Amendment to Subordination Agreement
Exhibit 10.2
Amendment to
(Debt and Security Interest)
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Azea Networks, Inc |
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Neovus, Inc. |
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Xtera Asia Holdings, LLC |
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New Enterprise Associates 9, Limited Partnership |
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New Enterprise Associates 10, Limited Partnership |
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ARCH Venture Fund VI, L.P. |
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Xxx X. Xxxxxx |
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Date:September 30, 2016
This Amendment to Subordination Agreement (this “Amendment”) is executed, jointly and severally, by the above-named Creditors (collectively referred to herein as “Creditor”) and PACIFIC WESTERN BANK (“Bank”) (successor-in-interest by merger to SQUARE 1 BANK), whose address is 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 00000, with respect to the above-named Borrowers (collectively referred to herein as “Borrower” or “the Borrower”). Creditor and Bank are parties to a certain Subordination Agreement, dated September 13, 2106 (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Subordination Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Subordination Agreement.
The parties hereto agree to amend the Subordination Agreement as follows, effective as of the date hereof, unless otherwise indicated below, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below.
1. Payments in the Event of a Sale or Liquidation of Borrower’s Assets. That portion of Section 4 of the Subordination Agreement which currently reads:
“Bank agrees that, in the event of a sale or liquidation of Borrower’s assets, from the first proceeds received by Bank and to the extent loaned to Borrower by Creditor and used by Borrower as permitted under the terms of the Seventh Amendment to Loan Agreement, dated on or about the date hereof, and within five Business Days of Bank’s receipt of such proceeds in good funds, Bank shall pay to Creditor the following amounts of Subordinated Debt:
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up to $500,000 for Borrower’s Payroll Expenses and Non-Budgeted Non-Payroll Expenses incurred and paid during the period of September 1 through September 15, 2016 (the ‘September 1-15 Combined Non-Budgeted Expenses’); |
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up to the sum of the following (collectively, the ‘September 16-30 Combined Non-Budgeted Expenses’): (i) $500,000 for Borrower’s Payroll Expenses incurred and paid |
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Exhibit 10.2
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during the period of September 16 through September 30, 2016 (the ‘September 16-30 Payroll Expenses’) and Borrower’s Non-Budgeted Non-Payroll Expenses incurred and paid during the period of September 16 through September 30, 2016, plus (ii) the difference between $500,000 and the amount of September 1-15 Combined Non-Budgeted Expenses actually incurred and paid; and |
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up to $500,000 for Budgeted Non-Payroll Expenses paid during the period of September 16 through September 30, 2016. |
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the Bank transmitting to Creditor and copying to Borrower, by e-mail which shall be deemed received by Creditor and Borrower when transmitted by Bank, a written notice of Bank's termination of its payment obligations hereunder, which Bank may send in its sole and absolute discretion, Bank shall only be obligated to pay (i) New Lender Indebtedness properly incurred pursuant hereto prior to Creditor's receipt of such notice, and (ii) any September 16-30 Payroll Expenses incurred during the three Business Days following the giving of such notice.”
is hereby amended to read:
“Bank agrees that, in the event of a sale or liquidation of Borrower’s assets, from the first proceeds received by Bank and to the extent loaned to Borrower by Creditor and used by Borrower as permitted under the terms of the Seventh Amendment to Loan Agreement, dated on or about the date hereof, and within five Business Days of Bank’s receipt of such proceeds in good funds, Bank shall pay to Creditor the following amount of Subordinated Debt:
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$1,200,000; plus |
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the amount of October 2016 New Lender Indebtedness outstanding, if any.” |
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2. General. The parties hereto hereby ratify and confirm the continuing validity, enforceability and effectiveness of the Subordination Agreement, and all terms and provisions thereof, as amended herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the provisions of Section 14 (titled “Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Venue; Arbitration”) and Section 15 (titled “Mutual Waiver of Jury Trial”) shall apply equally to this Amendment, and the same are incorporated herein by this reference.
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Pacific Western BankAmendment to Subordination Agreement
Creditor:
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New Enterprise Associates 9, Limited Partnership |
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NEA Partners 9, Limited Partnership |
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
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Chief Legal Officer/Attorney-in-fact |
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Creditor:
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New Enterprise Associates 10, Limited Partnership |
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NEA Partners 10, Limited Partnership |
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
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Chief Legal Officer/Attorney-in-fact |
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Creditor:
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ARCH Venture Fund VI, L.P. |
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ARCH Venture Partners VI, L.P. |
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Its General Partner |
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ARCH Venture Partners VI, LLC |
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Its General Partner |
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx |
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Managing Director |
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Creditor:
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/s/ Xxx Xxxxxx |
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Xxx Xxxxxx, an individual |
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Pacific Western BankAmendment to Subordination Agreement
CONSENT AND AGREEMENT OF BORROWER
The undersigned Borrower hereby approves of, agrees to and consents to all of the terms and provisions of the foregoing Amendment to Subordination Agreement and agrees to be bound thereby, and further agrees that any default or event of default by the Borrower under any present or future instrument or agreement between the Borrower and Creditor shall constitute an immediate default and event of default under all present and future instruments and agreements between the Borrower and Bank. The Borrower further agrees that, at any time and from time to time, the foregoing Amendment to Subordination Agreement may be altered, modified or amended by Bank and Creditor without notice to or the consent of the Borrower.
Borrower:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
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Chief Financial Officer |
Borrower:
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AZEA NETWORKS, INC. |
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
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Chief Financial Officer |
Borrower:
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NEOVUS, INC. |
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
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Chief Financial Officer |
Borrower:
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XTERA ASIA HOLDINGS, LLC |
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
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Chief Financial Officer |
Accepted:
Bank:
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Pacific Western Bank |
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/s/ Xxxxxx XxXxxxx |
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Xxxxxx XxXxxxx |
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