Document:

Exhibit 10.1d

 

	

    	
CLIFFORD CHANCE LLP
    

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

ECOLAB INC.

ECOLAB LUX 1 S.À R.L.

ECOLAB LUX 2 S.À R.L.

ECOLAB NL 10 B.V.

 

U.S.$2,000,000,000

EURO COMMERCIAL PAPER PROGRAMME

 

Guaranteed by

ECOLAB INC.

 

 

DEED OF GUARANTEE

(IN RESPECT OF NOTES ISSUED BY ECOLAB LUX 1 S.À R.L., ECOLAB LUX 2 S.À R.L. AND ECOLAB NL 10 B.V.)

 

 

 

CONTENTS

 

	
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1.
    	
Interpretation
    	
 
    	
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2.
    	
Guarantee and Indemnity
    	
 
    	
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3.
    	
Taxes and Withholdings
    	
 
    	
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4.
    	
Preservation of Rights
    	
 
    	
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5.
    	
Deposit of Deed of   Guarantee
    	
 
    	
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6.
    	
Stamp Duties
    	
 
    	
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7.
    	
Benefit of Deed of   Guarantee
    	
 
    	
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8.
    	
Partial Invalidity
    	
 
    	
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9.
    	
Notices
    	
 
    	
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10.
    	
Law and Jurisdiction
    	
 
    	
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THIS DEED OF GUARANTEE is made on 21 September 2016

 

BY

 

(1)                                 ECOLAB INC. (the “Guarantor”)

 

IN FAVOUR OF

 

(2)                                 THE HOLDERS for the time being and from time to time of the Notes referred to below (each a “Noteholder” or the “holder” of a Note); and

 

(3)                                 THE ACCOUNTHOLDERS (as defined in the Deed of Covenant described below) (together with the Noteholders, the “Beneficiaries”).

 

WHEREAS

 

(A)                               ECOLAB INC., ECOLAB LUX 1 S.À R.L., ECOLAB LUX 2 S.À R.L. and ECOLAB NL 10 B.V. (each an “Issuer” and together, the “Issuers”) and the Guarantor have established a Euro-Commercial Paper Programme (the “Programme”) for the issuance of notes (the “Notes”), in connection with which they have entered into an amended and restated dealer agreement dated 21 September 2016 (the “Dealer Agreement”) and an amended and restated note agency agreement dated 21 September 2016 (the “Agency Agreement”) and the Issuers have executed a deed of covenant dated 21 September 2016 (the “Deed of Covenant”).

 

(B)                               The Guarantor has agreed to guarantee the payment of all sums expressed to be payable from time to time by the Issuers to Noteholders in respect of the Notes and to Accountholders in respect of the Deed of Covenant.

 

NOW THIS DEED OF GUARANTEE witnesses as follows:

 

1.                                      INTERPRETATION

 

1.1                               Definitions

 

All terms and expressions which have defined meanings in the Dealer Agreement, the Agency Agreement or the Deed of Covenant shall have the same meanings in this Deed of Guarantee except where the context requires otherwise or unless otherwise stated.

 

1.2                               Clauses

 

Any reference in this Deed of Guarantee to a Clause is, unless otherwise stated, to a clause hereof.

 

1.3                               Other agreements

 

All references in this Deed of Guarantee to an agreement, instrument or other document (including the Dealer Agreement, the Agency Agreement and the Deed of Covenant) shall be construed as a reference to that agreement, instrument or other document as the same may be amended, supplemented, replaced or novated from time to time.

 

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1.4                               Legislation

 

Any reference in this Agreement to any legislation (whether primary legislation or regulations or other subsidiary legislation made pursuant to primary legislation) shall be construed as a reference to such legislation as the same may have been, or may from time to time be, amended or re-enacted.

 

1.5                               Headings

 

Headings and sub-headings are for ease of reference only and shall not affect the construction of this Deed of Guarantee.

 

1.6                               Benefit of Deed of Guarantee

 

Any Notes issued under the Programme on or after the date of this Deed of Guarantee shall have the benefit of this Deed of Guarantee but shall not have the benefit of any subsequent guarantee relating to the Programme (unless expressly so provided in any such subsequent guarantee).

 

2.                                      GUARANTEE AND INDEMNITY

 

2.1                               Guarantee

 

The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees:

 

2.1.1                     The Notes:  to each Noteholder the due and punctual payment of all sums from time to time payable by the relevant Issuer in respect of the relevant Note as and when the same become due and payable and accordingly undertakes to pay to such Noteholder, in the manner and currency prescribed by such Note for payments by the relevant Issuer in respect of such Note, any and every sum or sums which the relevant Issuer is at any time liable to pay in respect of such Note and which the relevant Issuer has failed to pay; and

 

2.1.2                     The Direct Rights:  to each Accountholder the due and punctual payment of all sums from time to time payable by the relevant Issuer to such Accountholder in respect of the Direct Rights as and when the same become due and payable and accordingly undertakes to pay to such Accountholder, in the manner and currency prescribed by the Notes for payments by the relevant Issuer in respect of the Notes, any and every sum or sums which the relevant Issuer is at any time liable to pay to such Accountholder in respect of the Notes and which the relevant Issuer has failed to pay.

 

2.2                               Indemnity

 

The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees as a primary obligation to indemnify each Beneficiary from time to time from and against any loss, liability or cost incurred by such Beneficiary as a result of any of the obligations of the relevant Issuer under or pursuant to any Note, the Deed of Covenant or any provision thereof being or becoming void, voidable, unenforceable or ineffective for any reason whatsoever, whether or not known to such Beneficiary or any other person, the amount of such loss being the amount which such Beneficiary would otherwise have been entitled to recover from the relevant Issuer.  Any amount payable pursuant to

 

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this indemnity shall be payable in the manner and currency prescribed by the Notes for payments by the relevant Issuer in respect of the Notes.  This indemnity constitutes a separate and independent obligation from the other obligations under this Deed of Guarantee and shall give rise to a separate and independent cause of action.

 

3.                                      TAXES AND WITHHOLDINGS

 

All payments in respect of the Notes and Direct Rights under this Deed of Guarantee shall be made without set-off, counterclaim, fees, liabilities or similar deductions and free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, taxes, levies, duties or charges of any nature now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed in any jurisdiction through or from which such payments are made or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (“Taxes”).  If the Guarantor or any agent thereof is required by law or regulation to make any deduction or withholding for or on account of Taxes, the Guarantor shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law or regulation, pay such additional amounts as shall be necessary in order that the net amounts received by any Beneficiary after such deduction or withholding shall equal the amount which would have been receivable hereunder in the absence of such deduction or withholding, except that no such additional amounts shall be payable:

 

3.1.1                     to a Beneficiary which is liable to such Taxes by reason of its having some connection with the jurisdiction imposing the Taxes other than the mere holding of the Note or the Direct Rights; or

 

3.1.2                     in respect of any Note presented for payment more than 15 days after the Maturity Date or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later, except to the extent that the Beneficiary would have been entitled to such additional amounts if it had presented the Note on the last day of such period of 15 days.

 

4.                                      PRESERVATION OF RIGHTS

 

4.1                               Principal obligor

 

The obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall be deemed to be undertaken as principal obligor and not merely as surety.

 

4.2                               Continuing obligations

 

The obligations of the Guarantor herein contained shall constitute and be continuing obligations notwithstanding any settlement of account or other matter or thing whatsoever and shall not be considered satisfied by any intermediate payment or satisfaction of all or any of the Issuers’ obligations under or in respect of any Note or the Deed of Covenant and shall continue in full force and effect for so long as the Programme remains in effect and thereafter until all sums due from the Issuers in respect of the Notes and under the Deed of Covenant have been paid, and all other actual or contingent obligations of the Issuers thereunder or in respect thereof have been satisfied, in full.

 

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4.3                               Obligations not discharged

 

Neither the obligations of the Guarantor herein contained nor the rights, powers and remedies conferred upon the Beneficiaries by this Deed of Guarantee or by law shall be discharged, impaired or otherwise affected by:

 

4.3.1                     Winding up:  the winding up, dissolution, administration, re-organisation or moratorium of an Issuer or any change in its status, function, control or ownership;

 

4.3.2                     Illegality:  any of the obligations of an Issuer under or in respect of any Note or the Deed of Covenant being or becoming illegal, invalid, unenforceable or ineffective in any respect;

 

4.3.3                     Indulgence:  time or other indulgence (including for the avoidance of doubt, any composition) being granted or agreed to be granted to an Issuer in respect of any of its obligations under or in respect of any Note or the Deed of Covenant;

 

4.3.4                     Amendment:  any amendment to, or any variation, waiver or release of, any obligation of an Issuer under or in respect of any Note or the Deed of Covenant or any security or other guarantee or indemnity in respect thereof, however fundamental; or

 

4.3.5                     Analogous events:  any other act, event or omission which, but for this sub-clause, might operate to discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations expressed to be assumed by the Guarantor herein or any of the rights, powers or remedies conferred upon the Beneficiaries or any of them by this Deed of Guarantee or by law.

 

4.4                               Settlement conditional

 

Any settlement or discharge between the Guarantor and the Beneficiaries or any of them shall be conditional upon no payment to the Beneficiaries or any of them by the Issuers or any other person on the Issuers’ behalf being avoided or reduced by virtue of any laws relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar laws of general application for the time being in force and, in the event of any such payment being so avoided or reduced, the Beneficiaries shall be entitled to recover the amount by which such payment is so avoided or reduced from the Guarantor subsequently as if such settlement or discharge had not occurred.

 

4.5                               Exercise of Rights

 

No Beneficiary shall be obliged before exercising any of the rights, powers or remedies conferred upon it by this Deed of Guarantee or by law:

 

4.5.1                     Demand:  to make any demand of the relevant Issuer, save for the presentation of the relevant Note;

 

4.5.2                     Take action:  to take any action or obtain judgment in any court against the relevant Issuer; or

 

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4.5.3                     Claim or proof:  to make or file any claim or proof in a winding up or dissolution of the relevant Issuer,

 

and (save as aforesaid) the Guarantor hereby expressly waives presentment, demand, protest and notice of dishonour in respect of any Note.

 

4.6                               Deferral of Guarantor’s rights

 

The Guarantor agrees that, so long as any sums are or may be owed by the Issuers in respect of any Note or under the Deed of Covenant or the Issuers are under any other actual or contingent obligation thereunder or in respect thereof, the Guarantor will not exercise any rights which the Guarantor may at any time have by reason of the performance by the Guarantor of its obligations hereunder:

 

4.6.1                     Indemnity:  to be indemnified by the relevant Issuer;

 

4.6.2                     Contribution:  to claim any contribution from any other guarantor of the relevant Issuer’s obligations under or in respect of any Note or the Deed of Covenant; or

 

4.6.3                     Subrogation:  to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of any Beneficiary against the relevant Issuer in respect of amounts paid by the Guarantor under this Deed of Guarantee or any security enjoyed in connection with any Note or the Deed of Covenant by any Beneficiary.

 

4.7                               Pari passu

 

The Guarantor undertakes that its obligations hereunder will at all times rank at least pari passu with all other present and future unsecured obligations of the Guarantor, save for such obligations as may be preferred by provisions of law that are both mandatory and of general application.

 

5.                                      DEPOSIT OF DEED OF GUARANTEE

 

This Deed of Guarantee shall be deposited with and held by the Issue and Paying Agent for so long as the Programme remains in effect and thereafter until all the obligations of the Issuers under or in respect of the Notes (including, without limitation, its obligations under the Deed of Covenant) have been discharged in full.  The Guarantor hereby acknowledges the right of every Beneficiary to the production of this Deed of Guarantee.

 

6.                                      STAMP DUTIES

 

The Guarantor shall pay all stamp, registration and other similar taxes and duties (including any interest and penalties thereon or in connection therewith) which are payable upon or in connection with the execution and delivery of this Deed of Guarantee, except for any taxes payable regarding Luxembourg registration duties (droits d’enregistrement) due to a registration, submission or filing of this Deed of Guarantee where such registration, submission or filing is or was not required to maintain or preserve the rights of the Beneficiaries under this Deed of Guarantee, and shall indemnify each Beneficiary against any claim, demand, action, liability,

 

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damages, cost, loss or expense (including, (i) an amount equal to any United Kingdom value added tax but only to the extent such Beneficiary, or any member of the group to which that Beneficiary belongs for value added tax purposes, reasonably determines that it is not entitled to recover (whether by credit or repayment) such value added tax and (ii) fees and disbursements of counsel to such Beneficiary) which it incurs as a result or arising out of or in relation to any failure to pay or delay in paying any of the same.

 

7.                                      BENEFIT OF DEED OF GUARANTEE

 

7.1                               Deed poll

 

This Deed of Guarantee shall take effect as a deed poll for the benefit of the Beneficiaries from time to time.

 

7.2                               Benefit

 

This Deed of Guarantee shall enure to the benefit of each Beneficiary and its (and any subsequent) successors and assigns, each of which shall be entitled severally to enforce this Deed of Guarantee against the Guarantor.

 

7.3                               Assignment

 

The Guarantor shall not be entitled to assign or transfer all or any of its rights, benefits and obligations hereunder.  Each Beneficiary shall be entitled to assign all or any of its rights and benefits hereunder.

 

8.                                      PARTIAL INVALIDITY

 

If at any time any provision hereof is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the laws of any jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof nor the legality, validity or enforceability of such provision under the laws of any other jurisdiction shall in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

9.                                      NOTICES

 

9.1                               Address for notices

 

All notices and other communications to the Guarantor hereunder shall be made in writing (by letter or fax) and shall be sent to the Guarantor at:

 

Until 20 February 2017

 

370 Wabasha Street North

St. Paul

MN 55102

U.S.A.

 

From 20 February 2017

 

1 Ecolab Place

 

6

 

St. Paul

MN 55102

U.S.A.

 

Fax:                       +1 651 250 2573

Attention:              General Counsel

 

or to such other address or fax number or for the attention of such other person or department as the Guarantor has notified to the Beneficiaries.

 

9.2                               Effectiveness

 

Every notice or other communication sent in accordance with Clause 9.1 (Address for notices) shall be effective upon receipt by the Guarantor; provided that any such notice or other communication which would otherwise take effect after 4.00 p.m. on any particular day shall not take effect until 10.00 a.m. on the immediately succeeding business day in the place of the Guarantor.

 

10.                               LAW AND JURISDICTION

 

10.1                        Governing law

 

This Deed of Guarantee and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.

 

10.2                        English courts

 

The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute (a “Dispute”), arising from or connected with this Deed of Guarantee (including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Deed of Guarantee or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with this Deed of Guarantee) or the consequences of its nullity.

 

10.3                        Appropriate forum

 

The Guarantor agrees that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle any Dispute and, accordingly, that it will not argue to the contrary.

 

10.4                        Rights of the Beneficiaries to take proceedings outside England

 

Clause 10.2 (English courts) is for the benefit of the Beneficiaries only.  As a result, nothing in this Clause 10 (Law and jurisdiction) prevents the Beneficiaries from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute (“Proceedings”) in any other courts with jurisdiction.  To the extent allowed by law, the Beneficiaries may take concurrent Proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.

 

10.5                        Service of process

 

The Guarantor agrees that the process by which any Proceedings in England and any other documents required to be served in relation to those Proceedings may be served on it by being delivered to Ecolab Limited at P.O. Box 11, Winnington Avenue,

 

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Northwich, Cheshire, United Kingdom CW8 4DX or, if different, its registered office for the time being or at any other address of the Guarantor in Great Britain at which process may be served on it in accordance with the Companies Act 2006.  If such person is not or ceases to be effectively appointed to accept service of process on behalf of the Guarantor, the Guarantor shall, on the written demand of any Beneficiary addressed and delivered to the Guarantor, appoint a further person in England to accept service of process on its behalf and, failing such appointment within 15 days, any Beneficiary shall be entitled to appoint such a person by written notice addressed to the Guarantor and delivered to the Guarantor.  Nothing in this paragraph shall affect the right of any Beneficiary to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.  This clause applies to Proceedings in England and to Proceedings elsewhere.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Deed of Guarantee has been executed by the Guarantor and is intended to be and is hereby delivered on the date first before written.

 

	
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8Exhibit 10.1

 

ASSUMPTION AND Amendment

to

Loan
and security agreement

 

THIS
ASSUMPTION AND AMENDMENT to Loan and Security Agreement (this “Amendment”) is entered into this 22nd
day of September 2016 by and between Silicon Valley Bank (“Bank”), on the one side, and Lantronix, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“Existing Borrower”) and Lantronix Holding Company, a Delaware corporation (“New Borrower”)
whose address is 7535 Irvine Center Drive, Suite 100, Irvine, California 92618, on the other side.

 

Recitals

 

A.Bank and Existing Borrower
have entered into that certain Loan and Security Agreement with an Effective Date of May 23, 2006 (as the same may from time to
time be amended, modified, supplemented or restated, the “Loan Agreement”).

 

B.Bank has extended credit
to Existing Borrower for the purposes permitted in the Loan Agreement.

 

C.Existing
Borrower has requested that Bank amend the Loan Agreement, as herein set forth, and Bank has agreed to the same, but only to the
extent, in accordance with the terms, subject to the conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth
herein.

 

Agreement

 

Now,
Therefore, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy
of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.Definitions.
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement.

 

2.Assumption
and Amendments to Loan Agreement.

 

2.1Assumption.

 

2.1.1Assumption.
New Borrower hereby assumes and agrees to pay and perform when due all present and future indebtedness, liabilities and obligations
of Existing Borrower under, based on, or arising out of the Loan Agreement and any and all documents, instruments and agreements
relating thereto, including, without limitation, all of the Obligations, and Existing Borrower and New Borrower shall be jointly
and severally liable for all of the Obligations. All references in the Loan Agreement to “Borrower” shall be deemed
to refer, jointly and severally, to Existing Borrower and New Borrower.

 

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2.1.2Obligations.
New Borrower acknowledges that the Obligations are due and owing to Bank from Existing Borrower, and upon the effectiveness hereof
will be due and owing from New Borrower, without any defense, offset or counterclaim of any kind or nature whatsoever.

 

2.1.3Grant of
Security Interest. Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 2.1.1 above, as security for all Obligations,
New Borrower hereby grants Bank a continuing security interest in all of the following, whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
and wherever located: All of the Collateral of New Borrower. All references in the Loan Agreement to Collateral shall be deemed
to refer to the Collateral of Existing Borrower and New Borrower. New Borrower hereby authorizes Bank to prepare and file such
financing statements, amendments and continuation statements as Bank may require to perfect or continue Bank’s security interest
in the Collateral or to effect the purposes of this Amendment and the Loan Agreement. 

 

2.1.4Cross-Corporate
Continuing Guaranty. Existing Borrower and New Borrower hereby agree to concurrently herewith execute and deliver to Bank a
Cross-Corporate Continuing Guaranty, in form and substance satisfactory to Bank, in order to guaranty all Obligations of the other
Borrower in favor of Bank.

 

2.1.5Existing
Borrower Indemnity to New Borrower. Existing Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify New Borrower and hold it harmless,
from and against any and all claims, debts, liabilities, demands, obligations, actions, costs and expenses, of every nature and
description, which New Borrower may sustain or incur, based upon, arising out of, or in any way relating to (i) New Borrower’s
assumption of the Obligations of Existing Borrower as set forth herein, or (ii) New Borrower’s execution and delivery of
a guaranty with respect to Existing Borrower as set forth herein, or (iii) its grant of a security interest in its assets to Bank,
or (iv) any other obligation incurred or transfer made by New Borrower under or in connection with this Amendment, or any other
document, instrument, or agreement relating hereto.

 

2.2Amendments
to Loan Agreement.

 

2.2.1Modified
Interest Rate. Section 2.3(a) of the Loan Agreement that currently reads as follows:

 

(a)Interest
Rate. 

 

(i)Advances.
Subject to Section 2.3(b), the principal amount outstanding under the Revolving Line shall accrue interest at a per annum rate
equal to the greater of 1.25% percentage points above the Prime Rate or 4.00%, which interest shall be payable monthly. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, and subject to Section 2.3(b), if Borrower achieves a Quick Ratio of 1.0 to 1.0 or greater (the “Quick
Ratio Threshold”), and only for so long as Borrower maintains a Quick Ratio at or above
the Quick Ratio Threshold, then the principal amount outstanding under the Revolving Line shall accrue interest at a per annum
rate equal to the greater of 0.75% percentage points above the Prime Rate or 4.00%, which interest shall be payable monthly. The
foregoing decrease (or subsequent increase, if applicable) shall go into effect on the first day of the month immediately following
Bank’s receipt, review and approval of Borrower’s financial statements evidencing that an adjustment is warranted.
If, based on the Quick Ratio as shown in Borrower’s financial statements there is to be an increase in the interest rate,
the interest rate increase may be put into effect by Bank as of the first day of the month immediately following the date on which
such financial statements were due, even if the delivery of the financial statements is delayed.

 

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(ii)Term
Loan. Subject to Section 2.3(b), the principal amount outstanding under the Term Loan shall accrue interest at a per annum
rate equal to 1.50% percentage points above the Prime Rate, which interest shall be payable monthly.

 

is hereby amended in its
entirety to read as follows:

 

(a)Interest
Rate. 

 

(i)Advances.
Subject to Section 2.3(b), the principal amount outstanding under the Revolving Line shall accrue interest at a per annum rate
equal to the greater of 1.25% percentage points above the Prime Rate or 4.25%, which interest shall be payable monthly. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, and subject to Section 2.3(b), if Borrower achieves a Quick Ratio of 1.0 to 1.0 or greater (the “Quick
Ratio Threshold”), and only for so long as Borrower maintains a Quick Ratio at or above
the Quick Ratio Threshold, then the principal amount outstanding under the Revolving Line shall accrue interest at a per annum
rate equal to the greater of 0.75% percentage points above the Prime Rate or 4.25%, which interest shall be payable monthly. The
foregoing decrease (or subsequent increase, if applicable) shall go into effect on the first day of the month immediately following
Bank’s receipt, review and approval of Borrower’s financial statements evidencing that an adjustment is warranted.
If, based on the Quick Ratio as shown in Borrower’s financial statements there is to be an increase in the interest rate,
the interest rate increase may be put into effect by Bank as of the first day of the month immediately following the date on which
such financial statements were due, even if the delivery of the financial statements is delayed.

 

(ii)Term
Loan. [Omitted].

 

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2.2.2Modified
Anniversary Fee. Section 2.4(g) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

(g)Anniversary Fee.
A fully earned, non-refundable fee of $10,000, on September 30, 2017; and if this Agreement is terminated prior to September 30,
2017, either by Borrower or Bank, Borrower shall pay such Anniversary Fee to Bank in addition to any Termination Fee.

 

2.2.3Modified
Termination Fee. The paragraph in Section 4.1 of the Loan Agreement that currently reads as follows:

 

This
Agreement may be terminated prior to the Revolving Maturity Date by Borrower, effective three (3) Business Days after written notice
of termination is given to Bank or if Bank’s obligation to fund Credit Extensions terminates pursuant to the terms of Section
2.1.1(c). If such termination is at Borrower’s election or at Bank’s election due to the occurrence and continuance
of an Event of Default, Borrower shall pay to Bank, in addition to the payment of any other expenses or fees then-owing, a termination
fee in an amount equal to 1.00% of the Maximum Revolving Line if termination occurs on or before September 30, 2015, and 0.50%
of the Maximum Revolving Line if termination occurs after September 30, 2015; provided that no termination fee shall be charged
if the credit facility hereunder is replaced with a new facility from another division of Silicon Valley Bank.

 

is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

This
Agreement may be terminated prior to the Revolving Maturity Date by Borrower, effective three (3) Business Days after written notice
of termination is given to Bank or if Bank’s obligation to fund Credit Extensions terminates pursuant to the terms of Section
2.1.1(c). If such termination is at Borrower’s election or at Bank’s election due to the occurrence and continuance
of an Event of Default, Borrower shall pay to Bank, in addition to the payment of any other expenses or fees then-owing, a termination
fee in an amount equal to 0.50% of the Maximum Revolving Line if termination occurs on or before September 30, 2017, and 0.0% of
the Maximum Revolving Line if termination occurs after September 30, 2017; provided that no termination fee shall be charged if
the credit facility hereunder is replaced with a new facility from another division of Silicon Valley Bank.

 

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2.2.4Modified
Audits. Section 6.6 of the Loan Agreement that currently reads as follows:

 

6.6Access to Collateral;
Books and Records. At reasonable times, on one (1) Business Day’s notice (provided no notice
is required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), Bank, or its agents, shall have the right to inspect the Collateral
and the right to audit and copy Borrower’s Books. The parties contemplate that such inspections and audits will be conducted
no more frequently than once every twelve (12) months, but nothing herein restricts Bank’s right to conduct such audits more
frequently if (i) Bank believes that it is advisable to do so in Bank’s good faith business judgment, or (ii) Bank believes
in good faith that a Default or Event of Default has occurred. The foregoing inspections and audits shall be at Borrower’s
expense, and the charge therefor shall be $850 per person per day (or such higher amount as shall represent Bank’s then-current
standard charge for the same), plus reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. In the event Borrower and Bank schedule an audit more than
ten (10) days in advance, and Borrower cancels or reschedules the audit with less than ten (10) days written notice to Bank, then
(without limiting any of Bank’s rights or remedies), Borrower shall pay Bank a fee of $1,000 plus any out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by Bank to compensate Bank for the anticipated costs and expenses of the cancellation or rescheduling.

 

is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

6.6Access to Collateral;
Books and Records. At reasonable times, on one (1) Business Day’s notice (provided no notice
is required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), Bank, or its agents, shall have the right to inspect the Collateral
and the right to audit and copy Borrower’s Books. The parties contemplate that such inspections and audits will be conducted
no more frequently than once every twelve (12) months, but nothing herein restricts Bank’s right to conduct such audits more
frequently if (i) Bank believes that it is advisable to do so in Bank’s good faith business judgment, or (ii) Bank believes
in good faith that a Default or Event of Default has occurred. The foregoing inspections and audits shall be at Borrower’s
expense, and the charge therefor shall be $1,000 per person per day (or such higher amount as shall represent Bank’s then-current
standard charge for the same), plus reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. In the event Borrower and Bank schedule an audit more than
ten (10) days in advance, and Borrower cancels or reschedules the audit with less than ten (10) days written notice to Bank, then
(without limiting any of Bank’s rights or remedies), Borrower shall pay Bank a fee of $1,000 plus any out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by Bank to compensate Bank for the anticipated costs and expenses of the cancellation or rescheduling.

 

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2.2.5Modified
Tangible Net Worth Financial Covenant. Section 6.9(a) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

(a)Tangible Net Worth.
For the month ending September 30, 2016 and each month ending thereafter, a Tangible Net Worth of at least $6,000,000 (“Minimum
Tangible Net Worth”) plus (i) 50% of all consideration received on or after September 1, 2016 for equity securities and
subordinated debt of the Borrower plus (ii) 50% of the Borrower’s net income in each fiscal quarter ending on or after September
30, 2016. Increases in the Minimum Tangible Net Worth based on consideration received for equity securities and subordinated debt
of the Borrower shall be effective as of the end of the month in which such consideration is received, and shall continue effective
thereafter. Increases in the Minimum Tangible Net Worth based on net income shall be effective on the last day of the fiscal quarter
in which said net income is realized, and shall continue effective thereafter. In no event shall the Minimum Tangible Net Worth
be decreased.

 

2.2.6Addition
of New Section 9.8 Regarding Multiple Borrowers. A new Section 9.8 is hereby added to the Loan Agreement and it shall read
as follows:

 

9.8Borrower Liability.
Either Borrower may, acting singly, request Advances hereunder.  Each Borrower hereby appoints the other as agent for the
other for all purposes hereunder, including with respect to requesting Advances hereunder. Each Borrower hereunder shall be jointly
and severally obligated to repay all Advances made hereunder, regardless of which Borrower actually receives said Advance, as if
each Borrower hereunder directly received all Advances.  Each Borrower waives (a) any suretyship defenses available to
it under the Code or any other applicable law, including, without limitation, the benefit of California Civil Code Section 2815
permitting revocation as to future transactions and the benefit of California Civil Code Sections 1432, 2809, 2810, 2819, 2839,
2845, 2847, 2848, 2849, 2850, and 2899 and 3433, and (b) any right to require Bank to: (i) proceed against any Borrower
or any other person; (ii) proceed against or exhaust any security; or (iii) pursue any other remedy.  Bank may exercise
or not exercise any right or remedy it has against any Borrower or any security it holds (including the right to foreclose by judicial
or non-judicial sale) without affecting any Borrower’s liability.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement
or other related document, each Borrower irrevocably waives all rights that it may have at law or in equity (including, without
limitation, any law subrogating Borrower to the rights of Bank under this Agreement) to seek contribution, indemnification or any
other form of reimbursement from any other Borrower, or any other Person now or hereafter primarily or secondarily liable for any
of the Obligations, for any payment made by Borrower with respect to the Obligations in connection with this Agreement or otherwise
and all rights that it might have to benefit from, or to participate in, any security for the Obligations as a result of any payment
made by Borrower with respect to the Obligations in connection with this Agreement or otherwise.  Any agreement providing
for indemnification, reimbursement or any other arrangement prohibited under this Section shall be null and void.  If any
payment is made to a Borrower in contravention of this Section, such Borrower shall hold such payment in trust for Bank and such
payment shall be promptly delivered to Bank for application to the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured.

 

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2.2.7Modified
Definition of IP Agreement. The definition of “IP Agreement” set forth in Section 13.1 of the Loan Agreement is
hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“IP
Agreement” is, as applicable, that certain Intellectual Property Security Agreement executed and delivered by Lantronix,
Inc. to Bank dated May 17, 2006 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time) and that certain Intellectual Property
Security Agreement executed and delivered by Lantronix Holding Company to Bank dated September ____, 2016 (as amended, modified
or supplemented from time to time).

 

2.2.8Modified
Definition of Prime Rate. The definition of “Prime Rate” set forth in Section 13.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby
amended to read as follows:

 

“Prime
Rate” is the rate of interest per annum from time to time published in the money rates section of The Wall Street Journal
or any successor publication thereto as the “prime rate” then in effect; provided that, in the event such rate of interest
is less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement; provided further that if such rate of interest,
as set forth from time to time in the money rates section of The Wall Street Journal, becomes unavailable for any reason as determined
by Bank, the “Prime Rate” shall mean the rate of interest per annum announced by Bank as its prime rate in effect at
its principal office in the State of California (such Bank announced Prime Rate not being intended to be the lowest rate of interest
charged by Bank in connection with extensions of credit to debtors); provided that, in the event such rate of interest is less
than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

 

2.2.9Modified
Definition of Revolving Line Maturity Date. The definition of “Revolving Line Maturity Date” set forth in Section
13.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“Revolving
Line Maturity Date” is September 30, 2018.

 

2.2.10Modified
Exhibit E. Exhibit E to the Loan Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as set forth in Exhibit E attached hereto.

 

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3.Limitation
of Amendments.

 

3.1The amendments
set forth in Section 2, above, are effective for the purposes set forth herein and shall be limited precisely as written
and shall not be deemed to (a) be a consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of any other term or condition of any
Loan Document, or (b) otherwise prejudice any right or remedy which Bank may now have or may have in the future under or in
connection with any Loan Document.

 

3.2This Amendment
shall be construed in connection with and as part of the Loan Documents and all terms, conditions, representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements set forth in the Loan Documents, except as herein amended, are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall
remain in full force and effect.

 

4.Representations
and Warranties. To induce Bank to enter into this Amendment, Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Bank as follows:

 

4.1Immediately
after giving effect to this Amendment (a) the representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents are true, accurate
and complete in all material respects as of the date hereof (except to the extent such representations and warranties relate to
an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such date), and (b) no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing;

 

4.2Borrower
has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment and to perform its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended
by this Amendment;

 

4.3(a)
The organizational documents of Existing Borrower delivered to Bank on the Effective Date (as amended by that certain Certificate
of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed December 18, 2009, that certain Certificate of Amendment
to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed December 20, 2010 and that certain Certificate of Change of Registered
Agent and/or Registered Office filed April 4, 2013) remain true, accurate and complete and have not been amended, supplemented
or restated and are and continue to be in full force and effect, and (b) the organizational documents of New Borrower delivered
to Bank in conjunction with the Assumption and Amendment Agreement remain true, accurate and complete and have not been amended,
supplemented or restated and are and continue to be in full force and effect;

 

4.4The execution
and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended
by this Amendment, have been duly authorized;

 

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4.5The execution
and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended
by this Amendment, do not and will not contravene (a) any law or regulation binding on or affecting Borrower, (b) any
contractual restriction with a Person binding on Borrower, (c) any order, judgment or decree of any court or other governmental
or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on Borrower, or (d) the organizational documents of Borrower;

 

4.6The execution
and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended
by this Amendment, do not require any order, consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or
registration with, or exemption by any governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on either Borrower,
except as already has been obtained or made; and

 

4.7This Amendment
has been duly executed and delivered by Borrower and is the binding obligation of Borrower, enforceable against Borrower in accordance
with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium
or other similar laws of general application and equitable principles relating to or affecting creditors’ rights.

 

5.Counterparts.
This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute
one and the same instrument.

 

6.Effectiveness.
This Amendment shall be deemed effective upon (a) the due execution and delivery to Bank of this Amendment by each party hereto
and (b) Borrower’s payment of an amendment fee in an amount equal to $10,000.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature page follows.]

 

 

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In
Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first
written above.

 

	BANK	 	EXISTING BORROWER
	 	 	 	 	 
	Silicon Valley Bank	 	Lantronix, Inc.
	 	 	 	 	 
	By: 	/s/ ANDREW SKALITZKY	 	By: 	 /s/ JEREMY WHITAKER
	 	Name:  Andrew Skalitzky	 	 	Name:  Jeremy Whitaker
	 	Title:  VP	 	 	Title:  Chief Financial Officer
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	NEW BORROWER
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	Lantronix Holding Company
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	By:	
        

        /s/ JEREMY WHITAKER

        

	 	 	 	 	Name:  Jeremy Whitaker
	 	 	 	 	Title:  Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT E

 

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

 

	TO: SILICON VALLEY BANK	Date: _________________

FROM: LANTRONIX, INC. AND LANTRONIX HOLDING COMPANY

 

The undersigned authorized
officer of Lantronix, Inc., on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries, (“Borrower”) certifies that under the terms and
conditions of the Loan and Security Agreement between Borrower and Bank (the “Agreement”), (1) Borrower is in complete
compliance for the period ending _______________ with all required covenants except as noted below, (2) there are no Events of
Default, (3) all representations and warranties in the Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on this date
except as noted below; provided, however, that such materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any representations and warranties
that already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text thereof; and provided, further that those representations and
warranties expressly referring to a specific date shall be true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of such date,
(4) Borrower, and each of its Subsidiaries, has timely filed all required tax returns and reports, and Borrower has timely paid
all foreign, federal, state and local taxes, assessments, deposits and contributions owed by Borrower except as otherwise permitted
pursuant to the terms of Section 5.9 of the Agreement, and (5) no Liens have been levied or claims made against Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries relating to unpaid employee payroll or benefits of which Borrower has not previously provided written notification
to Bank. Attached are the required documents supporting the certification. The undersigned certifies that these are prepared in
accordance with generally GAAP consistently applied from one period to the next except as explained in an accompanying letter or
footnotes. The undersigned acknowledges that no borrowings may be requested at any time or date of determination that Borrower
is not in compliance with any of the terms of the Agreement, and that compliance is determined not just at the date this certificate
is delivered. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Agreement.

 

	Please indicate compliance status by circling Yes/No under “Complies” column.
	 
	Reporting Covenant	Required	Complies
	 	 	 
	Monthly financial statements with 

Compliance Certificate	Monthly within 30 days	Yes   No
	Annual Operating Budget and Financial Projections	Within 30 days after start of Fiscal Year plus any interim updates	Yes   No
	10-Q, 10-K and 8-K	Within 5 days after filing with SEC	Yes   No
	A/R & A/P Agings and Reconciliations	Monthly within 15 days	Yes   No
	Transaction Report	
        Weekly and with each request for an Advance if Hard Credit Extensions
        outstanding and QR < 1.0 to 1.0;

        otherwise, monthly within 30 days
	Yes   No
	 
	
        The following Intellectual Property was registered after the
        Effective Date (if no registrations, state “None”)

        ____________________________________________________________________________

         

	 

	Financial Covenant	Required	Actual	Complies
	 	 	 	 
	Maintain on a Monthly Basis:	 	 	 
	Minimum Tangible Net Worth	
        $6,000,000

        plus (i) 50% of new equity and sub debt plus

        (ii) 50% of quarterly net income
	$_______	Yes   No

 

	Performance Pricing	Applies
	 	 	 
	
        Applies only to the Revolving Line and only after
        Borrower achieves Quick Ratio equal to or greater than 1.0 to 1.0 and only if Borrower continues to achieve a Quick Ratio equal
        to or greater than

        1.0 to 1.0
	 	Yes   No
	Quick Ratio < 1.0 to 1.0	
        Greater of (i) Prime + 1.25% or (ii) 4.25%
	Yes   No
	Quick Ratio > 1.0 to 1.0	
        Greater of (i) Prime + 0.75% or (ii) 4.25%
	Yes   No
	 	 	 

 

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The following financial covenant analysis
and information set forth in Schedule 1 attached hereto are true and accurate as of the date of this Certificate.

 

The following are the exceptions with respect
to the certification above: (If no exceptions exist, state “No exceptions to note.”)

 

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	LANTRONIX, INC.	 	BANK USE ONLY
	 	 	 	 	 
	By:	 	 	Received by: 	 
	 	 	 	 	authorized signer
	Name:	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	Date:	 
	Title:	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	Verified:	 
	 	 	 	 	authorized signer
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	Date:	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	Compliance Status:      Yes      No

 

 

 

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Schedule 1 to Compliance Certificate

 

Financial Covenants of Borrower

Dated:____________________

 

Tangible Net Worth (Section 6.9(a))

 

	Required Amount:	$6,000,000 plus (i) 50% of consideration for equity securities and subordinated debt plus (ii) 50% of Borrower’s quarterly
net income

 

Actual:

 

	A.	Aggregate value of total assets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries	$ 	
         

	 	 	 	 
	B.	Aggregate value of goodwill of Borrower and its Subsidiaries	$ 	
         

	 	 	 	 
	C.	Aggregate value of intangible assets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries	$ 	
         

	 	 	 	 
	D.	
        Aggregate value of investments of Borrower and its Subsidiaries
        consisting of minority investments in companies which investments are not publicly-traded
	$ 	
         

	 	 	 	 
	E.	Aggregate value of any reserves not already deducted from assets	$ 	
         

	 	 	 	 
	F.	
        Aggregate value of liabilities of Borrower and its Subsidiaries
        (including all Indebtedness)

        and current portion of Subordinated Debt permitted by Bank to
        be paid by Borrower (but no other Subordinated Debt)
	$ 	
         

	 	 	 	 
	G.	Aggregate value of Indebtedness of Borrower subordinated to Borrower’s Indebtedness to Bank	$ 	
         

	 	 	 	 
	H.	Tangible Net Worth (line A minus line B minus line C minus line D minus line E minus line F plus line G)	$ 	
         

 

 

Is line H equal to or greater than Required Amount?

 

                    _________   No, not in compliance                              _________   Yes,
in compliance

 

 

 

 

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