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Exhibit
10.1
NOTE REPURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This NOTE REPURCHASE
AGREEMENT (“ Note Repurchase Agreement ”) is
entered into as of February 9, 2008, by and among BROOKE
CREDIT CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ”), and FALCON MEZZANINE PARTNERS II, LP, FMP
II CO-INVESTMENT, LLC and JZ EQUITY PARTNERS PLC (collectively, the
“ Purchasers ”) and FMP Agency Services, LLC, as
collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company
and the Purchasers are parties to a certain Note and Warrant
Purchase Agreement dated as of October 31, 2006 (as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“ Agreement ”) whereby Purchasers purchased
Senior Secured Notes due April 30, 2013 in the aggregate
principal amount of $45,000,000 (the “ Notes ”)
and certain Warrants to purchase Common Stock of the Company (the
“ Warrants ”) pursuant to the terms of the
Agreement;
WHEREAS, the
Purchasers and the Company have decided to work towards a mutually
acceptable wind-up of their relationship and have agreed to use
their commercially reasonable best efforts, to accomplish a series
of tasks that would lead to the winding up of the relationship by
no later than February 29, 2008, namely: (i) on or before
February 29, 2008, the Company shall use its commercially
reasonable best efforts to raise sufficient funds to repurchase the
Notes from the Purchasers at a price of 103.733% of par, or
$46,679,850, plus interest accrued to the date of closing (the
“ Note Repurchase Amount ”); (ii) if the
Company is able to raise such funds and tender the other items
specified herein, the Purchasers will sell the Notes to the Company
for the Note Repurchase Amount, (iii) the Company shall use
its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause the shares of
Common Stock underlying the Warrants to be registered for resale,
on a delayed or continuous basis, on a registration statement on
Form S-3 pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“ Shelf Registration Statement ”), and
(iv) if the Company tenders the items specified herein, the
Purchasers will tender the Warrants to the Company in exchange for
a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 1,014,673 shares of
Common Stock less that number of shares as is necessary to pay the
aggregate Exercise Amount as permitted pursuant to
Section 2(a) of the Warrants, subject to any adjustments or
other events required by the Warrants, (the “ Exchange
Stock ”).
WHEREAS, if each of
the tasks set forth above in (i) through (iv) are timely
accomplished, the parties will release any and all claims that the
have or may claim to have against each other, as provided for and
qualified by the provisions of Exhibit A to this Note
Repurchase Agreement;
WHEREAS, in
consideration of the matters described in this Note Repurchase
Agreement, between the date hereof and February 29, 2008, the
Company intends to gather funds necessary to repurchase the Notes
from the Purchasers as described above; and to deposit and
segregate such funds in account no. 147281 at First National Bank
and Trust (the “ Dedicated Account ”), which
account shall be blocked for the benefit of the Purchasers until
the earlier of a Termination Event or March 3,
2008;
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WHEREAS , the parties
intend to do such other things as may be necessary or appropriate
to achieve the purposes set forth above;
AGREEMENT
NOW THEREFORE , in
consideration of the mutual conditions and agreements set forth in
this Note Repurchase Agreement, the parties agree as
follows:
1. Definitions .
Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreement or the Warrants,
as applicable.
“ Agreemen
t” has the meaning set forth the Recitals.
“ Blocked Account
Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.
“ Capital Raising
Plan ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.
“ Company
” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“ Company
Deliveries ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4(a).
“ Dedicated
Account ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“ Exchange Stock
” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“ Note Repurchase
Amount ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“ Notes ”
has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“ Purchaser
Deliveries ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4(b).
“ Purchasers
” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“ Registration
Rights Agreement ” shall mean that certain Registration
Rights Agreement to be dated as of the Company Tender by and among
the Company and the Purchasers substantially in the form of
Exhibit C hereto.
“ Shelf Registration
Statement ” has the meaning set forth in the
Preamble.
“ Note Repurchase
Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the
Preamble.
“ Note Repurchase
Documents ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.
“ Termination
Event ” means the occurrence of any of the following
events: (a) a Default or an Event of Default (other than of
the type described in Section 2(a) of this Note Repurchase
Agreement) shall occur under the Agreement or any of the
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other Purchaser Documents,
(b) at such time as the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates threatens or asserts any claim or commences any action,
suit or proceeding against the Collateral Agent or any Purchaser,
or (c) the occurrence of (i) any case, action or
proceeding before any court or other Governmental Authority
relating to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, liquidation,
receivership, dissolution, winding up or relief of debtors, or
(ii) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors,
composition, marshaling of assets for creditors or other, similar
arrangement in respect of its creditors generally or any
substantial portion of its creditors; in each case in (i) and
(ii) above, undertaken under United States federal or state or
non United States laws, regulations or rules, including the
Bankruptcy Code.
“ Warrants
” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
2. [Reserved]
3. Dedicated Account .
The Company agrees to use its commercially reasonable best efforts
to raise sufficient cash to pay the Note Repurchase Amount on or
prior to February 29, 2008 by taking the actions described in
the Capital Raising Plan contained in memoranda entitled
“Loan Participation Offering Memorandum” dated
January 3, 2008, and “Confidential Financing
Memorandum” dated January 9, 2008, separately provided
to the Purchasers (the “ Capital Raising Plan
”). The Company agrees that it shall deposit funds sufficient
to pay the Note Repurchase Amount received in respect of the
Capital Raising Plan, when and as received, in the Dedicated
Account. Until the earlier of (a) 5:01 PM CST on
February 29, 2008, or (b) the Business Day following the
date of the Company Tender, the Dedicated Account shall be blocked
as set forth the Blocked Account Control Agreement of even date
herewith with respect to the Dedicated Account (the “
Blocked Account Agreement ”) and the blocking letter
of even date herewith (the Blocking Letter”).
4. Note Repurchase and
Warrant Exercise .
(a) Company Tender .
If the Company is successful in gathering sufficient cash to tender
the Note Purchase Amount, the Company shall tender to the
Purchasers the following (the “ Company Deliveries
”):
(i) the full amount of the
Note Repurchase Amount;
(ii) share certificates
representing the Exchange Stock in the names of the Purchasers or
their designees, containing only those restrictive legends required
by federal or state securities laws;
(iii) evidence that the
Company has prepared and filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission the Shelf Registration Statement with respect
to the resale by the Purchasers, on a delayed or continuous basis,
of the Warrants and the Exchange Stock in compliance with the
requirements set forth in the Registration Rights
Agreement;
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(iv) an executed copy of the
mutual release of claims in the form set forth in Exhibit A
hereto signed by the Parent and the Borrower;
(v) an executed copy of the
Registration Rights Agreement in the form set forth in Exhibit
C hereto; and
(vi) an amount sufficient to
reimburse the Purchasers for any out-of-pocket expenses
reimbursable pursuant to the terms of Section 14 of this Note
Repurchase Agreement, or evidence satisfactory to the Purchasers
that such amounts have been paid.
(b) Purchaser Tender .
If the Purchasers receive the Company Deliveries prior to 5:00 pm
(CST) on February 29, 2008, the Purchasers shall tender to the
Company the following (the “ Purchaser Deliveries
”):
(i) the Notes;
(ii) the Warrants;
(iii) an executed copy of the
mutual release of claims in the form set forth in Exhibit A
hereto signed by each of the Purchasers and the Collateral Agent;
and
(iv) an executed copy of the
Registration Rights Agreement in the form set forth in Exhibit
C hereto.
5. Representations and
Warranties . To induce the Purchasers to enter into this Note
Repurchase Agreement, Company represents and warrants to the
Purchasers that:
(a) the execution, delivery
and performance of this Note Repurchase Agreement, and of the
agreements, documents and instruments executed and/or delivered in
connection therewith (together with this Note Repurchase Agreement,
the “ Note Repurchase Documents ”), have been
duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of
the Company and the other parties thereto and that this Note
Repurchase Agreement and each of the other Note Repurchase
Documents (i) has been duly executed and delivered by the
Company and the other parties thereto and (ii) constitutes the
valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the
Company in accordance with its terms;
(b) the execution, delivery
and performance of this Note Repurchase Agreement and each of the
other Note Repurchase Documents does not and will not contravene,
conflict with, violate or constitute a default under such
party’s by-laws or articles or certificate of incorporation,
or any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any judgment, decree
or order, of which such party has knowledge or any material
agreement, indenture or instrument to which such party is a party
or is bound or which is binding upon or applicable to all or any
portion of its property;
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(c) the Collateral Agent and
the Purchasers may enforce the payment of the liabilities and the
performance of the obligations of the Borrower as set forth in the
Purchaser Documents and as provided by applicable law;
and
(d) by its signature below,
the Company agrees that it shall constitute and Event of Default if
any representation or warranty made herein should be false or
misleading in any material respect.
6. Additional
Covenants . In addition to the covenants contained in
Section 6 and Section 7 of the Agreement, the Company
agrees to abide by each of the following additional covenants,
provided , that if no transaction is completed as
contemplated under the covenants in (b) and (c) shall
continue thereafter:
(a) the Company shall provide
the Purchasers with daily online access to a report on the balance
of the Dedicated Account;
(b) the Company shall provide
the Purchasers with information requested on Exhibit B
hereto with the frequency indicated thereon; and
(c) the Company shall use its
commercially reasonable best efforts to prepare and promptly file
the Shelf Registration Statement and to cause the Shelf
Registration Statement to be declared effective
promptly.
7. No Waiver . Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of
compliance with any term or condition contained in the Agreement or
any of the other Purchaser Documents and nothing contained herein
shall constitute a course of conduct or dealing among the parties
hereto. The Collateral Agent and each Purchaser reserve all rights,
privileges and remedies under the Purchaser Documents. Except as
amended hereby, the Agreement and the other Purchaser Documents
remain unmodified and in full force and effect. All references in
the Purchaser Documents to the Agreement shall be deemed to be
references to the Agreement as amended hereby.
8. Negotiations . The
Borrower stipulates and agrees that each of the Purchaser Documents
and the Note Repurchase Documents are products of and result from
arms-length negotiations between the parties and that neither the
Collateral Agent nor the Purchasers nor any other party has exerted
or attempted to exert improper or unlawful pressure or influence in
connection with the execution or delivery of the Note Repurchase
Documents or any of the other Purchaser Documents. Without in any
way limiting the foregoing, each of the parties hereto stipulates
and agrees that at all times during the course of the negotiations
surrounding the execution and delivery of the Purchaser Documents
and the Note Repurchase Documents, such party has, to the extent
deemed necessary or advisable in its sole discretion, been advised
and assisted by competent counsel of its own choosing, and that
counsel has been present and actively participated in the
negotiations surrounding the Purchaser Documents and the Note
Repurchase Documents.
9. Severability;
Counterparts . Any provision of this Note Repurchase Agreement
held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or
unenforceable shall
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not impair or invalidate the remainder
of this Note Repurchase Agreement and the effect thereof shall be
confined to the provision so held to be invalid or unenforceable.
This Note Repurchase Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all
of which taken together shall be one and the same
instrument.
10. Ratification . The
terms and provisions set forth in this Note Repurchase Agreement
shall modify and supersede all inconsistent terms and provisions of
either the Agreement or the Warrants and shall not be deemed to be
consent to the modification or waiver of any other term or
condition of the Agreement or Warrants. Except as expressly
modified and superseded by this Note Repurchase Agreement, the
terms and provisions of the Agreement and Warrants are ratified and
confirmed and shall continue in full force and effect.
11. Integration . This
Note Repurchase Agreement contains the entire understanding and
agreement among the Company and the Purchasers with respect to the
subject matter hereof and supersedes any other prior written or
oral understandings or agreements among them with respect
thereto.
12. Incorporation of
Recitals . The parties acknowledge and agree that the Recitals
are a material part of this Note Repurchase Agreement, and shall be
considered an operative section of this Agreement, as if more fully
set forth herein.
13. Status as Purchaser
Document . The parties intend for this Note Repurchase
Agreement to be a Purchaser Document. As a result, and
notwithstanding anything in the Agreement to the contrary, any
breach of the terms of this Note Repurchase Agreement by the
Borrower shall be an immediate Event of Default under the
Agreement.
14. Expenses .
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, upon
presentation of documentation by the Purchasers and the Collateral
Agent (including itemized bills from legal counsel stating services
rendered, time expended and hourly rates of participating
attorneys), the Borrower agrees to pay (or reimburse, as the case
may be) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the
Collateral Agent and the Purchasers in connection with the matters
contemplated by this Note Repurchase Agreement.
15. Governing Law .
This Note Repurchase Agreement shall be governed by, and construed
in accordance with, the law of the State of New York without
reference to choice of law principles, including all matters of
construction, validity and performance.
(Signature Page
Follows)
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The Purchasers, the
Collateral Agent and Company have executed this instrument the day
and year set forth above.
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FALCON MEZZANINE PARTNERS II,
LP
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By:
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Falcon Mezzanine Investments II,
LLC,
its General Partner
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By:
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Name:
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William
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Title:
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Managing
Director |
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FMP II CO-INVESTMENT,
LLC
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By:
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Name:
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William
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Title:
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Managing
Director |
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FMP AGENCY SERVICES,
LLC
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By:
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Name:
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William
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Title:
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Managing
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JZ EQUITY PARTNERS PLC
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By:
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Name:
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David W.
Zalaznick |
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Title:
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Investment Advisor/Authorized Signatory |
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BROOKE CREDIT
CORPORATION
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By:
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Name:
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Michael
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Title:
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EXHIBIT A
Form of Mutual
Release
(a) Upon consummation of the
transactions contemplated herein, the Company, on behalf of itself
and its Subsidiaries, and the Parent hereby remise, release,
acquit, satisfy and forever discharge the Collateral Agent and the
Purchasers, each of their respective agents, employees, partners,
officers, directors, predecessors, attorneys and all others acting
or purporting to act on behalf of or at the direction of the
Collateral Agent or the Purchasers (collectively, the “
Purchaser Releasees ”), of and from any and all manner
of actions, causes of action, suit, debts, accounts, covenants,
contracts, controversies, agreements, variances, damages,
judgments, claims and demands whatsoever, in law or in equity,
which any of such parties ever had, now has or, to the extent
arising from or in connection with any act, omission or state of
facts taken or existing on or prior to the date hereof, may have
after the date hereof against the Purchaser Releasees for, upon or
by reason of any matter, cause or thing whatsoever through the date
hereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Company, on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries, and the Parent
hereby waive and affirmatively agree not to allege or otherwise
pursue any defenses, affirmative defenses, counterclaims, claims,
causes of action, setoffs or other rights that any of them does,
shall or may have as of the date hereof, including, but not limited
to, the rights to contest any conduct of the Purchaser Releasees.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Release shall
restrict the Company from enforcing the terms of the Note
Repurchase Agreement, that certain Registration Rights Agreement
dated as of July 18, 2007 by and among the Company, Brooke
Corporation, the Purchasers and the other parties signatory thereto
(the “Registration Rights Agreement (Oakmont)”), and
that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated the date hereof by
and among the Company and the Purchasers (the “Registration
Rights Agreement (Mezzanine Investors)”).
(b) Upon consummation of the
transactions contemplated herein, the Collateral Agent and the
Purchasers hereby remise, release, acquit, satisfy and forever
discharge the Company and its Subsidiaries, the Parent, each of
their respective agents, employees, partners, officers, directors,
predecessors, attorneys and all others acting or purporting to act
on behalf of or at the direction of the Collateral Agent or the
Purchasers (collectively, the “ Company Releasees
”), of and from any and all manner of actions, causes of
action, suit, debts, accounts, covenants, contracts, controversies,
agreements, variances, damages, judgments, claims and demands
whatsoever, in law or in equity, which any of such parties ever
had, now has or, to the extent arising from or in connection with
any act, omission or state of facts taken or existing on or prior
to the date hereof, may have after the date hereof against the
Company Releasees for, upon or by reason of any matter, cause or
thing whatsoever through the date hereof. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent and the
Purchasers hereby waive and affirmatively agree not to allege or
otherwise pursue any defenses, affirmative defenses, counterclaims,
claims, causes of action, setoffs or other rights that it does,
shall or may have as of the date hereof, including, but not limited
to, the rights to contest any conduct of the Company or any other
Company Releasees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this
Release shall restrict the Collateral Agent and the Purchasers from
enforcing the terms of the Note Repurchase Agreement, the
Registration Rights Agreement (Oakmont) or the Registration Rights
Agreement (Mezzanine Investors).
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EXHIBIT B
Information
Request
As I mentioned on our call earlier
today, the Purchasers have requested the following additional
information. This information should be delivered as soon
as possible (but not later than three Business Days
from today) and then with the frequency noted
below:
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bi-monthly credit review reports (see attached example
from october)
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bi-monthly
details on company-owned stores (see exhibit 1 attached)
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bi-monthly
updates to exhibit 5 (refinancing)
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weekly
schedule of all related-party transactions (transfers,
buyer-assistance plan fees, loans, etc.)
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weekly update
of Schedule 3.1(K) of the security agreement (deposit accounts)
together with transaction reports for each bank account
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weekly loan
sale reports (for the initial report, please indicate the
dollar volume of loans available for sale that have been sold since
11/14/07)
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weekly update
of any loan originations greater than $1.0mm
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monthly
geographic concentration detail for any state greater than 10% of
total portfolio
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In addition, the Purchasers are
requesting a teleconference with Brooke’s
accountants before the end of next week.
These requests are being made pursuant
to Sections 6.1, 6.3 and 6.4 of the Note Purchase
Agreement. Failure to comply with these requests within the
requested time periods will constitute a default under the
Note Purchase Agreement.
Please do not hesitate to contact me
with any questions.
regards,
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EXHIBIT C
Form of Registration
Rights Agreement
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights
Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is made
and entered into as of
, 2008, among Brooke Credit
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (as successor by merger to
Brooke Credit Corporation, a Kansas corporation, the “
Company ”), and the various parties identified
as “ Holders ” on the signature pages
hereto.
WHEREAS , the Company
issued Warrants dated as of October 31, 2006, which Warrants
were amended by the terms of that certain Limited Consent, Waiver
and First Amendment dated as of July 16, 2007 (the “
Warrants ”);
WHEREAS , the Warrants
contain certain demand and piggyback registration
rights;
WHEREAS , the Holders
have agreed to exercise the Warrants upon the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in that certain Standstill Agreement dated
as of January __, 2008;
WHEREAS , the Holders
have agreed to surrender the Warrants upon the exercise
thereof;
WHEREAS , the parties
have agreed to enter into this Agreement to amend and restate and
supersede and replace the registration rights that are currently
provided for in the Warrants;
WHEREAS , the parties
have agreed that the Warrants and the Shares into which the
Warrants are exercisable will have the benefits of the registration
rights provided for in this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE , the
parties agree as follows:
I Definitions.
In addition to the terms
defined elsewhere in this Agreement the following terms have the
meaning indicated:
“ Business
Day ” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or
other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized
by law to close.
“
Commission ” means the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission.
“ Convertible
Securities ” means any securities convertible into or
exchangeable for Shares.
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“ Exchange
Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or
any successor Federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the
time. Reference to a particular section of the Exchange Act shall
include a reference to the comparable section, if any, of any such
successor Federal statute.
“ Options
” means any rights to subscribe for or to purchase Shares, or
any warrants or options for the purchase of Shares.
“ Person
” means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an
association, a trust or any other entity or organization, including
a government or political subdivision or an agency or
instrumentality thereof.
“ Registrable
Securities ” means any Shares held by a Holder until
(a) a registration statement under the Securities Act covering
such Shares shall have been declared effective and such Shares
shall have been disposed of pursuant to such effective registration
statement, or (b) such Shares shall have been sold under
circumstances in which all of the conditions of Rule 144 (or any
similar provisions then in force) under the Securities Act were met
or all such Shares may be sold pursuant to Rule 144(k) in any three
month period.
“ Securities
Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, or any
successor Federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the
time. Reference to a particular section of the Securities Act shall
include a reference to the comparable section, if any, of any such
successor Federal statute.
“ Shares
” means the Company’s currently authorized common
stock, $.01 par value, and stock of any other class or other
consideration into which such currently authorized capital stock
may hereafter have been changed.
II Registration of
Shares.
The Shares have not been
registered with the Commission under the Securities Act or
qualified for sale pursuant to any st
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