collateral. All Agent’s rights and remedies
shall be cumulative and not exclusive.
10.2
Collection;
Foreclosure. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any
Event of Default, Agent may, and at the direction of the Required
Lenders shall, at any time or from time to time, apply, collect,
liquidate, sell in one or more sales, lease or otherwise dispose
of, any or all of the Collateral, in its then condition or
following any commercially reasonable preparation or processing, in
such order as Agent may elect. Any such sale may be made either at
public or private sale at its place of business or elsewhere. Each
Borrower agrees that any such public or private sale may occur upon
ten (10) calendar days’ prior written notice to Borrower
Representative. Agent may require any Borrower to assemble the
Collateral and make it available to Agent at a place designated by
Agent. The proceeds of any sale, disposition or other realization
upon all or any part of the Collateral shall be applied by Agent in
the following order of priorities:
First, to Agent and Lender in an amount sufficient
to pay in full Agent’s and Lender’s reasonable costs
and professionals’ and advisors’ fees and expenses as
described in
Section
11.11
;
Second, to Lender in an amount equal to the then
unpaid amount of the Secured Obligations (including principal,
interest, subject to increase in accordance with
Section
2.3
), in such order and
priority as Agent may choose in its sole discretion;
and
Finally,
after the full and final payment in Cash of all of the Secured
Obligations (other than inchoate obligations), to any creditor
holding a junior Lien on the Collateral, or to Borrowers or each of
its representatives or as a court of competent jurisdiction may
direct.
Agent
shall be deemed to have acted reasonably in the custody,
preservation and disposition of any of the Collateral if it
complies with the obligations of a secured party under the
UCC.
10.3
No
Waiver. Agent shall be under no obligation to marshal any of the
Collateral for the benefit of any Borrower or any other Person, and
each Borrower expressly waives all rights, if any, to require Agent
to marshal any Collateral.
10.4
Shares.
Each Borrower recognizes that Agent may be unable to effect a
public sale of any or all the Shares, by reason of certain
prohibitions contained in federal securities laws and applicable
state securities laws or otherwise, and may be compelled to resort
to one or more private sales thereof to a restricted group of
purchasers which will be obliged to agree, among other things, to
acquire such securities for their own account for investment and
not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each
Borrower acknowledge and agree that any such private sale may
result in prices and other terms less favorable than if such sale
were a public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees
that any such private sale shall be deemed to have been made in a
commercially reasonable manner. Agent shall be under no obligation
to delay a sale of any of the Shares for the period of time
necessary to permit the issuer thereof to register such securities
for public sale under federal securities laws or under applicable
state securities laws, even if such issuer would agree to do
so.
10.5
Cumulative
Remedies. The rights, powers and remedies of Agent hereunder shall
be in addition to all rights, powers and remedies given by statute
or rule of law and are cumulative. The exercise of any one or more
of the rights, powers and remedies provided herein shall not be
construed as a waiver of or election of remedies with respect to
any other rights, powers and remedies of Agent. Only Agent can
exercise the remedies set forth in this
Section 10
it being understood that no Lender can
act under this
Section 10
except through the
Agent.
SECTION 11.
MISCELLANEOUS
11.1
Severability.
Whenever 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 or invalid under such law, such provision shall be
ineffective only to the extent and duration of such prohibition or
invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or
the remaining provisions of this Agreement.
11.2
Notice.
Except as otherwise provided herein, any notice, demand, request,
consent, approval, declaration, service of process or other
communication (including the delivery of Financial Statements) that
is required, contemplated, or permitted under the Loan Documents or
with respect to the subject matter hereof shall be in writing, and
shall be deemed to have been validly served, given, delivered, and
received upon the earlier of: (i) the day of transmission by
electronic mail or hand delivery or delivery by an overnight
express service or overnight mail delivery service; or
(ii) the third calendar day after deposit in the United States
of America mails, with proper first class postage prepaid, in each
case addressed to the party to be notified as follows:
(a)
If
to Agent:
HERCULES
CAPITAL, INC.
Legal
Department
Attention:
Chief Legal Officer and Thomas Harris
400
Hamilton Avenue, Suite 310
Palo
Alto, CA 94301
email:
legal@herculestech.com; tharris@htgc.com
Telephone:
650-289-3060
(b)
If
to Lender:
HERCULES
CAPITAL, INC.
Legal
Department
Attention:
Chief Legal Officer and Thomas Harris
400
Hamilton Avenue, Suite 310
Palo
Alto, CA 94301
email:
legal@herculestech.com; tharris@htgc.com
Telephone:
650-289-3060
(c)
If
to Borrowers:
RumbleON,
Inc.
Attention:
Tom Aucamp
4521
Sharon Road
Suite
370
Charlotte,
NC 28211
email:
tom@rumbleon.com
Telephone:
704-445-4753
or
to such other address as each party may designate for itself by
like notice.
11.3
Entire
Agreement; Amendments.
(a)
This
Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire
agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the
subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersede and replace in
their entirety any prior proposals, term sheets, non-disclosure or
confidentiality agreements, letters, negotiations or other
documents or agreements, whether written or oral, with respect to
the subject matter hereof or thereof (including Agent’s
proposal letter dated March 7, 2018
a
nd the Non-Disclosure
Agreement).
(b)
Neither
this Agreement, any other Loan Document, nor any terms hereof or
thereof may be amended, supplemented or modified except in
accordance with the provisions of this
Section
11.3(b)
. The Required Lenders
and Borrowers party to the relevant Loan Document may, or, with the
written consent of the Required Lenders, Agent and Borrowers party
to the relevant Loan Document may, from time to time, (i) enter
into written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to
the other Loan Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions
to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or changing in any
manner the rights of Lender or of Borrowers hereunder or thereunder
or (ii) waive, on such terms and conditions as the Required Lenders
or Agent, as the case may be, may specify in such instrument, any
of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents
or any default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided,
however, that no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or
modification shall (A) forgive the principal amount or extend the
final scheduled date of maturity of any Loan, extend the scheduled
date of any amortization payment in respect of any Growth Capital
Term Loan Advance, reduce the stated rate of any interest or fee
payable hereunder, or extend the scheduled date of any payment
thereof, in each case without the written consent of each Lender
directly affected thereby; (B) eliminate or reduce the voting
rights of any Lender under this
Section 11.3(b)
without the written consent of such
Lender; (C) reduce any percentage specified in the definition of
Required Lenders, consent to the assignment or transfer by
Borrowers of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents, release all or substantially all of
the Collateral or release a Borrower (other than a Borrower that
has no material operations) from its obligations under the Loan
Documents, in each case without the written consent of all Lenders;
or (D) amend, modify or waive any provision of
Section 11.17
without the written consent of Agent.
Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification
shall apply equally to each Lender and shall be binding upon
Borrowers, Lender, Agent and all future holders of the
Loans.
11.4
No
Strict Construction. The parties hereto have participated jointly
in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an
ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this
Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties
hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring
or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any
provisions of this Agreement.
11.5
No
Waiver. The powers conferred upon Agent and Lender by this
Agreement are solely to protect its rights hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents and its interest in the Collateral and shall
not impose any duty upon Agent or Lender to exercise any such
powers. No omission or delay by Agent or Lender at any time to
enforce any right or remedy reserved to it, or to require
performance of any of the terms, covenants or provisions hereof by
Borrowers at any time designated, shall be a waiver of any such
right or remedy to which Agent or Lender is entitled, nor shall it
in any way affect the right of Agent to enforce such provisions
thereafter.
11.6
Survival.
All agreements, representations and warranties contained in this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents or in any document delivered
pursuant hereto or thereto shall be for the benefit of Agent and
Lender and shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Agreement.
Section 6.3
shall survive the termination of this
Agreement.
11.7
Successors
and Assigns. The provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents shall inure to the benefit of and be binding on each
Borrower and its permitted assigns (if any). No Borrower shall
assign its obligations under this Agreement or any of the other
Loan Documents without Agent’s express prior written consent,
and any such attempted assignment shall be void and of no effect.
Agent and Lender may assign, transfer, or endorse its rights
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents without prior notice
to Borrowers, and all of such rights shall inure to the benefit of
Agent’s and Lender’s successors and assigns; provided
that as long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
neither Agent nor any Lender may assign, transfer or endorse its
rights hereunder or under the Loan Documents to any party that is a
direct competitor of Borrowers (as reasonably determined by Agent),
it being acknowledged that in all cases, any transfer to an
Affiliate of any Lender or Agent shall be allowed.
11.8
Governing
Law. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents have been
negotiated and delivered to Agent and Lender in the State of
California, and shall have been accepted by Agent and Lender in the
State of California. Payment to Agent and Lender by Borrowers of
the Secured Obligations is due in the State of California. This
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be governed by, and
construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of
California, excluding conflict of laws principles that would cause
the application of laws of any other jurisdiction.
11.9
Consent
to Jurisdiction and Venue. All judicial proceedings (to the extent
that the reference requirement of
Section 11.10
is not applicable) arising in or under
or related to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents may
be brought in any state or federal court located in the State of
California. By execution and delivery of this Agreement, each party
hereto generally and unconditionally: (a) consents to
nonexclusive personal jurisdiction in Santa Clara County, State of
California; (b) waives any objection as to jurisdiction or
venue in Santa Clara County, State of California; (c) agrees
not to assert any defense based on lack of jurisdiction or venue in
the aforesaid courts; and (d) irrevocably agrees to be bound
by any judgment rendered thereby in connection with this Agreement
or the other Loan Documents. Service of process on any party hereto
in any action arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be
effective if given in accordance with the requirements for notice
set forth in
Section
11.2
, and shall be deemed
effective and received as set forth in
Section
11.2
. Nothing herein shall
affect the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by
law or shall limit the right of either party to bring proceedings
in the courts of any other jurisdiction.
11.10
Mutual
Waiver of Jury Trial / Judicial Reference.
(a)
Because
disputes arising in connection with complex financial transactions
are most quickly and economically resolved by an experienced and
expert Person and the parties wish applicable state and federal
laws to apply (rather than arbitration rules), the parties desire
that their disputes be resolved by a judge applying such applicable
laws. EACH OF BORROWERS, AGENT AND LENDER SPECIFICALLY WAIVES ANY
RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CAUSE OF ACTION, CLAIM,
CROSS-CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM, THIRD PARTY CLAIM OR ANY OTHER CLAIM
(COLLECTIVELY, “
CLAIMS
”)
ASSERTED BY BORROWERS AGAINST AGENT, LENDER OR THEIR RESPECTIVE
ASSIGNEE OR BY AGENT, LENDER OR THEIR RESPECTIVE ASSIGNEE AGAINST A
BORROWER. This waiver extends to all such Claims, including Claims
that involve Persons other than Agent, Borrowers and Lender; Claims
that arise out of or are in any way connected to the relationship
among Borrowers, Agent and Lender; and any Claims for damages,
breach of contract, tort, specific performance, or any equitable or
legal relief of any kind, arising out of this Agreement, any other
Loan Document.
(b)
If
the waiver of jury trial set forth in
Section
11.10(a)
is ineffective or
unenforceable, the parties agree that all Claims shall be resolved
by reference to a private judge sitting without a jury, pursuant to
Code of Civil Procedure Section 638, before a mutually acceptable
referee or, if the parties cannot agree, a referee selected by the
Presiding Judge of the Santa Clara County, California. Such
proceeding shall be conducted in Santa Clara County, California,
with California rules of evidence and discovery applicable to such
proceeding.
(c)
In
the event Claims are to be resolved by judicial reference, either
party may seek from a court identified in
Section
11.9
, any prejudgment order,
writ or other relief and have such prejudgment order, writ or other
relief enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law
notwithstanding that all Claims are otherwise subject to resolution
by judicial reference.
11.11
Professional
Fees. Each Borrower promises to pay Agent’s fees and expenses
necessary to finalize the loan documentation, including but not
limited to reasonable attorneys’ fees, UCC searches, filing
costs, and other miscellaneous expenses. In addition, each Borrower
promises to pay any and all reasonable attorneys’ and other
reasonable out of pocket professionals’ fees and expenses
incurred by Agent after the Closing Date in connection with or
related to: (a) the Loan; (b) the
administration, collection, or enforcement of the
Loan; (c) the amendment or modification of the Loan Documents;
(d) any waiver, consent, release, or termination under the
Loan Documents; (e) the protection, preservation, audit, field
exam, sale, lease, liquidation, or disposition of Collateral or the
exercise of remedies with respect to the Collateral; (f) any
legal, litigation, administrative, arbitration, or out of court
proceeding in connection with or related to a Borrower or the
Collateral, and any appeal or review thereof; and (g) any
bankruptcy, restructuring, reorganization, assignment for the
benefit of creditors, workout, foreclosure, or other action related
to a Borrower, the Collateral, the Loan Documents, including
representing Agent in any adversary proceeding or contested matter
commenced or continued by or on behalf of a Borrower’s
estate, and any appeal or review thereof.
11.12
Confidentiality.
Agent and Lender acknowledge that certain items of Collateral and
information provided to Agent and Lender by a Borrower are
confidential and proprietary information of Borrowers, if and to
the extent such information either (i) is marked as confidential by
such Borrower at the time of disclosure, or (ii) should reasonably
be understood to be confidential (the “
Confidential
Information
”).
Accordingly, Agent and Lender agree that any Confidential
Information it has obtained and may obtain in connection with this
Agreement and the Loan Documents shall not be disclosed to any
other Person or entity in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in
part, without the prior written consent of Borrowers, except that
Agent and Lender may disclose any such information: (a) to its
own directors, officers, employees, accountants, counsel and other
professional advisors and to its Affiliates if Agent or Lender in
their sole discretion determines that any such party should have
access to such information in connection with such party’s
responsibilities in connection with the Loan or this Agreement and,
provided that such recipient of such Confidential Information
either (i) agrees to be bound by the confidentiality provisions of
this paragraph or (ii) is otherwise subject to confidentiality
restrictions that reasonably protect against the disclosure of
Confidential Information; (b) if such information is generally
available to the public; (c) if required or appropriate in any
report, statement or testimony submitted to any governmental
authority having or claiming to have jurisdiction over Agent or
Lender; (d) if required or appropriate in response to any
summons or subpoena or in connection with any litigation, to the
extent permitted or deemed advisable by Agent’s or
Lender’s counsel; (e) to comply with any legal
requirement or law applicable to Agent or Lender; (f) to the
extent reasonably necessary in connection with the exercise of any
right or remedy under any Loan Document, including Agent’s
sale, lease, or other disposition of Collateral after default;
(g) to any participant or assignee of Agent or Lender or any
prospective participant or assignee; provided, that such
participant or assignee or prospective participant or assignee
agrees in writing to be bound by this Section prior to disclosure;
or (h) otherwise with the prior consent of any Borrower;
provided, that any disclosure made in violation of this Agreement
shall not affect the obligations of any Borrower or any of its
Affiliates or any guarantor under this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents. Agent and Lender are aware of their obligations with
respect to material non-public Confidential Information of a
publicly traded company and both Agent and Lender agree on behalf
of themselves and their Affiliates that they will not engage in
transactions in or relating to the securities of the Parent while
in possession of material non-public Confidential Information.
Agent’s and Lender’s obligations under this
Section
11.12
shall supersede all of
their respective obligations under the Non-Disclosure
Agreement.
11.13
Assignment
of Rights. Each Borrower acknowledges and understands that Agent or
Lender may, subject to
Section
11.7
, sell and assign all or
part of its interest hereunder and under the Loan Documents to any
Person or entity (an “
Assignee
”).
After such assignment the term “
Agent
”
or “
Lender
”
as used in the Loan Documents shall mean and include such Assignee,
and such Assignee shall be vested with all rights, powers and
remedies of Agent and Lender hereunder with respect to the interest
so assigned; but with respect to any such interest not so
transferred, Agent and Lender shall retain all rights, powers and
remedies hereby given. No such assignment by Agent or Lender shall
relieve any Borrower of any of its obligations hereunder. Lender
agrees that in the event of any transfer by it of the Note(s)(if
any), it will endorse thereon a notation as to the portion of the
principal of the Note(s), which shall have been paid at the time of
such transfer and as to the date to which interest shall have been
last paid thereon.
11.14
Revival
of Secured Obligations. This Agreement and the Loan Documents shall
remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective if any
petition is filed by or against any Borrower for liquidation or
reorganization, if any Borrower becomes insolvent or makes an
assignment for the benefit of creditors, if a receiver or trustee
is appointed for all or any significant part of any
Borrower’s assets, or if any payment or transfer of
Collateral is recovered from Agent or Lender. The Loan Documents
and the Secured Obligations and Collateral security shall continue
to be effective, or shall be revived or reinstated, as the case may
be, if at any time payment and performance of the Secured
Obligations or any transfer of Collateral to Agent, or any part
thereof is rescinded, avoided or avoidable, reduced in amount, or
must otherwise be restored or returned by, or is recovered from,
Agent, Lender or by any obligee of the Secured Obligations, whether
as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent
conveyance,” or otherwise, all as though such payment,
performance, or transfer of Collateral had not been made. In the
event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced,
avoided, avoidable, restored, returned, or recovered, the Loan
Documents and the Secured Obligations shall be deemed, without any
further action or documentation, to have been revived and
reinstated except to the extent of the full, final, and
indefeasible payment to Agent or Lender in Cash.
11.15
Counterparts.
This Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements
hereto may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by
different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which
when so delivered shall be deemed an original, but all of which
counterparts shall constitute but one and the same
instrument.
11.16
No
Third Party Beneficiaries. No provisions of the Loan Documents are
intended, nor will be interpreted, to provide or create any
third-party beneficiary rights or any other rights of any kind in
any Person other than Agent, Lender and Borrowers unless
specifically provided otherwise herein, and, except as otherwise so
provided, all provisions of the Loan Documents will be personal and
solely among Agent, Lender and Borrowers.
11.17
Agency.
(a)
Lender
hereby irrevocably appoints Hercules Capital, Inc. to act on its
behalf as Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and
authorizes Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise
such powers as are delegated to Agent by the terms hereof or
thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably
incidental thereto.
(b)
Lender
agrees to indemnify Agent in its capacity as such (to the extent
not reimbursed by Borrowers and without limiting the obligation of
Borrowers to do so), according to its respective Growth Capital
Term Commitment percentages (based upon the total outstanding
Growth Capital Term Commitments) in effect on the date on which
indemnification is sought under this
Section
11.17
, from and against any and
all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind
whatsoever that may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or
asserted against Agent in any way relating to or arising out of,
this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents
contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or
omitted by Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing;
The agreements in this Section shall survive the payment of the
Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
(c)
Agent
in Its Individual Capacity. The Person serving as Agent hereunder
shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender
as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not
Agent and the term “Lender” shall, unless otherwise
expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires,
include each such Person serving as Agent hereunder in its
individual capacity.
(d)
Exculpatory
Provisions. Agent shall have no duties or obligations except those
expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent shall
not:
(i)
be
subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of
whether any default or any Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing;
(ii)
have
any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any
discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers
expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that
Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by Lender,
provided that Agent shall not be required to take any action that,
in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose Agent to
liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable
law; and
(iii)
except
as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have
any duty to disclose, and Agent shall not be liable for the failure
to disclose, any information relating to Borrowers or any of its
Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by any Person
serving as Agent or any of its Affiliates in any
capacity.
(e)
Agent
shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i)
with the consent or at the request of Lender or as Agent shall
believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances
or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
(f)
Agent
shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or
inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in
or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document,
(ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document
delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or
therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the
covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein
or therein or the occurrence of any default or Event of Default,
(iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of
this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement,
instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set
forth in
Section 4
or elsewhere herein, other than to
confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to
Agent.
(g)
Reliance
by Agent. Agent may rely, and shall be fully protected in acting,
or refraining to act, upon, any resolution, statement, certificate,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond
or other paper or document that it has no reason to believe to be
other than genuine and to have been signed or presented by the
proper party or parties or, in the case of cables, telecopies and
telexes, to have been sent by the proper party or parties. In the
absence of its gross negligence or willful misconduct, Agent may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any
certificates or opinions furnished to Agent and conforming to the
requirements of the Loan Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents. Agent may consult with counsel, and any opinion or legal
advice of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
protection in respect of any action taken, not taken or suffered by
Agent hereunder or under any Loan Documents in accordance
therewith. Agent shall have the right at any time to seek
instructions concerning the administration of the Collateral from
any court of competent jurisdiction. Agent shall not be under any
obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers granted to Agent
by this Agreement, the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents
at the request or direction of Lenders unless Agent shall have been
provided by Lender with adequate security and indemnity against the
costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred by it in
compliance with such request or direction.
11.18
Publicity.
None of the parties hereto nor any of its respective member
businesses and Affiliates shall, without the other parties’
prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed), publicize or use (a) the other party’s name
(including a brief description of the relationship among the
parties hereto), logo or hyperlink to such other parties’ web
site, separately or together, in written and oral presentations,
advertising, promotional and marketing materials, client lists,
public relations materials or on its web site (together, the
“
Publicity
Materials
”); (b) the
names of officers of such other parties in the Publicity Materials;
and (c) such other parties’ name, trademarks, servicemarks in
any news or press release concerning such party; provided however,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no such consent
shall be required (i) to the extent necessary or customary to
comply with the requests of any regulators, legal requirements or
laws applicable to such party (including all disclosure
requirements of the Parent pursuant to the securities laws), or
pursuant to any listing agreement with any national securities
exchange and (ii) to comply with
Section
11.12
.
11.19
Multiple
Borrowers.
(a)
Borrowers’
Agent. Each of Borrowers hereby irrevocably appoints Borrower
Representative as its agent, attorney-in-fact and legal
representative for all purposes, including requesting disbursement
of the Growth Capital Term Loan Advance and receiving account
statements and other notices and communications to Borrowers (or
any of them) from Agent or any Lender. Agent may rely, and shall be
fully protected in relying, on any request for the Growth Capital
Term Loan Advance, disbursement instruction, report, information or
any other notice or communication made or given by Borrower
Representative, whether in its own name or on behalf of one or more
of the other Borrowers, and Agent shall not have any obligation to
make any inquiry or request any confirmation from or on behalf of
any other Borrower as to the binding effect on it of any such
request, instruction, report, information, other notice or
communication, nor shall the joint and several character of
Borrowers’ obligations hereunder be affected
thereby.
(b)
Waivers.
Each Borrower hereby waives: (i) any right to require Agent to
institute suit against, or to exhaust its rights and remedies
against, any other Borrower or any other Person, or to proceed
against any property of any kind which secures all or any part of
the Secured Obligations, or to exercise any right of offset or
other right with respect to any reserves, credits or deposit
accounts held by or maintained with Agent or any Indebtedness of
Agent or any Lender to any other Borrower, or to exercise any other
right or power, or pursue any other remedy Agent or any Lender may
have; (ii) any defense arising by reason of any disability or other
defense (other than performance) of any other Borrower or any
guarantor or any endorser, co-maker or other Person, or by reason
of the cessation from any cause whatsoever of any liability of any
other Borrower or any guarantor or any endorser, co-maker or other
Person (other than because of performance), with respect to all or
any part of the Secured Obligations, or by reason of any act or
omission of Agent or others which directly or indirectly results in
the discharge or release of any other Borrower or any guarantor or
any other Person or any Secured Obligations or any security
therefor, whether by operation of law or otherwise; (iii) any
defense arising by reason of any failure of Agent to obtain,
perfect, maintain or keep in force any Lien on, any property of any
Borrower or any other Person; (iv) any defense based upon or
arising out of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
arrangement, readjustment of debt, liquidation or dissolution
proceeding commenced by or against any other Borrower or any
guarantor or any endorser, co-maker or other Person, including
without limitation any discharge of, or bar against collecting, any
of the Secured Obligations (including without limitation any
interest thereon), in or as a result of any such proceeding. Until
all of the Secured Obligations have been paid, performed, and
discharged in full, nothing shall discharge or satisfy the
liability of any Borrower hereunder except the full performance and
payment of all of the Secured Obligations. If any claim is ever
made upon Agent for repayment or recovery of any amount or amounts
received by Agent in payment of or on account of any of the Secured
Obligations, because of any claim that any such payment constituted
a preferential transfer or fraudulent conveyance, or for any other
reason whatsoever, and Agent repays all or part of said amount by
reason of any judgment, decree or order of any court or
administrative body having jurisdiction over Agent or any of its
property, or by reason of any settlement or compromise of any such
claim effected by Agent with any such claimant (including without
limitation the any other Borrower), then and in any such event,
each Borrower agrees that any such judgment, decree, order,
settlement and compromise shall be binding upon such Borrower,
notwithstanding any revocation or release of this Agreement or the
cancellation of any note or other instrument evidencing any of the
Secured Obligations, or any release of any of the Secured
Obligations, and each Borrower shall be and remain liable to Agent
and Lender under this Agreement for the amount so repaid or
recovered, to the same extent as if such amount had never
originally been received by Agent or any Lender, and the provisions
of this sentence shall survive, and continue in effect,
notwithstanding any revocation or release of this Agreement. Until
payment in full of the Secured Obligations (other than obligations
that survive the termination of the Loan Documents) each Borrower
hereby expressly and unconditionally waives all rights of
subrogation, reimbursement and indemnity of every kind against any
other Borrower, and all rights of recourse to any assets or
property of any other Borrower, and all rights to any collateral or
security held for the payment and performance of any Secured
Obligations, including (but not limited to) any of the foregoing
rights which a Borrower may have under any present or future
document or agreement with any other Borrower or other Person, and
including (but not limited to) any of the foregoing rights which
any Borrower may have under any equitable doctrine of subrogation,
implied contract, or unjust enrichment, or any other equitable or
legal doctrine.
(c)
Consents.
Each Borrower hereby consents and agrees that, without notice to or
by such Borrower and without affecting or impairing in any way the
obligations or liability of such Borrower hereunder, Agent may,
from time to time before or after revocation of this Agreement, do
any one or more of the following in its sole and absolute
discretion: (i) accept partial payments of, compromise or settle,
renew, extend the time for the payment, discharge, or performance
of, refuse to enforce, and release all or any parties to, any or
all of the Secured Obligations; (ii) grant any other indulgence to
any Borrower or any other Person in respect of any or all of the
Secured Obligations or any other matter; (iii) accept, release,
waive, surrender, exchange, modify, impair, or extend the time for
the performance, discharge, or payment of, any and all property of
any kind securing any or all of the Secured Obligations or any
guaranty of any or all of the Secured Obligations, or on which
Agent at any time may have a Lien, or refuse to enforce its rights
or make any compromise or settlement or agreement therefor in
respect of any or all of such property; (iv) substitute or add, or
take any action or omit to take any action which results in the
release of, any one or more other Borrowers or any endorsers or
guarantors of all or any part of the Secured Obligations,
including, without limitation one or more parties to this
Agreement, regardless of any destruction or impairment of any right
of contribution or other right of such Borrower; (v) apply any sums
received from any other Borrower, any guarantor, endorser, or
co-signer, or from the disposition of any Collateral or security,
to any Indebtedness whatsoever owing from such Person or secured by
such Collateral or security, in such manner and order as Agent
determines in its sole discretion (subject to the terms of this
Agreement), and regardless of whether such Indebtedness is part of
the Secured Obligations, is secured, or is due and payable. Each
Borrower consents and agrees that Agent shall be under no
obligation to marshal any assets in favor of Borrower, or against
or in payment of any or all of the Secured Obligations. Each
Borrower further consents and agrees that Agent shall have no
duties or responsibilities whatsoever with respect to any property
securing any or all of the Secured Obligations. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, Agent shall have no obligation to
monitor, verify, audit, examine, or obtain or maintain any
insurance with respect to, any property securing any or all of the
Secured Obligations.
(d)
Independent
Liability. Each Borrower hereby agrees that one or more successive
or concurrent actions may be brought hereon against such Borrower,
in the same action in which any other Borrower may be sued or in
separate actions, as often as deemed advisable by Agent. Each
Borrower is fully aware of the financial condition of each other
Borrower and is executing and delivering this Agreement based
solely upon its own independent investigation of all matters
pertinent hereto, and such Borrower is not relying in any manner
upon any representation or statement of Agent or any Lender with
respect thereto. Each Borrower represents and warrants that it is
in a position to obtain, and each Borrower hereby assumes full
responsibility for obtaining, any additional information concerning
any other Borrower’s financial condition and any other matter
pertinent hereto as such Borrower may desire, and such Borrower is
not relying upon or expecting Agent to furnish to it any
information now or hereafter in Agent’s possession concerning
the same or any other matter.
(e)
Subordination.
All Indebtedness of any Borrower now or hereafter arising held by
another Borrower is subordinated to the Secured Obligations and any
Borrower holding the Indebtedness shall take all actions reasonably
requested by Agent to effect, to enforce and to give notice of such
subordination.
[REMAINDER OF SIGNATURE PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Borrowers, Agent and Lender have duly executed and
delivered this Loan and Security Agreement as of the day and year
first above written.
BORROWERS:
RUMBLEON,
INC.
Signature:
_
/s/ Steven R.
Berrard
_____
Print
Name:
__
Steven R.
Berrard
______
Title:
__
Chief Financial
Officer
___
NEXTGEN
PRO, LLC
Signature:
_
/s/ Steven R.
Berrard
_____
Print Name:
__
Steven R.
Berrard
______
Title:
__
Manager
______________
RMBL
MISSOURI, LLC
Signature:
_
/s/ Steven R.
Berrard
_____
Print Nam
e:
__
Steven R.
Berrard
______
Title:
__
Manager
______________
RMBL
TEXAS, LLC
Signature:
_
/s/ Steven R.
Berrard
_____
Print
Name:
__
Steven R.
Berrard
______
Title:
__
Manager
______________
Accepted in Palo Alto, California:
AGENT:
HERCULES
CAPITAL, INC.
Signature:
_
/s/ Zhuo Huang
_________
Print
Name:
_
Zhuo Huang
__________
Title:
_
Associate General
Counsel
_
LENDER:
HERCULES
CAPITAL, INC.
Signature:
_
/s/ Zhuo Huang
_________
Print
Name:
_
Zhuo Huang
__________
Title:
_
Associate General
Counsel
_
Table of Exhibits and Schedules
Exhibit A:
Advance
Request
Attachment
to Advance Request
Exhibit
C:
Name,
Locations, and Other Information for Borrowers
Exhibit
D:
Borrowers’
Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Licenses
Exhibit
E:
Borrowers’
Deposit Accounts and Investment Accounts
Exhibit
F:
Compliance
Certificate
Exhibit G:
Joinder
Agreement
Exhibit
H:
ACH
Debit Authorization Agreement
Schedule
5.14
Capitalization
EXHIBIT A
ADVANCE REQUEST
Hercules Capital, Inc. (the
“
Agent”)
400
Hamilton Avenue, Suite 310
Palo
Alto, CA 94301
email:
legal@herculestech.com; tharris@htgc.com
Attn:
Legal Department; Thomas Haris
Re: Loan and Security Agreement dated as of April 30, 2018 (as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “
Agreement
”),
by and among RUMBLEON, INC., a Nevada corporation, NEXTGEN PRO,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, RMBL MISSOURI, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, RMBL TEXAS, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company, and each of their Qualified Subsidiaries
from time to time party to the Loan Agreement (individually, each,
a “
Borrower
”,
and collectively, “
Borrowers
”),
the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from
time to time parties to this Agreement (collectively,
“
Lender
”)
and HERCULES CAPITAL, INC., a Maryland corporation, in its capacity
as administrative agent and collateral agent for Lender (in such
capacity, “
Agent
”).
Borrower Representative, on behalf of Borrowers, hereby requests
Agent to cause Lender to make an Advance in the amount of
_____________________ Dollars ($________________) on
______________, _____ (the “
Advance
Date
”) pursuant to the
Agreement. Capitalized words and other terms used but not otherwise
defined herein are used with the same meanings as defined in the
Agreement.
Please:
(a)
Issue a check payable to a
Borrower
☐
or
(b)
Wire Funds to a Borrower’s
account
☐
Borrower Representative represents that the
conditions precedent to the Advance set forth in the Agreement are
satisfied and shall be satisfied upon the making of such Advance,
including but not limited to: (i) that no event that has had
or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
has occurred and is continuing; (ii) that the representations
and warranties set forth in the Agreement are true and correct in
all material respects on and as of the Advance Date with the same
effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent
such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier
date; (iii) that each Borrower is in compliance with all the
terms and provisions set forth in each Loan Document on its part to
be observed or performed in all material respects; and
(iv) that as of the Advance Date, no fact or condition exists
that constitutes
(or could,
with the passage of time, the giving of notice, or both reasonably
be expected to constitute) an Event of Default under the Loan
Documents. Borrower Representative understands and acknowledges
that Agent has the right to review the financial information
supporting this representation and, based upon such review, Lender
may decline to fund the requested Advance.
Borrower
Representative hereby represents that each Borrower’s
jurisdiction of organization, organizational form, legal name and
locations have not changed since the date of the Agreement or, if
the Attachment to this Advance Request is completed, are as set
forth in the Attachment to this Advance Request.
Borrower Representative agrees to notify Agent
promptly before the funding of the Loan if any of the matters which
have been represented above shall not be true and correct on the
Advance
Date and if Agent has
received no such notice before the Advance Date then the statements
set forth above shall be deemed to have been made and shall be
deemed to be true and correct as of the Advance
Date.
[REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO ADVANCE REQUEST]
This
Advance Request is duly executed as of the date set forth
above.
RUMBLEON,
INC.
ATTACHMENT TO ADVANCE REQUEST
Dated: _______________________
Borrower Representative hereby represents and warrants to Agent, on
behalf of each Borrower, that each of Borrowers’ current
names and organizational status is as follows:
[Name:
|
RumbleON, Inc.
|
Type of organization:
|
corporation
|
State of organization:
|
Nevada
|
Organization file number:
|
Business ID - NV20131625617
|
Name:
|
NextGen Pro, LLC
|
Type of organization:
|
limited liability company
|
State of organization:
|
Delaware
|
Organization file number:
|
File #6297691
|
Name:
|
RMBL Missouri, LLC
|
Type of organization:
|
limited liability company
|
State of organization:
|
Delaware
|
Organization file number:
|
File # 6326654
|
Name:
|
RMBL
Texas, LLC
|
Type
of organization:
|
limited
liability company
|
State
of organization:
|
Delaware
|
Organization
file number:
|
File #6681648]
1
|
Borrower Representative hereby represents and warrants to Agent, on
behalf of Borrowers, that the street addresses, cities, states and
postal codes of each Borrower’s current locations (in
addition to those leased and bailee locations listed on Exhibit C
to the Agreement) are as follows:
[1431
Greenway Drive
Suite
775
Irving,
TX 75038
RumbleOn,
Inc.
4521
Sharon Road
Suite
370
Charlotte,
North Carolina 28211
RMBL
Missouri, LLC
2100
E Outer Road
EXHIBIT B
SECURED TERM PROMISSORY NOTE
$[______________]
|
|
Advance Date: [____________]
|
|
|
Maturity Date: [_____________], subject to extension in accordance
with the terms of the Loan Agreement
|
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, each of RUMBLEON, INC., a
Nevada corporation, NEXTGEN PRO, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, RMBL MISSOURI, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
RMBL TEXAS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and each of
their Qualified Subsidiaries from time to time party to the Loan
Agreement (individually, each, a “
Borrower
”,
and collectively, “
Borrowers
”),
from time to time, hereby promises to pay to the order of Hercules
Capital, Inc., a Delaware limited partnership or the holder of this
Secured Term Promissory Note (the “
Lender
”)
at 400 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 310, Palo Alto, CA 94301 or such
other place of payment as the holder of this Secured Term
Promissory Note (this “
Term
Note
”) may specify from
time to time in writing, in lawful money of the United States of
America, the principal amount of $[_____________] or such other
principal amount as Lender has advanced to Borrowers, together with
interest at a rate as set forth in
Section 2.1(c)
of the Loan Agreement based upon a
year consisting of 360 days, with interest computed daily based on
the actual number of days in each month.
This Term Note is the Term Note referred to in,
and is executed and delivered in connection with, that certain Loan
and Security Agreement dated as of April 30, 2018, by and among
Borrowers, Hercules Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the
“
Agent
”)
and the several banks and other financial institutions or entities
from time to time party thereto as lender (as the same may from
time to time be amended, modified or supplemented in accordance
with its terms, the “
Loan
Agreement
”), and is
entitled to the benefit and security of the Loan Agreement and the
other Loan Documents (as defined in the Loan Agreement), to which
reference is made for a statement of all of the terms and
conditions thereof. All payments shall be made in accordance with
the Loan Agreement. All terms defined in the Loan Agreement shall
have the same definitions when used herein, unless otherwise
defined herein. An Event of Default under the Loan Agreement shall
constitute a default under this Term Note.
Each
Borrower waives presentment and demand for payment, notice of
dishonor, protest and notice of protest under the UCC or any
applicable law. Each Borrower agrees to make all payments under
this Term Note without setoff, recoupment or deduction and
regardless of any counterclaim or defense. Borrowers shall be
jointly and severally liable with respect to all Secured
Obligations pursuant to this Term Note and the Loan Agreement. This
Term Note has been negotiated and delivered to Lender and is
payable in the State of California. This Term Note shall be
governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws
of the State of California, excluding any conflicts of law rules or
principles that would cause the application of the laws of any
other jurisdiction.
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO TERM NOTE]
The
undersigned have duly executed this Term Note.
|
RUMBLEON,
INC.
NEXTGEN
PRO, LLC
RMBL
MISSOURI, LLC
RMBL
TEXAS, LLC
PRINT
NAME:
|
EXHIBIT C
NAME, LOCATIONS, AND OTHER INFORMATION FOR BORROWER
1.
Borrower
Representative hereby represents and warrants to Agent, on behalf
of each Borrower, that each of Borrowers’ current names and
organizational status is as follows:
Name:
|
RumbleON, Inc.
|
Type of organization:
|
corporation
|
State of organization:
|
Nevada
|
Organization file number:
|
Business ID - NV20131625617
|
Fiscal year end:
|
31-Dec
|
Federal taxpayer identification number:
|
46-3951329
|
Former Name(s):
|
Smart Server, Inc. (10/24/2013-2/13/2017)
|
|
|
Name:
|
NextGen Pro, LLC
|
Type of organization:
|
limited liability company
|
State of organization:
|
Delaware
|
Organization file number:
|
File #6297691
|
Fiscal year end:
|
31-Dec
|
Federal taxpayer identification number:
|
35-2584798
|
Former Name(s):
|
N/A
|
|
|
Name:
|
RMBL Missouri, LLC
|
Type of organization:
|
limited liability company
|
State of organization:
|
Delaware
|
Organization file number:
|
File # 6326654
|
Fiscal year end:
|
31-Dec
|
Federal taxpayer identification number:
|
81-5484099
|
Former Name(s):
|
LBMR Dealer MO, LLC (2/24/2017-2/28/2017)
|
|
|
Name:
|
RMBL Texas, LLC
|
Type of organization:
|
limited liability company
|
State of organization:
|
Delaware
|
Organization file number:
|
File #6681648
|
Fiscal year end:
|
31-Dec
|
Federal taxpayer identification number:
|
82-4802484
|
Former Name(s):
|
N/A
|
2.
Borrower Representative hereby
r
epresents and warrants to
Agent, on behalf of Borrowers, that each Borrower’s chief
executive office is located at the following
location:
1431
Greenway Drive
Suite
775
Irving,
TX. 75038
3.
Borrower
Representative hereby represents and warrants to Agent, on behalf
of Borrowers, that the Borrowers also utilize the following
locations:
RumbleOn,
Inc.
4521
Sharon Road
Suite
370
Charlotte,
North Carolina 28211
RMBL
Missouri, LLC
2100
E Outer Road
Scott
City, MO. 63780
Bailee
locations as set forth on Schedule attached hereto.
SCHEDULE OF BAILEE LOCATIONS
Bailee
|
Locations
|
ADESA, INC.
|
Adesa Golden Gate
18501 W. Stanford Road
Tracy, CA 95377
Adesa Kansas City
15511 Adesa Drive
Belton, MO 64012
|
COPART, INC.
|
All locations owned or operated by Copart in which vehicles owned
by Borrowers, regardless of whether there is an existing lien on
such vehicle, are located.
The current list of all Copart North American locations can be
found at:
https://www.copart.com/locations/?region=NORTH_AMERICA
|
CYCLEEXPRESS, LLC (D/B/A NPA AUCTIONS)
|
NPA Atlanta
4800 North Commerce Drive, Suite 200
East Point, GA 30344
NPA Cincinnati
10132 Business Center Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45246
NPA Dallas
900 Gerault Road
Flower Mound, TX 75028
NPA Denver
8300 Blakeland Drive
Littleton, CO 80125
NPA Philadelphia
2578 Pearl Buck Road
Bristol, PA 19007
NPA San Diego
12400 Stowe Drive
Poway, CA 92064
|
LABRIER INVESTMETNS, LLC
|
3258 South East Outer Road South
Scott City, MO 63780
|
MANHEIM, INC.
|
Manhiem Indy
3110 S. Post Road
Indianapolis IN 46239
Manhiem Statesville
145 Auction Lane
Statesville, NC 28625
|
EXHIBIT D
BORROWER’S PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, COPYRIGHTS AND
LICENSES
PATENTS
Owner
|
Description
|
Patent / ApplicationNumber
|
Issue / Application Date
|
NEXTGEN PRO, LLC
|
NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND
PROCESS
|
14/614,160
|
02/04/2015
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TRADEMARKS
Owner
|
Description
|
Registration/ Serial Number
|
Registration/ Application Date
|
RUMBLEON, INC.
|
|
87/537,145
|
07/21/2017
|
RUMBLEON, INC.
|
|
87/532,685
|
07/18/2017
|
RUMBLEON, INC.
|
RUMBLEON
|
5,340,911
|
11/21/2017
|
RUMBLEON, INC.
|
|
87/532,644
|
07/18/2017
|
RUMBLEON, INC.
|
RUMBLEON
|
87/430,981
|
04/29/2017
|
NEXTGEN PRO, LLC
|
|
4,662,863
|
12/30/2014
|
COPYRIGHTS AND LICENSES
None
EXHIBIT E
DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
(a)
Accountholder
|
Account Numbers
|
Bank
|
Address
|
Description of Use
|
RumbleOn, Inc.
|
##########
|
Wells Fargo
|
4525 Sharon Road, 4th Floor
Charlotte, NC 28211
|
General business account.
|
RMBL Missouri, LLC
|
##########
|
Wells Fargo
|
4525 Sharon Road, 4th Floor
Charlotte, NC 28211
|
General business account.
|
NextGen Pro, LLC
|
##########
|
Wells Fargo
|
4525 Sharon Road, 4th Floor
Charlotte, NC 28211
|
Transactions between dealer partners and the
Companies.
|
(b)
None
EXHIBIT F
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
Hercules Capital, Inc.
400 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 310
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Reference
is made to that certain
Loan and Security Agreement dated as of April 30,
2018, by and among RUMBLEON, INC., a Nevada corporation, NEXTGEN
PRO, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, RMBL MISSOURI, LLC,
a Delaware liability company, RMBL TEXAS, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, and each of their Qualified Subsidiaries from
time to time party to the Loan Agreement (individually, each, a
“
Borrower
”,
and collectively, “
Borrowers
”),
the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from
time to time parties to this Agreement (collectively,
“
Lender
”)
and HERCULES CAPITAL, INC., a Maryland corporation, in its capacity
as administrative agent and administrative agent for Lender (in
such capacity “
Agent
”).
All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the same
meaning as defined in the Loan Agreement.
The undersigned is an Officer of the Borrower
Representative, knowledgeable of all Borrowers’ financial
matters, and is authorized to provide certification of information
regarding Borrowers; hereby certifies, in such capacity, that in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement,
each Borrower is in compliance in all material respects for the
period ending ___________ with all covenants, conditions and terms
and hereby reaffirms that as of the date of the fiscal quarter
ended _________________ all representations and warranties
contained therein (except
Sections 5.3
and
5.4
) are true and correct on and as of the date of
this Compliance Certificate with the same effect as though made on
and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and
warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, after giving effect
in all cases to any standard(s) of materiality contained in the
Loan Agreement as to such representations and warranties. Attached
are the required documents and calculations supporting the above
certification. The undersigned further certifies that the financial
statements and calcu
lations are
prepared in accordance with GAAP (to the extent required pursuant
to the terms of the Loan Agreement) and are consistent from one
period to the next except as explained below.
REPORTING REQUIREMENT
|
REQUIRED
|
CHECK IF ATTACHED
|
Monthly Financial Statements
(
Section
7.1(a)
)
|
Monthly, within 30 days
|
☐
|
Quarterly Financial Statements (or link to
10-Q filing) (
Section
7.1(b)
)
|
Quarterly, within 45 days or such later date as permitted by the
SEC or under the applicable securities laws (which may be delivered
by link through investor relations page)
|
☐
|
Annual Financial Statements (or link to
10-K) (
Section
7.1(c)
)
|
Annually, within 90 days or such later date as is permitted by the
SEC or under the applicable securities laws (which may be delivered
by link through investor relations page)
|
☐
|
Compliance Certificate (
Section 7.1(d)
)
|
Together with Monthly or Quarterly Statements
|
☐
|
A/R Agings Report (if A/R > $1,000,000)
(
Section
7.1(e)
)
|
Monthly, within 30 days
|
☐
|
A/P Agings Report (if A/P > $600,000)
(
Section 7.1(e)
)
|
Monthly, within 30 days
|
☐
|
Budget and Projections (
Section 7.1(g)
)
|
Annually, within 60 days of fiscal year end, and promptly upon any
Board approved update
|
☐
|
Daily Inventory Report (including detail of
financed / not financed Inventory) (
Section 7.1(h)
)
|
Every Business Day
|
☐
|
Material Statement, Report or Notice of any
increased commitment, change in terms, non-renewal or default or
any demand for payment received pursuant to Qualified Inventory
Financing (
Section
7.1(i)
)
|
When received
|
☐
|
FINANCIAL COVENANTS
|
REQUIRED
|
ACTUAL
|
Minimum Quarterly Revenue (after Tranche III Advance)
|
75% of Budget
|
☐
not
applicable
Budget Quarterly Revenue
$
Actual Quarterly Revenue
$
% of Budget
|
Minimum Quarterly Adjusted EBITDA, if average cash balance is less
than $15,000,000 (after Tranche III Advance)
|
$2,000,000
|
☐
not
applicable
$
|
OTHER COVENANTS
|
REQUIRED
|
ACTUAL
|
Equipment Financing
|
Not to exceed $200,000
|
$
|
Letters of Credit (cash secured) except for security for
leases
|
Not to exceed $250,000
|
$
|
Acquired Indebtedness
|
Not to exceed $100,000
|
$
|
Other Indebtedness
|
Not to exceed $750,000 (less on Equipment Financing, Letters of
Credit and Acquired Indebtedness outstanding)
|
$
|
Inventory Financing
|
Not to exceed 85% of aggregate Inventory value less Inventory
Financing Lenders’ aggregate cash collateral
|
(1) Aggregate Inventory value:
$
(2) Aggregate Inventory financing Lender cash
collateral
$
Maximum Inventory financing permitted (line 1 less line
2)
$
Actual Inventory financing amount outstanding
$
|
Repurchases of stock from employees, directors or
consultants
|
Not to exceed $100,000
|
$
|
Joint Ventures
|
Cash contributions not to exceed $100,00
|
$
|
Additional Investments
|
Not to exceed $750,000 (less Repurchases and Joint Ventures made
during the term)
|
$
|
Investments in Foreign Subsidiaries
|
As approved by Agent
|
$
|
Cash Collateral and Security Deposits
|
Not to exceed $250,000
|
$
|
Landlord Waivers and Bailee Agreements
|
For locations where Collateral (other than non-Inventory vehicles)
in excess of $400,000 is maintained
|
☐
all applicable
locations covered
☐
landlord waiver or
bailee agreement required for the following new
location:
|
The undersigned hereby also confirms the below accounts represent
all depository accounts and securities accounts presently open in
the name of each Borrower or Subsidiary, as
applicable.
|
|
Depository AC #
|
Financial Institution
|
Account Type (Depository / Securities)
|
Last Month Ending Account Balance
|
Purpose of Account
|
BORROWER Name/Address:
|
|
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1
|
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
|
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7
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BORROWER SUBSIDIARY COMPANY Name/Address
|
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1
|
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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[SIGNATURE PAGE TO COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE]
Very
Truly Yours,
RUMBLEON,
INC.
EXHIBIT G
FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT
This Joinder Agreement (the
“
Joinder
Agreement
”) is made and
dated as of [
], and is
entered into by and between__________________, a ___________
corporation (“
Subsidiary
”),
and HERCULES CAPITAL, INC., a Maryland corporation (as
“
Agent
”).
RECITALS
A.
Subsidiary’s Affiliate, RumbleON, Inc.
(“
Company
”)
[has entered/desires to enter] into that certain Loan and Security
Agreement dated as of April 30, 2018, with the several banks and
other financial institutions or entities from time to time party
thereto as lender (collectively, the “
Lender
”)
and Agent, as such agreement may be amended (the
“
Loan
Agreement
”), together
with the other agreements executed and delivered in connection
therewith;
B.
Subsidiary
acknowledges and agrees that it will benefit both directly and
indirectly from Company’s execution of the Loan Agreement and
the other agreements executed and delivered in connection
therewith;
AGREEMENT
NOW
THEREFORE, Subsidiary and Agent agree as follows:
1.
The
recitals set forth above are incorporated into and made part of
this Joinder Agreement. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall
have the meaning provided in the Loan Agreement.
2.
By signing this Joinder Agreement, Subsidiary
shall be bound by the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement
the same as if it were a Borrower (as defined in the Loan
Agreement) under the Loan Agreement, mutatis mutandis, provided
however, that (a) with respect to (i)
Section 5.1
of the Loan Agreement, Subsidiary
represents that it is an entity duly organized, legally existing
and in good standing under the laws of [____________], (b) neither
Agent nor Lender shall have any duties, responsibilities or
obligations to Subsidiary arising under or related to the Loan
Agreement or the other Loan Documents, (c) that if Subsidiary is
covered by Company’s insurance, Subsidiary shall not be
required to maintain separate insurance or comply with the
provisions of
Sections 6.1 and
6.2
of the Loan Agreement, and
(d) that as long as Company satisfies the requirements of
Section
7.1
of the Loan Agreement,
Subsidiary shall not have to provide Agent separate Financial
Statements. To the extent that Agent or Lender has any duties,
responsibilities or obligations arising under or related to the
Loan Agreement or the other Loan Documents, those duties,
responsibilities or obligations shall flow only to Company and not
to Subsidiary or any other Person or entity. By way of example (and
not an exclusive list): (i) Agent’s providing notice to
Company in accordance with the Loan Agreement or as otherwise
agreed among Company, Agent and Lender shall be deemed provided to
Subsidiary; (ii) a Lender’s providing an Advance to Company
shall be deemed an Advance to Subsidiary; and (iii) Subsidiary
shall have no right to request an Advance or make any other demand
on Lender.
3.
Subsidiary
agrees not to certificate its equity securities without
Agent’s prior written consent, which consent may be
conditioned on the delivery of such equity securities to Agent in
order to perfect Agent’s security interest in such equity
securities.
4.
Subsidiary
acknowledges that it benefits, both directly and indirectly, from
the Loan Agreement, and hereby waives, for itself and on behalf on
any and all successors in interest (including without limitation
any assignee for the benefit of creditors, receiver, bankruptcy
trustee or itself as debtor-in-possession under any bankruptcy
proceeding) to the fullest extent provided by law, any and all
claims, rights or defenses to the enforcement of this Joinder
Agreement on the basis that (a) it failed to receive adequate
consideration for the execution and delivery of this Joinder
Agreement or (b) its obligations under this Joinder Agreement are
avoidable as a fraudulent conveyance.
5.
As
security for the prompt, complete and indefeasible payment when due
(whether on the payment dates or otherwise) of all the Secured
Obligations, Subsidiary grants to Agent a security interest in all
of Subsidiary’s right, title, and interest in and to the
Collateral.
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO JOINDER AGREEMENT]
SUBSIDIARY:
Address:
AGENT:
HERCULES
CAPITAL, INC.
Address:
400 Hamilton Ave., Suite 310
Palo Alto, CA 94301
email: legal@herculestech.com; tharris@htgc.com
Telephone: 650-289-3060
EXHIBIT H
ACH DEBIT AUTHORIZATION AGREEMENT
Hercules Capital, Inc.
400 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 310
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Re: Loan and Security Agreement dated as of April
30, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time, the “
Agreement
”)
by and among RUMBLEON, INC., NEXTGEN PRO, LLC, RMBL MISSOURI, LLC,
RMBL TEXAS, LLC, and each of their Qualified Subsidiaries from time
to time party to the Loan Agreement (individually, each, a
“
Borrower
”,
and collectively, “
Borrowers
”)
and Hercules Capital, Inc., as administrative agent
(“
Agent
”)
and the lenders party thereto (collectively,
“
Lender
”).
In connection with the above referenced Agreement, the undersigned
Borrower hereby authorizes Agent to initiate debit entries for (i)
the periodic payments due under the Agreement and (ii)
out-of-pocket legal fees and costs incurred by Agent or Lender
pursuant to
Section 11.11
of the Agreement to its account
indicated below. The undersigned authorizes the depository
institution named below to debit to such
account.
DEPOSITORY
NAME
|
BRANCH
|
CITY
|
STATE AND ZIP CODE
|
TRANSIT/ABA NUMBER
|
ACCOUNT NUMBER
|
This authority will remain in full force and effect so long as any
amounts are due under the Agreement.
RUMBLEON, INC.
SCHEDULE
1.1
COMMITMENTS
LENDER
|
TRANCHE I COMMITMENT
|
TRANCHE II COMMITMENT
|
TRANCHE III COMMITMENT
|
TRANCHE IV COMMITMENT
|
Hercules Capital, Inc.
|
$5,000,000
|
$2,500,000
|
$7,500,000
|
$5,000,000, in Agent’s sole discretion, upon approval by
Agent’s investment committee
|
TOTAL COMMITMENTS
|
$5,000,000
|
$2,500,000
|
$7,500,000
|
$5,000,000, in Agent’s sole discretion, upon approval by
Agent’s investment committee
|
SCHEDULE
5.14
CAPITALIZATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
Parent:
Class
|
No. of Authorized Shares
|
No. of Shares Outstanding
|
No. of Shares
Issuable upon
Exercise of any
Options, Warrants
or Convertible
Notes
|
Class A
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
|
1,000,000
|
1,000,000
|
-
|
Class B
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
|
99,000,000
|
11,928,541
|
218,250
|
Preferred
Stock, $0.001 par value
|
10,000,000
|
0
|
-
|
There
are 741,000 restricted stock units outstanding, which have been
granted under the Company’s Stock Incentive
Plan.
Subsidiaries:
Entity
|
Owner
|
Ownership %
|
NextGen
Pro, LLC
|
RumbleON
|
100%
|
RMBL
Missouri, LLC
|
RumbleON
|
100%
|
RMBL
Texas, LLC
|
RumbleON
|
100%
|
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
THIS
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, this “
Agreement
”) is entered
into as of April 30, 2018, by and between (a) HERCULES CAPITAL,
INC., a Maryland corporation, in its capacity as administrative
agent under the Hercules Loan Agreement, as defined below
(“
Hercules
”), and (b) ALLY
BANK (“
Ally
Bank
”), and ALLY FINANCIAL INC. (“
Ally Financial
”, and
together with Ally Bank, collectively, the “
Ally Parties
”), as
lenders under the Ally Financing Agreement, as defined below.
Hercules and the Ally Parties are each sometimes referred to herein
individually as a “
Lender
” and collectively as
“
Lenders
”.
RECITALS
A.
Hercules, RUMBLEON,
INC., a Nevada corporation (“
Parent
”), NEXTGEN PRO,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“
NextGen Pro
”), RMBL
MISSOURI, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“
RMBL
Missouri
”), RMBL TEXAS, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“
RMBL Texas
”), and certain
other persons from time to time party hereto (together with Parent,
NextGen Pro, RMBL Missouri and RMBL Texas, individually, each, a
“
Borrower
”, and
collectively, “
Borrowers
”) are parties
to that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of April 30,
2018 (as may be amended, modified, restated, replaced, or
supplemented from time to time, the “
Hercules Loan
Agreement
”), whereby Hercules has made or will make
available to Borrower a secured loan facility in the maximum
principal amount of Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000). The
facility contemplated by the Hercules Loan Agreement shall be
referred to herein as the “
Hercules
Loan
”.
B.
The Ally Parties
and RMBL Missouri are parties to that certain Inventory Financing
and Security Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2018 (as the same
has been and may be further amended, modified, restated, replaced,
or supplemented from time to time pursuant to the terms herein, the
“
Ally Financing
Agreement
”), whereby the Ally Parties have agreed to
make available to RMBL Missouri a secured loan facility up to an
aggregate principal amount of Twenty-Five Million Dollars
($25,000,000). The facility contemplated by the Ally Financing
Agreement shall be referred to herein as the “
Ally Loan
”.
C.
All of the
obligations and indebtedness of Borrower to Hercules under the
Hercules Loan Documents are secured by the Hercules Collateral and
all of the obligations and indebtedness of Borrower to the Ally
Parties under the Ally Financing Documents are secured by the Ally
Collateral, each as defined below.
D.
Hercules and the
Ally Parties desire to set forth in this Agreement their respective
rights and obligations with respect to the Collateral, as defined
below.
AGREEMENT
The
parties agree as follows:
1.
DEFINITIONS AND
CONSTRUCTION
1.1
Definitions
. As used in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
definitions:
“
Account
” is any
“account” as defined in the UCC, and includes, without
limitation, all accounts receivable and other sums owing to any
Borrower.
“
Account Control
Agreement
” means any agreement entered into by and
among Hercules, any Borrower and a third party bank or other
institution in which any Borrower maintains a Deposit Account or
Investment Account and which perfects Hercules’s first
priority security interest in and/or provides rights to exercise
exclusive control with respect to the subject account or
accounts.
“
Ally Bank
” has the
meaning given to such term in the preamble.
“
Ally Collateral
” means
the property of certain Borrowers described in
Exhibit
B
.
“
Ally Credit Balance
”
means moneys paid by Borrower to Ally Bank pursuant to that certain
Credit Balance Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2018, by and
between Ally Bank and RMBL Missouri, provided that such amount
shall not exceed 10% of the approved credit line under the Ally
Financing Documents.
“
Ally Debt Cap
” means
$27,500,000 (or such higher amount as permitted under the Hercules
Loan Agreement as Qualified Inventory Financing (as defined in the
Hercules Loan Agreement)).
“
Ally Financed Vehicles
”
means, as of any date of determination, vehicles then held by RMBL
Missouri and acquired with or held as a result of inventory
financing provided pursuant to the Ally Financing Agreement,
including any vehicle with respect to which the Ally Parties have
made a loan or advance secured by such vehicle and which is
specifically identified in written or electronic documents
customarily or regularly prepared and delivered to Borrower for the
purpose of identifying the vehicle as one for which the Ally
Parties have given new value.
“
Ally Financial
” has the
meaning given to such term in the preamble.
“
Ally Financing Agreement
”
has the meaning given to such term in Recital B.
“
Ally Financing Documents
”
means the Ally Financing Agreement, any addenda thereto, including
the Addendum to Inventory Financing and Security Agreement,
effective as of February 16, 2018, the Guaranty dated as of
February 16, 2018, by Parent for the benefit of the Ally Parties,
the General Security Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2018,
among the Ally Parties and Parent, the Cross Collateral, Cross
Default and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2018, by
and among the Ally Parties, RMBL Missouri and Parent, the Credit
Balance Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2018, by and between
Ally Bank and RMBL Missouri, the SmartCash Agreement, dated as of
February 16, 2018, by and between Ally Bank and RMBL Missouri, and
all other documents entered into in connection with the Ally
Financing Agreement, in each case as may be amended, modified,
restated, replaced, or supplemented from time to time pursuant to
the terms herein.
“
Ally Loan
” has the
meaning given to such term in Recital B.
“
Ally Parties
” has the
meaning given to such term in the preamble.
“
Ally Priority Collateral
”
means, as of any date of determination, all right, title, and
interest of RMBL Missouri in and to any Ally Financed Vehicle. For
further clarity, if no Event of Default has occurred, Proceeds of
any Ally Financed Vehicle shall cease to constitute Ally Priority
Collateral upon the earlier of payment to the Ally Parties of the
advance associated with such Ally Financed Vehicle or 30 days after
RMBL Missouri’s sale or disposition of such Vehicle. After
the occurrence of an Event of Default, provided that the Ally
Parties have provided notice of such Event of Default to Hercules
within 30 days of such Event of Default, Proceeds of all Collateral
constituting Ally Financed Vehicles at the time that the Event of
Default occurred shall constitute Ally Priority Collateral (or if
notice was provided later than 30 days after such Event of Default,
Collateral constituting Ally Financed Vehicles as of the date that
is 30 days prior to the date the notice of Event of Default was
given).
“
Bankruptcy Code
” means
the federal bankruptcy law of the United States as from time to
time in effect, currently as Title 11 of the United States
Code. Section references to current sections of the Bankruptcy Code
shall refer to comparable sections of any revised version thereof
if section numbering is changed.
“
Borrower
” and
“
Borrowers
” have the
respective meanings given to such terms in the
preamble.
“
Business Day
” means any
day other than Saturday, Sunday and any other day on which banking
institutions in the State of California are closed for
business.
“
Claim
” means, with
respect to any Lender, any and all present and future
“claims” (used in its broadest sense, as contemplated
by and defined in Section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code, but
without regard to whether such claim would be disallowed under the
Bankruptcy Code) of such Lender now or hereafter arising or
existing under or relating to the respective Loan Documents (as
applicable), whether joint, several, or joint and several, whether
fixed or indeterminate, due or not yet due, contingent or
non-contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated,
or disputed or undisputed, whether under a guaranty or a letter of
credit, and whether arising under contract, in tort, by law, or
otherwise, any interest or fees thereon (including interest or fees
that accrue after the filing of a petition by or against Borrower
under the Bankruptcy Code, irrespective of whether allowable under
the Bankruptcy Code), any costs of Enforcement Actions, all
reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by a Lender
under, in connection with or related to its respective Loan
Documents, and all prepayment or termination premiums and other
fees and sums payable by Borrower to Lender under its respective
Loan Documents.
“
Collateral
” means, as the
context may require, the Hercules Collateral and/or the Ally
Collateral.
“
Deposit Account
” means
any “deposit account” of Borrower as such term is
defined in the UCC, and includes any checking account, savings
account, or certificate of deposit.
“
Enforcement
Action
” means, with respect to any Lender and with
respect to any Claim of such Lender or any item of Collateral in
which such Lender has or claims a Lien or right of offset, any
action, whether judicial or nonjudicial, to repossess, collect,
accelerate, offset, recoup, give notification to third parties with
respect to, sell, dispose of, foreclose upon, give notice of sale,
disposition, or foreclosure with respect to, or obtain equitable or
injunctive relief with respect to, such Claim or Collateral. The
filing by any Lender, or the joining in the filing by any Lender,
of an Insolvency Proceeding against Borrower is also an Enforcement
Action.
“
Event of Default
” means
an “Event of Default”, as defined in the Hercules Loan
Documents, or a “Default”, as defined in the Ally
Financing Documents.
“
Hercules
” has the meaning
given to such term in the preamble.
“
Hercules Collateral
”
means the property of Borrower described in
Exhibit A
.
“
Hercules Loan
” has the
meaning given to such term in
Recital A
.
“
Hercules Loan Agreement
”
has the meaning given to such term in
Recital A
.
“
Hercules Loan Documents
”
means the Hercules Loan Agreement and all of the “Loan
Documents” as defined in the Hercules Loan Agreement except
any warrant issued by Borrower, in each case as may be amended,
modified, restated, replaced, or supplemented from time to
time.
“
Hercules Priority
Collateral
” means, as of any date of determination,
all of the Hercules Collateral, other than Ally Priority Collateral
as of such date.
“
Insolvency Event
” means
any distribution, division, or
application, partial or complete, voluntary or involuntary, by
operation of law or otherwise, of all or any part of the property
of
Borrower
or the Proceeds
thereof to the creditors of
Borrower
, or the readjustment of any of the Claims,
whether by reason of liquidation, bankruptcy, arrangement,
receivership, assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other
action or proceeding involving the readjustment of all or any part
of any of the Claims, or the application of the property of
Borrower
to the payment or liquidation
thereof, or upon the dissolution or other winding up of
Borrower
’s business, or upon the
sale of all or any substantial part of
Borrower
’s property
.
“
Insolvency Proceeding
”
means any bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, or
reorganization of a Borrower.
“
Investment Accounts
”
means any account holding Investment Property of a
Borrower.
“
Lender
” or
“
Lenders
” have the
meanings given to such terms in the preamble.
“
Lien
” means a lien or
security interest in Collateral to secure a Claim of a
Lender.
“
Loan
” means, as the
context may require, singularly the Hercules Loan, the Ally Loan,
or any other extension of credit pursuant to a Loan Agreement; and
“
Loans
” means
collectively the Hercules Loan, the Ally Loan, and any other
extension of credit pursuant to a Loan Agreement.
“
Loan Agreement
” means, as
the context may require, singularly the Hercules Loan Agreement or
the Ally Financing Agreement; and “
Loan Agreements
” means
collectively, the Hercules Loan Agreement and the Ally Financing
Agreement.
“
Loan Documents
” means, as
applicable, the Hercules Loan Documents and the Ally Financing
Documents.
“
Non-filing Lender
” has
the meaning given to such term in
Section 3.6
.
“
Option Period
” has the
meaning given to such term in
Section 4(b
).
“
Parent
” has the meaning
given to such term in the preamble.
“
Priority Collateral
”
means, as the context may require and as of any date of
determination, the Hercules Priority Collateral or the Ally
Priority Collateral.
“
Proceeds
” means
“proceeds,” as such term is defined in the
UCC.
“
Proceeds of Collection
”
means, collectively, the Proceeds of Collateral from any
Enforcement Action taken with respect to such Collateral under the
Loan Documents, or any distribution of any Borrower’s assets
of any kind or character upon any dissolution or winding up or
total or partial liquidation or reorganization, whether voluntary
or involuntary, or adjustment or protection or relief or
composition of Borrower or Borrower’s debts, or in any
Insolvency Event, including without limitation, bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership, arrangement, reorganization, relief or
other proceeding of any Borrower or upon an arrangement for the
benefit of Borrower’s creditors or any other marshalling of
Borrower’s assets and liabilities, in each case, after the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default.
“
Purchase
” has the meaning
given to such term in
Section 4(b)
.
“
Purchase Documents
” has
the meaning given to such term in
Section 4(b)
.
“
Purchase Notice
” has the
meaning given to such term in
Section 4(a)
.
“
Purchase Price
” has the
meaning given to such term in
Section 4(b)
.
“
RMBL Missouri
” has the
meaning given to such term in the preamble.
“
UCC
” means the Uniform
Commercial Code as the same may, from time to time, be in effect in
the State of California; provided, that in the event that, by
reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the
attachment, perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to
any Lender’s Lien on any Collateral is governed by the
Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction
other than the State of California, the term “UCC”
shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in
such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions
thereof relating to such attachment, perfection, priority or
remedies and for purposes of definitions related to such
provisions. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms that are defined
in the UCC and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in
the UCC.
1.2
Other
Interpretive Provisions
. References in this Agreement to
“Recitals,” “Sections,” and
“Exhibits” are to recitals, sections, and exhibits
herein and hereto unless otherwise indicated. References in this
Agreement to any document, instrument or agreement shall include
(a) all exhibits, schedules, annexes and other attachments
thereto, (b) all documents, instruments or agreements issued
or executed in replacement thereof, and (c) such document,
instrument or agreement, or replacement or predecessor thereto, as
amended, modified and supplemented from time to time and in effect
at any given time. The words “include” and
“including” and words of similar import when used in
this Agreement shall not be construed to be limiting or exclusive.
The Recitals constitute a part of the agreement among the parties
hereto.
2.
INTERCREDITOR ARRANGEMENTS
2.1
Priority of Security
Interests
.
(a)
Notwithstanding any
contrary priority established by (i) the filing dates of their
respective financing statements, (ii) the recording dates of any
other security perfection documents, (iii) which Lender has
possession of, or control over, any of the Collateral or (iv) any
statute or rule of law to the contrary, the Lenders agree that,
except as otherwise provided under
Section 3
:
(i)
As of any date of
determination, the Liens of the Ally Parties in Collateral
constituting Ally Priority Collateral, determined as of such date,
shall be senior in rank and order of priority and enforcement to
the Liens and enforcement rights of Hercules in and against such
Collateral;
(ii)
As
of any date of determination, the Liens of Hercules in Collateral
constituting Hercules Priority Collateral, determined as of such
date, shall be senior in rank and order of priority and enforcement
to the Liens and enforcement rights of the Ally Parties in and
against such Collateral;
(iii)
As
of any date of determination, the Liens of the Ally Parties in
Collateral constituting Hercules Priority Collateral, determined as
of such date, shall be junior and subordinate in rank, priority and
enforcement to the Lien and enforcement rights of Hercules in and
against such Collateral;
(iv)
As
of any date of determination, the Liens of Hercules in Collateral
constituting Ally Priority Collateral, determined as of such date,
shall be junior and subordinate in rank, priority and enforcement
to the Lien and enforcement rights of the Ally Parties in and
against such Collateral; and
(v)
The Proceeds of
Collection of the Hercules Priority Collateral and the Ally
Priority Collateral shall be distributed as provided in
Section
3
below.
(b)
The relative
priorities set forth in
subsection (a)
above are
subject to the following:
(i)
No Lender shall
challenge or contravene the creation, attachment, perfection or
enforceability of the Lien of the other Lender in its respective
Collateral. The relative priorities described in
Section 2.1(a)
above, shall not
apply to, however, and the provisions of this Agreement shall not
be effective as to, any Lien which otherwise would be prior and
superior, which Lien, by reason of any act or omission to act by
the Lender whose rights therein under the Agreement would be
superior, is judicially determined as not to be effective, or is
rendered ineffective by reason of any act or omission to act of any
third party to this Agreement; provided that such determination is
not made on the basis of a claim or motion advanced by or on behalf
of the other Lender.
(ii)
A
Lender’s relative priority in the Proceeds (within the
meaning of the UCC, including insurance proceeds) of an asset of a
Borrower shall be determined based upon that Lender’s
relative priority in the asset from which such Proceeds arose, as
set forth in
subsection
(a)
above, except as expressly provided otherwise in the
defined term “Ally Priority Collateral”.
(iii)
If
a Lender conducts an Enforcement Action, such Lender shall provide
the other Lender with copies of all demands, communications,
correspondence, and pleadings which relate to such Enforcement
Action and a written statement of the results of such liquidation
and the distribution of the Proceeds of Collection. The Proceeds of
Collection shall be distributed in accordance with
Section 3
below.
2.2
Limitation on Further Loans
.
After the date hereof, except pursuant to the Ally Financing
Agreement and subject to the Ally Debt Cap, the Ally Parties may
not make loans to or otherwise extend credit to Borrower without
notice to and the consent of Hercules.
2.3
Transfer of Interest in Loans
.
Any sale or transfer of an interest in this Agreement and the Loan
Documents shall be voidable at the option of any other Lender
unless the following provisions are satisfied:
(a)
Consent
. Each of Hercules and
the Ally Parties agree that each of them will not transfer any of
its interest in its Loan Documents or its Loan without first
delivering a copy of this Agreement to the proposed transferee or
assignee, and obtaining the acknowledgment of the proposed
transferee or assignee that the transfer or assignment is subject
to all of the terms of this Agreement;
provided
,
however
, each Lender may sell
to any other financial entity participation interests in such
Lender’s rights under this Agreement and its respective Loan
Documents, provided that notwithstanding the sale of
participations, such Lender shall remain solely responsible for the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement and its
applicable Loan Documents, and the other Lender shall continue to
deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with this
Agreement and its Loan Documents unless otherwise agreed to in
writing by each Lender.
(b)
Assumption of Obligations
. The
transferee shall assume all obligations of the transferring Lender
with respect to the portion of the transferor’s interest
under this Agreement and the applicable Loan Documents; provided
that to the extent the transferor shall not transfer the entirety
and shall retain any portion of its interest in its Loan Document,
the transferor shall retain its obligations under this Agreement,
its Loan Agreement and its other applicable Loan Documents with
respect to that portion of its interest.
2.4
Bailee for Perfection
. Each
Lender hereby appoints the other Lender as agent for the purposes
of perfecting its Liens in and on any of its Collateral in the
possession or under the control of such other Lender; provided,
that, a Lender in possession or having control of any Collateral
shall not have any duty or liability to protect or preserve any
rights pertaining to any of the other Lender’s Collateral
and, except for gross negligence or willful misconduct as
determined pursuant to a final non-appealable order of a court of
competent jurisdiction, the non-possessing and/or non-controlling
Lender hereby waives and releases the other Lender from all claims
and liabilities arising pursuant to the possessing Lender’s
role as bailee with respect to such Collateral, so long as the
possessing and/or controlling Lender shall use the same degree of
care with respect thereto as the possessing and/or controlling
Lender uses for similar property pledged to the possessing and/or
controlling Lender as collateral for indebtedness of others to the
possessing and/or controlling Lender.
2.5
Insolvency Proceeding
. In any
Insolvency Proceeding, the Collateral of each Lender shall include
applicable Collateral acquired by Borrower, or arising, after the
commencement of the Insolvency Proceeding, and this Agreement shall
continue to apply during any such Insolvency
Proceeding.
3.
PAYMENTS AND REMEDIES UPON AN EVENT OF DEFAULT
3.1
Exercise of Remedies
by
Hercules
. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Agreement or in the
Hercules
Loan Agreement, upon the occurrence of an Event of
Default,
Hercules
shall be free
at all times to exercise or to refrain from exercising any and all
rights and remedies it may have with respect to the Hercules
Priority Collateral under the
Hercules
Loan Documents or under applicable law (and
continue to receive regularly scheduled payments or any prepayment
of the
Hercules
Loans pursuant
to the terms therein). In no event shall
Hercules
take any Enforcement Action against
any Collateral then constituting Ally Priority Collateral without
the prior written consent of
the Ally Parties, provided that
with respect to Ally Priority Collateral consisting of cash
Proceeds maintained in Deposit Accounts or Investment Accounts
subject to an Account Control Agreement in favor of Hercules,
Hercules may give notice of exclusive control with respect to such
Deposit Account or Investment Account and, if required pursuant to
the terms of such Account Control Agreement cause the transfer of
funds or assets therefrom pending determination which portion
thereof constitutes Ally Priority Collateral, provided further that
amounts constituting Ally Priority Collateral shall
be received by Hercules in trust for and shall be
promptly paid over to the Ally Parties for application to the
payments of amounts due in respect of the Claims of the Ally
Parties until such Claims are paid in full, subject to the Ally
Debt Cap.
3.2
Exercise of Remedies
by Ally
. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or in the Ally
Financing Agreement, upon the occurrence of an Event of
Default,
the Ally Parties
shall
be free at all times to exercise or to refrain from exercising any
and all rights and remedies it may have with respect to the Ally
Priority Collateral under the Ally Financing Documents or under
applicable law (and continue to receive regularly scheduled
payments or any prepayment of the
Ally
Loans pursuant to the terms therein). In no event
shall any one of
the Ally Parties
take any Enforcement Action against any Collateral
then constituting
Hercules
Priority Collateral without the prior written
consent of
Hercules.
3.3
Application of
Proceeds of Collection of Ally Priority Collateral after an Event
of Default
. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the Loan Documents, as among the
Lenders, the Proceeds of Collection of all Collateral then
constituting Ally Priority Collateral, determined as of the date of
the occurrence of an Event of Default, shall upon receipt by either
Lender, after the occurrence and during the continuation of an
Event of Default be paid to and applied as
follows
:
(a)
First
,
to the payment of then outstanding reasonable out-of-pocket costs
and expenses of the Ally Parties (i) expended to preserve the value
of the Ally Priority Collateral, (ii) of foreclosure or suit with
respect to Ally Priority Collateral, if any, and (iii) of such
sale, foreclosure or suit with respect to the Ally Priority
Collateral;
(b)
Second
,
to
the Ally Parties
in an
amount up to the
Ally
Debt Cap
to be applied to the Claims of the Ally
Parties;
(c)
Third
, to Hercules in an amount
up to Hercules’s Claims until all such Claims are satisfied
in full;
(d)
Fourth
, to the Ally Parties in
an amount up to the Ally Parties’ Claims until all such
Claims are satisfied in full; and
(e)
Fifth
,
to Borrowers or whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the
same.
3.4
Application of
Proceeds of Collection of
Hercules
Priority Collateral
after an Event of Default
.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Loan Documents, as
among the Lenders, the Proceeds of Collection of all Collateral
then constituting
Hercules
Priority Collateral shall upon receipt by either
Lender, after the occurrence of an Event of Default be paid to and
applied as follows:
(a)
First
,
to the payment of then outstanding reasonable out-of-pocket costs
and expenses of Hercules’s (i) expended to preserve the value
of the Hercules Priority Collateral, (ii) of foreclosure or suit
with respect to Hercules Priority Collateral, if any, and (iii) of
such sale, foreclosure or suit with respect to the Hercules
Priority Collateral;
(b)
Second
,
to
Hercules
in an amount up
to
Hercules’s
Claims
until all such Claims are satisfied in full;
(c)
Third
, to the Ally Parties in
an amount up to the Claims of the Ally Parties until all such
Claims are satisfied in full; and
(d)
Fourth
,
to Borrowers or whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the
same.
3.5
Insurance
.
In the event of any loss affecting any Collateral, the Lender
having a senior Lien in the affected Collateral under this
Agreement shall, subject to
Borrower
’s rights under the applicable Loan
Documents, have the sole and exclusive right (but not the
obligation) to adjust settlement of any insurance policy applicable
to such Collateral. All Proceeds of insurance applicable to the
affected Collateral shall (subject to
Borrower
’s rights under the applicable Loan
Documents) be applied in the same manner set forth in
Sections
3.3
and
3.4
with respect to such Collateral itself
and other Proceeds thereof.
3.6
Insolvency Events
.
In the event of any Insolvency Event, then, and in
any such event, and subject to any subordination arrangements to
which the Lenders may be subject, (a) all payments and
distributions of any kind or character, whether in cash or property
or securities in respect of the Lenders’ Claims shall be
distributed pursuant to the provisions of
Sections
2.1
,
3.3
and
3.4
hereof; (b) each Lender shall
promptly file a claim or claims, on the form required in such
proceeding, for the full outstanding amount of such Lender’s
Claim, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause
said claim or claims to be approved; (c) each of the Lenders
hereby irrevocably agrees that, to the extent that it fails timely
to do so (a “
Non-filing
Lender
”), the other
Lender may in the name of the Non-filing Lender, or otherwise, file
and prove up any and all claims of the Non-filing Lender relating
to the Non-filing Lender’s Claim; (d) in the event that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, but subject to the provisions
of
Sections
2.1
,
3.3
and
3.4
, any payment or distribution of any kind or
character, whether
in cash, properties or securities, shall
be received by a Lender in excess of the amount agreed to herein,
then the portion of such payment or distribution in excess of such
Lender’s permitted amount shall
be received by such Lender in trust for and shall
be promptly paid over to the other Lender for application to the
payments of amounts due on the other Lender’s Claims; and
(e) each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably agrees that
neither Lender shall assert or otherwise approve, without the prior
written consent of the other Lender, any claim, motion, objection
or argument in respect of the other Lender’s Collateral in
connection with any Insolvency Proceeding which could otherwise be
asserted or raised in connection with such Insolvency Proceeding
(including, without limitation, any claim, motion, objection or
argument seeking adequate protection or relief from the automatic
stay in respect of such Collateral), that is otherwise inconsistent
with the terms of this Agreement. The Ally Parties will not object
to Hercules providing debtor in possession financing, provided that
such debtor in possession financing does not vary the relative
priority of the Claims of the Ally Parties or adversely affect the
Ally Parties’ Lien on the Ally Priority Collateral. Each
Lender agrees that if an Insolvency Event occurs, such Lender will
not seek relief from automatic stay with respect to the other
Lender’s Priority Collateral or oppose a request by the other
Lender for relief from the automatic stay with respect to the other
Lender’s Priority Collateral.
3.7
Return
of Payments
. To the extent any
payment for the account of
Borrower
is required to be returned as a voidable transfer
or otherwise, the Lenders shall contribute to one another as is
necessary to ensure that such return of payment is in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement.
3.8
Foreclosure
.
(a)
Credit Bid By Lenders
.
Hercules agrees that the Ally Parties shall have the right to
credit bid under Section 363(k) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect
to, or otherwise object to any such sale or other disposition of,
the Ally Priority Collateral and the Ally Parties agree that
Hercules shall have the right to credit bid under Section 363(k) of
the Bankruptcy Code with respect to, or otherwise object to any
such sale or other disposition of, the Hercules Priority
Collateral; provided, however, that the Ally Parties shall not be
deemed to have agreed to any “credit bid” by Hercules
in connection with the sale or other disposition of Collateral
which includes Collateral then constituting Ally Priority
Collateral, and Hercules shall not be deemed to have agreed to any
“credit bid” by the Ally Parties in connection with the
sale or other disposition of Collateral which includes Collateral
then constituting Hercules Priority Collateral.
(b)
Cash
Bid for Account of One Lender
. No Lender shall make or
cause to be made a cash bid at any foreclosure sale or other sale
of any of the Collateral without the prior written consent of the
other Lender, unless the Proceeds of the amount of such bid after
allocation in accordance with
Section 3.3 or 3.4
, as
applicable, will be equal to or in excess of the amount of the
other Lender’s Claims, as demonstrated by calculations
satisfactory to such other Lender. If a cash bid is made and
is successful, then (i) the Proceeds of the sale shall be
allocated as set forth in
Section 3.3 or 3.4
as
applicable, and (ii) the Lender that entered the successful
bid shall acquire the Collateral so purchased for its own account,
and the other Lender shall have no further interest in that
Collateral upon the payment to such other Lender of the shares of
the Proceeds in accordance with
Section 3.3 or 3.4
as
applicable. The Proceeds allocated under the foregoing
clause (i)
shall be
allocated between the Lenders pursuant to
Sections 3.3 or 3.4
as
applicable, according to the net book value (per Borrowers’
books) of their respective Priority Collateral which is a part of
such Collateral (and Accounts shall be valued at face
amount).
(a)
Purchase Option Triggers
.
(i) At any time after acceleration of either Loan,
(ii) at any time during an Event of Default, and (iii) at
any time following the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding,
Hercules shall have the right, but not obligation, upon giving
written notice to the Ally Parties, to acquire from the Ally
Parties all (but not less than all) of the right, title, and
interest of the Ally Parties in and to the Ally Loan and the Ally
Financing Documents (a “
Purchase
Notice
”).
(b)
Consummation of Purchase
. Upon
the Ally Parties’ receipt of the Purchase Notice, Hercules
irrevocably shall be committed to acquire from the Ally Parties,
and the Ally Parties irrevocably shall be committed to sell to
Hercules, all (but not less than all) of the aggregate amount of
the Ally Loan and the right, title, and interest of the Ally
Parties in and to the Ally Financing Documents (the
“
Purchase
”), by paying to
the Ally Parties, within ten (10) Business Days (the
“
Option
Period
”) following receipt of the Purchase Notice, in
immediately available funds by Federal funds wire transfer, a
purchase price (the “
Purchase Price
”) equal
to: 100% of the outstanding balance with respect to the Ally Loan
due thereunder (including, without limitation, principal, interest
accrued and unpaid thereon and any unpaid fees and reasonable and
documented expenses to the extent earned or due and payable in
accordance with the Ally Financing Documents). The Ally Parties
agree to provide customary loan sale documents (the
“
Purchase
Documents
”) to effectuate the Purchase within three
(3) Business Days following receipt of the Purchase Notice and
shall provide copies of all of the Ally Financing Documents then in
effect. Upon execution and delivery of the Purchase Documents and
payment of the Purchase Price, the Ally Parties (i) shall assign
and deliver to Hercules the Ally Financing Documents, with
appropriate assignment and endorsement, and any Collateral in its
possession, and (ii) shall execute and deliver such other
documents, instruments, and agreements reasonably necessary to
effect such assignment. The Purchase shall be without any
representation, recourse, or warranty, except that the Ally Parties
shall represent and warrant to Hercules (i) the amount of
principal, interest and fees owed to the Ally Parties on the
closing date of the Purchase, (ii) that none of the Ally Parties
has assigned or encumbered its rights in the Ally Loan or the Ally
Financing Documents, (iii) that the Ally Financing Documents,
as provided by the Ally Parties are the complete and correct forms
thereof, and (iv) that each of the Ally Parties owns and has
the unrestricted right to transfer to Hercules all right, title,
and interest with respect to the Ally Financing Documents at no
expense or charge to Hercules other than payment of the Purchase
Price. In the event the Ally Parties do not timely comply with the
respective obligations set forth above, the Option Period shall be
extended, provided that the foregoing shall not constitute a waiver
by Hercules for any other remedies it may have in law or equity for
failure by the Ally Parties to timely comply with their respective
obligations. Upon receipt of the Purchase Notice, the Ally Parties
shall cease and refrain from exercising any Enforcement Actions
until the expiration of the Option Period.
5.
EXCULPATION OF AND DELEGATION BY LENDERS
5.1
Exculpation
.
In connection with any exercise of Enforcement Actions hereunder,
no Lender or any of its partners, or any of their respective
directors, officers, employees, attorneys, accountants, or agents
shall be liable as such to any other Lender for any action taken or
omitted by it or them, except with respect to any violation of this
Agreement or any gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
5.2
Delegation of
Duties
. Each Lender may execute
any of its powers and perform any duties hereunder either directly
or by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact. Each Lender shall be
entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to
such powers and duties.
6.
RIGHTS IN THE WARRANTS
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, no warrants issued to any Lender
(or any affiliate thereof) by Borrower, the stock issuable
thereunder, any equity securities purchased by any Lender (or any
affiliate thereof), any amounts paid thereunder, any dividends, or
any other rights in connection therewith shall be subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement. Nothing herein shall affect
any Lender’s rights (or the rights of any affiliate thereof
as assignee) under any such warrants or stock to administer,
manage, transfer, assign, or exercise such warrants or stock for
its own account.
7.
NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR INVESTIGATION
Each of
the Lenders represents that it has made, and agrees that it will
continue to make its own independent investigation of the financial
condition and affairs of Borrowers in connection with the making,
administration and enforcement of its Loan, and that it has made
and shall continue to make its own appraisal of the
creditworthiness of Borrowers. No Lender shall have any duty or
responsibility either initially or on a continuing basis to make
any such investigation or any such appraisal on behalf of any other
party, or to provide any other party with any credit or other
information with respect thereto, whether coming into its
possession before the date hereof or any time or times thereafter,
and shall further have no responsibility with respect to the
accuracy of or the completeness of the information provided to the
Lenders by Borrowers.
8.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
8.1
Due Organization and
Qualification
. Each Lender
represents and warrants to the other parties that it is a
corporation or other entity duly existing and in good standing
under the laws of its state of organization and it is qualified and
licensed to do business in, and is in good standing in, any state
in which the conduct of its business or its ownership of property
requires that it be so qualified, except for such states as to
which any failure so to qualify would not have a material adverse
effect on such Lender.
8.2
Authority
.
Each Lender represents and warrants that it has all necessary power
and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement in
accordance with the terms hereof and that it has all requisite
power and authority to own and operate its properties and to carry
on its business as now conducted.
8.3
Authorization;
Enforceability
. Each Lender
represents and warrants that (a) the execution and delivery of
this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated herein have each been duly authorized by all necessary
action on its part, and (b) this Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered and constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of such person, enforceable against it in accordance
with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited
by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws of general
application relating to or affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights or by general principles of
equity.
8.4
Copies of
Documents
. Each Lender
represents and warrants that it has provided the other with true
and complete copies of its Loan Documents in effect as of the date
of this Agreement.
(a)
Unless otherwise
provided in this Agreement, all notices or demands by any party
relating to this Agreement or any other agreement entered into in
connection herewith shall be in writing and (except informal
documents which may be sent by email) shall be deemed to have been
validly served, given, delivered and received upon the earlier of
(i) the day of hand delivery or delivery by an overnight
express service or overnight mail delivery service; or
(ii) the third calendar day after deposit in the United States
of America mails, with proper first class postage prepaid, return
receipt requested in each case, addressed to the party to be
notified as follows:
If to
Hercules
:
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Hercules
Capital, Inc., as agent
Attn:
Chief Legal Officer and Tom
Harris
400 Hamilton Ave.
Suite #310
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Email:
legal@herculestech.com
;
tharris@htgc.com
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If to the Ally Parties:
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Ally Bank and Ally Financial Inc.
Attn:
Sheldon Nicklin, Executive Risk Director
3200 Bristol Street, Suite 700
Costa Mesa, California 92626
Email:
sheldon.w.nicklin@ally.com
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The
parties hereto may change the address at which they are to receive
notices hereunder, by notice in writing in the foregoing manner
given to the other. In addition, each Lender agrees (i) to use its
best efforts to notify the other Lender promptly upon receipt
of any material written notice from Borrowers and (ii) at the
other Lender’s request, to send a copy of any such notice to
the other Lender, but neither Lender shall have any liability to
the other Lender for any inadvertent failure to give such notice
under
clause (i) or
(ii)
above.
(b)
Each Lender agrees
to provide the other Lender with (i) copies of any notice of
demand, or similar communication as and when given to a Borrower or
any co-borrower or guarantor with respect to a Loan, (ii) as and
when received, given, or executed, a copy of any amendment,
modification, waiver (including waiver of any Event of Default),
replacement or supplement of the Loan Documents, (iii) notice of
any intent to sell or transfer all or any part of its right, title
and interest in the Loan Documents to any third party (other than a
controlled affiliate of such Lender or a successor in interest
through merger) at least ten (10) Business Days prior to
consummating such sale or transfer.
10.
NO BENEFIT TO THIRD PARTIES
The
terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be for the sole
benefit of Lenders, and their respective successors and assigns,
and no other person or entity (including Borrowers) shall have any
right, benefit, priority, or interest under, or because of this
Agreement.
11.
CERTAIN AGREEMENTS OF
THE ALLY PARTIES
.
(a)
The Ally Parties
acknowledge and consent to (i) the Hercules Loan Documents, (ii)
the grant by Borrowers of a Lien on the Hercules Collateral, and
(iii) only prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, the
transfer from RMBL Missouri to Parent, in the ordinary course of
Borrowers’ business, of any cash Proceeds from the sale of an
Ally Financed Vehicle provided the Ally Parties have been paid in
full for the outstanding balance of any advance associated with
such Ally Financed Vehicle.
(b)
Notwithstanding
Section 12.1
, the
Ally Parties shall not amend the Ally Financing Documents, without
prior written consent of Hercules, to (i) increase the interest
rate by more than 3.0 percentage points (excluding increases
resulting from (A) increases in the underlying reference rate
not caused by an amendment of the Ally Financing Documents, or
(B) the accrual of interest at the default rate), or
(ii) increase the Ally Credit Balance required to be provided
to be in excess of 10% of the approved credit line under the Ally
Financing Documents.
12.1
Lenders’
Rights
. Hercules
, on the one
hand, and
the Ally Parties
on
the other hand, agree that each Lender may at any time, and from
time to time, without the consent of the other Lender and without
notice to the other Lender: (i) renew or extend any of
Borrower
’s indebtedness and
obligations owing to such Lender or that of any other person at any
time directly or indirectly liable for the payment thereof; (ii)
accept partial payments of its Claims; (iii) settle, release (by
operation of law or otherwise), compromise, collect or liquidate
any of its Claims; (iv) release, exchange, fail to perfect, delay
the perfection of, fail to resort to, or realize upon Collateral
then constituting its Priority Collateral; (v) change, alter or
vary the interest charge on, or any other terms or provisions of
its Claims or any present or future instrument, document or
agreement with any
Borrower
;
and (vi) take any other action or omit to take any other action
with respect to its Claims as it deems necessary or advisable in
its sole discretion;
subject
,
however
,
in all cases, to the specific provisions of this Agreement. Each
Lender waives any right to require the other Lender to
proceed first against some Collateral
before proceeding against other Collateral, or to exercise certain
remedies before exercising other remedies, whether under the
equitable doctrine of marshalling or otherwise, but subject, in all
cases, to the provisions of this Agreement.
12.2
Non-Avoidability
.
The subordinations and priorities specified in this Agreement are
expressly conditioned upon the nonavoidability and perfection of
the security interest to which another security interest is
subordinated, and if the security interest to which another
security interest is subordinated is not perfected or is avoidable,
for any reason, then the subordinations and relative priority
provided for in this Agreement shall not be effective as to the
particular Collateral that is the subject of the unperfected or
avoidable security interest.
12.3
Successors
and Assigns
. This Agreement
shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors
and permitted assigns of each of
the Ally Parties
and
Hercules
; provided, however, that neither this Agreement
nor any rights hereunder may be assigned, transferred or
participated by any of the parties hereto without being in
compliance with
Section
2.3
, and subject to
Section
4
.
12.4
Severability
of Provisions
. Each provision
of this Agreement shall be severable from every other provision of
this Agreement for the purpose of determining the legal
enforceability of any specific provision.
12.5
Entire
Agreement; Construction; Amendments and Waivers
.
(a)
This
Agreement constitutes and contains the entire agreement among the
Lenders, and supersedes any and all prior agreements, negotiations,
correspondence, understandings and communications between the
parties, whether written or oral, respecting the subject matter
hereof.
(b)
This
Agreement is the result of negotiations between and has been
reviewed by each of the Lenders executing this Agreement as of the
date hereof and their respective counsel; accordingly, this
Agreement shall be deemed to be the product of the parties hereto,
and no ambiguity shall be construed in favor of or against any
party. Lenders agree that they intend the literal words of this
Agreement and that no parole evidence shall be necessary or
appropriate to establish any of their actual
intentions.
(c)
Any
and all amendments, modifications, discharges or waivers of, or
consents to any departures from any provision of
this
Agreement shall not be effective
without the written consent of each Lender. Any waiver or consent
with respect to any provision of this Agreement shall be effective
only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for
which it was given. Any amendment, modification, waiver or consent
effected in accordance with this
Section 12.5(c)
shall be binding upon each
Lender.
12.6
Counterparts
.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts,
including counterparts transmitted by
facsimile or other means of electronic transmission,
and by different parties on separate counterparts,
each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be
an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall
constitute but one and the same Agreement.
12.7
Termination
.
This Agreement shall terminate upon the later of (a) irrevocable
payment in full to each Lender of all amounts (other than
unasserted amounts in connection with obligations that specifically
survive termination of the applicable Loan Documents) owing to it
under the applicable Loan Documents, and (b) the termination
of all obligations to lend thereunder.
12.8
Reinstatement
.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary,
the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be
reinstated and revived if and to the extent that for any reason any
payment by or on behalf of
Borrower
is rescinded, or must be otherwise restored by
Lenders, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or
reorganization or otherwise, all as though such amount had not been
paid. To the extent any payment is rescinded or restored, the
obligations shall be
revived
in
full force and effect without reduction or discharge for that
payment.
12.9
Survival
.
All covenants, representations and warranties made in this
Agreement shall continue in full force and effect so long as any
obligations remain outstanding hereunder.
13.
RELATIONSHIP OF LENDERS
Lenders
shall not under any circumstances be construed to be partners or
joint venturers of one another; nor shall the Lenders under any
circumstances be deemed to be in a relationship of confidence or
trust or a fiduciary relationship with one another, or to owe any
fiduciary duty to one another. Lenders do not undertake or assume
any responsibility or duty to one another to select, review,
inspect, supervise, pass judgment upon or otherwise inform each
other of any matter in connection with Borrowers’ property,
any Collateral held by any Lender or the operations of Borrowers.
Each Lender shall rely entirely on its own judgment with respect to
such matters, and any review, inspection, supervision, exercise of
judgment or supply of information undertaken or assumed by any
Lender in connection with such matters is solely for the protection
of such Lender.
14.
CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE; AND JURY TRIAL WAIVER
THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WITHOUT REGARD TO
CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF
ANY LAWS OTHER THAN THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND EACH
OF THE LENDERS HEREBY SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF
THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. TO
THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE STATE LAW, LENDERS HEREBY
WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM,
PROCEEDING OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, INCLUDING
CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER
COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS. THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY
SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS
HERETO. If the foregoing waiver of jury trial is ineffective or
unenforceable, the parties agree that all claims arising out of
this Agreement and the transactions related thereto shall be
resolved by reference to a private judge sitting without a jury,
pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 638, before a mutually
acceptable referee or, if the parties cannot agree, a referee
selected by the Presiding Judge of the Santa Clara County,
California. Such proceeding shall be conducted in Santa Clara
County, California, with California rules of evidence and discovery
applicable to such proceeding.
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OF THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
[SIGNATURE
PAGE TO INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be executed as of the date first above written.
HERCULES CAPITAL,
INC., in its capacity as administrative agent on behalf of certain
lenders
By:
_
/s/ Zhuo Huang
_______________
Name:
__
Zhuo
Huang
________________
Title:
_
Associate General
Counsel
_______
[SIGNATURE
PAGE TO INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be executed as of the date first above written.
ALLY
BANK
By:
_
/s/ Margaret
Gabriel
____________
Name:
_
Margaret
Gabriel
_____________
Title:
_
Authorized
Representative
______
ALLY
FINANCIAL INC.
By:
_
/s/ Margaret
Gabriel
____________
Name:
_
Margaret
Gabriel
_____________
Title:
_
Authorized
Representative
______
[SIGNATURE
PAGE TO INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT]
Each of
the undersigned Borrowers, acknowledges and approves of the terms
of this Agreement and further agrees that it shall not take any
action (or fail to take any action) in contravention of the terms
of this Agreement.
RUMBLEON,
INC.
By:
_
/s/ Steven R.
Berrard
________
Name:
__
Steven R.
Berrard
_______
Title:__
Chief
Financial Officer
____
RMBL
MISSOURI, LLC
By:
_
/s/ Steven R.
Berrard
________
Name:
__
Steven R.
Berrard
_______
Title:__
Manager
________________
RMBL
TEXAS, LLC
By:
_
/s/ Steven R.
Berrard
________
Name:
__
Steven R.
Berrard
_______
Title:__
Manager
________________
NEXTGEN
PRO, LLC
By:
_
/s/ Steven R.
Berrard
________
Name:
__
Steven R.
Berrard
_______
Title:__
Manager
________________
Exhibit A
Hercules Collateral
All
right, title and interest of each Borrower in the
following:
(a)
Receivables
(b)
Equipment
(c)
Fixtures
(d)
General Intangibles
(e)
Inventory
(f)
Investment Property
(g)
Deposit Accounts
(h)
Cash
(i)
Goods
and all
other tangible and intangible personal property of Borrower whether
now or hereafter owned or existing, leased, consigned by or to, or
acquired by, Borrower and wherever located, and any of
Borrowers’ property in the possession or under the control of
Hercules; and, to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds
of each of the foregoing and all accessions to, substitutions and
replacements for, and rents, profits and products of each of the
foregoing.
For
purposes of the foregoing, the following capitalized terms shall
have the following meanings:
“
Cash
”
means all cash, cash equivalents and liquid funds.
“
Deposit
Accounts
” means any “deposit accounts,” as
such term is defined in the UCC, and includes any checking account,
savings account, or certificate of deposit.
“
Receivables
”
means (i) all of each Borrower’s Accounts, Instruments,
Documents, Chattel Paper, Supporting Obligations, letters of
credit, proceeds of any letter of credit, and Letter of Credit
Rights, and (ii) all customer lists, software, and business records
related thereto.
To the
extent not otherwise defined, capitalized terms used in this
Exhibit A
shall
have the respective meanings given to them in the UCC.
Exhibit B
Ally Collateral
RMBL Missouri
All
right title and interest of RMBL Missouri in the following: all
Vehicles, including but not limited to those for which either of
the Ally Parties provides Inventory Financing; other inventory;
equipment; fixtures; accounts, including factory open accounts of
RMBL Missouri; deposit and other accounts with banks and other
financial institutions; cash and cash equivalents; general
intangibles; all documents; instruments; investment property; and
chattel paper.
The
Ally Credit Balance, to the extent determined to be property of
Borrower.
For
purposes of the foregoing, the following capitalized terms have the
following meanings:
“
Inventory
Financing
” means advancing the purchase price of the
Vehicles directly to the Vehicle Sellers, advancing funds to other
third parties who are not Vehicle Sellers or
loaning money directly to RMBL Missouri for
Vehicles purchased from Vehicle Sellers by RMBL
Missouri.
“
Vehicle
Seller
” means
manufacturer, distributor, dealers, auctioneer,
merchant, customer, broker, seller, or other
supplier.
“
Vehicles
”
means
new and used automobiles,
trucks, cars, vans, chassis, buses, trailers, motor homes,
recreational vehicles, towable recreational vehicles, motorcycles,
all-terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, motorized carts, motor vehicles,
other vehicles and/or campers (together with all accessories,
accessions, additions and attachments to such
vehicles).
Parent
All of
the following described property in which Parent now or hereafter
acquires an interest, wherever located, in whatever form: all
inventory; equipment; fixtures; accounts, including factory open
accounts; accounts with banks and other financial institutions;
cash and cash equivalents; general intangibles; all documents;
instruments; investment property; and chattel paper.
SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT
This
Subordination Agreement is made as of April 30, 2018 by and among
HALCYON CONSULTING, LLC (“Creditor”), RUMBLEON, INC., a
Nevada corporation (“
Parent
”), NEXTGEN PRO,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“
NextGen Pro
”), RMBL
MISSOURI, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“
RMBL
Missouri
”), RMBL TEXAS, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“
RMBL Texas
”), and each of
their Qualified Subsidiaries from time to time party hereto
(together with Parent, NextGen Pro, RMBL Missouri and RMBL Texas,
individually, each, a “
Borrower
”, and
collectively, “
Borrowers
”), and HERCULES
CAPITAL, INC. (“
Agent
”), in its capacity
as administrative agent for itself and Lender (as defined in the
Loan Agreement (as defined below)).
RECITALS
A.
Borrowers have
requested certain loans and other credit accommodations pursuant to
the terms of that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of
April 30, 2018 by and between Borrowers, Agent and certain lenders
from time to time party to thereto (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“
Loan
Agreement
”), and have granted a security interest in
substantially all assets to secure the obligations
thereunder.
B.
NextGen Pro and
Parent have entered into certain agreements and instruments with
NextGen Dealer Solutions, LLC (“Dealer Solutions”)
including, without limitation, a Subordinated Secured Confessed
Judgment Promissory Note, dated February 8, 2017, issued by Parent
(the “
Subordinated
Note
”), an Unconditional Guaranty Agreement, dated as
of February 8, 2017, by NextGen Pro to and for the benefit of
Dealer Solutions, a Security Agreement, dated as of February 8,
2017, by and between NextGen Pro and Dealer Solutions, a Patent
Security Agreement, dated as of February 8, 2017, by and between
NextGen Pro and Dealer Solutions and a Trademark Security
Agreement, dated as of February 8, 2017, by and between NextGen Pro
and Dealer Solutions (collectively, the
Subordinated Note
Documents
”).
C.
On December 31,
2017, Dealer Solutions assigned all of its right, title and
interest in and to the Subordinated Note Documents to
Creditor.
D.
Creditor is willing
to subordinate: (i) all of each Borrower’s indebtedness
and obligations to such Creditor, whether presently existing or
arising in the future, (the “
Subordinated Debt
”) to
all of Borrowers’ indebtedness and obligations to Agent and
Lender; and (ii) all of such Creditor’s security
interests, if any, in each Borrower’s property to all of
Agent’s security interests in Borrowers’ property, all
in accordance with the provisions set forth herein.
AGREEMENT
NOW,
THEREFORE, THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
1.
Creditor
subordinates to Agent any security interest or lien that Creditor
may have in any property of each Borrower. Notwithstanding the
respective dates of attachment or perfection of the security
interest of Creditor and the security interest of Agent, the
security interest of Agent in the Collateral, as defined in the
Loan Agreement, shall at all times be prior to the security
interest of Creditor. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined
herein shall have the same meaning as in the Loan
Agreement.
2.
Except as expressly
set forth in Section 3, all Subordinated Debt is subordinated in
right of payment to all obligations of each Borrower to Agent and
Lender now existing or hereafter arising, together with all costs
of collecting such obligations (including attorneys’ fees),
including, without limitation, all interest accruing after the
commencement by or against each Borrower of any Bankruptcy,
reorganization or similar proceeding, and all obligations under the
Loan Agreement (the “
Senior
Debt
”).
3.
Creditor will not
demand or receive from any Borrower (and no Borrower will pay to
Creditor) all or any part of the Subordinated Debt by way of
payment, prepayment, setoff, lawsuit or otherwise, nor will
Creditor exercise any remedy with respect to the Collateral, nor
will Creditor commence, or cause to commence, prosecute or
participate in any administrative, legal or equitable action
against any Borrower, for so long as any portion of the Senior Debt
remains outstanding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Creditor shall
be permitted to receive, and Borrowers shall be permitted to pay,
the following payments:
(a)
If an Advance has
been made pursuant to Tranche III of the Loan Agreement, regularly
scheduled payments as set forth in the Subordinated Note in the
form attached hereto, but only if no Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing as of the date of such payment and no Event of
Default would result from such payment.
(b)
If no Advance has
been made pursuant to Tranche III of the Loan Agreement, (a)
regularly scheduled payments of interest as set forth in the
Subordinated Note in the form attached hereto, but only if no Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date of such
payment and no Event of Default would result from such payment, and
(b) regularly scheduled payments of principal as set forth in the
Subordinated Note in the form attached hereto, but only if (i)
after giving pro forma effect to such payment, Borrowers would have
cash in Deposit Accounts or Investment Accounts subject to Account
Control Agreements (as such terms are defined in the Loan
Agreement) in favor of Agent in an amount not less than $7,500,000,
on a consolidated basis, or (ii) as of the end of the last fiscal
quarter for which financial statements were required to be
delivered to Agent pursuant to the Loan Agreement, Parent
maintained Adjusted EBITDA (as defined in the Loan Agreement) for
the twelve month period ended as of such date, of not less than
$2,000,000.
4.
Creditor shall
promptly deliver to Agent in the form received (except for
endorsement or assignment by Creditor where required by Agent) for
application to the Senior Debt any payment, distribution, security
or proceeds received by Creditor with respect to the Subordinated
Debt other than in accordance with this Agreement.
5.
In the event of any
Borrower’s insolvency, reorganization or any case or
proceeding under any Bankruptcy or insolvency law or laws relating
to the relief of debtors, these provisions shall remain in full
force and effect, and Agent’s and Lender’s claims
against such Borrower shall be paid in full before any payment is
made to Creditor.
6.
For so long as any
of the Senior Debt remains unpaid, Creditor irrevocably appoints
Agent as Creditor’s attorney-in-fact, and grants to Agent a
power of attorney with full power of substitution, in the name of
Creditor or in the name of Agent, for the use and benefit of Agent,
without notice to Creditor, to perform at Agent’s option the
following acts in any Bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding
involving a Borrower
a.
To file the
appropriate claim or claims in respect of the Subordinated Debt on
behalf of Creditor if Creditor does not do so prior to 30 days
before the expiration of the time to file claims in such proceeding
and if Agent elects, in its sole discretion, to file such claim or
claims; or
b.
To accept or reject
any plan of reorganization or arrangement on behalf of such
Creditor and to otherwise vote such Creditor’s claims in
respect of any Subordinated Debt in any manner that Agent deems
appropriate for the enforcement of its rights
hereunder.
7.
In the event of a
Borrower’s insolvency, reorganization or any case or
proceeding, arrangement or transaction under any federal or state
bankruptcy or insolvency law or similar laws or proceedings
involving a Borrower, for so long as any of the Senior Debt remains
unpaid, if Agent, Lender or any of them shall seek to provide any
Borrower or any of their subsidiaries with any financing under
Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code , or Agent or Lender
support or consent to such financing provided by a third party, or
consent to any order for the use of cash collateral under
Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (each, a
“
DIP
Financing
” or “
Cash Collateral Use
”),
with such DIP Financing or Cash Collateral Use to be secured by all
or any portion of the Collateral (including assets that, but for
the application of Section 552 of the Bankruptcy Code (or any
similar provision of any foreign laws relating to the relief of
debtors) would be Collateral), then Creditor agrees that it will
raise no objection and will not support, directly or indirectly,
any objection to such DIP Financing or Cash Collateral Use nor
object to the liens or claims granted in connection therewith on
any grounds, including a failure to provide “adequate
protection” for the liens, if any, securing any Subordinated
Debt (and will not request any adequate protection as a result of
such DIP Financing or Cash Collateral Use, and will not support any
debtor-in-possession financing or Cash Collateral Use which would
compete with such DIP Financing or Cash Collateral Use which is
provided to or consented to by Agent or Lender). In addition,
Creditor agrees that it will not provide nor seek to provide or
support any debtor-in-possession financing without the prior
written consent of Agent.
8.
Creditor shall
immediately affix a legend to the instruments evidencing the
Subordinated Debt stating that the instruments are subject to the
terms of this Agreement. No amendment of the documents evidencing
or relating to the Subordinated Debt shall directly or indirectly
modify the provisions of this Agreement in any manner which might
terminate or impair the subordination of the Subordinated Debt or
the subordination of the security interest or lien that Creditor
may have in any property of a Borrower. In addition, such
instruments shall not be amended to (i) increase the rate of
interest with respect to the Subordinated Debt, or
(ii) accelerate the payment of the principal or interest or
any other portion of the Subordinated Debt. Creditor represents and
warrants that a true copy of the Subordinated Note, as in effect as
of the date hereof is attached as
Exhibit A
hereto, and that
neither the Subordinated Note, nor any of the Subordinated Note
Documents have been assigned to any other person (it being
understood that a security interest in the Subordinated Note has
been granted to Cycle Express, LLC).
9.
This Agreement
shall remain effective for so long as Agent or Lender has any
obligation to make credit extensions to a Borrower or any Borrower
owes any amounts to Agent or Lender under the Loan Agreement or
otherwise. If, at any time after payment in full of the Senior Debt
any payments of the Senior Debt must be disgorged by Agent or
Lender for any reason (including, without limitation, the
Bankruptcy of a Borrower), this Agreement and the relative rights
and priorities set forth herein shall be reinstated as to all such
disgorged payments as though such payments had not been made and
Creditor shall immediately pay over to Agent all payments received
with respect to the Subordinated Debt to the extent that such
payments would have been prohibited hereunder. At any time and from
time to time, without notice to Creditor, Agent or Lender may take
such actions with respect to the Senior Debt as Agent and Lender,
respectively, in its sole discretion, may deem appropriate,
including, without limitation, terminating advances to a Borrower,
increasing the principal amount (which may include any DIP
Financing), extending the time of payment, increasing applicable
interest rates, renewing, compromising or otherwise amending the
terms of any documents affecting the Senior Debt and any collateral
securing the Senior Debt, and enforcing or failing to enforce any
rights against a Borrower or any other person. No such action or
inaction shall impair or otherwise affect Agent’s or
Lender’s rights hereunder.
10.
This Agreement
shall bind any successors or assignees of Creditor and shall
benefit any successors or assigns of Agent. This Agreement is
solely for the benefit of Creditor, Agent and Lender and not for
the benefit of any Borrower or any other party. Creditor further
agrees that if a Borrower is in the process of refinancing a
portion of the Senior Debt with a new lender, and if Agent makes a
request of Creditor, Creditor shall agree to enter into a new
subordination agreement with the new lender on substantially the
terms and conditions of this Agreement.
11.
This Agreement may
be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one
instrument.
12.
This Agreement
shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
internal laws of the State of California, without regard to
principles of conflicts of law. Jurisdiction shall lie in the State
of California. THE UNDERSIGNED ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE RIGHT TO TRIAL
BY JURY IS A CONSTITUTIONAL ONE, BUT THAT IT MAY BE WAIVED UNDER
CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, EACH PARTY,
AFTER CONSULTING (OR HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT) WITH
COUNSEL OF ITS, HIS OR HER CHOICE, KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY, AND
FOR THE MUTUAL BENEFIT OF ALL PARTIES, WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY
JURY IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT, INSTRUMENT OR AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE UNDERSIGNED PARTIES. If the jury waiver set forth in this
Section is not enforceable, then any dispute, controversy or
claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the
transactions contemplated herein shall be resolved by judicial
reference pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 638 et
seq before a mutually acceptable referee or, if none is selected,
then a referee chosen by the Presiding Judge of the California
Superior Court for Santa Clara County, provided this provision
shall not restrict any party from seeking to enforce any
prejudgment remedies.
13.
This Agreement
represents the entire agreement with respect to the subject matter
hereof, and supersedes all prior negotiations, agreements and
commitments. Creditor is not relying on any representations by
Agent, Lender or any Borrower in entering into this Agreement.
Creditor has kept and will continue to keep itself fully apprised
of the financial and other condition of each Borrower. This
Agreement may be amended only by written instrument signed by
Creditor, Agent and Borrowers.
14.
In the event of any
legal action to enforce the rights of a party under this Agreement,
the party prevailing in such action shall be entitled, in addition
to such other relief as may be granted, all reasonable costs and
expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred in
such action.
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OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
[SIGNATURE
PAGE TO SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of
the date first above written.
AGENT:
HERCULES CAPITAL,
INC.
Title:
Associate General
Counsel
[SIGNATURE
PAGE TO SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of
the date first above written.
CREDITOR:
HALCYON
CONSULTING, LLC
[SIGNATURE
PAGE TO SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of
the date first above written.
BORROWERS:
RUMBLEON,
INC.
Signature:
_
/s/ Steven R. Berrard
____
Print
Name:
__
Steven R. Berrard
______
Title:
__
Chief Financial
Officer
__
NEXTGEN
PRO, LLC
Signature:
_
/s/ Steven R. Berrard
____
Print
Name:
__
Steven R. Berrard
______
Title:
___
Manager
_____________
RMBL
MISSOURI, LLC
Signature:
_
/s/ Steven R. Berrard
____
Print
Name:
__
Steven R. Berrard
______
Title:
___
Manager
_____________
RMBL
TEXAS, LLC
Signature:
_
/s/ Steven R. Berrard
____
Print
Name:
__
Steven R. Berrard
______
Title:
___
Manager
_____________
EXHIBIT
A
SUBORDINATED
NOTE
SUBORDINATED SECURED CONFESSED JUDGMENT PROMISSORY
NOTE
$1,333,333
|
February 8, 2017 (“Effective Date”)
|
IMPORTANT NOTICE
THIS
INSTRUMENT CONTAINS A CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT PROVISION WHICH
CONSTITUTES A WAIVER OF IMPORTANT RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE AS A DEBTOR
AND ALLOWS THE CREDITOR TO OBTAIN A JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU WITHOUT
ANY FURTHER NOTICE.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED
, the undersigned,
Smart Server, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“
Borrower
”), does hereby
promise to pay to the order of NextGen Dealer Solutions, LLC
(“
Lender
”), on the third
anniversary of the Effective Date (the “
Maturity Date
”), or such
earlier time as provided herein, the principal sum of One Million
Three Hundred Thirty Three Thousand Three Hundred Thirty Three
Dollars ($1,333,333) (the “
Principal Amount
”), in
lawful money of the United States of America, together with any
unpaid, accrued interest (“
Interest
”) thereon, on
the terms and conditions set forth in this Subordinated Secured
Confessed Judgment Promissory Note (this “
Note
”).
1.
Interest
.
From the Effective Date through and until the second anniversary of
the Effective Date, Interest shall accrue on the outstanding and
unpaid Principal Amount at the rate of 6.5% per annum. From the
second anniversary of the Effective Date and until the Maturity
Date, Interest shall accrue on the outstanding and unpaid Principal
Amount at the rate of 8.5% per annum. Interest shall be computed on
the basis of a 365-day year for the actual number of days in the
interest period. All Interest shall be paid to Lender semi-annually
in arrears on the last day of each six month anniversary of the
Effective Date, including, if applicable, on the Maturity
Date.
2.
Maturity
Date
. Borrower
will repay the
outstanding Principal Amount, together with any accrued and unpaid
Interest thereon, in one lump sum
on the Maturity
Date
.
3.
Prepayment
.
The Principal Amount and any Interest accrued thereon may be
prepaid by Borrower at any time prior to the Maturity Date without
premium or penalty.
4.
Application of
Payments
. All payments made under this Note shall be applied
first to late penalties or other sums owed to the holder of this
Note, next to accrued interest, if any, and then to the Principal
Amount.
5.
Default
. If
(1) Borrower shall fail to pay the then unpaid Principal Amount on
the Maturity Date or any Interest accrued thereon when due, (2)
Borrower shall fail to perform, observe or comply with any other
obligation under this Note, which failure is not cured promptly but
in no case more than fifteen (15) days after written notice to
Borrower, except that in the event Borrower is unable to complete
the cure within the fifteen (15) day period, the cure period shall
be extended if Borrower has commenced the cure within fifteen (15)
days and is diligently pursuing the cure; in no event, however,
shall the cure period exceed thirty (30) days from the date of
Lender’s notice, unless Lender and Borrower mutually agree to
an extension of the cure period, (3) NextGen Pro, LLC shall fail to
pay any amount due under the Unconditional Guaranty Agreement
attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference
as
Exhibit A and executed on
the date hereof by the NextGen Pro, LLC in favor of the Lender (the
“Guaranty”), (4) NextGen Pro, LLC shall fail to
perform, observe or comply with any other obligation under the
Guaranty or the Security Agreement attached hereto and incorporated
herein by reference
as
Exhibit B and executed on
the date hereof by the NextGen Pro, LLC in favor of the Lender (the
“Security Agreement”), which failure is not cured
promptly but in no case more than fifteen (15) days after written
notice to NextGen Pro, LLC, except that in the event NextGen Pro,
LLC is unable to complete the cure within the fifteen (15) day
period, the cure period shall be extended if NextGen Pro, LLC has
commenced the cure within fifteen (15) days and is diligently
pursuing the cure; in no event, however, shall the cure period
exceed thirty (30) days from the date of Lender’s notice,
unless Lender and NextGen Pro, LLC mutually agree to an extension
of the cure period, (4) Borrower or NextGen Pro, LLC is acquired in
a merger, consolidation or transfer of all or substantially all of
its assets, or (5) Borrower shall commence a voluntary case
concerning itself under Title 11 of the United States Code entitled
“Bankruptcy,” as now or hereafter in effect, or any
successor thereto (the “
Bankruptcy Code
”); or an
involuntary case is commenced against Borrower under the Bankruptcy
Code, and the petition is not controverted within 30 days, or is
not dismissed within 90 days, after commencement of the case; or a
trustee or custodian is appointed for, or takes charge of, all or
substantially all of the property of Borrower, or Borrower
commences any other proceeding under any reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution,
insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction
whether now or hereafter in effect relating to Borrower, or there
is commenced against Borrower any such proceeding which remains
undismissed for a period of 90 days, or Borrower is adjudicated
insolvent or bankrupt; or any order of relief or other order
approving any such case or proceeding is entered; or Borrower makes
a general assignment for the benefit of creditors (any of the
events referred to in Section 4 (1) – (5) above being
referred to herein as a “Default”); then Lender, by
written notice to Borrower, may declare the unpaid Principal Amount
and any accrued Interest thereon to be, and the same shall
thereupon become, forthwith due and payable without presentment,
demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby waived by Borrower, and Interest on the unpaid Principal
Amount shall thereafter accrue at the rate of ten percent (10%) per
annum.
6.
Security
.
As
security for the prompt payment and complete performance of
Borrower of its obligations under this Note, NextGen Pro, LLC has
executed and delivered to the Lender on the date hereof the
Guaranty and the Security Agreement.
7.
Subordination
.
(a)
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth in this Note, all of the
obligations under this Note ("
Subordinated Obligations
")
shall at all times and in all respects be subordinate and junior in
right of payment to all Senior Debt (defined below), and for so
long as any Senior Debt shall be outstanding, Borrower shall not be
obligated to make any payments otherwise required hereunder if the
Borrower is then in default under any agreements evidencing and
securing the Senior Debt ("
Senior Debt Documents
") or the
payment would cause the Borrower to be in default under the Senior
Debt Documents. For purposes of this Note, "
Senior Debt
" shall mean any
indebtedness of the Borrower as defined under United States
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, as in effect on the date
hereof, that is secured by any assets of the Borrower, including,
but not limited to (i) any indebtedness for borrowed money or
indebtedness evidenced by notes, bonds or similar instruments,
including any term loan, revolving credit financing, working
capital financing, floor plan financing or real estate financing,
and (ii) purchase money indebtedness and capital leases, , in each
case, whether now existing or entered into after the date
hereof.
(b)
The security
interest granted under the Security Agreement (the “Security
Interest”) shall be subordinated for all purposes and in all
respects to the liens and security interests securing any Senior
Debt, regardless of the time, manner or order of perfection of any
such liens and security interests.
(c)
Promptly upon
Borrower's request, Lender will from time to time execute and
deliver a subordination agreement on the terms consistent with this
Section 7 and reasonably requested by any holder of any Senior Debt
(or any agent for such holders), including but not limited to
subordination provisions providing for "deep subordination" of this
Note, the Subordinated Obligations and the Security Interest to any
Senior Debt; provided that the provisions of such subordination
agreement shall not expand the limitations on Borrower's payment
obligations set forth in the first sentence of Section
7(a).
(d) The
subordination, agreements and priorities set forth in this Section
7 shall remain in full force and effect until this Note shall have
been indefeasibly paid in full (regardless of whether or not any
Senior Debt shall be outstanding), and in the event the Lender is
required to return to any party funds or other property that Lender
receives from Borrower or any of its respective affiliates in
respect of the Subordinated Obligations, the Lender shall not have
been deemed to have waived its rights to payment in full under this
Note, provided that the provisions of this Section 7 shall apply to
such rights to payment of the Lender and to the continuing
obligations of the Borrower in respect thereof (which for all
purposes shall continue to be Subordinated Obligations hereunder),
and Lender agrees to be bound thereby.
8.
CONFESSION
OF JUDGMENT
. UPON A DEFAULT
OF THIS NOTE, THE BORROWER AUTHORIZES ANY ATTORNEY ADMITTED TO
PRACTICE BEFORE ANY COURT OF RECORD IN THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING
GLENN D. SOLOMON,
AS THE BORROWER’S TRUE
AND LAWFUL ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, WITH FULL POWER AND AUTHORITY FOR THE
BORROWER, IN THE BORROWER’S NAME, PLACE AND STEAD,
ON BORROWER’S BEHALF, TO
WAIVE THE ISSUANCE AND SERVICE OF PROCESS
AND CONFESS JUDGMENT AGAINST THE BORROWER, IN
THE FULL AMOUNT THEN DUE UNDER THIS NOTE, INCLUDING ANY EXPENSES OF
COLLECTION, PLUS REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES. THE AUTHORITY
AND POWER TO APPEAR FOR AND ENTER JUDGMENT AGAINST THE BORROWER
SHALL NOT BE EXTINGUISHED BY ANY JUDGMENT ENTERED PURSUANT THERETO;
SUCH AUTHORITY AND POWER MAY BE EXERCISED ON ONE OR MORE OCCASIONS
FROM TIME TO TIME, IN THE SAME OR DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS, AS OFTEN
AS THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE SHALL DEEM NECESSARY OR ADVISABLE UNTIL
ALL SUMS DUE UNDER THIS NOTE HAVE BEEN PAID IN
FULL.
9.
No Waiver or
Modification Except in Writing
. No failure on the part of
Lender to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, remedy,
or power under this Note or under any other document or agreement
executed in connection with this Note shall operate as a waiver
thereof. This Note may not be amended or modified orally, nor may
any right or provision hereof be waived orally, but only by an
instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement
of such amendment, modification or waiver is sought.
10.
Waiver of
Presentment
. Borrower hereby waives presentment for payment,
protest and notice of maturity or non-payment.
11.
Severability
.
If any provision of this Note is held invalid or unenforceable by
any court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of this
Note will remain in full force and effect. Any provision of this
Note held invalid or unenforceable only in part or degree will
remain in full force and effect to the extent not held invalid or
unenforceable. The parties consent to the reformation of any
invalid or unenforceable provision so that it is enforceable to the
maximum extent permitted by law.
12.
Notices
. All
notices, requests, consents, demands, and other communications
under this Note shall be in writing and shall be delivered either
(a) via hand delivery; (b) via facsimile to the recipient’s
number (with a confirmation copy delivered via reputable airborne
carrier); or (c) via reputable airborne carrier (e.g., Federal
Express or DHL). Notice shall be deemed delivered when actually
received by the intended recipient. All notices shall be addressed
to such address as any party may indicate for itself by written
notice to the other party.
13.
Assignments
.
The Lender shall not assign or transfer any claim, or suffer or
permit the creation or attachment of any lien, claim, encumbrance,
hypothecation or pledge upon any claim, with respect to the
Subordinated Obligations, unless such assignment or transfer is
made expressly subject to this Note, and Lender agrees to provide
to any holder of Senior Debt (or its agents) written confirmation
from any such assignee or transferee of receipt of, and agreement
to be bound by, this Note. Borrower agrees that Lender may pledge
this Note to Cycle Express, LLC as security for the repayment of
the $250,000 Promissory Note executed by the Lender on the date
hereof in favor of Cycle Express, LLC. Cycle Express, LLC and any
other assignee or pledgee of this Note shall promptly deliver to
Borrower a written acknowledgement of the subordination provisions
contained in Section 7 of this Note and its obligation to comply
therewith. In the event one or more subordination agreements are in
effect, Cycle Express, LLC and any other assignee or pledgee of
this Note shall promptly execute a joinder to or an acknowledgement
of such subordination agreement(s) in the form reasonably
acceptable to the Senior Lender(s) party to such subordination
agreement(s).
14.
Governing
Law
. This Note shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland.
15.
Consent to
Jurisdiction
. E
ach of Borrower
and Lender submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of any state or
federal court within
the State
of Maryland in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating
to this Agreement and agrees that all claims in respect of the
action or proceeding shall be exclusively heard and determined in
any such court. The parties hereby irrevocably waive, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which
they may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such
dispute brought in such court. Each of the Parties waives any
defense of inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any action or
proceeding so brought
.
16.
WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL
: EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL
OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS
NOTE OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF OR THEREOF. THE SCOPE OF THIS
WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL-ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES
THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT
MATTER OF THIS NOTE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CONTRACT
CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON
LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. THIS SECTION HAS BEEN FULLY DISCUSSED BY
EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THESE PROVISIONS WILL NOT BE SUBJECT
TO ANY EXCEPTIONS. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY FURTHER WARRANTS AND
REPRESENTS THAT SUCH PARTY HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL
COUNSEL, AND THAT SUCH PARTY KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS
JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL.
17.
Facsimile
Signature
. The execution of this Note by Borrower and the
delivery to Lender of a facsimile or PDF copy of such executed Note
shall be effective to obligate Borrower hereunder for all purposes
and such facsimile or PDF copy shall be deemed to be an original
for all purposes.
18.
Usury Laws
.
It is the intention of the parties to conform strictly to all
applicable usury laws now or hereafter in force, and if the
interest imposed hereunder is in excess of the maximum legal amount
allowed under the applicable usury laws as now or hereafter
construed by the courts having jurisdiction over such matters (the
“Usury Laws’) any Interest payable under this Note
shall be subject to reduction to the amount equal to the maximum
legal amount allowed under the Usury Laws. The aggregate of all
interest (whether designated as interest, service charges, points,
or otherwise) contracted for, chargeable, or receivable under this
Note shall under no circumstances exceed the maximum legal rate
upon the unpaid principal balance of this Note remaining unpaid. If
such interest does exceed the maximum legal rate, it shall be
deemed a mistake and such excess shall be canceled automatically
and, if theretofore paid, rebated to Borrower or credited on the
unpaid Principal Amount, or if this Note has been repaid, then such
excess shall be rebated to Borrower.
19.
Expenses of
Collection
. Upon a Default, this Note may be referred to an
attorney for collection, whether or not judgment has been confessed
or suit has been filed, and the Borrower shall pay all of the
reasonable costs, fees, and expenses, including reasonable
attorney’s fees, incurred by the Lender.
20.
Binding
Nature
. This Note shall inure to the benefit of and be
enforceable by the Lender and the Lender’s successors and
permitted assigns, and shall be binding and enforceable against the
Borrower and the Borrower’s successors and
assigns.
NOW THEREFORE,
Borrower has executed
this Subordinated Secured Confessed Judgment Promissory Note under
seal on the date first above written.
WITNESS:
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BORROWER:
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____________________________
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SMART
SERVER, INC.
By:
/s/ Marshall
Chesrown
Name:
Marshall Chesrown
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
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ACKNOWLEDGED
AND AGREED:
LENDER:
NEXTGEN
DEALER SOLUTIONS, LLC
Name:
Kartik Kakarala
Title:
President
EXHIBIT
A
UNCONDITIONAL
GUARANTY AGREEMENT
UNCONDITIONAL GUARANTY AGREEMENT
THIS
UNCONDITIONAL GUARANTY AGREEMENT (the "Guaranty") is made as of the
8th day of February, 2017, by NEXTGEN PRO, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (the "Guarantor") to and for the benefit of
NEXTGEN DELAER SOLUTIONS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(the "Lender").
R E C I T A L S
A. Pursuant
to the Asset Purchase Agreement executed on January 8, 2017 by and
among the Lender, Smart Server, Inc. (“Borrower”),
Halcyon Consulting, LLC (“Halcyon”) and certain other
parties signatory thereto, the Lender agreed to sell and the
Borrower agreed to purchase substantially all of the assets of the
Lender (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”).
B. One
Million Three Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Three Hundred
Thirty-Three Dollars ($1,333,333.00) of the purchase price under
the Asset Purchase Agreement is to be paid pursuant to the terms
and conditions set forth in the Subordinated Secured Confessed
Judgment Promissory Note of even date herewith executed by Borrower
in favor of the Lender (the "Note").
C. On
the date hereof, Borrower assigned its rights, but not obligations,
under the Asset Purchase Agreement to the Guarantor.
D. As
a condition precedent to the Lender’s agreement to close
under the Asset Purchase Agreement, the Guarantor has agreed to
execute and deliver this Guaranty pursuant to which the Guarantor
will guarantee to the Lender (the "Beneficiary") the full payment
and performance of all of the Borrower's obligations under the
Note.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals, and other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which is hereby acknowledged, the Guarantor agrees as
follows:
1.
Guaranty.
The Guarantor unconditionally guarantees to the Beneficiary and its
respective successors and assigns, the full and prompt payment to
the Beneficiary when due of all amounts of every kind due to the
Beneficiary from the Borrower pursuant to the Note, and the full
and prompt performance of all of the Borrower's obligations to the
Beneficiary under the Note. The Guarantor unconditionally
guarantees that all sums due and owing under the Note shall be paid
when and as due, whether by reason of installments, acceleration or
otherwise, time being of the essence.
2.
Nature
of the Guaranty.
This is a guaranty of payment and not of
collection and the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall be
direct, immediate and primary. This Guaranty shall in all respects
be a continuing absolute and unconditional guarantee irrespective
of the genuineness, validity or enforceability of the Note or any
part thereof, or by the existence, enforceability, perfection or
extent of any collateral therefor.
3.
Beneficiaries
Need Not Pursue Rights Against Borrower, Any Guarantor, or
Collateral.
The Guarantor authorizes the Beneficiary without
notice, demand or any reservation of rights against the Guarantor
and without affecting the Guarantor's obligations hereunder, from
time to time, to resort to the Guarantor for payment of the amounts
due and performance of the obligations under the Note or any part
thereof, whether or not the Beneficiary shall have resorted to any
collateral securing the Note or any part thereof or shall have
proceeded against any other person principally or secondarily
obligated with respect to the Note or any part
thereof.
4.
Accuracy
of Representations.
The Guarantor warrants that all of the
representations made by the Guarantor in connection with the Note
and the transactions contemplated thereby are true and correct and
not knowingly misleading and the Guarantor agrees to indemnify the
Beneficiary from any loss or expense as a result of any
representation or statement of the Guarantor or the Borrower being
false, incorrect, or knowingly misleading
5.
Representations
of the Guarantor.
To induce the Beneficiary to accept this
Guaranty for the purposes for which it is given, the Guarantor
represents and warrants to the Beneficiary as follows:
A.
Organization
. Guarantor is a
limited liability company, duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and has all
requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate
its properties and to carry on its business. Guarantor is duly
qualified or authorized to do business as a foreign company and is
in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction in which the
conduct of its business or the ownership of its properties requires
such qualification or authorization, except to the extent the
failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to result in a
material adverse effect on Guarantor.
B.
Non-Existence
of Defaults, etc.
The Guarantor is not in material default
with respect to any of its existing indebtedness, and the making
and performance of this Guaranty will not immediately, or with the
passage of time, the giving of notice, or both, constitute a
default under any existing indebtedness of Guarantor.
C.
Violation
of Laws.
In the conduct of its businesses and affairs, the
Guarantor is not in violation of any applicable federal, state or
local laws, the violation of which would cause a material adverse
effect on the Guarantor.
D.
Capacity.
The execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty has been
duly authorized by all necessary action by or on behalf of
Guarantor. The Guarantor has the legal capacity to execute and
deliver this Guaranty as a valid obligation, which is binding and
enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof.
E.
No
Insolvency
. There is no pending or threatened bankruptcy or
insolvency proceeding by or against the Guarantor.
6.
Security
.
As security for the prompt payment and complete performance by
Guarantor of its obligations under this Guaranty, Guarantor has
executed and delivered to the Lender on the date hereof the
Security Agreement (hereinafter defined in Section 9).
7.
Rights
of Beneficiary to Deal With Borrower, Guarantor, and
Collateral.
The Beneficiary may, without compromising,
impairing, diminishing, or in any way releasing the Guarantor from
the Guarantor's obligations hereunder and without notifying or
obtaining the prior approval of the Guarantor at any time or from
time to time: (a) waive or excuse a default or defaults by the
Borrower or any person who has guaranteed in whole or in part any
of the Borrower's obligations under the Note, or a delay in the
exercise by the Beneficiary of any or all of the Beneficiary's
rights or remedies with respect to such default or defaults; (b)
grant extensions of time for payment or performance by the Borrower
or any person who has guaranteed in whole or in part any of the
Borrower's obligations under the Note; (c) release, substitute,
exchange, surrender, or add collateral of the Borrower or any
person who has guaranteed in whole or in part any of the Borrower's
obligations under the Note, or waive, release or subordinate, in
whole or in part, any lien or security interest held by the
Beneficiary on any real or personal property securing payment or
performance, in whole or in part, of the Borrower's obligations
under the Note; (d) release the Borrower or any person who has
guaranteed in whole or in part, any of the Borrower's obligations
under the Note; (e) apply payments made by the Borrower, or by any
person who has guaranteed in whole or in part, any of the
Borrower's obligations under the Note, to any sums owed by the
Borrower to the Beneficiary, in any order, or manner, or to any
specific account or accounts, as the Beneficiary may elect; or (f)
modify, change, renew, extend, or amend, in any respect any of the
provisions of the Note or this Guaranty.
8.
Waivers
by the Guarantor.
The Guarantor waives: (a) any and all
notices whatsoever with respect to this Guaranty or with respect to
any of the Borrower's obligations under the Note, including, but
not limited to, notice of: (i) the Beneficiary's acceptance hereof
or the Beneficiary's intention to act, or the Beneficiary's action,
in reliance hereon; (ii) the present existence or future occurrence
of an event of default of any of the Borrower's obligations under
the Note or any terms or amounts thereof of any change therein;
(iii) any default by the Borrower or any surety, pledgor, grantor
of security, guarantor or other person who has guaranteed or
secured in whole or in part the Borrower's obligations under the
Note; and (iv) the obtaining or release of any guaranty or surety
agreement (in addition to this Guaranty), pledge, assignment, or
other security for any of the Borrower's obligations under the
Note; and (b) (i) presentment, protest and demand for payment of
any sum due from the Borrower under the Note or any person who has
guaranteed in whole or in part any of the Borrower's obligations
under the Note, including the Guarantor; (ii) notice of default by
the Borrower or any person who has guaranteed in whole or in part
any of the Borrower's obligations under the Note, including the
Guarantor; (iii) demand for performance by the Borrower or any
person who has guaranteed in whole or in part any of the Borrower's
obligations under the Note.
9.
Events
Authorizing Acceleration of Guaranty.
In the event any of
the following occur with respect to the Guarantor or, with respect
to the Borrower (an "Event of Default"), the Beneficiary may, in
the Beneficiary's sole and absolute discretion, accelerate and call
due as to the Guarantor all sums due from the Borrower: (a)
Guarantor shall commence a voluntary case concerning itself under
Title 11 of the United States Code entitled
“Bankruptcy,” as now or hereafter in effect, or any
successor thereto (the “
Bankruptcy Code
”); or an
involuntary case is commenced against Guarantor under the
Bankruptcy Code, and the petition is not controverted within 30
days, or is not dismissed within 90 days, after commencement of the
case; or a trustee or custodian is appointed for, or takes charge
of, all or substantially all of the property of Guarantor, or
Guarantor commences any other proceeding under any reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution,
insolvency or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction
whether now or hereafter in effect relating to Guarantor, or there
is commenced against Guarantor any such proceeding which remains
undismissed for a period of 90 days, or Guarantor is adjudicated
insolvent or bankrupt; or any order of relief or other order
approving any such case or proceeding is entered; or Guarantor
makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (b) any
"Default" as defined under the Note or under the Security Agreement
between the Guarantor and the Lender, dated the date hereof,
attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference
(the “Security Agreement”), or (c) a default by the
Guarantor in payment or in performance of any of its obligations
under this Guaranty.
10.
Confession
of Judgment.
UPON A DEFAULT
OF THIS GUARANTY, THE GUARANTOR AUTHORIZES ANY ATTORNEY ADMITTED TO
PRACTICE BEFORE ANY COURT OF RECORD IN THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING
GLENN D. SOLOMON,
AS GUARANTOR’S TRUE AND
LAWFUL ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, WITH FULL POWER AND AUTHORITY FOR
GUARANTOR, IN GUARANTOR’S NAME, PLACE AND STEAD,
ON GUARANTOR’S BEHALF, TO
WAIVE THE ISSUANCE AND SERVICE OF PROCESS
AND CONFESS JUDGMENT AGAINST GUARANTOR, IN THE
FULL AMOUNT THEN DUE UNDER THIS GUARANTY, INCLUDING ANY EXPENSES OF
COLLECTION, PLUS REASONABLE ATTORNEYS’ FEES. THE AUTHORITY
AND POWER TO APPEAR FOR AND ENTER JUDGMENT AGAINST GUARANTOR SHALL
NOT BE EXTINGUISHED BY ANY JUDGMENT ENTERED PURSUANT THERETO; SUCH
AUTHORITY AND POWER MAY BE EXERCISED ON ONE OR MORE OCCASIONS FROM
TIME TO TIME, IN THE SAME OR DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS, AS OFTEN AS
THE BENEFICIARY SHALL DEEM NECESSARY OR ADVISABLE UNTIL ALL SUMS
DUE UNDER THE GUARANTY HAVE BEEN PAID IN FULL
.
11.
Collection
Expenses.
All reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs
and expenses (including reasonable attorney fees and expenses) of
the prevailing party in any action to enforce any rights under this
Guaranty, shall be borne and paid by the non-prevailing
party.
12.
Subordination
of Certain Indebtedness
. If the Guarantor shall advance any
sums to Borrower or its successors or assigns or if the Borrower or
its successors or assigns shall hereafter become indebted to the
Guarantor, such sums and indebtedness shall be subordinate in all
respects to the amounts then or thereafter due and owing to the
Beneficiary. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to give
the Guarantor any right of subrogation in and to any obligations of
the Borrower to the Beneficiary, or in any of the collateral
therefor, or all or any part of the Beneficiary's interest
therein.
13.
Invalidity
of Any Part.
If any provision or part of any provision of
this Guaranty shall for any reason be held invalid, illegal, or
unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions or the
remaining part of any effective provisions of this Guaranty and
this Guaranty shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal, or
unenforceable provision or part thereof had never been contained
herein, but only to the extent of its invalidity, illegality, or
unenforceability.
14.
Subrogation
Rights.
The Guarantor waives and releases the Beneficiary
from any damages which the Guarantor may incur as a result of any
impairing, diminishing, or destroying of any of the Guarantor's
rights of subrogation, unless such impairing, diminishing or
destroying is willful or grossly negligent. To the extent that the
Guarantor satisfies or discharges any of the Borrower's obligations
to the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary does hereby assign, transfer
and convey unto the Guarantor any and all rights, interests,
actions or causes of action, claims and remedies of the
Beneficiary, provided, that, any and all such rights of the
Guarantor shall be subordinate to the rights and interests of the
Beneficiary hereunder.
15.
Notices
.
Any notice or consent required or permitted by this Guaranty (but
without implying any obligation to give a notice or obtain a
consent) shall be in writing and shall be made by hand delivery, by
overnight mail by nationally recognized courier, by wire or by
certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid,
addressed to the Beneficiary or the Guarantor at the appropriate
address set forth below or to such other address as may be
hereafter specified by written notice by either party, and shall be
considered given as of the date of hand delivery or wire, one day
after being sent by overnight mail or as of two (2) business days
after the date of mailing, as the case may be:
If to
the Beneficiary:
NextGen
Dealer Solutions, LLC
1431
Greenway Drive
Suite
775
Irving,
TX 75038
Attention: Kartik
Kakarala
With a
copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Glenn
D. Solomon, Esquire
Offit
Kurman, P.A.
8171
Maple Lawn Boulevard
Suite
200
Maple
Lawn, MD 20759
If to
the Guarantor:
NextGen
Pro, LLC
4521
Sharon Road
Suite
370
Charlotte, NC
28211
Attn:
Steven Berrard
With a
copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Akerman
LLP
Three
Brickell City Centre
98 SE
7
th
Street
Miami,
FL 33131
Attn:
Scott A. Wasserman
16.
Effective
Date.
The guaranty of the Guarantor as herein set forth
shall be effective as of the date of this Guaranty, independent of
the date of execution or delivery thereof.
17.
Duration.
This Guaranty shall be a continuing one and shall be binding upon
the Guarantor regardless of how long before or after the date of
this Guaranty any of the Borrower's obligations to the Beneficiary
were or are incurred by the Borrower. The guaranty under this
Guaranty shall be terminated upon the repayment and performance in
full of all of the Borrower's obligations under the
Note.
18.
Binding
Nature.
This Guaranty shall inure to the benefit of and be
enforceable by the Beneficiary and the Beneficiary's successors and
assigns and any other person to whom the Beneficiary may grant an
interest in the Borrower's obligations to the Beneficiary, and
shall be binding upon and enforceable against the Guarantor's
heirs, personal representatives, and assigns.
19.
Assignability.
This Guaranty may be assigned by the Beneficiary at any time or
from time to time. This Guaranty may not be assigned by the
Guarantor.
20.
Choice
of Law; Consent to Jurisdiction.
This Guaranty shall be
construed, interpreted, and enforced under the laws of the State of
Maryland.
21.
Tense,
Gender, Defined Terms, Captions.
As used herein, the plural
shall refer to and include the singular, and the singular the
plural, and the use of any gender shall include and refer to any
other gender. All captions are for the purpose of convenience
only.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has executed this Guaranty under
seal as of the date first written above, with the specific
intention that this Guaranty constitutes an instrument under
seal.
_______________________
By:
/s/ Marshall
Chesrown
(SEAL)
EXHIBIT
B
SECURITY
AGREEMENT
SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT (the
“Agreement”), made this 8th day of February, 2017, by
and between NEXTGEN PRO, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
with an address of 4521 Sharon Road, Suite 370, Charlotte, North
Carolina 28211 ("
Debtor
"),
and NEXTGEN DEALER SOLUTIONS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, with an address of 1431 Greenway Drive, Suite 775, Irving,
Texas 75038 (the "
Secured
Party
").
1.
Grant
of Security Interest
. Subject
to the applicable terms of this Security
Agreement, Debtor grants to Secured Party a security interest in
the Collateral to secure the payment of the Obligation, provided
that the security interest granted hereby is subject to the
provisions of applicable law (e.g., UCC Section
9-408(c).
2.
The
Obligation
. As used in this
Agreement, "
Obligation
"
means collectively all
of the following:
(a)
All
amounts due pursuant to the terms of an Unconditional Guaranty
Agreement dated even date herewith (the "
Guaranty
")
from the Debtor to Secured Party, pursuant to which the Debtor
guaranteed the payment and performance of all obligations of Smart
Server, Inc. under a Subordinated Secured Confessed Judgment
Promissory Note dated even date herewith in the face amount of One
Million Three Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Three Hundred
Thirty-Three Dollars ($1,333,333.00).
(b)
All
costs incurred by Secured Party to enforce the security interest
granted hereby ("
Security
Interest
"), collect the
Obligation, and maintain the Collateral free of liens (other than
Permitted Encumbrances as defined on
Exhibit A
attached hereto), and including (but
not limited to) reasonable attorneys' fees and legal expenses, and
expenses of sale.
3.
The
Collateral
. As used in this
Security Agreement, "
Collateral
"
shall mean all
of Debtor's assets, both now and hereafter acquired, and wherever
located, including but not limited to:
(a)
Accounts;
(b)
Chattel
paper;
(c)
Contracts;
(d)
Deposit
accounts;
(e)
Documents;
(f)
Equipment;
(g)
Farm
products;
(h)
Fixtures;
(i)
General
intangibles;
(j)
Goods;
(k)
Instruments;
(l)
Inventory;
(m)
Investment
property;
(n)
Letter-of-credit
rights;
(o)
Franchise
agreements; and
(p)
The
Patent Collateral (hereinafter defined);
(q)
The
Trademark Collateral (hereinafter defined);
(r)
Intellectual
property; and
(s)
Proceeds
and products of all of the foregoing;
provided however, that the "Collateral" shall
exclude the "
Excluded
Property
". Excluded Property
means (i) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates
of title, letter of credit rights and commercial tort claims; (ii)
pledges and security interests prohibited by applicable law, rule,
regulation; (iii) equity interests in any person other than
wholly-owned subsidiaries of Borrower; (iv) any lease, license or
other agreement to the extent that a grant of a security interest
therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license or
agreement or create a right of termination in favor of any other
party thereto; (v) any governmental licenses or state or local
franchises, charters and authorizations (but not registered patents
and trademarks); (vi) any equipment or other asset subject to liens
securing capitalized lease obligations or permitted purchase money
indebtedness.
“Patent
Collateral” means:
(a)
All
patents and patent applications, including patent application
number 14614160 known as “Near Field Communication (NFC)
Vehicle Identification System and Process” filed with the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and all registrations,
reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part,
renewals, extensions and reexaminations thereof and amendments
thereto (the "Patents");
(b)
all
rights of any kind whatsoever of Debtor accruing under any of the
Patents provided by applicable law of any jurisdiction, by
international treaties and conventions and otherwise throughout the
world;
(c)
any
and all royalties, fees, income, payments and other proceeds now or
hereafter due or payable with respect to any and all of the
Patents; and
(d)
any
and all claims and causes of action, with respect to any of the
Patents, whether occurring before, on or after the date hereof,
including all rights to and claims for damages, restitution and
injunctive and other legal and equitable relief for past, present
and future infringement, misappropriation, violation, misuse,
breach or default, with the right but no obligation to sue for such
legal and equitable relief and to collect, or otherwise recover,
any such damages.
“Trademark Collateral” means:
(a)
All
trademark registrations and applications, including the trademark
“CyclePro” registered with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, Registration number 4,662,863, together with the
goodwill connected with the use of and symbolized thereby and all
extensions and renewals thereof (the
"
Trademarks
"),
excluding only United States intent-to-use
trademark applications to the extent that and solely during the
period in which the grant of a security interest therein would
impair, under applicable federal law, the registrability of such
applications or the validity or enforceability of registrations
issuing from such applications;
(b)
all
rights of any kind whatsoever of Debtor accruing under any of the
Trademarks provided by applicable law of any jurisdiction, by
international treaties and conventions and otherwise throughout the
world;
(c)
any
and all royalties, fees, income, payments and other proceeds now or
hereafter due or payable with respect to any and all of the
Trademarks; and
(d)
any
and all claims and causes of action, with respect to any of the
Trademarks, whether occurring before, on or after the date hereof,
including all rights to and claims for damages, restitution and
injunctive and other legal and equitable relief for past, present
and future infringement, dilution, misappropriation, violation,
misuse, breach or default, with the right but no obligation to sue
for such legal and equitable relief and to collect, or otherwise
recover, any such damages.
(a)
Debtor
shall maintain at its principal place of business complete records
regarding all account balances due Debtor, whether secured or
unsecured, which account balances comprise the Collateral
hereunder. Such records shall include, without limitation, current
statements of balances due, and copies of all contracts,
instruments or documents evidencing, securing or guarantying such
balances. Upon reasonable prior notice by Secured Party, Debtor
shall make all such records available for inspection and copying by
Secured Party and/or its agents during normal business
hours.
(b)
Debtor
covenants and agrees that it shall: (i) take adequate care of the
Collateral (except as provided in 4(b)(viii) below) in accordance
with reasonable and customary business practices for similar
businesses as the Debtor's, reasonable wear and tear excepted;
(ii)
insure
the Collateral for such hazards and in such amounts customary for
similar businesses as the Debtor's, with policies to name the
Secured Party as additional insured and/or loss payee, as the case
may be; (iii) pay all costs necessary to enforce the Security
Interest, collect the Obligation, and maintain the Collateral free
of liens (other than Permitted Encumbrances), including (but not
limited to) taxes, assessments, reasonable attorneys' fees and
legal expenses, and expenses of sale; (iv) furnish Secured Party
with any information on the Collateral reasonably requested by
Secured Party; (v) upon receipt of reasonable prior written notice,
allow Secured Party to inspect the Collateral, and inspect and copy
all records relating to the Collateral and the Obligation, in each
case, during business hours; (vi) take commercially reasonable
steps to preserve the liability of account debtors, obligors, and
secondary parties whose obligations are part of the Collateral;
(vii) notify Secured Party of any material change occurring in or
to the Collateral, taken as a whole, and (viii) in its sole
discretion, make the decisions regarding any continued prosecution
and maintenance of the Patent Collateral and Trademark
Collateral.
(c)
Debtor
agrees and covenants that it shall not (without Secured Party's
consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld): (i) remove the
Collateral or any records relating thereto from the address set
forth above; (ii) allow the Collateral to become an accession to
other goods; or (iii) allow the Collateral to be affixed to real
estate, except goods identified herein as fixtures.
(d)
Debtor
warrants and represents to the best of its information, knowledge
and belief, as follows: no financing statement or collateral
assignment has been filed or executed with respect to the
Collateral except in favor of the Secured Party; (ii) Debtor is
absolute owner of the Collateral and the Collateral is not
encumbered other than by Permitted Encumbrances; (iii) none of the
Collateral is affixed to real estate or an accession to other
goods, nor will Collateral acquired hereafter be affixed to real
estate or an accession to other goods when acquired, unless Debtor
has furnished Secured Party the consents or disclaimers necessary
to make this Security Interest valid against persons holding
interests in the real estate or other goods; (iv) all of the
Collateral is located at Debtor's address set forth above; (v)
Debtor has never been known by, or done business under, any name
other than those set forth above.
(e)
Debtor
authorizes Secured Party to (i) file financing statements and
assignments covering the Collateral and all personal property of
Debtor and containing such legends as Secured Party shall deem
necessary or desirable to protect Secured Party's interest in the
Collateral, and (ii) file and have recorded with the United States
Patent and Trademark Office a short-form of a security agreement
evidencing the Security Interest in the Patent Collateral and
Trademark Collateral in the forms attached hereto and incorporated
herein by reference as Exhibits B and C.
(a)
Any
"Default" as defined under the Note or the Guaranty shall be an
event of default hereunder. "Senior Debt" means any indebtedness of
the Debtor as defined under United States Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles ("
GAAP
"),
as in effect on the date hereof, that is secured by any assets of
the Debtor, including, but not limited to (i) any indebtedness for
borrowed money or indebtedness evidenced by notes, bonds or similar
instruments, including any term loan, revolving credit financing,
working capital financing, floor plan financing or real estate
financing, and (ii) purchase money indebtedness and capital leases,
in each case, whether now existing or entered into after the date
hereof.
(b)
When
an event of default occurs, the entire Obligation becomes
immediately due and payable at Secured Party's option without
notice to Debtor, and Secured Party may proceed to enforce payment
of same and exercise any and all of the rights and remedies
available to a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code as
well as all other rights and remedies provided for herein or by
law. When Debtor is in default, Debtor, upon demand by Secured
Party, shall assemble the Collateral and make it available to
Secured Party at a place reasonably convenient to both parties.
Debtor is entitled to any surplus and shall be liable to Secured
Party for any deficiency, arising from accounts, contract rights,
or chattel paper included in the Collateral through sale thereof to
the Secured Party.
6.
Remedies
of Secured Party
. Secured Party
may, in its discretion, after an event of default: (i) require
Debtor to give possession or control of the Collateral to Secured
Party, and Secured Party may take possession of the Collateral
without the exercise of judicial process; (ii) indorse as Debtor's
agent any instruments or chattel paper in the Collateral; (iii)
notify account debtors and obligors on instruments to make payment
directly to Secured Party; (iv) contact account debtors directly to
verify information furnished by Debtor; (v) take control of
proceeds and use cash proceeds to reduce any part of the
Obligation; (vi) take any action Debtor is required to take or
otherwise necessary to perfect, preserve, and enforce the Security
Interest, and maintain and preserve the Collateral, without notice
to Debtor, and add costs of same to the Obligation (but Secured
Party is under no duty to take any such action); (vii) release
Collateral in its possession to Debtor, temporarily or otherwise;
(viii) take control of funds generated by the Collateral, such as
dividends, interest, proceeds or refunds from insurance, and use
same to reduce any part of the Obligation; and (ix) waive any of
its rights hereunder without such waiver prohibiting the later
exercise of the same or similar rights.
7.
Satisfaction
of Liens
. If Secured Party
disposes of the Collateral following default, the proceeds of such
disposition shall be applied first to the Note secured by the
Guaranty included in the Obligation, and thereafter to all
remaining Obligations secured hereby. For purposes of this
paragraph, an extended or renewed guaranty will be considered
executed on the date of the original Guaranty.
8.
Subordination
.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Security
Agreement:
(a)
The
Security Interest shall be subordinated for all purposes and in all
respects to the liens and security interests securing any Senior
Debt, regardless of the time, manner or order of perfection of any
such liens and security interests.
(b)
Promptly
upon Debtor's request, Secured Party will from time to time execute
and deliver a subordination agreement on the terms consistent with
Section 7 of the Note and this Section 8 and reasonably requested
by any holder of any Senior Debt (or any agent for such holders),
including but not limited to subordination provisions providing for
subordination of the Note, the Obligation and the Security Interest
to any Senior Debt.
9.
Release
.
Upon payment in full of the Obligation, the Security Interest shall
automatically terminate and be released without any further action
of the Secured Party, and at such time Debtor is authorized to file
terminations, releases and any other document necessary to
terminate and release any evidence of the Security Interest
delivered by Debtor or otherwise recorded or filed to evidence the
Security Interest, including releases of UCC financing
statements.
10.
Miscellaneous
.
The rights and privileges of Secured Party shall inure to its
successors and assigns. All representations, warranties, covenants
and agreements of Debtor shall bind Debtor and Debtor's successors
and assigns. Unless otherwise defined herein, definitions in the
Uniform Commercial Code apply to words and phrases in this
Agreement. Debtor waives presentment, demand, notice of dishonor,
protest, and extension of time without notice as to any instruments
and chattel paper in the Collateral. Notice mailed to Debtor's
address set forth above, or to Debtor's most recent changed address
on file with Secured Party, at least five (5) days prior to the
related action (or, if the Uniform Commercial Code specifies a
longer period, such longer period prior to the related action),
shall be deemed reasonable. The laws of the State of Maryland shall
govern the rights and obligations of the parties to this Security
Agreement and the interpretation, construction and enforceability
thereof. As used herein, the singular shall include the plural, the
plural shall include the singular, and the use of any gender shall
include all genders. A photographic or other reproduction of this
Security Agreement, or any financing statement signed by Debtor, is
sufficient as a financing statement.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Security Agreement
under seal as of the day and year first above written.
WITNESS:
NEXTGEN
DEALER SOLUTIONS, LLC
_________________________________
By:
/s/ Marshall
Chesrown
(SEAL)
Marshall Chesrown, President
"Debtor"
WITNESS:
NEXTGEN
DEALER SOLUTIONS, LLC
_________________________________
By:
/s/ Kartik
Kakarala
(SEAL)
Kartik
Kakarala, Manager
"Secured
Party"
EXHIBIT "A"
Permitted Encumbrances
(a)
liens
created hereby or otherwise securing the Note;
(b)
the
following liens existing on the date hereof and any renewals or
extensions
(c)
liens
(other than liens imposed under ERISA) for taxes, assessments or
governmental charges or levies not yet due or which are being
contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently
conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained
on the books of the applicable person in accordance with
GAAP;
(d)
statutory
or common law liens of landlords (and customary landlords’
liens in leases), carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen
and suppliers and other liens imposed by law or pursuant to
customary reservations or retentions of title arising in the
ordinary course of business, provided that such liens secure only
amounts not overdue by more than 90 days or, if more than 90 days
overdue, are unfiled and no other action has been taken to enforce
such lien or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings for which adequate reserves determined in accordance
with GAAP have been established;
(e)
pledges
or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with
workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other
social security legislation, other than any lien imposed by
ERISA;
(f)
deposits
to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases,
statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds
and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary
course of business;
(g)
easements,
rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances
affecting real property which, in the aggregate, are not
substantial in amount, and which do not in any case materially
detract from the value of the property subject thereto or
materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of
the applicable person;
(h)
judgment
liens in respect of judgments, the uninsured portion of which, if
any, does not exceed $100,000;
(i)
liens
securing Senior Debt;
(j)
leases
or subleases granted to others not interfering in any material
respect with the business of Debtor;
(k)
any
interest of title of a lessor under, and liens arising from UCC
financing statements (or equivalent filings, registrations or
agreements in foreign jurisdictions) relating to,
leases
(l)
normal
and customary rights of setoff upon deposits of cash in favor of
banks or other depository institutions;
(m)
liens
of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform
Commercial Code on items in the course of collection;
(n)
liens
of sellers of goods to the Debtor arising under Article 2 of the
Uniform Commercial Code or similar provisions of applicable law in
the ordinary course of business, covering only the goods sold and
securing only the unpaid purchase price for such goods and related
expenses; and
(o)
liens
existing on property at the time of its acquisition;
provided
,
that
,
(i) such lien was not created in contemplation of such acquisition,
and (ii) such lien does not encumber any property other than the
property encumbered at the time of such
acquisition.
EXHIBIT
“B”
PATENT
SECURITY AGREEMENT
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (the
“
Agreement
”),
made this 8th day of February, 2017, by and between NEXTGEN PRO,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, with an address of 4521
Sharon Road, Suite 370, Charlotte, North Carolina 28211
(“
Debtor
”),
and NEXTGEN DEALER SOLUTIONS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, with an address of 1431 Greenway Drive, Suite 775, Irving,
Texas 75038 (the “
Secured
Party
”).
WHEREAS, Debtor has executed an Unconditional
Guaranty Agreement dated even date herewith (the
"
Guaranty
")
in favor of the Secured Party, pursuant to which the Debtor
guaranteed the payment and performance of all obligations of Smart
Server, Inc. under a Subordinated Secured Confessed Judgement
Promissory Note executed in favor of the Secured Party on the date
hereof.
WHEREAS, to secure the obligations under the
Guaranty, the Debtor executed and delivered to the Secured Party
that certain Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the
“
Security
Agreement
”).
WHEREAS,
under the terms of the Security Agreement, the Debtor granted to
the Secured Party, a security interest in, among other property,
certain intellectual property of the Debtor, and agreed to execute
and deliver this Patent Security Agreement, for recording with
national, federal and state government authorities, including, but
not limited to, the United States Patent and Trademark
Office.
NOW
THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Debtor agrees with
the Secured Party as follows:
1.
Grant of
Security
. Debtor hereby pledges
and grants to the Secured Party a security interest in and to all
of the right, title and interest of such Debtor in, to and under
the following, wherever located, and whether now existing or
hereafter arising or acquired from time to time (the
“
Patent
Collateral
”):
(a)
All
patents and patent applications, including patent application
number 14614160 entitled “Near Field Communication (NFC)
Vehicle Identification System and Process” filed with the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and all registrations,
reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part,
renewals, extensions and re-examinations thereof and amendments
thereto (the “
Patents
”);
(b)
all
rights of any kind whatsoever of such Debtor accruing under any of
the Patents provided by applicable law of any jurisdiction, by
international treaties and conventions and otherwise throughout the
world;
(c)
any
and all royalties, fees, income, payments and other proceeds now or
hereafter due or payable with respect to any and all of the
Patents; and
(d)
any
and all claims and causes of action, with respect to any of the
Patents, whether occurring before, on or after the date hereof,
including all rights to and claims for damages, restitution and
injunctive and other legal and equitable relief for past, present
and future infringement, misappropriation, violation, misuse,
breach or default, with the right but no obligation to sue for such
legal and equitable relief and to collect, or otherwise recover,
any such damages.
2.
Recordation
.
Debtor authorizes the Commissioner for Patents and any other
government officials to record and register this Patent Security
Agreement upon request by the Secured Party.
3.
Loan
Documents
. This Patent Security
Agreement has been entered into pursuant to and in conjunction with
the Security Agreement, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
The provisions of the Security Agreement, including the provisions
in Section 8 for subordination, shall supersede and control over
any conflicting or inconsistent provision herein. The rights and
remedies of the Secured Party with respect to the Patent Collateral
are as provided by the Security Agreement, and nothing in this
Patent Security Agreement shall be deemed to limit such rights and
remedies.
4.
Execution
in Counterparts
. This Patent
Security Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by
different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which
shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together
shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of a signature page to this Patent Security Agreement
by facsimile or in electronic (i.e., “pdf” or
“tif” format) shall be effective as delivery of a
manually executed counterpart of this Patent Security
Agreement.
5.
Successors
and Assigns
. This Patent
Security Agreement will be binding on and shall inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns.
6.
Governing
Law
. This Patent Security
Agreement and any claim, controversy, dispute or cause of action
(whether in contract or tort or otherwise) based upon, arising out
of or relating to this Patent Security Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with, the laws of the United States and
the State of Maryland, without giving effect to any choice or
conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Maryland
or any other jurisdiction).
[Intentionally Left Blank—Signature Page
Follows]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Debtor has caused this Patent Security Agreement
to be duly executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly
authorized as of the date first above written.
NEXTGEN
PRO, LLC
By:
/s/ Marshall
Chesrown
Name:
Marshall
Chesrown
Title:
President
Address
for Notices:
4521
Sharon Road
Suite
370
Charlotte,
North Carolina 28211
Attention:
Steven Berard
AGREED
TO AND ACCEPTED:
NEXTGEN
DEALER SOLUTIONS. LLC
By:
/s/ Kartik
Kakarala
Name:
Kartik Kakarala
Title:
President
Address
for Notices:
1431
Greenway Drive
Suite
775
Irving,
Texas 75038
Attention:
Kartik Kakarala
EXHIBIT “C”
TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT
TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT (the
“
Agreement
”),
made this 8th day of February, 2017, by and between NEXTGEN PRO,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, with an address of 4521
Sharon Road, Suite 370, Charlotte, North Carolina 28211
(“
Debtor
”),
and NEXTGEN DEALER SOLUTIONS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, with an address of 1431 Greenway Drive, Suite 775, Irving,
Texas 75038 (the “
Secured
Party
”).
WHEREAS, Debtor has executed an Unconditional
Guaranty Agreement dated even date herewith (the
"
Guaranty
")
in favor of the Secured Party, pursuant to which the Debtor
guaranteed the payment and performance of all obligations of Smart
Server, Inc. under a Subordinated Secured Confessed Judgement
Promissory Note executed in favor of the Secured Party on the date
hereof.
WHEREAS, to secure the obligations under the Note,
the Debtor executed and delivered to the Secured Party that certain
Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the
“
Security
Agreement
”).
WHEREAS,
under the terms of the Security Agreement, the Debtor granted to
the Secured Party, a security interest in, among other property,
certain intellectual property of the Debtor, and agreed to execute
and deliver this Trademark Security Agreement, for recording with
national, federal and state government authorities, including, but
not limited to, the United States Patent and Trademark
Office.
NOW
THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Debtor agrees with
the Secured Party as follows:
1.
Grant of
Security
. Debtor hereby pledges
and grants to the Secured Party a security interest in and to all
of the right, title and interest of such Debtor in, to and under
the following, wherever located, and whether now existing or
hereafter arising or acquired from time to time (the
“
Trademark
Collateral
”):
(a)
All
trademark registrations and applications, including the
trademark
registered with the United States Trademark and
Trademark Office, Registration number 4,662,863, together with the
goodwill connected with the use of and symbolized thereby and all
extensions and renewals thereof (the “
Trademarks
”),
excluding only United States intent-to-use trademark applications
to the extent that and solely during the period in which the grant
of a security interest therein would impair, under applicable
federal law, the registrability of such applications or the
validity or enforceability of registrations issuing from such
applications;
(b)
all
rights of any kind whatsoever of such Debtor accruing under any of
the Trademarks provided by applicable law of any jurisdiction, by
international treaties and conventions and otherwise throughout the
world;
(c)
any
and all royalties, fees, income, payments and other proceeds now or
hereafter due or payable with respect to any and all of the
Trademarks; and
(d)
any
and all claims and causes of action, with respect to any of the
Trademarks, whether occurring before, on or after the date hereof,
including all rights to and claims for damages, restitution and
injunctive and other legal and equitable relief for past, present
and future infringement, dilution, misappropriation, violation,
misuse, breach or default, with the right but no obligation to sue
for such legal and equitable relief and to collect, or otherwise
recover, any such damages.
2.
Recordation
.
Debtor authorizes the Commissioner for Trademarks and any other
government officials to record and register this Trademark Security
Agreement upon request by the Secured Party.
3.
Loan
Documents
. This Trademark
Security Agreement has been entered into pursuant to and in
conjunction with the Security Agreement, which is hereby
incorporated by reference. The provisions of the Security
Agreement, including the provisions in Section 8 for subordination,
shall supersede and control over any conflicting or inconsistent
provision herein. The rights and remedies of the Secured Party with
respect to the Trademark Collateral are as provided by the Security
Agreement, and nothing in this Trademark Security Agreement shall
be deemed to limit such rights and remedies.
4.
Execution
in Counterparts
. This Trademark
Security Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by
different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which
shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together
shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of a signature page to this Trademark Security
Agreement by facsimile or in electronic (i.e., “pdf” or
“tif” format) shall be effective as delivery of a
manually executed counterpart of this Trademark Security
Agreement.
5.
Successors
and Assigns
. This Trademark
Security Agreement will be binding on and shall inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns.
6.
Governing
Law
. This Trademark Security
Agreement and any claim, controversy, dispute or cause of action
(whether in contract or tort or otherwise) based upon, arising out
of or relating to this Trademark Security Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with, the laws of the United States and
the State of Maryland, without giving effect to any choice or
conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Maryland
or any other jurisdiction).
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Debtor has caused this Trademark Security
Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by its officer
thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above
written.
NEXTGEN
PRO, LLC
By:
/s/ Marshall
Chesrown
Name:
Marshall
Chesrown
Title:
President
Address
for Notices:
4521
Sharon Road
Suite
370
Charlotte,
North Carolina 28211
Attention:
Steven Berrard
AGREED
TO AND ACCEPTED:
NEXTGEN
DEALER SOLUTIONS. LLC
By:
/s/ Kartik
Kakarala
Name:
Kartik Kakarala
Title:
President
Address
for Notices:
1431
Greenway Drive
Suite
775
Irving,
Texas 75038
Attention:
Kartik Kakarala
SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT
This
Subordination Agreement is made as of April 30, 2018 by and among
the undersigned creditors (collectively, “
Creditors
”, and each, a
“
Creditor
”), RUMBLEON,
INC., a Nevada corporation (“
Parent
”), NEXTGEN PRO,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“
NextGen Pro
”), RMBL
MISSOURI, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“
RMBL
Missouri
”), RMBL TEXAS, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“
RMBL Texas
”), and each of
their Qualified Subsidiaries from time to time party hereto
(together with Parent, NextGen Pro, RMBL Missouri and RMBL Texas,
individually, each, a “
Borrower
”, and
collectively, “
Borrowers
”), and HERCULES
CAPITAL, INC. (“
Agent
”), in its capacity
as administrative agent for itself and Lender (as defined in the
Loan Agreement (as defined below)).
RECITALS
A.
Borrowers have
requested certain loans and other credit accommodations pursuant to
the terms of that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of
April 30, 2018 by and between Borrowers, Agent and certain lenders
from time to time party to thereto (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“
Loan
Agreement
”), and have granted a security interest in
substantially all assets to secure the obligations
thereunder.
B.
Each Creditor has
extended loans or other credit accommodations to Borrowers and may
in the future extend additional loans or credit accommodations to
Borrowers from time to time, subject to the terms of the Loan
Agreement, including without limitation that certain Promissory
Note, dated March 31, 2017, in original principal amount of
$370,556 issued to Blue Flame Capital, LLC, that certain Promissory
Note, dated March 31, 2017, in original principal amount of
$148,222 issued to Lori Sue Chesrown, and that certain Promissory
Note, dated March 31, 2017, in original principal amount of
$148,222 issued to Ralph Wegis (collectively, the
“
Subordinated
Notes
” and each, a “
Subordinated
Note
”).
C.
Each Creditor is
willing to subordinate: (i) all of any Borrower’s
indebtedness and obligations to such Creditor, whether presently
existing or arising in the future (the “
Subordinated Debt
”) to
all of Borrowers’ indebtedness and obligations to Agent and
Lender; and (ii) all of such Creditor’s security
interests, if any, in any Borrower’s property, to all of
Agent’s security interests in Borrowers’ property , all
in accordance with the provisions set forth herein.
AGREEMENT
NOW,
THEREFORE, THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
1.
Each Creditor
subordinates to Agent any security interest or lien that such
Creditor may have in any property of any Borrower. Notwithstanding
the respective dates of attachment or perfection of the security
interest of a Creditor and the security interest of Agent, the
security interest of Agent in the Collateral, as defined in the
Loan Agreement, shall at all times be prior to the security
interest of such Creditor. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined
herein shall have the same meaning as in the Loan
Agreement.
2.
Except as expressly
set forth in Section 3, all Subordinated Debt is subordinated in
right of payment to all obligations of any Borrower to Agent and
Lender now existing or hereafter arising, together with all costs
of collecting such obligations (including attorneys’ fees),
including, without limitation, all interest accruing after the
commencement by or against any Borrower of any Bankruptcy,
reorganization or similar proceeding, and all obligations under the
Loan Agreement (the “
Senior
Debt
”).
3.
No Creditor will
demand or receive from any Borrower (and no Borrower will pay to
such Creditor) all or any part of the Subordinated Debt, by way of
payment, prepayment, setoff, lawsuit or otherwise, nor will such
Creditor exercise any remedy with respect to the Collateral, nor
will such Creditor commence, or cause to commence, prosecute or
participate in any administrative, legal or equitable action
against any Borrower, for so long as any portion of the Senior Debt
remains outstanding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Creditors shall
be permitted to receive, and Borrowers shall be permitted to pay,
the following payments:
a.
If an Advance has
been made pursuant to Tranche III of the Loan Agreement, regularly
scheduled payments as set forth in the Subordinated Notes in the
form attached hereto, but only if no Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing as of the date of such payment and no Event of
Default would result from such payment.
b.
If no Advance has
been made pursuant to Tranche III of the Loan Agreement, (a)
regularly scheduled payments of interest as set forth in the
Subordinated Notes in the form attached hereto, but only if no
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date of
such payment and no Event of Default would result from such
payment, and (b) regularly scheduled payments of principal as set
forth in the Subordinated Notes in the form attached hereto, but
only if (i) after giving pro forma effect to such payment,
Borrowers would have cash in Deposit Accounts or Investment
Accounts subject to Account Control Agreements (as such terms are
defined in the Loan Agreement) in favor of Agent in an amount not
less than $7,500,000, on a consolidated basis, or (ii) as of the
end of the last fiscal quarter for which financial statements were
required to be delivered to Agent pursuant to the Loan Agreement,
Parent maintained Adjusted EBITDA (as defined in the Loan
Agreement) for the twelve month period ended as of such date, of
not less than $2,000,000.
For
purposes of the foregoing determinations, amounts of permitted
payments shall be determined in the aggregate for all Subordinated
Notes and taking into account the aggregate payments due in respect
of the Subordinated Notes.
4.
Each Creditor shall
promptly deliver to Agent in the form received (except for
endorsement or assignment by such Creditor where required by Agent)
for application to the Senior Debt any payment, distribution,
security or proceeds received by such Creditor with respect to the
Subordinated Debt other than in accordance with this
Agreement.
5.
In the event of any
Borrower’s insolvency, reorganization or any case or
proceeding under any Bankruptcy or insolvency law or laws relating
to the relief of debtors, these provisions shall remain in full
force and effect, and Agent’s and Lender’s claims
against such Borrower shall be paid in full before any payment is
made to any Creditor.
6.
For so long as any
of the Senior Debt remains unpaid, each Creditor irrevocably
appoints Agent as such Creditor’s attorney-in-fact, and
grants to Agent a power of attorney with full power of
substitution, in the name of such Creditor or in the name of Agent,
for the use and benefit of Agent, without notice to such Creditor,
to perform at Agent’s option the following acts in any
Bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding involving a
Borrower:
(a)
To file the
appropriate claim or claims in respect of the Subordinated Debt on
behalf of such Creditor if such Creditor does not do so prior to 30
days before the expiration of the time to file claims in such
proceeding and if Agent elects, in its sole discretion, to file
such claim or claims; or
(b)
To accept or reject
any plan of reorganization or arrangement on behalf of such
Creditor and to otherwise vote such Creditor’s claims in
respect of any Subordinated Debt in any manner that Agent deems
appropriate for the enforcement of its rights
hereunder.
7.
In the event of a
Borrower’s insolvency, reorganization or any case or
proceeding, arrangement or transaction under any federal or state
bankruptcy or insolvency law or similar laws or proceedings
involving a Borrower, for so long as any of the Senior Debt remains
unpaid, if Agent, Lender or any of them shall seek to provide a
Borrower or any other Loan Party with any financing under
Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code , or Agent or Lender
support or consent to such financing provided by a third party, or
consent to any order for the use of cash collateral under
Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (each, a
“
DIP
Financing
” or “
Cash Collateral Use
”),
with such DIP Financing or Cash Collateral Use to be secured by all
or any portion of the Collateral (including assets that, but for
the application of Section 552 of the Bankruptcy Code (or any
similar provision of any foreign laws relating to the relief of
debtors) would be Collateral), then each Creditor agrees that it
will raise no objection and will not support, directly or
indirectly, any objection to such DIP Financing or Cash Collateral
Use nor object to the liens or claims granted in connection
therewith on any grounds, including a failure to provide
“adequate protection” for the liens, if any, securing
any Subordinated Debt (and will not request any adequate protection
as a result of such DIP Financing or Cash Collateral Use, and will
not support any debtor-in-possession financing or Cash Collateral
Use which would compete with such DIP Financing or Cash Collateral
Use which is provided to or consented to by Agent or Lender). In
addition, each Creditor agrees that it will not provide nor seek to
provide or support any debtor-in-possession financing without the
prior written consent of Agent.
8.
Each Creditor shall
immediately affix a legend to the instruments evidencing the
Subordinated Debt stating that the instruments are subject to the
terms of this Agreement. No amendment of the documents evidencing
or relating to the Subordinated Debt shall directly or indirectly
modify the provisions of this Agreement in any manner which might
terminate or impair the subordination of the Subordinated Debt or
the subordination of the security interest or lien that such
Creditor may have in any property of a Borrower. In addition, such
instruments shall not be amended to (i) increase the rate of
interest with respect to the Subordinated Debt, or
(ii) accelerate the payment of the principal or interest or
any other portion of the Subordinated Debt. Each Creditor
represents and warrants that a true copy of the Subordinated Note,
as in effect as of the date hereof is attached as
Exhibit A
hereto, and that no
Subordinated Note has been assigned to any other
person.
9.
This Agreement
shall remain effective for so long as Agent or Lender has any
obligation to make credit extensions to a Borrower or any Borrower
owes any amounts to Agent or Lender under the Loan Agreement or
otherwise. If, at any time after payment in full of the Senior Debt
any payments of the Senior Debt must be disgorged by Agent or
Lender for any reason (including, without limitation, the
Bankruptcy of a Borrower), this Agreement and the relative rights
and priorities set forth herein shall be reinstated as to all such
disgorged payments as though such payments had not been made and
each Creditor shall immediately pay over to Agent all payments
received with respect to the Subordinated Debt to the extent that
such payments would have been prohibited hereunder. At any time and
from time to time, without notice to Creditors, Agent or Lender may
take such actions with respect to the Senior Debt as Agent and
Lender, respectively, in its sole discretion, may deem appropriate,
including, without limitation, terminating advances to a Borrower,
increasing the principal amount (which may include any DIP
Financing), extending the time of payment, increasing applicable
interest rates, renewing, compromising or otherwise amending the
terms of any documents affecting the Senior Debt and any collateral
securing the Senior Debt, and enforcing or failing to enforce any
rights against a Borrower or any other person. No such action or
inaction shall impair or otherwise affect Agent’s or
Lender’s rights hereunder.
10.
This Agreement
shall bind any successors or assignees of a Creditor and shall
benefit any successors or assigns of Agent. This Agreement is
solely for the benefit of each Creditor, Agent and Lender and not
for the benefit of any Borrower or any other party. Each Creditor
further agrees that if a Borrower is in the process of refinancing
a portion of the Senior Debt with a new lender, and if Agent makes
a request of such Creditor, such Creditor shall agree to enter into
a new subordination agreement with the new lender on substantially
the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
11.
This Agreement may
be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one
instrument.
12.
This Agreement
shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
internal laws of the State of California, without regard to
principles of conflicts of law. Jurisdiction shall lie in the State
of California. THE UNDERSIGNED ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE RIGHT TO TRIAL
BY JURY IS A CONSTITUTIONAL ONE, BUT THAT IT MAY BE WAIVED UNDER
CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, EACH PARTY,
AFTER CONSULTING (OR HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT) WITH
COUNSEL OF ITS, HIS OR HER CHOICE, KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY, AND
FOR THE MUTUAL BENEFIT OF ALL PARTIES, WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY
JURY IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT, INSTRUMENT OR AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE UNDERSIGNED PARTIES. If the jury waiver set forth in this
Section is not enforceable, then any dispute, controversy or
claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the
transactions contemplated herein shall be resolved by judicial
reference pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 638 et
seq before a mutually acceptable referee or, if none is selected,
then a referee chosen by the Presiding Judge of the California
Superior Court for Santa Clara County, provided this provision
shall not restrict any party from seeking to enforce any
prejudgment remedies.
13.
This Agreement
represents the entire agreement with respect to the subject matter
hereof, and supersedes all prior negotiations, agreements and
commitments. No Creditor is relying on any representations by
Agent, Lender or any Borrower in entering into this Agreement, and
each Creditor has kept and will continue to keep itself fully
apprised of the financial and other condition of a Borrower. This
Agreement may be amended only by written instrument signed by each
Creditor, Agent and Borrowers.
14.
In the event of any
legal action to enforce the rights of a party under this Agreement,
the party prevailing in such action shall be entitled, in addition
to such other relief as may be granted, all reasonable costs and
expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred in
such action.
[REMAINDER
OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
[SIGNATURE
PAGE TO SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of
the date first above written.
AGENT:
HERCULES CAPITAL,
INC.
Title:
Associate General
Counsel
[SIGNATURE
PAGE TO SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of
the date first above written.
CREDITORS:
BLUE
FLAME CAPITAL, LLC
[SIGNATURE
PAGE TO SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of
the date first above written.
CREDITORS:
LORI
SUE CHESROWN
By:
/s/ Lori Sue
Chesrown
[SIGNATURE
PAGE TO SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of
the date first above written.
CREDITORS:
RALPH
WEGIS
[SIGNATURE
PAGE TO SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of
the date first above written.
BORROWERS:
RUMBLEON,
INC.
Signature:
/s/ Steven R.
Berrard
______
Print
Name:
_
Steven R.
Berrard
______
Title:
__
Chief Financial
Officer
__
NEXTGEN
PRO, LLC
Signature:
/s/ Steven R.
Berrard
______
Print
Name:
_
Steven R.
Berrard
______
Title:
___
Manager
_____________
RMBL
MISSOURI, LLC
Signature:
/s/ Steven R.
Berrard
______
Print
Name:
_
Steven R.
Berrard
______
Title:
__
Manager
______________
RMBL
TEXAS, LLC
Signature:
/s/ Steven R.
Berrard
______
Print
Name:
_
Steven R.
Berrard
______
Title:
__
Manager
______________
EXHIBIT
A
SUBORDINATED
NOTES
THIS
NOTE AND THE UNDERLYING SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "
ACT
"). THEY MAY NOT BE
SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF
AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE
ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY
THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
PROMISSORY
NOTE
|
DUE MARCH 31, 2020
|
US $
370, 556
|
|
Date of
Issuance: March 31, 2017
|
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, RumbleON, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
"
Company
"),
hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the order of
BLUE FLAME CAPITAL, LLC
(the
"
Holder
"),
or their permitted assigns, the aggregate principal sum of THREE
HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX DOLLARS
($370,556.00) (the "
Principal Amount
"),
together with interest on the unpaid principal balance of this
Promissory Note (this "
Note
") at the rate
specified herein. All payments of principal and interest by the
Company under this Note shall be made in United States dollars in
immediately available funds to the account specified by the
Holder.
1.
Definitions
. Unless the context
otherwise requires, when used herein the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
(a)
"
Affiliate
" means, with
respect to any person or entity, any person or entity which
directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under
common control with such person or entity, as applicable. As used
in this definition, "control" (including, with correlative
meanings, "controlled by" and "under common control with") shall
mean possession, directly or indirectly of power to direct or cause
the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership
of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by
contract or otherwise).
(b)
"
Maturity Date
" means the
third anniversary of the date of issuance of this
Note.
(c)
"
Outstanding Balance
"
means all outstanding principal under the Note and any accrued and
unpaid interest thereon.
(d)
"
Person
" means an
individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
trust, business trust, association, joint stock company, joint
venture, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization,
governmental authority or any other form of entity not specifically
listed herein.
2.
Transfer
. This Note is
transferable and assignable by the Holder to any Person previously
approved, in writing, by the Company;
provided, however
, that no approval
shall be required in connection with any transfer or assignment of
this Note to an Affiliate of the Holder in compliance with
applicable securities laws. The Company agrees to issue from time
to time a replacement Note in the form hereof to facilitate such
approved transfers and assignments. In addition, after delivery of
an indemnity in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Company, the Company also agrees to promptly issue a replacement
Note if this Note is lost, stolen, mutilated or
destroyed.
3.
Payment of Principal and Interest;
Prepayment
.
(a)
Interest shall
accrue from the date hereof and shall continue to accrue on the
outstanding and unpaid Principal Amount until paid in full. From
the date hereof through and until the second anniversary of the
date hereof, interest shall accrue on the outstanding and unpaid
Principal Amount at the rate of 6.5% per annum. From the second
anniversary of the date hereof and until the Maturity Date,
interest shall accrue on the outstanding and unpaid Principal
Amount at the rate of 8.5% per annum. Interest shall be computed on
the basis of a 365-day year for the actual number of days in the
interest period. All Interest shall be paid to Holder semi-annually
in arrears on the last day of each six month anniversary of the
date hereof, including, if applicable, on the Maturity
Date.
(b)
The Company may, at
its option, at any time, and without penalty, prepay all or any
portion of the principal amount or accrued but unpaid interest on
this Note without the prior written consent of the
Holder.
4.
Event of Default
.
The
occurrence of any of the following events shall constitute an
"
Event of
Default
" hereunder:
(a)
the failure of the
Company to make any payment of principal or interest on this Note
when due, whether at maturity, upon acceleration or
otherwise;
(b)
(i) the Company or
a subsidiary of the Company (a "
Subsidiary
") makes a
determination to discontinue (or does cease to conduct) business,
makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors or admits in
writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become
due; (ii) an order, judgment or decree is entered adjudicating the
Company or a Subsidiary as bankrupt or insolvent; (iii) any order
for relief with respect to the Company or a Subsidiary is entered
under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable bankruptcy
or insolvency law; (iv) the Company or a Subsidiary petitions or
applies to any tribunal for the appointment of a custodian,
trustee, receiver or liquidator of the Company or a Subsidiary or
of any substantial part of the assets of the Company or a
Subsidiary commences any proceeding relating to it under any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment
of debt, dissolution or liquidation law of any jurisdiction; or (v)
any such petition or application in (iv) above is filed, or any
such proceeding is commenced, against the Company or a Subsidiary
and either (x) the Company or such Subsidiary by any act indicates
its approval thereof, consents thereto or acquiesces therein or (y)
such petition, application or proceeding is not dismissed within
sixty (60) days;
(c)
unless waived by
the Holder, if the Company fails to observe or perform in any
material respect any of its covenants contained in the Note and
such failure continues for more than thirty (30) days after
delivery of written notice thereof;
(d)
unless waived by
the Holder, the Company's material breach of any other term or
provision in this Note and such failure continues for more than
thirty (30) days after delivery of written notice thereof;
or
(e)
the Company's
indebtedness for borrowed money is accelerated as a result of a
default or breach under any agreement for such borrowed money,
including but not limited to loan agreements, or material breach
under any real property lease agreements and material capital
equipment lease agreements, by which the Company is bound or
obligated, which breach is not cured by the Company within the
applicable time periods thereof.
Upon
the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Outstanding Balance
under this Note shall become immediately due and payable upon
election of the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any Event of
Default, the Holder may, in addition to declaring all amounts due
hereunder to be immediately due and payable, pursue any available
remedy, whether at law or in equity, including, without limitation,
exercising its rights under this Note. If an Event of Default
occurs, the Company shall pay to the Holder the reasonable
attorneys' fees and disbursement and all other reasonable
out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Holder in order to collect
amounts due and owing under this Note or otherwise to enforce the
Holder's rights and remedies hereunder.
5.
Amendments in Writing
. Any term
of this Note may be amended, modified (including, without
limitation, any extension of the Maturity Date) or waived upon the
written consent of the Company and the Holder. No such waiver or
consent in any one instance shall be construed to be a continuing
waiver or a waiver in any other instance unless it expressly so
provides.
6.
Waivers
. The Company hereby
forever waives presentment, demand, presentment for payment,
protest, notice of protest, notice of dishonor of this Note and all
other demands and notices in connection with the delivery,
acceptance, performance and enforcement of this Note.
7.
Governing Law; Jurisdiction;
Venue
. This Note, and all matters arising directly and
indirectly herefrom (the "
Covered Matters
"), shall
be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Nevada as
such laws are applied to agreements between parties in the State of
Nevada. The Company irrevocably submits to the personal
jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Nevada and the United
States District Court located nearest the Company's principal place
of business for the purpose of any suit, action, proceeding or
judgment relating to or arising out of the Covered Matters. Service
of process on the Company in connection with any such suit, action
or proceeding may be served on the Company anywhere in the world by
the same methods as are specified for the giving of notices under
this Note. The Company irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of
any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding and to the
laying of venue in such court. The Company irrevocably waives any
objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or
proceeding brought in such courts and irrevocably waives any claim
that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court
has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
8.
Notices
. All notices and other
communications given or made pursuant to this Note shall be in
writing and shall be deemed effectively given (a) upon personal
delivery to the party to be notified; (b) when sent by confirmed
electronic mail or facsimile if sent during normal business hours
of the recipient, and if not so confirmed, then on the next
business day; (c) five (5) days after having been sent by
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid; or (d) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally
recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with
written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent
to the Holder at the address set forth on the books and records of
the Company or at such other place as may be designated by the
Holder in writing to the Company in accordance with the provisions
of this Section 8, and to the Company at the Company's principal
place of business, or to such e-mail address, facsimile number or
address as subsequently modified by written notice in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 8.
9.
Successors and Assigns
. This
note shall be binding upon the successors or assigns of the Company
and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and permitted
assigns of the Holder.
[SIGNATURE
PAGE FOLLOWS]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Promissory Note as
of the date first above written.
|
RumbleON,
Inc.
a Nevada corporation
|
|
By_
/s/
Steven R. Berrard
_________________
Name:
Steven R. Berrard
Title:
CFO
Address:
4521 Sharon Road, Suite 370
Charlotte,
North Carolina 28211
|
THIS
NOTE AND THE UNDERLYING SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "
ACT
"). THEY MAY NOT BE
SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF
AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE
ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY
THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
PROMISSORY
NOTE
|
|
DUE
March 31, 2020
|
|
|
|
US
$148,222
|
|
Date of
Issuance: March 31, 2017
|
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, RumbleON, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
"
Company
"),
hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the order of
LORI SUE CHESROWN
(the
"
Holder
"),
or their permitted assigns, the aggregate principal sum of ONE
HUNDRED FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO DOLLARS
(
$148,222.00
) (the
"
Principal
Amount
"), together with interest on the unpaid principal
balance of this Promissory Note (this "
Note
") at the rate
specified herein. All payments of principal and interest by the
Company under this Note shall be made in United States dollars in
immediately available funds to the account specified by the
Holder.
10.
Definitions
. Unless the context
otherwise requires, when used herein the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
(a)
"
Affiliate
" means, with
respect to any person or entity, any person or entity which
directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under
common control with such person or entity, as applicable. As used
in this definition, "control" (including, with correlative
meanings, "controlled by" and "under common control with") shall
mean possession, directly or indirectly of power to direct or cause
the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership
of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by
contract or otherwise).
(b)
"
Maturity Date
" means the
third anniversary of the date of issuance of this
Note.
(c)
"
Outstanding Balance
"
means all outstanding principal under the Note and any accrued and
unpaid interest thereon.
(d)
"
Person
" means an
individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
trust, business trust, association, joint stock company, joint
venture, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization,
governmental authority or any other form of entity not specifically
listed herein.
11.
Transfer
. This Note is
transferable and assignable by the Holder to any Person previously
approved, in writing, by the Company;
provided, however
, that no approval
shall be required in connection with any transfer or assignment of
this Note to an Affiliate of the Holder in compliance with
applicable securities laws. The Company agrees to issue from time
to time a replacement Note in the form hereof to facilitate such
approved transfers and assignments. In addition, after delivery of
an indemnity in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Company, the Company also agrees to promptly issue a replacement
Note if this Note is lost, stolen, mutilated or
destroyed.
12.
Payment of Principal and Interest;
Prepayment
.
(a)
Interest shall
accrue from the date hereof and shall continue to accrue on the
outstanding and unpaid Principal Amount until paid in full. From
the date hereof through and until the second anniversary of the
date hereof, interest shall accrue on the outstanding and unpaid
Principal Amount at the rate of 6.5% per annum. From the second
anniversary of the date hereof and until the Maturity Date,
interest shall accrue on the outstanding and unpaid Principal
Amount at the rate of 8.5% per annum. Interest shall be computed on
the basis of a 365-day year for the actual number of days in the
interest period. All Interest shall be paid to Holder semi-annually
in arrears on the last day of each six month anniversary of the
date hereof, including, if applicable, on the Maturity
Date.
(b)
The Company may, at
its option, at any time, and without penalty, prepay all or any
portion of the principal amount or accrued but unpaid interest on
this Note without the prior written consent of the
Holder.
13.
Event of Default
.
The
occurrence of any of the following events shall constitute an
"
Event of
Default
" hereunder:
(a)
the failure of the
Company to make any payment of principal or interest on this Note
when due, whether at maturity, upon acceleration or
otherwise;
(b)
(i) the Company or
a subsidiary of the Company (a "
Subsidiary
") makes a
determination to discontinue (or does cease to conduct) business,
makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors or admits in
writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become
due; (ii) an order, judgment or decree is entered adjudicating the
Company or a Subsidiary as bankrupt or insolvent; (iii) any order
for relief with respect to the Company or a Subsidiary is entered
under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable bankruptcy
or insolvency law; (iv) the Company or a Subsidiary petitions or
applies to any tribunal for the appointment of a custodian,
trustee, receiver or liquidator of the Company or a Subsidiary or
of any substantial part of the assets of the Company or a
Subsidiary commences any proceeding relating to it under any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment
of debt, dissolution or liquidation law of any jurisdiction; or (v)
any such petition or application in (iv) above is filed, or any
such proceeding is commenced, against the Company or a Subsidiary
and either (x) the Company or such Subsidiary by any act indicates
its approval thereof, consents thereto or acquiesces therein or (y)
such petition, application or proceeding is not dismissed within
sixty (60) days;
(c)
unless waived by
the Holder, if the Company fails to observe or perform in any
material respect any of its covenants contained in the Note and
such failure continues for more than thirty (30) days after
delivery of written notice thereof;
(d)
unless waived by
the Holder, the Company's material breach of any other term or
provision in this Note and such failure continues for more than
thirty (30) days after delivery of written notice thereof;
or
(e)
the Company's
indebtedness for borrowed money is accelerated as a result of a
default or breach under any agreement for such borrowed money,
including but not limited to loan agreements, or material breach
under any real property lease agreements and material capital
equipment lease agreements, by which the Company is bound or
obligated, which breach is not cured by the Company within the
applicable time periods thereof.
Upon
the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Outstanding Balance
under this Note shall become immediately due and payable upon
election of the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any Event of
Default, the Holder may, in addition to declaring all amounts due
hereunder to be immediately due and payable, pursue any available
remedy, whether at law or in equity, including, without limitation,
exercising its rights under this Note. If an Event of Default
occurs, the Company shall pay to the Holder the reasonable
attorneys' fees and disbursement and all other reasonable
out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Holder in order to collect
amounts due and owing under this Note or otherwise to enforce the
Holder's rights and remedies hereunder.
14.
Amendments in Writing
. Any term
of this Note may be amended, modified (including, without
limitation, any extension of the Maturity Date) or waived upon the
written consent of the Company and the Holder. No such waiver or
consent in any one instance shall be construed to be a continuing
waiver or a waiver in any other instance unless it expressly so
provides.
15.
Waivers
. The Company hereby
forever waives presentment, demand, presentment for payment,
protest, notice of protest, notice of dishonor of this Note and all
other demands and notices in connection with the delivery,
acceptance, performance and enforcement of this Note.
16.
Governing Law; Jurisdiction;
Venue
. This Note, and all matters arising directly and
indirectly herefrom (the "
Covered Matters
"), shall
be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Nevada as
such laws are applied to agreements between parties in the State of
Nevada. The Company irrevocably submits to the personal
jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Nevada and the United
States District Court located nearest the Company's principal place
of business for the purpose of any suit, action, proceeding or
judgment relating to or arising out of the Covered Matters. Service
of process on the Company in connection with any such suit, action
or proceeding may be served on the Company anywhere in the world by
the same methods as are specified for the giving of notices under
this Note. The Company irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of
any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding and to the
laying of venue in such court. The Company irrevocably waives any
objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or
proceeding brought in such courts and irrevocably waives any claim
that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court
has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
17.
Notices
. All notices and other
communications given or made pursuant to this Note shall be in
writing and shall be deemed effectively given (a) upon personal
delivery to the party to be notified; (b) when sent by confirmed
electronic mail or facsimile if sent during normal business hours
of the recipient, and if not so confirmed, then on the next
business day; (c) five (5) days after having been sent by
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid; or (d) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally
recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with
written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent
to the Holder at the address set forth on the books and records of
the Company or at such other place as may be designated by the
Holder in writing to the Company in accordance with the provisions
of this Section 8, and to the Company at the Company's principal
place of business, or to such e-mail address, facsimile number or
address as subsequently modified by written notice in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 8.
18.
Successors and Assigns
. This
note shall be binding upon the successors or assigns of the Company
and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and permitted
assigns of the Holder.
[SIGNATURE
PAGE FOLLOWS]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Promissory Note as
of the date first above written.
|
RumbleON,
Inc.
a Nevada corporation
|
|
By_
/s/
Steven R. Berrard
_________________
Name:
Steven R. Berrard
Title:
CFO
Address:
4521 Sharon Road, Suite 370
Charlotte,
North Carolina 28211
|
THIS
NOTE AND THE UNDERLYING SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "
ACT
"). THEY MAY NOT BE
SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF
AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO SUCH SECURITIES UNDER THE
ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY
THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
PROMISSORY
NOTE
|
|
DUE
March 31, 2020
|
|
|
|
US
$148,222
|
|
Date of
Issuance: March 31, 2017
|
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, RumbleON, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
"
Company
"),
hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the order of
RALPH WEGIS
(the "
Holder
"), or their
permitted assigns, the aggregate principal sum of ONE HUNDRED FORTY
EIGHT THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO DOLLARS (
$148,222.00
) (the "
Principal Amount
"),
together with interest on the unpaid principal balance of this
Promissory Note (this "
Note
") at the rate
specified herein. All payments of principal and interest by the
Company under this Note shall be made in United States dollars in
immediately available funds to the account specified by the
Holder.
19.
Definitions
. Unless the context
otherwise requires, when used herein the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
(a)
"
Affiliate
" means, with
respect to any person or entity, any person or entity which
directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under
common control with such person or entity, as applicable. As used
in this definition, "control" (including, with correlative
meanings, "controlled by" and "under common control with") shall
mean possession, directly or indirectly of power to direct or cause
the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership
of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by
contract or otherwise).
(b)
"
Maturity Date
" means the
third anniversary of the date of issuance of this
Note.
(c)
"
Outstanding Balance
"
means all outstanding principal under the Note and any accrued and
unpaid interest thereon.
(d)
"
Person
" means an
individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
trust, business trust, association, joint stock company, joint
venture, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization,
governmental authority or any other form of entity not specifically
listed herein.
20.
Transfer
. This Note is
transferable and assignable by the Holder to any Person previously
approved, in writing, by the Company;
provided, however
, that no approval
shall be required in connection with any transfer or assignment of
this Note to an Affiliate of the Holder in compliance with
applicable securities laws. The Company agrees to issue from time
to time a replacement Note in the form hereof to facilitate such
approved transfers and assignments. In addition, after delivery of
an indemnity in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Company, the Company also agrees to promptly issue a replacement
Note if this Note is lost, stolen, mutilated or
destroyed.
21.
Payment of Principal and Interest;
Prepayment
.
(a)
Interest shall
accrue from the date hereof and shall continue to accrue on the
outstanding and unpaid Principal Amount until paid in full. From
the date hereof through and until the second anniversary of the
date hereof, interest shall accrue on the outstanding and unpaid
Principal Amount at the rate of 6.5% per annum. From the second
anniversary of the date hereof and until the Maturity Date,
interest shall accrue on the outstanding and unpaid Principal
Amount at the rate of 8.5% per annum. Interest shall be computed on
the basis of a 365-day year for the actual number of days in the
interest period. All Interest shall be paid to Holder semi-annually
in arrears on the last day of each six month anniversary of the
date hereof, including, if applicable, on the Maturity
Date.
(b)
The Company may, at
its option, at any time, and without penalty, prepay all or any
portion of the principal amount or accrued but unpaid interest on
this Note without the prior written consent of the
Holder.
22.
Event of Default
.
The
occurrence of any of the following events shall constitute an
"
Event of
Default
" hereunder:
(a)
the failure of the
Company to make any payment of principal or interest on this Note
when due, whether at maturity, upon acceleration or
otherwise;
(b)
(i) the Company or
a subsidiary of the Company (a "
Subsidiary
") makes a
determination to discontinue (or does cease to conduct) business,
makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors or admits in
writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become
due; (ii) an order, judgment or decree is entered adjudicating the
Company or a Subsidiary as bankrupt or insolvent; (iii) any order
for relief with respect to the Company or a Subsidiary is entered
under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable bankruptcy
or insolvency law; (iv) the Company or a Subsidiary petitions or
applies to any tribunal for the appointment of a custodian,
trustee, receiver or liquidator of the Company or a Subsidiary or
of any substantial part of the assets of the Company or a
Subsidiary commences any proceeding relating to it under any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment
of debt, dissolution or liquidation law of any jurisdiction; or (v)
any such petition or application in (iv) above is filed, or any
such proceeding is commenced, against the Company or a Subsidiary
and either (x) the Company or such Subsidiary by any act indicates
its approval thereof, consents thereto or acquiesces therein or (y)
such petition, application or proceeding is not dismissed within
sixty (60) days;
(c)
unless waived by
the Holder, if the Company fails to observe or perform in any
material respect any of its covenants contained in the Note and
such failure continues for more than thirty (30) days after
delivery of written notice thereof;
(d)
unless waived by
the Holder, the Company's material breach of any other term or
provision in this Note and such failure continues for more than
thirty (30) days after delivery of written notice thereof;
or
(e)
the Company's
indebtedness for borrowed money is accelerated as a result of a
default or breach under any agreement for such borrowed money,
including but not limited to loan agreements, or material breach
under any real property lease agreements and material capital
equipment lease agreements, by which the Company is bound or
obligated, which breach is not cured by the Company within the
applicable time periods thereof.
Upon
the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Outstanding Balance
under this Note shall become immediately due and payable upon
election of the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any Event of
Default, the Holder may, in addition to declaring all amounts due
hereunder to be immediately due and payable, pursue any available
remedy, whether at law or in equity, including, without limitation,
exercising its rights under this Note. If an Event of Default
occurs, the Company shall pay to the Holder the reasonable
attorneys' fees and disbursement and all other reasonable
out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Holder in order to collect
amounts due and owing under this Note or otherwise to enforce the
Holder's rights and remedies hereunder.
23.
Amendments in Writing
. Any term
of this Note may be amended, modified (including, without
limitation, any extension of the Maturity Date) or waived upon the
written consent of the Company and the Holder. No such waiver or
consent in any one instance shall be construed to be a continuing
waiver or a waiver in any other instance unless it expressly so
provides.
24.
Waivers
. The Company hereby
forever waives presentment, demand, presentment for payment,
protest, notice of protest, notice of dishonor of this Note and all
other demands and notices in connection with the delivery,
acceptance, performance and enforcement of this Note.
25.
Governing Law; Jurisdiction;
Venue
. This Note, and all matters arising directly and
indirectly herefrom (the "
Covered Matters
"), shall
be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Nevada as
such laws are applied to agreements between parties in the State of
Nevada. The Company irrevocably submits to the personal
jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Nevada and the United
States District Court located nearest the Company's principal place
of business for the purpose of any suit, action, proceeding or
judgment relating to or arising out of the Covered Matters. Service
of process on the Company in connection with any such suit, action
or proceeding may be served on the Company anywhere in the world by
the same methods as are specified for the giving of notices under
this Note. The Company irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of
any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding and to the
laying of venue in such court. The Company irrevocably waives any
objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or
proceeding brought in such courts and irrevocably waives any claim
that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court
has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
26.
Notices
. All notices and other
communications given or made pursuant to this Note shall be in
writing and shall be deemed effectively given (a) upon personal
delivery to the party to be notified; (b) when sent by confirmed
electronic mail or facsimile if sent during normal business hours
of the recipient, and if not so confirmed, then on the next
business day; (c) five (5) days after having been sent by
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid; or (d) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally
recognized overnight courier, specifying next day delivery, with
written verification of receipt. All communications shall be sent
to the Holder at the address set forth on the books and records of
the Company or at such other place as may be designated by the
Holder in writing to the Company in accordance with the provisions
of this Section 8, and to the Company at the Company's principal
place of business, or to such e-mail address, facsimile number or
address as subsequently modified by written notice in accordance
with the provisions of this Section 8.
27.
Successors and Assigns
. This
note shall be binding upon the successors or assigns of the Company
and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and permitted
assigns of the Holder.
[SIGNATURE
PAGE FOLLOWS]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Promissory Note as
of the date first above written.
|
RumbleON,
Inc.
a Nevada corporation
|
|
By_
/s/
Steven R. Berrard
_________________
Name:
Steven R. Berrard
Title:
CFO
Address:
4521 Sharon Road, Suite 370
Charlotte,
North Carolina 28211
|
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT
This
Intellectual Property Security Agreement (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“
Agreement
”) is entered
into as of April 30, by and among HERCULES CAPITAL, INC., a
Maryland corporation (“
Agent
”), and RUMBLEON,
INC., a Nevada corporation, and NEXTGEN PRO, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (collectively, “
Grantors
”, and each, a
“
Grantor
”).
RECITALS
A.
Lender
has agreed to make certain advances of money and to extend certain
financial accommodation (the “
Loans
”) to Grantors in
the amounts and manner set forth in that certain Loan and Security
Agreement by and among the several entities from time to time
parties thereto (collectively, referred to as “
Lender
”), Agent, Grantors
and any other parties thereto, from time to time, dated as of the
date hereof (as amended, modified, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “
Loan
Agreement
”).
B.
As a condition to
the Loan Agreement, Grantors are required to enter into this
Agreement to further evidence the grant to Agent of the security
interest in its Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents to secure the
Secured Obligations.
AGREEMENT
NOW,
THEREFORE, each Grantor agrees as follows:
To
secure the Secured Obligations and any other obligations pursuant
to the Loan Documents, each Grantor grants and pledges to Agent a
security interest in all of such Grantor’s Intellectual
Property (including without limitation those Copyrights, Patents
and Trademarks listed on
Exhibits A, B and C
hereto).
This
security interest is granted in conjunction with the security
interest granted to Agent under the Loan Agreement. The rights and
remedies of Agent with respect to the security interest are as set
forth in the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents or as are
now or hereafter available to Agent as a matter of law or equity,
shall be cumulative and concurrent.
Each
Grantor represents and warrants that
Exhibits A, B, and C
attached
hereto set forth any and all Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks in
connection with which such Grantor, as of the date hereof, has
registered or filed an application with the United States Patent
and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as
applicable.
Each
Grantor hereby authorizes Agent to (a) modify this Agreement
unilaterally by amending the exhibits to this Agreement to include
any Intellectual Property which a Grantor obtains subsequent to the
date of this Agreement, and (b) file a duplicate original of this
Agreement containing amended exhibits reflecting such new
Intellectual Property.
All
capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the
meanings ascribed thereto in the Loan Agreement.
[SIGNATURES
TO FOLLOW]
[SIGNATURE
PAGE TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed effective as of the date set forth above.
Address
of Grantors:
4521
Sharon Road
Suite
370
Charlotte,
NC 28211
Attention:
Tom Aucamp
|
GRANTORS:
RUMBLEON, INC.
By: /s/
Steven R.
Berrard
Name:
Steven R.
Berrard
Title:
Chief Financial
Officer
NEXTGEN PRO, LLC
By: /s/
Steven R.
Berrard
Name:
Steven R.
Berrard
Title:
Vice
President
|
[SIGNATURE
PAGE TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT]
Address
of Agent:
Legal
Department
400
Hamilton Avenue, Suite 310
Palo
Alto, CA 94301
Attn:
Loan Documentation
|
AGENT:
HERCULES
CAPITAL, INC.
By: /s/
Zhuo
Huang
Name:
Zhuo
Huang
Title:
Associate General
Counsel
|
EXHIBIT
A
COPYRIGHTS
None.
EXHIBIT
B
PATENTS
Owner
|
Description
|
Patent
/ ApplicationNumber
|
Issue /
Application Date
|
NEXTGEN
PRO, LLC
|
NEAR
FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND
PROCESS
|
14/614,160
|
02/04/2015
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EXHIBIT
C
TRADEMARKS
Owner
|
Description
|
Registration/
Serial Number
|
Registration/
Application Date
|
RUMBLEON,
INC.
|
|
87/537,145
|
07/21/2017
|
RUMBLEON,
INC.
|
|
87/532,685
|
07/18/2017
|
RUMBLEON,
INC.
|
RUMBLEON
|
5,340,911
|
11/21/2017
|
RUMBLEON,
INC.
|
|
87/532,644
|
07/18/2017
|
RUMBLEON,
INC.
|
RUMBLEON
|
87/430,981
|
04/29/2017
|
NEXTGEN
PRO, LLC
|
|
4,662,863
|
12/30/2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RumbleOn Announces Closing of $15 Million Senior Secured Credit
Facility With Hercules Capital, Inc.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 30, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RumbleOn, Inc.
(NASDAQ:
RMBL
),
a disruptive e-commerce platform facilitating, in one online
location, the ability of consumers and dealers to buy, sell, trade,
and finance pre-owned vehicles with an emphasis on motorcycles and
other powersports, today announced it has entered into a $15
million Senior Secured Credit Facility with Hercules Capital, Inc.
(“Hercules”), a leader in customized debt financing for
companies in technology and life sciences related markets.
Under the terms of the facility, $5.0 million will be
funded at closing with the balance available in two additional
tranches over the term of the facility, subject to certain
operating targets. The facility has an initial 36-month maturity
and initial 10.5% interest rate. Pursuant to the loan agreement,
RumbleOn issued to Hercules at closing a warrant to purchase 81,818
shares of RumbleOn Class B common stock at an exercise price of
$5.50 per share.
Marshall
Chesrown, Chief Executive Officer of RumbleOn stated, “We are
excited to be working with Hercules, a leader in the industry with
a long history of supporting innovative technology companies. We
are pleased that we were able to work together to design a flexible
credit facility structured to handle our growth capital needs for
the foreseeable future. This financing underscores
confidence that both RumbleOn and Hercules have in our
business plan and provides RumbleOn additional flexibility to fund
our accelerated growth while creating the most trusted brand and
efficient online marketplace in the powersports
market.”
About RumbleOn, Inc.
RumbleOn,
Inc. (NASDAQ:
RMBL
)
operates a capital light disruptive e-commerce platform
facilitating the ability of both consumers and dealers to
Buy-Sell-Trade-Finance pre-owned vehicles in one online location.
RumbleOn’s goal is to transform the way pre-owned vehicles
are bought and sold by providing users with the most efficient,
timely and transparent transaction experience. RumbleOn’s
initial focus is the market for vin specific pre-owned vehicles
with an emphasis on motorcycles and other powersports. Serving both
consumers and dealers, through its 100% online marketplace
platform, RumbleOn makes cash offers for the purchase of pre-owned
vehicles. In addition, RumbleOn offers a large inventory of
pre-owned vehicles for sale along with third-party financing and
associated products. For additional information, please
visit RumbleOn’s website at
www.RumbleOn.com
. Also
visit the Company on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram,
YouTube and Pinterest.
About Hercules Capital, Inc.
Hercules
Capital, Inc. (NYSE:
HTGC
) is the leading and
largest specialty finance company focused on providing senior
secured venture growth loans to high-growth, innovative venture
capital-backed companies in a broad variety of technology, life
sciences and sustainable and renewable technology industries. Since
inception (December 2003), Hercules has committed more than $7.3
billion to over 410 companies and is the lender of choice for
entrepreneurs and venture capital firms seeking growth capital
financing.
Forward Looking Statement
This press release contains “forward-looking
statements,” as that term is defined under the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA), which statements
may be identified by words such as “expects,”
“plans,” “projects,” “will,”
“may,” “anticipate,”
“believes,” “should,”
“intends,” “estimates,” and other words of
similar meaning. Readers are cautioned not to place
undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are based
on our expectations as of the date of this press release and speak
only as of the date of this press release and are advised to
consider the factors listed above together with the additional
factors under the heading “Forward-Looking Statements”
and “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, as may be
supplemented or amended by the Company’s Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q and other filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise
any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, except as required by
law.
Contact:
Megan Crudele (Investors)
ICR
RumbleOn@icrinc.com
646-277-1200
Source: RumbleOn, Inc.