Document:

Exhibit 10.1

 

 

As of December 22, 2014

 

H Licensing, LLC

475 Tenth Avenue

New York, New York 10018

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We are pleased to advise
that Bank Hapoalim B.M. (the “Bank”) has agreed, subject to the conditions set forth below, to extend a term
loan (the “Term Loan”) to H Licensing, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”),
in the maximum principal amount of TEN MILLION AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($10,000,000.00) (the “Term Loan”).

 

The Term Loan (1) shall
be evidenced by a Promissory Note dated as of the date hereof executed by Borrower in favor of the Bank in the amount of $10,000,000.00
(the Promissory Note, together with any riders referred to in paragraph 3 thereto, as each may be amended, restated, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time, shall collectively be referred to as the “Promissory Note”), (2)
shall mature on October 1, 2019, and (3) shall be repaid by Borrower in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Promissory
Note.

 

1177 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New
York 10036-2790

www.bhiusa.com

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

1.          Conditions
Precedent

 

The effectiveness of
the Term Loan is subject to the satisfaction, in the Bank’s sole discretion, of the following conditions: (a) the Bank’s
receipt of such documentation as it may request, including without limitation, the following, each in form and substance satisfactory
to the Bank in all respects: (i) this Letter Agreement duly executed by the Borrower; (ii) the Promissory Note; (iii) (A) a Security
Agreement executed by Borrower in favor of the Bank (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
the “Asset Security Agreement”) and (B) an Intellectual Property Security Agreement executed by Borrower in
favor of the Bank (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “IP Security Agreement”;
the Security Agreement and the IP Security Agreement shall be collectively referred to herein as the “Security Agreement”);
(iv) a guaranty to perform the obligations of Borrower to the Bank executed on behalf of Xcel Brands, Inc.(“Parent”),
IM Brands, LLC (“IM Brands”) and JR Licensing, LLC (“JR Licensing” together with Parent
and IM Brands, each a “Guarantor” and collectively, “Guarantors”); (v) a Pledge Agreement
executed by Parent. with respect to all of the Stock of Borrower (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time, the “Pledge Agreement”); (vi) an amendment with respect to the loan documentation between IM Brands
and the Bank (the “IM Brands Amendment”); (vii) an amendment with respect to the loan documentation between
JR Licensing and the Bank (the “JR Licensing Amendment”), (viii) an opinion of the Borrower’s and
Guarantors’ legal counsel, covering such issues as the Bank may reasonably request; (ix) a resolution by Borrower’s
Manager approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents (as defined below) and any transaction
contemplated thereby as well as the incumbency and signatures of those authorized to sign and act with respect to the Loan Documents;
(x) a resolution by IM Brands’ Manager approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the IM Brands
Amendment and any transaction contemplated thereby; (xi) a resolution by JR Licensing approving and authorizting the execution,
delivery and performance of the JR Licensing Amendment and any transactions contemplated thereby; (xii) a letter of direction from
Borrower to the Bank with respect to the disbursements of the proceeds of the Term Loan; and (xiii) any other documents as the
Bank may reasonably require; (b) the Borrower’s entering into such various collateral, security and/or control documents
designed to create and perfect the Bank’s security interest in certain assets of Borrower and any other documents or instruments
related thereto as required by the Bank and its counsel; (c) certified copies of UCC, intellectual property, tax lien and judgment
searches or other evidence satisfactory to Lender, listing all effective financing statements which name Borrower(under present
name, any previous name or any trade or doing business name) as debtor and covering all jurisdictions requested by the Bank, together
with copies of such other financing statements and recordations; (d) the Bank’s receipt of a current appraisal of the Borrower’s
Trademarks (as such term is defined in the IP Security Agreement) conducted at the Borrower’s expense in form and substance
acceptable to the Bank and performed by a firm acceptable to the Bank; (e) the Bank shall have received fully executed letters
satisfactory to Lender confirming that all liens and security interests upon any property of Seller purchased by Borrower pursuant
to the Acquisition Agreement shall be released immediately upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Acquisition
Agreement; (f) the Bank’s receipt of a field examination with respect to the business and assets of Borrower performed by
a field examiner acceptable to the Bank with results satisfactory to the Bank; (g) Borrower shall have furnished the Bank (i) a
summary of all of the Borrower’s existing insurance coverage and (ii) evidence acceptable to the Bank that the insurance
policies required by Section 4(x) hereof have been obtained and are in full force and effect (and, if requested by the Bank, copies
of such policies); (h) the Bank shall have received satisfactory evidence that Borrower and Guarantors have obtained all required
consents and approvals of all Persons including all requisite governmental authorities, to the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; (i) the Bank shall have completed its business and legal due diligence, including
agreements relating to the Trademark Licenses with results satisfactory to the Bank; (j) payment to the Bank of the commitment
fee in the amount of $100,000, such payment to be made from the proceeds of the Term Loan; (k) the Liabilities shall not exceed
fifty percent (50%) of the current fair market value of the Borrower’s Trademarks, as such value is set forth in the most
recent appraisal acceptable to the Bank of the Borrower’s Trademarks, as prepared by an independent appraisal firm acceptable
to the Bank; (l) the Bank shall be satisfied that, subject only the funding of the Term Loan and the use of proceeds thereof, all
conditions precedent to the consummation of the Acquisition will have been satisfied or duly waived with the consent of the Bank
and the Acquisition will have been consummated in accordance with the Acquisition Agreement; and (m) Borrower shall have received
an equity contribution of at least $6,000,000 from Parent from the net proceeds of a capital raise by Parent.

 

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This Letter Agreement,
the Promissory Note, the Security Agreement, each Guaranty, the Pledge Agreement, any Rate Contract between Borrower and Bank or
an affiliate of Bank and any documents or instruments entered into in connection with any of the foregoing shall be referred to
herein as the “Loan Documents”.

 

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2.          Representations
and Warranties

 

In order to induce
the Bank to enter into this Letter Agreement and to make available the Term Loan provided for herein, Borrower makes the following
representations and warranties to the Bank, all of which shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents: (a)
Organization, Good Standing and Due Qualification. Borrower is a limited liability company duly organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware and has the full power, authority and legal right to own its assets and conduct its business
as it is now being conducted. (b) Company Power and Authority. Borrower has the requisite power and authority to
execute, deliver and carry out the terms of the Loan Documents and has taken all necessary limited liability company action to
authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents. Each of the Loan Documents constitutes its legal, valid
and binding obligation enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforceability of any such Loan Document
may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement
of creditors’ rights generally or limiting the right of specific performance. The execution and delivery of, the performance
of its obligations under, and compliance with the provisions of the Loan Documents by Borrower will not: (i) contravene any existing
applicable law, statute, rule or regulation or any judgment decree or permit to which Borrower is subject, the contravention of
which would have a material adverse effect on the Borrower’s operations; (ii) conflict with, or result in any breach of any
of the terms of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or other instrument to which Borrower is a party or is subject
or by which it or any of its property is bound; (iii) contravene or conflict with any provisions of the Borrower’s Certificate
of Formation and Limited Liability Company Agreement; or (iv) result in the creation or imposition of, or oblige Borrower to create,
any lien or encumbrance on the Borrower’s assets, rights or revenues, except as provided for in the Loan Documents. (c)
Litigation. No litigation, arbitration or administrative proceeding is pending or, to the knowledge of Borrower and its
respective officers, threatened against Borrower or any other Person affiliated with Borrower, which could have a material
adverse effect on the Borrower’s intellectual property or the business, assets or financial condition of Borrower or any
other Person affiliated with Borrower, except as specifically set forth on Schedule I hereto. (d) Disputes.
There is not in existence nor to the Borrower’s knowledge is there likely to occur any dispute with any governmental or other
authority or any other dispute of any kind which in any such case may materially adversely affect it or its business or assets.
(e) Undisclosed Obligations. Except as set forth in on Schedule II hereto, there are no liabilities of any
Person of any kind, whether accrued, contingent, absolute, determined, determinable or otherwise, which could reasonably be expected
to result in a material adverse effect, and there is no existing condition, situation or set of circumstances which could reasonably
be expected to result in such a liability, other than liabilities under the Loan Documents. (f) Immunity. To the
knowledge of the Borrower, neither Borrower nor any of its assets is entitled to immunity on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise
from any legal action or proceeding (which shall include, without limitation, suit, attachment prior to judgment, execution or
other enforcement). (g) Consents, Approvals. Every consent, authorization, license or approval of, or registration
with or declaration to, governmental or public bodies or authorities or courts required by Borrower to authorize, or required by
Borrower in connection with the execution, delivery, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of the Loan Documents
or the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Documents has been obtained or made and is in full force and effect
and there has been no default in the observance of the conditions or restrictions (if any) imposed in, or in connection with, any
of the same. (h) Investment Company. Borrower is not an “investment company” or a company controlled
by an “investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Borrower is not subject
to regulation under any federal or state statute or regulations that limit its ability to incur any indebtedness. (i) Margin
Stock. Borrower is not engaged principally in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any
“Margin Stock” as defined in Regulation U, and no part of the proceeds of any Extension of Credit will be used in a
manner that would result in the Extensions of Credit being deemed to be a “purpose credit” under Regulation U of the
Federal Reserve Board, as the same may at any time be amended or modified and in effect. (j) No Default. Borrower
is not, nor would it be with the giving of notice or lapse of time, in breach of or in default under any agreement relating to
indebtedness to which it is a party or by which it may be bound or under any material agreement binding upon it which could reasonably
be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Borrower’s business assets or financial condition. (k) Security
Documents. The Security Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Bank a legal, valid and enforceable security interest
in the collateral as defined and qualified therein. (l) Subsidiaries. Set forth on Schedule III is a true
and complete list of all of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower, together with, for each such Subsidiary, (i) the jurisdiction of
organization of such Subsidiary, (ii) each Person holding ownership interests in such Subsidiary and (iii) the nature of the ownership
interests held by each such Person and the percentage of ownership of such Subsidiary represented by such ownership interests.
(m) Financial Statements. The internally prepared opening balance sheet of Borrower, the financial statements of
Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated and consolidating basis for the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2014, and the
most recent annual balance sheets of Parent and its Subsidiaries, together (in each case) with the related statements of income
and the related notes and supplemental information delivered to the Bank, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP in effect
as of such date consistently applied, except as otherwise indicated in the notes to such financial statements. All of such financial
statements fairly present the financial position or the results of operations of Parent and its Subsidiaries at the dates or for
the periods indicated, and reflect all known liabilities, contingent or otherwise, that GAAP requires, as of such dates, to be
shown or reserved against. (n) Intellectual Property. Schedules A and B to the IP Security Agreement contain a true,
correct and complete list of all of the Borrower’s registered Copyrights, registered Trademarks and Revenue Licenses. (o)
License Agreements. Borrower has provided to the Bank true, correct and complete copies of each Revenue License, including
all material amendments, schedules, exhibits and other attachments thereto, all conditions to the effectiveness of each Revenue
License have been satisfied on or prior to the date hereof, and to the knowledge of Borrower no material defaults exist with respect
to any of the Revenue Licenses except as disclosed to the Bank on Schedule IV hereto. (p) Acquisition Agreements.
As of the date of this Agreement, Borrower has delivered to the Bank a complete and correct copy of the Acquisition Agreement (including
all schedules, exhibits, amendments, supplements, modifications, assignments and all other documents delivered pursuant thereto
or in connection therewith). Neither Borrower, any Guarantor nor to the best of Parent’s and Borrower’s knowledge,
any other Person party thereto is in default in the performance or compliance with any provisions thereof. The Acquisition Agreement
complies with, and the Acquisition has been consummated in accordance with, all applicable laws. The Acquisition Agreement is in
full force and effect as of the date of this Agreement and has not been terminated, rescinded or withdrawn. All requisite approvals
by governmental authorities having jurisdiction over Borrower, any Guarantor or, to the best of Parent’s and Borrower’s
knowledge, any Seller with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Acquisition Agreement have been obtained, and no such
approvals impose any conditions to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Acquisition Agreement or to the conduct
by any Guarantor or by Borrower of its business thereafter. To the best of Borrower’s knowledge, none of any Seller’s
representations or warranties in the Acquisition Agreement contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit any fact necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading. Each of the representations and warranties given by each of Parent and Borrower
in the Acquisition Agreement is true and correct in all material respects.

 

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3.          Financial
Reporting Requirements

 

(a)          Borrower
and Parent each hereby agrees that, so long as the Term Loan remains in effect and any amount is due and owing to Bank thereunder,
it shall submit to the following reporting requirements:

 

(i)          Annual
Financial Statements.  Furnish to Bank within one hundred and twenty (120) days after the close of each fiscal year
of Parent, a copy of the audited financial statement of Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as at the end of such
fiscal year and statements of income and of cash flows for such fiscal year, prepared by CohnReznick LLP or other independent certified
public accountants of nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the Bank. In addition, no later than the delivery
of such audited financial statements, the Borrower shall furnish to the Bank the corresponding consolidating balance sheets of
Parent and each of its Subsidiaries as at the end of each fiscal year and statements of income and of cash flows for such fiscal
year.

 

(ii)         Quarterly
Financial Statements.  As soon as available and in any event within sixty (60) days after the end of each of the
first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year of Parent, a copy of internally prepared financial statement of Parent and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis together with consolidating balance sheets of Parent and each of its Subsidiaries as of the
end of such quarter, the related statements of income and of cash flows for such quarter and the portion of the fiscal year through
the end of such quarter together without a summary of Parent Allocable Expenses consistent with such expenses reported in Parent’s
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, setting forth commencing with the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2015 in each
case in comparative form the figures as of the end of and for the corresponding period, in the previous year.

 

(iii)        Covenant
Compliance Certificate. Simultaneously with the delivery of each set of financial statements referred to in clause (a)(i) and
(a)(ii) of this Section 3, provide a covenant compliance certificate of an authorized officer or Manager of Parent and Borrower
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Bank in all respects.

 

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(iv)         Royalty
Collections Reports. Borrower shall furnish to the Bank within sixty (60) days after the close of each calendar quarter a copy
of its Quarterly Royalty Collections Report showing actual royalties billed and collected in the period covered thereby and setting
forth the GMR for such period. For purposes of this Letter Agreement, the term “Quarterly Royalty Collections Report”
shall mean a report substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto and “GMR” shall mean guaranteed minimum royalties.

 

(b)          Borrower
further agrees that, so long as the Term Loan remains in effect and any amount is due and owing to Bank thereunder:

 

(i)          Complete
Statements. All financial statements required pursuant to paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) of this Section 3 shall be complete
and correct in all material respects and shall be prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP applied consistently
throughout the periods reflected therein except with respect to interim financial statements the absence of footnotes and subject
to year-end adjustments.

 

(ii)         Fiscal
Year. The fiscal year of Parent and Borrower shall conclude on December 31st of each year.

 

4.          Financial
and Other Covenants

 

Borrower and Parent
hereby agree that, so long as the Term Loan remains in effect and any amount is due and owing to Bank thereunder, Borrower and
Parent shall submit to the following requirements:

 

(a)          Minimum
Net Worth. Net Worth of Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall not be less than $40,000,000 at the end of
any fiscal quarter.

 

(b)          Minimum
Liquid Assets. Liquid Assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall be at least $4,500,000 at all times.

 

(c)          Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio. The Fixed Charge Ratio of Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at the end of each fiscal
quarter for the twelve fiscal month period ending on such fiscal quarter shall not be less than 1.20 to 1.00.

 

(d)          Capital
Expenditures. Capital Expenditures of Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in any fiscal year shall not exceed
$1,300,000 of which not more than $500,000 shall be Capital Expenditures for the retail division for the fiscal year ending on
December 31, 2015 and $500,000 for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2016 and each fiscal year end thereafter, provided that
Bank may, in its reasonable discretion, permit Capital Expenditures for the retail division based upon profitable operations of
the retail division.

 

(e)          Minimum
EBITDA of Borrower. Borrower’s loss, if any (prior to Parent Allocable Expenses) for the fiscal year ending December
31, 2015 cannot exceed $500,000 and EBITDA of Borrower shall not be less than $4,500,000 for the fiscal year ending December 31,
2016 and not less than $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017 and each fiscal year end thereafter.

 

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(f)          Minimum
EBITDA of Parent. EBITDA of Parent and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall not be less than $5,500,000 for the fiscal
year ending December 31, 2014, not less than $7,500,000 for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015, not less than $15,500,000
for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2016 and not less than $17,000,000 for fiscal year ending December 31, 2017 and each
fiscal year end thereafter.

 

(g)          Minimum
License Royalty Income. Borrower shall have license royalty income of at least $6,000,000 each fiscal year commencing for the
fiscal year ending December 31, 2016.

 

(h)          Financial
Information. Borrower and Parent shall (i) provide the Bank with such financial and other information concerning Parent, Borrower,
Guarantor and their affairs, as the Bank may from time to time reasonably request, (ii) promptly inform the Bank of any occurrence
of which it becomes aware which might adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents and of any
default under the Loan Documents forthwith upon becoming aware thereof, and (iii) promptly inform the Bank of any threatened litigation
or administrative or arbitration proceedings before or of any court, tribunal, arbitrator of other relevant authority that may
be Material to Borrower or affect a Material part of the Borrower’s assets.

 

(i)          Consents;
Taxes. Borrower and Parent shall (i) obtain or cause to be obtained, maintain in full force and effect and comply in all material
respects with the conditions and restrictions (if any) imposed in, or in connection with, every material consent, authorization,
material license or approval of governmental or public bodies or authorities or courts and do, or cause to be done, all other acts
and things, which may from time to time be necessary or desirable under applicable law for the continued due performance of all
its obligations under the Loan Documents; (ii) comply in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and
orders of any governmental agency having jurisdiction over Borrower or Parent; (iii) pay to the appropriate governmental authorities
when due, all Federal, state, local and other Taxes required to be paid or deposited by Borrower or Parent, except that Borrower
or Parent may defer any such payment while Borrower or Parent is diligently contesting the respective Taxes in good faith by appropriate
proceedings, but any such deferment shall not extend beyond the time when such unpaid Taxes would become a lien upon any of Borrower’s
or Parent’s assets. Borrower will furnish the Bank promptly at the Bank’s request with evidence satisfactory to the
Bank establishing payment of such Taxes, assessments and contributions. In the Bank’s discretion, the Bank shall have the
right (but shall not be obligated) to pay any such Tax, assessment or contribution (including any interest or penalties thereon)
for Borrower’s or Parent’s benefit in the event Borrower or Parent shall fail timely to do so and provided the non-payment
of such Tax will result in a lien or security interest encumbering the assets which will be prior to the lien and security interest
held by the Bank; any such payment shall be deemed an advance hereunder bearing interest at the Loan Rate (as such term is defined
in the Promissory Note) and payable in the manner specified therein. Borrower shall, promptly on demand, reimburse the Bank for
any such payment and any costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) which the Bank may incur in connection
therewith.

 

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(j)          Company
Existence. Borrower will maintain its existence as a limited liability company and carry on its business in substantially the
same manner and in substantially the same fields as such business is now carried on and maintained. Parent will maintain its existence
as a corporation and carry on its business in substantially the same manner and in substantially the same fields as such business
is now carried on and maintained.

 

(k)          Encumbrances.
Borrower shall not create, effect or permit to exist any Encumbrance over all or any part of its assets except for (i) liens for
taxes not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that adequate reserves with respect
thereto are maintained on the books of Borrower or Parent in conformity with GAAP; (ii) carriers’, warehousemen’s,
mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like liens arising in the ordinary course of business; (iii)
pledges or deposits in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation;
(iv) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations,
surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(v) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business that do not
materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of Borrower or Parent; (vi) liens in existence on the date hereof
listed on Schedule IV hereto, provided that no such lien is spread to cover any additional property after the date hereof
and that the amount of indebtedness secured thereby is not increased; (vii) liens securing indebtedness of Borrower or Parent incurred
to finance the acquisition of fixed or capital assets, provided that (x) such liens shall be created substantially simultaneously
with the acquisition of such fixed or capital assets, (y) such liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property
financed by such indebtedness and (z) the amount of indebtedness secured thereby is not increased; (viii) liens created pursuant
to the Security Agreement and the Pledge Agreement; (ix) any interest or title of a lessor under any lease entered into by Parent,
Borrower or any other Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business and covering only the assets so leased; and (x) the interests
of non-exclusive licensees under license agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business. Parent shall not create, effect
or permit to exist any Encumbrance over all or any part of any of its assets pledged as collateral security for the Liabilities.

 

(l)          Indebtedness.
Neither Borrower nor Parent shall incur, create, assume, become or be liable in any manner with respect to, or permit to exist,
any indebtedness for borrowed money, reimbursement or payment obligations or any obligation evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures
or similar instruments other than (a) pursuant to the Loan Documents; (b) indebtedness to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries; provided
that any such indebtedness to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries shall be subordinated to the Liabilities on terms and conditions
reasonably satisfactory to the Bank; (c) indebtedness (including, without limitation, capital lease obligations) secured by liens
permitted by clause (vii) of Section 4(j) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $750,000 at any one time outstanding;
(d) indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and listed on Schedule II hereto and any refinancings, refundings,
renewals or extensions thereof (without any increase in the principal amount thereof and any shortening of the maturity of any
principal amount thereof) except that Borrower and Parent may amend the indebtedness listed on Schedule II to (i) modify
the manner, calculations or mechanics by which amounts thereunder are payable in capital stock of Parent and (ii) extend the maturity
of all or any portion of the indebtedness evidenced thereby; (e) unsecured indebtedness not to exceed $500,000 in the aggregate
at any time outstanding; (f) indebtedness under Rate Contracts entered in the ordinary course of business in order to mitigate
interest rate, currency or similar risks and not for speculative purposes with respect to the Term Loan; (g) guarantee obligations
of Parent with respect to the obligations of any Subsidiary of Parent; and (h) guarantee obligations of Borrower with respect to
the obligations of IM Brands and JR Licensing to the Bank.

 

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(m)          No
Merger. Neither Borrower nor Parent shall merge or consolidate with any other Person, acquire all or substantially all of the
assets or Stock of any Person except (a) any Subsidiary of Borrower may be merged or consolidated with or into Borrower provided
Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving entity; (b) any Subsidiary of Borrower may dispose of any or all of its assets (upon
voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to Borrower only; (c) any Subsidiary of Parent (other than Borrower, JR Licensing and IM Brands)
may be merged or consolidated with or into Parent provided Parent shall be the continuing or surviving entity; (d) any Subsidiary
of Parent (other than Borrower, JR Licensing and IM Brands) may dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation
or otherwise) to Parent; (e) as otherwise expressly permitted pursuant to the terms of the Promissory Note; and (f) Parent may
acquire the assets or stock of any Person provided that such acquisition is not financed in whole or in part from any distributions,
loans or other assets of Borrower, any Subsidiary of Borrower, JR Licensing or IM Brands.

 

(n)          Dispositions.
Borrower shall not sell, transfer, lend or otherwise dispose of or cease to exercise direct control over any part of its assets,
undertakings or revenues which, in the commercially reasonably opinion of the Bank, is material, other than (a) dispositions of
obsolete, worn out or damaged equipment not used in the Borrower’s business; (b) as permitted pursuant to the terms of the
IP Security Agreement; (c) the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business; (d) dispositions permitted by clause (b) of
Section 4(l); (e) the disposition of any or all of the assets of Borrower to any of its Subsidiaries; (f) the disposition of other
assets having a fair market value not to exceed $750,000 in the aggregate for any of the Borrower’s fiscal years; (g) any
settlement of or payment in respect of any property or casualty insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to any
property of Borrower, Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries if such property is Collateral (as defined in the Security
Agreement or the Pledge Agreement); and (h) non-exclusive licenses of intellectual property in the ordinary course of business.

 

(o)          Affiliate
Transactions. None of Borrower, Parent nor any of their respective subsidiaries shall enter into any transaction with any of
its affiliates, unless such transaction is on terms not materially less favorable than if the transaction had been negotiated in
good faith on an arm’s length basis with a non-affiliate; provided, however, Parent may allocate to Borrower
general administrative and other corporate expenses of Parent (“Parent Allocable Expenses”) in accordance with
Parent’s expense allocation method that is an acceptable methodology with segment reporting.

 

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(p)          Distributions.
Neither Parent nor Borrower shall declare or pay any dividends on or make any other distribution with respect to any equity interests,
except that: (i) any Subsidiary of Borrower may make such payments to Borrower; (ii) Borrower may make such payments to Parent
in order to permit Parent to make Capital Expenditures and pay overhead, employment cost and expenses and similar expenses to the
extent incurred in connection with the operation of the business of Borrower and the Borrower’s Subsidiaries; provided, however,
that (x) such expenses shall not include interest expense of Parent, scheduled payments of principal on funded debt of Parent or
capital expenditures of Parent that do not relate to the business of Borrower and Borrower’s Subsidiaries and (y) to the
extent Parent has any Subsidiary other than Borrower, any such expenses which do not relate exclusively to the business and operations
of Borrower and the Borrower’s Subsidiaries or any such other Subsidiary shall be allocated ratably among Borrower and each
such other Subsidiary and Borrower shall only make such payments to Parent in an amount equal to its ratable share of such expenses
and any such expenses which relate directly to the operations of such other Subsidiary shall be paid directly or indirectly by
such other Subsidiary (such distributions, the “Expense Distributions”);
(iii) Borrower may make such payments to Parent in an amount equal to the estimated federal, state and local tax liability
of Parent resulting from any taxable income (net of all losses, including for prior years to the extent permitted to be deducted)
of the Borrower, which such distribution may be made on a quarterly basis not more than five (5) business days prior to the date
on which any quarterly estimated tax payment is payable by Parent; provided, however, that, upon determination of the actual tax
liability of Parent with respect to the taxable income of Borrower for any tax year, the next quarterly estimated payment shall
be increased or reduced by the difference between the estimated payments made during such tax year and such actual tax liability
(such distributions, the “Tax Distributions”); (iv) Borrower may make such payments to Parent in amount equal
to the franchise and other tax liability (other than for the tax liability covered by clause (iii) above) of Parent as respects
the business of Borrower and Borrower’s Subsidiaries; and (v) subject to compliance with Section 4(q), Borrower may make
distributions from Excess Cash Flow on or after January 1, 2016, in an amount not to exceed fifty percent (50%) of Excess Cash
Flow.

 

(q)          Cash
Flow Recapture. If for any fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2015, there shall be Excess Cash
Flow for such fiscal year, the Borrower shall pay to Bank an amount equal to twenty percent (20%) of such Excess Cash Flow (the
“Cash Flow Recapture Requirement”), to be applied by Bank to the principal amount of the Term Loan in the reverse
order of maturity. The Cash Flow Recapture Requirement for any such fiscal year shall be received by the Bank no later than the
date of delivery of the financial statements for such fiscal year required pursuant to Section 3(a)(i).

 

(r)          Bank
Accounts. Within sixty (60) days of the date hereof Borrower shall have established its primary operating bank accounts at
the Bank, and thereafter Parent and its Subsidiaries and Borrower shall, during the term hereof, maintain its primary deposit accounts
and operating accounts at the Bank in accordance with the standard account documents of the Bank such that at least 80% of the
aggregate amount of cash of such Persons are in deposit accounts at the Bank.

 

(s)          Subsidiaries.
Borrower shall not permit or suffer to exist the formation of additional Subsidiaries unless the Bank consents to such new Subsidiary
in writing.

 

(t)          Trademarks
and License Agreements. Borrower shall provide (i) written notice to the Bank immediately upon any occurrence described in
paragraph D(6) of the Promissory Note and (ii) within forty-five (45) days after the close of each calendar quarter a written report
summarizing all material changes to and material Defaults under any Revenue License.

 

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(u)          Use
of Proceeds. Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Term Loan (i) to finance in part the Acquisition, (ii) to pay transaction
fees and expenses incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Acquisition, this Letter Agreement and the other
Loan Documents and (iii) and for general working capital purposes.

 

(v)          Inspections
and Appraisals. At all times during normal business hours upon reasonable advance notice to Borrower (provided that no notice
shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), the Bank and/or any agent of the Bank shall have the
right to (i) have access to, visit, inspect, review, evaluate and make physical verification and appraisals of Borrower’s
properties and the collateral securing the Term Loan, (ii) inspect, audit, photograph and copy and make extracts from Borrower’s
and Parent’s Books and Records, including management letters prepared by independent accountants, and (iii) discuss with
Borrower’s and Parent’s principal officers and independent accountants Borrower’s and Parent’s business,
assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations and business prospects. The Bank’s inspection rights under
this clause (s) shall be at the sole cost and expense of the Bank and, except upon the occurrence and during the continuance of
an Event of Default, be limited to no more than twice in any calendar year. Borrower and Parent each will deliver to the Bank any
instrument necessary for the Bank to obtain records from any service bureau maintaining records for Borrower or Parent.

 

(w)          Exchange
Controls. To the extent that Borrower or Parent trades or purchased foreign currency, Borrower and Parent each shall obtain
any Exchange Control Permit deemed by the Bank to be necessary or appropriate; and obtain the renewal of any such Exchange Control
Permit at least thirty (30) days prior to its expiration. 

 

(x)          Insurance.
Borrower and Parent shall each (i) keep its assets which are of an insurable character insured (to the extent and for the time
periods consistent with or greater than normal industry standards) by financially sound and reputable insurers against loss or
damage by fire, explosion, theft, terrorism or other hazards which are included under extended coverage in amounts not less than
the replacement value of the property insured, and Borrower shall maintain with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance
against other hazards and risks and liability to Persons and property (including officers and directors liability coverage) to
the extent and in the manner consistent or greater than normal industry standards, (ii) within thirty (30) days of the date hereof,
provide to the Bank copies of its insurance policies evidencing to the reasonable satisfaction of the Bank that endorsements have
been made to such policies adding the Bank as additional insured and/or lender’s loss payee, as applicable, and (iii) within
ten (10) business days of the date hereof, provide to the Bank certificates of insurance reasonably satisfactory to the Bank with
respect to all existing insurance coverage, which certificates shall name the Bank as additional insured and/or lender’s
loss payee, as applicable (including, without limitation, naming the Bank as additional insured under any umbrella policy), and
shall evidence the Borrower’s compliance with this Section 4(w) with respect to all insurance coverage existing as of the
date hereof. Borrower shall maintain at all times life insurance insuring the life of Judith Rikpa in an amount at least equal
to $10,000,000 issued by an insurer acceptable to the Bank and the proceeds of such policy shall have been assigned to the Bank.

 

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(y)          Acquisition
Agreement Amendments. Neither Borrower nor Parent shall waive or otherwise modify any term of the Acquisition Agreement, except
for those that do not materially affect the rights and privileges of any of Borrower or Parent and do not materially affect the
interests of the Bank under the Loan Documents or in the Collateral.

 

(z)          Retail
Stores. Neither Borrower nor any Subsidiary of Borrower shall establish or acquire a Retail Store.

 

(aa)        Trademark
Assignments. No later than ten (10) business days following the issuance by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office of a Notice
of Acceptance of the evidence of use in connection with any pending application for any trademark still owned by Seller and covered
by the Acquisition Agreement, Borrower shall use it best efforts, including, without limitation, commencing and pursuing litigation,
to cause Seller to assign such trademark to Borrower.

 

5.          Miscellaneous

 

Capitalized terms not
defined in this Letter Agreement shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Promissory Note.

 

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As used herein, the
following terms shall have the following meanings: “Acquisition” means the acquisition of all or substantially
all of the intellectual property assets of Seller pursuant to the terms of the Acquisition Agreement. “Acquisition Agreement”
shall mean the Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of December 22, 2014 among Parent, Borrower and Seller. “Books and Records”
shall mean all books, records, board minutes, contracts, licenses, insurance policies, environmental audits, business plans, files,
computer files, computer discs and other data and software storage and media devices, accounting books and records, financial statements
(actual and pro forma), filings with Governmental Authorities and any and all records and instruments relating to the collateral
securing the Term Loan or otherwise necessary or helpful in the collection thereof or the realization thereupon. “Capital
Expenditures” shall mean all payments or accruals (including obligations under capital leases) for any fixed assets or
improvements or for replacements, substitutions or additions thereto, that have a useful life of more than one year and that are
required to be capitalized under GAAP. “Cash Flow From Operations” shall mean as respects Borrower, cash flow
from operations as determined in accordance with GAAP. “EBITDA of Borrower” shall mean, for any period for Borrower
(without duplication), an amount equal to (a) Net Income (Loss) for Borrower for such period before Parent Allocable Expenses,
minus, (b) to the extent included in calculating Net Income (Loss) for Borrower, the sum of, without duplication, (i) interest
income (whether cash or non-cash) for such period, (ii) income tax credits for such period, (iii) gain from extraordinary
or non-recurring items for such period (including, without limitation, non-cash items related to purchase accounting) and (iv)
deferred compensation payments (regardless of when accrued), plus (c) the following to the extent deducted in calculating
such Net Income (Loss), (i)  interest charges for such period, (ii) the provision for all federal, state, local and foreign
taxes payable for such period and the amount of permitted payments in Section 4(p)(iii) deducted in calculating Net Income (Loss),
(iii) the amount of depreciation and amortization expense for such period, (iv) the transaction fees, costs and expenses incurred
in connection with the negotiation and execution of this Letter Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any amendments hereto
or thereto and in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Acquisition, (v) all other extraordinary or non-recurring
non-cash charges (including, without limitation, non-cash items related to purchase accounting), (vi) deferred management salaries
(accrued but not paid) and (vii) all non-cash compensation (including without limitation, stock or equity compensation) in such
period. “EBITDA of Parent” shall mean, for any period for Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis
(without duplication), an amount equal to (a) Net Income (Loss) for Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such
period, minus, (b) to the extent included in calculating Net Income (Loss) for Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis, the sum of, without duplication, (i) interest income (whether cash or non-cash) for such period, (ii) income tax credits
for such period, (iii) gain from extraordinary or non-recurring items for such period (including, without limitation, non-cash
items related to purchase accounting) and (iv) deferred compensation payments (regardless of when accrued), plus (c) the
following to the extent deducted in calculating such Net Income (Loss), (i)  interest charges for such period, (ii) the
provision for all federal, state, local and foreign taxes payable for such period and the amount of permitted payments in Section
4(p)(iii) deducted in calculating Net Income (Loss), (iii) the amount of depreciation and amortization expense for such period,
(iv) the transaction fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation and execution of this Letter Agreement
and the other Loan Documents and any amendments hereto or thereto and the transactions contemplated by the Acquisition, (v) all
other extraordinary or non-recurring non-cash charges (including, without limitation, non-cash items related to purchase accounting),
(vi) deferred management salaries (accrued but not paid) and (vii) all non-cash compensation (including without limitation, stock
or equity compensation) in such period. “Encumbrance” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment,
deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or any preference, priority or other
security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including without limitation, any conditional
sale or other title retention agreement and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing)
or any options or rights of first refusal with respect to securities, or any shareholders or stockholders agreement or arrangement
of any kind or nature whatsoever. “Excess Cash Flow” shall mean (without duplication), for any fiscal period,
Cash Flow from Operations for such period less (a) Capital Expenditures not made through the incurrence of indebtedness less (b)
all cash interest and principal (including indebtedness owed to the Bank) paid or payable during such period less (c) all Taxes
paid or payable during such period less (d) all Tax Distributions made during such period. “Exchange Control Permit”
shall mean any permit or license issued by a Governmental Authority outside the United States under which any Party is permitted
(a) to incur and pay any of the Liabilities in the United States in any currency(ies) in which denominated or (b) to enter into,
incur and/or perform any other obligation or Loan Document. “Expense Distributions” shall have the meaning given
to such term in Section 4(o). “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” shall mean for any period, as respects any Person,
the ratio of (a) EBITDA of such Person for such period plus Liquid Assets minus Capital Expenditures of such Person to (b) the
Fixed Charges for such period. “Fixed Charges” shall mean for any period, as respects any Person, the sum of
(a) the cash interest expense of such Person for such period, (b) the principal amount of total debt of such Person having a scheduled
due date during such period, (c) all Tax Distributions and (d) all other cash distributions or dividends made by such Person. “GAAP”
shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America in effect from time to time consistently applied
(except for accounting changes in response to FASB releases or other authoritative pronouncements). “Letter Agreement”
shall mean this letter agreement, as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. “Licenses”
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the IP Security Agreement. “Liquid Assets” shall mean (a) assets
(which are unencumbered except as permitted pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents) in the form of cash and cash equivalents
consisting of certificates of deposit and money market funds issued by a commercial bank having net assets of not less than $500
million less (b) the amount of any Encumbrances thereon and any unsatisfied judgment, writ, order of attachment, levy or
garnishment entered or issued against Borrower, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries. “Master License Agreement”
shall mean the Master License Agreement between Borrower and Seller dated December 22, 2014. “Net Income (Loss)”
shall mean with respect to Borrower and for any period, the aggregate net income (or loss) after taxes for such period, determined
in accordance with GAAP but excluding for all purposes (a) net income of minority-owned Subsidiaries (except to the extent of net
income distributed or representing a management fee or other similar fee), (b) the net income of any Subsidiary to the extent that
the declaration of dividends or similar distributions of such income is not permitted by the organizational documents of such Subsidiary
or by operation of law, (c) unrealized gains or losses due solely to fluctuations in currency values, (d) earnings (or losses)
resulting from my revaluation or write-up or write-down of assets and (d) unrealized gains or losses under all interest rate or
currency forwards, options, swaps, caps or collar agreements, foreign exchange agreements, commodity contracts or similar arrangements
entered into by Borrower providing for protection against fluctuations in interest rates, currency exchange rates, commodity prices,
or the exchange of nominal interest obligations, either generally or under specific contingencies. “Net Worth”
shall mean, as at any date of determination an amount equal to (a) all of the assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis that, in accordance with GAAP, are properly classified as assets on such date, minus (b) all liabilities of Parent
and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis that, in accordance with GAAP, are properly classified as liabilities at such date.
“Parent Allocable Expenses” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 4(n). “Person”
shall mean any individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust and a public benefit corporation), joint stock
company, estate, association, firm, enterprise, trust, limited liability company, unincorporated association, joint venture and
any other entity or Governmental Authority. “QVC Agreement” shall mean the License Agreement dated as of December
22, 2014 among QVC Inc., Borrower and Parent. “Rate Contracts” shall mean swap agreements and any other agreements
or arrangements designed to provide protection against fluctuations in interest or currency exchange rates. “Retail Stores”
shall mean retail store locations of Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower, but shall not include e-commerce retail locations.
“Revenue License” shall mean each License pursuant to which Borrower is entitled to receive revenue from the
licensee party thereto. “Royalty Revenue Amount” shall mean an amount equal to the gross royalty revenue of
Borrower for the immediately preceding fiscal year. “Seller” means The H Company IP, LLC. “Stock”
shall mean all certificated and uncertificated shares, options, warrants, membership interests, general or limited partnership
interests, participation or other equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a corporation, partnership, limited liability
company or equivalent entity whether voting or nonvoting, including common stock, preferred stock, or any other “equity security”
(as such term is defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). “Subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to Parent and
the Borrower, a corporation, exempted company, partnership, exempted limited 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 are at the time beneficially owned by Parent or the Borrower, as the case may be.
“Tax Distributions” shall have the meaning given to such term in Section 4(o). “Taxes” shall
mean any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges
imposed by any Governmental Authority, including interest, additions to tax and penalties applicable thereto. “Trademark
Licenses” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the IP Security Agreement.

 

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Until the maturity
of the Term Loan and the payment in full of all obligations thereunder and all of Borrower’s obligations under the Loan Documents,
the Bank shall retain the security interests in the collateral granted under the Security Agreement and the Pledge Agreement and
the ability to exercise any and all rights and remedies available to it pursuant to the Loan Documents and applicable law.

 

No delay on the part
of the Bank in exercising any of its options, powers or rights, or partial or single exercise thereof, shall constitute a waiver
thereof. The options, powers and rights of the Bank specified in the Loan Documents are in addition to those otherwise created
by law or under any other agreement between Borrower and the Bank. No amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of the
Loan Documents, nor consent to any departure by Borrower therefrom shall be effective, unless the same shall be in writing and
signed by the Bank. Any such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given.
No consent to or demand on Borrower in any case shall, of itself, entitle it to any other or further notice or demand in similar
or other circumstances. This Letter Agreement and the other Loan Documents embody the entire agreement and understanding between
the Bank and Borrower with respect to the Term Loan and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject
matter hereof. In the event of any conflict between this Letter Agreement and any other Loan Document, this Letter Agreement shall
control and govern. Borrower agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred or payable by the Bank in connection with
the documentation, administration and interpretation of the Loan Documents, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements.
Borrower agrees to pay all costs and expenses incurred or payable by the Bank in connection with the enforcement or collection
of the Loan Documents, including court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements. This Letter Agreement shall
be binding on Borrower and its successors and assigns, provided that Borrower shall not have the right to assign its rights hereunder
or thereunder or any interest herein or therein without the Bank’s prior written consent. This Letter Agreement shall be
governed by, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. For purposes of any
action, suit or proceeding in connection with this Letter Agreement or any other credit document, Borrower and the Bank hereby
irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York and of the United States District Court for the Southern
District of New York and irrevocably agrees that any such action, suit or proceeding may be brought by any party in any such New
York or federal court and that a service of process may be made upon any party by mailing a copy of the summons to it, by registered
or certified mail, at its address set forth in the Note. Nothing herein shall affect the Bank’s right to commence legal proceedings
or otherwise proceed against Borrower in any other jurisdiction or to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable
law. IN ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING THE PARTIES HERETO MUTUALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY.

 

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Section headings used
herein or in any other Loan Document are for convenience only and are not to affect the construction of or be taken into consideration
in interpreting this Letter Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 

This Letter Agreement
may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any party hereto
may execute this Letter Agreement by signing and delivering one or more counterparts. Any signature delivered by a party by facsimile
or electronic transmission (including email transmission of a PDF image) shall be deemed an original signature page hereto.

 

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Please indicate your
acknowledgment of, and agreement to, the foregoing by signing and returning the enclosed copy of this letter to the attention of
the Bank.

 

	 	Very truly yours,	 
	 	 	 
	 	BANK HAPOALIM B.M.	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	Authorized Signatory	 
	 	 	Name:	 
	 	 	Title:	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	Authorized Signatory	 
	 	 	Name:	 
	 	 	Title:	 

 

	Acknowledged and Agreed to:	 
	 	 
	H LICENSING, LLC	 
	 	 
	By:	XCEL BRANDS, INC.,	 
	Its Manager	 

 

	By:	/s/ James Haran	 
	 	Name: James Haran	 
	 	Title: CFO	 
	 	 	 
	XCEL BRANDS, INC.	 
	 	 	 
	By:	/s/ Robert D’Loren	 
	 	Name: Robert D’Loren	 
	 	Title: CEO	 

  

SIGNATURE PAGE TO

LETTER AGREEMENT

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

Schedule I

to Letter Agreement between Bank Hapoalim B.M. and H Licensing, LLC

 

LITIGATION

 

None

  

    	 

    	 

    

 

Schedule II

to Letter Agreement between Bank Hapoalim B.M. and H Licensing, LLC

 

INDEBTEDNESS

 

Borrower may incur unsecured indebtedness
for trade payables in the ordinary course of business and payable on normal trade terms.

  

    	 

    	 

    

 

Schedule III

to Letter Agreement between Bank Hapoalim B.M. and H Licensing, LLC

 

SUBSIDIARIES

 

None

  

    	 

    	 

    

 

Schedule IV

to Letter Agreement between Bank Hapoalim B.M. and H Licensing, LLC

 

ENCUMBRANCES

 

None

  

    	 

    	 

    

 

Exhibit A

to letter agreement between Bank Hapoalim B.M. and H Licensing, LLC

 

FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

 

This Compliance Certificate
(this “Certificate”) is delivered pursuant to Section 3(a)(iii) of the Letter Agreement dated as of December
22, 2014 among Bank Hapoalim B.M., Xcel Brands, Inc. and H Licensing, LLC (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time, the “Letter Agreement”). All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Letter Agreement and/or the Promissory Note.

 

I, the undersigned,
an authorized officer or Manager of Xcel Brands, Inc. and H Licensing, LLC, do hereby certify pursuant to Section 3(a)(iii)
of the Letter Agreement that:

 

		1.	As of the date hereof, no Event of Default or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of
time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

		2.	Since _____________ there has been no material adverse change in the business, condition (financial
or otherwise) or operations of Xcel Brands, Inc. or H Licensing, LLC, and no event or condition has occurred that might have
had a material adverse effect on the legality, validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the ability of Xcel Brands,
Inc. or H Licensing, LLC to perform its obligations thereunder.

 

		3.	Xcel Brands, Inc. and H Licensing, LLC are in compliance with the financial covenants set forth
in Section 4 of the Letter Agreement. Attached to this Certificate as Annex A is a covenant compliance worksheet reflecting
the computation of such financial covenants as of the date and for the period covered by the financial statements enclosed herewith.
The information contained herein and in the attached financial information is true, correct and complete as of the last day of
the period and for the period covered by the financial statements enclosed herewith.

  

    	 

    	 

    

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF
I have affixed my signature as of ___ day of _________ 20__.

 

	 	H LICENSING, LLC
	 	 	 
	 	By:	Xcel Brands, Inc.,
	 	 	Manager

 

	 	By:	/s/ James Haran	 
	 	 	Name: James Haran	 
	 	 	Title: CFO	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	XCEL BRANDS, INC.	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Robert D’Loren	 
	 	 	Name: Robert D’Loren	 
	 	 	Title: CEO	 

  

    	 

    	 

    

 

ANNEX A

 

to Compliance Certificate

 

		1.	Net Worth as of ____________, 201__ is $_________________.

 

		2.	Liquid Assets as of __________, 201__ are $_________________.

 

		3.	Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of ____________, 201__ is ___ to 1.00.

 

		4.	Capital Expenditures for the fiscal year ending _____________, 201__ are $___________.

 

		5.	EBITDA of Parent for the fiscal year ending ___________, 201_ is $___________.

 

		6.	EBITDA of Borrower for the fiscal year ending ___________, 201_ is $___________.

 

		7.	License Royalty Income as of ___________, 201_ is $___________.

 

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

Exhibit B

 

to letter agreement between Bank Hapoalim
B.M. and H Licensing, LLC

 

FORM OF QUARTERLY ROYALTY COLLECTIONS
REPORT

 

[See Attached]Exhibit 10.2

 

GUARANTY

 

Introductory Note.
This Guaranty may be used for one or more Guarantors or with respect to one or more Debtors. If there is only one Guarantor or
only one Debtor, then any reference herein to “the Guarantors”, “any Guarantor”, “each Guarantor”
or the like, or to “the Debtors”, “any Debtor”, “each Debtor” or the like, shall be understood
to refer to the Guarantor or to the Debtor, respectively. All capitalized terms in this Guaranty are defined in Section 19.

 

Preamble. Each of the undersigned
(each a “Guarantor” and collectively the “Guarantors”) expects to derive direct and/or indirect benefits
from the Bank’s giving or continuing financial accommodations to any of the Debtors. The Bank is unwilling to give or continue
financial accommodations to the Debtors without the guaranty of payment of each of the Guarantors as set forth in this Guaranty.
It is a condition precedent to the Bank’s giving or continuing these financial accommodations to any of the Debtors that
the Guarantors shall have executed and delivered this Guaranty to the Bank. In consideration of the premises and in consideration
of financial accommodations given or to be given or continued to any of the Debtors by the Bank, and in order to induce the Bank
to give or continue financial accommodations to any of the Debtors, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by each of the Guarantors, the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally represent
and warrant to, and covenant and agree with, the Bank as follows:

 

1. Guaranty.
The Guarantors hereby jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally (a) guarantee to the Bank the full and punctual payment
when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) by the Debtors of all Obligations, and (b) agree to pay to
the Bank all Additional Liabilities immediately when due or on demand. This Guaranty is the unlimited or limited (as set forth
on the signature page below), primary obligation of the Guarantors. The Bank may enforce this Guaranty against any Guarantor and/or
any Credit Enhancement provided by any Guarantor without any prior or contemporaneous enforcement of any of the Obligations against
any other Obligated Party or Credit Enhancement.

 

2. Guaranty
Absolute. This Guaranty is a continuing, absolute and unconditional guaranty of payment and not of collection, and shall
remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all amounts payable under this Guaranty, notwithstanding that at any time
and from time to time (i) the Debtors may be free from any Obligations or (ii) the Obligations may exceed the amount of the Liabilities
of the Guarantors hereunder, and regardless of how long before or after the date hereof any of the Obligations were or are incurred,
and regardless of whether any financial accommodation resulting in an Obligation was or shall be given or continued by the Bank
in contemplation of this Guaranty. Each Guarantor waives all Defenses and Claims with respect to this Guaranty and/or any Credit
Enhancement provided by such Guarantor. All Obligations shall be conclusively presumed to have been created in reliance hereon.

 

Without limiting any other provisions hereof,
none of the following (whether occurring prior to, simultaneously with or subsequent to the date hereof) shall give rise to a Defense
or Claim with respect to this Guaranty and/or any Credit Enhancement provided by any Guarantor, and each Guarantor waives all such
Defenses and Claims that might otherwise arise therefrom, and the joint and several liability of each Guarantor under this Guaranty
shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of:

 

(a)
the death, incompetence or disability of any Obligated Party, or any law (including, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, any statute of limitations), regulation, order, stay, injunction or prohibition now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction
that would give rise to a Defense or Claim available to any Obligated Party, or any other fact or circumstance that may result
in or constitute a Defense or Claim available to any Obligated Party;

 

(b)
any lack of genuineness, validity, legality, regularity or enforceability of any of the Liabilities or of any Document (including
but not limited to any determination that any Obligated Party (i) was not a duly organized and validly existing Entity or (ii)
lacked the authorization or capacity to incur any of the Liabilities);

 

(c)
any payment made by, or amount received or collected by the Bank from, any other Person in respect of any of the Liabilities
or of any other Debt of any Debtor;

 

(d)
any revocation, early termination, rejection, disaffirmance, cessation, impairment or suspension for any cause whatsoever
of (i) any of the Liabilities or (ii) the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any of the Liabilities or of any Document,
except that any Guarantor may deliver to the Bank a written notice of revocation signed by such Guarantor, which may revoke such
Guarantor’s Liabilities (but not of any other Guarantor) under this Guaranty, provided that such notice shall not affect
such Guarantor’s Liabilities with respect to any Nonrevocable Obligations, and such Guarantor waives all rights to revoke
any Liabilities with respect to any Nonrevocable Obligations and shall remain fully liable with respect thereto;

 

(e)
any loss or non-perfection of, or any inability to foreclose or otherwise realize on, any Credit Enhancement;

 

(f)
if a Guarantor is a partnership or joint venture, the death, incompetence, retirement or withdrawal of one or more partners
or joint venturers, or the accession of one or more new partners or joint venturers, or the dissolution (by operation of law or
otherwise) of such Guarantor;

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

(g)
any Transfer or purported Transfer by any Guarantor of any of the Liabilities;

 

(h)
any action or omission referred to in Section 4 or Section 5;

 

(i)
any event or events, whether with or without the consent of, or notice to, any of the Guarantors (even if known to the Bank
or any of its Agents and not known to any of the Guarantors), which result or results in any change, whether or not material, in
(i) the business, assets, liability or financial condition of any of the Debtors, (ii) the identity of any of the Debtors (whether
by consolidation, merger, reorganization, change in form or structure, change in membership, change in control, change in management,
or otherwise), (iii) any relationship (whether business, financial, personal or otherwise) between any of the Debtors and any of
the Guarantors or (iv) the degree of risk assumed by any of the Guarantors hereunder.

 

3. Payment.
Any payment made under this Guaranty shall be paid to the Bank at its offices in New York City, or at such other place as the Bank
may designate in writing, in immediately available funds in the Currency in which the applicable Liabilities are denominated.

 

4. Waiver.
Without limiting any other provisions of this Guaranty, each Guarantor hereby waives (a) notice of acceptance of this Guaranty,
(b) notice of any Obligation to which this Guaranty may apply, (c) notice or proof of reliance by the Bank upon this Guaranty,
(d) promptness, (e) diligence, (f) presentment, (g) demand for payment, (h) notice of dishonor or nonpayment of, or with respect
to, any of the Obligations, (i) notice of any legal action or proceeding or any demand or any other action against, or any other
notice to, any Obligated Party, and (j) any requirement that the Bank exhaust any right or take any action against or with respect
to any other Obligated Party or any Credit Enhancement.

 

5. Permitted
Bank Actions and Omissions. As to each Guarantor, the Bank and its Agents may, without giving rise to any Defense or Claim,
at any time upon or without any terms or conditions, in whole or in part, and without the consent of, or notice to, any Obligated
Party:

 

(a)
change the Currency, time, manner or place of payment or performance (whether before or after maturity) or extend, renew,
change, alter, amend, modify or waive any of the terms of any of the Liabilities or any Document;

 

(b)
increase or decrease any of the Liabilities, including but not limited to the amount of principal or the amount or rate
of any interest, fees, charges or other amount payable;

 

(c)
(i) sell, exchange, realize upon, foreclose, release or surrender, or fail so to do with respect to, or (ii) impair or fail
to take any steps necessary to care for, preserve, protect, secure, insure or obtain, or (iii) impair or fail to take any steps
necessary to perfect (including any failure to make any filing or recording, or the making or any improper filing or recording
of) any security interest or other rights in; or (iv) otherwise deal or fail to deal with, any Credit Enhancement or Subrogation
Rights in any manner and in any order; or(iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against any other Obligated Party
or any other Person or otherwise act or refrain from acting;

 

(d)
(i) discharge, release, settle with or compromise with any other Obligated Party or other Person and/or (ii) consent to
or waive any breach of, any departure from, or any act, omission or default under, any Document; or (iii) fail to notify any of
the Guarantors or any other Person (even if known to the Bank or any of its Agents and not known to any of the Guarantors) of any
change, whether or not material, relating to any of the Debtors or of any other Person, including but not limited to any of the
matters set forth in Section 2(i).

 

6. Bank
Statements. Any statement, certificate, notice or the like submitted by the Bank to any of the Debtors and/or to any of
the Guarantors, setting forth the amount or amounts of any or all of the Obligations and/or Liabilities, shall be prima face evidence
thereof, and each Guarantor agrees to be bound thereby absent manifest error.

 

7. Expenses;
Currency; Interest. Each of the obligations set forth in this Section shall be a separate obligation payable on demand,
with respect to which the Guarantors shall be jointly and severally liable to the Bank as an alternative or additional cause of
action or claim.

 

(a)
The Guarantors shall indemnify and hold the Bank harmless against all Expenses.

 

(b)
If the Bank does not receive payment of any of the Liabilities in any amount of Currency when due, the Guarantors shall
pay the equivalent of such amount in the Currency (including but not limited to the lawful Currency of the United States) in which
such Liabilities were originally due, provided that the Bank may, at its option, accept payment of an equivalent amount
(computed at the Bank's selling rate for such Currency at the place where such amount is payable as at the time such payment is
made) in any other Currency. The receipt by the Bank of any amount in respect of any of the Liabilities in a Currency other than
that in which such amount was originally due, whether pursuant to a judgment or arbitration award or pursuant to the provisions
of this Guaranty or any Agreement or otherwise, shall not discharge the Guarantors with respect to any of such Liabilities except
to the extent that on the first day on which the Bank is open for business immediately following such receipt, the Bank shall be
able, in accordance with normal banking practice, to purchase the Currency in which such amount was due with the Currency received.
Notwithstanding any such judgment or arbitration award, the Guarantors shall in any event indemnify the Bank against all losses
sustained and all costs incurred by it in making any such purchase of Currency.

 

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(c)
Any amount payable hereunder shall bear interest from the date due until payment is received or recovered by the Bank in
the Currency in which such amount was due at the place at which it was payable, at the Applicable Interest Rate.

 

8. Representations
and Warranties. Each Guarantor represents and warrants to the Bank that each of the following is true, accurate and complete
as of the date of such Guarantor’s execution of this Guaranty, and acknowledges that the Bank’s giving or continuing
of financial accommodations to any of the Debtors is made in reliance thereon.

 

(a)
If such Guarantor is a natural person, he or she has the legal capacity to execute and deliver this Guaranty and is doing
so in his or her capacity as an individual and not in any representative capacity on behalf of any other Person, notwithstanding
any reference to any office, title or the like next to such Guarantor’s signature on this Guaranty.

 

(b)
If such Guarantor is an Entity, it is an Entity duly organized, legally existing and in good standing under the laws of
the jurisdiction in which it has been organized.

 

(c)
Such Guarantor has full right, power and authority to enter into, execute and deliver this Guaranty and to perform all matters
required to be performed by such Guarantor hereunder; the execution and delivery of this Guaranty by or on behalf of such Guarantor
to the Bank is fully and unconditionally authorized; such Guarantor has duly executed and delivered this Guaranty pursuant to lawful
authority; and this Guaranty constitutes such Guarantor’s legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable in accordance with
its terms.

 

(d)
Such Guarantor is duly licensed or qualified to do business in all states and jurisdictions where such licensing or qualification
is necessary unless the failure to so obtain such license or qualification could not reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on such Guarantor’s financial condition or the ability of such Guarantor to perform its obligations under
this Guaranty.

 

(e)
The execution and delivery by such Guarantor of this Guaranty is not, and the performance by such Guarantor of any such
Guarantor’s obligations hereunder will not be, in contravention of, or cause any breach or default pursuant to, any provision
of law or any charter or by-law provision or any material covenant, indenture or Agreement of or affecting such Guarantor or any
of such Guarantor’s assets.

 

(f)
No consent of any Person and no consent, license, 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,
performance, validity or enforceability of this Guaranty (including, without limitation, the payment to the Bank at the applicable
place in the applicable Currency).

 

(g)
No registration tax, stamp duty or similar tax or duty imposed by any governmental authority arises in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty by such Guarantor.

 

(h)
No litigation, arbitration, investigation or proceeding of or before any court, arbitrator or administrative or governmental
authority is currently pending or, to the knowledge of such Guarantor, threatened (i) with respect to this Guaranty or any of the
transactions contemplated hereby, or (ii) against or affecting such Guarantor, or any of such Guarantor’s assets, or (iii)
which could affect the business operations, assets, liabilities or condition, financial or otherwise, of such Guarantor or such
Guarantor’s ability to enter into, execute or deliver this Guaranty or prejudice in a material manner such Guarantor’s
ability to fulfill such Guarantor’s obligations pursuant to this Guaranty.

 

(i)
The financial statements of such Guarantor which have been furnished to the Bank have been prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles consistently applied, and fairly present the correct financial condition of such Guarantor as of
their respective dates; and there has been no subsequent material adverse change in the business, operations, assets, liabilities
or condition, financial or otherwise, of such Guarantor.

 

(j)
There is no fact that such Guarantor has not disclosed to the Bank in writing that could materially and adversely affect
such Guarantor’s business, operations, assets, liabilities or condition, financial or otherwise, or such Guarantor’s
ability to perform under this Guaranty.

 

(k)
Such Guarantor is not, and upon such Guarantor’s execution and delivery of this Guaranty to the Bank such Guarantor
will not be, Insolvent; in exchange for executing and delivering this Guaranty to the Bank, such Guarantor has received or will
have received Reasonably Equivalent Value; such Guarantor’s execution and delivery of this Guaranty does not constitute a
Fraudulent Transfer; such Guarantor’s execution and delivery of this Guaranty is not made with intent to hinder, delay or
defraud any Creditor; and this Guaranty cannot be set aside, avoided or rendered unenforceable in whole or in part by virtue of
any Fraudulent Transfer Law.

 

(l)
Such Guarantor has not provided any Credit Support with respect to the Debt of any Person other than this Guaranty.

 

(m)
Such Guarantor believes that (i) the Guarantors do not have any Defense or Claim with respect to this Guaranty, any Credit
Enhancement or any of the Liabilities, and (ii) there do not exist any facts and circumstances that could result in or constitute
any such Defense or Claim.

 

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(n)
Such Guarantor has independently investigated, without reliance on the Bank, and is fully familiar with, (i) the identity,
status and financial condition of each Debtor, (ii) all relationships, if any (whether business, financial, personal or otherwise),
between and/or among any and all of the Debtors and any and all of the Guarantors, and (iii) the degree of risk assumed by such
Guarantor hereunder.

 

(o)
Such Guarantor has not relied upon and has not been induced to execute and deliver this Guaranty or to purchase any interest
in any of the Debtors or any other Person or to take or refrain from taking any other action as a result of any Agreement, representation,
warranty, statement, recommendation or information made or purportedly made by or on behalf of the Bank or any of its Agents, whether
express or implied, written or oral, direct or indirect, and whether prior to or simultaneously with the date hereof.

 

(p)
Neither the Bank nor any of its Agents has represented or indicated that the Bank will not enforce any provision of any
Document.

 

9. Contribution;
Subordination; Subrogation.

 

(a)
If and to the extent that any Guarantor (the “Paying Guarantor”) makes payment in respect of this Guaranty,
then in furtherance and not limitation of any rights that the Paying Guarantor may have in law or equity, each other Guarantor
shall have an obligation, upon demand by the Paying Guarantor, to pay to the Paying Guarantor an amount equal to the quotient of
(x) the amount so paid by the Paying Guarantor, divided by (y) the total number of Guarantors.

 

(b)
All direct or indirect claims and rights (whether for moneys advanced, services performed or assets sold and delivered or
on account of any Subrogation Rights, whether for an indeterminate amount, a sum certain or a contingent claim), now existing or
hereafter arising which any Guarantor may have against any other Obligated Party shall be subject and subordinate to the prior
payment in full to the Bank of all of the Liabilities. Each Guarantor hereby assigns and transfers to the Bank, effective upon
demand by the Bank for payment by such Guarantor of any amount hereunder, all such claims and rights and any proceeds thereof,
and agrees that the Bank may, in its discretion, make and present in any bankruptcy or other proceeding such proofs or claims with
respect thereto as the Bank may deem expedient or proper and may vote such proofs or claims in any such proceeding. Each Guarantor
shall deliver upon demand by the Bank such additional documents as the Bank may request to evidence such subordination, assignment
and transfer, including without limitation duly executed assignments. At any time when all the Liabilities shall not have been
paid in full, each Guarantor shall (i) as trustee for the Bank, enforce all claims and rights against any other Obligated Party
or any Credit Enhancement and collect all sums due from any other Obligated Party or any Credit Enhancement or with respect to
any of the Liabilities, (ii) hold any amounts received on account thereof in trust for the benefit of the Bank, and (iii) pay all
such amounts immediately to the Bank to be applied to the Liabilities, together with interest on all such amounts from the date
of such receipt until paid to the Bank at the Applicable Interest Rate, without reducing or affecting in any manner the liability
of such Guarantor under the other provisions of this Guaranty.

 

(c)
Until all of the Liabilities shall have been paid in full, each Guarantor shall have no Subrogation Rights, and waives any
right to enforce any right or remedy which the Bank has or may hereafter have against any other Obligated Party or in or against
any Credit Enhancement.

 

10. Reinstatement.
If (a) claim is ever made on the Bank for repayment or recovery of any amount received in payment or on account of any of the Obligations,
and (b) the Bank repays all or part of such amount by reason of (i) any judgment, decree, order or award of any court, administrative
body, arbitration panel or the like or (ii) any settlement or compromise of any such claim effected by the Bank with any such claimant
(including any Obligated Party), then any such judgment, decree, order, award, settlement or compromise shall be binding upon all
of the Guarantors, notwithstanding the release or cancellation of any Document, and the Guarantors shall be and remain liable hereunder
for the amount so repaid or recovered to the same extent as if such amount had never originally been received by the Bank.

 

11. Agreements,
Representations, Amendments and Waivers. No Agreement or representation by the Bank, and no amendment or waiver of any
provision of this Guaranty nor consent to any departure therefrom by any of the Guarantors shall be effective unless in writing
and duly signed by at least two duly authorized officers of the Bank, and any such waiver or consent shall be effective
only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. No failure on the part of the Bank to exercise, and
no delay in exercising, any right under any Document or otherwise, shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. In the case of any
Agreement (including but not limited to any Commitment) given or made by the Bank to any Person or Persons (which may or may not
include one or more of the Guarantors), (a) such Agreement shall not inure to the benefit of any of the Guarantors to whom such
Agreement was not given or made by the Bank (the “Other Guarantor” or “Other Guarantors”), (b) none of
the Other Guarantors shall be deemed to be a third party beneficiary thereof, (c) the Bank shall have absolutely no responsibility
or liability to any of the Other Guarantors with respect to any breach thereof or failure by the Bank to abide by, or comply with,
any such Agreement, and (d) each of the Other Guarantors waives and gives up any rights that each such Other Guarantor may have,
on account of any such Agreement or any such breach or failure, to assert any Defense or Claim against the Bank.

 

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12. Cumulative
Rights; Reservation of Rights; Arms’ Length Transaction. The rights and remedies herein provided to the Bank are
in addition to, and are not exclusive or in substitution for, any rights or remedies available to the Bank at law or in equity
or under any other Agreement or other document which any Person (including but not limited to any Guarantor) may have executed
or may hereafter execute in favor of or for the benefit of the Bank, all of which are cumulative and may be exercised by the Bank
in whole or in part from time to time. The Bank shall be deemed to have reserved its rights against each Guarantor in connection
with any settlement, compromise, discharge or release of any other Obligated Party or any Document. The joint and several liabilities
of the Guarantors hereunder shall not be reduced or limited by reason of any similar or dissimilar guaranty or other Document executed
in favor of the Bank by any Person, and this Guaranty shall be enforceable against each of the Guarantors jointly and severally
without regard thereto. This Guaranty represents an arms’ length transaction between the Guarantors and the Bank. Each Guarantor
agrees and consents that this Guaranty shall not be, and waives any right to require that this Guaranty be, construed against the
Bank on the ground that the Bank has prepared it.

 

13. Covenants.
Subject to any other written Agreement between the Bank and any Person relating to the same subject matter, each Guarantor shall:

 

(a)
furnish to the Bank copies of such Guarantor’s financial statements and such other information relating to such Guarantor’s
business, operations, assets, liabilities and condition, financial or otherwise, promptly when, and in such form as, reasonably
required or requested by the Bank.

 

(b)
permit any of the Bank’s Agents to visit such Guarantor’s premises upon not less than two (2) Business Days’
prior notice during normal business hours and to examine and make photographs, copies and extracts of such Guarantor’s property
and of its books and records;

 

(c)
take or cause to be taken any and all action that may be necessary or appropriate (to the extent legally permissible) to
cause or permit the Debtors to perform all of the Obligations, and shall not take or cause to be taken any action that may prevent
or interfere with any Debtor’s performance thereof; and

 

(d)
not enter into any Agreement or purchase any interest in any of the Debtors or other Persons or take or refrain from taking
any other action as a result of or in reliance upon any Agreement, representation, warranty, statement, recommendation or information
made or purportedly made by or on behalf of the Bank or any of its Agents, whether express or implied, written or oral, direct
or indirect, or prior to, simultaneously with or subsequent to the date hereof.

 

14. Transfers;
Successors and Assigns.

 

(a)
No Guarantor shall effect or attempt a Transfer of any of the Liabilities without the Bank’s prior written consent.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Guaranty shall be binding upon each Guarantor and upon each Guarantor’s executors, administrators,
successors, assigns and Transferees (each of which shall be a “Guarantor” hereunder).

 

(b)
This Guaranty shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Bank and its successors, assigns and Transferees.
Without limiting the foregoing, the Bank may make a Transfer of any and all of the Liabilities and Documents to any other Person
without notice to or the consent of any of the Guarantors, and the Transferee shall thereupon become vested with all of the Bank’s
rights in respect thereof. The Bank is authorized to disclose to any prospective or actual Transferee any information that the
Bank may have or acquire about any Obligated Party and any information about any other Person submitted to the Bank by or on behalf
of any Obligated Party. Each Guarantor waives all defenses (except such defenses as may be asserted against a holder in due course
of a negotiable instrument) which each Guarantor may have or acquire against any Transferee who receives a Transfer of this Guaranty,
or any complete or partial interest in it, for value, in good faith and without notice that it is overdue or has been dishonored
or of any defense against or claim to it on the part of any Person.

 

15. Intentionally
Omitted.

 

16. Notices.
All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and, if to the Guarantors, mailed or faxed or delivered
to the address set forth on the signature page below, and if to the Bank, mailed or delivered to 1177 Avenue of the Americas, New
York, New York 10036, to the attention of the Department, or as to each party at such other address as shall be designated by such
party in a written notice to the other party or parties, as the case may be. All such notices and other communications to the Guarantors
shall be effective when deposited in the mail, sent by fax or delivered, addressed as aforesaid, and all such notices and other
communications to the Bank shall be effective when actually received by the Department.

 

17. Litigation.
This Guaranty shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements
made and to be performed in the State of New York without regard to conflict or choice of law rules. Any legal action or proceeding
with respect to this Guaranty may be brought in any court of record of the State of New York, County of New York, or of the United
States of America for the Southern District of New York. By execution and delivery of this Guaranty, the Guarantors hereby accept,
consent and submit to, generally and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts over the Guarantors and their property.
Each Guarantor agrees not to, and hereby irrevocably waives the right to, commence a legal action or proceeding against the Bank
in any jurisdiction worldwide other than the aforesaid courts, unless the Bank specifically consents thereto in writing. In connection
with any action or proceeding between any of the Guarantors and the Bank, each Guarantor agrees not to, and hereby irrevocably
waives the right to, interpose (i) any objection, including, without limitation, any objection to the laying of venue or based
on the grounds of forum non conveniens, which such Guarantor may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any such action or proceeding
in such jurisdiction and/or (ii) any claim for consequential, special or punitive damages and/or (iii) any setoff, counterclaim
or cross-claim. The Guarantors irrevocably consent to the service of process on each Guarantor in any such action or proceeding
by the mailing of copies thereof by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, to the Guarantors at the address set forth on
the signature page below. Nothing herein shall affect the right of the Bank to serve process in any other manner permitted by law
or to commence any legal action or proceeding or otherwise proceed against any of the Guarantors in any jurisdiction worldwide.

 

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18. Counterparts.
This Guaranty may be signed in any number of counterparts. Any counterpart signed by any Guarantor (a “Signing Guarantor”)
shall constitute a full original Guaranty of such Guarantor for all purposes, regardless of whether any counterpart is signed by
any other Guarantor. Any reference herein to the execution of this Guaranty shall include the execution of any counterpart. The
obligations of any Signing Guarantor hereunder are not conditioned on any other Guarantor’s execution of this Guaranty.

 

19. Definitions.
As used herein, the following terms have the meanings indicated:

 

Agent: any director, officer, employee,
agent or representative.

 

Additional Liabilities: The liabilities
under Sections 7 and 9.

 

Agreement: an agreement, commitment,
covenant, instrument, note, representation, understanding or warranty (including but not limited to any Commitment, Credit Support
or Document) given or made to or with any Person.

 

Applicable Interest Rate: the highest
lawful rate then permitted by applicable law in the State of New York, or if no such rate exists, the highest lawful rate permitted
under such other applicable law as the Bank may choose in its discretion.

 

Bank: Bank Hapoalim B.M.

 

Bankruptcy Code: the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code as in effect and as amended from time to time and any successor thereto.

 

Claim: any right of setoff, claim,
counterclaim or cross-claim of any Obligated Party against the Bank and/or any of its Agents.

 

Commitment: an Agreement, commitment
or obligation of the Bank, whether or not in writing, whether express or implied, and whether or not by operation of law, given
to any Person (including but not limited to any Obligated Party) to give or to continue any financial accommodations to any of
the Debtors or to change, alter, amend, modify, renew, extend the time of payment of, increase or decrease any of the Obligations.

 

Commodity Exchange Act: the Commodity
Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

 

Credit Enhancement: any Credit Support
with respect to any of the Obligations. Any reference herein to “any Credit Enhancement” shall be understood to include
but not be limited to this Guaranty.

 

Creditor: any Person to whom any
Guarantor owed or owes any Debt or otherwise was, became, is or becomes indebted, and any other creditor within the meaning under
or as defined in each respective Fraudulent Transfer Law.

 

Credit Support: any collateral,
security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, security, margin, guaranty, insurance, letter of credit, indemnity, subordination, comfort
letter, risk participation, repurchase agreement, put, option, banker’s lien, setoff, right of offset or netting agreement,
or any Agreement pursuant to which a Person agrees to be contingently liable with respect to any Debt of any other Person or Persons,
or any other credit support with respect to any Debt of any Person or Persons.

 

Currency: the lawful currency of
any country or the eurocurrency.

 

Debt: an obligation of any sort
for the payment of money in any Currency in any jurisdiction worldwide, and however evidenced, whether (a) principal or otherwise,
(b) absolute or contingent, (c) secured or unsecured, (d) joint, several or independent, (e) now or hereafter existing, and (f)
created directly or acquired by Transfer or otherwise.

 

Debtor, Debtors: as specified
on the signature page below.

 

Defense: any fact or circumstance
(a) that may affect, suspend, impair, discharge, release, cancel, modify, limit or be a defense (including but not limited to any
suretyship defense) to any of the Liabilities of any Obligated Party or any Document or of any of the Bank’s rights or remedies
with respect thereto, or (b) that may bar enforcement thereof by the Bank.

 

Department: the department of the
Bank responsible for administering the Bank’s relationship with the Debtors with respect to the Obligations.

 

Document: an Agreement of any Obligated
Party relating to any of the Obligations and/or Liabilities. Any reference herein to “any Document” shall be understood
to include but not be limited to any Credit Enhancement.

 

Effective Revocation Time: the close
of business on the day that the Department receives written notice of revocation signed by any of the Guarantors.

 

Entity: any Person other than a
natural person.

 

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Excluded Swap Obligations: with
respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guaranty hereunder of such Guarantor
of such Swap Obligation (or any guaranty thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation
or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of
such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity
Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the guaranty of such Guarantor becomes effective with respect to such Swap
Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only
to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such guaranty hereunder or security interest is
or becomes illegal.

 

Expenses: (a) except as set forth
in clause (b), all reasonable documented costs and expenses (including but not limited to reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel) incurred by the Bank in connection with this Guaranty or any of the Liabilities including, but not limited to, (i) any
amendment, modification, extension or waiver with respect to any of the Liabilities, and/or (ii) any deduction, withholding, registration
tax, stamp tax or similar tax or duty applicable to any payment of any of the Liabilities. and (b) all documented costs and expenses
(including but not limited to reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by the Bank in connection with the enforcement
of this Guaranty or any of the Liabilities including but not limited to those for (i) any action taken, whether or not by litigation,
to collect, or to protect rights or interests with respect to, any of the Liabilities, or to preserve, protect, secure, insure,
obtain or perfect any Credit Enhancement, (ii) compliance with any legal process or any order or directive of any governmental
authority with respect to any Obligated Party, and (ii) any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceeding relating to any
Obligated Party.

 

Fraudulent Transfer: a “fraudulent
transfer”, “fraudulent conveyance” or similar term within the meaning under or as defined in each respective
Fraudulent Transfer Law.

 

Fraudulent Transfer Law: the Bankruptcy
Code, the New York Debtor and Creditor Law, or the law of any jurisdiction (domestic or foreign) as in effect and as amended from
time to time and all successors thereto relating to fraudulent transfers, fraudulent conveyances and/or similar matters.

 

Guarantor, Guarantors: as
specified on the signature page below, and as further defined in Section 14(a).

 

Guaranty: this Guaranty.

 

Insolvent as to a Person: (a) insolvent
or (b) engaged or about to be engaged in a business or a transaction for which any property remaining with the Person is an unreasonably
small capital, or (c) intending to incur or believing that the Person will incur debts that would be beyond the Person’s
ability to pay as such debts mature, all within the meaning under or as defined in each Fraudulent Transfer Law.

 

Liabilities: (a) all Obligations
and (b) all obligations (including those incurred hereunder) of all Obligated Parties incurred directly or indirectly in respect
of any of the Obligations and/or in respect of any Document provided that the term Liabilities shall not include Excluded
Swap Obligations.

 

Nonprincipal Obligations: all Obligations,
whether interest, fees, expenses or otherwise, other than principal.

 

Nonrevocable Obligation: any Obligation
(including any extension or rollover thereof and any Nonprincipal Obligations accruing thereon after the Effective Revocation Time)
that (i) is, or (ii) relates to a contingent liability of the Bank or to a Commitment that in either case was, outstanding on or
prior to the Effective Revocation Time.

 

Obligated Party: (a) each Debtor;
(b) each Guarantor; (c) any other Person directly or contingently liable for any of the Obligations, including but not limited
to any maker, co-maker, endorser, accommodation party, guarantor, surety or indemnitor with respect to any of the Obligations;
(d) any Person providing or issuing any Credit Enhancement with respect to any of the Obligations; or (e) if any Obligated Party
is a partnership or joint venture, any general partner or joint venturer therein. Without limiting the foregoing, any reference
herein to “any Obligated Party” shall include but not be limited to all of the Debtors and all of the Guarantors, and
as to each Guarantor any reference herein to “any other Obligated Party” shall include but not be limited to all of
the Debtors and all of the Guarantors other than such Guarantor.

 

Obligation: any Debt of any Debtor
and of any successor, assign or Transferee thereof (including any successor of a Debtor that is a partnership or joint venture),
whether (a) due or to become due to, or held or to be held by, the Bank, and (b) for the Bank’s own account or as agent for
another or others provided that the term Obligation shall not include Excluded Swap Obligations..

 

Person: any natural person, firm,
partnership, joint venture, company, corporation, limited liability company, unincorporated organization or association, trust,
estate, governmental authority or any other entity. Without limiting the foregoing, any reference herein to “any Person”
shall include but not be limited to any Obligated Party, and as to each Guarantor any reference herein to “any other Person”
shall include but not be limited to any other Obligated Party.

 

Reasonably Equivalent Value: “reasonably
equivalent value”, “fair consideration” or similar term within the meaning under or as defined in each respective
Fraudulent Transfer Law.

 

Subrogation Rights: all legal and
equitable rights and claims arising from the existence or performance of this Guaranty that any of the Guarantors may now or hereafter
have, including without limitation all rights of subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement, exoneration and/or contribution, and including
without limitation any such right or claim against or with respect to any property (including without limitation any Credit Enhancement)
of any Obligated Party.

 

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Swap Obligation: with respect to
any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap”
within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

 

Transfer: any negotiation, assignment,
participation, conveyance, grant of security interest, lease, delegation, or any other direct or indirect transfer of complete
or partial, legal, beneficial, economic or other interest or obligation.

 

Transferee: any Person to whom a
Transfer is made.

 

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SIGNATURE PAGE

 

Each of the Guarantors makes this Guaranty
in favor of the Bank, and each agrees to be bound jointly and severally by the terms and conditions of this Guaranty, both the
general terms and conditions set forth above and the specific terms and conditions set forth below.

 

a)       Debtor(s)
[print full name(s)]:

 

	 	IM Brands, LLC
	 	 
	 	JR Licensing, LLC

 

b)       Type
of Guaranty:

 

x Unlimited

 

 ̈
Limited as to the aggregate principal sum of $, plus a prorated amount of the Nonprincipal Obligations.

 

c)      OPPORTUNITY
TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL. Each Guarantor acknowledges having had the opportunity to consult with legal counsel prior to executing
this Guaranty.

 

d)       JURY
TRIAL WAIVER. Both the Bank and the Guarantors waive and give up the right to a jury trial with respect to any dispute, action
or proceeding relating to this Guaranty or any of the Obligations or Liabilities; any legal action or proceeding relating to this
Guaranty or any of the Obligations or Liabilities shall take place without a jury.

 

Date: December 22, 2014

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

SIGNATURE(S) AND IDENTIFICATION:

 

	 	H LICENSING, LLC
	 	 
	 	By: XCEL BRANDS, INC., Its Manager
	 	 
	 	By: 	/s/ James Haran

 

	 	Print Name: 	James Haran
	 	Title: 	CFO
	 	 	 	 

Guarantors’ address and fax number for purposes
of notice:

 

Address:

475 Tenth Avenue

New York, New York 10018

 

	Fax:	 	 
	 	 	 
	Email:	 	 

 

SIGNATURE PAGE TO

 GUARANTY

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