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NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT,
FIRST AMENDMENT TO STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT, AND
FIRST AMENDMENT TO SUB-SUBLEASE AGREEMENT
This Note Purchase Agreement, First Amendment to
Stock Purchase Agreement and First Amendment to Sub-Sublease
Agreement (this " Agreement "), dated as of
January , 2009, is entered into by and
among Overstock.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("
Seller "), Mountain Reservations, Inc. (f/k/a
OTravel.com, Inc.), a Utah corporation (the " Company
") and Castles Travel, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("
Buyer "). Seller, the Company and Buyer are referred
to herein individually as a " Party " and collectively as
the " Parties ". Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto
in the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).
WHEREAS, the Parties have entered into a Stock
Purchase Agreement dated as of April 25, 2007 (the "
Purchase Agreement ");
WHEREAS, pursuant to
Section 1.5(b)(ii) of the Purchase Agreement, Buyer
issued to Seller the Junior Seller Note, with an initial principal
amount of $3,000,000, and the Senior Seller Note, with an initial
principal amount of $3,000,000, each dated as of April 25,
2007 (collectively, the " Seller Notes ");
WHEREAS, in connection with the Senior Seller Note,
Buyer and Seller entered into a Pledge Agreement dated as of
April 25, 2007 (the " Pledge Agreement "), whereby
Buyer pledged to Seller and granted Seller a security interest in
all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company (the
" Pledged Stock ");
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to enter into this
Agreement to provide for the sale to Buyer of the Seller Notes in
exchange for the consideration described herein;
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 9.3 of the
Purchase Agreement, the Parties desire to amend the Purchase
Agreement as set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, the Company and Seller have entered into a
Sub-Sublease Agreement dated as of January 30, 2008 (the "
Sub-Sublease Agreement "), and desire to amend the
Sub-Sublease Agreement as set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual
covenants, agreements and understandings herein contained, the
receipt and sufficiency of which is acknowledged, the Parties agree
as follows:
1.
Note Purchase Agreement.
(a)
Purchase and Sale of Seller Notes; Termination of the Pledge
Agreement . Seller hereby sells to Buyer, and Buyer
hereby purchases from Seller, all right, title and interest in the
Seller Notes (including all rights to receive payment of any unpaid
principal and/or accrued interest thereunder) (the "Purchase of
Seller Notes") in exchange for a cash payment of $1,250,000 (the
"Note Purchase Price"). As a result of the Purchase of Seller
Notes, and conditioned upon receipt by Seller of
the Purchase Price as specified in
Section 1(b) below, Buyer and Seller hereby agree that
(i) the Seller Notes are hereby cancelled and that neither
Seller nor any other Person have any further rights thereunder and
(ii) the Pledge Agreement is hereby terminated and cancelled
with no further action required from any Party or other
Person.
(b)
Payment of the Note Purchase Price . On the date
hereof, Buyer shall make a payment to Seller by wire transfer, or
delivery of other immediately available funds, in an amount equal
to the Note Purchase Price to an account designated by Seller.
(c)
Delivery to Buyer of each Seller Note and Stock
Certificate(s) . Within a reasonable time after the date
hereof, Seller shall deliver to Buyer (i) the Junior Seller
Note and the Senior Seller Note for cancellation and (ii) the
stock certificate(s) representing the Pledged Stock, together
with any duly executed forms of assignment or stock powers held by
Seller in connection therewith.
2.
Amendment to Purchase Agreement. Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, effective as of Closing, the Purchase
Agreement shall be amended as follows:
(a)
Section 6.3(a) . The phrase "on and after the
Closing until the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date (the
"Restricted Period")" set forth in Section 6.3(a) of the
Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety
to the following:
"on and after the Closing until
January , 2009 (the " Restricted
Period ")"
(b)
Section 6.3(d) . Section 6.3(d) of the
Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety
to the following:
"Seller hereby covenants and agrees that on and
after the Closing until the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date,
Seller and its Affiliates (including any company or other entity
controlled by or under common control with Seller (whether
currently existing or hereafter acquired or formed)) shall not,
directly or indirectly, (i) solicit or induce, or attempt to
solicit or induce, any employee of the Company or of any of the
Company’s Subsidiaries to leave the employ of the Company or
any of its Affiliates for any reason whatsoever, (ii) hire or
employ any employee of the Company or of any of the Company’s
Subsidiaries, or (iii) without the prior written consent of
Buyer, employ any employee of the Company or of any of the
Company’s Subsidiaries within one year of such Company
employee leaving the employment of the Company or any of the
Company’s Subsidiaries; provided however that
Seller will be deemed not to have violated this clause merely as a
result of publishing a solicitation of general circulation."
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(c)
No Other Amendments . Except as expressly modified
herein, the Purchase Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect in accordance with its terms.
3.
Amendment to Sub-Sublease Agreement. Subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, effective as of Closing, the
Sub-Sublease Agreement shall be amended as follows:
(a)
Section 4 . Section 4 of the Sub-Sublease
Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as
follows:
" Base Rental. Tenant agrees to pay
directly to Landlord the monthly Base Rental in advance on the
first of every month, without previous demand therefore and without
set-off, abatement, credit, deduction or claim of offset, on the
first day of each and every calendar month during the Term (the
"Due Date") pursuant to the following schedule:
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Base Rental
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Annual Cost Per
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