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8-K - 8-K - EPIC STORES CORP.epsc8k.htm
EX-10.3 - EX-10.3 - EPIC STORES CORP.ex10_3.htm
EX-10.6 - EX-10.6 - EPIC STORES CORP.ex10_6.htm
EX-10.4 - EX-10.4 - EPIC STORES CORP.ex10_4.htm
EX-10.5 - EX-10.5 - EPIC STORES CORP.ex10_5.htm
EX-10.1 - EXHIBIT 10.1 - EPIC STORES CORP.ex10_1.htm

AMENDMENT TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This Amendment to Registration Rights Agreement (this “Amendment”), dated April 1, 2016, by and between Epic Stores Corp. (the “Company”), and Old Main Capital, LLC (the “Purchaser”), hereby amends, effective as of the date hereof, that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 27, 2016, as amended, by and among the Company and the Purchaser (the “Registration Rights Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Registration Rights Agreement.

RECITALS

A. Pursuant to Section 6(f) of the Registration Rights Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement may be amended by a written agreement signed by the Company and the Purchasers holding at least 67% in interest of the Registrable Securities then outstanding.

B. Purchaser holds at least 67% of the Registrable Securities outstanding as of the date hereof.

C. The parties hereto desire to amend the Registration Rights Agreement, as set forth in this Amendment.

AGREEMENT

The parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

1.                  Amendments.

(a)                The following definition is added to Section 1 of the Registration Rights Agreement in alphabetical order:

“‘Notes’ means (i) the Notes (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), (ii) that certain 8% Senior Convertible Promissory Note in the principal amount of $500,000 issued by the Company to the Purchaser on January 27, 2016, and (iii) that certain 10% Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note in the principal amount of $266,000 issued by the Company to the Purchaser on April 1, 2016.”

(b)               A new Section 2(f) is added to the Registration Rights Agreement as follows:

“If the Initial Registration Statement is not filed within fifteen (15) calendar days after the date the Company files its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, then (i) the outstanding principal amount of each Note shall be automatically increased by 10%, and (ii) the definition of “Alternate Conversion Price” in each of the Notes shall be automatically amended to read as follows “‘Alternate Conversion Price’ means 40% of the lowest VWAP in the thirty (30) days prior to the Conversion Date”.”

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2.                  Effect of this Amendment. Except as expressly provided in this Amendment, the Registration Rights Agreement shall not be amended or otherwise modified. In the event there is a conflict between the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement and the terms of this Amendment, the terms provided in this Amendment shall control. On and after the date hereof, each reference in the Registration Rights Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “hereto,” “herein,” or words of like import referring to the Registration Rights Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Registration Rights Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

3.                  Acknowledgment and Agreement. Each party hereto hereby acknowledges and agrees that except as expressly provided in this Amendment, nothing in this Amendment shall be construed as a waiver of any provision of the Registration Rights Agreement by any party hereto, nor shall it in any way affect the validity of, or the right of any party hereto to enforce the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement.

4.                  Full Force and Effect. This Amendment is expressly made subject to the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement as modified herein, and, except as expressly modified herein, the Registration Rights Agreement shall continue in full force and effect without change.

5.                  Governing Law. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Amendment shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of law thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions contemplated by this Amendment (whether brought against a party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein (including with respect to the enforcement of any of this Amendment), and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is improper or is an inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Amendment and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law. If either party shall commence an action, suit or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Amendment, then the prevailing party in such action, suit or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

6.                  Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Amendment is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full

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force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

7.                  No Interpretation Against Drafter. This Amendment is the product of negotiations between the parties hereto represented by counsel and any rules of construction relating to interpretation against the drafter of an agreement shall not apply to this Amendment and are expressly waived.

8.                  Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to each other party, it being understood that the parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.

[Signatures on the Following Page]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Amendment as of the date first written above.

Company:

Epic Stores Corp.


By: /s/ Brian Davidson
Name: Brian Davidson
Title: President

 

Purchaser:

OLD MAIN Capital, LLC


By: /s/ Adam Long
Name: Adam Long
Title: President

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