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Exhibit 10.1

 

 

 

 

2nd Amendment to Loan Agreement

 

 

Borrower:     Accelerize Inc. 

 

Date:            March 5, 2015

 

 

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT is entered into between SQUARE 1 BANK (“Lender”) and the borrower named above (“Borrower”).

 

The Parties agree to amend the Loan and Security Agreement between them, dated March 17, 2014 (as amended, the “Loan Agreement”), as follows, effective as of the date hereof. (Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings set forth in the Loan Agreement.)

 

1.     Ancillary Services Sublimit. That portion of Section 1 of the Schedule which now reads:

 

“Ancillary Services Sublimit:          $180,000.”

 

is hereby amended to read:

 

“Ancillary Services Sublimit:          $500,000.”

 

2.     Additional Warrants. In Section 8 of the Schedule, subsection (f) is hereby amended in its entirety to read:

 

	 	
“(f)
	
Additional Warrants. Upon the date (the ‘Warrant Trigger Date’) that the amount of the monetary Obligations outstanding under this Agreement first exceeds $3,000,000, not including any amounts outstanding under the Ancillary Services Sublimit, Lender shall thereby earn, and Borrower shall issue to Lender, within 30 days following the Warrant Trigger Date, three-year warrants (the ‘Additional Warrants’) to purchase the following number of shares of common stock of Borrower, at the Additional Warrant Price: 90,000 divided by the Additional Warrant Price. For the purposes hereof: the ‘Additional Warrant Price’ shall be equal to the price per share at which Borrower’s common stock was last traded on the Warrant Trigger Date. The Additional Warrants shall be issued upon the terms and conditions set forth in Lender’s standard form Warrant to Purchase Stock in effect at such time.”



 


 

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3.     Fee. [Intentionally omitted.]

 

4.     Representations True. Borrower represents and warrants to Lender that all representations and warranties set forth in the Loan Agreement, as amended hereby, are true and correct, other than any representations or warranties which Borrower, prior to the date of this Amendment, has advised Lender in writing (including via electronic communication) are no longer true and correct, including but not limited to: (i) with respect to Section 3.2 of the Loan Agreement, the change of Borrower’s name, effective October 10, 2014; and (ii) with respect to Section 3.10 of the Loan Agreement, that certain letter from Lewis Silkin dated February 19, 2015 in regards to Cake Marketing UK Ltd., that certain Complaint by Jeff McCollum against Accelerize Inc., filed on February 23, 2015 in Orange County Superior Court and that certain Complaint by Accelerize Inc. against Jeff McCollum, filed on February 23, 2015 in Orange County Superior Court. 

 

5.     General Release. In consideration for Lender entering into this Amendment, Borrower hereby irrevocably releases and forever discharges Lender, and its successors, assigns, agents, shareholders, directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, parent corporations, subsidiary corporations, affiliated corporations, affiliates, participants, and each of them (collectively, the “Releasees”), from any and all claims, debts, liabilities, demands, obligations, costs, expenses, actions and causes of action, of every nature and description, known and unknown, which Borrower now has or at any time may hold, by reason of any matter, cause or thing occurred, done, omitted or suffered to be done prior to the date of this Amendment (collectively, the “Released Claims”). Borrower hereby irrevocably waives the benefits of any and all statutes and rules of law to the extent the same provide in substance that a general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in its favor at the time of executing the release, and, without limiting the foregoing, and without limiting the stipulation to governing law in Section 9.19 of the Loan Agreement, Borrower irrevocably waives any benefits it may have under California Civil Code Section 1542 which provides: "A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him or her must have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor.” Borrower represents and warrants that it has not assigned to any other Person any Released Claim, and agrees to indemnify Lender against any and all actions, demands, obligations, causes of action, decrees, awards, claims, liabilities, losses and costs, including but not limited to reasonable attorneys' fees of counsel of Lender’s choice and costs, which Lender may sustain or incur as a result of a breach or purported breach of the foregoing representation and warranty. 

 

6.     No Waiver. Nothing herein constitutes a waiver of any default or Event of Default under the Loan Agreement or any other Loan Documents, whether or not known to Bank.

 


 

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7.     Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Venue. This Amendment and all acts, transactions, disputes and controversies arising hereunder or relating hereto, and all rights and obligations of the parties shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws (and not the conflict of laws rules) of the State of California. All disputes, controversies, claims, actions and other proceedings involving, directly or indirectly, any matter in any way arising out of, related to, or connected with, this Amendment or the relationship between Borrower and Lender, and any and all other claims of Borrower against Lender of any kind, shall be brought only in a court located in Los Angeles County, California, and each party consents to the jurisdiction of any such court and the referee referred to in Section 9.20 of the Loan Agreement, and waives any and all rights the party may have to object to the jurisdiction of any such court, or to transfer or change the venue of any such action or proceeding, including, without limitation, any objection to venue or request for change in venue based on the doctrine of forum non conveniens; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall limit the right of Lender to bring proceedings against Borrower in the courts of any other jurisdiction. Borrower consents to service of process in any action or proceeding brought against it by Lender, by personal delivery, or by mail addressed as set forth in the Loan Agreement or by any other method permitted by law.

 

8.     Dispute Resolution. The provisions of Section 9.20 of the Loan Agreement relating to dispute resolution shall apply to this Amendment, and the terms thereof are incorporated herein by this reference.

 

9.     General Provisions. Borrower hereby ratifies and confirms the continuing validity, enforceability and effectiveness of the Loan Agreement and all other Loan Documents. This Amendment, the Loan Agreement, any prior written amendments to the Loan Agreement signed by Lender and Borrower, and the other written documents and agreements between Lender and Borrower set forth in full all of the representations and agreements of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior discussions, representations, agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to the subject hereof. Except as herein expressly amended, all of the terms and provisions of the Loan Agreement, and all other documents and agreements between Lender and Borrower shall continue in full force and effect and the same are hereby ratified and confirmed. This Amendment may be executed in multiple counterparts, by different parties signing separate counterparts, and all of the same taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

10.   Mutual Waiver of Jury Trial. LENDER AND BORROWER EACH ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT, BUT THAT IT MAY BE WAIVED. EACH OF THE PARTIES, AFTER CONSULTING OR HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT, WITH COUNSEL OF THEIR CHOICE, KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AMENDMENT OR ANY RELATED INSTRUMENT OR LOAN DOCUMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AMENDMENT OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN), ACTION OR INACTION OF ANY OF THEM. THESE PROVISIONS SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MODIFIED IN ANY RESPECT OR RELINQUISHED BY LENDER OR BORROWER, EXCEPT BY A WRITTEN INSTRUMENT EXECUTED BY EACH OF THEM. IF FOR ANY REASON THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION ARE VOID, INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE, THE SAME SHALL NOT AFFECT ANY OTHER TERM OR PROVISION OF THIS AMENDMENT, AND ALL OTHER TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE UNAFFECTED BY THE SAME AND CONTINUE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.

 

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Borrower:

 

ACCELERIZE INC.

 

 

By_/s/ Michael Lin_______________

Title__CFO_____________________

 
	
Bank:

 

SQUARE 1 BANK

 

 

By_/s/ Mike Griffin______________

Title__SVP_____________________ 

 

	  	  


 

 

 

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