Note 2 (Renewal and Increase) dated August 7, 2015 between the Company and certain of its subsidiaries in favor of Fifth Third Bank

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, Innovative Food Holdings, Inc., a Florida corporation, Food Innovations, Inc., a Florida corporation, Gourmet Foodservice Group, Inc., a Florida corporation, Artisan Specialty Foods, Inc., a Delaware corporation, 4 The Gourmet, Inc., a Florida corporation, Haley Food Group, Inc., a Florida corporation, Gourmet Foodservice Group Warehouse, Inc., a Florida corporation, Food New Media Group, Inc., a New York corporation and Organic Food Brokers, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company (herein “Borrowers”), jointly and severally, promise to pay in lawful money of the United States of America to Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio banking corporation (herein “Lender”) or other holder of this Note, at 999 Vanderbilt Beach Road, 7th Floor, Naples, FL 34108, or such other place as the holder hereof may direct in writing, the principal sum of One Million Five Hundred Thousand  and 00/100 Dollars ($1,500,000.00), or such lesser amount as may be outstanding pursuant to the Loan Agreement dated of even date, as the same may be amended or restated from time to time (herein “Loan Agreement” (capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Note shall have the definitions ascribed to them under the Loan Agreement)) together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon.

Borrowers may borrow, repay and reborrow hereunder at any time, up to a maximum aggregate amount outstanding at any one time equal to the principal amount of this Note, provided that no Borrower is in default under any provision of this Note, any other Loan Documents executed in connection with this Note, or any other note or other loan documents now or hereafter executed in connection with any other obligation of any Borrower to Lender, and provided that the borrowings hereunder do not exceed any limitation on borrowings by Borrowers under the Loan Agreement.  Lender shall incur no liability for its refusal to advance funds based upon its determination that any conditions of such further advances have not been met.  Lender records of the amounts borrowed from time to time shall be conclusive proof thereof.

A.  Interest shall accrue on the amounts actually drawn down on this Note from time to time at 3.250% above the LIBOR Rate. The LIBOR Rate is the rate of interest (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/8 of 1% and adjusted for reserves if Lender is required to maintain reserves with respect to relevant advances) fixed by the ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (or any successor thereto, or replacement thereof, as approved by Lender, each an "Alternate LIBOR Source"), at approximately 11 :00 AM London time (or at the relevant time established by an Alternate LIBOR Source or by Lender), relating to quotations for the one month London InterBank Offered Rates on U.S. Dollar deposits as published on Bloomberg LP (or any successor thereto, or replacement thereof, as approved by Lender, each an "Approved Bloomberg Successor"), or, if no longer provided by Bloomberg LP, such rate as shall be determined in good faith by the Lender from such sources as it shall determine to be comparable to Bloomberg LP (or any Approved Bloomberg Successor) as determined by Lender at approximately 10:00 a.m. Cincinnati, Ohio time on the relevant date of determination.

 

 

 

 

 

 

B.  The Interest Rate shall initially be determined as of the date of this Note and shall be effective until the first (1st) business day of the month following the period after the date of this Note. The Interest Rate shall be adjusted automatically on the first (1st) business day of each one month period thereafter, commencing on the first (1st) business day of the month following the expiration of the initial Interest Rate determination under this Note.

C.  Interest at the RATE set forth above, unless otherwise indicated, will be calculated on the basis of the 360 day per year method, which computes a daily amount of interest for a hypothetical year of 360 days, then multiplies such amount by the actual number of days elapsed in an interest calculation period.

D.  Notwithstanding any other provision contained in this Note, the Lender does not intend to charge and Borrowers shall not be required to pay any amount of interest or other fees or charges in excess of the maximum amount permitted by applicable law.  Any payment in excess of such maximum shall be refunded to Borrowers or credited against principal, at the option of the Lender.

E.  Borrowers, jointly and severally, agree to pay said principal, and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon as follows:

1.  Beginning on August 26, 2015, and continuing on the 26th  day of each succeeding month thereafter until the Maturity Date, Borrowers shall pay all accrued interest.

2.  Borrowers shall repay such portions of principal as shall be required to comply with the limitations on borrowing set forth in the Loan Agreement, including the reduction of the principal balance to (-0-) zero for thirty (30) consecutive days during each annual period of this Note.

3.  The entire principal balance and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date of August 1, 2016, unless sooner accelerated following a Default (as defined herein).

F.  Borrowers shall be in default under this Note (herein “Default”) upon the happening of any of the following events, circumstances or conditions; namely:

1.  Default in the payment when due of any principal or interest under this Note.

2.  Any other Event of Default under the Loan Agreement which continues beyond any applicable notice and cure period.

In the event of such Default, the entire amount of this Note shall become due and payable at the election of the holder and all such sums shall bear interest at the Default Rate as defined in the Loan Agreement.  Failure to precipitate for Default shall not estop the right to assert for subsequent Defaults.

G.  The use of the masculine pronoun herein shall include the feminine and neuter and also the plural.  If any provision of this instrument shall be prohibited or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective but only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Note.

 

 

 

 

 

H.  If any payment is not paid within ten (10) days of the Due Date, undersigned agrees to pay to Lender a late payment fee as provided for in the Loan Agreement.

I.  Interest not paid when due shall bear interest.

J.  Should it become necessary to collect this Note through an attorney, all parties hereto, whether maker, endorser, surety or guarantor each severally agree to pay all costs of collecting this Note, including a reasonable attorney's fee, whether at trial, at any appellate level, or in any bankruptcy proceeding, whether collected by suit or otherwise. As used herein, attorney's fees shall include a separate award for paralegal or legal assistants’ fees.

K.  Each Borrower waives presentment for payment, protest and notice of protest and non-payment of this Note, and consents that this Note or any part hereof may be extended without further notice.

L.  Each Borrower waives its right to a jury trial of any claim or cause of action based upon or arising out of this Note, and/or the transactions contemplated by this Note, or any dealings between Borrowers and Lender.  The scope of this waiver is intended to be all-encompassing of any and all disputes that may be filed in any court and that relate to the subject matter of this transaction, including without limitation, contract claims, tort claims, breach of duty claims, and all other common law and statutory claims.

Borrowers acknowledge that this waiver is a material inducement to Lender to loan money to Borrowers.

M.  Any judgment rendered on this Note shall bear interest at the highest rate of interest permitted pursuant to Chapter 687, Florida Statutes.

N.  This Note is not secured by Florida real property but is secured by the Restated Security Agreement as defined in the Loan Agreement and pursuant to §201.08 of Florida Statutes documentary stamp taxes in the amount of $2,450.00 have been paid in connection with this Note.