UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 24, 2017

 

INTELLIGENT HIGHWAY SOLUTIONS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada   333-181405   30-0680119

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employee

Identification No.)

 

9516 Rossport Way

Elk Grove, CA 95624

(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (720) 460-1390

 

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 2.0 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

 

Introduction

 

On March 13, 2017, the Registrant, Intelligent Highway Solutions, Inc., (IHSI) confirmed the partial completion of a funding involving a certain acquisition and certain related credit facilities, such funding referenced by the parties as Intelligent Highway Solutions, Inc. - Crescent Construction Company Inc. Purchase” (the “Transaction”).

 

In summary, and as detailed below, a non-Registrant or unrelated company acquired ownership of the acquisition, but also provided the Registrant rights to take control of a material portion of the ownership of the acquired company, and a related company agreed to fund the acquisition and certain working capital, to allow the completion of the overall Transaction.

 

The Acquisition

 

To Finance the acquisition, IHSI, at the instruction of its Lender, TCA Global Master Credit Fund, LP. (“TCA”) created a Special Purpose Vehicle, TCA Cresent Construction, LLC to make the acquisition, with IHSI as the guarantor. TCA committed to provide to IHSI and TCA Cresent a credit line of $5.0 million dollars and funded the first $1.5 million from which the Sellers and TCA’s costs were paid ($631,855). Per the agreement the balance is to be available to IHSI for its costs and working capital but has yet to be released to or for IHSI by TCA.

 

About TCA Global Master Credit Fund, L.P. (TCA)

 

(The following description of TCA comes from TCA; IHSI makes no representation on the accuracy of the TCA self stated description.) 

 

TCA is a predominately short-duration, absolute return fund specializing in senior secured lending and advisory services to small-caps located mainly in the US, Canada, Western Europe and Australia. The investment objective of the Fund is to seek to achieve superior risk-adjusted returns primarily by making directly negotiated debt and equity-related investments in public and, to a lesser extent, private companies.

 

About TCA Cresent Construction, LLC

 

A limited liability corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Florida (“TCA Cresent”), The Special Purpose Vehicle credit for this acquisition.

 

Also, the following is a summary of CRESENT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.:

 

Cresent Construction Company, Inc. is a full service general contracting firm located in Concord North Carolina. For over 32 years Cresent Construction has been instrumental in building relationships that have provided numerous construction clients exceptional service. They have been fortunate to work with numerous new construction and additions to many facilities. Cresent Construction has always maintained the philosophy to provide quality projects in a timely manner. Their principles are directed to the Owner’s concerns before and after the construction process.

 

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The current management team at Cresent (including the founder) will remain for 3 years insuring a smooth transition, IHSI plans to expand the services to include the core businesses of IHSI; including but not limited to electrical, HVAC management, energy efficient lighting and intelligent highway management. This acquisition builds on IHSI’s business model to expand into the southeastern sector of the country.

 

Cresent financial year end, October 31, 2016, Cresent Construction recorded revenues of over $7.2 million, a gross profit of over $581,000 and a net income (profit) of $387,000. Cresent is on track to complete $10,000,000 of new business in 2017. Cresent currently has 9 full time employees, working with a number of sub-contractors and has 3 projects currently under construction.

 

Financing Transaction

 

The Agreement is based on the Borrowers requesting that Lender extend a senior secured revolving credit facility to Borrowers of up to Five Million and No/100 United States Dollars (US$5,000,000.00) for working capital financing for Borrowers and for any other purposes permitted under the Agreement; and for these purposes, Lender agreed to make certain loans and extensions of credit available to Borrowers of up to such amount upon the terms and conditions in the Agreement. Copy of the Credit Agreement, Share Acquisition Agreement, LLC Operating Agreement, Call Option Agreement and Membership Interest Purchase Agreements attached. 

 

The Revolving Loans shall be used by Borrowers for the specific business purposes.

 

The Borrowers may request, from time to time, that the Revolving Loan Commitment be increased to up to Five Million and No/100 United States Dollars (US$5,000,000); and Lender, in its sole and absolute discretion, may make available Revolving Loan Commitment increases to the Borrowers.

 

In summary, the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loans and all other Obligations shall be repaid on or before the Revolving Loan Maturity Date.

 

The principal amount of the Revolving Loans outstanding from time to time shall bear interest at the Interest Rate.

 

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Other agreement and instruments regarding the operations, financial relationships, and the like were entered into and are included herein and will be supplemented or updated by amendment.

 

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

 

The disclosure under Item 2.0 above is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.0 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Exhibits
Number
  Description
     
10.1   Credit Agreement
     
10.2   Share Acquisition Agreement
     
10.3   LLC Operating Agreement
     
10.4   Call Option Agreement
     
10.5   Membership Interest Purchase Agreement

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  INTELLIGENT HIGHWAY SOLUTIONS, INC.
     
Date: March 24, 2017 By: /s/ Devon Jones
    Devon Jones
    Chief Executive Officer

 

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SENIOR SECURED REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

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

 

BY AND AMONG

 

TCA CRESENT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC, and
INTELLIGENT HIGHWAY SOLUTIONS, INC.,
as Joint and Several Co-Borrowers,

 

CRESENT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.,
as Guarantor,

 

AND

 

TCA GLOBAL CREDIT MASTER FUND, LP,
as Lender

 

Dated as of February 28, 2017

 

Effective as of March 9, 2017

 

   
   

 

SENIOR SECURED REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT

 

This SENIOR SECURED REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, this “Agreement”), dated as of February 28, 2017 and made effective as of March 9, 2017 (the “Effective Date”), is executed by and among: (i) TCA CRESENT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC, a limited liability corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Florida (“TCA Cresent”), and INTELLIGENT HIGHWAY SOLUTIONS, INC., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada (“Intelligent Highway”) (each a “Borrower” and together, jointly and severally, the “Borrowers”); (ii) CRESENT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of North Carolina (“Cresent”), and any Person to hereafter become a Subsidiary of a Borrower pursuant to Section 10.18 hereof, and any Person that from time to time may hereafter become liable for the Obligations, or any part thereof, as joint and several guarantors (together, jointly and severally, the “Guarantors” and together with the Borrowers, the “Credit Parties”); and (iii) TCA GLOBAL CREDIT MASTER FUND, LP, a limited partnership organized and existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, as lender (the “Lender”).

 

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

 

WHEREAS, as a material inducement for Lender to make loans and extensions of credit to Borrowers pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein: (i) the Guarantors have, inter alia, agreed to execute Guaranty Agreements in favor of Lender, whereby each Guarantor shall jointly and severally guarantee any and all of the Borrowers’ Obligations owed under this Agreement and under any other Loan Document; (ii) the Credit Parties have, inter alia, agreed to execute Security Agreements in favor of Lender, whereby each Credit Party shall grant to the Lender a first priority security interest in and lien upon all of its existing and after-acquired tangible and intangible assets, as security for the payment and performance of any and all Obligations owed under this Agreement and under any other Loan Document; and (iii) the Borrowers have agreed to execute a Pledge Agreement in favor of Lender, whereby the Borrowers shall pledge to the Lender all of its right, title and interest in and to, and provide a first priority lien and security interest on, all of its issued and outstanding shares and/or membership interests of the Guarantors, as applicable, as security for the payment and performance of any and all Obligations owed under this Agreement and under any other Loan Document;

 

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

 

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1. DEFINITIONS.

 

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

 

(a) “Access Details” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.1(e)(i)(3) hereof.

 

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

 

(c) “Advance Calculation Amount” shall mean an amount, expressed in Dollars, determined by Lender from time to time, and calculated as follows: (i) the average monthly Receipts collected into the Lock Box Account for the three (3) calendar months immediately prior to when the calculation is made by Lender, or for the entire life of the Loans, as determined by Lender in its sole discretion (such amount hereinafter called the “AMC Amount”); (ii) then the AMC Amount shall be multiplied by twenty percent (20%) (such resulting amount hereinafter called the “Collected Amount”); and (iii) the Collected Amount shall then be multiplied by eight (8), and the result shall be the Advance Calculation Amount.

 

(d) “Advisory Fee” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.2(f) hereof.

 

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

 

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

 

(g) “Asset Monitoring Fee” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.2(a) hereof.

 

(h) “Borrower” and “Borrowers” shall have the meanings given to such terms in the preamble hereof.

 

(i) “Borrowing Base Amount” shall mean an amount, expressed in Dollars, equal to the lesser of: (i) eighty percent (80%) of the then existing Eligible Accounts; or (ii) the Advance Calculation Amount.

 

(j) “Borrowing Base Certificate” shall mean a certificate delivered by Lender to Borrowers from time to time in a form acceptable to Lender, pursuant to which the formula and calculation of the Borrowing Base Amount is made by Lender.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(p) “Collateral” shall mean “Collateral” as defined in the Security Agreements, and if there is more than one Security Agreement, it shall mean, as the context so requires, the “Collateral” for each individual Credit Party, as such term is defined in the Security Agreement for such applicable Credit Party, and all of the “Collateral,” in the aggregate, for all Credit Parties, collectively, under each of the Security Agreements.

 

(q) “Collateral Assignment of Acquisition Documents” shall mean that certain Assignment of Representations, Warrants, Covenants and Indemnities (Acquisition Documents) executed by the Credit Parties and the Seller in favor of the Lender, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “A”.

 

(r)   “Common Stock” shall mean the common stock of Intelligent Highway, par value $0.00001 per share.

 

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

 

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

 

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(u) “Contract” shall mean any purchase order submitted to and approved by the Lender, in Lender’s sole and absolute discretion, such approval to be based upon, at a minimum, the delivery by the Borrowers to the Lender of complete purchase orders and a work-in-progress schedule.

 

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

 

(w) “Conversion Shares” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.2(g) hereof.

 

(x) “Credit Card Date” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.1(e) hereof.

 

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

 

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

 

(aa) “Customer” shall mean any Person who is obligated to any Credit Party for any Receipts.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(ee) “Eligible Accounts” means, as applicable for each Credit Party:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

If Accounts representing Fifty Percent (50%) or more of the unpaid net amount of all Accounts from any one Customer fail to qualify as Eligible Accounts, including because such Accounts are unpaid more than ninety (90) days after the due date of such Accounts, then all Accounts relating to such Customer shall cease to be Eligible Accounts. If Accounts owed by a single Customer exceed Fifty Percent (50%) of all Eligible Accounts, then all Accounts relating to such Customer in excess of such amount shall cease to be Eligible Accounts.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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(ii) “Estimated Over-advance Payment” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.1(d)(i) hereof.

 

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

 

(kk) “Fee Note” shall mean that certain convertible note in the principal amount of One Million Five Hundred Thousand and No/100 United States Dollars ($1,500,000) made by the Borrowers in favor of Lender, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “C”, and any renewal, extension, future advance, modification, substitution, or replacement thereof.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(pp) “Guarantors” shall have the meaning given to it in the preamble hereof. If any Guarantor is an individual, then the term “Guarantors” shall also include such individual’s spouse, if any.

 

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(qq) “Guarantee Agreement(s)” shall mean the guaranty agreements executed by each Guarantor in favor of the Lender, pursuant to which the Guarantors shall each guarantee all of the Obligations of the Borrowers, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “D-1” and Exhibit “D-2”.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(uu) “Interest Rate” shall mean a fixed rate of interest equal to Twelve Percent (12.0%) per annum, calculated on the actual number of days elapsed over a 360-day year.

 

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

 

(ww) “Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions” shall mean the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions to be entered into by and among the Lender, Intelligent Highway and Intelligent Highway’s transfer agent, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “E”.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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(bbb) “Loan” or “Loans” shall mean the aggregate of all Revolving Loans made by Lender to Borrowers under and pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(ccc)  “Loan Documents” shall mean those documents listed in Sections 3.1, 3.20 and 3.21 hereof, and any other documents or instruments executed in connection with this Agreement or the Revolving Loans contemplated hereby, and all renewals, extensions, future advances, modifications, substitutions, or replacements thereof.

 

(ddd) “Lock Box” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.1(e) hereof.

 

(eee) “Lock Box Account” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.1(e) hereof.

 

(fff) “Lock Box Payments” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.1(e) hereof.

 

(ggg) “Mandatory Principal Repayment Amount” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.1(d) hereof.

 

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

 

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

 

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(jjj) “Material PPC” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.1(e)(i)(3).

 

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

 

(lll) “Net Amount” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.1(e) hereof.

 

(mmm) “Non-Material PPC” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.1(e)(i)(3).

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(qqq) “Over-advance” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.1(d)(i) hereof.

 

(rrr) “Payment Date” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.1(c) hereof.

 

(sss) “Payment Direction” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.1(e)(i)(3) hereof.

 

(ttt) “Payment Processing Companies” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.1(e)(i)(3) hereof.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(xxx) “Pledge Agreement(s)” shall mean the pledge agreements executed by the Borrowers in favor of the Lender, pursuant to which the TCA Cresent grants a first priority lien and security interest in and to all of the shares owned by TCA Cresent in Cresent to the Lender and Intelligent Highway grants a first priority lien and security interest in and to all of the membership interests owned by Intelligent Highway in TCA Cresent to the Lender, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “F”.

 

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(yyy) “Point-of-Sale Transactions” means any sale transactions by any Credit Parties whereby the purchase price for the sale transaction is paid in full by the Customer at the time of the sale transaction.

 

(zzz) “Portals” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.1(e)(i)(3) hereof.

 

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

 

(bbbb) “Prepayment Penalty” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.1(d)(ii) hereof.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(gggg)   “Receipts” shall mean all revenues, receipts, receivables, Accounts, collections or any other funds at any time received or receivable by the Credit Parties, or otherwise owing to the Credit Parties, in connection with its sales, business, operations or from any other source.

 

(hhhh) “Receipts Collection Fee” shall mean a surcharge charged by Lender to the Borrowers on a monthly basis, and shall be in an amount calculated by Lender such that, when added together with any monthly interest paid by the Borrowers hereunder, the aggregate amount of the monthly interest and the monthly Receipts Collection Fee shall not exceed 1.500% of the then outstanding principal balance of all Loans hereunder, per month.

 

(iiii) “Reserve Amount” shall mean an amount, expressed in Dollars, equal to Twenty percent (20%) of the then applicable Revolving Loan Commitment. The Reserve Amount, or any portion thereof collected and held by Lender from time to time, whether in the Lock Box Account or otherwise, shall be deemed additional security for all of the Obligations, and until Lender delivers written notice to the Credit Parties that such Reserve Amount has been applied to any of the Obligations then outstanding, such Reserve Amount shall not be considered a repayment of any of the Obligations (principal, interest, or otherwise), or otherwise applied against any portion thereof, and shall be considered part of the outstanding Loans hereunder.

 

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(jjjj) “Revolving Loan” and “Revolving Loans” shall mean, respectively, each advance, and the aggregate of all such advances, made by Lender to the Borrowers under and pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Documents. Any Net Amount distributed or transferred to the Borrowers in accordance with this Agreement shall be deemed a Revolving Loan hereunder.

 

(kkkk) “Revolving Loan Availability” shall mean at any time, the lesser of: (i) the then applicable Revolving Loan Commitment; or (ii) the Borrowing Base Amount.

 

(llll) “Revolving Loan Commitment” shall mean, on the Effective Date, One Million Five Hundred Thousand and No/100 United States Dollars (US$1,500,000.00), and in the event the Borrowers request and Lender agrees to increase the Revolving Loan Commitment pursuant to Section 2.1(b), thereafter, shall mean the amount to which Lender agrees to increase the Revolving Loan Commitment, up to Five Million and No/100 United States Dollars (US$5,000,000.00), all as applicable pursuant to Section 2.1(b).

 

(mmmm) “Revolving Loan Maturity Date” shall mean the earlier of: (i) six (6) months from the Effective Date; (ii) upon prepayment of the Revolving Note by the Borrowers (subject to Section 2.1(d)(ii)); or (iii) the occurrence of an Event of Default and acceleration of the Revolving Note and Fee Note pursuant to this Agreement, unless the date in clause (i) shall be extended pursuant to Section 2.3 or by Lender pursuant to any modification, extension or renewal note executed by Borrowers and accepted by Lender in its sole and absolute discretion in substitution for the Revolving Note.

 

(nnnn) “Revolving Note” shall mean that certain Revolving Note in the principal amount of the Revolving Loan Commitment of even date herewith made by the Borrowers in favor of Lender, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “G”, and any renewal, extension, future advance, modification, substitution, or replacement thereof.

 

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

 

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

 

(qqqq) “Rule 144 Opinionshall have the meaning given to it in Section 10.20 hereof.

 

(rrrr) “Sale Reconciliation” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.2(g) hereof.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(vvvv) “Security Agreement(s)” shall mean the security agreements executed by the Credit Parties in favor of Lender, pursuant to which each of the Credit Parties grant a first priority lien and security interest in and to all of their respective Collateral as security for the Obligations, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “H-1” and Exhibit “H-2”.

 

(wwww) “Seller’s Confirmation Letter” shall mean that certain side letter executed by the Seller in favor of the Lender and acknowledged by the Credit Parties, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit “I”.

 

(xxxx) “Seller” shall mean Dewey K. Gabriel.

 

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

 

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

 

(aaaaa) “Subordination Agreement” shall mean that certain Subordination Agreement by and among the Borrowers, the Seller and the Lender, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit “J”.

 

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

 

(ccccc) “Sweep Period” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.1(d)(i) hereof.

 

(ddddd) “Transfer Agent” shall have the meaning given to it in Section 2.2(i) hereof.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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2. REVOLVING LOAN FACILITY.

 

2.1 Revolving Loan.

 

(a) Revolving Loan Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans to Borrowers from time to time, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, until, but not including, the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, and in such amounts as Lender may determine from time to time up to the Revolving Loan Availability (and subject at all times to the amounts available to be borrowed in accordance with the Borrowing Base Certificate); provided, however, that the aggregate principal balance of all Revolving Loans outstanding at any time shall not exceed the Revolving Loan Availability; and further provided, however, that the amount available to be borrowed shall not exceed an amount equal to the lesser of seventy-five percent (75%) of Receipts or fifty percent (50%) of Contracts which have been approved by the Lender in advance; and further provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents to the contrary, each Revolving Loan under this Agreement (including any Net Amount to be distributed hereunder) shall be subject to Lender’s approval, which approval may be given or withheld in Lender’s sole and absolute discretion. Revolving Loans made by Lender may be repaid and, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, borrowed again up to, but not including, the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, unless the Revolving Loans are otherwise terminated or extended as provided in this Agreement. The Revolving Loans shall be used by Borrowers for the specific purposes permitted hereunder and for no other purpose.

 

(b) Increase to Revolving Loan Commitment. The Borrowers may request, from time to time, that the Revolving Loan Commitment be increased to up to Five Million and No/100 United States Dollars (US$5,000,000); and Lender, in its sole and absolute discretion, may make available Revolving Loan Commitment increases to the Borrowers. Lender’s election to increase the Revolving Loan Commitment from time to time may be granted or denied by Lender in its sole and absolute discretion, however, at a minimum, the following conditions must be satisfied, in Lender’s sole and absolute discretion:

 

(i) no Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing, or result from the applicable increase of the Revolving Loan Commitment;

 

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(ii) the Borrowers shall have executed and delivered a new or revised Revolving Note;

 

(iii) after giving effect to such increase, the amount of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all Revolving Loans shall not be in excess of the Revolving Loan Availability;

 

(iv) Lender shall have reviewed and accepted, in its sole and absolute discretion, the amount and type of current and historical Receipts of the Credit Parties, Eligible Accounts or other Collateral required for the increase; and

 

(v) Lender shall have received any and all documents or agreements as it shall require in its sole and absolute discretion.

 

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

 

(c) Revolving Loan Interest and Payments. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loans and all other Obligations shall be repaid on or before the Revolving Loan Maturity Date. The principal amount of the Revolving Loans outstanding from time to time shall bear interest at the Interest Rate. The Receipts Collection Fee, accrued and unpaid interest on the unpaid principal balance of all Revolving Loans outstanding from time to time, and other fees and charges due hereunder, shall be payable on a weekly basis on the weekly anniversary date of the Effective Date, or such other date as Lender and Borrowers may agree upon (provided, however, if no such other agreement is made or reached, then on the weekly anniversary date of the Effective Date), commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date and on the Revolving Loan Maturity Date (each a “Payment Date”). Any amount of principal or interest on the Obligations which is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, shall at Lender’s option bear interest payable on demand at the Default Rate.

 

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(d) Revolving Loan Principal Repayments.

 

(i) Mandatory Principal Prepayments; Over-advances. All Obligations shall be repaid by Borrowers on or before the Revolving Loan Maturity Date, unless payable sooner pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. In the event at any time the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all Revolving Loans hereunder exceeds the Revolving Loan Availability (an “Over-advance”), Borrowers shall be obligated to eliminate such Over-advance as follows: (A) if the Over-advance exists as of the Effective Date, then: (I) Lender shall determine the amount of the Over-advance, as well as the estimated amount of a payment (“Estimated Over-advance Payment”) to be made by Borrowers on each Payment Date (or such other time period as Lender may determine, such as a monthly payment) to be applied against the principal balance of the outstanding Revolving Loans, such that the Over-advance would be eliminated over a one hundred twenty (120) day period from the Effective Date (Lender shall have the right to modify the amount of the Estimated Over-advance Payment from time to time upon notice to Borrowers as necessary to cause the elimination of the Over-advance over the one hundred twenty (120) day period contemplated hereby); and (II) Lender shall notify Borrowers of the amount of the Estimated Over-advance Payment, and on each Payment Date (or such other time period selected by Lender), Borrowers shall make the Estimated Over-advance Payment to Lender, or, at Lender’s election, notwithstanding the priorities set forth in Section 2.1(e)(ii), Lender may apply any amounts in the Lock Box Account towards the Estimated Over-advance Payment required to be made hereby, until the Over-advance is eliminated in full; or (B) if an Over-advance should occur after the Effective Date and during the term of this Agreement, then: (I) Lender shall determine, in its sole discretion, whether: (1) the Over-advance needs to be paid immediately; or (2) the Over-advance can be cured during a period of time as determined by Lender, in its sole discretion, and if so, what other conditions Lender may impose in connection with such cure period. If Lender elects option (1), then Borrowers shall, upon notice or demand from Lender, immediately make such repayments of the Revolving Loans or take such other actions as shall be necessary to immediately eliminate such Over-advance in full (or, notwithstanding the priorities set forth in Section 2.1(e)(ii), Lender may immediately apply any amounts in the Lock Box Account from time to time to eliminate such Over-advance in full). If Lender elects option (2) above, then Lender shall determine the amount of the Over-advance, the cure period available to Borrowers in which to eliminate the Over-advance, and any other conditions to be satisfied by Borrowers in connection with the cure period selected by Lender for elimination of the Over-advance, as well as the Estimated Over-advance Payment to be made by Borrowers on each Payment Date (or such other time period as Lender may determine, such as a monthly payment) to be applied against the principal balance of the outstanding Revolving Loans, such that the Over-advance would be eliminated over whatever cure period shall have been elected by Lender, in its sole discretion (Lender shall have the right to modify the amount of the Estimated Over-advance Payment from time to time upon notice to Borrowers as necessary to cause the elimination of the Over-advance over the cure period selected by Lender); and (II) Lender shall notify Borrowers of the amount of the Estimated Over-advance Payment, the cure period selected by Lender during which the Over-advance must be eliminated, and any other conditions applicable thereto, and on each Payment Date (or such other time period selected by Lender), Borrowers shall make the Estimated Over-advance Payment to Lender, or, at Lender’s election, notwithstanding the priorities set forth in Section 2.1(e)(ii), Lender may apply any amounts in the Lock Box Account towards the Estimated Over-advance Payment required to be made hereby, such that the Over-advance is eliminated in full in the period of time selected by Lender therefor. The Credit Parties shall also satisfy whatever other conditions may be imposed by Lender as conditions to allowing the Credit Parties a cure period to eliminate the Over-advance. In addition, following collection and payment of all items and fees as required by Section 2.1(e)(ii)(1) – (6), inclusive (other than the Mandatory Principal Repayment Amount), on each Payment Date, an amount equal to fifteen percent (15%) of all amounts collected into the Lock Box Account since the immediately preceding Payment Date (such a period of time hereinafter referred to as the “Sweep Period”) shall be paid to Lender to reduce the then outstanding principal balance of all Revolving Loans hereunder (the “Mandatory Principal Repayment Amount”). In addition, from time to time, Lender shall have the right to review the amount and type of current and historical Receipts and Eligible Accounts of the Credit Parties, the value of other Collateral, and other factors determined by Lender, and based on such review, Lender may, in its sole and absolute discretion, increase the percentage used for the Mandatory Principal Repayment Amount, which increase shall become applicable and effective immediately upon notice to Borrowers. Lender shall apply funds received into the Lock Box Account in accordance with Section 2.1(e) below.

 

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(ii)   Optional Prepayments. Borrowers may from time to time prepay the Revolving Loan, in whole or in part, provided, however, that if the Borrowers prepay more than eighty percent (80%) of the amount of the Revolving Loan Commitment within ninety (90) days following the Effective Date, Borrowers shall pay to Lender as liquidated damages and compensation for the costs of being prepared to make funds available hereunder an amount equal to two and 50/100 percent (2.50%) of the Revolving Loan Commitment (the “Prepayment Penalty”). The Prepayment Penalty owed pursuant to this Section shall not be applicable with respect to any payment of the Mandatory Principal Repayment Amount.

 

(e) Collections; Lock Box.

 

(i) Funds Collected.

 

(1) Wire Transfers. To the extent any Customers make or pay any Receipts to any Credit Party by a wire transfer or other form of electronic funds transfer, effective as of the Effective Date, the Credit Parties shall direct all of such Customers, in writing, to make all such wire transfer or electronic fund transfer payments directly to the Lock Box Account.

 

(2) Cash, Checks and Other Payments. To the extent any Customers make or pay any Receipts to any Credit Party by any other form other than wire transfer or other form of electronic funds transfer (such as through cash or a check), then effective as of the Effective Date, the Credit Parties shall direct all of its Customers, in writing, to make, deposit, and/or send, as applicable, all such payments and Receipts directly to the Lock Box Account or a post office box designated by, and under the exclusive control of, Lender (such post office box is referred to herein as the “Lock Box”).

 

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(3) Credit/Debit Card Payments. The parties recognize that in some instances or from time to time, the Credit Parties may elect to take or receive payments from Customers through the use of a credit or debit card (including payments made using a credit or debit card, or other payment mechanisms, through online re-sellers or systems, such as PayPal, Amazon and the like). In the event the Credit Parties shall at any time take or receive any Receipts through the use of a credit or debit card (including payments made using a credit or debit card, or other payment mechanisms, through online re-sellers or systems, such as PayPal, Amazon and the like), then effective as of the date (the “Credit Card Date”) when the Credit Parties enter into any agreements with any credit/debit card or other payment processing companies for the processing of credit and debit card payments (including payments made using a credit or debit card, or other payment mechanisms, through online re-sellers or systems, such as PayPal, Amazon and the like) on behalf of the Credit Parties (the “Payment Processing Companies”), the Credit Parties shall modify all of its agreements with any such Payment Processing Companies, so as to authorize, direct and cause: (A) all credit/debit card payments from any Customers; and (B) any reserves or holdbacks withheld by any of the Payment Processing Companies, if, as, and when distributed or paid to the Credit Parties, to be deposited directly into the Lock Box Account, rather than any other bank accounts of the Credit Parties. In this regard, effective as of the Effective Date (or, if there are no agreements with any Payment Processing Companies as of the Effective Date, then effective as of the Credit Card Date), the Credit Parties shall obtain from each of the Payment Processing Companies and deliver to Lender, an estoppel certificate, disbursement direction or other similar document in form and substance acceptable to Lender (the “Payment Direction”), pursuant to which the Payment Processing Companies confirm and agree, among other things Lender may require: (I) to the foregoing payment directions; (II) that such payment instructions and directions shall not be changed, amended or terminated, except upon written notice from Lender; and (III) that copies of all statements, notices and other communications sent by any Payment Processing Companies to the Credit Parties, also be delivered to Lender. At any time prior to the Payment Direction being effective and in place, any Receipts received by the Credit Parties from any Payment Processing Companies shall be immediately (within twenty-four (24) hours) re-directed and deposited by Borrowers into the Lock Box Account; provided, however, that any such re-direction shall not diminish or abrogate the Credit Parties’ obligation to obtain the Payment Direction from each of the Payment Processing Companies. The Credit Parties shall not enter into any new agreements with any Payment Processing Companies, unless prior to or contemporaneously with entering into such relationships or agreements, such Payment Processing Companies execute a Payment Direction in favor of Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, so long as the Receipts collected by Credit Parties in any calendar year from any particular Payment Processing Company (which amount can be estimated by Lender based on Receipts collected by Credit Parties in any shorter time period as may be determined by Lender) are equal to or less than ten percent (10%) of the total Receipts collected by Credit Parties from all sources in any calendar year (which amount can be estimated by Lender based on Receipts collected by Credit Parties in any shorter time period as may be determined by Lender) (a Payment Processing Company that collects Receipts that are equal to or below the ten percent (10%) threshold as hereby contemplated is sometimes referred to as a “Non-Material PPC” and a Payment Processing Company that collects Receipts above the ten percent (10%) threshold as hereby contemplated is sometimes referred to as a “Material PPC”), then Credit Parties shall not have an obligation to deliver the Payment Direction with respect to such particular Payment Processing Company as contemplated by this Section, but only so long as: (x) no Event of Default exists under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and provided no event has occurred that, with the passage of time, or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute an Event of Default under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (y) Credit Parties instruct the particular Payment Processing Company to remit all credit/debit card payments from any Customers, any reserves or holdbacks withheld by such Payment Processing Company, and other Receipts, directly into the Lock Box Account, rather than any accounts of the Credit Parties; and (z) to the extent that, despite the foregoing requirement to instruct such Payment Processing Company to remit all Receipts directly into the Lock Box Account, any Credit Party receives any Receipts from such Payment Processing Company directly into an account of the Credit Parties, rather than the Lock Box Account, then Credit Parties shall notify Lender of the receipt of such Receipts or other sums within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt of same, and immediately upon receipt thereof, remit or endorse same to Lender into the Lock Box Account; provided, however, that any such re-direction shall not diminish or abrogate Credit Parties’ obligation to direct, instruct and require all Payment Processing Companies to make all payments and remittances otherwise due to the Credit Parties directly to the Lock Box Account. Each of the Credit Parties hereby represent and warrant to Lender that as of the Effective Date, it has agreements or payment processing relationships with the following Material PPC’s: None, and with the following Non-Material PPC’s: None.

 

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The Lender and Credit Parties acknowledge that, in some instances, or if applicable, the mechanics of the payment processing relationships of the Credit Parties with some of its Payment Processing Companies is such that Credit Parties have portals or systems which they access online (the “Portals”) through administrative usernames, passwords and other input details required to gain access into such Portals (the “Access Details”), and that once the Portals are accessed with the Access Details, the Credit Parties then, through certain user elections and options made by Credit Parties on the Portals, elect to what bank account and when funds from the Payment Processing Companies are transferred to Credit Parties. In this regard, to the extent the payment mechanics of any Payment Processing Companies use Portals and Access Details, then on the Effective Date (or, if acceptable to Lender, in Lender’s sole and absolute discretion, as soon as practicably possible following the Effective Date), Credit Parties shall provide to Lender the web address for the Portals and the Access Details for each of the Payment Processing Companies, and Lender shall have the full right and authority to modify the Access Details, so that only Lender has access to the Portals and access to control all payments and remittances to and from such Payment Processing Companies, and so that Credit Parties do not have access or authority to change or thereafter modify the elections made by Lender on the Portals (provided that Lender shall provide view/read access only to Credit Parties so Credit Parties can see, on a daily basis, the transactions processed by the Payment Processing Companies and movement of funds from the Payment Processing Companies to the Lock Box Account). Lender shall have the absolute right and authority to designate the account to which any remittances from the Payment Processing Companies are made, which account shall be the Lock Box Account. Credit Parties hereby agree to undertake any and all required actions, execute any required documents, instruments or agreements, or to otherwise do any other thing required or requested by Lender in order to effectuate the foregoing with respect to the Portals and Access Details. Credit Parties shall not undertake any action or give any direction to any Payment Processing Companies that is in conflict with, changes, or is otherwise in derogation of the requirements and obligations of Credit Parties set forth in this paragraph. Upon indefeasible payment in full of all Obligations, and termination of all other commitments of Lender to advance sums hereunder, Lender shall provide the Access Details and control of the Portals back to the Credit Parties.

 

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(4) General Collection Terms. The Credit Parties hereby agree to undertake any and all required actions, execute any required documents, instruments or agreements, or to otherwise do any other thing required or requested by Lender in order to effectuate the requirements of this Section 2.1(e). Lender shall maintain an account at a financial institution acceptable to Lender in its sole and absolute discretion (the “Lock Box Account”), which Lock Box Account is and shall be maintained in Lender’s (or its Affiliate’s) name, and into which all Receipts, whether through wires, electronic fund transfers, credit and debit card payments from any Customers, and all other monies, checks, notes, drafts or other payments or Receipts of any kind received or receivable by, or due to, the Credit Parties shall be deposited. Credit Parties acknowledge that the Lock Box Account may be established by Lender as an “FBO” account, pursuant to which the Lock Box Account is in the name of Lender (or its Affiliate) “for the benefit of” the Credit Parties. Notwithstanding any such designation on the Lock Box Account, or any documents entered into or executed by the Credit Parties in connection with the establishment of the Lock Box Account, the Credit Parties hereby agree and acknowledge that: (i) Lender shall at all times have full “control” (within the meaning of the UCC) of the Lock Box Account and all funds deposited therein; (ii) the Credit Parties shall not revoke Lender’s authority or rights with respect to the Lock Box Account and the funds therein (notwithstanding any right that the Credit Parties may have to do so under ancillary documents executed by the Credit Parties to establish the Lock Box Account); and (iii) Credit Parties shall not take any action or position contrary to the intent of the parties as expressed herein that Lender shall at all times be in full control of the Lock Box Account and the deposits therein. It is the intent of the parties that all Receipts, whether through wires, electronic fund transfers, credit and debit card payments from any Customers, and all other monies, checks, notes, drafts or other payments or Receipts of any kind received or receivable by, or due to, the Credit Parties, shall be deposited directly into the Lock Box Account, rather than any other accounts of Credit Parties, or if received into any account of the Credit Parties, then the Credit Parties shall immediately re-direct and deposit same into the Lock Box Account. In this regard, if any Credit Parties, any Affiliate or Subsidiary, any shareholder, officer, director, employee or agent of the Credit Parties or any Affiliate or Subsidiary, or any other Person acting for or in concert with the Credit Parties, shall receive any monies, checks, notes, drafts or other payments or Receipts, the Credit Parties and each such Person shall receive all such items in trust for, and as the sole and exclusive property of, Lender, and, immediately upon receipt thereof, shall remit the same (or cause the same to be remitted) in kind to the Lock Box Account.

 

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(ii) Distribution of Funds From the Lock Box Account. The Credit Parties and Lender agree that all payments made to the Lock Box Account, whether in respect of Receipts, as proceeds of Collateral, or otherwise, will be swept from the Lock Box Account to Lender on each Payment Date to be applied according to the following priorities: (1) to unpaid fees and expenses due hereunder, including any recurring fees due pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof; (2) to any custodian/back-up servicer (if applicable); (3) to accrued but unpaid interest owed under Sections 2.1(c) and 2.4 hereof; (4) to the Receipts Collection Fee; (5) if at any time the Lender is not holding or has reserved, in the Lock Box Account or otherwise, an amount equal to at least the Reserve Amount, then twenty percent (20%) of all Receipts received into the Lock Box Account during each Sweep Period shall be withheld and applied by Lender to amounts required to establish the Reserve Amount, until the Reserve Amount is reached, which Reserve Amount (or portion thereof) may be kept and maintained in the Lock Box Account during the duration of this Agreement as additional security for the Obligations; (6) to amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.1(d), including the Mandatory Principal Repayment Amount, the Estimated Over-advance Payment, and other amounts required to eliminate any Over-advance; and (7) upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, to Lender, to reduce the balance of the Obligations to zero (each of the foregoing payments, the “Lock Box Payments”). The amount remaining in the Lock Box Account following the payment of the Lock Box Payments on each Payment Date (less any amount in the Lock Box Account withheld and applied by Lender to the Reserve Amount) shall be referred to herein as the “Net Amount”. The Lender agrees that, provided the Credit Parties are each in good standing under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and provided no Event of Default exists under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and provided no event has occurred that, with the passage of time, or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute an Event of Default under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and further provided that any Estimated Over-advance Payments have been timely made as required by this Agreement, and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the lesser of (a) seventy-five percent (75%) of current Receipts or (b) fifty percent (50%) of current Contracts submitted and approved by the Lender will be funded to the Borrowers from the Net Amount and will be transferred to Borrowers from the Lock Box Account via wire transfer or electronic funds transfer to an account designated by the Borrowers on the immediately subsequent Payment Date (provided, however, any failure by Lender to transfer the Net Amount to Borrowers by such date shall not in any way hinder, impair, or otherwise adversely affect the Credit Parties’ Obligations, or Lender’s rights and remedies under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents). The Credit Parties agree to pay all reasonable fees, costs and expenses in connection with opening and maintaining of the Lock Box and the Lock Box Account. All of such reasonable fees, costs and expenses, if not paid by the Credit Parties within five (5) Business Days of Lender’s written request, may be paid by Lender and in such event all amounts paid by Lender shall constitute Obligations hereunder, shall be payable to Lender by any Credit Party upon demand, and, until paid, shall bear interest at the Default Rate. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, in the event the amounts collected into the Lock Box Account from time to time, whether in respect of Receipts, as proceeds of Collateral, or otherwise, are at any time not sufficient to pay the amounts due to Lender on any Payment Date under items (1) – (6) above of this Section 2.1(e)(ii), then the Credit Parties shall, without further notice or demand from Lender, pay any such shortfall amounts to the Lock Box Account within three (3) Business Days from the Payment Date for which such amounts were due, or notwithstanding the foregoing order and priority, Lender shall have the right to sweep from the Lock Box Account any such shortfall amounts immediately upon any Receipts coming into the Lock Box Account. Notwithstanding anything which may be contained herein to the contrary, advances to be paid to the Borrowers shall be adjusted, in Lender’s sole and absolute discretion, in the event that (a) the outstanding loan balance is less than or equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of the Borrowers’ then current Receipts and (b) the outstanding loan balance is less than or equal to fifty percent (50%) of the Borrowers’ then current Contracts.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(vi) Authorization to Deduct Amounts in Lock Box.

 

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, any time that any charges, fees, amounts or other Obligations are due and owing by any Credit Parties to Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, Lender shall have the right, and is hereby authorized, to deduct such charges, fees, amounts or other Obligations directly from the Lock Box Account and from all Receipts from time to time deposited therein.

 

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(2) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary and in addition to the amounts provided in Section 2.1(e)(ii), the Lender may from time to time, in its sole and absolute discretion, retain in the Lock Box Account any and all amounts deposited into the Lock Box Account by any Customer that the Lender deems necessary or appropriate (i) to prevent any insecurity by the Lender with respect to the total value of the Collateral (including, but not limited to, the amount held in the Lock Box Account at any time) when compared to the outstanding amount of all Obligations owed to the Lender; and (ii) to ensure that the Collateral (including, but not limited to the amount held in the Lock Box Account) is and remains of a value to adequately serve as appropriate security for the Obligations of the Credit Parties hereunder.

 

2.2 Fees.

 

(a) Asset Monitoring Fee. The Borrowers agree to pay to Lender an asset monitoring fee (“Asset Monitoring Fee”) equal to One Thousand Five Hundred and No/100 United States Dollars (US$1,500.00), which shall be due and payable on the Effective Date, and thereafter on the first day of each third (3rd) calendar month during the term of this Agreement. The Asset Monitoring Fee shall be increased in increments of Five Hundred and No/100 United States Dollars (US$500.00) each time the Revolving Loan Commitment amount is increased pursuant to Section 2.1(b); provided that the Asset Monitoring Fee shall never exceed Two Thousand Five Hundred and No/100 United States Dollars (US$2,500.00).

 

(b) Transaction Advisory Fee. In addition to the Advisory Fee contained in Section 2.2(f) herein, the Borrowers agree to pay to Lender a transaction advisory fee equal to four percent (4.0%) of the Revolving Loan Commitment as of the Effective Date, and two percent (2.0%) on the amount of any increase thereof pursuant to Section 2.1(b), which shall be due and payable on the Effective Date and on the date of any increase to the Revolving Loan Commitment pursuant to Section 2.1(b).

 

(c) Due Diligence Fees. The Borrowers agree to pay a due diligence fee equal to Fifteen Thousand and No/100 United States Dollars (US$15,000.00), which shall be due and payable in full on the Effective Date, or any remaining portion thereof shall be due and payable on the Effective Date if a portion of such fee was paid upon the execution of any term sheet related to this Agreement.

 

(d) Document Review and Legal Fees. The Borrowers agree to pay a document review and legal fee equal to Forty Thousand and No/100 United States Dollars (US$40,000.00) which shall be due and payable in full on the Effective Date, or any remaining portion thereof shall be due and payable on the Effective Date if a portion of such fee was paid upon the execution of any term sheet related to this Agreement.

 

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

 

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(f) Advisory Fees. The Borrowers shall pay to Lender a fee for advisory services provided by the Lender to the Borrowers prior to the Effective Date in the amount of One Million Five Hundred Thousand and No/100 United States Dollars (US$1,500,000.00) (the “Advisory Fee”) by issuing to Lender the Fee Note, in the amount of the Advisory Fee. The Fee Note shall be issued on the Closing Date and shall bear a maturity date of twelve (12) months. The principal amount of the Fee Note outstanding from time to time shall bear zero (0) interest, provided that no default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing. Any amount of principal on the Fee Notes which is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, shall at Lender’s option bear interest payable on demand at the Default Rate. 

 

(g) Matters with Respect to Common Stock.

 

(i) Issuance of Conversion Shares. The parties hereto acknowledge that pursuant to the terms of the Revolving Note and the Fee Note, Lender has the right, after the occurrence of an Event of Default, to convert amounts due under the Revolving Note and the Fee Note into Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Revolving Notes and the Fee Note. In the event, for any reason, Intelligent Highway fails to issue, or cause the Transfer Agent to issue, any portion of the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Revolving Notes and the Fee Note (the “Conversion Shares”) to Lender in connection with the exercise by Lender of any of its conversion rights under the Revolving Note and the Fee Note, then the parties hereto acknowledge that Lender shall irrevocably be entitled to deliver to the Transfer Agent, on behalf of itself and the Borrower, a “Conversion Notice” (as defined in the Revolving Note and the Fee Note, respectively) requesting the issuance of the Conversion Shares then issuable in accordance with the terms of the Revolving Note and the Fee Note, and the Transfer Agent, provided they are the acting transfer agent for Intelligent Highway at the time, shall, and Intelligent Highway hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Transfer Agent to, without any further confirmation or instructions from Intelligent Highway, issue the Conversion Shares applicable to the Conversion Notice then being exercised, and surrender to a nationally recognized overnight courier for delivery to Lender at the address specified in the Conversion Notice, a certificate of the Common Stock of Intelligent Highway, registered in the name of Lender or its designee, for the number of Conversion Shares to which Lender shall be then entitled under the Revolving Note and the Fee Note, as set forth in the Conversion Notice.

 

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(ii) Issuance of Additional Common Stock. The parties hereto acknowledge that Intelligent Highway has agreed to issue, in the future, certain shares of Intelligent Highway’s Common Stock in accordance with Section 2.2(f) above. In the event, for any reason, Intelligent Highway fails to issue, or cause its Transfer Agent to issue, any portion of the Common Stock issuable to Lender hereunder, either now or in the future, then the parties hereto acknowledge that Lender shall irrevocably be entitled to deliver to the Transfer Agent, on behalf of itself and Intelligent Highway, a written instruction requesting the issuance of the shares of Common Stock then issuable, and the Transfer Agent, provided they are the acting transfer agent for Intelligent Highway at the time, shall, and Intelligent Highway hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Transfer Agent to, without any further confirmation or instructions from the Borrower, issue such shares of Intelligent Highway’s Common Stock as directed by Lender, and surrender to a nationally recognized overnight courier for delivery to Lender at the address specified in the Lender’s notice, a certificate of the Common Stock of Intelligent Highway, registered in the name of Lender, for the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to Lender in accordance herewith.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(h) Surviving Obligations. The Credit Parties agree and acknowledge that notwithstanding the termination of this Agreement, or the payment in full of all of the Revolving Loans or other obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Documents, the Credit Parties’ obligations and liability under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the Lender’s Lien and security interest on all Collateral, shall survive, shall remain valid and effective and shall not be released or terminated, until the Lender receives the full amount of the Advisory Fee in cash, either through the sale of Common Stock upon the conversion of the Fee Note, or through cash payments from Borrowers as contemplated by Section 2.2(f). All of the Credit Parties’ obligations under Section 2.2(f) and 2.2(g) shall survive termination of this Agreement.

 

(i) Right to Approve Transfer Agent. The Borrowers hereby represent and warrant that Intelligent Highway’s current Transfer Agent is Transfer Online, Inc., whose contact information is as follows: 512 SE Salmon Street, Portland, Oregon 97214 (the “Transfer Agent”). Intelligent Highway hereby agrees that it shall not change the Transfer Agent, unless the Lender first approves the proposed new Transfer Agent, such approval to be in Lender’s sole and absolute discretion.

 

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2.3 Renewal of Revolving Loans; Non-Renewal of Revolving Loans; Fees. So long as no Event of Default exists under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, and so long as no event has occurred that, with the passage of time, the giving of notice, or both, would constitute an Event of Default under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, the Borrowers shall have the option to request a renewal of the Revolving Loan Commitment and extension of the Revolving Loan Maturity Date for two (2) additional six (6) month periods. To make such request, Borrowers shall give written notice to Lender of Borrowers’ request to renew the Revolving Loan Commitment and extend the Revolving Loan Maturity Date for an additional six (6) month period on or before a date that is thirty (30) days prior to the then scheduled Revolving Loan Maturity Date. If an Event of Default exists under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, or if an event has occurred that, with the passage of time, the giving of notice, or both would constitute an Event of Default under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, Lender may elect to reject Borrowers’ request for a renewal of the Revolving Loan Commitment and extension of the Revolving Loan Maturity Date in its sole and absolute discretion, and any acceptance may be conditioned upon additional obligations, terms and conditions, including an increase in the percentage used to calculate the amount of Mandatory Principal Repayment Amount.

 

2.4 Interest and Fee Computation; Collection of Funds. Interest accrued hereunder shall be payable as set forth in Section 2.1(c) hereof. Except as otherwise set forth herein, all interest and fees shall be calculated on the basis of a year consisting of 360 days and shall be paid for the actual number of days elapsed. Principal payments submitted in funds not immediately available shall continue to bear interest until collected. If any payment to be made by Borrowers hereunder or under the Revolving Note shall become due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in computing any interest in respect of such payment. Any Obligations which are not paid when due (subject to applicable grace periods) shall bear interest at the Default Rate.

 

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

 

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

 

2.7 US Dollars; Currency Risk. All Receipts will be in Dollars. In the event that Receipts are not in Dollars, Borrowers shall bear the risk of Lender’s currency losses, and if Lender suffers a currency loss and the result is to increase the cost to Lender or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by Lender under this Agreement or under the Revolving Note and Fee Note with respect thereto, then after demand by Lender (which demand shall be accompanied by a certificate setting forth reasonably detailed calculations of the basis of such demand), Borrowers shall pay to Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate Lender for such increased cost or such reduction. Borrowers hereby authorize Lender to advance or cause an advance of Revolving Loans to pay for the increased costs or reductions associated with any such currency losses.

 

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3. CONDITIONS OF BORROWING.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(c) Security Agreements. An original of the Security Agreements, duly executed by the Credit Parties;

 

(d) Guaranty Agreements. An original of the Guaranty Agreements, duly executed by the Guarantors;

 

(e) Fee Note. An original of the Fee Note, duly executed by Intelligent Highway and consented and agreed to by the Credit Parties;

 

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

 

(g) Pledge Agreements. An original of the Pledge Agreements, duly executed by the Borrowers;

 

(h) Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions. An original of the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions, duly executed by Intelligent Highway and the Transfer Agent;

 

(i) Collateral Assignment of Acquisition Documents. An original of the Collateral Assignment of Acquisition Documents, duly executed by the Credit Parties and the Seller;

 

(j) Seller’s Confirmation Letter. An original of the Seller’s Confirmation Letter duly executed by the Seller and the Credit Parties;

 

(k) Subordination Agreement. An original of the Subordination Agreement duly executed by the Seller and the Borrowers;

 

(l) Closing Statement. An original of a closing or settlement statement, duly executed by the Borrowers; and

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

3.8 Customer Payment Redirection. Evidence satisfactory to the Lender that the Credit Parties have irrevocably instructed its Customers to redirect all Receipts to the Lock Box Account.

 

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

 

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3.10 Opinion of Counsel. A customary opinion of Borrowers’ counsel, in form satisfactory to Lender.

 

3.11 Perfection of Lien on Collateral. The Credit Parties shall have duly authorized, executed and delivered any other related documentation necessary or advisable to perfect the Lien on the Collateral in the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Credit Parties, including such UCC-1 Financing Statements and any and all documents necessary to complete any filings which Lender shall require in connection with this Agreement.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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3.20 Repayment of Outstanding Indebtedness. The Credit Parties shall have repaid in full all outstanding indebtedness secured by the Collateral, other than indebtedness giving rise to Permitted Liens.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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4. NOTES EVIDENCING LOANS.

 

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

 

5. MANNER OF BORROWING.

 

5.1 Loan Requests. Subject to Section 2.1(a) and Article 3 hereof, the Loans shall be made available to Borrowers in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement, up to the then applicable Revolving Loan Availability; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Documents to the contrary, each Revolving Loan requested by Borrowers under this Agreement shall be subject to Lender’s approval, which approval may be given or withheld in Lender’s sole and absolute discretion. A Revolving Loan may only be made if no Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing, and only if no event shall have occurred that, with the passage of time, the giving of notice, or both, would constitute an Event of Default under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and shall be subject to: (i) Lender’s preparation of a Borrowing Base Certificate, showing that there is borrowing availability under the Revolving Loan Availability and pursuant to a calculation of the Borrowing Base Amount; and (ii) Receipts deposited into the Lock Box Account, Eligible Accounts and other Collateral being acceptable to Lender.

 

5.2 Communications. Lender is authorized to rely on any written, verbal, electronic, telephonic or telecopy loan requests which Lender believes in its good faith judgment to emanate from the President or Chief Executive Officer, or any other authorized representative of Borrowers. Borrowers hereby irrevocably confirm, ratify and approve all such advances by Lender and Borrowers hereby indemnify Lender against losses and expenses (including court costs, attorneys’ and paralegals’ fees) and shall hold Lender harmless with respect thereto.

 

6. SECURITY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS.

 

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

 

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6.2 Pledge Agreement. To secure the payment and performance by Borrowers of the Obligations hereunder, the Borrowers shall grant, under and pursuant to the Pledge Agreements executed by the Borrowers dated as of the Effective Date, to Lender, its successors and assigns, a continuing, first-priority security interest in, and assignment, transference, mortgage, conveyance, pledge, hypothecation and set over to Lender, its successors and assigns, all of TCA Cresent’s right, title and interest in and to all of the shares of Cresent and all of Intelligent Highway’s right, title and interest in and to all of the membership interests of TCA Cresent. At any time upon Lender’s request, the Borrowers shall execute and deliver to Lender any other documents, instruments or certificates requested by Lender for the purpose of properly documenting and perfecting the security interests of Lender in and to the shares of common stock of the Guarantor granted hereunder, including any additional pledge agreements and financing statements. The Pledge Agreements executed by the Borrowers shall terminate following the full payment and performance of all of the Obligations hereunder and under any Loan Document and upon Lender’s express written acknowledgement of such full payment and performance being received by the Borrowers.

 

6.3 Joint and Several Liability. The liability of each of the Borrowers, each of the Guarantors and any other Credit Parties shall be joint and several and their liability shall also be joint and several with the liability of any other guarantor or obligor of the Obligations, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 

7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE CREDIT PARTIES.

 

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

 

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7.1 Subsidiaries. A list of all of the Borrowers’ Subsidiaries and each of the Guarantor’s Subsidiaries are listed on Schedule 7.1 hereto. All of such Subsidiaries are wholly-owned Subsidiaries of the Borrowers or a Guarantor, as applicable, and except for such Subsidiaries as listed on Schedule 7.1, no Borrower or Guarantor has any Control over, any other Person.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

7.9 Collateral Representations. No Person other than the Credit Parties, owns or has other rights in the Collateral, and the Collateral is valid and genuine Collateral, free from any Lien of any kind, other than the Lien of Lender and Permitted Liens.

 

7.10 Financial Statements. The Borrowers have delivered to the Lender an unaudited consolidated Balance Sheet and Statement of Income for fiscal year ending December 31, 2014, and an unaudited consolidated Balance Sheet and Statement of Income as of September 30, 2015 (collectively, together with any financial statements filed by Intelligent Highway with the SEC, any Principal Trading Market, or any other Governmental Authority, if applicable, the “Financial Statements”). The Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except: (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such Financial Statements or the notes thereto; or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements), and fairly and accurately present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Credit Parties as of the dates thereof and the consolidated results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments). To the best knowledge of the Credit Parties, no other information provided by or on behalf of the Credit Parties to the Lender, either as a disclosure schedule to this Agreement, or otherwise in connection with Lender’s due diligence investigation of the Credit Parties, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstance under which they are or were made, not misleading.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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(b) There has been no transaction, event, action, development, payment, or any other matter of any nature whatsoever entered into by the Credit Parties other than in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Credit Parties.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

7.17 Liabilities and Indebtedness of the Borrowers. The Credit Parties do not have any Funded Indebtedness or any liabilities or obligations of any nature whatsoever, except: (i) as disclosed in the Financial Statements; or (ii) liabilities and obligations incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business since the date of the last Financial Statements which do not or would not, individually or in the aggregate, exceed Ten Thousand and No/100 United States Dollars (US$10,000.00) or otherwise have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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7.18 Real Estate.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

7.33 Brokerage Fees. There is no Person acting on behalf of the Credit Parties who is entitled to or has any claim for any brokerage or finder’s fee or commission in connection with the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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8. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF LENDER.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

9. NEGATIVE COVENANTS.

 

9.1 Indebtedness. The Credit Parties shall not, either directly or indirectly, create, assume, incur or have outstanding any Funded Indebtedness (including purchase money indebtedness), or become liable, whether as endorser, guarantor, surety or otherwise, for any debt or obligation of any other Person, except:

 

(a) the Obligations;

 

(b) endorsement for collection or deposit of any commercial paper secured in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Credit Parties;

 

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

 

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

 

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(e) unsecured intercompany Funded Indebtedness incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Credit Parties;

 

(f) Funded Indebtedness existing on the Effective Date and set forth in the Financial Statements, including any extensions or refinancings of the foregoing, which do not increase the principal amount of such Funded Indebtedness as of the date of such extension or refinancing; provided such Funded Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations owed to Lender pursuant to a subordination agreement, in form and content acceptable to Lender in its sole discretion, which shall include an indefinite standstill on remedies and payment blockage rights during any default;

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

9.2 Encumbrances. The Credit Parties shall not, either directly or indirectly, create, assume, incur or suffer or permit to exist any Lien or charge of any kind or character upon any asset of the Credit Parties, whether owned at the date hereof or hereafter acquired, except Permitted Liens or as otherwise authorized by Lender in writing.

 

9.3 Investments. The Credit Parties shall not, either directly or indirectly, make or have outstanding any new investments (whether through purchase of stocks, obligations or otherwise) in, or loans or advances to, any other Person, or acquire all or any substantial part of the assets, business, stock or other evidence of beneficial ownership of any other Person, except for the following:

 

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

 

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

 

(c) trade credit extended by the Credit Parties in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Credit Parties;

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(g) Capital Expenditures permitted under Section 9.5.

 

9.4 Transfer; Merger. The Credit Parties shall not, either directly or indirectly, permit a Change in Control, merge, consolidate, sell, transfer, license, lease, encumber or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its property or business or all or any substantial part of its assets, or sell or discount (with or without recourse) any of its Notes (as defined in the UCC), Chattel Paper, Payment Intangibles or Accounts; provided, however, that the Credit Parties may:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(f) grant Permitted Liens.

 

9.5 Capital Expenditures. Without Lender’s prior written consent, the Credit Parties shall not make or incur obligations for any Capital Expenditures.

 

9.6 Issuance of Stock. The Credit Parties shall not either directly or indirectly, issue or distribute any additional capital stock or other securities (including any securities convertible or exercisable into capital stock or other securities) of any Credit Party without the prior written consent of Lender; provided, however, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Borrowers shall be permitted to issue and distribute additional capital stock and other securities without the consent of the Lender if such issuance and/or distribution does not result in a Change in Control.

 

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9.7 Distributions; Restricted Payments; Change in Management. The Credit Parties shall not: (i) purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock or other securities, or declare or pay any dividends or distributions, whether in cash or otherwise, set aside any funds for any such purpose, or make any distribution of any kind to its shareholders, partners, or members, make any distribution of its property or assets, or make any loans, advances or extensions of credit to, or investments in, any Persons, including such Credit Parties’ Affiliates, officers, directors, members, managers, principals, Material Shareholders, or employees, without the prior written consent of Lender; (ii) make any payments of any Funded Indebtedness other than as specifically permitted under the Use of Proceeds Confirmation and as otherwise permitted hereunder; (iii) increase the annual salary paid to any officers of the Credit Parties as of the Effective Date, unless any such increase is part of a written employment contract with any such officers entered into prior to the Effective Date, a copy of which has been delivered to and approved by the Lender; or (iv) add, replace, remove, or otherwise change any officers, managers, senior management positions or Persons with authority to bind the Credit Parties from the officers, managers, senior management positions, or other such Persons existing as of the Effective Date, unless approved by Lender in writing.

 

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

 

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

 

9.10 Transactions with Affiliates. The Credit Parties shall not enter into any transaction with any of its Affiliates, except in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Credit Parties and upon fair and reasonable terms that are no less favorable to the Credit Parties than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Credit Parties.

 

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9.11 Bank Accounts. The Credit Parties shall not maintain any bank, deposit or credit card payment processing accounts with any financial institution, or any other Person, for the Credit Parties or any Affiliate of the Credit Parties, other than the accounts of the Credit Parties listed in the attached Schedule 7.28, and other than the Lock Box Account established pursuant to this Agreement. Specifically, the Credit Parties shall not change, modify, close or otherwise affect the Lock Box Account or any of the other accounts listed in Schedule 7.28, without Lender’s prior written approval, which approval may be withheld or conditioned in Lender’s sole and absolute discretion.

 

10. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

10.5 Tax Liabilities.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(a) If the Revolving Loan Maturity Date is extended beyond the original term, as soon as available, and in any event, within ninety (90) days after the close of each fiscal year, a copy of the annual audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrowers, including balance sheet, statement of income and retained earnings, statement of cash flows for the fiscal year then ended, in reasonable detail, prepared and reviewed by an independent certified public accountant reasonably acceptable to Lender, containing an unqualified opinion of such accountant;

 

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

 

(c) as soon as available, and in any event, within ten (10) days following the end of each calendar month, a consolidated cash flow report of the Borrowers for the month then ended, in reasonable detail, prepared and certified as accurate in all material respects by the President, Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Borrowers.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(e) On or prior to the Effective Date, the Credit Parties shall provide Lender view only access to any and all accounts listed on the attached Schedule 7.28. In the event the Credit Parties, with the Buyer’s prior written consent, open any new bank, deposit, credit card payment processing accounts, or other accounts with any financial institution, and/or the Buyer discovers an account of the Credit Parties that is in existence prior to the Effective Date but is not listed on Schedule 7.28, the Credit Parties shall provide the Buyer view only access to such account(s) within one (1) Business Day following the opening or discovery of such account(s).

 

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10.9 Aged Accounts/Payables Schedules. If Borrowers require draws from the facility contemplated hereby at least once a week, then Borrowers shall, on the first (1st) and fifteenth (15th) day of each and every calendar month, deliver to Lender an aged schedule of the Accounts of the Credit Parties, listing the name and amount due from each Customer and showing the aggregate amounts due from: (i) 0-30 days; (ii) 31-60 days; (iii) 61-90 days; (iv) 91-120 days; and (v) more than 120 days, and certified as accurate by the Chief Financial Officer or the President of the Borrowers. If, however, the Borrowers requires draws from the facility contemplated hereby less than once a week, then the aged schedule of Accounts required by the immediately preceding sentence shall be required to be delivered within five (5) days after the end of each consecutive calendar month during the term hereof. The Borrowers shall, within five (5) days after the end of each calendar month, deliver to Lender an aged schedule of the accounts payable of the Credit Parties, listing the name and amount due to each creditor and showing the aggregate amounts due from: (v) 0-30 days; (w) 31-60 days; (x) 61-90 days; (y) 91-120 days; and (z) more than 120 days, and certified as accurate by the Chief Financial Officer or the President of the Borrowers. If the Credit Parties engage in Point-of-Sale Transactions exclusively, the foregoing requirement to deliver an aged schedule of the Accounts of the Credit Parties shall not be applicable; provided, however, in such a circumstance, Lender may request, and the Credit Parties shall be obligated to deliver to Lender, any other reports or schedules as Lender may require or request from time to time to evidence or confirm the Point-of-Sale Transactions.

 

10.10 Failure to Provide Reports. If at any time during the term of this Agreement, the Borrowers shall fail to timely provide any reports required to be provided by any Credit Party to Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, in addition to all other rights and remedies that Lender may have under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Lender shall have the right to require, at each instance of any such failure, upon written notice to the Borrowers, that the Borrowers redeem 8.33% of the aggregate amount of the Advisory Fee then outstanding, which cash redemption payment shall be due and payable by wire transfer of Dollars to an account designated by Lender within five (5) Business Days from the date the Lender delivers such redemption notice to the Borrower.

 

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

 

10.12 Continued Due Diligence/Field Audits. The Borrowers acknowledge that during the term of this Agreement, Lender and its agents and representatives undertake ongoing and continuing due diligence reviews of the Credit Parties and its business and operations. Such ongoing due diligence reviews may include, and the Credit Parties do hereby allow Lender, to conduct site visits and field examinations of the office locations of the Credit Parties and the assets and records of the Credit Parties, the results of which must be satisfactory to Lender in Lender’s sole and absolute discretion. In this regard, in order to cover Lender’s expenses of the ongoing due diligence reviews and any site visits or field examinations which Lender may undertake from time to time while this Agreement is in effect, the Borrowers shall pay to Lender, within five (5) Business Days after receipt of an invoice or demand therefor from Lender, a fee of up to Ten Thousand and No/100 Dollars (US$10,000.00) per year (based on four (4) expected field audits and ongoing due diligence of Two Thousand Five Hundred and No/100 Dollars (US$2,500) per audit) to cover such ongoing expenses. Failure to pay such fee as and when required shall be deemed an Event of Default under this Agreement and all other Loan Documents. The foregoing notwithstanding, from and after the occurrence of an Event of Default or any event which with notice, lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, Lender may conduct site visits, field examinations and other ongoing reviews of the Credit Parties’ records, assets and operations at any time, in its sole discretion, without any limitations in terms of number of site visits or examinations and without being limited to the fee hereby contemplated, all at the sole expense of the Borrowers.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

10.18 Subsidiaries. Any Subsidiary which is formed or acquired or otherwise becomes a Subsidiary of the Credit Parties following the date hereof, within five (5) Business Days of such event, shall become an additional Credit Party hereto, and the Borrowers shall take any and all actions necessary or required by Lender to cause said Subsidiary to execute a counterpart to this Agreement and any and all other documents which the Lender shall require, including causing such party to execute those documents contained in Section 3.21 hereof.

 

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

 

10.20 Rule 144. With a view to making available to Lender the benefits of Rule 144 under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”), or any similar rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit Lender to sell shares of Common Stock issuable to Lender under any Loan Documents to the public without registration, Intelligent Highway represents and warrants that: (i) Intelligent Highway is not an issuer defined as a “Shell Company” (as hereinafter defined); and (ii) if Intelligent Highway has, at any time, been an issuer defined as a “Shell Company,” Intelligent Highway has not been an issuer defined as a Shell Company for at least six (6) months prior to the Effective Date. For the purposes hereof, the term “Shell Company” shall mean an issuer that meets the description defined under Rule 144. In addition, so long as Lender owns, legally or beneficially, any securities of Intelligent Highway, Intelligent Highway shall, at its sole expense:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

10.21 Reservation of Shares. Intelligent Highway shall take all action reasonably necessary to at all times have authorized, and reserved for the purpose of issuance, such number of shares of Common Stock as shall be necessary to effect the full conversion of the Revolving Notes and Fee Note in accordance with its terms (the “Share Reserve”). If at any time the Share Reserve is insufficient to effect the full conversion of the Revolving Notes and the Fee Note then outstanding, Intelligent Highway shall increase the Share Reserve accordingly. If Intelligent Highway does not have sufficient authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock available to increase the Share Reserve, Intelligent Highway shall call and hold a special meeting of the shareholders within forty-five (45) days of such occurrence, or take action by the written consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, if possible, for the sole purpose of increasing the number of shares authorized. Intelligent Highway’s management shall recommend to the shareholders to vote in favor of increasing the number of shares of Common Stock authorized.

 

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11. FINANCIAL COVENANTS.

 

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

 

11.2 Positive EBITDA. The Borrowers shall at all times cause a positive EBITDA to be maintained.

 

11.3 Loan to Value Ratio. At all times, the ratio of the Revolving Loan Commitment to the value of the Collateral of the Credit Parties, such value to be based on the financial information and documentation delivered by the Borrower to the Lender from time to time and to be determined by the Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion, shall be no more than 1.00 to 2.00.

 

12. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

12.6 Assignment for Creditors. Any Credit Party makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, fails to pay, or admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they mature; or if a trustee of any substantial part of the assets of the Credit Parties is applied for or appointed, and in the case of such trustee being appointed in a Proceeding brought against any of the Credit Parties, the Credit Parties, by any action or failure to act indicates its approval of, consent to, or acquiescence in such appointment and such appointment is not vacated, stayed on appeal or otherwise shall not have ceased to continue in effect within sixty (60) days after the date of such appointment.

 

12.7 Bankruptcy. Any Proceeding involving any of the Credit Parties, is commenced by or against any of the Credit Parties under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation law or statute of the federal government or any state government, and in the case of any such Proceeding being instituted against any of the Credit Parties: (i) any of the Credit Parties, by any action or failure to act, indicates its approval of, consent to or acquiescence therein; or (ii) an order shall be entered approving the petition in such Proceedings and such order is not vacated, stayed on appeal or otherwise shall not have ceased to continue in effect within sixty (60) days after the entry thereof.

 

12.8 Judgments. The entry of any judgment, decree, levy, attachment, garnishment or other process, or the filing of any Lien against the property of any of the Credit Parties, unless such judgment or other process shall have been, within sixty (60) days from the entry thereof: (i) bonded over to the satisfaction of Lender and appealed; (ii) vacated; or (iii) discharged.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

12.15 Lock Box Account. (i) The determination in good faith by the Lender that there has been a failure to perform or default in the performance by a Credit Party of Section 2.1(e) of this Agreement; or (ii) the failure of the Borrowers to cause sufficient funds to be on deposit in the Lock Box Account to permit the Lender to withdraw payments at any such time payments that are due to Lender by Borrowers pursuant hereto.

 

13. REMEDIES.

 

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

 

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

 

(c) Upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default beyond any applicable cure period, the Lender may, in its sole and absolute discretion, provide written notice to the Borrowers pursuant to which the Lender elects to exercise the voting rights, in partial or in full, granted to the Lender pursuant to the shares of Intelligent Highway’s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

14. MISCELLANEOUS.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

If to any Credit Party: Intelligent Highway Solutions, Inc.
  9516 Rossport Way
  Elk Grove, California 95624
  Attention: Philip Kirkland
  E-Mail: Philip@hwysolutions.com
   
If to the Lender: TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP
  3960 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 500
  Las Vegas, Nevada 89169
  Attention: Robert Press, Director
  E-Mail: bpress@tcaglobalfund.com

 

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With a copy to: Lucosky Brookman LLP
  101 Wood Avenue South
  Woodbridge, NJ 08830
  Attention: Seth A. Brookman
  E-Mail: sbrookman@lucbro.com

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

BORROWER:

 

INTELLIGENT HIGHWAY SOLUTIONS, INC.

 

By:    
Name: Philip Kirkland  
Title: Secretary and Treasure

 

STATE OF     )
      ) SS.
COUNTY OF   )

 

The undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the said County, in the State aforesaid, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY that Philip Kirkland, the Secretary and Treasurer of Intelligent Highway Solutions, Inc., a Nevada corporation, who is personally known to me to be the same person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, appeared before me this day in person and acknowledged that he/she signed and delivered the said instrument as his/her own free and voluntary act and as the free and voluntary act of said corporation, for the uses and purposes therein set forth.

 

GIVEN under my hand and notarial seal this _____ day of ________________, 20____.

 

     
      Notary Public  
     
  My Commission Expires:  
     

 

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BORROWER:

 

TCA CRESENT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC

 

By:    
Name: Alyce Schreiber  
Title: Manager  

 

STATE OF     )
      ) SS.
COUNTY OF     )

 

The undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the said County, in the State aforesaid, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY that Alyce Schreiber, the Manager of TCA Cresent Construction Company, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, who is personally known to me to be the same person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, appeared before me this day in person and acknowledged that he/she signed and delivered the said instrument as his/her own free and voluntary act and as the free and voluntary act of said limited liability company, for the uses and purposes therein set forth.

 

GIVEN under my hand and notarial seal this _____ day of ________________, 20____.

 

     
      Notary Public  
     
  My Commission Expires:  
     

 

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LENDER:

 

TCA GLOBAL CREDIT MASTER FUND, LP

 

By: TCA Global Credit Fund GP, Ltd.  
Its: General Partner  

 

By:    
Name: Robert Press  
Title: Director  

 

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CONSENT AND AGREEMENT

 

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

 

GUARANTOR:

 

CRESENT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.

 

By:    
Name: Philip Kirkland  
Title: Secretary and Treasurer  

 

STATE OF     )
      ) SS.
COUNTY OF     )

 

The undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the said County, in the State aforesaid, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY that Philip Kirkland, the Secretary and Treasurer of Cresent Construction Company, Inc., a North Carolina corporation, who is personally known to me to be the same person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, appeared before me this day in person and acknowledged that he/she signed and delivered the said instrument as his/her own free and voluntary act and as the free and voluntary act of said corporation, for the uses and purposes therein set forth.

 

GIVEN under my hand and notarial seal this _____ day of ________________, 20____.

 

     
      Notary Public  
     
  My Commission Expires:  
     

 

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INDEX OF EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A   Form of Collateral Assignment of Acquisition Documents
Exhibit B Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit C Form of Fee Note
Exhibit D-1 Form of Guaranty (Corporate)
Exhibit D-2 Form of Guaranty (Personal)
Exhibit E Form of Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions
Exhibit F Form of Pledge Agreement
Exhibit G Form of Revolving Note
Exhibit H-1 Form of Security Agreement (Borrower)
Exhibit H-2 Form of Security Agreement (Subsidiary/Guarantor)
Exhibit I Form of Seller’s Confirmation Letter
Exhibit J Form of Subordination Agreement
Exhibit K Form of Validity Certificate

 

INDEX OF SCHEDULES

 

Schedule 7.1 Subsidiaries
Schedule 7.4 Capitalization
Schedule 7.18 Real Property
Schedule 7.21   IP Rights
Schedule 7.28 Bank Accounts and Deposit Accounts
Schedule 7.29 Places of Business

 

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Exhibit A

 

Form of Collateral Assignment of Acquisition Documents

 

78
 

 

Exhibit B

 

Form of Compliance Certificate

 

79
 

 

Exhibit C

 

Form of Fee Note

 

80
 

 

Exhibit D-1

 

Form of Guaranty Agreement (Corporate)

 

81
 

 

Exhibit D-2

 

Form of Guaranty Agreement (Personal)

 

82
 

 

Exhibit E

 

Form of Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions

 

83
 

 

Exhibit F

 

Form of Pledge Agreement

 

84
 

 

Exhibit G

 

Form of Revolving Note

 

85
 

 

Exhibit H-1

 

Form of Security Agreement – Borrower

 

86
 

 

Exhibit H-2

 

Form of Security Agreement – Subsidiaries

 

87
 

 

Exhibit I

 

Form of Seller’s Confirmation Letter

 

88
 

 

Exhibit J

 

Form of Subordination Agreement

 

89
 

 

Exhibit K

 

Form of Validity Certificates

 

90
 

 

Schedule 7.1

 

Subsidiaries

 

TCA Cresent Construction Company, LLC is a subsidiary of Intelligent Highway Solutions Inc. Cresent Construction Company, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of TCA Cresent Construction Company, LLC.

 

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Schedule 7.4

 

Capitalization

 

Intelligent Highway Solutions, Inc.

Authorized Common Stock 10,000,000,000 shares

Issued Common Stock 2,771,060,120 shares

Reserved: 7,228,939,880

Available: 2,681,671,120

 

Authorized Preferred Shares 10,000,000 shares

Issued Preferred Shares 2,500,000 shares (Voting rights 5000 to 1)

 

Cresent Construction Company, Inc.

Authorized Common Stock 100,000 shares

Issued Common Stock 20,000 shares

No Preferred Shares

 

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Schedule 7.18

 

Real Property

 

None

 

93
 

 

Schedule 7.21

 

IP Rights

 

None

 

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Schedule 7.28

 

Bank Accounts and Deposit Accounts

 

Intelligent Highway Solutions Inc.

Bank: US Bank

Account Name: Intelligent Highway Solutions

Routing Number: 121122676

Account Number: 153498623526

 

Cresent Construction Company Inc.

Bank: Bank of the Ozarks

Account Name: Cresent Construction Company Inc

Routing Number: 082907273

Account Number: 1140003952

 

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Schedule 7.29

 

Places of Business

 

Intelligent Highway Solutions Inc.

9516 Rossport Way

Elk Grove, California 95624

 

Cresent Construction Co. Inc.

990 Lee-Ann Drive Northeast

Concord, NC 28025

 

TCA Cresent Construction Company, LLC

19950 West Country Club Drive

Suite 101

Aventura, FL 33180

 

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SHARE ACQUISITION AGREEMENT

 

by and among

 

TCA CRESENT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC,

 

and

 

CRESENT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.,

 

and

 

DEWEY KEITH GABRIEL, 100% SHAREHOLDER/OWNER,

 

and

 

INTELLIGENT HIGHWAY SOLUTIONS, INC.

 

DATED AS OF MARCH 9, 2017

 

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EXHIBITS/Schedules

 

  Schedule 1.1 Shares Owned
  Schedule 1.2 Company Closing Deliverables
  Schedule 1.3 Company Financial and Other Statements
  Schedule 1.4 Tax Returns
  Schedule 1.5 Promissory Notes, Employment Agreement, and Sample Preferred Share Certificate

 

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SHARE ACQUISITION AGREEMENT

 

This Share Acquisition Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of the 9th day of March, 2017, by and among: TCA Cresent Construction Company, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (“TCA CRESENT”), Intelligent Highway Solutions, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“INTELLIGENT”), and Dewey K. Gabriel, (the “Shareholder”) in connection with the acquisition of all of the shares of Cresent Construction Company, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (“the Company” or “Company”) in a share purchase by TCA CRESENT. TCA CRESENT, INTELLIGENT, the Company, and the Shareholder are at times collectively referred to herein individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.”

 

PREAMBLE

 

WHEREAS, the Company has authorized One Hundred Thousand (100,000) Shares of Common Stock as its only stock authorized;

 

WHEREAS, the Shareholder is the record and beneficial owners of Twenty Thousand Common Stock Shares of the Company, which is 100% of the issued common stock of the Company;

 

WHEREAS, TCA CRESENT has proposed to acquire the Company pursuant to purchase (“Purchase”) of the all of the authorized, issued, and outstanding shares of common stock of Company, par value $1.00 per share (the “Company Common Stock”);

 

WHEREAS, the obligation of the Parties to effect the Purchase is subject to the conditions set forth herein; and

 

WHEREAS, the Parties are executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by the provisions of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants, representations and warranties contained herein, the Parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

DEFINITIONS AND INCLUSION STATEMENT

 

Company is defined as one or more entities doing business under the Cresent Construction Company, Inc. name; subsidiaries and holding companies and affiliates including but not limited to: Cresent Construction Company, Inc.

 

Shareholder is defined as Dewey Keith Gabriel representing the totality of ownership in Company.

 

The title page, list of Schedules, preamble, recitals, considerations statement and definitions above are hereby incorporated into and made an integral part hereof.

 

ARTICLE I

THE SURRENDER OF SHARES

 

1.1 Ownership of the Company Shares. The Shareholder warrants to TCA CRESENT that he owns 100% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company. The Shareholder either has not physically issued to himself or others share certificates or the certificates have been physically misplaced. Therefore, the Shareholder warrants and guarantees that he will execute a lost certificate affidavit in favor of TCA CRESENT and TCA CRESENT can rely upon that representation and by signing below TCA CRESENT agrees to accept newly issued certificates, issued to the Shareholder and then transferred to TCA CRESENT in lieu of the original shares of Company, Inc. which is defined as Company Common Stock (the “Company Shares”).

 

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1.2 Transfer of the Company Shares. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, the Shareholder hereby agrees to transfer, convey, assign, set over and deliver (“Transfer”) to TCA CRESENT with full title guarantee, and TCA CRESENT shall acquire and accept from the Shareholder, all and not less than all of the Company Shares, free and clear of all encumbrances. The Shareholder does hereby waive all rights of pre-emption, other restrictions on Transfer and rights of veto or otherwise, which have or may have been conferred to him, or otherwise, in respect of the Transfer of the Company Shares to TCA CRESENT under this Agreement.

 

1.3 Consideration for Transfer of the Company Shares; Allocation of Consideration. At the Closing, and in sole consideration for the Transfer of the Company Shares, TCA CRESENT shall provide such consideration to Company in the amount of 2.5714 times the Company's Verified Annual Discretionary Cash Flow ("VDCF") which shall be defined as the net funds available to Company after accounting for all expenses relative to operating the business including all management personnel) or $1.8 Million United States Dollars (rounded up) ($700,000.00 VCDF per Sections 3.7 (e) and 7.2 d (ii) X 2.5714 =$1,799,908.00), payable as follows:

 

a. Down Payment. Subject to Sections 3.8 and 7.2(e), Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) to be paid by TCA CRESENT in cash at the closing of the Transaction (the “Down Payment”).

 

b. Company Financing. One Million Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,300,000.00) will be paid by TCA CRESENT to Shareholder by the following financing mechanisms using one of two mechanisms as chosen by the Shareholder and subject to the constraints described below:

 

 (i) a five (5) year promissory note with six percent (6%) annual interest, having ten (10) equal payments of principle every six (6) months commencing six (6) months after Closing and every six (6) months thereafter until paid in full (in the form set forth on Schedule 1.5, the “Shareholder Note”)) or

 

 (ii) subject to TCA CRESENT’s lender’s prior written approval and if the common share price of Intelligent Highway Solutions, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“INTELLIGENT”) is 0.30 cents per share or higher on the OTCBB Market when the Shareholder notifies INTELLIGENT of the desire to receive preferred shares in lieu of cash, then financing may occur by providing Shareholder convertible preferred shares with a put option (“Preferred Share” or “Preferred Shares”). In lieu of receiving a specific cash payment under the promissory note described in section 1.3 b (i) above, subject to TCA CRESENT’s written consent, the Shareholder may receive Preferred Shares if Shareholder notifies INTELLIGENT of the Shareholder’s desire in accordance with Section 10.4 of this Agreement. On a one dollar to one Preferred Share basis, the amount of Preferred Shares shall be equal to the amount Shareholder would have received if the Shareholder had taken a payment. Each Preferred Share shall have a preferred dividend rate equal to six percent (6%) of the value of the share, which dividend shall be paid at the time a payment is made by INTELLIGENT under the promissory note described in 1.3 b. (i) above. At any time while the payments are owed Shareholder under Sections 1.3 a. or 1.3 b., subject to TCA CRESENT’s written consent, the Shareholder may put to INTELLIGENT the Preferred Shares received in lieu of a promissory note payment and receive in exchange for the Preferred Shares a cash payment equal to what Shareholder would have received had Shareholder taken the promissory note payment(s) originally. The receipt of Preferred Shares and the exercise of the put option shall only occur six (6) calendar months after Closing.

 

The Shareholder may only exercise the conversion option only after six (6) calendar months after Closing. The Preferred Shares shall be convertible to common shares of INTELLIGENT on the basis of one Preferred Share is equal to one (1) common share. As stated above the conversion option is only exercisable with TCA CRESENT’s lender’s prior written approval and if the share price is 0.30 cents per share or higher on the OTCBB Market when the Shareholder notifies INTELLIGENT of the desire to convert pursuant to Section 10.4.

 

The Shareholder may sell their common shares on an open market on a “leak” out schedule agreed between the Parties. The Preferred Share option may confer special tax benefits upon the Shareholder, who should therefore consult with their tax advisor.

 

When the payments described in full in Section 1.3 a. and Section 1.3 b. are paid in full, all rights regarding the preferred shares are fully extinguished with Intelligent and the Shareholder having no further obligation to the Shareholder.

 

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1.4 Closing The Closing of the Transfer of the Company Shares (the “Closing”) shall take place at the law offices of Lucosky Brookman 101 Wood Avenue South Woodbridge, New Jersey 08830 in conjunction with TCA CRESENT closing the financing transaction to acquire the Company no later than five business days after all of the conditions to closing specified in this Agreement (other than those conditions requiring the execution or delivery of a Document or the taking of some action at the Closing) have been fulfilled or waived by the Party entitled to waive that condition or the completion of due diligence ; provided, however, that (a) the Parties shall use their best efforts to effect the Closing on or before February 28, 2017 and (b) the Closing may take place by facsimile or other means as may be mutually agreed upon in advance by the Parties. The date on which the Closing is held is referred to in this Agreement as the “Closing Date.” The Closing Attorney is Seth Brookman of Lucosky Brookman.

 

1.5 Deliveries at Closing by Shareholder. At the Closing, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Shareholder shall execute and/or deliver (as applicable), or cause to be executed and/or delivered, to TCA CRESENT, the documents and instruments referred to in Section 1.5 (a) through (b) below:

 

(a) Certificates representing all of the Company Shares, accompanied by duly executed stock transfer forms transferring such Company Shares to TCA CRESENT and otherwise in good form for Transfer, or if any Company Share certificates have been lost or destroyed, an indemnity from such Shareholder in form and content approved by TCA CRESENT or its counsel before execution of this Agreement, including a power of attorney coupled with an interest in favor of TCA CRESENT entitling TCA CRESENT to exercise all rights, whether voting or otherwise, attaching to such Company Shares pending registration of share transfers;

 

(b) Such other Documents as may be reasonably requested by TCA CRESENT and approved in good faith by the Shareholder and their respective counsel, that are necessary to effect the Closing.

 

1.6 Deliveries at Closing by TCA CRESENT. At the Closing, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, TCA CRESENT shall execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered to the Shareholder the consideration items described in Section 1.3 above (The actions set forth in Sections 1.5 and 1.6 are collectively

hereinafter referred to as the ("Transaction").

 

1.7 Share Restrictions

 

(a) The Company Shares. The Company Shares will not be registered under the Securities Act, or the securities laws of any state, and cannot be transferred, hypothecated, sold or otherwise disposed of until; (i) a registration statement with respect to such securities is declared effective under the Securities Act, or (ii) TCA CRESENT receives an opinion of counsel for the stockholder, reasonably satisfactory to counsel for TCA CRESENT, that an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available.

 

The certificates representing the Company Shares shall have been issued pursuant to this Agreement shall contain a legend substantially as follows:

 

“THE SECURITIES WHICH ARE REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNTIL A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH RESPECT THERETO IS DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER SUCH ACT, OR TCA CRESENT RECEIVES AN OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE HOLDER REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO COUNSEL FOR TCA CRESENT THAT AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH ACT IS AVAILABLE.”

 

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1.8 Surrender of Certificates

 

(a) At Closing or immediately after and pursuant to a customary letter of transmittal or other instructional form provided by TCA CRESENT to the Shareholder and the Company, the Shareholder and the Company shall be required to surrender all their Company Shares to TCA CRESENT, and the Shareholder shall be entitled upon such surrender to receive in exchange therefore the consideration in accordance with the time table set forth in Section 1.3 a. and Section 1.3 b. above (“Exchange”). Until so surrendered, each outstanding certificate or agreement which, prior to the Closing Date, represented Company Shares shall be deemed for all corporate purposes, subject to the further provisions of this Article I, to evidence the ownership of the number of whole shares for which such Company Shares have been so exchanged. No dividend payable to holders of Company Shares of record as of any date subsequent to the Closing Date shall be paid to the owner of any certificate which, prior to the Closing Date, represented Company Shares, until such certificate or certificates representing all the relevant Company Shares, together with a stock transfer form, are surrendered as provided in this Article I or pursuant to letters of transmittal or other instructions with respect to lost certificates provided by TCA CRESENT.

 

(b) All Company Shares shall have been surrendered pursuant to this Article I shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the Company Shares.

 

(c) All certificates representing Company Shares shall be furnished to TCA CRESENT pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(d) On the Closing Date, the stock transfer book of Company shall be deemed to be closed and no transfer of Company Shares shall thereafter be recorded thereon.

 

1.9 Tax Consequences. The Shareholder acknowledges that he is relying solely on his own tax advisors in connection with this Agreement, the Transfer and the other transactions and agreements contemplated hereby. The Parties agree that no portion of the consideration to be issued and paid pursuant to this Agreement shall be treated as compensation or wages for any Tax purpose, and no Party shall take any action or filing position inconsistent with such characterization.

 

ARTICLE II

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF TCA CRESENT

 

TCA CRESENT hereby represents and warrants to the Company and the Shareholder as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date that:

 

2.1 Corporate Organization. TCA CRESENT (i) is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Florida, and has full corporate power and authority to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, and (ii) is duly qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in such other states in which it does business, except where such failure to be so qualified or licensed does not have a material adverse effect on TCA CRESENT’s business; TCA CRESENT is duly and properly registered pursuant to applicable state laws and regulations in all states where the conduct of the TCA CRESENT’s business as presently conducted requires such registration. The copies of the Articles of Organization and Operating Agreement of TCA CRESENT (the “TCA CRESENT Charter Documents”) have been filed with the Secretary of State of Florida and are complete and correct copies of such instruments as presently in effect.

 

2.2 Authority. TCA CRESENT has the corporate power and the authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and each other Transaction Document and to carry out the Transactions. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by TCA CRESENT has been duly authorized by its Board of Managers. No other corporate proceedings on the part of TCA CRESENT are necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the performance of the Exchange. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by TCA CRESENT and, assuming due execution and delivery hereof by Company and the Shareholder, is a valid and legally binding agreement of each of the Parties hereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights, to general equity principles, and public policy considerations underlying the securities laws, to the extent that such public policy considerations limit the enforceability of the provisions of this Agreement that purport to provide indemnification for securities laws liabilities.

 

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2.3 Consents; Permits; Defaults. No notification to and no authorization, consent, approval, license, permit, registration, declaration, filing or order of any governmental authority is required by or with respect to, TCA CRESENT or the Parties in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and/or the Transaction Documents by TCA CRESENT. TCA CRESENT has all permits required in connection with the operation of its business as presently conducted, except for those that the absence of which do not affect and will not affect, materially and adversely, the business, financial condition or the results of operations of TCA CRESENT. No notice has been issued and no investigation, inquiry or review is pending or, to TCA CRESENT’s knowledge, threatened by any governmental authority with respect to (i) any alleged violation by TCA CRESENT of any law, ordinance, regulation, order, policy, guideline or any other legal requirement of any governmental authority, or (ii) any alleged failure to have all permits, certificates, licenses, approvals and other authorizations required in connection with the operation of the business of TCA CRESENT. There are no defaults, and TCA CRESENT has no knowledge of any reason why any default will occur hereafter, whether as a result of the consummation of sale of the Company Shares or the other Transactions or otherwise, in any obligation to be performed by any party to a Contract to which the TCA CRESENT is a party or by which it is bound.

 

2.4 Non-contravention. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents by TCA CRESENT does not and will not (i) result in a breach of, or constitute a default under the TCA CRESENT Charter Documents, (ii) result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any loan agreement, indenture or mortgage or any material lease, agreement, franchise, license, permit or other undertaking or Contract to which TCA CRESENT is a party or any of its Properties may be subject or bound, (iii) result in a violation of any order, writ, injunction, decree or award of any court or Governmental authority to TCA CRESENT or relating to any of its Properties, or (iv) result in a violation of any federal or state law, statute, ordinance, rule or regulation or other Legal Requirement applicable TCA CRESENT.

 

2.5 Compliance with Laws. The business of TCA CRESENT has been operated in compliance with all laws, ordinances, rules, regulations and orders of all Governmental Authorities, except where such failure would not have a material adverse effect on TCA CRESENT or its business. TCA CRESENT has filed all reports and statements, including but not limited to the Reports, together with any amendments required to be made with respect thereto, that it was required to file with any governmental authority or any other body having jurisdiction over TCA CRESENT’s operations. Neither the Shareholder nor TCA CRESENT has received any written communication from a Governmental authority that alleges that TCA CRESENT is not in compliance with any federal, state, local or foreign laws, ordinances and regulations or has not made all of the filings required by all such authorities, organizations and agencies. TCA CRESENT has at all times complied in all material respects with all applicable Laws, as well as its own rules, policies, and procedures, relating to privacy, data protection, and the collection and use of personal information collected, used, or held for use by TCA CRESENT in the conduct of its business. No claims have been asserted or, to TCA CRESENT’s knowledge, threatened against any Person in TCA CRESENT alleging a violation of any Person’s privacy or personal information or data rights and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not breach or otherwise cause any violation of any Law or rule, policy, or procedure related to privacy, data protection, or the collection and use of personal information collected, used, or held for use by TCA CRESENT in the conduct of the TCA CRESENT Business. Each Person in TCA CRESENT takes reasonable measures to ensure that such information is protected against unauthorized access, use, modification, or other misuse.

 

2.6 Absence of Certain Business Practices. Neither TCA CRESENT nor any other Affiliate or agent of TCA CRESENT, or any other person acting on behalf of or associated with TCA CRESENT, acting alone or together, has (a) received, directly or indirectly, any rebates, payments, commissions, promotional allowances or any other economic benefits, regardless of their nature or type, from any customer, supplier, employee or agent of any customer or supplier; or (b) directly or indirectly given or agreed to give any money, gift or similar benefit to any customer, supplier, employee or agent of any customer or supplier, any official or employee of any government (domestic or foreign), or other person who was, is or may be in a position to help or hinder the business of TCA CRESENT (or assist TCA CRESENT in connection with any actual or proposed transaction), in each case which (i) may subject TCA CRESENT to any damage or penalty in any civil, criminal or governmental litigation or proceeding, (ii) if not given in the past, may have had an adverse effect on the business, financial condition, operations or prospects of TCA CRESENT, or (iii) if not continued in the future, may adversely affect the business, financial condition, operations or prospects of TCA CRESENT.

 

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2.7 Absence of Certain TCA CRESENT Control Person Actions or Events. To TCA CRESENT’s knowledge, none of the following has occurred during the past three (3) years with respect to an TCA CRESENT Control Person:

 

(a) A petition under the federal bankruptcy laws or any provincial or state insolvency law was filed by or against, or a receiver, fiscal agent or similar officer was appointed by a court for the business or property of such TCA CRESENT control person, or any partnership in which he was a general partner at or within two (2) years before the time of such filing, or any corporation or business association of which he was an executive officer at or within two years before the time of such filing;

 

(b) Such TCA CRESENT control person was convicted in a criminal proceeding or is a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses);

 

(c) Such TCA CRESENT control person was the subject of any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining him from, or otherwise limiting, his engagement in (A) any type of business practice, or (B) any activity in connection with the purchase or sale of any security or commodity or in connection with any violation of federal or state securities laws or federal commodities laws;

 

(d) Such TCA CRESENT control person was the subject of any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any federal or state authority barring, suspending or otherwise limiting for more than sixty (60) days the right of such TCA CRESENT Control Person to engage in any activity described in paragraph (c) of this item, or to be associated with Persons engaged in any such activity; or

 

(e) Such TCA CRESENT control person was found by a court of competent jurisdiction in a civil action or by the United States Security Exchange Commission (“Commission”) to have violated any federal or state securities law, and the judgment in such civil action or finding by the Commission has not been subsequently reversed, suspended, or vacated.

 

2.10 Disclosure of Material Information. Neither TCA CRESENT nor any other person acting on its behalf has provided or will provide Company or its agents or counsel with any information that TCA CRESENT believes constitutes material non-public information (other than with respect to the Transactions), unless prior thereto Company and the Shareholder shall have executed a written agreement regarding the confidentiality and use of such information. TCA CRESENT understands and confirms that the Shareholder will be relying on the foregoing representations in effecting transactions in securities of TCA CRESENT.

 

2.11 Disclosure. No representation or warranty by the TCA CRESENT in this Agreement, any other Transaction documents and the Exhibits and Schedules hereto and thereto and no statement contained in any document, certificate, or other writing furnished or to be furnished by TCA CRESENT to Company , the Shareholder or any of their representatives or agents pursuant to the provisions hereof or in connection with the Transaction, contains or will contain any untrue statement of material fact or omits or will omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements herein or therein made, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made

not misleading.

 

2.12 Board Approval. All necessary approval by the Board of Managers of TCA CRESENT has been obtained for the execution and performance under this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF COMPANY AND THE SHAREHOLDER

 

Company and the Shareholder hereby severally, and not jointly, represent and warrant to TCA CRESENT as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date that:

 

3.1 Organization and Qualification. Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has all requisite corporate power and corporate authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Company is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the ownership, leasing or operation of its properties or assets or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, individually or in the aggregate, has not had a Material adverse effect.

 

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3.2 Authority. Company has all necessary corporate power and corporate authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Exchange. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Company and the Shareholder, and the consummation by Company of the Transactions contemplated hereby, including the Exchange, have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action, including, but not limited to, board of directors approval, and no other corporate proceedings on the part of Company or the Shareholder are necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the Transaction contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by Company and the Shareholder and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by TCA CRESENT, constitutes a legally valid and binding obligation of Company and the Shareholder, enforceable against Company and the Shareholder in accordance with its terms (except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to the effect of general principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

3.3 No Conflict. None of the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by Company or the Shareholder, the consummation by Company or the Shareholder of the Exchange or any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement, or compliance by Company or the Shareholder with any of the provisions of this Agreement will (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both): (a) conflict with or violate any provision of the articles of incorporation or bylaws (or any equivalent organizational or governing documents) of Company; (b) assuming that all consents, approvals, authorizations and permits described in Section 3.4 have been obtained and all filings and notifications described in Section 3.4 have been made and any waiting periods thereunder have terminated or expired, conflict with or violate any law applicable to Company or (c) require any consent or approval under, violate, conflict with, result in any breach of or any loss of any benefit under, or constitute a default under, or result in termination or give to others any right of termination, vesting, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a Lien upon any of the respective properties or assets of Company pursuant to any Contract or permit to which Company is a party or by which they or any of its properties or assets may be bound or affected, except, with respect to clauses (b) and (c), for any such conflicts, violations, consents, breaches, losses, defaults, other occurrences or Liens which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had a Material adverse effect on Company.

 

3.4 Required Filings and Consents. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of TCA CRESENT in Section 2.2, none of the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by Company, the consummation by Company or the Shareholder of the Exchange or any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement, or compliance by Company and the Shareholder with any of the provisions of this Agreement will require (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing or registration with or notification to, any governmental entity or any other person, and where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals, authorizations or permits of, or to make such filings, registrations with or notifications to any governmental entity or any other person, individually or in the aggregate, has not had a material adverse effect on Company.

 

3.5 Litigation. There is no action pending or, to the knowledge of Company and Shareholder, threatened against or affecting Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any executive officer or director of TCA CRESENT, that, individually or in the aggregate, could have a material adverse effect on the Company. Company and the Shareholder warrant and represent that

 

(1) there are no secured debts owed to third parties;

 

(2) all payroll, use, or sale taxes; and all rent and all other obligations are paid current; and

 

(3) after the Closing, neither Company nor the Shareholder are owed any funds from any source other than the obligations of TCA CRESENT as described herein.

 

Furthermore Company and the Shareholder warrant that all other creditors have been are paid in the normal course of their business pursuant to Section 3.7 f and 3.7 i.

 

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3.6 Books and Records; Internal Accounting Controls. The books and records of Company accurately reflect in all material respects the information relating to the business of Company, the location and collection of its properties and the nature of all transactions giving rise to the obligations or accounts receivable of Company to the extent required to be contained therein. Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that; (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate actions is taken with respect to any differences. All such books and records are appended to, specifically the consolidated financial statements as of October 31, 2016 (unreviewed), October 31, 2015, October 31, 2014, and October 31 2013, including the Accounts Receivable Aging, Accounts Payable Aging, Furniture, Fixture and Equipment listing, Inventory all as of the date on the list supplied and attached on Schedule 1.3, and corporate consolidated or individual entity federal and state tax returns (as may be applicable) for fiscal years 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 and are listed on, Schedule 1.4.

 

3.7 Additional Representations. In addition to the warrants and representations above made by Company to TCA CRESENT, Company does fully warrant and represent to TCA CRESENT:

 

  a. All reports, schedules, tax returns, sales projections, certificates, and other information from time to time delivered or otherwise reported to TCA CRESENT by Company, including, without limitation, all financial statements, tax returns, and all supporting information or documentation delivered in connection herewith shall be bona fide, complete, correct, and accurate in all material respects and shall accurately and completely report all matters purported to be covered or reported thereby;
     
  b. All representations and warranties made by the Company in this Agreement, and any other documents or instruments executed in connection with the Agreement, are complete, correct, and accurate in all material respects and do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted a to state a material fact required to be stated therein necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading;
     
  c. Company may, from time to time, sign and deliver reports (including, without limitation, those specifically mentioned above) or otherwise deliver any such information to TCA CRESENT as TCA CRESENT may request, and the undersigned signatory confirms that he is duly authorized to deliver same to TCA CRESENT on behalf of Company;
     
  d. All assets of Company: (i) are valid and genuine; (ii) are owned by Company and will be possessed by Company or its agent; (iii) will not be subject to any lien or security interest, except for permitted liens and as otherwise permitted by TCA CRESENT; and (iv) will be maintained only at the locations in Concord, North Carolina unless Company obtains TCA CRESENT’s prior written consent to relocate them;
     
  e. The Company’s VDCF is no less than Seven Hundred Thousand ($700,000.00);
     
  f. There are no secured creditors of Company as of the Closing Date;
     
  g. Any accounts payables, lines of credit, and obligations, debts and liens or promissory notes due and payable in less than one year from the Closing in favor of any other party than TCA CRESENT to be assumed as of the Closing Date will not exceed Six Hundred Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($600,000.00), unless a higher amount is agreed to by TCA CRESENT at or prior to Closing which approval shall not unreasonably withheld ;
     
  h. Annual sales for the twelve (12) calendar months prior to Closing Date exceed Six Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($6,700,000.00);
    Projected Sales for the twelve (12) months after the Closing Date as evidenced by fully executed work contracts and letters of intent will exceed Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00);
     
  i. The Company is the full title owner with no restrictions, limitations, or encumbrances of the universal resource locator cresentconstruction.com and all intellectual property necessary to conduct the business of the Company;
     
  j. Accounts receivables aged less than ninety (90) days shall not be less than Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($750,000.00) as of the Closing Date, unless a lower amount is agreed to by TCA CRESENT at or prior to Closing which approval shall not unreasonably withheld;
     
  k. The landlord or lessor involving any leased property or item will fully without reservation accept the change in ownership of the Company;
     
  l. All management personnel identified by the Company and TCA CRESENT as necessary to operate the business of the Company can be retained as needed; and
     
  m. Cash held by the Company as of Closing shall be at least Two-Hundred Fifty Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($250,000.00), which shall be borrowed by TCA CRESENT pursuant to Section 5.8 hereof. Any cash held by the Company in excess of the said $250,000.00 described in this sub-section m. shall be retained by the Shareholder.

 

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3.8 Accounts Receivable-Accounts Payable Reconciliation. The day before Closing the Shareholder and TCA CRESENT shall review the Company’s then existing Accounts Receivables described in Section 3.7 j. above (“Accounts Receivables”) and the Accounts Payable and other short term obligations described in Section 3.7 g. above (“Accounts Payables”). If the difference calculated by subtracting the Account Payables from the Accounts Receivables is less than One Hundred Fifty Thousand and no/100 Dollars, (Accounts Receivables less Account Payables < $150,000.00) (“Deficient Amount”), the Deficient Amount shall be deducted from the amount paid to the Shareholder in the Shareholder Note payable under Section 1.3 b. If there is no Deficient Amount, then no further action is required.

 

3.9 Shares of Company. The Company represents and warrants to TCA CRESENT that the Company has One Hundred Thousand (100,000) common shares of stock of the Company authorized by duly approved resolution or declaration as set forth on Schedule 1.1 of which only Twenty Thousand (20,000) Common Shares are issued and now owned by Shareholder. Furthermore, there are no other classes of common stock and no preferred shares, warrants, convertible shares, or debt convertible to stock authorized by the Company. No stock has any rights of redemption or restrictions that would not allow their full and complete transfer to TCA CRESENT pursuant to this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SHAREHOLDER

 

The Shareholder (with respect to himself only) hereby represents and warrants to TCA CRESENT that as of the date hereof:

 

4.1 Ownership of Company Shares. The Shareholder hereby represents and warrants to TCA CRESENT that such Shareholder is the true and lawful registered holder and beneficial owner of the Company Shares listed opposite his name attached hereto as Schedule 1.1, all of which shares are free and clear of all Liens. TCA CRESENT will receive good and valid title to the Company Shares, free and clear of all other Liens. Other than the rights and obligations arising under this Agreement, none of the Company Shares is subject to any rights of any other Person to acquire the same.

 

4.2 Authority Relative to This Agreement; No Violations or Conflicts.

 

(a) Authority. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Shareholder and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of such party, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms, except that enforcement hereof may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors' rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).

 

(b) No Violation. The Shareholder is not subject to, or obligated under, any charter, bylaw or contractual provision or any license, franchise or permit, or subject to any statute, regulation, rule, injunction, ruling, order or decree or other restriction, that, by its terms, would be breached or violated or would result in a default under (with or without notice or lapse of time or both), or result in the imposition of a Lien or would accelerate any payment or obligation, trigger any right of first refusal or other purchase right as a result of such Shareholder executing or carrying out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except as previously disclosed and for any breaches or violations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on Company or TCA CRESENT or substantially impair or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. No authorization, consent or approval of, or filing with, any governmental entity, including the Commission, or third party is necessary for the consummation by the Shareholder of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for such authorizations, consents, approvals or filings the failure to obtain or make which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on TCA CRESENT or substantially impair or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(c) No Conflict. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Shareholder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and shall not, with or without the giving of notice or the passage of time, (i) violate, conflict with, or result in a breach of, or a default or loss of rights under, any material covenant, agreement, mortgage, indenture, lease, instrument, permit or license to which the Shareholder is a party or by which the Shareholder or any of his Company Shares are bound, or any judgment, order, decree, law, rule or regulation to which such Shareholder or such shares are subject or (ii) result in the creation of, or give any party any right to create, any Lien or any other right or adverse interest upon any of such shares.

 

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4.3 Foreign Person. The Shareholder is a United States persons within the meaning of Section 7701(a) (30) of the Code.

 

4.4 Company Stock. All of the outstanding capital stock of Company owned by the Shareholder is set forth in Schedule 1.3. The number of shares of Company Common Stock set forth opposite each Shareholder's name in Schedule 1.3 includes all the shares of capital stock of the Company owned, beneficially or directly, by him on the date hereof. Except as set forth in Schedule 1.3, such Party holds such shares free and clear of any restrictions on transfer (other than any restrictions under the Securities Act and state securities laws), taxes, liens, options, warrants, purchase rights, contracts, commitments, equities, claims, and demands. Such Party is not a party to any option, warrant, purchase right, or other contract or commitment that could require it to sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any the shares of the Company Common Stock (other than pursuant to this Agreement or as disclosed in Schedule 1.3 or is a party to any voting trust, proxy, or other agreement or understanding with respect to the voting of any of the shares of the Company Common Stock.

 

4.5 Employment Agreement.

 

(a) On the Closing Date, Shareholder agrees to execute a employment agreement with the Company for a term of thirty-six (36) months from the Closing Date at an annual fee of Sixty-five Thousand Dollars ($65,000.00) plus an additional amount equal to what Shareholder received in the year prior to the Closing date from the Company for any pension benefits and health insurance on an annual basis for the purpose of assisting TCA CRESENT in the transition, and to maintain and develop the business, employee culture, and other needed areas of the Company where the Shareholder’s sales and product experience as well as vendor relationships may benefit the Company on a long term basis, the form of which is attached hereto as Schedule 1.5 (the “Employment Agreement”). Additionally, TCA CRESENT, as part of the salary of Shareholder, agrees to maintain a key man life insurance policy in the face amount of $2,000,000.00. At the end of the thirty-six (36) month term of the employment agreement, the key man life insurance policy will be made available to Shareholder, and assigned to Shareholder, with the responsibility of Shareholder to maintain premiums and hold and indemnify TCA CRESENT from any further responsibility.

 

(b) It is expressly agreed by the Parties that, in the event Shareholder terminates his employment under the Employment Agreement without Good Reason (as defined in the Employment Agreement), the Shareholder Note shall immediately be cancelled and any continuing payment obligations of TCA CRESENT pursuant to the Shareholder Note and this Agreement shall likewise become null and void.

 

ARTICLE V

PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS

 

For the purposes of this Article V Pre-Closing Covenants and Agreements, the term "Company" includes the Shareholder.

 

5.1 Conduct of Company and Shareholder. Except as contemplated by this Agreement, during the period from the date hereof to the Closing Date, Company agrees to conduct its business in accordance with its ordinary and usual course of business and in compliance with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act; use its best efforts, subject to the foregoing, to preserve Company’s business organization, keep available to Company the services of Company’s officers and employees and maintain satisfactory relationships with customers, suppliers and others having business relationships with it; confer with representatives of TCA CRESENT to keep them informed with respect to operational matters of a material nature and to report the general status of the ongoing operations of the business of Company; maintain Company’s books and records in compliance with the generally accepted accounting principles and; and refrain taking any of the following actions without the express prior written consent of TCA CRESENT:

 

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(i) Incur any debt, Liability or obligation, direct or indirect, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise, other than current liabilities incurred in the ordinary and usual course of its business, or pay any debt, liability or obligation of any kind other than such current liabilities and current maturities of existing long-term debt; without the expressed consent of TCA CRESENT, not to be unreasonably withheld

 

(ii) Assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become responsible for the obligations of any other individual, firm or corporation or make any loans or advances to any individual, firm or corporation;

 

(iii) Except as contemplated hereby, make any direct or indirect redemption, purchase or other acquisition of any shares of its capital stock or declare, set aside or pay any dividend or distribution (whether in cash, capital stock or property) with respect to its capital stock;

 

(iv) Transfer, lease, mortgage, pledge or otherwise encumber any of its Properties;

 

(v) Sell, lease, transfer or dispose of any of its properties, waive or release any rights of material value, or cancel, compromise, release or assign any indebtedness owed to it or any claims held by it;

 

(vi) Make any investment of a capital nature either by purchase of stock or securities, contributions to capital, property transfers or otherwise, or by the purchase of any Property of any other individual, firm or corporation, other than in the ordinary and usual course of its business;

 

(vii) Enter into any transaction with any director, officer, stockholder or affiliate of Company or with any affiliate of any director, officer, stockholder or affiliate of Company, except as contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(viii) Amend the Company’s Charter Documents;

 

(ix) Increase in any manner the compensation or fringe benefits of any of its directors, officers, employees, including any increase of pension or retirement allowance, life insurance premiums or other benefit payments to any such directors, officers or employees, or commit itself to any employment agreement or employment arrangement with or for the benefit of any officer, employee or registered representatives or other person, except as contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(x) Violate any legal requirement applicable to Company and/or its business;

 

(xi) Issue or sell any shares of Company capital stock or other securities, or grant or enter into any option, warrant, call or commitment with respect to any securities of Company;

 

(xii) Merge or consolidate with, or purchase a substantial portion of the assets of, or by any other manner acquire or combine with any business or any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association or other business organization or division thereof or otherwise acquire or agree to acquire any assets which are material to Company, its business, financial condition or results of operations;

 

(xiii) Pay any accrued fees or salaries to officers, directors, stockholders, or Affiliates, except salaries payable in accordance with present practices of Company;

 

(xiv) Organize any subsidiaries, acquire any capital stock or other equity securities of any corporation or acquire any equity or ownership interest in any business;

 

(xv) Prepay any obligation having a fixed maturity of more than ninety (90) days from the date such obligation was issued or incurred;

 

(xvi) Make any single capital expenditure or commitment in excess of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) or make aggregate capital expenditures and commitments in excess of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000); or

 

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(xvii) Enter into an agreement to do any of the things described in clauses (i) through (xvi) of this Section 9.1.

 

5.2 Regulatory Consents, Authorizations, etc. Each Party hereto will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain all consents, authorizations, orders and approvals of, and to make all filings and registrations with, any governmental authority any other person which is required for or in connection with the consummation by it of the Transactions and will cooperate fully with the other Parties in assisting them to obtain such consents, authorizations, orders and approvals and to make such filings and registrations. No Party hereto will take or omit to take any action for the purpose of delaying, impairing or impeding the receipt of any required consent, authorization, order or approval or the making of any required filing or registration.

 

5.3 Negotiations with Others. During the period from the date of this Agreement to the Closing Date, or until this Agreement is terminated in accordance with the provisions of Article X, if it is so terminated, Company will not, directly or indirectly, initiate discussions or negotiations with, or provide any information other than publicly available information to, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, person or other entity or group (other than TCA CRESENT ) concerning any possible proposal regarding a sale of capital stock of Company or a merger, consolidation, sale of substantially all Properties or other similar transaction involving Company or any division or major asset of Company without the express prior written consent of TCA CRESENT, which consent may be withheld in TCA CRESENT’s sole and absolute discretion.

 

5.4 Publicity. The Company will not issue any press release or otherwise make any public statement with respect to this Agreement, the Transaction, or the Exchange without the express prior written consent of TCA CRESENT, except as may be required under law, regulation, or any other requirements. Any public announcement or press release about the relationship between the Parties, except as required by law, regulation, or any other requirements.

 

5.5 Access. From the date of this Agreement to the Closing Date, Company will provide access to TCA CRESENT and its representatives reasonable access during normal business hours to the Properties, books, records, customer accounts and Contracts of Company and furnish to TCA CRESENT such documents and information concerning Company’s business as TCA CRESENT may request. TCA CRESENT will hold, and will cause its shareholders, officers, directors, employees, accountants, counsel, consultants, advisors and agents to hold, in confidence, unless compelled to disclose by judicial or administrative process or by other requirements of applicable law, all confidential documents and information concerning Company and its business provided to them.

 

5.6 Financial Information. Company shall provide TCA CRESENT with such audited annual and unaudited interim financial information, pro forma financial information and all footnotes thereto and auditor’s letters relating to its business as may be requested by TCA CRESENT in order for TCA CRESENT to comply with its reporting and disclosure obligations under any applicable Legal Requirements.

 

5.7 Appointment of Officers and Directors. Company shall take all action necessary to have, effective immediately upon the Closing, (i) Devon Jones appointed as Company’s Chief Executive Officer, and as Company’s President, and (ii) such other Persons appointed to such other positions as TCA CRESENT shall have communicated to Company prior to the Closing.

 

5.8 Additional Agreements, Amendments or Supplements to Schedules.

 

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions herein provided, each of the Parties hereto agrees to use its reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all thing necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws and regulations to consummate and make effective, as soon as reasonably practicable, the Transaction contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(b) After the date hereof and prior to the Closing Date, TCA CRESENT, as soon as practicable, shall supplement or amend the Schedules required by this Agreement with respect to any matter arising after the date hereof which, if existing or occurring at the date hereof, would have been required to be set forth or described in such Schedules.

 

(c) TCA CRESENT shall after closing borrow such cash to pay the bonding requirements and repay such borrowed money to Shareholder at an interest rate of eight percent (8%) per annum and repay the sum over a three-year term commencing with the Closing Date.

 

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(d) The agreed amount to be borrowed and paid back pursuant to the terms set forth herein is Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00). See promissory note in Schedule 1.5 (the “Bonding Note”)

 

ARTICLE VI

POST-CLOSING COVENANTS

 

6.1 Further Assurances. At any time and from time to time after the Closing, the Parties shall execute, deliver and acknowledge such other documents and instruments of transfer, assignment or conveyance and do such further acts and things as may be reasonably required in order to consummate the Transaction.

 

6.2 Financial Assurances. After the date of closing Company will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of TCA CRESENT. Only the President and CEO of Company shall have the authority to obligate Company to any encumbrances and only they shall be authorized to be signatories on the Company, bank, brokerage and other accounts. No one other than the President and CEO shall have the authority to authorize anyone on those accounts.

 

6.3 Registered Agent. TCA CRESENT agrees to designate a registered agent for Cresent Construction Company Inc. within thirty (30) of Closing and replace Dewey Keith Gabriel.

 

6.4 Bonding of Ongoing Projects. There are five (5) projects presently in progress named: Piedmont Energy Systems, Rockwell EMS Station, Jerry Hunt Auto Sales, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, and Lakeview Baptist Church which are bonded with the signature of Shareholder. During the course of construction and until these five (5) projects are completed in full and unconditionally accepted by the party for which they were built, Shareholder shall remain as the bonding guarantor for any bonds related to any of the above projects. Furthermore, the Shareholder and the Company shall take all action necessary such that TCA CRESENT shall not be required to obtain bonds applicable to these five (5) projects, and neither be limited nor restrained from completing any of these projects due to any bonding issues related directly or indirectly to a change in ownership of the Company. This Section 6.4 shall be considered a representation and warranty of Shareholder and the Company and shall survive the Closing and remain in place and in force until all of these five (5) projects are completed in full and unconditionally accepted by the party for which they were built.

 

ARTICLE VII

CONDITIONS TO THE CLOSING

 

7.1 Conditions to Closing from TCA CRESENT. The obligations of TCA CRESENT to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, are subject to the fulfillment, to the reasonable satisfaction of Company, prior to or on the Closing Date of each of the following conditions:

 

(a) Regulatory Consents, Authorizations, etc. All consents, authorizations, orders and approvals of, and filings and registrations with, any governmental authority which are required for or in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation by each Party hereto of the Exchange shall have been obtained or made

 

(b) Representations, Warranties, Covenants, etc. The representations and warranties of TCA CRESENT contained in this Agreement and taken together with the Exhibits and Schedules attached hereto, shall have been true and correct in all material respects on the date hereof and, taken together with the Schedules attached hereto on the Closing Date, shall also be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date, except for changes contemplated by this Agreement, with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date; and TCA CRESENT shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by each of them on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

(c) Litigation; Other Events. No claim, action, suit or proceeding shall have been instituted or shall be threatened by any person which seeks to prohibit, restrict or delay consummation of the terms of this Agreement, or any of the conditions to consummation of such fulfilling of the terms of this Agreement, or to subject TCA CRESENT to liability on the ground that it have breached any law or regulation or otherwise acted improperly in relation to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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(d) Closing Deliveries. The Closing Deliveries specified in Section 1.6 shall have been made by the Shareholder.

 

7.2 Conditions to Closing and the Shareholder’ Obligation to Surrender the Company Shares. The obligations of Company and the Shareholder to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement including, without limitation, the surrender of the Company Shares in exchange for consideration set forth in Section 1.3 (a) .and Section 1.3 (b) on the Closing Date, are subject to fulfillment, to the satisfaction of Company and the Shareholder, on or prior to the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions:

 

(a) Regulatory Consents, Authorizations, etc. All consents, authorizations, orders and approvals of, and filings and registrations with, any governmental authority which are required for or in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation by each Party hereto of the Exchange shall have been obtained or made.

 

(b) Representations, Warranties, Covenants, etc. The representations and warranties of Company and Shareholder contained in this Agreement and/or the other related transaction documents, taken together with the Exhibits and Schedules attached hereto, shall have been true and correct in all material respects on the date hereof and, taken together with the Schedules attached hereto on the Closing Date, shall also be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date, except for changes contemplated by this Agreement, with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date; and shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement and/or the other related transaction documents to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

(c) Litigation; Other Events. No claim, action, suit or proceeding shall have been instituted or shall be threatened by any person (excluding any such matter initiated by or on behalf of Company and/or the Shareholder) which (i) seeks to prohibit, restrict or delay consummation of the terms of this Agreement, or any of the conditions to consummation of such terms of this Agreement (ii) seeks to subject the Shareholder or Company or any of its directors, officers, employees or agents to liability on the ground that it or they have breached any law or regulation or otherwise acted improperly in relation to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or otherwise (iii) could in sole and absolute discretion of Company have a material adverse effect on Company, the Shareholder or TCA CRESENT or their respective businesses.

 

(d) Due Diligence. TCA CRESENT shall have had the right through and until the date of the Closing, to conduct a full due diligence review of Company and of its affiliates, and shall be satisfied with the results thereof, including, but not limited to the following:

 

  (i) All assets of Company: (i) are valid and genuine; (ii) are owned by Company and will be possessed by Company or its agent; (iii) will not be subject to any lien or security interest, except for permitted liens and as otherwise permitted by TCA CRESENT; and (iv) will be maintained only at the locations in Concord, North Carolina unless Company obtains TCA CRESENT’s prior written consent to relocate them;
     
  (ii) The Company’s VDCF is no less than Seven Hundred Thousand ($700,000.00) Dollars;
     
  (iii) There are no secured creditors of Company as of the Closing.
     
  (iv) Any accounts payables, lines of credit, and obligations, debts and liens or promissory notes due and payable in less than one year from the Closing in favor of any other party than TCA CRESENT to be assumed as of the Closing Date will not exceed Six Hundred Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($600,000.00) unless a higher amount is agreed to by TCA CRESENT at or prior to Closing which approval shall not unreasonably withheld;
     
  (v) Annual sales for the twelve (12) calendar months prior to Closing exceed Six Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($6,700,000.00);
     
  (vi) Projected Sales for the twelve (12) months after the Closing Date as evidenced by fully executed work contracts and letters of intent will exceed Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00);
     
  (vii) The Company is the full title owner with no restrictions, limitations, or encumbrances of the universal resource locator cresentconstruction.com and all intellectual property necessary to conduct the business of the Company;

 

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  (viii) Accounts receivables aged less than ninety (90) days shall not be less than Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($750,000.00) as of the Closing Date unless a lower amount is agreed to by TCA CRESENT at or prior to Closing which approval shall not unreasonably withheld;
     
  (ix) The landlord or lessor involving any leased property or item will fully without reservation accept the change in ownership of the Company;
     
  (x) All management personnel identified by the Company and TCA CRESENT as necessary to operate the business of the Company can be retained as needed including, but not limited to, Shareholder agreeing to execute an Employment Agreement consistent with Section 4.5 hereof.; and
     
  (xi) Cash held by the Company shall be Two-Hundred Fifty Thousand and no/100 United States Dollars as of the Closing, which shall be borrowed by TCA CRESENT pursuant to Section 5.8 hereof. Any cash held by the Company in excess of the said $250,000.00 described in this sub-section m. shall be retained by the Shareholder.

 

(e) Accounts Receivable-Accounts Payable Reconciliation. The day before Closing the Company and TCA CRESENT shall review the Company’s then existing Accounts Receivables described in Section 3.7 j. above (Accounts Receivables”) and the Accounts Payable and other short term obligations described in Section 3.7 f. above (“Accounts Payables”). If the difference calculated by subtracting the Account Payables from the Accounts Receivables is less than One Hundred Fifty Thousand and no/100 Dollars, (Accounts Receivables less Account Payable < $150,000.00) (Deficient Amount”), the Deficient Amount shall be deducted from the amount paid to the Company under Section 1.3 b. If there is no Deficient Amount, then no further action is required.

 

(f) Absence of Certain Events. Since the Applicable Date and up to and including the Closing, there shall not have been any event, circumstance, change or effect that, individually or in the aggregate, had or might in the opinion of the TCA CRESENT have a material adverse effect on Company or the Transaction contemplated in this Agreement.

 

(g) Proceedings Satisfactory. All proceedings to be taken by Company in connection with the Transaction and all documents incident thereto shall be satisfactory in form and substance to TCA CRESENT and its counsel, and TCA CRESENT and said counsel shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as it or they may request.

 

(h) Bankruptcy Proceedings. No proceeding in which Company shall be a debtor, defendant or party seeking an order for its own relief or reorganization shall have been brought or be pending by or against such person under any United States or state bankruptcy or insolvency law.

 

(i) Officer’s Certificate. Company shall have delivered to TCA CRESENT an Officer’s Certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, confirming the accuracy of Company’s representations, warranties and covenants as of the Closing Date and confirming the compliance by Company with the conditions precedent set forth in this Section 7.2 as of the Closing Date.

 

(j) Secretary’s Certificate. Company shall have delivered to TCA CRESENT a Secretary’s Certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, as to (i) the resolutions adopted by each of the Company’s board of directors or any committee thereof approving the Transaction, which resolutions shall be in full force and effect, (ii) the Company Charter Documents, which Company Charter Documents shall be in full force and effect, and (iii) the authority and incumbency of the officers of Company executing this Agreement and any other documents required to be executed or delivered in connection therewith.

 

(k) Closing Deliveries. The Closing Deliveries specified in Section 1.8 shall have been made and delivered to TCA CRESENT by Company.

 

(l) No Liabilities. Company shall not have any undisclosed Liabilities (and there shall be no basis for any present or future action, suit, proceeding, hearing, investigation, charge, complaint, claim, or demand against it giving rise to any Liability).

 

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ARTICLE VIII

SURVIVAL AND INDEMNIFICATION

 

8.1 Survival of Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of Company and of each Shareholder and/or Company contained in this Agreement or in any other certificate, writing or agreement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the Closing Date for one (1) year, except (i) as to any matter as to which a good faith claim has been submitted in writing to the other Party describing the claim in reasonable detail before such date and identified as a claim for indemnification pursuant to this Article VIII and (ii) as to any matter which is based successfully upon fraud with respect to which the cause of action shall expire only upon expiration of the applicable statute of limitations.

 

8.2. Obligations of Shareholder and Company. Subject to the other terms and conditions of this Article VIII, the Shareholder, jointly and severally, and Company, either jointly with all or any of the Shareholder or Company alone shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless TCA CRESENT and its Shareholder, directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, agents, representatives and permitted assigns, from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and costs) (collectively, “Losses”), directly or indirectly, as a result of, in connection with, or based upon or arising from any of the following: (i) any inaccuracy in or breach or non-performance of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by Company or any Shareholder or jointly and severally by any or all the Shareholder or Company in this Agreement; (ii) the failure of Company or Shareholder, jointly or severally to perform fully any covenant, provision or agreement to be performed or observed by him pursuant to this Agreement or (iii) any other matter as to which Company or any Shareholder or both any Shareholder or Company in other provisions of this Agreement have agreed to indemnify TCA CRESENT.

 

8.3 Obligations of TCA CRESENT. Subject to the other terms and conditions of this Article VIII, TCA CRESENT shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Shareholder, and Company, their agents, representatives, heirs, successors and permitted assigns, from and against any and all Losses, directly or indirectly, as a result of, in connection with, or based upon or arising from any of the following: (i) any inaccuracy in or breach or non-performance of any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made by TCA CRESENT in or pursuant to this Agreement; (ii) the failure of TCA CRESENT to perform fully any covenant, provision or agreement to be performed or observed by it pursuant to this Agreement; and (iii) any other matter as to which TCA CRESENT in other provisions of this Agreement has agreed to indemnify the Shareholder. TCA CRESENT shall pay and reimburse the Indemnified Party for any Loss suffered by the Indemnified Party in respect of any Loss to which the foregoing indemnity relates.

 

8.4. Notice of Loss. The indemnified party herein (the “Indemnified Party”) with respect to any Loss shall give prompt notice thereof to the indemnifying party herein (the “Indemnifying Party”).

 

8.5. Defense. In the event any Third Party shall make a demand or claim or file or threaten to file or continue any lawsuit, which demand, claim or lawsuit may result in liability to an Indemnified Party in respect of matters covered by the indemnity under this Agreement, or in the event that a potential Loss, damage or expense comes to the attention of any Party in respect of matters embraced by the indemnity under this Agreement, then the Party receiving notice or becoming aware of such event shall promptly notify the other Party in writing of the demand, claim or lawsuit. Within thirty (30) days after written notice by the Indemnified Party (the “Notice”) to an Indemnifying Party of such demand, claim or lawsuit, except as provided in the next sentence, the Indemnifying Party shall have the option, at its sole cost and expense, to retain counsel to defend any such demand, claim or lawsuit; provided that counsel who will conduct the defense of such demand, claim or lawsuit will be approved by the Indemnified Party whose approval will not unreasonably be withheld. The Indemnified Party shall have the right, at its own expense, to participate in the defense of any suit, action or proceeding brought against it with respect to which indemnification may be sought hereunder; provided, if (i) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any interpleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party, representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them, and the Indemnifying Party has not retained separate counsel for the Indemnified Party, (ii) the employment of counsel by such Indemnified Party has been authorized in writing by the Indemnifying Party, which authorization will not be unreasonably withheld, or (iii) the Indemnifying Party has not in fact employed counsel to assume the defense of such action within a reasonable time; then, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain its own counsel at the sole cost and expense of the Indemnifying Party, which costs and expenses shall be paid by the Indemnifying Party on a current basis. No Indemnifying Party, in the defense of any such demand, claim or lawsuit, will consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement without the consent of the Indemnified Party. If any Indemnified Party will have been advised by counsel chosen by it that there may be one or more legal defenses available to such Indemnified Party which are different from or in addition to those which have been asserted by the Indemnifying Party and counsel retained by the Indemnifying Party declines to assert those defenses, then, at the election of the Indemnified Party, the Indemnifying Party will not have the right to continue the defense of such demand, claim or lawsuit on behalf of such Indemnified Party and will reimburse such Indemnified Party and any Person controlling such Indemnified Party on a current basis for the reasonable fees and expenses of any counsel retained by the Indemnified Party to undertake the defense. In the event that the Indemnifying Party shall fail to respond within thirty (30) days after receipt of the Notice, the Indemnified Party may retain counsel and conduct the defense of such demand, claim or lawsuit, as it may in its sole discretion deem proper, at the sole cost and expense of the Indemnifying Party, which costs and expenses shall be paid by the Indemnifying Party on a current basis. Failure to provide Notice shall not limit the rights of such party to indemnification, except to the extent the Indemnifying Party’s defense of the action is actually prejudiced by such failure. The assumption of the defense or the non-assumption of the defense, by the purported Indemnifying Party will not affect such party’s right to dispute its obligation to provide indemnification hereunder.

 

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8.6. Notice by the Parties. Each Party agrees to promptly notify the other of any liabilities, claims or misrepresentations, breaches or other matters covered by this Article VIII upon discovery or receipt of notice thereof.

 

ARTICLE IX

TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER

 

9.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated, and the other Transactions contemplated hereby may be abandoned by action taken or authorized by the board of directors (or appropriate committee or designee) of the terminating party or parties, whether before or after approval of the Transaction by the Shareholder:

 

(a) By mutual written consent of TCA CRESENT and Company at any time prior to the Closing;

 

(b) By either Company or TCA CRESENT, if any court of competent jurisdiction or other governmental entity shall have issued an order or taken any other action permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting, prior to the Closing , the Transaction, and such order, decree, ruling or other action shall have become final and non-appealable (which order or other action the party seeking to terminate this Agreement shall have used its commercially reasonable efforts to resist, resolve or lift, as applicable); provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.1(b) shall not be available to any party if the issuance of such final and non-appealable Order or other action was due to the failure by such party to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(c) By TCA CRESENT, at any time prior to the Closing if: (i) there shall be an uncured inaccuracy in any representation or warranty of Company or the Shareholder contained in this Agreement or breach of any covenant of the Company contained in this Agreement, (ii) TCA CRESENT shall have delivered to the Company written notice of such uncured inaccuracy or breach and (iii) either such uncured inaccuracy or breach is not capable of cure or at least twenty (20) calendar days shall have elapsed since the date of delivery of such written notice to Company and such Uncured Inaccuracy or breach shall not have been cured;

 

(d) By Company, at any time prior to the Closing if: (i) there shall be an uncured inaccuracy in any representation or warranty of TCA CRESENT contained in this Agreement or breach of any covenant of TCA CRESENT contained in this Agreement, (ii) Company shall have delivered to TCA CRESENT written notice of such uncured inaccuracy or breach and (iii) either such uncured inaccuracy or breach is not capable of cure or at least 20 calendar days shall have elapsed since the date of delivery of such written notice to TCA CRESENT and such uncured inaccuracy or breach shall not have been cured; or

 

(e) By either TCA CRESENT or Company at any time prior to the Closing, if the other Party has suffered a material adverse effect.

 

(f) Automatically upon termination by Shareholder of the Employment Agreement as set forth in Section 4.5(b) of this Agreement.

 

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9.2 Effect of Termination.

 

(a) In the event of termination of this Agreement by either the Company or TCA CRESENT as provided in Section 9.1(a) or Section 9.2(b), this Agreement shall become void and there shall be no liability or obligation on the part of any Party hereto or their respective subsidiaries, officers or directors except for any obligations or liability incurred prior to the termination described in this Article IX.

 

(b) In the event of termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 9.1(f), the Shareholder Note and Bonding Note shall be immediately terminated and TCA CRESENT shall not be liable for any continuing payment obligations under Section 1.3b hereof, the Shareholder Note or the Bonding Note. The Parties expressly agree that the foregoing termination provision shall not affect the Exchange under this Agreement.

 

(c) Each of Company, the Shareholder and TCA CRESENT acknowledges that the agreements contained in this Section 9.2 are an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

9.3 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended by Company and TCA CRESENT by action taken by or on behalf of their respective boards of directors at any time prior to the Closing. This Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto.

 

9.4 Waiver. At any time prior to the Closing, TCA CRESENT, on the one hand, and Company, on the other hand, may (i) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other, (ii) waive any uncured inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of the other contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto and (iii) waive compliance by the other Party with any of the agreements or covenants contained herein. Any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the Party or Parties to be bound thereby, but such extension or waiver or failure to insist on strict compliance with an obligation, covenant, agreement or condition shall not operate as a waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any subsequent or other failure.

 

ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS

 

10.1 Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any right created hereby shall be assignable by any Party hereto.

 

10.2 Non-Waiver. The failure in any one or more instances of a Party to insist upon performance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement, to exercise any right or privilege in this Agreement conferred, or the waiver by said Party of any breach of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement, shall not be construed as a subsequent waiver of any such terms, covenants, conditions, rights or privileges, but the same shall continue and remain in full force and effect as if no such forbearance or waiver had occurred. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of the waiving Party. A breach of any representation, warranty or covenant shall not be affected by the fact that a more general or more specific representation, warranty or covenant was not also breached.

 

10.3 Binding Effect; Benefit. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Parties hereto, and their successors and permitted assigns. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, shall confer on any Person other than the Parties hereto, and their respective successors and permitted assigns, any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

10.4 Notices. Any notice or communication must be in writing and will be deemed given: (i) when delivered if delivered personally (including by courier); (ii) on the third (3rd) Business Day after mailing, if mailed, postage prepaid, by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested); (iii) on the day after mailing if sent by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service which maintains records of the time, place, and recipient of delivery; or (iv) upon receipt of a confirmed transmission, if sent by email or facsimile transmission. For purposes of notice, the addresses of the Parties shall be:

 

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If to TCA CRESENT:

 

Address: 19950 West Country Club Drive, Suite 101

Aventura, FL 33180

 

Attention: Alyce Schreiber

 

Telephone:

Facsimile:

Email:

 

With a copy to Lucosky Brookman LLP (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Address: 101 Wood Avenue Sout

Woodbridge, NJ 08830

 

Attention: Seth A. Brookman

Email: sbrookman@lucbro.com

 

If to Company

 

Address: 990 Lee-Ann Drive

Concord, North Carolina 28025

 

Attention: Dewey K. Gabriel

 

Telephone: 1-704-239-2463

Facsimile: 1-704-788-9581

Email:

 

If to Shareholder

 

Address: 990 Lee-Ann Drive

Concord, North Carolina 28025

 

Attention: Dewey K. Gabriel

 

Telephone: 1-704-239-2463

Facsimile:

Email:

 

10.5 Governing Law; Venue. This Agreement shall be governed solely and exclusively by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of California without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof. The Parties hereto hereby expressly and irrevocably agree that any suit or proceeding arising directly and/or indirectly pursuant to or under this Agreement shall be brought solely in a federal or state court located in the City and County of Los Angeles, California. By its execution hereof, the Parties hereby covenant and irrevocably submit to the in personal jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located in the City and County of Los Angeles in the State of California and agree that any process in any such action may be served upon any of them personally, or by certified mail or registered mail upon them or their agent, return receipt requested, with the same full force and effect as if personally served upon them in the State of Arizona. The Parties hereto expressly and irrevocably waive any claim that any such jurisdiction is not a convenient forum for any such suit or proceeding and any defense or lack of in personal jurisdiction with respect thereto. In the event of any such action or proceeding, the Party prevailing therein shall be entitled to payment from the other Party hereto of its reasonable counsel fees and disbursements.

 

10.6 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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10.7 Facsimile or Email Transmissions. This Agreement, any other Transaction documents and all agreements, documents and certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement and/or the other Transaction documents or in connection with the Transaction may be executed by any Party and transmitted by such Party to any other Party or Parties by facsimile or email, and any such document shall be deemed to have full force and effect as if the facsimile or email signature or signatures on such documents were original.

 

10.8 Third Party Beneficiaries. None of the provisions of this Agreement or any Transaction document is intended to grant any right or benefit to any Person or entity which is not a Party to this Agreement.

 

10.9 Headings. The article and section headings contained in this Agreement are solely for the purpose of reference, are not part of this Agreement and shall not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

10.10 Severability. In the event that any provision in this Agreement shall be determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be in any way impaired, and the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision shall be fully severed from this Agreement and there shall be automatically added in lieu thereof a provision as similar in terms and intent to such severed provision as may be legal, valid and enforceable.

 

10.11 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other Transaction documents, constitute the entire contract between the Parties hereto pertaining to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings between the Parties with respect to such subject matter.

 

10.12 Counsel Review. The Parties hereto acknowledge that each of them has either had this Agreement reviewed by their legal counsel or had the opportunity to have this Agreement be reviewed by their legal counsel and waived the opportunity for such legal counsel review. Therefore, each Party waives the right to base any claim against the other Party on an unequal bargaining position, unconscionable actions or provisions in the Agreement or unfair or lack of good faith dealing by the other party.

 

BALANCE OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK

SIGNATURE PAGE AND SCHEDULES TO FOLLOW

 

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SIGNATURE PAGE

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

TCA Cresent Construction Company, LLC  
     
By:    
     
Printed Name: Alyce Schreiber  
     
Title: Manager  
     
Cresent Construction Company, Inc.  
     
By:    
     
Printed Name: Dewey Keith Gabriel  
     
Title: President  
     
Intelligent Highway Solutions, Inc.  
     
By:    
     
Printed Name: Philip Kirkland  
     
Title: Secretary and Treasurer  
     
Shareholder: Dewey Keith Gabriel  
     
Signature:    
  Dewey Keith Gabriel  

 

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Schedule 1.1 See Section 4.1

 

Shares Owned

 

Shareholder Name  Number of Shares  % Interest in Company 
        
Dewey Keith Gabriel  Twenty Thousand
Common Shares Issued
   100%
         
Cresent Construction Company, Inc.  One Hundred Thousand
Common Shares Authorized
   N/A 

 

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Schedule 1.2

 

Cresent Construction Company, Inc. – Closing Deliverables

 

(a) certificates representing all of the Company Shares, accompanied by duly executed stock transfer forms transferring such Company Shares to TCA CRESENT and otherwise in good form for Transfer, or if any Company Share certificates have been lost or destroyed, an indemnity from such Shareholder in form and content approved by TCA CRESENT or its counsel before execution of this Agreement, including a power of attorney coupled with an interest in favor of TCA CRESENT entitling TCA CRESENT to exercise all rights, whether voting or otherwise, attaching to such Company Shares pending registration of share transfers;

 

(b) such other Documents as may be reasonably requested by TCA CRESENT and approved in good faith by the Shareholder and the Management Group and their respective counsel, that are necessary to effect the Closing.

 

(c) the Officer’s Certificate;

 

(d) the Secretary’s Certificate;

 

(e) The passwords and control information for all intellectual property, bank accounts, property addresses etc.

 

(f) such other Documents as may be reasonably requested by the Shareholder and necessary to effect the Closing.

 

(g) Section 1.3 b Shareholder Note in favor of Shareholder

 

(h) Section 4.5 Employment Agreement for Dewey Keith Gabriel

 

(i) Section 5.8 Bonding Note in favor of Shareholder

 

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Schedule 1.3 See Section 3.6

 

Cresent Construction Company, Inc. – Financial and Other Statements

 

October 31, 2016 (un-reviewed)

 

October 31, 2015 (reviewed)

 

October 31, 2014 (reviewed)

 

October 31, 2013 (reviewed)

 

Accounts Receivable Aging, Accounts Payable Aging, Furniture, Fixture and Equipment listing, Inventory listing and valuation, customer list and data, all credit references and credit account, merchant accounts.

 

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Schedule 1.4 See Section 3.6

 

Tax Returns

 

2015 Federal and State Tax Returns

 

2014 Federal and State Tax Returns

 

2013 Federal and State Tax Returns

 

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SCHEDULE 1.5 SEE SECTION 1.3 b

 

Promissory Notes, Employment Agreement and Preferred Share Sample

 

Section 1.3 b Shareholder Note in favor of Shareholder

 

Section 5.8 Bonding Note in favor of Shareholder

 

Section 4.5 Employment Agreement for Dewey Keith Gabriel

 

Section 1.3 b Sample Preferred Share Certificate

 

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Section 1.3 b Shareholder Note in favor of Shareholder

 

Promissory note

 

$1,300,000.00March ___, 2017

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, TCA Cresent Construction Company, LLC, a Florida limited liability company (“TCA Cresent”), promises to pay to the order of the Dewey Keith Gabriel at 990 Lee-Ann Drive, Concord, North Carolina 28025 (“Gabriel”), or at such other place as may be designated in writing by the holder of this note, on or before March __, 2022, the principal sum of $1,300,000.00, together with interest thereon at the rate of 6.00% per annum, both principal and interest payable in lawful money of the United States of America in installments as follows:

 

The principal sum of $1,300,000.00 immediately accruing interest at the rate of 6.00% per annum compounded monthly with no payment of interest on the note until August __, 2017 with the then accrued balance of principal and interest of $1,526,934.41 accruing interest at the rate of 6.00% per annum compounded monthly being paid in ten (10) installments in the amount of $152,693.41 commencing on August __, 2017 and continuing on the same day every sixth month thereafter of the month with the last installment shall be due and payable on March ___, 2022; provided, however, no such payment shall be due unless Gabriel provides thirty days’ prior written notice to TCA Cresent of each payment. Each of the foregoing payments of principal and interest shall be applied first to the payment of interest, at the rate aforesaid on the unpaid principal, and the balance, if any, shall be applied to the principal sum. See amortization schedule attached hereto and made an integral part hereof.

 

The amount due under this note may be reduced pursuant to Section 1.3 b (ii) of that certain Stock Acquisition Agreement by and between TCA Cresent, Cresent Construction Company, Inc., a North Carolina corporation, and Gabriel dated March __, 2017 (the “Acquisition Agreement”). If so reduced, please be advised the attached amortization table may be invalidated and a new amortization table may need to be recalculated in accordance with section 1.3 b of the said Stock Acquisition Agreement.

 

Pursuant to Section 4.5(b) of the Acquisition Agreement, in the event Gabriel terminates his employment under the Employment Agreement without Good Cause (as such terms are defined in the Acquisition Agreement), this Note shall immediately be cancelled and any continuing payment obligations of TCA Cresent pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement and this Note shall likewise be null and void.

 

The privilege is reserved in the makers hereof to prepay the indebtedness evidenced by this note, either in whole or in part, at any time, without penalty.

 

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While any default exists hereunder or under the terms of this note, Shareholder, only after providing TCA Cresent prior written notice of the default and TCA Cresent’s failure to cure such default within thirty (30) days after receipt of the written notice, may at its option may choose to recapture 100% of the stock, to be returned by Buyer within forty-five (45) days, with no liens or encumbrances, or elect to have the entire unpaid principal balance hereof bear interest at the rate of 18.00% per annum or any lower amount necessary to be non-usurious under applicable law. During the existence of any such default, the holder of this note may apply payments received on any amount due hereunder or under the terms of any instrument now or hereafter evidencing or securing any said indebtedness as said holder may determine.

 

Upon default in the payment of any installment due hereunder, or upon default in the performance or observance of any provision, covenant or condition of this note, or if any of the makers hereof commit any act of bankruptcy, file a petition in bankruptcy, be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, petition or apply to any tribunal for any receiver or trustee of any makers or of any of the makers’ property, or in the event a receiver or trustee of any maker or of the makers’ property be appointed by any court or tribunal, then in any of such events, after prior written notice to TCA Cresent of the default or actions described above and TCA Cresent’s failure to cure such default or withdraw such action within thirty (30) days after receipt of the written notice, at the option of the holder hereof, this note shall become and be due, payable and collectible then or thereafter as the holder may elect, regardless of the date of maturity hereof and forthwith without demand, notice of nonpayment, presentment, protest or notice of dishonor all of which are hereby expressly waived by the makers and all endorsers, sureties, guarantors and all other persons who may become liable for all or any part of this obligation. Except for the notice requirements described in this paragraph, notice of the exercise of such option is hereby expressly waived. The failure of the holder of this note to exercise such option upon the default shall not be taken or construed to be a waiver of a right to exercise such option for any subsequent default, and for this purpose the failure to pay each separate installment required hereunder when due shall be treated and considered as a separate default hereunder.

 

The notice requirements set forth in this Promissory Note shall follow and be done in accordance with the notice requirements and procedures set forth in Section 10.4 of the Agreement.

 

If and as often as this note is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection after the same shall for any reason become due, or if collected by legal proceedings or through the probate or bankruptcy courts, the makers hereof agree to pay the holder hereof a reasonable attorneys’ fee, and which shall be collected as part of the principal hereof, together with all Court costs and other expenses paid by the holder thereof.

 

This note is to be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada. Any and all disputes regarding this note shall be litigated in the courts in Broward County, Florida.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned makers have executed and delivered this Promissory Note, the day and year first hereinabove written.

 

  TCA CRESENT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC
     
  By:  
    Alyce Schreiber,
    Manager

 

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    Month   Starting       Payment   Interest   Balance 
Month   Count   Balance   Rate   Made   Accrued   Post-Payment 
                          
 Mar-17    1    1,300,000.00    6.0%        6,500.00    1,306,500.00 
 May-17    2    1,306,500.00    6.0%        6,532.50    1,313,032.50 
 May-17    3    1,313,032.50    6.0%        6,565.16    1,319,597.66 
 Jul-17    4    1,319,597.66    6.0%        6,597.99    1,326,195.65 
 Jul-17    5    1,326,195.65    6.0%        6,630.98    1,332,826.63 
 Aug-17    6    1,332,826.63    6.0%   152,693.41    6,664.13    1,186,797.35 
 Oct-17    7    1,186,797.35    6.0%        5,933.99    1,192,731.34 
 Oct-17    8    1,192,731.34    6.0%        5,963.66    1,198,695.00 
 Dec-17    9    1,198,695.00    6.0%        5,993.47    1,204,688.47 
 Dec-17    10    1,204,688.47    6.0%        6,023.44    1,210,711.91 
 Jan-18    11    1,210,711.91    6.0%        6,053.56    1,216,765.47 
 Mar-18    12    1,216,765.47    6.0%   152,693.41    6,083.83    1,070,155.89 
 Mar-18    13    1,070,155.89    6.0%        5,350.78    1,075,506.67 
 May-18    14    1,075,506.67    6.0%        5,377.53    1,080,884.20 
 May-18    15    1,080,884.20    6.0%        5,404.42    1,086,288.62 
 Jul-18    16    1,086,288.62    6.0%        5,431.44    1,091,720.07 
 Jul-18    17    1,091,720.07    6.0%        5,458.60    1,097,178.67 
 Aug-18    18    1,097,178.67    6.0%   152,693.41    5,485.89    949,971.15 
 Oct-18    19    949,971.15    6.0%        4,749.86    954,721.01 
 Oct-18    20    954,721.01    6.0%        4,773.61    959,494.61 
 Dec-18    21    959,494.61    6.0%        4,797.47    964,292.08 
 Dec-18    22    964,292.08    6.0%        4,821.46    969,113.54 
 Jan-19    23    969,113.54    6.0%        4,845.57    973,959.11 
 Mar-19    24    973,959.11    6.0%   152,693.41    4,869.80    826,135.50 
 Mar-19    25    826,135.50    6.0%        4,130.68    830,266.18 
 May-19    26    830,266.18    6.0%        4,151.33    834,417.51 
 May-19    27    834,417.51    6.0%        4,172.09    838,589.59 
 Jul-19    28    838,589.59    6.0%        4,192.95    842,782.54 
 Jul-19    29    842,782.54    6.0%        4,213.91    846,996.45 
 Aug-19    30    846,996.45    6.0%   152,693.41    4,234.98    698,538.03 
 Oct-19    31    698,538.03    6.0%        3,492.69    702,030.72 
 Oct-19    32    702,030.72    6.0%        3,510.15    705,540.87 
 Dec-19    33    705,540.87    6.0%        3,527.70    709,068.58 
 Dec-19    34    709,068.58    6.0%        3,545.34    712,613.92 
 Jan-20    35    712,613.92    6.0%        3,563.07    716,176.99 
 Mar-20    36    716,176.99    6.0%   152,693.41    3,580.88    567,064.46 
 Mar-20    37    567,064.46    6.0%        2,835.32    569,899.78 
 May-20    38    569,899.78    6.0%        2,849.50    572,749.28 
 May-20    39    572,749.28    6.0%        2,863.75    575,613.03 
 Jul-20    40    575,613.03    6.0%        2,878.07    578,491.10 
 Jul-20    41    578,491.10    6.0%        2,892.46    581,383.55 
 Aug-20    42    581,383.55    6.0%   152,693.41    2,906.92    431,597.06 

 

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 Oct-20    43    431,597.06    6.0%        2,157.99    433,755.04 
 Oct-20    44    433,755.04    6.0%        2,168.78    435,923.82 
 Dec-20    45    435,923.82    6.0%        2,179.62    438,103.44 
 Dec-20    46    438,103.44    6.0%        2,190.52    440,293.96 
 Jan-21    47    440,293.96    6.0%        2,201.47    442,495.43 
 Mar-21    48    442,495.43    6.0%   152,693.41    2,212.48    292,014.49 
 Mar-21    49    292,014.49    6.0%        1,460.07    293,474.56 
 May-21    50    293,474.56    6.0%        1,467.37    294,941.94 
 May-21    51    294,941.94    6.0%        1,474.71    296,416.65 
 Jul-21    52    296,416.65    6.0%        1,482.08    297,898.73 
 Jul-21    53    297,898.73    6.0%        1,489.49    299,388.22 
 Aug-21    54    299,388.22    6.0%   152,693.41    1,496.94    148,191.76 
 Oct-21    55    148,191.76    6.0%        740.96    148,932.71 
 Oct-21    56    148,932.71    6.0%        744.66    149,677.38 
 Dec-21    57    149,677.38    6.0%        748.39    150,425.76 
 Dec-21    58    150,425.76    6.0%        752.13    151,177.89 
 Jan-22    59    151,177.89    6.0%        755.89    151,933.78 
 Mar-22    60    151,933.78    6.0%   152,693.45    759.67    0.00 

 

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Section 5.8 Bonding Note in favor of Shareholder

 

Promissory note

 

$250,000.00March ___, 2017

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, TCA Cresent Construction Company, LLC., a Florida limited liability company (“TCA Cresent”), promises to pay to the order of the Dewey Keith Gabriel at 990 Lee-Ann Drive, Concord, North Carolina 28025 (“Gabriel”), or at such other place as may be designated in writing by the holder of this note, on or before March__, 2020, the principal sum of $250,000.00, together with interest thereon at the rate of 8.00% per annum, both principal and interest payable in lawful money of the United States of America in installments as follows:

 

The principal sum of $250,000.00 immediately accruing interest at the rate of 8.00% per annum compounded monthly with no payment of interest on the note until March __, 2017 with the then accrued balance of principal and interest of $282,027.30 accruing interest at the rate of 8.00% per annum compounded monthly being paid in 36 consecutive monthly installments with installments 1-35 in the amount of $7,834.09 and the final 36th installment in the amount of $7,384.15 being due and payable on March __, 2020; provided, however, no such payment shall be due unless Gabriel provides thirty days’ prior written notice to TCA Cresent of each payment. Each of the foregoing payments of principal and interest shall be applied first to the payment of interest, at the rate aforesaid on the unpaid principal, and the balance, if any, shall be applied to the principal sum. See amortization schedule attached hereto.]

 

This Promissory Note and the amount due under this Promissory Note is fulfilling a requirement set forth in Section 5.8 of that certain Stock Acquisition Agreement by and between TCA Cresent, Cresent Construction Company, Inc., a North Carolina corporation, and Gabriel dated March __, 2017 (“Agreement”).

 

Pursuant to Section 4.5(b) of the Acquisition Agreement, in the event Gabriel terminates his employment under the Employment Agreement without Good Cause (as such terms are defined in the Acquisition Agreement), this Note shall immediately be cancelled and any continuing payment obligations of TCA Cresent pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement and this Note shall likewise be null and void.

 

The privilege is reserved in the makers hereof to prepay the indebtedness evidenced by this note, either in whole or in part, at any time, without penalty.

 

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While any default exists hereunder or under the terms of this note, Shareholder, only after providing TCA Cresent prior written notice of the default and TCA Cresent’s failure to cure such default within thirty (30) days after receipt of the written notice, may at its option may choose to recapture 100% of the stock, to be returned by Buyer within forty-five (45) days, with no liens or encumbrances, or elect to have the entire unpaid principal balance hereof bear interest at the rate of 18.00% per annum or any lower rate required by law to non-usurious. During the existence of any such default, the holder of this note may apply payments received on any amount due hereunder or under the terms of any instrument now or hereafter evidencing or securing any said indebtedness as said holder may determine.

 

Upon default in the payment of any installment due hereunder, or upon default in the performance or observance of any provision, covenant or condition of this note, or if any of the makers hereof commit any act of bankruptcy, file a petition in bankruptcy, be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, petition or apply to any tribunal for any receiver or trustee of any makers or of any of the makers’ property, or in the event a receiver or trustee of any maker or of the makers’ property be appointed by any court or tribunal, then in any of such events, after prior written notice to TCA Cresent of the default or actions described above and TCA Cresent’s failure to cure such default or withdraw such action within thirty (30) days after receipt of the written notice, at the option of the holder hereof, this note shall be due, payable and collectible then or thereafter as the holder may elect, regardless of the date of maturity hereof and forthwith without additional demand, notice of nonpayment, presentment, protest or notice of dishonor all of which are hereby expressly waived by the makers and all endorsers, sureties, guarantors and all other persons who may become liable for all or any part of this obligation. Except for the notice requirements as described in this paragraph, notice of the exercise of such option is hereby expressly waived. The failure of the holder of this note to exercise such option upon the default shall not be taken or construed to be a waiver of a right to exercise such option for any subsequent default, and for this purpose the failure to pay each separate installment required hereunder when due shall be treated and considered as a separate default hereunder.

 

The notice requirements set forth in this Promissory Note shall follow and be done in accordance with the notice requirements and procedures set forth in Section 10.4 of the Agreement.

 

If and as often as this note is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection after the same shall for any reason become due, or if collected by legal proceedings or through the probate or bankruptcy courts, the makers hereof agree to pay the holder hereof a reasonable attorneys’ fee, and which shall be collected as part of the principal hereof, together with all Court costs and other expenses paid by the holder thereof.

 

This note is to be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada. Any and all disputes regarding this note shall be litigated in the courts in Broward County, Florida.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned makers have executed and delivered this Promissory Note, the day and year first hereinabove written.

 

  TCA CRESENT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC
     
  By:  
    Alyce Schreiber,
    Manger

 

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    Month   Starting       Payment   Interest   Balance 
Month   Count   Balance   Rate   Made   Accrued   Post-Payment 
                          
 Mar-17    1    250,000.00    8.0%   7,834.09    1,666.67    243,832.58 
 May-17    2    243,832.58    8.0%   7,834.09    1,625.55    237,624.04 
 May-17    3    237,624.04    8.0%   7,834.09    1,584.16    231,374.11 
 Jul-17    4    231,374.11    8.0%   7,834.09    1,542.49    225,082.51 
 Jul-17    5    225,082.51    8.0%   7,834.09    1,500.55    218,748.97 
 Aug-17    6    218,748.97    8.0%   7,834.09    1,458.33    212,373.21 
 Oct-17    7    212,373.21    8.0%   7,834.09    1,415.82    205,954.94 
 Oct-17    8    205,954.94    8.0%   7,834.09    1,373.03    199,493.88 
 Dec-17    9    199,493.88    8.0%   7,834.09    1,329.96    192,989.75 
 Dec-17    10    192,989.75    8.0%   7,834.09    1,286.60    186,442.26 
 Jan-18    11    186,442.26    8.0%   7,834.09    1,242.95    179,851.12 
 Mar-18    12    179,851.12    8.0%   7,834.09    1,199.01    173,216.04 
 Mar-18    13    173,216.04    8.0%   7,834.09    1,154.77    166,536.72 
 May-18    14    166,536.72    8.0%   7,834.09    1,110.24    159,812.87 
 May-18    15    159,812.87    8.0%   7,834.09    1,065.42    153,044.20 
 Jul-18    16    153,044.20    8.0%   7,834.09    1,020.29    146,230.41 
 Jul-18    17    146,230.41    8.0%   7,834.09    974.87    139,371.19 
 Aug-18    18    139,371.19    8.0%   7,834.09    929.14    132,466.24 
 Oct-18    19    132,466.24    8.0%   7,834.09    883.11    125,515.26 
 Oct-18    20    125,515.26    8.0%   7,834.09    836.77    118,517.94 
 Dec-18    21    118,517.94    8.0%   7,834.09    790.12    111,473.96 
 Dec-18    22    111,473.96    8.0%   7,834.09    743.16    104,383.03 
 Jan-19    23    104,383.03    8.0%   7,834.09    695.89    97,244.83 
 Mar-19    24    97,244.83    8.0%   7,834.09    648.30    90,059.04 
 Mar-19    25    90,059.04    8.0%   7,834.09    600.39    82,825.34 
 May-19    26    82,825.34    8.0%   7,834.09    552.17    75,543.42 
 May-19    27    75,543.42    8.0%   7,834.09    503.62    68,212.96 
 Jul-19    28    68,212.96    8.0%   7,834.09    454.75    60,833.62 
 Jul-19    29    60,833.62    8.0%   7,834.09    405.56    53,405.09 
 Aug-19    30    53,405.09    8.0%   7,834.09    356.03    45,927.03 
 Oct-19    31    45,927.03    8.0%   7,834.09    306.18    38,399.12 
 Oct-19    32    38,399.12    8.0%   7,834.09    255.99    30,821.02 
 Dec-19    33    30,821.02    8.0%   7,834.09    205.47    23,192.41 
 Dec-19    34    23,192.41    8.0%   7,834.09    154.62    15,512.93 
 Jan-20    35    15,512.93    8.0%   7,834.09    103.42    7,782.26 
 Mar-20    36    7,782.26    8.0%   7,834.15    51.88    (0.00)

 

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Section 4.5 Employment Agreement for Dewey Keith Gabriel

 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of March [●], 2017, by and between CRESENT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of North Carolina (the “Company”), and DEWEY KEITH GABRIEL, an individual (the “Executive”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to retain the services of Executive as Director of Operations, and Executive desires to be employed by the Company as Director of Operations, upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; and

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and agreements herein contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby forever acknowledged and confessed, the parties agree as follows:

 

1. Employment. The Company hereby employs Executive, and Executive hereby accepts such employment by the Company, upon the terms and conditions specified herein for the Term of Employment (as hereinafter defined).

 

2. Duties of Executive. During the Term of Employment, Executive is hereby employed as Director of Operations. Executive shall report directly to the Company’s Board of Directors or Managers (as applicable) or such other person as may be designated by the Board of Directors or Managers. In furtherance of the foregoing, Executive shall, subject to the direction and instruction of the Company: (a) devote Executive’s full and entire working time, attention and energies to the Company, and will diligently and to the best of Executive’s ability perform all duties incident to Executive’s employment hereunder; (b) use Executive’s best efforts to promote the interests of the Company; and (c) perform such other duties as the Board of Directors or Managers (as applicable) may from time to time direct.

 

3. Financial Arrangements.

 

3.1 Compensation. As compensation for Executive’s services hereunder, the Company shall pay Executive an annual salary of Sixty- Five Thousand Dollars ($65,000.00), payable on at least a monthly basis, subject to such payroll and withholding deductions as may be required by law or as otherwise authorized by Executive in writing. Executive’s compensation arrangement will be reviewed annually by the Board of Directors or Managers (as applicable). All determinations of the Board of Directors or Managers (as applicable) under this Agreement shall be made excluding Executive from such consideration or approval.

 

3.2 Bonus. In addition to the salary payable to Executive described in that Subsection of this Agreement entitled Compensation, the Company may pay Executive a bonus in accordance with any bonus compensation program as adopted from time to time by the Company (the “Bonus”). The Company shall determine the amount of and pay the Bonus, if any, to Executive in accordance with any bonus compensation program then in effect. The payment of the Bonus, if any, is subject to such payroll and withholding deductions as may be required by law or as otherwise authorized by Executive in writing.

 

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3.3 Expenses. Throughout the term of Executive’s employment hereunder, the Company shall reimburse Executive for all reasonable and necessary travel, entertainment, and other business expenses which may be incurred in direct connection with the performance of Executive’s duties in accordance with policies adopted from time to time by the Company concerning expense reimbursement for Executives. Such expenses as are authorized for payment or reimbursement shall be paid for by the Company or reimbursed to Executive upon presentation to the Company of an itemized expense statement with respect thereto.

 

3.4 Fringe Benefits. Executive shall receive Company health care and matching 401K plan. Additionally, the Company, as part of the salary of Executive, agrees to maintain a key man life insurance policy in the face amount of $2,000,000.00. At the end of the thirty-six (36) month term of the employment agreement, the key man life insurance policy will be made available to Executive, and assigned to Executive, with the responsibility of Executive to maintain premiums and hold and indemnify the Company from any further responsibility. The Board of Directors or Managers (as applicable) may provide other such Executive fringe benefits as may be authorized and adopted from time to time.

 

4. Definitions.

 

4.1 As used herein, the term “Confidential Information” shall mean any information obtained at any time while Executive is or was employed by the Company which is not generally known and which is proprietary to the Company, including, but is not limited to, trade secrets, Inventions (as defined herein), information pertaining to research, computer software, development, techniques, engineering, purchasing, marketing, selling, accounting, licensing, specialized know-how, processes, discoveries, products, equipment, models, prototypes, devices, computer programs, lists of Executives, mailing lists, details of contracts, cost systems, pricing policies, operational methods, marketing plans, business acquisition plans, customer lists, the particular needs and requirements of customers, and the identity of customers and potential customers. All information designated or treated as Confidential Information or as a trade secret by the Company shall, regardless of its source, be deemed Confidential Information for all purposes.

 

4.2 As used herein, the term “Inventions” shall mean all ideas, discoveries, and improvements, whether or not shown or described in writing or reduced to practice or use, and whether or not patentable, relating in any manner to any of the Company’s present or future products, computer software, services, manufacturing, or research.

 

5. Restrictive Covenants.

 

5.1 Non-Disclosure. Executive represents and warrants that Executive is free of any contractual restrictions and restraints in entering this Agreement, and has not, and will not, in connection with his or her employment with the Company divulge any confidential information, trade secrets, or copyright-protected information of any prior employer or of any other third party to whom Executive owes an obligation of confidentiality. Executive recognizes Executive’s responsibility to protect all of the Company’s Confidential Information and agrees to use his or her best efforts and to exercise utmost diligence to protect and guard the Confidential Information of the Company and any subsidiaries or affiliated companies. Executive agrees to hold in strictest and total confidence all Confidential Information. Executive will at no time, without prior written authorization by the Company, disclose or in any way transfer or communicate, or use for the benefit of any person or entity other than the Company, any Confidential Information.

 

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5.2 Return of Confidential Information. Upon termination of employment with the Company or at any other time upon the Company’s request, Executive shall promptly return to the Company all originals and all copies (including photocopies, facsimiles, and computer or other means of electronic storage) of all materials relating in any way to Confidential Information or the business of the Company or any affiliated companies and subsidiaries of the Company, and will so represent to the Company upon termination of employment.

 

5.3 Work Product. Executive shall promptly and fully disclose to the Company and Executive shall hold in trust for the Company’s sole right and benefit any Invention that Executive makes, conceives, or reduces to practice, or causes to be made, conceived, or reduced to practice during the period when Executive is or was employed with the Company; provided, however, that this disclosure obligation shall only be applicable to those Inventions that relate in any manner to subject matter pertaining to Executive’s employment, or that relate in any manner or are directly or indirectly connected with the business, services, products, projects, or Confidential Information of the Company, or that involve in any manner the use of any time, material, or facilities of the Company, or services of any of the Company’s Executives during normal working hours. All items, including without limitation software, specifications, drawings, samples, tools, technical information, or data, regardless of format or medium, prepared or originated by or for Executive specifically for the Company at the Company’s request in connection with his or her employment shall be the exclusive property of the Company and shall be deemed to be works for hire, and to the extent they may not be works for hire, Executive assigns to the Company all rights, title, and interest in and to such items (“Work Product”), including rights to copyright. Executive hereby assigns to the Company all of Executive’s right, title and interest in and to all Work Product and Inventions that are subject to the disclosure obligations hereof and hereby agrees, upon the Company’s request, to execute, verify, and deliver to the Company documents including, but not limited to, assignments and applications for Letters of Patent, and to perform such other acts, including, but not limited to, appearing as a witness in any action brought in connection with this Agreement, that is deemed reasonably necessary or appropriate by the Company to allow it to obtain the sole right, title, interest and benefit of all such Work Product and Inventions. The assignment of Work Product and Inventions herein and Executive’s agreements in connection therewith shall not apply to any Invention for which: (i) no equipment, supplies, facilities, or Confidential Information of the Company or services of any of the Company’s Executives during normal working hours was used; (ii) was developed entirely on Executive’s own time; (iii) does not relate to (a) the business of the Company or (b) the Company’s actual or demonstratively anticipated research or development; and (iv) which does not result from any work performed by Executive for the Company.

 

5.4 Non-Disparagement. Executive and the Company shall not disparage the business reputation of the other Party or take any actions that are harmful to the other Party’s goodwill with its customers, shareholders, providers, vendors, Executives, the media or the public.

 

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5.5 Non-Solicitation. During the Term of Employment (as defined below), the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, for Executive’s benefit or the benefit of a third party, (i) induce or attempt to induce any employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates to leave the employ of the Company or diminish his or her relationship with the Company or (ii) solicit the business of any client or customer of the Company, or any client or customer that could reasonably be expected to be a client or customer of the Company

 

5.6 Non-Compete. Except as a passive investor in less than five percent (5%) of the equity securities of a publicly held company, during the Term of Employment, the Executive shall not engage in, own or control an interest in, or act as principal, director or officer of, or consultant to, or employee of, or independent contractor to, any firm or corporation (i) engaged in a venture or business substantially similar to that of the Company or (ii) which is in direct or indirect competition with the Company within the United States of America, its territories and possessions.

 

6. Term and Termination of Agreement.

 

6.1 Term of Employment. The term of this Agreement (the “Term of Employment”) shall commence effective as of the date hereof (the “Commencement Date”), and shall continue until the third (3rd) anniversary of the Commencement Date, unless extended or earlier terminated as hereinafter provided.

 

6.2 Termination. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Subsection of this Agreement entitled Termination, Executive’s obligations pursuant to that Section of this Agreement entitled Restrictive Covenants shall continue in full force and effect after termination of Executive’s employment or expiration of this Agreement.

 

(a) Death. Executive’s employment hereunder shall terminate immediately upon death.

 

(b) For Cause. Upon first obtaining written consent from TCA GLOBAL CREDIT MASTER FUND, LP, a Cayman Islands limited partnership (“TCA”), the Company may terminate Executive’s employment hereunder at any time, effective immediately upon written notice, for cause. For the purpose of this Agreement “cause” shall mean: (A) continued failure by Executive to perform substantially Executive’s duties and responsibilities (other than a failure resulting from Long-Term Disability) that is materially injurious to the Company and that remains uncorrected for 10 days after receipt of appropriate written notice from the Board of Directors or Managers (as applicable); (B) engagement in willful, reckless or grossly negligent misconduct that is materially injurious to Company or any of its affiliates, monetarily or otherwise; (C) except as provided by (D), the indictment of Executive with a crime involving moral turpitude or a felony; (D) the indictment of Executive for an act of criminal fraud, misappropriation or personal dishonesty; or (E) a material breach by Executive of any provision of this Agreement that is materially injurious to the Company and that remains uncorrected for 10 days following written notice of such breach by the Company to Executive identifying the provision of this Agreement that Company determined has been breached. For purposes of (C) and (D), if the criminal charge is subsequently dismissed with prejudice or the Executive is acquitted at trial or on appeal then the Executive will be deemed to have been terminated without Cause. In the event that Executive is terminated for cause, the Company shall pay Executive’s salary through the date of termination, and shall thereafter have no further obligation to Executive. For purposes of this Subsection of this Agreement entitled Termination, no act, or failure to act, on the part of the Executive shall be deemed “willful” unless done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive without good faith and without reasonable belief that the action or omission was in the best interest of the Company.

 

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(c) Long-Term Disability. Executive’s employment hereunder shall terminate immediately should Executive commence a Long-Term Disability, as hereinafter defined. Executive shall have commenced a “Long-Term Disability” if: (i) Executive cannot perform the essential functions of his employment position, with or without a reasonable accommodation for his disability; or (ii) Executive cannot perform the essential functions of his employment position without an accommodation that would be an undue hardship for the Company to provide. The foregoing definition of Long-Term Disability is not intended to and shall not affect the definition of “disability” or any similar term in any insurance policy the Company may provide.

 

(d) Without Cause. Upon first obtaining written consent from TCA, Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated by the Company at any time, effective upon written notice of termination. In the event that Executive is terminated without cause, the Company shall pay Executive’s salary through the date of termination.

 

(e) By Executive. Executive may terminate this Agreement for Good Reason upon providing Company with written notice and without Good Reason on ninety (90) days’ written notice.

 

i. Termination by Executive with Good Reason. The Executive may terminate his employment for Good Reason (as defined herein) at any time during the term of this Agreement, by giving written notice to the Company thereof. In the event that Executive terminates his employment for Good Reason, the Company’s obligations to make any further payment to the Executive shall cease. Executive shall execute a release in favor of Company, and the Company shall have no further obligations to the Executive under this Agreement except as otherwise may be provided under the Stock Option Plan or any Option Agreement between Company and Executive.

 

ii. Termination by Executive without Good Reason. The Executive may terminate his employment at any time, by giving advance written notice to the Company. Any such termination shall become effective on the date specified in such notice, which shall not be earlier than ninety (90) days after the date of such notice (or such earlier date that the Company may determine in its sole discretion), and the Executive shall continue to perform his duties pursuant to the terms of this Agreement for such period. In the event that Executive terminates his employment without Good Reason, the Company shall pay Executive’s salary through the date of termination, and shall thereafter have no further obligation to Executive.

 

iii. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean, without Executive’s consent (A) a reduction by the Company in Executive’s Base Salary pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; (B) requiring Executive to relocate from his current place of residence by more than a hundred miles; (C) a material breach of this Agreement; (D) the failure by Company to obtain the assumption of this Agreement by any successor of Company; or (E) a material reduction in Executive’s authority and responsibility under this Agreement.

 

7. Additional Provisions.

 

7.1 Notices. Any notice, demand, or communication required, permitted, or desired to be given hereunder, shall be deemed effectively given when personally delivered or when mailed by prepaid, certified mail, return receipt requested, if to the Company at the Company’s principal place of business and if to Executive at Executive’s last address on file with the Company or to such other address, and to the attention of such other person(s) or officer(s) as either party may designate by written notice.

 

7.2 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be delivered and accepted in and shall be deemed to be contracts made under and governed by the internal laws of the State of Nevada, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of such State, without giving effect to the choice of law provisions of such State.

 

7.3 MANDATORY FORUM SELECTION. (a) THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY AGREE THAT ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER, RELATING TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, THIS AGREEMENT OR RELATED TO ANY MATTER WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF OR INCIDENTAL TO THIS AGREEMENT (WHETHER OR NOT SUCH CLAIM IS BASED UPON BREACH OF CONTRACT OR TORT) SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF THE STATE AND/OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA. THIS PROVISION IS INTENDED TO BE A “MANDATORY” FORUM SELECTION CLAUSE AND GOVERNED BY AND INTERPRETED CONSISTENT WITH FLORIDA LAW. EXECUTIVE HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT HAVING ITS SITUS IN SAID COUNTY, AND WAIVES ANY OBJECTION BASED ON FORUM NON CONVENIENS. EXECUTIVE HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS AND CONSENT THAT ALL SUCH SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, DIRECTED TO THE COMPANY AND GUARANTORS AS SET FORTH HEREIN IN THE MANNER PROVIDED BY APPLICABLE STATUTE, LAW, RULE OF COURT OR OTHERWISE.

 

7.4 Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO DEMAND A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT.

 

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7.5 Assignment. This Agreement and the rights and obligations hereunder shall bind and inure to the benefit of any successor or successors of the Company by way of reorganization, merger or consolidation, and any assignee of all or substantially all of its business and properties, but, except as to any such successor or assignee of the Company, neither this Agreement nor any rights or benefits hereunder may be assigned by either party.

 

7.6 Waiver of Breach. The waiver by either party of a breach or violation of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate as, or be construed to be, a waiver of any subsequent breach of the same or other provision hereof.

 

7.7 Headings; Gender and Number. The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever the context hereof requires, the gender of all words shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter, and the number of all words shall include the singular and plural.

 

7.8 Additional Assurances. The provisions of this Agreement shall be self-operative and shall not require further agreement by the parties except as may be herein specifically provided to the contrary; provided, however, at the request of the Company, Executive shall execute such additional instruments and take such additional acts as the Company may deem necessary to effectuate this Agreement.

 

7.9 Severability. In the event any provision of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable for any reason, the unenforceability thereof shall not effect the remainder of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

7.10 Entire Agreement. This Employment Agreement supersedes all previous agreements, and constitutes the entire Agreement between parties. Executive shall be entitled to no other benefits than those specified herein. No oral statements or prior written material not specifically incorporated herein shall be of any force and effect, and no changes in or additions to this Agreement shall be recognized unless incorporated herein by amendment as provided herein, such amendment(s) to become effective on the date stipulated therein. Executive specifically acknowledges that in entering into and executing this Agreement, Executive relies solely upon the representations and agreements contained in this Agreement and no others.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Employment Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  COMPANY:
     
  CRESENT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
     
  By:  
  Name: Philip Kirkland
  Title: Secretary and Treasurer
     
  EXECUTIVE:
   
  DEWEY KEITH GABRIEL

 

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OPERATING AGREEMENT

OF

TCA CRESENT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC

 

OPERATING AGREEMENT of TCA Cresent Construction Company, LLC (the “Company”) made as of March 9, 2017 (the “Effective Date”), by and among the Members who have subscribed to and executed this Agreement.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Members desire to provide for the ownership and operation of the Company upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; and

 

WHEREAS, all capitalized terms not otherwise defined in the text of this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms by the glossary in §10.2 of this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1

 

ORGANIZATION OF COMPANY

 

§1.1 Filing. The Company was organized as a limited liability company pursuant to the Act and the provisions of this Agreement by filing the Articles of Organization of the Company (the “Certificate”) with the Florida Secretary of State on January 27, 2017.

 

ARTICLE 2

 

CHARACTER OF BUSINESS

 

§2.1 Purpose of the Company. The primary business of the Company is to engage in any business allowed under the laws of the State of Florida.

 

ARTICLE 3

 

NAME, PRINCIPAL OFFICE AND TERM

 

§3.1 Name. The Company shall conduct business under the name “TCA Cresent Construction Company, LLC”.

 

§3.2 Principal Office and Records Office. The principal office of the Company shall be at 19550 West Country Club Drive, Suite 101, Aventura, Florida 33180, or such other location as may be determined by the Board. Each Member shall be notified in writing of any change in the principal office of the Company.

 

§3.3 Term. The term of the Company commenced on the filing of the Certificate with the Florida Secretary of State and shall continue until terminated as hereinafter provided.

 

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§3.4 Resident Agent and Registered Office. The resident agent of the Company for service of process is VCorp Services, LLC, located at 5011 South State Road 7, Suite 106, Davie, Florida, 33314. The Company’s registered office is at 19550 West Country Club Drive, Suite 101, Aventura, Florida 33180 in the State of Florida. The Resident Agent and Registered Office of the Company may be changed pursuant to Florida law.

 

ARTICLE 4

 

CAPITALIZATION OF THE COMPANY

 

§4.1 Membership Units. The Company is authorized to issue a total of 100,000 Membership Units consisting of two classes, including 1,000 Class A Membership Units (the “Class A Units”) and 99,000 Class B Membership Units (the “Class B Units”, together with the Class A Units collectively referred to as the “Membership Units”). The rights, duties, and obligations of the Members of the Company shall be governed by the terms and conditions of this Agreement and shall be represented by Membership Units.

 

  (a) Class A Membership Units. Holders of Class A Units (each a “Class A Member”) shall be entitled to vote on matters presented to the Members for approval.
     
  (b) Class B Membership Units. Holders of Class B Units (each a “Class B Member”) shall not be entitled to vote unless the right for such Class B Member to vote is expressly granted herein.

 

§4.2 Capital of the Company. Each Member shall contribute to the Company the amount of the initial Capital Contribution set forth after each Member’s name on Exhibit “A” annexed hereto (“Initial Capital Contribution”), which sets forth the names and respective Initial Capital Contributions to the Company by each Member. No Member shall be required to make any additional Capital Contribution to the Company or to restore any deficit in such Member’s Capital Account, and such deficit, if any, shall not be considered a debt owed to the Company or to any other person for any purpose.

 

§4.3 Maintenance of Capital Accounts. The Company shall establish and maintain a Capital Account for each Member, in accordance with the rules set forth in Treasury Regulation 1.704-1(b), or any successor provision(s). The initial capital account of each of the Members shall consist of the amount or value of the Capital Contributions as set forth on Exhibit “A”.

 

§4.4 Withdrawal of Capital. A Member shall not be entitled to withdraw any part of such Member’s Capital Account or to receive any distribution from the Company, except as provided in this Agreement.

 

§4.5 Interest on Capital Contributions. No interest shall be due from the Company on any Capital Contribution of any Member.

 

§4.6 Treatment of Loans and Other Payments. If any Member shall provide funds to the Company other than the Initial Capital Contributions, such funds shall not increase such Member’s percentage interest in the Company or constitute an additional capital contribution; instead, any such funds shall be treated as a loan and shall be a debt due from the Company to such Member. The Company will be issuing a promissory note to the entities identified on Schedule B (together with any additional promissory notes to be advanced by the holders identified on Schedule B, collectively, the “Notes”) which shall be treated as loans and shall not be capital contributions.

 

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ARTICLE 5

 

DISTRIBUTIONS AND SHARING OF DISTRIBUTIONS
AMONG MEMBERS

 

§5.1 Distributions. Upon meeting the Revenue Thresholds and upon the written consent of the Board, Net Cash Flow shall be distributed by the Company to the Members in the manner and priority provided in § 5.4. Upon the written consent of the Board, unless otherwise provided herein, all distributions shall be made to all Members simultaneously and shall be pro rata in proportion to their respective Percentage Interest. Prior to any Net Cash Flow distribution to the Members, the Company must meet certain revenue thresholds (the “Revenue Thresholds”) as determined by the Board from time to time in its sole discretion. The Members agree that the Board may, and is hereby authorized to, in such amount and at such time as the Board shall determine, distribute funds and make payments to third parties on behalf of the Members, including, but not limited to payments to the Internal Revenue Service.

 

§5.2 Profits & Losses. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, Profits and Losses for any fiscal year shall be allocated to the Members on a pro rata basis based upon their respective Percentage Interest in the Company, unless the Board agrees to a different allocation of Profits and Losses permitted by law and applicable regulation.

 

§5.3 Allocation Rules.

 

(A) Determination Generally. The Profits and Losses of the Company shall be determined for each fiscal year in accordance with the accounting method adopted by the Company for federal income tax purposes. Where the accounting method adopted by the Company for federal income tax purposes provides no rule regarding a specific transaction, the transaction shall be accounted for in accordance with sound accounting procedures applied in a consistent manner. Profits and Losses shall be allocated to the Members annually.

 

(B) Income Characterization. For purposes of determining the character (as ordinary income or capital gain) of any Profit allocated to a Member, the portion of such Profit that is treated as ordinary income attributable to the recapture of depreciation, if any, shall be allocated among the Members in the proportion that the amount of depreciation, if any, previously allocated to each Member relating to Company assets or property bears to the total of such depreciation allocated to all Members.

 

(C) Allocation of Other Items. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all items of Company income, gain, loss, deduction, and any other allocations not otherwise provided for shall be divided among the Members in the same proportions as they share Profits or Losses, as the case may be, for the year.

 

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(D) Binding Effect. The Members are aware of the income tax consequences of the allocations made by this Article and hereby agree to be bound by the provisions of this Article in reporting their respective Percentage Interest of Profits and Losses for income tax purposes.

 

§5.4 Available Net Cash Flow. Net Cash Flow of the Company, as determined by the Board, shall be distributed from time to time as soon as is reasonably practicable as determined by the Board following receipt thereof by the Company, as follows and in the following order of priority:

 

(i) First, to pay or reserve against any Tax Distributions required pursuant to §5.5 below;

 

(ii) Second, to pay any amounts owed on the Notes;

 

(iii) Third, the Members according to their Percentage Interests, provided, however, that no Net Cash Flow distribution shall be made to the Members for the first thirty-six (36) months following the date hereof unless otherwise approved by the Board.

 

§5.5 Tax Distributions. Following the close of each taxable year, the Company shall, prior to making any additional distributions pursuant to §5.4, distribute to each Member (each such distribution, a “Tax Distribution”), solely to the extent of any available Net Cash Flow of the Company, an amount equal to the Company’s then best estimate of the aggregate tax liability to the Members for the previous year. Any Tax Distribution will be credited towards payments required to have been made under §5.4. To the extent a Member received distributions in excess of what such Member otherwise would be entitled to under §5.4 the Board may adjust future distributions under §5.4 so that the Members shall be in the same position they would have been had the Tax Distribution not been made.

 

§5.6 Liens and Encumbrances. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, in the event that the Class B Membership Units held by any Class B Member become subject to any lien, pledge, hypothecation, security interest or encumbrance of any nature or kind, such Class B Member’s Class B Membership Units shall have no Economic Interest and shall not be entitled to any distribution of Net Cash Flows or any other distribution provided herein. The Economic Interest otherwise attributable to such Class B Member’s Percentage Interest shall instead be allocated to the Class A Members, thereby increasing each Class A Member’s Percentage Interest pro rata in proportion to such Class A Member’s ownership of the Class A Membership Units.

 

ARTICLE 6

 

BOOKS OF ACCOUNT AND COMPANY RECORDS

 

§6.1 Books of Account. The Company shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied complete and accurate books, records and accounts of the Company. Unless otherwise determined by the Manager, the accounting firm for the Company (“Accountant”), among other things, shall prepare quarterly and annual financial statements of the Company.

 

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§6.2 Record Keeping. All books, records and accounts of the Company together with executed copies of this Agreement and all other documents relating, without limitation, to the existence, control and governance of the Company shall be kept at all times at the principal office of the Company and/or the offices of the Company’s Accountant or lawyers. Upon reasonable prior notice, Members or their designated representatives shall at all times have access to the Accountant and the right to inspect the books and records of the Company. The Company shall provide the Members with unaudited financial statement for the previous fiscal year no later than April 15th of the subsequent year. The Company shall also distribute to the Members quarterly unaudited financial statements within 45 days of the end of the first three fiscal quarters of the calendar year.

 

§6.3 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Company shall be the calendar year.

 

§6.4 Financial Statements. The Company shall cause to be prepared and filed all Federal, state and local income tax returns and information returns, if any, which the Company is required to file. For each fiscal year, the Company shall transmit to the Members on a timely basis such information as the Members may reasonably require for submission of their income tax returns.

 

§6.5 Bank Accounts. The funds of the Company shall be deposited at such bank or banks and in such Company account or accounts as shall be designated by the Board. The signatory or signatories of Company’s bank accounts shall be designated by the Board.

 

§6.6 Tax Matters Partner. TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP, shall act as the “Tax Matters Partner” under Section 6231(a)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to manage administrative tax proceedings with the Internal Revenue Service.

 

ARTICLE 7

 

RIGHTS, POWERS, DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE

BOARD, MANAGERS AND MEMBERS

 

§7.1 Management.

 

Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed, directed and controlled solely by a board of managers (each a “Manager”; together, collectively, the Managers shall constitute the “Board”). Initially, the Board shall be comprised of a single Manager, Alyce Schreiber. The number of Managers constituting the Board may be adjusted at any time by unanimous vote of the Class A Members. A Manager shall not be required to be a Member.

 

§7.2 Management Duties, Authority and Powers. Subject to the provisions, limitations and restrictions of § 7.14 and § 7.15 of this Agreement, the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by and under the sole and complete authority of the Board, who shall be responsible for directing, supervising and undertaking the business affairs of the Company and shall make all decisions affecting the Company.

 

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§7.3 Officers. The Board may appoint officers to act on behalf of the Company under the direct supervision and control of the Board.

 

§7.4 Reimbursement to the Managers. A Manager shall be entitled to receive reimbursement for actual and reasonable travel and entertainment expenses incurred in connection with his or her duties as a Manager of the Company. The Managers shall be entitled to be reimbursed for all actual and out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Company’s organizational costs, including legal fees incurred in connection with the formation and initial capitalization of the Company (but excluding legal fees and expenses incurred in the preparation and negotiation of this Agreement) and amounts expended that are related to the filing of the Certificate and the formation of the Company.

 

§7.5 Management Fees. The Company shall not pay any fees or salaries to the Manager(s) unless approved by the Class A Members in accordance with Sections 7.14 and 7.15.

 

§7.6 Resignation. A Manager may resign at any time by giving ten (10) days’ written notice to the Members. The resignation of a Manager shall take effect at the time at least ten (10) days after the date of the written notice as shall be specified in the notice; and, unless otherwise specified in the notice, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. The resignation of a Manager who is also a Member shall not affect such Manager’s rights as a Member and shall not constitute a withdrawal or dissociation of a Member; provided, however, any Manager who resigns shall no longer be entitled to receive any salary or other benefits from the Company if any, that are payable to the Managers.

 

§7.7 Removal. At a meeting called expressly for that purpose, a Manager may be removed at any time, without cause, by the affirmative unanimous vote of the Class A Members. The removal of a Manager who is also a Member shall not affect such Manager’s rights as a Member and shall not constitute a withdrawal or dissociation of a Member.

 

§7.8 Vacancies. In the event of the withdrawal, removal, resignation of any Manager, a replacement Manager shall be appointed by unanimous vote of the Class A Members. A successor Manager shall qualify by executing an agreement, in form reasonably acceptable to the Company, whereby the successor Manager agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement.

 

§7.9 Voting Decisions By Members.

 

(A) General Rules. Unless otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement, all actions and decisions requiring the approval of the Members pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or the Act may be authorized or made by a unanimous vote of the Class A Members. Any action that may be taken by the Class A Members at a meeting may be taken by the unanimous written consent of the Class A Members. Economic Interest Owners shall not be entitled to receive notices, vote, call meetings, or act as proxies, and their consent shall not be required for any purpose under this Agreement.

 

(B) Vote by Proxy. A Class A Member entitled to vote on any matter may vote (or execute a written consent) by proxy given to any other Class A Member. Any such proxy must be in writing and must identify the specific meeting or matter to which the proxy applies or state that it applies to all matters (subject to specified reservations, if any) coming before the Class A Members for approval under any provision of this Agreement prior to a specified date (which shall not be later than the first anniversary date on which such proxy is given). Any such proxy shall be revocable at any time and shall not be effective at any meeting at which the Class A Member giving such proxy is in attendance.

 

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§7.10 Power of Employees and Agents. Unless authorized to do so by this Agreement or in writing by the Board of the Company, no attorney-in-fact, employee or other agent of the Company, other than the Manager(s), shall have any power or authority to bind the Company in any way, to pledge its credit or to render it pecuniarily liable for any purpose.

 

§7.11 Liability for Certain Acts. To the extent permitted by Florida law, neither the Manager nor any owner, officer, director or Member of the Company shall be personally liable to the Company or its Members for damages for breach of any duty owed to the Company or its Members except that the Manager and any officer, director, or Member of the Company shall not be relieved from liability for any breach of duty based on an act or omission (a) in breach of such person’s duty of loyalty to the Company or its Members, (b) not in good faith or involving a knowing violation of law or this Agreement, (c) resulting in receipt by such person of an improper personal benefit not permitted under this Agreement or (d) which is grossly negligent or constitutes willful misconduct.

 

§7.12 Indemnification. Each Manager and Company officer shall be indemnified by the Company subject to the provisions of Article 11.

 

§7.13 Voting Decisions By the Managers. All actions and decisions requiring the approval or consent of the Board pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or by the Act must be authorized by a majority of the Managers.

 

(A) General Rules. Actions and decisions requiring the approval or consent of the Board pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or the Act may be authorized or made either by majority vote of the Manager(s) taken at a meeting of the Manager(s) or by unanimous written consent of the Manager(s) without a meeting.

 

(B) Meetings. Any Manager may call a meeting to consider approval of an action or decision under any provision of this Agreement by delivering to each other Manager notice of the time and purpose of such meeting at least ten (10) days before the day of such meeting. A Manager may waive the requirement of notice of a meeting either by attending such meeting or executing a written waiver before or after such meeting. Any such meeting shall be held during the regular business hours at the Company’s principal place of business unless all of the other Managers consent in writing or by their attendance at such meeting to its being held at another location or time.

 

(C) Authorization By Written Consent. A Manager may propose that the Company authorize an action or decision pursuant to any provision of this Agreement by written consent of a majority of the Managers in lieu of a meeting if there is more than one (1) Manager. A Manager’s written consent may be evidenced by such person’s signature on a counterpart of the proposal or by a separate writing (including a facsimile) that identifies the proposal with reasonable specificity and states that the Manager consents to such proposal.

 

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(D) Records. The Company shall maintain permanent records of all material actions taken by the Manager and/or at meetings of the Manager(s) pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, including minutes of all Company meetings, copies of all actions taken by consent of the Manager(s), and copies of all proxies pursuant to which one Manager votes or executes a consent on behalf of another.

 

§7.14 Approval of Major Decisions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, all decisions or actions as set forth in Section 7.15 (“Major Decisions”) may not be taken solely in the Board’s discretion and shall require the unanimous affirmative vote of the Class A Members. Approval of Major Decisions may be given at a Meeting called for that purpose or by written consent.

 

§7.15 Designation of Major Decisions. The following shall constitute Major Decisions subject to approval of the Class A Members, as set forth in Section 7.14:

 

(A) Other than in the regular course of business, the sale of all or a substantial portion of the assets owned by the Company. For this purpose, Twenty Percent (20%) of the fair market value of the assets owned by the Company shall constitute a “substantial portion.”

 

(B) Any change in the principal purpose of the Company’s business, as set forth in § 2.1.

 

(C) Any decision to dissolve the Company.

 

(D) Any borrowing by the Company or any pledge of assets owned by the Company or any loan to a Member or Manager.

 

(E) The admission of any new Member.

 

(F) Any amendment of this Agreement.

 

(G) Any distributions to be made to the Members, provided, however, that repayment with respect to the Notes, in the event that any Note has been issued by a Member, shall not be a Major Decision and shall not require the affirmative unanimous vote of the Class A Members.

 

ARTICLE 9

 

TRANSFER OF INTERESTS

 

§8.1 Transfer With Substitution.

 

(A) Except for a transfer of Membership Units (i) by a Member to a member of his/her family or (ii) by a Member to a trust(s) for the benefit of a Member’s family or (iii) by a Member of all of his/her Membership Units to a corporation or limited liability company wholly owned by the original Member or (iv) by a Member to an employee of the Company pursuant to a membership/stock option plan or similar type of employee compensation plan adopted by the Company or (v) pursuant to § 8.9 hereof (each hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Transfer”), no Member may transfer all or part of a Member’s Membership Units without the consent of the Board nor shall any assignee, legatee or distributee of the whole or any part of such Membership Units have the right to become a substituted Member in place of his predecessor in interest in respect to the whole or any portion of said Membership Units without the prior written consent of the Board. In the case of a Permitted Transfer, the transferring Member shall remain the Member of the Company unless a permitted transferee is either (I) over 21; (ii) is a professional trustee or investment manager; or (iii) the transferee is an entity of which the transferring Member is sole owner, in which cases the transferee shall become the Member upon satisfaction of the requirements for becoming a Member set forth in this Agreement.

 

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(B) The word “family” as used in this Section shall mean a person who is a (i) parent, child or sibling of a Member, or (ii) trustee or custodian on behalf of any person described in (i) hereof.

 

(B) For purposes of this Agreement, a “transfer” includes, but is not limited to, any (i) sale, assignment, gift, exchange, hypothecation, collateral assignment or subjection to any security interest of a Percentage’s Interest or (ii) sale, assignment, gift, exchange, pledge, hypothecation or other transfer by operation of law or otherwise, in one or a series of transactions, of any Membership Units, partnership or membership interests or other equity interests of a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity which is a Member.

 

§8.2 Transfer without Substitution. Subject to compliance with the other conditions of this Article, a Member may only transfer all or part of such Member’s Membership Units with the prior written consent of the Board (except for a Permitted Transfer where no Board consent is required) and only in the manner permitted under this Agreement by a written instrument of assignment, the terms of which may not be in contravention of any of the provisions of this Agreement. The assigning Member shall deliver to the Board a written instrument of assignment in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Board, duly executed by the assigning Member or such Member’s personal representative or authorized agent. The assignment shall be accompanied by such assurances of genuineness and effectiveness and by such consents or authorizations of governmental or other authorities or such opinions as to compliance with or exemption from securities laws as may be reasonably required by the Board. Upon consent of the Board to the proposed assignment, the assignee shall take all steps required by this Agreement to become a Member and shall not become a Member until all such steps have been completed. Until the assignee becomes a Member, all rights accruing or attaching to Membership shall belong to the assignor Member and neither the Board nor the Company shall incur any liability for so treating the assignor and assignee Members. Unless and until admitted as a substitute or additional Member by the Board in accordance with this Agreement, any person that succeeds to the Membership Interest of a Member, whether by assignment or operation of law, shall only be an Economic Interest Owner, who shall be entitled to receive distributions from the Company, and be allocated Profits and Losses of the Company attributable to the Percentage Interest acquired by reason of such assignment from and after the effective date of the assignment of such Interest and the consent to such assignment by the Board and all other rights of a Member attributable to such Percentage Interest, except for the right to inspect Company books and records, if any, shall terminate until and unless such assignee becomes a substituted or additional Member; provided, however, that the Board and the Company shall be entitled to treat the assignor of such Percentage Interest as the owner thereof in all respects, and shall incur no liability for distributions made in good faith to such assignor, until such time as both the beneficiary of such assignment has been recognized by the Company as an assignee in accordance with this Article 8.

 

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§8.3 Admission of Substituted Members. The transferee of Membership Units transferred by a Member in connection with a Permitted Transfer or Membership units transferred by a Member who has obtained the prior written consent of the Board shall become a substituted or additional Member in the Company provided that, in addition to the requirements of § 8.5, the transferor and transferee of such Membership Units have executed, acknowledged and delivered such other instruments as counsel to the Company reasonably deems necessary or desirable to effect such admission. A transferee accepted as a substitute or additional Member by the Board shall have all of the rights and obligations of its predecessor in interest in the Company, to the extent that they relate to the transferred Interest.

 

§8.4 Admission of Additional Members. Except as limited by the terms of this Agreement including §7.15(E), with the approval and consent of the Board, any person may become an additional Member in the Company by the issuance of such additional Membership Units in exchange for such consideration as the Board may determine. Such person may become an additional Member in the Company only if, in addition to the requirements of Section 8.5, the person executes such instruments as counsel to the Company may deem reasonably necessary or desirable to effect such admission.

 

§8.5 Conditions on Transfers of Interest. A transfer of a Membership Unit and the admission of additional Members, otherwise permitted by this Article 8 shall be subject to the following additional limitations:

 

(A) No Membership Unit may be transferred or issued if such proposed action, in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Company, would result in the termination of the Company under Section 708 of the Code, or would impair the ability of the Company to be taxed as a partnership for Federal income tax purposes.

 

(B) No Membership Unit may be issued by the Company or transferred by a Member unless the transferee confirms in a writing reasonably acceptable to counsel for the Company that such transferee has accepted, assumed, and agreed to be subject to and bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

§8.6 Withdrawal of Member. Except as otherwise provided in this Article 8, no Member shall be entitled to withdraw or resign from the Company without the consent of the Board.

 

§8.7 Obligations of Transferring Member. No transfer by a Member of all or any portion of an Interest in the Company shall, to any extent, relieve the transferring Member of any of such Member’s obligations to the Company or liability, if any, as a Member (whether or not such person remains as a Member).

 

§8.8 Allocations Upon Transfer of Interest.

 

(A) As between a Member and his transferee, profits, losses and credits for any quarterly period shall be apportioned to the person who is the holder of the Membership Units transferred on the last day of such quarterly period, without regard to the results of the Company’s operations during the period before or after such transfer. However, in the event that it is determined by the Board that the convention adopted by the Company to allocate income, gain, loss, deduction or credit of the Company is not in compliance with Section 706(d) of the Code, as modified by Regulations promulgated thereunder, then the Board shall revise the method of allocation to comply with such Regulations.

 

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(B) No new Member shall be entitled to any retroactive allocation of Profits or Losses incurred by the Company. The Board may, at its option, at the time a Member is admitted, or an Interest transferred, close the Company’s books or make an allocation of tax items using any reasonable method permitted under the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations.

 

(C) Any distributions of cash or other property shall be made to the holder of record of any Membership Units on the date of distribution or on the declared record date, if earlier.

 

ARTICLE 9

 

DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION

 

§9.1 Events Triggering Dissolution. The Company shall dissolve and commence winding up and liquidating upon the first to occur of any of the following (“Liquidating Events”):

 

(A) the determination by the Class A Members as set forth in § 7.15(C) above, that the Company should be dissolved; or

 

(B) a judicial determination that an event has occurred that makes it impossible or unlawful to carry on the business of the Company.

 

§9.2 Effect of Dissolution. No dissolution of the Company shall release any of the parties to this Agreement from their contractual obligations under this Agreement.

 

§9.3 Liquidation. Upon dissolution of the Company in accordance with § 9.1, the Company shall be liquidated. The Board shall select a Liquidating Manager (who may be a Manager) who shall serve only for purposes of winding up the Company. If there are then no members of the Board, the Liquidating Manager shall be selected by unanimous vote of the Class A Members. The proceeds of such liquidation shall be applied and distributed in the following order of priority:

 

(A) to the payment of the debts and liabilities of the Company and the expenses of liquidation (including, if applicable, the reasonable fees of the Liquidating Manager);

 

(B) to the setting up of any reserves which the Liquidating Manager may deem reasonably necessary for any contingent or unforeseen liabilities or obligations of the Company, which reserves shall be paid over to an attorney at law, as escrow-holder, to be held for the purpose of disbursing (under the direction of the Liquidating Manager) such reserves in payment of any of the aforementioned liabilities and, at the expiration of such period (not to exceed two (2) years) as the Liquidating Manager may deem advisable, for distribution in the manner hereinafter provided;

 

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(C) to the repayment of any outstanding loans that may have been made by any of the Members to the Company pro rata among them on the basis of the principal and accrued interest on such loans to the Company; and

 

(D) to the Members in the amounts and the order of priority set forth in § 5.4.

 

§9.4 Distributions in Kind. The Liquidating Manager may make distributions to the Members in cash or in kind, or partly in cash or partly in kind, in divided or undivided interests, and allocate any property towards the satisfaction of any payment or distribution due to the Members in such manner as the Liquidating Manager may reasonably determine. Distribution of any asset in kind to a Member shall be considered as a distribution of an amount equal to the asset’s fair market value for purposes of this § 9.4.

 

§9.5 Timing of Liquidation. Distributions and liquidation of the Company shall be made in compliance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(b).

 

§9.6 Certificate of Cancellation. Upon the dissolution of the Company and the completion of the liquidation and winding-up of the Company’s affairs and business, the Liquidating Manager shall (or if the Liquidating Manager fails to act, then any Manager may) prepare and file a certificate of cancellation with the State of Florida Secretary of State, as required by the Act. When such certificate is filed, the Company’s existence shall cease.

 

ARTICLE 10

 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

§10.1 Amendment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in §7.15, this Agreement may not be amended, without the consent of the Class A Members.

 

§10.2 Glossary. Unless otherwise defined herein, as used in this Agreement, capitalized words and phrases shall have the following meanings:

 

(A) Affiliate. “Affiliate” of a Person shall mean any Relative of such Person or any Person that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person, or an officer, director, partner, managers, or trustee (or Relative of any thereof) of such Person, where “control” means the power, by contract, ownership of securities or other interests in a Person, or otherwise, to elect the majority of the directors of a corporation or otherwise direct the management of a Person. The Company shall not be deemed an Affiliate of a Member or of any of a Member’s Affiliates.

 

(B) Bankruptcy. “Bankruptcy” of any individual, corporation or partnership shall be deemed to occur when (1) such individual, corporation or partnership files a petition in bankruptcy, or voluntarily takes advantage of any bankruptcy or insolvency law, or (2) is the subject of a petition or answer proposing the adjudication of such person as bankrupt, and such individual, corporation or partnership either consents to the filing thereof, or fails to cause such petition or answer to be discharged or denied prior to the expiration of sixty (60) days from the date of such filing, or (3) such person’s or entity’s assets are insufficient to pay his, her or its liabilities, or he, she or it has so admitted in writing.

 

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(C) Capital Account Deficit. “Capital Account Deficit means, with respect to any Member, the deficit balance, if any, in such Member’s Capital Account as of the end of the relevant fiscal year of the Company, after giving effect to the following adjustments:

 

(i) Credit to such Capital Account any amounts which such Member is obligated to restore (pursuant to the terms of any promissory note of such Member or otherwise) or is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to the penultimate sentences of Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5); and

 

(ii) Debit to such Member’s Capital Account the items described in Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6) of the Regulations.

 

The foregoing definition of Capital Account Deficit is intended to comply with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

 

(D) Capital Contribution. “Capital Contribution” means, with respect to any Member, the amount of money and the initial fair market value of any property (other than money) contributed to the Company with respect to a Membership Unit held by such Member.

 

(E) Code. “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (or any corresponding provisions of succeeding law).

 

(F) Company. “Company” means the limited liability company governed by this Agreement.

 

(G) Economic Interest. “Economic Interest” means the Percentage Interest of a Member in the Company’s Profits, Losses, Net Cash Flow, and other distributions of the Company’s assets pursuant to this Agreement and the Act, but shall not include any right to participate in the management or affairs of the Company, including, without limitation, the right to vote on, consent to, or otherwise participate in any decision of the Members or the Company.

 

(H) Economic Interest Owner. “Economic Interest Owner” shall mean the owner of an Economic Interest who is not a Member, including without limitation, a person who has acquired an Economic Interest (i) as an assignee pursuant to § 8.2, or (ii) as the personal representative, guardian or other successor in interest upon the death (in the case of a Member who is an individual), dissolution (in the case of a Member who is not an individual) or bankruptcy of a Member.

 

(I) Members. “Members” mean the persons listed on the attached Exhibit “A” and executing this Agreement as Members, and any person admitted to the Company as a Member in accordance with Article 8. The Members shall have the powers, rights and privileges provided to them in this Agreement.

 

(J) Net Cash Flow. “Net Cash Flow” means the gross cash proceeds from Company operations (including all sales and dispositions) and all refinancing or acquisition of loans obtained by the Company less the operating expenses of the Company (the “Operating Expenses”) including the portion of such proceeds used to pay or establish reasonable reserves for all Company expenses, debt payments, debt service (including loan principal and interest payments), capital improvements, replacements, and contingencies, all as determined by the Board in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and in consultation with the Accountant. Net Cash Flow shall not be reduced by depreciation, amortization, cost recovery deductions, or similar allowances, but shall be increased by any reductions of reserves previously established. Payments of principal and interest on any debts or other obligations of the Company, whether or not secured by mortgages or liens on Company property, shall be considered as a deduction from Net Cash Flow.

 

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(K) Percentage Interest. “Percentage Interest” means a Member’s Economic Interest in the Company equal to the proportion of all Class A Membership Units and Class B Membership Units owned by such Member to the total Membership Units of the Company.

 

(L) Person. “Person” means and includes an individual, corporation, partnership, association, limited liability company, trust, estate or other entity.

 

(M) Profit and Losses. “Profits” and “Losses” means, for each fiscal year or other period, an amount equal to the Company’s taxable income or loss for such year or period, determined by the Board in accordance with the Code, with the following adjustments:

 

(i) Any income of the Company that is exempt from federal income tax and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits or Losses pursuant to this Subsection shall be added to such taxable income or loss;

 

(ii) Any expenditures of the Company described in Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) or treated as Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i), and not otherwise required to be taken into account in computing Profits or Losses pursuant to this Subsection, shall be subtracted from such taxable income or loss.

 

(N) Relative. “Relative” of an individual means any other individual to whom the individual in question is related by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remotely than as a first cousin.

 

(O) Treasury Regulations. “Treasury Regulations” means the Income Tax Regulations promulgated under the Code, as such regulations may be amended from time to time (including corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations).

 

§10.3 Notices. Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement or by written agreement of the Members, all notices or other communications required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be deemed given when delivered personally or two (2) days after mailing by registered or certified mail, return receipt required, postage prepaid, or on the date delivered if delivered by overnight courier service or by electronic mail, to the Members at their addresses or E-mail addresses on the records of the Company, or at such other addresses as a Member may designate in writing to the Company.

 

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§10.4 Binding Effect. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties, their personal representatives, successors and assigns.

 

§10.5 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument, and it shall be sufficient for each party to have executed at least one, but not necessarily the same, counterpart.

 

§10.6 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida. Any action to enforce the terms hereof shall be brought in the courts located in the State of Florida, County of Broward.

 

§10.7 Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any particular provision of this Agreement shall be construed in all respects as if such invalid or unenforceable provision were omitted.

 

§10.8 Gender. As used in this Agreement, the masculine gender shall include the feminine and the neuter, and vice versa.

 

§10.9 Injunctive Relief. Each Member acknowledges that the restrictions and limitations upon the sale, assignment, transfer, pledge or encumbrance of the Percentage Interests are special, unique and necessary to assure the continuity and harmony of the Company’s policies and operations, and that it would be impossible to measure damages, in money to the Company or the Members for breach of any provision herein. Each Member agrees that if the Company or any Member violates or attempts to violate the provisions of this Agreement, in addition to any other rights or remedies that the Company or other Members may have under this Agreement or otherwise, the Company and the other Members shall be entitled to an injunction to restrain any such violation or attempted violation thereof.

 

§10.10 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Articles to the extent referenced herein, constitute the complete and exclusive agreement and understanding of the Members with respect to the subject matter contained herein. This Agreement and the Articles replace and supersede all prior agreements, negotiations, statements, memoranda and understandings, whether written or oral, by and among the Members or any of them.

 

§10.11 Facsimile Copies. Facsimile or electronic mail copies of this Agreement or of any counterpart, and facsimile or electronic mail signatures hereon or on any counterpart, shall have the same force and effect as originals.

 

§10.11 Advice of Counsel. the PARTIES HERETO hereby acknowledge that THEY HAVE been, and hereby ARE, advised to seek legal counsel and to review thIs AGREEMENT with legal counsel of ITs choice, and (ii) such partIES HAVE sought such legal counsel, which such legal counsel has reviewed this AGREEMENT, or hereby waives the right to do so. The PARTIES acknowledge that THEY HAVE no objection to the terms and conditions herein contained. The economic, business and legal terms and conditions contained herein were agreed upon by the PARTIES after THE PARTIES had the opportunity to consult with independent counsel. The PARTIES HAVE had access to their respective independent counsel and HAVE knowingly consented and executed this AGREEMENT and agreed to be irrevocably bound by its terms.

 

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ARTICLE 11

 

INVESTMENT REPRESENTATIONS OF MEMBERS,

UCC AND CERTIFICATES

 

§11.1 Securities Law Qualification. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS DOCUMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, 15 U.S.C. § 15b ET SEQ., AS AMENDED (THE “FEDERAL ACT”), OR REGISTERED WITH OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE (THE “STATE ACTS”), IN RELIANCE UPON ONE OR MORE EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE FEDERAL ACT AND THE STATE ACTS. NO SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER OF THESE SECURITIES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN TO, OR RECEIPT OF ANY CONSIDERATION THEREFOR, MAY BE MADE IF THE PROPOSED SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER OF THESE SECURITIES AFFECTS THE AVAILABILITY TO THE COMPANY OF SUCH EXEMPTIONS FROM REGISTRATION AND QUALIFICATION, AND ANY SUCH PROPOSED SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER MUST BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THEREFORE, MEMBERS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO LIQUIDATE THEIR INVESTMENTS AND THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE READILY ACCEPTED AS COLLATERAL FOR A LOAN.

 

§11.2 Representations and Warranties under the Securities Laws. Each Member (each an “Investor”) represents and warrants with respect to the purchase of the Membership Units as follows:

 

(A) Investor understands that the Membership Units are being offered and sold without qualification under the Federal Act or the State of Florida securities laws in reliance upon certain exemptions from the qualification and registration requirements contained therein. Specifically, Investor is purchasing its Membership Units for investment only and not with a view to resale.

 

(B) Investor is further aware that Rule 144 of the Rules and Regulations for the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued under the Federal Act is not presently available to exempt the sale of the Membership Units from the registration requirements of the Federal Act.

 

(C) Investor acknowledges and understands that the availability of the exemptions depend in part upon the accuracy of the representations and warranties set forth herein, and with the intent that such representations and warranties may be relied upon in determining the availability of the exemptions, and in order to induce the Company to issue the Membership Units to Investor without requiring that they be registered under the Federal Act or qualified under the State Act, Investor makes such representations and warranties to the Company:

 

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(D) Investor is purchasing the Membership Units of the Company and becoming a Member of the Company without being furnished any offering literature or prospectus which has been reviewed or approved by the SEC or any other federal or state agency.

 

(E) Investor understands and acknowledges that Investor’s purchase of the Percentage Interests has not been reviewed by, passed on by or submitted to any governmental agency, including the SEC, and the Investor is aware that no federal or state agency has made any recommendation or endorsement of the Percentage Interests.

 

(F) Investor recognizes that the Company has no financial or operating history and that an investment therein involves substantial risks.

 

(G) Investor is experienced in making investments generally and is experienced in evaluating and investing in recently organized companies such as the Company.

 

(H) Investor has been given the opportunity by the Board to ask any questions concerning the Company and his or her proposed investment and to discuss the Company’s business, management and financial affairs, and, to the extent Investor has availed himself or herself of that opportunity, he or she has received satisfactory information and answers.

 

(I) Investor has a pre-existing awareness of the character, business acumen, and general business and financial circumstances of the Company or its Managers or a preexisting business or personal relationship with the Company or its principals and has the requisite knowledge to assess the relative merits and risks of this investment or is aware of the risks and other considerations involved, or by reason of the business or financial experience or relationships of Investor, Investor could be reasonably assumed capable of evaluating the merits and risks of this investment and of protecting his or her own interests in connection with Investor’s purchase of the Membership Units.

 

(J) Investor is acquiring the Membership Units for long-term investment, for Investor’s own personal account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to offer for sale or resale of, or to sell, transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate, fractionalize, distribute or otherwise dispose (collectively, “Dispose” or, as the context requires, “Disposition”), the Percentage Interests.

 

(K) Investor has no contract, understanding, agreement or arrangement with any Person to Dispose of the Membership Units and Investor is not presently engaged, nor does he or she plan to engage in the presently foreseeable future, in discussions with any Person relative to any Disposition of the Membership Units.

 

(L) Investor has adequate net worth and means for providing for his or her current needs and personal contingencies to sustain a complete loss of his or her investment in the Percentage Interest and has no need for liquidity of his or her investment in the Membership Units.

 

(M) Investor’s overall commitment to investments which are not readily marketable is not disproportionate to his or her net worth and his or her acquisition of the Membership Units will not cause such overall commitment to investments which are not readily marketable is not disproportionate to his or her net worth and his or her acquisition of the Membership Units will not cause such overall commitment to become excessive.

 

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(N) Investor realizes that the Membership Units cannot be readily sold as there will be no public market for them, that he or she may not be able to Dispose of the Membership Units and, therefore, that the Membership Units must not be purchased unless Investor has liquid assets sufficient to assure that such purchase will cause no undue financial difficulties.

 

(O) Investor understands that the ability to transfer the Membership Units will be further restricted as set forth in this Agreement.

 

(P) All information which Investor has provided to the Company concerning Investor’s financial position and knowledge of financial business matters is accurate and complete as of the date hereof.

 

(Q) Investor has been urged to consult his or her separate counsel in connection with the purchase of the Membership Units and if Investor chooses not to consult with counsel, he or she is competent to understand and interpret this Agreement, and Investor has not relied upon any statements, advice or opinions of counsel for the Company who prepared this Agreement.

 

§11.3 Evidence of Ownership. Evidence of a Member’s ownership of Membership Units shall be the schedule of Members attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A. The Company shall maintain a current and complete record of Exhibit A among the books and records of the Company.

 

Any certificate representing Membership Units shall be endorsed and affixed with the following legends:

 

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, 15 U.S.C. § 15b ET SEQ., AS AMENDED (THE “FEDERAL ACT”), OR REGISTERED WITH OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE (THE “STATE ACTS”), IN RELIANCE UPON ONE OR MORE EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE FEDERAL ACT AND THE STATE ACTS. NO SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER OF THESE SECURITIES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN TO, OR RECEIPT OF ANY CONSIDERATION THEREFOR, MAY BE MADE IF THE PROPOSED SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER OF THESE SECURITIES AFFECTS THE AVAILABILITY TO THE COMPANY OF SUCH EXEMPTIONS FROM REGISTRATION AND QUALIFICATION, AND ANY SUCH PROPOSED SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER MUST BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THEREFORE, MEMBERS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO LIQUIDATE THEIR INVESTMENTS AND THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE READILY ACCEPTED AS COLLATERAL FOR A LOAN.

 

THE MEMBERSHIP UNITS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO THAT CERTAIN OPERATING AGREEMENT OF THE COMPANY, DATED AS OF MARCH 9, 2017, BY AND AMONG THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, AND THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND OTHER AGREEMENTS SET FORTH THEREIN.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

COMPANY:

 

TCA CRESENT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC

 

   
Name:   Alyce Schreiber  
Title:   Manager  

 

MEMBERS:

 

TCA GLOBAL CREDIT MASTER FUND, LP

 

By:   TCA Global Credit Master Fund GP, Ltd.  
Its:   General Partner  

 

By:      
Name:   Robert Press  
Title:   Director  

 

INTELLIGENT HIGHWAY SOLUTIONS, INC.

 

   
Name:   Philip Kirkland  
Title:   Secretary and Treasurer  

 

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EXHIBIT “A”

 

MEMBERSHIP UNITS OF

TCA CRESENT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC

 

 

 

 

CLASS A MEMBERS

 

INITIAL

CAPITAL

CONTRIBUTION

MEMBERSHIP UNITS

 

PERCENTAGE

INTEREST

 

TCA GLOBAL CREDIT MASTER FUND, LP

 

$10.00

 

1,000
Class A Units

 

 

1%

 

CLASS B MEMBERS

 

     

 

TCA GLOBAL CREDIT MASTER FUND, LP

 

$190.00

 

19,000
Class B Units

 

 

19%

 

INTELLIGENT HIGHWAY SOLUTIONS, INC.

 

$800.00

 

80,000
Class B Units

 

 

80%

 

Total

 

 

$1,000.00

 

 

100%

 

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EXHIBIT “B”

 

NOTES

 

Promissory Note issued by the Company and Intelligent Highway Solutions, Inc., as joint and several Co-Borrowers, in favor of TCA GLOBAL CREDIT MASTER FUND LP in the principal amount of One Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$1,500,000).

 

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CALL OPTION AGREEMENT

 

This CALL OPTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is entered into as of March 9, 2017, by and between INTELLIGENT HIGHWAY SOLUTIONS, INC., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada and located at 9516 Rossport way Elk Grove, California 95624 (“IHSI”) and TCA GLOBAL CREDIT MASTER FUND LP, a limited partnership organized and existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands and located at 3960 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 500, Las Vegas, NV 89169 (“TCA”, and together with IHSI, the “Parties” and each a “Party”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Parties have entered into that certain Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2017 and made effective as of March 9, 2017 by and among IHSI, TCA, Cresent Construction Company, Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of North Carolina, TCA Cresent Construction Company, LLC, a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the State of Florida (the “Company”) and certain other Credit Parties (as defined therein) (the “Credit Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, TCA owns one thousand (1,000) Class A Membership Units of the Company (the “Class A Units”) and nineteen thousand (19,000) Class B Membership Units of the Company (the “Class B Units” and together with the Class A Units, the “Membership Units”) (representing twenty percent (20%) of the Membership Units of the Company;

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Credit Agreement, TCA desires, subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, to grant to IHSI the right to purchase Membership Units of the Company from TCA (the “IHSI Call Option”), and IHSI wishes to accept the IHSI Call Option;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual promises, covenants and agreements of the Parties hereto, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto hereby agree as follows.

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

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

 

Business Day” means a day on which banks are open for business in the City of New York, United States of America.

 

Charter Documents” of any Person means any by-laws, charter, memorandum, certificate of incorporation, articles of association, or other similar document of such Person.

 

   

 

 

Class A Units” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Class B Units” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

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

 

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

 

Equity Interests” means (a) the Membership Units; (b) any capital stock, share, partnership or membership interest, unit of participation or other similar interest (however designated) in the Company and (b) any irrevocable capital contribution, option, warrant, purchase right, conversion right, exchange rights or other contractual obligation which would entitle any Person to acquire any such interest in the Company or otherwise entitle any Person to share in the equity, profit, earnings, losses or gains of the Company (including stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation or other similar rights).

 

Exercise Price” means the payment in an amount equal to Ten and No/100 United States Dollars ($10.00).

 

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

 

IHSI Call Option” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, charge, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, security interest, lien, fiduciary assignment and any security or similar agreement of any kind or nature whatsoever.

 

Membership Interests” means the membership interests of the Company, and it includes any and all voting and economic rights relating thereto, and any rights to declared or undeclared distributions, rights to reserves, capital contributions, paid-in surplus, and any other Equity Interests in the Company.

 

Membership Units” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Person” means and includes any natural person, individual, partnership, joint venture, corporation, trust, limited liability company, limited company, joint stock company, unincorporated organization, government entity or any political subdivision or agency thereof, or any other entity.

 

Proceeding” means any action, suit, charge, hearing, claim or legal, administrative, arbitration or other alternative dispute resolution proceeding or investigation.

 

Party(ies)” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

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

 

US$” means the lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

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Section 1.2. General Interpretive Principles. Whenever used in this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, any noun or pronoun shall be deemed to include the plural as well as the singular and to cover all genders. Unless otherwise specified, words such as “herein”, “hereof”, “hereby”, “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or subsection of this Agreement, and references herein to “Articles” or “Sections” refer to Articles or Sections of this Agreement. The headings in this Agreement are intended solely for convenience of reference and shall be given no effect in the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE II

GRANTING OF THE CALL OPTIONS

 

Section 2.1. IHSI Call Option. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, TCA hereby grants IHSI an irrevocable right to purchase the Membership Interests from TCA at the Exercise Price, provided, however, such right shall not be available until such time as all Obligations in connection with the Credit Agreement, the Revolving Note, the Fee Note and any other Loan Document executed in connection therewith are completely and fully satisfied.

 

Section 2.2. IHSI Exercise. IHSI shall be permitted to exercise the IHSI Call Option to purchase the Membership Interests owned by TCA, equal to twenty percent (20%) of the Membership Interests of the Company upon the full satisfaction and payment to TCA of the Exercise Price.

 

Section 2.3. IHSI Exercise Process. IHSI shall exercise the IHSI Call Option by delivering a written notice to TCA setting forth IHSI’s irrevocable election to exercise the IHSI Call Option (the “Exercise Notice”). The sale of the Membership Interests pursuant to Section 2.2 shall close at a time and place reasonably acceptable to IHSI and TCA within ten (10) Business Days after TCA’s receipt of the Exercise Notice. At such closing, IHSI shall pay the Exercise Price to TCA in immediately available funds, upon which payment TCA shall deliver evidence showing that ownership of the Membership Interests has been registered in the name of IHSI, free and clear from any Lien, in the records of the Company.

 

Section 2.4. TCA Call Option. IHSI hereby grants TCA an irrevocable right to purchase the Membership Interests owned by IHSI, equal to eighty percent (80%) of the Membership Interests of the Company (the “TCA Call Option”) at the Exercise Price, upon an Event of Default under Section IV of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF IHSI

 

IHSI hereby represents and warrants to TCA as follows:

 

Section 3.1. Legal Capacity. IHSI has full legal capacity to enter into this Agreement and consummate the transactions described herein, if any.

 

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Section 3.2. Authorizations. IHSI has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform his obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated herein. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all requisite action. This Agreement constitutes, legal, valid and binding obligations of IHSI, enforceable against IHSI in accordance with its terms.

 

(b)       All consents, waivers, approvals, authorizations, exemptions, registrations, filings, licenses or declarations required to be made or obtained by IHSI in connection with (i) the execution, delivery or enforceability of this Agreement or (ii) the consummation of any of the transactions described herein, have been duly made or obtained by IHSI.

 

Section 5.3. No Conflicts, etc. (a) Neither the execution and delivery by IHSI of this Agreement, nor the performance by IHSI of its obligations hereunder, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, will conflict with or violate any provision of any agreement to which IHSI is a party.

 

(b)       There is no Proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of IHSI, threatened against IHSI (i) which questions the validity of, or the obligations of IHSI under this Agreement, or (ii) which seeks to impede, enjoin or invalidate the transactions contemplated herein, in whole or in part.

 

ARTICLE IV

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

If IHSI or the Credit Parties shall have defaulted or failed to comply with the due observance or performance of any material term, covenant or agreement contained this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, the Revolving Note, the Fee Note or any other Loan Documents, or IHSI or the Credit Parties shall have defaulted in any material obligation to TCA or the Company, or any affiliate thereof, and such failure to comply shall continue uncured beyond the applicable cure period (provided that if no specific cure period is provided, the cure period shall be ten (10) days after notice of such default is delivered by TCA to IHSI), (i) the IHSI Call Option shall immediately terminate; (ii) TCA may, without any further notice and without any presentment, demand or protest of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by IHSI, take any further action available at law or in equity, including, without limitation, sell the Membership Interests to any Person; and (iii) TCA shall be entitled to exercise the TCA Call Option upon payment to IHSI of the Exercise Price, as set forth in Section 2.4 of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 5.1. Notices. Any notice, request or other communication to be given or made under this Agreement to the Parties shall be in writing. Such notice, request or other communication shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when it shall be delivered by hand, international courier (confirmed by facsimile), or facsimile (with a hard copy delivered within two (2) business days) to the Party to which it is required or permitted to be given or made at such Party’s address specified below or at such other address as such Party shall have designated by notice to the Party given or making such notice, request or other communication, it being understood that the failure to deliver a copy of any notice, request or other communication to a Party to whom copies are to be sent shall not affect the validity of any such notice, request or other communication or constitute a breach of this Agreement.

 

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If to IHSI: Intelligent Highway Solutions, Inc.
  9516 Rossport Way
  Elk Grove, California 95624
  Attn: Philip Kirkland
  E-Mail: Philip@hwysolutions.com
   
If to TCA: TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP
  3960 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 500
  Las Vegas, NV 89169
  Attn: Mr. Robert Press
  E-Mail: bpress@tcaglobalfund.com
   
With a copy to: Lucosky Brookman LLP
(which shall not constitute notice) 101 Wood Avenue South, 5th Floor
  Woodbridge, NJ 08830
  Attn: Seth A. Brookman, Esq.
  E-Mail: sbrookman@lucbro.com

 

Section 5.2. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute a single instrument.

 

Section 5.3. Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties as to the matters covered herein and supersedes and replaces any prior understanding, agreement or statement of intent, in each case, written or oral, of any and every nature with respect thereto.

 

Section 5.4. Severability. In the event that any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby as long as the remaining provisions do not fundamentally alter the relations among the Parties hereto.

 

Section 5.5. No Set-Off. All obligations hereunder shall be satisfied in full without set-off, defense or counterclaim.

 

Section 5.6. Applicable Law; Venue. Except in the case of the Mandatory Forum Selection Clause, which clause shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with Florida law, this Agreement shall be delivered and accepted in and shall be deemed to be contracts made under and governed by the internal laws of the State of Nevada, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of such State, without giving effect to the choice of law provisions of such State.

 

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Section 5.7 MANDATORY FORUM SELECTION. (a) THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY AGREE THAT ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER, RELATING TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, THIS AGREEMENT OR RELATED TO ANY MATTER WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF OR INCIDENTAL TO THIS AGREEMENT (WHETHER OR NOT SUCH CLAIM IS BASED UPON BREACH OF CONTRACT OR TORT) SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF THE STATE AND/OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA OR CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA, AS DETERMINED BY TCA IN ITS SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION. THIS PROVISION IS INTENDED TO BE A “MANDATORY” FORUM SELECTION CLAUSE AND GOVERNED BY AND INTERPRETED CONSISTENT WITH FLORIDA LAW. IHSI HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT HAVING ITS SITUS IN SAID COUNTY, AND WAIVES ANY OBJECTION BASED ON FORUM NON CONVENIENS. IHSI HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS AND CONSENT THAT ALL SUCH SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, DIRECTED TO THE COMPANY AND GUARANTORS AS SET FORTH HEREIN IN THE MANNER PROVIDED BY APPLICABLE STATUTE, LAW, RULE OF COURT OR OTHERWISE.

 

(b)       EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO DEMAND A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT.

 

(c)       To the extent that any Party may be entitled in any jurisdiction to claim for itself or its assets immunity in respect of its obligations under this Agreement from any suit, execution, attachment (whether in aid of execution, before judgment or otherwise) or other legal process or to the extent that in any jurisdiction there may be attributed to itself or its assets such immunity (whether or not claimed), or to the extent it might have the right to have a jury trial, such Party hereby irrevocably waives and agrees not to, as the case may be, claim or exercise, such immunity and right to jury trial to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of such jurisdiction.

 

Section 5.8. No Third Party Rights; Assignment. This Agreement is intended to be solely for the benefit of the Parties hereto and is not intended to confer any benefits upon, or create any rights in favor of, any other Person. All rights and obligations hereunder and under any agreements and documents executed and delivered in connection herewith shall not be assignable without the prior written consent of the other Party.

 

Section 5.9. Waivers and Amendments. No modification of or amendment to this Agreement shall be valid unless evidenced in writing signed by the Parties hereto referring specifically to this Agreement and stating the Parties’ intention to modify or amend the same. Any waiver of any term or condition of this Agreement must be in writing signed by the Party sought to be charged with such waiver and referring specifically to the term or condition to be waived. No such waiver shall be deemed to constitute the waiver of any other breach of the same or of any other term or condition of this Agreement.

 

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Section 5.10. Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for purposes of reference only and shall not be considered in construing this Agreement.

 

Section 5.11. Specific Performance. The Parties hereto agree that the obligations imposed on them in this Agreement are special, unique and of an extraordinary character, and that, in the event of breach by any Party, damages would not be an adequate remedy and each of the other Parties shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive and other equitable relief in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled, at law or in equity; and the Parties hereto further agree to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with the obtaining of any such injunctive or other equitable relief.

 

Section 5.12. Further Assurances. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Party to this Agreement agrees to take all necessary actions to ensure that the provisions of this Agreement are implemented. At the reasonable request of any other Party hereto and without further consideration, each Party hereto shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take all such further action as may be necessary or appropriate to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

Section 5.13. Confidentiality. Except as may be required by applicable law or as otherwise agreed among the Parties hereto, neither Party shall at any time divulge, disclose, disseminate, announce or release any information to any Person concerning this Agreement, without first obtaining the prior written consent of the other Parties hereto, except that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to any such information that (i) is or hereafter becomes generally available to the public other than by reason of any default with respect to a confidentiality obligation under this Agreement; (ii) was already known to the recipient as evidenced by prior written documents in its possession; (iii) is disclosed to the recipient by a third party who is not in default of any confidentiality obligation to the disclosing Party hereunder; (iv) is developed by or on behalf of the receiving Person, without reliance on confidential information received hereunder; (v) is otherwise required to be disclosed in compliance with applicable laws or regulations or order by a court or other regulatory body having competent jurisdiction, or (vi) is disclosed to any professional advisor of the recipient in connection with the performance of its duties.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties, acting through their duly authorized representatives, have caused this Agreement to be signed in their respective names as of the date first above written.

 

INTELLIGENT HIGHWAY SOLUTIONS, INC.

 

By:      
Name:   Philip Kirkland  
Title:   Secretary and Treasurer  

 

TCA GLOBAL CREDIT MASTER FUND, LP

 

By:   TCA Global Credit Master Fund GP, Ltd.  
Its:   General Partner  

 

By:      
Name:   Robert Press  
Title:   Managing Director  

 

[signature page to Call Option Agreement]

 

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MEMBERSHIP UNIT

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

THIS MEMBERSHIP UNIT PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), made as of March 9, 2017 (the “Effective Date”), by and between TCA GLOBAL CREDIT MASTER FUND, LP, a limited partnership organized and existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“TCA”), and Intelligent Highway Solutions, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Nevada, (“Intelligent Highway”). Each of TCA and Intelligent Highway is a “Party” and are together, the “Parties.”

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Parties have entered into that certain Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2017 and made effective as of March 9, 2017 (the “Credit Agreement”), by and among TCA, as lender, Intelligent Highway, as joint and several co-borrower and joint and several guarantor, TCA Cresent Construction Company, LLC, as joint and several co-borrower (“TCA Cresent”), and Cresent Construction Company, Inc., a North Carolina corporation, as guarantor;

 

WHEREAS, TCA owns 80,000 Class B Membership Units (the “Class B Membership Units”) of TCA Cresent;

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Credit Agreement, TCA desires, subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, to sell to Intelligent Highway, and Intelligent Highway wishes to purchase from TCA, the Membership Units;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants and representations of the Parties hereto, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Incorporation of Recitals. The recitals set forth hereinabove are hereby incorporated herein by reference with the same force and effect as if fully hereinafter set forth.

 

2. Agreement to Purchase and Sell. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, TCA hereby agrees to sell to Intelligent Highway, and Intelligent Highway agrees to purchase from TCA, the Membership Units, in consideration for Intelligent Highway’s agreement to enter into that certain Credit Agreement as a primary, joint and several obligor (as co-borrower) and as joint and several guarantor.

 

3. Representations and Warranties of Intelligent Highway. Intelligent Highway hereby represents and warrants to TCA as follows:

 

(a) Legal Capacity. Intelligent Highway has full legal capacity to enter into this Agreement and consummate the transactions described herein, if any.

 

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(b) Authorizations. Intelligent Highway has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform his obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated herein. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all requisite action. This Agreement constitutes, legal, valid and binding obligations of Intelligent Highway, enforceable against Intelligent Highway in accordance with its terms. All consents, waivers, approvals, authorizations, exemptions, registrations, filings, licenses or declarations required to be made or obtained by Intelligent Highway in connection with (i) the execution, delivery or enforceability of this Agreement or (ii) the consummation of any of the transactions described herein, have been duly made or obtained by Intelligent Highway.

 

(c) No Conflicts, etc. Neither the execution and delivery by Intelligent Highway of this Agreement, nor the performance by Intelligent Highway of its obligations hereunder, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, will conflict with or violate any provision of any agreement to which Intelligent Highway is a party. There is no Proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of Intelligent Highway, threatened against Intelligent Highway (i) which questions the validity of, or the obligations of Intelligent Highway under this Agreement, or (ii) which seeks to impede, enjoin or invalidate the transactions contemplated herein, in whole or in part.

 

4. Notices. Any notice, request or other communication to be given or made under this Agreement to the Parties shall be in writing. Such notice, request or other communication shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when it shall be delivered by hand, international courier (confirmed by facsimile), or facsimile (with a hard copy delivered within two (2) business days) to the Party to which it is required or permitted to be given or made at such Party’s address specified below or at such other address as such Party shall have designated by notice to the Party given or making such notice, request or other communication, it being understood that the failure to deliver a copy of any notice, request or other communication to a Party to whom copies are to be sent shall not affect the validity of any such notice, request or other communication or constitute a breach of this Agreement.

 

If to Intelligent Highway: Intelligent Highway Solutions, Inc.
  9516 Rossport Way
  Elk Grove, California 95624
  Attn: Philip Kirkland
  E-Mail: Philip@hwysolutions.com
   
If to TCA: TCA Global Credit Master Fund, LP
  3960 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 500
  Las Vegas, NV 89169
  Attn: Mr. Robert Press
  E-Mail: bpress@tcaglobalfund.com
   
With a copy to: Lucosky Brookman LLP
(which shall not constitute notice) 101 Wood Avenue South, 5th Floor
  Woodbridge, NJ 08830
  Attn: Seth A. Brookman, Esq.
  E-Mail: sbrookman@lucbro.com

 

5. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute a single instrument.

 

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6. Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding and agreement between the Parties as to the matters covered herein and supersedes and replaces any prior understanding, agreement or statement of intent, in each case, written or oral, of any and every nature with respect thereto.

 

7. Severability. In the event that any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby as long as the remaining provisions do not fundamentally alter the relations among the Parties hereto.

 

8. No Set-Off. All obligations hereunder shall be satisfied in full without set-off, defense or counterclaim.

 

9. Applicable Law; Venue. Except in the case of the Mandatory Forum Selection Clause, which clause shall be governed and interpreted in accordance with Florida law, this Agreement shall be delivered and accepted in and shall be deemed to be contracts made under and governed by the internal laws of the State of Nevada, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of such State, without giving effect to the choice of law provisions of such State.

 

10. MANDATORY FORUM SELECTION. (a) THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY AGREE THAT ANY DISPUTE ARISING UNDER, RELATING TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, THIS AGREEMENT OR RELATED TO ANY MATTER WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF OR INCIDENTAL TO THIS AGREEMENT (WHETHER OR NOT SUCH CLAIM IS BASED UPON BREACH OF CONTRACT OR TORT) SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF THE STATE AND/OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA OR CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA, AS DETERMINED BY TCA IN ITS SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION. THIS PROVISION IS INTENDED TO BE A “MANDATORY” FORUM SELECTION CLAUSE AND GOVERNED BY AND INTERPRETED CONSISTENT WITH FLORIDA LAW. INTELLIGENT HIGHWAY HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT HAVING ITS SITUS IN SAID COUNTY, AND WAIVES ANY OBJECTION BASED ON FORUM NON CONVENIENS. INTELLIGENT HIGHWAY HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS AND CONSENT THAT ALL SUCH SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, DIRECTED TO THE COMPANY AND GUARANTORS AS SET FORTH HEREIN IN THE MANNER PROVIDED BY APPLICABLE STATUTE, LAW, RULE OF COURT OR OTHERWISE.

 

(a) EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO DEMAND A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT.

 

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(b) To the extent that any Party may be entitled in any jurisdiction to claim for itself or its assets immunity in respect of its obligations under this Agreement from any suit, execution, attachment (whether in aid of execution, before judgment or otherwise) or other legal process or to the extent that in any jurisdiction there may be attributed to itself or its assets such immunity (whether or not claimed), or to the extent it might have the right to have a jury trial, such Party hereby irrevocably waives and agrees not to, as the case may be, claim or exercise, such immunity and right to jury trial to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of such jurisdiction.

 

11. No Third Party Rights; Assignment. This Agreement is intended to be solely for the benefit of the Parties hereto and is not intended to confer any benefits upon, or create any rights in favor of, any other Person. All rights and obligations hereunder and under any agreements and documents executed and delivered in connection herewith shall not be assignable without the prior written consent of the other Party.

 

12. Waivers and Amendments. No modification of or amendment to this Agreement shall be valid unless evidenced in writing signed by the Parties hereto referring specifically to this Agreement and stating the Parties’ intention to modify or amend the same. Any waiver of any term or condition of this Agreement must be in writing signed by the Party sought to be charged with such waiver and referring specifically to the term or condition to be waived. No such waiver shall be deemed to constitute the waiver of any other breach of the same or of any other term or condition of this Agreement.

 

13. Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for purposes of reference only and shall not be considered in construing this Agreement.

 

14. Specific Performance. The Parties hereto agree that the obligations imposed on them in this Agreement are special, unique and of an extraordinary character, and that, in the event of breach by any Party, damages would not be an adequate remedy and each of the other Parties shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive and other equitable relief in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled, at law or in equity; and the Parties hereto further agree to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with the obtaining of any such injunctive or other equitable relief.

 

15. Further Assurances. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Party to this Agreement agrees to take all necessary actions to ensure that the provisions of this Agreement are implemented. At the reasonable request of any other Party hereto and without further consideration, each Party hereto shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take all such further action as may be necessary or appropriate to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

16. Confidentiality. Except as may be required by applicable law or as otherwise agreed among the Parties hereto, neither Party shall at any time divulge, disclose, disseminate, announce or release any information to any Person concerning this Agreement, without first obtaining the prior written consent of the other Parties hereto, except that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to any such information that (i) is or hereafter becomes generally available to the public other than by reason of any default with respect to a confidentiality obligation under this Agreement; (ii) was already known to the recipient as evidenced by prior written documents in its possession; (iii) is disclosed to the recipient by a third party who is not in default of any confidentiality obligation to the disclosing Party hereunder; (iv) is developed by or on behalf of the receiving Person, without reliance on confidential information received hereunder; (v) is otherwise required to be disclosed in compliance with applicable laws or regulations or order by a court or other regulatory body having competent jurisdiction, or (vi) is disclosed to any professional advisor of the recipient in connection with the performance of its duties.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

INTELLIGENT HIGHWAY SOLUTIONS, INC.  
     
By:    
Name: Philip Kirkland  
Title: Secretary and Treasurer  
     
TCA GLOBAL CREDIT MASTER FUND, LP  
   
By: TCA Global Credit Fund GP, Ltd.  
Its: General Partner  
     
By:    
Name: Robert Press  
Title: Director  

 

[signature page to Membership Unit Purchase Agreement]