SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT (Respecting Seller Note and Earn Out Payments)
EXHIBIT 10.9
(Respecting Seller Note and Earn Out Payments)
This Subordination Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made as of April 5, 2019, by and between Goedeker Television Co., Inc., a Missouri corporation (the “Subordinated Creditor”), and Small Business Community Capital L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Senior Lender”). Each of the Subordinated Creditor and Senior Lender may be referred to herein as a “Creditor” or collectively as the “Creditors”.
RECITALS:
A. 1847 ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), and 1847 ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Holdco Inc. (“Holdco” and together with the Borrower, the “Loan Parties”) are now, or may hereafter be, indebted to Senior Lender as a result of extensions of credit under that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Loan Parties and the Senior Lender (as such agreement may be amended, modified, supplemented, replaced or refinanced from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”).
B. Borrower is indebted to Subordinated Creditor under that certain 9% Subordinated Promissory Note of even date herewith, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Subordinated Note”).
C. The Subordinated Creditor is entitled to receive from Borrower “Earn Out Payments” as such term is defined in the Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Earn Out Payments”), of even date herewith, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”).
D. Subordinated Creditor and Senior Lender desire to agree to their respective rights, priorities and interests regarding each of their loans to Borrower, all as set forth herein.
AGREEMENTS:
IN CONSIDERATION of the foregoing premises, and for other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Subordinated Creditor and Senior Lender agree as follows:
1. Subordination. The payment of all amounts owed under the Subordinated Note and all Earn Out Payments (collectively, the “Subordinated Indebtedness”) is hereby subordinated to the payment in full of all indebtedness owed to the Senior Lender under the Loan Agreement and all other loan documents, whether now existing or hereafter incurred or created (the “Senior Indebtedness”), and no payments or other distributions whatsoever in respect of any Subordinated Indebtedness shall be made by the Loan Parties and no property or assets of the Loan Parties shall be applied to the purchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement of any Subordinated Indebtedness, until the Senior Indebtedness shall have been indefeasibly paid in full and all commitments of the Senior Lender to make loans and other credit accommodations to the Loan Parties have been terminated. Notwithstanding the foregoing:
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(a) Permitted Payments on Subordinated Note. So long as no “Default” or “Event of Default” (each as defined in the Loan Agreement or any other loan document evidencing Senior Indebtedness) has occurred and is continuing (or would result on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the then due payment on the Subordinated Note) and such payments were reflected in the business plan most recently delivered to the Senior Lender by the Borrower, Borrower may pay and the Subordinated Creditor may receive regularly scheduled quarterly payments of interest and principal (but not accelerated payments) when and as due under the Subordinated Note as in effect on the date hereof.
(b) Permitted Earn Out Payments. So long as no “Default” or “Event of Default” (each as defined in the Loan Agreement or any other loan document evidencing Senior Indebtedness) has occurred and is continuing (or would result on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the then due Earn Out Payment), and provided that the Loan Parties’ Chief Financial Officer has delivered to the Senior Lender a notice setting forth the Earn Out Payment then due under the Asset Purchase Agreement as in effect on the date hereof, and certifying that the Borrower is in compliance a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Earn Out Payment with the financial covenants set forth in Section 7.3 of the Loan Agreement and such Earn Out Payments were reflected in the business plan most recently delivered to the Senior Lender by the Borrower, Borrower may pay and the Subordinated Creditor may receive such Earn Out Payment.
2. No Right of Action. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing under the Seller Note, the Subordinated Creditor may accelerate all or a portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness, but will not commence any action or proceeding against the Loan Parties to recover all or any part of the Subordinated Indebtedness, or join with any creditor (unless the Senior Lender shall so join) in bringing any proceeding against the Loan Parties under any bankruptcy, reorganization, readjustment of debt, arrangement of debt, receivership, liquidation or insolvency law or statute of the federal or any state government, unless and until the Senior Indebtedness has been indefeasibly paid in full and all commitments of the Senior Lender to make loans and other credit accommodations to the Loan Parties have been terminated. The Subordinated Creditor will not obtain or otherwise acquire or accept any lien in any property or assets of the Loan Parties. The Subordinated Creditor will not commence any action or proceeding with respect to any property or assets of the Loan Parties, will not take possession of, sell, or dispose of any property or assets of the Loan Parties, and will not exercise or enforce any right or remedy available to the Subordinated Creditor with respect to any property or assets of the Loan Parties other than to accelerate all or a portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness, unless and until the Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full and all commitments of the Senior Lender to make loans and other credit accommodations to the Loan Parties have been terminated.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Subordinated Creditor shall be permitted to commence any action or proceeding against the Loan Parties to recover all or any part of the Subordinated Indebtedness, or join with any creditor in bringing any proceeding against the Loan Parties under any bankruptcy, reorganization, readjustment of debt, arrangement of debt, receivership, liquidation or insolvency law or statute of the federal or any state government at any time following the two hundredth day (200th) day after the Subordinated Creditor has provided written notice of an Event of Default (as defined in the Seller Note) to the Loan Parties and the Senior Lender; provided that such Event of Default (as so defined) is continuing and has not been cured.
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3. No Security. The Subordinated Creditor warrants and represents that the Subordinated Indebtedness is unsecured and agrees that (i) the Subordinated Creditor hereafter will not accept any security of any kind for the Subordinated Indebtedness, and (ii) in the event the Subordinated Creditor does obtain any security for the Subordinated Indebtedness, the Subordinated Creditor shall execute and deliver to the Senior Lender, and hereby authorizes the Senior Lender to prepare and record, such termination statements and releases as the Senior Lender shall reasonably request or require to release the Subordinated Creditor’s security interest in or lien against such property. The Subordinated Creditor hereby agrees that any lien or security interest that it may now or hereafter have in any property in contravention of the preceding sentence is subject and subordinate, to the extent and in the manner provided herein, to any liens and security interests that the Senior Lender may now or hereafter have in such property to secure the Senior Indebtedness. The Subordinated Indebtedness shall continue to be subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness even if the Senior Indebtedness is deemed unsecured, under-secured, subordinated, avoided or disallowed under the United States Bankruptcy Code or other applicable law.
4. Subordinated Indebtedness Owed Only to Subordinated Creditor. The Subordinated Creditor warrants and represents that the Subordinated Creditor has not previously assigned any interest in the Subordinated Indebtedness, that no other entity or person owns an interest in the Subordinated Indebtedness (whether as joint holders of the Subordinated Indebtedness, participants or otherwise), and that all of the Subordinated Indebtedness is owing only to the Subordinated Creditor. The Subordinated Creditor further covenants that all of the Subordinated Indebtedness shall continue to be owing only to the Subordinated Creditor unless it is assigned to an entity or a person who agrees with the Senior Lender to be bound by the subordination provisions set forth herein.
5. Receipt of Prohibited Payments. If the Subordinated Creditor receives any payment in respect of the Subordinated Indebtedness that the Subordinated Creditor is not entitled to receive under the provisions of this Agreement and the Subordinated Creditor knows, or reasonably should have known that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or receives written notice from Senior Lender of the same, the Subordinated Creditor will hold the amount so received in trust for the Senior Lender and will forthwith turn over such payment to the Senior Lender in the form received (except for the endorsement of the Subordinated Creditor where necessary) for application to then‑existing Senior Indebtedness (whether or not due), in such manner of application as the Senior Lender may deem appropriate. If the Subordinated Creditor exercises any right of setoff or takes any other action which the Subordinated Creditor is not permitted to exercise or take under the provisions of this Agreement, the Subordinated Creditor will promptly pay over to the Senior Lender, in immediately available funds, an amount equal to the amount of the claims or obligations so offset or an amount equal to any amount recovered from any such action, as applicable. If the Subordinated Creditor fails to make any endorsement required under this Agreement, the Senior Lender is hereby irrevocably appointed as the attorney‑in‑fact (which appointment is coupled with an interest) for the Subordinated Creditor to make such endorsement in the Subordinated Creditor’s name. The turnover of any prohibited payments by the Subordinated Creditor to the Senior Lender pursuant to this Section 5 shall not limit or restrict any other claims, actions, rights or remedies which the Senior Lender may have against the Subordinated Creditor as a result of the Subordinated Creditor’s exercising any right or taking any action which is not permitted under the terms of this Agreement.
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6. Continuing Nature of Subordination. This Agreement shall be effective and may not be terminated or otherwise revoked by the Subordinated Creditor until all of the Senior Indebtedness shall have been fully paid and discharged and all financing arrangements between the Loan Parties and the Senior Lender have been terminated. This Agreement shall constitute a continuing agreement of subordination, and the Senior Lender may, without notice to or consent by the Subordinated Creditor, modify any term of the Senior Indebtedness in reliance upon this Agreement.
7. Instrument Legend; No Amendments to Subordinated Indebtedness. Any instrument evidencing the Subordinated Indebtedness will be inscribed with a legend conspicuously indicating that payment thereof is subordinated to the claims of the Senior Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The Subordinated Creditor will not agree to any amendment, restatement or other modification of the Subordinated Note or of the Asset Purchase Agreement, without the prior written consent of the Senior Lender.
8. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Creditors (and their respective successors and assigns), and shall inure to the benefit of the Senior Lender (and its successors and assigns).
9. Governing Law and Construction. The validity, construction and enforceability of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the state of New York, without giving effect to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
10. Consent to Jurisdiction. THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE ENFORCED IN ANY FEDERAL COURT OR NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK; AND THE SUBORDINATED CREDITOR CONSENTS TO THE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF ANY SUCH COURT AND WAIVES ANY ARGUMENT THAT VENUE IN SUCH FORUMS IS NOT CONVENIENT. IN THE EVENT THE SUBORDINATED CREDITOR COMMENCES ANY ACTION IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION OR VENUE UNDER ANY TORT OR CONTRACT THEORY ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM THE RELATIONSHIP CREATED BY THIS AGREEMENT, THE SENIOR LENDER AT ITS OPTION SHALL BE ENTITLED TO HAVE THE CASE TRANSFERRED TO ONE OF THE JURISDICTIONS AND VENUES ABOVE-DESCRIBED, OR IF SUCH TRANSFER CANNOT BE ACCOMPLISHED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, TO HAVE SUCH CASE DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT THE INDEBTEDNESS OF THE BORROWER IN FAVOR OF BURNLEY CAPITAL LLC ARISING UNDER THAT CERTAIN LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF THE DATE HEREOF, IS INDEFEASABLY PAID IN FULL, THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE ENFORCED IN ANY FEDERAL COURT OR MINNESOTA STATE COURT SITTING IN HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA; AND THE SUBORDINATED CREDITOR CONSENTS TO THE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF ANY SUCH COURT AND WAIVES ANY ARGUMENT THAT VENUE IN SUCH FORUMS IS NOT CONVENIENT .
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11. Waiver of Jury Trial. THE SUBORDINATED CREDITOR IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
12. No Obligation to Provide Financial Accommodations. The Subordinated Creditor acknowledges and agrees that this Agreement is executed and delivered to the Senior Lender to induce the Senior Lender to make financial accommodations available to the Borrower, but this Agreement does not obligate the Senior Lender to make any financial accommodations available to the Borrower.
13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterpart copies and by the parties hereto on separate counterparts, but all such copies shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart. Any party so executing this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall promptly deliver a manually executed counterpart, provided that any failure to do so shall not affect the validity of the counterpart executed by facsimile transmission.
(Signature page follows)
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THE UNDERSIGNED HAS EXECUTED this Subordination Agreement as of the date first above written.
| GOEDEKER TELEVISION CO., INC. | |||
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THE UNDERSIGNED HAS EXECUTED this Subordination Agreement as of the date first above written.
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LOAN PARTIES’ ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The Loan Parties hereby acknowledge receipt of a copy of the foregoing Subordination Agreement, and agree to be bound by the terms and provisions thereof, to make no payments or distributions contrary to the terms and provisions thereof, and to do every other act and thing necessary or appropriate to carry out such terms and provisions.
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