Exhibit
10.5
SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT
This Subordination
Agreement (this “ Agreement ”), is entered into
by and among Marquette Business
Credit, Inc., d/b/a Marquette Healthcare Finance (“
Marquette ”), Thomas Sandgaard, (“ Junior
Creditor ”), and Zynex, Inc., and Zynex Medical Inc.,
f/d/b/a Stroke Recovery Systems (collectively, “
Borrower ).
Recitals
A.
Borrower has or is about to enter into a Loan and Security
Agreement with Marquette that may be amended, supplemented, and/or
replaced from time to time (“ Loan and Security
Agreement ”), providing for a loan or loans by Marquette
to Borrower, the repayment of which is or shall be secured by
certain assets or property of Borrower, as set forth in the Loan
and Security Agreement.
B.
Junior Creditor has extended loans or other credit accommodations
to Borrower, as described on Exhibit A :
C.
It is a condition precedent to the agreement of Marquette to enter
into the Loan and Security Agreement and make advances to the
Borrower thereunder that Junior Creditor execute and deliver this
Subordination Agreement in favor of Marquette.
NOW, THEREFORE, as a
material inducement to Marquette to enter into and make advances to
Borrower under the Loan and Security Agreement, Borrower,
Marquette, and Junior Creditor agree as follows:
1.
The term “ Subordinated Debt ” means all
indebtedness, liabilities, and obligations of Borrower to Junior
Creditor, whether direct, indirect, contingent, joint, several, or
independent, now or hereafter existing, due or to become due to, or
held or to be held by, Junior Creditor, whether created directly or
acquired by assignment or otherwise, whether or not evidenced by
written instrument, including, without limitation, all principal,
interest, fees, expenses, and costs of collecting such indebtedness
and obligations, including without limitation all attorneys’
fees and all interest accruing after the commencement by or against
Borrower of any bankruptcy, reorganization, or similar proceeding,
but excepting all wages, benefits and other compensation due Junior
Creditor in the ordinary course of his employment with
Borrower.
2.
The term “ Senior Debt ” means all indebtedness,
liabilities, and obligations of Borrower to Marquette, whether
direct, indirect, contingent, joint, several, or independent, now
or hereafter existing, due or to become due to, or held or to be
held by, Marquette, whether created directly or acquired by
assignment or otherwise, whether or not evidenced by written
instrument, including, without limitation, all principal, interest,
fees, expenses, and costs of collecting such indebtedness and
obligations, including without limitation all attorneys’ fees
and all interest accruing after the commencement by or against
Borrower of any bankruptcy, reorganization, or similar proceeding.
The term “ Loan Documents ” means any documents
now or hereafter existing executed and delivered in connection with
any of the Senior Debt.
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3.
All Subordinated Debt is subordinated in the right of payment to
Marquette of all Senior Debt; provided, however, that Borrower may
make Permitted Note Payments (as defined herein) pursuant to
Section 5 below.
4.
Junior Creditor subordinates to Marquette any security interest or
lien that Junior Creditor may have in all assets of
Borrower. Notwithstanding the respective dates of
attachment or perfection of the security interest of a Junior
Creditor and the security interest of Marquette, the security
interest of Marquette in any assets of Borrower or other collateral
securing the Senior Debt shall at all times be prior to any
security interest of Junior Creditor.
5.
Junior Creditor will not demand or receive from Borrower (and
Borrower will not pay to Junior Creditor) any payment with respect
to all or any part of the Subordinated Debt, by way of payment,
prepayment, setoff, lawsuit, or otherwise, provided, however
, that as long as there is no “default” or “event
of default,” as those terms are defined under any of the Loan
Documents related to the Senior Debt, Junior Creditor may receive
regularly scheduled payments of principal and interest in
accordance with the terms of the promissory notes described
above, including demand
payments on the demand promissory note (the “Permitted
Note Payments”). Junior Creditor shall not
exercise any remedy with respect to collateral, nor will Junior
Creditor commence, or cause to commence, prosecute, or participate
in any administrative, legal or equitable action against Borrower
or any of its assets for repayment of the Subordinated Debt, for so
long as any portion of Senior Debt remains outstanding.
6.
Junior Creditor shall hold in trust for Marquette and promptly pay
or deliver to Marquette in the form received (except for
endorsement or assignment by Junior Creditor where required by
Marquette) for application to Senior Debt, any payments, property,
security, proceeds or realization on collateral received by Junior
Creditor other than in accordance with this Agreement.
7.
In the event of Borrower’s insolvency, reorganization, or any
case or proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or laws
relating to the relief of debtors, this Agreement shall remain in
full force and effect, and all Senior Debt and all of
Marquette’s claims against Borrower or the estate of Borrower
shall be paid in full before any payment is made to Junior
Creditor.
8.
For so long as any of the Senior Debt remains unpaid, Junior
Creditor irrevocably appoints Marquette as Junior Creditor’s
attorney-in-fact, and grants to Marquette a power of attorney with
full power of substitution, in the name of Junior Creditor or in
the name of Marquette, for the use and benefit of Marquette,
without notice to Junior Creditor, to perform at Marquette’s
option the following acts in any bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar
proceeding involving Borrower:
(a)
To file the appropriate claim or claims in respect of the
Subordinated Debt on behalf of Junior Creditor if Junior Creditor
does not do so prior to 30 days before the expiration of the time
to file claims in such proceeding and if Marquette elects, in its
sole discretion, to file such claim or claims; and
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(b)
To accept or reject any plan of reorganization or arrangement on
behalf of Junior Creditor and to otherwise vote Junior
Creditor’s claims in respect of any Subordinated Debt in any
manner that Marquette deems appropriate for the enforcement of its
rights under this Agreement.
9.
This Agreement shall remain effective for so long as Marquette has
any obligation to make advances to Borrower or any Senior Debt is
due Marquette pursuant to the Loan Documents. If, a
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