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EX-4.20
WAIVER AND AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS WAIVER AND AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT,
effective as of May __, 2007 (the "AMENDMENT"), is entered into
by and between
Summit Global Logistics, Inc., a Delaware corporation, formerly
known as Aerobic
Creations, Inc. ("COMPANY"), and Investors constituting at least
the Required
Holders. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall
have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Registration Rights Agreement (as
hereinafter defined).
WHEREAS, pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement (Common
Stock and
Warrants), dated as of November 8, 2006 by and among Maritime
Logistics US
Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation, the Company (pursuant to
that certain
Joinder Agreement dated as of November 8, 2006) and the Buyers,
the Company sold
to each Buyer (i) Common Stock and (ii) Warrants and in
connection therewith the
Company and the Buyers entered into the Registration Rights
Agreement
("REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT").
WHEREAS, the Company requested that the Investors enter into
this
Amendment to amend the Registration Rights Agreement in certain
respects as
provided herein and waive certain penalties relating to an
Effectiveness Failure
(the Company's failure to cause the Registration Statement to be
declared
effective by the SEC no later than the Effectiveness
Deadline);
WHEREAS, in exchange for this Amendment, the Company has agreed
to issue
to the Investors certain additional convertible notes (of like
tenor to the
Notes, as amended, except such notes are unsecured);
WHEREAS, the signatures of the Required Holders (the Investors
holding
of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities) are
required to effect the
waiver and amend the Registration Rights Agreement as provided
herein and
whereas each of the signatories hereto, representing at least
the Required
Holders, have agreed to effect such waiver and amend the
Registration Rights
Agreement as provided herein; and
WHEREAS, the Company wishes to raise additional capital through
the sale
of additional convertible notes and warrants (of like tenor to
the Notes as
amended and the warrants, the "NEW NOTES" and "NEW WARRANTS,"
respectively).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
mutual
covenants contained herein, the receipt and sufficiency are
hereby acknowledged,
the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT. The
parties
hereto agree as follows, effective as of the date hereof:
(a) All references to Aerobic Creations, Inc. or ShellCo shall
hereafter
be a reference to Summit Global Logistics, Inc.
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(b) That the definition of the term "Notes" for the purposes of
the
Registration Rights Agreement shall mean (i) in respect of the
period from
November 8, 2006 through the day immediately preceding the date
hereof, the
"Notes", as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement prior
to giving effect
to this Amendment and (ii) in respect of the period from and
after the date
hereof, (A) the "Notes", as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement prior
to giving effect to this Amendment, as such Notes are amended
and restated (B)
the New Notes, (C) the secured convertible notes issuable
pursuant to Section 3
hereof and (D) the convertible notes issued in connection with
the amendment to
the registration rights agreement relating to the Notes.
(c) That the definition of term "Warrants" for the purposes of
the
Registration Rights Agreement shall mean (i) in respect of the
period from
November 8, 2006 through the day immediately preceding the date
hereof, the
"Warrants", as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement
prior to giving
effect to this Amendment and (ii) in respect of the period from
and after the
date hereof, the "Warrants", as defined in the Registration
Rights Agreement
prior to giving effect to this Amendment plus the New
Warrants.
(d) Section 1(f) of the Registration Rights Agreement is hereby
amended
and restated in its entirety by deleting the first sentence
therefrom in its
entirety and substituting the following sentence in lieu
thereof:
"EFFECTIVENESS DEADLINE" means, after the date hereof, the
date
that is (i) 90 days after the date on which the Registration
Statement or an amendment thereto is next filed with the SEC
provided that such Registration Statement or amendment is
next
filed with the SEC within 30 days after the date of the
Amendment
or (ii) 90 days after the date of the Amendment if the
Registration Statement or an amendment thereto is not next
filed
with the SEC within 30 days after the date of the Amendment.
(e) Section 2(d) of the Registration Rights Agreement is hereby
amended
by amending and restating the third subparagraph in its entirety
as follows and
adding the following two paragraphs as the fourth and fifth
subparagraphs
respectively:
Third, if the exclusion of the sum of (i) the number of shares
of
Common Stock held by those holders of the Company who held
shares of
Common Stock prior to the effectiveness of the Merger, (ii) 130%
of the
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of
warrants
issued to Rodman & Renshaw, LLC as placement agent in
respect of the
offerings of the Registrable Securities and Other Securities and
(iii)
the securities held by KRG is insufficient to meet the
reduction
required by the SEC, then 130% of the number of shares of Common
Stock
issuable upon the exercise of Warrants and the Common Warrants
included
in such Registration Statement shall be reduced (such
reduction
allocated pro rata among the holders thereof) until the
reduction
required by the SEC is effected.
"Fourth, if the exclusion of 130% of the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of Warrants and the
Common
Warrants included in such Registration Statement is insufficient
to meet
the reduction required by the SEC, then 130% of the number of
shares
issuable upon conversion of the Notes shall be reduced
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(such reduction allocated pro rata among the holders thereof)
until the
first to occur of (i) the reduction required by the SEC is
effected or
(ii) the number of shares is reduced to 100% of the shares
issuable upon
the conversion of the Notes.
Fifth, if the exclusion of shares issuable upon the conversion
of
the Notes pursuant to the previous paragraph is insufficient to
meet the
reduction required by the SEC, then (i) the number of shares
issuable
upon the conversion of the Notes and (ii) the shares of Common
Stock
included in the Registrable Securities which have not otherwise
been
reduced shall be reduced (such reduction allocated pro rata
among the
holders of the Notes and such holders of Common Stock) until
the
reduction required by the SEC is effected."
SECTION 2. WAIVER. Each of the Investors signatory hereto hereby
waives,
on their behalf and as the Required Holders on the behalf of all
Investors, any
Effectiveness Failure existing as of the date hereof and any and
all penalties
or payments relating thereto. This waiver is and shall be
effective solely for
the existing Effectiveness Failure and any and all penalties or
payments
relating thereto and is not and shall not be applicable to any
Effectiveness
Failure hereafter occurring.
SECTION 3. NOTE ISSUANCE. In consideration for this Amendment,
the
Company shall promptly issue to the Investors (pro rata among
the Investors
based upon the principal amount of number of shares of common
stock purchased
pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement (Common Stock and
Warrants) that
are held by such Investors) convertible notes of the Company in
an aggregate
principal amount of $1,000,000 for no additional consideration
(collectively,
the "PIPE NOTES").
SECTION 4. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT.
(a) Each Investor hereby (x) appoints Law Debenture Trust
Company of New
York, as the administrative agent for such Investor hereunder
(the
"ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT"), and (y) each Investor hereby authorizes
the
Administrative Agent (and its officers, directors, employees and
agents) in such
capacity to take any and all such actions on its behalf with
respect to all
obligations under the PIPE Notes in accordance with the terms of
this Amendment
and the PIPE Notes. The Administrative Agent shall not have, by
reason hereof or
any of the PIPE Notes, a fiduciary relationship in respect of
any Investor.
Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its officers,
directors, employees
and agents shall have any liability to any Investor for any
action taken or
omitted to be taken in connection herewith or therewith except
to the extent
caused by its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, and
each Investor
agrees to defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless the
Administrative Agent
and all of its officers, directors, employees and agents
(collectively, the "AA
INDEMNITEES") from and against any losses, damages, liabilities,
obligations,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, fees, costs and expenses
(including,
without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees, costs and
expenses) incurred by
such AA Indemnitee, whether direct, indirect or consequential,
arising from or
in connection with the performance by such AA Indemnitee of the
duties and
obligations of Administrative Agent pursuant hereto, the PIPE
Notes and/or the
Intercreditor Agreement (hereinafter defined).
(b) The Administrative Agent may resign from the performance of
all its
functions and duties hereunder at any time by giving at least
fifteen (15)
Business Days' prior written
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notice to the Company and each holder of the PIPE Notes. Such
resignation shall
take effect upon the acceptance by a successor Administrative
Agent of
appointment as provided below. Upon any such notice of
resignation, the holders
of a majority of the outstanding principal under the PIPE Notes
shall appoint a
successor Administrative Agent. Upon the acceptance of the
appointment as
Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall
succeed to and
become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties
of the retiring
Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent
shall be discharged
from its duties and obligations under this Amendment. After any
Administrative
Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section
shall inure to its
benefit. If a successor Administrative Agent shall not have been
so appointed
within said fifteen (15) Business Day period, the retiring
Administrative Agent
shall then appoint a successor Administrative Agent who shall
serve until such
time, if any, as the holders of a majority of the outstanding
principal under
the PIPE Notes appoint a successor Administrative Agent as
provided above.
(c) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each
Investor
hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes Administrative Agent
to execute and
deliver the Intercreditor and Subordination Agreement dated as
of even date
hereof by and between Fortress Credit Corp., in its capacity as
collateral agent
for certain financial institutions, and the Administrative
Agent, in its
capacity as administrative agent for the Investors, for and on
behalf of such
Investor (as amended, restated, supplemented and/or modified
from time to time,
the "INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT") and to perform all of the
obligations and duties
of Administrative Agent provided for therein, and each Investor
shall be bound
by the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, as if such Investor
were an
original signatory thereto. As to (x) any matters not expressly
provided for by
this Amendment and the PIPE Notes and (y) any amendments,
consents or waivers in
connection with the PIPE Notes or the Intercreditor Agreement,
the
Administrative Agent shall not be required to exercise any
discretion or take
any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from
acting (and shall be
fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the
instructions of
the Required Holders, and such instructions of the Required
Holders shall be
binding upon all Investors.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall have no duties or
responsibilities
except those expressly set forth in this Amendment, the
Intercreditor Agreement
and the PIPE Notes. The duties of the Administrative Agent shall
be mechanical
and administrative in nature. The Administrative Agent shall not
have by reason
of this Amendment, the Intercreditor Agrement or the PIPE Notes
a fiduciary
relationship in respect of any Investor. Nothing in this
Amendment, the PIPE
Notes or the Intercreditor Agreement, express or implied, is
intended to or
shall be construed to impose upon the Administrative Agent any
obligations in
respect of this Amendment, the PIPE Notes or the Intercreditor
Agreement except
as expressly set forth herein or therein.
(e) If Company or Fortress Credit Corp. (or any successor or
replacement
agent under the Senior Loan Agreement) seeks the consent or
approval of the
Required Holders to the taking or refraining from taking any
action hereunder,
Company shall send notice thereof to each Investor. Any such
consents shall be
solicited and tabulated by Company, or a solicitation and/or
tabulation agent
engaged by Company, subject to the Administrative Agent's right
to receive all
such consents and satisfy itself as to (x) the authenticity of
such consents (y)
receipt of such consents from Investors representing a
sufficient principal
amount of PIPE Notes, and (z) any other matters that the
Administrative Agent,
in its sole discretion deems necessary or
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advisable. It shall not be necessary for such Investors to
approve the
particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it
shall be sufficient
if the written consents of the Required Holders reflect the
approval of the
substance thereof. Company shall provide the Administrative
Agent, and is
permitted hereby to provide Fortress Credit Corp. (or any
successor or
replacement agent under the Senior Loan Agreement), with copies
of any such
written consent(s).
(f) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Investor
any
time that the Required Holders have instructed the
Administrative Agent to act
or refrain from acting pursuant hereto. Company or Fortress
Credit Corp. (or any
successor or replacement agent under the Senior Loan Agreement)
or the
Administrative Agent may at any time request instructions from
the Investors in
respect of any actions or approvals which by the terms of this
Amendment or of
the PIPE Notes or the Intercreditor Agreement the Administrative
Agent is
permitted or required to take or to grant, and if such
instructions are promptly
requested, the Administrative Agent shall be absolutely entitled
to refrain from
taking any action or to withhold any approval under this
Amendment, the PIPE
Notes or the Intercreditor Agreement until it shall ha
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