Document:

Exhibit 10.1

 

[On Company Letterhead]

 

 

Retention Award

 

_______________________

 

 

_______________________

 

_______________________

 

 

Dear ___________,

 

As a very valued and key member of the Pier 1 Imports senior executive team and as one whose continued leadership will be especially critical during the transition to a new CEO, I am delighted and pleased to inform you that the Board of Directors on ____________approved a cash award to you of $_____ under the terms and conditions outlined in the attached appendix.

 

On behalf of the Board of Directors, congratulations and thank you, not only for your past contributions, but for what you will surely contribute to the future success of our beloved Company.

 

Regards,

 

 

Alex Smith

 

APPENDIX TO RETENTION AWARD

The retention award described in this letter (the “Award”) will be paid in a cash lump sum, subject to applicable federal, state, and local tax and other payroll withholding within fifteen (15) days following ____________ (the “Payment Date”) if (i) you remain employed by Pier 1 Imports, Inc. (the “Company”) or an Affiliate through the Payment Date, or (ii) your employment is terminated by the Company or an Affiliate prior to the Payment Date without Cause, or (iii) you resign for Good Reason prior to the Payment Date.

For purposes of this Award agreement, the term:

“Affiliate” means any entity which is controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company.

“Cause” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(a)            refusal by you to follow a lawful direction of any superior officer of the Company or an Affiliate, provided the direction is not materially inconsistent with the duties or responsibilities of your position;

 

(b)            performance deficiencies which are communicated to you in writing as part of performance reviews and/or other written communications from any superior officer of the Company or an Affiliate;

 

(c)            willful misconduct or reckless disregard by you of your duties or of the interest or property of the Company or its Affiliates;

 

(d)            any act by you of fraud against, material misappropriation from, or significant dishonesty to either the Company or an Affiliate; or

 

(e)            conviction by you of a felony.

“Good Reason” means the occurrence of all of the events listed in either (a) or (b) below:

 

(a)            a material diminution of your responsibilities as modified by the Company or an Affiliate from time to time hereafter, such that you would no longer have responsibilities substantially equivalent to those of similarly situated employees at companies with similar revenues and market capitalization; provided that you give written notice to the Company of the facts and circumstances constituting such material diminution within ten (10) days following the occurrence of such event; the Company (or Affiliate) fails to remedy such material diminution within ten (10) days following your written notice of such event; and you terminate your employment within ten (10) days following the Company’s or Affiliate’s failure to remedy such material diminution; or

 

(b)            the Company or an Affiliate materially reduces your base salary without your consent, unless the reduction is applied equally, expressed as a percentage of base salaries, to all similarly situated employees; provided that you give written notice to the Company within ten (10) days following your receipt of the notice of reduction in base salary of your objection to the reduction; the Company or Affiliate fails to rescind the notice of reduction within ten (10) days following your written notice; and you terminate your employment within ten (10) days following the Company’s or Affiliate’s failure to rescind the notice.

This Award shall not be construed as giving you the right to be retained in the service of the Company or an Affiliate. You shall remain subject to discharge to the same extent as if the Award had never been granted.

                 Pier 1 Imports, Inc.

                 By: ______________________________

                 Gregory S. Humenesky, EVP Human Resources

                 AGREED AND ACCEPTED

                 _________________________________

                 (Name)Exhibit 10.1

 

 

SIXTH
AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

This SIXTH AMENDMENT
TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is made and entered into as of September 27,
2016 (the “Amendment Closing Date”) by and among Bacterin
International, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Borrower”), ROS
acquisition offshore lp, a Cayman Islands Exempted Limited Partnership (“ROS”) and OrbiMed Royalty
Opportunities II, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Royalty Opportunities”).

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower,
ROS and Royalty Opportunities are party to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 27, 2015, as amended
by that certain First Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2016, that certain Second Amendment
to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 25, 2016, that certain Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2016, that certain Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July
29, 2016 and that certain Fifth Amendment to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 12, 2016 (the “Credit
Agreement”), pursuant to which (i) ROS and Royalty Opportunities, as Lenders under the Credit Agreement, have extended
credit to the Borrower on the terms set forth therein and (ii) each Lender has appointed ROS as the administrative agent (the “Administrative
Agent”) for the Lenders;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant
to Section 11.1 of the Credit Agreement, the Credit Agreement may be amended by an instrument in writing signed by each of the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent (acting on behalf of the Lenders);

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower
and the Lenders desire to amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement as provided in this Amendment.

 

NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.         Definitions;
Loan Document. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit
Agreement. This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

2.         Amendments
to Section 3.2. The last sentence of Section 3.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety
to read as follows:

 

“At such time as the Borrower
pays, prepays or repays, or is required to pay, prepay or repay, any principal amount of the Loans, whether on the Maturity Date
or otherwise, whether voluntarily or involuntarily (if involuntarily, whether required by this Agreement or any other Loan Document)
and whether before or after acceleration of the Obligations, including without limitation any payment pursuant to any provision
of this Section 3.2, the Borrower shall pay to each Lender, a fee in the amount equal to 9.0% of the aggregate principal
amount of such payment, prepayment or repayment to such Lender.”

 

     

     

    

 

3.         Amendments
to Section 3.4. Section 3.4(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“(a)        From and after the
Restatement Date until June 30, 2018:

 

          (i)       other than the Interest
Period beginning on (and including) July 1, 2016 and ending on September 30, 2016, interest payable in cash by the Borrower shall
accrue on the Loans during such period at a rate per annum equal to 9.00%;

 

       (ii)       additional interest
(“PIK Interest”) shall accrue on the Loans during such period at a rate per annum equal to the difference of
(A) the sum of (1) the Applicable Margin plus (2) the higher of (x) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period and (y) 1.00% minus
(B) 9.00%, and such PIK Interest shall be added to the outstanding principal amount of the Loans on the last day of each Fiscal
Quarter until June 30, 2018; and

 

       (iii)     during
the Interest Period beginning on (and including) July 1, 2016 and ending on September 30, 2016, further PIK Interest shall also
accrue on the Loans during such period at a rate per annum equal to 9.00%, and such PIK Interest shall be added to the outstanding
principal amount of the Loans on September 30, 2016.”

 

4.         Amendments
to Section 7.13. Section 7.13(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“(a)       maintain a current
and complete list of all accounts (of the type initially set forth on Schedule 6.23) and promptly deliver any updates to such list
to the Administrative Agent; execute and maintain an account control agreement for each such account, in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent (each such account, a “Controlled Account”); and maintain each such account
as a cash collateral account, with all cash, checks and other similar items of payment in such account securing payment of the
Obligations (and in which Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries shall have granted a Lien to the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders); provided that (a) any accounts with an end-of-day balance less than $50,000 individually, or $100,000 in the
aggregate (or such other interim balance, on deposit for no more than three Business Days, used exclusively for the purposes of
making payroll in the ordinary course of business), used exclusively for payroll, payroll taxes or employee benefits, to the extent
legal requirements prohibit the granting of a Lien thereon, need not be Controlled Accounts and (b) account number 630600000296
maintained at Big Sky Bank need not be a Controlled Account so long as such account does not have a balance which exceeds $50,000;”

 

5.         Amendments
to Section 8.2. Section 8.2(e) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“(e)        purchase money Indebtedness
and Capitalized Lease Liabilities in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $2,000,000;”

 

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6.         Amendments
to Section 8.4(a). Section 8.4(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“(a)       Minimum
Revenue Base. The Revenue Base for any Fiscal Quarter shall not be less than the amount set forth below for such Fiscal Quarter:

 

	Fiscal Quarter Ending	 	Minimum Revenue Base	 
	September 30, 2015	 	$	17,500,000	 
	December 31, 2015	 	$	20,000,000	 
	March 31, 2016	 	$	20,000,000	 
	June 30, 2016	 	$	20,000,000	 
	September 30, 2016	 	$	20,000,000	 
	December 31, 2016	 	$	20,000,000	 
	March 31, 2017	 	$	25,000,000	 
	June 30, 2017	 	$	25,000,000	 
	September 30, 2017	 	$	27,500,000	 
	December 31, 2017	 	$	27,500,000	 
	March 31, 2018	 	$	27,500,000	 
	June 30, 2018	 	$	27,500,000	 
	September 30, 2018	 	$	30,000,000	 
	December 31, 2018	 	$	30,000,000	 
	March 31, 2019	 	$	30,000,000	 
	June 30, 2019	 	$	30,000,000	 
	September 30, 2019	 	$	30,000,000	 
	December 31, 2019	 	$	30,000,000	 
	March 31, 2020	 	$	30,000,000	 
	June 30, 2020	 	$	30,000,000	 

 

7.         Waiver
of Amended Covenants. The Lenders hereby waive any non-compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 8.4(c) of the
Credit Agreement as in effect prior to this Amendment for (a) the most recent four Fiscal Quarters ended September 30, 2016 and
(b) the most recent four Fiscal Quarters ended December 31, 2016.

 

8.         Conditions
to Effectiveness of Amendment. This Amendment shall become effective upon receipt by the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent of a counterpart signature of the other to this Amendment duly executed and delivered by each of the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent.

 

9.         Expenses.
The Borrower agrees to pay on demand all expenses of the Administrative Agent (including, without limitation, the fees and out-of-pocket
expenses of Covington & Burling LLP, counsel to the Administrative Agent) incurred in connection with the Administrative Agent’s
review, consideration and evaluation of this Amendment, including the rights and remedies available to it in connection therewith,
and the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment.

 

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10.       Representations
and Warranties. The Borrower represents and warrants to each Lender as follows:

 

(a)       After
giving effect to this Amendment, the representations and warranties of the Borrower and the Guarantors contained in the Credit
Agreement or any other Loan Document shall, (i) with respect to representations and warranties that contain a materiality qualification,
be true and correct in all respects on and as of the date hereof, and (ii) with respect to representations and warranties that
do not contain a materiality qualification, be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof, and except
that the representations and warranties limited by their terms to a specific date shall be true and correct as of such date.

 

(b)       After
giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default under the Credit Agreement will occur or be continuing.

 

11.       No
Implied Amendment or Waiver. Except as expressly set forth in this Amendment, this Amendment shall not, by implication
or otherwise, limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect any rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent or the
Lenders under the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms,
obligations or covenants contained in the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents, all of which shall continue in full force
and effect. Nothing in this Amendment shall be construed to imply any willingness on the part of the Administrative Agent or the
Lenders to agree to or grant any similar or future amendment, consent or waiver of any of the terms and conditions of the Credit
Agreement or the other Loan Documents.

 

12.       Waiver
and Release. TO INDUCE THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE LENDERS, TO AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AMENDMENT,
THE BORROWER REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT AS OF THE DATE HEREOF THERE ARE NO CLAIMS OR OFFSETS AGAINST OR RIGHTS OF RECOUPMENT
WITH RESPECT TO OR DEFENSES OR COUNTERCLAIMS TO ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE LOAN DOCUMENTS AND IN ACCORDANCE THEREWITH IT:

 

(a)       WAIVES
ANY AND ALL SUCH CLAIMS, OFFSETS, RIGHTS OF RECOUPMENT, DEFENSES OR COUNTERCLAIMS, WHETHER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, ARISING PRIOR TO THE
DATE HEREOF; AND

 

(b)       RELEASES
AND DISCHARGES THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE LENDERS, THEIR AFFILIATES AND THEIR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, SHAREHOLDERS
AND ATTORNEYS (COLLECTIVELY THE "RELEASED PARTIES") FROM ANY AND ALL OBLIGATIONS, INDEBTEDNESS, LIABILITIES, CLAIMS,
RIGHTS, CAUSES OF ACTION OR DEMANDS WHATSOEVER, WHETHER KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, SUSPECTED OR UNSUSPECTED, IN LAW OR EQUITY, WHICH THE
BORROWER EVER HAD, NOW HAS, CLAIMS TO HAVE OR

 

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(c)      MAY
HAVE AGAINST ANY RELEASED PARTY ARISING PRIOR TO THE DATE HEREOF AND FROM OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED THEREBY.

 

13.       Counterparts;
Governing Law. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate
counterparts, each of such when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of such counterparts shall together constitute
but one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by fax transmission or
other electronic mail transmission (e.g., “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart of this Amendment. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING FOR SUCH PURPOSE SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK).

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties
hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year
first above written.

 

	 	BACTERIN INTERNATIONAL, INC.,

as the Borrower

	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ John Gandolfo
	 	Name:	John Gandolfo
	 	Title:  	CFO
	 	 
	 	ROS Acquisition Offshore LP,

as a Lender and as the Administrative Agent
	 	By ROS Acquisition Offshore GP Ltd.,
	 	its General Partner
	 	By OrbiMed Advisors LLC,
	 	its investment manager
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Samuel D. Isaly
	 	Name:	Samuel D. Isaly
	 	Title:   	
        Managing Member

        

	 	 
	 	ORBIMED ROYALTY OPPORTUNITIES II, LP,
	 	as a Lender 
	 	By OrbiMed ROF II LLC,
	 	its General Partner
	 	By OrbiMed Advisors LLC,
	 	its Managing Member
	 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Samuel D. Isaly
	 	Name:  	Samuel D. Isaly
	 	Title:  	
        Managing Member

 

Signature
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