Exhibit 10.97 


 


FIRST
AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING LOAN NOTE


 


	$15,000,000.00	Bethesda, Maryland

October 5, 2015


 


FOR VALUE RECEIVED,
each of TWINLAB CONSOLIDATED HOLDINGS, INC., a Nevada corporation, TWINLAB CONSOLIDATION CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation, TWINLAB HOLDINGS, INC., a Michigan corporation, ISI BRANDS INC., a Michigan corporation, TWINLAB
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, NUTRASCIENCE LABS, INC., a Delaware corporation, NUTRASCIENCE LABS IP CORPORATION,
a Delaware corporation, ORGANIC HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, RESERVE LIFE ORGANICS, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, RESVITALE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, RE-BODY, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company, INNOVITAMIN ORGANICS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, ORGANICS MANAGEMENT LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company, COCOAWELL, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, FEMBODY, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company, RESERVE LIFE NUTRITION, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, INNOVITA SPECIALTY DISTRIBUTION,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and JOIE ESSANCE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (individually,
each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”), hereby jointly and severally unconditionally
promises to pay to the order of MIDCAP FUNDING X TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust and successor by assignment from MidCap Financial
Trust (together with its successors and assigns, “Lender”) at the office of Agent (as defined herein) at 7255
Woodmont Avenue, Suite 200, Bethesda, MD 20814, or at such other place as Agent may from time to time designate in writing,
in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds, in the principal sum of Fifteen Million and
No/100 Dollars ($15,000,000.00), or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Loans made or deemed made
by Lender to Borrowers under the terms of that certain Credit and Security Agreement dated as of January 22, 2015 (as amended by
that certain Amendment No. 1 to Credit and Security Agreement and Limited Consent dated as of February 4, 2015, by that certain
Amendment No. 2 to Credit and Security Agreement dated as of April 7, 2015, by that certain Amendment No. 3 to Credit and Security
Agreement and Limited Consent dated as of April 30, 2015, by that certain Amendment No. 4 to Credit and Security Agreement and
Limited Consent dated as of June 30, 2015, by that certain Amendment No. 5 to Credit and Security Agreement and Limited Consent
dated as of June 30, 2015, by that certain Amendment No. 6 to Credit and Security Agreement, Limited Consent and Limited Waiver
dated as of September 9, 2015, by that certain Amendment No. 7 and Joinder Agreement to Credit and Security Agreement dated as
of the date hereof and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”), by and among Borrowers, such other borrowers that may become “Borrowers” under the Credit Agreement,
various financial institutions as are, or may from time to time become, parties thereto as lenders (including without limitation,
Lender) and MidCap Funding X Trust, individually as a Lender, and as administrative agent (in such capacity and together with its
successors and assigns, “Agent”). All capitalized terms used herein (which are not otherwise specifically defined
herein) shall be used in this Revolving Loan Note (this “Note”) as defined in the Credit Agreement.


 




     


     

    

 


1.          The
outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loans evidenced by this Note shall be payable in full on the Termination Date, or
on such earlier date as provided for in the Credit Agreement.


 


2.          This
Note is issued in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement and is entitled to the benefits and security of the Credit
Agreement and the other Financing Documents, and reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement for a statement of the terms
and conditions under which the Revolving Loans evidenced hereby were made and are required to be repaid.


 


3.          Each
Borrower promises to pay interest from the date hereof until payment in full hereof on the unpaid principal balance of the Revolving
Loans evidenced hereby at the per annum rate or rates set forth in the Credit Agreement. Interest on the unpaid principal balance
of the Revolving Loans evidenced hereby shall be payable on the dates and in the manner set forth in the Credit Agreement. Interest
as aforesaid shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement.


 


4.          Upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent may, and shall if requested by Required Lenders, (a) by
notice to Borrower Representative suspend or terminate the Revolving Loan Commitment and the obligations of Agent and the Lenders
with respect thereto, in whole or in part (and, if in part, each Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment shall be reduced in accordance
with its Pro Rata Share), and/or (b) by notice to Borrower Representative declare all or any portion of the Obligations, including
the Revolving Loans evidenced by this Note, to be, and the Obligations shall thereupon become, immediately due and payable, with
accrued interest thereon, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by each
Borrower and Borrowers will pay the same; provided, however, that in the case of any of the Events of Default specified
in Section 10.1(e) or 10.1(f) of the Credit Agreement, without any notice to any Borrower or any other act by Agent or the
Lenders, the Revolving Loan Commitment and the obligations of Agent and the Lenders with respect thereto shall thereupon immediately
and automatically terminate and all of the Obligations, including the Revolving Loans evidenced by this Note, shall become immediately
and automatically due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived
by each Borrower and Borrowers will pay the same.


 


5.          Payments
received in respect of the Revolving Loans shall be applied as provided in the Credit Agreement.


 


6.          Presentment,
demand, protest and notice of presentment, demand, nonpayment and protest are each hereby waived by Borrowers.


 


7.          No
waiver by Agent or any Lender of any one or more defaults by the undersigned in the performance of any of its obligations under
this Note shall operate or be construed as a waiver of any future default or defaults, whether of a like or different nature, or
as a waiver of any obligation of Borrowers to any other lender under the Credit Agreement.


 




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8.          No
provision of this Note may be amended, waived or otherwise modified unless such amendment, waiver or other modification is in writing
and is signed or otherwise approved by Borrowers, the Required Lenders and any other lender under the Credit Agreement to the extent
required under Section 11.16 of the Credit Agreement.


 


9.          THIS
NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND WITHOUT REGARD
TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES.


 


10.         Whenever
possible each provision of this Note shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but
in case any provision of or obligation under this Note shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction,
shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.


 


11.         Whenever
in this Note reference is made to Agent, Lender or Borrowers, such reference shall be deemed to include, as applicable, a reference
to their respective successors and assigns. The provisions of this Note shall be binding upon each Borrower and its successors
and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of Lender and its successors and assigns.


 


12.         In
addition to and without limitation of any of the foregoing, this Note shall be deemed to be a Financing Document and shall otherwise
be subject to all of the general terms and conditions contained in Article 12 of the Credit Agreement, mutatis mutandis.


 


13.         This
Note replaces in its entirety and is in substitution for but not in payment of that certain Revolving Loan Note, dated as of January
22, 2015, made by certain Borrowers in favor of Lender (as successor-by-assignment from MidCap Financial Trust) in the maximum
principal amount of $15,000,000.00 (the “Prior Note”), and does not and shall not be deemed to constitute a
novation thereof. Such Prior Note shall be of no further force and effect upon the execution and delivery of this Note.


 


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
intending to be legally bound, and intending that this agreement constitute an agreement executed under seal, the undersigned have
executed this Note under seal as of the day and year first hereinabove set forth.


 


	BORROWERS:	 	TWINLAB CONSOLIDATED HOLDINGS, INC.
	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	/s/ Thomas A. Tolworthy	(Seal)
	 	 	Name:	  Thomas A. Tolworthy
	 	 	Title:	  Chief Executive Officer and President


 





	TWINLAB CONSOLIDATION 	 	TWINLAB HOLDINGS, INC.
	CORPORATION	 	 
	 	 	 
	By:	/s/ Thomas A. Tolworthy	(Seal)	 	By:	/s/ Thomas A. Tolworthy	(Seal)
	Name:	  Thomas A. Tolworthy	 	Name:	  Thomas A. Tolworthy
	Title:	  Chief Executive Officer and President	 	Title:	  Chief Executive Officer and President




 





	TWINLAB CORPORATION	 	ISI BRANDS INC.
	 	 	 
	By:	/s/ Thomas A. Tolworthy	(Seal)	 	By:	/s/ Thomas A. Tolworthy	(Seal)
	Name:	  Thomas A. Tolworthy	 	Name:	  Thomas A. Tolworthy
	Title:	  Chief Executive Officer and President	 	Title:	  Chief Executive Officer and President







 





	NUTRASCIENCE LABS, INC.	 	NUTRASCIENCE LABS IP CORPORATION
	 	 	 
	By:	/s/ Thomas A. Tolworthy	(Seal)	 	By:	/s/ Thomas A. Tolworthy	(Seal)
	Name:	  Thomas A. Tolworthy	 	Name:	  Thomas A. Tolworthy
	Title:	  Chief Executive Officer and President	 	Title:	  Chief Executive Officer and President




 


Signature Page to First
Amended and Restated Revolving Loan Note (1 of 3)


 




     


     

    

 





	ORGANIC HOLDINGS LLC	 	RESERVE LIFE ORGANICS, LLC
	 	 	 
	 	 	By ORGANIC HOLDINGS LLC,
	 	 	its sole Member
	 	 	 
	By:	/s/ Thomas A. Tolworthy	(Seal)	 	By:	/s/ Thomas A. Tolworthy	(Seal)
	Name:	  Thomas A. Tolworthy	 	 	Name:	  Thomas A. Tolworthy	 
	Title:	  Sole Manager	 	 	Title:	  Sole Manager	
	 	 	 		







	RESVITALE, LLC	 	RE-BODY, LLC
	 	 	 
	By ORGANIC HOLDINGS
    LLC,	 	By ORGANIC HOLDINGS
    LLC,
	its sole Member	 	its sole Member
	 	 	 
	By:	/s/ Thomas
    A. Tolworthy	(Seal)	 	By:	/s/ Thomas
    A. Tolworthy	(Seal)
	Name:	  Thomas A. Tolworthy	 	Name:	  Thomas A. Tolworthy
	Title:	  Sole Manager	 	Title:	  Sole Manager




 


	INNOVITAMIN ORGANICS, LLC	 	ORGANICS MANAGEMENT LLC
	 	 	 
	By ORGANIC HOLDINGS
    LLC,	 	By ORGANIC HOLDINGS
    LLC,
	its sole Member	 	its sole Member
	 	 	 
	By:	/s/ Thomas
    A. Tolworthy	(Seal)	 	By:	/s/ Thomas
    A. Tolworthy	(Seal)
	Name:	  Thomas A. Tolworthy	 	Name:	  Thomas A. Tolworthy
	Title:	  Sole Manager	 	Title:	  Sole Manager




  


	COCOAWELL, LLC	 	FEMBODY, LLC
	 	 	 
	By ORGANIC HOLDINGS
    LLC,	 	By ORGANIC HOLDINGS
    LLC,
	its sole Member	 	its sole Member
	 	 	 
	By:	/s/ Thomas
    A. Tolworthy	(Seal)	 	By:	/s/ Thomas
    A. Tolworthy	(Seal)
	Name:	  Thomas A. Tolworthy	 	Name:	  Thomas A. Tolworthy
	Title:	  Sole Manager	 	Title:	  Sole Manager




  


	RESERVE LIFE NUTRITION, L.L.C.	 	INNOVITA SPECIALTY DISTRIBUTION, LLC
	 	 	 
	By ORGANIC HOLDINGS
    LLC,	 	By ORGANIC HOLDINGS
    LLC,
	its sole Member	 	its sole Member
	 	 	 
	By:	/s/ Thomas
    A. Tolworthy	(Seal)	 	By:	/s/ Thomas
    A. Tolworthy	(Seal)
	Name:	  Thomas A. Tolworthy	 	Name:	  Thomas A. Tolworthy
	Title:	  Sole Manager	 	Title:	  Sole Manager




 


Signature
Page to First Amended and Restated Revolving Loan Note (2 of 3)


 




     


     

    

 


	JOIE ESSANCE, LLC	 	 
	 	 	 
	By ORGANIC HOLDINGS
    LLC,	 	 
	its sole Member	 	 
	 	 	 
	By:	/s/ Thomas
    A. Tolworthy	(Seal)	 	 	 	 
	Name:	  Thomas A. Tolworthy	 	 	 
	Title:	  Sole Manager	 	 	 




 





Signature
Page to First Amended and Restated Revolving Loan Note (3 of 3)