First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement
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EX-10.1 2 ex101.htm EX-10.1 Document
FIRST AMENDMENT TO
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
This First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement (this “Amendment”) is entered into this 30th day of April, 2020 by and among: (a) SILICON VALLEY BANK (“Bank”) and
(b)(i) SYNACOR, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Synacor”), (ii) NTV INTERNET HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“NTV”), and (iii) SYNC HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Sync”, and together with Synacor and NTV, individually and collectively, jointly and severally, the “Borrower”).
RECITALS
i.Bank and Borrower have entered into that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of August 7, 2019 (as the same may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented or restated, the “Loan Agreement”).
ii.Bank has extended credit to Borrower for the purposes permitted in the Loan Agreement.
iii.Borrower has requested that Bank amend the Loan Agreement to make certain revisions to the Loan Agreement as more fully set forth herein.
iv.Bank has agreed to so amend certain provisions of the Loan Agreement, but only to the extent, in accordance with the terms, subject to the conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties set forth below.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement.
2.Amendment to Loan Agreement.
2.1 Section 6.9 (Financial Covenants). Section 6.9(b)(i) is amended in its entirety and replaced with the following:
“(i) Borrower’s failure to agree in writing (which agreement shall be set forth in a written amendment to this Agreement) on or before May 31, 2020, to any Free Cash Flow covenant levels proposed by Bank with respect to any period from September 30, 2020 through and including December 31, 2020, shall result in an immediate Event of Default for which there shall be no grace or cure period; and”
3.Limitation of Amendment.
a.The amendment set forth in Section 2 above is effective for the purposes set forth herein and shall be limited precisely as written and shall not be deemed to (a) be a consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of any other term or condition of any Loan Document, or (b) otherwise prejudice any right or remedy which Bank may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with any Loan Document.
b.This Amendment shall be construed in connection with and as part of the Loan Documents and all terms, conditions, representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in the Loan Documents, except as herein amended, are hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect.
4.Representations and Warranties. To induce Bank to enter into this Amendment, Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Bank as follows:
a.Immediately after giving effect to this Amendment (a) the representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents are true, accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date hereof (except to the extent such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such date), and (b) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
b.Borrower has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment and to perform its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment;
c.The organizational documents of Borrower delivered to Bank on the Effective Date remain true, accurate and complete and have not been amended, supplemented or restated and are and continue to be in full force and effect;
d.The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, have been duly authorized;
e.The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not and will not contravene (a) any law or regulation binding on or affecting Borrower, (b) any contractual restriction with a Person binding on Borrower, (c) any order, judgment or decree of any court or other governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on Borrower, or (d) the organizational documents of Borrower;
f.The execution and delivery by Borrower of this Amendment and the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not require any order, consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by any governmental or public body or authority, or subdivision thereof, binding on Borrower, except as already has been obtained or made; and
g.This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by Borrower and is the binding obligation of Borrower, enforceable against Borrower in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium or other similar laws of general application and equitable principles relating to or affecting creditors’ rights.
5.Integration. This Amendment and the Loan Documents represent the entire agreement about this subject matter and supersede prior negotiations or agreements. All prior agreements, understandings, representations, warranties, and negotiations between the parties about the subject matter of this Amendment and the Loan Documents merge into this Amendment and the Loan Documents.
6.Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and all of such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
7.Effectiveness. This Amendment shall be deemed effective upon (a) the due execution and delivery to Bank of this Amendment by each party hereto, and (b) Borrower’s payment to Bank of Bank’s legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Amendment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first written above.
BANK
SILICON VALLEY BANK
By: /s/ Michelle Gallipeau
Name: Michelle Gallipeau
Title: Vice President
BORROWER
SYNACOR, INC.
By: /s/ Timothy J. Heasley
Name: Timothy J. Heasley
Title: Chief Financial Officer
NTV INTERNET HOLDINGS, LLC
By: /s/ Timothy J. Heasley
Name: Timothy J. Heasley
Title: Manager
SYNC HOLDINGS, LLC
By: /s/ Timothy J. Heasley
Name: Timothy J. Heasley
Title: Manager
