Document:

Exhibit 10.3

 

GARMIN LTD.

2011 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS’
EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

 

	To:	_______________________ ("you" or the "Grantee")

 

	Date of Grant:  	_______________________

 

Notice
of Grant:

 

You have been granted
restricted stock units ("RSUs") relating to the shares, CHF 10 par value per share, of Garmin Ltd. ("Shares"),
subject to the terms and conditions of the Garmin Ltd. 2011 Non-Employee Directors’ Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan")
and the Award Agreement between you and Garmin Ltd. (the "Company"), attached as Exhibit A. Accordingly, provided
you satisfy the conditions set forth in this Notice of Grant and Exhibit A, the Company agrees to pay you Shares as follows:

 

	
         

        Number of RSUs Granted
	 	Dates Payable	 	
        Date Grantee Must Be

        a Director To Receive Award

	 	 	 	 	 
	__________ Shares	 	__________, 	 	______________, 
	__________ Shares	 	__________, 	 	______________, 
	__________ Shares	 	__________, 	 	______________, 

 

In order to fully understand your rights
under the Plan (a copy of which is attached) and the Award Agreement (the "Award Agreement"), attached as Exhibit
A, you are encouraged to read the Plan and this document carefully. Please refer to the Plan document for the definition of
capitalized terms used in this Agreement.

 

By accepting these RSUs, you are also
agreeing to be bound by Exhibit A.

 

	 	GARMIN LTD.
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/  Clifton A. Pemble
	 	Name:	Clifton A. Pemble
	 	Title:	President and CEO

 

	Grantee:	 
	 	 
	 	 
	 	 
	Date:	 	 
	 	 	 

 

    	 

    	 

    

  

EXHIBIT A

 

AGREEMENT:

 

In consideration of
the mutual promises and covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration paid by the Grantee to the Company,
the Grantee and the Company agree as follows:

 

		Section 1.	Incorporation of Plan

 

All provisions of this
Award Agreement and the rights of the Grantee hereunder are subject in all respects to the provisions of the Plan and the powers
of the Board therein provided. Capitalized terms used in this Award Agreement but not defined shall have the meaning set forth
in the Plan.

 

		Section 2.	Grant of RSUs

 

As of the Date of Grant
identified above, the Company grants to you, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan, the opportunity
to receive that number of unrestricted Shares identified below the heading "Number of RSUs Granted" on the Notice of
Grant (the "RSUs"). Provided you are a member of the Company’s Board of Directors (and at all times since the Date
of Grant have been a member of the Company’s Board of Directors) and unless your right to receive the RSUs has been forfeited
pursuant to Section 3 below, then (subject to Section 11 below) you will be paid a number of unrestricted Shares equal to the aggregate
number of your remaining RSUs on the dates above identified below the heading "Dates Payable" on the Notice of Grant.
If a date under “Dates Payable” is a Saturday or Sunday or any other non-business day, then you will be paid the Shares
payable on that date on the next business day.

 

		Section 3.	Effect of Termination
of Affiliation

 

If you have a Termination
of Affiliation for any reason, the effect of such Termination of Affiliation on all or any portion of the RSUs is as provided below.

 

		(a)	If you have a Termination of Affiliation on account of death, Disability,
retirement on or after attaining Mandatory Retirement Age, a “Retirement” as defined below, or your removal by the
Company other than for Cause (including without limitation the Company’s decision not to slate you for reelection), your
RSUs that were forfeitable immediately before such Termination of Affiliation, if any, shall thereupon become nonforfeitable and
the Company shall, promptly settle all RSUs by delivery to you (or, after your death, to your personal representative or designated
beneficiary) a number of unrestricted Shares equal to the aggregate number of your remaining RSUs. A “Retirement” for
purposes of this Award Agreement means the Grantee’s ceasing to be a member of the Company’s Board of Directors other
than for Cause after 5 years of service on the Board

 

		(b)	If you have a Termination of Affiliation for Cause or for any reason
other than under the circumstances described immediately above in Section 3(a) (including without limitation your failure to be
reelected to the Company’s Board of Directors, your voluntary resignation or your failure to run for reelection to the Company’s
Board of Directors), your RSUs, to the extent forfeitable immediately before such Termination of Affiliation, shall thereupon automatically
be forfeited and you shall have no further rights under this Award Agreement. 

 

    	 

    	 

    

  

		Section 4.	Investment Intent

 

The Grantee agrees
that the Shares acquired pursuant to the vesting of one or more tranches of RSUs shall be acquired for his/her own account for
investment only and not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution or public offering thereof within the
meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act") or other applicable securities laws. The Company may, but in no
event shall be required to, bear any expenses of complying with the 1933 Act, other applicable securities laws or the rules and
regulations of any national securities exchange or other regulatory authority in connection with the registration, qualification,
or transfer, as the case may be, of this Award Agreement or any Shares acquired hereunder. The foregoing restrictions on the transfer
of the Shares shall be inoperative if (a) the Company previously shall have been furnished with an opinion of counsel, satisfactory
to it, to the effect that such transfer will not involve any violation of the 1933 Act and other applicable securities laws or
(b) the Shares shall have been duly registered in compliance with the 1933 Act and other applicable state or federal securities
laws. If this Award Agreement, or the Shares subject to this Award Agreement, are so registered under the 1933 Act, the Grantee
agrees that he will not make a public offering of the said Shares except on a national securities exchange on which the shares
of the Company are then listed.

 

		Section 5.	Nontransferability of
RSUs

 

No rights under this
Award Agreement relating to the RSUs may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, including,
unless specifically approved by the Company, any purported transfer to a current spouse or former spouse in connection with a legal
separation or divorce proceeding. All rights with respect to the RSUs granted to the Grantee shall be available during his or her
lifetime only to the Grantee.

 

		Section 6.	Status of the Grantee

 

The Grantee shall not
be deemed a shareholder of the Company with respect to any of the Shares subject to this Award Agreement until such time as the
underlying Shares shall have been issued to him or her. The Company shall not be required to issue or transfer any Shares pursuant
to this Award Agreement until all applicable requirements of law have been complied with and such Shares shall have been duly listed
on any securities exchange on which the Shares may then be listed. Grantee (a) is not entitled to receive any dividends or dividend
equivalents, whether such dividends would be paid in cash or in kind, or receive any other distributions made with respect to the
RSUs and (b) does not have nor may he or she exercise any voting rights with respect to any of the RSUs, in both cases (a) and
(b) above, unless and until the actual Shares underlying the RSUs have been delivered pursuant to this Award Agreement.

 

		Section 7.	No Effect on Capital
Structure

 

This Award Agreement
shall not affect the right of the Company to reclassify, recapitalize or otherwise change its capital or debt structure or to merge,
consolidate, convey any or all of its assets, dissolve, liquidate, windup, or otherwise reorganize.

 

    	 

    	 

    

  

		Section 8.	Adjustments

 

Notwithstanding any
provision herein to the contrary, in the event of any change in the number of outstanding Shares effected without receipt of consideration
therefor by the Company, by reason of a merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization, separation, liquidation, stock
dividend, stock split, share combination or other change in the corporate structure of the Company affecting the Shares, the aggregate
number and class of Shares subject to this Award Agreement shall be automatically adjusted to accurately and equitably reflect
the effect thereon of such change; provided, however, that any fractional share resulting from such adjustment shall be eliminated.
In the event of a dispute concerning such adjustment, the decision of the Board shall be conclusive.

 

		Section 9.	Amendments

 

This Award Agreement
may be amended only by a writing executed by the Company and the Grantee which specifically states that it is amending this Award
Agreement; provided that this Award Agreement is subject to the power of the Board to amend the Plan as provided therein. Except
as otherwise provided in the Plan, no such amendment shall materially adversely affect the Grantee's rights under this Award Agreement
without the Grantee's consent.

 

		Section 10.	Board Authority

 

Any questions concerning
the interpretation of this Award Agreement, any adjustments required to be made under Sections 9 or 10 of this Award Agreement,
and any controversy which arises under this Award Agreement shall be settled by the Board in its sole discretion.

 

		Section 11.	Withholding

 

To the extent applicable
under applicable tax laws, whenever Shares are to be delivered to you upon payment of this Award (the date such Shares are delivered
to you is hereinafter referred to as the "Tax Date"), the Company shall be entitled to require and may accommodate your
request if so requested, to satisfy all Federal and Cantonal withholding taxes, including Social Security taxes related thereto,
by one or a combination of the following methods:

 

		(a)	Your payment of an amount in cash equal to the amount to be withheld;

 

		(b)	Withholding from those Shares that would otherwise be delivered to you under the Award a number
of Shares having a Fair Market Value on the Tax Date equal to the amount to be withheld; or

 

		(c)	Withholding from compensation otherwise due to you.

 

Any fractional share
amount and any additional withholding not paid by the withholding or surrender of Shares must be paid in cash. If no timely election
is made, the Grantee must deliver cash to satisfy all tax withholding requirements.

 

    	 

    	 

    

  

		Section 12.	Notice

 

Whenever any notice
is required or permitted hereunder, such notice must be given in writing by (a) personal delivery, or (b) expedited, recognized
delivery service with proof of delivery, or (c) United States Mail, postage prepaid, certified mail, return receipt requested,
or (d) telecopy or email (provided that the telecopy or email is confirmed). Any notice required or permitted to be delivered hereunder
shall be deemed to be delivered on the date which it was personally delivered, sent to the intended addressee, or, whether actually
received or not, on the third business day after it is deposited in the United States mail, certified or registered, postage prepaid,
addressed to the person who is to receive it at the address which such person has theretofore specified by written notice delivered
in accordance herewith. The Company or the Grantee may change, at any time and from time to time, by written notice to the other,
the address specified for receiving notices. Until changed in accordance herewith, the Company's address for receiving notices
shall be Garmin Ltd., Attention: General Counsel, Vorstadt 40/42, 8200 Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Unless changed, the Grantee's
address for receiving notices shall be the last known address of the Grantee on the Company's records. It shall be the Grantee's
sole responsibility to notify the Company as to any change in his or her address. Such notification shall be made in accordance
with this Section 12.

 

		Section 13.	Severability

 

If any part of this
Award Agreement is declared by any court or governmental authority to be unlawful or invalid, such unlawfulness or invalidity shall
not serve to invalidate any part of this Award Agreement not declared to be unlawful or invalid. Any part so declared unlawful
or invalid shall, if possible, be construed in a manner which gives effect to the terms of such part to the fullest extent possible
while remaining lawful and valid.

 

		Section 14.	Binding Effect

 

This Award Agreement
shall bind, and, except as specifically provided herein, shall inure to the benefit of the respective heirs, legal representatives,
successors and assigns of the parties hereto.

 

		Section 15.	Governing Law and Jurisdiction

 

This
Award Agreement and the rights of all persons claiming hereunder shall be construed and determined in accordance with the laws
of the State of Kansas without giving effect to the principles of the Conflict of Laws to the contrary. Except as otherwise provided
by mandatory forum requirements of the applicable law, the courts of the State of Kansas shall have exclusive jurisdiction with
regard to any disputes under the Plan. The Company shall retain,
however, in addition the right to bring any claim in any other appropriate forum.ex10-1.htm

Exhibit 10.1

 

SENIOR SECURED CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

IN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF US$5,000,000

 

BY AND AMONG

 

THE MINT LEASING NORTH, INC.,

as Borrower

 

VJ HOLDING COMPANY, L.L.C. AND JERRY PARISH,

as Joint and Several Guarantors,

 

AND

 

TCA GLOBAL CREDIT MASTER FUND, LP,

as Lender

 

 

 

 

 

Dated as of December 31, 2014

 

Effective as of February 6, 2015

 

 

  

  

  

SENIOR SECURED CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

This SENIOR SECURED CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, this “Agreement”), dated as of December 31, 2014 and made effective as of February 6, 2015 (the “Effective Date”), is executed by and among: (i) THE MINT LEASING NORTH, INC., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Texas (the “Borrower”); (ii) JERRY PARISH, an individual (the “Individual Guarantor”); (iii) VJ HOLDING COMPANY, L.L.C., a Texas limited liability company (“Corporate Guarantor”); (iv) any Person to hereafter become a Subsidiary of the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.20 hereof, and any Person that from time to time may hereafter become liable for the Obligations, or any part thereof (the “Additional Guarantors”) (the Individual Guarantor, the Corporate Guarantor, and the Additional Guarantors, together, jointly and severally, the “Guarantors” and together with the Borrower and ML - Nevada, the “Credit Parties”); and (v) TCA GLOBAL CREDIT MASTER FUND, LP, a limited partnership organized and existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, as lender (the “Lender”).

 

WHEREAS, Borrower has requested that Lender extend a senior secured credit facility to Borrower of up to Five Million and No/100 United States Dollars (US$5,000,000.00) for working capital financing for Borrower and for any other purposes permitted hereunder; and for these purposes, Lender is willing to make certain loans and extensions of credit available to Borrower of up to such amount and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein; and

 

WHEREAS, as a material inducement for Lender to make loans and extensions of credit to Borrower pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein: (i) the Individual Guarantor has, inter alia, agreed to execute a Guaranty Agreement in favor of Lender, whereby Individual Guarantor shall guarantee any and all of the Borrower’s Obligations owed under this Agreement and under any other Loan Documents; (ii) the Borrower has, inter alia, agreed to execute a Security Agreement in favor of Lender, whereby Borrower shall grant to the Lender a first priority security interest in and Lien upon all of the Borrower Collateral, as security for the payment and performance of any and all Obligations owed under this Agreement and under any other Loan Documents; (iii) the Corporate Guarantor has, inter alia, agreed to execute the Deed of Trust in favor of Lender, whereby the Corporate Guarantor shall grant to the Lender a second priority security interest in and Lien upon all the Guarantor Property, as security for the payment and performance of Corporate Guarantor’s Obligations owed under this Agreement, the Guaranty Agreement, and under any other Loan Documents; and (iv) Mint Leasing, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“ML – Nevada”) has agreed to execute a Pledge Agreement in favor of Lender, whereby ML - Nevada shall pledge to the Lender all of its right, title and interest in and to, and provide a first priority Lien and security interest on, all of its issued and outstanding shares and/or membership interests of Borrower, as security for the payment and performance of any and all Obligations owed under this Agreement and under any other Loan Document;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants hereinafter contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

  

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1.           DEFINITIONS.

 

1.1           Defined Terms.  For the purposes of this Agreement, the following capitalized words and phrases shall have the meanings set forth below.

 

(a)                     “Additional Closings” means any closings hereunder after the First Closing, pursuant to which Lender makes Additional Loans to Borrower under the terms of this Agreement.

 

(b)                     “Additional Loans” means each advance, and the aggregate of all such advances, made by Lender to Borrower under and pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Documents after the Initial Loan.

 

(c)                     “Account” shall mean, individually, and “Accounts” shall mean, collectively, any and all accounts (as such term is defined in the UCC) of any Credit Party.

 

(d)                     “ACH” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.4(c) hereof.

 

(e)                     “Additional Guarantors” shall have the meaning given to such term in the preamble hereof.

 

(f)                      “Advisory Fee” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.5(f) hereof.

 

(g)                     “Advisory Fee Shares” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.5(f) hereof.

 

(h)                     “Affiliate” (a) of Lender shall mean: (i) any entity which, directly or indirectly, Controls or is Controlled By or is under common Control with Lender; and (ii) any entity administered or managed by Lender, or an Affiliate or investment advisor thereof and which is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans; and (b) of any Credit Party shall mean any entity which, directly or indirectly, Controls or is Controlled By or is under common Control with any Credit Party.

 

(i)                      “Agreement” shall mean this Senior Secured Credit Facility Agreement by and among the Credit Parties and the Lender.

 

(j)                      “Borrower” shall have the meaning given to such term in the preamble hereof.

 

(k)                     “Borrower Collateral” shall mean “Collateral” as defined in the Security Agreement executed by Borrower.

 

(l)                      “Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday on which banks are authorized or required to be closed for the conduct of commercial banking business in the State of Nevada.

 

(m)                     “BSA” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 14.22 hereof.

 

  

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(n)                     “Capital Expenditures” shall mean expenditures (including Capital Lease obligations which should be capitalized under GAAP) for the acquisition of fixed assets which are required to be capitalized under GAAP.

 

(o)                     “Capital Lease” shall mean, as to any Person, a lease of any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible, by such Person as lessee that is, or should be, in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 13, as amended from time to time, or, if such Statement is not then in effect, such statement of GAAP as may be applicable, recorded as a “capital lease” on the balance sheets of any Credit Party prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

(p)                     “Change in Control” shall mean any sale, conveyance, assignment or other transfer, directly or indirectly, of any ownership interest of any Credit Party, which results in any change in the identity of the individuals or entities in Control of such Credit Party as of the Effective Date or the grant of a security interest in any ownership interest of any Person, directly or indirectly Controlling the Credit Parties, which could result in a change in the identity of the individuals or entities in Control of such Credit Party as of the Effective Date.

 

(q)                     “Closings” means, collectively, the First Closing, and any Additional Closings, if any, under this Agreement.

 

(r)                      “Collateral” shall mean, collectively, all of the Borrower Collateral and all of the Guarantor Collateral.

 

(s)                     “Common Stock - ML” shall mean the common stock of ML - Nevada, par value $.001 per share.

 

(t)                     “Common Stock - MLN” shall mean the common stock of Borrower, par value $1.00 per share.

 

(u)                     “Compliance Certificate” shall mean the covenant compliance certificate, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “A”.

 

(v)                     “Contingent Liability” and “Contingent Liabilities” shall mean, respectively, each obligation and liability of the Credit Parties and all such obligations and liabilities of the Credit Parties incurred pursuant to any agreement, undertaking or arrangement by which any Credit Party either: (i) guarantees, endorses or otherwise becomes or is contingently liable upon (by direct or indirect agreement, contingent or otherwise, to provide funds for payment, to supply funds to, or otherwise to invest in, a debtor, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss) the indebtedness, dividend, obligation or other liability of any other Person in any manner (other than by endorsement of instruments in the course of collection), including without limitation, any indebtedness, dividend or other obligation which may be issued or incurred at some future time; (ii) guarantees the payment of dividends or other distributions upon the shares or ownership interest of any other Person; (iii) undertakes or agrees (whether contingently or otherwise): (A) to purchase, repurchase, or otherwise acquire any indebtedness, obligation or liability of any other Person or any property or assets constituting security therefor; (B) to advance or provide funds for the payment or discharge of any indebtedness, obligation or liability of any other Person (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise), or to maintain solvency, assets, level of income, working capital or other financial condition of any other Person; or (C) to make payment to any other Person other than for value received; (iv) agrees to lease property or to purchase securities, property or services from such other Person with the purpose or intent of assuring the owner of such indebtedness or obligation of the ability of such other Person to make payment of the indebtedness or obligation; (v) to induce the issuance of, or in connection with the issuance of, any letter of credit for the benefit of such other Person; or (vi) undertakes or agrees otherwise to assure or insure a creditor against loss.  The amount of any Contingent Liability shall (subject to any limitation set forth herein) be deemed to be the outstanding principal amount (or maximum permitted principal amount, if larger) of the indebtedness, obligation or other liability guaranteed or supported thereby.

 

  

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(w)                     “Control,” “Controlling,” “Controlled By,” or words of similar import shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct, or cause the direction of, the management and policies of a Person by contract, voting of securities, or otherwise.

 

(x)                      “Corporate Guarantor” shall have the meaning given to such term in the preamble hereof.

 

(y)                     “Credit Party(ies)” shall have the meaning given to such term in the preamble hereof.

 

(z)                     “Credit Party Leases” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 7.18 hereof.

 

(aa)                    “Deed of Trust” shall mean the deed of trust executed by Corporate Guarantor in favor of the Lender, pursuant to which Corporate Guarantor grants to Lender a second priority Lien and security interest in and to the Guarantor Property, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “B”.

 

(bb)                   “Default Rate” shall mean a per annum rate of interest equal to the highest non-usurious rate permitted by applicable law, and if there is no such rate under applicable law, then eighteen percent (18%) per annum.

 

(cc)                    “Dollars” or “$” means lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

(dd)                   “Effective Date” shall have the meaning given to it in the preamble hereof.

 

(ee)                    “Eligible Accounts” means, with respect to the Borrower:

 

(A)      all sales of the Borrower arising from Point-of-Sale Transactions which meet each of the criteria set forth below (any sale that fails to meet the criteria below can still be deemed an Eligible Account, in Lender’s sole discretion):

 

  

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(i)        are genuine in all respects and have arisen in the Borrower’s Ordinary Course of Business from the sale of goods or performance of services by Borrower, which delivery of goods has occurred or performance of services have been fully performed;

(ii)       payment for the sale has been made in full at the time of the sale, and such sale is not subject to any chargeback, credit, setoff, allowance, adjustment, repurchase or return agreement or obligation of any kind;

(iii)      the Person obligated on the sale is not a Subsidiary or a director, officer, employee, agent, parent or Affiliate of any Credit Party; and

(iv)      the proceeds from the sale are subject to a perfected, first priority Lien in favor of Lender and not subject to any Lien whatsoever, other than the Lien of Lender and except for Permitted Liens.

(B)      all Accounts of the Borrower which meet each of the criteria set forth below (an Account that fails to meet the criteria below can still be deemed an Eligible Account, in Lender’s sole discretion):

(i)        are genuine in all respects and have arisen in the Borrower’s Ordinary Course of Business from the sale or lease of goods or performance of services by Borrower, which delivery of goods has occurred or performance of services have been fully performed;

(ii)       in the case of the sale of goods or services, are evidenced by an invoice delivered to the Person obligated under such Account, are due and payable within thirty (30) days after the date of the invoice, and are not more than ninety (90) days outstanding past the invoice date;

(iii)      In the case of a lease of goods (specifically including all motor-vehicles leases), are evidenced by a valid and enforceable written lease agreement executed by the Person obligated under such Account, and payments under any such lease agreement are not more than ninety (90) days past due;

(iv)     do not arise from a “sale on approval”, “sale or return”, “consignment”, “guaranteed sale” or “bill and hold”, or are subject to any other repurchase or return agreement;

(v)      have not arisen in connection with a sale to a Person obligated under such Account who is not a resident or citizen of, or an entity organized in, and is principally located within, the United States of America;

(vi)      are not due from a Person obligated under such Account which is a Subsidiary or a director, officer, employee, agent, parent or Affiliate of any Credit Party;

  

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(vii)     do not arise out of contracts with the United States or any Governmental Authority thereof, unless the Borrower has assigned its right to payment of such Account to Lender pursuant to the Federal Assignment of Claims Act of 1940 (or analogous statute), and evidence (satisfactory to Lender) of such assignment has been delivered to Lender;

(viii)    do not arise in connection with a sale to a Person obligated under such Account who is located within a state or jurisdiction which requires Borrower, as a precondition to commencing or maintaining an action in the courts of that state or jurisdiction, either to: (A) receive a certificate of authority to do business and be in good standing in such state or jurisdiction; or (B) file a notice of business activities or similar report with such state’s or jurisdiction’s taxing authority, unless: (I) the Borrower has taken one of the actions described in clauses (A) or (B); (II) the failure to take one of the actions described in either clause (A) or (B) may be cured retroactively by the Borrower at its election; or (III) the Borrower has proven to the satisfaction of Lender that it is exempt from any such requirements under such state’s or jurisdiction’s laws;

(ix)       do not arise out of a contract or order which, by its terms, forbids or makes void or unenforceable the assignment to Lender of the Account arising with respect thereto and are not assignable to Lender for any other reason;

(x)        are the valid, legally enforceable and unconditional obligation of the Person obligated under such Account, are not the subject of any setoff, counterclaim, credit, allowance or adjustment by the Person obligated under such Account, or of any claim by the Person obligated under such Account denying liability thereunder in whole or in part, and the Person obligated under such Account has not refused to accept and/or has not returned or offered to return any of the goods or services which are the subject of such Account;

(xi)       are subject to a perfected, first priority Lien in favor of Lender and not subject to any Lien whatsoever, other than the Lien of Lender and except for Permitted Liens;

(xii)      no Proceedings are pending or threatened against the Person obligated under such Account which might result in any material adverse change in its financial condition or in its ability to pay any Account in full;

(xiii)     if the Account is evidenced by chattel paper or an instrument, the originals of such chattel paper or instrument shall have been endorsed and/or assigned and delivered to Lender or, in the case of electronic chattel paper, shall be in the control of Lender, in each case in a manner satisfactory to Lender; and

(xiv)    there is no bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation Proceeding pending by or against the Person obligated under such Account, nor has the Person obligated under such Account gone out of or suspended business, made a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or failed to pay its debts generally as they come due, and/or no condition or event has occurred having a Material Adverse Effect on the Person obligated under such Account which would require the Accounts of such Person to be deemed uncollectible in accordance with GAAP.

  

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A sale or Account which is an Eligible Account shall cease to be an Eligible Account whenever it ceases to meet any one of the foregoing requirements. In addition, any sale or Account that otherwise meets each of the criteria above for an Eligible Account, may nonetheless be deemed not to be an Eligible Account, or may be deemed as an Eligible Account for a discounted value, all in Lender’s sole and absolute discretion.

(ff)                     “Employee Plan” includes any pension, stock bonus, employee stock ownership plan, retirement, disability, medical, dental or other health plan, life insurance or other death benefit plan, profit sharing, deferred compensation, stock option, bonus or other incentive plan, vacation benefit plan, severance plan or other employee benefit plan or arrangement, including, without limitation, those pension, profit-sharing and retirement plans of the Credit Parties described from time to time in the consolidated financial statements of the Credit Parties and any pension plan, welfare plan, Defined Benefit Pension Plans (as defined in ERISA) or any multi-employer plan, maintained or administered by the Credit Parties or to which is the Credit Parties are a party or may have any liability or by which the Credit Parties are bound.

 

(gg)                   “Environmental Laws” shall mean all federal, state, district, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, and consent decrees relating to health, safety, hazardous substances, pollution and environmental matters, as now or at any time hereafter in effect, applicable to the Credit Parties’ business or facilities owned or operated by the Credit Parties, including laws relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of pollutants, contamination, chemicals, or hazardous, toxic or dangerous substances, materials or wastes in the environment (including ambient air, surface water, land surface or subsurface strata) or otherwise relating to the generation, manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials.

 

(hh)                   “ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

 

(ii)                      “Event of Default” shall mean any of the events or conditions set forth in Section 12 hereof.

 

(jj)                      “Financial Statements” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 7.10 hereof.

 

(kk)                    “First Closing” means the closing of the Initial Loan hereunder, which shall take place on the Effective Date.

 

(ll)                      “Funded Indebtedness” shall mean, as to any Person, without duplication: (i) all indebtedness for borrowed money of such Person (including principal, interest and, if not paid when due, fees and charges), whether or not evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments; (ii) all obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services; (iii) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, with respect to the maximum face amount of all letters of credit (whether or not drawn), bankers’ acceptances and similar obligations issued for the account of such Person (including the Letters of Credit), and all unpaid drawings in respect of such letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances and similar obligations; and (iv) all indebtedness secured by any Lien on any property owned by such Person, whether or not such indebtedness has been assumed by such Person (provided, however, if such Person has not assumed or otherwise become liable in respect of such indebtedness, such indebtedness shall be deemed to be in an amount equal to the fair market value of the property subject to such Lien at the time of determination).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Funded Indebtedness shall not include trade payables and accrued expenses incurred by such Person in accordance with customary practices and in the Ordinary Course of Business of such Person.

 

  

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(mm)                  “GAAP” shall mean United States generally accepted accounting principles set forth from time to time in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (or agencies with similar functions of comparable stature and authority within the U.S. accounting profession), which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination; provided, however, that interim financial statements or reports shall be deemed in compliance with GAAP despite the absence of footnotes and fiscal year-end adjustments as required by GAAP.

 

(nn)                   “Governmental Authority” means any foreign, federal, state or local government, or any political subdivision thereof, or any court, agency or other body, organization, group, stock market or exchange exercising any executive, legislative, judicial, quasi-judicial, regulatory or administrative function of government.

 

(oo)                   “Guarantors” shall have the meaning given to it in the preamble hereof.

 

(pp)                   “Guarantor Collateral” shall mean the “Collateral” as defined in the Deed of Trust, all of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock – MLN owned by ML – Nevada and pledged to Lender under the Pledge Agreement, and all other property or assets of any of the Guarantors that may now or hereafter become security for the Obligations.

 

(qq)                   “Guarantor Property” shall mean that certain real property and improvements thereon owned by Corporate Guarantor and legally described on Exhibit “C”, together with all other “Collateral,” as defined in the Deed of Trust.

 

(rr)                     “Guaranty Agreement” shall mean the guaranty agreement executed by Individual Guarantor in favor of the Lender, pursuant to which the Individual Guarantor shall guarantee all of the Obligations of the Borrower, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “D”.

 

(ss)                    “Hazardous Materials” shall mean any hazardous, toxic or dangerous substance, materials and wastes, including hydrocarbons (including naturally occurring or man-made petroleum and hydrocarbons), flammable explosives, asbestos, urea formaldehyde insulation, radioactive materials, biological substances, polychlorinated biphenyls, pesticides, herbicides and any other kind and/or type of pollutants or contaminants (including, without limitation, materials which include hazardous constituents), sewage, sludge, industrial slag, solvents and/or any other similar substances, materials or wastes that are or become regulated under any Environmental Law (including any that are or become classified as hazardous or toxic under any Environmental Law).

 

  

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(tt)                     “Income Projections” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 10.8 hereof.

 

(uu)                   “Individual Guarantor” shall have the meaning given to such term in the preamble hereof.

 

(vv)                   “Initial Loan” means the initial loan contemplated to be made by Lender to the Borrower at the First Closing in the amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00).

 

(ww)                  “Insurance Policies” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 7.23 hereof.

 

(xx)                     “Interest Rate” shall mean a fixed rate of interest equal to eleven percent (11.0%) per annum, calculated on the actual number of days elapsed over a 360-day year.

 

(yy)                   “IP Rights” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 7.21 hereof.

 

(zz)                    “Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions” shall mean the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions to be entered into by and among the Lender, ML - Nevada and the Transfer Agent, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “E”.

 

(aaa)                  “Lender” shall have the meaning given to it in the preamble hereof.

 

(bbb)                 “Lender Indemnitee(s)” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 14.19 hereof.

 

(ccc)                  “License Agreements” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 7.21 hereof.

 

(ddd)                 “Lien” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, judgment lien or similar legal process, title retention lien, or other lien, security interest or encumbrance of any nature or kind granted by such Person or arising by judicial process or otherwise, including the interest of a vendor under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and the interest of a lessor under a lease of any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible, by such Person as lessee that is, or should be, a Capital Lease on the balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

  

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(eee)                  “Loan” or “Loans” means, collectively, the Initial Loan, and all Additional Loans, if any, made by Lender to Borrower from time to time hereunder.

 

(fff)                    “Loan Documents” shall mean those documents listed in Sections 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 hereof, and any other documents or instruments executed in connection with this Agreement or the Loans contemplated hereby, and all renewals, extensions, future advances, modifications, substitutions, or replacements thereof.

 

(ggg)                 “Material Adverse Effect” shall mean: (i) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the assets, business, prospects, properties, financial condition or results of operations of any Credit Party; (ii) a material impairment of the ability of any Credit Party to perform any of its Obligations under any of the Loan Documents; or (iii) a material adverse effect on: (A) any material portion of the Collateral; (B) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Credit Party of any of the Loan Documents; (C) the perfection or priority (subject to Permitted Liens) of any Lien granted to Lender under any Loan Document; (D) the rights or remedies of Lender under any Loan Document; or (E) the Lender’s ability to sell, without limitation or restriction, if applicable, any Advisory Fee Shares hereunder.  For purposes of determining whether any of the foregoing changes, effects, impairments, or other events have occurred, such determination shall be made by Lender, in its sole and absolute discretion.

 

(hhh)                 “Material Contract” shall mean any contract or agreement to which any Credit Party is a party or by which any Credit Party or any of its assets are bound and which: (i) must be disclosed to the SEC, the Principal Trading Market, or any other Governmental Authority pursuant to the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the rules and regulations of the SEC, or any other laws, rules or regulations of any Governmental Authority or the Principal Trading Market; (ii)  involves aggregate payments of Twenty-Five Thousand and No/100 United States Dollars (US$25,000.00) or more to or from any Credit Party; (ii) involves delivery, purchase, licensing or provision, by or to any Credit Party, of any goods, services, assets or other items having a value (or potential value) over the term of such contract or agreement of Twenty-Five Thousand and No/100 United States Dollars (US$25,000.00) or more or is otherwise material to the conduct of the Credit Party’s business as now conducted and as contemplated to be conducted in the future; (iii) involves a Credit Party Lease; (iv) imposes any guaranty, surety or indemnification obligations on any Credit Party; (v) prohibits any Credit Party from engaging in any business or competing anywhere in the world; and (vi) is a motor-vehicle lease from Borrower, as lessor, to another Person, as lessee.

 

(iii)                     “Material Shareholder” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 7.31 hereof.

 

(jjj)                     “Maturity Date” shall mean the earlier of: (i) eighteen (18) months from the Effective Date; (ii) upon prepayment of the Promissory Note by Borrower (subject to Section 2.4(b)); or (iii) the occurrence of an Event of Default and acceleration of the Promissory Note pursuant to this Agreement, unless the date in clause (i) shall be extended by Lender pursuant to any modification, extension or renewal note executed by Borrower and accepted by Lender in its sole and absolute discretion in substitution for the Promissory Note.

 

  

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(kkk)                  “Obligations” shall mean, whether now existing or hereafter arising, created or incurred: (i) all Loans, advances (whether of principal or otherwise) and other financial accommodations (whether primary, contingent or otherwise) made by Lender to any of the Credit Parties under any Loan Documents; (ii) all interest accrued thereon (including interest which would be payable as post-petition in connection with any bankruptcy or similar Proceeding, whether or not permitted as a claim thereunder); (iii) any and all fees, charges or other amounts due to Lender under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; (iv) any and all expenses incurred by Lender under, or in connection with, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; (v) any and all other liabilities and obligations of any of the Credit Parties to Lender under this Agreement and any other Loan Documents; and (vi) the performance by the Credit Parties of all covenants, agreements and obligations of every nature and kind on the part of any of the Credit Parties to be performed under this Agreement and any other Loan Documents.

 

(lll)                     “OFAC” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 14.22 hereof

 

(mmm)               “Ordinary Course of Business” means the Ordinary Course of Business of the Person in question consistent with past custom and practice (including with respect to quantity, quality and frequency).

 

(nnn)                 “Payment Account” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.4(c) hereof.

 

(ooo)                 “Permitted Liens” shall mean: (i) Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not at the time delinquent or thereafter payable without penalty or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and, in each case, for which adequate reserves are maintained in accordance with GAAP and in respect of which no Lien has been filed; (ii) Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics and materialmen arising in the Ordinary Course of Business; (iii) Liens in the form of deposits or pledges incurred in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment compensation and other types of social security (excluding Liens arising under ERISA or in connection with surety bonds, bids, performance bonds and similar obligations) for sums not overdue or being contested in good faith by appropriate Proceedings and not involving any advances or borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of property or services, which do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of the property or assets of the Credit Parties taken as a whole or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the Credit Parties’ business and, in each case, for which adequate reserves are maintained in accordance with GAAP and in respect of which no Lien has been filed; (iv) Liens described in the Financial Statements and acceptable to Lender in its sole and absolute discretion, and the replacement, extension or renewal of any such Lien upon or in the same property subject thereto arising out of the extension, renewal or replacement of the indebtedness secured thereby (without increase in the amount thereof and without expansion of such Liens upon any other property); (v) attachments, appeal bonds, judgments and other similar Liens, for sums not exceeding Fifty Thousand and No/100 United States Dollars (US$50,000.00) arising in connection with court Proceedings, provided the execution or other enforcement of such Liens is effectively stayed and the claims secured thereby are being actively contested in good faith and by appropriate Proceedings, and only to the extent such judgments or awards do not otherwise constitute an Event of Default; (vi) zoning and similar restrictions on the use of property and easements, rights of way, restrictions, minor defects or irregularities in title and other similar Liens not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Credit Parties; (vii) Liens arising in connection with Capital Leases (and attaching only to the property being leased); (viii) Liens that constitute purchase money security interests on any property securing indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the cost of acquiring such property, provided that any such Lien attaches to such property within sixty (60) days of the acquisition thereof and attaches solely to the property so acquired; (ix) Liens granted to Lender hereunder and under the Loan Documents; (x) any interest or title of a lessor, sublessor, licensor or sublicensor under any lease or non-exclusive license permitted by this Agreement; (xi) Liens arising from precautionary uniform commercial code financing statements filed under any lease permitted by this Agreement; (xii) banker’s Liens and rights of set-off of financial institutions arising in connection with items deposited in accounts maintained at such financial institutions and subsequently unpaid and unpaid fees and expenses that are charged to the Credit Parties by such financial institutions in the Ordinary Course of Business of the maintenance and operation of such accounts; and (xiii) Liens in favor of MNH Management, LLC, but only to the extent such Liens encumber the Guarantor Collateral, and do not encumber the Borrower Collateral.

 

  

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(ppp)                 “Permit” means any license, permit, approval, waiver, order, authorization, right or privilege of any nature whatsoever, granted, issued, approved or allowed by any Governmental Authority.

 

(qqq)                 “Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, corporation, trust, joint venture, joint stock company, association, unincorporated organization, government or agency or political subdivision thereof, or other entity.

 

(rrr)                    “Pledge Agreement(s)” shall mean the pledge agreement executed by ML – Nevada (or executed by other Guarantors, if applicable, pursuant to Section 3.20 below)  in favor of the Lender, pursuant to which ML – Nevada grants to Lender a first priority Lien and security interest in and to all of the shares of capital stock or membership interests (as applicable) owned by ML - Nevada in Borrower (or otherwise as applicable pursuant to Section 3.20), the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “F”.

 

(sss)                  “Point-of-Sale Transactions” means any sale transactions by Borrower whereby the purchase price for the sale transaction is paid in full by the Person undertaking such sale transaction, at the time of the sale transaction.

 

(ttt)                    “Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 7.4 hereof.

 

(uuu)                 “Premium” shall mean a payment premium due on the amount of the Obligations in accordance with the Promissory Note.

 

(vvv)                 “Prepayment Penalty” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.4(b) hereof.

 

(www)               “Principal Trading Market” shall mean the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Capital Market, the OTCQX, the OTCQB, the OTC Pink, the NYSE Euronext or the New York Stock Exchange, or in each case, any successor market or exchange, whichever is at the time the principal trading exchange or market for the Common Stock.

 

  

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(xxx)                   “Proceeding” means any demand, claim, suit, action, litigation, investigation, audit, study, arbitration, administrative hearing, or any other proceeding of any nature whatsoever.

 

(yyy)                 “Promissory Note(s)” means any promissory notes issued by the Borrower to Lender from time to time under this Agreement which evidence the Initial Loan or any Additional Loans, which promissory notes shall be substantially in the form and substance attached hereto as Exhibit “G”.

 

(zzz)                   “Public Documents” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 7.11 hereof.

 

(aaaa)                “Real Property” means any real estate, land, building, structure, improvement, fixture or other real property of any nature whatsoever, including, but not limited to, fee and leasehold interests, any specifically including the real property listed on Schedule 7.18.

 

(bbbb)               “Rule 144” shall mean Rule 144 or Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act (or a successor rule thereto).

 

(cccc)                “Rule 144 Certificate” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 10.20 hereof.

 

(dddd)               “Rule 144 Opinion” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 10.20 hereof.

 

(eeee)                “Sale Reconciliation” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.5(f)(i) hereof.

 

(ffff)                   “SEC” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

(gggg)               “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

(hhhh)               “Securities Being Sold” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 10.20 hereof.

 

(iiii)                    “Security Agreement” shall mean the security agreement executed by the Borrower in favor of Lender, pursuant to which the Borrower grants a Lien and security interest in and to all of the Borrower Collateral as security for the Obligations, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “H”.

 

  

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(jjjj)                    “Share Reserve” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 10.21 hereof.

 

(kkkk)                “Shell Company” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 10.20 hereof.

 

(llll)                    “Subsidiary” and “Subsidiaries” shall mean, respectively, each and all such corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships or other entities of which or in which a Person owns, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of: (i) the combined voting power of all classes of stock having general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect a majority of the board of directors of such entity if a corporation; (ii) the management authority and capital interest or profits interest of such entity, if a partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, joint venture or similar entity; or (iii) the beneficial interest of such entity, if a trust, association or other unincorporated organization.

 

(mmmm)            “Transfer Agent” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.5(g) hereof.

 

(nnnn)               “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in Nevada from time to time.

 

(oooo)               “Use of Proceeds Confirmation” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 9.8 hereof.

 

(pppp)               “Validity Certificates” shall mean the Validity Certificates executed by certain officers and directors of the Borrower, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “I”.

 

(qqqq)               “Valuation Date” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.5(g) hereof.

 

(rrrr)                   “VWAP” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.5(g) hereof.

 

1.2           Accounting Terms.  Any accounting terms used in this Agreement which are not specifically defined herein shall have the meanings customarily given them in accordance with GAAP.  Calculations and determinations of financial and accounting terms used and not otherwise specifically defined hereunder and the preparation of financial statements to be furnished to Lender pursuant hereto shall be made and prepared, both as to classification of items and as to amount, in accordance with GAAP as used in the preparation of the financial statements of Borrower on the date of this Agreement.  If any changes in accounting principles or practices from those used in the preparation of the financial statements are hereafter occasioned by the promulgation of rules, regulations, pronouncements and opinions by or required by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (or any successor thereto or agencies with similar functions), which results in a material change in the method of accounting in the financial statements required to be furnished to Lender hereunder or in the calculation of financial covenants, standards or terms contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto agree to enter into good faith negotiations to amend such provisions so as equitably to reflect such changes to the end that the criteria for evaluating the financial condition and performance of Borrower will be the same after such changes as they were before such changes; and if the parties fail to agree on the amendment of such provisions, Borrower will furnish financial statements in accordance with such changes but shall provide calculations for all financial covenants, perform all financial covenants and otherwise observe all financial standards and terms in accordance with applicable accounting principles and practices in effect immediately prior to such changes.  Calculations with respect to financial covenants required to be stated in accordance with applicable accounting principles and practices in effect immediately prior to such changes shall be reviewed and certified by Borrower’s accountants.

 

  

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1.3           Other Terms Defined in UCC.  All other words and phrases used herein and not otherwise specifically defined shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the UCC, as amended from time to time, to the extent the same are used or defined therein.

 

1.4           Other Definitional Provisions; Construction.  Whenever the context so requires, the neuter gender includes the masculine and feminine, the single number includes the plural, and vice versa.  In addition: (i) the words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and references to Article, Section, Subsection, Annex, Schedule, Exhibit and like references are references to this Agreement unless otherwise specified; (ii) wherever the word “include,” “includes” or “including” is used in this Agreement, it will be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation;” (iii) an Event of Default shall “continue” or be “continuing” until such Event of Default has been cured in Lender’s sole and absolute discretion, or waived by Lender in accordance with Section 14.3 hereof; (iv) any reference to the Credit Parties shall mean and refer to all the Credit Parties, collectively, and to each Credit Party, individually, and accordingly, each representation, warranty, covenant, obligation or other agreement, term or provision in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, to the extent applicable to the Credit Parties, shall be deemed to be applicable and effective as to all Credit Parties, collectively, and to each Credit Party, individually, as the context may so require, regardless of the gender, singular, plural, or other tense used in the applicable provision; (v) references in this Agreement to any party shall include such party’s successors and permitted assigns; and (vi) references to any “Section” shall be a reference to such Section of this Agreement unless otherwise stated.  To the extent any of the provisions of the other Loan Documents are inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern.

 

2.           LOANS.

 

2.1           Initial Loan.  Subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Lender shall make the Initial Loan to Borrower at the First Closing.

 

2.2           Additional Loans.

 

(a)                     At any time after the First Closing, but prior to the Maturity Date or earlier termination of this Agreement, the Borrower may request that Lender make Additional Loans hereunder at Additional Closings by written notice to Lender.  Any such Additional Loans shall be subject to Lender’s prior written approval, and Lender shall have the absolute right to withhold, deny or condition approval of any such requests for any such Additional Loans in Lender’s sole and absolute discretion, however, at a minimum, the following conditions must be satisfied, in Lender’s sole and absolute discretion: (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing; (ii) Borrower shall have executed and delivered a new or revised Promissory Note; (iii) after giving effect to such increase, the amount of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all Loans shall not be in excess of the maximum amount of credit available under this Agreement; (iv) Lender shall have reviewed and accepted, in its sole and absolute discretion, the revenues, income, Collateral, and other financial or other underwriting criteria required for the increase; and (v) Lender shall have received any and all documents or agreements as it shall require in its sole and absolute discretion.  If Lender approves any request for such Additional Loans, then subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Lender shall make such Additional Loans to Borrower in such amounts and at such Additional Closings as Lender and the Borrower may mutually agree.  Borrower may only request Additional Loans if, in Lender’s sole and absolute discretion, no default or “Event of Default” (as such term is defined in any of the Loan Documents) shall have occurred or be continuing under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, and no event shall have occurred that, with the passage of time, the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default or an Event of Default hereunder or thereunder.

 

  

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(b)                     It is expressly agreed and acknowledged by each of the Credit Parties that, notwithstanding that this Agreement provides for the opportunity for Additional Loans as hereby provided: (i) Lender has no obligation of any nature or kind whatsoever to make any such Additional Loans to the Credit Parties; (ii) the Credit Parties did not enter into this Agreement based on any promise, express or implied, by Lender or any of its agents or representatives, or based on any expectation by any of the Credit Parties, that Additional Loans beyond the Initial Loan would be made or provided after the Effective Date; and (iii) each of the Credit Parties hereby fully and unconditionally waives any and all claims, counterclaims, and defenses any of them may have based on any argument that Lender had any obligation or otherwise promised to fund  or make Additional Loans beyond the Initial Loan, or any argument or implied covenant of fair dealing and good faith that may in any way imply an obligation upon Lender to make such Additional Loans.

 

2.3           Form of Payment; Documents Delivered.  Each Closing shall be undertaken between the Credit Parties and Lender through the use of overnight mails and subject to escrow instructions from Lender and its counsel.  Any violation or breach of any such escrow instructions, whether by any Credit Parties or counsel for any Credit Parties, shall constitute an Event of Default hereunder. Subject to such escrow instructions and the satisfaction (or waiver) of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at each Closing: (i) the Lender shall deliver to the Borrower, to a Borrower account designated by the Borrower, the aggregate proceeds of the applicable Loan being funded at such Closing, minus the fees to be paid directly from the proceeds of such Closing as set forth in this Agreement, in the form of wire transfers of immediately available Dollars; (ii) the Borrower shall deliver to Lender the Promissory Note evidencing the Loan made at such Closing (or a consolidated Promissory Note for all Loans, in Lender’s discretion), as well as all other documents required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise required by Lender and its counsel, duly executed on behalf of the Borrower; and (iii) the Guarantors shall deliver to Lender all other required Loan Documents to be executed by any of the Guarantors, as may be required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise required by Lender and its counsel, duly executed on behalf of the Guarantors, as applicable.

 

  

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2.4           Payment of Loans.

 

(a)            Loan Interest and Payments.  Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the outstanding principal balance of the Loans and all other Obligations shall be repaid on or before the Maturity Date.  The principal amount of the Loans outstanding from time to time shall bear interest at the Interest Rate, and be subject to payment of the Premium in accordance with the Promissory Note. All Obligations shall be paid in accordance with the payment terms set forth in this Agreement and the Promissory Note. Any amount of principal, interest, or Premium on the Obligations which is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, shall at Lender’s option bear interest payable on demand at the Default Rate.

 

          (b)            Optional Prepayments.  Borrower may from time to time prepay the Loans, in whole or in part, provided, however, that if the Borrower prepays the Obligations in full within one hundred eighty (180) days following the Effective Date, Borrower shall pay to Lender as liquidated damages and compensation for the costs of being prepared to make funds available hereunder an amount equal to two and 50/100 percent (2.50%) of the Initial Loan (the “Prepayment Penalty”).

 

               (c)            ACH Payment.  The Borrower agrees that all payments due and owing under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents shall be made by wire transfer to an account designated by Lender to Borrower from time to time, or at Lender’s election, shall be made through automated clearing house (“ACH”) transfers from the Borrower’s designated operating account (the “Payment Account”) directly to Lender.  In this regard, if the Lender elects to receive payments through ACH, the Borrower hereby agrees to execute and deliver to Lender an authorization agreement for direct payments whereby, among other things, Lender shall be irrevocably authorized to initiate ACH transfers from the Payment Account to Lender in the amounts required or permitted under this Agreement and all other Loan Documents, including for scheduled payments of principal, interest and Premium due under the Promissory Note, and payment of all other fees or charges due under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents.  Lender’s authorization for direct ACH transfers as hereby provided shall be irrevocable and such ACH transfers shall continue until all Obligations are paid in full.  For so long as any Obligations remain outstanding, Borrower shall: (i) not revoke Lender’s authority to initiate ACH transfers as hereby contemplated; (ii) not change, modify, close or otherwise affect the Payment Account; (iii) deposit all revenues of any nature or kind whatsoever relating to Borrower or its business only into the Payment Account; and (iv) be responsible for all costs, expenses or other fees and charges incurred by Lender as a result of any failed or returned ACH transfers, whether resulting from insufficient sums being available in the Payment Account, or otherwise.  The Borrower hereby agrees to undertake any and all required actions, execute any required documents, instruments or agreements, or to otherwise do any other thing required or requested by Lender in order to effectuate the requirements of this Section 2.4(c).

 

  

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(d)            Power of Attorney.  It is intended that all revenues of any nature or kind whatsoever relating to Borrower or its business, and all other checks, drafts, instruments and other items of payment or proceeds of Borrower Collateral at any time received, due or owing to the Borrower from any Person, or otherwise, shall be deposited directly into the Payment Account, and if not deposited directly into the Payment Account, shall be immediately remitted or endorsed by the Borrower into the Payment Account, and, if that remittance or endorsement of any such item shall not be immediately made for any reason, Lender is hereby irrevocably authorized to remit or endorse the same on Borrower’s behalf.  For purpose of this Section, the Borrower irrevocably hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Lender (and all Persons designated by Lender for that purpose) as the Borrower’s true and lawful attorney and agent-in-fact: (A) to endorse the Borrower’s name upon items of payment and/or proceeds of Collateral and upon any chattel paper, document, instrument, invoice or similar document or agreement relating to any revenues of the Borrower; (B) to take control in any manner of any item of payment or proceeds thereof; (C) to have access to the Borrower’s operating accounts, through the Borrower’s online banking system, or otherwise, to make remittances of any revenues deposited therein into the Payment Account as required hereby; (D) to have access to any lock box or postal box into which any of the Borrower’s mail is deposited, and open and process all mail addressed to the Borrower and deposited therein; and (E) direct and otherwise deal with all Persons, including any Persons which are parties to any motor-vehicle leases, to insure that all revenues are remitted to Lender as hereby contemplated.

 

(e)            Rights Upon Default.  Lender may, at any time and from time to time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, whether before or after the maturity of any of the Obligations: (A) enforce collection of any Accounts or other amounts owed to the Borrower by suit or otherwise; (B) exercise all of the rights and remedies of the Borrower with respect to Proceedings brought to collect any Accounts or other amounts owed to the Borrower; (C) surrender, release or exchange all or any part of any Accounts or other amounts owed to the Borrower, or compromise or extend or renew for any period (whether or not longer than the original period) any indebtedness thereunder; (D) sell or assign any Account of the Borrower, or other amount owed to the Borrower, upon such terms, for such amount and at such time or times as Lender deems advisable; (E) prepare, file and sign Borrower’s name on any proof of claim in bankruptcy or other similar document against any Person obligated to the Borrower; and (F) do all other acts and things which are necessary, in Lender’s sole discretion, to fulfill the Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to allow Lender to collect the Accounts, or other amounts owed to the Borrower.  In addition to any other provision hereof, Lender may at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, at the Borrower’s expense, notify any parties obligated on any of the Accounts to make payment directly to Lender of any amounts due or to become due thereunder.

 

(f)             Statement.  From time to time, Lender may deliver to Borrower an invoice and or an account statement showing all Loans, charges and payments, which shall be deemed final, binding and conclusive upon Borrower, unless Borrower notifies Lender in writing, specifying any error therein, within thirty (30) days of the date such account statement is sent to Borrower and any such notice shall only constitute an objection to the items specifically identified.

 

  

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2.5           Fees.

 

(a)                     Intentionally Left Blank.

 

(b)                     Transaction Advisory Fee.  In addition to the Advisory Fee contained in Section 2.5(f) herein, the Borrower agrees to pay to Lender a transaction advisory fee equal to four percent (4.0%) of the amount of the Initial Loan, and two percent (2.0%) on the amount of any Additional Loan, which shall be due and payable on the First Closing and at each Additional Closing.

 

(c)                     Due Diligence Fees.  Borrower agrees to pay a due diligence fee equal to Seven Thousand Five Hundred and No/100 United States Dollars (US$7,500.00), which shall be due and payable in full on the First Closing, or any remaining portion thereof shall be due and payable on the First Closing if a portion of such fee was paid upon the execution of any term sheet related to this Agreement.

 

(d)                     Document Review and Legal Fees.  Borrower agrees to pay a document review and legal fee equal to Eighteen Thousand and No/100 United States Dollars (US$18,000.00) which shall be due and payable in full on the First Closing, or any remaining portion thereof shall be due and payable on the First Closing if a portion of such fee was paid upon the execution of any term sheet related to this Agreement.

 

(e)                     Other Fees.  Borrower also agrees to pay to the Lender (or any designee of the Lender), upon demand, or to otherwise be responsible for the payment of, any and all other costs, fees and expenses, including the reasonable fees, costs, expenses and disbursements of counsel for the Lender and of any experts and agents, which the Lender may incur or which may otherwise be due and payable in connection with: (i) the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery, recordation, administration, amendment, waiver, subordination, or other modification or termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents (provided that there shall be no fees for the preparation and negotiation of this Agreement other than as specifically set forth in the closing or settlement statement executed by Borrowers and Lender on the First Closing); (ii) any documentary stamp taxes, intangibles taxes, recording fees, filing fees, or other similar taxes, fees or charges imposed by or due to any Governmental Authority in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Documents; (iii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the Lender under this Agreement or the Loan Documents; or (iv) the failure by the Credit Parties to perform or observe any of the provisions of this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents.  Included in the foregoing shall be the amount of all expenses paid or incurred by Lender in consulting with counsel concerning any of its rights under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or under applicable law.  All such costs and expenses, if not so immediately paid when due or upon demand thereof, shall bear interest from the date of outlay until paid, at the Default Rate.  All of such costs and expenses shall be additional Obligations of the Credit Parties to Lender secured under the Loan Documents.  The provisions of this Subsection shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

  

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(f)                     Advisory Fees.    Borrower shall pay to Lender a fee for advisory services provided by the Lender to the Credit Parties prior to the Effective Date in the amount of Four Hundred Thousand and No/100 United States Dollars (US$400,000.00) (the “Advisory Fee”) by causing ML - Nevada to issue to Lender one hundred percent (100%) of that number of shares of Common Stock - ML equal to the Advisory Fee.  ML – Nevada acknowledges that, as the sole shareholder of the Borrower, it is receiving material benefits from the Loans.  For purposes of determining the number of shares issuable to Lender under this Section (the “Advisory Fee Shares”), the Common Stock - ML shall be valued at price equal to the lowest volume weighted average price for the Common Stock - ML for the five (5) Business Days immediately prior to the Effective Date (the “Valuation Date”), as reported by Bloomberg (the “VWAP”).  The Lender shall confirm to Credit Parties, in writing, the VWAP for the Common Stock - ML as of the Valuation Date, and the corresponding number of Advisory Fee Shares issuable to the Lender based on such price.  ML - Nevada shall instruct its transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) to issue certificates representing the Advisory Fee Shares issuable to the Lender immediately upon Credit Parties’ execution of this Agreement, and shall cause its Transfer Agent to deliver such certificates to Lender within three (3) Business Days from the Effective Date.  In the event such certificates representing the Advisory Fee Shares issuable hereunder shall not be delivered to the Lender within said three (3) Business Day period, same shall be an immediate default under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.  The Advisory Fee Shares, when issued, shall be deemed to be validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable shares of Common Stock - ML.  The Advisory Fee Shares shall be deemed fully earned as of the Effective Date, regardless of the amount or number of Loans made hereunder. 

 

(i)           Adjustments.  It is the intention of the Credit Parties and Lender that the Lender shall be able to sell (if Lender so elects, in Lender’s sole and absolute discretion) the Advisory Fee Shares, and generate net proceeds (net of all brokerage commissions and other fees or charges payable by Lender in connection with the sale thereof) from such sale equal to the Advisory Fee.  The Lender shall have the right (but not an obligation) to sell the Advisory Fee Shares in the Principal Trading Market or otherwise, at any time in accordance with applicable securities laws.  At any time the Lender may elect, the Lender may deliver to ML - Nevada a reconciliation statement showing the net proceeds actually received by the Lender from the sale of the Advisory Fee Shares (the “Sale Reconciliation”).  If, as of the date of the delivery by Lender of the Sale Reconciliation, the Lender has not realized net proceeds from the sale of such Advisory Fee Shares equal to at least the Advisory Fee, as shown on the Sale Reconciliation, then ML - Nevada shall immediately take all required action necessary or required in order to cause the issuance of additional shares of Common Stock - ML to the Lender in an amount sufficient such that, when sold and the net proceeds thereof are added to the net proceeds from the sale of any of the previously issued and sold Advisory Fee Shares, the Lender shall have received total net funds equal to the Advisory Fee.  If additional shares of Common Stock - ML are issued pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, and after the sale of such additional issued shares of Common Stock - ML, the Lender still has not received net proceeds equal to at least the Advisory Fee, then ML - Nevada shall again be required to immediately take all required action necessary or required in order to cause the issuance of additional shares of Common Stock - ML to the Lender as contemplated above, and such additional issuances shall continue until the Lender has received net proceeds from the sale of such Common Stock - ML equal to the Advisory Fee.  In the event the Lender receives net proceeds from the sale of Advisory Fee Shares equal to the Advisory Fee, and the Lender still has Advisory Fee Shares remaining to be sold, the Lender shall return all such remaining Advisory Fee Shares to ML - Nevada.  In the event additional Common Stock - ML is required to be issued as outlined above, ML - Nevada shall instruct its Transfer Agent to issue certificates representing such additional shares of Common Stock - ML to the Lender immediately subsequent to the Lender’s notification to ML - Nevada that additional shares of Common Stock - ML are issuable hereunder, and ML - Nevada shall in any event cause its Transfer Agent to deliver such certificates to Lender within three (3) Business Days following the date Lender notifies Ml - Nevada that additional shares of Common Stock - ML are to be issued hereunder.  In the event such certificates representing such additional shares of Common Stock - ML issuable hereunder shall not be delivered to the Lender within said three (3) Business Day period, same shall be an immediate default under this Agreement and the Loan Documents.  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section to the contrary, ML - Nevada shall have the right to redeem any Advisory Fee Shares then in the Lender’s possession for an amount payable by the Credit Parties to Lender in cash equal to the Advisory Fee, less any net cash proceeds received by the Lender from any previous sales of Advisory Fee Shares.  Upon Lender’s receipt of such cash payment in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence, the Lender shall return any then remaining Advisory Fee Shares in its possession back to ML - Nevada and otherwise undertake any required actions reasonably requested by ML - Nevada to have such then remaining Advisory Fee Shares returned to ML - Nevada.  Credit Parties’ obligation to pay the Advisory Fee contemplated by this Section 2.5(f), whether in cash or thru the sale of Advisory Fee Shares, shall be an Obligation hereunder, secured by all Loan Documents, and failure by the Credit Parties to pay such Advisory Fee in full as required by this Section 2.5(f) shall be an immediate Event of Default hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.  In the event the Lender elects to make Additional Loans as permitted by this Agreement, the Credit Parties agree to pay additional advisory fees to Lender either in cash or in a similar manner as set forth in this Section 2.5(f) through the issuance of additional Advisory Fee Shares, at Lender’s sole discretion, in an amount to be mutually agreed upon between Lender and Credit Parties.

 

  

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(ii)           Mandatory Redemption.  Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event the Lender has not realized net proceeds from the sale of Advisory Fee Shares equal to at least the Advisory Fee by the earlier to occur of: (A) the eighteen (18) month anniversary of the Effective Date; (B) the occurrence of an Event of Default; or (C) the Maturity Date, then at any time thereafter, the Lender shall have the right, upon written notice to the Borrower, to require that the Credit Parties redeem all Advisory Fee Shares then in Lender’s possession for cash equal to the Advisory Fee, less any cash proceeds received by the Lender from any previous sales of Advisory Fee Shares, if any.  In the event such redemption notice is given by the Lender, the Credit Parties shall redeem the then remaining Advisory Fee Shares in Lender’s possession for an amount of Dollars equal to the Advisory Fee, less any cash proceeds received by the Lender from any previous sales of Advisory Fee Shares, if any, payable by wire transfer to an account designated by Lender within five (5) Business Days from the date the Lender delivers such redemption notice to Credit Parties.

 

(g)           Matters with Respect to Common Stock.

 

(i)            Issuance of Additional Common Stock.  The parties hereto acknowledge that ML - Nevada has agreed to issue, simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement and in the future, certain shares of Common Stock - ML in accordance with Section 2.5(f) above.  In the event, for any reason, ML - Nevada fails to issue, or cause its Transfer Agent to issue, any portion of the Common Stock - ML issuable to Lender hereunder, either now or in the future, then the parties hereto acknowledge that Lender shall irrevocably be entitled to deliver to the Transfer Agent, on behalf of itself and ML - Nevada, a written instruction requesting the issuance of the shares of Common Stock - ML then issuable, and the Transfer Agent, provided they are the acting transfer agent for ML - Nevada at the time, shall, and ML - Nevada hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Transfer Agent to, without any further confirmation or instructions from ML - Nevada, issue such shares of Common Stock - ML as directed by Lender, and surrender to a nationally recognized overnight courier for delivery to Lender at the address specified in the Lender’s notice, a certificate of the Common Stock - ML, registered in the name of Lender or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock - ML issuable to Lender in accordance herewith.

 

  

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(ii)           Removal of Restrictive Legends.  In the event that Lender has any shares of Common Stock - ML bearing any restrictive legends, and Lender, through its counsel or other representatives, submits to ML – Nevada any such shares for the removal of the restrictive legends thereon, whether in connection with a sale of such shares pursuant to any exemption to the registration requirements under the Securities Act, or otherwise, and ML - Nevada and/or its counsel refuses or fails for any reason to render an opinion of counsel or any other documents, certificates or instructions required for the removal of the restrictive legends, then: (A) to the extent such legends could be lawfully removed under applicable laws, ML - Nevada’s failure to provide the required opinion of counsel or any other documents, certificates or instructions required for the removal of the restrictive legends shall be an immediate Event of Default under this Agreement and all other Loan Documents; and (B) ML - Nevada hereby agrees and acknowledges that Lender is hereby irrevocably and expressly authorized to have counsel to Lender render any and all opinions and other certificates or instruments which may be required for purposes of removing such restrictive legends, and ML - Nevada hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Transfer Agent to, without any further confirmation or instructions from ML - Nevada, issue any such shares without restrictive legends as instructed by Lender, and surrender to a common carrier for overnight delivery to the address as specified by Lender, certificates, registered in the name of Lender or its designees, representing the shares of Common Stock - ML to which Lender is entitled, without any restrictive legends and otherwise freely transferable on the books and records of ML - Nevada.

 

(iii)          Authorized Agent of ML - Nevada.  ML – Nevada hereby irrevocably appoints the Lender and its counsel and its representatives, each as ML – Nevada’s duly authorized agent and attorney-in-fact for Ml – Nevada for the purposes of authorizing and instructing the Transfer Agent to process issuances, transfers and legend removals upon instructions from Lender, or any counsel or representatives of Lender, as specifically contemplated herein.  The authorization and power of attorney granted hereby is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable so long as any Obligations of any Credit Parties under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents remain outstanding, and so long as the Lender owns or has the right to receive, any shares of Common Stock - ML hereunder or under the Guaranty agreement executed by ML - Nevada.  In this regard, ML - Nevada hereby confirms to the Transfer Agent and the Lender that it can NOT and will NOT give instructions, including stop orders or otherwise, inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement with regard to the matters contemplated herein, and that the Lender shall have the absolute right to provide a copy of this Agreement to the Transfer Agent as evidence of ML – Nevada’s irrevocable authority for Lender and Transfer Agent to process issuances, transfers and legend removals upon instructions from Lender, or any counsel or representatives of Lender, as specifically contemplated herein, without any further instructions, orders or confirmations from ML - Nevada.

 

  

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(iv)           Injunction and Specific Performance.  Credit Parties specifically acknowledge and agree that in the event of a breach or threatened breach by Credit Parties of any provision of this Section 2.5(g), the Lender will be irreparably damaged and that damages at law would be an inadequate remedy if this Agreement were not specifically enforced.  Therefore, in the event of a breach or threatened breach of any provision of this Section 2.5(g) by Credit Parties, the Lender shall be entitled to obtain, in addition to all other rights or remedies Lender may have, at law or in equity, an injunction restraining such breach, without being required to show any actual damage or to post any bond or other security, and/or to a decree for specific performance of the provisions of this Section 2.5(g).

 

(h)                    Surviving Obligations.  The Credit Parties agree and acknowledge that notwithstanding the termination of this Agreement, or the payment in full of all of the Loans or other obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Documents, the Credit Parties’ obligations and liability under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the Lender’s Lien and security interest on all Collateral, shall survive, shall remain valid and effective and shall not be released or terminated, until the Lender receives the full amount of the Advisory Fee in cash, either through the sale of Advisory Fee Shares, or through cash payments from Credit Parties as contemplated by Section 2.5(f).  All of the Credit Parties’ obligations under Section 2.5(f) and 2.5(g) shall survive termination of this Agreement.

 

(i)                     Right to Approve Transfer Agent. ML – Nevada hereby represents and warrants that ML - Nevada’s current Transfer Agent is Island stock Transfer, whose contact information is as follows: 15500 Roosevelt Boulevard, Suite 301, Clearwater, FL 33760.  ML - Nevada hereby agrees that it shall not change the Transfer Agent, unless the Lender first approves the proposed new Transfer Agent, such approval to be in Lender’s sole and absolute discretion.

 

(j)                     Interest and Fee Computation; Collection of Funds.  Interest and Premium accrued hereunder shall be payable as set forth in this Agreement and the Promissory Note.  Except as otherwise set forth herein, all interest, Premium, and fees shall be calculated on the basis of a year consisting of 360 days and shall be paid for the actual number of days elapsed.  Principal payments submitted in funds not immediately available shall continue to bear interest and Premium until collected.  If any payment to be made by any Credit Party hereunder or under the Promissory Note shall become due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in computing any interest in respect of such payment.  Any Obligations which are not paid when due (subject to applicable grace periods) shall bear interest at the Default Rate.

 

2.6           Automatic Debit.  In order to effectuate the timely payment of any of the Obligations when due, Credit Parties hereby authorize and direct Lender, at Lender’s option, to: (i) debit, or cause or instruct the debit of, the amount of the Obligations to any ordinary deposit account of Borrower; or (ii) make an Additional Loan hereunder to pay the amount of the Obligations.

 

2.7           Discretionary Disbursements.  Lender, in its sole and absolute discretion, may immediately upon notice to Borrower, disburse any or all proceeds of the Loans made or available to Borrower pursuant to this Agreement to pay any fees, costs, expenses or other amounts required to be paid by Borrower hereunder and not so paid.  All monies so disbursed shall be a part of the Obligations, payable by Borrower on demand from Lender.

 

  

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2.8           US Dollars; Currency Risk.  All revenues collected by Borrower and deposited into the Payment Account or any other accounts of Borrower will be in Dollars.  In the event any such revenues are not in Dollars, Borrower shall bear the risk of Lender’s currency losses, and if Lender suffers a currency loss and the result is to increase the cost to Lender or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by Lender under this Agreement or under the Promissory Note with respect thereto, then after demand by Lender (which demand shall be accompanied by a certificate setting forth reasonably detailed calculations of the basis of such demand), Borrower shall pay to Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate Lender for such increased cost or such reduction.

 

3.           CONDITIONS OF BORROWING.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the obligation of Lender to disburse or make all or any portion of any Loans is subject to satisfaction of all of the following conditions precedent (unless a condition is waived in writing by Lender) contained in this Article 3.

 

3.1           Loan Documents to be Executed by Credit Parties.  As a condition precedent to Lender’s disbursal or making of the Loans pursuant to this Agreement, Credit Parties, as applicable, shall have executed or cause to be executed and delivered to Lender all of the following documents, each of which must be satisfactory to Lender and Lender’s counsel in form, substance and execution:

 

(a)                     Credit Agreement.  An original of this Agreement, duly executed by Borrower and consented and agreed to by the Guarantors;

 

(b)                     Promissory Note.  An original Promissory Note, duly executed by Borrower and consented and agreed to by the Guarantors;

 

(c)                      Security Agreement.  An original of the Security Agreement, duly executed by the Borrower;

 

(d)                     Guaranty Agreement.  An original of the Guaranty Agreement, duly executed by the Individual Guarantor;

 

(e)                     Validity Certificates. An original of each Validity Certificate, duly executed by such officers and directors of Borrower as Lender shall require;

 

(f)                      ACH Agreement.  An original of the ACH authorization agreement, duly executed by Borrower;

 

(g)                     Pledge Agreement.  An original of the Pledge Agreement, duly executed by ML - Nevada;

 

  

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(h)                     Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions.  An original of the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, duly executed by ML - Nevada and the ML - Nevada’s Transfer Agent;

 

(i)                      Deed of Trust.  An original of the Deed of Trust, duly executed by the Corporate Guarantor;

 

(j)                      Closing Statement.  An original of a closing or settlement statement, duly executed by the Borrower;

 

(k)                     Additional Documents.  Such other agreements, documents, instruments, certificates, financial statements, schedules, resolutions, opinions of counsel, notes and other items which Lender shall require in connection with this Agreement.

 

3.2           Organizational and Authorization Documents.  A certificate of the corporate secretary, manager, members or other officer, partner, manager or equivalent authorized Person of each Credit Party certifying and attaching: (i) copies of each Credit Parties’ respective articles of incorporation (including any certificates of designation, is applicable), bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement, certificate of organization or other applicable formation or governing documents; (ii) resolutions of the board of directors, managers, members, general partners or other Persons with proper authority to manage the affairs of, and otherwise bind, each Credit Party, approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is party and the transactions contemplated thereby; (iii) resolution of the Guarantors’ shareholders or members (if applicable), approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is party and the transactions contemplated thereby; and (iv) the signatures and incumbency of the officers, managers, members, partners or other authorized Persons of each Credit Party executing any of the Loan Documents, each of which Borrower hereby certifies to be true and complete, and in full force and effect without modification, it being understood that Lender may conclusively rely on each such document and certificate until formally advised by Borrower of any changes therein.

 

3.3           Certificates of Good Standing.  Copies of certificates of good standing with respect to each Credit Party, issued by the Secretary of State of the state of incorporation of each Credit Party, dated such a date as is reasonably acceptable to Lender, evidencing the good standing thereof.

 

3.4           Search Results.  Copies of UCC search reports dated such a date as is reasonably acceptable to Lender, listing all effective financing statements which name each Credit Party, under its present name and any previous names, as debtors, together with copies of such financing statements.

 

3.5           Insurance.  Within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date, evidence satisfactory to Lender of the existence of insurance required to be maintained pursuant to this Agreement and the Security Agreement, together with evidence that Lender has been named as additional insured and lender’s loss payee, as applicable, on all related insurance policies.

 

3.6           Use of Proceeds.  A detailed summary of the Borrower’s use of the proceeds being funded hereunder.

 

  

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3.7           Certificates.  Originals of certificates evidencing the shares and/or membership interests, as applicable, to be pledged in connection with the Pledge Agreement.

 

3.8           Income Statement / Profit and Loss Statement.  An income statement or a profit and loss statement showing the consolidated revenues, expenses, profits and losses of the Credit Parties for the twelve (12) month period ending the Effective Date, as well as a reasonable projection of the consolidated revenues, expenses, profits and losses of the Credit Parties for the twelve (12) month period immediately following the Effective Date.

 

3.9           Opinion of Counsel.  A customary opinion of Borrower’s counsel, in form satisfactory to Lender.

 

3.10         Perfection of Lien on Collateral.  The Credit Parties shall have duly authorized, executed and delivered any other related documentation necessary or advisable to perfect the Lien on the Collateral in the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Credit Parties, as applicable, including such UCC-1 Financing Statements and any and all documents necessary to complete any filings which Lender shall require in connection with this Agreement.  In addition, Lender shall have: (i) received an original Certificate of Title for each vehicle that is part of the Borrower Collateral, in the name of Lender or Lender’s designee; or (ii) received evidence reasonably acceptable to Lender that a Certificate of Title for each vehicle that is part of the Borrower Collateral has been requested or applied for from the applicable Governmental Authority, in the name of Lender or its designee.

 

3.11         Payment of Fees.  Borrower shall have paid to Lender all fees, costs and expenses, including due diligence expenses, attorney’s fees, search fees, title fees, documentation and filing fees (including documentary stamps and taxes payable on the face amount of the Promissory Note).

 

3.12         Press Release Authorization.  Evidence satisfactory to the Lender that ML - Nevada has authorized the Lender to publish such press releases with respect to this Agreement and the instant transaction, including a copy of an e-mail delivered to Marketwire.com by ML - Nevada whereby ML - Nevada authorizes the Lender to use its name and, if applicable, stock symbol, in connection with current or future press releases.

 

3.13          Event of Default.  No Event of Default, or event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

3.14          Adverse Changes.  There shall not have occurred any Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.15          Litigation.  No pending claim, investigation, litigation or other Proceeding shall have been instituted against any Credit Party or any of their respective officers, shareholders, members, managers, partners, or other principals of any Credit Party.

 

3.16          Representations and Warranties.  No representation or warranty of any of the Credit Parties contained herein or in any Loan Documents shall be untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of the date of any Loans as though made on such date, except to the extent such representation or warranty expressly relates to an earlier date.

 

  

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3.17          Due Diligence.  The business, legal and collateral due diligence review performed by Lender, including a review of the Credit Parties’ historical performance and financial information, must be acceptable to Lender in its sole discretion.  Lender reserves the right to increase any and all aspects of its due diligence in Lender’s sole discretion.

 

3.18          Key Personnel Investigations.  Lender shall be satisfied, in its sole discretion, with results from background investigations conducted on key members of Borrower’s principals and management teams.

 

3.19          Repayment of Outstanding Indebtedness.  The Credit Parties shall have repaid in full all outstanding indebtedness secured by Borrower Collateral, other than indebtedness giving rise to Permitted Liens (or proper amounts shall have been withheld from proceeds of the Loan to repay such outstanding indebtedness at Closing).

 

3.20          Loan Documents to be Executed by any Subsidiary following the Effective Date.  Within ten (10) days of any entity becoming a Subsidiary of any Credit Party, the following documents shall have executed or cause to be executed and delivered to Lender, each of which must be satisfactory to Lender and Lender’s counsel in form, substance and execution:

 

(a)             Consent and Agreement.  An original of a Consent and Agreement duly executed by such Subsidiary, pursuant to which such Subsidiary consents and agrees to become a “Credit Party” hereunder and to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement and all other Loan Documents;

 

(b)               Security Agreement.  An original of a Security Agreement, duly executed by such Subsidiary;

 

(c)               Guaranty Agreement.  An original of a Guaranty Agreement, duly executed by such Subsidiary;

 

(d)               Pledge Agreement.  An original of a Pledge Agreement, duly executed by the parent of the Subsidiary;

 

(e)             Organizational and Authorization Documents. A certificate of the corporate secretary, manager, members or other officer, partner, manager or equivalent authorized Person of such Subsidiary certifying and attaching: (i) copies of such Subsidiary’s articles of incorporation (including any certificates of designation, is applicable), bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement, certificate of organization or other applicable formation or governing documents; (ii) resolutions of the board of directors, managers, members, general partners or other Persons with proper authority to manage the affairs of, and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is party and the transactions contemplated thereby; (iii) resolution of the Subsidiary’s shareholders (if applicable), approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is or will become a party and the transactions contemplated thereby; and (iv) the signatures and incumbency of the officers, managers, members, partners or other authorized Persons of such Subsidiary executing any of the Loan Documents, each of which Borrower hereby certifies to be true and complete, and in full force and effect without modification, it being understood that Lender may conclusively rely on each such document and certificate until formally advised by Borrower of any changes therein.

 

  

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(f)             Additional Documents.  Such other agreements, documents, instruments, certificates, financial statements, schedules, resolutions, opinions of counsel, notes and other items which Lender shall require in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

3.21          Loan Documents to be Executed by each Credit Party Upon Each Subsequent Advance.  As a condition precedent to Lender’s disbursal or making of additional advances of principal pursuant to this Agreement following the Effective Date, the Credit Parties shall have executed or caused to be executed and delivered to Lender all of the documents in this Section 3 applicable thereto, and such documents shall remain in full force and effect as of the date of the subsequent principal advance.

 

4.           NOTES EVIDENCING LOANS.

 

4.20         Promissory Note.    The Loans shall be evidenced by the Promissory Note (together with any and all renewal, extension, modification or replacement notes executed by Borrower and delivered to Lender and given in substitution therefor) duly executed by Borrower, and consented and agreed to by the Guarantors, and payable to the order of Lender.  At the time of the disbursement of the Initial Loan and at each time an Additional Loan shall be requested hereunder or a repayment made in whole or in part thereon, an appropriate notation thereof shall be made on the books and records of Lender.  All amounts recorded shall be, absent demonstrable error, conclusive and binding evidence of: (i) the principal amount of the Loans advanced hereunder; (ii) any unpaid interest owing on the Loans; and (iii) all amounts repaid on the Loans.  The failure to record any such amount or any error in recording such amounts shall not, however, limit or otherwise adversely affect the obligations of Borrower under the Promissory Note to repay the principal amount of the Loans, together with all other Obligations.

 

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6.           SECURITY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS.

 

6.1           Security Agreement.  To secure the payment and performance by Credit Parties of the Obligations hereunder, Borrower grants, under and pursuant to the Security Agreement executed by the Borrower dated as of the Effective Date, to Lender, its successors and assigns, an unconditional, continuing, first-priority, perfected Lien and security interest in, and does hereby assign, transfer, mortgage, convey, pledge, hypothecate and set over to Lender, its successors and assigns, all of the right, title and interest of the Borrower in and to the Borrower Collateral, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and all proceeds (including all insurance proceeds) and products of any of the Borrower Collateral.  At any time upon Lender’s request, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to Lender any other documents, instruments or certificates requested by Lender for the purpose of properly documenting and perfecting the security interests of Lender in and to the Borrower Collateral granted hereunder, including any additional security agreements, mortgages, control agreements, certificates of title (or applications therefor) and financing statements.  The Security Agreement executed by the Borrower shall terminate following the full payment and performance of all of the Obligations hereunder and under any Loan Documents and upon Lender’s express written acknowledgement of such full payment and performance being received by the Borrower.

 

  

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6.2           Pledge Agreement.  To secure the payment and performance by the Credit Parties of the Obligations hereunder, ML - Nevada shall grant, under and pursuant to the Pledge Agreement executed by ML - Nevada dated as of the Effective Date, to Lender, its successors and assigns, a continuing, first-priority security interest in, and assignment, transference, mortgage, conveyance, pledge, hypothecation and set over to Lender, its successors and assigns, all of  ML - Nevada’s right, title and interest in and to the Common Stock – MLN owned by ML - Nevada.  At any time upon Lender’s request, ML - Nevada shall execute and deliver to Lender any other documents, instruments or certificates requested by Lender for the purpose of properly documenting and perfecting the security interests of Lender in and to the shares of Common Stock - MLN granted hereunder, including any additional pledge agreements and financing statements.  The Pledge Agreement executed by ML - Nevada shall terminate following the full payment and performance of all of the Obligations hereunder and under any Loan Documents and upon Lender’s express written acknowledgement of such full payment and performance being received by the Borrower.

 

6.3           Deed of Trust.  To secure the payment and performance by Credit Parties of the Obligations hereunder, Corporate Guarantor grants, under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by the Corporate Guarantor dated as of the Effective Date, to Lender, its successors and assigns, an unconditional, continuing, first-priority, perfected Lien and security interest in, and does hereby assign, transfer, mortgage, convey, pledge, hypothecate and set over to Lender, its successors and assigns, all of the right, title and interest of the Corporate Guarantor in and to the Guarantor Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and all proceeds (including all insurance proceeds) and products of any of the Guarantor Property.  At any time upon Lender’s request, the Corporate Guarantor shall execute and deliver to Lender any other documents, instruments or certificates requested by Lender for the purpose of properly documenting and perfecting the security interests of Lender in and to the Guarantor Property granted hereunder, including any additional security agreements, mortgages, control agreements, certificates of title (or applications therefor) and financing statements.  The Deed of Trust executed by the Corporate Guarantor shall terminate following the full payment and performance of all of the Obligations hereunder and under any Loan Documents and upon Lender’s express written acknowledgement of such full payment and performance being received by the Borrower.

 

7.           REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CREDIT PARTIES.

 

To induce Lender to make the Loans, the Credit Parties, as applicable, make the following representations and warranties to Lender, each of which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the date of each Loan made hereunder, except to the extent such representation expressly relates to an earlier date, and which shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement:

 

7.1           Subsidiaries.  Borrower is a wholly-owned Subsidiary of ML – Nevada, and Borrower does not have any Control over any other Person.

 

  

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7.2           Borrower Organization and Name.  Each Credit Party (other than the Individual Guarantor) is a corporation, limited liability company, or other form of legally recognized entity, as applicable, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and has the full power and authority and all necessary Permits to: (i) enter into and execute this Agreement and the Loan Documents and to perform all of its obligations hereunder and thereunder; and (ii) own and operate its assets and properties and to conduct and carry on its business as and to the extent now conducted.  Each Credit Party (other than the Individual Guarantor) is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, company or other entity in each jurisdiction where the character of its business or the ownership or use and operation of its assets or properties requires such qualification, except to the extent failure to so qualify would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.  The exact legal names of each of the Credit Parties is as set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement, and the Credit Parties do not currently conduct, nor have the Credit Parties conducted, during the last five (5) years, business under any other name or trade name.

 

7.3           Authorization; Validity.  Each Credit Party has full right, power and authority to enter into this Agreement, to make the borrowings and execute and deliver the Loan Documents as provided herein and to perform all of its duties and obligations under this Agreement and the Loan Documents and no other action or consent on the part of the Credit Parties, its board of directors, stockholders, members, managers, partners, or any other Person is necessary or required by the Credit Parties to execute this Agreement and the Loan Documents, consummate the transactions contemplated herein and therein, and perform all of its obligations hereunder and thereunder.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Loan Documents will not, nor will the observance or performance of any of the matters and things herein or therein set forth, violate or contravene any provision of law or of the Credit Parties’ articles of incorporation, bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement, or other governing documents.  All necessary and appropriate action has been taken on the part of the Credit Parties to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Loan Documents and the issuance of the Promissory Note.  This Agreement and the Loan Documents are valid and binding agreements and contracts of the Credit Parties, enforceable against the Credit Parties in accordance with their respective terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws enacted for the relief of debtors generally and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles which may affect the availability of specific performance and other equitable remedies.  The Credit Parties do not know of any reason why the Credit Parties cannot perform any of its obligations under this Agreement, the Loan Documents or any related agreements.

 

  

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7.4           Capitalization.  The authorized capital stock or other capitalization of Borrower and Corporate Guarantor, as applicable, is as set forth in Schedule 7.4(a) attached hereto.  Schedule 7.4(a) shall specify, for each of Borrower and Corporate Guarantor, the total number of authorized shares of capital stock or other securities (or functional equivalents thereof in the applicable jurisdiction), and of such authorized shares or securities, the number which are designated as common stock, the number designated as preferred stock (the “Preferred Stock”), or any other applicable designations of capital stock or membership interests.  Schedule 7.4(a) shall also specify, for each of Borrower and Corporate Guarantor, as applicable, as of the date hereof, the number of shares of common stock issued and outstanding and the number of shares of Preferred Stock issued and outstanding, or, if applicable, the number and classes of other securities issued and outstanding, and the names and amounts of such stock or other securities owned by each Person who is a stockholder or owner of other securities in Borrower and Corporate Guarantor. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or other securities of all Credit Parties (other than the Individual Guarantor) are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, have been issued in compliance with all foreign, federal and state securities laws and none of such outstanding shares or other securities were issued in violation of any preemptive rights or similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities.  As of the date of this Agreement, no shares of capital stock or other securities of any Credit Party are subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or any Liens suffered or permitted by any Credit Parties. The Common Stock - ML is currently quoted by the Principal Trading Market on the OTCQB under the trading symbol “MLES”.  ML - Nevada has received no notice, either oral or written, with respect to the continued eligibility of the Common Stock for quotation on the Principal Trading Market, and ML - Nevada has maintained all requirements on its part for the continuation of such quotation. Except for the securities to be issued pursuant to this Agreement, except as set forth in Schedule 7.4(b), and except as may otherwise already be disclosed in the Public Documents, as of the date of this Agreement: (i) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, any shares of capital stock or other securities of any Credit Party, or contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which any Credit Party is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock or other securities of any Credit Party, or options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, any shares of capital stock or other securities of any Credit Party; (ii) there are no outstanding debt securities, notes, credit agreements, credit facilities or other contracts or instruments evidencing Funded Indebtedness of any Credit Party, or by which any Credit Party is or may become bound; (iii) there are no outstanding registration statements with respect to any Credit Party or any of its securities and there are no outstanding comment letters from any Governmental Authority with respect to any securities of any Credit Party; (iv) there are no agreements or arrangements under which any Credit Party is obligated to register the sale of any of its securities under the Securities Act or any other laws of any Governmental Authority; (v) there are no financing statements or other security interests or Liens filed with any Governmental Authority securing any obligations of any Credit Party, or filed in connection with any assets or properties of any Credit Party; (vi) there are no securities or instruments containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by this Agreement or any related agreement or the consummation of the transactions described herein or therein; and (vii) there are no outstanding securities or instruments of any Credit Party which contain any redemption or similar provisions, and there are no contracts or agreements by which any Credit Party is or may become bound to redeem a security of any Credit Party.  Borrower has furnished to the Lender true, complete and correct copies of, as applicable, each Credit Parties’ respective articles of incorporation (including any certificates of designation, is applicable), bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement, certificate of organization or similar organizational and governing documents.  Except for the documents delivered to Lender in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence, there are no other shareholder agreements, voting agreements, operating agreements, or other contracts or agreements of any nature or kind that restrict, limit or in any manner impose obligations, restrictions or limitations on the governance of any Credit Party.

 

  

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7.5           No Conflicts; Consents and Approvals.  The execution, delivery  and performance of this Agreement and the Loan Documents, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the issuance of the Promissory Note, will not: (i) constitute a violation of or conflict with the any Credit Parties’ respective articles of incorporation (including any certificates of designation, is applicable), bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement, certificate of organization or similar governing or organizational documents; (ii) constitute a violation of, or a default or breach under (either immediately, upon notice, upon lapse of time, or both), or conflicts with, or gives to any other Person any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any provision of any contract or agreement to which any Credit Party is a party or by which any of its or their assets or properties may be bound; (iii) constitute a violation of, or a default or breach under (either immediately, upon notice, upon lapse of time, or both), or conflicts with, any order, writ, injunction, decree, or any other judgment of any nature whatsoever; (iv) constitute a violation of, or conflict with, any law, rule, ordinance or other regulation (including foreign and United States federal and state securities laws); or (v) result in the loss or adverse modification of, or the imposition of any fine, penalty or other Lien, claim or encumbrance with respect to, any Permit granted or issued to, or otherwise held by or for the use of, any Credit Party or any of its assets.  The Credit Parties are not in violation of any Credit Parties’ respective articles of incorporation (including any certificates of designation, is applicable), bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement, certificate of organization or similar governing or organizational documents, as applicable, and the Credit Parties are not in default or breach (and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both could put any Credit Party in default or breach) under, and the Credit Parties have not taken any action or failed to take any action that would give to any other Person any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any contract or agreement to which any Credit Party is a party or by which any property or assets of any Credit Party are bound or affected. No business of any Credit Party is being conducted, and shall not be conducted, in violation of any law, rule, ordinance or other regulation, except to the extent any such violation would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as specifically contemplated by this Agreement, the Credit Parties are not required to obtain any consent or approval of, from, or with any Governmental Authority, or any other Person, in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or the Loan Documents in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof.  All consents and approvals which any Credit Party is required to obtain pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence have been obtained or effected on or prior to the Effective Date.

 

7.6           Issuance of Securities.  The Advisory Fee Shares are duly authorized and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms hereof, shall be duly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and free from all Liens, claims, charges, taxes, or other encumbrances with respect to the issue thereof, and will be issued in compliance with all applicable United States federal and state securities laws and the laws of any foreign jurisdiction applicable to the issuance thereof.  The issuance of the Promissory Note, and the Advisory Fee Shares, are and will be exempt from: (i) the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act; (ii) the registration and/or qualification provisions of all applicable state and provincial securities and “blue sky” laws; and (iii) any similar registration or qualification requirements of any foreign jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority.

 

  

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7.7           Compliance With Laws.  The nature and transaction of the Credit Parties’ business and operations and the use of its properties and assets, including the Collateral or any real estate owned, leased, or occupied by the Credit Parties, do not and during the term of the Loans shall not, violate or conflict with any applicable law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation or order of any kind or nature, including the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any zoning, land use, building, noise abatement, occupational health and safety or other laws, any Permit or any condition, grant, easement, covenant, condition or restriction, whether recorded or not, except to the extent such violation or conflict would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

7.8           Environmental Laws and Hazardous Substances.  Except to the extent that any of the following would not have a Material Adverse Effect (including financial reserves, insurance policies and cure periods relating to compliance with applicable laws and Permits) and are used in such amounts as are customary in the Ordinary Course of Business in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, the Credit Parties represent and warrant to Lender that, to the best knowledge of each of the Credit Parties: (i) the Credit Parties have not generated, used, stored, treated, transported, manufactured, handled, produced or disposed of any Hazardous Materials, on or off any of the premises of the Credit Parties (whether or not owned by the Credit Parties) in any manner which at any time violates any Environmental Law or any Permit, certificate, approval or similar authorization thereunder; (ii) the operations of the Credit Parties comply in all material respects with all Environmental Laws and all Permits certificates, approvals and similar authorizations thereunder; (iii) there has been no investigation, Proceeding, complaint, order, directive, claim, citation or notice by any Governmental Authority or any other Person, nor is any of same pending or, to Credit Parties’ knowledge, threatened; and (iv) the Credit Parties do not have any liability, contingent or otherwise, in connection with a release, spill or discharge, threatened or actual, of any Hazardous Materials or the generation, use, storage, treatment, transportation, manufacture, handling, production or disposal of any Hazardous Material.

 

7.9           Collateral Representations.  With respect to the Borrower Collateral, no Person other than the Borrower, owns or has other rights in the Borrower Collateral, and the Borrower Collateral is valid and genuine Collateral, free from any Lien of any kind, other than the Lien of Lender and Permitted Liens.

 

7.10         Financial Statements. ML - Nevada has delivered to the Lender an unaudited consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2014, and Statements of Income for the 12 months ending June 30, 2011, June 30, 2012, June 30, 2013, June 30, 2014, and for the period ending December 31, 2014, and Borrower has delivered to the Lender an unaudited consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2014, and Statement of Income for the 12 months ending December 31, 2014 (collectively, together with any financial statements filed by any Credit Parties with the SEC, any Principal Trading Market, or any other Governmental Authority, if applicable, the “Financial Statements”).  The Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except: (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such Financial Statements or the notes thereto; or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements), and fairly and accurately present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Credit Parties as of the dates thereof and the consolidated results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments).  To the best knowledge of the Credit Parties, no other information provided by or on behalf of the Credit Parties to the Lender, either as a disclosure schedule to this Agreement, or otherwise in connection with Lender’s due diligence investigation of the Credit Parties, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstance under which they are or were made, not misleading.

 

  

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7.11          Public Documents.  The Common Stock of ML - Nevada is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act and ML - Nevada is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. ML - Nevada has timely filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC, the Principal Trading Market, or any other Governmental Authority, as applicable (all of the foregoing filed within the two (2) years preceding the date hereof or amended after the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial statements and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being hereinafter referred to as the “Public Documents”). Ml - Nevada is current with its filing obligations with the SEC, the Principal Trading Market, or any other Governmental Authority, as applicable, and all Public Documents have been filed on a timely basis by ML - Nevada. ML - Nevada represents and warrants that true and complete copies of the Public Documents are available on the SEC website or the Principal Trading Market website, as applicable (www.sec.gov, or www.otcmarkets.com) at no charge to Lender, and Lender acknowledges that it may retrieve all Public Documents from such websites and Lender’s access to such Public Documents through such website shall constitute delivery of the Public Documents to Lender; provided, however, that if Lender is unable to obtain any of such Public Documents from such websites at no charge, as result of such websites not being available or any other reason beyond Lender’s control, then upon request from Lender, ML - Nevada shall deliver to Lender true and complete copies of such Public Documents.  ML - Nevada shall also deliver to Lender true and complete copies of all draft filings, reports, schedules, statements and other documents required to be filed with the requirements of the Principal Trading Market that have been prepared but not filed with the Principal Trading Market as of the date hereof. None of the Public Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, the Principal Trading Market, or other Governmental Authority, as applicable, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  None of the statements made in any such Public Documents is, or has been, required to be amended or updated under applicable law (except for such statements as have been amended or updated in subsequent filings prior the date hereof, which amendments or updates are also part of the Public Documents).  As of their respective dates, the consolidated Financial Statements of ML - Nevada and its Subsidiaries included in the Public Documents complied in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and any published rules and regulations of the SEC and Principal Trading Market with respect thereto.

 

7.12          Absence of Certain Changes.  Since the date of the most recent of the Financial Statements, none of the following have occurred:

 

(a)                     There has been no event or circumstance of any nature whatsoever that has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

  

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(b)                     Any transaction, event, action, development, payment, or any other matter of any nature whatsoever entered into by the Credit Parties other than in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Credit Parties.

 

7.13          Litigation and Taxes.  There is no Proceeding pending, or to the best knowledge of the Credit Parties, threatened, against any Credit Party or its officers, managers, members, shareholders or other principals, or against or affecting any of its assets.  In addition, there are no outstanding judgments, orders, writs, decrees or other similar matters or items against or affecting the Credit Parties, their business or assets.  The Credit Parties have not received any material complaint from any customer, supplier, vendor or employee.  The Credit Parties have duly filed all applicable income or other tax returns and have paid all income or other taxes when due.  There is no Proceeding, controversy or objection pending or threatened in respect of any tax returns of the Credit Parties.

 

7.14          Event of Default.  No Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and no event has occurred and is continuing which, with the lapse of time, the giving of notice, or both, would constitute such an Event of Default under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the Credit Parties are not in default (without regard to grace or cure periods) under any contract or agreement to which it is a party or by which any of their respective assets are bound.

 

7.15          ERISA Obligations.  To the best knowledge of each of the Credit Parties, all Employee Plans of the Credit Parties meet the minimum funding standards of Section 302 of ERISA, where applicable, and each such Employee Plan that is intended to be qualified within the meaning of Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is qualified.  No withdrawal liability has been incurred under any such Employee Plans and no “Reportable Event” or “Prohibited Transaction” (as such terms are defined in ERISA), has occurred with respect to any such Employee Plans, unless approved by the appropriate Governmental Authority.  To the best knowledge of each of the Credit Parties, the Credit Parties have promptly paid and discharged all obligations and liabilities arising under the ERISA of a character which if unpaid or unperformed might result in the imposition of a Lien against any of its properties or assets.

 

7.16          Adverse Circumstances.  No condition, circumstance, event, agreement, document, instrument, restriction, litigation or Proceeding (or threatened litigation or Proceeding or basis therefor) exists which: (i) could adversely affect the validity or priority of the Liens granted to Lender under the Loan Documents; (ii) could adversely affect the ability of the Credit Parties to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents; (iii) would constitute a default under any of the Loan Documents; (iv) would constitute such a default with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both; or (v) would constitute or give rise to a Material Adverse Effect.

 

7.17          Liabilities and Indebtedness of the Borrower.  The Credit Parties do not have any Funded Indebtedness or any liabilities or obligations of any nature whatsoever, except: (i) as disclosed in the Financial Statements; or (ii) liabilities and obligations incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business since the date of the last Financial Statements which do not or would not have or cause a Material Adverse Effect.

 

  

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7.18           Real Estate.

 

(a)                    Real Property Ownership.  Except for the Credit Party Leases and as otherwise disclosed in Schedule 7.18, Borrower does not own any Real Property.

 

(b)                    Real Property Leases.  Except for ordinary leases for office space and vehicle lots from which the Credit Parties conduct its business (the “Credit Party Leases”), the Credit Parties do not lease any other Real Property.  With respect to each of the Credit Party Leases: (i) the Credit Parties have been in peaceful possession of the property leased thereunder and neither the Credit Parties nor the landlord is in default thereunder; (ii) no waiver, indulgence or postponement of any of the obligations thereunder has been granted by the Credit Parties or landlord thereunder; and (iii) there exists no event, occurrence, condition or act known to the officers or directors of the Credit Parties which, upon notice or lapse of time or both, would be or could become a default thereunder or which could result in the termination of the Credit Party Leases, or any of them, or have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Credit Parties have not violated nor breached any provision of any such Credit Party Leases, and all obligations required to be performed by the Credit Parties under any of such Credit Party Leases have been fully, timely and properly performed.  The Credit Parties have delivered to the Lender true, correct and complete copies of all Credit Party Leases, including all modifications and amendments thereto, whether in writing or otherwise.  The Credit Parties have not received any written or oral notice to the effect that any of the Credit Party Leases will not be renewed at the termination of the term of such Credit Party Leases, or that the Credit Party Leases will be renewed only at higher rents.

 

7.19           Material Contracts.  An accurate, current and complete copy of each of the Material Contracts has been furnished to Lender, and each of the Material Contracts constitutes the entire agreement of the respective parties thereto relating to the subject matter thereof.  There are no outstanding offers, bids, proposals or quotations made by any Credit Party which, if accepted, would create a Material Contract with any Credit Party.  Each of the Material Contracts is in full force and effect and is a valid and binding obligation of the parties thereto in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof.  To the best knowledge of each Credit Party, all obligations required to be performed under the terms of each of the Material Contracts by any party thereto have been fully performed by all parties thereto, and no party to any Material Contracts is in default with respect to any term or condition thereof, nor has any event occurred which, through the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default thereunder or would cause the acceleration or modification of any obligation of any party thereto or the creation of any Lien, claim, charge or other encumbrance upon any of the assets or properties of any Credit Party.  Further, no Credit Party has received any notice, nor does any Credit Party have any knowledge, of any pending or contemplated termination of any of the Material Contracts and, no such termination is proposed or has been threatened, whether in writing or orally.  Attached as Schedule 7.19 is a true, correct, and complete list of all motor vehicles, as of the effective date, in which the Borrower is the lessor.

 

7.20           Title to Assets.  The Credit Parties have good and marketable title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all of its assets and properties which are material to its business and operations as presently conducted, free and clear of all Liens, claims, charges or other encumbrances or restrictions on the transfer or use of same.  Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, the assets and properties of each Credit Party are in good operating condition and repair, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and are free of any latent or patent defects which might impair their usefulness, and are suitable for the purposes for which they are currently used and for the purposes for which they are proposed to be used.

 

  

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7.21           Intellectual Property. The Credit Parties own or possess adequate and legally enforceable rights or licenses to use all trademarks, trade names, service marks, service mark registrations, service names, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions, licenses, approvals, governmental authorizations, trade secrets and all other intellectual property rights necessary to conduct its business as now conducted (collectively, the “IP Rights”).  All IP Rights, and any federal, state, local or foreign patent and trademark office, or functional equivalent thereof where any such IP Rights may be filed or registered, is set forth in Schedule 7.21.  All of the IP Rights are owned by the Credit Parties, except for IP rights licensed by the Credit Parties, which licensed IP Rights are specifically outlined and described in Schedule 7.21.  If any IP Rights are licensed by any Credit Party, the underlying license agreement or other agreement pursuant to which such IP Rights are licensed (collectively, the “License Agreements”), permits Lender to encumber such License Agreements without any further consent or approval of any other Person, including the underlying owner of such IP Rights, such that if there was an Event of Default and Lender foreclosed on all Collateral, Lender would have the right to use such IP Rights under the License Agreements, subject only to Lender’s obligation to comply with the terms of such License Agreements.  The Credit Parties do not have any knowledge of any infringement by any Credit Party of any IP Rights of others, and, to the knowledge of the Credit Parties, there is no claim, demand or Proceeding, or other demand of any nature being made or brought against, or to any Credit Party’s knowledge, being threatened against, any Credit Party regarding IP Rights or other intellectual property infringement; and is the Credit Parties are not aware of any facts or circumstances which might give rise to any of the foregoing.

 

7.22           Labor and Employment Matters.  The Credit Parties are not involved in any labor dispute or, to the knowledge of the Credit Parties, is any such dispute threatened. To the knowledge of the Credit Parties and its officers, none of the employees of any Credit Party is a member of a union and the Credit Parties believe that its relations with its employees are good.  To the knowledge of the Credit Parties and its officers, the Credit Parties have complied in all material respects with all laws, rules, ordinances and regulations relating to employment matters, civil rights and equal employment opportunities.

 

7.23           Insurance.  The Credit Parties are each covered by valid, outstanding and enforceable policies of insurance which were issued to it by reputable insurers of recognized financial responsibility, covering its properties, assets and business against losses and risks normally insured against by other corporations or entities in the same or similar lines of businesses as the Credit Parties are engaged and in coverage amounts which are prudent and typically and reasonably carried by such other corporations or entities (the “Insurance Policies”).  Such Insurance Policies are in full force and effect, and all premiums due thereon have been paid.  None of the Insurance Policies will lapse or terminate as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.  The Credit Parties have complied with the provisions of such Insurance Policies.  The Credit Parties have not been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for and the Credit Parties do not have any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing Insurance Policies as and when such Insurance Policies expire or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not materially and adversely affect the condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings, business or operations of the Credit Parties.

 

  

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7.24           Permits.  The Credit Parties possess all Permits necessary to conduct its business, and the Credit Parties have not received any notice of, or are otherwise involved in, any Proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Permits.  All such Permits are valid and in full force and effect and the Credit Parties are in full compliance with the respective requirements of all such Permits.

 

7.25           Lending Relationship.  The Credit Parties acknowledge and agree that the relationship hereby created with Lender is and has been conducted on an open and arm’s length basis in which no fiduciary relationship exists and that Borrower has not relied, nor is relying on, any such fiduciary relationship in executing this Agreement and in consummating the Loans.

 

7.26           Compliance with Regulation U.  No portion of the proceeds of the Loans shall be used by any Credit Parties, or any Affiliates of any Credit Parties, either directly or indirectly, for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock, within the meaning of Regulation U as adopted by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

 

7.27           Governmental Regulation.  The Credit Parties are not, nor after giving effect to any Loan, will be, subject to regulation under the Public Utility Holding Borrower Act of 1935, the Federal Power Act or the Investment Company Act of 1940 or to any federal or state statute or regulation limiting its ability to incur indebtedness for borrowed money.

 

7.28           Bank Accounts.  Schedule 7.28 sets forth, with respect to each account of the Credit Parties with any bank, broker, or other depository institution: (i) the name and account number of such account; (ii) the name and address of the institution where such account is held; (iii) the name of any Person(s) holding a power of attorney with respect to such account, if any; and (iv) the names of all authorized signatories and other Persons authorized to withdraw funds from each such account.

 

7.29           Places of Business.  The principal place of business of each of the Credit Parties is set forth on Schedule 7.29 and the Credit Parties shall promptly notify Lender of any change in such location.  The Credit Parties will not remove or permit the Collateral to be removed from such locations without the prior written consent of Lender, except for: (i) certain heavy equipment kept at third party sites when conducting business or maintenance; (ii) vehicles, containers and rolling stock; (iii) Inventory sold or leased in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Credit Parties; and (iv) temporary removal of Collateral to other locations for repair or maintenance as may be required from time to time in each instance in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Credit Parties.

 

7.30           Illegal Payments.  Neither the Credit Parties, nor any director, officer, member, manager,  agent, employee or other Person acting on behalf of the Credit Parties has, in the course of his actions for, or on behalf of, the Credit Parties: (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee.

 

  

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7.31           Related Party Transactions.  Except for arm’s length transactions pursuant to which the Credit Parties make payments in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Credit Parties upon terms no less favorable than the Credit Parties could obtain from third parties, none of the officers, directors, managers, or employees of the Credit Parties, nor any stockholders, members or partners who own, legally or beneficially, five percent (5%) or more of the ownership interests of the Credit Parties (each a “Material Shareholder”), is presently a party to any transaction with the Credit Parties (other than for services as employees, officers and directors), including any contract providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from, any officer, director or such employee or Material Shareholder or, to the best knowledge of the Credit Parties, any other Person in which any officer, director, or any such employee or Material Shareholder has a substantial or material interest in or of which any officer, director or employee of Borrower or Material Shareholder is an officer, director, trustee or partner.  There are no claims, demands, disputes or Proceedings of any nature or kind between the Credit Parties and any officer, director or employee of the Credit Parties or any Material Shareholder, or between any of them, relating to the Credit Parties.

 

7.32           Internal Accounting Controls.  The Credit Parties maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

 

7.33           Brokerage Fees.  Except for Richard Onesti (“Finder”), there is no Person acting on behalf of any Credit Party who is entitled to or has any claim for any brokerage or finder’s fee or commission in connection with the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.  Borrower shall be responsible for paying Finder directly.

 

7.34           Acknowledgment Regarding Lender’s Loans. The Credit Parties acknowledge and agree that Lender is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length lender with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. The Credit Parties further acknowledge that Lender is not acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Credit Parties (or in any similar capacity) with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and any advice given by Lender or any of its representatives or agents in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby is merely incidental to the making of the Loans hereunder by Lender. The Credit Parties further represent to Lender that the Credit Parties’ decision to enter into this Agreement has been based solely on the independent evaluation by the Credit Parties and its representatives.

 

  

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7.35           Seniority.  No Funded Indebtedness or other equity or debt security of the Borrower is senior to the Obligations in right of payment, whether with respect to interest or upon liquidation or dissolution, or otherwise.

 

7.36           No General Solicitation.  Neither the Credit Parties, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act) in connection with the offer or issuance of the Promissory Note.

 

7.37           No Integrated Offering.  Neither the Credit Parties, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf has, directly or indirectly, made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to buy any security, under circumstances that would require registration of the Promissory Note under the Securities Act or any similar laws of any foreign jurisdiction, or cause this offering of such securities to be integrated with prior offerings by the Credit Parties for purposes of the Securities Act or any similar laws of any foreign jurisdiction.

 

7.38           Private Placement.  Assuming the accuracy of the Lender’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 8 below, no registration under the Securities Act or the laws, rules or regulation of any other Governmental Authority is required for the issuance of the Promissory Note.

 

7.39           Complete Information.  This Agreement and all financial statements, schedules, certificates, confirmations, agreements, contracts, and other materials submitted to Lender in connection with or in furtherance of this Agreement by or on behalf of the Credit Parties fully and fairly states the matters with which they purport to deal, and do not misstate any material fact nor, separately or in the aggregate, fail to state any material fact necessary to make the statements made not misleading.

 

7.40           Interpretation; Reliance; Survival.  Each warranty and representation made by the Credit Parties in this Agreement or pursuant hereto, or in any other Loan Documents, is independent of all other warranties and representations made by the Credit Parties in this Agreement or pursuant hereto, or in any other Loan Documents (whether or not covering identical, related or similar matters) and must be independently and separately satisfied.  Exceptions or qualifications to any such warranty or representation shall not be construed as exceptions or qualifications to any other warranty or representation.  Notwithstanding any investigation made by Lender or any of its agents or representatives, or any rights to conduct such investigations, and notwithstanding any knowledge of facts determined or determinable by Lender as a result of such investigation or right of investigation, the Lender has the unqualified right to rely upon the representations and warranties made by the Credit Parties in this Agreement and in the Schedules attached hereto or pursuant hereto, or in any other Loan Documents.  Each and every representation and warranty of the Credit Parties made herein, pursuant hereto, or in any other Loan Documents has been relied upon by Lender, and is material to the decision of the Lender to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans contemplated herein.  All representations and warranties of the Credit Parties made in this Agreement or pursuant hereto, or in any other Loan Documents, shall survive the Effective Date, the consummation of any Loans made hereunder, and any investigation, and shall be deemed and construed as continuing representations and warranties.

 

  

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8.           REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF LENDER.

 

Lender makes the following representations and warranties to the Borrower, each of which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and as of the date of each Loan made hereunder, except to the extent such representation expressly relates to an earlier date, and which shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement:

 

8.1           Investment Purpose. Lender is acquiring the Promissory Note and Advisory Fee Shares for its own account, for investment only and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof, except pursuant to sales registered or exempted under the Securities Act.

 

8.2           Accredited Investor Status. Lender is an “Accredited Investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

8.3           Reliance on Exemptions. Lender understands that the Promissory Note and Advisory Fee Shares are being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of United States federal and state securities laws and that Borrower is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and Lender’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of Lender set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of Lender to acquire such securities.

 

8.4           Information. Lender has been furnished with all materials it has requested relating to the business, finances and operations of the Credit Parties and information deemed material by Lender to making an informed investment decision regarding the Promissory Note and Advisory Fee Shares. Lender has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the Credit Parties and its management.  Neither such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by Lender or its representatives shall modify, amend or affect Lender’s right to rely on the Credit Parties’ representations and warranties contained in Article 7 above or elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other Loan Documents. Lender understands that its investment in the Promissory Note and Advisory Fee Shares involves a high degree of risk. Lender is in a position regarding the Credit Parties, which, based upon economic bargaining power, enabled and enables Lender to obtain information from the Credit Parties in order to evaluate the merits and risks of this investment. Lender has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice, as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the Promissory Note and Advisory Fee Shares.

 

8.5           No Governmental Review. Lender understands that no United States federal or state agency or any other Governmental Authority has passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Promissory Note or the Advisory Fee Shares, or the fairness or suitability of the investment in the Promissory Note and Advisory Fee Shares, nor have such authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Promissory Note and Advisory Fee Shares.

 

  

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8.6           Transfer or Resale.  Lender understands that: (i) the Promissory Note and Advisory Fee Shares have not been and are not being registered under the Securities Act or any other foreign or state securities laws, and may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless: (A) subsequently registered thereunder; or (B) such securities to be sold, assigned or transferred may be sold, assigned or transferred pursuant to an exemption from such registration requirements; and (ii) neither the Credit Parties nor any other Person is under any obligation to register such securities under the Securities Act or any foreign or state securities laws or to comply with the terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder, except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement.

 

8.7           Authorization, Enforcement.  This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of Lender and is a valid and binding agreement of Lender enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation and other similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies.

 

8.8           Due Formation of Lender. Lender is an entity that has been formed and validly exists and has not been organized for the specific purpose of purchasing the Promissory Note and Advisory Fee Shares, and is not prohibited from doing so.

 

8.9           No Legal Advice from Credit Parties. Lender acknowledges that it had the opportunity to review this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with his or its own legal counsel and investment and tax advisors. Lender is relying solely on such counsel and advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Credit Parties or any of its representatives or agents for legal, tax or investment advice with respect to this investment, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the securities laws of any jurisdiction; provided, however, the foregoing shall not modify, amend or affect Lender’s right to rely on the Credit Parties’ representations and warranties contained in Article 7 above or in any other Loan Documents.

 

8.10          No Trading With Knowledge of Material Non-Public Information. Lender confirms on its behalf, and on behalf of each of its officers, directors and employees (each a “Lender Party”), that ML - Nevada is a publicly traded company.  Lender agrees that neither Lender, nor any Lender Party, will take any action to: (a) directly or indirectly buy, sell, advise a market maker to post a bid or ask price, sell short, or cover any short sale (each a “Trading Transaction”); or (b) induce, instruct, or advise any Person to affect a Trading Transaction, based on any material non-public information relating to the Credit Parties, including information set forth in schedules and financial statements provided to the Lender from time to time pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.  The requirements of this Section 8.10 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

9.           NEGATIVE COVENANTS.

 

9.1           Indebtedness.  Neither the Borrower, nor the Corporate Guarantor shall, either directly or indirectly, create, assume, incur or have outstanding any Funded Indebtedness (including purchase money indebtedness), or become liable, whether as endorser, guarantor, surety or otherwise, for any debt or obligation of any other Person, except:

 

  

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(a)                     the Obligations;

 

(b)                     endorsement for collection or deposit of any commercial paper secured in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Borrower and Corporate Guarantor;

 

(c)                     obligations for taxes, assessments, municipal or other governmental charges; provided, the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate Proceedings and are insured against or bonded over to the satisfaction of Lender;

 

(d)                     obligations for accounts payable, other than for money borrowed, incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Borrower and Corporate Guarantor; provided that any fees or other sums, other than salary accrued in the Borrower’s and Corporate Guarantor’s Ordinary Course of Business, payable by the Borrower or Corporate Guarantor to any officer, director, member, manager, principal, or Material Shareholder, shall be fully subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the Obligations hereunder;

 

(e)                     unsecured intercompany Funded Indebtedness incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Borrower and Corporate Guarantor;

 

(f)                     Funded Indebtedness existing on the Effective Date and set forth in the Financial Statements, including any extensions or refinancings of the foregoing, which do not increase the principal amount of such Funded Indebtedness as of the date of such extension or refinancing; provided such Funded Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations owed to Lender pursuant to a subordination agreement, in form and content acceptable to Lender in its sole discretion, which shall include an indefinite standstill on remedies and payment blockage rights during any default (except that any first mortgage or deed of trust encumbering the Guarantor Property shall be permitted hereunder, so long as same does not exceed a principal amount of $1,000,000, and so long as same is not, or or at any time in the future, in default);

 

(g)                    Funded Indebtedness consisting of Capital Lease obligations or secured by Permitted Liens of the type described in clause (vii) of the definition thereof not to exceed Fifty Thousand and No/100 United States Dollars (US$50,000.00) in the aggregate at any time;

 

(h)                    Contingent Liabilities arising with respect to customary indemnification obligations in favor of purchasers in connection with dispositions permitted hereunder;

 

(i)                     Contingent Liabilities incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business with respect to surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other similar obligations; and

 

(j)                     Contingent Liabilities arising under indemnity agreements to title insurers to cause such title insurers to issue to Lender title insurance policies.

 

  

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9.2           Encumbrances.  Neither the Borrower, nor the Corporate Guarantor, shall, either directly or indirectly, create, assume, incur or suffer or permit to exist any Lien or charge of any kind or character upon any asset of the Borrower and Corporate Guarantor, whether owned at the date hereof or hereafter acquired, except Permitted Liens or as otherwise authorized by Lender in writing.

 

9.3           Investments.  Neither the Borrower, nor the Corporate Guarantor, shall, either directly or indirectly, make or have outstanding any new investments (whether through purchase of stocks, obligations or otherwise) in, or loans or advances to, any other Person, or acquire all or any substantial part of the assets, business, stock or other evidence of beneficial ownership of any other Person, except following:

 

(a)                     The stock or other ownership interests in a Subsidiary existing as of the Effective Date;

 

(b)                     investments in direct obligations of the United States or any state in the United States;

 

(c)                     trade credit extended by the Borrower and Corporate Guarantor in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Borrower and Corporate Guarantor ;

 

(d)                     investments in securities of customers received pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of such customers;

 

(e)                     investments existing on the Effective Date and set forth in the Financial Statements;

 

(f)                     Contingent Liabilities permitted pursuant to Section 9.1; or

 

(g)                    Capital Expenditures permitted under Section 9.5.

 

9.4           Transfer; Merger.  Neither the Borrower, nor the Corporate Guarantor shall, either directly or indirectly, permit a Change in Control, merge, consolidate, sell, transfer, license, lease, encumber or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its property or business or all or any substantial part of its assets, or sell or discount (with or without recourse) any of its Notes (as defined in the UCC), Chattel Paper, Payment Intangibles or Accounts; provided, however, that the Credit Parties may:

 

(a)                    sell or lease Inventory and Equipment in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Credit Parties;

 

(b)                    upon not less than three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice to Lender, any Subsidiary of Borrower may merge with (so long as the Borrower remains the surviving entity), or dissolve or liquidate into, or transfer its property to Borrower;

 

(c)                    dispose of used, worn-out or surplus equipment in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Credit Parties;

 

  

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(d)                     discount or write-off overdue Accounts for collection in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Credit Parties;

 

(e)                     sell or otherwise dispose (including cancellation of Funded Indebtedness) of any Investment permitted under Section 9.3 in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Credit Parties; and

 

(f)                     grant Permitted Liens.

 

9.5           Capital Expenditures.  Without Lender’s prior written consent, neither the Borrower, nor the Corporate Guarantor, shall make or incur obligations for any Capital Expenditures.

 

9.6           Issuance of Stock.  Neither the Borrower, nor the Corporate Guarantor, shall, either directly or indirectly, issue or distribute any capital stock or other securities (including any securities convertible or exercisable into capital stock or other securities) of Borrower and Corporate Guarantor, without the prior written consent of Lender.

 

9.7           Distributions; Restricted Payments; Change in Management.  Neither the Borrower, nor Corporate Guarantor, shall: (i) purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock or other securities, or declare or pay any dividends or distributions, whether in cash or otherwise, set aside any funds for any such purpose, or make any distribution of any kind to its shareholders, partners, or members, make any distribution of its property or assets, or make any loans, advances or extensions of credit to, or investments in, any Persons, including their Affiliates, officers, directors, members, managers, principals, Material Shareholders, or employees, without the prior written consent of Lender; (ii) make any payments of any Funded Indebtedness other than as specifically permitted under the Use of Proceeds Confirmation and as otherwise permitted hereunder; (iii) increase the annual salary paid to any officers of the Borrower and Corporate Guarantor as of the Effective Date, unless any such increase is part of a written employment contract with any such officers entered into prior to the Effective Date, a copy of which has been delivered to and approved by the Lender; or (iv) add, replace, remove, or otherwise change any officers, managers, senior management positions or Persons with authority to bind the Borrower and Corporate Guarantor from the officers, managers, senior management positions, or other such Persons existing as of the Effective Date, unless approved by Lender in writing.

 

9.8           Use of Proceeds.  The Borrower shall not use any portion of the proceeds of the Loans, either directly or indirectly, for the purpose of purchasing any securities underwritten by any Affiliate of Lender.  In addition, the Borrower shall not use any portion of the proceeds of the Loans, either directly or indirectly, for any of the following purposes: (i) to make any payment towards any Funded Indebtedness of the Credit Parties or any Affiliates thereof, except as specifically permitted under the Use of Proceeds Confirmation; (ii) to pay any taxes of any nature or kind that may be due by the Credit Parties or any Affiliates thereof; (iii) to pay any obligations or liabilities of any nature or kind due or owing to any managers, officers, directors, employees, members, principals, or Material Shareholders of the Credit Parties or any Affiliates thereof.  The Credit Parties shall only use the proceeds of the Loans (or any portion thereof) for the purposes set forth in a “Use of Proceeds Confirmation” to be executed by Borrower on the Effective Date, unless Borrower obtains the prior written consent of Lender to use proceeds of Loans for any other purpose, which consent may be granted or withheld by Lender in its sole and absolute discretion.

 

  

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9.9           Business Activities; Change of Legal Status and Organizational Documents.  The Borrower and Corporate Guarantor shall not: (i) engage in any line of business other than the businesses engaged in on the date hereof and business reasonably related thereto; (ii) change their name, their type of organization, their jurisdictions of organization or other legal structure; or (iii) permit their articles of incorporation (including any certificates of designation, if applicable), bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement, certificate of organization or similar governing or organizational documents to be amended or modified in any way which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

9.10         Transactions with Affiliates.  Neither the Borrower, nor the Corporate Guarantor, shall enter into any transaction with any of its Affiliates, except in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Credit Parties and upon fair and reasonable terms that are no less favorable to the Borrower and Corporate Guarantor than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate of the Borrower and Corporate Guarantor.

 

9.11         Bank Accounts.  The Borrower and Corporate Guarantor shall not maintain any bank, deposit or credit card payment processing accounts with any financial institution, or any other Person, other than the accounts of the Borrower and Corporate Guarantor listed in the attached Schedule 7.28.

 

10.           AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.

 

10.1         Compliance with Regulatory Requirements.  Upon demand by Lender, Borrower shall reimburse Lender for Lender’s additional costs and/or reductions in the amount of principal or interest received or receivable by Lender if at any time after the date of this Agreement any law, treaty or regulation or any change in any law, treaty or regulation or the interpretation thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the administration thereof or any other authority having jurisdiction over Lender or the Loans, whether or not having the force of law, shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve and/or special deposit requirement against or in respect of assets held by or deposits in or for the account of the Loans by Lender or impose on Lender any other condition with respect to this Agreement or the Loans, the result of which is to either increase the cost to Lender of making or maintaining the Loans or to reduce the amount of principal or interest received or receivable by Lender with respect to such Loans.  Said additional costs and/or reductions will be those which directly result from the imposition of such requirement or condition on the making or maintaining of such Loans.

 

10.2         Corporate Existence.  The Borrower and Corporate Guarantor shall at all times preserve and maintain their: (i) existence and good standing in the jurisdiction of their organization; and (ii) their qualification to do business and good standing in each jurisdiction where the nature of their business makes such qualification necessary (other than such jurisdictions in which the failure to be qualified or in good standing could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect), and shall at all times continue as a going concern in the business which Borrower and Corporate Guarantor are presently conducting.

 

  

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10.3           Maintain Property.  The Borrower and Corporate Guarantor shall at all times maintain, preserve and keep their plants, properties and equipment, including, but not limited to, the Borrower Collateral and Guarantor Property, in good repair, working order and condition, normal wear and tear excepted, and shall from time to time, as Borrower and Corporate Guarantor deem appropriate in their reasonable judgment, make all needful and proper repairs, renewals, replacements, and additions thereto so that at all times the efficiency thereof shall be fully preserved and maintained.  The Borrower and Corporate Guarantor shall permit Lender to examine and inspect such plant, properties and equipment, including any Collateral, at all reasonable times upon reasonable notice during business hours.  During the continuance of any Event of Default, Lender shall, at the Credit Parties’ expense, have the right to make additional inspections without providing advance notice.

 

10.4           Maintain Insurance.  The Borrower and Corporate Guarantor shall at all times insure and keep insured with insurance companies acceptable to Lender, all insurable property owned by the Borrower and Corporate Guarantor which is of a character usually insured by companies similarly situated and operating like properties, against loss or damage from environmental, fire and such other hazards or risks as are customarily insured against by companies similarly situated and operating like properties; and shall similarly insure employers’, public and professional liability risks.  Prior to the date of the funding of any Loans under this Agreement, Borrower and Corporate Guarantor shall deliver to Lender a certificate setting forth in summary form the nature and extent of the insurance maintained pursuant to this Section.  All such policies of insurance must be satisfactory to Lender in relation to the amount and term of the Obligations and type and value of the Collateral and assets of the Borrower and Corporate Guarantor, shall identify Lender as sole/lender’s loss payee and as an additional insured.  In the event the Credit Parties fail to provide Lender with evidence of the insurance coverage required by this Section or at any time hereafter shall fail to obtain or maintain any of the policies of insurance required above, or to pay any premium in whole or in part relating thereto, then Lender, without waiving or releasing any obligation or default by Borrower hereunder, may at any time (but shall be under no obligation to so act), obtain and maintain such policies of insurance and pay such premium and take any other action with respect thereto, which Lender deems advisable.  This insurance coverage: (i) may, but need not, protect the Credit Parties’ interest in such property, including, but not limited to, the Collateral; and (ii) may not pay any claim made by, or against, the Credit Parties in connection with such property, including, but not limited to, the Collateral.  The Credit Parties may later cancel any such insurance purchased by Lender, but only after providing Lender with evidence that the insurance coverage required by this Section is in force.  The costs of such insurance obtained by Lender, through and including the effective date such insurance coverage is canceled or expires, shall be payable on demand by the Credit Parties to Lender, together with interest at the Default Rate on such amounts until repaid and any other charges by Lender in connection with the placement of such insurance.  The costs of such insurance, which may be greater than the cost of insurance which the Credit Parties may be able to obtain on its own, together with interest thereon at the Default Rate and any other charges by Lender in connection with the placement of such insurance may be added to the total Obligations due and owing to the extent not paid by the Credit Parties.

 

  

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10.5          Tax Liabilities.

 

(a)                     The Borrower and Corporate Guarantor shall at all times pay and discharge all property, income and other taxes, assessments and governmental charges upon, and all claims (including claims for labor, materials and supplies) against the Borrower and Corporate Guarantor or any of their properties, Equipment or Inventory, before the same shall become delinquent and before penalties accrue thereon, unless and to the extent that the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained.

 

(b)                     Borrower shall be solely responsible for the payment of any and all documentary stamps and other taxes in connection with the execution of the Loan Documents.

 

10.6          ERISA Liabilities; Employee Plans.  The Credit Parties shall: (i) keep in full force and effect any and all Employee Plans which are presently in existence or may, from time to time, come into existence under ERISA, and not withdraw from any such Employee Plans, unless such withdrawal can be effected or such Employee Plans can be terminated without liability to the Credit Parties; (ii) make contributions to all of such Employee Plans in a timely manner and in a sufficient amount to comply with the standards of ERISA, including the minimum funding standards of ERISA; (iii) comply with all material requirements of ERISA which relate to such Employee Plans; (iv) notify Lender immediately upon receipt by the Credit Parties of any notice concerning the imposition of any withdrawal liability or of the institution of any Proceeding or other action which may result in the termination of any such Employee Plans or the appointment of a trustee to administer such Employee Plans; (v) promptly advise Lender of the occurrence of any “Reportable Event” or “Prohibited Transaction” (as such terms are defined in ERISA), with respect to any such Employee Plans; and (vi) amend any Employee Plan that is intended to be qualified within the meaning of Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to the extent necessary to keep the Employee Plan qualified, and to cause the Employee Plan to be administered and operated in a manner that does not cause the Employee Plan to lose its qualified status.

 

10.7          Financial Statements.  The Credit Parties shall at all times maintain a system of accounting capable of producing its individual and consolidated financial statements in compliance with GAAP (provided that monthly financial statements shall not be required to have footnote disclosure, are subject to normal year-end adjustments and need not be consolidated), and shall furnish to Lender or its authorized representatives such information regarding the business affairs, operations and financial condition of the Credit Parties as Lender may from time to time request or require, including, but not limited to:

 

(a)                     If the Maturity Date is extended beyond the original term, as soon as available, and in any event, within one hundred five (105) days after the close of each fiscal year, a copy of the annual audited consolidated financial statements of each of the Credit Parties, including balance sheet, statement of income and retained earnings, statement of cash flows for the fiscal year then ended, in reasonable detail, prepared and reviewed by an independent certified public accountant reasonably acceptable to Lender, containing an unqualified opinion of such accountant;

 

  

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(b)                     as soon as available, and in any event, within thirty (30) days after the close of each fiscal quarter, a copy of the quarterly unaudited consolidated financial statements of each of the Credit Parties, including balance sheet, statement of income and retained earnings, statement of cash flows for the fiscal year then ended, in reasonable detail, prepared and certified as accurate in all material respects by the President, Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Credit Parties; and

 

No change with respect to such accounting principles shall be made by the Credit Parties without giving prior notification to Lender. The Credit Parties represent and warrant to Lender that the financial statements delivered to Lender at or prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and to be delivered at all times thereafter accurately reflect and will accurately reflect the financial condition of the Credit Parties in all material respects. Lender shall have the right at all times (and on reasonable notice so long as there then does not exist any Event of Default) during business hours to inspect the books and records of the Credit Parties and make extracts therefrom.

 

Borrower agrees to advise Lender immediately, in writing, of the occurrence of any Material Adverse Effect, or the occurrence of any event, circumstance or other happening that could be reasonably expected to lead to or become a Material Adverse Effect.

 

10.8          Additional Reporting Requirements. Borrower shall provide the following reports and statements to Lender as follows:

 

(a)                     On or prior to the Effective Date, Borrower shall provide to Lender an income statement or profit and loss statement showing actual results of the Borrower’s consolidated operations for the prior twelve (12) months, as well as an income statement projection showing, in reasonable detail, the Borrower’s consolidated income statement projections for the twelve (12) calendar months following the Effective Date (the “Income Projections”).  In addition, on the first (1st) day of every calendar month after the Effective Date, the Borrower shall provide to Lender a report comparing the Income Projections to actual results.  Any variance in the Income Projections to actual results that is more than ten percent (10%) (either above or below) will require the Borrower to submit to Lender written explanations as to the nature and circumstances for the variance.

 

(b)                     On the first (1st) day of every calendar month after the Effective Date, the Borrower shall provide to Lender a report comparing the use of the proceeds of the Loans set forth in the Use of Proceeds Confirmation, with the actual use of such proceeds.  Any variance in the actual use of such proceeds from the amounts set forth in the approved Use of Proceeds Confirmation will require the Borrower to submit to Lender written explanations as to the nature and circumstances for the variance.

 

(c)                     Borrower shall submit to Lender true and correct copies of all bank statements (and statements from any other depository accounts, brokerage accounts, or accounts with any Payment Processing Companies) received by the Borrower within five (5) days after the Borrower’s receipt thereof from its bank.

 

  

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(d)                     Promptly upon receipt thereof, the Borrower shall provide to Lender copies of interim and supplemental reports, if any, submitted to the Borrower by independent accountants in connection with any interim audit or review of the books of the Borrower.

 

10.9          Aged Accounts/Payables Schedules.  Upon request of Lender, Borrower shall promptly deliver to Lender an aged schedule of the Accounts of the Borrower, listing the name and amount due from each customer and showing the aggregate amounts due from: (i) 0-30 days; (ii) 31-60 days; (iii) 61-90 days; (iv) 91-120 days; and (v) more than 120 days, and certified as accurate by the Chief Financial Officer or the President of Borrower.  Upon request by Lender, Borrower shall promptly deliver to Lender an aged schedule of the accounts payable of the Borrower, listing the name and amount due to each creditor and showing the aggregate amounts due from: (v) 0-30 days; (w) 31-60 days; (x) 61-90 days;  (y) 91-120 days; and (z) more than 120 days, and certified as accurate by the Chief Financial Officer or the President of Borrower.

 

10.10        Failure to Provide Reports.  If at any time during the term of this Agreement, Borrower shall fail to timely provide any reports required to be provided by any Credit Party to Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, in addition to all other rights and remedies that Lender may have under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Lender shall have the right to require, at each instance of any such failure, upon written notice to Borrower, that ML - Nevada redeem 2.5% of the aggregate amount of the Advisory Fee then outstanding, which cash redemption payment shall be due and payable by wire transfer of Dollars to an account designated by Lender within five (5) Business Days from the date the Lender delivers such redemption notice to the Borrower.

 

10.11        Covenant Compliance. Credit Parties shall, within thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar month, deliver to Lender a Compliance Certificate showing compliance by Credit Parties with the covenants therein, and certified as accurate by the President or Chief Executive Officer of the Borrower.

 

10.12        Continued Due Diligence/Field Audits.  Borrower acknowledges that during the term of this Agreement, Lender and its agents and representatives undertake ongoing and continuing due diligence reviews of the Credit Parties and their business and operations.  Such ongoing due diligence reviews may include, and the Credit Parties do hereby allow Lender, to conduct site visits and field examinations of the office locations of the Credit Parties and the assets and records of the Credit Parties, the results of which must be satisfactory to Lender in Lender’s sole and absolute discretion.  In this regard, in order to cover Lender’s expenses of the ongoing due diligence reviews and any site visits or field examinations which Lender may undertake from time to time while this Agreement is in effect, the Borrower shall pay to Lender, within five (5) Business Days after receipt of an invoice or demand therefor from Lender, a fee of up to Four Thousand and No/100 Dollars (US$4,000.00) per year (based on two (2) expected filed audits and ongoing due diligence of Two Thousand and No/100 Dollars (US$2,000.00) per audit) to cover such ongoing expenses.  Failure to pay such fee as and when required shall be deemed an Event of Default under this Agreement and all other Loan Documents.  The foregoing notwithstanding, from and after the occurrence of an Event of Default or any event which with notice, lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, Lender may conduct site visits, field examinations and other ongoing reviews of the Credit Parties’ records, assets and operations at any time, in its sole discretion, without any limitations in terms of number of site visits or examinations and without being limited to the fee hereby contemplated, all at the sole expense of Borrower.

 

  

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10.13           Notice and Other Reports. Borrower shall provide prompt written notice to Lender if at any time the Borrower fails to comply with any of the covenants in Section 11 herein.  In addition, Borrower shall, within such period of time as Lender may reasonably specify, deliver to Lender such other schedules and reports as Lender may reasonably require.

 

10.14           Collateral Records. The Borrower and Corporate Guarantor shall keep full and accurate books and records relating to the Collateral and shall mark such books and records to indicate Lender’s Lien in the Collateral including placing a legend, in form and content reasonably acceptable to Lender, on all Chattel Paper created by the Borrower and Corporate Guarantor indicating that Lender has a Lien in such Chattel Paper.

 

10.15           Notice of Proceedings.  Borrower shall, promptly, but not more than five (5) days after knowledge thereof shall have come to the attention of any officer of the Borrower, give written notice to Lender of all threatened or pending actions, suits, and Proceedings before any Governmental Agency or other administrative agency, or before or involving any other Person, which may have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

10.16           Notice of Default.  Borrower shall, promptly, but not more than five (5) days after the commencement thereof, give notice to Lender in writing of the occurrence of an Event of Default or of any event which, with the lapse of time, the giving of notice or both, would constitute an Event of Default hereunder.

 

10.17           Environmental Matters.  If any release or threatened release or other disposal of Hazardous Substances shall occur or shall have occurred on any real property or any other assets of the Credit Parties or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Credit Parties, the Credit Parties shall cause the prompt containment and/or removal of such Hazardous Substances and the remediation and/or operation of such real property or other assets as necessary to comply with all Environmental Laws and to preserve the value of such real property or other assets.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Credit Parties shall comply with any Federal or state judicial or administrative order requiring the performance at any real property of the Credit Parties of activities in response to the release or threatened release of a Hazardous Substance.  To the extent that the transportation of Hazardous Substances is permitted by this Agreement, Borrower shall dispose of such Hazardous Substances, or of any other wastes, only at licensed disposal facilities operating in compliance with Environmental Laws.

 

10.18           Subsidiaries.  Any Subsidiary which is formed or acquired or otherwise becomes a Subsidiary of the Credit Parties following the date hereof, within five (5) Business Days of such event, shall become an additional the Credit Party hereto, and the Borrower or Corporate Guarantor, as applicable, shall take any and all actions necessary or required by Lender to cause said Subsidiary to execute a counterpart to this Agreement and any and all other documents which the Lender shall require, including causing such party to execute those documents contained in Section 3.12 hereof.

 

  

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10.19           Reporting Status; Listing.  So long as this Agreement remains in effect, and for so long as Lender owns, legally or beneficially, any of the Advisory Fee Shares or other shares of Common Stock, ML - Nevada shall: (i) file in a timely manner all reports required to be filed with the Principal Trading Market, and, to provide a copy thereof to the Lender promptly after such filing; (ii) if required by the rules and regulations of the Principal Trading Market, promptly secure the listing of the Advisory Fee Shares and other shares of Common Stock - ML issuable to Lender under any Loan Documents upon the Principal Trading Market (subject to official notice of issuance) and, take all reasonable action under its control to maintain the continued listing, quotation and trading of the Common Stock - ML on the Principal Trading Market, and ML - Nevada shall comply in all respects with ML – Nevada’s reporting, filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of the Principal Trading Market and Governmental Authorities, as applicable. ML - Nevada shall promptly provide to Lender copies of any notices it receives from the SEC or any Principal Trading Market, to the extent any such notices could in any way have or be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

10.20           Rule 144.  With a view to making available to Lender the benefits of Rule 144 under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”), or any similar rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit Lender to sell the Advisory Fee Shares or other shares of Common Stock - ML issuable to Lender under any Loan Documents to the public without registration, ML - Nevada represents and warrants that: (i) ML - Nevada is not an issuer defined as a Shell Company; and (ii) if ML - Nevada has, at any time, been an issuer defined as a Shell Company, ML - Nevada has not been an issuer defined as a Shell Company for at least twelve (12) months prior to the Effective Date.  For the purposes hereof, the term “Shell Company” shall mean an issuer that meets the description defined under Rule 144.  In addition, so long as Lender owns, legally or beneficially, any securities of ML - Nevada, ML - Nevada shall, at its sole expense:

 

(a)           Make, keep and ensure that adequate current public information with respect to ML - Nevada, as required in accordance with Rule 144, is publicly available;

 

(b)           furnish to the Lender, promptly upon reasonable request: (A) a written statement by ML - Nevada that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144; and (b) such other information as may be reasonably requested by Lender to permit the Lender to sell any of the Advisory Fee Shares or other shares of Common Stock - ML acquired hereunder, pursuant to Rule 144, without limitation or restriction; and

 

  

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(c)           promptly at the request of Lender, give the Transfer Agent instructions to the effect that, upon the Transfer Agent’s receipt from Lender of a certificate (a “Rule 144 Certificate”) certifying that Lender’s holding period (as determined in accordance with the provisions of Rule 144) for any portion of the Advisory Fee Shares which Lender proposes to sell (or any portion of such shares which Lender is not presently selling, but for which Lender desires to remove any restrictive legends applicable thereto) (the “Securities Being Sold”) is not less than the required holding period pursuant to Rule 144, and receipt by the Transfer Agent of the “Rule 144 Opinion” (as hereinafter defined) from ML - Nevada or its counsel (or from Lender and its counsel as permitted below), the Transfer Agent is to effect the transfer (or issuance of a new certificate without restrictive legends, if applicable) of the Securities Being Sold and issue to Lender or transferee(s) thereof one or more stock certificates representing the transferred (or re-issued) Securities Being Sold without any restrictive legend and without recording any restrictions on the transferability of such shares on the Transfer Agent’s books and records.  In this regard, upon Lender’s request, ML - Nevada shall have an affirmative obligation to cause its counsel to promptly issue to the Transfer Agent a legal opinion providing that, based on the Rule 144 Certificate, the Securities Being Sold may be sold pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144, even in the absence of an effective registration statement, or re-issued without any restrictive legends pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144, even in the absence of an effective registration statement (the “Rule 144 Opinion”). If the Transfer Agent requires any additional documentation in connection with any proposed transfer (or re-issuance) by Lender of any Securities Being Sold, ML - Nevada shall promptly deliver or cause to be delivered to the Transfer Agent or to any other Person, all such additional documentation as may be necessary to effectuate the transfer (or re-issuance) of the Securities Being Sold and the issuance of an unlegended certificate to any such Lender or any transferee thereof, all at the expense of the Credit Parties.  Any and all fees, charges or expenses, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and costs, incurred by Lender in connection with issuance of any such shares, or the removal of any restrictive legends thereon, or the transfer of any such shares to any assignee of Lender, shall be paid by the Credit Parties, and if not paid by the Credit Parties, the Lender may, but shall not be required to, pay any such fees, charges or expenses, and the amount thereof, together with interest thereon at the highest non-usurious rate permitted by law, from the date of outlay, until paid in full, shall be due and payable by the Credit Parties to Lender immediately upon demand therefor, and all such amounts advanced by the Lender shall be additional Obligations due under this Agreement and the Promissory Note and secured under the Loan Documents.  In the event that ML - Nevada and/or its counsel refuses or fails for any reason to render the Rule 144 Opinion or any other documents, certificates or instructions required to effectuate the transfer (or re-issuance) of the Securities Being Sold and the issuance of an unlegended certificate to any such Lender or any transferee thereof, then: (A) to the extent the Securities Being Sold could be lawfully transferred (or re-issued) without restrictions under applicable laws, ML - Nevada’s failure to promptly provide the Rule 144 Opinion or any other documents, certificates or instructions required to effectuate the transfer (or re-issuance) of the Securities Being Sold and the issuance of an unlegended certificate to any such Lender or any transferee thereof shall be an immediate Event of Default under this Agreement and all other Loan Documents; and (B) ML – Nevada hereby agrees and acknowledges that Lender is hereby irrevocably and expressly authorized to have counsel to Lender render any and all opinions and other certificates or instruments which may be required for purposes of effectuating the transfer (or re-issuance) of the Securities Being Sold and the issuance of an unlegended certificate to any such Lender or any transferee thereof, and ML - Nevada hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Transfer Agent to, without any further confirmation or instructions from ML - Nevada, transfer or re-issue any such Securities Being Sold as instructed by Lender and its counsel.

 

  

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11.           FINANCIAL COVENANTS.

 

11.1           Revenue Covenant.  For each calendar quarter while this Agreement remains in effect, the Borrower shall have sales revenues for such calendar quarter that are not less than seventy-five percent (75%) of the sales revenues shown for the corresponding calendar quarter on the most recent of the Financial Statements (i.e. comparing third quarter results to the prior years’ third quarter results).

 

11.2           Loan to Value Ratio.  The aggregate outstanding principal balance of all Loans hereunder shall never exceed the lesser of: (i) eighty percent (80%) of the then existing Eligible Accounts; or (ii) eighty percent (80%) of the value of all Borrower Collateral, as determined by Lender in its sole and absolute discretion.

 

12.           EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

 

Credit Parties, without notice or demand of any kind (except as specifically provided in this Agreement), shall be in default under this Agreement upon the occurrence of any of the following events (each an “Event of Default”):

 

12.1           Nonpayment of Obligations.  Any amount due and owing on the Promissory Note or any of the Obligations, whether by its terms or as otherwise provided herein, is not paid on the date such amount is due.

 

12.2           Misrepresentation.  Any written warranty, representation, certificate or statement of the Credit Parties in this Agreement, the Loan Documents or any other agreement with Lender shall be false or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made.

 

12.3           Nonperformance.  Any failure to perform or default in the performance of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (not otherwise addressed in this Article 12), which failure to perform or default in performance continues for a period of ten (10) days after any Credit Party receives notice from Lender of such failure to perform or default in performance (provided that if the failure to perform or default in performance is not capable of being cured, in Lender’s reasonable discretion, then the cure period set forth herein shall not be applicable and the failure or default shall be an immediate Event of Default hereunder).

 

12.4           Default under Loan Documents.  Any failure to perform or default in the performance by any Credit Party that continues after applicable grace and cure periods under any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any of the other Loan Documents or any other agreement with Lender, all of which covenants, conditions and agreements are hereby incorporated in this Agreement by express reference.

 

12.5           Default under Other Obligations.  Any default by Borrower in the payment of principal, interest or any other sum for any other obligation beyond any period of grace provided with respect thereto or in the performance of any, other term, condition or covenant contained in any agreement (including any capital or operating lease or any agreement in connection with the deferred purchase price of property), the effect of which default is to cause or permit the holder of such obligation (or the other party to such other agreement) to cause such obligation or agreement to become due prior to its stated maturity, to terminate such other agreement, or to otherwise modify or adversely affect such obligation or agreement in a manner that could have a Material Adverse Effect on any Credit Party.

 

  

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12.6           Assignment for Creditors.  Any Credit Party makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, fails to pay, or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they mature; or if a trustee of any substantial part of the assets of the Credit Parties is applied for or appointed, and in the case of such trustee being appointed in a Proceeding brought against any of the Credit Parties, the Credit Parties, by any action or failure to act indicates its approval of, consent to, or acquiescence in such appointment and such appointment is not vacated, stayed on appeal or otherwise shall not have ceased to continue in effect within ninety (90) days after the date of such appointment.

 

12.7           Bankruptcy.  Any Proceeding involving any of the Credit Parties, is commenced by or against any of the Credit Parties under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation law or statute of the federal government or any state government, and in the case of any such Proceeding being instituted against any of the Credit Parties: (i) the Credit Parties, by any action or failure to act, indicates its approval of, consent to or acquiescence therein; or (ii) an order shall be entered approving the petition in such Proceedings and such order is not vacated, stayed on appeal or otherwise shall not have ceased to continue in effect within ninety (90) days after the entry thereof.

 

12.8           Judgments.  The entry of any judgment, decree, levy, attachment, garnishment or other process, or the filing of any Lien against the property of any of the Credit Parties, unless such judgment or other process shall have been, within ninety (90) days from the entry thereof: (i) bonded over to the satisfaction of Lender and appealed; (ii) vacated; or (iii) discharged.

 

12.9           Material Adverse Effect.  A Material Adverse Effect shall occur.

 

12.10         Change in Control.  Except as permitted under this Agreement, any Change in Control shall occur; provided, however, a Change in Control shall not constitute an Event of Default if: (i) it arises out of an event or circumstance beyond the reasonable control of the Credit Parties (for example, but not by way of limitation, a transfer of ownership interest due to death or incapacity); and (ii) within sixty (60) days after such Change in Control, the Credit Parties provide Lender with information concerning the identity and qualifications of the individual or individuals who will be in Control, and such individual or individuals shall be acceptable to Lender, in Lender’s sole discretion.

 

12.11         Collateral Impairment.  The entry of any judgment, decree, levy, attachment, garnishment or other process, or the filing of any Lien against, any of the Collateral or any collateral under a separate security agreement securing any of the Obligations, and such judgment or other process shall not have been, within thirty (30) days from the entry thereof: (i) bonded over to the satisfaction of Lender and appealed; (ii) vacated; or (iii) discharged, or the loss, theft, destruction, seizure or forfeiture, or the occurrence of any material deterioration or impairment of any of the Collateral or any of the Collateral under any security agreement securing any of the Obligations, or any material decline or depreciation in the value or market price thereof (whether actual or reasonably anticipated), which causes the Collateral, in the sole opinion of Lender acting in good faith, to become unsatisfactory as to value or character, or which causes Lender to reasonably believe that it is insecure and that the likelihood for repayment of the Obligations is or will soon be impaired, time being of the essence.  The cause of such deterioration, impairment, decline or depreciation shall include, but is not limited to, the failure by the Credit Parties to do any act deemed reasonably necessary by Lender to preserve and maintain the value and collectability of the Collateral.

 

  

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12.12         Adverse Change in Financial Condition.  The determination in good faith by Lender that a material adverse change has occurred in the financial condition or operations of the any of the Credit Parties, or the Collateral, which change could have a Material Adverse Effect, or otherwise adversely affect the prospect for Lender to fully and punctually realize the full benefits conferred on Lender by this Agreement, or the prospect of repayment of all Obligations.

 

12.13         Adverse Change in Value of Collateral.  The determination in good faith by Lender that the security for the Obligations is or has become inadequate.

 

12.14         Prospect of Payment or Performance.  The determination in good faith by Lender that the prospect for payment or performance of any of the Obligations is impaired for any reason.

 

13.           REMEDIES.

 

(a)                     Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender shall have all rights, powers and remedies set forth in the Loan Documents, in any written agreement or instrument (other than this Agreement or the Loan Documents) relating to any of the Obligations or any security therefor, or as otherwise provided at law or in equity.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Lender may, at its option, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, declare its commitments to Borrower to be terminated and all Obligations to be immediately due and payable; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under either Section 12.6, “Assignment for Creditors”, or Section 12.7, “Bankruptcy”, all commitments of Lender to Borrower shall immediately terminate and all Obligations shall be automatically due and payable, all without demand, notice or further action of any kind required on the part of Lender.  The Credit Parties hereby waive any and all presentment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest, and all other notices and demands in connection with the enforcement of Lender’s rights under the Loan Documents, and hereby consents to, and waives notice of release, with or without consideration, of the Credit Parties or of any Collateral, notwithstanding anything contained herein or in the Loan Documents to the contrary.

 

(b)                     No Event of Default shall be waived by Lender, except and unless such waiver is in writing and signed by Lender.  No failure or delay on the part of Lender in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver of the exercise of the same or any other right at any other time; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy hereunder.  There shall be no obligation on the part of Lender to exercise any remedy available to Lender in any order. The remedies provided for herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided at law or in equity.  The Credit Parties agree that in the event that Borrower fails to perform, observe or discharge any of its Obligations or liabilities under this Agreement, the Promissory Note, and other Loan Documents, or any other agreements with Lender, no remedy of law will provide adequate relief to Lender, and further agrees that Lender shall be entitled to temporary and permanent injunctive relief in any such case without the necessity of proving actual damages.

 

  

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14.           MISCELLANEOUS.

 

14.1           Obligations Absolute.  None of the following shall affect the Obligations of the Credit Parties to Lender under this Agreement or Lender’s rights with respect to the Collateral:

 

(a)                     acceptance or retention by Lender of other property or any interest in property as security for the Obligations;

 

(b)                     release by Lender of all or any part of the Collateral or of any party liable with respect to the Obligations (other than Borrower);

 

(c)                     release, extension, renewal, modification or substitution by Lender of the Promissory Note, or any note evidencing any of the Obligations; or

 

(d)                     failure of Lender to resort to any other security or to pursue the Credit Parties or any other obligor liable for any of the Obligations before resorting to remedies against the Collateral.

 

14.2           Entire Agreement.  This Agreement and the other Loan Documents: (i) are valid, binding and enforceable against the Credit Parties and Lender in accordance with its provisions and no conditions exist as to their legal effectiveness; (ii) constitute the entire agreement between the parties; and (iii) are the final expression of the intentions of the Credit Parties and Lender.  No promises, either expressed or implied, exist between the Credit Parties and Lender, unless contained herein or in the Loan Documents.  This Agreement and the Loan Documents supersede all negotiations, representations, warranties, commitments, offers, contracts (of any kind or nature, whether oral or written) prior to or contemporaneous with the execution hereof.

 

14.3           Amendments; Waivers.  No amendment, modification, termination, discharge or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or of the Loan Documents, or consent to any departure by the Credit Parties therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Lender, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only for the specific purpose for which given.

 

14.4           WAIVER OF DEFENSES. THE CREDIT PARTIES WAIVE EVERY PRESENT AND FUTURE DEFENSE, CAUSE OF ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR SETOFF WHICH THE CREDIT PARTIES MAY HAVE AS OF THE DATE HEREOF TO ANY ACTION BY LENDER IN ENFORCING THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.  THE CREDIT PARTIES WAIVE ANY IMPLIED COVENANT OF GOOD FAITH AND RATIFIES AND CONFIRMS WHATEVER LENDER MAY DO PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AS OF THE DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT.  THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR LENDER GRANTING ANY FINANCIAL ACCOMMODATION TO BORROWER.

 

14.5           WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. LENDER AND CREDIT PARTIES, AFTER CONSULTING OR HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT WITH COUNSEL, KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE, IRREVOCABLY, THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROMISSORY NOTE, ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS, THE COLLATERAL, OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT EXECUTED OR CONTEMPLATED TO BE EXECUTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT OR COURSE OF DEALING IN WHICH LENDER AND CREDIT PARTIES ARE ADVERSE PARTIES.  THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR LENDER GRANTING ANY FINANCIAL ACCOMMODATION TO BORROWER.

 

  

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14.6           MANDATORY FORUM SELECTION.  TO INDUCE LENDER TO MAKE THE LOANS, CREDIT PARTIES IRREVOCABLY AGREE THAT ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER, RELATING TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, THIS AGREEMENT OR RELATED TO ANY MATTER WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF OR INCIDENTAL TO THIS AGREEMENT ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE COLLATERAL (WHETHER OR NOT SUCH CLAIM IS BASED UPON BREACH OF CONTRACT OR TORT) SHALL, EXCEPT AS HEREINAFTER PROVIDED, BE SUBJECT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF THE STATE AND/OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, LENDER MAY, AT LENDER’S SOLE OPTION, ELECT TO BRING ANY ACTION IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.  THIS PROVISION  IS INTENDED TO BE A “MANDATORY” FORUM SELECTION CLAUSE AND GOVERNED BY AND INTERPRETED CONSISTENT WITH FLORIDA LAW. BORROWER HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT HAVING ITS SITUS IN SAID COUNTY (OR TO ANY OTHER JURISDICTION OR VENUE, IF LENDER SO ELECTS), AND WAIVES ANY OBJECTION BASED ON FORUM NON CONVENIENS. CREDIT PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS AND CONSENTS THAT ALL SUCH SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, DIRECTED TO BORROWER, AS SET FORTH HEREIN OR IN THE MANNER PROVIDED BY APPLICABLE STATUTE, LAW, RULE OF COURT OR OTHERWISE.

 

14.7           Usury Savings Clause. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, the total liability for payments of interest and payments in the nature of interest, including, without limitation, all charges, fees, exactions, or other sums which may at any time be deemed to be interest, shall not exceed the limit imposed by the usury laws of the jurisdiction governing this Agreement or any other applicable law.  In the event the total liability of payments of interest and payments in the nature of interest, including, without limitation, all charges, fees, exactions or other sums which may at any time be deemed to be interest, shall, for any reason whatsoever, result in an effective rate of interest, which for any month or other interest payment period exceeds the limit imposed by the usury laws of the jurisdiction governing this Agreement, all sums in excess of those lawfully collectible as interest for the period in question shall, without further agreement or notice by, between, or to any party hereto, be applied to the reduction of the outstanding principal balance of this Agreement immediately upon receipt of such sums by the Lender, with the same force and effect as though the Borrower had specifically designated such excess sums to be so applied to the reduction of such outstanding principal balance and the Lender hereof had agreed to accept such sums as a penalty-free payment of principal; provided, however, that the Lender may, at any time and from time to time, elect, by notice in writing to the Borrower, to waive, reduce, or limit the collection of any sums in excess of those lawfully collectible as interest rather than accept such sums as a prepayment of the outstanding principal balance.  It is the intention of the parties that the Borrower do not intend or expect to pay nor does the Lender intend or expect to charge or collect any interest under this Agreement greater than the highest non-usurious rate of interest which may be charged under applicable law.

 

  

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14.8           Assignability. Lender may at any time assign Lender’s rights in this Agreement, the Promissory Note, any Loan Documents, the Obligations, or any part thereof, and transfer Lender’s rights in any or all of the Collateral, all without the Credit Parties’ consent or approval, and Lender thereafter shall be relieved from all liability with respect to such instrument or Collateral so transferred.  In addition, Lender may at any time sell one or more participations in the Loans, all without the Credit Parties’ consent or approval. The Credit Parties may not sell or assign this Agreement, any Loan Document or any other agreement with Lender, or any portion thereof, either voluntarily or by operation of law, nor delegate any of its duties of obligations hereunder or thereunder, without the prior written consent of Lender, which consent may be withheld in Lender’s sole and absolute discretion.  This Agreement shall be binding upon Lender and the Credit Parties and their respective legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.  All references herein to a Credit Party shall be deemed to include any successors, whether immediate or remote.  In the case of a joint venture or partnership, the term “Borrower” or “Credit Party” shall be deemed to include all joint venturers or partners thereof, who shall be jointly and severally liable hereunder.

 

14.9           Confidentiality. Each of the Credit Parties shall keep confidential any information obtained from Lender (except information publicly available or in Credit Parties’ domain prior to disclosure of such information from Lender, and except as required by applicable laws) and shall promptly return to the Lender all schedules, documents, instruments, work papers and other written information without retaining copies thereof, previously furnished by it as a result of this Agreement or in connection herewith.

 

14.10         Publicity.  Lender shall have the right to approve, before issuance, any press release or any other public statement with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby made by the Credit Parties; provided, however, that the Credit Parties shall be entitled, without the prior approval of Lender, to issue any press release or other public disclosure with respect to such transactions required under applicable securities or other laws or regulations.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Credit Parties shall use its best efforts to consult Lender in connection with any such press release or other public disclosure prior to its release and Lender shall be provided with a copy thereof upon release thereof.  Lender shall have the right to make any press release with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby without the Credit Parties’ approval.  In addition, with respect to any press release to be made by Lender, Corporate Guarantor hereby authorizes and grants blanket permission to Lender to include Corporate Guarantor’s stock symbol, if any, in any press releases.  Corporate Guarantor shall, promptly upon request, execute any additional documents of authority or permission as may be requested by Lender in connection with any such press releases.

 

14.11         Binding Effect.  This Agreement shall become effective upon execution by the Credit Parties and Lender.

 

  

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14.12           Governing Law.  Except in the case of the Mandatory Forum Selection Clause in Section 14.6 above, which clause shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with Florida law, this Agreement, the Loan Documents and the Promissory Note shall be delivered and accepted in, and shall be deemed to be contracts made under and governed by, the internal laws of the State of Nevada, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada, without giving effect to the choice of law provisions of such State.  The governing law provisions of this Section 14.12 are a material inducement for Lender to enter into this Agreement, and the Borrower hereby agrees, acknowledges and understands that the Lender would not have entered into this Agreement, nor made or provided the Loans, without the full agreement and consent of the Credit Parties, with full knowledge and understanding, that except in the case of the Mandatory Forum Selection Clause in Section 14.6 above, which clause shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with Florida law, this Agreement, and each of the Loan Documents, shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of Nevada, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada, without giving effect to the choice of law provisions.  In this regard, each of the Credit Parties hereby acknowledges that it has reviewed this Agreement and all Loan Documents, and specifically, this Section 14.12, with competent counsel selected by the Credit Parties, and in that regard, each of the Credit Parties fully understands the choice of law provisions set forth in this Section.  In addition, each of the Credit Parties agrees, and acknowledges that it has had an opportunity to negotiate the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with and through its counsel, and that the Credit Parties have sufficient leverage and economic bargaining power, and have used such leverage and economic bargaining power, to fairly and fully negotiate this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in a manner that is acceptable to the Credit Parties. Moreover, because of the material nature of this choice of law provision in inducing Lender to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans to the Credit Parties, each of the Credit Parties hereby fully and absolutely waives any and all rights to make any claims, counterclaims, defenses, to raise or make any arguments (including any claims, counterclaims, defenses, or arguments based on grounds of public policy, unconscionability, or implied covenants of fair dealing and good faith), or to otherwise undertake any litigation strategy or maneuver of any nature or kind that would result in, or which otherwise seeks to, invalidate this choice of law provision, or that would otherwise result in or require the application of the laws of any other State other than the State of Nevada in the interpretation or governance of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents (except for the Mandatory Forum Selection clause in Section 14.6 hereof).  Each of the Credit Parties has carefully considered this Section 14.12 and has carefully reviewed its application and effect with competent counsel, and in that regard, fully understands and agrees that Lender would not have entered into this Agreement, nor made the Loans, without the express agreement and acknowledgement of each of the Credit Parties to this choice of law provision, and the express waivers set forth herein.

 

14.13           Enforceability.  Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by, unenforceable or invalid under any jurisdiction, such provision shall as to such jurisdiction, be severable and be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

  

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14.14           Survival of Borrower’s Representations.  All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Credit Parties herein shall, notwithstanding any investigation by Lender, be deemed material and relied upon by Lender and shall survive the making and execution of this Agreement and the Loan Documents and the issuance of the Promissory Note, and shall be deemed to be continuing representations and warranties until such time as the Credit Parties have fulfilled all of its Obligations to Lender, and Lender has been indefeasibly paid in full. Lender, in extending financial accommodations to Borrower, is expressly acting and relying on the aforesaid representations and warranties.

 

14.15           Extensions of Lender’s Commitment and the Promissory Note.  This Agreement shall secure and govern the terms of any extensions or renewals of Lender’s commitment hereunder and the Promissory Note pursuant to the execution of any modification, extension or renewal note executed by Borrower, consented and agreed to by the Guarantors, and accepted by Lender in its sole and absolute discretion in substitution for the Promissory Note.

 

14.16           Time of Essence.  Time is of the essence in making payments of all amounts due Lender under this Agreement and in the performance and observance by the Credit Parties of each covenant, agreement, provision and term of this Agreement.

 

14.17           Execution.  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which taken together shall be deemed and considered one and the same Agreement.  In the event that any signature of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format file or other similar format file, such signature shall be deemed an original for all purposes and shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing same with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page was an original thereof.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Lender shall not be obligated to accept any document or instrument signed by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format file or other similar format file as an original, and may in any instance require that an original document be submitted to Lender in lieu of, or in addition to, any such document executed by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format file or other similar format file.

 

  

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14.18           Notices.  Any notices, consents, waivers, or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same in accordance with the information below, and will be deemed to have been delivered: (i) if mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the address below, then three (3) Business Days after deposit of same in a regularly maintained U.S. Mail receptacle; or (ii) if mailed by Federal Express, UPS or other nationally recognized overnight courier service, overnight delivery, then one (1) Business Day after deposit of same in a regularly maintained receptacle of such overnight courier; or (iii) if hand delivered, then upon hand delivery thereof to the address indicated on or prior to 5:00 p.m., EST, on a Business Day.  Any notice hand delivered after 5:00 p.m., EST, shall be deemed delivered on the following Business Day.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, notice, consents, waivers or other communications referred to in this Agreement may be sent by facsimile, e-mail, or other method of delivery, but shall be deemed to have been delivered only when the sending party has confirmed (by reply e-mail or some other form of written confirmation) that the notice has been received by the other party.  The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be as set forth below, unless such address or information is changed by a notice conforming to the requirements hereof.  No notice to or demand on Borrower in any case shall entitle Borrower to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances:

 

	
If to any Credit Party:

	
The Mint Leasing North, Inc.

	  	
323 N. Loop West

	  	
Houston, TX 77008

	  	
Attention:

	
Jerry Parrish, CEO

	  	
E-Mail:

	
jerry@mintleasing.com

	  	  
	
With a copy to:

	
The Loev Law Firm, PC

	  	
6300 West Loop South, Suite 280

	 	Bellaire, TX 77008
	 	Attention:	David M. Loev, Esq.
	 	E-Mail:	dloev@loevlaw.com
	  	  
	
If to the Lender:

	
TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP

	  	
3960 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 500

	  	
Las Vegas, Nevada 89169

	  	
Attention:

	
Robert Press, Director

	  	
E-Mail:

	
bpress@tcaglobalfund.com

	  	  
	
With a copy to:

	
TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP

	  	
19950 W. Country Club Dr., First Floor

	  	
Aventura, FL 33180

	 	Attention:	Robert Press, Director
	 	E-Mail:	bpress@tcaglobalfund.com
	  	  
	
With a copy to:

	
David Kahan, P.A.

	  	
6420 Congress Ave., Suite 1800

	  	
Boca Raton, FL 33487

	  	
Attention:

	
David Kahan, Esq.

	  	
E-Mail:

	
david@dkpalaw.com

 

 

  

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14.19           Indemnification.  As a material inducement for Lender to enter into this Agreement, the Credit Parties agree to defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless Lender, and its parent companies, Subsidiaries, Affiliates, divisions, and their respective attorneys, officers, directors, agents, shareholders, members, partners, employees, and representatives, and the predecessors, successors, assigns, personal representatives, heirs and executors of each of them (including those retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) (each, a “Lender Indemnitee” and collectively, the “Lender Indemnitees”) from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, Proceedings, suits, claims, costs, expenses and distributions of any kind or nature (including the disbursements and the reasonable fees of counsel and paralegals for each Lender Indemnitee thereto throughout all trial and appellate levels, bankruptcy Proceedings, mediations, arbitrations, administrative hearings and at all other levels and tribunals), which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against, any Lender Indemnitee (whether direct, indirect or consequential and whether based on any federal, state or local laws or regulations, including securities, Environmental Laws and commercial laws and regulations, under common law or in equity, or based on contract, tort, or otherwise) in any manner relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, or any act, event or transaction related or attendant thereto, the preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Loan Documents, including the making or issuance and management of the Loans, the use or intended use of the proceeds of the Loans, the enforcement of Lender’s rights and remedies under this Agreement, the Loan Documents, the Promissory Note, any other instruments and documents delivered hereunder, or under any other agreement between Borrower and Lender.  To the extent that the undertaking to indemnify set forth in the preceding sentence may be unenforceable because it violates any law or public policy, the Credit Parties shall satisfy such undertaking to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.  Any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, cost or expense covered by this indemnity shall be paid to each Lender Indemnitee on demand, and, failing prompt payment, shall, together with interest thereon at the Default Rate from the date incurred by each Lender Indemnitee until paid by Borrower, be added to the Obligations of Borrower and be secured by the Collateral.  The provisions of this Section shall survive the satisfaction and payment of the other Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

 

14.20           Release.  In consideration of the mutual promises and covenants made herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, each Credit Party hereby agrees to fully, finally and forever release and forever discharge and covenant not to sue the Lender Indemnitees, and each one of them, from any and all debts, fees, attorneys’ fees, liens, costs, expenses, damages, sums of money, accounts, bonds, bills, covenants, promises, judgments, charges, demands, claims, causes of action, Proceedings, suits, liabilities, expenses, obligations or contracts of any kind whatsoever, whether in law or in equity, whether asserted or unasserted, whether known or unknown, fixed or contingent, under statute or otherwise, from the beginning of time through the Effective Date, including any and all claims relating to or arising out of any financing transactions, credit facilities, notes, debentures, security agreements, and other agreements, including each of the Loan Documents, entered into by the Credit Parties with Lender and any and all claims that the Credit Parties do not know or suspect to exist, whether through ignorance, oversight, error, negligence, or otherwise, and which, if known, would materially affect their decision to enter into this Agreement or the related Loan Documents. The provisions of this Section shall survive the satisfaction and payment of the other Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

 

 

  

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14.21           Interpretation.  If any provision in this Agreement requires judicial or similar interpretation, the judicial or other such body interpreting or construing such provision shall not apply the assumption that the terms hereof shall be more strictly construed against one party because of the rule that an instrument must be construed more strictly against the party which itself or through its agents prepared the same.  The parties hereby agree that all parties and their agents have participated in the preparation hereof equally.

 

14.22           Compliance with Federal Law.  The Credit Parties shall: (i) ensure that no Person who owns a controlling interest in or otherwise controls the Credit Parties is or shall be listed on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Person List or other similar lists maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), the Department of the Treasury, included in any Executive Orders or any other similar lists from any Governmental Authority; (ii) not use or permit the use of the proceeds of the Loans to violate any of the foreign asset control regulations of OFAC or any enabling statute or Executive Order relating thereto, or any other similar national or foreign governmental regulations; and (iii) comply with all applicable Lender Secrecy Act (“BSA”) laws and regulations, as amended.  As required by federal law and Lender’s policies and practices, Lender may need to obtain, verify and record certain customer identification information and documentation in connection with opening or maintaining accounts or establishing or continuing to provide services.

 

14.23           Consents.  With respect to any provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents which require the consent or approval of Lender, unless expressly otherwise provided in any such provision, such consent or approval may be granted, conditioned, or withheld by Lender in its sole and absolute discretion.  In any event, when any consent or approval of Lender is required under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, the Credit Parties shall not be entitled to make any claim for, and the Credit Parties hereby expressly waives any claim for, damages incurred by the Credit Parties by reason of Lender’s granting, conditioning or withholding any such consent or approval, and the Credit Parties’ sole and absolute remedy with respect thereto shall be an action for specific performance.  To the extent any consent or approval is given by Lender under any provision hereunder or under any other Loan Documents, such consent or approval shall only be applicable to the specific instance to which it relates and shall not be deemed to be a continuing or future consent or approval, and any such consent or approval shall not impose any liability or warranty obligation on the Lender.

 

14.24           Non-U.S. Status. THE LENDER IS A NON-U.S. PERSON AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN THE UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. IT IS HEREBY AGREED AND UNDERSTOOD THAT THE OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER MAY BE SOLD OR RESOLD ONLY TO NON-U.S. PERSONS. THE INTEREST PAYABLE HEREUNDER IS PAYABLE ONLY OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. ANY U.S. PERSON WHO HOLDS THIS OBLIGATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS UNDER THE UNITED STATES INCOME TAX LAW.

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Borrower and Lender have executed this Credit Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

BORROWER:

THE MINT LEASING NORTH, INC.,

a Texas corporation

	
By:

	  /s/ Jerry Parish	  
	
Name:

	  Jerry Parish	  
	
Title:

	  President	  

	  	  	  	  
	
STATE OF

	  Texas	  	
)

	  	  	  	
SS.

	
COUNTY OF

	  Harris	  	
)

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this  6  day of  February, 2015 by  Jerry Parish , who is the  President  of The Mint Leasing North, Inc., a Texas corporation, on behalf of such entity.  He/She is personally known to me or has produced  Driver's License  as identification.

My Commission Expires:

	  August 22, 2016	  /s/ Frances Marie Martinez	  
	  	
Notary Public

	  
	  	  	  
	  	  Frances Marie Martinez	  
	  	
Name of Notary typed or printed

LENDER:

	
TCA GLOBAL CREDIT MASTER FUND, LP

	  	  	  	  
	
By:

	  	
TCA Global Credit Fund GP, Ltd.

	
Its:

	  	
General Partner

	  
	  	  	  	  
	
By:

	  	/s/ Robert Press	  
	
Name:

	  	
Robert Press, Director

	  
	
Title:

	  	
Director

	  

 

 

  

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CONSENT AND AGREEMENT

 

The undersigned, referred to in the foregoing senior secured credit facility agreement as Credit Parties, hereby consent and agree to said senior secured credit facility agreement and to the payment of the amounts contemplated therein, documents contemplated thereby, representations and warranties made therein, and to the provisions contained therein relating to conditions to be fulfilled and obligations to be performed by it pursuant to or in connection with said senior secured credit facility agreement to the same extent as if the undersigned were a party to said senior secured credit facility agreement.

 

CREDIT PARTIES:

 

MINT LEASING, INC., a Nevada

corporation

 

	 By:	 /s/ Jerry Parish	 
	 Name:	 Jerry Parish	 
	 Title:	 President	 

 

VJ HOLDING COMPANY, L.L.C.,

a Texas limited liability company

 

	 By:	 /s/ Jerry Parish	 
	 Name:	 Jerry Parish	 
	 Title:	 President	 

 

 

	 /s/ Jerry Parish	 
	 JERRY PARISH, an individual	 

 

  

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STATE OF

	  Texas	  	
)

	  	  	  	
SS.

	
COUNTY OF

	  Harris	  	
)

 

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this  6  day of  February, 2015 by  Jerry Parish , who is the  President  of Mint Leasing, Inc., a Nevada corporation, on behalf of such entity.  He/She is personally known to me or has produced  Driver's License  as identification.

My Commission Expires:

	  August 22, 2016	  /s/ Frances Marie Martinez	  
	  	
Notary Public

	  
	  	  	  
	  	  Frances Marie Martinez	  
	  

	  	  	  	  
	
STATE OF

	  Texas	  	
)

	  	  	  	
SS.

	
COUNTY OF

	  Harris	  	
)

 

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this  6  day of  February, 2015 by  Jerry Parish who is the  President  of VJ Holding Company, L.L.C., a Texas limited liability company, on behalf of such entity.  He/She is personally known to me or has produced  Driver's License  as identification.

My Commission Expires:

 

	  	  /s/ Frances Marie Martinez	  
	  	
Notary Public

	  
	  	  	  
	  	  Frances Marie Martinez	  
	  

	  	  	  	  
	
STATE OF

	  Texas	  	
)

	  	  	  	
SS.

	
COUNTY OF

	  Harris	  	
)

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this  6  day of  February, 2015 by Jerry Parish, an individual, who is personally known to me or has produced  Driver's License  as identification.

My Commission Expires:

 

	  August 22, 2016	  /s/ Frances Marie Martinez	  
	  	
Notary Public

	  
	  	  	  
	  	  Frances Marie Martinez	  
	  

 

 

 

 

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