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AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT

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Title: AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT
Governing Law: North Carolina     Date: 1/9/2006
Industry: Footwear    

AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT, Parties: crocs  inc. , bank of america  n.a.
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Exhibit 10.18


AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT

         THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT (this " Security Agreement ") is made and entered into as of October 26, 2005, by CROCS, INC. , a Delaware corporation, successor by merger to Crocs, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the " Borrower " and the " Grantor ") and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. , a national banking association, as Lender (the " Lender "). All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein or pursuant to Section 1 hereof shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement (as defined below).

W I T N E S S E T H :

         WHEREAS , the Lender has agreed to provide to the Borrower a revolving credit facility pursuant to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of October 26, 2005, by and among the Borrower and the Lender (as from time to time amended, revised, modified, supplemented or amended and restated, the " Credit Agreement "), which Credit Agreement, amends, renews, modifies and extends the Credit Agreement dated as of April 8, 2005 by and among the Borrower and the Lender; and

         WHEREAS , as collateral security for payment and performance of its Obligations, the Borrower is willing to renew, extend, grant, re-grant, and confirm to the Lender a security interest in certain of its personal property and assets pursuant to the terms of this Security Agreement, as originally granted pursuant to the Security Agreement dated as of April 8, 2005 between the Borrower and the Lender; and

         WHEREAS , the Lender is unwilling to enter into the Loan Documents unless the Borrower enters into this Security Agreement;

         NOW, THEREFORE , in order to induce the Lender to enter into the Loan Documents and to make Loan, and in further consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

         1.      Certain Definitions. Terms used in this Security Agreement, not otherwise expressly defined herein or in the Credit Agreement, and for which meanings are provided in the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of North Carolina (the " UCC "), shall have such meanings.

         2.      Grant of Security Interest. The Borrower hereby grants as collateral security for the payment, performance and satisfaction of all of the Borrower's Obligations, and the prompt payment and performance when due of its obligations and liabilities hereunder and under all other Loan Documents to which it is a party (collectively, the " Secured Obligations "), to the Lender a continuing first priority security interest (except as set forth in Section 7(a) hereof) in and to, and collaterally assigns to the Lender all of the following property of the Grantor or in which the Grantor has or may have or acquire an interest or the power to transfer rights therein, whether now owned or existing or hereafter created, acquired or arising and wheresoever located:

        (a)   All accounts, and including accounts receivable, contracts, bills, acceptances, choses in action, and other forms of monetary obligations at any time owing to the Grantor arising out of property sold, leased, licensed, assigned or otherwise disposed of or for services rendered or to be rendered by the Grantor, and all of the Grantor's rights with respect to any property represented thereby, whether or not delivered, property returned by customers and all rights as an unpaid vendor or lienor, including rights of stoppage in transit and of recovering possession by proceedings including replevin and reclamation (collectively referred to hereinafter as " Accounts ");

        (b)   All inventory, including all goods manufactured or acquired for sale or lease, and any piece goods, raw materials, work in process and finished merchandise, component materials, and all supplies, goods, incidentals, office supplies, packaging materials and any and all items used or consumed in the operation of the business of the Grantor or which may contribute to the finished product or to the sale, promotion and shipment thereof, in which the Grantor now or at any time


 

hereafter may have an interest, whether or not the same is in transit or in the constructive, actual or exclusive occupancy or possession of the Grantor or is held by the Grantor or by others for the Grantor's account (collectively referred to hereinafter as " Inventory ");

        (c)   All goods, including all machinery, equipment, motor vehicles, parts, supplies, apparatus, appliances, tools, patterns, molds, dies, blueprints, fittings, furniture, furnishings, fixtures and articles of tangible personal property of every description, and all computer programs embedded in any of the foregoing and all supporting information relating to such computer programs, but excluding motor vehicles subject to any certificate of title law (collectively referred to hereinafter as " Equipment ");

        (d)   All general intangibles, including all rights now or hereafter accruing to the Grantor under contracts, leases, agreements or other instruments, including all contracts or contract rights to perform or receive services, to purchase or sell goods, or to hold or use land or facilities, and to enforce all rights thereunder, all causes of action, corporate or business records, inventions, patents and patent rights, rights in mask works, designs, trade names and trademarks and all goodwill associated therewith, trade secrets, trade processes, copyrights, licenses, permits, franchises, customer lists, computer programs and software, all internet domain names and registration rights thereto, all internet websites and the content thereof, all payment intangibles, all claims under guaranties, tax refund claims, all rights and claims against carriers and shippers, leases, all claims under insurance policies, all interests in general and limited partnerships and limited liability companies, and other Persons not constituting Investment Property (as defined below), all rights to indemnification and all other intangible personal property and intellectual property of every kind and nature, including but not limited to those patents, trademarks and copyrights listed on Schedule 2(d) attached hereto (collectively referred to hereinafter as " General Intangibles ");

        (e)   All chattel paper, including tangible chattel paper, electronic chattel paper, or any hybrid thereof (collectively referred to hereinafter as " Chattel Paper ");

        (f)    All investment property, including all securities, security entitlements, securities accounts, commodity contracts and commodity accounts of or maintained for the benefit of the Grantor; provided that any security interest in equity interests of Grantor's Subsidiaries shall be limited to the collateral described in the Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement between Grantor and Lender, dated the date hereof (collectively referred to hereinafter as " Investment Property ");

        (g)   All instruments, including all promissory notes (collectively referred to hereinafter as " Instruments ");

        (h)   All documents, including warehouse receipts, bills of lading and other documents of title (collectively referred to hereinafter as " Documents ");

        (i)    All rights to payment or performance under letters of credit including rights to proceeds of letters of credit (" Letter-of-Credit Rights "), and all Guarantees, endorsements, Liens, supporting obligations and other obligations of any Person securing or supporting the payment, performance, value or liquidation of any of the foregoing (collectively, with Letter-of-Credit Rights, referred to hereinafter as " Supporting Obligations ");

        (j)    All books and records relating to any of the forgoing (including customer data, credit files, ledgers, computer programs, printouts, and other computer materials and records (and all media on which such data, files, programs, materials and records are or may be stored)); and

        (k)   All proceeds, products and replacements of, accessions to, and substitutions for, any of the foregoing, including without limitation proceeds of insurance policies insuring any of the foregoing.

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        All of the property and interests in property described in subsections (a) through (k) are herein collectively referred to as the " Collateral ."

         3.      Perfection.

        At the time of execution of this Security Agreement, the Grantor shall have:

        (a)   furnished the Lender with financing statements in form, number and substance suitable for filing, sufficient under applicable law, and satisfactory in order that upon the filing of the same the Lender shall have a duly perfected security interest in all Collateral in which a security interest can be perfected by the filing of financing statements;

        (b)   delivered to the Lender possession of all Collateral with respect to which either a security interest can be perfected only by possession or a security interest perfected by possession shall have priority as against Persons not having possession, so that the Lender shall have a security interest in all such Collateral perfected by possession; subject in each case only to Liens allowed to exist and have priority under Section 7.01 of the Credit Agreement (" Permitted Liens "); and

        (c)   delivered to the Lender notice of any patents, trademarks or copyrights registered with the Parent and Trademark Office, the Copyright Office or any similar office or agency, whether in the United States or any other country, and, upon the request of the Lender, delivered such perfection documents or filing statements as are required to perfect an interest in such intellectual property; provided , however , that the Lender shall have no obligation to file such perfection documents and/or filing statements and shall incur no liability with respect to such perfection documents and/or filing statements.

        All financing statements (including all amendments thereto and continuations thereof), control agreements, certificates, acknowledgments, stock powers and other documents, electronic identification, restrictive legends, and instruments furnished in connection with the creation, enforcement, protection, perfection or priority of the Lender's security interest in Collateral, including such items as are described above in this Section 3 , are sometimes referred to herein as " Perfection Documents ." The delivery of possession of items of or evidencing Collateral, causing other Persons to execute and deliver Perfection Documents as appropriate, the filing or recordation of Perfection Documents, the establishment of control over items of Collateral, and the taking of such other actions as may be necessary or advisable in the determination of the Lender to create, enforce, protect, perfect, or establish or maintain the priority of, the security interest of the Lender in the Collateral is sometimes referred to herein as " Perfection Action ."

         4.      Maintenance of Security Interest; Further Assurances.

        (a)   The Grantor will from time to time at its own expense, deliver specific assignments of Collateral or such other Perfection Documents, and take such other or additional Perfection Action, as may be required by the terms of the Loan Documents or as the Lender may reasonably request in connection with the administration or enforcement of this Security Agreement or related to the Collateral or any part thereof in order to carry out the terms of this Security Agreement, to perfect, protect, maintain the priority of or enforce the Lender's security interest in the Collateral, subject only to Permitted Liens, or otherwise to better assure and confirm unto the Lender its rights, powers and remedies for the benefit of the Lender hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, the Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Lender to file (with, or to the extent permitted by applicable law, without the signature of the Grantor appearing thereon) financing statements (including amendments thereto and initial financing statements in lieu of continuation statements) or other Perfection Documents (including copies thereof) showing the Grantor as "debtor" at such time or times and in all filing offices as the Lender may from time to time determine to be necessary or advisable to perfect or protect the rights of the Lender hereunder, or otherwise to give effect to the transactions herein contemplated. The Grantor hereby irrevocably

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ratifies and acknowledges the Lender's authority to have effected filings of Perfection Documents made by the Lender prior to the date hereof.

        (b)   With respect to any and all Collateral, the Grantor agrees to do and cause to be done all things necessary to perfect, maintain the priority of and keep in full force the security interest granted in favor of the Lender, including, but not limited to, the prompt payment upon demand therefor by the Lender of all fees and expenses (including documentary stamp, excise or intangibles taxes) incurred in connection with the preparation, delivery, or filing of any Perfection Document or the taking of any Perfection Action to perfect, protect or enforce a security interest in Collateral in favor of the Lender, subject only to Permitted Liens. All amounts not so paid when due shall constitute additional Secured Obligations and (in addition to other rights and remedies resulting from such nonpayment) shall bear interest from the date of demand until paid in full at the Default Rate.

        (c)   The Grantor agrees to maintain among its books and records appropriate notations or evidence of, and to make or cause to be made appropriate disclosure upon its financial statements of, the security interest granted hereunder to the Lender.

        (d)   The Grantor agrees that, in the event any proceeds (other than goods) of Collateral shall be or become commingled with other property not constituting Collateral, then such proceeds may, to the extent permitted by law, be identified by application of the lowest intermediate balance rule to such commingled property.

         5.      Receipt of Payment. In the event an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the Grantor (or any of its affiliates, stockholders, directors, officers, employees or agents) shall receive any proceeds of Collateral, including without limitation monies, checks, notes, drafts or any other items of payment, the Grantor shall hold all such items of payment in trust for the Lender, and as the property of the Lender, separate from the funds and other property of the Grantor, and no later than the first Business Day following the receipt thereof, at the election of the Lender, the Grantor shall cause such Collateral to be forwarded to the Lender for its custody, possession and disposition in accordance with the terms hereof and of the other Loan Documents.

         6.      Preservation and Protection of Collateral.

        (a)   The Lender shall be under no duty or liability with respect to the collection, protection or preservation of the Collateral, or otherwise, except to the extent expressly contemplated under Section 25 . The Grantor shall be responsible for the safekeeping of its Collateral, and in no event shall the Lender have any responsibility for (i) any loss or damage thereto or destruction thereof occurring or arising in any manner or fashion from any cause, (ii) any diminution in the value thereof, or (iii) any act or default of any carrier, warehouseman, bailee or forwarding agency thereof or other Person in any way dealing with or handling such Collateral.

        (b)   The Grantor shall keep and maintain its tangible personal property Collateral in good operating condition and repair, ordinary wear and tear excepted. The Grantor shall not permit any such items to become a fixture to real property (unless the Grantor has granted the Lender a Lien on such real property having a priority acceptable to the Lender) or accessions to other personal property.

        (c)   The Grantor agrees (i) to pay when due all taxes, charges and assessments against the Collateral in which it has any interest, unless being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and against which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP applied on a Consistent Basis and evidenced to the satisfaction of the Lender and provided that all enforcement proceedings in the nature of levy or foreclosure are effectively stayed, and (ii) to cause to be terminated and released all Liens (other than Permitted Liens) on the Collateral. Upon the failure of the Grantor to so pay or contest such taxes, charges,

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or assessments, or cause such Liens to be terminated, the Lender at its option may pay or contest any of them or amounts relating thereto (the Lender having the sole right to determine the legality or validity and the amount necessary to discharge such taxes, charges, Liens or assessments) but shall not have any obligation to make any such payment or contest. All sums so disbursed by the Lender, including reasonable attorneys' fees, court costs, expenses and other charges related thereto, shall be payable on demand by the Grantor to the Lender and shall be additional Secured Obligations secured by the Collateral, and any amounts not so paid on demand (in addition to other rights and remedies resulting from such nonpayment) shall bear interest from the date of demand until paid in full at the Default Rate.

         7.      Status of Grantors and Collateral Generally. The Grantor represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Lender, with respect to itself and the Collateral as to which it has or acquires any interest, that:

        (a)   It is (or as to Collateral acquired after the date hereof will be upon the acquisition of the same) and, except as permitted by the Credit Agreement and subsection (b) of this Section 7 , will continue to be, the owner of the Collateral, free and clear of all Liens, other than the security interest hereunder in favor of the Lender and Permitted Liens, and that it will at its own cost and expense defend such Collateral and any products and proceeds thereof against all claims and demands of all Persons (other than holders of Permitted Liens) at any time claiming the same or any interest therein adverse to the Lender. Upon the failure of the Grantor to so defend, the Lender may do so at its option but shall not have any obligation to do so. All sums so disbursed by the Lender, including reasonable attorneys' fees, court costs, expenses and other charges related thereto, shall be payable on demand by the Grantor to the Lender and shall be additional Secured Obligations secured by the Collateral, and any amounts not so paid on demand (in addition to other rights and remedies resulting from such nonpayment) shall bear interest from the date of demand until paid in full at the Default Rate.

        (b)   It shall not (i) sell, assign, transfer, lease, license or otherwise dispose of any of, or grant any option with respect to, the Collateral, except for dispositions permitted under the Credit Agreement, (ii) create or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect to any of the Collateral except for the security interests created by this Security Agreement and Permitted Liens, or (iii) take any other action in connection with any of the Collateral that would materially impair the value of the interest or rights of the Grantor in the Collateral taken as a whole or that would materially impair the interest or rights of the Lender.

        (c)   It has full power, legal right and lawful authority to enter into this Security Agreement and to perform its terms, including the grant of the security interests in the Collateral herein provided for.

        (d)   No authorization, consent, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required either (i) for the grant by the Grantor of the security interests granted hereby or for the execution, delivery or performance of this Security Agreement by the Grantor, or (ii) for the perfection of or the exercise by the Lender of its rights and remedies hereunder, except for action required or by the Uniform Commercial Code to perfect the security interest conferred hereunder.

        (e)   No effective financing statement or other Perfection Document similar in effect, nor any other Perfection Action, covering all or any part of the Collateral purported to be granted or taken by or on behalf of the Grantor (or by or on behalf of any other Person and which remains effective as against all or any part of the Collateral) has been filed in any recording office, delivered to another Person for filing (whether upon the occurrence of a contingency or otherwise), or otherwise taken, as the case may be, except such as pertain to Permitted Liens and

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such as may have been filed for the benefit of, delivered to, or taken in favor of, the Lender in connection with the security interests conferred hereunder.

        (f)     Schedule 7(f) attached hereto contains true and complete information as to each of the following: (i) the exact legal name of the Grantor as it appears in its Organizational Documents as of the date hereof and at any time during the five (5) year period ending as of the date hereof (the " Covered Period "), (ii) the jurisdiction of formation and form of organization of the Grantor, and the identification number (if any) of the Grantor in its jurisdiction of formation, (iii) the address of the chief executive office of the Grantor as of the date hereof and at any time during the Covered Period, (iv) all trade names or trade styles used by the Grantor as of the date hereof and at any time during the Covered Period, (v) the address of each location of the Grantor at which any tangible personal property Collateral (including Account Records (as defined below) and Account Documents (as defined below)) is located at the date hereof or has been located at any time during the Covered Period, (vi) with respect to each location described in clause (v) that is not owned beneficially and of record by the Grantor, the name and address of the owner thereof; and (vii) the name of each Person other than the Grantor and the address of such Person at which any tangible personal property Collateral of the Grantor is held under any warehouse, consignment, bailment or other arrangement as of the date hereof. The Grantor shall not change its name, change its jurisdiction of formation (whether by reincorporation, merger or otherwise), change the location of its chief executive office, utilize any additional location where tangible personal property Collateral (including Account Records and Account Documents) may be located or garaged, or change or use any additional or different trade name or style, except in each case upon giving not less than fifteen (15) days' prior written notice to the Lender and taking or causing to be taken at the Grantor's expense all such Perfection Action, including the delivery of such Perfection Documents, as may be reasonably requested by the Lender to perfect or protect, or maintain the perfection and priority of, the Lien of the Lender in Collateral contemplated hereunder.

        (g)   The Grantor shall not engage in any consignment transaction in respect of any of the Collateral, whether as consignee or consignor.

        (h)   The Grantor shall not cause, suffer or permit any of the tangible personal property Collateral (i) to be evidenced by any document of title (except for shipping documents as necessary or customary to effect the delivery of inventory to customers in the ordinary course of business) or (ii) to be in the possession, custody or control of any warehouseman or other bailee unless such location and Person are set forth on Schedule 7(f) or the Lender shall have received not less than 30 days' prior written notice of each such transaction, and the Grantor shall have caused at its expense to be prepared and executed such additional Perfection Documents and to be taken such other Perfection Action as the Lender may deem necessary or advisable to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Security Agreement.

        (i)    No tangible personal property Collateral is or shall be located at any location that is leased by the Grantor from any other Person, unless (x) such location and lessor is set forth on Schedule 7(f) attached hereto or the Grantor provides not less than thirty (30) days' prior written notice thereof to the Lender, (y) such lessor acknowledges the Lien in favor of the Lender conferred hereunder and waives its statutory and consensual liens and rights with respect to such Collateral in form and substance acceptable to the Lender and delivered in writing to the Lender prior to any Collateral being located at any such location, and (z) the Grantor shall have caused at its expense to be prepared and executed such additional Perfection Documents and to be taken such other Perfection Action as the Lender may deem necessary or advisable to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Security Agreement.

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         8.      Inspection. The Lender (by any of its officers, employees and agents) shall have the right upon prior notice to an executive officer of the Grantor, and at any reasonable times during the Grantor's usual business hours, to inspect the Collateral, all records related thereto (and to make extracts or copies from such records), and the premises upon which any of the Collateral is located, to discuss the Grantor's affairs and finances with any Person (other than Persons obligated on any Accounts (" Account Debtors ") except as expressly otherwise permitted in the Loan Documents) and to verify with any Person other than (except as expressly otherwise permitted in the Loan Documents) Account Debtors the amount, quality, quantity, value and condition of, or any other matter relating to, the Collateral and, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to discuss the Grantor's affairs and finances with the Grantor's Account Debtors and to verify the amount, quality, value and condition of, or any other matter relating to, the Collateral with such Account Debtors. Upon or after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Lender may at any time and from time to time employ and maintain on the Grantor's premises a custodian selected by the Lender who shall have full authority to do all acts necessary to protect the Lender's interest. All expenses incurred by the Lender by reason of the employment of such custodian shall be paid by the Grantor on demand from time to time and shall be added to the Secured Obligations secured by the Collateral, and any amounts not so paid on demand (in addition to other rights and remedies resulting from such nonpayment) shall bear interest from the date of demand until paid in full at the Default Rate.

         9.      Specific Collateral.

        (a)    Accounts. With respect to its Accounts whether now existing or hereafter created or acquired and wheresoever located, the Grantor represents, warrants and covenants to the Lender that:

        (i)    The Grantor shall keep accurate and complete records of its Accounts (" Account Records ") and from time to time at intervals designated by the Lender the Grantor shall provide the Lender with a schedule of Accounts in form and substance acceptable to the Lender describing all Accounts created or acquired by the Grantor (" Schedule of Accounts "); provided , however , that the Grantor's failure to execute and deliver any such Schedule of Accounts shall not affect or limit the Lender's security interest or other rights in and to any Accounts. If requested by the Lender, the Grantor shall furnish the Lender with copies of proof of delivery and other documents relating to the Accounts so scheduled, including without limitation repayment histories and present status reports (collectively, " Account Documents ") and such other matter and information relating to the status of then existing Accounts as the Lender shall request.

        (ii)   All Account Records and Account Documents are and shall at all times be located only at the Grantor's current chief executive office as set forth on Schedule 7(f) attached hereto, such other locations as are specifically identified on Schedule 7(f) attached hereto as an "Account Documents location," or as to which the Grantor has complied with Section 7(f) hereof.

        (iii)  The Accounts, to the best of the Borrower's knowledge, are genuine, are in all respects what they purport to be and are not evidenced by an instrument or document or, if evidenced by an instrument or document, are only evidenced by one original instrument or document.

        (iv)  The Accounts cover bona fide sales and deliveries of Inventory usually dealt in by the Grantor, or the rendition by the Grantor of services, to an Account Debtor in the ordinary course of business.

        (v)   The amounts of the face value of any Account shown or reflected on any Schedule of Accounts, invoice statement, or certificate delivered to the Lender, are actually owing to the

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Grantor and are not contingent for any reason; and there are no setoffs, discounts, allowances, claims, counterclaims or disputes of any kind or description in an amount greater than $


 
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