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AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT (the "Agreement"), dated as of March 19, 2005 between
MediaBay,
Inc., a Florida corporation (the "Company"), Norton Herrick
("Herrick") and
Huntingdon Corporation, a Delaware corporation
("Huntingdon").
BACKGROUND
A. The Company has issued to Herrick (i) the convertible
promissory notes
set forth on Exhibit A hereto (the "Herrick Notes"), (ii) the
Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock, no par value per share (the "Series
A Preferred
Stock") and (iii) the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, no
par value per
share (the "Series C Preferred Stock), set forth on Exhibit B
hereto.
B. The Company has issued to Huntingdon (i) the convertible
promissory
notes set forth on Exhibit A hereto (the "Huntingdon Notes") and
(ii) the Series
C Convertible Preferred Stock, set forth on Exhibit B
hereto.
C. The Company requires financing (the "Financing") to meet
certain debt
payment obligations and its working capital requirements and is
raising
approximately $35,900,000 in connection with the sale of Series
D Convertible
Preferred Stock, no par value per share (the "Series D Preferred
Stock"),
pursuant to the terms of that certain Securities Purchase
Agreement dated the
date hereof (the "Securities Purchase Agreement"), by and among
the Company and
the entities whose names appear on the signature page thereto
(the "Investors").
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meaning
set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.
D. On the date hereof, a majority of the Company's shareholders
has
approved by written consent (the "Written Consent") the
following actions in
connection with the Financing (i) the issuance of the common
stock, no par value
per share, of the Company ("Common Stock") in excess of the Cap
Amount in
connection with the transactions contemplated in the Securities
Purchase
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the
Securities
Purchase Agreement), (ii) an amendment to the Articles of
Incorporation of the
Company, providing for an increase in the authorized number of
shares of Common
Stock of the Company from 150,000,000 shares to 300,000,000
shares, and (iii) a
change of control (as defined in accordance with Nasdaq
Marketplace Rule
4350(i)(I)(B)) (together, the "Shareholder Actions"). While such
shareholder
actions have been approved, the Company may not effect them
until it satisfies
certain information requirements (the "Information
Requirements") to the
shareholders not party to the written consent pursuant to
Section 607.0704 of
the Florida Business Corporation Act and Regulation 14C of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Regulation 14C").
E. As a condition to the Closing of the Financing, (i) Herrick
is required
to convert the Herrick Notes (as set forth on Exhibit A hereto)
and a portion of
his Series A Preferred Stock (as set forth on Exhibit B hereto)
into Common
Stock, and (ii) the Company is required to redeem the balance of
Herrick's
Series A Preferred Stock (as set forth on Exhibit B hereto) and
all of Herrick's
Series C Preferred Stock, pursuant to the terms set forth
herein.
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F. As a further condition to the Closing of the Financing
transaction, (i)
Huntingdon is required to convert the Huntingdon Notes into
Common Stock, (ii)
the Company is required to redeem all of Huntingdon's Series C
Preferred Stock,
and (iii) the Company is required to pay all accrued but unpaid
interest on
notes issued to Huntingdon which were previously canceled.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
hereby agree as
follows:
1. Herrick is hereby (i) converting the principal amount of the
Herrick
Notes outstanding into the Company's Common Stock, pursuant to
the terms of such
notes and for the number of shares of Common Stock set forth on
Exhibit A, and
(ii) converting that portion of his shares of Series A Preferred
Stock with an
aggregate stated capital of $1,068,400 (the "Converted Series A
Preferred") for
that number of shares of Common Stock set forth on Exhibit B,
pursuant to the
terms set forth in designations of the Series A Preferred Stock
in the Company's
Articles of Incorporation. All accrued but unpaid dividends on
the Converted
Series A Preferred, and interest on the Herrick Notes as of the
date hereof (as
set forth on Exhibit A and Exhibit B, respectively) shall be
paid immediately
upon conversion. The shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of the
Herrick Notes, the Huntingdon Notes and the Converted Series A
Preferred are
hereinafter collectively referred to herein as the "Conversion
Shares".
2. Huntingdon is hereby converting the principal amount of the
Huntingdon
Notes outstanding into the Company's Common Stock, pursuant to
the terms of such
notes and for the number of shares of Common Stock set forth on
Exhibit A. All
accrued but unpaid interest on the Huntingdon Notes as of the
date hereof (as
set forth on Exhibit A) shall be paid immediately upon
conversion. Upon
consummation of the Financing, the Company shall pay to
Huntingdon $11,913 in
satisfaction of all accrued but unpaid interest on notes issued
to Huntingdon
which were previously canceled.
3. Immediately upon consummation of the Financing, (A) the
Company shall
place into escrow with Blank Rome LLP (the "Escrow Agent") (i)
$1,431,600, which
represents the stated capital of the Series A Preferred Stock
not being
converted by Herrick pursuant to Section 1 hereof (the
"Remaining Series A
Preferred Stock"), and (ii) $1,181,400, which represents the
stated capital of
the Series C Preferred Stock owned by Herrick, both as set forth
on Exhibit B
(collectively, the "Herrick Redemption Amount"), and (B) Herrick
shall place
into escrow with the Escrow Agent stock certificates (the
"Herrick Stock
Certificates") in his name representing the Remaining Series A
Preferred Stock
and the Series C Preferred Stock, which certificates shall have
attached to them
a stock power endorsed in blank for transfer owned by Herrick,
to be held in
escrow pursuant to Section 6 hereof and the terms of the Escrow
Agreement
attached hereto as Exhibit C (the "Escrow Agreement").
4. Immediately upon consummation of the Financing, (A) the
Company shall
place into escrow with the Escrow Agent $3,171,300, which
represents the stated
capital of the Series C Preferred Stock owned by Huntingdon, as
set forth on
Exhibit B (the "Huntingdon Redemption Amount"), and (B)
Huntingdon shall place
into escrow with the Escrow Agent stock certificates (the
"Huntingdon Stock
Certificates") in its name representing the Series C Preferred
Stock owned by
Huntingdon, which certificates shall have attached to them a
stock power
endorsed in blank for transfer, to be held in escrow pursuant to
Section 6
hereof and the terms of the Escrow Agreement.
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5. All accrued but unpaid dividends on the Remaining Series A
Preferred
Stock and the Series C Preferred Stock as of the date hereof (as
set forth on
Exhibit B hereof), shall be paid in cash to Herrick and
Huntingdon, as
applicable, on the date hereof. Dividends on the Remaining
Series A Preferred
Stock and Series C Preferred Stock shall cease to accrue on the
Closing Date and
Huntingdon and Herrick, as applicable, accordingly hereby waive
all rights to
such dividends, provided that they shall be entitled to receive
all interest
earned on the Herrick Redemption Amount and Huntingdon
Redemption Amount, as
applicable, in accordance with the terms of the Escrow
Agreement.
6. On the earlier of (i) Stockholder Approval, which shall not
be deemed
to have been obtained until the Written Consent has become
effective in
accordance with Regulation 14C, and (ii) June 1, 2005 (the first
to occur of (i)
and (ii) being referred to herein as the "Redemption Date"), the
Company shall
redeem from Herrick and Huntingdon the Remaining Series A
Preferred Stock and
the Series C Preferred Stock for the Herrick Redemption Amount
and the
Huntingdon Redemption Amount, as applicable. On the Redemption
Date, (A) the
Herrick Redemption Amount (including interest thereon) and the
Huntingdon
Redemption Amount (including interest thereon), as applicable,
shall be
distributed by the Escrow Agent to Herrick and Huntingdon, and
(B) the Herrick
Stock Certificates and the Huntingdon Stock Certificates shall
be delivered to
the Company for cancellation.
7. The Company shall register for resale (i) the Conversion
Shares, so
long as they are owned by Herrick or Huntingdon, pursuant to
Registration Rights
Agreement No. 1, by and among the Company, Herrick and
Huntingdon, a form of
which is attached hereto as Exhibit D, and (ii) all warrants
("Warrants") to
purchase shares of Common Stock owned by Herrick or Huntingdon
and any
Conversion Shares or Warrants sold or otherwise transferred by
Herrick or
Huntingdon, as the case may be, pursuant to Registration Rights
Agreement No. 2,
by and among the Company, Herrick and Huntingdon, a form of
which is attached
hereto as Exhibit E.
8. Pursuant to (i) that certain Agreement dated April 28, 2004
between the
Company and Herrick, (ii) that certain Agreement dated April 28,
2004 between
the Company and Huntingdon, and (iii) that certain Agreement
dated April 28,
2004 between the Company and the N. Herrick Irrevocable ABC
Trust (to the extent
the rights thereunder were assigned to Herrick), each of Herrick
and Huntingdon
have the right (the "Warrant Amendment Rights") to require the
Company to hold a
shareholder meeting in order to amend the warrants issued
pursuant to that
certain Warrant Agreement dated May 25, 2005, by and among the
Company, Herrick
and Huntingdon, to provide for full ratchet anti-dilution
protection under
certain conditions. Herrick and Huntingdon hereby waive and
agree to eliminate
all Warrant Amendment Rights.
9. Herrick (as holder of the Herrick Notes, Series A Preferred
Stock and
Series C Preferred Stock and under any other agreements between
him and the
Company) and Huntingdon (as holder of the Huntingdon Notes and
Series C
Preferred Stock and under any other agreements between it and
the Company)
hereby consent (as such consents are required under the terms of
the Herrick
Notes, Huntingdon Notes, Series A Preferred Stock, Series C
Preferred Stock and
other such agreements) to the Financing on the terms and
conditions set forth in
the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Transaction Documents,
including but
not limited to (a) the execution of the agreements relating to
such
transactions, (b) the authorization, creation and issuance of
the Series D
Preferred Stock and the rights and preferences of such preferred
stock as set
forth in the Articles of Amendment to the Articles of
Incorporation with respect
thereto, which Herrick and Huntingdon, as applicable,
acknowledge and consent to
being senior to the Series A Preferred Stock and the Series C
Preferred Stock,
(c) the authorization and issuance of the Investor Warrants,
Preferred Warrant,
Additional Warrants, Satellite Consulting Warrant and Common
Stock issuable upon
exercise thereof, (d) the execution, delivery and performance of
that certain
Letter Agreement, dated the date hereof, by and among the
Company, Forest Hill
Select Offshore, Ltd., Forest Hill Select Fund, L.P. and Lone
Oak Partners, L.P.
and (e) any change in control (as defined in any Herrick Note,
Huntingdon Note,
the Articles of Incorporation or any agreement between the
Company and Herrick
or Huntingdon) which may occur as a result of the Financing.
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10. Each of Herrick and Huntingdon hereby represent, warrant
and
acknowledge to the Company, as to itself only, that:
(a) Such party has, and will have on the Redemption Date
(except
with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock which is
converted), good and
marketable title to the Series A Preferred Stock (with respect
to Herrick only)
and Series C Preferred Stock owned by it, free and clear of all
liens, security
interests, pledges, encumbrances, claims and restrictions.
(b) Such party has ful
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