Document:

Exhibit 10.4

 

Execution Version

 

Second Lien Omnibus Amendment, Reaffirmation Agreement, and Joinder

This Second Lien Omnibus Amendment, Reaffirmation Agreement and Joinder (herein, this “Agreement”) is entered into as of March 7, 2018, by and among Turning Point Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), North Atlantic Trading Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“NATC”), Intrepid Brands, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Intrepid”), North Atlantic Cigarette Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“NACC”), North Atlantic Operating Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“NAOC”), National Tobacco Company, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“NTC”), National Tobacco Finance, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“NTF”), RBJ Sales, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (“RBJ”), Turning Point Brands, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“TPB”), Vapor Beast LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Vapor Beast”), and Vapor Shark, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Vapor Shark”; and together with the Borrower, NATC, Intrepid, NACC, NAOC, NTC, NTF, RBJ, TPB, and Vapor Beast, collectively referred to herein as the “Existing Guarantors” or “Existing Grantors” and each individually as an “Existing Guarantor” or “Existing Grantor”), Vapor Shark Miami, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (“VP Miami”), Vapor Shark Hallandale, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (“VP Hallandale”), Vapor Shark Kendall, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (“VP Kendall”), Vapor Shark Pinecrest, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (“VP Pinecrest”), Vapor Shark Palmetto Bay, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (“VP Palmetto Bay”), Vapor Shark Flagami, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (“VP Flagami”), Vapor Shark Coral Springs, LLC (“VP Coral Springs” and together with VP Miami, VP Hallandale, VP Kendal, VP Pinecrest, VP Palmetto Bay, and VP Flagami, collectively, the “New Guarantors” and together with the Existing Guarantors, the “Guarantors”), Prospect Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders and the other Secured Parties (as defined in the Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement referred to below), and Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio banking corporation, as Administrative Sub-Agent (the “Administrative Sub-Agent”).

Recitals

A.      The Borrower, NATC, the other Existing Guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto, the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Sub-Agent are parties to a Second Lien Credit Agreement dated as of February 17, 2017 (as heretofore amended or otherwise modified, the “Existing Credit Agreement”).

B.       In connection with the Existing Credit Agreement, (i) the Existing Grantors have granted the Administrative Agent a security interest in substantially all of their personal property to secure the Secured Obligations (as defined therein) and (ii) the Existing Guarantors have guaranteed, among other things, the Secured Obligations, in each case, pursuant to a Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement dated as of February 17, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement”).

C.       Concurrently herewith, the Borrower, NATC, the other Existing Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Sub-Agent shall enter into an Amended and Restated Second Lien Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), which Credit Agreement shall amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety.

 

D.       As a condition to entering into the Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders require, among other things, that (i) each of the Existing Grantors reaffirm their grant to the Administrative Agent of a lien on and security interest in substantially all of their personal property, as described in the Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement, (ii) each of the Existing Grantors ratify and reaffirm that each of the documents set forth on Exhibit A hereto (collectively, the “Operative Documents” and each individually, an “Operative Document”) to which they are a party remains in full force and effect, except to the extent specifically amended hereby, (iii) each of the Existing Guarantors ratify and reaffirm their payment and performance obligations under the Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement, (iv) each of the New Guarantors join the Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth in Section 4 hereof, and (v) the Borrower and the Guarantors amend the Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein. 

Now, Therefore, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

Section 1.            Incorporation of Recitals; Defined Terms.

The Borrower and the Guarantors acknowledge that the Recitals set forth above are true and correct.  This Agreement shall constitute a Loan Document, and the Recitals shall be construed as part of this Agreement.  Each capitalized term used but not otherwise defined herein, including capitalized terms used in the introductory paragraph hereof and the Recitals, has the meaning assigned to it in the Credit Agreement. 

 

Section 2.            Amendments to the Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement.

Upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5 below:

2.1          The preamble to the Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement shall be amended in its entirety to read as follows: 

 

This Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of February 17, 2017, among the Persons listed on the signature pages hereof as “Grantors” and/or “Guarantors” and those additional entities that hereafter become parties hereto by executing the form of Joinder attached hereto as Annex 1 or Annex 2 (each, a “Grantor” or “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Grantors” or “Guarantors”, as applicable), and Prospect Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation, in its capacity as agent for the Lenders and the other Secured Parties (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, “Administrative Agent”).

 

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2.2          The first, third, and fourth whereas clauses to the Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement shall be amended in their entireties to read as follows: 

 

Whereas, pursuant to that certain Second Lien Credit Agreement of even date herewith (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) by and among Turning Point Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors party thereto, the various institutions from time to time party thereto as Lenders (each of such Lenders, together with its successors and assigns, is referred to hereinafter as a “Lender”), Administrative Agent, and Fifth Third Bank, as Administrative Sub-Agent, the Lenders have agreed to make certain financial accommodations available to the Borrower from time to time pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof;

Whereas, in order to induce the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to induce the Lenders to make financial accommodations to the Borrower as provided for in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (a) each Guarantor has agreed to guaranty the Secured Obligations, and (b) each Grantor has agreed to grant to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in and to the Collateral in order to secure the prompt and complete payment, observance and performance of, among other things, the Secured Obligations; and

Whereas, each Grantor and each Guarantor (other than the Borrower) is a Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower and will benefit by virtue of the financial accommodations extended to the Borrower by the Secured Parties.

2.3          The definition of “Borrower” appearing in Section 1(a) of the Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement shall be amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows: 

“Borrower” has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to this Agreement.

2.4          Sections 20, 21, 22, 23(b), 24(b), 26, 29 and 32(d) of the Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement shall be amended by replacing each reference to the phrase (i) “any Grantor” appearing therein with the phrase “any Grantor or Guarantor”, (ii) “each Grantor” appearing therein with the phrase “each Grantor and Guarantor”,  (iii) “the Grantors” appearing therein with the phrase “the Grantors and the Guarantors” and (iv) “such Grantor” appearing therein with the phrase “such Grantor or such Guarantor”.

 

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2.5          Section 30 of the Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement shall be amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows: 

Section 30.         New Subsidiaries and Changed Status of Existing Subsidiaries. (a) Pursuant to Section 6.14 of the Credit Agreement, certain Subsidiaries (which Subsidiaries are neither Immaterial Subsidiaries or Retail Store Subsidiaries) of the Borrower are required to enter into this Agreement by executing and delivering in favor of Administrative Agent a Joinder to this Agreement in substantially the form of Annex 1.  Upon the execution and delivery of Annex 1 by any such Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor and a Grantor hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Guarantor and a Grantor herein.

(b)         Pursuant to Section 6.14 of the Credit Agreement, certain Subsidiaries (which Subsidiaries are Retail Store Subsidiaries) of the Borrower are required to enter into this Agreement by executing and delivering in favor of Administrative Agent a Joinder to this Agreement in substantially the form of Annex 2. Upon the execution and delivery of Annex 2 by any such Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Guarantor herein.

(c)         The execution and delivery of any instrument adding an additional Grantor and Guarantor as a party to this Agreement and or solely as an additional Guarantor as a party to this Agreement shall not require the consent of any other Grantor or Guarantor hereunder.  The rights and obligations of each Grantor and Guarantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the joinder of any additional Grantor or Guarantor hereunder.

2.6          The Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement shall be amended to replace each reference to the phrases “applicable Borrower”, “either Borrower”, “each Borrower” and “the Borrowers” appearing therein with the phrase “the Borrower”.

2.7          The reference to “Grantors” on the signature page to the Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement replaced with the phrase “Guarantors and Grantors.”

2.8          Schedules 1-10 to the Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement shall be amended and restated in their entireties by Schedules 1-10 attached hereto. 

2.9          Annex 1 to the Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety by Annex 1 attached hereto. 

2.10        The Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement shall be amended to add to the end thereof Annex 2 attached hereto.

 

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Section 3.            Reaffirmation, Acknowledgment and Agreement.

3.1          In connection with the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement, and the amendments to the Operative Documents pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement, as of the date hereof, each Existing Guarantor and each Existing Grantor, as a guarantor, debtor, grantor, pledgor or in any other similar capacity in which it guaranteed all of the Secured Obligations (including pursuant to Section 2(a) of the Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement) and/or granted liens on or security interest in its properties under the Operative Documents (including pursuant to Section 3 of the Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement), (a) ratifies and reaffirms each of the Operative Documents to which it is a party and all of its payment and performance obligations, contingent or otherwise, under each of the Operative Documents to which it is a party, (b) confirms that each Operative Document to which it is a party remains in full force and effect, except as specifically amended hereby, and (c) to the extent it granted liens on or security interests is in any property pursuant to any such Operative Documents, ratifies and reaffirms such grant and confirms that such liens and security interests continue to secure the Secured Obligations under and as defined in the Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement.  For purposes of clarity, each Existing Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that it is a Guarantor and Grantor under the Second Lien and Security Agreement, that it executed such document in such capacities, and that all references in the Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement to the terms “Guarantor” and “Guarantors” and “Grantor” and “Grantors” include such Existing Guarantors.  Upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5 below, all references to the Operative Documents or any of them in the Operative Documents or any other Loan Document shall refer to the applicable Operative Documents as amended hereby, and all references to the Existing Credit Agreement in each of the Operative Documents shall mean and refer to the Existing Credit Agreement, as amended and restated by the Credit Agreement. 

3.2          Without limiting the foregoing, each of the Grantors hereby acknowledges and agrees that any and all Liens created by the Collateral Documents remain in full force and effect and remain subject to the terms and conditions of that certain Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement dated as of February 17, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”), between Fifth Third Bank, as First Lien Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent, as Second Lien Collateral Agent, as acknowledged by the Borrower and the Grantors party thereto.

Section 4.            Joinder to Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement.

Upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5 below, each New Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that it shall be a “Guarantor” party to the Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement, and that upon such satisfaction, all references in the Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement to the terms “Guarantor” or “Guarantors” shall be deemed to include the New Guarantors.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each New Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety the full and prompt payment when due, whether upon maturity, acceleration, or otherwise, all of the Secured Obligations.  

 

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Section 5.            Conditions Precedent.

This Agreement shall become effective upon such date that all of the following conditions precedent are satisfied:

5.1          The Borrower, the Existing Grantors, the New Guarantors and the Administrative Agent shall have executed and delivered this Agreement.

5.2          Each condition precedent set forth in Section 3 of the Credit Agreement shall have been satisfied in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or waived by the Administrative Agent.

Section 6.            Miscellaneous.

6.1          The Borrower, each Guarantor and each Existing Grantor hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that, after giving effect hereto, (a) each of its respective representations and warranties set forth in any of the Operative Documents is true and correct (or, in the case of a representation or warranty not qualified as to materiality, true and correct in all material respects) as of the date hereof, except to the extent such representation relates and warrants relate to an earlier date (and in such case they are true and correct (or, in the case of any representation or warranty not qualified as to materiality, true and correct in all material respects) as of such earlier date); and (b) no Default or Event of Default under the Operative Documents exists or shall result after giving effect to this Agreement.

6.2          The Borrowers, each Guarantor and each Existing Grantor shall, at the request of the Administrative Agent and at its own expense, do all such acts and things reasonably required to give effect to the amendments effected or to be effected by this Agreement.

6.3          Except as specifically modified hereby, the Operative Documents shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with their original terms.  Reference to this specific Agreement need not be made in any Operative Document or any other Loan Document, or in any certificate, letter or communication issued or made pursuant to or with respect to any Operative Document or any Loan Document, any reference in any of such items to an Operative Document being sufficient to refer to such Operative Document as modified hereby.

6.4          Each of the New Guarantors and the Existing Grantors acknowledges that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders are relying on the assurances provided herein in entering into the Credit Agreement.

 

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6.5          The Borrower agrees to pay on demand all costs and expenses of or incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement, including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent.

6.6          Section 1(b) of the Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement (“Construction”), Section 21 of the Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement (“Merger, Amendments; Etc.”), Section 22 of the Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement (“Addresses for Notices”), Section 29 of the Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement (“Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Waiver of Jury Trial, Etc.”), and Section 32 of the Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement (“Miscellaneous”) are hereby incorporated herein by reference, and shall apply to this Amendment mutatis mutandis as if fully set forth herein.

6.7.         Proxy and Attorney-In-Fact.  Borrower and the other Credit Parties ratify and reaffirm the validity and enforceability of the appointment of the Administrative Agent as proxy and attorney-in-fact under each applicable Loan Document and reappoints the Administrative Agent as proxy and attorney-in-fact, which appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Guaranty Agreements and the other Loan Documents, as applicable.

[Signature Pages to Follow]

 

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This Second Lien Omnibus Amendment, Reaffirmation Agreement and Joinder is entered into as of the date and year first above written.

 

		
“Borrower”

		
 

		
Turning Point Brands, Inc.

		 
		
By

	
/s/ Mark A. Stegeman

		
 

	
Name:

	
Mark A. Stegeman

		
 

	
Title:

	
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

		
“Existing Guarantors and Existing Grantors”

		 
		
North Atlantic Trading Company, Inc.

		
Intrepid Brands, LLC

		
National Tobacco Company, L.P.

		
National Tobacco Finance, LLC

		
North Atlantic Operating Company, Inc.

		
North Atlantic Cigarette Company, INC., 

		
RBJ Sales, Inc.

		
Turning Point Brands, LLC

		
Vapor Beast LLC

		
Vapor Shark, LLC

		
By

	
/s/ Mark A. Stegeman

			
Name:

	
Mark A. Stegeman

			
Title:

	
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Second Lien Omnibus Amendment, Reaffirmation Agreement and Joinder (Turning Point Brands)]

 

		
“New Guarantors”

		 
		
Vapor Shark Miami, LLC

		
Vapor Shark Hallandale, LLC

		
Vapor Shark Kendall, LLC

		
Vapor Shark Pinecrest, LLC

		
Vapor Shark Palmetto Bay, LLC

		
Vapor Shark Flagami, LLC

		
Vapor Shark Coral Springs, LLC

		
By

	
/s/ Mark A. Stegeman

			
Name:

	
Mark A. Stegeman

			
Title:

	
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Second Lien Omnibus Amendment, Reaffirmation Agreement and Joinder (Turning Point Brands)]

 

		
“Administrative Agent”

		 
		
Prospect Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation

		 
		
By

	
/s/ M. Grier Eliasek

			
Name:

	
M. Grier Eliasek

			
Title:

	
President and Chief Operating Officer

 

[Signature Page to Second Lien Omnibus Amendment, Reaffirmation Agreement and Joinder (Turning Point Brands)]

 

Exhibit A

Operative Documents

	 	
1.

	
Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement dated as of February 17, 2017, by and among the Existing Grantors, Existing Guarantors, and the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

		
2.

	
Second Lien Patent Security Agreement dated February 17, 2017, made by NAOC, Intrepid, and NTC, in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

		
3.

	
Second Lien Copyright Security Agreement dated February 17, 2017, made by NTC and NAOC in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

		
4.

	
Second Lien Trademark Security Agreement dated February 17, 2017, made by Intrepid, NTC, NAOC, and TPB in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

		
5.

	
Second Lien Trademark Security Agreement dated July 28, 2017, made by Vapor Shark in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties

		
6.

	
Second Lien Trademark Security Agreement dated January 1, 2018, made by Vapor Beast in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

		
7.

	
Blocked Account Control Agreement dated July 10, 2017, by and among NAOC, NTC, NATC, NTFC, and Intrepid, the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Sub-Agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

 

Schedule 1

Commercial Tort Claims

None.

 

Schedule 2

Copyrights

	
Copyright

	
Registration

Number

	
Registration

Date

	
Owner

	
Completed/

Published

	
Status

	 		 	 	 	 
	
North Atlantic Operating Company, Inc. 2001

	
VAu000464855

	
10/11/2001

	
North Atlantic Operating Company, Inc.

	
2001

 

1/7/2002

	
Registered

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
DURANGO ARTWORK

	
VA 1-125-352

	
3/18/2002

	
National Tobacco Company, L.P.

	
1998

 

3/10/1998

	
Registered

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
TROPHY ARTWORK

	
VA 1-190-264

	
3/31/2003

	
National Tobacco Company, L.P.

	
1992

 

3/3/1992

	
Registered

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
DURANGO ZIPPER POUCH

	
VAu 985-273

	
3/30/2009

	
National Tobacco Company, L.P.

	
2008

	
Registered

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
SMOKING MAN (Design Only)

	
VA 1-673-145

	
6/23/2009

	
National Tobacco Company, L.P.

	
2008

 

4/2/2009

	
Registered

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
RED SUPREME (Design)

	
VAu 1-150-704

	
10/10/2013

	
National Tobacco Company, L.P.

	
2013

	
Registered

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
Bobby Stoker (with product)

	
VA 1-986-222

	
8/24/2015

	
National Tobacco Company, L.P.

	
2014

 

1/13/2015

	
Registered

	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

Unregistered work-for-hire original works/designs (Vapor Beast LLC)

 

1.

 

2.

 

3.

 

Schedule 3

Intellectual Property Licenses

	 	
1.

	
Amended and Restated Distribution and License Agreement, dated as of November 30, 1992, between Bollore S.A. and North Atlantic Operating Company Inc. relating to the distribution of Zip Zag cigarette paper booklets and related products in the United States.

		2.	
Amended and Restated Distribution and License Agreement, dated as of November 30, 1992, between Bollore S.A. and North Atlantic Operating Company Inc. relating to the distribution of Zig Zag cigarette paper booklets and related products in Canada.

 

Schedule 4

Patents

	
Title

	
Country

	
Application

Number

 

 

Filing Date

	
Patent

Number/Patent

Publication

Number

Grant/Publication

Date

	
Owner

	 	 	 	 	 
	
Cigarette Making Machine

	
U.S.

	
29190624

 

09/23/2003

	
D494315

 

08/10/2004

	
North Atlantic Operating Company, Inc.

	 	 	 	 	 
	
Cigarette Making Machine

	
CA

	
CA20040106343F

 

3/23/2004

	
CA106343(S)

 

12/28/2005

	
North Atlantic Operating Company, Inc.

	 	 	 	 	 
	
Apparatus Comprising a Check Valve for Dispensing E-Liquids

	
U.S.

	
14/680,239

 

4/7/2015

	
US20150282530 A1

 

10/18/2015

	
Intrepid Brands, LLC.

	 	 	 	 	 
	
Apparatus Comprising a Check Valve for Dispensing E-Liquids

	
WO

	
PCT/US15/24632

 

4/7/2015

	
WO 2015/157224

 

10/15/2015

	
Intrepid Brands, LLC.

	 	 	 	 	 
	
Electronic Vaporizer

 

 

	
CA

	
161,794

 

3/31/2015

	
161,794 (design patent)

 

12/10/2015

	
Intrepid Brands, LLC.

	 	 	 	 	 
	
Electronic Vaporizer

 

 

	
CN

	
201530147486.7

 

5/15/2015

	
ZL2015301474867

 

2/3/2016

	
Intrepid Brands, LLC.

	 	 	 	 	 
	
Electronic Vaporizer

 

	
EM

	
002696443

 

5/7/2015

	
002696443-0001/0002

 

5/7/2015

	
Intrepid Brands, LLC.

	 	 	 	 	 

 

	
Title

	
Country

	
Application

Number

 

 

Filing Date

	
Patent

Number/Patent

Publication

Number

Grant/Publication

Date

	
Owner

	 	 	 	 	 
	
Electronic Vaporizer

 

	
KR

	
30-2015-0024925

 

5/15/2015

	
N/A

	
Intrepid Brands, LLC.

	 	 	 	 	 
	
Electronic Vaporizer

 

 

	
KR

	
30-2016-0008897

 

2/26/2016

	
N/A

	
Intrepid Brands, LLC.

	 	 	 	 	 
	
Electronic Vaporizer

 

	
U.S.

	
29/509,355

 

11/17/2014

	
N/A

	
Intrepid Brands, LLC.

	 	 	 	 	 
	
Electronic Vaporizer

 

	
VN

	
3-2015-00729

 

5/15/2015

	
N/A

	
Intrepid Brands, LLC.

	 	 	 	 	 
	
Electronic Vaporizer

 

	
VN

	
3-2016-01027

 

5/15/2015

	
N/A

	
Intrepid Brands, LLC.

	 	 	 	 	 
	
Personal Electronic Vaporizer

	
U.S.

	
15/013,500

 

2/2/2016

	
2016-0227838 A1

 

8/11/2016

	
Intrepid Brands, LLC.

	 	 	 	 	 
	
Personal Electronic Vaporizer

	
WO

	
PCT/US16/16155

 

2/2/2016

	
WO 2016/126698

 

8/11/2016

	
Intrepid Brands, LLC.

	 	 	 	 	 
	
Personal Electronic Vaporizer

	
U.S.

	
62/110,838

 

2/2/2015

	
N/A

	
Intrepid Brands, LLC.

	 	 	 	 	 
	
Personal Electronic Vaporizer

	
U.S.

	
62/326,402

 

4/22/2016

	
N/A

	
Intrepid Brands, LLC.

	 	 	 	 	 

	
Title

	
Country

	
Application

Number

 

 

Filing Date

	
Patent

Number/Patent

Publication

Number

Grant/Publication

Date

	
Owner

	 	 	 	 	 
	
Personal Electronic Vaporizer

	
U.S.

	
62/348,491

 

6/10/2016

	
N/A

	
Intrepid Brands, LLC.

	 	 	 	 	 
	
Apparatus Comprising a Check Valve for Dispensing E-Liquids

	
U.S.

	
61/976,225

 

4/7/2014

	
N/A

	
Intrepid Brands, LLC.

	 	 	 	 	 
	
Personal Electronic Vaporizer

	
CN

	
2016210327279

 

8/31/16

	
N/A

	
Intrepid Brands, LLC.

	 	 	 	 	 
	
Wax Oven for Vaporizer

	
U.S.

	
62/372,087

 

8/8/2016

	
N/A

	
National Tobacco Company

	 	 	 	 	 
	
Wickless Cartomizer

	
U.S.

	
62/374,164

 

8/12/2016

	
N/A

	
Intrepid Brands, LLC

	 	 	 	 	 

 

Schedule 5

Pledged Companies

 

	
Company

	
Owner

	
Jurisdiction of

Organization

	
No. (and

type) of

Issued

Shares/units

	
Certificate

No. (if any)

	
Percentage

of Issuer’s

Equity

Interests

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
NATC Holding Company, Inc.

	
Turning Point Brands, Inc.

	
DE

	
10

	
2

	
100%

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
Turning Point Brands, LLC

	
Turning Point Brands, Inc.

	
DE

	
100% interest

	
N/A

	
100%

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
Intrepid Brands, LLC

	
Turning Point Brands, LLC

	
DE

	
100% interest

	
N/A

	
100%

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
North Atlantic Trading Company, Inc.

	
NATC Holding Company, Inc.

	
DE

	
10

	
V151

	
100%

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
National Tobacco Finance Corporation

 

	
North Atlantic Trading Company, Inc.

	
DE

	
100

	
4

	
100%

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
North Atlantic Operating Company, Inc.

	
North Atlantic Trading Company, Inc.

	
DE

	
100

	
3

	
100%

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
North Atlantic Cigarette Company, Inc.

	
North Atlantic Trading Company, Inc.

	
DE

	
100

	
3

	
100%

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
Stoker, Inc.

 

	
North Atlantic Trading Company, Inc.

	
TN

	
1130.376

	
3

	
100%

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
National Tobacco Company, L.P.

 

	
National Tobacco Finance Corporation

	
DE

	
1% interest

	
N/A

	
1%

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
National Tobacco Company, L.P.

	
North Atlantic Trading Company, Inc.

	
DE

	
99% interest

	
N/A

	
99%

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
RBJ Sales, Inc.

	
Stoker, Inc.

	
TN

	
100

	
2

	
100%

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
Fred Stoker & Sons, Inc.

	
Stoker, Inc.

	
TN

	
100

	
2

	
100%

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
Smoke Free Technologies Inc.

	
North Atlantic Trading Company, Inc.

	
CA

	
100,000 Shares

	
7

	
100%

 

Pledged Investment Property

PLEDGED NOTES

None.

SECURITIES ACCOUNTS

None.

COMMODITIES ACCOUNTS

None.

DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS

	
Company

	
Bank

	
Account #

	
Account Type

	
Address

	
Type of

Account

	
Description

	
Excluded

Deposit

Account

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
North Atlantic Operating Co., Inc.

	
JPMorgan Chase Bank-NAOC

	
619028038

	
Commercial Checking

	
PO Box 32500 Louisville, KY  40232

	
Deposit Account

	
No receipt; when funded, deposits come from Main A/C no disbursements, other than outgoing wires to pay Bollore

	
No

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
North Atlantic Operating Co., Inc.

	
JPMorgan Chase Bank-NAOC

	
00000204167-1062

	
Savings Letter of Credit

	
PO Box 32500 Louisville, KY  40232

	
Deposit Account

	
Letters of credit to support customs bond and other bonds

	
Yes

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
National Tobacco Company, L.P.

	
JPMorgan Chase Bank

	
938157575

	
Commercial Checking

	
PO Box 32500 Louisville, KY  40232

	
Deposit Account

	
Main A/C Incoming ACH Outgoing Wires, AP and lockbox sweeps

	
No

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

	
National Tobacco Company, L.P.

	
JPMorgan Chase Bank

	
938158300

	
NTC Lockbox

	
PO Box 32500 Louisville, KY  40232

 

 

	
Deposit Account

 

 

	
NTC Lockbox account AR incoming customer deposits sweeps to Main A/C

	
No

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
National Tobacco Company, L.P.

 

	
JPMorgan Chase Bank

 

 

	
938158623

	
A/P Disbursements

	
PO Box 32500 Louisville, KY  40232

 

	
Deposit Account

 

 

	
Outgoing Checks Issued sweeps to Main Account

	
No

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
National Tobacco Company, L.P.

 

	
JPMorgan Chase Bank

 

 

	
131395070

	
Sales retail checks

	
PO Box 32500 Louisville, KY  40232

 

	
Deposit Account

 

 

	
Sales checks to retailers sweeps to Main Account

	
No

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
North Atlantic Trading Co., Inc.

	
JPMorgan Chase Bank

 

 

	
3002784738

	
Savings

	
PO Box 32500 Louisville, KY  40232

 

	
Deposit Account

 

 

	
NATC account; $1000 balance

	
No

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
National Tobacco Finance, LLC

	
JPMorgan Chase Bank

	
3003181462

	
Savings

	
PO Box 32500 Louisville, KY  40232

	
Deposit Account

	
NTF account; $1000 balance

	
No

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
Intrepid Brands, LLC (sub of Turning Point Brands LLC)

	
JPMorgan Chase Bank

	
251378006

	
Commercial Checking

	
PO Box 32500 Louisville, KY  40232

	
Deposit Account

	
Main A/C; Incoming ACH; Outgoing Wires

	
No

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
Turning Point Brands LLC (sub of North Atlantic Holding Company)

	
JPMorgan Chase Bank

	
253713628

	
Commercial Checking

	
PO Box 32500 Louisville, KY  40232

 

	
Deposit Account

	
Main A/C; Incoming ACH; Outgoing Wires

	
Yes

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

	
North Atlantic Holding Company

	
JPMorgan Chase Bank

	
3002753493

	
Commercial Checking

	
PO Box 32500 Louisville, KY  40232

	
Deposit Account

	
NAHC account; $1000 balance

	
Yes

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
NATC Holding Company, Inc.

	
JPMorgan Chase Bank

	
532685216

	
Savings

	
PO Box 32500 Louisville, KY  40232

	
Deposit Account

	
NATC Holdings account

	
Yes

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
Smoke Free Technologies Inc.

	
Bank of Southern California

	
0402007720

	
Commercial Deposit

	
3142 Tiger Run Ct., #107 Carlsbad, CA  92010

	
Deposit Account

	
SFT account

	
No

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
National Tobacco Company, L.P.

	
BNY Mellon

	
758880

	
MSA Escrow Account

	
525 William Penn Place Pittsburgh, PA  15259

	
Investment Account

	
MSA required investment funded by Main A/C either quarterly or annually

	
Yes

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
North Atlantic Operating Co., Inc.

	
BNY Mellon

	
612415

	
MSA Escrow Account

	
525 William Penn Place Pittsburgh, PA  15259

	
Investment Account

	
MSA required investment funded by Main A/C either quarterly or annually

	
Yes

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
North Atlantic Cigarette Co., Inc.

	
BNY Mellon

	
612819

	
MSA Escrow Account

	
527 William Penn Place Pittsburgh, PA  15259

	
Investment Account

	
MSA required investment funded by Main A/C either quarterly or annually

	
Yes

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
RBJ

	
Regions Morgan Keegan Trust

	
5097000555

	
MSA Escrow Account

	
1100 Ridgeway Loop Road, Suite 100 Memphis, TN  38120

	
Investment Account

	
MSA required investment escrow account trust

	
Yes

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

	
Turning Point Brands Inc.

	
Fifth Third Bank

	
7146720581

	
Comm 53 Anlyzd

	
38 Fountain Square, Cincinnati, OH 45263

	
Deposit Account

	 	
No

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	
Smoke Free Technologies Inc.

	
Fifth Third Bank

	
7146720599

	
Comm 53 Anlyzd

	
38 Fountain Square, Cincinnati, OH 45263

	
Deposit Account

	 	
No

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

Schedule 6

Trademarks

[See attached.]

 

Schedule 7

Name and Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office; 

Tax Identification Numbers and Organizational Numbers

	
Name of Grantor or

Subsidiary

	
State of

Formation

	
Organizational

identification

number

	
Federal

employer

identification

number

	
Chief Executive Office

	
Turning Point Brands, Inc.

	
DE

	
3750086

	
20-0709285

	
5201 Interchange Way, Louisville, KY 40229

	
NATC Holding Company, Inc.

	
DE

	
5440563

	
31-1745504

	
5201 Interchange Way, Louisville, KY 40229

	
North Atlantic Trading Company, Inc.

	
DE

	
2751946

	
13-3961898

	
5201 Interchange Way, Louisville, KY 40229

	
Turning Point Brands, LLC

	
DE

	
5376660

	
90-1009141

	
5201 Interchange Way, Louisville, KY 40229

	
Intrepid Brands, LLC

	
DE

	
5376662

	
90-1008239

	
5201 Interchange Way, Louisville, KY 40229

	
National Tobacco Finance Corporation

	
DE

	
2555524

	
13-3888034

	
5201 Interchange Way, Louisville, KY 40229

	
North Atlantic Operating Company, Inc.

	
DE

	
2760360

	
22-3535757

	
5201 Interchange Way, Louisville, KY 40229

	
North Atlantic Cigarette Company, Inc.

	
DE

	
3587553

	
11-3686023

	
5201 Interchange Way, Louisville, KY 40229

	
National Tobacco Company, L.P.

	
DE

	
2150354

	
61-1133037

	
5201 Interchange Way, Louisville, KY 40229

	
Fred Stoker & Sons, Inc.

	
TN

	
0383804

	
62-1809726

	
201 West North Street,

Dresden, TN 38225

	
RBJ Sales, Inc.

	
TN

	
0383805

	
62-1809727

	
201 West North Street,

Dresden, TN 38225

	
Stoker, Inc.

	
TN

	
0194918

	
62-1328641

	
201 West North Street,

Dresden, TN 38225

	
Smoke Free Technologies Inc.

	
CA

	
C3554854

	
46-2602783

	
5201 Interchange Way, Louisville, KY 40229

 

Schedule 8

[Reserved]

 

Schedule 9

List of Uniform Commercial Code Filing Jurisdictions

 

	
Name of Loan Party

	
UCC Filing

Jurisdiction

	 	 
	
Turning Point Brands, Inc.

	
Delaware

	 	 
	
North Atlantic Trading Company, Inc.

	
Delaware

	 	 
	
Turning Point Brands, LLC

	
Delaware

	 	 
	
Intrepid Brands, LLC

	
Delaware

	 	 
	
National Tobacco Finance, LLC

	
Delaware

	 	 
	
North Atlantic Operating Company, Inc.

	
Delaware

	 	 
	
North Atlantic Cigarette Company, Inc.

	
Delaware

	 	 
	
National Tobacco Company, L.P.

	
Delaware

	 	 
	
RBJ Sales, Inc.

	
Tennessee

	 	 
	
Vapor Beast LLC

	
Delaware

	 	 
	
Vapor Shark, LLC

	
Delaware

 

Schedule 10

Letter of Credit Rights

None.

 

Annex 1

Form of Joinder to Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement

This Joinder to Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement (this “Agreement”) dated as of this [___] day of [_______] from [______________]  (the “New Guarantor and Grantor”), to Prospect Capital Corporation, an Maryland corporation (“Prospect”), as administrative agent for the Secured Parties (defined in the Guaranty and Security Agreement hereinafter identified and defined) (Prospect acting as such agent and any successor or successors to Prospect in such capacity being hereinafter referred to as the “Administrative Agent”).

Preliminary Statements

A.      Turning Point Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”) and certain other parties have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent that certain Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement dated as of February 17, 2017 (such Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement, as the same may from time to time be amended, modified or restated, including supplements thereto which add additional parties as Guarantors and/or Grantors thereunder, being hereinafter referred to as the “Guaranty and Security Agreement”), pursuant to which such Guarantors (the “Existing Guarantors”) have guaranteed the Secured Obligations (as defined in the Guaranty and Security Agreement) and such Grantors have granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a lien on and security interest in the Existing Grantors’ Collateral (as such term is defined in the Guaranty and Security Agreement) to secure such Secured Obligations.

B.      The Borrower provides the New Guarantor and Grantor with substantial financial, managerial, administrative, and technical support and the New Guarantor and Grantor will benefit, directly and indirectly, from credit and other financial accommodations extended by the Secured Parties to the Borrower.

Now, therefore, for value received, and in consideration of advances made or to be made, or credit accommodations given or to be given, to the Borrower by the Secured Parties from time to time, the New Guarantor and Grantor hereby agrees as follows:

 

1.       The New Guarantor and Grantor acknowledges and agrees that it shall become a “Guarantor” and  “Grantor” party to the Guaranty and Security Agreement effective upon the date the New Guarantor and Grantor’s execution of this Agreement and the delivery of this Agreement to the Administrative Agent, and that upon such execution and delivery, all references in the Guaranty and Security Agreement to the terms “Guarantor”, “Grantor”, “Guarantors”, and “Grantors” shall be deemed to include the New Guarantor and Grantor.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the New Guarantor and Grantor hereby (a) unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety the full and prompt payment when due, whether upon maturity, acceleration, or otherwise, all of the Secured Obligations and (b) repeats and reaffirms all grants, covenants, agreements, representations, and warranties contained in the Guaranty and Security Agreement as amended hereby, each and all of which are and shall remain applicable to the Collateral from time to time owned by the New Guarantor and Grantor or in which the New Guarantor and Grantor from time to time has any rights.  Also without limiting the foregoing, the New Guarantor and Grantor unconditionally grants, assigns and pledges to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to secure the Secured Obligations, a Lien on and continuing security interest in and to all of such New Guarantor or Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to the Collateral (as defined in the Guaranty and Security Agreement), including, without limitation, all of the New Guarantor and Grantor’s Accounts, Chattel Paper, Instruments, General Intangibles, Letter‐of‐Credit Rights, Supporting Obligations, Deposit Accounts, Investment Property, Inventory, Equipment, Fixtures, Commercial Tort Claims, and all of the other Collateral described in Section 3 of the Guaranty and Security Agreement, each and all of such granting clauses being incorporated herein by reference with the same force and effect as if set forth herein in their entirety except that all references in such clauses to the Guarantors and Grantors or any of them shall be deemed to include references to the New Guarantor and Grantor.  Nothing contained herein shall in any manner impair the priority of the liens and security interests heretofore granted in favor of the Administrative Agent under the Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

2.       Schedules 1 (Commercial Tort Claims), Schedule 2 (Copyrights), Schedule 3 (Intellectual Property Licenses), Schedule 4 (Patents), Schedule 5 (Pledged Companies; Pledged Investment Property), Schedule 6 (Trademarks), Schedule 7 (Name and Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office; Tax Identification Numbers and Organizational Numbers), Schedule 8 (Reserved), Schedule 9 (List of Uniform Commercial Code Filing Jurisdictions), and Schedule 10 (Letter of Credit Rights) to the Guaranty and Security Agreement shall be supplemented by the information stated below with respect to the New Guarantor and Grantor:

Supplement to Schedule 1

Commercial Tort Claims

 

 

Supplement to Schedule 2

Copyrights

 

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Supplement to Schedule 3

Intellectual Property Licenses

 

 

Supplement to Schedule 4

Patents

 

 

Supplement to Schedule 5

Pledged Companies; Pledged Investment Property

	
Company

	
 

 

 

 

Owner

	
Jurisdiction of

Organization

	
No. (and

type) of

Issued

Shares/units

	
Certificate 

o. (if any)

	
Percentage

of Issuer’s

Equity

Interests

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 

Supplement to Schedule 6

Trademarks

 

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Supplement to Schedule 7

 

Name and Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Officer; Tax Identification Numbers and Organizational Numbers

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	
Name of Loan Party

	
State of

Formation

	
Organizational

identification

number

	
Federal

employer

identification

number

	
Chief Executive

Office

	 	 	 	 	 

 

Supplement to Schedule 8

Reserved

 

 

Supplement to Schedule 9

List Of Uniform Commercial Code Filing Jurisdictions

	 	 
	
Name of Loan Party

	
UCC Filing

Jurisdiction

 

Supplement to Schedule 10

 

Letter Of Credit Rights

3.       The New Guarantor and Grantor hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Secured Obligations are secured by all of the Collateral according to, and otherwise on and subject to, the terms and conditions of the Guaranty and Security Agreement to the same extent and with the same force and effect as if the New Guarantor and Grantor had originally been one of the Guarantors and Grantors under the Guaranty and Security Agreement and had originally executed the same as such a Guarantor and Grantor.

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4.       All capitalized terms used in this Agreement without definition shall have the same meaning herein as such terms have in the Guaranty and Security Agreement, except that any reference to the term “Guarantor” or “Grantor” or “Guarantors” or “Grantors” and any provision of the Guaranty and Security Agreement providing meaning to such term shall be deemed a reference to the New Guarantor and Grantor.  Except as specifically modified hereby, all of the terms and conditions of the Guaranty and Security Agreement shall stand and remain unchanged and in full force and effect.

5.       The New Guarantor and Grantor agrees to execute and deliver such further instruments and documents and do such further acts and things as the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purposes of this Agreement.

6.       No reference to this Agreement need be made in the Guaranty and Security Agreement or in any other document or instrument making reference to the Guaranty and Security Agreement, any reference to the Guaranty and Security Agreement in any of such to be deemed a reference to the Guaranty and Security Agreement as modified hereby.

7.       This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by the different parties on different counterpart signature pages, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.  Any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original.  Delivery of a counterpart hereof by facsimile transmission or by e‐mail transmission of an Adobe portable document format file (also known as a “PDF” file) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.  

8.       Section 1 of the Guaranty and Security Agreement (Definitions; Construction), Section 21 of the Guaranty and Security Agreement (Merger, Amendments; Etc.), Section 22 of the Guaranty and Security Agreement (Addresses for Notices); Section 28 of the Guaranty and Security Agreement (Survival), Section 29 of the Guaranty and Security Agreement (Governing Law, Jurisdiction, Waiver of Jury Trial, Etc.), and Section 32 of the Guaranty and Security Agreement (Miscellaneous) are hereby incorporated by reference, and shall apply to this Agreement mutatis mutandis as if fully set forth herein.

[Signature Pages to Follow]

 

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[_________________]

 

		
By

	

			
Name: 

	
			
Title: 

	

 

[Signature Page to Joinder to Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement (Guarantor or Grantor)]

 

Accepted and agreed to as of the date first above written.

		
Prospect Capital Corporation, as Administrative Agent

 

		
By

	

			
Name:

	
			
Title: 

	

 

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Annex 2

Form of Joinder to Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement

This Joinder to Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement (this “Agreement”) dated as of this [___] day of [_______] from [______________]  (the “New Guarantor”), to Prospect Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation (“Prospect”), as administrative agent for the Secured Parties (defined in the Guaranty and Security Agreement hereinafter identified and defined) (Prospect acting as such agent and any successor or successors to Prospect in such capacity being hereinafter referred to as the “Administrative Agent”).

Preliminary Statements

A.      Turning Point Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”) and certain other parties have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent that certain Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement dated as of February 17, 2017 (such Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement, as the same may from time to time be amended, modified or restated, including supplements thereto which add additional parties as Guarantors and/or Grantors thereunder, being hereinafter referred to as the “Guaranty and Security Agreement”), pursuant to which such Guarantors (the “Existing Guarantors”) have guaranteed the Secured Obligations (as defined in the Guaranty and Security Agreement) and such Grantors (the “Existing Grantors”) have granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a lien on and security interest in the Existing Grantors’ Collateral (as such term is defined in the Guaranty and Security Agreement) to secure such Secured Obligations.

B.       The Borrower provides the New Guarantor with substantial financial, managerial, administrative, and technical support and the New Guarantor will benefit, directly and indirectly, from credit and other financial accommodations extended by the Secured Parties to the Borrower.

Now, therefore, for value received, and in consideration of advances made or to be made, or credit accommodations given or to be given, to the Borrower by the Secured Parties from time to time, the New Guarantor hereby agrees as follows:

1.       The New Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that it shall become a “Guarantor” party to the Guaranty and Security Agreement effective upon the date the New Guarantor’s execution of this Agreement and the delivery of this Agreement to the Administrative Agent, and that upon such execution and delivery, all references in the Guaranty and Security Agreement to the terms “Guarantor” or “Guarantors” shall be deemed to include the New Guarantor.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the New Guarantor hereby (a) unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety the full and prompt payment when due, whether upon maturity, acceleration, or otherwise, all of the Secured Obligations and (b) repeats and reaffirms all covenants, agreements, representations, and warranties contained in the Guaranty and Security Agreement as amended hereby, as applicable.  Nothing contained herein shall in any manner impair the priority of the liens and security interests heretofore granted in favor of the Administrative Agent under the Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

2.       The New Guarantor hereby acknowledges and agrees that the guaranty of the Secured Obligations is subject to the terms and conditions of the Guaranty and Security Agreement to the same extent and with the same force and effect as if the New Guarantor had originally been one of the Guarantors under the Guaranty and Security Agreement and had originally executed the same as such a Guarantor.

3.       All capitalized terms used in this Agreement without definition shall have the same meaning herein as such terms have in the Guaranty and Security Agreement, except that any reference to the term “Guarantor” or “Guarantors” and any provision of the Guaranty and Security Agreement providing meaning to such term shall be deemed a reference to the New Guarantor.  Except as specifically modified hereby, all of the terms and conditions of the Guaranty and Security Agreement shall stand and remain unchanged and in full force and effect.

4.       The New Guarantor agrees to execute and deliver such further instruments and documents and do such further acts and things as the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purposes of this Agreement.

5.       No reference to this Agreement need be made in the Guaranty and Security Agreement or in any other document or instrument making reference to the Guaranty and Security Agreement, any reference to the Guaranty and Security Agreement in any of such to be deemed a reference to the Guaranty and Security Agreement as modified hereby.

6.       This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by the different parties on different counterpart signature pages, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.  Any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original.  Delivery of a counterpart hereof by facsimile transmission or by e‐mail transmission of an Adobe portable document format file (also known as a “PDF” file) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.  

7.       Section 1 of the Guaranty and Security Agreement (Definitions; Construction), Section 21 of the Guaranty and Security Agreement (Merger, Amendments; Etc.), Section 22 of the Guaranty and Security Agreement (Addresses for Notices); Section 28 of the Guaranty and Security Agreement (Survival), Section 29 of the Guaranty and Security Agreement (Governing Law, Jurisdiction, Waiver of Jury Trial, Etc.), and Section 32 of the Guaranty and Security Agreement (Miscellaneous) are hereby incorporated by reference, and shall apply to this Agreement mutatis mutandis as if fully set forth herein.

[Signature Pages to Follow]

 

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[_________________]

 

		
By

	

			
Name: 

	
			
Title: 

	

 

[Signature Page to Joinder to Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement (Guarantor)]

 

Accepted and agreed to as of the date first above written.

 

		
Prospect Capital Corporation, as Administrative Agent

 

		
By

	

			
Name: 

	
			
Title: 

	

 

[Signature Page to Joinder to Second Lien Guaranty and Security Agreement (Guarantor)]Exhibit 10.5

 

Execution Version

 

First Amendment to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement

This First Amendment to Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (this “Amendment”), dated March 7, 2018, and entered into by and among Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio banking corporation, as First Lien Collateral Agent (the “First Lien Collateral Agent”), and Prospect Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation, as Second Lien Collateral Agent (the “Second Lien Collateral Agent”), and acknowledged by Turning Point Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”) and the other Grantors (as defined below).

Recitals

A.            The First Lien Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, the Borrower and the other Grantors are parties to that certain Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement dated as of February 17, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Intercreditor Agreement”).  Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Intercreditor Agreement.

B.            Concurrently with this Amendment, the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and the First Lien Collateral Agent have entered into that certain Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, replaced or Refinanced from time to time, in each case in accordance herewith, the “First Lien Credit Agreement”). 

C.            Concurrently with this Amendment, the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, and the Administrative Sub-Agent have entered into that certain Amended and Restated Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, replaced or Refinanced from time to time, in each case in accordance herewith, the “Second Lien Loan Agreement” and together with the First Lien Credit Agreement, the “Agreements”).

D.            As a condition to entering into the Agreements, the Borrower, the other Grantors, the First Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Collateral Agent have agreed to make certain amendments to the Intercreditor Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth in this Amendment.

Section 1.             Amendments to the Intercreditor Agreement.  

Upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 below, the Intercreditor Agreement shall be and hereby is amended as of the date hereof as follows: 

1.1.          The preamble to the Intercreditor Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: 

 

This Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), dated as of February 17, 2017 and entered into by and among Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio banking corporation, in its capacity as administrative agent under the First Lien Credit Agreement for the First Lien Claimholders (in such capacity and together with its successors from time to time in such capacity, the “First Lien Collateral Agent”), Prospect Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation, in its capacity as administrative agent under the Second Lien Loan Agreement for the Second Lien Claimholders (in such capacity and together with its successors from time to time in such capacity, the “Second Lien Collateral Agent”), and acknowledged and agreed to by Turning Point Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), and the other Grantors (as defined below).  Capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in Section 1 below.

1.2.          The definitions of “Borrower”, “First Lien Cap Amount”, and “Second Lien Cap Amount” appearing in Section 1.1 of the Intercreditor Agreement shall be amended and restated to read in their entireties as follows:

“Borrower” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

“First Lien Cap Amount” means, as of any date of determination, regardless of whether the First Lien Credit Agreement is in effect on such date, the sum of (a) 115% of (x) $210,000,000 plus (y) the aggregate principal amount of Incremental Facilities (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement and determined without giving effect to any amendments, waivers of, or consents to the conditions to borrowing or amounts to be borrowed, thereunder) minus (b) the aggregate amount of permanent reductions in revolving loan commitments (excluding any automatic reductions resulting from an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) and repayments and prepayments of principal of term loans that are First Lien Obligations (excluding any (x) voluntary prepayments of First Lien Obligations, except to the extent such prepayments reduce scheduled payments or mandatory prepayments otherwise due under the First Lien Credit Agreement and (y) such repayments resulting from (i) a Refinancing of such Obligations or (ii) a “roll up” of such Obligations in connection with a DIP Financing, in each case, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement).  For the avoidance of doubt, the First Lien Cap Amount shall apply only to principal with respect to the Loans (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Incremental Facilities (as such term is defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement)) made and Letters of Credit issued under the First Lien Credit Agreement and shall not include any First Lien Obligations related to Hedging Liability or Bank Product Liability.

 

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“Second Lien Cap Amount” means, as of any date of determination, regardless of whether the Second Lien Loan Agreement is in effect on such date, the sum of (a) 115% of $40,000,000 minus (b) the aggregate amount of repayments and prepayments of principal of term loans that are Second Lien Obligations (excluding any (x) voluntary prepayments of Second Lien Obligations, except to the extent such prepayments reduce scheduled payments or mandatory prepayments otherwise due under the Second Lien Credit Agreement and (y) any such repayments resulting from (i) a Refinancing of such Obligations or (ii) a “roll up” of such Obligations in connection with a DIP Financing, in each case, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement).

1.3.          The Intercreditor Agreement shall be amended to replace each reference to the phrases “the Borrowers”, “either Borrower”, “each Borrower”, “applicable Borrower”, and “such Borrower” appearing therein with the phrase “the Borrower”. 

Section 2.             Reaffirmation, Acknowledgment, and Agreement.

The First Lien Collateral Agent and Second Lien Collateral Agent reaffirm, acknowledge, and agree that, notwithstanding any modifications to the First Lien Loan Documents or the Second Lien Loan Documents on or prior to the date hereof, the Intercreditor Agreement continues in full force and effect in accordance with its original terms, except as amended hereby, including, without limitation, the Liens securing the Obligations pursuant to the Agreements and the Collateral Documents remaining subject thereto, and the rights, interests, agreements, and obligations of the First Lien Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, the First Lien Claimholders, and the Second Lien Claimholders under the Intercreditor Agreement, as amended hereby, remaining in full force and effect.

Section 3.             Conditions Precedent.

This Amendment shall be subject to the satisfaction of all of the following conditions precedent: 

3.1.          The First Lien Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, the Borrower and the other Grantors shall have executed and delivered this Amendment. 

3.2.          Each condition precedent set forth in Section 3.2 of the First Lien Credit Agreement shall have been satisfied in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the First Lien Collateral Agent.

3.3.          Each condition precedent set forth in Section 3 of the Second Lien Loan Agreement shall have been satisfied in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Second Lien Collateral Agent.

 

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Section 4.             Miscellaneous.

4.1.          Reference to this specific Amendment need not be made in the Intercreditor Agreement, or any other instrument or document executed in connection therewith, or in any certificate, letter or communication issued or made pursuant to or with respect to the First Lien Loan Documents or the Second Lien Loan Documents, any reference in any of such items to the Intercreditor Agreement being sufficient to refer to the Intercreditor Agreement as amended hereby.

4.2.          The Borrower agrees to pay on demand all reasonable and documented costs and expenses of or incurred by the First Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Collateral Agent in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment promptly after a written invoice has been provided to the Borrower therefor, including reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel for the First Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Collateral Agent.

4.3.          Section 1.2 of the Intercreditor Agreement (“Terms Generally”), Section 8.1 of the Intercreditor Agreement (“Integration/Conflicts”), Section 8.2 of the Intercreditor Agreement (“Effectiveness; Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability”), Section 8.3 of the Intercreditor Agreement (“Amendments; Waivers”), Section 8.9 of the Intercreditor Agreement (“Submission to Jurisdiction; Certain Waivers”), Section 8.10 of the Intercreditor Agreement (“Waiver of Jury Trial”), Section 8.11 of the Intercreditor Agreement (“Notices”), Section 8.13 of the Intercreditor Agreement (“Applicable Law), Section 8.14 of the Intercreditor Agreement (“Binding on Successors and Assigns”), Section 8.15 of the Intercreditor Agreement (“Section Headings”), and Section 8.16 of the Intercreditor Agreement (“Counterparts”) are hereby incorporated herein by reference, and shall apply to this Amendment mutatis mutandis as if fully set forth herein.

 

 [Signature Page to Follow]

 

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In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have executed this First Amendment to Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

	
 

	
Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio banking corporation, as First Lien Collateral Agent

	 	 

	 	
By:

	
 /s/ Matt Ward

	 	 	
Name: 

	Matt Ward
	 	 	
Title: 

	VP

             

	 	
Notice address:

	 	 
	 	
Fifth Third Bank

	 	
Fifth Third Center

	 	
38 Fountain Square Plaza

	 	
Cincinnati, Ohio  45263

	 	
Attention: Loan Syndications/Judy Huls

	 	
Telephone: (513) 534 4224

	 	
Facsimile: (513) 534 0875

	 	
Email: judy.huls@53.com

 

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Prospect Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation, as Second Lien Collateral Agent

 

	 	
By:

	
 /s/ M. Grier Eliasek

	 	 	
Name: 

	M. Grier Eliasek
	 	 	
Title: 

	President and Chief Operating Officer

 

	 	
Notice address:

	 
	 	 	 
	 	
Prospect Capital Corporation10 East 40th Street, 42nd Floor New York, New York 10016

	 	
Attention:

	General Counsel and David Moszer	 
	 	
Facsimile:

	
(212) 443-9652

	 
	 	
Email: 

	
fax@prospectstreet.com

	 
	 	
 

	
pl@prospectstreet.com

	 
	 	
 

	
pacct@prospectstreet.com

	 
	 	
 

	
dmoszer@prospectstreet.com

	 
	 	
 

	
grier@prospectstreet.com

	 
	 	
 

	
jbarry@prospectstreet.com

	 
	 	 	 
	 	
With copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

	 	 	 
	 	
Proskauer Rose LLP

	 
	 	
One International Place

	 
	 	
Boston, Massachusetts 02110

	 
	 	
Attention: 

	
Stephen A. Boyko

	 
	 	
Facsimile: 

	
(617) 526-9899

	 
	 	
E-mail: 

	
sboyko@proskauer.com

	 

 

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Acknowledged and Agreed:

	 
	 	 
	
Borrower:

	 
	 	 
	
Turning Point Brands, Inc.

	 

 

	
By: 

	/s/ Mark A.Stegeman 
		
Name: 

	
Mark A. Stegeman

	 	
Title: 

	
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

	
Notice Address:

	 
	 	 
	
Turning Point Brands, Inc.

	 
	
5201 Interchange Way

	 
	
Louisville, Kentucky 40229

	 
	
Attention:  General Counsel, c/o James Dobbins 

	 
	
Telephone No.: 502-774-9267

	 
	
Facsimile No.: 502-774-9275

	 
	
E-mail:  jdobbins@natcinc.net 

	 

 

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Grantors:

	 
	
North Atlantic Trading Company, Inc.

	
Intrepid Brands, LLC

	
National Tobacco Company, L.P.

	
National Tobacco Finance, LLC

	
North Atlantic Operating Company, Inc. 

	
North Atlantic Cigarette Company, Inc. 

	
RBJ Sales, Inc.

	
Turning Point Brands, LLC

	
Vapor Beast LLC

	
Vapor Shark, LLC

	
Vapor Shark Miami, LLC

	
Vapor Shark Hallandale, LLC

	
Vapor Shark Kendall, LLC

	
Vapor Shark Pinecrest, LLC

	
Vapor Shark Palmetto Bay, LLC

	
Vapor Shark Flagami, LLC

	
Vapor Shark Coral Springs, LLC

	
By: 

	
/s/ Mark A. Stegeman

	 	Name:	
Mark A. Stegeman

	 	Title:	
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

	
Notice Address:

	 
	
Turning Point Brands, Inc.

	
5201 Interchange Way

	
Louisville, Kentucky 40229

	
Attention:  General Counsel, c/o James Dobbins 

	
Telephone No.: 502-774-9267

	
Facsimile No.: 502-774-9275

	
E-mail:  jdobbins@natcinc.net

 

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