Second Amendment to Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement

Exhibit 10.48

Execution Version

Second Amendment to Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement

This Second Amendment to Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of February 5, 2020 (the “Second Amendment Closing Date”), by and among Turning Point Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors party hereto, the Lenders party hereto, and Fifth Third Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer.

Recitals:

A.             The Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, and the Administrative Agent are party to an Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of March 7, 2018 (as amended, modified, restated, or supplemented from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”). 

B.            The Borrower has requested that the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders amend the the definition of Consolidated EBITDA to permit certain add-backs and make certain other amendments to the Credit Agreement, and the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent have agreed to such requests pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein.

Now, Therefore, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

Section 1.            Incorporation of Recitals; Defined Terms.

The Borrower and the Guarantors acknowledge that the Recitals set forth above are true and correct.  This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document, and the Recitals shall be construed as part of this Amendment.  Each capitalized term used but not otherwise defined herein, including capitalized terms used in the introductory paragraph hereof and the Recitals, has the meaning assigned to it in the Credit Agreement.

Section 2.            Amendments.

Upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 hereof, the Credit Agreement shall be and hereby is amended as follows:

2.1.         Clause (b) of the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” appearing in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the word “and” at the end of clause (vii), inserting the word “and” at the end of clause (viii), and adding a new clause (ix) to the end thereof to read in its entirety as follows:

(ix)          cash expenses incurred during the period starting October 1, 2019, and ending September 30, 2020, in an amount not to exceed $18,000,000 in connection with the preparation of premarket tobacco product applications and submission of such applications to the Food and Drug Administration, modifications to such applications and communications concerning such applications, in all instances with respect to electronic nicotine delivery systems, components parts of such systems and component parts used in such systems, and e-liquids and other fluids used in such systems,

2.2.            Schedule 2 to Annex 2 of Exhibit E of the Credit Agreement (Officer’s Compliance Certificate) is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as Schedule 2 attached hereto.

Section 3.            Conditions Precedent.

The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the satisfaction of all of the following conditions precedent:

3.1.             The Borrower, the Guarantors, the Required Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have executed and delivered this Amendment.

3.2.             The Administrative Agent shall have received (a) for the account of each Lender that has executed and delivered this Amendment on or prior to the Second Amendment Closing Date (each, a “Consenting Lender”), an amendment fee in an amount equal to the product of (i) 0.05% multiplied by (ii) the sum of such Consenting Lender’s outstanding Term Loans and Revolving Credit Commitment on the Second Amendment Closing Date, which amendment fee shall be fully earned when due and non-refundable when paid and (b) the fees payable under that certain Second Amendment Fee Letter dated as of the date hereof between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

Section 4.          Affirmation of Guarantors.

Each Guarantor hereby confirms that, after giving effect to this Amendment, each Loan Document to which such Guarantor is a party continues in full force and effect and is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor, enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with its terms except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.  The Borrower and each Guarantor acknowledge and agree that (a) nothing in the Credit Agreement, this Amendment, or any other Loan Document shall be deemed to require the consent of such Guarantor to any future amendments to the Credit Agreement and (b) the Lenders are relying on the assurances provided in this Section in entering into this Amendment and maintaining credit outstanding to the Borrower.

Section 5.            Acknowledgement of Liens. 

The Borrower and the Guarantors hereby acknowledge, confirm and agree that the Administrative Agent has a valid, enforceable and perfected first‑priority lien upon and security interest in the Collateral granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Loan Documents (subject only to Permitted Liens), and nothing herein contained shall in any manner affect or impair the priority of the Liens created and provided for thereby as to the indebtedness, obligations, and liabilities which would be secured thereby prior to giving effect to this Amendment.

Section 6.            Representations and Warranties of Borrower and Guarantors.

To induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Amendment, the Borrower and the Guarantors hereby represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that, as of the date hereof, (a) after giving effect to this Amendment, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5 of the Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents, including this Amendment, are and shall remain true and correct (or, in the case of any representation or warranty not qualified as to materiality, true and correct in all material respects), except to the extent the same expressly relate to an earlier date (and in such case shall be true and correct (or, in the case of any representation or warranty not qualified as to materiality, true and correct in all material respects) as of such earlier date), (b)  no Default or Event of Default exists or shall result after giving effect to this Amendment, and (c) the Borrower and each Guarantor has the power and authority to execute, deliver, and perform this Amendment and has taken all necessary action to authorize their execution, delivery, and performance of this Amendment.

Section 7.            Miscellaneous.

7.1.     This Amendment shall be binding on and shall inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, and the L/C Issuer, and their respective successors and assigns.  The terms and provisions of this Amendment are for the purpose of defining the relative rights and obligations of the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, and the L/C Issuer with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and there shall be no third-party beneficiaries of any of the terms and provisions of this Amendment.

7.2.    This Amendment constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all other understandings, oral or written, with respect to the subject matter hereof.  Except as specifically amended hereby, all of the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement shall stand and remain unchanged and in full force and effect.

7.3.     Section and sub-section headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purpose.

7.4.     Wherever possible, each provision of this Amendment shall be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Amendment shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Amendment.

7.5.      Except as otherwise provided in this Amendment, if any provision contained in this Amendment is in conflict with, or inconsistent with, any provision in any of the Loan Documents, the provision contained in this Amendment shall govern and control.

7.6.      This Amendment may be executed in any number of separate counterparts, each of which shall collectively and separately constitute one agreement.  Delivery of an executed signature page to this Amendment by facsimile transmission or by e‑mail transmission of an Adobe portable document format file (also known as a “PDF” file) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

7.7.      The provisions contained in Sections 11.7 (Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.) and 11.8 (Waiver of Jury Trial) of the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein by reference to the same extent as if reproduced herein in their entirety, except with reference to this Amendment rather than the Credit Agreement.

[Signature Pages to Follow]

In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused their duly authorized officers to execute and deliver this Amendment as of the date first set forth above.

	“Borrower”
	Turning Point Brands, Inc.
	By	/s/Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx

		Name:	Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
		Title:	VP Finance, CAO

“Guarantors”

North Atlantic Trading Company, Inc.

Intrepid Brands, LLC

National Tobacco Company, L.P.

National Tobacco Finance, LLC

North Atlantic Operating Company, Inc.

North Atlantic Cigarette Company, Inc.

RBJ Sales, Inc.

Turning Point Brands, LLC

TPB Beast LLC

TPB Shark, LLC

TPB International, LLC

VaporFi Franchising, LLC

Nu-X Ventures, LLC

By   /s/Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx

		Name:	Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
		Title:	VP Finance, CAO

[Signature Page to Second Amendment to
Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement (Turning Point)]

	“Lenders”
	Fifth Third Bank, National Association, as a Lender, as L/C Issuer, and as  Administrative Agent
	By	/s/ Xxxx-Xxxxxx Xxxxxx

		Name:	Xxxx-Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
		Title:	Sr. Vice President

[Signature Page to Second Amendment to
Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement (Turning Point)]