Exhibit 10.1

 

SECOND MODIFICATION TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

This Second Modification to Loan and Security Agreement (this Modification) is entered into by and between POLAR POWER, INC., a Delaware corporation (Borrower), and PINNACLE BANK, a California corporation (Lender), as of this 11/3/2022 at San Jose, California.

 

RECITALS

 

A. Lender and Borrower previously entered into a Loan and Security Agreement dated September 30, 2020, as modified from time to time pursuant to one or more Modifications to Loan and Security Agreement (collectively, the Loan Agreement). Initially capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Loan Agreement.

 

B. Borrower has requested, and Lender (subject to fulfillment of the Conditions Precedent set forth below) has agreed, to modify the Loan Agreement as set forth below.

 

AGREEMENT

 

For good and valuable consideration, the parties agree as set forth below:

 

1. Incorporation by Reference. The Loan Agreement and the above Recitals are incorporated herein by this reference.

 

2. Effective Date. The terms of this Modification shall become effective upon fulfillment of the Conditions Precedent set forth below as required by Lender.

 

3. Modifications to Loan Agreement. The definition of “Termination Date” set forth in Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereafter amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

Termination Date means (a) September 30, 2024 (the period through such date the Initial Term), unless such date is extended pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof, and if so extended on one or more occasions the last date of the last such extension, or (b) if earlier terminated by Lender pursuant to Sections 3.1 or 9.1 hereof, the date of such termination.

 

4. Conditions Precedent. The effectiveness of this Modification is conditioned upon fulfillment of the following conditions precedent as required by Lender, with any unfulfilled conditions precedent (unless waived by Lender) to become conditions subsequent to be immediately satisfied:

 

(a) Borrower shall have executed and delivered a copy of this Modification to Lender;

 

 
 

 

(b) The delivery, execution, resolution and/or completion (as applicable), to Lender’s satisfaction, of all other documents, matters or acts required by Lender in connection with this Modification including, without limitation:

 

(i) N/A.

 

(c) Borrower shall have paid Lender’s attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in connection with the preparation and negotiation of this Modification and related documents, which fees and costs (at Lender’s option) may be charged as Advances under the Loan Agreement and added to the Obligations regardless of whether an Overadvance will result.

 

5. Releases. In consideration of Lender’s agreement to enter into this Modification, Borrower and the undersigned guarantors each release Lender and its respective agents, employees, officers, directors, attorneys, representatives, insurers, and successors and assigns (individually and collectively, the Released Parties), from any and all claims, whether or not such claims are known, unknown or suspected to exist, and causes of action which have been sustained or may be sustained, relating in any way to the lending relationship between Lender, on the one hand, and Borrower and/or such guarantors, on the other hand (individually and collectively, the Released Matters). Borrower and the undersigned guarantors each covenant and agree that neither they nor their agents, employees or successors and assigns will hereafter commence, maintain or prosecute any action at law or otherwise, or assert any claim against the Released Parties, for damages or loss of any kind or amount arising out of the subject matter of the Released Matters. It is the intention of each of Borrower and the undersigned guarantors that this release shall be effective in full and final accord and satisfaction and release of and from all Released Matters. Borrower and the undersigned guarantors each hereby waive any and all rights which they have or may have against the Released Parties under the provisions of Section 1542 of the California Civil Code (or other applicable law) as now worded and hereafter amended, which section presently read as follows:

 

A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS THAT THE CREDITOR OR RELEASING PARTY DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE AND THAT, IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER, WOULD HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR OR RELEASED PARTY.

 

6. Reaffirmations. Borrower hereby ratifies, reaffirms, and remakes as of the date hereof each and every representation and warranty contained in the Loan Agreement (as amended by this Modification) and in any document incident thereto or connected therewith.

 

7. Legal Effect. Except as specifically set forth in this Modification, all of the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement remain in full force and effect.

 

8. No Waiver of Events of Default. As of the date hereof, Lender may have been unable to ascertain the existence of any events of default under the Loan Agreement, and Lender’s failure to refer herein to any existing event of default shall not be deemed a waiver of any such existing event of default.

 

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9. Counterparts. This Modification may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which taken together shall constitute a single original.

 

10. Electronic Signature. This Modification, or a signature page thereto intended to be attached to a copy of this Agreement, signed and transmitted by facsimile machine, telecopier or other electronic means (including via transmittal of a “.pdf” file) shall be deemed and treated as an original document. The signature of any person thereon, for purposes hereof, is to be considered as an original signature, and the document transmitted is to be considered to have the same binding effect as an original signature on an original document. At the request of any party hereto, any facsimile, telecopy or other electronic document is to be re-executed in original form by the person who executed the facsimile, telecopy of other electronic document. No party hereto may raise the use of a facsimile machine, telecopier or other electronic means or the fact that any signature was transmitted through the use of a facsimile machine, telecopier or other electronic means as a defense to the enforcement of this Modification.

 

11. Integration. This is an integrated Modification and supersedes all prior negotiations and agreements regarding the subject matter hereof. All amendments hereof must be in writing and signed by the parties.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Second Modification to Loan and Security Agreement as of the date first set forth above.

 

POLAR POWER, INC.,  
a Delaware corporation  
   
By: /s/ Arthur D. Sams  
Name: Arthur D. Sams  
Title: CEO & Corporate Secretary  

 

PINNACLE BANK,  
a California corporation  
     
By: /s/ Kevin O’Hare  
Name: Kevin O’Hare  
Title: President, Pinnacle Capital Finance  

 

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Exhibit 31.1

 

CERTIFICATION

 

I, Arthur D. Sams, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Polar Power, Inc.;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: November 14, 2022 /s/ Arthur D. Sams
  Arthur D. Sams
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary
  (Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

Exhibit 31.2

 

CERTIFICATION

 

I, Luis Zavala, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Polar Power, Inc.;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: November 14, 2022 /s/ Luis Zavala
  Luis Zavala
  Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

 

Exhibit 32.1

 

CERTIFICATIONS OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Polar Power, Inc. (the “Company”) for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2022, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned hereby certify in their capacities as the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, respectively, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

1. the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

2. the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

Dated: November 14, 2022

 

/s/ Arthur D. Sams   /s/ Luis Zavala
Arthur D. Sams   Luis Zavala

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signatures that appear in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.