Exhibit 10.2
EXHIBIT A
VOTING AGREEMENT
VOTING AGREEMENT,
dated as of May 23, 2008 (this “ Agreement
”), by and among American Defense Systems, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and the
stockholder listed on the signature page hereto under the
heading “ Stockholder ” (the “
Stockholder ”).
WHEREAS, the
Company and certain investors (each, an “ Investor
”, and collectively, the “ Investors ”)
have entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as
March 7, 2008 (the “ Securities Purchase
Agreement ”), pursuant to which, among other things, the
Company has agreed to issue and sell to the Investors and the
Investors have agreed to purchase, (i) shares of the
Company’s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“
Preferred Shares ”), which Preferred Shares are
convertible into shares of the common stock, par value $0.001 per
share (the “ Common Stock ”); and
(ii) warrants which are exercisable to purchase shares of
Common Stock .
WHEREAS, as of the
date hereof, the Stockholder owns the number of shares of Common
Stock as set forth on Appendix A hereto; and
WHEREAS, as a
condition to the willingness of the Investors to enter into that
certain Consent and Agreement of Series A Convertible
Preferred Stockholders, dated as of May 23, 2008 (the “
Consent and Agreement ”), the Investors have required
that the Stockholder agree, and in order to induce the Investors to
enter into the Consent and Agreement, the Stockholder has agreed,
to enter into this Agreement with respect to all the Common Stock
now owned and which may hereafter be acquired by the Stockholder
and any other securities, if any, which the Stockholder is
currently entitled to vote, or after the date hereof, becomes
entitled to vote, at any meeting of stockholders of the Company
(the “ Other Securities ”).
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and
agreements contained herein, and intending to be legally bound
hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
VOTING AGREEMENT OF THE
STOCKHOLDER
SECTION 1.01.
Voting Agreement . Subject to the last sentence of this
Section 1.01, the Stockholder hereby agrees that at any
meeting of the stockholders of the Company, however called, and in
any action by written consent of the Company’s stockholders,
the Stockholder shall vote the Common Stock and the Other
Securities: (a) in favor of the Stockholder Approval (as
defined in the Consent and Agreement) as described in
Section 4 of the Consent and Agreement; and (b) against
any proposal or any other corporate action or agreement that would
result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or
any other obligation or agreement of the Company under the Consent
and Agreement or which could result in any of the conditions to the
Company’s obligations under the Consent and Agreement not
being fulfilled. The Stockholder acknowledges receipt and review of
a copy of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Consent and
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (as
defined in the
Securities Purchase Agreement). The obligations of the Stockholder
under this Section 1.01 shall terminate immediately following
the occurrence of the Stockholder Approval.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
STOCKHOLDER
The
Stockholder hereby represents and warrants to each of the Investors
as follows:
SECTION 2.01.
Authority Relative to This Agreement . The Stockholder has
all necessary power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement, to perform his or its obligations hereunder and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has
been duly executed and delivered by the Stockholder and constitutes
a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Stockholder,
enforceable against the Stockholder in accordance with its terms,
except (a) as such enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance,
moratorium or similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to,
or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ and
other obligees’ rights, (b) where the remedy of specific
performance or other forms of equitable relief may be subject to
certain equitable defenses and principles and to the discretion of
the court before which the proceeding may be brought, and
(c) where rights to indemnity and contribution thereunder may
be limited by applicable law and public policy.
SECTION 2.02.
No Conflict . (a) The execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the Stockholder does not, and the performance of this
Agreement by the Stockholder shall not, (i) conflict with or
violate any federal, state or local law, statute, ordinance, rule,
regulation, order, judgment or decree applicable to any Stockholder
or by which the Common Stock or the Other Securities owned by the
Stockholder are bound or affected or (ii) result in any breach
of or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse
of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others
any rights of t
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