EX-10.6 4 fs12019a3ex10-6_bricktown.htm PRAESIDIAN NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, AS AMENDED

Exhibit 10.6

 

 

 

NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

by and among

  

BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC

as the Borrower

 

and

 

EACH SUBSIDIARY OF BORROWER

FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO

as Guarantors

 

PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, LP

(“FUND III”)

 

and

 

PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III-A, LP

(“FUND III-A” AND TOGETHER WITH FUND III, COLLECTIVELY THE “LENDERS”)

 

and

 

PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, LP,

as Agent

 

Dated as of January 31, 2015

 

 

  

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS 1
1.01. Definitions 1
1.02. Accounting Terms; Financial Statements 18
1.03. Knowledge of the Credit Parties 19
1.04. UCC Terms 19
1.05. Certain Matters of Construction 19
ARTICLE 2 PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE NOTES 20
2.01. Issue of Notes 20
2.02. Expenses 20
2.03. Closing 20
2.04. Financial Accounting Positions; Tax Reporting 20
2.05. Interest 21
ARTICLE 3 CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE LENDERS TO PURCHASE THE NOTES 21
3.01. Conditions 21
ARTICLE 4 COLLATERAL; GENERAL TERMS 23
4.01. Security Interest in the Collateral 23
4.02. Perfection of Security Interest 23
4.03. Safeguarding Collateral 23
4.04. Ownership of Collateral 23
4.05. Defense of Agent’s Interest 23
4.06. Financial Disclosure 25
4.07. Accounts 25
4.08. Exculpation of Liability 27
4.09. Financing Statements 27
ARTICLE 5 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CREDIT PARTIES 28
5.01. Corporate Existence and Power 28
5.02. Authorization; No Contravention 28
5.03. Governmental Authorization; Third Party Consents 28
5.04. Binding Effect 29
5.05. Litigation 29
5.06. Compliance with Laws 29
5.07. No Default or Breach 29
5.08. Subsidiaries 29
5.09. Capitalization 30
5.10. Private Offering 30
5.11. Broker’s, Finder’s or Similar Fees 30
5.12. Margin Requirements 30

 

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5.13. Anti-Terrorism Laws 31
5.14. Trading with the Enemy 31
5.15. Acquisition Documents 31
5.16. Interest Rate Hedges and Other Hedging Agreements 31
ARTICLE 6 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE LENDERS 32
6.01. Authorization; No Contravention 32
6.02. Binding Effect 32
6.03. No Legal Bar 32
6.04. Purchase for Own Account 32
6.05. Broker’s, Finder’s or Similar Fees 32
6.06. Governmental Authorization; Third Party Consent 33
ARTICLE 7 INDEMNIFICATION 33
7.01. Indemnification 33
7.02. Procedure; Notification 33
7.03. Survival 34
ARTICLE 8 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 34
8.01. Financial Statements and Other Information 34
8.02. Preservation of Existence 39
8.03. Payment of Obligations 40
8.04. Compliance with Laws 40
8.05. Violations 40
8.06. Board Observer 41
8.07. Inspection 41
8.08. Payment of the Notes 41
8.09. Insurance 41
8.10. Books and Records 42
8.11. Use of Proceeds 42
8.12. Standards of Financial Statements 42
8.13. New Real Property 42
8.14. Deposit Accounts; Control Agreements; Cash Management Systems 43
8.15. Landlord Lien Waivers 44
ARTICLE 9 NEGATIVE COVENANTS 44
9.01. Fundamental Changes; Consolidations, Mergers and Acquisitions 44
9.02. Creation of Liens 45
9.03. Guarantees 45
9.04. Investments 45
9.05. Loans 45
9.06. Restricted Payments 45
9.07. Indebtedness 45
9.08. Nature of Business 46
9.09. Transactions with Affiliates 46
9.10. Leases 46

 

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9.11. Subsidiaries; Partnerships; Joint Ventures 47
9.12. Fiscal Year and Accounting Changes 47
9.13. Amendment of Organizational Documents 47
9.14. Limitation on Modifications of Indebtedness; Modifications of Certain Other Agreements; Etc. 47
9.15. Financial Covenants 47
9.16. Compliance with ERISA 48
9.17. Prepayment of Indebtedness 49
9.18. Anti-Terrorism Laws 49
9.19. Trading with the Enemy Act 49
9.20. Additional Negative Pledges 49
ARTICLE 10 PREPAYMENT 50
10.01. Optional Prepayment. 50
10.02. Scheduled Payments; Mandatory Prepayments. 50
ARTICLE 11 EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES 51
11.01. Events of Default 51
11.02. Acceleration and Remedies 53
11.03. Application of Proceeds 54
ARTICLE 12 MISCELLANEOUS 54
12.01. Survival of Representations and Warranties 54
12.02. Notices 55
12.03. Successors and Assigns 56
12.04. Amendment and Waiver 56
12.05. Signatures; Counterparts 57
12.06. Headings 57
12.07. GOVERNING LAW 57
12.08. JURISDICTION; JURY TRIAL WAIVER 57
12.09. Severability 58
12.10. Rules of Construction 58
12.11. Entire Agreement 58
12.12. Certain Expenses 59
12.13. Publicity 59
12.14. Further Assurances 59
12.15. Obligations of the Lenders 59
12.16. No Strict Construction 59
12.17. Transfer of the Notes 60
ARTICLE 13 GUARANTEE 61
13.01. The Guarantee 61
13.02. Obligations Unconditional 61
13.03. Reinstatement 62
13.04. Subrogation 62
13.05. Remedies 62
13.06. Continuing Guarantee 63
13.07. General Limitation on Guarantors’ Obligations 63

 

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ARTICLE 14 REGARDING AGENT 63
14.01. Appointment 63
14.02. Nature of Duties 63
14.03. Lack of Reliance on Agent and Resignation 64
14.04. Certain Rights of Agent 65
14.05. Reliance 65
14.06. Notice of Default 65
14.07. Indemnification 65
14.08. Agent in its Individual Capacity 66
14.09. Delivery of Documents or Other Information 66
14.10. Credit Parties’ Undertaking to Agent 66
14.11. No Reliance on Agent’s Customer Identification Program 66
14.12. Other Agreements 66
ARTICLE 15 TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY 67
15.01. Taxes 67
15.02. Certificates of Lenders 68

 

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LIST OF EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES

 

Exhibits

 

Exhibit A Form of Promissory Notes
Exhibit B Compliance Certificate
Exhibit C Form of Borrower Pledge Agreement

 

Schedules

 

Schedule 2.01 – Lender Schedule –Promissory Notes
Schedule 4.04 – Collateral Exceptions
Schedule 4.09 – Other Financing Statements
Schedule 5.01 – Jurisdiction of Organization and Qualifications
Schedule 5.05 – Litigation
Schedule 5.08 – Subsidiaries
Schedule 5.09 – Capitalization
Schedule 5.11 – Brokers’ or Finders’ Fees
Schedule 8.14 – Deposit Accounts, Credit Card Agreement
Schedule 9.02 – Permitted Liens
Schedule 9.04 – Investments
Schedule 9.07 – Indebtedness

 

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NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of January 31, 2015, by and among BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company, (the “Borrower”), each subsidiary of Borrower from time to time party hereto (the “Guarantors”, and together with the Borrower, the “Credit Parties”), PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Fund III”), and PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III-A, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Fund III-A”, and together with Fund III and each of their successors and assigns, each a “Lender”, and collectively, the “Lenders”), and Fund III as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Agent”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of a Limited Liability Company Interest Purchase Agreement dated as of January 31, 2015 (the “BTC Purchase Agreement”) CB Restaurants, Inc. has agreed to sell to Borrower all of its Equity Interests, as hereinafter defined, in BT Concepts, LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (“BTC”);

 

WHEREAS, subsidiaries of CB Restaurants, Inc. including BTC and its subsidiaries had guaranteed $21,348,011.55 principal amount of indebtedness of CB Restaurants, Inc. to Lenders and, in connection with the BTC Purchase Agreement Lenders have agreed to release BTC and its subsidiaries from such guarantee provided that Borrower assume $6,794,259.99 principal amount of such indebtedness as provided in this Agreement and Borrower has agreed to assume such indebtedness and issue to Lenders its Senior Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $6,794,259.99 (the “Notes”); as provided herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

 

1.01. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, and unless the context requires a different meaning, the following terms have the meanings indicated:

 

Accountants” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.01(a).

 

Acquisition Agreement” shall mean the BTC Purchase Agreement, including all exhibits and schedules thereto.

 

Acquisition Documents” shall mean the Acquisition Agreement, and all agreements, documents and instruments delivered in connection therewith to which a Credit Party is a party thereunder, including all exhibits and schedules thereto.

 

 

 

 

Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person (a) directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such Person, (b) directly or indirectly owning or holding five percent (5%) or more of any Equity Interests in such Person, or (c) five percent (5%) or more of whose voting stock or other Equity Interests is directly or indirectly owned or held by such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and under “common control with”) 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 the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

Agent” shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement, and shall include its successors and assigns.

 

Agreement” shall mean this Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement, including the exhibits and schedules attached hereto, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or modified in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

Anti-Terrorism Laws” shall mean any Applicable Laws relating to terrorism or money laundering, including Executive Order No. 13224, the USA Patriot Act, the Applicable Laws comprising or implementing the Bank Secrecy Act, and the Applicable Laws administered by the United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (as any of the foregoing Applicable Laws may from time to time be amended, renewed, extended, or replaced).

 

Applicable Law” shall mean all international, foreign, Federal, provincial, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.

 

Authorized Officer” shall mean any of the President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Controller of a Credit Party (or any other officer authorized by a Credit Party to perform all or any portion of the same or similar functions of any of such enumerated officers, as applicable).

 

Bank Secrecy Act” shall mean 31 U.S.C. Sections 5311-5330, as the same has been, or shall hereafter be, extended, amended or replaced.

 

Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of any corporation, board of managers of any limited liability company or similar governing body of any other Person.

 

Blocked Person” shall mean (i) a Person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, Executive Order No. 13224, (ii) 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, (iii) a Person with which any Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law, (iv) a Person that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports “terrorism” as defined in Executive Order No. 13224, (v) a Person that is named as a “specially designated national” on the most current list published by the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Asset Control at its official website or any replacement website or other replacement official publication of such list, or (vi) a Person who is affiliated or associated with a person or entity listed above.

 

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Borrower” shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement, and shall include each Person which becomes a successor or permitted assign of the Borrower.

 

BTC” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

BTC Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

“Borrower Pledge Agreement” shall mean the Pledge Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Borrower, each Subsidiary of the Borrower from time to time party thereto, and the Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

Business” shall mean the business of owning and operating restaurants.”

 

Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in the City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to close.

 

Capital Expenditures” shall mean expenditures made or liabilities incurred for the acquisition of any fixed assets or improvements, replacements, substitutions or additions thereto which have a useful life of more than one year, including the total principal portion of Capital Lease Obligations, which, in accordance with GAAP, would be classified as capital expenditures.

 

“Capital Lease” means, with respect to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by such Person as lessee which would, in accordance with GAAP, be required to be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of such Person.

 

Capital Lease Obligations” shall mean any Indebtedness of the Credit Parties represented by obligations under a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Cash Equivalents” shall mean: (i) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States Government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one (1) year from the date of acquisition thereof; (ii) commercial paper maturing no more than one (1) year from the date issued and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-1 from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of McGraw-Hill, Inc., or a least P-1 from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.; (iii) certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one (1) year from the date of issuance thereof issued by, or overnight reverse repurchase agreements from, any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia having combined capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000; (iv) time deposits maturing no more than thirty (30) days from the date of creation thereof with commercial banks having membership in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in amounts not exceeding the lesser of $100,000 or the maximum amount of insurance applicable to the aggregate amount of the Credit Parties’ and their respective Subsidiaries’ deposits at such institution; and (v) deposits or investments in mutual or similar funds offered or sponsored by brokerage or other companies having membership in the Securities Investor Protection Corporation in amounts not exceeding the lesser of $100,000 or the maximum amount of insurance applicable to the aggregate amount of the Credit Parties’ and their respective Subsidiaries’ deposits at such institution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents does not include and each Credit Party is prohibited from purchasing, purchasing participations in, entering into any type of swap or other equivalent derivative transaction, or otherwise holding or engaging in any ownership interest in any type of debt instrument, including any corporate or municipal bond with a long-term nominal maturity for which the interest rate is reset through a dutch auction and more commonly referred to as an auction rate security.

 

CERCLA” shall mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§9601 et seq.

 

Change in Law” shall mean the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority.

 

Change of Control” shall mean (a) the Key Persons and their family members ceasing to own, directly or indirectly at least 90% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower which they own on the date hereof, or (b) the Key Persons, together with the Lenders or their Affiliates, ceasing to control, by contract, ownership or otherwise, that percentage of the outstanding voting Equity Interests of the Borrower necessary at all times to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of the Borrower and to direct the management policies and decisions of the Borrower, free and clear of all Liens, rights, options, warrants or other similar agreements or understandings, other than Liens in favor of the Agent securing the Senior Debt, other than as a result of the Lenders or their Affiliates transferring voting interests of the Borrower, or(c) any merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the property or assets of the Borrower or of one or more of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, constitute a material part of the business, operations or assets of the Credit Parties taken as a whole, or (d) the occurrence of any “Change of Control” (or similar term) under (and as defined in) any documents evidencing Indebtedness subordinated to the Indebtedness existing pursuant to the Notes and this Agreement. For purposes of this definition “control” means the power to direct or cause the direction of management and policies of a Person, whether by contract or otherwise.

 

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CIP Regulations” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 14.11.

 

Closing” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.03.

 

Closing Date” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.03.

 

Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as the same now exists or may from time to time hereafter be amended, modified, recodified or supplemented, together with all rules, regulations and interpretations thereunder or related thereto.

 

Collateral” shall mean and include all personal property and fixtures, whether now owned or hereafter created or acquired, and wherever located, and consisting of (capitalized terms used in this definition shall have the meaning set forth in the UCC):

 

(a) all Accounts;

 

(b) all Equipment (other than motor vehicles);

 

(c) all General Intangibles;

 

(d) all Inventory;

 

(e) all Investment Property;

 

(f) all Deposit Accounts;

 

(g) all Instruments;

 

(h) all Chattel Paper and Electronic Chattel Paper;

 

(i) all Letter of Credit Rights;

 

(j) all Documents;

 

(k) all Commercial Tort Claims;

 

(l) all Goods;

 

(m) all Software; and

 

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(n) all right, title and interest in and to, whether now owned or hereafter acquired and wherever located, (i) its respective goods and other property including, but not limited to, all merchandise returned or rejected by Customers, relating to or securing any of the Accounts; (ii) all rights as a consignor, a consignee, an unpaid vendor, mechanic, artisan, or other lienor, including stoppage in transit, setoff, detinue, replevin, reclamation and repurchase; (iii) all other rights and interests, including warranty claims, relating to any goods; (iv) if and when obtained, all guarantees from and all real and personal property of third parties in which such Person has been granted a lien or security interest as security for the payment or enforcement of Accounts; and (v) all documents, instruments, and agreements supporting the foregoing or delivered in connection therewith;

 

(o) all ledger sheets, ledger cards, files, correspondence, records, books of account, business papers, computers, computer software (owned or in which it has an interest), computer programs, tapes, disks and documents relating to any other property constituting part of the Collateral; and

 

(p) all proceeds and products of the foregoing in whatever form, including, but not limited to: cash, deposit accounts (whether or not comprised solely of proceeds), certificates of deposit, insurance proceeds (including hazard, flood and credit insurance), negotiable instruments and other instruments for the payment of money, chattel paper, security agreements, documents, eminent domain proceeds, condemnation proceeds and tort claim proceeds.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the following items will be included within the Collateral: (a) assets if the granting of a security interest in such asset would: (I) be prohibited by Applicable Laws (other than proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the UCC notwithstanding such prohibition), or (II) be prohibited by contract (except to the extent such prohibition is overridden by UCC Section 9-408) so long as such negative pledge is otherwise permitted under clause (c) hereof, (b) any property and assets, the pledge of which would require governmental consent, approval, license or authorization, unless and until such consent, approval, license or authorization shall have been obtained or waived, and (c) assets in circumstances where the Lenders and the Borrower agree in writing that the cost, burden or consequence (including adverse tax consequences) of obtaining or perfecting a security interest in such assets is excessive in relation to the practical benefit afforded thereby, it being understood that neither the Borrower or any subsidiary shall be required to provide any guarantee, pledge or asset support arrangement that, in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower, would subject the Borrower to any adverse tax consequence due to the application of Section 956 of the Code.

 

Collections” means all cash, checks, notes, instruments, and other items of payment.

 

Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any similar agency then having jurisdiction to enforce the Securities Act.

 

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Compliance Certificate” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.01(d).

 

Consents” shall mean all filings and all licenses, permits, consents, approvals, authorizations, qualifications and orders of Governmental Authorities and other third parties, domestic or foreign, necessary to carry on each Credit Party’s business or necessary (including to avoid a conflict or breach under any agreement, instrument, other document, license, permit or other authorization) for the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents, including any Consents required under all applicable federal, state or other Applicable Law.

 

Consolidated Basis” shall mean, with respect to the financial statements or other financial information of the Credit Parties, the accounts and other items of the Credit Parties on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with prior practices.

 

Consolidating Basis” shall mean, with respect to the financial statements or other financial information of the Credit Parties, the accounts and other items of each of the Credit Parties on a consolidating basis in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with prior practices.

 

“Cost of Money” shall have the meaning defined in and calculated as provided in the SBA Regulations.

 

Contingent Obligation” shall mean, as to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto.

 

Contractual Obligations” shall mean as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, undertaking, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument or arrangement (whether in writing or otherwise) to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of such Person’s property is bound.

 

Control Agreement” shall mean a tri-party deposit account, securities account or commodities account control agreement by and among the applicable Credit Party, Agent and the depository, securities intermediary or commodities intermediary, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory in all respects to Agent and in any event providing to Agent “control” of such deposit account, securities or commodities account within the meaning of Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC, as applicable, on a “springing” dominion basis upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.

 

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Controlled Group” shall mean all members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control which are, together with any Credit Party, treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

 

Credit Parties” shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement, and shall include their respective successors and assigns.

 

Customer” shall mean and include the account debtor with respect to any Account and/or the prospective purchaser of goods, services or both with respect to any contract or contract right, and/or any party who enters into or proposes to enter into any contract or other arrangement with a Person, pursuant to which such Person is to deliver any personal property or perform any services.

 

Default” shall mean a condition, act or event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default if that condition, act or event were not cured or removed within any applicable grace or cure period.

 

Earnings Before Interest and Taxes” shall mean for any period the sum of (i) net income (or loss) of the Credit Parties on a Consolidated Basis for such period, excluding extraordinary gains and extraordinary losses, so long as any such exclusion from the calculation of Earnings Before Interest and Taxes is made in accordance with GAAP (for the avoidance of doubt, management fees actually paid by any Credit Party in such period shall be deducted in determining net income for such period), plus (ii) to the extent deducted in the determination of net income (or loss) for such period, (A) all interest expense of the Credit Parties on a Consolidated Basis for such period, including interest expense resulting from original issue discount, plus (B) all charges against income of the Credit Parties on a Consolidated Basis for such period for federal, state and local income taxes, plus (C) any non-cash expense associated with FASB No. 142 or FASB No. 144, plus (D) any non-cash expenses associated with stock options and stock grants, plus (E) any non-cash expenses incurred in connection with the early extinguishment of Indebtedness. In addition, the calculation of Earnings Before Interest and Taxes for any period shall be adjusted to exclude (w) any aggregate net gain or loss arising from any permitted sale, conversion, exchange or other disposition of capital assets made during such period, including (1) all non-current assets, and (2) without duplication, the following assets, whether or not current: fixed assets, whether tangible or intangible, inventory sold in connection with the disposition of fixed assets and all Equity Interests and other securities, (x) any net gain from the collection during such period of any proceeds of life insurance policies, (y) any gain or loss (or other impact to the financial statements) arising from the repurchase during such period of Equity Interests and (z) any non-cash income or expense realized during such period relating to an Interest Rate Hedge or any Other Hedging Agreement.

 

EBITDA” shall mean for any period, the sum of (i) Earnings Before Interest and Taxes for such period, plus to the extent deducted in the determination of net income (or loss) for such period (ii) depreciation expenses of the Credit Parties on a Consolidated Basis for such period plus (iii) amortization expenses of the Credit Parties on a Consolidated Basis for such period, plus (iii) non-recurring costs and expenses such as acquisition costs and pre-opening costs, as determined by Lenders.

 

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Environmental Laws” shall mean all present and future Applicable Laws, Requirements of Law, or Consents, relating to the protection of human health and safety or the environment, including (a) all Applicable Laws, Requirements of Law, or Consents, pertaining to reporting, licensing, permitting, investigation, and remediation of emissions, discharges, releases, or threatened releases of hazardous materials, chemical substances, pollutants, contaminants, or hazardous or toxic substances, materials or wastes whether solid, liquid, or gaseous in nature, into the air, surface water, groundwater, or land, or relating to the presence, generation, discharge, release, removal, manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport, or handling of chemical substances, pollutants, emissions, contaminants, or hazardous, radioactive or toxic substances, materials, or wastes, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous in nature; and (b) all Applicable Laws, Requirements of Law or Consents, pertaining to the protection of the health and safety of employees or the public.

 

Equity Interests” of any Person shall mean any and all shares, rights to purchase, options, warrants, general, limited or limited liability partnership interests, member interests, participation or other equivalents of or interest in (regardless of how designated) equity of such Person, whether voting or nonvoting, including common stock, preferred stock, convertible securities or any other “equity security” (as such term is defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated by the Commission under the Exchange Act).

 

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

 

Event of Default” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 11.01.

 

Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

Excluded Taxes” shall mean, with respect to any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (i) Taxes imposed on net income imposed by the jurisdiction in which the Lender is organized or doing business by virtue of such Lender being organized or doing business in such jurisdiction and (ii) U.S. withholding taxes unless such U.S. withholding taxes are imposed as a result of a Change in Law (including a change in interpretation of existing law by a court or administrative agency) after the date of this Agreement.

 

Executive Order No. 13224” shall mean the Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September 24, 2001, as the same has been, or shall hereafter be renewed, extended, amended or replaced.

 

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Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” shall mean, with respect to any fiscal period of the Credit Parties, the ratio of (a) EBITDA for such period, less Unfinanced Capital Expenditures of the Credit Parties on a Consolidated Basis during such period, to (b) Senior Debt Payments made or scheduled to be made during such period, plus payments made by the Credit Parties during such period on account of Capital Lease Obligations, plus all taxes (whether federal, local, state, income or otherwise) actually paid by the Credit Parties on a Consolidated Basis during such period.

 

Foreign Lender” shall mean any Lender that is not a United States Person as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

 

Funded Debt” shall mean, with respect to the Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, all Indebtedness for borrowed money for which such Credit Party or such Subsidiary is obligated including the Senior Debt and all Capital Lease Obligations.

 

GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in effect within the United States, consistently applied.

 

Governmental Authority” shall mean the government of any nation, state, city, locality or other political subdivision of any thereof, any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, regulation or compliance, and any corporation or other entity owned or controlled, through stock or capital ownership or otherwise, by any of the foregoing.

 

Guarantor” shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement and any other Person who may hereafter guarantee payment or performance of the whole or any part of the obligations of the Borrower under the Notes and this Agreement and “Guarantors” shall mean collectively all such Persons.

 

Guaranty” shall mean any guaranty of the obligations of the Borrower executed by a Guarantor in favor of Agent or Lenders.

 

Hazardous Materials” shall mean any chemical, pollutant, contaminant, pesticide, petroleum or petroleum product or byproduct, radioactive substance, solid waste (hazardous or extremely hazardous), special, dangerous or toxic waste, hazardous or toxic substance, chemical or material regulated, listed, referred to, limited or prohibited under any Environmental Law, including: (i) friable or damaged asbestos, asbestos containing material, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), solvents and waste oil; (ii) any “hazardous substance” as defined under CERCLA or any Environmental Law; (iii) any hazardous waste defined under RCRA or any Environmental Law; and (iv) even if not prohibited, listed, limited or regulated by an Environmental Law, all pollutants, contaminants, hazardous, dangerous or toxic chemical, materials, wastes or any other substances, including any industrial process or pollution control waste (whether or not hazardous within the meaning of RCRA) which could pose a hazard to the environment, or the health or safety of any person or impair the use or value of any portion of the Real Property of the Credit Parties or their respective Subsidiaries.

 

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Indebtedness” shall mean, as to any Person, without duplication, (i) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services, (ii) the maximum amount available to be drawn or paid under all letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety and appeal bonds and similar obligations issued for the account of such Person and all unpaid drawings and unreimbursed payments in respect of such letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety and appeal bonds and similar obligations, (iii) all indebtedness of the types described in clause (i), (ii), (iv), (v), (vi), or (vii) of this definition secured by any Lien on any property owned by such Person, whether or not such indebtedness has been assumed by such Person (provided that, if the Person has not assumed or otherwise become liable in respect of such indebtedness, such indebtedness shall be deemed to be in an amount equal to the fair market value of the property to which such Lien relates as determined in good faith by such Person), (iv) the aggregate amount of all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (v) all obligations of such Person to pay a specified purchase price for goods or services, whether or not delivered or accepted, i.e., take-or-pay and similar obligations, (vi) all Contingent Obligations of such Person, and (vii) all obligations under any Interest Rate Hedges, Other Hedging Agreements or under any similar type of agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall not include trade payables, accrued expenses and deferred Tax and other credits incurred by any Person in the ordinary course of business.

 

Indemnified Party” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 7.01.

 

Indemnified Taxes” shall mean Taxes other than Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes.

 

Interest” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.05.

 

Interest Payment Date” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.05.

 

Interest Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.05.

 

Interest Rate Hedge” shall mean an interest rate exchange, collar, cap, swap, adjustable strike cap or similar agreements entered into by any Credit Party solely to provide protection to, or minimize the impact upon, the Credit Parties of increasing floating rates of interest applicable to Indebtedness.

 

Investment” shall mean, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of the Equity Interests of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.

 

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Judgment” shall mean any order, decision, decree, award or injunction of any Governmental Authority.

 

Key Persons” shall mean James M. Burke and Bradley L. Grow.

 

Lender” and “Lenders” shall have the meanings set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement, and shall include each Person which becomes a transferee, successor or assign of any Lender.

 

Lending Office” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender specified in Section hereto, or such other office or offices of such Lender as it may notify the Borrower pursuant to Section 12.02 from time to time.

 

Liabilities” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 7.01.

 

License” or “Licenses” shall mean any license, permit, directive, authorization, approval or stipulation required to operate the Business at any location.

 

Lien” shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, security interest, lien (whether statutory or otherwise), charge, claim or encumbrance, or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement held or asserted in respect of any asset of any kind or nature whatsoever, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of, or agreement to give, any financing statement under the UCC or comparable law of any jurisdiction.

 

Lien Waiver Agreement” shall mean an agreement in the form of Exhibit F to the Original Note Purchase Agreement, or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to Agent, which is executed in favor of Lenders by a Person who owns or occupies premises at which any Collateral may be located from time to time and by which such Person shall waive any Lien that such Person may ever have with respect to any of the Collateral and shall authorize Lenders from time to time to enter upon the premises to inspect or remove the Collateral from such premises or to use such premises to store or dispose of such Collateral.

 

Liquidity Event” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 10.02

 

Litigation” shall mean any action, proceeding, litigation, investigation, arbitration, mediation or claim.

 

Margin Stock” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board.

 

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Material Adverse Effect” shall mean (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the assets, properties, operations, business, condition (financial or otherwise), or prospects of the Business, any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or, (b) a material impairment of the ability of any Credit Party or any Affiliate of any Credit Party to perform under any Transaction Document to which it is a party, or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect, or enforceability against each Credit Party of any Transaction Document to which it is a party.

 

Maturity Date” shall mean December 31, 2017.

 

Modification” shall mean, with respect to any agreement, instrument or other document, any amendment, supplement or modification of or to any provision of such document, any waiver of any provision of such document, and any consent to any departure by any party from the terms of any provision of such document.

 

Mortgages” shall mean the mortgage and deed of trust between any Credit Party and the Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, relating to the Real Property covered thereby, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Multiemployer Plan” shall mean a multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA or Section 414(f) of the Code.

 

Note Register” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 12.17(b).

 

Notes” shall have the respective meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Obligations” shall mean and include any and all loans (including the loans evidenced by the Notes), advances, debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties owing by Borrower to Lenders, or to any other direct or indirect subsidiary or affiliate of Lenders of any kind or nature, present or future (including any interest accruing thereon after maturity, or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding relating to Borrower whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) arising under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, absolute or contingent, joint or several, due or to become due, contractual or tortious, liquidated or unliquidated, now existing or hereafter arising, including without limitation under any amendments, extensions, renewals or increases and all costs and expenses of Lenders incurred in the documentation, negotiation, modification, enforcement, collection or otherwise in connection with any of the foregoing, including but not limited to attorneys’ fees and expenses owing under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and all obligations of Borrower to Lenders to perform acts or refrain from taking any action.

 

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Organization Documents” shall mean, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

 

Other Hedging Agreements” shall mean any foreign exchange contracts, currency swap agreements, commodity agreements or other similar agreements or arrangements designed to protect against fluctuations in currency or commodity values.

 

Other Taxes” shall mean all present or future stamp or documentary Taxes or any other excise or property Taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Transaction Document or from the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

 

PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Title IV of ERISA, or any successor agency or other Governmental Authority succeeding to the functions thereof.

 

Permitted Liens” shall mean (a) Liens in favor of Agent, for its benefit and the ratable benefit of the Lenders, (b) Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted which stay the enforcement of any Lien and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries; provided, that no such Lien shall have any effect on the priority of the Liens in favor of Agent for its benefit and for the ratable benefit of Lenders or the value of the assets on which Agent has such a Lien and a stay of enforcement of any such Lien shall be in effect; (c) deposits or pledges to secure obligations under worker’s compensation, social security or similar laws, or under unemployment insurance; (d) deposits or pledges to secure bids, tenders, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds and other obligations of like nature arising in the ordinary course of business; (e) Liens arising by virtue of the rendition, entry or issuance against any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or any property of any such Person, of any judgment, writ, order or decree, provided that such Liens are in existence for less than twenty (20) consecutive days after it first arises or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted which stay the enforcement of any Lien and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries; (f) mechanics’, workers’, materialmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to obligations which are not due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted which stay the enforcement of any Lien and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries; (g) Liens placed upon equipment or Real Estate hereafter acquired or leased to secure a portion of the purchase price or lease thereof, provided that (A) any such lien shall not encumber any other property of the Credit Parties and (B) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred as a result of such purchases, during any fiscal year, shall not exceed the amount provided for in Section 9.15(c); (h) Liens disclosed on Schedule 9.02; and (i) non-exclusive licenses of intellectual property, and leases or subleases of equipment or Real Property, in each case granted to third Persons in the ordinary course of business and which do not interfere in any material respect with the operations of the business of the Credit Parties.

 

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Person” shall mean any individual, firm, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, joint stock company, Governmental Authority or other entity of any kind, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity.

 

Plan” shall mean any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan, maintained for employees of the Credit Parties, or any member of the Controlled Group or any such Plan to which any Credit Party or any member of the Controlled Group is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees.

 

Principal Amount” shall mean, with respect to the Notes, the principal amount of such Notes outstanding at the applicable time.

 

“Properly Contested” shall mean contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted which stay the enforcement of any Lien and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries; provided, that no such Lien shall have any effect on the priority of the Liens in favor of Agent for its benefit and for the ratable benefit of Lenders or the value of the assets on which Agent has such a Lien and a stay of enforcement of any such Lien shall be in effect.

 

Purchase Money Indebtedness” shall mean and include (i) Indebtedness (other than the Indebtedness under the Notes) of any Credit Party for the payment of all or any part of the purchase price of any equipment, (ii) any Indebtedness (other than the Indebtedness under the Notes) of any Credit Party incurred at the time of or within thirty (30) days prior to or one hundred twenty (120) days after the acquisition of any equipment for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price thereof (whether by means of a loan agreement, Capital Lease or otherwise), and (iii) any renewals, extensions or refinancings (but not any increases in the principal amounts) thereof outstanding at the time.

 

RCRA” shall mean the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. §§6901 et seq., as same may be amended from time to time.

 

Real Property” shall mean, with respect to each Credit Party, all of such Credit Party’s right, title and interest in and to any owned or leased premises acquired by such Credit Party after the Original Closing Date.

 

Reportable Event” shall mean a reportable event described in Section 4043(b) of ERISA or the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

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“Required Lenders” shall mean Lenders holding greater than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes.

 

Requirement of Law” or “Requirements of Law” shall mean any requirement, direction, policy or procedure of any Applicable Law or License, Judgment, or Consent.

 

Restaurant” shall mean a restaurant that is owned or operated by a Credit Party.

 

Restricted Payment” shall mean: (a) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect (whether in cash or property), on account of any Equity Interests of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend payable solely in shares of that class of Equity Interest to the holders of that class and, provided that an Event of Default does not exist, Permitted Tax Distributions; (b) any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or any redemption, conversion, exchange, retirement, defeasance, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any Equity Interests of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries now or hereafter outstanding, or the issuance of a notice of an intention to do any of the foregoing (or setting aside any funds for any of the foregoing purposes); (c) any payment or prepayment of interest on, principal of, premium, if any, redemption, conversion, exchange, purchase, retirement, defeasance, sinking fund or similar payment with respect to, any Indebtedness subordinated to the Indebtedness existing pursuant to the Notes and this Agreement, other than, as expressly permitted under the terms of the applicable subordination agreement to which Agent and/or Lenders are a party; (d) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any Equity Interests of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries now or hereafter outstanding; (e) any director fee paid to any member of the Board of Directors of any Credit Party who is also an employee of any Credit Party; or (f) any payment by any Credit Party of any management, consulting or similar fees to any Affiliate of any Credit Party, whether pursuant to a management agreement or otherwise.

 

SBA” shall mean the Small Business Administration or any successor thereto.

 

SBA Regulations” shall mean the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended, and the Regulations of SBA thereunder.

 

SBA Side Letter” shall mean that certain Small Business Side Letter, dated as of the Closing Date, by and between the Borrower and Fund III. as amended, modified, or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

SBIC” shall mean a small business investment company that is licensed by the SBA.

 

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar federal statute, and the rules and regulations thereunder as the same shall be in effect at the time.

 

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Senior Debt” shall mean (i) the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes and (ii) all Indebtedness that is senior to the Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes.

 

Senior Debt Payments” shall mean and include all cash actually expended by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries to make (a) principal or interest payments on any Senior Debt, plus (b) payments of all fees, commissions and charges with respect to the Senior Debt.

 

Solvent” shall mean, with respect to the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries considered as a whole that (i) the assets and the property of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries, considered as a whole, exceed the aggregate liabilities (including contingent and unliquidated liabilities) of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries, considered as a whole, (ii) after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries, considered as a whole, will not be left with unreasonably small capital, and (iii) after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries, considered as a whole, are able to both service and pay their liabilities as they mature. In computing the amount of contingent or unliquidated liabilities at any time, such liabilities will be computed as the amount that, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that is likely to become an actual or matured liability.

 

Subsidiary” of a Person (the “parent”), shall mean a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, by such parent. For purposes of this definition, “controlled by” 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 the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of a Credit Party.

 

Tax” shall mean any federal, state, local or foreign income, gross receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental, customs duties, capital stock, franchise, profits, withholding, social security (or similar), unemployment, disability, real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer, registration, value added, alternative or add on minimum, estimated, or other tax of any kind whatsoever, including any interest, penalty, or addition thereto, whether disputed or not.

 

Tax Return” shall mean any return, declaration, report, claim for refund, or information return or statement relating to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including any amendment thereof.

 

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Termination Event” shall mean (i) a Reportable Event with respect to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (ii) the withdrawal of any Credit Party or any member of the Controlled Group from a Plan or Multiemployer Plan during a plan year in which such entity was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA; (iii) the providing of notice of intent to terminate a Plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA; (iv) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (v) any event or condition (a) which might constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan or Multiemployer Plan, or (b) that may result in termination of a Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Section 4041A of ERISA; or (vi) the partial or complete withdrawal within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA, of any Credit Party or any member of the Controlled Group from a Multiemployer Plan.

 

Trading with the Enemy Act” shall mean the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any enabling legislation, regulations or executive order relating thereto.

 

Transaction Documents” shall mean collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, any Guaranty, the Borrower Pledge Agreement, the SBA Side Letter, and a Management Rights Agreement, as each may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

UCC” shall have assigned to that term in Section 1.04 hereof.

 

Unfinanced Capital Expenditures” shall mean Capital Expenditures which are not financed under Capital Leases or other long term Indebtedness.

 

USA Patriot Act” shall mean the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56, as the same has been, or shall hereafter be, renewed, extended, amended or replaced.

 

1.02. Accounting Terms; Financial Statements. All accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings given to them in conformance with GAAP, as consistently applied to the applicable Person. Financial statements and other information furnished after the date hereof pursuant to the Agreement or the other Transaction Documents shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect at the time of such preparation, provided, however, that if at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or financial requirement set forth in any Transaction Document, and the Borrower or the Agent shall so request, the Agent, the Lenders and the Credit Parties shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP; provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Credit Parties shall provide to the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement which include a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.

 

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1.03. Knowledge of the Credit Parties. All references to the knowledge of any Credit Party or to facts known by any Credit Party shall mean actual knowledge or notice of a senior officer of such Credit Party or of any of such Credit Party’s Subsidiaries or any division of such Credit Party, as the case may be, or knowledge which such Person could reasonably have acquired through the exercise of due inquiry.

 

1.04. UCC Terms. All terms used herein and defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in the State of New York from time to time (the “UCC”) shall have the meaning given therein unless otherwise defined herein. Without limiting the foregoing, the terms “accounts”, “chattel paper”, “instruments”, “general intangibles”, “payment intangibles”, “supporting obligations”, “securities”, “investment property”, “documents”, “deposit accounts”, “software”, “letter of credit rights”, “inventory”, “equipment” and “fixtures”, as and when used shall have the meanings given to such terms in Articles 8 or 9 of the UCC. To the extent the definition of any category or type of Collateral is expanded by any amendment, modification or revision to the UCC, such expanded definition will apply automatically as of the date of such amendment, modification or revision.

 

1.05. Certain Matters of Construction. The terms “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section, paragraph or subdivision. All references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement. Any pronoun used shall be deemed to cover all genders. Wherever appropriate in the context, terms used herein in the singular also include the plural and vice versa. All references to statutes and related regulations shall include any amendments of same and any successor statutes and regulations. Unless otherwise provided, all references to any instruments or agreements to which Agent is a party, including references to any of the Transaction Documents, shall include any and all modifications or amendments thereto and any and all extensions or renewals thereof. All references herein to the time of day shall mean the time in New York, New York. Whenever the words “including” or “include” shall be used, such words shall be understood to mean “including, without limitation” or “include, without limitation”. A Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to exist at all times during the period commencing on the date that such Default or Event of Default occurs to the date on which such Default or Event of Default is waived in writing pursuant to this Agreement or, in the case of a Default, is cured within any period of cure expressly provided for in this Agreement; and an Event of Default shall “continue” or be “continuing” until such Event of Default has been waived in writing by the Required Lenders. Any Lien referred to in this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents as having been created in favor of Agent, any agreement entered into by Agent pursuant to this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents, any payment made by or to or funds received by Agent pursuant to or as contemplated by this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents, or any act taken or omitted to be taken by Agent, shall, unless otherwise expressly provided, be created, entered into, made or received, or taken or omitted, for the benefit or account of Agent and Lenders. All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or otherwise within the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a default if such action is taken or condition exists. In addition, all representations and warranties hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular representation or warranty proves to be incorrect or is breached, the fact that another representation or warranty concerning the same or similar subject matter is correct or is not breached will not affect the incorrectness of a breach of a representation or warranty hereunder.

 

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ARTICLE 2

PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE NOTES

 

2.01. Issue of Notes. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, Borrower shall issue and sell to each Lender, and each Lender shall acquire from the Borrower on the Closing Date the Notes, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, appropriately completed in conformity herewith, in the principal amounts set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01(a) hereto.

 

2.02. Expenses. Concurrently with the execution hereof, the Borrower shall reimburse all of the Lenders’ reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel and consultants) incurred in connection with (i) the negotiation and execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents and the Lenders’ due diligence investigation and (ii) the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents, which payments shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated by the Lenders.

 

2.03. Closing. The purchase and issuance of the Notes shall take place at the closing (the “Closing”) to be held at the offices of Morrison Cohen LLP, 909 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022 at 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the date hereof (the “Closing Date”). At the Closing, the Borrower shall deliver the Notes to the Lenders against delivery by the Lenders to the Borrower of the Original Notes.

 

2.04. Financial Accounting Positions; Tax Reporting. Each of the parties hereto agrees to take reporting and other positions with respect to the Notes which are consistent with the purchase price of the Notes set forth herein for all financial accounting purposes, unless otherwise required by applicable GAAP or Commission rules (in which case the parties agree only to take positions inconsistent with the purchase price of the Notes set forth herein provided that the Lenders have consented thereto, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). If any position inconsistent with the purchase price of the Notes set forth herein is taken, the covenants shall be adjusted to the extent necessary to eliminate any impact caused by such inconsistent position. Each of the parties to this Agreement agrees to take reporting and other positions with respect to the Notes which are consistent with the purchase price of the Notes set forth herein for all other purposes, including for all federal, state and local tax purposes, except as otherwise required by Applicable Law.

 

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2.05. Interest.

 

(a) The Borrower shall pay interest (“Interest”) on the Principal Amount of the Notes at the rate of ten and one-half percent (10.5%) per annum (the “Interest Rate”). Interest on the Notes shall accrue from and including the date of issuance through and until repayment of the Principal Amount of the Notes and payment of all Interest in full, and shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Interest shall be paid monthly in arrears on the last day of each calendar month of each year or, if any such date shall not be a Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day to occur prior to such date (each date upon which Basic Interest shall be so payable, an “Interest Payment Date”), by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account at a bank designated in writing by each Lender. In the absence of any such written designation, any such Interest payment shall be deemed made on the date a check in the applicable amount payable to the order of each Lender is delivered to such Lender at its last address as reflected in the Note Register of the Borrower; if no such address appears, then to such Lender in care of the last address in such Note Register of any predecessor holder of the Notes (or its predecessor). All Interest accrued and unpaid through the Maturity Date shall be paid in full on the Maturity Date.

 

(b) Default Interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.05, but subject to Applicable Law, any overdue principal of and overdue Interest on the Notes shall bear interest, payable on demand in immediately available funds, for each day from the date payment thereof was due to the date of actual payment, at a rate equal to the sum of (i) the Interest Rate and (ii) an additional two percent (2%) per annum, and, upon and during the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Notes shall bear interest, from the date of the occurrence of such Event of Default until such Event of Default is cured or waived, payable on demand in immediately available funds, at a rate equal to the sum of (i) the Interest Rate, and (ii) an additional two percent (2%) per annum. Subject to Applicable Law, any interest that shall accrue on overdue interest on the Notes as provided in the preceding sentence and shall not have been paid in full on or before the next Interest Payment Date to occur after the date on which the overdue interest became due and payable shall itself be deemed to be overdue interest to which the preceding sentence shall apply.

 

(c) No Usurious Interest. In the event that any interest rate(s) or premiums provided for in this Section 2.05 or otherwise in this Agreement, shall be determined to be unlawful, such interest rate(s) shall be computed at the highest rate permitted by Applicable Law. Any payment by the Credit Parties of any interest amount in excess of that permitted by Applicable Law shall be considered a mistake, with the excess being applied to the Principal Amount of the Notes without prepayment premium or penalty; if no such principal amount is outstanding, such excess shall be returned to the Credit Parties.

 

(d) SBA Cost of Money Limitation. The sum of (i) the Interest Rate paid by the Credit Parties to the Lenders and (ii) all other consideration paid by the Credit Parties to the Lenders pursuant to the Notes and any other provision of this Agreement that constitutes Cost of Money, shall not exceed, with respect to any Lender that is an SBIC, the ceiling for the Cost of Money that is applicable to the Notes pursuant to SBA Regulations. Any payment to a Lender that is an SBIC of default interest pursuant to Section 2.05(c), Mandatory Redemption Price or other consideration pursuant to this Agreement that results in the Cost of Money for the Notes being in excess of the applicable ceiling for the Cost of Money for the Notes shall be considered an error and shall be returned to the Credit Parties.

 

ARTICLE 3

CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE

LENDERS TO PURCHASE THE NOTES

 

3.01. Conditions. The obligation of the Lenders to acquire the Notes and to perform any obligations hereunder shall be subject to the satisfaction as determined by, or waiver by, the Lenders of the following conditions on or before the Closing Date; provided, however, that any waiver of a condition shall not be deemed a waiver of any breach of any representation, warranty, agreement, term or covenant or of any misrepresentation by the Credit Parties

 

(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Credit Parties contained in Article 5 hereof shall be true and correct at and as of the date hereof and the Closing Date as if made at and as of such date, and the Agent shall have received at the Closing a certificate to the foregoing effect, dated the Closing Date, and executed by an Authorized Officer of each Credit Party.

 

(b) Compliance with this Agreement. The Credit Parties shall have performed and complied with all of their agreements and conditions set forth or contemplated herein that are required to be performed or complied with by the Credit Parties on or before the Closing Date, and the Agent shall have received at the Closing certificates to the foregoing effect, dated the Closing Date, and executed by an Authorized Officer of each Credit Party.

 

(c) Transaction Documents. The Agent shall have received duly executed Transaction Documents and true, complete and correct copies of such agreements, schedules, exhibits, certificates, documents, financial information and filings as it may request in connection with or relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.

 

(d) Purchase of Notes Permitted by Applicable Laws. The acquisition of and payment for the Notes to be acquired by the Lenders hereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Transaction Documents (a) shall not be prohibited by any Requirement of Law, (b) shall not subject the Agent or any Lender to any penalty or other onerous condition under or pursuant to any Requirement of Law, and (c) shall be permitted by all Requirements of Law to which the Agent or any Lender or the transactions contemplated by or referred to herein or in the Transaction Documents are subject; and the Agent and each Lender shall have received such certificates or other evidence as the Agent or such Lender may reasonably request to establish compliance with this condition.

 

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(e) Approval of Counsel to the Lenders. All actions and proceedings hereunder and all agreements, schedules, exhibits, certificates, financial information, filings and other documents required to be delivered by the Credit Parties and each of their respective Subsidiaries hereunder or in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, and all other related matters, shall have been in form and substance acceptable to Morrison Cohen LLP, counsel to the Agent and the Lenders, in its reasonable judgment.

 

(f) Consents and Approvals. All Consents, exemptions, authorizations, or other actions by, or notices to, or filings with, Governmental Authorities and other Persons in respect of all Requirements of Law and with respect to those Contractual Obligations of each Credit Party and each of its Subsidiaries necessary, desirable, or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance (including the payment of interest on the Notes) by such Credit Party, or enforcement against such Credit Party of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, shall have been obtained and be in full force and effect, and the Agent shall have been furnished with appropriate evidence thereof, and all waiting periods shall have lapsed without extension or the imposition of any conditions or restrictions.

 

(g) No Material Judgment or Order. There shall not be on the Closing Date any judgment or order of a court of competent jurisdiction or any ruling of any Governmental Authority or any condition imposed under any Requirement of Law which, in the judgment of the Lenders, would prohibit the purchase of the Notes hereunder or subject any Lender to any penalty or other onerous condition under or pursuant to any Requirement of Law if the Notes were to be purchased hereunder.

 

(h) Good Standing Certificates. Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent as of the Closing Date, good standing certificates for itself for its jurisdictions of incorporation and all other jurisdictions where it is qualified to do business.

 

(i) No Litigation. No Litigation shall have been commenced or threatened, and no investigation by any Governmental Authority shall have been commenced or threatened: (i) seeking to restrain, prevent or change the transactions contemplated hereby or questioning the validity or legality of any of such transactions, or (ii) which, if resolved adversely to any such Person, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(j) Acquisition. Agent shall have received final executed copies of the Acquisition Documents, and all related agreements, documents and instruments as in effect on the Closing Date all of which shall be satisfactory in form and substance to Agent and the transactions contemplated by such documentation to be consummated prior to or concurrently with the Closing Date shall have been so consummated without waiver of any conditions.

 

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(k) Insurance Certificates. On the Closing Date, the Lenders shall have received evidence of insurance complying with the requirements of Section 8.09 for the business and properties of the Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries.

 

(l) Ordinary Course. The Credit Parties shall have conducted their business in the ordinary course of business, and the holders of the Equity Interests of the Credit Parties shall have taken no actions to impair the value of the business of the Credit Parties.

 

(m) Transfer Taxes. The Credit Parties shall pay all sales, use, transfer, real property transfer and other similar Taxes, if any, arising out of or in connection with the transactions effected pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(n) SBA. The Lenders shall have received all closing certificates, corporate documents, evidence of authorization, forms and information required by the SBA, including without limitation SBA Forms 480 and 652, and other agreements, instruments and documents in respect of any aspect or consequence of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, the Acquisition Documents, and the other Transaction Documents as the Lenders may reasonably request, all of which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders.

 

ARTICLE 4

COLLATERAL; GENERAL TERMS

 

4.01. Security Interest in the Collateral. To secure the prompt payment and performance of the Obligations, each Credit Party hereby grants to Agent for its benefit and the benefit of each Lender a continuing security interest in and to and Lien on all of its Collateral, whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising and wheresoever located. Each Credit Party shall provide Agent with written notice of all commercial tort claims promptly following its determination that it has any such claim, such notice to contain the case title (if any proceeding has been commenced thereon) together with the applicable court and a brief description of the claim(s). Upon delivery of each such notice, each Credit Party shall be deemed to hereby grant to Agent for its benefit and the benefit of each Lender a security interest and Lien in and to such commercial tort claim(s) and all proceeds thereof and execute and deliver to Agent any further agreement or document requested by Agent to further evidence the grant of a security interest in such claim.

 

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4.02. Perfection of Security Interest. Each Credit Party shall take all action that may be reasonably necessary or desirable, or that Agent may reasonably request, in order to maintain at all times the validity, perfection, enforceability and priority of Agent’s security interest in and Lien on the Collateral or to enable Agent and Lenders to protect, exercise or enforce their rights hereunder and in the Collateral, including, but not limited to (i) immediately discharging all Liens other than Permitted Encumbrances, (ii) obtaining Lien Waiver Agreements in accordance with Section 8.15, (iii) delivering to Agent, endorsed or accompanied by such instruments of assignment as Agent may specify, and stamping or marking, in such manner as Agent may specify, any and all chattel paper, instruments, letters of credit and advices thereof and documents evidencing or forming a part of the Collateral, (iv) entering into warehousing, lockbox and other custodial arrangements reasonably satisfactory to Agent, and (v) executing and/or delivering financing statements, control agreements, instruments of pledge, mortgages, notices, assignments and other documents, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, relating to the creation, validity, perfection, maintenance or continuation of Agent’s security interest and Lien under the Uniform Commercial Code or other Applicable Law. Each Credit Party hereby authorizes the filing of any financing statements or continuation statements, and amendments to financing statements or any similar document in any applicable jurisdictions and with any filing offices as Agent may determine are necessary or advisable to perfect the security interest granted to Agent for its benefit and the benefit of each Lender herein. Such financing statements may describe the Collateral in the same manner as described herein or may contain an indication or a description of collateral that describes such property in any other manner as Agent may determine is necessary, advisable or prudent to ensure the perfection of the security interest in the Collateral granted to Agent for its benefit and the benefit of each Lender herein, including, without limitation, describing such property as “all assets” or “all personal property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired.” All actual, out-of-pocket charges, expenses and fees Agent may incur in doing any of the foregoing, and any local taxes relating thereto, shall be added to the Obligations, or, at Agent’s option, shall be paid by each Credit Party to Agent immediately upon demand.

 

4.03. Safeguarding Collateral. Each Credit Party will take commercially reasonable efforts at all times to safeguard, protect and preserve all Collateral other than dispositions expressly permitted hereunder.

 

4.04. Ownership of Collateral. With respect to the Collateral, at the time the Collateral becomes subject to Agent’s security interest: (i) except as set forth on Schedule 4.04, each Credit Party shall be the sole owner of and fully authorized and able to sell, transfer, assign each Credit Party’s rights to, pledge and/or grant a first priority security interest and Lien in each and every item of Collateral to Agent for its benefit and the benefit of each Lender; and, except for Permitted Encumbrances, the Collateral shall be free and clear of all Liens or encumbrances whatsoever; (ii) each document and agreement executed by each Credit Party or delivered to Agent and Lenders in connection with this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects; and (iii) all signatures and endorsements of each Credit Party that appear on such documents and agreements shall be genuine and each Credit Party shall have full capacity to execute same.

 

4.05. Defense of Agent’s Interest. Until (a) full and indefeasible payment and performance of all of the Obligations and (b) termination of this Agreement, Agent’s interest in the Collateral shall continue in full force and effect. Each Credit Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to defend Agent’s interest in the Collateral against any and all Persons whatsoever.

 

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4.06. Financial Disclosure. Each Credit Party hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs all accountants and auditors employed by each Credit Party at any time to exhibit and deliver to Agent copies of any of each Credit Party’s financial statements, trial balances or other accounting records of any sort in the accountant’s or auditor’s possession (other than work papers and other proprietary information of such accountants and auditors), and to disclose to Agent any information such accountants may have concerning each Credit Party’s financial status and business operations. Each Credit Party hereby authorizes all Governmental Authorities to furnish to Agent copies of material reports or examinations relating to each Credit Party; however, Agent will attempt to obtain such information or materials directly from each Credit Party prior to obtaining such information or materials from such accountants or Governmental Bodies.

 

4.07. Accounts.(a) Nature of Accounts. Each of the Accounts of the Credit Parties is and shall be a bona fide and valid account representing a bona fide indebtedness incurred by the Customer therein named, for a fixed sum as set forth in the invoice relating thereto (provided immaterial or unintentional invoice errors shall not be deemed to be a breach hereof) with respect to an absolute sale or lease and delivery of goods upon stated terms of each Credit Party, or work, labor or services theretofore rendered by each Credit Party, as applicable, as of the date each Account is created. The Customer’s obligation with respect thereto shall be due and owing in accordance with each Credit Party’s standard terms of sale without dispute, setoff or counterclaim except as may be stated on the accounts receivable schedules delivered by each Credit Party to Agent.

 

(b) Solvency of Customers. Each Customer, to each Credit Party’s knowledge, as of the date each Account is created, is and will be solvent and able to pay all Accounts on which the Customer is obligated in full when due or with respect to such Customers of each Credit Party who are not solvent, each Credit Party has set up on its books and in its financial records bad debt reserves adequate to cover such Accounts.

 

(c) Chief Executive Offices. Unless at least ten (10) Business Days prior written notice is given to Agent by each Credit Party of any other office at which each Credit Party keeps its records pertaining to Accounts, all such records shall be kept at the chief executive offices of such Credit Party existing as of the Original Closing Date.

 

(d) Collection of Accounts. Upon request of Agent at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Credit Party will, at each Credit Party’s sole cost and expense but on Agent’s behalf and for Agent’s account, collect all amounts owing on its Accounts, shall not commingle any collections with each Credit Party’s funds or use the same except to pay Obligations, and shall deposit or cause to be deposited into a blocked account designated by Agent, all such collections; and upon request Agent, shall deliver to Agent, in original form and on the date of receipt thereof all checks, drafts, notes, money orders, acceptances, cash and other evidences of Indebtedness.

 

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(e) Verification and Notification of Assignment of Accounts. Agent shall have the right, at any time upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to confirm and verify any and all Accounts by any manner and through any medium it considers advisable. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent shall have the right to send notice of the assignment of, and Agent’s security interest in and Lien on, the Accounts to any and all Customers or any third party holding or otherwise concerned with any of the Collateral. At all times during such period, Agent for its benefit and the benefit of each Lender shall have the sole right to collect and commence legal proceedings to collect the Accounts, take possession of the Collateral, or both. Agent’s actual, out-of-pocket collection expenses, including, but not limited to, stationery and postage, telephone, secretarial and clerical expenses and the salaries of any collection personnel used for collection, may be added to the Obligations.

 

(f) Power of Agent to Act on Each Credit Party’s Behalf. Each Credit Party hereby constitutes Agent or Agent’s designee as each Credit Party’s attorney and agent with power to take each of the following actions (if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, except those described in the following clause (iii) and (iv) which actions may be taken at any time and from time to time): (i) to endorse each Credit Party’s name upon any notes, acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders or other evidences of payment or Collateral; (ii) to sign each Credit Party’s name on any invoice or bill of lading relating to any of the Accounts, drafts against Customers, assignments and verifications of Accounts; (iii) to send verifications of Accounts to any Customer, (iv) to sign each Credit Party’s name on all financing statements or any other documents or instruments deemed necessary or appropriate by Agent to preserve, protect, or perfect Agent’s interest in the Collateral and to file same; (v) to demand payment of the Accounts; (vi) to enforce payment of the Accounts by legal proceedings or otherwise; (vii) to exercise all of each Credit Party’s rights and remedies with respect to the collection of the Accounts and any other Collateral; (viii) to settle, adjust, compromise, extend or renew the Accounts; (ix) to settle, adjust or compromise any legal proceedings brought to collect Accounts; (x) to prepare, file and sign each Credit Party’s name on a proof of claim in bankruptcy or similar document against any Customer; (xi) to prepare, file and sign each Credit Party’s name on any notice of Lien, assignment or satisfaction of Lien or similar document in connection with the Accounts; (xii) to change the address for delivery of mail addressed to each Credit Party to such address as Agent may designate and to receive, open and dispose of all mail addressed to either of them and (xiii) to do all other acts and things necessary to carry out this Agreement. All acts of said attorney and agent or designee are hereby ratified and approved, and said attorney and agent or designee shall not be liable for any acts of omission or commission nor for any error of judgment or mistake of fact or of law, unless done maliciously or with gross (not mere) negligence; this power being coupled with an interest is irrevocable while any of the Obligations remain unpaid.

 

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(g) No Liability. Agent shall not, under any circumstances or in any event whatsoever, have any liability for any error or omission or delay of any kind occurring in the settlement, collection or payment of any of the Accounts or any instrument received in payment thereof, or for any damage resulting therefrom except as a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Person. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Agent may, without notice or consent from each Credit Party, sue upon or otherwise collect, extend the time of payment of, compromise or settle for cash, credit or upon any terms any of the Accounts or any other securities, instruments or insurance applicable thereto and/or release any Credit Party thereof. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Agent is authorized and empowered to accept the return of the goods represented by any of the Accounts, without notice to or consent by each Credit Party, all without discharging or in any way affecting each Credit Party’s liability hereunder.

 

(h) Adjustments. Each Credit Party will not, without Agent’s consent, compromise or adjust any Accounts (or extend the time for payment thereof) or accept any returns of merchandise or grant any additional discounts, allowances or credits thereon except for those compromises, adjustments, returns, discounts, credits and allowances as have been heretofore customary in the ordinary course of business of each Credit Party.

 

4.08. Exculpation of Liability. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to constitute Agent as agent of any Credit Party for any purpose whatsoever, nor shall Agent be responsible or liable for any shortage, discrepancy, damage, loss or destruction of any part of the Collateral wherever the same may be located and regardless of the cause thereof. Agent, whether by anything herein or in any assignment or otherwise, does not assume any of any Credit Party’s obligations under any contract or agreement assigned to Agent, and Agent shall not be responsible in any way for the performance by any Credit Party of any of the terms and conditions thereof.

 

4.09. Financing Statements. Except with respect to (a) the financing statements described on Schedule 4.09, and (b) any financing statement with respect to a Permitted Encumbrance, no financing statement covering any of the Collateral or any proceeds thereof is on file in any public office.

 

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ARTICLE 5

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CREDIT PARTIES

 

The Credit Parties, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to each Lender that the following are, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the Acquisition Documents will be, true, correct and complete:

 

5.01. Corporate Existence and Power. Each Credit Party and each of its Subsidiaries: (a) is a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership, as applicable, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization; (b) has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its property, to lease the property it operates as lessee and to conduct the business in which it is currently, or is currently proposed to be, engaged; (c) is duly qualified as a foreign entity, licensed and in good standing under the laws of its state of organization and of each other jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to so qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and (d) has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each Transaction Document to which it is or will be a party and to borrow hereunder. Schedule 5.01 contains a true, complete and correct list of each Credit Party’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ jurisdiction of organization and each jurisdiction where it is qualified to do business as a foreign entity. As of the Original Closing Date, none of the Credit Parties had conducted any business other than the ownership of Equity Interests of the other Credit Parties and activities incidental to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the Acquisition Documents.

 

5.02. Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is or will be a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance of, or performance of the terms of, the Notes: (a) has been duly authorized by all necessary action (including, obtaining approval of its stockholders, partners, general partners, members or other applicable equity owners, if necessary); (b) do not and will not contravene the terms of the Organization Documents of such Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries (or any other applicable organizational or constituent documents), or any amendment thereof or any Requirement of Law applicable to such Person or such Person’s assets, business or properties; (c) do not and will not (i) conflict with, contravene, result in any violation or breach of or default under (with or without the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both), (ii) create in any other Person a right or claim of termination or amendment of, or (iii) require modification, acceleration or cancellation of, any Contractual Obligation of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries; and (d) do not and will not result in the creation of any Lien (or obligation to create a Lien) against any property, asset or business of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Permitted Liens).

 

5.03. Governmental Authorization; Third Party Consents. Except for the requirements of applicable “blue sky” laws, no approval, consent, compliance, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person in respect of any Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation, and no lapse of a waiting period under a Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation, is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by (including the payment of interest on the Notes), or enforcement against, any Credit Party of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

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5.04. Binding Effect. This Agreement has been, and each of the Transaction Documents to which any Credit Party will be a party will be, duly executed and delivered by such Credit Party and this Agreement constitutes, and such Transaction Documents will constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity relating to enforceability.

 

5.05. Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.05, there are no legal actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority against or affecting such Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries that (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any Acquisition Document, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or (b) could reasonably be expected to result in equitable relief or in monetary judgments, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $100,000. No injunction, writ, temporary restraining order, decree or any order of any nature has been issued by any court or other Governmental Authority purporting to enjoin or restrain the execution, delivery or performance of the Transaction Documents.

 

5.06. Compliance with Laws. Each Credit Party and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all Requirements of Law.

 

5.07. No Default or Breach. No event has occurred and is continuing or would result from the incurring of obligations by the Credit Parties under the Transaction Documents which constitutes or, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default. Neither any Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation in any material respect.

 

5.08. Subsidiaries.

 

(a) Schedule 5.08 sets forth a complete and accurate list of all of the Subsidiaries of each Credit Party as of the Closing Date together with their respective jurisdictions of incorporation or organization. All of the outstanding Equity Interests in, the Subsidiaries are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.08, as of the Closing Date, all of the outstanding Equity Interests in each of the Subsidiaries are owned by a Credit Party or by a wholly-owned Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens. No Subsidiary has outstanding options, warrants, subscriptions, calls, rights, convertible securities or other agreements or commitments obligating the Subsidiary to issue, transfer or sell any securities of the Subsidiary.

 

(b) Except for the Subsidiaries of the Credit Parties, no Credit Party owns of record or beneficially, directly or indirectly, (i) any Equity Interests convertible into Equity Interests any other Person, and (ii) any Equity Interest in any limited liability company, partnership, joint venture or other non-corporate business enterprises.

 

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5.09. Capitalization.

 

(a) Schedule 5.09 sets forth, as the Closing Date (after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby), a true and complete listing of each class of authorized Equity Interests of each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries, of which all of such issued Equity Interests are validly issued, outstanding, and owned beneficially and of record by the Persons and in the amounts listed on Schedule 5.09 as well as a list of all holders of warrants, options, rights and securities convertible into Equity Interests, together with the number of Equity Interests to be issued upon the exercise or conversion of such warrants, options, rights and convertible securities, all of which have been reserved for insurance. No Credit Party has any Equity Interests held in treasury. All outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower have been duly authorized by all necessary action. All outstanding Equity Interests are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and shall be free and clear of all Liens and the issuance of the foregoing has not been or will not be, as the case may be, subject to preemptive rights in favor of any Person and will not result in the issuance of any additional Equity Interests of the Borrower or the triggering of any anti-dilution or similar rights contained in any options, warrants, debentures or other securities or agreements of the Borrower.

 

(b) On the Closing Date there will be no outstanding securities convertible into or exchangeable for the Equity Interests of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or options, warrants or other rights to purchase or subscribe to the Equity Interests of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or contracts, commitments, agreements, understandings or arrangements of any kind to which any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is a party relating to the issuance of any Equity Interests of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such options, warrants or rights.

 

5.10. Private Offering. No form of general solicitation or general advertising was used by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or their respective representatives in connection with the offer or sale of the Notes. No registration of the Notes pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act or the state securities or “blue sky” laws will be required for the offer, sale or issuance of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement. Each Credit Party agrees that neither it, nor anyone acting on its behalf, will offer or sell the Notes or any other security so as to require the registration of the Notes pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act or any state securities or “blue sky” laws, unless such Notes are so registered.

 

5.11. Broker’s, Finder’s or Similar Fees. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.11, there are no brokerage commissions, finder’s fees or similar fees or commissions payable in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby based on any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or any action taken by any such Person.

 

5.12. Margin Requirements. No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder will be used to purchase or carry any Margin Stock or to extend credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock. Neither the sale of the Notes nor the use of the proceeds thereof will violate or be inconsistent with the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

 

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5.13. Anti-Terrorism Laws.

 

(a) General. Neither any Credit Party nor any Subsidiary or Affiliate of any Credit Party is in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law or engages in or conspires 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.

 

(b) Executive Order No. 13224. Neither any Credit Party nor any Subsidiary or Affiliate of any Credit Party or their respective agents acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with the Notes or other transactions hereunder is a Blocked Person.

 

(c) Blocked Person or Transactions. Neither any Credit Party nor to any Credit Party’s knowledge any of its Subsidiaries, Affiliates or agents acting in any capacity in connection with the Notes or other transactions hereunder (i) 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 (ii) deals in, or otherwise engages in any transaction relating to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to Executive Order No. 13224.

 

5.14. Trading with the Enemy. Neither any Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged, nor does any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries intend to engage, in any business or activity prohibited by the Trading with the Enemy Act.

 

5.15. Acquisition Documents. The Lenders have received true and complete copies of (including all schedules and exhibits delivered in connection therewith), each Acquisition Document and all amendments to any of the Acquisition Documents and other side letters or agreements affecting the terms thereof. None of the Acquisition Documents has been amended or supplemented, nor have any of the material provisions thereof been waived, except pursuant to a written agreement or instrument which has heretofore been delivered to the Lenders. All of the transactions contemplated to occur under the Acquisition Documents on or before the Closing Date (the “Acquisition Closing Transactions”) have been consummated pursuant to the terms thereof, no party to any of the Acquisition Documents has waived the fulfillment of any material condition precedent set forth therein, without Agent’s written consent, and no party has failed to perform any of its material obligations thereunder. At the time of consummation thereof, the Acquisition Closing Transaction shall have been consummated in all material respects in accordance with all Requirements of Law. At the time of consummation of the Acquisition Closing Transaction, all necessary material consents and approvals of, and filings and registrations with, and all other actions in respect of, all Governmental Authorities required in order to make or consummate the Acquisition Closing Transaction will have been obtained, given, filed or taken and are or will be in full force and effect (or effective judicial relief with respect thereto has been obtained). All applicable waiting periods with respect thereto have or, prior to the time when required, will have, expired without, in all such cases, any action being taken by any competent authority which restrains, prevents, or imposes material adverse conditions upon the Transaction. Additionally, there does not exist any judgment, order or injunction prohibiting or imposing material adverse conditions upon the Transaction. All actions taken by the Credit Parties pursuant to or in furtherance of the Acquisition Closing Transaction have been taken in all material respects in compliance with all Requirements of Law. As of the Closing Date, all of the representations and warranties contained in the Acquisition Documents are true and correct.

 

5.16. Interest Rate Hedges and Other Hedging Agreements. As of the Closing Date, neither any Credit Party nor any of their Subsidiaries are a party to any Interest Rate Hedges or any Other Hedging Agreements.

 

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ARTICLE 6

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE LENDERS

 

Each Lender hereby, severally, but not jointly, represents and warrants as to itself as follows:

 

6.01. Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement: (a) is within its power and authority and has been duly authorized by all necessary action; (b) does not contravene the terms of its organizational documents or any amendment thereof; and (c) will not violate, conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of any of its Contractual Obligations, or any order or decree directly relating to it.

 

6.02. Binding Effect. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by it and this Agreement constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.

 

6.03. No Legal Bar. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by it will not violate any Requirement of Law applicable to it.

 

6.04. Purchase for Own Account. The Notes to be acquired by it pursuant to this Agreement are being or will be acquired for its own account and with no intention of distributing or reselling such securities or any part thereof in any transaction that would be in violation of the securities laws of the United States of America, or any state, without prejudice, however, to each Lender’s right at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Notes, in the case of a Lender under an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, or under an exemption from such registration available under the Securities Act, and subject, nevertheless, to the disposition of its property being at all times within its control. If any Lender should in the future decide to dispose of any of the Notes, such Lender understands and agrees that it may do so only in compliance with the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, as then in effect.

 

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6.05. Broker’s, Finder’s or Similar Fees. Except as set forth in Section 2.02 and Schedule 5.11 hereof, there are no brokerage commissions, finder’s fees or similar fees or commissions payable in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby based on any agreement, arrangement or understanding with it or any action taken by it.

 

6.06. Governmental Authorization; Third Party Consent. No approval, consent, compliance, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person in respect of any Requirement of Law, and no lapse of a waiting period under a Requirement of Law, is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by it or enforcement against it of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

ARTICLE 7

INDEMNIFICATION

 

7.01. Indemnification. In addition to all other sums due hereunder or provided for in this Agreement, each Credit Party, jointly and severally, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Agent, each Lender and their respective Affiliates and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees, Subsidiaries, partners, members, attorneys, accountants and controlling persons (each, an “Indemnified Party”) to the fullest extent permitted by law from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, expenses (including reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel and costs of investigation incurred by an Indemnified Party in any action or proceeding between any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries and such Indemnified Party (or Indemnified Parties) or between an Indemnified Party (or Indemnified Parties) and any third party or otherwise) or other liabilities, losses, or diminution in value (collectively, “Liabilities”) resulting from or arising out of any breach of any representation or warranty, covenant or agreement of any Credit Party in this Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Transaction Documents, including the failure to make payment when due of amounts owing pursuant to this Agreement, the Notes, or any of the other Transaction Documents, on the due date thereof (whether at the scheduled maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) or any legal, administrative or other actions (including actions brought by the Agent, any Lender, any Credit Party, any of its Subsidiaries or any holders of equity or indebtedness of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or derivative actions brought by any Person claiming through or in the name of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, proceedings or investigations (whether formal or informal), or written threats thereof, based upon, relating to or arising out of any of the Transaction Documents, the transactions contemplated thereby, or any Indemnified Party’s role therein or in the transactions contemplated thereby; provided, however, that neither any Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be liable under this Section 7.01 to an Indemnified Party: (a) for any amount paid by the Indemnified Party in settlement of claims by the Indemnified Party without such Credit Party’s consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (b) to the extent that it is judicially determined in a final non-appealable judgment that such Liabilities resulted primarily from the willful misconduct or gross negligence of such Indemnified Party or (c) to the extent that it is judicially determined in a final non-appealable judgment that such Liabilities resulted primarily from the breach by such Indemnified Party of any representation, warranty, covenant or other agreement of such Indemnified Party contained in this Agreement; provided, further, that if and to the extent that such indemnification is unenforceable for any reason, the Credit Parties shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of such Liabilities which shall be permissible under Applicable Laws. In connection with the obligation of the Credit Parties to indemnify for expenses as set forth above, each Credit Party further agrees, upon presentation of appropriate invoices containing reasonable detail, to reimburse each Indemnified Party for all such expenses (including fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel and costs of investigation incurred by an Indemnified Party in any action or proceeding between any Credit Party (or any of its Subsidiaries) and such Indemnified Party (or Indemnified Parties) or between an Indemnified Party (or Indemnified Parties) and any third party or otherwise) as they are incurred by such Indemnified Party; provided, however, that if an Indemnified Party is reimbursed hereunder for any expenses, such reimbursement of expenses shall be refunded to the extent it is finally judicially determined that the Liabilities in question resulted primarily from (i) the willful misconduct or gross negligence of such Indemnified Party or (ii) the breach by such Indemnified Party of any representation, warranty, covenant or other agreement of such Indemnified Party contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

 

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7.02. Procedure; Notification. Each Indemnified Party under this Article 7 will, promptly after the receipt of notice of the commencement of any action, investigation, claim or other proceeding against such Indemnified Party in respect of which indemnity may be sought from the Credit Parties under this Article 7, notify the Credit Parties in writing of the commencement thereof. The omission of any Indemnified Party so to notify the Credit Parties of any such action shall not relieve the Credit Parties from any liability which they may have to such Indemnified Party unless, and only to the extent that, such omission results in the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses of the Credit Parties. In case any such action, claim or other proceeding shall be brought against any Indemnified Party and it shall notify the Credit Parties of the commencement thereof, the Credit Parties shall be entitled to assume the defense thereof at their own expense, with counsel satisfactory to such Indemnified Party in its reasonable judgment; provided, however, that, if the Credit Parties have assumed the defense of any such action, claim or other proceeding, any Indemnified Party may, at its own expense, retain separate counsel to participate in such defense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in any action, claim or proceeding in which the Credit Parties, on the one hand, and an Indemnified Party, on the other hand, is, or is reasonably likely to become, a party, such Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Credit Parties and to control its own defense of such action, claim or proceeding if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel to such Indemnified Party, a conflict or potential conflict exists between the Credit Parties, on the one hand, and such Indemnified Party, on the other hand, that would make such separate representation advisable; provided, however, that in no event shall the Credit Parties be required to pay fees and expenses under this Article 7 for more than one firm of attorneys in any jurisdiction in any one legal action or group of related legal actions. Each Credit Party agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of the Lenders, settle, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action or proceeding relating to the matters contemplated hereby (if any Indemnified Party is a party thereto or has been actually threatened to be made a party thereto) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of the Lenders and each other Indemnified Party from all liability arising or that may arise out of such claim, action or proceeding. Neither any Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be liable for any settlement of any claim, action or proceeding effected against an Indemnified Party without their written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The rights accorded to Indemnified Parties hereunder shall be in addition to any rights that any Indemnified Party may have at common law, by separate agreement or otherwise.

 

7.03. Survival. The obligations of the Credit Parties under this Article 7 shall survive termination of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents and payment in full of the Notes.

 

ARTICLE 8

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

Until the payment in full of all principal of and interest on the Notes and all other amounts due to the Agent and Lenders under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, including all fees, expenses and amounts due in respect of indemnity obligations under Article 7, each Credit Party hereby covenants and agrees with the Agent and Lenders as set forth in this Article 8:

 

8.01. Financial Statements and Other Information. Each Credit Party shall maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with sound business practices to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP (it being understood that monthly financial statements are not required to have footnote disclosures). The Credit Parties shall deliver to the Agent each of the financial statements and other reports described below:

 

(a) Annual Financial Statements. Furnish Agent within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Credit Parties, audited financial statements of the Credit Parties, including statements of income and stockholders’ equity and cash flow from the beginning of the current fiscal year to the end of such fiscal year and the balance sheet as at the end of such fiscal year, all prepared on a Consolidated Basis and Consolidating Basis in reasonable detail and complete and correct in all material respects and reported upon without qualification by an independent certified public accounting firm selected by the Credit Parties and satisfactory to Agent (collectively, the “Accountants”).

 

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(b) Quarterly Financial Statements. Furnish Agent within thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal quarter, an unaudited balance sheet of the Credit Parties and unaudited statements of income and stockholders’ equity and cash flow of the Credit Parties reflecting results of operations from the beginning of the fiscal year (or the Closing Date, in the case of the first such financial statement delivered after the Closing Date) to the end of such quarter and for such quarter, all prepared on a Consolidated Basis and Consolidating Basis in reasonable detail and complete and correct in all material respects, subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments that individually and in the aggregate are not material to the Credit Parties’ business.

 

(c) Monthly Financial Statements. Furnish Agent within thirty (30) days after the end of each month, an unaudited balance sheet of the Credit Parties and unaudited statements of income and stockholders’ equity and cash flow of the Credit Parties reflecting results of operations from the beginning of the fiscal year (or the Closing Date, in the case of the first such financial statement delivered after the Closing Date) to the end of such month and for such month, all prepared on a Consolidated Basis and Consolidating Basis in reasonable detail and complete and correct in all material respects, subject to normal and recurring year end adjustments that individually and in the aggregate are not material to the Credit Parties’ business.

 

(d) Compliance Certificate. Together with each delivery of financial statements of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries pursuant to Sections 8.01(a) and 8.01(b) above, the Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered a fully and properly completed compliance certificate (in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (or in such other form or substance as shall be satisfactory to Agent) and referred to as a “Compliance Certificate”) signed by the chief executive officer or chief financial officer of the Borrower.

 

(e) Accountants’ Reports. Promptly upon receipt thereof, each Credit Party shall deliver copies of all significant reports submitted by the Accountant in connection with each annual, interim or special audit or review of any type of the financial statements or related internal control systems of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries made by the Accountant, including any comment letter submitted by the Accountant to management in connection with its services.

 

(f) Management Reports. Together with each delivery of financial statements of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries pursuant to Sections 8.01(a), 8.01(b) and 8.01(c), the Credit Parties will deliver a management report (i) describing the operations and financial condition of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries for the month then ended and the portion of the current fiscal year then elapsed (or for the fiscal year then ended in the case of year end financials), (ii) setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding figures from the most recent projections for the current fiscal year delivered pursuant to subsection 8.01(g) discussing the reasons for any significant variations and (iii) a written report summarizing all material variances from budgets submitted by the Credit Parties pursuant to Section 8.01(g) and a discussion and analysis by management with respect to such variances, such discussion and analysis to be in such form and to provide such detail and substance as Agent shall reasonably require. The information above shall be presented in reasonable detail and shall be certified by the chief financial officer of each Credit Party to the effect that such information fairly presents the results of operations and financial condition of the Credit Parties on a Consolidated Basis and Consolidating Basis as at the dates and for the periods indicated.

 

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(g) Projections. No earlier than sixty (60) days prior nor later than thirty (30) days prior to the end of each fiscal year beginning with the current fiscal year, the Credit Parties shall prepare and deliver to Agent projections of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries for the next succeeding fiscal year, on a month to month basis and for the following two (2) fiscal years on a quarter to quarter basis, including a balance sheet as at the end of each relevant period and income statements and statements of cash flows for each relevant period and for the period commencing at the beginning of the fiscal year and ending on the last day of such relevant period. Such projections shall be prepared in good faith on the basis of sound financial planning practice consistent with past budgets and financial statements and that such Authorized Officer has no reason to question the reasonableness of any material assumptions on which such projections were prepared.

 

(h) SEC Filings/Press Releases. Promptly after the same are (i) filed, copies of all financial statements and regular, periodic or special reports which any Credit Party or Subsidiary may make to, or file with, the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor or similar Governmental Authority, (ii) sent, copies of all financial statements, management reports and reports related thereto which any Credit Party or Subsidiary sends generally to its shareholders or other equity holders, and (iii) made available, all press releases to the public concerning material developments in the business of any of the Credit Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries.

 

(i) Material Occurrences. Promptly notify Agent in writing upon the occurrence of (a) any Event of Default or Default; (b) any event, development or circumstance due to which any financial statements or other reports furnished to Agent or the Lenders fail in any material respect to present fairly, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, the financial condition or operating results of the Credit Parties as of the date of such statements; (c) any accumulated retirement plan funding deficiency which, if such deficiency continued for two plan years and was not corrected as provided in Section 4971 of the Code, could subject any Credit Party or Subsidiary to a Tax imposed by Section 4971 of the Code; (d) each and every default by any Credit Party or Subsidiary which permits the holders of any Indebtedness of any Credit Party or Subsidiary, the outstanding principal amount of which exceeds $100,000, to accelerate the maturity of such Indebtedness, including the names and addresses of the holders of such Indebtedness and the amount of such Indebtedness; and (e) any other development in the business or affairs of any Credit Party or Subsidiary which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; in each case describing the nature thereof and the action the Credit Party or such Subsidiary proposes to take with respect thereto. In addition, the Credit Parties shall notify Agent in writing promptly of any change in senior management (which, for purposes hereof, shall include any officer holding the title of vice president, or the functional equivalent thereof, and any officer holding a more senior title than vice president, or the functional equivalent thereof), and, in any event (i) if such change arises from a voluntary termination of employment, or as the result of death or disability of such officer, such notice shall be given no later than three (3) Business Days after any Credit Party shall have obtained knowledge (excluding the knowledge of such officer) of such event and (ii) if such change arises from an involuntary termination of employment, such notice shall be given no later than the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the occurrence of such event, unless the Credit Parties determine, in the good faith exercise of their commercially reasonable judgment, that the delay in effectuating such termination due to the aforedescribed notice obligation would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, in which case the Credit Parties shall notify Agent in writing within one (1) Business Day after the occurrence of such involuntary termination.

 

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(j) Litigation. Promptly upon any officer of any Credit Party obtaining knowledge of (i) the institution of any action, suit, proceeding, governmental investigation or arbitration against or affecting any Credit Party or any Subsidiary or any property of any Credit Party or Subsidiary not previously disclosed by the Credit Parties to the Agent or (ii) any material development in any action, suit, proceeding, governmental investigation or arbitration at any time pending against or affecting any Credit Party or Subsidiary or any property or former property of any Credit Party or Subsidiary which, in each case, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Credit Parties will promptly give notice thereof to the Agent and provide such other information as may be reasonably available to it to enable the Agent, Lenders and their counsel to evaluate such matter.

 

(k) Subsidiaries. Not less than fifteen (15) days prior to creating a Subsidiary or acquiring the Equity Interests in a Person, such that such Person will become a Subsidiary, the applicable Credit Party shall notify the Agent of such Credit Party’s or of such Credit Party’s Subsidiary’s intention to create such Subsidiary or acquire such Equity Interests, and following such notice such Subsidiary will not be created or acquired until such Credit Party has caused each Subsidiary to execute a joinder to this Agreement, and the other Transaction Documents and/or a Guaranty in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and Lenders.

 

(l) Notice of Corporate Changes. The Credit Parties shall provide prompt written notice to the Agent of (i) all jurisdictions in which any Credit Party or any Subsidiary becomes qualified after the Closing Date to transact business, and (ii) any material change after the Closing Date in the authorized and issued Equity Interests of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary or any other material amendment to their applicable charter, by laws or other organizational documents, such notice, in each case, to identify the applicable jurisdictions, capital structures or amendments, as applicable.

 

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(m) Notice of Adverse Events. Furnish Agent with prompt written notice of (i) any lapse or other termination of any Consent issued to any Credit Party or any Subsidiary by any Governmental Authority or any other Person that is material to the operation of any Credit Party’s or Subsidiary’s business, (ii) any refusal by any Governmental Authority or any other Person to renew or extend any such Consent, (iii) copies of any periodic or special reports filed by any Credit Party or Subsidiary with any Governmental Authority or Person, if such reports indicate any material change, (iv) copies of any material notices and other communications from any Governmental Authority or Person which specifically relate to any Credit Party or Subsidiary or the industry in which they operate, and (v) the occurrence of any development or event which is reasonably likely to cause any Credit Party or Subsidiary not to be in compliance with all federal, state and local laws relating to environmental protection and control and occupational safety and health.

  

(n) ERISA Notices and Requests. Furnish Agent with immediate written notice in the event that (i) any Credit Party or any member of the Controlled Group knows or has reason to know that a Termination Event has occurred, together with a written statement describing such Termination Event and the action, if any, which such Credit Party or member of the Controlled Group has taken, is taking, or proposes to take with respect thereto and, when known, any action taken or threatened by the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Labor or PBGC with respect thereto, (ii) any Credit Party or any member of the Controlled Group knows or has reason to know that a material non-exempt prohibited transaction (as defined in Sections 406 of ERISA and 4975 of the Code) has occurred together with a written statement describing such transaction and the action which such Credit Party or member of the Controlled Group has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto, (iii) a funding waiver request has been filed with respect to any Plan together with all communications received by any Credit Party or any member of the Controlled Group with respect to such request, (iv) any increase in the benefits of any existing Plan or the establishment of any new Plan or the commencement of contributions to any Plan to which any Credit Party or any member of the Controlled Group was not previously contributing shall occur, (v) any Credit Party or any member of the Controlled Group shall receive from the PBGC a notice of intention to terminate a Plan or to have a trustee appointed to administer a Plan, together with copies of each such notice, (vi) any Credit Party or any member of the Controlled Group shall receive an unfavorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service regarding the qualification of a Plan under Section 401(a) of the Code, together with copies of each such letter; (vii) any Credit Party or any member of the Controlled Group shall receive a notice regarding the imposition of withdrawal liability, together with copies of each such notice; (viii) any Credit Party or any member of the Controlled Group shall fail to make a required installment or any other required payment under Section 412 of the Code on or before the due date for such installment or payment; (ix) any Credit Party or any member of the Controlled Group knows that (a) a Multiemployer Plan has been terminated, (b) the administrator or plan sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan intends to terminate a Multiemployer Plan, or (c) the PBGC has instituted or will institute proceedings under Section 4042 of ERISA to terminate a Multiemployer Plan. Without limiting any of the foregoing, each Credit Party shall provide the Agent with copies of all of the final documentation related to any transactions whereby any Plan that is a deferred benefit plan is converted into a Plan that is a defined contribution plan at least ten (10) days prior to the effectiveness of such documents and/or the consummation of such transactions.

 

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(o) Environmental Reports. Furnish Agent, concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 8.01(a), 8.01(b) and 8.01(c) with a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of each Credit Party stating that, to the best of such Authorized Officer’s knowledge, each Credit Party and Subsidiary is in compliance in all material respects with all Environmental Laws. To the extent any Credit Party or Subsidiary is not in compliance with the foregoing laws, the certificate shall set forth with reasonable specificity all areas of non-compliance and the proposed action such Credit Party or Subsidiary will implement in order to achieve full compliance.

 

(p) Other Information. With reasonable promptness, each Credit Party shall deliver such other information and data with respect to such Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries as from time to time may be reasonably required by the Agent or any Lender, including, without limitation and without the necessity of any request by the Agent or any Lender, (a) copies of all environmental audits and reviews, (b) at least thirty (30) days prior thereto, notice of any Credit Party’s or such Subsidiary’s opening of any new office or place of business or any Credit Party’s or such Subsidiary’s closing of any existing office or place of business, and (c) promptly upon any Credit Party’s learning thereof, notice of any labor dispute to which any Credit Party or such Subsidiary may become a party, any strikes or walkouts relating to any of its plants or other facilities, and the expiration of any labor contract to which any Credit Party or such Subsidiary is a party or by which any Credit Party or such Subsidiary is bound. Promptly upon request therefor by the Agent or any Lender, the Credit Parties shall deliver such other business or financial data, reports, appraisals and projections as the Agent or such Lender may reasonably request.

 

(q) Additional Documents. Execute and deliver to Agent, upon request, such documents and agreements as Agent may, from time to time, reasonably request to carry out the purposes, terms or conditions of this Agreement.

 

8.02. Preservation of Existence. Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to:

 

(a) conduct continuously and operate actively its business according to good business practices and maintain all of its properties useful or necessary in its business in good working order and condition (reasonable wear and tear excepted and except as may be disposed of in each case in accordance with the terms of this Agreement), including all licenses, patents, copyrights, design rights, tradenames, trade secrets and trademarks, in each case that are material to its business, and take all actions necessary to enforce and protect the validity of any intellectual property right;

 

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(b) keep in full force and effect its existence and comply in all material respects with Applicable Laws governing the conduct of its business where the failure to do so could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

 

(c) except as otherwise permitted herein, make all such reports and pay all such franchise and other taxes and license fees and do all such other acts and things as may be lawfully required to maintain its rights, licenses, leases, powers and franchises under the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof.

 

8.03. Payment of Obligations. Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay and discharge as the same shall become due and payable, all their respective obligations and liabilities, including:

 

(a) all Tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its properties or assets, unless same are being Properly Contested;

 

(b) all lawful claims which any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to pay, which are due and which, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon its property, unless the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted which stay the enforcement of any Lien and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries; and

 

(c) pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity (subject, where applicable, to specified grace periods and, in the case of the trade payables, to normal payment practices) all its obligations and liabilities of whatever nature, except when the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or when the amount or validity thereof is currently being Properly Contested.

 

8.04. Compliance with Laws. Each Credit Party shall comply, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, in all material respects with all Requirements of Law and with the directions of each Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over them or their respective business or property including all Requirements of Law with respect to the sale of alcoholic beverages, wages, benefits and conditions of employment of employees and all applicable Environmental Laws, including any requirements to clean up, remove, or remediate Hazardous Materials at any location where necessary to protect human health or the environment.

 

8.05. Violations. Each Credit Party shall promptly notify Agent in writing of any material violation of Applicable Law of any Governmental Authority, applicable to such Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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8.06. Board Observer. Each Credit Party shall give Agent notice of (in the same manner as notice is given to directors), and permit one person designated by Agent to attend as an observer, all meetings of its Board of Directors and all executive and other committee meetings of its Board of Directors and shall provide to Agent the same information concerning the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries, and access thereto, provided to members of the Credit Parties’ respective Board of Directors and such committees, as applicable. The reasonable travel expenses incurred by any such designee of Agent in attending any board or committee meetings shall be reimbursed by the Credit Parties, to the extent consistent with the Credit Parties’ then existing policy of reimbursing directors generally for such expenses; provided, that the Credit Parties will not be required to permit a person designated by Agent to attend, as an observer, any committee meeting of its Board of Directors or provide information to Agent as provided to such committees, in each case to the extent necessary to protect attorney-client privilege or in the event the Board of Directors of the Credit Parties reasonably determines that a conflict of interest may exist between Agent and the Credit Parties.

 

8.07. Inspection. Each Credit Party will permit, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to permit, representatives of the Agent to visit and inspect any of their respective properties, to examine their respective corporate, financial and operating records and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss their respective affairs, finances and accounts with their respective directors, officers and independent public accountants, all at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably requested, upon reasonable advance notice; provided, however, that no such inspection, examination or inquiry, the failure to conduct same, nor any knowledge of the Agent, including any knowledge obtained by the Agent in connection with any such inspection, investigation or inquiry, shall constitute a waiver of any rights the Agent and Lenders may have under any representation, warranty, covenant, term or agreement under any of the Transaction Documents.

 

8.08. Payment of the Notes. The Borrower shall pay the principal of, interest on and other amounts due in respect of, the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and this Agreement.

 

8.09. Insurance. Each Credit Party shall maintain or cause to be maintained, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to maintain or cause to be maintained, in good repair, working order and condition all material properties used in their respective businesses and will make or cause to be made, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to make or cause to be made, all appropriate repairs, renewals and replacements thereof. Each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries will maintain or cause to be maintained with financially sound and reputable insurers that have a rating of “A” or better as established by Best’s Rating Guide (or an equivalent rating with such other publication of a similar nature as shall be in current use), public liability and property damage insurance with respect to their respective businesses and properties against loss or damage of the kinds customarily carried or maintained by a company of established reputation engaged in similar businesses and in amounts acceptable to Agent and will deliver evidence thereof to Agent. Without limiting the foregoing, each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries will establish on the Closing Date and maintain at all times thereafter (a) business interruption insurance in an amount satisfactory to the Agent, and (b) products liability insurance coverage for the Credit Parties in amounts satisfactory to the Agent. All such insurance policies shall provide that they may not be canceled unless the insurance carrier gives at least 30 days prior written notice of such cancellation to Agent. If any Credit Party fails to obtain insurance as hereinabove provided, or to keep the same in force, Agent, if Agent so elects, upon notice to such Credit Party, may obtain such insurance and pay the premium therefor on behalf of such Credit Party, and such expenses so paid shall be part of the Obligations.

 

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8.10. Books and Records. Each Credit Party shall keep, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to keep, proper books of record and account, in which full and correct entries shall be made of all financial transactions and the assets and business of such Credit Party and each of its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP consistently applied to the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

8.11. Use of Proceeds. No proceeds of the Notes will be used to purchase or carry any Margin Stock or to extend credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock. Neither the sale of any Notes nor the use of the proceeds thereof will violate or be inconsistent with the provisions of Regulation T, U, or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

 

8.12. Standards of Financial Statements. The Credit Parties shall cause all financial statements referred to in Sections 8.01(a), (b), (c) and (h), as to which GAAP is applicable to be complete and correct in all material respects (subject, in the case of interim financial statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes) and to be prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods reflected therein (except as concurred in by such reporting accountants or officer, as the case may be, and disclosed therein).

 

8.13. New Real Property. If any Credit Party acquires at any time or times hereafter any fee simple interest in real property, then within ninety (90) days of the acquisition thereof such Credit Party shall execute and deliver to Agent, as additional security and Collateral for the obligations, deeds of trust, security deeds, mortgages or other collateral assignments reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Agent and its counsel (herein collectively referred to as “New Mortgages”) covering such real property. The New Mortgages shall be duly recorded (at the Credit Parties’ expense) in each office where such recording is required to constitute a valid lien on the real property covered thereby. In respect of any New Mortgage, Credit Parties shall deliver to Agent, at Credit Parties’ expense, mortgagee title insurance policies issued by a title insurance company reasonably satisfactory to Agent, which policies shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and shall insure a valid lien in favor of Agent on the property covered thereby, subject only to Permitted Liens and those other exceptions reasonably acceptable to Agent and its counsel. Credit Parties shall also deliver to Agent such other usual and customary documents, including ALTA surveys of the real property described in the New Mortgages, as Agent and its counsel may reasonably request relating to the real property subject to the New Mortgages.

 

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8.14. Deposit Accounts; Control Agreements; Cash Management Systems.

 

(a) Deposit Accounts. Each Credit Party shall (i) cause all Collections received from any Restaurant customers (or otherwise received at any Restaurant) or otherwise received by such Credit Party to be deposited promptly (and in any event within one (1) Business Day after receipt, into a deposit account maintained with a depositary bank reasonably satisfactory to Agent and (ii) to the extent that any Credit Party maintains more than two (2) deposit accounts, cause all such Collections to be swept, no later than the second Business Day after receipt thereof, into the Credit Parties' main deposit accounts as identified as such on Schedule 8.14.

 

(b) Account Control Agreements. For each such deposit account that any Credit Party at any time maintains, such Credit Party shall, except to the extent previously provided, no later than thirty (30) days following the Closing Date, cause, each such depositary bank to enter into an agreement with Agent in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent (an “Account Control Agreement”), providing, among other things, that such depositary bank (i) shall comply without further consent of such Credit Party at all times with written instructions from the Agent to such depositary bank directing the disposition of funds from time to time credited to such deposit account and (ii) if so instructed by the Agent, shall forward all amounts in the applicable deposit account to an account designated by the Agent. The Agent agrees that the Agent shall not give any instructions described in clause (i) and (ii) above unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. The provisions of Section 8.14(a) and (b) shall not apply to (x) deposit accounts specially and exclusively used for payroll, payroll taxes and other employee wage and benefit payments to or for the benefit of Credit Parties' employees (y) deposit accounts with average daily balances of less than $50,000, in the aggregate, at any time and (z) other accounts as the Agent and Credit Parties may agree.

 

(c) Securities Account Control Agreements. For each securities account that any Credit Party at any time maintains, such Credit Party shall, except to the extent previously provided, no later than thirty (30) days following the Closing Date, cause, each the applicable securities intermediary or commodities intermediary to enter into an agreement with Agent in form and substance satisfactory to Agent (a “Securities Account Control Agreement”), providing, among other things, that such Person shall comply, in each case without further consent of such Credit Party, at any time with entitlement orders or other instructions from the Agent to such securities intermediary as to such securities or other investment property, or (as the case may be) to apply any value distributed on account of any commodity contract as directed by the Agent to such commodity intermediary. The Agent agrees that the Agent shall not give any such entitlement orders or instructions or directions to any such securities intermediary or commodity intermediary unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

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(d) Credit Card Agreements. For each account that any Credit Party at any time maintains for receipt of Collections through credit card charges, such Credit Party shall, except to the extent previously provided, no later than sixty (60) days following the Closing Date, cause, each applicable credit card processor to enter into an agreement with Agent in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent (a “Credit Card Agreement”), providing, among other things, that (i) each such credit card processor shall, on a daily basis, transfer all proceeds of credit card charges for sales by such Credit Party received by it (or other amounts payable by such credit card processor) into the deposit account identified as a “Credit Card Depositary Account” on Schedule 8.14 (a “Credit Card Depositary Account”) and (ii) such Person shall comply, in each case without further consent of such Credit Party, at any time with instructions from the Agent to such credit card processor as to such account and the Collections received therein. No Credit Party may change any direction or designation set forth in the Credit Card Agreements regarding payment of charges without the prior written consent of Agent, not to be unreasonably withheld. Without limiting the foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement, in the event a Credit Card Agreement is not in effect with respect to any credit card charge processing arrangement of any Credit Party, such Credit Party shall instruct such credit card charge processor to remit all proceeds of credit card charges or sales processed by such processor to the applicable Credit Card Depository Accounts and shall not rescind or alter such instruction without the prior written consent of Agent.

 

(e) Electronic Access. Each Credit Party shall provide the Lenders with electronic access at all times to each of its and its Subsidiaries’ depositary, securities intermediary or commodities intermediary accounts so that the Lenders may monitor the activity in such accounts.

 

8.15. Landlord Lien Waivers. Each Credit Party shall use its best efforts to obtain, within sixty (60) days following the Closing Date, a Lien Waiver Agreement from the lessor of each parcel of real property leased by such Credit Party.

 

ARTICLE 9

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

Until the payment in full of all principal of and interest on the Notes and all other amounts due to the Agent and Lenders under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, including all fees, expenses and amounts due at such time in respect of indemnity obligations under Article 7, each Credit Party covenants and agrees with the Agent and Lenders as set forth in this Article 9:

 

9.01. Fundamental Changes; Consolidations, Mergers and Acquisitions. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly: (a) enter into any merger, consolidation or other reorganization with or into any other Person or acquire all or a substantial portion of the assets or Equity Interests of any Person or permit any other Person to consolidate with or merge with it, and (b) sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets, except dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business.

 

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9.02. Creation of Liens. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or suffer to exist any Lien or transfer upon or against any of its property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired, except Permitted Liens, including Liens disclosed on Schedule 9.02.

 

9.03. Guarantees. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly become liable upon the obligations or liabilities of any Person by assumption, endorsement or guaranty thereof or otherwise (other than to Lenders) except for the endorsement of checks in the ordinary course of business. Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, no Credit Party shall guaranty the obligations of another Credit Party, other than the Obligations, without the prior written consent of the Agent.

 

9.04. Investments. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly make any Investments, except:

 

(a) investments in Cash and Cash Equivalents;

 

(b) investments existing on the Closing Date as set forth on Schedule 9.04 hereto;

 

(c) investments in wholly-owned Subsidiaries of such Credit Party created or acquired after the Closing Date, to the extent permitted hereunder;

 

(d) loans permitted by Section 9.05;

 

(e) investments by the Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries in Capital Expenditures permitted to be made pursuant to Section 9.15(c).

 

9.05. Loans. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly make or have outstanding advances, loans or extensions of credit to any Person, including any Subsidiary or Affiliate, except for the extension of commercial trade credit in connection with the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business.

 

9.06. Restricted Payments. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly declare, pay or make any Restricted Payments, unless consented to by Agent.

 

9.07. Indebtedness. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness except:

 

(a) trade debt incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(b) the Indebtedness created under this Agreement;

 

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(c) Indebtedness for Capital Expenditures permitted under Section 9.15(c), including Purchase Money Indebtedness and indebtedness incurred under Capital Lease Obligations, in each case incurred in connection with such Capital Expenditures, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000 at any one time outstanding for all Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries;

 

(d) Indebtedness disclosed on Schedule 9.07 and any extension, renewal or refinancing thereof; provided that in connection with any such extension, renewal or refinancing: (i) the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness is not increased, (ii) the scheduled maturity date of such Indebtedness is not shortened, (iii) the covenants or defaults are not materially more restrictive or more onerous than analogous provisions in the documentation of such Indebtedness as in effect on the Original Closing Date;

 

(e) Indebtedness under any Interest Rate Hedge or any Other Hedging Agreement reasonably acceptable to Agent; and

 

(f) guaranty obligations permitted pursuant to Section 9.03 hereof.

 

9.08. Nature of Business. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, substantially change the nature of the business in which it is presently engaged, or except as specifically permitted hereby purchase or invest, directly or indirectly, in any assets or property other than in the ordinary course of business and where such assets or property are useful in, necessary for and are to be used in its business as presently conducted. Without limiting the foregoing, the Borrower will not engage in any business activities other than (i) ownership of the Equity Interests of the other Credit Parties, (ii) activities incidental to maintenance of its incorporation and corporate existence.

 

9.09. Transactions with Affiliates. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, purchase, acquire or lease any property from, or sell, transfer or lease any property to, or otherwise enter into any transaction or deal with, any Affiliate, except for (i) transactions in the ordinary course of business, entered into on an arm’s-length basis on fair and reasonable terms no less favorable than terms which would have been obtainable from a Person other than an Affiliate, subject in any event to the approval of Agent, not to be unreasonably withheld; or (ii) the payment of customary and reasonable directors’ fees to directors who are not employees of the Credit Parties or any Affiliate of the Credit Parties as well as the payment of their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in performing their directorial duties and the payment of indemnities owing to them as directors. On the date hereof, no Credit Party is a party to any management, consulting or similar agreement with any Affiliate.

 

9.10. Leases. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly enter as lessee into any lease arrangement for real or personal property (unless capitalized and permitted under Section 9.15(c) hereof) if after giving effect thereto, aggregate annual rental payments for all leased property, whether real or personal, would exceed in any one fiscal year in the aggregate for all Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries (i) for 2015, 16% of 2014 sales, net of sales taxes, or (ii) for 2016 or any subsequent year, 10% of the prior year sales, net of sales taxes.

 

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9.11. Subsidiaries; Partnerships; Joint Ventures. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, form any Subsidiary (other than a Subsidiary, the formation of which shall have been consented to in advance in writing by the Required Lenders), or enter into any partnership, joint venture or similar arrangement.

 

9.12. Fiscal Year and Accounting Changes. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly maintain a fiscal year other than a year ending on September 30, or make any change (i) in accounting treatment and reporting practices except as required by GAAP or (ii) in Tax reporting treatment except as required by Applicable Law.

 

9.13. Amendment of Organizational Documents. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, amend, modify or waive any material term or material provision of its Organizational Documents unless required by Applicable Law.

 

9.14. Limitation on Modifications of Indebtedness; Modifications of Certain Other Agreements; Etc. No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (i) amend or modify, or permit the amendment or modification of, any provision of the Indebtedness described in Section 9.07 hereto or of any agreement (including any purchase agreement, indenture, loan agreement or security agreement) relating thereto other than any amendments or modifications to such Indebtedness which do not in any way adversely affect the interests of the Lenders and are otherwise permitted under Section 9.07, (ii) make (or give any notice in respect thereof) any voluntary or optional payment or prepayment on or redemption or acquisition for value of, or any prepayment or redemption as a result of any asset sale, change of control or similar event of, any Indebtedness which is contractually subordinated to the Notes, or (iii) amend or modify, or permit the amendment or modification of, any provision of the Acquisition Documents other than any amendments or modifications to such Indebtedness which do not in any way adversely affect the interests of the Lenders.

 

9.15. Financial Covenants.

 

(a) Fixed Charge Coverage. The Credit Parties shall maintain, and shall cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to maintain, a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, as of and for each period of four consecutive fiscal quarters beginning with the four consecutive fiscal quarter period ending March 31, 2016 of not less than 1.00:1.00.

 

(b) Unfinanced Capital Expenditures. The Credit Parties shall not, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries not to, contract for, purchase or make any expenditure or commitments for Unfinanced Capital Expenditures in any fiscal year in an aggregate amount in excess of $300,000.

 

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(c) Minimum EBITDA. The Credit Parties shall not permit the sum of (i) EBITDA, measured as of the last day of each period of four consecutive fiscal quarters as set forth below plus (ii) the aggregate fees actually paid in such period pursuant to the terms of any management agreement or similar agreement with any Affiliate of the Credit Parties to be less than the amount for such period set forth below:

 

Four Quarters Ending  Minimum EBITDA 
     
March 31, 2015
  $300,000 
June 30, 2015
  $400,000 
September 30, 2015
  $500,000 
December 31, 2015
  $600,000 
March 31, 2016
  $700,000 
June 30, 2016
  $800,000 
September 30, 2016
  $800,000 
December 31, 2016
  $900,000 
March 31, 2017
  $1,000,000 
June 30, 2017
  $1,100,000 
September 30, 2017
  $1,100,000 
December 31, 2017  $1,200,000 

 

(d) Compliance with the covenants in this Section 9.15 shall be determined on a Consolidated Basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, unless explicitly stated otherwise.

 

9.16. Compliance with ERISA. No Credit Party shall, nor shall any Credit Party permit any of its Subsidiaries, to (x) maintain, or permit any member of the Controlled Group to maintain, or (y) become obligated to contribute, or permit any member of the Controlled Group to become obligated to contribute, to any Plan, other than those Plans disclosed on Schedule 5.22, (ii) engage, or permit any member of the Controlled Group to engage, in any non-exempt “prohibited transaction”, as that term is defined in section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code; (iii) incur, or permit any member of the Controlled Group to incur, any “accumulated funding deficiency”, as that term is defined in Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, (iv) terminate, or permit any member of the Controlled Group to terminate, any Plan where such event could result in any liability of any Credit Party or any member of the Controlled Group or the imposition of a lien on the property of any Credit Party or any member of the Controlled Group pursuant to Section 4068 of ERISA, (v) assume, or permit any member of the Controlled Group to assume, any obligation to contribute to any Multiemployer Plan not disclosed on Schedule 5.22, (vi) incur, or permit any member of the Controlled Group to incur, any withdrawal liability to any Multiemployer Plan; (vii) fail promptly to notify Lenders of the occurrence of any Termination Event, (viii) fail to comply, or permit a member of the Controlled Group to fail to comply, with the requirements of ERISA or the Code or other Applicable Laws in respect of any Plan , (ix) fail to meet, or permit any member of the Controlled Group to fail to meet, all minimum funding requirements under ERISA or the Code or postpone or delay or allow any member of the Controlled Group to postpone or delay any funding requirement with respect of any Plan.

 

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9.17. Prepayment of Indebtedness. No Credit Party shall, nor shall any Credit Party permit any of its Subsidiaries to, at any time, directly or indirectly, prepay any Indebtedness (other than to Lenders), or repurchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire any Indebtedness (other than to Lenders).

 

9.18. Anti-Terrorism Laws. No Credit Party shall, nor shall any Credit Party permit any Affiliate or agent to: (a) conduct any business or engage in any transaction or dealing with any Blocked Person, including the making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Blocked Person, (b) deal in, or otherwise engage in any transaction relating to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to the Executive Order No. 13224 and (c) 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 the Executive Order No. 13224, the USA Patriot Act or any other Anti-Terrorism Law. Each Credit Party shall deliver to Agent any certification or other evidence reasonably requested from time to time by Agent, in its sole discretion, confirming such Credit Party’s compliance with this Section.

 

9.19. Trading with the Enemy Act. No Credit Party shall nor shall any Credit Party permit any of its Subsidiaries to engage in any business or activity in violation of the Trading with the Enemy Act.

 

9.20. Additional Negative Pledges. No Credit Party shall, nor shall any Credit Party permit any of its Subsidiaries, to create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective, directly or indirectly, (i) any prohibition or restriction (including any agreement to provide equal and ratable security to any other Person) on the creation or existence of any Lien upon the assets of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, other than Permitted Liens or (ii) any contractual obligation which may restrict or inhibit Agent’s rights or ability to sell or otherwise dispose of the Collateral or any part thereof after the occurrence of an Event of Default.

 

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ARTICLE 10 

PREPAYMENT

 

10.01. Optional Prepayment.

 

(a) The Borrower may prepay the outstanding Principal Amount (together with accrued Interest) on the Notes without premium or penalty.

 

(b) The Borrower shall give written notice of prepayment of the Notes pursuant to this Section 10.01 not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for such prepayment. Such notice of prepayment pursuant to this Section 10.01 shall be given in the manner specified in Section 12.02 of this Agreement. Upon notice of prepayment pursuant to this Section 10.01 being given by the Borrower, the Borrower covenants and agrees that it will prepay, on the date therein fixed for prepayment, the Notes or the portion thereof so called for prepayment, together with Interest accrued and unpaid thereon to the date fixed for such prepayment, and the costs and expenses referred to in Section 10.01(a).

 

(c) Any optional prepayment under this Section 10.01 shall include payment of accrued Interest on the Principal Amount of the Notes so prepaid and shall be applied first to all costs, expenses and indemnities payable under this Agreement, then to payment of default interest, if any, then to accrued but unpaid Interest, if any, and thereafter to the Principal Amount.

 

(d) Upon any payment or prepayment of Notes pursuant to Section 10.01 or 10.02 the Principal Amount so paid or prepaid shall be allocated to all Notes, at the time outstanding pro rata (based upon the proportion of the respective outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes) until the Notes have been prepaid in full.

 

10.02. Scheduled Payments; Mandatory Prepayments.

 

(a) Maturity. The Principal Amount of the Notes shall be paid in full on the Maturity Date.

 

(b) Liquidity Event. Upon the occurrence of a Liquidity Event (as hereinafter defined), the Borrower shall, prepay the outstanding Principal Amount of all Notes together with Interest accrued and unpaid on the outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes so prepaid through the date of such prepayment and reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel), if any, associated with such prepayment. For the purposes hereof, “Liquidity Event” means (i) the occurrence of a Change of Control, or (ii) the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of any Credit Party or of one or more of its Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, constitute a material part of the business, operations or assets of the Credit Parties and all of their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

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(c) Notice. The Borrower shall give written notice to the Agent of any mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 10.02(b) at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date of such prepayment. Such notice shall be given in the manner specified in Section 12.02 of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 11

EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES

 

11.01. Events of Default. An “Event of Default” shall occur if:

 

(a) any Credit Party shall default in the payment of the Principal Amount of the Notes, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity or at a date fixed for payment or prepayment or by acceleration or otherwise; or

 

(b) any Credit Party shall default in the payment of any installment of Interest or any other amount due under this Agreement or the Notes (other than as set forth in clause (a) of this Section 11.01) according to its terms, when and as the same shall become due and payable and such default shall continue for a period of three days after the due date for the payment thereof; or

 

(c) any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall default in the due observance or performance of any covenant to be observed or performed pursuant to Sections 8.01, 8.02, 8.03, 8.08, 8.15 or Article 9 of this Agreement; or

 

(d) any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall default in the due observance or performance of any other covenant, condition or agreement on the part of such Credit Party or such Subsidiary to be observed or performed pursuant to the terms hereof or any of the Transaction Documents (other than those referred to in clauses (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 11.01), and such default shall continue for fifteen (15) days after the earliest of (A) if any Credit Party has knowledge of such default, the date such Credit Party is required pursuant to the Transaction Documents or otherwise to give notice thereof to the Agent or Lenders (whether or not such notice is actually given) or (B) the date of written notice thereof, specifying such default, shall have been given to the Credit Parties by Agent or any Lender; or

 

(e) any representation, warranty or certification made by or on behalf of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries in this Agreement, the Notes, the Transaction Documents or in any certificate or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall have been incorrect in any material respect (without duplication of any materiality qualification therein) when made; or

 

(f) any event or condition shall occur that results in the acceleration of the maturity of any Indebtedness of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries in an amount in excess of $50,000 for any Credit Party or its Subsidiaries or $100,000 for all Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, or any default shall occur by any Credit Party under any such Indebtedness which the Credit Parties fail to cure within any applicable cure period; or

 

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(g) any uninsured damage to or loss, theft or destruction of any assets of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall occur that is in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate for all Credit Parties and Subsidiaries; or

 

(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking (A) relief in respect of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or of a substantial part of any of their respective property or assets, under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law, (B) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or for a substantial part of any of their respective property or assets, or (C) the winding up or liquidation of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries; and such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for sixty (60) days, or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered; or

 

(i) any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall (A) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar Applicable Law, (B) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or the filing of any petition described in paragraph (h) of this Section 11.01, (C) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official, for a substantial part of its property or assets, (D) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (E) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (F) become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (G) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or

 

(j) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $50,000 shall be rendered against any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or in excess of $100,000 for all Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries (in either case, except to the extent covered by insurance as to which the insurance company has acknowledged coverage) and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of thirty (30) days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to levy upon assets or properties of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries to enforce any such judgment; or

 

(k) any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall commence legal action challenging the validity and binding effect of any provision of any of the Transaction Documents or any of the Transaction Documents shall for any reason (except to the extent permitted by its express terms) cease to be effective or, if in the case of the Transaction Documents intended to provide a Lien in favor of the Agent or any Lender, fail to create a valid and perfected first priority Lien (except for Permitted Liens that by operation of law would take priority) on, or security interest in, any of the Collateral purported to be covered; or

 

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(l) unless otherwise waived or consented to by the Required Lenders in writing, the subordination provisions relating to any Indebtedness subordinated to the Indebtedness pursuant to the Notes and the Agreement in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate for all subordinated debt (collectively, the “Subordination Provisions”) shall fail to be enforceable by the Agent and the Lenders in accordance with the terms thereof, or the monetary obligations pursuant to the Notes and this Agreement shall fail to constitute “Senior Debt” (or similar term) referring to such obligations; or any Credit Party shall, directly or indirectly, disavow or contest in any manner (i) the effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any of the Subordination Provisions, (ii) that the Subordination Provisions exist for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders or (iii) that all payments of principal of or premium and interest on the such subordinated Indebtedness, or realized from the liquidation of any property of any Credit Party or Subsidiary, shall be subject to any of such Subordination Provisions;

 

(m) the failure of the Borrower to pay in full at the end of each month the Regular Dividend (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) of the Borrower;

 

(n) the occurrence of any event or condition that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

11.02. Acceleration and Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs under Section 11.01(h) or (i), then the outstanding Principal Amount of and all accrued Interest on the Notes shall automatically become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by written notice to the Credit Parties, declare the Principal Amount of and accrued Interest on the Notes to be immediately due and payable. Upon any such declaration, such Principal Amount and Interest shall become immediately due and payable. The Required Lenders may rescind an acceleration and its consequences if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived, except nonpayment of principal or Interest that has become due solely because of the acceleration, and if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree. Any notice or rescission shall be given in the manner specified in Section 12.02 hereof. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Agent shall have the right to exercise any and all rights and remedies provided for herein, under any of the other Transaction Documents, under the UCC and at law or equity generally, including the right to foreclose the security interests granted and to realize upon any Collateral by any available judicial procedure and/or to take possession of and sell any or all of the Collateral with or without judicial process.

 

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11.03. Application of Proceeds. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, all amounts collected or received by the Agent on account of the Notes or any other amounts outstanding under any of the Transaction Documents or in respect of the Collateral may, at Agent’s discretion, or shall, at the direction of the Required Lenders, be paid over or delivered as follows:

 

(a) FIRST, to the payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) of the Agent in connection with enforcing its rights and the rights of the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents;

 

(b) SECOND, to the payment of any fees owed to the Agent;

 

(c) THIRD, to the payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) of each of the Lenders to the extent owing to such Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents;

 

(d) FOURTH, to the payment of all accrued fees and Interest which has not been included in the Principal Amount, in respect of the Notes, this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents;

 

(e) FIFTH, to the payment of the Principal Amount of the Notes;

 

(f) SIXTH, to all other obligations which shall have become due and payable under the Transaction Documents or otherwise and not repaid pursuant to clauses “FIRST” through “FIFTH” above; and

 

(g) SEVENTH, the balance, if any, to whoever may be lawfully entitled to receive such surplus.

 

In carrying out the foregoing, (i) amounts received shall be applied in the numerical order provided until exhausted prior to application to the next succeeding category; and (ii) each of the Lenders shall receive an amount equal to its pro rata share (based on the proportion of the Principal Amount of the Notes held by such Lender bears to the aggregate then outstanding Principal Amount of the Notes) of amounts available to be applied pursuant to clauses “FOURTH”, “FIFTH” and “SIXTH” above.

 

ARTICLE 12

MISCELLANEOUS

 

12.01. Survival of Representations and Warranties. All of the representations and warranties made herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, any investigation by or on behalf of the Agent or any Lender, acceptance of the Notes and payment therefore, or termination of this Agreement.

 

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12.02. Notices. All notices, demands and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing and shall be by registered or certified first class mail, return receipt requested, facsimile (with receipt confirmed), electronic transmission (i.e., e-mail), courier service or personal delivery:

 

if to Agent or any Lender:

 

Praesidian Capital Opportunity Fund III, LP

419 Park Avenue South

New York, NY 10016

Facsimile: 212-520-2601

Attention: Jason D. Drattell

 

with a copy to:

 

Morrison Cohen LLP

909 Third Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Facsimile: 917-522-3168

Attention: Stephen I. Budow, Esq.

 

if to any Credit Party:

 

c/o Steak House Partners LLC

1101 W. Waterloo Road

Edmond, OK 73025

Facsimile: 866-531-0416

Attention: James M. Burke

 

with a copy to:

 

William C. Liedtke, Esq.

1101 W. Waterloo Road

Edmond, OK 73025

Facsimile: 866-531-0416

 

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to be effective: (i) in the case of hand-delivery, when delivered; (ii) in the case of a facsimile transmission, when sent to the applicable party’s facsimile machine’s telephone number, if the party sending such notice or communication receives confirmation of the delivery thereof from its own facsimile machine; (iii) in the case of electronic transmission, when actually received; (iv) in the case of mail, five (5) Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid; or (v) if given by any other means (including by overnight courier), when actually received.

 

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12.03. Successors and Assigns.

 

(a) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the parties hereto. Subject to applicable securities laws, Agent and each Lender may assign any of its rights under any of the Transaction Documents to any Person, and any holder of the Notes may assign, in whole or in part, the Notes to any Person. No Credit Party may assign any of their respective rights, or delegate any of its obligations, under this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents without the prior written consent of the Lenders, and any such purported assignment by any Credit Party without the written consent of the Lenders shall be void and of no effect. Except as provided in Article 7, no Person other than the parties hereto and to the other Transaction Documents and their successors and permitted assigns is intended to be a beneficiary of any of such Transaction Documents.

 

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any Transaction Document to the contrary, Agent and any Lender may at any time create a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement, the Notes or any other Transaction Document, and the Collateral.

 

(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any Transaction Document to the contrary, there shall be no limitation or restriction on (A) the ability of any Lender or Agent to assign or otherwise transfer this Agreement, any Note, or any of the other Transaction Documents, or any rights thereunder, to any of its Affiliates or (B) (x) the ability of any Lender or Agent to pledge, or otherwise grant a security interest in, this Agreement, any Note, or any of the other Transaction Documents, or any of its rights thereunder, to any lender or other funding or financing source of such Lender or Agent or (y) the assignment or other transfer in connection with the realization of any such pledge or other security interest; provided, however, such Lender shall continue to be liable as a “Lender” under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents unless any such Affiliate, lender or funding or financing source agrees to be bound by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

 

12.04. Amendment and Waiver.

 

(a) No failure or delay on the part of any of the parties hereto in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The remedies provided for in this Agreement are cumulative and are not exclusive of any remedies that may be available to the parties hereto at law, in equity or otherwise.

 

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(b) Any Modification of this Agreement, the Notes or any other Transaction Document shall be effective as to the Lenders (i) only if it is made or given in writing and signed by each Credit Party and the Required Lenders, except that, without the written consent of the holder or holders of all Notes at the time outstanding, no amendment to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall change the maturity of any Note, or change the principal of, or the rate, method of computation or time of payment of interest on or any fee payable with respect to, any Note, or affect the time, amount or allocation of any prepayments, or change the proportion of the principal amount of the Notes required with respect to any amendment, supplement or modification, and (ii) only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which made or given. No amendment, supplement or modification of or to any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, or any waiver of any such provision or consent to any departure by any party from the terms of any such provision may be made orally. Except where notice is specifically required by this Agreement, no notice to or demand on any Credit Party in any case shall entitle such Credit Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

 

12.05. Signatures; Counterparts. Facsimile or electronic transmissions of any executed original document and/or retransmission of any executed facsimile or electronic transmission shall be deemed to be the same as the delivery of an executed original. At the request of any party hereto, the other parties hereto shall confirm facsimile or electronic transmissions by executing duplicate original documents and delivering the same to the requesting party or parties. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

12.06. Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

12.07. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND ENFORCED UNDER, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS OR INSTRUMENTS ENTERED INTO AND PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE.

 

12.08. JURISDICTION; JURY TRIAL WAIVER.(a) EACH CREDIT PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE NOTES OR ANY AGREEMENTS OR TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, IN EACH CASE LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, AND, BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH CREDIT PARTY HEREBY EXPRESSLY SUBMITS TO THE PERSONAL JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF SUCH COURTS FOR THE PURPOSES THEREOF AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY CLAIM OF IMPROPER VENUE AND ANY CLAIM THAT SUCH COURTS ARE AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. EACH CREDIT PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH IN SECTION 12.02, SUCH SERVICE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE 10 DAYS AFTER SUCH MAILING. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF AGENT, ANY LENDER OR THE HOLDER OF ANY NOTE TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED AGAINST ANY CREDIT PARTY IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

 

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(b) EACH CREDIT PARTY AND EACH OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF ANY DISPUTE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE NOTES OR ANY OF THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, ANY RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER OR THE PERFORMANCE OF SUCH RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. EACH CREDIT PARTY AND EACH OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES (I) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY LENDER HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH LENDER WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVERS AND (II) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT EACH LENDER HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AND THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS TO WHICH IT IS PARTY BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS CONTAINED HEREIN.

 

12.09. Severability. If any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way impaired, unless the provisions held invalid, illegal or unenforceable shall substantially impair the benefits of the remaining provisions of this Agreement. The parties hereto further agree to replace such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions of this Agreement with valid, legal and enforceable provisions that will achieve, to the extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

12.10. Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires, “or” is not exclusive.

 

12.11. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the exhibits and schedules hereto and the other Transaction Documents, is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein and therein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein or therein. This Agreement, together with the exhibits and schedules hereto, and the other Transaction Documents supersede all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

 

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12.12. Certain Expenses. The Credit Parties will pay all expenses of the Agent and Lenders (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) in connection with (i) any amendment, supplement, modification or waiver of or to any provision of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents or any documents relating thereto (including a response to a request by any Credit Party for the Lenders’ consent to any action otherwise prohibited hereunder or thereunder), or consent to any departure from, the terms of any provision of this Agreement or such other documents, (ii) all efforts made to enforce payment of the Notes, (iii) instituting, maintaining, preserving, enforcing and foreclosing on Agent’s security interest in or Lien on any of the Collateral, or maintaining, preserving or enforcing any of Agent’s or any Lender’s rights hereunder and under all related agreements, documents and instruments, whether through judicial proceedings or otherwise, or (iv) defending or prosecuting any actions or proceedings arising out of or relating to Agent’s or any Lender’s transactions with any Credit Party or (v) any advice given to any Agent or any Lender with respect to its rights and obligations under this Agreement and all related agreements, documents and instruments.

 

12.13. Publicity. Except as may be required by Applicable Law, none of the parties hereto shall issue a publicity release or announcement or otherwise make any public disclosure concerning this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, without prior approval by the other parties hereto. If any announcement is required by law to be made by any party hereto, prior to making such announcement such party will deliver a draft of such announcement to the other parties and shall give the other parties an opportunity to comment thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender may (i) disclose a general description of transactions arising under the Transaction Documents and the Acquisition Documents for advertising, marketing or other similar purposes, and (ii) use any Credit Party’s name, logo or other indicia germane to such party in connection with such advertising, marketing or other similar purposes, and, in each case, may post such information on its website.

 

12.14. Further Assurances. Each of the parties shall execute such documents and perform such further acts (including obtaining any consents, exemptions, authorizations, or other actions by, or giving any notices to, or making any filings with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person) as may be reasonably required or desirable to carry out or to perform the provisions of this Agreement, including any post-closing assignment(s) by any Lender of a portion of the Notes to a Person not currently a party hereto.

 

12.15. Obligations of the Lenders. The obligations of each Lender shall be several and not joint and no Lender shall be liable or responsible for the acts or omissions of any other Lender.

 

12.16. No Strict Construction. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises under any provision of this Agreement or any Transaction Document, this Agreement or such other Transaction Document shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties thereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document. No knowledge of, or investigation, including due diligence investigation, conducted by, or on behalf of, any Lender shall limit, modify or affect the representations set forth in Article 5 of this Agreement or the right of any Lender to rely thereon.

 

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12.17. Transfer of the Notes.

 

(a) The term “Lender” as used herein shall include any transferee of any Note whose name has been recorded by the Borrower in the Note Register. Each transferee of any Note acknowledges that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, and may be transferred only pursuant to an effective registration under the Securities Act or pursuant to an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

(b) The Borrower shall maintain a register (the “Note Register”) in its principal offices for the purpose of registering the Notes and any transfer or partial transfer thereof, which register shall reflect and identify, at all times, the ownership of record of any interest in the Notes or any interest therein. Upon the issuance of the Notes, the Borrower shall record the name and address of the initial Lender of each Note in the Note Register as the first Lender. Upon surrender for registration of transfer or exchange of any Note at the principal offices of the Borrower, the Borrower shall, at its expense, execute and deliver one or more new Notes of like tenor and of denominations of at least $500,000 (except as may be necessary to reflect any principal amount not evenly divisible by $500,000) of a like aggregate principal amount, registered in the name of the Lender or a transferee or transferees. Every Note surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by written instrument of transfer duly executed by the Lender of such Note or such Lender’s attorney duly authorized in writing.

 

(c) On receipt by the Borrower of an affidavit of an authorized representative of any Lender stating the circumstances of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Note (and in the case of any such mutilation, on surrender and cancellation of such Note), the Borrower, at its expense, will promptly execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Note of like tenor. If required by the Borrower, such Lender must provide indemnity sufficient in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower to protect the Borrower from any loss which they may suffer if a lost, stolen or destroyed Note is replaced.

 

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ARTICLE 13

GUARANTEE

 

13.01. The Guarantee. The Guarantors hereby jointly and severally guarantee, as a primary obligor and not as a surety to each Lender and Agent and their respective successors and assigns, the prompt payment in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, demand, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Principal Amount of and Interest (including any interest, fees, costs or charges that would accrue but for the provisions of Title 11 of the United States Code after any bankruptcy or insolvency petition under Title 11 of the United States Code) on the Notes and all other obligations from time to time owing to such Lender and Agent by the Borrower under any Transaction Document, in each case strictly in accordance with the terms thereof (such obligations being herein collectively called the “Guarantors’ Obligations”). The Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree that if the Borrower shall fail to pay in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) any of the Guarantors’ Obligations, the Guarantors will promptly pay the same in cash, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Guarantors’ Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, by acceleration or otherwise and after giving effect to any applicable notice or cure period) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.

 

13.02. Obligations Unconditional. The obligations of the Guarantors under Section 13.01 shall constitute a guaranty of payment and not of collection and, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, are absolute, irrevocable and unconditional, joint and several, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the Guarantors’ Obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement, the Notes, or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein, or any substitution, release or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Guarantors’ Obligations and, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or Guarantor (except for payment in full). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not alter or impair the liability of the Guarantors hereunder, which shall remain absolute, irrevocable and unconditional under any and all circumstances as described above:

 

(a) at any time or from time to time, without notice to the Guarantors, the time for any performance of or compliance with any of the Guarantors’ Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or compliance shall be waived;

 

(b) any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of this Agreement or the Notes or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein shall be done or omitted;

 

(c) the maturity of any of the Guarantors’ Obligations shall be accelerated, or any of the Guarantors’ Obligations shall be amended in any respect, or any right under the Transaction Documents or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein shall be amended or waived in any respect or any other guarantee of any of the Guarantors’ Obligations or any security therefor shall be released or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with;

 

(d) any Lien granted to, or in favor of, Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, as security for any of the Guarantors’ Obligations shall fail to be perfected.

 

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The Guarantors hereby expressly waive diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest and all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that Agent or any Lender exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against the Borrower under this Agreement or the Notes, or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein, or against any other person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Guarantors’ Obligations. The Guarantors waive any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension, waiver, termination or accrual of any of the Guarantors’ Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by upon this Guarantee or acceptance of this Guarantee, and the Guarantors’ Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred in reliance upon this Guarantee, and all dealings between any Credit Party and any Lender or Agent shall likewise be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon this Guarantee. This Guarantee shall be construed as a continuing, absolute, irrevocable and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to any right of offset with respect to the Guarantors’ Obligations at any time or from time to time held by any Lender or Agent, and the obligations and liabilities of the Guarantors hereunder shall not be conditioned or contingent upon the pursuit by such Lender or any other person at any time of any right or remedy against any Credit Party or against any other person which may be or become liable in respect of all or any part of the Guarantors’ Obligations or against any collateral security or guarantee therefore or right of offset with respect thereto. This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and be binding in accordance with and to the extent of its terms upon the Guarantors and the successors and assigns thereof, and shall inure to the benefit of each Lender, Agent and their respective successors and assigns, notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of this Agreement there may be no Guarantors’ Obligations outstanding.

 

13.03. Reinstatement. The obligations of the Guarantors under this Article 13 shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of any Credit Party in respect of the Guarantors’ Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Guarantors’ Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise.

 

13.04. Subrogation. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that until the indefeasible payment and satisfaction in full in cash of all Guarantors’ Obligations under this Agreement it shall waive any claim and shall not exercise any right or remedy, direct or indirect, arising by reason of any performance by it of its guarantee in Section 13.01, whether by subrogation or otherwise, against any Credit Party or any security for any of the Guarantors’ Obligations.

 

13.05. Remedies. The Guarantors jointly and severally agree that if the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the Notes are declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in the Notes (or shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in the Notes) for purposes of Section 13.01, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or such obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against the Borrower such obligations (whether or not due and payable by the Borrower) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for purposes of Section 13.01.

 

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13.06. Continuing Guarantee. The guarantee in this Article 13 is a continuing guarantee of payment, and shall apply to all Guarantors’ Obligations whenever arising.

 

13.07. General Limitation on Guarantors’ Obligations. In any action or proceeding involving any state corporate, limited partnership or limited liability company law, or any applicable state, federal or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations of any Guarantor under Section 13.01 would otherwise be held or determined to be void, voidable, invalid or unenforceable, or subordinated to the claims of any other creditors, on account of the amount of its liability under Section 13.01, then, notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by such Guarantor, or any other Person, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount that is valid and enforceable and not subordinated to the claims of other creditors as determined in such action or proceeding.

 

ARTICLE 14

REGARDING AGENT

 

14.01. Appointment. Each Lender hereby designates Fund III to act as Agent for such Lender under this Agreement and the Transaction Documents. Each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents and to exercise such powers and to perform such duties hereunder and thereunder as are specifically delegated to or required of Agent by the terms hereof and thereof and such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto and Agent shall hold all Collateral, payments of principal and interest, fees, charges and collections received pursuant to this Agreement, for itself and for the ratable benefit of the Lenders. Agent may perform any of its duties hereunder by or through its agents or employees. As to any matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement (including collection of the Note) Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the Required Lenders (or, if applicable pursuant to Section 12.04, the holders of 100% of the Notes), and such instructions shall be binding; provided, however, that Agent shall not be required to take any action which exposes Agent to liability or which is contrary to this Agreement or the Transaction Documents or any Requirement of Law unless Agent is furnished with an indemnification reasonably satisfactory to Agent with respect thereto.

 

14.02. Nature of Duties. Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this Agreement and the Transaction Documents. Neither Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be (i) liable for any action taken or omitted by them as such hereunder or in connection herewith, unless caused by their gross (not mere) negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment), or (ii) responsible in any manner for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any officer of any of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries contained in this Agreement, or in any of the Transaction Documents or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, due execution, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement, or any of the Transaction Documents or for any failure of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries to perform its obligations hereunder. Agent shall not be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries. The duties of Agent as respects payments or collections shall be mechanical and administrative in nature; Agent shall not have by reason of this Agreement a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender; and nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to impose upon Agent any obligations in respect of this Agreement except as expressly set forth herein.

 

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14.03. Lack of Reliance on Agent and Resignation.

 

(a) Independently and without reliance upon Agent or any other Lender, each Lender has made and shall continue to make (i) its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries in connection with the purchase of any Notes hereunder and the taking or not taking of any action in connection herewith, and (ii) its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Credit Parties. Agent shall have no duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide any Lender with any credit or other information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before the purchase of any Notes or at any time or times thereafter except as shall be provided by the Credit Parties pursuant to the terms hereof. Agent shall not be responsible to any Lender for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties herein or in any agreement, document, certificate or a statement delivered in connection with or for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, collectability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any Transaction Document, or of the financial condition of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries, or be required to make any inquiry concerning either the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of this Agreement, the Notes, the Transaction Documents or the financial condition of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries, or the existence of any Event of Default or any Default.

 

(b) Agent may resign on thirty (30) days’ written notice to each Lender and upon such resignation, the Required Lenders will promptly designate a successor Agent reasonably satisfactory to the Credit Parties (provided that the consent of the Credit Parties shall not be required after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default).

 

(c) Any such successor Agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of Agent, and the term “Agent” shall mean such successor agent effective upon its appointment, and the former Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Agent. After any Agent’s resignation as Agent, the provisions of this Article 14 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under this Agreement.

 

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14.04. Certain Rights of Agent. If Agent shall request instructions from the Lenders with respect to any act or action (including failure to act) in connection with this Agreement or any Transaction Document, Agent shall be entitled to refrain from such act or taking such action unless and until Agent shall have received instructions from the Lenders; and Agent shall not incur liability to any Person by reason of so refraining. Without limiting the foregoing, no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against Agent as a result of its acting or refraining from acting hereunder in accordance with the instructions of the Required Lenders.

 

14.05. Reliance. Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any note, writing, resolution, notice, statement, certificate, telex, teletype or telecopier message, cablegram, order or Transaction Document or telephone message believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper person or entity, and, with respect to all legal matters pertaining to this Agreement and the Transaction Documents and its duties hereunder, upon advice of counsel selected by it. Agent may employ agents and attorneys-in-fact and shall not be liable for the default or misconduct of any such agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by Agent with reasonable care.

 

14.06. Notice of Default. Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder or under the Transaction Documents, unless Agent has received notice from a Lender or a Credit Party referring to this Agreement or the Transaction Documents, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”. In the event that Agent receives such a notice, Agent shall give notice thereof to each Lender. Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by Required Lenders; provided, that, unless and until Agent shall have received such directions, Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders.

 

14.07. Indemnification. To the extent Agent is not reimbursed and indemnified by the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries, each Lender will reimburse and indemnify Agent in proportion to its respective portion of the Notes, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against Agent in performing its duties hereunder, or in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any Transaction Document; provided that, no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from Agent’s gross (not mere) negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment). The obligations of the Lenders under this Section 14.07 shall survive termination of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents and payment in full of the Notes.

 

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14.08. Agent in its Individual Capacity. With respect to the obligation of Agent to purchase Notes under this Agreement, the Notes purchased by it shall have the same rights and powers hereunder as any other Lender and as if it were not performing the duties as Agent specified herein; and the term “Lender” or any similar term shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender. Agent may engage in business with any Credit Party as if it were not performing the duties specified herein.

 

14.09. Delivery of Documents or Other Information. To the extent Agent receives financial statements or other information required under this Agreement from the Credit Parties pursuant to the terms of this Agreement which the Credit Parties are not obligated to deliver to the Lenders, Agent will promptly furnish such documents and information to the Lenders.

 

14.10. Credit Parties’ Undertaking to Agent. Without prejudice to its respective obligations to each Lender under the other provisions of this Agreement, each Credit Party undertakes with Agent to pay to Agent from time to time on demand all amounts from time to time due and payable by it for the account of Agent or Lenders or any of them pursuant to this Agreement to the extent not already paid. Any payment made pursuant to any such demand shall pro tanto satisfy such Credit Party’s obligations to make payments for the account of Lenders or the relevant one or more of them pursuant to this Agreement.

 

14.11. No Reliance on Agent’s Customer Identification Program. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that neither such Lender, nor any of its Affiliates, participants or assignees, may rely on the Agent to carry out such Lender’s, Affiliate’s, participant’s or assignee’s customer identification program, or other obligations required or imposed under or pursuant to the USA PATRIOT Act or the regulations thereunder, including the regulations contained in 31 CFR 103.121 (as hereafter amended or replaced, the “CIP Regulations”), or any other Anti-Terrorism Law, including any programs involving any of the following items relating to or in connection with any Credit Party, its Affiliates or its agents, this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or the transactions hereunder or contemplated hereby: (1) any identity verification procedures, (2) any record-keeping, (3) comparisons with government lists, (4) customer notices or (5) other procedures required under the CIP Regulations or such other laws.

 

14.12. Other Agreements. Each Lender hereby specifically authorizes and directs Agent to enter into each of the Transaction Documents on behalf of such Lender. Each Lender agrees that it shall not, without the express consent of Agent, and that it shall, to the extent it is lawfully entitled to do so, upon the request of Agent, set off against the obligations of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries to Agent and Lenders under the Agreement and Transaction Documents, any amounts owing by such Lender to the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, each Lender further agrees that it shall not take any action to protect or enforce its rights arising out of this Agreement or the Transaction Documents, it being the intent of each Lender that any such action to protect or enforce rights under this Agreement and the Transaction Documents shall be taken by Agent at the direction of Required Lenders.

 

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ARTICLE 15 

TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

 

15.01. Taxes.

 

(a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of each Credit Party hereunder or under any other Transaction Document shall be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, provided that if any Credit Party shall be required by Applicable Law to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) Lenders and Agent receive an amount equal to the sum they would have received had no such deductions for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes been made, (ii) such Credit Party shall make such deductions and (iii) such Credit Party shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law.

 

(b) Without limiting the provisions of paragraph (a) above, each Credit Party shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law.

 

(c) Each Credit Party shall jointly and severally indemnify each Lender and Agent, within thirty (30) days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) paid by such Lender or Agent and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to such Credit Party by a Lender or Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

(d) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by a Credit Party to a Governmental Authority, such Credit Party shall deliver to Lenders and Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

 

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(e) Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax under the law of the United States, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments by a Credit Party under this Agreement or under any other Transaction Document shall deliver to such Credit Party, at the time or times prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by two original Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 (e.g., W-8 BEN, W-8 ECI), as appropriate, or any successor or other form prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service, and related documentation certifying that such Foreign Lender is exempt from or entitled to a reduced rate of United States federal withholding tax on payments pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document. In addition, any Lender, if requested by Borrower or the Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by Borrower or the Agent as will enable Borrower to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements; provided, that the Borrower or Agent, as applicable, agrees to maintain the confidentiality of any non-public information provided by such Lender in accordance with its customary procedures for handling confidential information and to not disclose such information except as required by Applicable Law, and provided, further, that should any Lender become subject to Indemnified Taxes because of its failure to deliver a form required hereunder, the Credit Parties shall take such steps as such Lender shall reasonably request to reasonably assist (consistent with its preexisting internal policies applied on a nondiscriminatory basis and legal and regulatory restrictions) such Lender to recover such Indemnified Taxes.

 

(f) The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and payment of the Notes and all other amounts payable hereunder, under the Notes or under any other Transaction Document.

 

(g) No Lender shall be obligated to contest a Tax indemnified by a Credit Party under the Transaction Documents that is asserted in the name of such Lender nor will the Credit Parties be permitted to contest such a Tax, unless in the judgment of such Lender, there is a reasonable basis for such contest and the contest and its resolution does not materially disadvantage such Lender.

 

(h) In the event that a Lender is entitled, on the effective date of any assignment and acceptance under this Agreement, to the benefits of a payment pursuant to subsection (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 15.01, the assignee of such Lender shall be entitled, without duplication, to the benefits of such payments (in addition to any future benefits of payment that may arise with respect to such assignee) that would have been available to such Lender had such Lender not entered into such assignment and acceptance with such assignee.

 

(i) In the event any Credit Party incorrectly withholds Indemnified Taxes under this Section 15.01 from amounts payable to any Lender or Agent, the Credit Parties shall pay such party interest at 10% per annum compounded semi-annually on the amount incorrectly withheld from the date withheld to the date of payment.

 

15.02. Certificates of Lenders. Any Lender claiming reimbursement or compensation pursuant to this Article 15 shall deliver to Borrower a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the amount payable to such Lender hereunder and such certificate shall be conclusive and binding on the Credit Parties in the absence of manifest error.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.

 

Borrower: BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC
     
  By:
  Name:  
  Title:  
     
Guarantors: BT CONCEPTS LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  BT CONCEPTS SHAWNEE LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  BT CONCEPTS OWASSO LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
     
  BT CONCEPTS FORT SMITH LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC

NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT]

 

 

 

 

  BT CONCEPTS WICHITA LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  TRUCKBURGER LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  RP OPS LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC

NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT]

 

 

 

  

Lenders: PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.
     
  By:

Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,

its General Partner

     
  By:  
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager
     
  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III-A, L.P.
     
  By: Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
    its General Partner
     
  By:  
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager
     
     
Agent: PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.
     
  By: Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
    its General Partner
     
  By:  
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC

NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT]

 

 

 

 

Schedule 2.01(a)

Lender Schedule –Notes

  

Name of Lender  Principal Amount 
Praesidian Capital Opportunity Fund III, LP
  $4,896.333.19 
Praesidian Capital Opportunity Fund III-A, LP
  $1,897,926.79 

  

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

FORM OF PROMISSORY NOTES

 

(See Attached)

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

___________________

Date: _________, 20__

 

This certificate is given by Bricktown Brewery Restaurants LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company, (the “Borrower”), pursuant to Section 8.01(d) of that certain Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement dated as of January 31, 2015 by and among the Borrower, its Subsidiaries, Praesidian Capital Opportunity Fund III, LP and Praesidian Capital Opportunity Fund III-A, LP as such agreement may have been amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (the “Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreement.

 

The undersigned is executing this certificate is the Chief Financial Officer of each Credit Party and as such is duly authorized to execute and deliver this certificate on behalf of such Credit Party. By executing this certificate the undersigned hereby certifies that:

 

(a) the financial statements delivered with this certificate in accordance with Section 8.01[a][b][c] of the Agreement fairly present in all material respects the results of operations and financial condition of the Credit Parties on a Consolidated Basis as of the dates of such financial statements;

 

(b) he has reviewed the terms of the Agreement and the Notes and has made, or caused to be made under his supervision, a review in reasonable detail of the transactions and conditions of the Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by such financial statements;

 

(c) such review has not disclosed the existence during or at the end of such accounting period, and he has no knowledge of the existence as of the date hereof, of any condition or event that constitutes an Event of Default, except as set forth in Exhibit A hereto which includes a description of the nature and period of existence of such Event of Default and what action the Credit Parties have taken, are undertaking and propose to take with respect thereto;

 

(d) the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries are in compliance with the covenants contained in Articles 8 and 9 of the Agreement, as demonstrated on the attached worksheets, except as set forth or described in Exhibit A; and

 

(e)    (i)    Fixed Charge Coverage is _____:1.00.

 

        (ii)    Unfinanced Capital Expenditures are $__________.

 

        (iii)    Minimum EBITDA is $__________.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Credit Party has caused this Certificate to be executed by its Chief Financial Officer this [__] day of [___________], 20[___].

 

  BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC
     
  By:  
    Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT C

FORM OF BORROWER PLEDGE AGREEMENT

 

(See attached)

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIRST AMENDMENT
TO NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

FIRST AMENDMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of April 24, 2015 to Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2015 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company, (the “Borrower”), each subsidiary of Borrower from time to time party hereto (the “Guarantors”, and together with the Borrower, the “Credit Parties”), PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Fund III”), and PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III-A, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Fund III-A”, and together with Fund III and each of their successors and assigns, each a “Lender”, and collectively, the “Lenders”), and Fund III as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Agent”). Terms which are capitalized in this Amendment and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Borrower issued to Lenders on January 31, 2015 Senior Notes in the principal amount of $6,794,259.98 (the “January 2015 Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower wishes to sell to Lenders, and Lenders wish to purchase from the Borrower Senior Notes (the “Series A Notes”), in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $700,000, the proceeds of which shall be used for capital expenditures at the Wichita KS store of the Credit Parties.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section One. Amendments to Purchase Agreement; Issuance of Series A Notes. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section Two of this Amendment:

 

(a) Definitions. Article I of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating or by adding the terms set forth below and the definitions thereof, as applicable, each in its proper alphabetical order, as follows:

 

January 2015 Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to the First Amendment.

 

Notes” shall mean the January 2015 Notes and the Series A Notes and any note issued in substitution or exchange for any of the foregoing, or any other note issued pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any Note, as each may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

 

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Series A Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to the First Amendment.

 

First Amendment” shall mean the First Amendment, dated as of April 25, 2015, to this Agreement.

 

First Amendment Effective Date” shall mean the date upon which all the conditions precedent set forth in Section Two of the First Amendment shall have been satisfied or waived by Lenders.

 

(b) Purchase and Sale of the Series A Notes. The following section is hereby added to the Purchase Agreement as Section 2.06:

 

2.06. Series A Notes. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, Borrower agrees that it will issue and sell to each Lender, and each Lender agrees that it will acquire from the Borrower on the First Amendment Effective Date the Series A Notes, substantially in the form thereof attached hereto as Exhibit A, appropriately completed in conformity herewith, in the maximum principal amount of $504,460.12 with respect to Fund III, and in the maximum principal amount of $195,539.88 with respect to Fund III-A. Advances under the Series A Notes shall be made upon not less than three (3) Business Days prior notice, or such lesser number of days as Agent and Lenders shall determine, provided that (x) no Default or Event of Default exists at such time, (y) Borrower shall have given to Agent such information and documentation as Agent shall request, and (x) such information and documentation shall be satisfactory to Agent. Agent shall maintain, in accordance with its customary procedures, a loan account in which shall be recorded the date and amount of each advance under the Series A Notes; provided however that the failure by Agent to record the date and amount of any such advance shall not adversely affect Agent or any Lender. The records of Agent shall be conclusive evidence, absent manifest error, of the amount of such advances and other charges thereto and of payments thereof. The obligation of the Lenders to advance funds under the Series A Notes are several and no Lender shall have any obligation to advance funds in fulfillment of the obligation of any other Lender. All advances shall be in the same proportion among the Lenders as the principal amount of the Notes. For the avoidance of doubt, the payments terms including the Maturity Date and the provisions of Section 2.05 of the Purchase Agreement shall be identical for all Notes.”

 

Section Two. Conditions Precedent. Upon the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, this Amendment shall be effective:

 

(a) Lenders shall have received a counterpart of this Amendment, duly executed and delivered by each of the Credit Parties.

 

(b) Lenders shall have received the fully executed original Series A Notes.

 

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(c) All representations and warranties set forth in this Amendment shall be true and correct on and as of the effective date hereof.

 

(d) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date hereof unless otherwise expressly waived herein.

 

(e) Credit Parties shall have paid to Lenders or Lenders’ designee, the expenses as provided in Section Five hereof.

 

(f) Lenders shall have received such further agreements, consents, instruments and documents, including, without limitation SBA forms, as may be necessary or proper in its reasonable opinion, and in the reasonable opinion of its counsel, to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Amendment.

 

Section Three. Representations and Warranties. The Borrower represents and warrants to Lenders as follows (all of which representations and warranties shall survive the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment):

 

(a) Each Credit Party has the corporate power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform this Amendment and the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which it is a party (including, without limitation, the Series A Notes), and has taken all actions necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and the other instruments, agreements, and documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the Series A Notes).

 

(b) No consent of any Person (including, without limitation, stockholders or creditors of the Borrower), and no consent, permit, approval or authorization of, exemption by, notice or report to, or registration, filing or declaration with, any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by any Credit Party, or the validity or enforceability against any Credit Party, of this Amendment, the Series A Notes or the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which any Credit Party is a party.

 

(c) This Amendment, the Series A Notes and the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which any Credit Party is a party as contemplated hereby have been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Credit Party a party thereto by its duly authorized officer, and each constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Credit Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally or equitable remedies (whether arising in a proceeding at law or in equity).

 

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(d) All representations and warranties set forth in the Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as of the effective date hereof, except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date (in which case, such representations and warranties are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

 

(e) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date hereof.

 

(f) Upon the occurrence of the First Amendment Effective Date, none of the Credit Parties is in default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound. Neither the execution and delivery of this Amendment or the Series A Notes, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof will (i) violate any law or regulation, or (ii) result in or cause a violation of any order or decree of any court or government instrumentality, or (iii) conflict with, or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, material agreement or other material instrument to which any of the Credit Parties is a party or by which it may be bound, or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge, or encumbrance upon any of the property of any of the Credit Parties, except as permitted by Section 9.02 of the Purchase Agreement or (v) violate any provision of the Organization Documents or any capital stock or similar equity instrument of any of the Credit Parties.

 

Section Four. Closing. The purchase and issuance of the Series A Notes shall take place at the closing (the “Series A Closing”) to be held at the offices of Morrison Cohen LLP, 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022 at 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the First Amendment Effective Date. At the Series A Closing, the Borrower shall deliver the Series A Notes to Lenders and Lenders shall advance amounts thereunder in accordance with paragraph (b) of Section One of this Amendment by wire transfer of immediately available funds.

 

Section Five. Expenses. At the Series A Closing, the Credit Parties shall reimburse all of Lenders’ reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, fees, charges and disbursements of counsel and consultants) incurred in connection with (a) the negotiation and execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents and Lenders’ due diligence investigation and (b) the transactions contemplated by this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents, which payments shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated by Lenders.

 

Section Six. Confirmation; Amendment of other Transaction Documents. The Credit Parties confirm and agree that without limiting any of the existing obligations of any of the Credit Parties under any of the Transaction Documents (i) all collateral for any of the Notes shall secure all Indebtedness under all of the Notes, including without limitation, all security interests in all personal property granted pursuant to any security agreement or pledge agreement and all interests in all real property granted pursuant to any mortgage or deed of trust (ii) any Guaranty, including without limitation the provisions of Article 13 of the Purchase Agreement, shall guaranty all acts, performances and obligations (payment and otherwise) when due of the Borrower under the Purchase Agreement and all Notes, and (iii) any references to the “Purchase Agreement” and to the “Notes” in any Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents shall, from and after the date hereof, be deemed to be references to the Purchase Agreement and the Notes (as such terms are defined herein).

 

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Section Seven. General Provisions.

 

(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the terms of this Amendment are not intended to and do not serve to effect a novation as to the Purchase Agreement. The parties hereto expressly do not intend to extinguish the Purchase Agreement. Instead, it is the express intention of the parties hereto to reaffirm the indebtedness created under the Purchase Agreement (including, without limitation, the Notes) and the other documents contemplated thereby and to reaffirm the rights and obligations contained therein. The Purchase Agreement as amended hereby and each of the other documents contemplated thereby shall remain in full force and effect. Except as herein amended, the Purchase Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect, and is hereby ratified in all respects. All of the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement and this Amendment shall survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment.

 

(b) This Amendment may be executed by the parties hereto individually or in combination, in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all which shall constitute one and the same agreement. Signatures by facsimile shall bind the parties hereto.

 

(c) THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLIED TO CONTRACTS TO BE PERFORMED WHOLLY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.

 

Borrower: BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS  LLC
     
  By:         
  Name:  James M. Burke
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
Guarantors: BT CONCEPTS LLC
     
  By:          
  Name: William C. Liedtke III
  Title: Vice President

 

  BT CONCEPTS SHAWNEE LLC
     
  By:      
  Name:   William C. Liedtke III
  Title: Vice President
     
  BT CONCEPTS OWASSO LLC
     
  By:          
  Name:  William C. Liedtke III
  Title: Vice President
     
  BT CONCEPTS FORT SMITH LLC
     
  By:          
  Name:  William C. Liedtke III
  Title: Vice President

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO FIRST AMENDMENT TO NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT]

 

 

 

 

  BT CONCEPTS WICHITA LLC
     
  By:         
  Name:  William C. Liedtke III
  Title: Vice President
     
  TRUCKBURGER LLC
     
  By:            
  Name:  William C. Liedtke III
  Title: Vice President
     
  RP OPS LLC
     
  By:         
  Name:  William C. Liedtke III
  Title: Vice President

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO FIRST AMENDMENT TO NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT]

 

 

 

 

Lenders:

 

  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.
   
  By: Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
    its General Partner
     
  By:        
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager
     
  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III-A, L.P.
   
  By: Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
    its General Partner
     
  By:  
  Name:  Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager

 

Agent:

 

  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.
   
  By: Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
    its General Partner
     
  By:  
  Name:  Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO FIRST AMENDMENT TO NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT]

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

Form of Series A Notes

 

(See Attached)

 

 

 

 

Senior Series A Note

 

$[                  ] April 24, 2015

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Bricktown Brewery Restaurant LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to [_____________________], a Delaware limited partnership (the “Lender”), or its registered assigns, at the address of the Borrower specified in the Purchase Agreement (defined below) or such other place as Lender may designate from time to time, the principal sum of [_____________________ DOLLARS ($___________)], or such lesser amount as shall have been advanced hereunder in accordance with the Purchase Agreement (as defined below). The Principal Amount under this Note shall be payable in the amounts, at the times and in the manner set forth in the Purchase Agreement. Interest on the Principal Amount under this Note shall be calculated at the rate or rates and in accordance with the Purchase Agreement and interest (including interest at the Default Rate, if applicable) shall be payable in the amounts, at the times and in the manner set forth in the Purchase Agreement. The highest rate of interest provided for in this Note shall continue to apply to the debt evidenced by this Note until repaid notwithstanding the entry of judgment on this Note.

 

This Note is executed and delivered pursuant to that certain Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2015, among the Borrower, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower parties thereto, the Lenders named therein and Praesidian Capital Opportunity Fund III, LP, as Agent (such agreement, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”).

 

Payments of principal, interest and other sums to be made pursuant to this Note shall be made without set-off or counterclaim in lawful money of the United States of America in same day or immediately available funds to the account designated by the Lender pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, and may be made by automatic charge on the day when due to any account of Borrower maintained by Lender or as otherwise provided in the Purchase Agreement.

 

This Note is one of the “Notes” referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Purchase Agreement, to which reference is made for a description of the security for this Note. Unless otherwise defined in this Note, terms used herein are used with the same meaning as provided in the Purchase Agreement.

 

The occurrence or existence of an Event of Default under the Purchase Agreement shall constitute an Event of Default under this Note. Should an Event of Default occur, then, subject to Lender’s right to waive acceleration, the entire Principal Amount of this Note, together with all accrued interest and all other sums due by Borrower hereunder or under any other Transaction Document shall, without notice to Borrower, become due and payable immediately, and payment of the same may be enforced and recovered in whole or in part at any time by one or more of the remedies provided to Lender in this Note or in any other Transaction Document, and in such case Lender may also recover all costs of suit and other expenses in connection therewith, together with reasonable attorneys’ fees for collection.

 

 

 

 

EACH BORROWER HEREBY AUTHORIZES AND EMPOWERS ANY ATTORNEY OR ATTORNEYS OR THE CLERK OF ANY COURT OF RECORD IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, OR ELSEWHERE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE LAWS OF SUCH STATE OR ELSEWHERE, UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF AN EVENT OF DEFAULT, TO APPEAR FOR SUCH BORROWER IN ANY SUCH COURT, WITH OR WITHOUT DECLARATION FILED, AS OF ANY TERM OR TIME THERE OR ELSEWHERE TO BE HELD AND THEREIN TO CONFESS OR ENTER JUDGMENT AGAINST SUCH BORROWER IN FAVOR OF LENDER FOR ALL SUMS DUE OR TO BECOME DUE BY SUCH BORROWER TO LENDER UNDER THIS NOTE, WITH COSTS OF SUIT AND RELEASE OF PROCEDURAL ERRORS AND WITH REASONABLE ATTORNEY’S FEES; AND FOR DOING SO THIS NOTE OR A COPY VERIFIED BY AFFIDAVIT SHALL BE SUFFICIENT WARRANT. SUCH AUTHORITY AND POWER SHALL NOT BE EXHAUSTED BY ANY EXERCISE THEREOF, AND JUDGMENT MAY BE CONFESSED AS AFORESAID FROM TIME TO TIME AS OFTEN AS THERE IS OCCASION THEREFOR.

 

Each Borrower hereby waives to the fullest extent provided by law presentment for payment, demand, notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor and protest of this Note. This Note shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with, the internal laws of the state of New York. Reference is made to the Purchase Agreement for provisions regarding jurisdiction and venue.

 

The remainder of this page is intentionally left blank. Signatures follow.

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Borrower, intending to be legally bound, has duly executed this Note the day and year first above written.

 

  BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC
     
  By:                 
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

 

 

 

SECOND AMENDMENT
TO NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

SECOND AMENDMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of January 8, 2016, to Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2015 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company, (the “Borrower”), each subsidiary of Borrower from time to time party hereto (the “Guarantors”, and together with the Borrower, the “Credit Parties”), PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Fund III”), and PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III-A, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Fund III-A”, and together with Fund III and each of their successors and assigns, each a “Lender”, and collectively, the “Lenders”), and Fund III as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Agent”). Terms which are capitalized in this Amendment and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Borrower issued to Lenders on January 31, 2015 Senior Notes in the principal amount of $6,794,259.98 (the “January 2015 Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the First Amendment to the Purchase Agreement, Borrower issued to Lenders on April 24, 2015 Senior Notes in the principal amount of $700,000.00 (the “Series A Notes”)

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower wishes to sell to Lenders, and Lenders wish to purchase from the Borrower Senior Notes (the “Series B Notes”), in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $650,000, the proceeds of which shall be used for capital expenditures at the Wichita Falls, Texas store of the Credit Parties.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section One. Amendments to Purchase Agreement; Issuance of Series B Notes. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section Two of this Amendment:

 

(a) Definitions. Article I of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating or by adding the terms set forth below and the definitions thereof, as applicable, each in its proper alphabetical order, as follows:

 

January 2015 Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to the Second Amendment.

 

 

 

 

Notes” shall mean the January 2015 Notes, the Series A Notes and the Series B Notes and any note issued in substitution or exchange for any of the foregoing, or any other note issued pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any Note, as each may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

 

Series A Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to the Second Amendment.

 

Series B Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to the Second Amendment.

 

First Amendment” shall mean the First Amendment, dated as of April 24, 2015, to this Agreement.

 

Second Amendment” shall mean the Second Amendment, dated as of January 8, 2016, to this Agreement.

 

Second Amendment Effective Date” shall mean the date upon which all the conditions precedent set forth in Section Two of the Second Amendment shall have been satisfied or waived by Lenders.

 

(b) Purchase and Sale of the Series B Notes. The following section is hereby added to the Purchase Agreement as Section 2.07:

 

2.07. Series B Notes. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, Borrower agrees that it will issue and sell to each Lender, and each Lender agrees that it will acquire from the Borrower on the Second Amendment Effective Date the Series B Notes, substantially in the form thereof attached hereto as Exhibit A, appropriately completed in conformity herewith, in the maximum principal amount of $468,427.25 with respect to Fund III, and in the maximum principal amount of $181,572.75 with respect to Fund III-A. Advances under the Series B Notes shall be made upon not less than three (3) Business Days prior notice, or such lesser number of days as Agent and Lenders shall determine, provided that (x) no Default or Event of Default exists at such time, (y) Borrower shall have given to Agent such information and documentation as Agent shall request, and (x) such information and documentation shall be satisfactory to Agent. Agent shall maintain, in accordance with its customary procedures, a loan account in which shall be recorded the date and amount of each advance under the Series B Notes; provided however that the failure by Agent to record the date and amount of any such advance shall not adversely affect Agent or any Lender. The records of Agent shall be conclusive evidence, absent manifest error, of the amount of such advances and other charges thereto and of payments thereof. The obligation of the Lenders to advance funds under the Series B Notes are several and no Lender shall have any obligation to advance funds in fulfillment of the obligation of any other Lender. All advances shall be in the same proportion among the Lenders as the principal amount of the Notes. For the avoidance of doubt, the payments terms including the Maturity Date and the provisions of Section 2.05 of the Purchase Agreement shall be identical for all Notes.”

 

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Section Two. Conditions Precedent. Upon the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, this Amendment shall be effective:

 

(a) Lenders shall have received a counterpart of this Amendment, duly executed and delivered by each of the Credit Parties.

 

(b) Lenders shall have received the fully executed original Series B Notes.

 

(c) All representations and warranties set forth in this Amendment shall be true and correct on and as of the effective date hereof.

 

(d) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date hereof unless otherwise expressly waived herein.

 

(e) Credit Parties shall have paid to Lenders or Lenders’ designee, the expenses as provided in Section Five hereof.

 

(f) Lenders shall have received such further agreements, consents, instruments and documents, including, without limitation SBA forms, as may be necessary or proper in its reasonable opinion, and in the reasonable opinion of its counsel, to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Amendment.

 

Section Three. Representations and Warranties. The Borrower represents and warrants to Lenders as follows (all of which representations and warranties shall survive the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment):

 

(a) Each Credit Party has the corporate power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform this Amendment and the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which it is a party (including, without limitation, the Series B Notes), and has taken all actions necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and the other instruments, agreements, and documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the Series B Notes).

 

(b) No consent of any Person (including, without limitation, stockholders or creditors of the Borrower), and no consent, permit, approval or authorization of, exemption by, notice or report to, or registration, filing or declaration with, any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by any Credit Party, or the validity or enforceability against any Credit Party, of this Amendment, the Series B Notes or the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which any Credit Party is a party.

 

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(c) This Amendment, the Series B Notes and the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which any Credit Party is a party as contemplated hereby have been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Credit Party a party thereto by its duly authorized officer, and each constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Credit Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally or equitable remedies (whether arising in a proceeding at law or in equity).

 

(d) All representations and warranties set forth in the Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as of the effective date hereof, except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date (in which case, such representations and warranties are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

 

(e) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date hereof.

 

(f) Upon the occurrence of the Second Amendment Effective Date, none of the Credit Parties is in default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound. Neither the execution and delivery of this Amendment or the Series B Notes, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof will (i) violate any law or regulation, or (ii) result in or cause a violation of any order or decree of any court or government instrumentality, or (iii) conflict with, or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, material agreement or other material instrument to which any of the Credit Parties is a party or by which it may be bound, or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge, or encumbrance upon any of the property of any of the Credit Parties, except as permitted by Section 9.02 of the Purchase Agreement or (v) violate any provision of the Organization Documents or any capital stock or similar equity instrument of any of the Credit Parties.

 

Section Four. Closing. The purchase and issuance of the Series B Notes shall take place at the closing (the “Series B Closing”) to be held at the offices of Ice Miller LLP, 1500 Broadway, Suite 2401, NY 10036 at 4:00 p.m., New York time, on the Second Amendment Effective Date. At the Series B Closing, the Borrower shall deliver the Series B Notes to Lenders and Lenders shall advance amounts thereunder in accordance with paragraph (b) of Section One of this Amendment by wire transfer of immediately available funds.

 

Section Five. Expenses. At the Series B Closing, the Credit Parties shall reimburse all of Lenders’ reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, fees, charges and disbursements of counsel and consultants) incurred in connection with (a) the negotiation and execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents and Lenders’ due diligence investigation and (b) the transactions contemplated by this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents, which payments shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated by Lenders.

 

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Section Six. Confirmation; Amendment of other Transaction Documents. The Credit Parties confirm and agree that without limiting any of the existing obligations of any of the Credit Parties under any of the Transaction Documents (i) all collateral for any of the Notes shall secure all Indebtedness under all of the Notes, including without limitation, all security interests in all personal property granted pursuant to any security agreement or pledge agreement and all interests in all real property granted pursuant to any mortgage or deed of trust (ii) any Guaranty, including without limitation the provisions of Article 13 of the Purchase Agreement, shall guaranty all acts, performances and obligations (payment and otherwise) when due of the Borrower under the Purchase Agreement and all Notes, and (iii) any references to the “Purchase Agreement” and to the “Notes” in any Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents shall, from and after the date hereof, be deemed to be references to the Purchase Agreement and the Notes (as such terms are defined herein).

 

Section Seven. General Provisions.

 

(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the terms of this Amendment are not intended to and do not serve to effect a novation as to the Purchase Agreement. The parties hereto expressly do not intend to extinguish the Purchase Agreement. Instead, it is the express intention of the parties hereto to reaffirm the indebtedness created under the Purchase Agreement (including, without limitation, the Notes) and the other documents contemplated thereby and to reaffirm the rights and obligations contained therein. The Purchase Agreement as amended hereby and each of the other documents contemplated thereby shall remain in full force and effect. Except as herein amended, the Purchase Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect, and is hereby ratified in all respects. All of the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement and this Amendment shall survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment.

 

(b) This Amendment may be executed by the parties hereto individually or in combination, in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all which shall constitute one and the same agreement. Signatures by facsimile shall bind the parties hereto.

 

(c) THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLIED TO CONTRACTS TO BE PERFORMED WHOLLY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.

 

Borrower: BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC
     
  By:                    
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
Guarantors: BT CONCEPTS LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS SHAWNEE LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  RP OPS LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS FORT SMITH LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager

 

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  BT CONCEPTS OWASSO LLC
     
  By:                    
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS WICHITA, LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS ROCK ROAD LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS BROKEN ARROW LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS WICHITA FALLS LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS EL PASO LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager

  

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  BT CONCEPTS TULSA LLC
     
  By:                    
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS AMARILLO LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  TRUCKBURGER LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BTB BREWING COMPANY LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  421 SW 26TH STREET LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS TEXAS BEVERAGES LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager

 

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Lenders:

  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.
   
  By:  Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
its General Partner
     
  By:                      
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager
     
  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III-A, L.P.
   
  By:  Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
its General Partner
     
  By:  
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager

 

Agent:

  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.
   
  By:  Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
its General Partner
     
  By:                    
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager

 

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Exhibit A

 

Form of Series B Notes

 

(See Attached)

  

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Senior Series B Note

 

$[                    ] January 8, 2016

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Bricktown Brewery Restaurants LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to [_____________________], a Delaware limited partnership (the “Lender”), or its registered assigns, at the address of the Borrower specified in the Purchase Agreement (defined below) or such other place as Lender may designate from time to time, the principal sum of [_____________________ DOLLARS ($___________)], or such lesser amount as shall have been advanced hereunder in accordance with the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).

 

The Principal Amount under this Note shall be payable in the amounts, at the times and in the manner set forth in the Purchase Agreement. Interest on the Principal Amount under this Note shall be calculated at the rate or rates and in accordance with the Purchase Agreement and interest (including interest at the Default Rate, if applicable) shall be payable in the amounts, at the times and in the manner set forth in the Purchase Agreement. The highest rate of interest provided for in this Note shall continue to apply to the debt evidenced by this Note until repaid notwithstanding the entry of judgment on this Note.

 

This Note is executed and delivered pursuant to that certain Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2015, among the Borrower, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower, Praesidian Capital Opportunity Fund III, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, as Lender and as Agent and Praesidian Capital Opportunity Fund III-A, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, (such agreement, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”).

 

Payments of principal, interest and other sums to be made pursuant to this Note shall be made without set-off or counterclaim in lawful money of the United States of America in same day or immediately available funds to the account designated by the Lender pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, and may be made by automatic charge on the day when due to any account of Borrower maintained by Lender or as otherwise provided in the Purchase Agreement.

 

This Note is the “Note” referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Purchase Agreement, to which reference is made for a description of the security for this Note. Unless otherwise defined in this Note, terms used herein are used with the same meaning as provided in the Purchase Agreement.

 

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The occurrence or existence of an Event of Default under the Purchase Agreement shall constitute an Event of Default under this Note. Should an Event of Default occur, then, subject to Lender’s right to waive acceleration, the entire Principal Amount of this Note, together with all accrued interest and all other sums due by Borrower hereunder or under any other Transaction Document shall, without notice to Borrower, become due and payable immediately, and payment of the same may be enforced and recovered in whole or in part at any time by one or more of the remedies provided to Lender in this Note or in any other Transaction Document, and in such case Lender may also recover all costs of suit and other expenses in connection therewith, together with reasonable attorneys’ fees for collection.

  

EACH BORROWER HEREBY AUTHORIZES AND EMPOWERS ANY ATTORNEY OR ATTORNEYS OR THE CLERK OF ANY COURT OF RECORD IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, OR ELSEWHERE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE LAWS OF SUCH STATE OR ELSEWHERE, UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF AN EVENT OF DEFAULT, TO APPEAR FOR SUCH BORROWER IN ANY SUCH COURT, WITH OR WITHOUT DECLARATION FILED, AS OF ANY TERM OR TIME THERE OR ELSEWHERE TO BE HELD AND THEREIN TO CONFESS OR ENTER JUDGMENT AGAINST SUCH BORROWER IN FAVOR OF LENDER FOR ALL SUMS DUE OR TO BECOME DUE BY SUCH BORROWER TO LENDER UNDER THIS NOTE, WITH COSTS OF SUIT AND RELEASE OF PROCEDURAL ERRORS AND WITH REASONABLE ATTORNEY’S FEES; AND FOR DOING SO THIS NOTE OR A COPY VERIFIED BY AFFIDAVIT SHALL BE SUFFICIENT WARRANT. SUCH AUTHORITY AND POWER SHALL NOT BE EXHAUSTED BY ANY EXERCISE THEREOF, AND JUDGMENT MAY BE CONFESSED AS AFORESAID FROM TIME TO TIME AS OFTEN AS THERE IS OCCASION THEREFOR.

 

Each Borrower hereby waives to the fullest extent provided by law presentment for payment, demand, notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor and protest of this Note. This Note shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with, the internal laws of the state of New York. Reference is made to the Purchase Agreement for provisions regarding jurisdiction and venue.

 

The remainder of this page is intentionally left blank. Signatures follow.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Borrower, intending to be legally bound, has duly executed this Note the day and year first above written.

 

  BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC
     
  By:                    
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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THIRD AMENDMENT
TO NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

THIRD AMENDMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of February 22, 2016, to Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2015 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company, (the “Borrower”), each subsidiary of Borrower from time to time party hereto (the “Guarantors”, and together with the Borrower, the “Credit Parties”), PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Fund III”), and PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III-A, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Fund III-A”, and together with Fund III and each of their successors and assigns, each a “Lender”, and collectively, the “Lenders”), and Fund III as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Agent”). Terms which are capitalized in this Amendment and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Borrower issued to Lenders on January 31, 2015 Senior Notes in the principal amount of $6,794,259.98 (the “January 2015 Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the First Amendment to the Purchase Agreement, Borrower issued to Lenders on April 24, 2015 Senior Notes in the principal amount of $700,000.00 (the “Series A Notes”)

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Second Amendment to the Purchase Agreement, Borrower issued to Lenders on January 8, 2016 Senior Notes in the principal amount of $650,000.00 (the “Series B Notes”)

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower wishes to sell to Lenders, and Lenders wish to purchase from the Borrower Senior Notes (the “Series C Notes”), in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $950,000, the proceeds of which shall be used for capital expenditures at the El Paso, Texas store of the Credit Parties.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section One. Amendments to Purchase Agreement; Issuance of Series C Notes. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section Two of this Amendment:

 

(a) Definitions. Article I of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating or by adding the terms set forth below and the definitions thereof, as applicable, each in its proper alphabetical order, as follows:

 

January 2015 Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to the Third Amendment.

 

 

 

 

Notes” shall mean the January 2015 Notes, the Series A Notes, the Series B Notes and the Series C Notes and any note issued in substitution or exchange for any of the foregoing, or any other note issued pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any Note, as each may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

 

Series A Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to the Third Amendment.

 

Series B Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to the Third Amendment.

 

Series C Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to the Third Amendment.

 

First Amendment” shall mean the First Amendment, dated as of April 24, 2015, to this Agreement.

 

Second Amendment” shall mean the Second Amendment, dated as of January 8, 2016, to this Agreement.

 

Third Amendment” shall mean the Third Amendment, dated as of February 22, 2016, to this Agreement.

 

Third Amendment Effective Date” shall mean the date upon which all the conditions precedent set forth in Section Two of the Third Amendment shall have been satisfied or waived by Lenders.

 

(b) Purchase and Sale of the Series C Notes. The following section is hereby added to the Purchase Agreement as Section 2.08:

 

2.08. Series C Notes. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, Borrower agrees that it will issue and sell to each Lender, and each Lender agrees that it will acquire from the Borrower on the Third Amendment Effective Date the Series C Notes, substantially in the form thereof attached hereto as Exhibit A, appropriately completed in conformity herewith, in the maximum principal amount of $684,624.45 with respect to Fund III, and in the maximum principal amount of $265,375.55 with respect to Fund III-A. Advances under the Series C Notes shall be made upon not less than three (3) Business Days prior notice, or such lesser number of days as Agent and Lenders shall determine, provided that (x) no Default or Event of Default exists at such time, (y) Borrower shall have given to Agent such information and documentation as Agent shall request, and (x) such information and documentation shall be satisfactory to Agent. Agent shall maintain, in accordance with its customary procedures, a loan account in which shall be recorded the date and amount of each advance under the Series C Notes; provided however that the failure by Agent to record the date and amount of any such advance shall not adversely affect Agent or any Lender. The records of Agent shall be conclusive evidence, absent manifest error, of the amount of such advances and other charges thereto and of payments thereof. The obligation of the Lenders to advance funds under the Series C Notes are several and no Lender shall have any obligation to advance funds in fulfillment of the obligation of any other Lender. All advances shall be in the same proportion among the Lenders as the principal amount of the Notes. For the avoidance of doubt, the payments terms including the Maturity Date and the provisions of Section 2.05 of the Purchase Agreement shall be identical for all Notes.”

 

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Section Two. Conditions Precedent. Upon the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, this Amendment shall be effective:

 

(a) Lenders shall have received a counterpart of this Amendment, duly executed and delivered by each of the Credit Parties.

 

(b) Lenders shall have received the fully executed original Series C Notes.

 

(c) All representations and warranties set forth in this Amendment shall be true and correct on and as of the effective date hereof.

 

(d) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date hereof unless otherwise expressly waived herein.

 

(e) Credit Parties shall have paid to Lenders or Lenders’ designee, the expenses as provided in Section Five hereof.

 

(f) Lenders shall have received such further agreements, consents, instruments and documents, including, without limitation SBA forms, as may be necessary or proper in its reasonable opinion, and in the reasonable opinion of its counsel, to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Amendment.

 

Section Three. Representations and Warranties. The Borrower represents and warrants to Lenders as follows (all of which representations and warranties shall survive the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment):

 

(a) Each Credit Party has the corporate power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform this Amendment and the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which it is a party (including, without limitation, the Series C Notes), and has taken all actions necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and the other instruments, agreements, and documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the Series C Notes).

 

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(b) No consent of any Person (including, without limitation, stockholders or creditors of the Borrower), and no consent, permit, approval or authorization of, exemption by, notice or report to, or registration, filing or declaration with, any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by any Credit Party, or the validity or enforceability against any Credit Party, of this Amendment, the Series C Notes or the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which any Credit Party is a party.

 

(c) This Amendment, the Series C Notes and the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which any Credit Party is a party as contemplated hereby have been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Credit Party a party thereto by its duly authorized officer, and each constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Credit Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally or equitable remedies (whether arising in a proceeding at law or in equity).

 

(d) All representations and warranties set forth in the Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as of the effective date hereof, except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date (in which case, such representations and warranties are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

 

(e) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date hereof.

 

(f) Upon the occurrence of the Third Amendment Effective Date, none of the Credit Parties is in default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound. Neither the execution and delivery of this Amendment or the Series C Notes, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof will (i) violate any law or regulation, or (ii) result in or cause a violation of any order or decree of any court or government instrumentality, or (iii) conflict with, or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, material agreement or other material instrument to which any of the Credit Parties is a party or by which it may be bound, or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge, or encumbrance upon any of the property of any of the Credit Parties, except as permitted by Section 9.02 of the Purchase Agreement or (v) violate any provision of the Organization Documents or any capital stock or similar equity instrument of any of the Credit Parties.

 

Section Four. Closing. The purchase and issuance of the Series C Notes shall take place at the closing (the “Series C Closing”) to be held at the offices of Ice Miller LLP, 1500 Broadway, Suite 2401, NY 10036 at 4:00 p.m., New York time, on the Third Amendment Effective Date. At the Series C Closing, the Borrower shall deliver the Series C Notes to Lenders and Lenders shall advance amounts thereunder in accordance with paragraph (b) of Section One of this Amendment by wire transfer of immediately available funds.

 

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Section Five. Expenses. At the Series C Closing, the Credit Parties shall reimburse all of Lenders’ reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, fees, charges and disbursements of counsel and consultants) incurred in connection with (a) the negotiation and execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents and Lenders’ due diligence investigation and (b) the transactions contemplated by this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents, which payments shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated by Lenders.

 

Section Six. Confirmation; Amendment of other Transaction Documents. The Credit Parties confirm and agree that without limiting any of the existing obligations of any of the Credit Parties under any of the Transaction Documents (i) all collateral for any of the Notes shall secure all Indebtedness under all of the Notes, including without limitation, all security interests in all personal property granted pursuant to any security agreement or pledge agreement and all interests in all real property granted pursuant to any mortgage or deed of trust (ii) any Guaranty, including without limitation the provisions of Article 13 of the Purchase Agreement, shall guaranty all acts, performances and obligations (payment and otherwise) when due of the Borrower under the Purchase Agreement and all Notes, and (iii) any references to the “Purchase Agreement” and to the “Notes” in any Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents shall, from and after the date hereof, be deemed to be references to the Purchase Agreement and the Notes (as such terms are defined herein).

 

Section Seven. General Provisions.

 

(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the terms of this Amendment are not intended to and do not serve to effect a novation as to the Purchase Agreement. The parties hereto expressly do not intend to extinguish the Purchase Agreement. Instead, it is the express intention of the parties hereto to reaffirm the indebtedness created under the Purchase Agreement (including, without limitation, the Notes) and the other documents contemplated thereby and to reaffirm the rights and obligations contained therein. The Purchase Agreement as amended hereby and each of the other documents contemplated thereby shall remain in full force and effect. Except as herein amended, the Purchase Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect, and is hereby ratified in all respects. All of the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement and this Amendment shall survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment.

 

(b) This Amendment may be executed by the parties hereto individually or in combination, in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all which shall constitute one and the same agreement. Signatures by facsimile shall bind the parties hereto.

 

(c) THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLIED TO CONTRACTS TO BE PERFORMED WHOLLY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.

 

Borrower: BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC
     
  By:                    
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
Guarantors: BT CONCEPTS LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS SHAWNEE LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  RP OPS LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS FORT SMITH LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager

 

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  BT CONCEPTS OWASSO LLC
     
  By:                     
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS WICHITA, LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS ROCK ROAD LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS BROKEN ARROW LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS WICHITA FALLS LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS EL PASO LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager

   

[signature page to third amendment to note purchase agreement and security agreement]

  

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  BT CONCEPTS TULSA LLC
     
  By:                      
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS AMARILLO LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  TRUCKBURGER LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BTB BREWING COMPANY LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  421 SW 26TH STREET LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS TEXAS BEVERAGES LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager

 

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Lenders:

  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.
   
  By:  Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
its General Partner
     
  By:                       
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager
     
  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III-A, L.P.
   
  By:  Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
its General Partner
     
  By:  
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager

 

Agent:

  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.
   
  By:  Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
its General Partner
     
  By:                       
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager
     

 

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Exhibit A

 

Form of Series C Notes

 

(See Attached)

 

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Senior Series C Note

 

$[                    ] February 22, 2016

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Bricktown Brewery Restaurants LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to [_____________________], a Delaware limited partnership (the “Lender”), or its registered assigns, at the address of the Borrower specified in the Purchase Agreement (defined below) or such other place as Lender may designate from time to time, the principal sum of [_____________________ DOLLARS ($___________)], or such lesser amount as shall have been advanced hereunder in accordance with the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).

 

The Principal Amount under this Note shall be payable in the amounts, at the times and in the manner set forth in the Purchase Agreement. Interest on the Principal Amount under this Note shall be calculated at the rate or rates and in accordance with the Purchase Agreement and interest (including interest at the Default Rate, if applicable) shall be payable in the amounts, at the times and in the manner set forth in the Purchase Agreement. The highest rate of interest provided for in this Note shall continue to apply to the debt evidenced by this Note until repaid notwithstanding the entry of judgment on this Note.

 

This Note is executed and delivered pursuant to that certain Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2015, among the Borrower, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower, Praesidian Capital Opportunity Fund III, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, as Lender and as Agent and Praesidian Capital Opportunity Fund III-A, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, (such agreement, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”).

 

Payments of principal, interest and other sums to be made pursuant to this Note shall be made without set-off or counterclaim in lawful money of the United States of America in same day or immediately available funds to the account designated by the Lender pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, and may be made by automatic charge on the day when due to any account of Borrower maintained by Lender or as otherwise provided in the Purchase Agreement.

 

This Note is the “Note” referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Purchase Agreement, to which reference is made for a description of the security for this Note. Unless otherwise defined in this Note, terms used herein are used with the same meaning as provided in the Purchase Agreement.

 

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The occurrence or existence of an Event of Default under the Purchase Agreement shall constitute an Event of Default under this Note. Should an Event of Default occur, then, subject to Lender’s right to waive acceleration, the entire Principal Amount of this Note, together with all accrued interest and all other sums due by Borrower hereunder or under any other Transaction Document shall, without notice to Borrower, become due and payable immediately, and payment of the same may be enforced and recovered in whole or in part at any time by one or more of the remedies provided to Lender in this Note or in any other Transaction Document, and in such case Lender may also recover all costs of suit and other expenses in connection therewith, together with reasonable attorneys’ fees for collection.

 

EACH BORROWER HEREBY AUTHORIZES AND EMPOWERS ANY ATTORNEY OR ATTORNEYS OR THE CLERK OF ANY COURT OF RECORD IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, OR ELSEWHERE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE LAWS OF SUCH STATE OR ELSEWHERE, UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF AN EVENT OF DEFAULT, TO APPEAR FOR SUCH BORROWER IN ANY SUCH COURT, WITH OR WITHOUT DECLARATION FILED, AS OF ANY TERM OR TIME THERE OR ELSEWHERE TO BE HELD AND THEREIN TO CONFESS OR ENTER JUDGMENT AGAINST SUCH BORROWER IN FAVOR OF LENDER FOR ALL SUMS DUE OR TO BECOME DUE BY SUCH BORROWER TO LENDER UNDER THIS NOTE, WITH COSTS OF SUIT AND RELEASE OF PROCEDURAL ERRORS AND WITH REASONABLE ATTORNEY’S FEES; AND FOR DOING SO THIS NOTE OR A COPY VERIFIED BY AFFIDAVIT SHALL BE SUFFICIENT WARRANT. SUCH AUTHORITY AND POWER SHALL NOT BE EXHAUSTED BY ANY EXERCISE THEREOF, AND JUDGMENT MAY BE CONFESSED AS AFORESAID FROM TIME TO TIME AS OFTEN AS THERE IS OCCASION THEREFOR.

 

Each Borrower hereby waives to the fullest extent provided by law presentment for payment, demand, notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor and protest of this Note. This Note shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with, the internal laws of the state of New York. Reference is made to the Purchase Agreement for provisions regarding jurisdiction and venue.

 

The remainder of this page is intentionally left blank. Signatures follow.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Borrower, intending to be legally bound, has duly executed this Note the day and year first above written.

 

  BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC
     
  By:                    
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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FOURTH AMENDMENT
TO NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

FOURTH AMENDMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of May 18, 2016, to Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2015 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company, (the “Borrower”), each subsidiary of Borrower from time to time party hereto (the “Guarantors”, and together with the Borrower, the “Credit Parties”), PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Fund III”), and PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III-A, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Fund III-A”, and together with Fund III and each of their successors and assigns, each a “Lender”, and collectively, the “Lenders”), and Fund III as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Agent”). Terms which are capitalized in this Amendment and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Borrower issued to Lenders on January 31, 2015 Senior Notes in the principal amount of $6,794,259.98 (the “January 2015 Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the First Amendment to the Purchase Agreement, Borrower issued to Lenders on April 24, 2015 Senior Notes in the principal amount of $700,000.00 (the “Series A Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Second Amendment to the Purchase Agreement, Borrower issued to Lenders on January 8, 2016 Senior Notes in the principal amount of $650,000.00 (the “Series B Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Third Amendment to the Purchase Agreement, Borrower issued to Lenders on February 22, 2016 Senior Notes in the principal amount of $950,000.00 (the “Series C Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower wishes to sell to Lenders, and Lenders wish to purchase from the Borrower Senior Notes (the “Series D Notes”), in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $750,000, the proceeds of which shall be used for capital expenditures at the Tulsa, Oklahoma store of the Credit Parties.

 

 

 

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section One. Amendments to Purchase Agreement; Issuance of Series D Notes. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section Two of this Amendment:

 

(a) Definitions. Article I of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating or by adding the terms set forth below and the definitions thereof, as applicable, each in its proper alphabetical order, as follows:

 

First Amendment” shall mean the First Amendment, dated as of April 24, 2015, to this Agreement.

 

Fourth Amendment” shall mean the Fourth Amendment, dated as of May 18, 2016, to this Agreement.

 

Fourth Amendment Effective Date” shall mean the date upon which all the conditions precedent set forth in Section Two of the Fourth Amendment shall have been satisfied or waived by Lenders.

 

January 2015 Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to the Fourth Amendment.

 

Notes” shall mean the January 2015 Notes, the Series A Notes, the Series B Notes, the Series C Notes and the Series D Notes and any note issued in substitution or exchange for any of the foregoing, or any other note issued pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any Note, as each may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

 

Second Amendment” shall mean the Second Amendment, dated as of January 8, 2016, to this Agreement.

 

Series A Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to the Fourth Amendment.

 

Series B Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to the Fourth Amendment.

 

Series C Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to the Fourth Amendment.

 

Series D Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to the Fourth Amendment.

 

Third Amendment” shall mean the Third Amendment, dated as of February 22, 2016, to this Agreement.

 

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(b) Purchase and Sale of the Series D Notes. The following section is hereby added to the Purchase Agreement as Section 2.09:

 

2.09. Series D Notes. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, Borrower agrees that it will issue and sell to each Lender, and each Lender agrees that it will acquire from the Borrower on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date the Series D Notes, substantially in the form thereof attached hereto as Exhibit A, appropriately completed in conformity herewith, in the maximum principal amount of $540,492.99 with respect to Fund III, and in the maximum principal amount of $209,507.01 with respect to Fund III-A. Advances under the Series D Notes shall be made upon not less than three (3) Business Days prior notice, or such lesser number of days as Agent and Lenders shall determine, provided that (x) no Default or Event of Default exists at such time, (y) Borrower shall have given to Agent such information and documentation as Agent shall request, and (x) such information and documentation shall be satisfactory to Agent. Agent shall maintain, in accordance with its customary procedures, a loan account in which shall be recorded the date and amount of each advance under the Series D Notes; provided however that the failure by Agent to record the date and amount of any such advance shall not adversely affect Agent or any Lender. The records of Agent shall be conclusive evidence, absent manifest error, of the amount of such advances and other charges thereto and of payments thereof. The obligation of the Lenders to advance funds under the Series D Notes are several and no Lender shall have any obligation to advance funds in fulfillment of the obligation of any other Lender. All advances shall be in the same proportion among the Lenders as the principal amount of the Notes. For the avoidance of doubt, the payments terms including the Maturity Date and the provisions of Section 2.05 of the Purchase Agreement shall be identical for all Notes.”

 

Section Two. Conditions Precedent. Upon the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, this Amendment shall be effective:

 

(a) Lenders shall have received a counterpart of this Amendment, duly executed and delivered by each of the Credit Parties.

 

(b) Lenders shall have received the fully executed original Series D Notes.

 

(c) All representations and warranties set forth in this Amendment shall be true and correct on and as of the effective date hereof.

 

(d) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date hereof unless otherwise expressly waived herein.

 

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(e) Credit Parties shall have paid to Lenders or Lenders’ designee, the expenses as provided in Section Five hereof.

 

(f) Lenders shall have received such further agreements, consents, instruments and documents, including, without limitation SBA forms, as may be necessary or proper in its reasonable opinion, and in the reasonable opinion of its counsel, to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Amendment.

 

Section Three. Representations and Warranties. The Borrower represents and warrants to Lenders as follows (all of which representations and warranties shall survive the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment):

 

(a) Each Credit Party has the corporate power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform this Amendment and the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which it is a party (including, without limitation, the Series D Notes), and has taken all actions necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and the other instruments, agreements, and documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the Series D Notes).

 

(b) No consent of any Person (including, without limitation, stockholders or creditors of the Borrower), and no consent, permit, approval or authorization of, exemption by, notice or report to, or registration, filing or declaration with, any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by any Credit Party, or the validity or enforceability against any Credit Party, of this Amendment, the Series D Notes or the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which any Credit Party is a party.

 

(c) This Amendment, the Series D Notes and the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which any Credit Party is a party as contemplated hereby have been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Credit Party a party thereto by its duly authorized officer, and each constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Credit Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally or equitable remedies (whether arising in a proceeding at law or in equity).

 

(d) All representations and warranties set forth in the Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as of the effective date hereof, except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date (in which case, such representations and warranties are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

 

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(e) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date hereof.

 

(f) Upon the occurrence of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, none of the Credit Parties is in default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound. Neither the execution and delivery of this Amendment or the Series D Notes, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof will (i) violate any law or regulation, or (ii) result in or cause a violation of any order or decree of any court or government instrumentality, or (iii) conflict with, or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, material agreement or other material instrument to which any of the Credit Parties is a party or by which it may be bound, or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge, or encumbrance upon any of the property of any of the Credit Parties, except as permitted by Section 9.02 of the Purchase Agreement or (v) violate any provision of the Organization Documents or any capital stock or similar equity instrument of any of the Credit Parties.

 

Section Four. Closing. The purchase and issuance of the Series D Notes shall take place at the closing (the “Series D Closing”) to be held at the offices of Ice Miller LLP, 1500 Broadway, Suite 2401, NY 10036 at 4:00 p.m., New York time, on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date. At the Series D Closing, the Borrower shall deliver the Series D Notes to Lenders and Lenders shall advance amounts thereunder in accordance with paragraph (b) of Section One of this Amendment by wire transfer of immediately available funds.

 

Section Five. Expenses. At the Series D Closing, the Credit Parties shall reimburse all of Lenders’ reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, fees, charges and disbursements of counsel and consultants) incurred in connection with (a) the negotiation and execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents and Lenders’ due diligence investigation and (b) the transactions contemplated by this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents, which payments shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated by Lenders.

 

Section Six. Confirmation; Amendment of other Transaction Documents. The Credit Parties confirm and agree that without limiting any of the existing obligations of any of the Credit Parties under any of the Transaction Documents (i) all collateral for any of the Notes shall secure all Indebtedness under all of the Notes, including without limitation, all security interests in all personal property granted pursuant to any security agreement or pledge agreement and all interests in all real property granted pursuant to any mortgage or deed of trust (ii) any Guaranty, including without limitation the provisions of Article 13 of the Purchase Agreement, shall guaranty all acts, performances and obligations (payment and otherwise) when due of the Borrower under the Purchase Agreement and all Notes, and (iii) any references to the “Purchase Agreement” and to the “Notes” in any Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents shall, from and after the date hereof, be deemed to be references to the Purchase Agreement and the Notes (as such terms are defined herein).

 

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Section Seven. General Provisions.

 

(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the terms of this Amendment are not intended to and do not serve to effect a novation as to the Purchase Agreement. The parties hereto expressly do not intend to extinguish the Purchase Agreement. Instead, it is the express intention of the parties hereto to reaffirm the indebtedness created under the Purchase Agreement (including, without limitation, the Notes) and the other documents contemplated thereby and to reaffirm the rights and obligations contained therein. The Purchase Agreement as amended hereby and each of the other documents contemplated thereby shall remain in full force and effect. Except as herein amended, the Purchase Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect, and is hereby ratified in all respects. All of the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement and this Amendment shall survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment.

 

(b) This Amendment may be executed by the parties hereto individually or in combination, in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all which shall constitute one and the same agreement. Signatures by facsimile shall bind the parties hereto.

 

(c) THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLIED TO CONTRACTS TO BE PERFORMED WHOLLY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.

 

Borrower: BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC
     
  By:                   
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
Guarantors: BT CONCEPTS LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS SHAWNEE LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  RP OPS LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS FORT SMITH LLC
     
  By:   
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager

 

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  BT CONCEPTS OWASSO LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS WICHITA, LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS ROCK ROAD LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS BROKEN ARROW LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS WICHITA FALLS LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS EL PASO LLC
     
  By:   
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager

 

[signature page to Fourth amendment to note purchase agreement and security agreement]

  

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  BT CONCEPTS TULSA LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS AMARILLO LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  TRUCKBURGER LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BTB BREWING COMPANY LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  421 SW 26TH STREET LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS TEXAS BEVERAGES LLC
     
  By:                   
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager

   

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Lenders:

  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.
   
  By:  Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
its General Partner
     
  By:                      
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager
     
  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III-A, L.P.
   
  By:  Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
its General Partner
     
  By:                   
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager

 

Agent:

  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.
   
  By:  Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
its General Partner
     
  By:                      
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager
     

 

[signature page to Fourth amendment to note purchase agreement and security agreement]

 

 

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Exhibit A

 

Form of Series D Notes

 

(See Attached)

 

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Senior Series D Note

 

$[                    ] May [   ], 2016

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Bricktown Brewery Restaurants LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to [_____________________], a Delaware limited partnership (the “Lender”), or its registered assigns, at the address of the Borrower specified in the Purchase Agreement (defined below) or such other place as Lender may designate from time to time, the principal sum of [_____________________ DOLLARS ($___________)], or such lesser amount as shall have been advanced hereunder in accordance with the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).

 

The Principal Amount under this Note shall be payable in the amounts, at the times and in the manner set forth in the Purchase Agreement. Interest on the Principal Amount under this Note shall be calculated at the rate or rates and in accordance with the Purchase Agreement and interest (including interest at the Default Rate, if applicable) shall be payable in the amounts, at the times and in the manner set forth in the Purchase Agreement. The highest rate of interest provided for in this Note shall continue to apply to the debt evidenced by this Note until repaid notwithstanding the entry of judgment on this Note.

 

This Note is executed and delivered pursuant to that certain Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2015, among the Borrower, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower, Praesidian Capital Opportunity Fund III, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, as Lender and as Agent and Praesidian Capital Opportunity Fund III-A, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, (such agreement, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”).

 

Payments of principal, interest and other sums to be made pursuant to this Note shall be made without set-off or counterclaim in lawful money of the United States of America in same day or immediately available funds to the account designated by the Lender pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, and may be made by automatic charge on the day when due to any account of Borrower maintained by Lender or as otherwise provided in the Purchase Agreement.

 

This Note is the “Note” referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Purchase Agreement, to which reference is made for a description of the security for this Note. Unless otherwise defined in this Note, terms used herein are used with the same meaning as provided in the Purchase Agreement.

 

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The occurrence or existence of an Event of Default under the Purchase Agreement shall constitute an Event of Default under this Note. Should an Event of Default occur, then, subject to Lender’s right to waive acceleration, the entire Principal Amount of this Note, together with all accrued interest and all other sums due by Borrower hereunder or under any other Transaction Document shall, without notice to Borrower, become due and payable immediately, and payment of the same may be enforced and recovered in whole or in part at any time by one or more of the remedies provided to Lender in this Note or in any other Transaction Document, and in such case Lender may also recover all costs of suit and other expenses in connection therewith, together with reasonable attorneys’ fees for collection.

 

EACH BORROWER HEREBY AUTHORIZES AND EMPOWERS ANY ATTORNEY OR ATTORNEYS OR THE CLERK OF ANY COURT OF RECORD IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, OR ELSEWHERE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE LAWS OF SUCH STATE OR ELSEWHERE, UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF AN EVENT OF DEFAULT, TO APPEAR FOR SUCH BORROWER IN ANY SUCH COURT, WITH OR WITHOUT DECLARATION FILED, AS OF ANY TERM OR TIME THERE OR ELSEWHERE TO BE HELD AND THEREIN TO CONFESS OR ENTER JUDGMENT AGAINST SUCH BORROWER IN FAVOR OF LENDER FOR ALL SUMS DUE OR TO BECOME DUE BY SUCH BORROWER TO LENDER UNDER THIS NOTE, WITH COSTS OF SUIT AND RELEASE OF PROCEDURAL ERRORS AND WITH REASONABLE ATTORNEY’S FEES; AND FOR DOING SO THIS NOTE OR A COPY VERIFIED BY AFFIDAVIT SHALL BE SUFFICIENT WARRANT. SUCH AUTHORITY AND POWER SHALL NOT BE EXHAUSTED BY ANY EXERCISE THEREOF, AND JUDGMENT MAY BE CONFESSED AS AFORESAID FROM TIME TO TIME AS OFTEN AS THERE IS OCCASION THEREFOR.

 

Each Borrower hereby waives to the fullest extent provided by law presentment for payment, demand, notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor and protest of this Note. This Note shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with, the internal laws of the state of New York. Reference is made to the Purchase Agreement for provisions regarding jurisdiction and venue.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Borrower, intending to be legally bound, has duly executed this Note the day and year first above written.

 

  BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC
     
  By:                    
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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FIFTH AMENDMENT
TO NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

FIFTH AMENDMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of January 12, 2017, to Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2015 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company, (the “Borrower”), each subsidiary of Borrower from time to time party hereto (the “Guarantors”, and together with the Borrower, the “Credit Parties”), PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Fund III”), and PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III-A, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Fund III-A”, and together with Fund III and each of their successors and assigns, each a “Lender”, and collectively, the “Lenders”), and Fund III as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Agent”). Terms which are capitalized in this Amendment and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, Borrower issued to Lenders on January 31, 2015 Senior Notes in the principal amount of $6,794,259.98 (the “January 2015 Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the First Amendment to the Purchase Agreement, Borrower issued to Lenders on April 24, 2015 Senior Notes in the principal amount of $700,000.00 (the “Series A Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Second Amendment to the Purchase Agreement, Borrower issued to Lenders on January 8, 2016 Senior Notes in the principal amount of $650,000.00 (the “Series B Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Third Amendment to the Purchase Agreement, Borrower issued to Lenders on February 22, 2016 Senior Notes in the principal amount of $950,000.00 (the “Series C Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Fourth Amendment to the Purchase Agreement, Borrower issued to Lenders on May 18, 2016 Senior Notes in the principal amount of $750,000.00 (the “Series C Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower wishes to sell to Lenders, and Lenders wish to purchase from the Borrower Senior Notes (the “Series E Notes”), in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $375,000, the proceeds of which shall be used for general company purposes of the Credit Parties.

 

 

 

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section One. Amendments to Purchase Agreement; Issuance of Series E Notes. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section Two of this Amendment:

 

(a) Definitions. Article I of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating or by adding the terms set forth below and the definitions thereof, as applicable, each in its proper alphabetical order, as follows:

 

Fifth Amendment” shall mean the Fifth Amendment, dated as of January 12, 2017, to this Agreement.

 

First Amendment” shall mean the First Amendment, dated as of April 24, 2015, to this Agreement.

 

Fourth Amendment” shall mean the Fourth Amendment, dated as of May 18, 2016, to this Agreement.

 

Fifth Amendment Effective Date” shall mean the date upon which all the conditions precedent set forth in Section Two of the Fifth Amendment shall have been satisfied or waived by Lenders.

 

January 2015 Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to the Fifth Amendment.

 

Notes” shall mean the January 2015 Notes, the Series A Notes, the Series B Notes, the Series C Notes, the Series D Notes, the Series E Notes and any note issued in substitution or exchange for any of the foregoing, or any other note issued pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any Note, as each may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

 

Second Amendment” shall mean the Second Amendment, dated as of January 8, 2016, to this Agreement.

 

Series A Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to the Fifth Amendment.

 

Series B Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to the Fifth Amendment.

 

Series C Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to the Fifth Amendment.

 

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Series D Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to the Fifth Amendment.

 

Series E Notes” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to the Fifth Amendment.

 

Third Amendment” shall mean the Third Amendment, dated as of February 22, 2016, to this Agreement.

 

(b) Purchase and Sale of the Series E Notes. The following section is hereby added to the Purchase Agreement as Section 2.10:

 

2.10. Series E Notes. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, Borrower agrees that it will issue and sell to each Lender, and each Lender agrees that it will acquire from the Borrower on the Fifth Amendment Effective Date the Series E Notes, substantially in the form thereof attached hereto as Exhibit A, appropriately completed in conformity herewith, in the maximum principal amount of $270,246.52 with respect to Fund III, and in the maximum principal amount of $104,753.48 with respect to Fund III-A. Advances under the Series E Notes shall be made upon not less than three (3) Business Days prior notice, or such lesser number of days as Agent and Lenders shall determine, provided that (x) no Default or Event of Default exists at such time, (y) Borrower shall have given to Agent such information and documentation as Agent shall request, and (x) such information and documentation shall be satisfactory to Agent. Agent shall maintain, in accordance with its customary procedures, a loan account in which shall be recorded the date and amount of each advance under the Series E Notes; provided however that the failure by Agent to record the date and amount of any such advance shall not adversely affect Agent or any Lender. The records of Agent shall be conclusive evidence, absent manifest error, of the amount of such advances and other charges thereto and of payments thereof. The obligation of the Lenders to advance funds under the Series E Notes are several and no Lender shall have any obligation to advance funds in fulfillment of the obligation of any other Lender. All advances shall be in the same proportion among the Lenders as the principal amount of the Notes. For the avoidance of doubt, the payments terms including the Maturity Date and the provisions of Section 2.05 of the Purchase Agreement shall be identical for all Notes.”

 

Section Two. Conditions Precedent. Upon the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, this Amendment shall be effective:

 

(a) Lenders shall have received a counterpart of this Amendment, duly executed and delivered by each of the Credit Parties.

 

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(b) Lenders shall have received the fully executed original Series E Notes.

 

(c) All representations and warranties set forth in this Amendment shall be true and correct on and as of the effective date hereof.

 

(d) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date hereof unless otherwise expressly waived herein.

 

(e) Credit Parties shall have paid to Lenders or Lenders’ designee, the expenses as provided in Section Five hereof.

 

(f) Lenders shall have received such further agreements, consents, instruments and documents, including, without limitation SBA forms, as may be necessary or proper in its reasonable opinion, and in the reasonable opinion of its counsel, to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Amendment.

 

Section Three. Representations and Warranties. The Borrower represents and warrants to Lenders as follows (all of which representations and warranties shall survive the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment):

 

(a) Each Credit Party has the corporate power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform this Amendment and the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which it is a party (including, without limitation, the Series E Notes), and has taken all actions necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and the other instruments, agreements, and documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the Series E Notes).

 

(b) No consent of any Person (including, without limitation, stockholders or creditors of the Borrower), and no consent, permit, approval or authorization of, exemption by, notice or report to, or registration, filing or declaration with, any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by any Credit Party, or the validity or enforceability against any Credit Party, of this Amendment, the Series E Notes or the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which any Credit Party is a party.

 

(c) This Amendment, the Series E Notes and the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which any Credit Party is a party as contemplated hereby have been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Credit Party a party thereto by its duly authorized officer, and each constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Credit Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally or equitable remedies (whether arising in a proceeding at law or in equity).

 

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(d) All representations and warranties set forth in the Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as of the effective date hereof, except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date (in which case, such representations and warranties are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

 

(e) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date hereof.

 

(f) Upon the occurrence of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, none of the Credit Parties is in default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound. Neither the execution and delivery of this Amendment or the Series E Notes, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof will (i) violate any law or regulation, or (ii) result in or cause a violation of any order or decree of any court or government instrumentality, or (iii) conflict with, or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, material agreement or other material instrument to which any of the Credit Parties is a party or by which it may be bound, or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge, or encumbrance upon any of the property of any of the Credit Parties, except as permitted by Section 9.02 of the Purchase Agreement or (v) violate any provision of the Organization Documents or any capital stock or similar equity instrument of any of the Credit Parties.

 

Section Four. Closing. The purchase and issuance of the Series E Notes shall take place at the closing (the “Series E Closing”) to be held at the offices of Ice Miller LLP, 1500 Broadway, Suite 2401, NY 10036 at 4:00 p.m., New York time, on the Fifth Amendment Effective Date. At the Series E Closing, the Borrower shall deliver the Series E Notes to Lenders and Lenders shall advance amounts thereunder in accordance with paragraph (b) of Section One of this Amendment by wire transfer of immediately available funds.

 

Section Five. Expenses. At the Series E Closing, the Credit Parties shall reimburse all of Lenders’ reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, fees, charges and disbursements of counsel and consultants) incurred in connection with (a) the negotiation and execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents and Lenders’ due diligence investigation and (b) the transactions contemplated by this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents, which payments shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated by Lenders.

 

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Section Six. Confirmation; Amendment of other Transaction Documents. The Credit Parties confirm and agree that without limiting any of the existing obligations of any of the Credit Parties under any of the Transaction Documents (i) all collateral for any of the Notes shall secure all Indebtedness under all of the Notes, including without limitation, all security interests in all personal property granted pursuant to any security agreement or pledge agreement and all interests in all real property granted pursuant to any mortgage or deed of trust (ii) any Guaranty, including without limitation the provisions of Article 13 of the Purchase Agreement, shall guaranty all acts, performances and obligations (payment and otherwise) when due of the Borrower under the Purchase Agreement and all Notes, and (iii) any references to the “Purchase Agreement” and to the “Notes” in any Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents shall, from and after the date hereof, be deemed to be references to the Purchase Agreement and the Notes (as such terms are defined herein).

 

Section Seven. General Provisions.

 

(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the terms of this Amendment are not intended to and do not serve to effect a novation as to the Purchase Agreement. The parties hereto expressly do not intend to extinguish the Purchase Agreement. Instead, it is the express intention of the parties hereto to reaffirm the indebtedness created under the Purchase Agreement (including, without limitation, the Notes) and the other documents contemplated thereby and to reaffirm the rights and obligations contained therein. The Purchase Agreement as amended hereby and each of the other documents contemplated thereby shall remain in full force and effect. Except as herein amended, the Purchase Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect, and is hereby ratified in all respects. All of the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement and this Amendment shall survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment.

 

(b) This Amendment may be executed by the parties hereto individually or in combination, in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all which shall constitute one and the same agreement. Signatures by facsimile shall bind the parties hereto.

 

(c) THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLIED TO CONTRACTS TO BE PERFORMED WHOLLY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.

 

Borrower: BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC
     
  By:                    
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
Guarantors: BT CONCEPTS LLC
     
  By:                    
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS SHAWNEE LLC
     
  By:                    
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  RP OPS LLC
     
  By:                    
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS FORT SMITH LLC
     
  By:                    
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager

 

[signature page to Fifth amendment to note purchase agreement and security agreement]

  

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  BT CONCEPTS OWASSO LLC
     
  By:                    
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS WICHITA, LLC
     
  By:                    
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS ROCK ROAD LLC
     
  By:                    
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS BROKEN ARROW LLC
     
  By:                    
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS WICHITA FALLS LLC
     
  By:                    
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS EL PASO LLC
     
  By:                    
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager

 

[signature page to Fifth amendment to note purchase agreement and security agreement]

 

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  BT CONCEPTS TULSA LLC
     
  By:                    
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS AMARILLO LLC
     
  By:                    
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  TRUCKBURGER LLC
     
  By:                    
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BTB BREWING COMPANY LLC
     
  By:                    
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  421 SW 26TH STREET LLC
     
  By:                    
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS TEXAS BEVERAGES LLC
     
  By:                    
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager

 

[signature page to Fifth amendment to note purchase agreement and security agreement]

 

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  BEER TAP MANAGEMENT LLC
     
  By:                    
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager

 

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Lenders:

  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.
   
  By:  Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
its General Partner
     
  By:                      
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager
     
  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III-A, L.P.
   
  By:  Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
its General Partner
     
  By:                    
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager

 

Agent:

  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.
   
  By:  Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
its General Partner
     
  By:                      
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager

 

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Exhibit A

 

Form of Series E Notes

 

(See Attached)

  

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Senior Series E Note

 

$[                    ] January 12, 2017

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Bricktown Brewery Restaurants LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to [_____________________], a Delaware limited partnership (the “Lender”), or its registered assigns, at the address of the Borrower specified in the Purchase Agreement (defined below) or such other place as Lender may designate from time to time, the principal sum of [_____________________ DOLLARS ($___________)], or such lesser amount as shall have been advanced hereunder in accordance with the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).

 

The Principal Amount under this Note shall be payable in the amounts, at the times and in the manner set forth in the Purchase Agreement. Interest on the Principal Amount under this Note shall be calculated at the rate or rates and in accordance with the Purchase Agreement and interest (including interest at the Default Rate, if applicable) shall be payable in the amounts, at the times and in the manner set forth in the Purchase Agreement. The highest rate of interest provided for in this Note shall continue to apply to the debt evidenced by this Note until repaid notwithstanding the entry of judgment on this Note.

 

This Note is executed and delivered pursuant to that certain Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2015, among the Borrower, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower, Praesidian Capital Opportunity Fund III, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, as Lender and as Agent and Praesidian Capital Opportunity Fund III-A, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, (such agreement, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”).

 

Payments of principal, interest and other sums to be made pursuant to this Note shall be made without set-off or counterclaim in lawful money of the United States of America in same day or immediately available funds to the account designated by the Lender pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, and may be made by automatic charge on the day when due to any account of Borrower maintained by Lender or as otherwise provided in the Purchase Agreement.

 

This Note is the “Note” referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Purchase Agreement, to which reference is made for a description of the security for this Note. Unless otherwise defined in this Note, terms used herein are used with the same meaning as provided in the Purchase Agreement.

 

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The occurrence or existence of an Event of Default under the Purchase Agreement shall constitute an Event of Default under this Note. Should an Event of Default occur, then, subject to Lender’s right to waive acceleration, the entire Principal Amount of this Note, together with all accrued interest and all other sums due by Borrower hereunder or under any other Transaction Document shall, without notice to Borrower, become due and payable immediately, and payment of the same may be enforced and recovered in whole or in part at any time by one or more of the remedies provided to Lender in this Note or in any other Transaction Document, and in such case Lender may also recover all costs of suit and other expenses in connection therewith, together with reasonable attorneys’ fees for collection.

 

EACH BORROWER HEREBY AUTHORIZES AND EMPOWERS ANY ATTORNEY OR ATTORNEYS OR THE CLERK OF ANY COURT OF RECORD IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, OR ELSEWHERE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE LAWS OF SUCH STATE OR ELSEWHERE, UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF AN EVENT OF DEFAULT, TO APPEAR FOR SUCH BORROWER IN ANY SUCH COURT, WITH OR WITHOUT DECLARATION FILED, AS OF ANY TERM OR TIME THERE OR ELSEWHERE TO BE HELD AND THEREIN TO CONFESS OR ENTER JUDGMENT AGAINST SUCH BORROWER IN FAVOR OF LENDER FOR ALL SUMS DUE OR TO BECOME DUE BY SUCH BORROWER TO LENDER UNDER THIS NOTE, WITH COSTS OF SUIT AND RELEASE OF PROCEDURAL ERRORS AND WITH REASONABLE ATTORNEY’S FEES; AND FOR DOING SO THIS NOTE OR A COPY VERIFIED BY AFFIDAVIT SHALL BE SUFFICIENT WARRANT. SUCH AUTHORITY AND POWER SHALL NOT BE EXHAUSTED BY ANY EXERCISE THEREOF, AND JUDGMENT MAY BE CONFESSED AS AFORESAID FROM TIME TO TIME AS OFTEN AS THERE IS OCCASION THEREFOR.

 

Each Borrower hereby waives to the fullest extent provided by law presentment for payment, demand, notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor and protest of this Note. This Note shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with, the internal laws of the state of New York. Reference is made to the Purchase Agreement for provisions regarding jurisdiction and venue.

 

The remainder of this page is intentionally left blank. Signatures follow.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Borrower, intending to be legally bound, has duly executed this Note the day and year first above written.

 

  BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC
     
  By:                   
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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SIXTH AMENDMENT
TO NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

SIXTH AMENDMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of October 17, 2017, to Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2015 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company, (the “Borrower”), each subsidiary of Borrower from time to time party hereto (the “Guarantors”, and together with the Borrower, the “Credit Parties”), PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Fund III”), and PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III-A, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Fund III-A”, and together with Fund III and each of their successors and assigns, each a “Lender”, and collectively, the “Lenders”), and Fund III as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Agent”). Terms which are capitalized in this Amendment and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, the Credit Parties, Lenders and Agent are all of the parties to the Purchase Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the Credit Parties, Lenders, and Agent desire to extend the Maturity Date under the Purchase Agreement from December 31, 2017 to December 31, 2018, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Amendment;

 

WHEREAS, BT Concepts LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company and subsidiary of Borrower (“BTC”), owns 50% of the membership interest in BT Concepts Edmond LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (“BT Concepts Edmond”), which is neither a Guarantor nor Credit Party, and which owns and operates a Bricktown Brewery® restaurant in Edmond, Oklahoma (the “Edmond Restaurant”); and

 

WHEREAS, Borrower, through BTC, and the other owner in BT Concepts Edmond, desire to cease operations of the Edmond Restaurant, and sell and transfer the entirety of the membership interest in BT Concepts Edmond to other parties, who will no longer utilize the intellectual property of Borrower and will no longer operate the Edmond Restaurant as a Bricktown Brewery® restaurant, and the Lenders are willing to consent to such transfer and the deletion of the Equity Interest held by BTC in BT Concepts Edmond from the Pledge Agreement.

  

 

 

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section One. Amendments to Purchase Agreement. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section Two of this Amendment:

 

(a) Definitions. Article I of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating or by adding the terms set forth below and the definitions thereof, as applicable, each in its proper alphabetical order, as follows:

 

Edmond Disposition Date” shall mean October 22, 2017, being the date that 50% of the equity interest in BT Concepts Edmond was assigned by BTC to a new ownership group.

 

Sixth Amendment” shall mean the Sixth Amendment, dated as of October 17, 2017, to this Agreement.

 

Sixth Amendment Effective Date” shall mean the date upon which all the conditions precedent set forth in Section Two of the Sixth Amendment shall have been satisfied or waived by Lenders.

 

(b) Change of Maturity Date. Section 1.01 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the definition of Maturity Date and substituting in its stead the following:

 

Maturity Date” shall mean December 31, 2018.”

 

Section Two. Conditions Precedent. Upon the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, this Amendment shall be effective:

 

(a) Lenders shall have received a counterpart of this Amendment, duly executed and delivered by each of the Credit Parties.

 

(b) All representations and warranties set forth in this Amendment shall be true and correct on and as of the effective date hereof.

 

(c) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date hereof unless otherwise expressly waived herein.

 

(d) Credit Parties shall have paid to Lenders or Lenders’ designee, the expenses as provided in Section Five hereof.

 

(e) Lenders shall have received such further agreements, consents, instruments and documents, including, without limitation SBA forms, as may be necessary or proper in its reasonable opinion, and in the reasonable opinion of its counsel, to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Amendment.

 

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Section Three. Representations and Warranties. The Borrower represents and warrants to Lenders as follows (all of which representations and warranties shall survive the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment):

 

(a) Each Credit Party has the corporate power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform this Amendment and the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which it is a party, and has taken all actions necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and the other instruments, agreements, and documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

 

(b) No consent of any Person (including, without limitation, stockholders or creditors of the Borrower), and no consent, permit, approval or authorization of, exemption by, notice or report to, or registration, filing or declaration with, any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by any Credit Party, or the validity or enforceability against any Credit Party, of this Amendment, or the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which any Credit Party is a party.

 

(c) This Amendment, and the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which any Credit Party is a party as contemplated hereby have been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Credit Party a party thereto by its duly authorized officer, and each constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Credit Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally or equitable remedies (whether arising in a proceeding at law or in equity).

 

(d) All representations and warranties set forth in the Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as of the effective date hereof, except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date (in which case, such representations and warranties are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

 

(e) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date hereof.

 

(f) Upon the occurrence of the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, none of the Credit Parties is in default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound. Neither the execution and delivery of this Amendment, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof will (i) violate any law or regulation, or (ii) result in or cause a violation of any order or decree of any court or government instrumentality, or (iii) conflict with, or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, material agreement or other material instrument to which any of the Credit Parties is a party or by which it may be bound, or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge, or encumbrance upon any of the property of any of the Credit Parties, except as permitted by Section 9.02 of the Purchase Agreement or (v) violate any provision of the Organization Documents or any capital stock or similar equity instrument of any of the Credit Parties.

 

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Section Four. Closing. The closing for the transactions contemplated by this Sixth Amendment (the “Sixth Amendment Closing”) shall be held at the offices of Ice Miller LLP, 1500 Broadway, Suite 2401, NY 10036 at 4:00 p.m., New York time, on the Sixth Amendment Effective Date.

 

Section Five. Expenses. At the Sixth Amendment Closing, the Credit Parties shall reimburse all of Lenders’ reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, fees, charges and disbursements of counsel and consultants) incurred in connection with (a) the negotiation and execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents and Lenders’ due diligence investigation and (b) the transactions contemplated by this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents, which payments shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated by Lenders.

 

Section Six. Confirmation; Amendment of other Transaction Documents. The Credit Parties confirm and agree that without limiting any of the existing obligations of any of the Credit Parties under any of the Transaction Documents (i) all collateral for any of the Notes shall secure all Indebtedness under all of the Notes, including without limitation, all security interests in all personal property granted pursuant to any security agreement or pledge agreement and all interests in all real property granted pursuant to any mortgage or deed of trust (ii) any Guaranty, including without limitation the provisions of Article 13 of the Purchase Agreement, shall guaranty all acts, performances and obligations (payment and otherwise) when due of the Borrower under the Purchase Agreement and all Notes, and (iii) any references to the “Purchase Agreement” and to the “Notes” in any Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents shall, from and after the date hereof, be deemed to be references to the Purchase Agreement and the Notes (as such terms are defined herein).

 

Section Seven. General Provisions.

 

(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the terms of this Amendment are not intended to and do not serve to effect a novation as to the Purchase Agreement. The parties hereto expressly do not intend to extinguish the Purchase Agreement. Instead, it is the express intention of the parties hereto to reaffirm the indebtedness created under the Purchase Agreement (including, without limitation, the Notes) and the other documents contemplated thereby and to reaffirm the rights and obligations contained therein. The Purchase Agreement as amended hereby and each of the other documents contemplated thereby shall remain in full force and effect. Except as herein amended, the Purchase Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect, and is hereby ratified in all respects. All of the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement and this Amendment shall survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment.

 

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(b) This Amendment may be executed by the parties hereto individually or in combination, in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all which shall constitute one and the same agreement. Signatures by facsimile shall bind the parties hereto.

 

(c) THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLIED TO CONTRACTS TO BE PERFORMED WHOLLY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.

 

Section Eight. Release of Equity Interests in BT Concepts Edmond.

 

(a) Each of the Credit Parties represent and warrant that the Equity Interests of BT Concepts Edmond will be sold pursuant to a purchase and sale agreement in substantially the same form as the Purchase and Sale Agreement attached hereto as Attachment 1.

 

(b) Lenders and Agent hereby agree, effective as of the Edmond Disposition Date, to release any security interest taken in the Equity Interests held by BTC in BT Concepts Edmond, and delete such Equity Interests in BT Concepts Edmond from the Pledge Agreement.

 

(c) Each of the Credit Parties hereby represents and warrants as to itself that the schedule attached hereto as Attachment 2 is true and correct in all respects and such schedule sets forth all information required to be scheduled under Section 3.02 of the Pledge Agreement with respect to the Pledged Equity Interests.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.

 

Borrower: BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
   
Guarantors: BT CONCEPTS LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS SHAWNEE LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  RP OPS LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS FORT SMITH LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager

 

[signature page to Sixth amendment to note purchase agreement and security agreement]

 

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  BT CONCEPTS OWASSO LLC
   
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
   
  BT CONCEPTS WICHITA, LLC
   
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
   
  BT CONCEPTS ROCK ROAD LLC
   
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title:  Manager
   
  BT CONCEPTS BROKEN ARROW LLC
   
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title:  Manager
   
  BT CONCEPTS WICHITA FALLS LLC
   
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title:  Manager
   
  BT CONCEPTS EL PASO LLC
   
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager

 

[signature page to sixth amendment to note purchase agreement and security agreement]

 

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  BT CONCEPTS TULSA LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  BT CONCEPTS AMARILLO LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager
     
  TRUCKBURGER LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager 
     
  BTB BREWING COMPANY LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke 
  Title: Manager
     
  421 SW 26TH STREET LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke 
  Title:  Manager 
     
  BT CONCEPTS TEXAS BEVERAGES LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke 
  Title: Manager 

 

[signature page to sixth amendment to note purchase agreement and security agreement] 

 

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  BEER TAP MANAGEMENT LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager

 

[signature page to sixth amendment to note purchase agreement and security agreement]

 

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Lenders:  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.
     
  By: Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
  its General Partner
     
  By:  
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager
     
  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III-A, L.P.
     
  By: Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
  its General Partner
     
  By:  
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager
 
     
Agent:  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.
     
  By: Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
  its General Partner
     
  By:  
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager

 

[signature page to Sixth amendment to note purchase agreement and security agreement]

 

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ATTACHMENT 1

 

Form of Purchase and Sale Agreement

 

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ATTACHMENT 2

 

Schedule 3.02 to Pledge Agreement

 

Pledged EQUITY INTERESTS

 

   NO. OF 
   PLEDGED UNITS 
COMPANY  OR INTERESTS 
     
BT Concepts LLC   100%
BT Concepts Shawnee LLC   100%
BT Concepts Owasso LLC   100%
BT Concepts Fort Smith LLC   100%
BT Concepts Wichita LLC   100%
Truckburger LLC   100%
RP Ops LLC   100%
EBGG-JV LLC   50%
3 Horse Productions LLC   50%
BT Concepts Rock Road LLC   100%
BT Concepts Broken Arrow LLC   100%
BT Concepts Wichita Falls LLC   100%
BT Concepts El Paso LLC   100%
BT Concepts Tulsa LLC   100%
BT Concepts Amarillo LLC   100%
BTB Brewing Company LLC   100%
421 SW 26th Street LLC   100%
BT Concepts Texas Beverages LLC   100%
Beer Tap Management LLC   100%

 

 

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SEVENTH AMENDMENT

TO NOTE PURCHASE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

(Bricktown Brewery Restaurants LLC)

 

SEVENTH AMENDMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of , January 24, 2018, to Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2015 (as amended, modified or supplemented prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Purchase Agreement” and as amended, modified and supplemented by this Amendment, the “Purchase Agreement”; capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given thereto in the Existing Purchase Agreement), by and among BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (the “Borrower”), each subsidiary of Borrower party thereto as a guarantor (the “Guarantors”, and together with the Borrower, the “Credit Parties”), the persons identified on the signature pages hereto as lenders (collectively, the “Lenders”), and PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Agent”).

 

WHEREAS, the Credit Parties, Lenders and Agent are all of the parties to the Existing Purchase Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Existing Purchase Agreement, the Borrower has issued notes to the Lenders; and

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower, Lenders, and Agent desire to provide for the issuance of the Series F Notes;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section One. Amendments to Existing Purchase Agreement. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section Two of this Amendment:

 

(a) Definitions. Section 1.01 of the Existing Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating or by adding the terms set forth below and the definitions thereof, as applicable, each in its proper alphabetical order, as follows:

 

Seventh Amendment” shall mean the Seventh Amendment, dated as of January 24, to this Agreement.

 

Seventh Amendment Effective Date” shall mean the Amendment Effective Date, as defined in the Seventh Amendment.

 

(b) Issuance of Notes. Section 2.01 of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:

 

2.01. Issuance of Notes. (a) On the dates set forth on Schedule 2.01 hereto, the Borrower issued to the Lenders the senior notes of the series and in the principal amounts opposite each such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01.

 

 

 

 

(b) On the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, the Borrower agrees that it will issue and sell to each Lender, and the Lenders, severally and not jointly, agree that they will acquire from the Borrower, the Series F Notes which shall be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Series F Notes”), in the principal amounts set forth on Schedule 2.01.

 

(c) Amendment to Schedule 2.01. Schedule 2.01 to the Existing Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated in the form set forth on Schedule 2.01 hereto.

 

Section Two. Conditions Precedent. Upon the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, this Amendment shall be effective (the “Amendment Effective Date”):

 

(a) Lenders shall have received a counterpart of this Amendment, duly executed and delivered by each of the Credit Parties;

 

(b) Lenders shall have received the fully executed original Series F Notes;

 

(c) all representations and warranties set forth in this Amendment shall be true and correct on and as of the effective date hereof;

 

(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date hereof unless otherwise expressly waived herein;

 

(e) Credit Parties shall have paid to Lenders or Lenders’ designee, the expenses as provided in Section Five hereof; and

 

(f) Lenders shall have received such further agreements, consents, instruments and documents, including, without limitation SBA forms, as may be necessary or proper in its reasonable opinion, and in the reasonable opinion of its counsel, to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Amendment.

 

Section Three. Representations and Warranties. Each Credit Party represents and warrants to Lenders as follows (all of which representations and warranties shall survive the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment):

 

(a) it has the power, authority and legal right to execute and deliver this Amendment and perform its obligations under this Amendment and the Purchase Agreement, and has taken all actions necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment, the Purchase Agreement and the other instruments, agreements, and documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the additional Series F Notes);

 

(b) no consent of any Person (including, without limitation, stockholders or creditors of the Borrower), and no consent, permit, approval or authorization of, exemption by, notice or report to, or registration, filing or declaration with, any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Amendment by any Credit Party or the performance of their respective obligations under this Amendment or the Purchase Agreement, or the validity or enforceability against any Credit Party, of this Amendment, the Purchase Agreement, the Series F Notes or the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which any Credit Party is a party;

 

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(c) this Amendment, the Series F Notes and the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which any Credit Party is a party as contemplated hereby have been duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Credit Party, and each constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally or equitable remedies (whether arising in a proceeding at law or in equity);

 

(d) upon the occurrence of the Amendment Effective Date, none of the Credit Parties is in default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound;

 

(e) neither the execution and delivery of this Amendment or the Series F Notes, nor compliance with the provisions of this Amendment, the Series F Notes or the Purchase Agreement will (i) violate any law or regulation, or (ii) result in or cause a violation of any order or decree of any court or government instrumentality, or (iii) conflict with, or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, material agreement or other material instrument to which any of the Credit Parties is a party or by which it may be bound, or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge, or encumbrance upon any of the property of any of the Credit Parties, except as permitted by Section 9.02 of the Purchase Agreement, or (v) violate any provision of the Organization Documents or any capital stock or similar equity instrument of any of the Credit Parties;

 

(f) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date hereof;

 

(g) upon the occurrence of the Seventh Amendment Effective Date, none of the Credit Parties is in default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound;

 

(h) neither the execution and delivery of this Amendment or the Series F Notes, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof will (i) violate any law or regulation, or (ii) result in or cause a violation of any order or decree of any court or government instrumentality, or (iii) conflict with, or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, material agreement or other material instrument to which any of the Credit Parties is a party or by which it may be bound, or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge, or encumbrance upon any of the property of any of the Credit Parties, except as permitted by Section 9.02 of the Purchase Agreement, or (v) violate any provision of the Organization Documents or any capital stock or similar equity instrument of any of the Credit Parties.

 

Section Four. Closing. The purchase and issuance of the Series F Notes shall take place at a closing to be held at the offices of Ice Miller LLP, 1500 Broadway, Suite 2401, New York, New York 10036 on the Amendment Effective Date at which time the Borrower shall deliver the Series F Notes to the Lenders and the Lenders shall advance amounts thereunder.

 

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Section Five. Expenses. On or prior to the Amendment Effective Date, the Credit Parties shall reimburse all of Lenders’ reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, fees, charges and disbursements of counsel and consultants) incurred in connection with (a) the negotiation and execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents and Lenders’ due diligence investigation and (b) the transactions contemplated by this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents, which payments shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated by Lenders.

 

Section Six. Confirmation; Amendment of other Transaction Documents. The Credit Parties confirm and agree that without limiting any of the existing obligations of any of the Credit Parties under any of the Transaction Documents (i) all collateral for any of the Notes shall secure all Indebtedness under all of the Notes, including without limitation, all security interests in all personal property granted pursuant to any security agreement or pledge agreement and all interests in all real property granted pursuant to any mortgage or deed of trust (ii) any Guaranty, including without limitation the provisions of Article 13 of the Purchase Agreement, shall guaranty all acts, performances and obligations (payment and otherwise) when due of the Borrower under the Purchase Agreement and all Notes, and (iii) any references to the “Purchase Agreement” and to the “Notes” in any Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents shall, from and after the date hereof, be deemed to be references to the Purchase Agreement and the Notes (as such terms are defined herein).

 

Section Seven. General Provisions.

 

(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the terms of this Amendment are not intended to and do not serve to effect a novation as to the Purchase Agreement. The parties hereto expressly do not intend to extinguish the Purchase Agreement. Instead, it is the express intention of the parties hereto to reaffirm the indebtedness created under the Purchase Agreement (including, without limitation, the Notes) and the other documents contemplated thereby and to reaffirm the rights and obligations contained therein. The Purchase Agreement as amended hereby and each of the other documents contemplated thereby shall remain in full force and effect. Except as herein amended, the Purchase Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect, and is hereby ratified in all respects. All of the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement and this Amendment shall survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment.

 

(b) The provisions of Sections 12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.08, 12.09, 12.10, 12.11 and 12.14 of the Existing Purchase Agreement are incorporated herein by reference and shall apply to this Amendment and the parties hereto mutatis mutandis.

 

[Signature pages follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

Borrower: BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC
     
  By:               
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
Guarantors: BT CONCEPTS LLC
  BT CONCEPTS SHAWNEE LLC
  RP OPS LLC
  BT CONCEPTS FORT SMITH LLC
  BT CONCEPTS OWASSO LLC
  BT CONCEPTS WICHITA, LLC
  BT CONCEPTS ROCK ROAD LLC
  BT CONCEPTS BROKEN ARROW LLC
  BT CONCEPTS WICHITA FALLS LLC
  BT CONCEPTS EL PASO LLC
  BT CONCEPTS TULSA LLC
  BT CONCEPTS AMARILLO LLC
  TRUCKBURGER LLC
  BTB BREWING COMPANY LLC
  421 SW 26TH STREET LLC
  BT CONCEPTS TEXAS BEVERAGES LLC
  BEER TAP MANAGEMENT LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager

 

[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement]

 

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Lenders:

  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.
   
  By:  Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
its General Partner
     
  By:                      
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager
     
  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III-A, L.P.
     
  By:  Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
its General Partner
     
  By:  
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager

 

Agent:

  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.
   
  By:  Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
its General Partner
     
  By:                      
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager

 

[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement]

  

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Schedule 2.01

 

Purchaser Schedule

 

   ISSUE DATE  FUND III   FUND III-A   TOTAL 
Principal Amount of January 2015 Notes  January 31, 2015                          $6,794,259.98 
Principal Amount of Series A Notes  April 24, 2015            $700,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series B Notes  January 8, 2016            $650,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series C Notes  February 22, 2016            $950,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series D Notes  May 18, 2016            $750,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series E Notes  January 12, 2017            $375,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series F Notes  Seventh Amendment Effective Date            $40,000.00 

 

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EIGHTH AMENDMENT

TO NOTE PURCHASE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

(Bricktown Brewery Restaurants LLC)

 

EIGHTH AMENDMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of March 28, 2018, to Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2015 (as amended, modified or supplemented prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Purchase Agreement” and as amended, modified and supplemented by this Amendment, the “Purchase Agreement”; capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given thereto in the Existing Purchase Agreement), by and among BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (the “Borrower”), each subsidiary of Borrower party thereto as a guarantor (the “Guarantors”, and together with the Borrower, the “Credit Parties”), the persons identified on the signature pages hereto as lenders (collectively, the “Lenders”), and PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Agent”).

 

WHEREAS, the Credit Parties, Lenders and Agent are all of the parties to the Existing Purchase Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Existing Purchase Agreement, the Borrower has issued notes to the Lenders; and

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower, Lenders, and Agent desire to provide for the issuance of the Series G Notes;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section One. Amendments to Existing Purchase Agreement. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section Two of this Amendment:

 

(a) Definitions. Section 1.01 of the Existing Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating or by adding the terms set forth below and the definitions thereof, as applicable, each in its proper alphabetical order, as follows:

 

Eighth Amendment” shall mean the Eighth Amendment, dated as of March 24, 2018, to this Agreement.

 

Eighth Amendment Effective Date” shall mean the Amendment Effective Date, as defined in the Eighth Amendment.

 

(b) Issuance of Notes. Section 2.01 of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:

 

2.01. Issuance of Notes. (a) On the dates set forth on Schedule 2.01 hereto, the Borrower issued to the Lenders the senior notes of the series and in the principal amounts opposite each such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01.

 

 

 

 

(b) On the Eighth Amendment Effective Date, the Borrower agrees that it will issue and sell to each Lender, and the Lenders, severally and not jointly, agree that they will acquire from the Borrower, the Series G Notes which shall be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Series G Notes”), in the principal amounts set forth on Schedule 2.01.

 

(c) Amendment to Schedule 2.01. Schedule 2.01 to the Existing Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated in the form set forth on Schedule 2.01 hereto.

 

Section Two. Conditions Precedent. Upon the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, this Amendment shall be effective (the “Amendment Effective Date”):

 

(a) Lenders shall have received a counterpart of this Amendment, duly executed and delivered by each of the Credit Parties;

 

(b) Lenders shall have received the fully executed original Series G Notes;

 

(c) all representations and warranties set forth in this Amendment shall be true and correct on and as of the effective date hereof;

 

(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date hereof unless otherwise expressly waived herein;

 

(e) Credit Parties shall have paid to Lenders or Lenders’ designee, the expenses as provided in Section Five hereof; and

 

(f) Lenders shall have received such further agreements, consents, instruments and documents, including, without limitation SBA forms, as may be necessary or proper in its reasonable opinion, and in the reasonable opinion of its counsel, to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Amendment.

 

Section Three. Representations and Warranties. Each Credit Party represents and warrants to Lenders as follows (all of which representations and warranties shall survive the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment):

 

(a) it has the power, authority and legal right to execute and deliver this Amendment and perform its obligations under this Amendment and the Purchase Agreement, and has taken all actions necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment, the Purchase Agreement and the other instruments, agreements, and documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the additional Series G Notes);

 

(b) no consent of any Person (including, without limitation, stockholders or creditors of the Borrower), and no consent, permit, approval or authorization of, exemption by, notice or report to, or registration, filing or declaration with, any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Amendment by any Credit Party or the performance of their respective obligations under this Amendment or the Purchase Agreement, or the validity or enforceability against any Credit Party, of this Amendment, the Purchase Agreement, the Series G Notes or the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which any Credit Party is a party;

 

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(c) this Amendment, the Series G Notes and the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which any Credit Party is a party as contemplated hereby have been duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Credit Party, and each constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally or equitable remedies (whether arising in a proceeding at law or in equity);

 

(d) upon the occurrence of the Amendment Effective Date, none of the Credit Parties is in default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound;

 

(e) neither the execution and delivery of this Amendment or the Series G Notes, nor compliance with the provisions of this Amendment, the Series G Notes or the Purchase Agreement will (i) violate any law or regulation, or (ii) result in or cause a violation of any order or decree of any court or government instrumentality, or (iii) conflict with, or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, material agreement or other material instrument to which any of the Credit Parties is a party or by which it may be bound, or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge, or encumbrance upon any of the property of any of the Credit Parties, except as permitted by Section 9.02 of the Purchase Agreement, or (v) violate any provision of the Organization Documents or any capital stock or similar equity instrument of any of the Credit Parties;

 

(f) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date hereof;

 

(g) upon the occurrence of the Eighth Amendment Effective Date, none of the Credit Parties is in default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound;

 

(h) neither the execution and delivery of this Amendment or the Series G Notes, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof will (i) violate any law or regulation, or (ii) result in or cause a violation of any order or decree of any court or government instrumentality, or (iii) conflict with, or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, material agreement or other material instrument to which any of the Credit Parties is a party or by which it may be bound, or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge, or encumbrance upon any of the property of any of the Credit Parties, except as permitted by Section 9.02 of the Purchase Agreement, or (v) violate any provision of the Organization Documents or any capital stock or similar equity instrument of any of the Credit Parties.

 

Section Four. Closing. The purchase and issuance of the Series G Notes shall take place at a closing to be held at the offices of Ice Miller LLP, 1500 Broadway, Suite 2401, New York, New York 10036 on the Amendment Effective Date at which time the Borrower shall deliver the Series G Notes to the Lenders and the Lenders shall advance amounts thereunder.

 

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Section Five. Expenses. On or prior to the Amendment Effective Date, the Credit Parties shall reimburse all of Lenders’ reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, fees, charges and disbursements of counsel and consultants) incurred in connection with (a) the negotiation and execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents and Lenders’ due diligence investigation and (b) the transactions contemplated by this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents, which payments shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated by Lenders.

 

Section Six. Confirmation; Amendment of other Transaction Documents. The Credit Parties confirm and agree that without limiting any of the existing obligations of any of the Credit Parties under any of the Transaction Documents (i) all collateral for any of the Notes shall secure all Indebtedness under all of the Notes, including without limitation, all security interests in all personal property granted pursuant to any security agreement or pledge agreement and all interests in all real property granted pursuant to any mortgage or deed of trust (ii) any Guaranty, including without limitation the provisions of Article 13 of the Purchase Agreement, shall guaranty all acts, performances and obligations (payment and otherwise) when due of the Borrower under the Purchase Agreement and all Notes, and (iii) any references to the “Purchase Agreement” and to the “Notes” in any Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents shall, from and after the date hereof, be deemed to be references to the Purchase Agreement and the Notes (as such terms are defined herein).

 

Section Seven. General Provisions.

 

(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the terms of this Amendment are not intended to and do not serve to effect a novation as to the Purchase Agreement. The parties hereto expressly do not intend to extinguish the Purchase Agreement. Instead, it is the express intention of the parties hereto to reaffirm the indebtedness created under the Purchase Agreement (including, without limitation, the Notes) and the other documents contemplated thereby and to reaffirm the rights and obligations contained therein. The Purchase Agreement as amended hereby and each of the other documents contemplated thereby shall remain in full force and effect. Except as herein amended, the Purchase Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect, and is hereby ratified in all respects. All of the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement and this Amendment shall survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment.

 

(b) The provisions of Sections 12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.08, 12.09, 12.10, 12.11 and 12.14 of the Existing Purchase Agreement are incorporated herein by reference and shall apply to this Amendment and the parties hereto mutatis mutandis.

 

[Signature pages follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

Borrower: BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC
     
  By:                    
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
Guarantors: BT CONCEPTS LLC
  BT CONCEPTS SHAWNEE LLC
  RP OPS LLC
  BT CONCEPTS FORT SMITH LLC
  BT CONCEPTS OWASSO LLC
  BT CONCEPTS WICHITA, LLC
  BT CONCEPTS ROCK ROAD LLC
  BT CONCEPTS BROKEN ARROW LLC
  BT CONCEPTS WICHITA FALLS LLC
  BT CONCEPTS EL PASO LLC
  BT CONCEPTS TULSA LLC
  BT CONCEPTS AMARILLO LLC
  TRUCKBURGER LLC
  BTB BREWING COMPANY LLC
  421 SW 26TH STREET LLC
  BT CONCEPTS TEXAS BEVERAGES LLC
  BEER TAP MANAGEMENT LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager

 

[Signature Page to Eighth Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement]

 

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Lenders:

  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.
   
  By:  Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
its General Partner
     
  By:                      
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager
     
  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III-A, L.P.
   
  By:  Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
its General Partner
     
  By:  
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager

 

Agent:

  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.
   
  By:  Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
its General Partner
     
  By:                      
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager

 

[Signature Page to Eighth Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement]

 

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Schedule 2.01

 

Purchaser Schedule

 

   ISSUE DATE  FUND III   FUND III-A   TOTAL 
Principal Amount of January 2015 Notes  January 31, 2015  $4,896,333.73   $1,897,926.25   $6,794,259.98 
Principal Amount of Series A Notes  April 24, 2015  $504,460.18   $195,539.82   $700,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series B Notes  January 8, 2016  $468,427.31   $181,572.69   $650,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series C Notes  February 22, 2016  $684,624.53   $265,375.47   $950,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series D Notes  May 18, 2016  $540,493.05   $209,506.95   $750,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series E Notes  January 12, 2017  $270,246.53   $104,753.48   $375,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series F Notes  January 24, 2018  $28,826.30   $11,173.70    40,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series G Notes  Eighth Amendment Effective Date  $79,272.31   $30,727.69   $110,000.00 

 

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NINTH AMENDMENT TO NOTE PURCHASE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

(Bricktown Brewery Restaurants LLC)

 

NINTH AMENDMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of May 15, 2018, to Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2015 (as amended, modified or supplemented prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Purchase Agreement” and as amended, modified and supplemented by this Amendment, the “Purchase Agreement”; capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given thereto in the Existing Purchase Agreement), by and among BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (the “Borrower”), each subsidiary of Borrower party thereto as a guarantor (the “Guarantors”, and together with the Borrower, the “Credit Parties”), the persons identified on the signature pages hereto as lenders (collectively, the “Lenders”), and PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Agent”).

 

WHEREAS, the Credit Parties, Lenders and Agent are all of the parties to the Existing Purchase Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Existing Purchase Agreement, the Borrower has issued notes to the Lenders; and

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower, Lenders, and Agent desire to provide for the issuance of the Series H Notes;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section One. Amendments to Existing Purchase Agreement. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section Two of this Amendment:

 

(a) Definitions. Section 1.01 of the Existing Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating or by adding the terms set forth below and the definitions thereof, as applicable, each in its proper alphabetical order, as follows:

 

Ninth Amendment” shall mean the Ninth Amendment, dated as of May [ ], 2018, to this Agreement.

 

Ninth Amendment Effective Date” shall mean the Amendment Effective Date, as defined in the Ninth Amendment.

 

(b) Issuance of Notes. Section 2.01 of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:

 

2.01. Issuance of Notes. (a) On the dates set forth on Schedule 2.01 hereto, the Borrower issued to the Lenders the senior notes of the series and in the principal amounts opposite each such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01.

 

 

 

 

(b) On the Ninth Amendment Effective Date, the Borrower agrees that it will issue and sell to each Lender, and the Lenders, severally and not jointly, agree that they will acquire from the Borrower, the Series H Notes which shall be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Series H Notes”), in the principal amounts set forth on Schedule 2.01.

 

(c) Amendment to Schedule 2.01. Schedule 2.01 to the Existing Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated in the form set forth on Schedule 2.01 hereto.

 

Section Two. Conditions Precedent. Upon the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, this Amendment shall be effective (the “Amendment Effective Date”):

 

(a) Lenders shall have received a counterpart of this Amendment, duly executed and delivered by each of the Credit Parties;

 

(b) Lenders shall have received the fully executed original Series H Notes;

 

(c) all representations and warranties set forth in this Amendment shall be true and correct on and as of the effective date hereof;

 

(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date hereof unless otherwise expressly waived herein;

 

(e) Credit Parties shall have paid to Lenders or Lenders’ designee, the expenses as provided in Section Five hereof; and

 

(f) Lenders shall have received such further agreements, consents, instruments and documents, including, without limitation SBA forms, as may be necessary or proper in its reasonable opinion, and in the reasonable opinion of its counsel, to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Amendment.

 

Section Three. Representations and Warranties. Each Credit Party represents and warrants to Lenders as follows (all of which representations and warranties shall survive the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment):

 

(a) it has the power, authority and legal right to execute and deliver this Amendment and perform its obligations under this Amendment and the Purchase Agreement, and has taken all actions necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment, the Purchase Agreement and the other instruments, agreements, and documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the additional Series H Notes);

 

(b) no consent of any Person (including, without limitation, stockholders or creditors of the Borrower), and no consent, permit, approval or authorization of, exemption by, notice or report to, or registration, filing or declaration with, any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Amendment by any Credit Party or the performance of their respective obligations under this Amendment or the Purchase Agreement, or the validity or enforceability against any Credit Party, of this Amendment, the Purchase Agreement, the Series H Notes or the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which any Credit Party is a party;

 

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(c) this Amendment, the Series H Notes and the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which any Credit Party is a party as contemplated hereby have been duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Credit Party, and each constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally or equitable remedies (whether arising in a proceeding at law or in equity);

 

(d) upon the occurrence of the Amendment Effective Date, none of the Credit Parties is in default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound;

 

(e) neither the execution and delivery of this Amendment or the Series H Notes, nor compliance with the provisions of this Amendment, the Series H Notes or the Purchase Agreement will (i) violate any law or regulation, or (ii) result in or cause a violation of any order or decree of any court or government instrumentality, or (iii) conflict with, or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, material agreement or other material instrument to which any of the Credit Parties is a party or by which it may be bound, or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge, or encumbrance upon any of the property of any of the Credit Parties, except as permitted by Section 9.02 of the Purchase Agreement, or (v) violate any provision of the Organization Documents or any capital stock or similar equity instrument of any of the Credit Parties;

 

(f) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date hereof;

 

(g) upon the occurrence of the Ninth Amendment Effective Date, none of the Credit Parties is in default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound;

 

(h) neither the execution and delivery of this Amendment or the Series H Notes, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof will (i) violate any law or regulation, or (ii) result in or cause a violation of any order or decree of any court or government instrumentality, or (iii) conflict with, or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, material agreement or other material instrument to which any of the Credit Parties is a party or by which it may be bound, or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge, or encumbrance upon any of the property of any of the Credit Parties, except as permitted by Section 9.02 of the Purchase Agreement, or (v) violate any provision of the Organization Documents or any capital stock or similar equity instrument of any of the Credit Parties.

 

Section Four. Closing. The purchase and issuance of the Series H Notes shall take place at a closing to be held at the offices of Ice Miller LLP, 1500 Broadway, Suite 2401, New York, New York 10036 on the Amendment Effective Date at which time the Borrower shall deliver the Series H Notes to the Lenders and the Lenders shall advance amounts thereunder.

 

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Section Five. Expenses. On or prior to the Amendment Effective Date, the Credit Parties shall reimburse all of Lenders’ reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, fees, charges and disbursements of counsel and consultants) incurred in connection with (a) the negotiation and execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents and Lenders’ due diligence investigation and (b) the transactions contemplated by this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents, which payments shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated by Lenders.

 

Section Six. Confirmation; Amendment of other Transaction Documents. The Credit Parties confirm and agree that without limiting any of the existing obligations of any of the Credit Parties under any of the Transaction Documents (i) all collateral for any of the Notes shall secure all Indebtedness under all of the Notes, including without limitation, all security interests in all personal property granted pursuant to any security agreement or pledge agreement and all interests in all real property granted pursuant to any mortgage or deed of trust (ii) any Guaranty, including without limitation the provisions of Article 13 of the Purchase Agreement, shall guaranty all acts, performances and obligations (payment and otherwise) when due of the Borrower under the Purchase Agreement and all Notes, and (iii) any references to the “Purchase Agreement” and to the “Notes” in any Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents shall, from and after the date hereof, be deemed to be references to the Purchase Agreement and the Notes (as such terms are defined herein).

 

Section Seven. General Provisions.

 

(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the terms of this Amendment are not intended to and do not serve to effect a novation as to the Purchase Agreement. The parties hereto expressly do not intend to extinguish the Purchase Agreement. Instead, it is the express intention of the parties hereto to reaffirm the indebtedness created under the Purchase Agreement (including, without limitation, the Notes) and the other documents contemplated thereby and to reaffirm the rights and obligations contained therein. The Purchase Agreement as amended hereby and each of the other documents contemplated thereby shall remain in full force and effect. Except as herein amended, the Purchase Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect, and is hereby ratified in all respects. All of the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement and this Amendment shall survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment.

 

(b) The provisions of Sections 12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.08, 12.09, 12.10, 12.11 and 12.14 of the Existing Purchase Agreement are incorporated herein by reference and shall apply to this Amendment and the parties hereto mutatis mutandis.

 

[Signature pages follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

Borrower:   BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC

 

  By:                
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
Guarantors: BT CONCEPTS LLC
  BT CONCEPTS SHAWNEE LLC
  RP OPS LLC
  BT CONCEPTS FORT SMITH LLC
  BT CONCEPTS OWASSO LLC
  BT CONCEPTS WICHITA, LLC
  BT CONCEPTS ROCK ROAD LLC
  BT CONCEPTS BROKEN ARROW LLC
  BT CONCEPTS WICHITA FALLS LLC
  BT CONCEPTS EL PASO LLC
  BT CONCEPTS TULSA LLC
  BT CONCEPTS AMARILLO LLC
  TRUCKBURGER LLC
  BTB BREWING COMPANY LLC
  421 SW 26TH STREET LLC
  BT CONCEPTS TEXAS BEVERAGES LLC
  BEER TAP MANAGEMENT LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager

 

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Lenders:

 

 

PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.

 

  By: Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,

its General Partner

  By:
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title:

Manager

     
  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III-A, L.P.
   
  By:

Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,

its General Partner

  By:

  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager

 

Agent:

 

 

PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.

   
  By:

Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,

its General Partner

     
  By:

  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager

 

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Schedule 2.01

 

Purchaser Schedule

 

   ISSUE DATE  FUND III   FUND III-A   TOTAL 
Principal Amount of January 2015 Notes  January 31, 2015  $4,896,333.73   $1,897,926.25   $6,794,259.98 
Principal Amount of Series A Notes  April 24, 2015  $504,460.18   $195,539.82   $700,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series B Notes  January 8, 2016  $468,427.31   $181,572.69   $650,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series C Notes  February 22, 2016  $684,624.53   $265,375.47   $950,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series D Notes  May 18, 2016  $540,493.05   $209,506.95   $750,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series E Notes  January 12, 2017  $270,246.53   $104,753.48   $375,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series F Notes  January 24, 2018  $28,826.30   $11,173.70    40,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series H Notes  March 28, 2017  $79,272.31   $30,727.69   $110,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series H Notes  Ninth Amendment Effective Date  $115,305.18   $44,694.82   $160,000.00 

 

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TENTH AMENDMENT TO NOTE PURCHASE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

(Bricktown Brewery Restaurants LLC)

 

TENTH AMENDMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of August 3, 2018, to Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2015 (as amended, modified or supplemented prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Purchase Agreement” and as amended, modified and supplemented by this Amendment, the “Purchase Agreement”; capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given thereto in the Existing Purchase Agreement), by and among BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (the “Borrower”), each subsidiary of Borrower party thereto as a guarantor (the “Guarantors”, and together with the Borrower, the “Credit Parties”), the persons identified on the signature pages hereto as lenders (collectively, the “Lenders”), and PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Agent”).

 

WHEREAS, the Credit Parties, Lenders and Agent are all of the parties to the Existing Purchase Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Existing Purchase Agreement, the Borrower has issued notes to the Lenders; and

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower, Lenders, and Agent desire to extend the Maturity Date under the Purchase Agreement from June 30, 2019 to December 31, 2019 and to provide for the issuance of the Series I Notes;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section One. Amendments to Existing Purchase Agreement. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section Two of this Amendment:

 

(a) Definitions. Section 1.01 of the Existing Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating or by adding the terms set forth below and the definitions thereof, as applicable, each in its proper alphabetical order, as follows:

 

“Maturity Date” shall mean December 31, 2019.

 

Tenth Amendment” shall mean the Tenth Amendment, dated as of August 3, 2018, to this Agreement.

 

Tenth Amendment Effective Date” shall mean the Amendment Effective Date, as defined in the Tenth Amendment.

 

 

 

 

(b) Issuance of Notes. Section 2.01 of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:

 

2.01. Issuance of Notes. (a) On the dates set forth on Schedule 2.01 hereto, the Borrower issued to the Lenders the senior notes of the series and in the principal amounts opposite each such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01.

 

(b) On the Tenth Amendment Effective Date, the Borrower agrees that it will issue and sell to each Lender, and the Lenders, severally and not jointly, agree that they will acquire from the Borrower, the Series I Notes which shall be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Series I Notes”), in the principal amounts set forth on Schedule 2.01.

 

(c) Amendment to Schedule 2.01. Schedule 2.01 to the Existing Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated in the form set forth on Schedule 2.01 hereto.

 

Section Two. Conditions Precedent. Upon the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, this Amendment shall be effective (the “Amendment Effective Date”):

 

(a) Lenders shall have received a counterpart of this Amendment, duly executed and delivered by each of the Credit Parties;

 

(b) Lenders shall have received the fully executed original Series I Notes;

 

(c) all representations and warranties set forth in this Amendment shall be true and correct on and as of the effective date hereof;

 

(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date hereof unless otherwise expressly waived herein;

 

(e) Credit Parties shall have paid to Lenders or Lenders’ designee, the expenses as provided in Section Five hereof; and

 

(f) Lenders shall have received such further agreements, consents, instruments and documents, including, without limitation SBA forms, as may be necessary or proper in its reasonable opinion, and in the reasonable opinion of its counsel, to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Amendment.

 

Section Three. Representations and Warranties. Each Credit Party represents and warrants to Lenders as follows (all of which representations and warranties shall survive the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment):

 

(a) it has the power, authority and legal right to execute and deliver this Amendment and perform its obligations under this Amendment and the Purchase Agreement, and has taken all actions necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment, the Purchase Agreement and the other instruments, agreements, and documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the additional Series I Notes);

 

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(b) no consent of any Person (including, without limitation, stockholders or creditors of the Borrower), and no consent, permit, approval or authorization of, exemption by, notice or report to, or registration, filing or declaration with, any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Amendment by any Credit Party or the performance of their respective obligations under this Amendment or the Purchase Agreement, or the validity or enforceability against any Credit Party, of this Amendment, the Purchase Agreement, the Series I Notes or the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which any Credit Party is a party;

 

(c) this Amendment, the Series I Notes and the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which any Credit Party is a party as contemplated hereby have been duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Credit Party, and each constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally or equitable remedies (whether arising in a proceeding at law or in equity);

 

(d) upon the occurrence of the Amendment Effective Date, none of the Credit Parties is in default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound;

 

(e) neither the execution and delivery of this Amendment or the Series I Notes, nor compliance with the provisions of this Amendment, the Series I Notes or the Purchase Agreement will (i) violate any law or regulation, or (ii) result in or cause a violation of any order or decree of any court or government instrumentality, or (iii) conflict with, or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, material agreement or other material instrument to which any of the Credit Parties is a party or by which it may be bound, or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge, or encumbrance upon any of the property of any of the Credit Parties, except as permitted by Section 9.02 of the Purchase Agreement, or (v) violate any provision of the Organization Documents or any capital stock or similar equity instrument of any of the Credit Parties;

 

(f) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date hereof;

 

(g) upon the occurrence of the Tenth Amendment Effective Date, none of the Credit Parties is in default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound;

 

(h) neither the execution and delivery of this Amendment or the Series I Notes, nor compliance with the provisions hereof or thereof will (i) violate any law or regulation, or (ii) result in or cause a violation of any order or decree of any court or government instrumentality, or (iii) conflict with, or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, material agreement or other material instrument to which any of the Credit Parties is a party or by which it may be bound, or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge, or encumbrance upon any of the property of any of the Credit Parties, except as permitted by Section 9.02 of the Purchase Agreement, or (v) violate any provision of the Organization Documents or any capital stock or similar equity instrument of any of the Credit Parties.

 

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Section Four. Closing. The purchase and issuance of the Series I Notes shall take place at a closing to be held at the offices of Ice Miller LLP, 1500 Broadway, Suite 2401, New York, New York 10036 on the Amendment Effective Date at which time the Borrower shall deliver the Series I Notes to the Lenders and the Lenders shall advance amounts thereunder.

 

Section Five. Expenses. On or prior to the Amendment Effective Date, the Credit Parties shall reimburse all of Lenders’ reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, fees, charges and disbursements of counsel and consultants) incurred in connection with (a) the negotiation and execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents and Lenders’ due diligence investigation and (b) the transactions contemplated by this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents, which payments shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated by Lenders.

 

Section Six. Confirmation; Amendment of other Transaction Documents. The Credit Parties confirm and agree that without limiting any of the existing obligations of any of the Credit Parties under any of the Transaction Documents (i) all collateral for any of the Notes shall secure all Indebtedness under all of the Notes, including without limitation, all security interests in all personal property granted pursuant to any security agreement or pledge agreement and all interests in all real property granted pursuant to any mortgage or deed of trust (ii) any Guaranty, including without limitation the provisions of Article 13 of the Purchase Agreement, shall guaranty all acts, performances and obligations (payment and otherwise) when due of the Borrower under the Purchase Agreement and all Notes, and (iii) any references to the “Purchase Agreement” and to the “Notes” in any Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents shall, from and after the date hereof, be deemed to be references to the Purchase Agreement and the Notes (as such terms are defined herein).

 

Section Seven. General Provisions.

 

(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the terms of this Amendment are not intended to and do not serve to effect a novation as to the Purchase Agreement. The parties hereto expressly do not intend to extinguish the Purchase Agreement. Instead, it is the express intention of the parties hereto to reaffirm the indebtedness created under the Purchase Agreement (including, without limitation, the Notes) and the other documents contemplated thereby and to reaffirm the rights and obligations contained therein. The Purchase Agreement as amended hereby and each of the other documents contemplated thereby shall remain in full force and effect. Except as herein amended, the Purchase Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect, and is hereby ratified in all respects. All of the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement and this Amendment shall survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment.

 

(b) The provisions of Sections 12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.08, 12.09, 12.10, 12.11 and 12.14 of the Existing Purchase Agreement are incorporated herein by reference and shall apply to this Amendment and the parties hereto mutatis mutandis.

 

[Signature pages follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

Borrower: BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS  LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

Guarantors: BT CONCEPTS LLC
  BT CONCEPTS SHAWNEE LLC
  RP OPS LLC
  BT CONCEPTS FORT SMITH LLC
  BT CONCEPTS OWASSO LLC
  BT CONCEPTS WICHITA, LLC
  BT CONCEPTS ROCK ROAD LLC
  BT CONCEPTS BROKEN ARROW LLC
  BT CONCEPTS WICHITA FALLS LLC
  BT CONCEPTS EL PASO LLC
  BT CONCEPTS TULSA LLC
  BT CONCEPTS AMARILLO LLC
  TRUCKBURGER LLC
  BTB BREWING COMPANY LLC
  421 SW 26TH STREET LLC
  BT CONCEPTS TEXAS BEVERAGES LLC
  BEER TAP MANAGEMENT LLC

 

  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title:   Manager

 

[Signature Page to Tenth Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement]

 

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Lenders:

 

  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.
   
  By:  Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
  its General Partner

 

  By:  
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager

 

  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III-A, L.P.
   
  By:  Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
  its General Partner

 

  By:  
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager

 

Agent:

 

  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.
   
  By:  Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
  its General Partner

 

  By:  
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager

 

[Signature Page to Tenth Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement]

 

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Schedule 2.01

 

Purchaser Schedule

 

   ISSUE DATE  FUND III   FUND III-A   TOTAL 
Principal Amount of January 2015 Notes  January 31, 2015  $4,896,333.73   $1,897,926.25   $6,794,259.98 
Principal Amount of Series A Notes  April 24, 2015  $504,460.18   $195,539.82   $700,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series B Notes  January 8, 2016  $468,427.31   $181,572.69   $650,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series C Notes  February 22, 2016  $684,624.53   $265,375.47   $950,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series D Notes  May 18, 2016  $540,493.05   $209,506.95   $750,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series E Notes  January 12, 2017  $270,246.53   $104,753.48   $375,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series F Notes  January 24, 2018  $28,826.30   $11,173.70    40,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series G Notes  March 28, 2018  $79,272.31   $30,727.69   $110,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series H Notes  May 15, 2018  $115,305.18   $44,694.82   $160,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series I Notes  Tenth Amendment Effective Date  $36,032.87   $13,967.13   $50,000.00 

 

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ELEVENTH AMENDMENT TO NOTE PURCHASE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

(Bricktown Brewery Restaurants LLC)

 

ELEVENTH AMENDMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of January 2, 2019, to Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2015 (as amended, modified or supplemented prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Purchase Agreement” and as amended, modified and supplemented by this Amendment, the “Purchase Agreement”; capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given thereto in the Existing Purchase Agreement), by and among BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (the “Borrower”), each subsidiary of Borrower party thereto as a guarantor (the “Guarantors”, and together with the Borrower, the “Credit Parties”), the persons identified on the signature pages hereto as lenders (collectively, the “Lenders”), and PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Agent”).

 

WHEREAS, the Credit Parties, Lenders and Agent are all of the parties to the Existing Purchase Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Existing Purchase Agreement, the Borrower has issued notes to the Lenders; and

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower, Lenders, and Agent desire to extend the Maturity Date under the Purchase Agreement from December 31, 2019 to June 30, 2020 and to provide for the issuance of the Series J Notes;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section One. Amendments to Existing Purchase Agreement. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section Two of this Amendment:

 

(a) Definitions. Section 1.01 of the Existing Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating or by adding the terms set forth below and the definitions thereof, as applicable, each in its proper alphabetical order, as follows:

 

“Maturity Date” shall mean June 30, 2020.

 

Eleventh Amendment” shall mean the Eleventh Amendment, dated as of January 2, 2019, to this Agreement.

 

Eleventh Amendment Effective Date” shall mean the Amendment Effective Date, as defined in the Eleventh Amendment.

 

 

 

 

(b) Issuance of Notes. Section 2.01 of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:

 

2.01. Issuance of Notes. (a) On the dates set forth on Schedule 2.01 hereto, the Borrower issued to the Lenders the senior notes of the series and in the principal amounts opposite each such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01.

 

(b) On the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date, the Borrower agrees that it will issue and sell to each Lender, and the Lenders, severally and not jointly, agree that they will acquire from the Borrower, the Series J Notes which shall be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Series J Notes”), in the principal amounts set forth on Schedule 2.01.

 

(c) Amendment to Schedule 2.01. Schedule 2.01 to the Existing Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated in the form set forth on Schedule 2.01 hereto.

 

Section Two. Conditions Precedent. Upon the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, this Amendment shall be effective (the “Amendment Effective Date”):

 

(a) Lenders shall have received a counterpart of this Amendment, duly executed and delivered by each of the Credit Parties;

 

(b) Lenders shall have received the fully executed original Series J Notes;

 

(c) all representations and warranties set forth in this Amendment shall be true and correct on and as of the effective date hereof;

 

(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date hereof unless otherwise expressly waived herein;

 

(e) Credit Parties shall have paid to Lenders or Lenders’ designee, the expenses as provided in Section Five hereof; and

 

(f) Lenders shall have received such further agreements, consents, instruments and documents, including, without limitation SBA forms, as may be necessary or proper in its reasonable opinion, and in the reasonable opinion of its counsel, to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Amendment.

 

Section Three. Representations and Warranties. Each Credit Party represents and warrants to Lenders as follows (all of which representations and warranties shall survive the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment):

 

(a) it has the power, authority and legal right to execute and deliver this Amendment and perform its obligations under this Amendment and the Purchase Agreement, and has taken all actions necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment, the Purchase Agreement and the other instruments, agreements, and documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the additional Series J Notes);

 

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(b) no consent of any Person (including, without limitation, stockholders or creditors of the Borrower), and no consent, permit, approval or authorization of, exemption by, notice or report to, or registration, filing or declaration with, any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Amendment by any Credit Party or the performance of their respective obligations under this Amendment or the Purchase Agreement, or the validity or enforceability against any Credit Party, of this Amendment, the Purchase Agreement, the Series J Notes or the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which any Credit Party is a party;

 

(c) this Amendment, the Series J Notes and the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which any Credit Party is a party as contemplated hereby have been duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Credit Party, and each constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally or equitable remedies (whether arising in a proceeding at law or in equity);

 

(d) upon the occurrence of the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date, none of the Credit Parties is in default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound;

 

(e) neither the execution and delivery of this Amendment or the Series J Notes, nor compliance with the provisions of this Amendment, the Series J Notes or the Purchase Agreement will (i) violate any law or regulation, or (ii) result in or cause a violation of any order or decree of any court or government instrumentality, or (iii) conflict with, or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, material agreement or other material instrument to which any of the Credit Parties is a party or by which it may be bound, or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge, or encumbrance upon any of the property of any of the Credit Parties, except as permitted by Section 9.02 of the Purchase Agreement, or (v) violate any provision of the Organization Documents or any capital stock or similar equity instrument of any of the Credit Parties;

 

(f) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date hereof;

 

Section Four. Closing. The purchase and issuance of the Series J Notes shall take place at a closing to be held at the offices of Ice Miller LLP, 1500 Broadway, Suite 2401, New York, New York 10036 on the Amendment Effective Date at which time the Borrower shall deliver the Series J Notes to the Lenders and the Lenders shall advance amounts thereunder.

 

Section Five. Expenses. On or prior to the Eleventh Amendment Effective Date, the Credit Parties shall reimburse all of Lenders’ reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, fees, charges and disbursements of counsel and consultants) incurred in connection with (a) the negotiation and execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents and Lenders’ due diligence investigation and (b) the transactions contemplated by this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents, which payments shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated by Lenders.

 

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Section Six. Confirmation; Amendment of other Transaction Documents. The Credit Parties confirm and agree that without limiting any of the existing obligations of any of the Credit Parties under any of the Transaction Documents (i) all collateral for any of the Notes shall secure all Indebtedness under all of the Notes, including without limitation, all security interests in all personal property granted pursuant to any security agreement or pledge agreement and all interests in all real property granted pursuant to any mortgage or deed of trust (ii) any Guaranty, including without limitation the provisions of Article 13 of the Purchase Agreement, shall guaranty all acts, performances and obligations (payment and otherwise) when due of the Borrower under the Purchase Agreement and all Notes, and (iii) any references to the “Purchase Agreement” and to the “Notes” in any Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents shall, from and after the date hereof, be deemed to be references to the Purchase Agreement and the Notes (as such terms are defined herein).

 

Section Seven. General Provisions.

 

(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the terms of this Amendment are not intended to and do not serve to effect a novation as to the Purchase Agreement. The parties hereto expressly do not intend to extinguish the Purchase Agreement. Instead, it is the express intention of the parties hereto to reaffirm the indebtedness created under the Purchase Agreement (including, without limitation, the Notes) and the other documents contemplated thereby and to reaffirm the rights and obligations contained therein. The Purchase Agreement as amended hereby and each of the other documents contemplated thereby shall remain in full force and effect. Except as herein amended, the Purchase Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect, and is hereby ratified in all respects. All of the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement and this Amendment shall survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment.

 

(b) The provisions of Sections 12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.08, 12.09, 12.10, 12.11 and 12.14 of the Existing Purchase Agreement are incorporated herein by reference and shall apply to this Amendment and the parties hereto mutatis mutandis.

 

[Signature pages follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

Borrower: BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS  LLC
     
  By:  
  Name:  James M. Burke
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
Guarantors: BT CONCEPTS LLC
  BT CONCEPTS SHAWNEE LLC
  RP OPS LLC
  BT CONCEPTS FORT SMITH LLC
  BT CONCEPTS OWASSO LLC
  BT CONCEPTS WICHITA, LLC
  BT CONCEPTS ROCK ROAD LLC
  BT CONCEPTS BROKEN ARROW LLC
  BT CONCEPTS WICHITA FALLS LLC
  BT CONCEPTS EL PASO LLC
  BT CONCEPTS TULSA LLC
  BT CONCEPTS AMARILLO LLC
  TRUCKBURGER LLC
  BTB BREWING COMPANY LLC
  421 SW 26TH STREET LLC
  BT CONCEPTS TEXAS BEVERAGES LLC
  BEER TAP MANAGEMENT LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title:   Manager

 

[Signature Page to Eleventh Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement]

 

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Lenders:    
  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.
     
  By:   Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
    its General Partner
     
  By:  
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager
     
  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III-A, L.P.
     
  By:   Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
    its General Partner
     
  By:  
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager
     
Agent:    
  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.
     
  By:   Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
    its General Partner
     
  By:  
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager

 

[Signature Page to Eleventh Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement]

 

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Schedule 2.01

 

Purchaser Schedule

 

   ISSUE DATE  FUND III   FUND III-A   TOTAL 
Principal Amount of January 2015 Notes  January 31, 2015  $4,896,333.73   $1,897,926.25   $6,794,259.98 
Principal Amount of Series A Notes  April 24, 2015  $504,460.18   $195,539.82   $700,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series B Notes  January 8, 2016  $468,427.31   $181,572.69   $650,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series C Notes  February 22, 2016  $684,624.53   $265,375.47   $950,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series D Notes  May 18, 2016  $540,493.05   $209,506.95   $750,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series E Notes  January 12, 2017  $270,246.53   $104,753.48   $375,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series F Notes  January 24, 2018  $28,826.30   $11,173.70    40,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series G Notes  March 28, 2018  $79,272.31   $30,727.69   $110,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series H Notes  May 15, 2018  $115,305.18   $44,694.82   $160,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series I Notes  August 3, 2018  $36,032.87   $13,967.13   $50,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series J Notes  Eleventh Amendment Effective Date  $144,131.48   $55,868.52   $200,000.00 

 

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TWELFTH AMENDMENT TO NOTE PURCHASE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

(Bricktown Brewery Restaurants LLC)

 

TWELFTH AMENDMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of February 15, 2019, to Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2015 (as amended, modified or supplemented prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Purchase Agreement” and as amended, modified and supplemented by this Amendment, the “Purchase Agreement”; capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given thereto in the Existing Purchase Agreement), by and among BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (the “Borrower”), each subsidiary of Borrower party thereto as a guarantor (the “Guarantors”, and together with the Borrower, the “Credit Parties”), the persons identified on the signature pages hereto as lenders (collectively, the “Lenders”), and PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Agent”).

 

WHEREAS, the Credit Parties, Lenders and Agent are all of the parties to the Existing Purchase Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Existing Purchase Agreement, the Borrower has issued notes to the Lenders;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section One. Amendments to Existing Purchase Agreement. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section Two of this Amendment:

 

(a) Definitions. Section 1.01 of the Existing Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating or by adding the terms set forth below and the definitions thereof, as applicable, each in its proper alphabetical order, as follows:

 

Twelfth Amendment” shall mean the Twelfth Amendment, dated as of February 15, 2019, to this Agreement.

 

Twelfth Amendment Effective Date” shall mean the Amendment Effective Date, as defined in the Twelfth Amendment.

 

(b) Issuance of Notes. Section 2.01 of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:

 

2.01. Issuance of Notes. (a) On the dates set forth on Schedule 2.01 hereto, the Borrower issued to the Lenders the senior notes of the series and in the principal amounts opposite each such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01.

 

(b) On the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date, the Borrower agrees that it will issue and sell to each Lender, and the Lenders, severally and not jointly, agree that they will acquire from the Borrower, the Series K Notes which shall be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Series K Notes”), in the principal amounts set forth on Schedule 2.01.

 

 

 

 

(c) Amendment to Schedule 2.01. Schedule 2.01 to the Existing Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated in the form set forth on Schedule 2.01 hereto.

 

Section Two. Conditions Precedent. Upon the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, this Amendment shall be effective (the “Amendment Effective Date”):

 

(a) Lenders shall have received a counterpart of this Amendment, duly executed and delivered by each of the Credit Parties;

 

(b) Lenders shall have received the fully executed original Series K Notes;

 

(c) all representations and warranties set forth in this Amendment shall be true and correct on and as of the effective date hereof;

 

(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date hereof unless otherwise expressly waived herein;

 

(e) Credit Parties shall have paid to Lenders or Lenders’ designee, the expenses as provided in Section Five hereof; and

 

(f) Lenders shall have received such further agreements, consents, instruments and documents, including, without limitation SBA forms, as may be necessary or proper in its reasonable opinion, and in the reasonable opinion of its counsel, to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Amendment.

 

Section Three. Representations and Warranties. Each Credit Party represents and warrants to Lenders as follows (all of which representations and warranties shall survive the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment):

 

(a) it has the power, authority and legal right to execute and deliver this Amendment and perform its obligations under this Amendment and the Purchase Agreement, and has taken all actions necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment, the Purchase Agreement and the other instruments, agreements, and documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the additional Series K Notes);

 

(b) no consent of any Person (including, without limitation, stockholders or creditors of the Borrower), and no consent, permit, approval or authorization of, exemption by, notice or report to, or registration, filing or declaration with, any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Amendment by any Credit Party or the performance of their respective obligations under this Amendment or the Purchase Agreement, or the validity or enforceability against any Credit Party, of this Amendment, the Purchase Agreement, the Series K Notes or the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which any Credit Party is a party;

 

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(c) this Amendment, the Series K Notes and the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which any Credit Party is a party as contemplated hereby have been duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Credit Party, and each constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally or equitable remedies (whether arising in a proceeding at law or in equity);

 

(d) upon the occurrence of the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date, none of the Credit Parties is in default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound;

 

(e) neither the execution and delivery of this Amendment or the Series K Notes, nor compliance with the provisions of this Amendment, the Series K Notes or the Purchase Agreement will (i) violate any law or regulation, or (ii) result in or cause a violation of any order or decree of any court or government instrumentality, or (iii) conflict with, or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, material agreement or other material instrument to which any of the Credit Parties is a party or by which it may be bound, or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge, or encumbrance upon any of the property of any of the Credit Parties, except as permitted by Section 9.02 of the Purchase Agreement, or (v) violate any provision of the Organization Documents or any capital stock or similar equity instrument of any of the Credit Parties;

 

(f) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date hereof;

 

Section Four. Closing. The purchase and issuance of the Series K Notes shall take place at a closing to be held at the offices of Ice Miller LLP, 1500 Broadway, Suite 2401, New York, New York 10036 on the Amendment Effective Date at which time the Borrower shall deliver the Series K Notes to the Lenders and the Lenders shall advance amounts thereunder.

 

Section Five. Expenses. On or prior to the Twelfth Amendment Effective Date, the Credit Parties shall reimburse all of Lenders’ reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, fees, charges and disbursements of counsel and consultants) incurred in connection with (a) the negotiation and execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents and Lenders’ due diligence investigation and (b) the transactions contemplated by this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents, which payments shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated by Lenders.

 

Section Six. Confirmation; Amendment of other Transaction Documents. The Credit Parties confirm and agree that without limiting any of the existing obligations of any of the Credit Parties under any of the Transaction Documents (i) all collateral for any of the Notes shall secure all Indebtedness under all of the Notes, including without limitation, all security interests in all personal property granted pursuant to any security agreement or pledge agreement and all interests in all real property granted pursuant to any mortgage or deed of trust (ii) any Guaranty, including without limitation the provisions of Article 13 of the Purchase Agreement, shall guaranty all acts, performances and obligations (payment and otherwise) when due of the Borrower under the Purchase Agreement and all Notes, and (iii) any references to the “Purchase Agreement” and to the “Notes” in any Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents shall, from and after the date hereof, be deemed to be references to the Purchase Agreement and the Notes (as such terms are defined herein).

 

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Section Seven. General Provisions.

 

(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the terms of this Amendment are not intended to and do not serve to effect a novation as to the Purchase Agreement. The parties hereto expressly do not intend to extinguish the Purchase Agreement. Instead, it is the express intention of the parties hereto to reaffirm the indebtedness created under the Purchase Agreement (including, without limitation, the Notes) and the other documents contemplated thereby and to reaffirm the rights and obligations contained therein. The Purchase Agreement as amended hereby and each of the other documents contemplated thereby shall remain in full force and effect. Except as herein amended, the Purchase Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect, and is hereby ratified in all respects. All of the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement and this Amendment shall survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment.

 

(b) The provisions of Sections 12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.08, 12.09, 12.10, 12.11 and 12.14 of the Existing Purchase Agreement are incorporated herein by reference and shall apply to this Amendment and the parties hereto mutatis mutandis.

 

[Signature pages follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

 

Borrower: BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke 
  Title: Chief Executive Officer 
     
Guarantors: BT CONCEPTS LLC
  BT CONCEPTS SHAWNEE LLC
  RP OPS LLC
  BT CONCEPTS FORT SMITH LLC
  BT CONCEPTS OWASSO LLC
  BT CONCEPTS WICHITA, LLC
  BT CONCEPTS ROCK ROAD LLC
  BT CONCEPTS BROKEN ARROW LLC
  BT CONCEPTS WICHITA FALLS LLC
  BT CONCEPTS EL PASO LLC
  BT CONCEPTS TULSA LLC
  BT CONCEPTS AMARILLO LLC
  TRUCKBURGER LLC
  BTB BREWING COMPANY LLC
  421 SW 26TH STREET LLC
  BT CONCEPTS TEXAS BEVERAGES LLC
  BEER TAP MANAGEMENT LLC
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager

  

[Signature Page to Twelfth Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement]

 

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Lenders:    
     
  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.
     
  By: Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
  its General Partner
     
  By:  
  Name: Jason D. Drattell 
  Title: Manager
     
  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III-A, L.P.
     
  By: Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
  its General Partner
     
  By:  
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager 
     
Agent:    
     
  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.
     
  By: Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
  its General Partner
     
  By:  
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager 

 

[Signature Page to Twelfth Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement]

  

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Schedule 2.01

 

Purchaser Schedule

 

   ISSUE DATE  FUND III   FUND III-A   TOTAL 
Principal Amount of January 2015 Notes  January 31, 2015  $4,896,333.73   $1,897,926.25   $6,794,259.98 
Principal Amount of Series A Notes  April 24, 2015  $504,460.18   $195,539.82   $700,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series B Notes  January 8, 2016  $468,427.31   $181,572.69   $650,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series C Notes  February 22, 2016  $684,624.53   $265,375.47   $950,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series D Notes  May 18, 2016  $540,493.05   $209,506.95   $750,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series E Notes  January 12, 2017  $270,246.53   $104,753.48   $375,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series F Notes  January 24, 2018  $28,826.30   $11,173.70    40,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series G Notes  March 28, 2018  $79,272.31   $30,727.69   $110,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series H Notes  May 15, 2018  $115,305.18   $44,694.82   $160,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series I Notes  August 3, 2018  $36,032.87   $13,967.13   $50,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series J Notes  January 2, 2019  $144,131.48   $55,868.52   $200,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series K Notes  Twelfth Amendment Effective Date  $252,230.09   $97,769.91   $350,000.00 

 

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THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT TO NOTE PURCHASE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

(Bricktown Brewery Restaurants LLC)

 

THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of March 27, 2019, to Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2015 (as amended, modified or supplemented prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Purchase Agreement” and as amended, modified and supplemented by this Amendment, the “Purchase Agreement”; capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given thereto in the Existing Purchase Agreement), by and among BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (the “Borrower”), each subsidiary of Borrower party thereto as a guarantor (the “Guarantors”, and together with the Borrower, the “Credit Parties”), the persons identified on the signature pages hereto as lenders (collectively, the “Lenders”), and PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Agent”).

 

WHEREAS, the Credit Parties, Lenders and Agent are all of the parties to the Existing Purchase Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Existing Purchase Agreement, the Borrower has issued notes to the Lenders;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section One. Amendments to Existing Purchase Agreement. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section Two of this Amendment:

 

(a) Definitions. Section 1.01 of the Existing Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating or by adding the terms set forth below and the definitions thereof, as applicable, each in its proper alphabetical order, as follows:

 

Thirteenth Amendment” shall mean the Thirteenth Amendment, dated as of March 27, 2019, to this Agreement.

 

Thirteenth Amendment Effective Date” shall mean the Amendment Effective Date, as defined in the Thirteenth Amendment.

 

(b) Issuance of Notes. Section 2.01 of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:

 

2.01. Issuance of Notes. (a) On the dates set forth on Schedule 2.01 hereto, the Borrower issued to the Lenders the senior notes of the series and in the principal amounts opposite each such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01.

 

(b) On the Thirteenth Amendment Effective Date, the Borrower agrees that it will issue and sell to each Lender, and the Lenders, severally and not jointly, agree that they will acquire from the Borrower, the Series L Notes which shall be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Series L Notes”), in the principal amounts set forth on Schedule 2.01.

 

 

 

 

(c) Amendment to Schedule 2.01. Schedule 2.01 to the Existing Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated in the form set forth on Schedule 2.01 hereto.

 

Section Two. Conditions Precedent. Upon the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, this Amendment shall be effective (the “Amendment Effective Date”):

 

(a) Lenders shall have received a counterpart of this Amendment, duly executed and delivered by each of the Credit Parties;

 

(b) Lenders shall have received the fully executed original Series L Notes;

 

(c) all representations and warranties set forth in this Amendment shall be true and correct on and as of the effective date hereof;

 

(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date hereof unless otherwise expressly waived herein;

 

(e) Credit Parties shall have paid to Lenders or Lenders’ designee, the expenses as provided in Section Five hereof; and

 

(f) Lenders shall have received such further agreements, consents, instruments and documents, including, without limitation SBA forms, as may be necessary or proper in its reasonable opinion, and in the reasonable opinion of its counsel, to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Amendment.

 

Section Three. Representations and Warranties. Each Credit Party represents and warrants to Lenders as follows (all of which representations and warranties shall survive the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment):

 

(a) it has the power, authority and legal right to execute and deliver this Amendment and perform its obligations under this Amendment and the Purchase Agreement, and has taken all actions necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment, the Purchase Agreement and the other instruments, agreements, and documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the additional Series L Notes);

 

(b) no consent of any Person (including, without limitation, stockholders or creditors of the Borrower), and no consent, permit, approval or authorization of, exemption by, notice or report to, or registration, filing or declaration with, any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Amendment by any Credit Party or the performance of their respective obligations under this Amendment or the Purchase Agreement, or the validity or enforceability against any Credit Party, of this Amendment, the Purchase Agreement, the Series L Notes or the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which any Credit Party is a party;

 

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(c) this Amendment, the Series L Notes and the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which any Credit Party is a party as contemplated hereby have been duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Credit Party, and each constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally or equitable remedies (whether arising in a proceeding at law or in equity);

 

(d) upon the occurrence of the Thirteenth Amendment Effective Date, none of the Credit Parties is in default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound;

 

(e) neither the execution and delivery of this Amendment or the Series L Notes, nor compliance with the provisions of this Amendment, the Series L Notes or the Purchase Agreement will (i) violate any law or regulation, or (ii) result in or cause a violation of any order or decree of any court or government instrumentality, or (iii) conflict with, or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, material agreement or other material instrument to which any of the Credit Parties is a party or by which it may be bound, or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge, or encumbrance upon any of the property of any of the Credit Parties, except as permitted by Section 9.02 of the Purchase Agreement, or (v) violate any provision of the Organization Documents or any capital stock or similar equity instrument of any of the Credit Parties;

 

(f) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date hereof;

 

Section Four. Closing. The purchase and issuance of the Series L Notes shall take place at a closing to be held at the offices of Ice Miller LLP, 1500 Broadway, Suite 2401, New York, New York 10036 on the Amendment Effective Date at which time the Borrower shall deliver the Series L Notes to the Lenders and the Lenders shall advance amounts thereunder.

 

Section Five. Expenses. On or prior to the Thirteenth Amendment Effective Date, the Credit Parties shall reimburse all of Lenders’ reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, fees, charges and disbursements of counsel and consultants) incurred in connection with (a) the negotiation and execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents and Lenders’ due diligence investigation and (b) the transactions contemplated by this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents, which payments shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated by Lenders.

 

Section Six. Confirmation; Amendment of other Transaction Documents. The Credit Parties confirm and agree that without limiting any of the existing obligations of any of the Credit Parties under any of the Transaction Documents (i) all collateral for any of the Notes shall secure all Indebtedness under all of the Notes, including without limitation, all security interests in all personal property granted pursuant to any security agreement or pledge agreement and all interests in all real property granted pursuant to any mortgage or deed of trust (ii) any Guaranty, including without limitation the provisions of Article 13 of the Purchase Agreement, shall guaranty all acts, performances and obligations (payment and otherwise) when due of the Borrower under the Purchase Agreement and all Notes, and (iii) any references to the “Purchase Agreement” and to the “Notes” in any Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents shall, from and after the date hereof, be deemed to be references to the Purchase Agreement and the Notes (as such terms are defined herein).

 

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Section Seven. General Provisions.

 

(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the terms of this Amendment are not intended to and do not serve to effect a novation as to the Purchase Agreement. The parties hereto expressly do not intend to extinguish the Purchase Agreement. Instead, it is the express intention of the parties hereto to reaffirm the indebtedness created under the Purchase Agreement (including, without limitation, the Notes) and the other documents contemplated thereby and to reaffirm the rights and obligations contained therein. The Purchase Agreement as amended hereby and each of the other documents contemplated thereby shall remain in full force and effect. Except as herein amended, the Purchase Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect, and is hereby ratified in all respects. All of the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement and this Amendment shall survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment.

 

(b) The provisions of Sections 12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.08, 12.09, 12.10, 12.11 and 12.14 of the Existing Purchase Agreement are incorporated herein by reference and shall apply to this Amendment and the parties hereto mutatis mutandis.

 

[Signature pages follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

Borrower: BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC
     
     
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
Guarantors: BT CONCEPTS LLC
  BT CONCEPTS SHAWNEE LLC
  RP OPS LLC
  BT CONCEPTS FORT SMITH LLC
  BT CONCEPTS OWASSO LLC
  BT CONCEPTS WICHITA, LLC
  BT CONCEPTS ROCK ROAD LLC
  BT CONCEPTS BROKEN ARROW LLC
  BT CONCEPTS WICHITA FALLS LLC
  BT CONCEPTS EL PASO LLC
  BT CONCEPTS TULSA LLC
  BT CONCEPTS AMARILLO LLC
  TRUCKBURGER LLC
  BTB BREWING COMPANY LLC
  421 SW 26TH STREET LLC
  BT CONCEPTS TEXAS BEVERAGES LLC
  BEER TAP MANAGEMENT LLC
   
  By:  
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager

 

[Signature Page to Thirteenth Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement]

 

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Lenders:    
     
  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.
     
  By: Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
    its General Partner
     
  By:  
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager
     
  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III-A, L.P.
     
  By: Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
    its General Partner
     
  By:  
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager
     
Agent:    
     
  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.
     
  By: Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
    its General Partner
     
  By:  
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager

 

[Signature Page to Thirteenth Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement]

 

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Schedule 2.01

 

Purchaser Schedule

 

   ISSUE DATE  FUND III   FUND III-A   TOTAL 
Principal Amount of January 2015 Notes  January 31, 2015  $4,896,333.73   $1,897,926.25   $6,794,259.98 
Principal Amount of Series A Notes  April 24, 2015  $504,460.18   $195,539.82   $700,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series B Notes  January 8, 2016  $468,427.31   $181,572.69   $650,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series C Notes  February 22, 2016  $684,624.53   $265,375.47   $950,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series D Notes  May 18, 2016  $540,493.05   $209,506.95   $750,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series E Notes  January 12, 2017  $270,246.53   $104,753.48   $375,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series F Notes  January 24, 2018  $28,826.30   $11,173.70    40,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series G Notes  March 28, 2018  $79,272.31   $30,727.69   $110,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series H Notes  May 15, 2018  $115,305.18   $44,694.82   $160,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series I Notes  August 3, 2018  $36,032.87   $13,967.13   $50,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series J Notes  January 2, 2019  $144,131.48   $55,868.52   $200,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series K Notes  February 15, 2019  $252,230.09   $97,769.91   $350,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series L Notes  Thirteenth Amendment Effective Date  $133,321.62   $51,678.38   $185,000.00 

 

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FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT TO NOTE PURCHASE AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT

(Bricktown Brewery Restaurants LLC)

 

FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of April 26, 2019, to Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2015 (as amended, modified or supplemented prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Purchase Agreement” and as amended, modified and supplemented by this Amendment, the “Purchase Agreement”; capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given thereto in the Existing Purchase Agreement), by and among BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (the “Borrower”), each subsidiary of Borrower party thereto as a guarantor (the “Guarantors”, and together with the Borrower, the “Credit Parties”), the persons identified on the signature pages hereto as lenders (collectively, the “Lenders”), and PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Agent”).

 

WHEREAS, the Credit Parties, Lenders and Agent are all of the parties to the Existing Purchase Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Existing Purchase Agreement, the Borrower has issued notes to the Lenders;

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower, Lenders, and Agent desire to extend the Maturity Date under the Purchase Agreement from June 30, 2020 to December 31, 2020 and to provide for the issuance of the Series M Notes;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section One. Amendments to Existing Purchase Agreement. Upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section Two of this Amendment:

 

(a) Definitions. Section 1.01 of the Existing Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating or by adding the terms set forth below and the definitions thereof, as applicable, each in its proper alphabetical order, as follows:

 

Fourteenth Amendment” shall mean the Fourteenth Amendment, dated as of April 26, 2019, to this Agreement.

 

Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date” shall mean the Amendment Effective Date, as defined in the Fourteenth Amendment.

 

“Maturity Date” shall mean December 31, 2020.

 

 

 

 

(b) Issuance of Notes. Section 2.01 of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:

 

2.01. (a) On the dates set forth on Schedule 2.01 hereto, the Borrower issued to the Lenders the senior notes of the series and in the principal amounts opposite each such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01.

 

(b) On the Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date, the Borrower agrees that it will issue and sell to each Lender, and the Lenders, severally and not jointly, agree that they will acquire from the Borrower, the Series M Notes which shall be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Series M Notes”), in the principal amounts set forth on Schedule 2.01.

 

(c) Amendment to Schedule 2.01. Schedule 2.01 to the Existing Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated in the form set forth on Schedule 2.01 hereto.

 

Section Two. Conditions Precedent. Upon the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, this Amendment shall be effective (the “Amendment Effective Date”):

 

(a) Lenders shall have received a counterpart of this Amendment, duly executed and delivered by each of the Credit Parties;

 

(b) Lenders shall have received the fully executed original Series M Notes;

 

(c) all representations and warranties set forth in this Amendment shall be true and correct on and as of the effective date hereof;

 

(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date hereof unless otherwise expressly waived herein;

 

(e) Credit Parties shall have paid to Lenders or Lenders’ designee, the expenses as provided in Section Five hereof; and

 

(f) Lenders shall have received such further agreements, consents, instruments and documents, including, without limitation SBA forms, as may be necessary or proper in its reasonable opinion, and in the reasonable opinion of its counsel, to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Amendment.

 

Section Three. Representations and Warranties. Each Credit Party represents and warrants to Lenders as follows (all of which representations and warranties shall survive the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment):

 

(a) it has the power, authority and legal right to execute and deliver this Amendment and perform its obligations under this Amendment and the Purchase Agreement, and has taken all actions necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment, the Purchase Agreement and the other instruments, agreements, and documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including, without limitation, the additional Series M Notes);

 

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(b) no consent of any Person (including, without limitation, stockholders or creditors of the Borrower), and no consent, permit, approval or authorization of, exemption by, notice or report to, or registration, filing or declaration with, any governmental authority is required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Amendment by any Credit Party or the performance of their respective obligations under this Amendment or the Purchase Agreement, or the validity or enforceability against any Credit Party, of this Amendment, the Purchase Agreement, the Series M Notes or the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which any Credit Party is a party;

 

(c) this Amendment, the Series M Notes and the other instruments, agreements, documents and transactions contemplated hereby to which any Credit Party is a party as contemplated hereby have been duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Credit Party, and each constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally or equitable remedies (whether arising in a proceeding at law or in equity);

 

(d) upon the occurrence of the Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date, none of the Credit Parties is in default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound;

 

(e) neither the execution and delivery of this Amendment or the Series M Notes, nor compliance with the provisions of this Amendment, the Series M Notes or the Purchase Agreement will (i) violate any law or regulation, or (ii) result in or cause a violation of any order or decree of any court or government instrumentality, or (iii) conflict with, or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, material agreement or other material instrument to which any of the Credit Parties is a party or by which it may be bound, or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge, or encumbrance upon any of the property of any of the Credit Parties, except as permitted by Section 9.02 of the Purchase Agreement, or (v) violate any provision of the Organization Documents or any capital stock or similar equity instrument of any of the Credit Parties;

 

(f) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date hereof;

 

Section Four. Closing. The purchase and issuance of the Series M Notes shall take place at a closing to be held at the offices of Ice Miller LLP, 1500 Broadway, Suite 2401, New York, New York 10036 on the Amendment Effective Date at which time the Borrower shall deliver the Series M Notes to the Lenders and the Lenders shall advance amounts thereunder.

 

Section Five. Expenses. On or prior to the Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date, the Credit Parties shall reimburse all of Lenders’ reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, fees, charges and disbursements of counsel and consultants) incurred in connection with (a) the negotiation and execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents and Lenders’ due diligence investigation and (b) the transactions contemplated by this Amendment and the other Transaction Documents, which payments shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated by Lenders.

 

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Section Six. Confirmation; Amendment of other Transaction Documents. The Credit Parties confirm and agree that without limiting any of the existing obligations of any of the Credit Parties under any of the Transaction Documents (i) all collateral for any of the Notes shall secure all Indebtedness under all of the Notes, including without limitation, all security interests in all personal property granted pursuant to any security agreement or pledge agreement and all interests in all real property granted pursuant to any mortgage or deed of trust (ii) any Guaranty, including without limitation the provisions of Article 13 of the Purchase Agreement, shall guaranty all acts, performances and obligations (payment and otherwise) when due of the Borrower under the Purchase Agreement and all Notes, and (iii) any references to the “Purchase Agreement” and to the “Notes” in any Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents shall, from and after the date hereof, be deemed to be references to the Purchase Agreement and the Notes (as such terms are defined herein).

 

Section Seven. General Provisions.

 

(a) Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the terms of this Amendment are not intended to and do not serve to effect a novation as to the Purchase Agreement. The parties hereto expressly do not intend to extinguish the Purchase Agreement. Instead, it is the express intention of the parties hereto to reaffirm the indebtedness created under the Purchase Agreement (including, without limitation, the Notes) and the other documents contemplated thereby and to reaffirm the rights and obligations contained therein. The Purchase Agreement as amended hereby and each of the other documents contemplated thereby shall remain in full force and effect. Except as herein amended, the Purchase Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect, and is hereby ratified in all respects. All of the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Purchase Agreement and this Amendment shall survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment.

 

(b) The provisions of Sections 12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.08, 12.09, 12.10, 12.11 and 12.14 of the Existing Purchase Agreement are incorporated herein by reference and shall apply to this Amendment and the parties hereto mutatis mutandis.

 

 

[Signature pages follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

Borrower: BRICKTOWN BREWERY RESTAURANTS LLC
     
  By: /s/ James M. Burke
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

  BT CONCEPTS LLC
  BT CONCEPTS SHAWNEE LLC
  RP OPS LLC
  BT CONCEPTS FORT SMITH LLC
  BT CONCEPTS OWASSO LLC
  BT CONCEPTS WICHITA, LLC
  BT CONCEPTS ROCK ROAD LLC
  BT CONCEPTS BROKEN ARROW LLC
  BT CONCEPTS WICHITA FALLS LLC
  BT CONCEPTS EL PASO LLC
  BT CONCEPTS TULSA LLC
  BT CONCEPTS AMARILLO LLC
  TRUCKBURGER LLC
  BTB BREWING COMPANY LLC
  421 SW 26TH STREET LLC
  BT CONCEPTS TEXAS BEVERAGES LLC
  BEER TAP MANAGEMENT LLC

 

  By: /s/ James M. Burke
  Name: James M. Burke
  Title: Manager

   

[Signature Page to Fourteenth Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement]

 

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Lenders: PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.
     
  By: Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
    its General Partner
     
  By: /s/ Jason D. Drattell
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager
     
  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III-A, L.P.
     
  By: Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
its General Partner
     
  By: /s/ Jason D. Drattell
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager
     
Agent:    
     
  PRAESIDIAN CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND III, L.P.
     
  By: Praesidian Capital Opportunity GP III, LLC,
its General Partner
     
  By: /s/ Jason D. Drattell
  Name: Jason D. Drattell
  Title: Manager

  

[Signature Page to Fourteenth Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement and Security Agreement]  

 

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Schedule 2.01

 

Purchaser Schedule

 

   ISSUE DATE   FUND III   FUND III-A   TOTAL 
Principal Amount of January 2015 Notes  January 31, 2015   $4,896,333.73   $1,897,926.25   $6,794,259.98 
Principal Amount of Series A Notes  April 24, 2015   $504,460.18   $195,539.82   $700,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series B Notes  January 8, 2016   $468,427.31   $181,572.69   $650,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series C Notes  February 22, 2016   $684,624.53   $265,375.47   $950,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series D Notes  May 18, 2016   $540,493.05   $209,506.95   $750,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series E Notes  January 12, 2017   $270,246.53   $104,753.48   $375,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series F Notes  January 24, 2018   $28,826.30   $11,173.70    40,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series G Notes  March 28, 2018   $79,272.31   $30,727.69   $110,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series H Notes  May 15, 2018   $115,305.18   $44,694.82   $160,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series I Notes  August 3, 2018   $36,032.87   $13,967.13   $50,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series J Notes  January 2, 2019   $144,131.48   $55,868.52   $200,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series K Notes  February 15, 2019   $252,230.09   $97,769.91   $350,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series L Notes  March 27, 2019   $133,321.62   $51,678.38   $185,000.00 
Principal Amount of Series M Notes  Fourteenth Amendment Effective Date   $72,065.74   $27,934.26   $100,000.00 

 

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