SECURED CREDIT FACILITY AND
WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL TECTONICS
CORPORATION
and
H.F. LENFEST
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RECITALS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
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Certain
Definitions
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Accounting
Principles
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Other
Definitional Provisions; Construction
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ARTICLE II
ISSUE AND SALE OF SECURITIES
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Authorization,
Advances, Issuance and Purchase of Notes
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Lender
Guaranties
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Authorization,
Issuance and Purchase of the Warrants
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Sale and
Purchase
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Issue
Price
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The
Closing
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2009 Bridge
Note
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ARTICLE III
REPAYMENT OF THE NOTES; EXCHANGE OF EXISTING SECURITIES
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Interest
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Repayment of
the Initial Note
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Repayment of
the Additional Notes
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Maturity;
Surrender, etc
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Exchange of
Existing Securities
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ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS
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Conditions to
the Purchase of the Securities
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Waiver
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ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BORROWER
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Representations
and Warranties of the Borrower
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ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF LENDER
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Authorization;
Enforceable Obligations
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No
Breach
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Governmental
Approvals
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Restricted
Securities
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Legends;
Lender’s Representations
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Reliance on
Exemptions
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Prohibition on
Short Sales
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Transfer of
Notes
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Replacement of
Lost Securities
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ARTICLE VII
COVENANTS
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Affirmative
Covenants
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Negative
Covenants
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Financial
Covenant
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ARTICLE VIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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Events of
Default
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Consequences of
Event of Default
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Security
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ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
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Survival
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Successors and
Assigns
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Modifications
and Amendments
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No Implied
Waivers; Cumulative Remedies; Writing Required
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Reimbursement
of Expenses
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Holidays
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Notices
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Governing Law
and Consent to Jurisdiction
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Severability
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Headings
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Counterparts
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Integration
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Subordination
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Indemnification
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Waiver of Jury
Trial
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Confession of
Judgment
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SIGNATURE
PAGE
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ANNEXES
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SCHEDULES
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EXHIBITS
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ii
SECURED CREDIT FACILITY AND
WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS SECURED
CREDIT FACILITY AND WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement ”), dated as of April 24, 2009,
is made by and between Environmental Tectonics Corporation, a
Pennsylvania corporation (the “ Borrower
”), and H.F. Lenfest (the “ Lender
”). Capitalized terms used and not defined elsewhere in this
Agreement are defined in Article 1 hereof.
WHEREAS, the
Borrower is in need of additional funds in order to meet the
Borrower’s working capital requirements;
WHEREAS, the
Borrower has requested that the Lender make available to the
Borrower a secured line of credit facility in the principal amount
of up to $7,500,000 and the collateralized guaranty of an
additional $5,000,000 of Senior Debt, with the proceeds of each to
be used for, in addition to transaction expenses, working capital
and general corporate purposes directly related to the growth of
the business of the Borrower and the performance of one or more
Major Contracts; and the Lender has agreed to make such funds
and/or guaranties available to the Borrower on the terms and
conditions set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, on
February 20, 2009, pursuant to a Secured Promissory Note (the
“ 2009 Bridge Note ”) and Common Stock
Warrant executed by the Borrower, the Lender deposited $2,000,000
in a restricted bank account of the Borrower, which funds shall be
deemed part of the $7,500,000 for purposes of this Agreement and
are to be used solely in connection with working capital funding to
support the Borrower’s bid on, and if successful its
performance under, one of the Major Contracts.
NOW, THEREFORE,
the parties hereto, in consideration of the foregoing premises and
their mutual covenants and agreements herein set forth and
intending to be legally bound hereby, covenant and agree as
follows:
1.1 Certain
Definitions . In addition to other words and terms defined
elsewhere in this Agreement, the following words and terms shall
have the meanings set forth below (and such meanings shall be
equally applicable to both the singular and plural form of the
terms defined, as the context may require):
“ 2003
Note ” shall mean that certain Senior Subordinated
Convertible Note, dated as of February 18, 2003, issued by the
Borrower to the Lender in the original principal amount of
$10,000,000.
“ 2009
Bridge Note ” shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in the Recitals hereof.
“ 2009
Bridge Loan Documents ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 2.7 hereof.
“
Additional Personal Guaranty ” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.2(a).
“
Additional Note ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 2.1(c).
“
Additional Note Maturity Date ” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.3.
“
Additional Warrant ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 2.3(b).
“
Advance ” or “ Advances
” shall mean a cash advance or cash advances under the line
of credit facility provided pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
“
Affiliate ” shall mean with respect to any
Person, any other Person that is directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person
or entity or any of its Subsidiaries, and the term
“control” (including the terms “controlled
by” and “under common control with”) means
having, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether
through ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise.
Without limiting the foregoing, the ownership of ten percent (10%)
or more of the voting securities of a Person shall be deemed to
constitute control. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to
the contrary, neither the Lender nor any of his respective
Affiliates shall be deemed to be Affiliates of the Borrower by
virtue of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
“
Agreement ” shall mean this Secured Credit
Facility and Warrant Purchase Agreement, as the same may be
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“
Annual Guaranty Shares ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 2.2(a).
“
Borrower ” shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in the preamble hereto.
“
Business ” shall mean the principal business of
the Borrower as set forth in Section 5.1(d) herein and as such
shall continue to be conducted following the purchase and sale of
the Securities.
“
Business Day ” shall mean any day other than a
Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are authorized or required by law to
close.
“
Bylaws ” shall mean the bylaws of the Borrower
and the Guarantor, including all amendments and supplements
thereto.
“
Capital Lease ” shall mean a lease with respect
to which the lessee is required to recognize the acquisition of an
asset and the incurrence of a liability in accordance with
GAAP.
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Capital Lease Obligation ” shall mean at any
time, the amount of the obligations of a Person under Capital
Leases which would be shown at such time as a liability on a
Consolidated balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance
with GAAP.
“
CERCLA ” shall mean the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (42 U.S.C.
§ 9601, et seq .), as amended, and all rules,
regulations, standards guidelines and publications issued
thereunder.
“
Charter Documents ” shall mean the Articles of
Incorporation of the Borrower and the Articles of Incorporation or
Certificate of Incorporation, as the case may be, of the Guarantor,
including all amendments and supplements thereto.
“
Closing ” shall mean a closing of the purchase
and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement and shall
include the Initial Closing and any subsequent Closing.
“
Closing Date ” shall mean the date and time for
delivery of each of the Notes as finally determined pursuant to
Section 2.6 hereof.
“
Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended.
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Common Stock ” shall mean shares of common
stock, par value $0.05 per share, of the Borrower.
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Compliance Certificate ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 7.1(f)(ii).
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Consolidated ” or “
consolidated ” shall mean with reference to any
term defined herein, that term as applied to the accounts of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, consolidated in accordance with
GAAP.
“
Consolidated Tangible Net Worth ” shall mean as
of any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the
aggregate amount of all assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
on a consolidated basis at such date as may be properly classified
as such in accordance with GAAP, excluding such other assets as are
properly classified as intangible assets under GAAP, minus
(b) the aggregate amount of all liabilities of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries and minority interests in the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at such date, as may be
properly classified as such in accordance with GAAP, plus
(c) the outstanding balances under the 2003 Note, the 2009
Bridge Note and the Notes.
“
Contingent Obligation ” shall mean as to any
Person, without duplication, any guarantee of payment or
performance by such Person of any Indebtedness or other obligation
of any other Person, or any agreement to provide financial
assurance with respect to the financial condition, or the payment
of the obligations of, such other Person (including, without
limitation, purchase or repurchase agreements, reimbursement
agreements with respect to letters of credit or acceptances,
indemnity arrangements, grants of security interests to support the
obligations of another Person, keep well agreements and take-or-pay
or through-put arrangements) which has the effect of assuring or
holding harmless any third Person against loss with respect to one
or more obligations owed to such third Person;
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provided , however , the term Contingent
Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for
deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The
amount of any Contingent Obligation of any Person shall be deemed
to be the lower of (a) an amount equal to the stated or
determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which
such Contingent Obligation is made and (b) the maximum amount
for which such contingently liable Person may be liable pursuant to
the terms of the instrument embodying such Contingent Obligation,
unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which
such contingently liable Person may be liable are not stated or
determinable, in which case the amount of such Contingent
Obligation shall be such contingently liable Person’s maximum
reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined
by such Person in good faith.
“
Contractual Obligation ” shall mean as to any
Person, any provision of any security issued by or operating
agreement or organizational or formation documents of such Person
or any provision of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking
to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its
property is bound.
“
Credit Facility ” shall mean the loan in the
aggregate principal amount of up to $7,500,000 (including the
principal amount of the 2009 Bridge Note) to be made to the
Borrower by the Lender hereunder, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein.
“
Default ” shall mean any event or condition
that, but for the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both,
would constitute an Event of Default.
“
Drawdown Request ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 2.1(c).
“
Environmental Laws ” shall mean any Laws that
address, are related to or otherwise are concerned with
environmental, health or safety issues, including, without
limitation, any Laws relating to any emissions, releases or
discharges of Pollutants into ambient air, surface water, ground
water or land, or otherwise relating to the manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal,
transport, handling, clean-up or control of Pollutants or any
exposure or impact on worker health and safety.
“
Environmental Liabilities ” shall mean any
obligations or liabilities (including, without limitation, any
claims, suits or other assertions of obligations or liabilities)
that are:
(a) related to
environmental, health or safety issues (including, without
limitation, on-site or off-site contamination by Pollutants of
surface or subsurface soil or water, and occupational safety and
health); and
(b) based upon or
related to (i) any provision of past, present or future United
States or foreign Environmental Law (including, without limitation,
CERCLA and RCRA) or common law, or (ii) any judgment, order,
writ, decree, permit or injunction imposed by any court,
administrative agency, tribunal or otherwise.
The term
“Environmental Liabilities” includes among other
things, all: (i) fines, penalties, judgments, awards,
settlements, losses, damages, costs, fees (including, without
limitation, attorneys’ and consultants’ fees), expenses
and disbursements; (ii) defense and other responses
to
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any
administrative or judicial action (including, without limitation,
claims, notice letters, complaints, and other assertions of
liability); and (iii) financial responsibility for
(1) cleanup costs and injunctive relief, including any
Removal, Remedial or other Response actions, and natural resource
damages, and (2) any other compliance or remedial
measures.
“
ERISA ” shall mean the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may from time to time be
amended, and the rules and regulations of any governmental agency
or authority, as from time to time may be in effect, promulgated
thereunder.
“
Event of Default ” shall mean any of the events
of default described in Section 8.1 hereof.
“
Executive Officer ” shall mean the chief
executive officer, the president, the chief financial officer, and
the chief operating officer of the Borrower and the Guarantor, as
applicable.
“
Financing Statements ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 4.1(e)(i) hereof.
“
Fiscal Quarter ” or “ fiscal
quarter ” shall mean during each Fiscal Year of the
Borrower, each three-month fiscal period that ends at the end of
May, August, November and February, as designated in such
respective year.
“
Fiscal Year ” or “ fiscal
year ” shall mean each twelve-month period ending on
the last Friday in February.
“
Form 10-K ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 5.1(e) hereof.
“
Form 10-Q ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 5.1(e) hereof.
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GAAP ” shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 1.2 hereof.
“
Governmental Approvals ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 5.1(aa) hereof.
“
Governmental Authorities ” shall mean any
nation or government, any state or other political subdivision
thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial,
regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to
government.
“
Guarantor ” shall mean Entertainment Technology
Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation, and each other Subsidiary
of the Borrower that at any time hereafter is formed, created or
acquired, or has any assets or operations if formed prior to the
date hereof, and their respective successors and permitted
assigns.
“
Guaranty ” shall mean any guaranty of the
payment or performance of any Indebtedness or other obligation and
any other arrangement whereby credit is extended to one obligor on
the basis of any promise of another Person, whether that promise is
expressed in terms of an obligation to pay the Indebtedness of such
obligor, or to purchase an obligation owed by such
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obligor, or to
purchase goods and services from such obligor pursuant to a
take-or-pay contract, or to maintain the capital, working capital,
solvency or general financial condition of such obligor, whether or
not any such arrangement is reflected on the balance sheet of such
other Person, firm or corporation, or referred to in a footnote
thereto, but shall not include endorsements of items for collection
in the ordinary course of business. For the purpose of all
computations made under this Agreement, the amount of a Guaranty in
respect of any obligation shall be deemed to be equal to the
maximum aggregate amount of such obligation or, if the Guaranty is
limited to less than the full amount of such obligation, the
maximum aggregate potential liability under the terms of the
Guaranty.
“
Guaranty Agreement ” shall mean the Guaranty
Agreement of even date herewith executed and delivered by the
Guarantor to the Lender, as the same may be amended, modified,
supplemented or restated from time to time hereafter.
“
Guaranty Share Issuance Date ” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.2(a).
“
Guaranty Shares ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 2.2(a).
“
Guaranty Warrants ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 2.3(c).
“
Indebtedness ” shall mean:
(a) all
indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred
purchase price of property or services (other than current trade
liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business and payable
in accordance with customary practices);
(b) any other
indebtedness which is evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or
similar instrument;
(c) all Capital
Lease Obligations of such Person;
(d) all
obligations of such Person in respect of outstanding letters of
credit, acceptances and similar obligations created for the account
of such Person;
(e) all
liabilities secured by any Lien on any property owned by such
Person even though such Person has not assumed or otherwise become
liable for the payment thereof;
(f) all
obligations of such Person with respect to interest rate protection
agreements (calculated on a basis satisfactory to the Lender and in
accordance with accepted practice); and
(g) withdrawal
liabilities of such Person or any Affiliate under a
Plan.
“
Initial Closing ” shall mean the closing of the
purchase and sale of the Initial Securities pursuant to this
Agreement.
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Initial Closing Date ” shall mean the date and
time for delivery of the Initial Securities as finally determined
pursuant to Section 2.6 hereof.
“
Initial Guaranty Shares ” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.2(a).
“
Initial Note ” shall have the meaning assigned
to such term in Section 2.1(b).
“
Initial Note Maturity Date ” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.2.
“
Initial Securities ” shall mean the Initial
Note, the Initial Warrant and the shares of Series D Preferred
Stock issuable in payment of origination fees on the Credit
Facility.
“
Initial Warrant ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 2.3(a).
“
Insolvency Proceeding ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 8.1(g).
“
Investment ” as applied to any Person shall
mean the amount paid or agreed to be paid or loaned, advanced or
contributed to other Persons, and in any event shall include,
without limitation, (i) any direct or indirect purchase or
other acquisition of any notes, obligations, instruments, stock,
securities or ownership interest (including, without limitation,
partnership interests and joint venture interests) and
(ii) any capital contribution to any other Person.
“
Laws ” shall mean all U.S. and foreign federal,
state or local statutes, laws, rules, regulations, ordinances,
codes, decrees, binding agreements, rules of common law, and the
like, now or hereafter in effect, including, any judicial or
administrative interpretations thereof, and any judicial or
administrative orders, consents, decrees, judgments or
rulings.
“
Lender ” shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in the preamble hereto and in Section 6.5
hereof.
“
Lien ” shall mean any mortgage, pledge,
hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien
(statutory or other), charge or other security interest or any
preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential
arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without
limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement
and any Capital Lease having substantially the same economic effect
as any of the foregoing).
“
Major Contract ” shall mean a major contract
entered into by the Borrower and any third party that the Lender
and the Borrower agree is a “Major Contract” that is
projected to be “profitable” using reasonable metrics
consistent with the Borrower’s projections on a historic
basis.
“
Market Price ” shall mean, as of any date,
(i) the closing sale price for the shares of Common Stock as
reported on the NYSE AMEX LLC, the successor to the American Stock
Exchange (“ AMEX ”), by Bloomberg
Financial Markets (“ Bloomberg ”) for the
trading day immediately preceding such date, or (ii) if the
AMEX is not the principal trading market for the
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shares of
Common Stock, the average of the reported closing sale prices
reported by Bloomberg on the principal trading market for the
Common Stock during the one hundred twenty (120) period
preceding such date, or (iii) if market value cannot be
calculated as of such date on any of the foregoing bases, the
Market Price shall be determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors.
“
Material Adverse Change ” shall mean any set of
circumstances or events which (a) has or could reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect upon the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document,
(b) is or could reasonably be expected to be material and
adverse to the business, properties, assets, financial condition or
results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as
a whole, (c) impairs materially or could reasonably be
expected to impair materially the ability of the Borrower to duly
and punctually pay or perform its obligations under the Transaction
Documents, or (d) impairs materially or could reasonably be
expected to impair materially the ability of the Lender to enforce
its legal remedies pursuant to this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents.
“
Material Adverse Effect ” shall mean an effect
that results in or causes or has a reasonable likelihood of
resulting in or causing a Material Adverse Change.
“
Maturity Date ” shall have the meaning assigned
to such term in Section 3.3 hereof.
“
Meeting ” shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 7.1(m) hereof.
“
Moody’s ” shall have the meaning assigned
to such term in Section 7.2(g) hereof.
“
Mortgage ” shall mean the Amended and Restated
Open-End Mortgage and Security Agreement, dated the date hereof, in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit H , encumbering and
granting a second mortgage lien in favor of the Lender on the
Borrower’s real property at 125 James Way, Southampton,
Pennsylvania, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
“
Multiemployer Plan ” shall mean a multiemployer
plan (within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA) that is
maintained for the benefit of the employees of the
Borrower.
“
Notes ” shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 2.1.
“
Obligations ” shall mean all debt, principal,
interest, expenses, fees and other amounts owed to the Lender by
the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or any other agreements,
whether absolute or continent, due or to become due, now existing
or hereafter arising, including any interest that accrues after the
commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding and including any debt,
liability or obligation owing from the Borrower to any other Person
that the Lender has guaranteed or may have obtained by assignment
or otherwise.
“
PBGC ” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of
ERISA, or any other governmental agency, department or
instrumentality succeeding to the functions thereof.
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“
Permitted Indebtedness ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 5.1(c) hereof.
“
Permitted Liens ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 7.2(b) hereof.
“
Person ” shall mean any individual,
partnership, limited partnership, corporation, limited liability
company, association, joint stock company, trust, joint venture,
unincorporated organization or governmental entity or department,
agency or political subdivision thereof.
“
Personal Guaranty ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 2.2(a) hereof.
“
Plan ” shall mean any employee benefit plan
(within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA), other than a
Multiemployer Plan, established or maintained by the
Borrower.
“
Pledge ” shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 2.2(a) hereof.
“ PNC
Letter Agreement ” shall mean that certain letter
agreement, dated the date hereof, by and among the Borrower, the
Lender and the Senior Lender pursuant to which the Senior Lender
has agreed to amend the terms of the Senior Credit
Agreement.
“
Pollutant ” shall include any “hazardous
substance” and any “pollutant or contaminant” as
those terms are defined in CERCLA; any “hazardous
waste” as that term is defined in RCRA; and any
“hazardous material” as that term is defined in the
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. § 1801 et
seq .), as amended (including as those terms are further
defined, construed, or otherwise used in rules and regulations
issued pursuant to, or otherwise in implementation of, said
Environmental Laws); and including, without limitation, any
petroleum product or byproduct, solvent, flammable or explosive
material, radioactive material, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls
(PCBs), dioxins, dibenzofurans, heavy metals, and radon gas; and
including any other substance or material that is reasonably
determined by any Governmental Authority or pursuant to any Law to
present a threat, hazard or risk to human health or the
environment.
“
Preferred Stock ” shall mean shares of
preferred stock, par value $0.05 per share, of the
Borrower.
“
Properties and Facilities ” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.1(q).
“
Proprietary Rights ” shall mean all patents,
patents pending, trademarks, trade names, service marks,
copyrights, inventions, production methods, licenses, formulas,
technology, know-how, processes and trade secrets, regardless of
whether such are registered with any Governmental Authorities,
including applications therefor.
“
RCRA ” shall mean the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq .), as amended,
and all rules and regulations issued thereunder.
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“
Registration Rights Agreement ” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.1(e)(ii).
“
Removal ,” “ Remedial
” and “ Response ” actions shall
include the types of activities covered by CERCLA, RCRA, and other
comparable Environmental Laws, and whether the activities are those
which might be taken by a government entity or those which a
government entity or any other person might seek to require of
waste generators, handlers, distributors, processors, users,
storers, treaters, owners, operators, transporters, recyclers,
reusers, disposers, or other persons under “removal,”
“remedial,” or other “response”
actions.
“
Reportable Event ” shall mean any of the events
which are reportable under Section 4043 of ERISA and the
regulations promulgated thereunder, other than an occurrence for
which the thirty (30) day notice contained in 29 C.F.R. §
2615.3(a) is waived.
“
S&P ” shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 7.2(g) hereof.
“
SEC ” shall mean the Securities and Exchange
Commission and any governmental body or agency succeeding to the
functions thereof.
“
Securities ” shall mean the Notes, the Guaranty
Shares, the Warrants, the Guaranty Warrants, the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and/or the Guaranty
Warrants, the shares of Series D Preferred Stock issuable in
payment of origination fees and that may be issuable in payment of
interest on the Notes, and the shares of Series E Preferred
Stock issuable in conversion of and exchange for existing
securities.
“
Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended.
“
Securities Exchange Act ” shall mean the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“
Security Agreement ” shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 4.1(e)(i) hereof.
“
Security Documents ” shall mean the Security
Agreement, the Mortgage, the Guaranty, the Financing Statements,
and all other documents, instruments and other materials necessary
to create or perfect the security interests created pursuant to the
Security Agreement.
“
Senior Credit Agreement ” shall mean that
certain Credit Agreement by and between the Borrower and PNC Bank,
National Association, dated July 31, 2007, and the collateral
agreements thereto, as the same may be amended, modified,
supplemented, restated or refinanced from time to time, and any
replacement agreement with another Senior Lender as permitted
hereunder.
“
Senior Debt ” shall mean the outstanding
obligations of the Borrower under the Senior Financing and any
other obligation that by its terms ranks senior to the Indebtedness
contemplated under this Agreement.
“
Senior Financing ” shall mean all obligations,
liabilities and indebtedness of the Borrower to the Senior Lender,
whether principal, interest, fees, expenses, indemnification
or
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otherwise under
or in respect of a Senior Credit Agreement (including all interest,
charges, expenses, fees and other sums accruing after commencement
of any case, proceeding or other action relating to the bankruptcy,
insolvency or reorganization of the Borrower).
“
Senior Lender ” shall collectively mean the
bank party to the Senior Credit Agreement, and any successor or
assign thereto.
“
Series B Preferred Stock ” shall mean
shares of Series B convertible preferred stock, par value
$0.05 per share, of the Borrower, which has a stated value of
$1,000 per share.
“
Series C Preferred Stock ” shall mean
shares of Series C convertible preferred stock, par value
$0.05 per share, of the Borrower, which has a stated value of
$1,000 per share.
“
Series D Preferred Stock ” shall mean
shares of Series D convertible preferred stock, par value
$0.05 per share, of the Borrower, which has a stated value of
$1,000 per share.
“
Series E Preferred Stock ” shall mean
shares of Series E convertible preferred stock, par value
$0.05 per share, of the Borrower, which has a stated value of
$1,000 per share.
“
Shareholder Approval ” shall mean such time as
all of the following events shall have occurred: (i) the
affirmative vote of the shareholders of the Borrower to restore in
full the Lender’s voting rights on his Common Stock and
Preferred Stock in the Borrower, including any shares of Common
Stock or Preferred Stock issuable upon conversion or exercise of
securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock, which
shall include any shares of Preferred Stock and/or Common Stock
that may be issued on conversion of securities issued prior to the
date hereof or as a result of this conversion; (ii) the
approval of all other necessary actions relating to the
Transactions; and (iii) the election of a slate of directors
approved by the Lender.
“
Shareholder Meeting Date Deadline ” shall mean
July 2, 2009; provided , however , that if the
SEC provides any comments to the proxy statement that the Borrower
is filing in accordance with Section 7.1(l) hereof, the
Shareholder Meeting Date Deadline shall mean forty-five
(45) days after the SEC comments are resolved, but in no event
later than August 13, 2009.
“
Shareholders Voting Agreement ” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.1(e)(v).
“
Subordination Agreement ” means that certain
Second Amended and Restated Subordination and Intercreditor
Agreement, dated of even date herewith, among the Lender, the
Senior Lender and the Borrower.
“
Subsidiary ” shall mean as to any Person, a
corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity
of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having
ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership
interests having such power only be reason of the happening of a
contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other
managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at
the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled,
directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both,
by such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to
a
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“Subsidiary” or to
“Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a
Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“
Transaction Documents ” shall mean this
Agreement, the Notes, the Warrants, the Guaranty Warrants, the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Security Documents and all other
agreements, instruments and documents delivered in connection
therewith as any or all of the foregoing may be supplemented,
amended or restated from time to time.
“
Transactions ” shall mean the incurrence of
debt and the issuance of securities and/or guaranties, as
contemplated by this Agreement, the Notes, the Warrants, the
Guaranty Warrants, the other Transaction Documents and all other
agreements contemplated hereby and/or thereby.
“
UST ” shall mean an underground storage tank,
including as that term is defined, construed and otherwise used in
RCRA and in rules and regulations issued pursuant to RCRA and
comparable state and local laws.
“
Warrants ” shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 2.3(b).
1.2 Accounting
Principles . The character or amount of any asset, liability,
capital account or reserve and of any item of income or expense to
be determined, and any consolidation or other accounting
computation to be made, and the construction of any definition
containing a financial term, pursuant to this Agreement shall be
determined or made in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States of America consistently applied
(“ GAAP ”), unless such principles are
inconsistent with the express requirements of this
Agreement.
1.3 Other
Definitional Provisions; Construction . Whenever the context so
requires, neuter gender includes the masculine and feminine, the
singular number includes the plural and vice versa. The words
“hereof” “herein” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not in
any particular provision of this Agreement, and references to
section, article, annex, schedule, exhibit and like references are
references to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. A Default
or Event of Default shall “continue” or be
“continuing” until such Default or Event of Default has
been cured, or waived by the Lender. References in this Agreement
to any Persons shall include such Persons, successors and permitted
assigns. Other terms contained in this Agreement (which are not
otherwise specifically defined herein) shall have meanings provided
in Article 9 of the Pennsylvania Uniform Commercial Code on
the date hereof to the extent the same are used or defined
therein.
ARTICLE II
ISSUE AND SALE OF SECURITIES
2.1
Authorization, Advances, Issuance and Purchase of Notes
.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Lender
shall make Advances from time to time during the period from the
date hereof until December 31, 2010 in such sums as are set
forth or determined in accordance with this Section 2.1,
provided that all such Advances shall not exceed $7,500,000 in the
aggregate (inclusive of the
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principal
amount of the 2009 Bridge Note). Each Advance hereunder by the
Lender shall be memorialized by the issuance and sale by the
Borrower to the Lender, at a Closing, of a Note in the principal
amount of the Advance. In addition, the Borrower agrees to sell and
issue to the Lender, and the Lender agrees to purchase from the
Borrower, at each Closing, a warrant to purchase shares of the
Company’s Common Stock on the terms provided herein. Interest
shall be payable at such times and in such amounts as provided
herein and in the Notes in cash or in shares of Series D
Preferred Stock, at the option of the Lender, in his sole
discretion, to be provided in writing to the Borrower on an annual
basis no later than January 31 st of
each year. In the event the Lender elects to receive interest
payments in shares of Series D Preferred Stock, the number of
shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall be determined by
dividing the amount of interest due on an interest payment date by
$1,000.00, the stated value of the Series D Preferred Stock.
As consideration to the Lender for making the Advances available to
the Borrower, in addition to the origination fee received by the
Lender in consideration of funding the 2009 Bridge Note, the Lender
shall receive an origination fee on the date of the Initial Closing
equal to 1% of the aggregate amount of the Credit Facility less the
amount of the 2009 Bridge Note, such origination fee to be payable
to the Lender through the issuance to the Lender of 55 shares of
Series D Preferred Stock.
(b) The
Borrower has duly authorized the issuance and sale to the Lender
of, and the Lender has agreed to purchase subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, on the Initial Closing Date, the
Borrower’s Senior Secured Subordinated Note in the original
principal amount of $1,000,000 (the “ Initial
Note ”) to be substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A-1 , such Initial Note to have an initial
maturity date of that is five (5) Business Days after the
Shareholder Meeting Date Deadline and an interest rate of 15% per
annum; provided , however , that if the Shareholder
Approval is received, then the maturity date of the Initial Note
shall be extended automatically until the date that is three
(3) years after the date of issuance of the Initial Note and
the interest rate on the Initial Note shall be reduced to 10% per
annum retroactively from the date of issuance.
(c) To
the extent that the Borrower requires working capital to perform
its obligations under any of the Major Contracts, including without
limitation to purchase necessary equipment and materials, prior to
receiving payment therefor from the customer of such Major
Contract, at any time after the date that such Major Contract is
entered into by the Borrower and the customer and prior to the
Maturity Date, the Borrower may send notice to the Lender
requesting an Advance by the Lender under the Credit Facility (a
“ Drawdown Request ”), which Drawdown
Request shall include (1) the date of the request; (2) the
principal amount requested, which amount shall be at least $500,000
but not more than $2,500,000 ( provided , however ,
that with respect to the Major Contract to which the 2009 Bridge
Note relates, the principal amount requested may be any amount not
exceeding $500,000, exclusive of the amount of the 2009 Bridge
Note; and provided , further , that the aggregate
principal amount of all Drawdown Requests, exclusive of the amounts
funded under the 2009 Bridge Note and the Initial Note, shall not
exceed $4,500,000); (3) a description of the applicable Major
Contract, including reasonable pro forma projections of its
profitability and how the proceeds of the Advance will be used by
the Borrower to perform the Major Contract; and (4) the date
by which the Borrower requires the additional funds. The Lender
shall have ten (10) days in which to notify the Borrower
whether the Drawdown Request will be approved, which approval shall
be granted if and in the event that the conditions to borrowing set
forth in subsection (d) below are satisfied as determined in
the
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sole discretion
of the Lender. If the Drawdown Request has been approved by the
Lender, the Lender shall make the Advance requested and the
Borrower shall issue and sell to the Lender a senior secured
subordinated promissory note in the principal amount of the Advance
on an Additional Closing Date (each an “ Additional
Note ” and together with the Initial Note, the
“ Notes ”) until the aggregate principal
balance of all Notes is $7,500,000, inclusive of the principal
amount of the 2009 Bridge Note, such Notes to be substantially in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-2 , to have a maturity
date that is the earlier of three (3) years from the date of
issuance thereof and December 31, 2012 and an interest rate of
10% per annum.
(d) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the foregoing, in order for the
Borrower to be eligible to receive any Advances from the Lender
under the Credit Facility provided for herein, after the issuance
of the Initial Note, (i) the Borrower must have received the
Shareholder Approval; (ii) the Borrower must provide a
Drawdown Request to the Lender that does not exceed $2,500,000 and
with all other Advances already extended does not exceed
$7,500,000, inclusive of the principal amount already extended
under the 2009 Bridge Note; (iii) a Major Contract must have
been awarded to the Borrower and be in full force and effect, for
which the Borrower needs the proceeds of the requested Advance to
perform; (iv) the conditions in Article IV hereof shall
have been satisfied by the Borrower or waived by the Lender in his
sole discretion; and (v) the Lender shall have determined in
his sole discretion that no Material Adverse Change has
occurred.
(a) In
connection with the Transaction and in accordance with the terms of
the PNC Letter Agreement, the Senior Lender has agreed to increase
the maximum principal amount of loans available to the Borrower
under the Senior Credit Agreement from $15,000,000 to $20,000,000
subject to the Lender agreeing to continue to personally guarantee
the Senior Debt including such increase (the guaranty of such
additional $5,000,000 is referred to herein as the “
Additional Personal Guaranty ” and the entire
amount guaranteed by the Lender is referred to herein as the
“ Personal Guaranty ”) and to pledge as
collateral for the Personal Guaranty cash, cash equivalents,
marketable securities or other liquid assets with a value of least
$10,000,000 (the “ Pledge ”). At the
request of the Borrower and in accordance with the terms of the PNC
Letter Agreement, the Lender has agreed to provide the Additional
Personal Guaranty and the Pledge if the Borrower obtains the
Shareholder Approval, provided that the Shareholder Approval is
obtained prior to the Shareholder Meeting Date Deadline. If and
when the Shareholder Approval is obtained and the maximum principal
amount available under the Senior Credit Agreement is so increased,
the Lender shall promptly execute and deliver signature pages to
the Personal Guaranty and Pledge (the forms of which are attached
to the PNC Letter Agreement) and such other agreements as may be
reasonably requested by the Senior Lender in connection with the
transactions contemplated under the PNC Letter Agreement. In
consideration of providing the Additional Personal Guaranty and the
Pledge, the Borrower shall issue to the Lender (i) one hundred
(100) shares of Series D Preferred Stock (the “
Initial Guaranty Shares ”) on the date the
Lender is required to make the Pledge (the “ Guaranty
Share Issuance Date ”) and (ii) on each
anniversary of the Guaranty Share Issuance Date (or portion
thereof) in which the Pledge remains outstanding, a number of
shares of Series D Preferred Stock equal to the product of (A)
(x) the average daily balance of the Pledge during such yearly
period (or portion thereof) (provided, however, in no event shall
such amount exceed $10,000,000)
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divided by (y)
$10,000,000 multiplied by (B) 200 (the “ Annual
Guaranty Shares ” and together with the Initial
Guaranty Shares, the “ Guaranty Shares
”). The number of Annual Guaranty Shares issuable for any
partial year period shall be reduced on a pro-rata basis based on
the number of days that the Pledge was outstanding during such
period. The Borrower shall issue the Annual Guaranty Shares to the
Lender on each anniversary date of the Initial Closing Date while
the Pledge is outstanding and, with respect to any partial year
period, upon the termination of the Pledge, within ten
(10) Business Days of the termination of the Pledge. The
Lender agrees to pledge such collateral as security for his
obligations under the Personal Guaranty under the terms agreed to
by the Senior Lender and the Lender and set forth in the Pledge
Agreement by the Lender in favor of the Senior Lender.
(b) Without
limiting any other provision contained in this Agreement, in the
event the Borrower defaults on any of its obligations to the Senior
Lender and, as a result, the Lender has liability to the Senior
Lender as a result of the Personal Guaranty, any amounts that the
Lender is required to remit to the Senior Lender on behalf of the
Borrower under the Personal Guaranty shall become Obligations that
are immediately due and payable to the Lender, together with all
costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees,
arising from negotiations with and payment to the Senior Lender and
collections from the Borrower, and all such Obligations shall
accrue interest at the Default Rate (as defined in the Notes) from
the date the Lender remits payment to the Senior Lender until
repaid by the Borrower to the Lender in full.
2.3
Authorization, Issuance and Purchase of the Warrants
.
(a) In
connection with the issuance of the Initial Note, the Borrower has
duly authorized the issuance and sale on the Initial Closing Date
to the Lender of detachable common stock purchase warrants
substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B-1 evidencing the Lender’s right to
acquire shares of Common Stock (the “ Initial
Warrant ”). The Initial Warrant shall provide the
Lender with the right to acquire shares of Common Stock equal to
10% of the value of the Initial Note based on the Market Price as
of the Initial Closing Date, have an exercise price equal to such
Market Price and a term of seven (7) years; provided ,
however , that if the Borrower fails to obtain the
Shareholder Approval on or before the Shareholder Meeting Date
Deadline, the warrant coverage on the Initial Warrant shall be
adjusted automatically to 50% of the value of the Initial Note
based on the foregoing Market Price and the exercise price shall be
adjusted automatically to 50% of the foregoing Market
Price.
(b) In
connection with the issuance of each Note following the issuance of
the Initial Note, the Borrower has duly authorized the issuance and
sale to the Lender on each Closing Date of detachable common stock
purchase warrants substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B-2 (each, an “ Additional
Warrant ” and together with the Initial Warrant, the
“ Warrants ”) evidencing the
Lender’s right to acquire the number of shares of Common
Stock equal to 10% of the value of the applicable Note based on the
Market Price as of the applicable Closing Date, have an exercise
price equal to such Market Price and a term of seven
(7) years.
(c) In
connection with the Additional Personal Guaranty, the Borrower has
duly authorized the issuance and sale to the Lender, on the
Guaranty Share Issuance Date, of a detachable common stock purchase
warrant substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B-3 (the “ Guaranty Warrant
”) evidencing the Lender’s right to acquire the number
of
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shares of
Common Stock equal to $500,000 divided by the Market Price as of
the Guaranty Share Issuance Date, with an exercise price equal to
such Market Price and a term of seven (7) years.
2.4 Sale and
Purchase . Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance
upon the representations, warranties and agreements set forth
herein, (i) on each Closing Date, the Borrower shall sell to
the Lender, and the Lender shall purchase from the Borrower, the
Notes and Warrants at the purchase price equal to 100% of the
principal amount of the applicable Note; and (ii) on the
Guaranty Share Issuance Date, the Borrower shall issue to the
Lender the initial Guaranty Shares and the Guaranty
Warrant.
2.5 Issue
Price . The Borrower and the Lender agree for U.S. federal
income tax purposes (a) that the present value as of the
Closing Date of all payments under the Notes and Warrants shall be
such value; and (b) that ( x ) the aggregate
“issue price” under §1273(b) of the Code of the
Notes to be issued hereunder, and ( y ) that the aggregate
purchase price under §1273(b) of the Code of all of the
Warrants to be issued hereunder, shall be such value and purchase
prices, respectively, as determined by the Borrower.
2.6 The
Closing . Delivery of and payment for the Initial Securities
(the “ Initial Closing ”) shall be made
at the offices of Royer & Associates, LLC, 681 Moore Road,
Suite 321, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, commencing at
10:00 a.m., local time, on any Business Day that is at least
five (5) Business Days prior to the Shareholder Meeting Date
Deadline and upon at least five (5) Business Days prior
written notice to the Lender, or at such place or on such other
date as may be mutually agreeable to the Borrower and the Lender.
The date and time of the Initial Closing as finally determined
pursuant to this Section 2.6 shall be referred to herein as
the “ Initial Closing Date .” On each
Closing Date following the Initial Closing Date, delivery of and
payment for the Securities at each Closing shall be made at a place
and time as mutually agreed upon by the Borrower and the
Lender.
2.7 2009 Bridge
Note . On February 20, 2009, the Lender deposited
$2,000,000 in a restricted bank account of the Borrower that the
Borrower established with PNC Bank in exchange for that certain
Secured Promissory Note executed by the Borrower in favor of the
Lender in the amount of $2,000,000, a Common Stock Warrant, as
amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated the date hereof, to
purchase 143,885 shares of the Common Stock of the Company and a
Security Agreement (collectively, the “ 2009 Bridge
Loan Documents ”). The 2009 Bridge Loan Documents are
attached hereto as Exhibit M, and the 2009 Bridge Note is
intended to be part of the Transactions contemplated
hereby.
ARTICLE III
REPAYMENT OF THE NOTES; EXCHANGE OF EXISTING
SECURITIES
(a)
Interest Rates and Interest Payments . Interest on the Notes
shall accrue on the outstanding principal amount at the applicable
interest rate and compound annually. Interest on the Notes will be
computed on the basis of a year of 365 days, for the number of
actual days elapsed during which principal is
outstanding.
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(b)
Deferral of Interest Payments . During the term of the
Notes, interest shall accrue and such interest shall not be due
currently but shall be added to the outstanding principal balance
of the Notes and become due and payable on the applicable Maturity
Date.
3.2 Repayment
of the Initial Note . The Borrower covenants and agrees to
repay to the Lender no later than the date that is five
(5) Business Days after the Shareholder Meeting Date Deadline,
the unpaid principal balance of, together with all accrued and
unpaid interest, fees and other amounts due on, the Initial Note;
provided , however , that if the Shareholder Approval
is received, such date shall be extended automatically until the
date that is three (3) years after the date of issuance of the
Initial Note (such date, the “ Initial Note Maturity
Date ”), subject to any prior repayment obligations
as set forth herein.
3.3 Repayment
of the Additional Notes . The Borrower covenants and agrees to
repay to the Lender the unpaid principal balance of, together with
all accrued and unpaid interest, fees and other amounts due on,
each Additional Note no later than the date that is the earlier of
three (3) years after the date of issuance of each Additional Note
and December 31, 2012 (each such date, an “
Additional Note Maturity Date ” and together
with the Initial Note Maturity Date, sometimes referred to herein
as the “ Maturity Date ”).
3.4 Maturity;
Surrender, etc . Upon payment of the amounts due and owing
under each Note, each such Note shall be surrendered to the
Borrower and canceled and shall not be reissued.
3.5 Exchange of
Existing Securities . In the event: (i) the Borrower
obtains the Shareholder Approval; (ii) there shall have been
no Material Adverse Change and (iii) that all representations
and warranties contained in this Agreement shall remain true and
correct in all material respects (except for such representations
and warranties that relate to a specific date, which such
representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of such date, and except for such
representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality
and/or knowledge, which such representations and warranties shall
be true and correct in all respects), the outstanding principal
amount of the 2003 Note and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon
of the Borrower owed to the Lender and all 6,000 shares of
Series B Preferred Stock and 3,300 shares of Series C
Preferred Stock held by the Lender, representing all of the issued
and outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock and
Series C Preferred Stock, together with accrued and unpaid
dividends thereon shall be converted into and exchanged for such
number of shares of Series E Preferred Stock as determined by
dividing (a) (i) the aggregate principal and accrued
and unpaid interest under the 2003 Note plus (ii) the
stated value per share of the Series B Preferred Stock
multiplied by the number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock
outstanding plus (iii) the stated value per share of
the Series C Preferred Stock multiplied by the number of
shares of Series C Preferred Stock outstanding plus
(iv) the aggregate amount of the accrued and unpaid dividends
on the Series B Preferred Stock plus (v) the
aggregate amount of the accrued and unpaid dividends on the
Series C Preferred Stock by (b) $1,000 per share of
Series E Preferred Stock. The Series E Preferred Stock
shall have the same rights, preferences and terms and conditions as
the Series D Preferred Stock, except that the conversion price
of the Series E Preferred Stock into Common Stock initially
shall be $2.00 per share, subject to adjustment as set forth in the
Statement With Respect to Shares of the Series E Preferred
Stock substantially in
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the form
attached hereto as Exhibit C . Such conversion shall
occur as of the date on which the Shareholder Approval is
obtained.
4.1 Conditions
to the Purchase of the Securities . The obligation of the
Lender to purchase the Securities is subject to the satisfaction,
prior to or at each Closing, of the following
conditions:
(a)
Due Diligence . With respect to the Initial Closing, the
Lender shall have completed his due diligence of the Borrower to
his satisfaction, in his sole discretion.
(b)
Representations and Warranties True . The representations
and warranties contained in Article 5 hereof shall be true and
correct in all material respects at and as of the respective
Closing Date as though then made.
(c)
Material Adverse Change . With respect to the Initial
Closing, there shall have been no Material Adverse Change since
February 29, 2008. With respect to each Closing following the
Initial Closing, there shall have been no Material Adverse Change
since the prior Closing.
(d)
Board Approval . The Borrower shall have received approval
of the Board of Directors of the Borrower to the
Transactions.
(i)
Security Agreement . The Borrower, the Guarantor and the
Lender shall have entered into a security agreement, in form and
substance as set forth in Exhibit E attached hereto (as
the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from
time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “
Security Agreement ”). The Borrower shall have
authorized the Lender to file, or shall have delivered to the
Lender, such financing statements and other instruments
(collectively, “ Financing Statements ”)
as the Lender shall require in order to perfect and maintain the
continued perfection of the security interest created by the
Security Agreement. The Lender shall have received reports of
filings with appropriate government agencies showing that there are
no Liens on the assets of the Borrower other than Permitted
Liens.
(ii)
Registration Rights Agreement . The Borrower shall have
executed and delivered to the Lender the Amended and Restated
Registration Rights Agreement, substantially in the form of
Exhibit F (the “ Registration Rights
Agreement ”).
(iii)
Guaranty Agreement . The Guarantor shall have executed and
delivered to the Lender the Guaranty Agreement, substantially in
the form of Exhibit G , unconditionally and irrevocably
guaranteeing to the Lender the full and prompt payment and
performance of the Borrower’s obligations under the
Note.
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(iv)
Mortgage . The Borrower shall have executed and delivered to
the Lender the Mortgage.
(v)
Shareholders Voting Agreement . William F. Mitchell, Sr.
shall have executed and delivered a shareholders voting agreement,
substantially in the form of Exhibit I (the “
Shareholders Voting Agreement ”).
(vi)
Series D Preferred Stock . The Series D Preferred
Stock Statement With Respect to Shares in substantially the form of
Exhibit D hereto shall have been filed with the Department of
State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(f)
Specific Conditions for the Purchases of Additional Notes .
With respect to the purchase of Securities following the Initial
Closing:
(i)
Shareholder Approval . The Borrower shall have received the
Shareholder Approval.
(ii)
Major Contracts . The Borrower shall have been awarded a
Major Contract and such Major Contract shall be in full force and
effect.
(iii)
Financial Conditions . The Lender shall have determined at
the time of each subsequent Closing, in his sole discretion, that
the Borrower’s prospects in the long range for reaching
consistent cash flow positive operations are continuing to
improve.
(iv)
Employees . The Borrower shall have entered into amendments
to the employment agreements with the employees set forth on
Schedule 4.1(f)(iv) hereto in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Lender.
(v)
Series E Preferred Stock . The Series E Preferred
Stock Statement With Respect to Shares in substantially the form of
Exhibit C hereto shall have been filed with the
Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(g)
Closing Documents . At each Closing, the Borrower will have
delivered or caused to be delivered to the Lender all of the
following documents in form and substance satisfactory to
Lender:
(i)
the applicable Note, duly completed and executed by the
Borrower;
(ii)
the applicable Warrant evidencing the right to acquire the number
of shares of Common Stock set forth in Section 2.3;
(iii)
certificates of good standing dated not more than ten
(10) Business Days prior to the applicable Closing Date for
the Borrower and the Guarantor certified by its jurisdiction of
organization;
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(iv)
with respect to the Initial Closing, a copy of the Charter
Documents of the Borrower and the Guarantor, certified by the
appropriate governmental official of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation as of a date not more than ten (10) Business
Days prior to the Initial Closing Date;
(v)
with respect to the Initial Closing, a copy of the Bylaws of the
Borrower and the Guarantor, certified as of the Initial Closing
Date by the secretary or assistant secretary of the Borrower and
the Guarantor;
(vi)
a certificate of the secretary or assistant secretary of the
Borrower and the Guarantor, certifying as to the names and true
signatures of the Executive Officers of the Borrower and the
Guarantor authorized to sign this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents to which it is a party;
(vii)
copies of the resolutions duly adopted by the Borrower’s and
the Guarantor’s board of directors, authorizing the
execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower and the
Guarantor of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction
Documents to which it is a party, such other instruments and
documents contemplated hereby to which the Borrower or the
Guarantor is a party, and the consummation of all of the other
Transactions, certified as of the applicable Closing Date by an
Executive Officer of the Borrower or the Guarantor, as the case may
be;
(viii)
a certificate dated as of the applicable Closing Date from an
Executive Officer of the Borrower stating that the conditions
specified in this Section 4.1 have been fully satisfied by the
Borrower or waived by the Lender, substantially in the form set
forth in Exhibit L ;
(ix)
certificates of insurance evidencing the existence of all insurance
required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to
Section 7.1(c), together with loss payable endorsements, all
satisfactory in the type and extent of such coverage to the Lender;
and
(x)
such other documents relating to the Transactions contemplated by
this Agreement as the Lender may reasonably request.
(h)
Consents, Agreements . The Borrower shall have obtained all
consents and waivers, under any term of any agreement or instrument
to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is
bound, or any term of any applicable Law of any Governmental
Authority, or any term of any applicable order, judgment or decree
of any court, arbitrator or governmental authority, necessary or
appropriate in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, and such consents and waivers shall be in full
force and effect on the applicable Closing Date.
(i)
Compliance with Securities Laws . The offering and sale of
the Notes and Warrants to the Lender shall have complied with all
applicable requirements of federal and state securities
laws.
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(j)
No Adverse U.S. Legislation, Action or Decision, etc . No
legislation shall have been enacted by Congress, no other formal
action shall have been taken by any Governmental Authority, whether
by order, regulation, rule, ruling or otherwise, and no decision
shall have been rendered by any court of competent jurisdiction,
which would materially and adversely affect the Notes or the
Warrants being purchased by the Lender hereunder.
(k)
No Actions Pending . There shall be no suit, action,
investigation, inquiry or other proceeding by any Governmental
Authority or any other Person or any other legal or administrative
proceeding pending or, to the Borrower’s knowledge,
threatened which questions the validity or legality of the
Transactions or injunctive or other equitable relief in connection
therewith.
(l)
Fairness Opinion . With respect to the Initial Closing, the
Borrower shall have received a fairness opinion in a form
acceptable to the Lender that the transaction is fair with respect
to the shareholders of the Borrower.
4.2 Waiver
. Any condition specified in Section 4.1 hereof may be waived
by the Lender on or prior to the applicable Closing
Date.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BORROWER
5.1
Representations and Warranties of the Borrower . As a
material inducement to the Lender to enter into this Agreement and
purchase the Notes and the Warrants, the Borrower hereby represents
and warrants to the Lender as follows:
(a)
Organization, Qualification and Power . Each of the Borrower
and the Guarantor is a corporation duly incorporated, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of
its incorporation. Each of the Borrower and the Guarantor is duly
qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is in good
standing in every jurisdiction in which the nature of the business
conducted by it makes such qualification necessary and where the
failure so to qualify would have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of
the Borrower and the Guarantor has all requisite corporate or other
organizational power and authority and all material licenses,
permits, approvals and authorizations necessary to own and operate
their properties, to carry on their businesses as now conducted and
presently proposed to be conducted and to enter into each
Transaction Document to which it is a party, to carry out the terms
of each such Transaction Document, and, in the case of the
Borrower, to issue and sell the Notes and the Warrants.
(b)
Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations . This
Agreement, the Notes, the Warrants and the other Transaction
Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of the Borrower and the Guarantor, as
applicable, except for shareholder approval of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement as required under Section 713
of the Listing Standards, Policies and Requirements of AMEX. This
Agreement, the Notes, the Warrants and the other Transaction
Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and
the Guarantor, as applicable, and constitute legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Borrower, and the Guarantor, as
applicable, enforceable against it in accordance with their
respective terms, except (i) that such enforceability may be
limited by
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applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent
conveyance and transfer and similar laws of general application
relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors, and
(ii) that acceleration of the Notes may affect the
collectability of that portion of the stated principal amount
thereof which might be determined to constitute unearned interest
thereon.
(c)
No Other Indebtedness . Neither the Borrower nor the
Guarantor has any outstanding Indebtedness to any person or entity
other than the Senior Debt, the Indebtedness contemplated by this
Agreement and the Indebtedness set forth on
Schedule 5.1(c) hereto (“ Permitted
Indebtedness ”).
(d)
Business . The Borrower and the Guarantor are primarily
engaged in the business of designing, manufacturing and selling
software-driven products and services used to (i) create and
monitor the physiological effects of motion on humans and
equipment; (ii) control, modify, simulate and measure
environmental conditions; and (iii) other activities
incidental to the business (the “ Business
”).
(e)
Financial Statements . The Borrower has delivered to the
Lender complete and correct copies of (i) its annual report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 29, 2008 as filed
with the SEC (the “ Form 10-K ”),
and (ii) its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the Fiscal
Quarters ended May 30, 2008, August 29, 2008 and
November 28, 2008 each as filed with the SEC (collectively,
the “ Form 10-Q ”). The Form 10-K
correctly describes, in all material respects, as of their
respective dates, the business then conducted and proposed to be
conducted by the Borrower. There are included in the Form 10-K
financial statements of the Borrower for the fiscal year ended
February 29, 2008, accompanied by the opinion thereon of
Friedman LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, and in
the Form 10-Q financial statements of the Borrower for the Fiscal
Quarters ended May 30, 2008, August 29, 2008 and
November 28, 2008. All financial statements included in the
foregoing materials delivered to the Lender (except as otherwise
specified therein) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods specified and
present fairly the financial position of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as of the respective dates specified and the results
of their operations and cash flows for the respective periods
specified.
(f)
Capitalization and Related Matters . As of the Initial
Closing Date, the authorized capital stock of the Borrower will
consist of 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 1,000,000 shares
of Preferred Stock, par value $0.05 per share, of which 15,000 has
been designated Series B Preferred Stock, 3,300 has been
designated Series C Preferred Stock, 11,000 has been
designated Series D Preferred Stock and 25,000 has been
designated Series E Preferred Stock. On the Initial Closing
Date, 9,049,351 shares of the Common Stock are issued and
outstanding, 6,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock are
issued and outstanding, 3,300 shares of Series C Preferred
Stock are issued and outstanding and no shares of Series D
Preferred Stock and no shares of Series E Preferred Stock are
issued and outstanding. The shares of Series E Preferred Stock
issuable upon conversion of the 2003 Note, the Series B
Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock in accordance
with Section 3.5 above, the Series D Preferred Stock
issuable as the original fee, as interest payments under the Notes
and in connection with the Additional Personal Guaranty and the
shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such
Series E Preferred Stock and Series D Preferred Stock and
the exercise of the Warrants shall be
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duly authorized
and validly reserved for issuance upon such conversion and exercise
and, when so issued in accordance with their terms, will be validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable. Except as set forth on
Schedule 5.1(f) , as of the applicable Closing Date,
the Borrower will not have outstanding securities convertible into
or exchangeable for any shares of its capital stock, nor will it
have outstanding any rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any
options for the purchase of, or any agreements providing for the
issuance (contingent or otherwise) of, or any calls, commitments or
claims of any character relating to, any shares of its capital
stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for any
shares of its capital stock.
(g)
No Breach . Except as specifically provided by the
Transaction Documents, the execution and delivery by the Borrower
and the Guarantor of the Transaction Documents, as applicable, and
the consummation of the Transactions do not and will not
(i) conflict with or result in a breach of the terms,
conditions or provisions of, (ii) constitute a default under,
(iii) except as created pursuant to the Security Documents,
result in the creation of any Lien upon the Borrower’s or the
Guarantor’s capital stock or assets pursuant to,
(iv) give any third party the right to accelerate any
obligation under, (v) result in a violation of, or
(vi) require any authorization, consent, approval, exemption
or other action by or notice to any Governmental Authority pursuant
to, the Charter Documents or the Bylaws of the Borrower or the
Guarantor, or any Law to which the Borrower or the Guarantor is
subject, or any agreement, statute, rule or regulation, instrument,
order, judgment or decree to which the Borrower or the Guarantor is
a party or to which they or their assets are subject.
(h)
Governmental Approvals . Except as specifically provided by
the Transaction Documents, no registration with or consent or
approval of, or other action by, any Governmental Authority or any
other Person is or will be required in connection with the
consummation of the Transactions by the Borrower or the Guarantor
and the performance of their obligations thereunder.
(i)
No Material Adverse Change and no Material Adverse Effect .
Since February 29, 2008, there has been no event or occurrence
that would constitute a Material Adverse Change or that is likely
to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in the Form
10-K or the Form 10-Qs or in any Form 8-K filed by the
Borrower.
(j)
Litigation . Except as set forth on
Schedule 5.1(j) hereto, there are no actions, suits or
proceedings at law or in equity or by or before any arbitrator or
any Governmental Authority now pending or, to the knowledge of the
Borrower’s management after due inquiry, threatened against
or filed by or affecting the Borrower or the Guarantor or their
directors or officers or the businesses, assets or rights of the
Borrower or the Guarantor.
(k)
Compliance with Laws . Neither the Borrower nor the
Guarantor is in violation of any applicable Law, the effect of
which violation could have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the
Borrower nor the Guarantor is in default with respect to any
judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree, rule or regulation of
any Governmental Authority. Neither the Borrower nor the Guarantor
is in, and the consummation of the Transactions will not cause any,
default concerning any judgment, order, writ, injunction or decree
of any Governmental Authority, and there is no investigation,
enforcement action or regulatory action pending or threatened
against or affecting the Borrower or the Guarantor by any
Governmental Authority, except as set forth
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on
Schedule 5.1(k) . Except as set forth on
Schedule 5.1(k) , there is no remedial or other
corrective action that the Borrower or the Guarantor is required to
take to remain in compliance with any judgment, order, writ,
injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority or to maintain
any material permits, approvals or licenses granted by any
Governmental Authority in full force and effect.
(l)
Environmental Protection . Except as set forth on
Schedule 5.1(l) and after giving effect to the
Transactions: (i) the Business of the Borrower and the
Guarantor, the methods and means employed by the Borrower and the
Guarantor in the operation thereof (including all operations and
conditions at or in the properties of the Borrower and the
Guarantor), and the assets owned, leased, managed, used,
controlled, held or operated by the Borrower and the Guarantor,
comply in all material respects with all applicable Environmental
Laws; (ii) with respect to the Properties and Facilities, and
except as disclosed on Schedule 5.1(l) , the Borrower
and the Guarantor have obtained, possess, and are in full
compliance with all permits, licenses, reviews, certifications,
approvals, registrations, consents, and any other authorizations
required for material compliance with any Environmental Laws;
(iii) neither the Borrower nor the Guarantor has received
(x) any claim or notice of violation, lien, complaint, suit,
order or other claim or notice to the effect that the Borrower or
the Guarantor is or may be liable to any Person as a result of
(A) the environmental condition of any of its Properties and
Facilities or any other property, or (B) the release or
threatened release of any Pollutant, or (y) any letter or
request for information under Section 104 of the CERCLA, or
comparable Laws, and to the best of the Borrower’s knowledge,
none of the operations of the Borrower and the Guarantor are the
subject of any investigation by a Governmental Authority evaluating
whether any remedial action is needed to respond to a release or
threatened release of any Pollutant at the Properties and
Facilities or at any other location, including any location to
which the Borrower or the Guarantor has transported, or arranged
for the transportation of, any Pollutants; (iv) except as
disclosed on Schedule 5.1(l) , neither the Borrower or any
Guarantor nor any prior owner or operator has incurred in the past,
or is now subject to, any material Environmental Liabilities;
(v) except as disclosed on Schedule 5.1(l) , there
are no Liens, covenants, deed restrictions, notice or registration
requirements, or other limitations applicable to the Properties and
Facilities, based upon any Environmental Laws; (vi) there are
no USTs located in, at, on or under the Properties and Facilities
other than the USTs identified on Schedule 5.1(l) as
USTs; and each of those USTs is in material compliance with all
Environmental Laws and other legal obligations; and (vii) except as
disclosed on Schedule 5.1(l) , to the Borrower’s
knowledge, there are no PCBs, lead paint, asbestos (of any type or
form), or materials, articles or products containing PCBs, lead
paint or asbestos, located in, at, on, under, a part of, or
otherwise related to the Properties and Facilities (including,
without limitation, any building, structure or other improvement
that is a part of the Properties and Facilities), and all of the
PCBs, lead paint, asbestos, and materials, articles and products
containing PCBs, lead paint or asbestos identified in the
Environmental Schedule are in full compliance with all
Environmental Laws and other legal obligations. To the knowledge of
the Borrower, the Borrower is not subject to liability under any
Environmental Laws that would result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(m)
Use of Proceeds; Legal Investments . The Borrower will apply
any proceeds of the sale of the Notes and Warrants, simultaneously
with the Closing, (a) in accordance with the terms of
Article 2 above and (b) to the payment of fees and
expenses
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incurred in
connection with the offering and sale of the Notes and Warrants,
the refinancing of the Senior Debt and the obtaining of the
Shareholder Approval.
(n)
Taxes . Each of the Borrower and the Guarantor has filed or
caused to be filed all tax returns which are required to be filed
and have paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on said returns
or on any assessments made against it or any of its property and
all other taxes, fees or other charges imposed on it or any of its
property by any Governmental Authority (other than any amount or
validity of which are currently being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves, if any,
in conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of the
Borrower); no tax Lien has been filed against the Borrower or the
Guarantor, and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, no claim is being
asserted, with respect to any such tax, fee or other
charges.
(o)
ERISA; Labor and Employment .
(i)
The Borrower is and each of its Plans is in compliance in all
material respects with those provisions of ERISA, the Code, the Age
Discrimination in Employment Act, and the regulations and published
interpretations thereunder which are applicable to the Borrower or
any such Plan. As of the date hereof, no Reportable Event has
occurred with respect to any Plan as to which the Borrower is or
was required to file a report with the PBGC. No Plan has any
material amount of unfunded benefit liabilities (within the meaning
of Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA) or any accumulated funding
deficiency (within the meaning of Section 302(a)(2) of ERISA),
whether or not waived, and the Borrower has not incurred nor
reasonably expects to incur any material withdrawal liability under
Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA to a Multiemployer Plan. The
Borrower is in compliance in all material respects with all labor
and employment laws, rules, regulations and requirements of all
applicable domestic and foreign jurisdictions. There are no pending
or threatened labor disputes, work stoppages or strikes.
(ii)
The Borrower is not a party to any collective bargaining agreement,
and there are no strikes, work stoppages, material grievances,
disputes or controversies with any union or any other organization
of the Borrower’s employees, or threats of strikes, work
stoppages or any asserted pending demands for collective bargaining
by any union or organization, except to the extent that such
strikes, work stoppages, material grievances, disputes or
controversies could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. The Borrower has not, within the two-year period
preceding the Initial Closing Date, taken any action which would
have constituted or resulted in a “plant closing” or
“mass layoff” within the meaning of the Federal Worker
Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 or any similar
Law. The procedures by which the Borrower has hired or will hire
its employees comply and will comply in all material respects with
each collective bargaining agreement to which the Borrower is a
party and any applicable Law. The Borrower is in compliance with
the Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended, and has paid all minimum
and overtime wages required by law to be paid to its respective
employees, except for violations which could not have a Material
Adverse Effect.
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(p)
Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company Act .
The Borrower is not (i) an “investment company” or
“controlled” by an investment company within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or
(ii) a “holding company” or a “subsidiary
company” of a “holding company” or an
“affiliate” of a “holding company” or of a
“subsidiary company” of a “holding
company,” within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935, as amended.
(q)
Condition of and Title to Properties. The real property
owned or leased by the Borrower and the Guarantor in the United
States as of the Initial Closing Date is described on
Schedule 5.1(q) hereto. Each of the Borrower and the
Guarantor has good title to or valid leasehold interest in all
properties, assets and other rights which it purports to own or
lease or which are reflected as owned or leased on its books and
records (the “ Properties and Facilities
”), free and clear of all Liens and encumbrances except
Permitted Liens, and subject to the terms and conditions of the
applicable leases. Except as described on
Schedule 5.1(q), all leases of property are in full
force and effect. No consent under any lease is required in
connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby. Except for financing statements evidencing Permitted Liens,
no effective financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code
is in effect in any jurisdiction and no other filing which names
the Borrower or the Guarantor as debtor or which covers or purports
to cover any of the assets of the Borrower or the Guarantor is
currently effective and on file in any state or other jurisdiction,
and neither the Borrower nor the Guarantor has signed any such
financing statement or filing or any security agreement authorizing
any secured party thereunder to file any such financing statement
or filing. All of the assets and properties of the Borrower and the
Guarantor that are necessary for the operation of their respective
businesses are in good working condition and are able to serve the
functions for which they are currently being used, except for
ordinary wear and tear.
(r)
Proprietary Rights. Each of the Borrower and the Guarantor
owns, or is licensed to use its Proprietary Rights necessary for
the conduct of its business as currently conducted. Except as set
forth on Schedule 5.1(r), no claim has been asserted
and is pending by any Person challenging or questioning the use of
any such Proprietary Rights, nor does the Borrower know of any
valid basis for any such claim. The use of such Proprietary Rights
by the Borrower and the Guarantor does not infringe the rights of
any Person, except for such claims and infringements that, in the
aggregate, do not have a Material Adverse Effect. To the best
knowledge of the Borrower, except as set forth on
Schedule 5.1(r), no slogan or other advertising,
device, product, process, method, substance, part or component or
other material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by
any of the Borrower and the Guarantor infringes upon or conflicts
with any rights owned by any other Person, and no claim or
litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or, to the
knowledge of the Borrower, threatened. No patent, invention,
device, application, and no statute, law, rule, regulation,
standard or code involving the Borrower’s or the
Guarantor’s Proprietary Rights is pending or, to the
knowledge of the Borrower, proposed, except where the consequences
in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(s)
[Intentionally omitted]
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(t)
Subsidiaries . As of the Closing Date, the Borrower has no
Subsidiaries except for those set forth on
Schedule 5.1(t) , each of which was duly formed and is
existing under the law of the jurisdiction set forth opposite their
names. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of
the Subsidiaries are duly and validly authorized and issued and
fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the Borrower (except
for directors’ qualifying shares). There are no options,
warrants or other rights outstanding to purchase any capital stock
of any of the Subsidiaries, nor are any securities of any of the
Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock of
the Subsidiaries except as described on Schedule 5.1(t)
.
(u)
Broker’s or Finder’s Commissions . No
broker’s or finder’s or placement fee or commission
will be payable to any broker or agent engaged by the Borrower or
any of its officers, directors or agents with respect to the
issuance and sale of the Notes, the Warrants or the Transactions.
The Borrower agrees to indemnify the Lender and hold the Lender
harmless from and against any claim, demand or liability for
broker’s or finder’s or placement fees or similar
commissions, alleged to have been incurred in connection with such
transactions, other than any broker’s or finder’s fees
payable to Persons engaged by the Lender.
(v)
Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities . Except as set forth on
Schedule 5.1(v) , the Borrower has no liabilities or
obligations, either accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise,
except:
(i)
those liabilities or obligations set forth on the Financial
Statements and not heretofore paid or discharged;
(ii)
liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business under any
agreement, contract, commitment, lease or plan specifically
disclosed on the schedules or not required to be disclosed because
of the term or amount involved or otherwise; and
(iii)
those liabilities or obligations incurred, consistently with past
business practice, in or as a result of the normal and ordinary
course of business.
(w)
Federal Regulations . No part of the proceeds of the Credit
Facility will be used for “purchasing” or
“carrying” any “margin stock” within the
respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under
Regulation U or for any purpose which violates the provisions
of Regulation U or any other Regulations of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System. If requested by the
Lender, the Borrower will furnish to the Lender a statement to the
foregoing effect in conformity with the requirements of FR
Form U-l referred to in said Regulation U. No part of the
proceeds of the Credit Facility hereunder will be used for any
purpose which violates, or which is inconsistent with, the
provisions of either of Regulations T and X.
(x)
Complete Disclosure . All statements and material furnished
by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Lender for purposes of or in
connection with this Agreement or the Transactions is, and all
other statements and material hereafter furnished by or on behalf
of the Borrower will be, true and accurate in all material respects
on the date as of which such information is furnished and not
incomplete or misleading by omitting to state any fact necessary to
make such information not misleading at such time in light of the
circumstances under which such information was provided.
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(y)
Security Interests . At all times after execution and
delivery of the Security Documents by the party or parties thereto
and completion of the filings and recordings listed on
Schedule 5.1(y), the security interests created for the
benefit of the Lender pursuant to the Security Documents will
constitute valid, perfected security interests in the collateral
subject thereto, subject to no other Liens whatsoever, except
Permitted Liens.
(z)
Insurance. The Borrower currently maintains insurance which
meets or exceeds the requirements of Section 7.1(c) and the
applicable insurance requirements set forth in the other
Transaction Documents. Schedule 5.1(z) hereto lists, as
of the Initial Closing Date, all insurance policies and other bonds
to which the Borrower is a party, all of which are valid and in
full force and effect. No written notice has been given or claim
made and the Borrower has no knowledge that any grounds exist to
cancel or avoid any of such policies or bonds or to reduce the
coverage provided thereby or any replacements thereof. Such
policies and bonds or any replacements thereof provide adequate
coverage from reputable and financially sound insurers in amounts
sufficient to insure the assets and risks of the Borrower in
accordance with prudent business practice in the industry of the
Borrower.
(i)
Except as set forth on Schedule 5.1(aa), each of the
Borrower and the Guarantor possesses all material approvals of each
Governmental Authority (the “ Governmental
Approvals ”) necessary for the operations of its
business and is not in material violation thereof. All such
Governmental Approvals are in full force and effect, and no event
has occurred that permits, or after notice or lapse of time could
permit, the revocation, termination or material and adverse
modification of any such Governmental Approval.
(ii)
Except as set forth on Schedule 5.1(aa), neither the
Borrower nor the Guarantor has knowledge of any investigation,
notice of apparent liability, violation, forfeiture or other order
or complaint issued by or before any Governmental Authority, or of
any other proceedings of or before any Governmental Authority,
which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(bb)
No Consents . Except as set forth in
Schedule 5.1(bb) , no consent, approval or
authorization of any Person is required for the valid execution and
delivery of this Agreement or the valid offer, issue, sale and
delivery of the Notes and Warrants pursuant to this
Agreement.
(cc)
Shareholders Voting Agreement . Pursuant to the terms of the
Shareholders Voting Agreement, William Mitchell, Sr. has agreed to
vote the shares of Common Stock owned by him in favor of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Borrower covenants
to use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the agreement of other
shareholders of the Borrower owning, or controlling the voting
power of, greater than five percent (5%) of the issued and
outstanding shares of Common Stock to vote the shares of Common
Stock owned by them in favor of the Shareholder
Approval.
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(dd)
Foreign Corrupt Practices . Neither the Borrower, nor any of
its Subsidiaries, nor any director, officer, agent, employee or
other person acting on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
has, in the course of his actions for, or on behalf of, the
Borrower, used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution,
gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to
political activity; made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to
any foreign or domestic government official or employee from
corporate funds; violated or is in violation of any provision of
the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or made any bribe,
rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful
payment to any foreign or domestic government official or
employee.
(ee)
No Defaults . Except as set forth on
Schedule 5.1(ee) , neither the Borrower nor the
Guarantor is in default under or with respect to any of its
Contractual Obligations in any respect which could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing.
ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF THE
LENDER
6.1
Authorization; Enforceable Obligations . This Agreement and
the other Transaction Documents to which the Lender is a party have
been duly executed and delivered by the Lender and constitute
legal, valid and binding obligations of the Lender, enforceable
against him in accordance with their respective terms, except that
such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and
transfer and similar laws of general application relating to or
affecting the rights and remedies of creditors.
6.2 No
Breach . The execution and delivery by the Lender of the
Transaction Documents to which he is a party and the consummation
of the Transactions do not and will not (i) conflict with or
result in a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of,
(ii) constitute a default under, (iii) give any third
party the right to accelerate any obligation under,
(iv) result in a violation of, or (v) require any
authorization, consent, approval, exemption or other action by or
notice to any Governmental Authority pursuant to, any Law to which
the Lender is subject, or any agreement, statute, rule or
regulation, instrument, order, judgment or decree to which the
Lender is a party or to which he or his assets are
subject.
6.3
Governmental Approvals . Except as specifically provided by
the Transaction Documents, no registration with or consent or
approval of, or other action by, any Governmental Authority or any
other Person is or will be required in connection with the
consummation of the Transactions by the Lender and the performance
of his obligations thereunder.
6.4 Restricted
Securities . The Lender acknowledges that the Securities have
not been registered under the Securities Act and may be resold only
if registered pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act or
if an exemption from registration is available, and, except as
provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, that the Borrower is
not required to register any of the Securities.
6.5 Legends;
Lender’s Representations . The Lender hereby represents
and warrants to the Borrower that he is an “accredited
investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under
the
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Securities Act
and is acquiring the Securities for investment for the
Lender’s own account, with no present intention of dividing
his participation with others (except for a potential transfer or
transfers of the Securities to an affiliate or affiliates of the
Lender) or reselling or otherwise distributing the same in
violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities
laws. The Borrower may place an appropriate legend on the
Securities owned by the Lender concerning the restrictions set
forth in this Article 6. Upon the assignment or transfer by
the Lender or any of his successors or assignees of all or any part
of the Securities, the term “ Lender ” as
used herein shall thereafter mean, to the extent thereof, the then
holder or holders of such Securities, or portion
thereof.
6.6 Reliance on
Exemptions . The Lender understands that the Securities are
being offered and sold to him in reliance upon specific exemptions
from the registration requirements of United States federal and
state securities laws and that the Borrower is relying upon the
truth and accuracy of, and the Lender’s compliance with, the
representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and
understandings of the Lender set forth herein in order to determine
the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the
Lender to acquire the Securities.
6.7 Prohibition
on Short Sales . The Lender will not engage in any short sale
of any shares of Common Stock or have in effect a short position
with respect thereto (whether such short sale or position is
against the box and regardless of when such position was entered
into).
6.8 Transfer of
Notes . Subject to Section 6.5 hereof, a holder of a Note
may transfer such Note to a new holder, or may exchange such Note
for Notes of different denominations (but in no event of
denominations of less than $500,000 or increments of $100,000 in
excess thereof in original principal amount), by surrendering such
Note to the Borrower duly endorsed for transfer or accompanied by a
duly executed instrument of transfer naming the new holder (or the
current holder if submitted for exchange only), together with
written instructions for the issuance of one or more new Notes
specifying the respective principal amounts of each new Note and
the name of each new holder and each address therefor. The Borrower
shall simultaneously deliver to such holder or its designee such
new Notes, shall mark the surrendered Notes as canceled. The
Borrower shall not be required to recognize any subsequent holder
of a Note unless and until the Borrower has received reasonable
assurance that all applicable transfer taxes have been paid.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a holder of a Note may not transfer
such Note or any of the other Securities to a competitor of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Borrower.
6.9 Replacement
of Lost Securities . Upon receipt of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Borrower of the mutilation, destruction, loss
or theft of any Securities and the ownership thereof, the Borrower
shall, upon the written request of the holder of such Securities,
execute and deliver in replacement thereof new Securities in the
same form, in the same original principal amount and dated the same
date as the Securities so mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen; and
such Securities so mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen shall then
be deemed no longer outstanding hereunder. If the Securities being
replaced have been mutilated, they shall be surrendered to the
Borrower; and if such replaced Securities have been destroyed, lost
or stolen, such holder thereof shall furnish the Borrower with a
written indemnity, in form satisfactory to the Borrower, to save it
harmless in respect of such replaced Security.
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7.1 Affirmative
Covenants . The Borrower covenants that, so long as all or any
of the principal amount of the Notes or any interest thereon shall
remain outstanding, the Borrower shall and cause the Guarantor
to:
(a)
Existence . Do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal
existence.
(b)
Businesses and Properties; Compliance with Laws . At all
times (i) do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect the rights,
licenses, registrations, permits, certifications, approvals,
consents, franchises, Proprietary Rights which may be material to
the conduct of the Business; (ii) comply in all material
respects with all Laws applicable to the operation of such
business, including but not limited to, all Environmental Laws,
whether now in effect or hereafter enacted and with all other
applicable Laws, (iii) take all action which may be required
to obtain, preserve, renew and extend all rights, Proprietary
Rights, franchises, registrations, certifications, approvals,
consents, licenses, permits and any other authorizations which may
be material to the operation of such business, (iv) maintain,
preserve and protect all property material to the conduct of such
business, and (v) except for obsolete or worn out equipment, keep
their property in good repair, working order and condition and from
time to time make, or cause to be made, all needful and proper
repairs, renewals, additions, improvements and replacements thereto
necessary in order that the business carried on in connection
therewith may be properly conducted at all times.
(c)
Insurance . Maintain insurance required by the Transaction
Documents and any and all contracts entered into by the Borrower
under policies issued by financially sound and reputable insurers
in such amounts as are customary with companies similarly situated
and in the same or similar business. The Borrower shall pay all
insurance premiums payable by it and shall deliver the policy or
policies of such insurance (or certificates of insurance with
copies of such policies) to the Lender. All insurance policies of
the Borrower shall contain endorsements, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Lender, providing that the insurance
shall not be cancelable except upon thirty (30) days’
prior written notice to the Lender. The Lender shall be shown as a
loss payee and an additional named insured party under all such
insurance policies.
(d)
Obligations and Taxes . Pay and discharge promptly when due
all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed
upon them or upon their income or profits or in respect of their
properties before the same shall become delinquent or in default,
as well as all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies or
otherwise, which, if unpaid, might give rise to Liens or charges
upon such properties or any part thereof; provided ,
however , that neither the Borrower nor the Guarantor shall
be required to pay and discharge or to cause to be paid and
discharged any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim so long
as the validity or amount thereof shall be contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings and the Borrower or such Guarantor shall
have set aside on their books adequate reserves with respect
thereto.
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(e)
Financial Statements; Reports . Furnish to the
Lender:
(i)
not later than the ninetieth (90th) day after the end of each
fiscal year of the Borrower, Consolidated balance sheets of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the
related Consolidated statements of income, shareholders’
equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such
fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form
(x) the Consolidated figures for the previous fiscal year and
(y) the figures set forth in the budget for such period, all
in reasonable detail and accompanied by a report of Friedman LLP or
other reputable firm of independent registered public accounting
firm, which report shall state that the Consolidated financial
statements of the Borrower for such period present fairly the
financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the
dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash
flows for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP applied on
a basis consistent with prior years (except as otherwise specified
in such report) and that the audit by such accountants in
connection with such Consolidated financial statements has been
made in accordance with GAAP; provided that so long as the
Borrower is subject to the reporting provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act, timely delivery of copies of the Borrower’s
annual report on Form 10-K for such period will satisfy the
requirements of this paragraph (i) (except for the requirement
included in clause (y) above);
(ii)
not later than the forty-fifth (45 th )
day after the end of each of the first three quarterly fiscal
periods in each fiscal year of the Borrower, Consolidated balance
sheets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such
period and the related Consolidated statements of income,
shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for such period and (in the case of the second and
third quarterly periods) for the period from the beginning of the
current fiscal year to the end of such quarterly period, setting
forth in each case in comparative form (x) the consolidated
figures for the corresponding periods of the previous fiscal year
and (y) the figures set forth in the budget for such period,
all in reasonable detail and certified by a principal financial
officer of the Borrower as presenting fairly, in accordance with
GAAP (except for the absence of notes thereto) applied (except as
specifically set forth therein) on a basis consistent with such
prior fiscal periods, the information contained therein, subject to
changes resulting from normal year-end audit adjustments;
provided that so long as the Borrower is subject to the
reporting provisions of the Securities Exchange Act, timely
delivery of copies of the Borrower’s quarterly report on Form
10-Q for such period will satisfy the requirements of this
paragraph (ii) (except for the requirement included in clause
(y) above);
(f)
Certificates; Other Information . Furnish to the
Lender:
(i)
[Intentionally omitted];
(ii)
concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred
to in subsections 7.1(e)(i) and (ii), a compliance certificate, in
substantially the form attached as Exhibit N (the
“ Compliance Certificate ”), executed by
an Executive Officer;
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(iii)
within five (5) days after the same are sent, copies of all
financial statements and reports which the Borrower sends to any of
its shareholders and within five days after the same are filed,
copies of all financial statements and reports which the Borrower
may make to, or file with, the Securities Exchange Commission or
any successor or analogous Governmental Authority;
(iv)
promptly upon their becoming available to the Borrower, any reports
including management letters submitted to the Borrower by
independent accountants in connection with any annual, interim or
special audit;
(g)
Litigation and Other Notices . Give the Lender prompt
written notice of the following:
(i)
Orders; Injunctions . The issuance by any Governmental
Authority of any injunction, order, decision or other restraint
prohibiting, or having the effect of prohibiting, the making of any
loan or the initiation of any litigation or similar proceeding
seeking any such injunction, order or other restraint.
(ii)
Litigation . The notice, filing or commencement of any
action, suit or proceeding against the Borrower or the Guarantor
whether at law or in equity or by or before any court or any
federal, state, municipal or other governmental agency or authority
and that, if adversely determined against the Borrower or the
Guarantor, could result in uninsured liability in excess of
$150,000 in the aggregate.
(iii)
Environmental Matters . (A) Any release or threatened
release of any Pollutant required to be reported to any
Governmental Authority under any applicable Environmental Laws,
(B) any Removal, Remedial or Response action taken by the
Borrower or any other person in response to any Pollutant in, at,
on or under, a part of or about the Borrower’s or either
Guarantor’s Properties and Facilities, or any other property
for which the Borrower or either Guarantor is responsible,
(C) any violation by the Borrower or the Guarantor of any
Environmental Law, in each case, that could result in a Material
Adverse Effect, or (D) any notice, claim or other information
that the Borrower or the Guarantor might be subject to an
Environmental Liability.
(iv)
Default . Any Default or Event of Default, specifying the
nature and extent thereof and the action (if any) that is proposed
to be taken with respect thereto.
(v)
Material Adverse Effect . Any development in the Business or
in the affairs of the Borrower or the Guarantor that could have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(h)
ERISA . Comply in all material respects with the applicable
provisions of ERISA and the provisions of the Code relating thereto
and furnish to the Lender (i) as soon as possible, and in any
event within thirty (30) days after the Borrower knows
thereof, notice of (A) the establishment by the Borrower of
any Plan, (B) the commencement by the Borrower of
contributions to a Multiemployer Plan, (C) any failure by the
Borrower or any of its Affiliates to make contributions required by
Section 302 of ERISA (whether or not such requirement is
waived pursuant to Section 303 of ERISA), or (D) the
occurrence of any Reportable Event with respect to any Plan or
Multiemployer Plan for which the reporting requirement is not
waived,
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together with a
statement of an officer setting forth details as to such Reportable
Event and the action which the Borrower proposes to take with
respect thereto, together with a copy of the notice of such
Reportable Event given to the PBGC if any such notice was provided
by the Borrower, and (ii) promptly after receipt thereof, a
copy of any notice the Borrowers may receive from the PBGC relating
to the intention of the PBGC to terminate any Plan or Multiemployer
Plan, or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan or
Multiemployer Plan, and (iii) promptly after receipt thereof,
a copy of any notice of withdrawal liability from any Multiemployer
Plan.
(i)
Maintaining Records; Access to Premises and Inspections .
Maintain financial records in accordance with generally accepted
practices and, on no more than two (2) occasions during any
twelve (12) month period, during business hours and after
reasonable notice has been provided, permit an authorized
representative of the Lender to visit and inspect the properties
and financial records of the Borrower and to make extracts from
such financial records, all at the Borrower’s reasonable
expense, and permit any authorized representative to discuss the
affairs, finances and conditions of the Borrower with the
Borrower’s Executive Officers, and the Borrower’s
independent public accountants.
(j)
Covenants Regarding Formation of Subsidiaries and
Acquisitions . At the time of the formation of any new domestic
Subsidiary of the Borrower which is permitted under this Agreement,
(i) provide the Lender an executed joinder agreement, in form
and substance acceptable to the Lender, pursuant to which such
domestic Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor under the Guaranty and
a Security Agreement and appropriate financing statements so that
all of the assets of such domestic Subsidiary shall be pledged to
the Lender, (ii) provide a statement of an Executive Officer
that no Default or Event of Default exists or would be caused by
the formation; and (iii) provide all other documentation, including
one or more opinions of counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the
Lender, which in his reasonable opinion is appropriate with respect
to the formation of such domestic Subsidiary. Any document,
agreement or instrument executed or issued pursuant to this
subsection 7.1(j) shall be a “Transaction Document” for
purposes of this Agreement.
(k)
Board of Directors . Ensure that the Board of Directors of
the Borrower consists of five (5) members, two (2) of
which members shall be the Lender (or his designee) and the
Borrower’s Chief Executive Officer. Prior to the date on
which the Borrower obtains the Shareholder Approval, the Lender
shall have the right to consent to one (1) of the other
nominees to the Board of Directors of the Borrower, such consent to
be granted or withheld in the Lender’s reasonable discretion.
After the date on which the Borrower obtains the Shareholder
Approval, the Lender shall have the right to consent to all other
nominees to the Board of Directors of the Borrower, such consent to
be granted or withheld in the Lender’s reasonable discretion;
provided, however, that this right shall not be construed to mean
Lender has the right to appoint or nominate such directors, rather
than to consent to their nomination or appointment.
(l)
Proxy Statement and Form 10-K . As soon as practicable
but in no event later than twenty (20) days following the date
hereof, file with the SEC an annual report on Form 10-K for its
fiscal year ended February 28, 2009 and a preliminary proxy
statement on Schedule 14A that provides, in addition to any
disclosure generally required in a proxy statement for a registered
corporation’s annual meeting, that the shareholders of the
Borrower will vote on the proposals set forth in the definition of
Shareholder Approval in Article I above. The
Borrower
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shall, as soon
as practicable but in no event later than five (5) days after
notice from the SEC that the SEC has no comments or no further
comments to the proxy statement, mail a definitive proxy statement
on Schedule 14A to its shareholders of record as of the record
date for the Meeting that provides for the vote by the shareholders
on the foregoing shareholder actions. The Lender agrees to
cooperate and timely respond to any questions or other requests
made by the Borrower relating to the Lender that are reasonably
necessary to respond to any such SEC comments.
(m)
Shareholder Approval . As soon as practicable, but in no
event later than the Shareholder Meeting Date Deadline, hold an
annual meeting of its shareholders (the “
Meeting ”) to obtain the Shareholder Approval.
In connection therewith, the Borrower shall use its best efforts to
obtain the Shareholder Approval at the Meeting.
(n)
Payment of Principal, Interest and Other Amounts Due . Pay
when due all Obligations to the Lender and all other amounts
payable by it hereunder and under the Notes; provided ,
however , that notwithstanding the respective Maturity Dates
of the Notes, the Borrower covenants to make partial principal
payments under the Notes from time to time after June 30, 2010
upon the Borrower’s reasonable determination, upon
consultation with the Lender, that the Borrower has more working
capital than it reasonably projects that it will require to cover
its expenses over a rolling ninety (90) day period, and the
Borrower does not have any other foreseeable longer term
obligations that it projects it would not otherwise be able to
repay through cash flow generated from operations or other
available sources of capital without the use of such excess working
capital; provided, further , that the making of any such
partial payments does not violate the terms of the Subordination
Agreement as then in effect, or if any such payments would result
in such violation, the Senior Lender shall have waived such
violation or consented to the payments.
(o)
Filing of Series E Preferred Stock Statement With Respect
to Shares and Conversion and Exchange of the 2003 Note,
Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock
into Series E Preferred Stock . As soon as practicable
following the receipt by the Borrower of the Shareholder Approval,
but in no event later than two (2) business days thereafter,
the Borrower shall file the Series E Preferred Stock Statement
With Respect to Shares in substantially the form of Exhibit C
hereto with the Department of State of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania and shall effect the conversion and exchange of the
2003 Note, Series B Preferred Stock and Series C
Preferred Stock into Series E Preferred Stock as contemplated
by Section 3.5 hereof.
7.2 Negative
Covenants . The Borrower covenants that, so long as all or any
part of the principal amount of the Notes or any interest thereon
shall remain outstanding:
(a)
Indebtedness . The Borrower and the Guarantor shall not
create, incur, assume, guarantee or be or remain liable for,
contingently or otherwise, or suffer to exist any Indebtedness,
except:
(i)
Indebtedness under this Agreement;
(ii)
Indebtedness under the Senior Financing, to which payment under the
Notes will be subordinated pursuant to the terms of the
Subordination Agreement;
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provided,
however, that the
principal amount of indebtedness that may be incurred under the
Senior Financing may not exceed $15,000,000 prior to the Borrower
obtaining the Shareholder Approval, and $20,000,000 after the
Borrower obtains the Shareholder Approval, plus indebtedness that
may be incurred under the confirmation letter between the Borrower
and the Senior Lender dated September 12, 2008 setting forth
the terms and conditions of an interest rate swap transaction (the
‘Existing Swap”) entered into under and pursuant to the
terms and conditions of that certain ISDA Master Agreement between
the Borrower and the Senior Lender dated as of August 6, 2007
and the Schedule related thereto (together, the “ISDA
Agreement”); and provided, further , that the Borrower
may not enter into any other swap or other transactions under the
ISDA Agreement, enter into any other agreement similar to the ISDA
Agreement or amend or modify the terms of the Existing Swap or the
ISDA Agreement without the prior written consent of the Lender,
which may be granted or withheld in his sole discretion;
(iii)
Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business with
respect to customer deposits, trade payables and other unsecured
current liabilities not the result of borrowing and not evidenced
by any note or other evidence of indebtedness; and
(iv)
Permitted Indebtedness; and
(v)
Extensions, renewals and replacements of any Permitted
Indebtedness; provided, however , that there shall be no
increase in the principal amount of Permitted Indebtedness without
the prior written consent of the Lender, which may be granted or
withheld in his sole discretion.
(b)
Negative Pledge; Liens . The Borrower and the Guarantor
shall not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien of any
kind on any of its properties or assets of any kind, except the
following (collectively, “ Permitted Liens
”):
(i)
Liens now existing or hereafter created in connection with the
Senior Financing, to which Liens the Lender will subordinate its
Liens to on the terms set forth in the Subordination
Agreement;
(ii)
Liens for or priority claims imposed by law that are incidental to
the conduct of business or the ownership of properties and assets
(including mechanic’s, warehousemen’s, attorneys’
and statutory landlords’ liens) and deposits, pledges or
liens to secure statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds or
other liens of like general nature incurred in the ordinary course
of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money;
provided , however , that in each case, the
obligation secured thereby shall not be overdue, or, if overdue, is
being contested in good faith and adequate reserves have been set
up by the Borrower;
(iii)
Liens securing the payments of taxes, assessments and governmental
charges or levies incurred in the ordinary course of business that
either (a) are not delinquent, or (b) are being contested
in good faith by appropriate legal or administrative proceedings
and as to which adequate reserves have been set aside on their
books, and so long as during the period of any such contest, the
Borrower shall suffer no
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loss of any
privilege of doing business or any other right, power or privilege
necessary or material to the operation of the Business;
(iv)
Liens listed on Schedule 7.2(b) hereto; and
(v)
Extensions, renewals and replacements of Liens referred to in
clauses (i) through (iv) of this Section 7.2(b);
provided , however , that any such extension, renewal
or replacement Lien shall be limited to the property or assets
covered by the Lien extended, renewed or replaced and that the
obligations secured by any such extension, renewal or replacement
Lien shall be in an amount not greater than the amount of the
obligations secured by the Lien extended, renewed or
replaced.
(c)
Contingent Obligations . Neither the Borrower nor the
Guarantor shall create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any
Contingent Obligation other than guarantees by the Borrower of
Indebtedness of a Subsidiary, but only to the extent such
Indebtedness is permitted hereunder.
(d)
Mergers, etc . The Borrower shall not merge into or
consolidate or combine with any other Person, or purchase, lease or
otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of related
transactions) all or any part of the property or assets of any
Person other than purchases or other acquisitions of inventory,
materials, leases, property and equipment in the ordinary course of
business. Except as expressly permitted by the Security Documents,
the Borrower shall not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of,
lease or let others manage any of its assets, including the
collateral under the respective Security Documents.
(e)
Affiliate Transactions . Except as set forth on
Schedule 7.2(e) , neither the Borrower nor the
Guarantor shall make any loan or advance to any director, officer
or employee of any Borrower or any Affiliate, or enter into or be a
party to any transaction or arrangement with any Affiliate of the
Borrower or such Guarantor, including, without limitation, the
purchase from, sale to or exchange of property with, any merger or
consolidation with or into, or the rendering of any service by or
for, any Affiliate, except pursuant to the reasonable requirements
of the Business and upon fair and reasonable terms no less
favorable to the Borrower or such Guarantor than would be obtained
in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person other
than an Affiliate.
(f)
Dividends and Common Stock Purchases . Neither the Borrower
nor the Guarantor will declare or pay any dividend, or make any
distribution on its outstanding capital stock or any other payment
of any kind to any of its shareholders or its or their Affiliates,
other than with respect to the Series D Preferred Stock or
Series E Preferred Stock, provided that Subsidiaries
not formed under the laws of the United States of America or any
U.S. state may declare and pay dividends to their shareholders
other than the Borrower and any other Subsidiaries, in an aggregate
amount not exceeding $25,000 per year.
(g)
Advances, Investments and Loans . Neither the Borrower nor
the Guarantor shall purchase, or hold beneficially any stock, other
securities or evidences of Indebtedness of, or make or permit to
exist any loan, Guaranty or advance to, or make any
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investment or
acquire any interest whatsoever in, any other Person (including,
but not limited to, the formation or acquisition of any
Subsidiaries), except:
(i)
securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by
the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality
thereof having maturities of not more than six (6) months from
the date of acquisition;
(ii)
United States dollar denominated time deposits, certificates of
deposit and bankers acceptances of any bank or any bank whose
short-term debt rating from Standard & Poor’s Ratings
Group, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“
S&P ”), is at least A-1 or the equivalent
or from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“
Moody’s ”) is at least P-1 or the
equivalent with maturities of not more than six (6) months
from the date of acquisition;
(iii)
commercial paper with a rating of at least A-1 or the equivalent by
S&P or at least P-1 or the equivalent by Moody’s maturing
within six (6) months after the date of
acquisition;
(iv)
marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United
States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or
any public instrumentality thereof maturing within six
(6) months from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the
time of acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings
obtainable from either S&P or Moody’s;
(v)
Investments in money market funds substantially all the assets of
which are comprised of securities of the types described in clauses
(i) through (iv) above;
(vi)
Investments (including debt obligations) received in connection
with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers
and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes
with, customers and suppliers arising in the ordinary course of
business;
(vii)
receivables owing to the Borrower created or acquired in the
ordinary course of business and payable on customary trade terms of
the Borrower;
(viii)
deposits made in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practices to secure the performance of leases or in connection
with bidding on government contracts; and
(ix)
advances to employees in the ordinary course of business for
business expenses; provided , however , that the
aggregate amount of such advances at any time outstanding shall not
exceed $100,000.
(h)
Use of Proceeds . The Borrower shall not use any proceeds
from the sale of the Notes hereunder, directly or indirectly, for
the purposes of purchasing or carrying any “margin
securities” within the meaning of Regulations T, U or X
promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board
or for the purpose of arranging for the extension of
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credit secured,
directly or indirectly, in whole or in part by collateral that
includes any “margin securities”.
(i)
Amendment of Charter Documents . Neither the Borrower nor
the Guarantor shall amend, terminate, modify or waive or agree to
the amendment, modification or waiver of any material term or
provision of its Charter Documents or Bylaws, except as
specifically contemplated herein. The Borrower shall not, without
the prior written consent of the Lender, issue any shares of its
Preferred Stock other than to the Lender.
(j)
Business . Neither the Borrower nor the Guarantor shall
engage, directly or indirectly, in any business other than the
Business.
(k)
Fiscal Year; Accounting . The Borrower shall not change its
Fiscal Year from ending on the last Friday of each February or
method of accounting (other than immaterial changes in methods),
except as required by GAAP.
(l)
Establishment of New or Changed Business Locations . The
Borrower shall not relocate its principal executive offices or
other facilities or establish new business locations or store any
inventory or other assets at a location not identified to the
Lender on or before the date hereof, without providing not less
than thirty (30) days advance written notice to the
Lender.
(m)
Changed or Additional Business Names . Neither the Borrower
nor the Guarantor shall change its corporate name or establish new
or additional trade names without providing not less than thirty
(30) days advance written notice to the Lender.
7.3 Financial
Covenant . The Borrower will maintain as of the end of each
Fiscal Quarter a Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of at least
$3,500,000.
ARTICLE VIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
8.1 Events of
Default . An Event of Default shall mean the occurrence of one
or more of the following described events:
(a) the
Borrower shall default in the payment of principal and interest on
the Notes when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise;
(b) the
Borrower shall default in the payment of, or any agreement related
to, any of its Obligations, including without limitation if the
Lender is required to make any payment to the Senior Lender under
the Personal Guaranty;
(c) the
Borrower shall default in the payment of (i) interest on any
Senior Debt on its due date or (ii) principal on any Senior
Debt, whether at maturity, upon any scheduled payment date or by
acceleration or otherwise;
(d) the
Borrower shall default under any agreement related to the Senior
Financing or under any agreement under which any Indebtedness in an
aggregate principal
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amount of
$300,000 or more is created in a manner entitling the holder of
such Indebtedness to accelerate the maturity of such
Indebtedness;
(e) any
representation or warranty herein made by the Borrower, or any
certificate or financial statement furnished pursuant to the
provisions hereof, shall prove to have been false or misleading in
any material respect as of the time made or furnished or deemed
made or furnished;
(f) the
Borrower or the Guarantor shall default in the performance of any
other covenant, condition or provision of this Agreement, the Notes
or the other Transaction Documents, and such default shall not be
remedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of
(i) written notice from the Lender of such default or
(ii) actual knowledge by the Borrower of such
default;
(g) a
proceeding shall have been instituted in a court having
jurisdiction in the premises seeking a decree or order for relief
in respect of the Borrower in an involuntary case under any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect, or for the appointment of a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator (or similar
official) of the Borrower or for any substantial part of its
property, or for the winding-up or liquidation of their affairs (an
“ Insolvency Proceeding ”), and such
Insolvency Proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed and in
effect for a period of sixty (60) days;
(h) the
Borrower shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in
effect, shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an
involuntary case under any such law, or shall consent to the
appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other similar
official) of the Borrower or for any substantial part of its
property, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors, or shall fail generally to pay their debts as they
become due, or shall take any action in furtherance of any of the
foregoing;
(i) both
the following events shall occur: (i) a Reportable Event, the
occurrence of which would have a Material Adverse Effect which
could cause the imposition of a Lien under Section 4068 of
ERISA, shall have occurred with respect to any Plan or Plans; and
(ii) the aggregate amount of the then “current
liability” (as defined in Section 412(l)(7) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended) of all accrued benefits
under such Plan or Plans exceeds the then current value of the
assets allocable to such benefits by more than $1,000,000 at such
time;
(j) a
final judgment which, with other undischarged final judgments
against the Borrower, exceeds an aggregate of $300,000 (excluding
judgments to the extent any Borrower are fully insured or the
deductible or retention limit does not exceed $300,000 and with
respect to which the insurer has assumed responsibility in
writing), shall have been entered against the Borrower if, within
thirty (30) days after the entry thereof, such judgment shall
not have been discharged or execution thereof stayed pending
appeal, or if, within thirty (30) days after the expiration of
any such stay, such judgment shall not have been
discharged;
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(k) any
Transaction Document or Security Document shall at any time after
the Closing Date cease for any reason to be in full force and
effect or shall cease to create perfected security interests in
favor of the Lender in the collateral subject or purported to be
subject thereto, subject to no other Liens other than Permitted
Liens, or such collateral shall have been transferred to any Person
without the prior written consent of the Lender;
(l) the
Borrower or the Guarantor (except as otherwise provided herein)
shall terminate its existence, cease to exist, permanently cease
operations or abandon the operation of any material portion of its
business; or
(m) any
of the following shall have occurred: (1) a final
non-appealable order is issued by any Governmental Authority,
including, requiring the Borrower or the Guarantor to divest a
substantial portion of its assets pursuant to any antitrust,
restraint of trade, unfair competition, industry regulation, or
similar requirement of Law, or (ii) any Governmental Authority
shall condemn, seize or otherwise appropriate, or take custody or
control of all or any substantial portion of the assets of the
Borrower or the Guarantor.
8.2
Consequences of Event of Default .
(a)
Bankruptcy . If an Event of Default specified in paragraphs
(g) or (h) of Section 8.1 hereof shall occur, the unpaid
principal balance of the Notes and interest accrued thereon and all
other liabilities of the Borrower to the Lender hereunder and
thereunder shall be immediately due and payable, without
presentment, demand, protest or (except as expressly required
hereby) notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly
waived.
(b)
Other Defaults . If any other Event of Default shall occur,
the Lender may at his option, by written notice to the Borrower,
declare the entire unpaid principal balance of the Notes, the 2003
Note and the 2009 Bridge Note and interest accrued thereon and all
other liabilities of the Borrower hereunder and thereunder to be
forthwith due and payable, and the same shall thereupon become
immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest
or (except as expressly required hereby) notice of any kind, all of
which are hereby expressly waived.
(c)
Default Interest . Following the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Event of Default, the Lender shall be entitled
to receive, to the extent permitted by applicable law, interest on
the outstanding principal of, and premium and overdue interest, if
any, on, the Notes at a rate per annum equal to the interest rate
thereon (determined as provided in Section 3.1) plus six percent
(6%).
8.3
Security . Payments of principal of, and interest on, the
Notes and all other obligations of the Borrower under this
Agreement or the Notes are secured pursuant to the terms of the
Security Documents.
9.1
Survival . All covenants, agreements, representations and
warranties made in any of the Transaction Documents or any
certificate or instrument delivered to the Lender pursuant
to
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or in
connection with any of the Transaction Documents, shall survive the
execution and delivery of all of the Transaction Documents, and the
issuance, sale and delivery of the Notes and the Warrants. For the
avoidance of doubt, no payment shall be deemed to have been
indefeasibly paid in full, whether made by the Borrower or the
Guarantor or any other person, which is required to be refunded
pursuant to any bankruptcy or insolvency law; it being understood
that no payment so refunded shall be considered as a payment of any
portion of the Credit Facility, nor shall it have the effect of
reducing the obligation or the liability of the Borrower or the
Guarantor hereunder or any Transaction Document.
9.2 Successors
and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors
and assigns, except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or
transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein
or delegate their duties hereunder and (ii) the Lender shall
have the right to assign his rights hereunder and under the
Securities in accordance with Article 6.
9.3
Modifications and Amendments . The provisions of this
Agreement may be modified, waived or amended, but only by a written
instrument signed by the Borrower and the Lender.
9.4 No Implied
Waivers; Cumulative Remedies; Writing Required . No delay or
failure in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall
affect or operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or
partial exercise thereof or any abandonment or discontinuance of
steps to enforce such a right, power or remedy preclude any further
exercise thereof or of any other right, power or remedy. The rights
and remedies hereunder are cumulative and not exclusive of any
rights or remedies that the Lender would otherwise have. Any
waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character of any
breach or default under this Agreement or any such waiver of any
provision or condition of this Agreement must be in writing and
shall be effective only to the extent in such writing specifically
set forth.
9.5
Reimbursement of Expenses . The Borrower shall, within two
(2) business days after each Closing, reimburse the reasonable
fees and out-of-pocket expenses of Royer & Associates LLC,
counsel to the Lender, in an amount not to exceed $35,000 in the
aggregate. In the alternative, the Lender may effect such
reimbursement at any Closing by withholding from the amount of the
applicable Note specified in Article II the amount to which
the Lender’s counsel is entitled to reimbursement pursuant to
the preceding sentence. Notwithstanding the withholding of such
amount, the Lender shall be deemed to have loaned to the Borrower
the full amount so withheld.
9.6
Holidays . Whenever any payment or action to be made or
taken hereunder or under the Notes shall be stated to be due on a
day which is not a Business Day, such payment or action shall be
made or taken on the next following Business Day, and such
extension of time shall be included in computing interest or fees,
if any, in connection with such payment or action.
9.7 Notices
. All notices and other communications given to or made upon any
party hereto in connection with this Agreement shall, except as
otherwise expressly herein provided, be in writing (including
telecopy, but in such case, a confirming copy will be sent by
another
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permitted
means) and mailed via certified mail, telecopied or delivered by
guaranteed overnight parcel express service or courier to the
respective parties, as follows:
Environmental
Tectonics Corporation
County Line Industrial Park
125 James Way
Southampton, PA 18966-3877
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
Telecopier: (215) 357-4000
Klehr,
Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg & Ellers LLP
260 S. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Attn: William W. Matthews, Esquire
Telecopier: (215) 568-6603
c/o The Lenfest
Group
300 Barr Harbor Drive, Suite 460
West Conshohocken, PA 19428
Attn: H.F. Lenfest
Telecopier: (610) 940-0602
Royer &
Associates LLC
681 Moore Road, Suite 321
King of Prussia, PA 19406
Attn: John E. Royer, Jr., Esquire
Telecopier: (610) 354-8896
or in
accordance with any subsequent written direction from the recipient
party to the sending party. All such notices and other
communications shall, except as otherwise expressly herein
provided, be effective upon delivery if delivered by courier or
overnight parcel express service; in the case of certified mail,
three (3) Business Days after the date sent; or in the case of
telecopy, when received.
9.8 Governing
Law and Consent to Jurisdiction .
(a) THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, WITHOUT REGARD TO
CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES.
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(b) The
Borrower irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that any suit,
action or other legal proceeding arising out of this Agreement
shall be brought exclusively in the courts of record in Montgomery
County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; consents to
personal jurisdiction in each such court in any such suit, action
or proceeding; and waives any objection concerning venue with
respect to any suit, action or proceeding in any of such
courts.
9.9
Severability . Whenever possible, each provision of this
Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective
and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this
Agreement is held to be prohibited by or invalid under applicable
law in any jurisdiction, such provision shall be ineffective only
to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without
invalidating any other provision of this Agreement.
9.10
Headings . Article, section and subsection headings in this
Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and shall
not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other
purpose.
9.11
Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts and by either party hereto on separate
counterparts, each of which, when so executed and delivered, shall
be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute
one and the same instrument.
9.12
Integration . This Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents set forth the entire understanding of the parties hereto
with respect to all matters contemplated hereby and supersede all
previous agreements and understandings among them concerning such
matters. No statements or agreements, oral or written, made prior
to or at the signing hereof, shall vary, waive or modify the
written terms hereof.
9.13
Subordination . The obligations evidenced hereby are
subordinate in the manner and to the extent set forth in the
Subordination Agreement, to the indebtedness and other liabilities
owed by the Borrower under and pursuant to the Senior Credit
Agreement and each related “Loan Document” (as defined
therein), and the Lender, by his acceptance of the Notes,
acknowledges and agrees to be bound by the provisions of the
Subordination Agreement.
9.14
Indemnification . The Borrower shall, with respect to the
representations, warranties and agreements made by it herein,
indemnify, defend and hold the Lender and the Lender’s
respective officers, directors, stockholders, employees and agents
and their respective Affiliates (the “
Indemnitees ”), harmless against any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, claims, costs, expenses and disbursements of any
kind or nature whatsoever, including, without limitation, the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for such Indemnitees
in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial
proceeding, whether or not such Indemnitees shall be designated a
party thereto, which may be (i) imposed on such Indemnitees,
(ii) incurred by such Indemnitees, or (iii) asserted
against such Indemnitees by a third party, as a result of the
misrepresentation or breach of any representation, warranty or
covenant of the Borrower under this Agreement or in any other
Transaction Document or to the nonfulfillment of or failure to
perform any covenant or agreement on the part of the Borrower
contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document. The
Borrower
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and the Lender
hereby agree to resolve any claim for indemnification under this
Section 9.14 pursuant to the procedures for indemnification set
forth in Section 6 of the Registration Rights
Agreement.
9.15 WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL . THE BORROWER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL
RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR
CLAIM OF ANY NATURE RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY DOCUMENTS
EXECUTED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION
CONTEMPLATED IN ANY OF SUCH DOCUMENTS. THE BORROWER ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT THE FOREGOING WAIVER IS KNOWING AND VOLUNTARY.
9.16
CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT . THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
AUTHORIZES AND EMPOWERS ANY ATTORNEY OF RECORD, OR THE PROTHONOTARY
OR CLERK OF ANY COURT IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA OR
ELSEWHERE, TO APPEAR FOR THE BORROWER AT ANY TIME OR TIMES, AFTER
THE OCCURRENCE OF AN EVENT OF DEFAULT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, THE
NOTE(S) OR THE SECURITY AGREEMENT, IN ANY SUCH COURT IN ANY ACTION
BROUGHT AGAINST THE BORROWER BY THE LENDER WITH RESPECT TO THE
AGGREGATE AMOUNTS PAYABLE HEREUNDER, WITH OR WITHOUT DECLARATION
FILED, AS OF ANY TERM, AND THEREIN TO CONFESS OR ENTER JUDGMENT
AGAINST THE BORROWER FOR ALL SUMS PAYABLE BY THE BORROWER TO THE
LENDER HEREUNDER, AS EVIDENCED BY AN AFFIDAVIT SIGNED BY A DULY
AUTHORIZED DESIGNEE OF THE LENDER SETTING FORTH SUCH AMOUNT THEN
DUE FROM THE BORROWER TO THE LENDER, PLUS AN ATTORNEY’S
COMMISSION EQUAL TO TEN PERCENT (10%) OF THE SUMS THEN OUTSTANDING
UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND THE NOTES, BUT IN NO EVENT LESS THAN
$25,000, WITH COSTS OF SUIT, RELEASE OF PROCEDURAL ERRORS, OTHER
THAN NOTICES THAT MAY BE REQUIRED HEREUNDER, AND WITHOUT RIGHT OF
APPEAL. IF A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT AND/OR A NOTE, VERIFIED BY AN
AFFIDAVIT, SHALL HAVE BEEN FILED IN SUCH ACTION, IT SHALL NOT BE
NECESSARY TO FILE THE ORIGINAL AS A WARRANT OF ATTORNEY. THE
BORROWER WAIVES THE RIGHT TO ANY STAY OF EXECUTION, THE BENEFIT OF
ALL EXEMPTION LAWS NOW OR HEREAFTER IN EFFECT AND ANY AND ALL
RIGHTS TO PRIOR NOTICE AND HEARING WITH RESPECT TO THE GARNISHMENT
OR ATTACHMENT OF ANY PROPERTY PURSUANT TO A JUDGMENT ENTERED
HEREUNDER. NO SINGLE EXERCISE OF THE FOREGOING WARRANT AND POWER TO
BRING ANY ACTION OR CONFESS JUDGMENT THEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO
EXHAUST THE POWER, BUT THE POWER SHALL CONTINUE UNDIMINISHED AND
MAY BE EXERCISED FROM TIME TO TIME AS OFTEN AS THE LENDER SHALL
ELECT UNTIL ALL AMOUNTS PAYABLE TO THE LENDER HEREUNDER, SHALL HAVE
BEEN PAID IN FULL. THE EXERCISE BY THE LENDER OF HIS RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES AND THE ENTRY OF ANY JUDGMENT BY THE LENDER UNDER THIS
SECTION SHALL NOT AFFECT IN ANY WAY THE INTEREST RATE PAYABLE
HEREUNDER OR ANY OTHER AMOUNTS DUE TO THE LENDER, BUT
INTEREST
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CONTINUE TO ACCRUE ON SUCH AMOUNTS AT THE DEFAULT RATE (AS DEFINED
IN THE NOTES).
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECURED CREDIT
FACILITY AND
WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the
day and year first above written.
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BORROWER:
ENVIRONMENTAL TECTONICS CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ Duane D.
Deanes
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Name:
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Duane D.
Deanes
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Title:
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CFO
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LENDER:
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H.F. Lenfest
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(Schedule 5.1(f))
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(Schedule 5.1(j))
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(Schedule 5.1(k))
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(Schedule 5.1(l))
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(Schedule 5.1(q))
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(Schedule 5.1(r))
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(Schedule 5.1(t))
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Absence of
Undisclosed Liabilities
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(Schedule 5.1(v))
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(Schedule 5.1(z))
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(Schedule 5.1(aa))
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(Schedule 5.1(bb))
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(Schedule 5.1(ee))
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(Schedule 7.2(b))
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(Schedule 7.2(e))
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Form of Senior
Secured Subordinated Initial Note
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Form of Senior
Secured Subordinated Additional Note
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Form of Initial
Stock Purchase Warrant
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Form of
Additional Stock Purchase Warrant
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Form of
Guaranty Warrant
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Form of
Statement With Respect to Shares of Series E Stock
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Form of
Statement With Respect to Shares of Series D Stock
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Form of
Security Agreement
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Form of
Registration Rights Agreement
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Form of
Guaranty Agreement
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Form of
Mortgage
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Form of
Shareholders Voting Agreement
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[Intentionally
deleted.]
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[Intentionally
deleted.]
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Form of Closing
Certificate
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2009 Bridge
Loan Documents
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Form of
Compliance Certificate
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EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF SENIOR SECURED SUBORDINATED INITIAL NOTE
NEITHER THIS
NOTE NOR THE SHARES OF PREFERRED STOCK THAT MAY BE ISSUABLE UPON
PAYMENT OF INTEREST HEREON HAVE BEEN OR WILL BE REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY
PROVIDED HEREIN, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED,
HYPOTHECATED, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF
(A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (B) AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED AND THAT
THE PROPOSED TRANSFER MAY BE MADE WITHOUT VIOLATION OF THE
SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW.
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ENVIRONMENTAL TECTONICS
CORPORATION
SENIOR SECURED SUBORDINATED
PROMISSORY NOTE
ENVIRONMENTAL
TECTONICS CORPORATION (the “ Company ”),
a Pennsylvania corporation, for value received, and intending to be
legally bound, hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the order
of H.F. Lenfest (the “ Lender ”), or any
assignee or holder hereof (together with the Lender, a “
Holder ”), the principal sum of One Million
Dollars ($1,000,000), plus all accrued and unpaid interest at the
rates provided herein, in lawful money of the United States of
America. The obligations of the Company under this Senior Secured
Subordinated Promissory Note (this “ Note
”) are secured as set forth in the Security Agreement dated
as of April 24, 2009 between the Company and the Lender.
Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Secured Credit Facility and
Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 24, 2009, by and
between the Company and the Lender (as amended, restated or
otherwise modified, the “ Purchase Agreement
”).
Payments of
principal or interest on this Note shall be made in lawful money of
the United States of America by wire transfer to a bank account
designated by the Holder.
1.
Principal Payments . The outstanding principal balance of
this Note, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon,
shall be due and payable five (5) Business Days following the
Shareholder Approval Date (the “ Maturity Date
”), unless such payment obligation is accelerated pursuant to
Section 5 hereof; provided , however , that the
Maturity Date shall be extended automatically to ____, 2012 in the
event the Company receives the Shareholder Approval by the initial
Maturity Date.
(a)
Interest Rate . Interest shall accrue on the outstanding
principal amount hereof at a rate of fifteen percent (15%) per
annum, compounded annually (the “ Interest Rate
”), until paid in full; provided , however ,
that the Interest Rate shall be reduced automatically to ten
percent (10%) per annum, compounded annually, retroactively from
the date of issuance of this Note (the “ Issue
Date ”) in the event the Company receives the
Shareholder Approval.
(b)
Payment of Interest . Interest shall be payable, at the
option of the Lender, on each anniversary date of this Note, with
any accrued and unpaid interest due and payable on the Maturity
Date. The Lender shall deliver to the Company at least five
(5) days prior written notice if it wishes to elect to be paid
interest on any anniversary date. Interest payable hereunder will
be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days, for the number
of actual days elapsed during which principal is outstanding.
Interest may be payable, in the sole discretion of the Lender, in
cash or in shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock, par
value $0.05 per share, of the Company (“ Series D
Preferred Stock ”), which number of shares of
Series D Preferred Stock to be determined by dividing the
amount of interest due on an interest payment date by $1,000.00,
the stated value of the Series D Preferred Stock.
(c)
Default Rate . If an Event of Default (hereinafter defined)
shall occur and be continuing, then, and in any such event,
interest shall accrue on the unpaid principal balance from time to
time outstanding hereunder at the rate of the Interest Rate plus
six percent (6%) per annum (the “ Default Rate
”) until the entire principal evidenced by this Note and all
accrued interest thereon is paid in full or the Event of Default is
cured within the applicable cure period.
(a) To
the extent there is any conflict between the provisions of this
Section 3 and the other provisions of this Note, the
provisions of this Section 3 shall control. By its acceptance
of this Note, the Lender and any subsequent holder hereof agrees to
the terms and conditions of this Section 3.
(b) The
Lender hereby subordinates this Note and the right to receive
payments of principal and interest on this Note to the Senior
Lender. Notwithstanding the respective dates of attachment or
perfection of any security interest of the Lender and the security
interest of the Senior Lender, the security interest of the Senior
Lender in the property of the Company shall at all times be prior
to the security interest of the Lender. The Lender hereby agrees to
execute and deliver to the Senior Lender any reasonable
subordination agreement in favor of the Senior Lender that the
Senior Lender may require the Lender to execute.
4.
Transfer of Securities .
(a)
Restrictions on Transfer . Except as expressly set forth
herein, by accepting this Note, the Holder hereby acknowledges that
this Note, and except as expressly set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement, the shares of Series D Preferred Stock that
may be issuable in payment of interest on this Note, will not be
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“ Securities Act ”), or any state
securities laws. The Holder represents that it is acquiring this
Note for its own account, for investment purposes only and not with
a view to,
(2)
or for sale in
connection with, any distribution of such securities.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to all applicable securities
laws, the Holder may transfer this Note or any shares of
Series D Preferred Stock (or any interest therein) without
violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities
law; provided , however , that the Holder shall not
transfer this Note or any shares of Series D Preferred Stock
to a competitor of the Company, or its subsidiaries or affiliates.
No transfer of this Note shall be deemed effective to the extent
that such transfer conflicts with applicable federal or state
securities laws.
(b)
Recording of Transfer . The transfer of the Note, or of any
right to the principal thereof, and stated interest thereon, may be
effected only by surrender of the Note to the Company and the
issuance of a new note in the name of the transferee.
5.
Default . If any of the following conditions or events (each
an “ Event of Default ”) shall occur and
be continuing, then, and in any such event, the Holder may at any
time (unless such Event of Default shall theretofore have been
remedied) at its option, by written notice to the Company, declare
the Note to be due and payable, whereupon the Note shall forthwith
mature and become due and payable, without presentment, demand,
protest or notice, all of which are hereby waived. In addition, in
such case the Company will pay to the Holder such further amount as
shall have been incurred by the Holder as the costs and expenses of
collection, including reasonable attorneys’ fees.
(a) If
the Company shall default in the payment of principal or interest
on this Note when the same becomes due and payable, whether on the
Maturity Date or by declaration of acceleration or otherwise and
such default shall not have been remedied within five (5) days
after the date such payment was due.
(b) If
an Event of Default shall have occurred under the Purchase
Agreement and such Event of Default shall not have been cured
within the applicable cure period.
(a) All
notices, requests or instructions hereunder shall be in writing and
delivered personally, sent by telecopy, sent by nationally
recognized, overnight courier service, or sent by registered or
certified mail, postage prepaid, as follows:
c/o The Lenfest
Group
300 Barr Harbor Drive, Suite 460
West Conshohocken, PA 19428
Attn: H.F. Lenfest
Telecopier: (610) 940-0602
(3)
Royer &
Associates LLC
681 Moore Road, Suite 321
King of Prussia, PA 19406
Attn: John E. Royer, Jr., Esquire
Telecopier: (610) 354-8896
Environmental
Tectonics Corporation
County Line Industrial Park
125 James Way
Southampton, PA 18966-3877
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
Telecopier: (215) 357-4000
Klehr,
Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg & Ellers LLP
260 S. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Attn: William W. Matthews, Esquire
Telecopier: (215) 568-6603
Any of the
above addresses may be changed at any time by notice given as
provided above; provided, however, that any such notice of change
of address shall be effective only upon receipt. All notices,
requests or instructions given in accordance herewith shall be
effective on the earlier of (i) the date of delivery to the
addressee, or (ii) five business days after it has been
mailed, or (iii) three business days after delivery by a
nationally recognized courier service.
(b) The
Lender shall have the right, without obligation, to grant
extensions of time or indulgences without affecting the liability
of the Company, including periods when payment is not permitted
under the Subordination Agreement.
(c) Upon
receipt by the Company from a Holder of (i) evidence of the
loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Note and (ii)
(y) in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity
(without any bond or other security) reasonably satisfactory to the
Company, or (z) in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and
cancellation of any Note, the Company shall execute and deliver a
new Note of like tenor and date. However, the Company shall not be
obligated to reissue such lost or stolen Note if the Holder
contemporaneously requests the Company to convert such
Note.
(d) Nothing
contained in this Note shall be construed as confessing upon the
Holder or any other person the right to vote or to consent or to
receive notice as a shareholder of the Borrower.
(4)
(e) This
Note shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania without regard to the conflict of law provisions
thereof. The Company irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that
any suit, action or other legal proceeding arising out of this Note
may be brought in the courts of record in Montgomery County,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; consents to personal
jurisdiction in each such court in any such suit, action or
proceeding; and waives any objection concerning venue with respect
to any suit, action or proceeding in any of such courts.
(f) Notwithstanding
any provision contained in this Note to the contrary, the
Company’s liability for payment of interest shall not exceed
the limits imposed by applicable usury law. If any provision hereof
requires interest payments in excess of the then legally permitted
maximum rate, such provision shall automatically be deemed to
require such payment at the then legally permitted maximum rate;
provided , however , that in such event the
Conversion Price shall be adjusted to preserve the economic effects
of the transaction contemplated by the Purchase
Agreement.
(g) Subject
to Section 4 hereof, this Note shall be binding on the
Company, its successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit
of the Holder and the Holder’s successors, assigns, legal
representatives, heirs and guardians.
(h) In
the event of the commencement of a lawsuit or other proceeding to
enforce any of the terms of this Note, the prevailing party shall
be entitled to recover reasonable attorney’s fees and related
out-of-pocket expenses.
(i)
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . THE COMPANY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY
AND ALL RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION,
PROCEEDING OR CLAIM OF ANY NATURE RELATING TO THIS NOTE, ANY
DOCUMENTS EXECUTED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS NOTE OR ANY TRANSACTION
CONTEMPLATED IN ANY OF SUCH DOCUMENTS. THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT THE FOREGOING WAIVER IS KNOWING AND VOLUNTARY.
(j)
CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT . THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
AUTHORIZES AND EMPOWERS ANY ATTORNEY OF RECORD, OR THE PROTHONOTARY
OR CLERK OF ANY COURT IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA OR
ELSEWHERE, TO APPEAR FOR THE COMPANY AT ANY TIME OR TIMES, AFTER
THE OCCURRENCE OF AN EVENT OF DEFAULT UNDER THIS NOTE, THE PURCHASE
AGREEMENT OR THE SECURITY AGREEMENT, IN ANY SUCH COURT IN ANY
ACTION BROUGHT AGAINST THE COMPANY BY THE LENDER WITH RESPECT TO
THE AGGREGATE AMOUNTS PAYABLE HEREUNDER, WITH OR WITHOUT
DECLARATION FILED, AS OF ANY TERM, AND THEREIN TO CONFESS OR ENTER
JUDGMENT AGAINST THE COMPANY FOR ALL SUMS PAYABLE BY THE COMPANY TO
THE LENDER HEREUNDER, AS EVIDENCED BY AN AFFIDAVIT SIGNED BY A DULY
AUTHORIZED DESIGNEE OF THE LENDER SETTING FORTH SUCH AMOUNT THEN
DUE FROM THE COMPANY TO THE LENDER, PLUS AN ATTORNEY’S
COMMISSION EQUAL TO TEN PERCENT (10%) OF THE SUMS THEN OUTSTANDING
UNDER THIS NOTE OR THE PURCHASE
(5)
AGREEMENT, BUT
IN NO EVENT LESS THAN $25,000, WITH COSTS OF SUIT, RELEASE OF
PROCEDURAL ERRORS, OTHER THAN NOTICES THAT MAY BE REQUIRED
HEREUNDER, AND WITHOUT RIGHT OF APPEAL. IF A COPY OF THIS NOTE
AND/OR THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, VERIFIED BY AN AFFIDAVIT, SHALL HAVE
BEEN FILED IN SUCH ACTION, IT SHALL NOT BE NECESSARY TO FILE THE
ORIGINAL AS A WARRANT OF ATTORNEY. THE COMPANY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO
ANY STAY OF EXECUTION, THE BENEFIT OF ALL EXEMPTION LAWS NOW OR
HEREAFTER IN EFFECT AND ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO PRIOR NOTICE AND
HEARING WITH RESPECT TO THE GARNISHMENT OR ATTACHMENT OF ANY
PROPERTY PURSUANT TO A JUDGMENT ENTERED HEREUNDER. NO SINGLE
EXERCISE OF THE FOREGOING WARRANT AND POWER TO BRING ANY ACTION OR
CONFESS JUDGMENT THEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO EXHAUST THE POWER, BUT
THE POWER SHALL CONTINUE UNDIMINISHED AND MAY BE EXERCISED FROM
TIME TO TIME AS OFTEN AS THE LENDER SHALL ELECT UNTIL ALL AMOUNTS
PAYABLE TO THE LENDER HEREUNDER, SHALL HAVE BEEN PAID IN FULL. THE
EXERCISE BY THE LENDER OF HIS RIGHTS AND REMEDIES AND THE ENTRY OF
ANY JUDGMENT BY THE LENDER UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL NOT AFFECT IN
ANY WAY THE INTEREST RATE PAYABLE HEREUNDER OR ANY OTHER AMOUNTS
DUE TO THE LENDER, BUT INTEREST SHALL CONTINUE TO ACCRUE ON SUCH
AMOUNTS AT THE DEFAULT RATE.
THIS NOTE WAS
ISSUED WITH “ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT.” FOR INFORMATION
REGARDING THE ISSUE PRICE, THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT,
THE ISSUE DATE, AND THE YIELD TO MATURITY, HOLDERS SHOULD CONTACT
ENVIRONMENTAL TECTONICS CORP., ATTENTION: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER,
125 JAMES WAY, SOUTHAMPTON, PENNSYLVANIA 18966-3877, TELEPHONE
NUMBER: (215) 355-9100.
(6)
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed in its name
by its duly authorized officer as of the day and year first above
written.
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EXHIBIT A-2
FORM OF SENIOR SECURED SUBORDINATED ADDITIONAL NOTE
NEITHER THIS
NOTE NOR THE SHARES OF PREFERRED STOCK THAT MAY BE ISSUABLE UPON
PAYMENT OF INTEREST HEREON HAVE BEEN OR WILL BE REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY
PROVIDED HEREIN, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED,
HYPOTHECATED, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF
(A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR (B) AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED AND THAT
THE PROPOSED TRANSFER MAY BE MADE WITHOUT VIOLATION OF THE
SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW.
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ENVIRONMENTAL TECTONICS
CORPORATION
SENIOR SECURED SUBORDINATED
PROMISSORY NOTE
ENVIRONMENTAL
TECTONICS CORPORATION (the “ Company ”),
a Pennsylvania corporation, for value received, and intending to be
legally bound, hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the order
of H.F. Lenfest (the “ Lender ”), or any
assignee or holder hereof (together with the Lender, a “
Holder ”), the principal sum of _______________
Dollars ($____________), as increased pursuant to Section 2(c)
hereof, plus all accrued and unpaid interest at the rates provided
herein, in lawful money of the United States of America. The
obligations of the Company under this Senior Secured Subordinated
Promissory Note (this “ Note ”) are
secured as set forth in the Security Agreement dated as of
April 24, 2009 between the Company and the Lender. Capitalized
terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Secured Credit Facility and Warrant
Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 24, 2009, by and between
the Company and the Lender (as amended, restated or otherwise
modified, the “ Purchase Agreement
”).
Payments of
principal or interest on this Note shall be made in lawful money of
the United States of America by wire transfer to a bank account
designated by the Holder.
1.
Principal Payments . The outstanding principal balance of
this Note, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon,
shall be due and payable on the earlier of (i) three (3) years
from the date hereof or (ii) December 31, 2012 (such
earlier date, the “ Maturity Date ”),
unless such payment obligation is accelerated pursuant to
Section 5 hereof.
(a)
Interest Rate . Interest shall accrue on the outstanding
principal amount hereof at a rate of ten percent (10%) per annum,
compounded annually (the “ Interest Rate
”), until paid in full.
(b)
Payment of Interest . Interest shall be payable at the
option of the Lender, on each anniversary date of this Note, with
any accrued and unpaid interest due and payable on the Maturity
Date. The Lender shall deliver to the Company at least five
(5) days prior written notice if he wishes to be paid interest
on an anniversary date. Interest payable hereunder will be computed
on the basis of a year of 365 days, for the number of actual
days elapsed during which principal is outstanding. Interest may be
payable, in the sole discretion of the Lender, in cash or in shares
of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.05 per
share, of the Company (“ Series D Preferred
Stock ”), which number of shares of Series D
Preferred Stock to be determined by dividing the amount of interest
due on an interest payment date by $1,000.00, the stated value of
the Series D Preferred Stock.
(c)
Default Rate . If an Event of Default (hereinafter defined)
shall occur and be continuing, then, and in any such event,
interest shall accrue on the unpaid principal balance from time to
time outstanding hereunder at the rate of the Interest Rate plus
six percent (6%) per annum (the “ Default Rate
”) until the entire principal evidenced by this Note and all
accrued interest thereon is paid in full or the Event of Default is
cured within the applicable cure period.
(a) To
the extent there is any conflict between the provisions of this
Section 3 and the other provisions of this Note, the
provisions of this Section 3 shall control. By its acceptance
of this Note, the Lender and any subsequent holder hereof agrees to
the terms and conditions of this Section 3.
(b) The
Lender hereby subordinates this Note and the right to receive
payments of principal and interest on this Note to the Senior
Lender. Notwithstanding the respective dates of attachment or
perfection of any security interest of the Lender and the security
interest of the Senior Lender, the security interest of the Senior
Lender in the property of the Company shall at all times be prior
to the security interest of the Lender. The Lender hereby agrees to
execute and deliver to the Senior Lender any reasonable
subordination agreement in favor of the Senior Lender that the
Senior Lender may require the Lender to execute.
4.
Transfer of Securities .
(a)
Restrictions on Transfer . Except as expressly set forth
herein, by accepting this Note, the Holder hereby acknowledges that
this Note, and except as expressly set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement, the shares of Series D Preferred Stock that
may be issuable in payment of interest on this Note, will not be
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“ Securities Act ”), or any state
securities laws. The Holder represents that it is acquiring this
Note for its own account, for investment purposes only and not with
a view to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution of such
securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to all
applicable securities laws, the Holder may transfer this Note or
any
(2)
shares of
Series D Preferred Stock (or any interest therein) without
violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities
law; provided , however , that the Holder shall not
transfer this Note or any shares of Series D Preferred Stock
to a competitor of the Company, or its subsidiaries or affiliates.
No transfer of this Note shall be deemed effective to the extent
that such transfer conflicts with applicable federal or state
securities laws.
(b)
Recording of Transfer . The transfer of the Note, or of any
right to the principal thereof, and stated interest thereon, may be
effected only by surrender of the Note to the Company and the
issuance of a new note in the name of the transferee.
5.
Default . If any of the following conditions or events (each
an “ Event of Default ”) shall occur and
be continuing, then, and in any such event, the Holder may at any
time (unless such Event of Default shall theretofore have been
remedied) at its option, by written notice to the Company, declare
the Note to be due and payable, whereupon the Note shall forthwith
mature and become due and payable, without presentment, demand,
protest or notice, all of which are hereby waived. In addition, in
such case the Company will pay to the Holder such further amount as
shall have been incurred by the Holder as the costs and expenses of
collection, including reasonable attorneys’ fees.
(a) If
the Company shall default in the payment of principal or interest
on this Note when the same becomes due and payable, whether on the
Maturity Date or by declaration of acceleration or otherwise and
such default shall not have been remedied within five (5) days
after the date such payment was due.
(b) If
an Event of Default shall have occurred under the Purchase
Agreement and such Event of Default shall not have been cured
within the applicable cure period.
(a) All
notices, requests or instructions hereunder shall be in writing and
delivered personally, sent by telecopy, sent by nationally
recognized, overnight courier service, or sent by registered or
certified mail, postage prepaid, as follows:
c/o The Lenfest
Group
300 Barr Harbor Drive, Suite 460
West Conshohocken, PA 19428
Attn: H.F. Lenfest
Telecopier: (610) 940-0602
Royer &
Associates LLC
681 Moore Road, Suite 321
King of Prussia, PA 19406
Attn: John E. Royer, Jr., Esquire
Telecopier: (610) 354-8896
(3)
Environmental
Tectonics Corporation
County Line Industrial Park
125 James Way
Southampton, PA 18966-3877
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
Telecopier: (215) 357-4000
Klehr,
Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg & Ellers LLP
260 S. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Attn: William W. Matthews, Esquire
Telecopier: (215) 568-6603
Any of the
above addresses may be changed at any time by notice given as
provided above; provided, however, that any such notice of change
of address shall be effective only upon receipt. All notices,
requests or instructions given in accordance herewith shall be
effective on the earlier of (i) the date of delivery to the
addressee, or (ii) five business days after it has been
mailed, or (iii) three business days after delivery by a
nationally recognized courier service.
(b) The
Lender shall have the right, without obligation, to grant
extensions of time or indulgences without affecting the liability
of the Company, including periods when payment is not permitted
under the Subordination Agreement.
(c) Upon
receipt by the Company from a Holder of (i) evidence of the
loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Note and (ii)
(y) in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity
(without any bond or other security) reasonably satisfactory to the
Company, or (z) in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and
cancellation of any Note, the Company shall execute and deliver a
new Note of like tenor and date. However, the Company shall not be
obligated to reissue such lost or stolen Note if the Holder
contemporaneously requests the Company to convert such
Note.
(d) Nothing
contained in this Note shall be construed as confessing upon the
Holder or any other person the right to vote or to consent or to
receive notice as a shareholder of the Borrower.
(e) This
Note shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania without regard to the conflict of law provisions
thereof. The Company irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that
any suit, action or other legal proceeding arising out of this Note
may be brought in the courts of record in Montgomery County,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; consents to personal
jurisdiction in each such court in any such suit, action or
proceeding; and waives any objection concerning venue with respect
to any suit, action or proceeding in any of such courts.
(4)
(f) Notwithstanding
any provision contained in this Note to the contrary, the
Company’s liability for payment of interest shall not exceed
the limits imposed by applicable usury law. If any provision hereof
requires interest payments in excess of the then legally permitted
maximum rate, such provision shall automatically be deemed to
require such payment at the then legally permitted maximum rate;
provided , however , that in such event the
Conversion Price shall be adjusted to preserve the economic effects
of the transaction contemplated by the Purchase
Agreement.
(g) Subject
to Section 4 hereof, this Note shall be binding on the
Company, its successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit
of the Holder and the Holder’s successors, assigns, legal
representatives, heirs and guardians.
(h) In
the event of the commencement of a lawsuit or other proceeding to
enforce any of the terms of this Note, the prevailing party shall
be entitled to recover reasonable attorney’s fees and related
out-of-pocket expenses.
(i)
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . THE COMPANY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY
AND ALL RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION,
PROCEEDING OR CLAIM OF ANY NATURE RELATING TO THIS NOTE, ANY
DOCUMENTS EXECUTED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS NOTE OR ANY TRANSACTION
CONTEMPLATED IN ANY OF SUCH DOCUMENTS. THE COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGES
THAT THE FOREGOING WAIVER IS KNOWING AND VOLUNTARY.
(j)
CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT . THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
AUTHORIZES AND EMPOWERS ANY ATTORNEY OF RECORD, OR THE PROTHONOTARY
OR CLERK OF ANY COURT IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA OR
ELSEWHERE, TO APPEAR FOR THE COMPANY AT ANY TIME OR TIMES, AFTER
THE OCCURRENCE OF AN EVENT OF DEFAULT UNDER THIS NOTE, THE PURCHASE
AGREEMENT OR THE SECURITY AGREEMENT, IN ANY SUCH COURT IN ANY
ACTION BROUGHT AGAINST THE COMPANY BY THE LENDER WITH RESPECT TO
THE AGGREGATE AMOUNTS PAYABLE HEREUNDER, WITH OR WITHOUT
DECLARATION FILED, AS OF ANY TERM, AND THEREIN TO CONFESS OR ENTER
JUDGMENT AGAINST THE COMPANY FOR ALL SUMS PAYABLE BY THE COMPANY TO
THE LENDER HEREUNDER, AS EVIDENCED BY AN AFFIDAVIT SIGNED BY A DULY
AUTHORIZED DESIGNEE OF THE LENDER SETTING FORTH SUCH AMOUNT THEN
DUE FROM THE COMPANY TO THE LENDER, PLUS AN ATTORNEY’S
COMMISSION EQUAL TO TEN PERCENT (10%) OF THE SUMS THEN OUTSTANDING
UNDER THIS NOTE OR THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, BUT IN NO EVENT LESS
THAN $25,000, WITH COSTS OF SUIT, RELEASE OF PROCEDURAL ERRORS,
OTHER THAN NOTICES THAT MAY BE REQUIRED HEREUNDER, AND WITHOUT
RIGHT OF APPEAL. IF A COPY OF THIS NOTE AND/OR THE PURCHASE
AGREEMENT, VERIFIED BY AN AFFIDAVIT, SHALL HAVE BEEN FILED IN SUCH
ACTION, IT SHALL NOT BE NECESSARY TO FILE THE ORIGINAL AS A WARRANT
OF ATTORNEY. THE COMPANY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO ANY STAY OF EXECUTION,
THE BENEFIT OF ALL EXEMPTION LAWS NOW OR HEREAFTER IN EFFECT AND
ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO PRIOR NOTICE AND
(5)
HEARING WITH
RESPECT TO THE GARNISHMENT OR ATTACHMENT OF ANY PROPERTY PURSUANT
TO A JUDGMENT ENTERED HEREUNDER. NO SINGLE EXERCISE OF THE
FOREGOING WARRANT AND POWER TO BRING ANY ACTION OR CONFESS JUDGMENT
THEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO EXHAUST THE POWER, BUT THE POWER SHALL
CONTINUE UNDIMINISHED AND MAY BE EXERCISED FROM TIME TO TIME AS
OFTEN AS THE LENDER SHALL ELECT UNTIL ALL AMOUNTS PAYABLE TO THE
LENDER HEREUNDER, SHALL HAVE BEEN PAID IN FULL. THE EXERCISE BY THE
LENDER OF HIS RIGHTS AND REMEDIES AND THE ENTRY OF ANY JUDGMENT BY
THE LENDER UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL NOT AFFECT IN ANY WAY THE
INTEREST RATE PAYABLE HEREUNDER OR ANY OTHER AMOUNTS DUE TO THE
LENDER, BUT INTEREST SHALL CONTINUE TO ACCRUE ON SUCH AMOUNTS AT
THE DEFAULT RATE.
THIS NOTE WAS
ISSUED WITH “ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT.” FOR INFORMATION
REGARDING THE ISSUE PRICE, THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT,
THE ISSUE DATE, AND THE YIELD TO MATURITY, HOLDERS SHOULD CONTACT
ENVIRONMENTAL TECTONICS CORP., ATTENTION: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER,
125 JAMES WAY, SOUTHAMPTON, PENNSYLVANIA 18966-3877, TELEPHONE
NUMBER: (215) 355-9100.
(6)
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed in its name
by its duly authorized officer as of the day and year first above
written.
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ENVIRONMENTAL
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(7)
EXHIBIT B-1
FORM OF INITIAL STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
THIS WARRANT
AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN, NEITHER THIS
WARRANT NOR ANY OF SUCH SHARES MAY BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED
IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR SUCH
SECURITIES UNDER SAID ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION
THEREFROM.
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Warrant to
Purchase
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Shares of Common
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ENVIRONMENTAL TECTONICS
CORPORATION
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
THIS CERTIFIES
THAT , for value received, H.F. Lenfest, or his registered
assigns (each, a “ Holder ”), is entitled
to purchase from Environmental Tectonics Corporation, a
Pennsylvania corporation (the “ Company
”), at any time or from time to time during the Exercise
Period (as hereinafter defined), the number of fully paid and
nonassessable shares of the Company’s common stock, par value
$0.05 per share (the “ Common Stock ”),
set forth in Section 1 hereof, at the exercise price set forth
in Section 2 hereof, subject to adjustment as provided herein.
The term “ Warrant Shares ”, as used
herein, refers to the shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder.
This Stock Purchase Warrant (this “ Warrant
”) has been issued pursuant to, and subject to the terms of,
that certain Secured Credit Facility and Warrant Purchase
Agreement, dated as of April 24, 2009, by and between the
Company and H.F. Lenfest (the “ Purchase
Agreement ”). The term “ Warrants
” means this Warrant and any warrants issued as a result of
the transfer, exchange or replacement of such warrants. Capitalized
terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to
such terms in the Purchase Agreement.
This Warrant is
subject to the following terms, provisions and
conditions:
1.
Number of Shares . During the Exercise Period, the
Holder shall be entitled to purchase
shares of Common Stock under this Warrant, which number of shares
of Common Stock was determined by multiplying the principal amount
of the applicable Note to which this Warrant relates by 10% and
dividing that number by the Market Price (as hereinafter defined)
as of the Issue Date (as hereinafter defined); provided ,
however , that if the Shareholder Approval is not obtained
by the Shareholder Approval Date, the Holder shall be entitled to
purchase
shares of Common Stock, which number of shares was determined by
multiplying the principal amount of the applicable Note to which
this Warrant relates by 50% and dividing by the Market Price as of
the Issue Date for the Company’s Common Stock for which this
Note and this Warrant relate.
2.
Exercise Price . The exercise price of this Warrant (the
“ Exercise Price ”) shall be a price per
share equal to $
, which is the Market Price as of the Issue Date; provided
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however , that if the Shareholder Approval is not
obtained by the Shareholder Approval Date, the Exercise Price shall
be $
, which is 50% of the foregoing Market Price.
3.
Period of Exercise . This Warrant is exercisable at any
time or from time to time beginning on the date of issuance (the
“ Issue Date ”) and ending at 5:00 p.m.,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania time on the seventh (7
th ) anniversary of the Issue Date (the “
Exercise Period ”).
4.
Manner of Exercise; Issuance of Certificates; Payment for
Shares . Subject to the provisions hereof, this Warrant may
be exercised by the Holder hereof, in whole or in part, by the
surrender of this Warrant, together with a completed exercise
agreement in the form attached hereto (the “ Exercise
Agreement ”), to the Company during normal business
hours on any business day at the Company’s principal
executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as
it may designate by notice to the Holder hereof), and upon payment
to the Company in cash, by certified or official bank check or by
wire transfer for the account of the Company of the Exercise Price
for the Warrant Shares specified in the Exercise Agreement. The
Warrant Shares so purchased shall be deemed to be issued to the
Holder hereof or such Holder’s designee, as the record owner
of such shares, as of the close of business on the date on which
this Warrant shall have been surrendered, the completed Exercise
Agreement shall have been delivered and payment shall have been
made for such shares as set forth above. Certificates for the
Warrant Shares so purchased, representing the aggregate number of
shares specified in the Exercise Agreement, shall be delivered to
the Holder hereof within fifteen (15) business days after this
Warrant shall have been so exercised. The certificates so delivered
shall be in such denominations as may be requested by the Holder
hereof and shall be registered in the name of such Holder or such
other name as shall be designated by such Holder. If this Warrant
shall have been exercised only in part, then, unless this Warrant
has expired, the Company shall, at its expense, as soon as
practicable after the date of exercise, deliver to the Holder a new
Warrant representing the number of shares with respect to which
this Warrant shall not then have been exercised.
5.
Certain Agreements of the Company . The Company hereby
covenants and agrees as follows:
(a) Shares to be Fully Paid . All Warrant
Shares will, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant, be validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable and free
from all taxes, liens, and charges with respect to the issue
thereof.
(b) Reservation of Shares . During the Exercise
Period, the Company shall at all times have authorized, and
reserved for the purpose of issuance upon exercise of this Warrant,
a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to provide for the
exercise in full of this Warrant.
(c) Listing . The Company shall use its
reasonable best efforts to secure the listing of the Warrant Shares
upon each securities exchange or automated quotation system, if
any, upon which shares of Common Stock are then listed (subject to
official notice of issuance upon exercise of this Warrant) and
shall use its reasonable best efforts to maintain, so long as any
other shares of Common Stock shall be so listed, such listing of
all Warrant Shares.
(d) Certain Actions Prohibited . The Company
will not, by amendment of its charter or through any
reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger,
dissolution,
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issue or sale
of securities, or any other voluntary action, directly or
indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise, avoid or seek to
avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be
observed or performed by it hereunder, but will at all times in
good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this
Warrant and in the taking of all such action as may reasonably be
requested by the Holder of this Warrant in order to protect the
exercise privilege of the Holder of this Warrant against dilution
or other impairment, consistent with the tenor and purpose of this
Warrant.
(e) Successors and Assigns . This Warrant will
be binding upon any entity succeeding to the Company or its
assets.
6.
Antidilution Provisions . During the Exercise Period,
the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares shall be
subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this
Section 6. In the event that any adjustment of the Exercise
Price as required herein results in a fraction of a cent, such
Exercise Price shall be rounded off to the nearest cent.
(a) Sale of Securities Below Current Exercise
Price . Except as otherwise provided in Sections 6(b) and
6(d), if at any time the Company shall issue or, pursuant to the
provisions hereof, be deemed to have issued (other than as set
forth in Section 6(a)(vi) hereof) any shares of Common Stock,
Convertible Securities (as hereinafter defined), Rights (as
hereinafter defined) or Related Rights (as hereinafter defined)
(collectively, “ Securities ”) without
consideration or for a consideration per share less than the
Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the issuance of such
Securities, then the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to
each such issuance shall forthwith be reduced to a price determined
in accordance with the following formula:
EP 2 =
EP 1
* (A + B) ÷ (A +
C).
For purposes of
the foregoing formula, the following definitions shall
apply:
(a) “EP
2 ” shall mean the Exercise Price for the
Common Stock in effect immediately after such issuance of
Securities;
(b) “EP
1 ” shall mean the Exercise Price of the
Common Stock in effect immediately prior to such issuance of
Securities;
(c) “A”
shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock actually
outstanding immediately prior to such issuance of Securities
(excluding shares of Common Stock issuable on conversion or
exercise of preferred stock, convertible promissory notes, options,
warrants and other options to purchase or rights to subscribe for
such convertible or exchangeable securities);
(d) “B”
shall mean the number of additional shares of Common Stock that
would have been issued if such Securities had been issued at a
price per share equal to EP 1 (determined by dividing the aggregate
consideration received by the Company in respect of such issue by
EP 1
); and
(e) “C”
shall mean the number of such Securities issued in such
transaction.
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For the purpose
of this Section 6(a), the following definitions, procedures
and exceptions shall be applicable:
(i) Rights . In the case of the issuance of options,
warrants or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire shares of
Common Stock, whether or not at the time exercisable (collectively,
“ Rights ”), the total number of shares
of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such Rights shall be
deemed to have been issued at the time such Rights are issued, for
a consideration equal to the sum of the consideration, if any,
received by the Company upon the issuance of such Rights and the
minimum purchase or exercise price payable upon the exercise of
such Rights for the Common Stock to be issued upon the exercise
thereof; and the consideration per share shall be determined by
dividing (i) the aggregate consideration so received by and
payable to the Company, by (ii) the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of such Rights.
(ii) Convertible Securities and Related Rights . In
the case of the issuance of any class or series of stock or any
bonds, debentures, notes or other securities or obligations
convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, whether or not
then convertible or exchangeable (collectively, “
Convertible Securities ”), or options, warrants
or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire Convertible
Securities (collectively, “ Related Rights
”), the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities or
exercise of such Related Rights shall be deemed to have been issued
at the time such Convertible Securities or Related Rights are
issued, for a consideration equal to the sum of (A) the
consideration, if any, received by the Company upon issuance of
such Convertible Securities or Related Rights (excluding any cash
received on account of accrued interest or dividends) and (B)(1) in
the case of Convertible Securities, the minimum additional
consideration, if any, to be received by the Company upon the
conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities or
(2) in the case of Related Rights, the sum of (x) the
minimum purchase or exercise price payable upon the exercise of
such Related Rights for Convertible Securities and (y) the
minimum additional consideration, if any, to be received by the
Company upon the conversion or exchange of the Convertible
Securities issued upon the exercise of such Related Rights; and the
consideration per share shall be determined by dividing
(i) the aggregate consideration so received by and payable to
the Company, by (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities
or exercise of such Related Rights.
(iii) Changes . On any change in the number of shares
of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of Rights or Related
Rights or upon the conversion or exchange of Convertible Securities
or on any change in the minimum purchase or exercise price of
Rights, Related Rights or Convertible Securities, including, but
not limited to, a change resulting from the anti-dilution
provisions of such Rights, Related Rights or Convertible
Securities, the Exercise Price to the extent in any way affected by
such Rights, Related Rights or Convertible Securities shall
forthwith be readjusted to be thereafter the Exercise Price that
would have been obtained had the adjustment which was made upon the
issuance of such Rights, Related Rights or Convertible Securities
been made after giving effect to such change. No further adjustment
shall be made in respect of such change upon the actual issuance of
Common Stock or any payment of
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consideration
upon the exercise of such Rights or Related Rights or the
conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities.
(iv) Expiration or Cancellation . On the expiration
or cancellation of any such Rights, Related Rights or Convertible
Securities, if the Exercise Price shall have been adjusted upon the
issuance thereof, the Exercise Price shall forthwith be readjusted
to such Exercise Price as would have been obtained had the
adjustment made upon the issuance of such Rights, Related Rights or
Convertible Securities been made upon the basis of the issuance of
only the number of shares of Common Stock actually issued upon the
exercise of such Rights or Related Rights or the conversion or
exchange of such Convertible Securities.
(v) Cash . In the case of the issuance of such
Securities for cash, the amount of consideration received by the
Company shall be deemed to be the amount of cash paid therefor
before deducting any reasonable discounts, commissions or other
expenses paid or incurred by the Company for any underwriting or
otherwise in connection with the issuance and sale thereof. In the
case of the issuance of such Securities for consideration other
than cash, the amount of consideration received by the Company
shall be determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of
Directors.
(vi) Exceptions to Adjustment of Exercise Price . No
adjustment to the Exercise Price will be made (i) upon the
exercise of any warrants, options or convertible securities issued
and outstanding on the Issue Date that are set forth on
Schedule 5.1(f) of the Purchase Agreement in accordance with
the terms of such securities as of such date; (ii) upon exercise of
any stock or options which may hereafter be exercised under any
employee benefit plan of the Company now existing or to be
implemented in the future, so long as the issuance of such stock or
options is approved by a majority of the non-employee members of
the Board of Directors of the Company or a majority of the members
of a committee of non-employee directors established for such
purpose; (iii) upon the issuance of the Warrants issued or
issuable in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement;
(iv) upon exercise of the Warrants; (v) upon the issuance
of any shares of Series E Preferred Stock in exchange for
existing series of Preferred Stock of the Company as provided in
the Purchase Agreement or the issuance of Common Stock in
conversion thereof; (vi) upon the issuance of any shares of
Series D Preferred Stock in payment of fees and/or interest on
the Notes as provided in the Purchase Agreement or the issuance of
Common Stock in conversion thereof; or (vi) upon the issuance
of securities in connection with a strategic transaction that is
approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, including the
Holder if then a director.
(b) Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock
. If the Company at any time subdivides (by any stock split,
stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification
or otherwise) the shares of Common Stock acquirable hereunder into
a greater number of shares, then, after the date of record for
effecting such subdivision, the Exercise Price in effect
immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately
reduced. If the Company at any time combines (by reverse stock
split, recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification or
otherwise) the shares of Common Stock acquirable hereunder into a
smaller number of shares, then, after the date of record for
effecting such combination, the Exercise Price in effect
immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately
increased.
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(c) Adjustment in Number of Shares . Upon each
adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 6, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted by multiplying a number
equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such
adjustment by the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment and
dividing the product so obtained by the adjusted Exercise
Price.
(d) Consolidation, Merger or Sale . In case of
any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company
into any other company, or in case of any sale or conveyance of all
or substantially all of the assets of the Company other than in
connection with a plan of complete liquidation of the Company, then
as a condition of such consolidation, merger or sale or conveyance,
adequate provision will be made whereby the Holder of this Warrant
will have the right to acquire and receive upon exercise of this
Warrant in lieu of the shares of Common Stock immediately
theretofore acquirable upon the exercise of this Warrant, such
shares of stock, securities or assets as the Holders of the
Warrants would have received had the Warrants been exercised
immediately prior to such consolidation, merger or sale or
conveyance. In any such case, the Company will make appropriate
provision to insure that the provisions of this Section 6
hereof will thereafter be applicable as nearly as may be in
relation to any shares of stock or securities thereafter
deliverable upon the exercise of this Warrant. The Company will not
effect any consolidation, merger or sale or conveyance unless prior
to the consummation thereof, the successor or acquiring entity (if
other than the Company) and, if an entity different from the
successor or acquiring entity, the entity whose capital stock or
assets the holders of the Common Stock of the Company are entitled
to receive as a result of such consolidation, merger or sale or
conveyance assumes by written instrument the obligations of the
Company under this Warrant (including under this Section 6)
and the obligations to deliver to the Holder of this Warrant such
shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with the
foregoing provisions, the Holder may be entitled to acquire. This
Section 6(d) shall apply to any successive consolidations, mergers,
sales or conveyances.
(e) Distribution of Assets . In case the
Company shall declare or make any distribution of its assets
(including cash) to holders of Common Stock as a partial
liquidating dividend, by way of return of capital or otherwise,
then, after the date of record for determining stockholders
entitled to such distribution, but prior to the date of
distribution, the Holder of this Warrant shall be entitled upon
exercise of this Warrant for the purchase of any or all of the
shares of Common Stock subject hereto, to receive the amount of
such assets which would have been payable to the Holder had such
Holder been the holder of such shares of Common Stock on the record
date for the determination of stockholders entitled to such
distribution.
(f) Notice of Adjustment . Upon the occurrence
of any event which requires any adjustment of the Exercise Price,
then, and in each such case, the Company shall give notice thereof
to the Holder of this Warrant, which notice shall state the
Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment and the increase or
decrease in the number of Warrant Shares purchasable at such price
upon exercise, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of
calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based.
Such calculation shall be certified by the chief financial officer
of the Company.
(g) Minimum Adjustment of Exercise Price . No
adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made in an amount of less
than 1% of the Exercise Price in effect at the time such adjustment
is otherwise required to be made, but any such lesser adjustment
shall be carried
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shall be made at the time and together with the next subsequent
adjustment which, together with any adjustments so carried forward,
shall amount to not less than 1% of such Exercise Price.
(h) No Fractional Shares . No fractional shares
of Common Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant,
but the Company shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of any
fractional share which would otherwise be issuable in an amount
equal to the same fraction of the Market Price of a share of Common
Stock on the date of such exercise.
(i) Other Notices . In case at any
time:
(i) the Company shall declare any dividend upon the Common
Stock payable in shares of stock of any class or make any other
distribution (including dividends or distributions payable in cash
out of retained earnings) to the holders of the Common
Stock;
(ii) there shall be any capital reorganization of the
Company, or reclassification of the Common Stock, or consolidation
or merger of the Company with or into, or sale of all,
substantially all or a material portion of its assets to, another
Company or entity; or
(iii) there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution,
liquidation or winding-up of the Company;
then, in each
such case, the Company shall give to the Holder of this Warrant
(a) notice of the date on which the books of the Company shall
close or a record shall be taken for determining the holders of
Common Stock entitled to receive any such dividend or distribution
or for determining the holders of Common Stock entitled to vote in
respect of any such reorganization, reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up
and (b) in the case of any such reorganization,
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution,
liquidation or winding-up, notice of the date (or, if not then
known, a reasonable approximation thereof by the Company) when the
same shall take place. Such notice shall also specify the date on
which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such
dividend, distribution, or subscription rights or to exchange their
Common Stock for stock or other securities or property deliverable
upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger,
sale, dissolution, liquidation, or winding-up, as the case may be.
Such notice shall be given at least ten (10) business days prior to
the record date or the date on which the Company’s books are
closed in respect thereto. Failure to give any such notice or any
defect therein shall not affect the validity of the proceedings
referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above;
provided that if notice is not given in accordance with this
Section 4(i), the Company will use its best efforts to insure
that the Holder of this Warrant shall nevertheless receive the same
rights and benefits received by other holders of securities of the
Company from the proceedings referred to in clauses (i),
(ii) and (iii) above, unless the Holder of this Warrant
chooses not to receive such rights and benefits.
(j) Certain Events . If any event occurs of the
type contemplated by the adjustment provisions of this
Section 6 but not expressly provided for by such provisions,
the Company will give notice of such event as provided in Section
6(i) hereof, and the Company’s Board of Directors will make
an appropriate adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number
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shares of
Common Stock acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant so that the
rights of the Holder shall be neither enhanced nor diminished by
such event.
(k) Definition of Market Price . “
Market Price ,” as of any date, (i) means
the closing sale price for the shares of Common Stock as reported
on the American Stock Exchange ( “ AMEX
” ) by Bloomberg Financial Markets (“
Bloomberg ”) for the trading day immediately
preceding such date, or (ii) if the AMEX is not the principal
trading market for the shares of Common Stock, the average of the
reported closing sale prices reported by Bloomberg on the principal
trading market for the Common Stock during the one hundred twenty
(120) day period immediately preceding such date, (iii) if
market value cannot be calculated as of such date on any of the
foregoing bases, the Market Price shall be determined in good faith
by the Board of Directors.
7.
Issue Tax . The issuance of certificates for Warrant
Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without
charge to the Holder of this Warrant or such shares for any
issuance tax or other costs in respect thereof.
8. No
Rights or Liabilities as a Shareholder . This Warrant shall
not entitle the Holder hereof to any voting rights, rights to
dividends, or other rights as a shareholder of the Company. No
provision of this Warrant, in the absence of affirmative action by
the Holder hereof to purchase Warrant Shares, and no mere
enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder
hereof, shall give rise to any liability of such Holder for the
Exercise Price or as a shareholder of the Company, whether such
liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the
Company.
9.
Transfer, Exchange and Replacement of Warrant
.
(a) Restriction on Transfer . This Warrant and
the rights granted to the Holder hereof are transferable, in whole
or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant, together with a
properly executed assignment in the form attached hereto, at the
office or agency of the Company referred to in Section 9(e) below;
provided , however , that any transfer or assignment
shall be subject to the conditions set forth in Section 9(f).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Warrant, the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise hereof, and the rights granted
hereunder may not be transferred to a competitor of the Company or
any Subsidiary or affiliate of the Company.
(b) Warrant Exchangeable for Different
Denominations . This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the
surrender hereof by the Holder hereof at the office or agency of
the Company referred to in Section 9(e) below, for new Warrants of
like tenor representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the
number of shares of Common Stock which may be purchased hereunder,
each of such new Warrants to represent the right to purchase such
number of shares as shall be designated by the Holder hereof at the
time of such surrender.
(c) Replacement of Warrant . Upon receipt of
evidence of the loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of this
Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft, or destruction,
upon delivery of an indemnity agreement reasonably satisfactory in
form and amount to the Company, or, in the case of any such
mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the
Company, at its expense, will execute and deliver, in lieu thereof,
a new Warrant of like tenor.
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(d) Cancellation; Payment of Expenses . Upon
the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer,
exchange or replacement as provided in this Section 9, this
Warrant shall be promptly canceled by the Company. The Company
shall pay all taxes (other than securities transfer taxes) and all
other expenses (other than legal expenses, if any, incurred by the
Holder or transferees) and charges payable in connection with the
preparation, execution, and delivery of Warrants pursuant to this
Section 9.
(e) Register . The Company shall maintain, at
its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of
the Company as it may designate by notice to the Holder hereof), a
register for this Warrant, in which the Company shall record the
name and address of the person in whose name this Warrant has been
issued, as well as the name and address of each transferee and each
prior owner of this Warrant.
(f) Exercise or Transfer Without Registration .
If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with
any exercise, transfer, or exchange of this Warrant, this Warrant
(or, in the case of any exercise, the Warrant Shares issuable
hereunder), shall not be registered under the Securities Act and
under applicable state securities or blue sky laws, the Company may
require, as a condition of allowing such exercise, transfer, or
exchange, that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the
case may be, furnish to the Company a written opinion of counsel to
the effect that such exercise, transfer, or exchange may be made
without registration under the Securities Act and under applicable
state securities or blue sky laws; provided however, that no legal
opinion shall be required in connection with a transfer pursuant to
Rule 144 under the Securities Act unless in the opinion of
counsel to the Company, such transfer does not comply with the
provisions of Rule 144. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
initial Holder of this Warrant, by taking and holding the same,
represents to the Company that such Holder is acquiring this
Warrant for investment and not with a present view to the
distribution thereof.
10.
Notices . Any notice which is required or provided to be
given under this Warrant shall be deemed to have been sufficiently
given and received for all purposes when delivered by hand,
telecopy (if a copy of such confirmed telecopy transmission shall
be contemporaneously sent by first class mail), or nationally
recognized overnight courier, or five days after being sent by
certified or registered mail, postage and charges prepaid, return
receipt requested, to the following addresses:
Environmental
Tectonics Corporation
125 James Way
Southampton, PA 18966
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Facsimile: (215) 357-4000
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Klehr,
Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg & Ellers LLP
260 S. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Attention: William Matthews, Esquire
Facsimile: (215) 568-6603
If to a Holder
hereof, at the address shown for such Holder on the books of the
Company; or, with respect to any party hereto, at any other address
designated in writing by such party in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 10.
11.
Governing Law; Jurisdiction . This Warrant shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania applicable to agreements made and to
be performed in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (without regard to
principles of conflict of laws). The Company and the Holder hereof
consent to the jurisdiction of the United States federal courts and
the state courts located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with
respect to any suit or proceeding based on or arising under this
Warrant or the transactions contemplated hereby and agree that all
claims in respect of such suit or proceeding may be determined in
such courts. The Company and the Holder hereof waive the defense of
an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such suit or proceeding
and agree that service of process upon a party mailed by first
class mail shall be deemed in every respect effective service of
process upon the party in any such suit or proceeding. Nothing
herein shall affect either party’s right to serve process in
any other manner permitted by law.
(a) Amendments . This Warrant and any provision
hereof may only be amended by an instrument in writing signed by
the Company and a majority in interest of the outstanding
Warrants.
(b) Descriptive Headings . The descriptive headings
of the several paragraphs of this Warrant are inserted for purposes
of reference only, and shall not affect the meaning or construction
of any of the provisions hereof.
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IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be signed by
its duly authorized officer.
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TECTONICS CORPORATION
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By:
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Name:
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Dated as of
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FORM OF EXERCISE
AGREEMENT
The undersigned,
pursuant to the provisions set forth in the Warrant attached
hereto, hereby agrees to purchase
shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant, and makes payment
herewith in full therefor at the price per share provided by such
Warrant in cash, by wire transfer or by certified or official bank
check in the amount of $
. Please issue a certificate or certificates for such shares of
Common Stock in the name of and pay any cash for any fractional
share to:
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Name:
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Signature:
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Address:
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Note: The above signature
should correspond exactly with the name on the face of the within
Warrant.
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and, if said
number of shares of Common Stock shall not be all the shares
purchasable under the within Warrant, a new Warrant is to be issued
in the name of said undersigned covering the balance of the shares
purchasable thereunder less any fraction of a share paid in
cash.
FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers all
the rights of the undersigned under the within Warrant, with
respect to the number of shares of Common Stock covered thereby set
forth hereinbelow, to:
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Name of
Assignee
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Address
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No. of Shares
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, and hereby
irrevocably constitutes and appoints
as agent and attorney-in-fact to transfer said Warrant on the books
of the within-named Company, with full power of substitution in the
premises.
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Name:
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Signature:
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Title of Signing Officer or Agent (if any):
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Address:
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Note: The above signature
should correspond exactly with the name on the face of the within
Warrant.
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EXHIBIT B-2
FORM OF ADDITIONAL STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
THIS WARRANT
AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
AS AMENDED. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN, NEITHER THIS
WARRANT NOR ANY OF SUCH SHARES MAY BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED
IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR SUCH
SECURITIES UNDER SAID ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION
THEREFROM.
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,
2009
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Warrant to
Purchase
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Shares of Common
Stock
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ENVIRONMENTAL TECTONICS
CORPORATION
STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
THIS CERTIFIES
THAT , for value received, H.F. Lenfest, or his registered
assigns (each, a “ Holder ”), is entitled
to purchase from Environmental Tectonics Corporation, a
Pennsylvania corporation (the “ Company
”), at any time or from time to time during the Exercise
Period (as hereinafter defined), the number of fully paid and
nonassessable shares of the Company’s common stock, par value
$0.05 per share (the “ Common Stock ”),
set forth in Section 1 hereof, at the exercise price set forth
in Section 2 hereof, subject to adjustment as provided herein.
The term “ Warrant Shares ”, as used
herein, refers to the shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder.
This Warrant has been issued pursuant to, and subject to the terms
of, that certain Secured Credit Facility and Warrant Purchase
Agreement, dated as of April 24, 2009, by and between the
Company and H.F. Lenfest (the “ Purchase
Agreement ”). The term “ Warrants
” means this Warrant and any warrants issued as a result of
the transfer, exchange or replacement of such warrants. Capitalized
terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to
such terms in the Purchase Agreement.
This Warrant is
subject to the following terms, provisions and
conditions:
1.
Number of Shares . During the Exercise Period, the
Holder shall be entitled to purchase
shares of Common Stock, which number of shares of Common Stock was
determined by multiplying the principal amount of the applicable
Note to which this Warrant relates by 10% and dividing that number
by the Market Price (as hereinafter defined) as of the Issue Date
(as hereinafter defined).
2.
Exercise Price . The exercise price (the “
Exercise Price ”) shall be a price per share
equal to $
, which is the Market Price as of the Issue Date.
3.
Period of Exercise . This Warrant is exercisable at any
time or from time to time beginning on the date of issuance (the
“ Issue Date ”) and ending at 5:00 p.m.,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania time on the seventh (7
th ) anniversary of the Issue Date (the “
Exercise Period ”).
4.
Manner of Exercise; Issuance of Certificates; Payment for
Shares . Subject to the provisions hereof, this Warrant may
be exercised by the Holder hereof, in whole or in part, by the
surrender of this Warrant, together with a completed exercise
agreement in the form attached hereto (the “ Exercise
Agreement ”), to the Company during normal business
hours on any business day at the Company’s principal
executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as
it may designate by notice to the Holder hereof), and upon payment
to the Company in cash, by certified or official bank check or by
wire transfer for the account of the Company of the Exercise Price
for the Warrant Shares specified in the Exercise Agreement. The
Warrant Shares so purchased shall be deemed to be issued to the
Holder hereof or such Holder’s designee, as the record owner
of such shares, as of the close of business on the date on which
this Warrant shall have been surrendered, the completed Exercise
Agreement shall have been delivered and payment shall have been
made for such shares as set forth above. Certificates for the
Warrant Shares so purchased, representing the aggregate number of
shares specified in the Exercise Agreement, shall be delivered to
the Holder hereof within fifteen (15) business days after this
Warrant shall have been so exercised. The certificates so delivered
shall be in such denominations as may be requested by the Holder
hereof and shall be registered in the name of such Holder or such
other name as shall be designated by such Holder. If this Warrant
shall have been exercised only in part, then, unless this Warrant
has expired, the Company shall, at its expense, as soon as
practicable after the date of exercise, deliver to the Holder a new
Warrant representing the number of shares with respect to which
this Warrant shall not then have been exercised.
5.
Certain Agreements of the Company . The Company hereby
covenants and agrees as follows:
(a) Shares to be Fully Paid . All Warrant
Shares will, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant, be validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable and free
from all taxes, liens, and charges with respect to the issue
thereof.
(b) Reservation of Shares . During the Exercise
Period, the Company shall at all times have authorized, and
reserved for the purpose of issuance upon exercise of this Warrant,
a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to provide for the
exercise in full of this Warrant.
(c) Listing . The Company shall use its
reasonable best efforts to secure the listing of the Warrant Shares
upon each securities exchange or automated quotation system, if
any, upon which shares of Common Stock are then listed (subject to
official notice of issuance upon exercise of this Warrant) and
shall use its reasonable best efforts to maintain, so long as any
other shares of Common Stock shall be so listed, such listing of
all Warrant Shares.
(d) Certain Actions Prohibited . The Company
will not, by amendment of its charter or through any
reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger,
dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary
action, directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise,
avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the
terms to be observed or performed by it hereunder, but will at all
times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the
provisions of this Warrant and in the taking of all such action as
may reasonably be requested by the Holder of this Warrant in order
to protect the exercise privilege of the Holder of
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this Warrant
against dilution or other impairment, consistent with the tenor and
purpose of this Warrant.
(e) Successors and Assigns . This Warrant will
be binding upon any entity succeeding to the Company or its
assets.
6.
Antidilution Provisions . During the Exercise Period,
the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares shall be
subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this
Section 6. In the event that any adjustment of the Exercise
Price as required herein results in a fraction of a cent, such
Exercise Price shall be rounded off to the nearest cent.
(a) Sale of Securities Below Current Exercise
Price . Except as otherwise provided in Sections 6(b) and
6(d), if at any time the Company shall issue or, pursuant to the
provisions hereof, be deemed to have issued (other than as set
forth in Section 6(a)(vi) hereof) any shares of Common Stock,
Convertible Securities (as hereinafter defined), Rights (as
hereinafter defined) or Related Rights (as hereinafter defined)
(collectively, “ Securities ”) without
consideration or for a consideration per share less than the
Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the issuance of such
Securities, then the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to
each such issuance shall forthwith be reduced to a price determined
in accordance with the following formula:
EP 2 =
EP 1
* (A + B) ÷ (A +
C).
For purposes of
the foregoing formula, the following definitions shall
apply:
(a) “EP
2 ” shall mean the Exercise Price for the
Common Stock in effect immediately after such issuance of
Securities;
(b) “EP
1 ” shall mean the Exercise Price of the
Common Stock in effect immediately prior to such issuance of
Securities;
(c) “A”
shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock actually
outstanding immediately prior to such issuance of Securities
(excluding shares of Common Stock issuable on conversion or
exercise of preferred stock, convertible promissory notes, options,
warrants and other options to purchase or rights to subscribe for
such convertible or exchangeable securities);
(d) “B”
shall mean the number of additional shares of Common Stock that
would have been issued if such Securities had been issued at a
price per share equal to EP 1 (determined by dividing the aggregate
consideration received by the Company in respect of such issue by
EP 1
); and
(e) “C”
shall mean the number of such Securities issued in such
transaction.
For the purpose
of this Section 6(a), the following definitions, procedures
and exceptions shall be applicable:
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(i) Rights . In the case of the issuance of options,
warrants or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire shares of
Common Stock, whether or not at the time exercisable (collectively,
“ Rights ”), the total number of shares
of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such Rights shall be
deemed to have been issued at the time such Rights are issued, for
a consideration equal to the sum of the consideration, if any,
received by the Company upon the issuance of such Rights and the
minimum purchase or exercise price payable upon the exercise of
such Rights for the Common Stock to be issued upon the exercise
thereof; and the consideration per share shall be determined by
dividing (i) the aggregate consideration so received by and
payable to the Company, by (ii) the number of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of such Rights.
(ii) Convertible Securities and Related Rights . In
the case of the issuance of any class or series of stock or any
bonds, debentures, notes or other securities or obligations
convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, whether or not
then convertible or exchangeable (collectively, “
Convertible Securities ”), or options, warrants
or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire Convertible
Securities (collectively, “ Related Rights
”), the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities or
exercise of such Related Rights shall be deemed to have been issued
at the time such Convertible Securities or Related Rights are
issued, for a consideration equal to the sum of (A) the
consideration, if any, received by the Company upon issuance of
such Convertible Securities or Related Rights (excluding any cash
received on account of accrued interest or dividends) and (B)(1) in
the case of Convertible Securities, the minimum additional
consideration, if any, to be received by the Company upon the
conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities or
(2) in the case of Related Rights, the sum of (x) the
minimum purchase or exercise price payable upon the exercise of
such Related Rights for Convertible Securities and (y) the
minimum additional consideration, if any, to be received by the
Company upon the conversion or exchange of the Convertible
Securities issued upon the exercise of such Related Rights; and the
consideration per share shall be determined by dividing
(i) the aggregate consideration so received by and payable to
the Company, by (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities
or exercise of such Related Rights.
(iii) Changes . On any change in the number of shares
of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of Rights or Related
Rights or upon the conversion or exchange of Convertible Securities
or on any change in the minimum purchase or exercise price of
Rights, Related Rights or Convertible Securities, including, but
not limited to, a change resulting from the anti-dilution
provisions of such Rights, Related Rights or Convertible
Securities, the Exercise Price to the extent in any way affected by
such Rights, Related Rights or Convertible Securities shall
forthwith be readjusted to be thereafter the Exercise Price that
would have been obtained had the adjustment which was made upon the
issuance of such Rights, Related Rights or Convertible Securities
been made after giving effect to such change. No further adjustment
shall be made in respect of such change upon the actual issuance of
Common Stock or any payment of consideration upon the exercise of
such Rights or Related Rights or the conversion or exchange of such
Convertible Securities.
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(iv) Expiration or Cancellation . On the expiration
or cancellation of any such Rights, Related Rights or Convertible
Securities, if the Exercise Price shall have been adjusted upon the
issuance thereof, the Exercise Price shall forthwith be readjusted
to such Exercise Price as would have been obtained had the
adjustment made upon the issuance of such Rights, Related Rights or
Convertible Securities been made upon the basis of the issuance of
only the number of shares of Common Stock actually issued upon the
exercise of such Rights or Related Rights or the conversion or
exchange of such Convertible Securities.
(v) Cash . In the case of the issuance of such
Securities for cash, the amount of consideration received by the
Company shall be deemed to be the amount of cash paid therefor
before deducting any reasonable discounts, commissions or other
expenses paid or incurred by the Company for any underwriting or
otherwise in connection with the issuance and sale thereof. In the
case of the issuance of such Securities for consideration other
than cash, the amount of consideration received by the Company
shall be determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of
Directors.
(vi) Exceptions to Adjustment of Exercise Price . No
adjustment to the Exercise Price will be made (i) upon the
exercise of any warrants, options or convertible securities issued
and outstanding on the Issue Date that are set forth on
Schedule 5.1(f) of the Purchase Agreement in accordance with
the terms of such securities as of such date; (ii) upon exercise of
any stock or options which may hereafter be exercised under any
employee benefit plan of the Company now existing or to be
implemented in the future, so long as the issuance of such stock or
options is approved by a majority of the non-employee members of
the Board of Directors of the Company or a majority of the members
of a committee of non-employee directors established for such
purpose; (iii) upon the issuance of the Warrants issued or
issuable in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement;
(iv) upon exercise of the Warrants; (v) upon the issuance
of any shares of Series E Preferred Stock in exchange for
existing series of Preferred Stock of the Company as provided in
the Purchase Agreement or the issuance of Common Stock in
conversion thereof; (vi) upon the issuance of any shares of
Series D Preferred Stock in payment of fees and/or interest on
the Notes as provided in the Purchase Agreement or the issuance of
Common Stock in conversion thereof; or (vi) upon the issuance
of securities in connection with a strategic transaction that is
approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, including the
Holder if then a director.
(b) Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock
. If the Company at any time subdivides (by any stock split,
stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification
or otherwise) the shares of Common Stock acquirable hereunder into
a greater number of shares, then, after the date of record for
effecting such subdivision, the Exercise Price in effect
immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately
reduced. If the Company at any time combines (by reverse stock
split, recapitalization, reorganization, reclassification or
otherwise) the shares of Common Stock acquirable hereunder into a
smaller number of shares, then, after the date of record for
effecting such combination, the Exercise Price in effect
immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately
increased.
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(c) Adjustment in Number of Shares . Upon each
adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 6, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted by multiplying a number
equal to the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such
adjustment by the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment and
dividing the product so obtained by the adjusted Exercise
Price.
(d) Consolidation, Merger or Sale . In case of
any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company
into any other company, or in case of any sale or conveyance of all
or substantially all of the assets of the Company other than in
connection with a plan of complete liquidation of the Company, then
as a condition of such consolidation, merger or sale or conveyance,
adequate provision will be made whereby the Holder of this Warrant
will have the right to acquire and receive upon exercise of this
Warrant in lieu of the shares of Common Stock immediately
theretofore acquirable upon the exercise of this Warrant, such
shares of stock, securities or assets as the Holders of the
Warrants would have received had the Warrants been exercised
immediately prior to such consolidation, merger or sale or
conveyance. In any such case, the Company will make appropriate
provision to insure that the provisions of this Section 6
hereof will thereafter be applicable as nearly as may be in
relation to any shares of stock or securities thereafter
deliverable upon the exercise of this Warrant. The Company will not
effect any consolidation, merger or sale or conveyance unless prior
to the consummation thereof, the successor or acquiring entity (if
other than the Company) and, if an entity different from the
successor or acquiring entity, the entity whose capital stock or
assets the holders of the Common Stock of the Company are entitled
to receive as a result of such consolidation, merger or sale or
conveyance assumes by written instrument the obligations of the
Company under this Warrant (including under this Section 6)
and the obligations to deliver to the Holder of this Warrant such
shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with the
foregoing provisions, the Holder may be entitled to acquire. This
Section 6(d) shall apply to any successive consolidations, mergers,
sales or conveyances.
(e) Distribution of Assets . In case the
Company shall declare or make any distribution of its assets
(including cash) to holders of Common Stock as a partial
liquidating dividend, by way of return of capital or otherwise,
then, after the date of record for determining stockholders
entitled to such distribution, but prior to the date of
distribution, the Holder of this Warrant shall be entitled upon
exercise of this Warrant for the purchase of any or all of the
shares of Common Stock subject hereto, to receive the amount of
such assets which would have been payable to the Holder had such
Holder been the holder of such shares of Common Stock on the record
date for the determination of stockholders entitled to such
distribution.
(f) Notice of Adjustment . Upon the occurrence
of any event which requires any adjustment of the Exercise Price,
then, and in each such case, the Company shall give notice thereof
to the Holder of this Warrant, which notice shall state the
Exercise Price resulting from such adjustment and the increase or
decrease in the number of Warrant Shares purchasable at such price
upon exercise, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of
calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based.
Such calculation shall be certified by the chief financial officer
of the Company.
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(g) Minimum Adjustment of Exercise Price . No
adjustment of the Exercise Price shall be made in an amount of less
than 1% of the Exercise Price in effect at the time such adjustment
is otherwise required to be made, but any such lesser adjustment
shall be carried forward and shall be made at the time and together
with the next subsequent adjustment which, together with any
adjustments so carried forward, shall amount to not less than 1% of
such Exercise Price.
(h) No Fractional Shares . No fractional shares
of Common Stock are to be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant,
but the Company shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of any
fractional share which would otherwise be issuable in an amount
equal to the same fraction of the Market Price of a share of Common
Stock on the date of such exercise.
(i) Other Notices . In case at any
time:
(i) the Company shall declare any dividend upon the Common
Stock payable in shares of stock of any class or make any other
distribution (including dividends or distributions payable in cash
out of retained earnings) to the holders of the Common
Stock;
(ii) there shall be any capital reorganization of the
Company, or reclassification of the Common Stock, or consolidation
or merger of the Company with or into, or sale of all,
substantially all or a material portion of its assets to, another
Company or entity; or
(iii) there shall be a voluntary or involuntary dissolution,
liquidation or winding-up of the Company;
then, in each
such case, the Company shall give to the Holder of this Warrant
(a) notice of the date on which the books of the Company shall
close or a record shall be taken for determining the holders of
Common Stock entitled to receive any such dividend or distribution
or for determining the holders of Common Stock entitled to vote in
respect of any such reorganization, reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up
and (b) in the case of any such reorganization,
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution,
liquidation or winding-up, notice of the date (or, if not then
known, a reasonable approximation thereof by the Company) when the
same shall take place. Such notice shall also specify the date on
which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such
dividend, distribution, or subscription rights or to exchange their
Common Stock for stock or other securities or property deliverable
upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger,
sale, dissolution, liquidation, or winding-up, as the case may be.
Such notice shall be given at least ten (10) business days prior to
the record date or the date on which the Company’s books are
closed in respect thereto. Failure to give any such notice or any
defect therein shall not affect the validity of the proceedings
referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above;
provided that if notice is not given in accordance with this
Section 4(i), the Company will use its best efforts to insure
that the Holder of this Warrant shall nevertheless receive the same
rights and benefits received by other holders of securities of the
Company from the proceedings referred to in clauses (i),
(ii) and (iii) above, unless the Holder of this Warrant
chooses not to receive such rights and benefits.
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(j)
Certain Events . If any event occurs of the type
contemplated by the adjustment provisions of this Section 6
but not expressly provided for by such provisions, the Company will
give notice of such event as provided in Section 6(i) hereof, and
the Company’s Board of Directors will make an appropriate
adjustment in the Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common
Stock acquirable upon exercise of this Warrant so that the rights
of the Holder shall be neither enhanced nor diminished by such
event.
(k)
Definition of Market Price . “ Market
Price ,” as of any date, (i) means the closing
sale price for the shares of Common Stock as reported on the on the
NYSE AMEX LLC, the successor to the American Stock Exchange
(“ AMEX ”), by Bloomberg Financial
Markets (“ Bloomberg ”) for the trading
day immediately preceding such date, or (ii) if the AMEX is
not the principal trading market for the shares of Common Stock,
the average of the reported closing sale prices reported by
Bloomberg on the principal trading market for the Common Stock
during the one hundred twenty (120) day period immediately
preceding such date, (iii) if market value cannot be
calculated as of such date on any of the foregoing bases, the
Market Price shall be determined in good faith by the Board of
Directors.
7.
Issue Tax . The issuance of certificates for Warrant
Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without
charge to the Holder of this Warrant or such shares for any
issuance tax or other costs in respect thereof.
8. No
Rights or Liabilities as a Shareholder . This Warrant shall
not entitle the Holder hereof to any voting rights, rights to
dividends, or other rights as a shareholder of the Company. No
provision of this Warrant, in the absence of affirmative action by
the Holder hereof to purchase Warrant Shares, and no mere
enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder
hereof, shall give rise to any liability of such Holder for the
Exercise Price or as a shareholder of the Company, whether such
liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the
Company.
9.
Transfer, Exchange and Replacement of Warrant
.
(a) Restriction on Transfer . This Warrant and
the rights granted to the Holder hereof are transferable, in whole
or in part, upon surrender of this Warrant, together with a
properly executed assignment in the form attached hereto, at the
office or agency of the Company referred to in Section 9(e) below;
provided , however , that any transfer or assignment
shall be subject to the conditions set forth in Section 9(f).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Warrant, the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise hereof, and the rights granted
hereunder may not be transferred to a competitor of the Company or
any Subsidiary or affiliate of the Company.
(b) Warrant Exchangeable for Different
Denominations . This Warrant is exchangeable, upon the
surrender hereof by the Holder hereof at the office or agency of
the Company referred to in Section 9(e) below, for new Warrants of
like tenor representing in the aggregate the right to purchase the
number of shares of Common Stock which may be purchased hereunder,
each of such new Warrants to represent the right to purchase such
number of shares as shall be designated by the Holder hereof at the
time of such surrender.
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(c) Replacement of Warrant . Upon receipt of
evidence of the loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of this
Warrant and, in the case of any such loss, theft, or destruction,
upon delivery of an indemnity agreement reasonably satisfactory in
form and amount to the Company, or, in the case of any such
mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, the
Company, at its expense, will execute and deliver, in lieu thereof,
a new Warrant of like tenor.
(d) Cancellation; Payment of Expenses . Upon
the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer,
exchange or replacement as provided in this Section 9, this
Warrant shall be promptly canceled by the Company. The Company
shall pay all taxes (other than securities transfer taxes) and all
other expenses (other than legal expenses, if any, incurred by the
Holder or transferees) and charges payable in connection with the
preparation, execution, and delivery of Warrants pursuant to this
Section 9.
(e) Register . The Company shall maintain, at
its principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of
the Company as it may designate by notice to the Holder hereof), a
register for this Warrant, in which the Company shall record the
name and address of the person in whose name this Warrant has been
issued, as well as the name and address of each transferee and each
prior owner of this Warrant.
(f) Exercise or Transfer Without Registration .
If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with
any exercise, transfer, or exchange of this Warrant, this Warrant
(or, in the case of any exercise, the Warrant Shares issuable
hereunder), shall not be registered under the Securities Act and
under applicable state securities or blue sky laws, the Company may
require, as a condition of allowing such exercise, transfer, or
exchange, that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the
case may be, furnish to the Company a written opinion of counsel to
the effect that such exercise, transfer, or exchange may be made
without registration under the Securities Act and under applicable
state securities or blue sky laws; provided however, that no legal
opinion shall be required in connection with a transfer pursuant to
Rule 144 under the Securities Act unless in the opinion of
counsel to the Company, such transfer does not comply with the
provisions of Rule 144. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
initial Holder of this Warrant, by taking and holding the same,
represents to the Company that such Holder is acquiring this
Warrant for investment and not with a present view to the
distribution thereof.
10.
Notices . Any notice which is required or provided to be
given under this Warrant shall be deemed to have been sufficiently
given and received for all purposes when delivered by hand,
telecopy (if a copy of such confirmed telecopy transmission shall
be contemporaneously sent by first class mail), or nationally
recognized overnight courier, or five days after being sent by
certified or registered mail, postage and charges prepaid, return
receipt requested, to the following addresses:
Environmental
Tectonics Corporation
125 James Way
Southampton, PA 18966
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Attention:
Chief Financial Officer
Facsimile: (215) 357-4000
Klehr,
Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg & Ellers LLP
260 S. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Attention: William Matthews, Esquire
Facsimile: (215) 568-6603
If to a Holder
hereof, at the address shown for such Holder on the books of the
Company; or, with respect to any party hereto, at any other address
designated in writing by such party in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 10.
11.
Governing Law; Jurisdiction . This Warrant shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania applicable to agreements made and to
be performed in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (without regard to
principles of conflict of laws). The Company and the Holder hereof
consent to the jurisdiction of the United States federal courts and
the state courts located in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with
respect to any suit or proceeding based on or arising under this
Warrant or the transactions contemplated hereby and agree that all
claims in respect of such suit or proceeding may be determined in
such courts. The Company and the Holder hereof waive the defense of
an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such suit or proceeding
and agree that service of process upon a party mailed by first
class mail shall be deemed in every respect effective service of
process upon the party in any such suit or proceeding. Nothing
herein shall affect either party’s right to serve process in
any other manner permitted by law.
(a) Amendments . This Warrant and any provision
hereof may only be amended by an instrument in writing signed by
the Company and a majority in interest of the outstanding
Warrants.
(b) Descriptive Headings . The descriptive headings
of the several paragraphs of this Warrant are inserted for purposes
of reference only, and shall not affect the meaning or construction
of any of the provisions hereof.
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IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be signed by
its duly authorized officer.
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ENVIRONMENTAL
TECTONICS CORPORATION
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Dated as of
, 2009
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FORM OF EXERCISE
AGREEMENT
The undersigned,
pursuant to the provisions set forth in the Warrant attached
hereto, hereby agrees to purchase
shares of Common Stock covered by such Warrant, and makes payment
herewith in full therefor at the price per share provided by such
Warrant in cash, by wire transfer or by certified or official bank
check in the amount of $
. Please issue a certificate or certificates for such shares of
Common Stock in the name of and pay any cash for any fractional
share to:
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Name:
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Signature:
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Address:
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Note: The above signature
should correspond exactly with the name on the face of the within
Warrant.
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and, if said
number of shares of Common Stock shall not be all the shares
purchasable under the within Warrant, a new Warrant is to be issued
in the name of said undersigned covering the balance of the shares
purchasable thereunder less any fraction of a share paid in
cash.
FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers all
the rights of the undersigned under the within Warrant, with
respect to the number of shares of Common Stock covered thereby set
forth hereinbelow, to:
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Name of
Assignee
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Address
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No. of Shares
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, and hereby
irrevocably constitutes and appoints
as agent and attorney-in-fact to transfer said Warrant on the books
of the within-named Company, with full power of substitution in the
premises.
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