Exhibit 10.1
AMENDMENT TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE AND
WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Amendment to Amended and
Restated Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement (this “
Amendment ”) is made effective as of December 4, 2006,
by and among Thomas Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“ Company ”), General John T. Chain, Jr., an
individual (“ Chain ”), and Edward P. Evans, an
individual (“ Evans ,” and collectively with
Chain, “ Purchasers ” and each individually, a
“ Purchaser ”), to amend that certain Amended
and Restated Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement dated as of
October 17, 2002 (the “ Agreement ”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, as of October 17, 2002, the
Company and Purchasers entered into the Agreement;
WHEREAS, Section 5.2 of the
Agreement provides for certain terms regarding the size of the
Board of Directors of the Company (the “ Board
”) and certain rights of the Purchasers with respect to the
nomination or designation of directors for election to the
Board;
WHEREAS, Section 5.9 of the
Agreement provides for certain observer rights prior to the
designation and election to the Board of one Purchaser’s
designees;
WHEREAS, the Company and Purchasers
desire to (i) amend the circumstances under which the number of
members composing the Board may be changed and (ii) amend and
clarify the rights of Purchasers to designate individuals to be
considered as nominees for election to the Board and the
requirements applicable to such designees;
WHEREAS, the Company and Purchasers
acknowledge that Section 5.9 of the Agreement expired at the first
meeting of stockholders of the Company following execution of the
Agreement and therefore desire to delete such Section
5.9;
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used and
not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings
ascribed thereto in the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Section 7.3 of the
Agreement provides that the rights and obligations of the Company
and Purchasers may be amended with the written consent of the
Company and each Purchaser;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises set forth above and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1.
Section 5.2 of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read
in its entirety as follows:
1
“ 5.2
Board Size; Nomination of Directors .
(a)
Board Size . As permitted under the
Company’s Bylaws, the Board of Directors of the Company has
set the authorized number of members of the Board at five and the
number of members of the Board shall remain at five until the
earlier of (i) the first date on which each Purchaser is no
longer the beneficial owner of at least ten percent of the
outstanding Common Stock of the Company or (ii) the Company’s
annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2009 (“ 2009
Annual Meeting ”). Beneficial ownership shall be
determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“ Exchange Act
”).
(b)
Nominating Rights . Chain shall have the right
to designate nominees to fill three of the five director positions
on the Board until the earlier of (i) the first date on which Chain
is no longer the beneficial owner of at least ten percent of the
outstanding Common Stock of the Company or (ii) the 2009 Annual
Meeting. Chain agrees that one of his designated nominees
will always be the Company’s then-current President and Chief
Executive Officer and one of his designated nominees will always be
himself. Evans shall have the right to designate nominees to
fill two of the five director positions on the Board until the
earlier of (i) the first date on which Evans is no longer the
beneficial owner of at least ten percent of the outstanding Common
Stock of the Company or (ii) the 2009 Annual Meeting. Evans agrees
that one of his designated nominees will always be
himself.
(c)
P