First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of July 2, 2021 by and among Surmodics, Inc., the other loan parties party thereto, and Bridgewater Bank

Exhibit 10.1

FIRST AMENDMENT TO

Loan AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is made and entered into as of July 2, 2021, by and among Surmodics, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (“Borrower”), the other Loan Parties hereto, and Bridgewater Bank, a Minnesota banking corporation (together with its successors and assigns, “Lender”).

RECITALS:

A.Borrower, the other Loan Parties and Lender are parties to that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of September 14, 2020 (as amended, the “Loan Agreement”). All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement.

B.The Loan Parties have requested that the Lender amend certain provisions of the Loan Agreement as more specifically set forth herein, and the Lender has agreed to do so upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Amendment.

AGREEMENTS:

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the nature, receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1.Delivery of Documents. At or prior to the execution of this Amendment, and as a condition precedent to the effectiveness of this Amendment, the Loan Parties shall have satisfied the following conditions and delivered or caused to be delivered to the Lender the following each dated such date and in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender and duly executed by all appropriate parties:

(a)this Amendment;

(b)Lender shall have received reimbursement for its legal fees and other expenses as described in Section 7 hereof; and

(c)Lender shall have received such other documents or instruments as the Lender may reasonably require.

2.Amendments.  

(a)Borrowing Base.  Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating the definition of “Borrowing Base” contained therein in its entirety to read as follows:

“Borrowing Base” means, as of any date of determination by Lender, an amount in Dollars equal to 80% of the sum of (x) the Margin Value of the Pledged

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Securities Collateral plus (y) all cash on deposit in that certain deposit account (no. [intentionally omitted]) maintained by the Borrower with the Lender, in each case at such time as shown on the Borrowing Base Certificate most recently received by Lender in accordance with Section 6.2(b), absent any error in such Borrowing Base Certificate; provided, that Lender may revise the Borrowing Base if a Borrowing Base Certificate is not received when required under Section 6.2(b).

(b)Permitted Acquisitions.  Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the reference to “Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000)” contained in the definition of “Permitted Acquisition” set forth therein and replacing the same with a reference to “Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000)”.

(c)Minimum Current Ratio.  Section 7.3 is hereby amended by amending and restating paragraph (b) thereof in its entirety to read as follows:

(b)Minimum Current Ratio. Borrower shall not permit the Current Ratio, determined as of the last day of each fiscal quarter, to be less than (i) 1.50 to 1.00 for the fiscal quarters ending on each of June 30, 2021, September 30, 2021, December 31, 2021 and March 31, 2022 and (ii) 2.50 to 1.00 for the quarter ending June 30, 2022 and each fiscal quarter thereafter.  

(d)Borrowing Base Certificate.  Exhibit 6.2(b)(i) attached to the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety in the form attached hereto as Addendum 1.

3.Representations; No Default. The Loan Parties jointly and severally represent and warrant that:

(a)the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained in Article 5 of the Loan Agreement are true and correct in all material respects (except for those representations and warranties that are conditioned by materiality, which shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects (except for those representations and warranties that are conditioned by materiality, which shall be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date,

(b)each of the Loan Parties has the power and legal right and authority to enter into this Amendment and has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Amendment and other agreements and documents executed and delivered by it in connection herewith,

(c)neither this Amendment nor the agreements contained herein contravene or constitute a Default or Event of Default under the Loan Agreement or a default under any other agreement, instrument or indenture to which such party is a party or a signatory, or any provision of such party’s Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws or other organizational documents, to the best of such party’s knowledge, any other agreement or requirement of law, or result in the imposition of any lien or other encumbrance on any of its property under any agreement binding on or applicable to such party or any of its property except, if any, in favor of the Lender,

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(d)no consent, approval or authorization of or registration or declaration with any party, including but not limited to any governmental authority, is required in connection with the execution and delivery by such party of this Amendment or other agreements and documents executed and delivered by such party in connection herewith or the performance of obligations of such party herein described, except for those which such party has obtained or provided and as to which such party has delivered certified copies of documents evidencing each such action to the Lender,

(e)no events have taken place and no circumstances exist at the date hereof which would give such party grounds to assert a defense, offset or counterclaim to the obligations of such party under the Loan Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents,

(f)there are no known claims, causes of action, suits, debts, liens, obligations, liabilities, demands, losses, costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) of any kind, character or nature whatsoever, fixed or contingent, which such party may have or claim to have against the Lender, which might arise out of or be connected with any act of commission or omission of the Lender existing or occurring on or prior to the date of this Amendment, including, without limitation, any claims, liabilities or obligations arising with respect to the indebtedness evidenced by the Loan Documents, and

(g)after giving effect to the effectiveness of this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

4.Affirmation, Further References. The Lender and the Loan Parties each acknowledge and affirm that the Loan Agreement, as hereby amended, is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects and all terms, conditions and provisions of the Loan Agreement (except as amended by this Amendment) and of each of the other Loan Documents shall remain unmodified and in full force and effect. Without limiting the foregoing, each Loan Party other than Borrower hereby expressly acknowledges and affirms its obligations as a Guarantor under Article 9 of the Loan Agreement, and confirms that such obligations are not in any respect impaired by the consummation of this Amendment or any document, instrument or agreement entered into in connection herewith. All references in any document or instrument to the Loan Agreement are hereby amended and shall refer to the Loan Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

5.Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Amendment and any other statement, instrument or transaction contemplated hereby or thereby or relating hereto or thereto shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective, valid and enforceable under the applicable law of any jurisdiction, but, if any provision of this Amendment or any other statement, instrument or transaction contemplated hereby or thereby or relating hereto or thereto shall be held to be prohibited, invalid or unenforceable under the applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective in such jurisdiction only to the extent of such prohibition, invalidity or unenforceability, without invalidating or rendering unenforceable the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Amendment or any other statement, instrument or transaction contemplated hereby or thereby or relating hereto or thereto in such jurisdiction, or affecting the effectiveness, validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

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6.Successors. This Amendment shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and to the respective successors and assigns of the Lender.

7.Costs and Expenses. The Loan Parties agree to reimburse the Lender, upon execution of this Amendment, for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including attorneys’ fees and legal expenses of counsel for the Lender) incurred in connection with this Amendment in accordance with Section 10.3(a) of the Loan Agreement.

8.Headings. The headings of various sections of this Amendment have been inserted for reference only and shall not be deemed to be a part of this Amendment.

9.Counterparts; Digital Copies. This Amendment may be executed in several counterparts as deemed necessary or convenient, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an original, provided that all such counterparts shall be regarded as one and the same document, and any party to this Amendment may execute any such agreement by executing a counterpart of such agreement. A facsimile or digital copy (pdf) of this signed Amendment shall be deemed to be an original thereof.

10.Release of Rights and Claims. Each Loan Party, for itself and its successors and assigns, hereby releases, acquits, and forever discharges Lender and its successors and assigns for any and all manner of actions, suits, claims, charges, judgments, levies and executions occurring or arising from the transactions entered into with Lender prior to entering into this Amendment whether liquidated or unliquidated, fixed or contingent, direct or indirect which such Loan Party may have against Lender.

11.Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of Minnesota, without giving effect to conflict of law principles thereof.

12.No Waiver. Nothing contained in this Amendment (or in any other agreement or understanding between the parties) shall constitute a waiver of, or shall otherwise diminish or impair, the Lender’s rights or remedies under the Loan Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or under applicable law.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been duly executed by the parties hereto as of the day and year first above written.

BORROWER AND A LOAN PARTY:

Surmodics, Inc., a Minnesota corporation

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS AND LOAN PARTIES:

Surmodics shared services, llc, a Minnesota limited liability company

Surmodics coatings, llc, a Minnesota limited liability company

[First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement (Loan No. 110262)]

surmodics coatingS mfg, llc, a Minnesota limited liability company

Surmodics IVD, Inc., a Maryland corporation

normedix, inc., a Minnesota corporation

Surmodics md operations, llc, a Minnesota limited liability company

[First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement (Loan No. 110262]

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lender:

Bridgewater bank

[First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement (Loan No. 110262)]

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Addendum 1

Exhibit 6.2(b)(i)
Form of Borrowing Base Certificate

Borrowing Base Certificate

_________________, ________

We refer to that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of September 14, 2020 (as amended to date, the “Loan Agreement”), by and among Surmodics, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (“Borrower”), the other parties from time to time signatory thereto as Loan Parties, and Bridgewater Bank, a Minnesota banking corporation (together with its successors and assigns, “Lender”). This is a Borrowing Base Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 6.2(b)(i) of the Loan Agreement. Capitalized terms used in this Borrowing Base Certificate have the meanings given in the Loan Agreement.

Borrower hereby certifies as follows:

1.Portfolio Statement. Attached hereto is a true, correct and complete copy of the portfolio statement of Borrower from Wells Fargo Securities, LLC for the statement period beginning ____________, _____ and ending on ____________, _____ (the “Determination Date”), which provides for the aggregate market value of all Pledged Securities Collateral as of the Determination Date

2.Value and Rating. Attached hereto is an accurate representation of the market value, and rating of the Pledged Securities Collateral as of the Determination Date.

3.Borrowing Base.

(A)The aggregate market value of all Pledged Securities Collateral as of the Determination Date is $_________________ (the “Margin Value”). Such Pledged Securities Collateral satisfies the following requirements: if they are corporate bonds and notes, they shall have a rating of not less than (x) Baa3 (Moody’s) or BBB- (S&P or Fitch) with respect to long-term bonds or notes and (y) P-3 (Moody’s), A-3 (S&P) or F3 (Fitch) with respect to short-term bonds or notes.

(B)As of the Determination Date, the aggregate amount of cash on deposit in that certain deposit account (no. 81095119) maintained by the Borrower with the Lender is equal to $_________________.

(C)Borrowing Base (80% of ((B) + (C))) = $_____________________.

borrower:

Surmodics, Inc., a Minnesota corporation

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