Exhibit
10.24
AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR
TO
LOAN AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR TO LOAN AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT (this
“Amendment”), dated as of March 27, 2009, is entered
into between FIRST CAPITAL WESTERN REGION, LLC
(“Lender”), and REED’S, INC ., a Delaware
corporation (“Borrower”), in light of the following
facts:
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Borrower and Lender have previously
entered into certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of May
30, 2008, as amended by that certain Amendment Number One to Loan
and Security Agreement dated July 30, 2008 , as amended by that
certain Amendment Number Two to Loan and Security Agreement dated
September 3, 2008, and as amended by that certain Amendment Number
Three to Loan and Security Agreement dated September 24, 2008 (the
“Agreement”).
WHEREAS, Borrower has requested that Lender
reset the minimum tangible net worth and revise the numerator of
the fixed charge coverage ratio in Item 21(a) of the
Schedule to include stock option expenses and stock payments in
lieu of cash payments.
WHEREAS, Lender has agreed to Borrower's request
subject to the terms and conditions contained in this
Amendment.
WHEREAS, Borrower and Lender wish to amend the
Agreement as set forth in this Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as
follows:
1. DEFINITIONS
. All terms which are defined in the Agreement shall
have the same definition when used herein unless a different
definition is ascribed to such term under this Amendment, in which
case, the definition contained herein shall govern.
2. AMENDMENTS
. Effective as of the date of this Amendment, the
Agreement is amended in the following respects:
(a) Modification
of Advance Rate for Eligible Inventory .
Item 1(a)(ii)(B) of the Schedule to the Agreement is
deleted in its entirety and is replaced with a new Item
1(a)(ii)(B) as follows:
(B) An
amount equal to the least of:
2. For
the period from June 1 through November 30 of each calendar year,
an amount equal to 125% of amount calculated pursuant to Item
1(a)(ii)(A) , and for the period from December 1 through May 31
of each calendar year, an amount equal to 150% of amount calculated
pursuant to Item 1(a)(ii)(A) , and
3. An
amount equal to (x) 50% of the dollar value (determined at the
lower of cost or market value) of Eligible Inventory located at
Borrower’s premises located at 12930 and 13000 South Spring
Street, Los Angeles, California 90061, plus (y)
50% of the dollar value (determined at the lower of cost or market
value) of Eligible Inventory consisting of finished goods (and not
raw materials) located at Valley Distributing & Storage
Company’s warehouse in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania,
plus (z) 50% of the dollar value (determined at the lower of
cost or market value) of Eligible Inventory consisting of finished
goods (and not raw materials) located at United Warehouses in
Seattle, Washington,
(b) Increase
Interest Margin . Item 8 of the
Schedule to the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and is
replaced with a new Item 8 as follows:
8.
Interest Margin : 7.75%
(c) Change in
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Covenant . Item
21(a) of the Schedule to the Agreement is deleted in its
entirety and is replaced with a new Item 21(a) as
follows:
(a) Borrower
shall maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (1) for the one month
period ending April 30, 2009, (2) for each of the three-month
periods ending on the last day of each calendar month from May
2009 through November 2009, and (3) for each of
the