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EXHIBIT 10.1



Fourth Modification to Loan and Security Agreement



This Fourth Modification to Loan and Security Agreement (this “Modification”) is entered into by and between Jones Soda Co. (USA) Inc., a(n) Washington corporation (“Jones USA”) and JONES SODA (CANADA) INC. a(n) Canadian corporation (“Jones Canada”)  (Jones USA and Jones Canada, each individually and collectively, the “Borrower”) and CapitalSource Business Finance Group, a dba of BFI Business Finance, a California corporation (“Lender”) as of this 16th day of December, 2016, at Campbell, California.

RECITALS

A. Lender and Borrower have previously entered into or are concurrently herewith entering into a Loan and Security Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated December 27, 2013.

B. Lender and Borrower may have previously executed one or more Modifications to Loan and Security Agreement (the "Previous Modification(s)").

C. Borrower has requested, and Lender has agreed, to modify the Agreement as set forth below.

AGREEMENT

For good and valuable consideration, the parties agree as set forth below:

1. Incorporation by Reference.  The Agreement and the Previous Modification(s), if any, as modified hereby and the Recitals are incorporated herein by this reference.

2. Borrowing Authority.  The Borrowing Resolution and Incumbency Certifications attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by this reference remains in full force and effect and no change in Borrower’s officers or signing authority has occurred.

3. Effective Date.  The terms of this Modification shall be in full force and effect as of December 27, 2016.

4. Modification to Agreement.  The Agreement is hereby modified as follows:

a. The following Section(s) is(are) hereby amended and restated in its(their) entirety as set forth below:

6.Advances hereunder shall bear interest, on the average daily outstanding balance, at the rate (the “Rate”) of three quarters of one percent  (0.75%) per annum (in the case of Advances against the Domestic A/R Borrowing Base or the Canadian A/R Borrowing Base), and three quarters of one percent  (0.75%) per annum (in the case of Advances against the Inventory Borrowing Base) over and above the rate announced as the “prime” rate in the Western Edition of the Wall Street Journal which is in effect from time to time (the “Prime Rate”); provided that the Prime Rate shall at all times be deemed to be not less than zero percent (0.00%) per annum (the “Deemed Prime Rate”) and provided that the cumulative minimum annual amount of interest payable together with the Administrative Fee (as defined in Paragraph 9) shall in no event be less than Thirty Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($30,000.00)  annually (the “Cumulative Minimum Annual Interest Payment”) and, (i) in the event that accrued interest together with the Administrative Fee (collectively, “Accrued Interest”) is less than $2,500 during any month of such annual period (commencing January 2015) (for any applicable month, a “Shortfall”), Borrower shall pay such Accrued Interest together with the Shortfall amount for such month, and, (ii) if the aggregate Accrued Interest and Shortfall payments exceed the Cumulative Minimum Annual Interest Payment at any time during such applicable annual period, Borrower shall not be required to make any further Shortfall payments during such annual

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period and shall only be required to make a payment of any such Accrued Interest during the month that it accrues.  In the event that the Prime Rate is changed, the adjustment in the Rate charged shall be made on the day such change occurs.  Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days elapsed.  Interest shall be due and payable monthly on the first day of each month, and if not so paid, shall bear interest at the Rate.  Borrower hereby instructs and authorizes Lender (until such time as such instructions are revoked in writing) to charge accrued interest as an Advance under this Agreement.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained

9. (b)Administrative Fee - While any indebtedness remains outstanding pursuant to this Agreement, on or before the first day of each month, Borrower agrees to pay an administrative fee equal to one tenth of one percent (0.10%) per month of the average daily outstanding balance during the preceding month (the “Administrative Fee”).  For purposes of computing the average daily outstanding balance during the month and the Administrative Fee payable on account thereof, payments shall be applied as set forth in Paragraphs 5 and 6 above.

5. FeeOn the effective date of the Modification, Borrower agrees to pay a fee in the amount of Twenty-Three Thousand Eight Hundred Twelve and 50/100 Dollars ($23,812.50) which sum represents the loan fee due.

6. Legal Effect.  Except as specifically set forth in this Modification, all of the terms and conditions of the Agreement remain in full force and effect.

7. Counterparts.  This Modification may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which taken together shall constitute a single original.

8. Electronic Signature.  This Modification, or a signature page thereto intended to be attached to a copy of this Modification, signed and transmitted by facsimile machine, telecopier or other electronic means (including via transmittal of a “pdf” file) shall be deemed and treated as an original document.  The signature of any person thereon, for purposes hereof, is to be considered as an original signature, and the document transmitted is to be considered to have the same binding effect as an original signature on an original document.  At the request of any party hereto, any facsimile, telecopy or other electronic document is to be re-executed in original form by the persons who executed the facsimile, telecopy of other electronic document.  No party hereto may raise the use of a facsimile machine, telecopier or other electronic means or the fact that any signature was transmitted through the use of a facsimile machine, telecopier or other electronic means as a defense to the enforcement of this Modification.

9. Integration.  This is an integrated Modification and supersedes all prior negotiations and agreements regarding the subject matter hereof.  All amendments hereto must be in writing and signed by the parties.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Fourth Modification to Loan and Security Agreement as of the date first set forth above.



 

 

CapitalSource Business Finance Group

a dba of BFI Business Finance

 

/s/ Colleen M. Gonia

 

Jones Soda Co. (USA) Inc.

 

 

/s/ Jennifer Cue

By:Colleen M. Gonia

Its:Vice President

 

By:Jennifer Cue

Its:President & CEO





JONES SODA (CANADA) Inc.

 

 

/s/ Jennifer Cue

By:Jennifer Cue

Its:President

 

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Exhibit A

CBR-Jones_Page_1

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Exhibit A

CBR-Jones_Page_2

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Exhibit A

CBR-Jones_Page_3

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Exhibit A

CBR-Jones_Page_4

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Exhibit A

CBR-Jones_Page_5

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Exhibit A

CBR-Jones_Page_6

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