EXHIBIT
10(xxii)
DEBT EXCHANGE
AGREEMENT
DEBT
EXCHANGE AGREEMENT (this " Agreement "),
dated as of December 7, 2005, by and between NEW GENERATION
HOLDINGS, INC. , a Delaware corporation (“
NGH ”), NEW GENERATION
PLASTIC, INC ., a Delaware corporation wholly owned by NGH
(" NGP ") and JACQUES MOT
, the Chief Executive Officer of NGH (" JM
").
W
I
T N E S
S E T H
:
WHEREAS , NGH is indebted to JM in the amount of
$753,304.27 representing fees owed to JM under his Consulting
Agreement with the Company (the " JM
Agreement ") through December 31, 2004 (the “
NGH Debt ”);
WHEREAS , NGP is indebted to NGH in the amount of
$3,978,682.18 (the “ NGP Debt
”);
WHEREAS, NGH had been dormant with no business activities
for more than two (2) years;
WHEREAS, through the efforts of JM, the Company has
survived and raised additional funds in an effort to revive its
dormant plastic business through NGP;
WHEREAS , in order to recognize the significant efforts
of JM in attempting to revive the Company's business and continue
to retain his services, the parties desire to reward JM with an
increased equity stake in the Company by exchanging the NGH Debt
owed to JM for a Convertible Promissory Note in the original
principal amount of the NGH Debt which note shall be convertible
into shares of NGH or NGP Preferred Stock, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE , in
consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and
agreements contained herein and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound,
hereby agree as follows:
1.
EXCHANGE OF DEBT . The parties agree that, upon the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, NGH will issue JM a Convertible
Promissory Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached
hereto in the amount of NGH Debt (the " Convertible
Note "). The Convertible Note shall be convertible, at
the option of JM, into shares of Series A Preferred Stock of
either: (i) NGH at a conversion price of $1.507 per share; or (ii)
NGP at a conversion price of $1.507 per share subject to the
conditions set forth in Section 2 below. In the event that JM
elects to convert the Convertible Note into shares of NGH Preferred
Stock the NGH Debt owed to JM shall be deemed satisfied in full
with no further obligation from NGH to JM. In the event that JM
elects to convert the Convertible Note into shares of NGP Preferred
Stock the NGP Debt owed to NGH and the NGH Debt owed to JM shall
each be deemed satisfied in full with no further obligation from
NGH to JM and no further obligation from NGP to NGH. Upon execution
of this Agreement and issuance of the Convertible Note, JM shall
return the JM Note (or an affidavit of loss in lieu thereof) to NGH
for cancellation. Nothing contained herein shall affect JM's right
to receive additional fees under the JM Agreement that become due
following the date of this Agreement.
JM's option to convert principal and interest
under the Convertible Note into shares of NGP Preferred Stock
pursuant to Section 1 shall be subject to the satisfaction of the
following conditions:
(i) The
stockholders of NGH shall have approved the "spinoff" of NGP to the
shareholders of NGH on or before June 30, 2006; and
(ii) NGP shall
have become a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange
Act ”).
3.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PARTIES;
COVENANTS .
(a)
NGP represents and warrants that the NGP Debt owed to NGH is
a valid debt, not subject to offset or counterclaim of any nature.
NGH represents and warrants that the NGH Debt owed to JM is a valid
debt not subject to offset or counterclaim of any nature. NGH
represents and warrants that this Agreement has been duly
authorized by its Board of Directors, including its Independent
Director, and that this Agreement is binding and enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms. Following execution of
this Agreement, NGH shall seek stockholder approval of the
“spinoff” of NGP once NGH is current in its Exchange
Act filings. NGP represents and warrants that this Agreement has
been duly authorized by its Board of Directors, including its
Independent Director, and by its stockholders. In addition, NGP
represents and warrants that the shares of NGP Preferred Stock
issuable to JM upon the conversion of the Convertible Promissory
Note will be fully paid, validly issued and non-assessable. JM
represents that this Agreement is binding and enforceable against
him in accordance with its terms.
(b)
NGH and NGP each covenant and agree that promptly following a
request by JM, such company shall file documents or instruments
necessary or appropriate to adopt Preferred Stock terms
substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. NGH
covenants and agrees to submit this Agreement to its stockholders
for ratification at its next stockholders meeting. In the event
that either NGH or NGP proposes to register any of its securities
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, whether for its own
account or for the account of holders of its securities (except
with respect to registration statements on Forms S-4, S-8 or any
successor or similar form or “Rule 145” transactions),
the Company shall provide JM with prior written notice and JM shall
have the right to include any shares of Common Stock underlying
Preferred Stock issued pursuant to this Agreement and/or the
Convertible Note in such registration; provided, however, if any
particular registration to be effected by NGH or NGP shall be, in
whole or in part, an underwritten public offering of Common Stock
for the account of NGH or NGP, as applicable, the number of shares
of JM's Common Stock to be included in such an underwriting may be
reduced pro rata among JM, the Company and/or the other holders of
NGH or NGP Common Stock requesting inclusion in such registration
and if, and to the extent that the managing underwriter shall be of
the opinion that the inclusion of all of the shares requested to be
included in such underwriting by JM would materially and adversely
affect the marketing of the Common Stock to be sold by the Company
under such registration statement.
4.
LAW APPLICABLE . This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed pursuant to the laws of Delaware without giving effect to
any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of
the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause
the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the
State of Delaware.
5.
SEVERABILITY . If any provision of this
Agreement shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable, and is not
reformed by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or
unenforceability shall attach only to such provision and shall not
in any way affect or render invalid or unenforceable any other
provision of this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be carried
out as if such invalid or unenforceable provision were not
contained herein.
6.
NO WAIVER . A waiver of any breach or
violation of any term, provision or covenant contained herein shall
not be deemed a continuing waiver or a waiver of any future or past
breach or violation. No oral waiver shall be binding.
7.
ENTIRE AGREEMENT; AMENDMENT . This
Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and
supersedes all prior understandings or agreements, whether written
or oral, with respect to the subject matter hereof. No amendment or
modification of this Agreement shall be valid unless it is in
writing and signed by each party.
8.
COUNTERPARTS . This Agreement may be
executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but
all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument
and it shall not be necessary in making proof of this agreement to
account for all such counterparts.
[Signature page to Debt
Exchange Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned have hereunto set their hands
to this Agreement as of the day and year first above
written.
NEW
GENERATION HOLDINGS, INC.
NEW
GENERATION PLASTICS, INC.
Exhibit A
Form of Convertible Promissory
Note
See Attached
Exhibit B
Form of Preferred Stock
Terms
Section
II.
Preferred
Stock . The designation of the series of
Preferred Stock created hereby is Series A Preferred Stock and the
number of shares constituting such series is One Million
(1,000,000) (the " Series A Preferred Stock " or
the " Preferred Stock "). The powers, privileges,
preferences, rights, restrictions of, and other matters relating to
the Series A Preferred Stock, are as follows:
When and as
declared by the Corporation’s Board of Directors and to the
extent permitted under the General Corporation Law of Delaware, the
Corporation shall be obligated to pay preferential dividends to the
holders of the Series A Preferred Stock prior and in preference to
Common Stock as provided in this Section II.1. Dividends on each
share of the Series A Preferred Stock (a “ Series A
Share ”) shall accrue at the rate of 8% per annum,
compounded quarterly, on the sum of the Series A Liquidation
Preference thereof plus all accumulated and unpaid dividends
thereon from and including the Date of Issuance of such Series A
Share to and including the first to occur of (i) the date on which
the Series A Liquidation Preference of such Series A Share, plus
all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, is paid to the holder
thereof in connection with the liquidation of the Corporation, (ii)
the date on which such Series A Share is converted into shares of
Common Stock hereunder or (iii) the date on which such Series A
Share is otherwise acquired by the Corporation. Such dividends
shall accrue whether or not they have been declared and whether or
not there are profits, surplus or other funds of the Corporation
legally available for the payment of dividends, and such dividends
shall be cumulative such that all accrued and unpaid dividends
shall be fully paid or declared with funds irrevocably set apart
for payment before any dividends, distributions, redemptions or
other payments may be made with respect to any Common
Stock.
Except as
otherwise provided herein, if at any time the Corporation pays less
than the total amount of dividends then accrued with respect to the
Series A Preferred, such payment shall be distributed, pro rata
among the holders of Series A Preferred based upon the preferences
set forth in Section II.1(a) above and based upon the aggregate
accrued but unpaid dividends on the Shares held by each such
holder.
In the event
that the Corporation declares or pays any dividends upon the Common
Stock (whether payable in cash, securities or other property) other
than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock, the
Corporation shall also declare and pay to the holders of the Series
A Preferred Stock at the same time that it declares and pays such
dividends to the holders of the Common Stock, the dividends which
would have been declared and paid with respect to the Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock had all of
the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock been converted immediately
prior to the record date for such dividend, or if no record date is
fixed, the date as of which the record holders of Common Stock
entitled to such dividends are to be determined.
2.
Liquidation Preference .
(a) In the event
of any liquidation, dissolutio