Exhibit
10.1
SECOND AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND
SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND
AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this
“Amendment”) is made and entered into as of the
24 th
day of October, 2008 (the
“Amendment Date”), between AEROGROW INTERNATIONAL,
INC. , a Nevada corporation (“Borrower”) and
FCC, LLC d/b/a First Capital , a Florida limited liability
company (“Lender”).
W
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E S S E T H
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WHEREAS, Borrower and Lender are parties to that
certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of June 23, 2008 (as
amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the
“Loan Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the
Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of the foregoing premises, and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and legal sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
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All capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise expressly defined herein shall
have the respective meanings given to such terms in the
Agreement.
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The Agreement
is amended by deleting Section 3(a) and substituting the following
in lieu thereof:
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(a) (i)
Interest on Loans . Borrower will pay
Lender or, at Lender’s option, Lender may charge
Borrower’s loan account with, interest on the average daily
net principal amount of loans outstanding hereunder, calculated
monthly and payable on the first day of each calendar month, at a
rate (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed
over a year of 360 days) equal to the sum of (i) the Base Rate (as
defined below), plus (ii) the interest margin specified in
Item 8 of the Schedule (the “Interest
Margin”). The Base Rate may not be the lowest or
best rate at which Lender calculates interest or extends credit.
The Base Rate for each calendar month shall be adjusted (if
necessary) on the first day of such calendar month and shall be
equal to the Base Rate in effect as of the close of business on the
last Business Day of the immediately preceding calendar
month.
As used herein, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
“ Base Rate ” means, at any
time, the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate (as defined below), or
(b) LIBOR (as defined below) plus 2.75%.
“ LIBOR ” means, at any time,
an interest rate per annum equal to the interest rate per annum
(rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100
th of 1%) as published in the “Money
Rates” section of The Wall Street Journal (or another
national publication selected by the Lender) as the one month
London Interbank Offered Rate for United States dollar deposits or
such other language (or, if such page shall cease to be publicly
available or, if the information/description contained on such
page, in Lender’s sole judgment, shall cease to accurately
reflect such London Interbank Offered Rate, then such rate as
reported by any publicly available recognized source of similar
market data selected by Lender that, in Lender’s reasonable
judgment, accurately reflects such London Interbank Offered
Rate).
“ Prime Rate ” means, at any
time, the rate of interest noted in The Wall Street Journal
, Money Rates section, as the “Prime Rate” (currently
defined as the base rate on corporate loans posted by at least 75%
of the nation’s thirty (30) largest banks). In the
event that The Wall Street Journal quotes more than
on