Exhibit 10.2
WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON
STOCK
NEITHER THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED
BY THIS INSTRUMENT NOR THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF
THIS INSTRUMENT HAS BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND NONE OF
SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED
OF EXCEPT WHILE A REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING THERETO IS IN
EFFECT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR
PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH
LAWS. THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT AND THE
SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS INSTRUMENT MAY NOT
BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH ACT
AND SUCH LAWS. ANY SALE OR OTHER TRANSFER NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH
SUCH ACT AND SUCH LAWS WILL BE VOID.
WARRANT
to purchase
Up to 1,683,952
Shares of Common
Stock
of TVI CORPORATION
Issue Date: November 20,
2008
1.
Definitions
. Unless the context otherwise
requires, when used herein the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated.
“Board of Directors”
means the board of directors of the Company, including any duly
authorized committee thereof.
“Business Combination”
means a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar
transaction with unaffiliated third parties or party that requires
the approval of the Company’s stockholders.
“business day” means any
day except Saturday, Sunday and any day on which banking
institutions in the State of New York generally are authorized or
required by law or other governmental actions to close.
“Charter” means the
charter of the Company, as amended or supplemented from time to
time.
“Common Stock” means the
common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share.
“Company” means TVI
Corporation, a Maryland corporation.
“Exchange Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor
statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“Exercise Price” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.
“Expiration Time” has
the meaning set forth in Section 3.
“Financing Agreement”
means that certain Amended and Restated Financing and Security
Agreement dated February 22, 2008 (as amended by First
Amendment to Amended and Restated Financing and Security Agreement
dated July 3, 2008 and as amended, restated, modified,
substituted, extended, and renewed from time to time) by and among
the Company, Capa Manufacturing Corp, Safety Tech
International, Inc., Signature Special Event
Services, Inc., and Branch Banking and Trust
Company.
“Forbearance Agreement”
means that certain Limited Forbearance Agreement, dated as of
November 20, 2008, as amended, restated, modified,
substituted, extended and renewed from time to time, by and among
the Company, Capa Manufacturing Corp, Safety Tech
International, Inc., Signature Special Event
Services,
Inc., and Branch Banking and Trust
Company.
“Issue Date” means the
date of this Warrant.
“Market Price” means,
with respect to shares of Common Stock, on any given day, the last
reported sale price regular way or, in case no such reported sale
takes place on such day, the average of the last closing bid and
ask prices regular way, in either case on the principal national
securities exchange on which shares of Common Stock are listed or
admitted to trading, or if not listed or admitted to trading on any
national securities exchange, the average of the closing bid and
ask prices as furnished by two members of the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority, Inc. selected from time to time by the
Company for that purpose. “Market Price” shall be
determined without reference to after hours or extended hours
trading. If shares of Common Stock are not listed and traded in a
manner that the quotations referred to above are available for the
period required hereunder, the Market Price per share of Common
Stock shall be deemed to be the fair market value per share of such
security as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors
which determination shall be conclusive evidence of such fair
market value. For the purposes of determining the Market Price on
the “trading day” preceding, on or following the
occurrence of an event, (i) that trading day shall be deemed
to commence immediately after the regular scheduled closing time of
trading on the New York Stock Exchange or, if trading is closed at
an earlier time, such earlier time and (ii) that trading day
shall end at the next regular scheduled closing time, or if trading
is closed at an earlier time, such earlier time (for the avoidance
of doubt, and as an example, if the Market Price is to be
determined as of the last trading day preceding a specified event
and the closing time of trading on a particular day is
4:00 p.m. and the specified event occurs at 5:00 p.m. on
that day, the Market Price would be determined by reference to such
4:00 p.m. closing price).
“Obligations” has the
meaning ascribed to it in the Financing Agreement.
“Person” has the meaning
given to it in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and as
used in Sections 13(d)(3) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange
Act.
“SEC” means the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute,
and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“Shares” has the meaning
set forth in Section 2.
“Term Loan” has the
meaning ascribed to it in the Financing Agreement.
“trading day” means
(A) if the shares of Common Stock are not traded on any
national or regional securities exchange or association or
over-the-counter market, a business day or (B) if the shares
of Common Stock are traded on any national or regional securities
exchange or association or over-the-counter market, a business day
on which such relevant exchange or quotation system is scheduled to
be open for business and on which the shares of Common Stock
(i) are not suspended from trading on any national or regional
securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market for
any period or periods aggregating one half hour or longer, and
(ii) have traded at least once on the national or regional
securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market that
is the primary market for the trading of the shares of Common
Stock.
“Vesting Date” has the
meaning set forth in Section 13(A).
“Warrantholder” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.
“Warrant” means this
Warrant, issued pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement.
2.
Number of Shares; Exercise
Price . This certifies
that, for value received, the Branch Banking and Trust Company, a
North Carolina banking corporation, or its permitted assigns (the
“Warrantholder “) is entitled, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, to acquire from
the Company, in whole or in part, up to an aggregate of 1,683,952
fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock, at a purchase
price per share
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of Common Stock equal to $0.164 per
share (the “Exercise Price”). The number of
shares of Common Stock that are issuable upon exercise of this
Warrant (the “Shares”) and the Exercise Price are
subject to adjustment as provided herein, and all references to
“Common Stock,” “Shares” and
“Exercise Price” herein shall be deemed to include any
such adjustment or series of adjustments.
3.
Exercise of Warrant;
Term . Subject to
Section 2, the right to purchase the Shares represented by
this Warrant is exercisable, in whole or in part by the
Warrantholder, at any time or from time to time after the first
business day immediately following the Vesting Date, but in no
event later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern time on the tenth
anniversary of the Vesting Date (the “Expiration
Time”), by (A) the surrender of this Warrant and Notice
of Exercise annexed hereto, duly completed and executed on behalf
of the Warrantholder, at the principal executive office of the
Company located at the address set forth in Section 20 (or
such other office or agency of the Company in the United States as
it may designate by notice in writing to the Warrantholder at the
address of the Warrantholder appearing on the books of the
Company), and (B) payment of the Exercise Price for the Shares
thereby purchased:
(i)
with the consent of the Company
(except as otherwise provided in this subparagraph (i) below),
by having the Company withhold, from the shares of Common Stock
that would otherwise be delivered to the Warrantholder upon such
exercise, shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Warrant equal in value to the aggregate Exercise Price as to which
this Warrant is so exercised based on the Market Price of the
Common Stock on the trading day on which this Warrant is exercised
and the Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company pursuant to
this Section 3; provided, however, that such consent of
the Company shall not be required if a registration statement under
the Securities Act registering for resale the shares of Common
Stock issuable upon such exercise either (A) is not effective
on the date of such exercise or (B) if such registration
statement is not effective on the date of such exercise then, in
addition to such failure to be effective, such registration
statement has not been effective for at least twenty (20) of the
thirty (30) business days immediately preceding the date of such
exercise, or
(ii)
by tendering in cash, by certified
or cashier’s check payable to the order of the Company, or by
wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account
designated by the Company.
If the Warrantholder does not
exercise this Warrant in its entirety, the Warrantholder will be
entitled to receive from the Company within a reasonable time, and
in any event not exceeding three business days, a new warrant in
substantially identical form for the purchase of that number of
Shares equal to the difference between the number of Shares subject
to this Warrant and the number of Shares as to which this Warrant
is so exercised.
4.
Issuance of Shares;
Authorization; Listing .
Certificates for Shares issued upon exercise of this Warrant will
be issued in such name or names as the Warrantholder may designate,
subject (with respect to transfers of this Warrant) to the
limitations on transfer provided in Section 8, and will be
delivered to such named Person or Persons within a reasonable time,
not to exceed three business days after the date on which this
Warrant has been duly exercised in accordance with the terms of
this Warrant. The Company hereby represents and warrants that any
Shares issued upon the exercise of this Warrant in accordance with
the provisions of Section 3 will be duly and validly
authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from
all taxes, liens and charges (other than liens or charges created
by the Warrantholder, income and franchise taxes incurred in
connection with the exercise of this Warrant or taxes in respect of
any transfer occurring contemporaneously therewith). The Company
agrees that the Shares so issued will be deemed to have been issued
to the Warrantholder as of the close of business on the date on
which this Warrant and payment of the Exercise Price are delivered
to the Company in accordance with the terms of this Warrant,
notwithstanding that the stock transfer books of the Company may
then be closed or certificates representing such Shares may not be
actually delivered on such date. The Company will take all actions
necessary to make available the Shares issuable upon exercise of
this Warrant at any time, including amending its Charter to
increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. The
Company will procure, at its sole expense, the listing of the
Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant at any time, subject
to issuance or notice of issuance, on all principal stock
exchanges, if any, on which the Common Stock is then listed or
traded.
5.
No Fractional Shares or
Scrip . No fractional
Shares or scrip representing fractional Shares shall be issued upon
any exercise of this Warrant. In lieu of any fractional Share to
which the Warrantholder would otherwise be entitled, the
Warrantholder shall be entitled to receive a cash payment equal to
the Market Price of the Common Stock on the last trading day
preceding the date of exercise less the pro-rated Exercise Price
for such
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fractional share.
6.
No Rights as Stockholders;
Transfer Books . This
Warrant does not entitle the Warrantholder to any voting rights or
other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the date of
exercise hereof. The Company will at no time close its transfer
books against transfer of this Warrant in any manner which
interferes with the timely exercise of this Warrant.
7.
Charges, Taxes and
Expenses . Issuance of
certificates for Shares to the Warrantholder upon the exercise of
this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Warrantholder for
any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of
the issuance of such certificates, all of which taxes and expenses
shall be paid by the Company.
8.
Transfer/Assignment
.
(A)
Subject to compliance with clauses
(B) and (C) of this Section 8, this Warrant and all
rights hereunder are transferable, in whole or in part (provided
that in the case of a partial transfer of this Warrant, the number
of Shares subject to the partial transfer shall not be less than
420,988), upon the books of the Company by the registered holder
hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney, and a new warrant
shall be made and delivered by the Company, of the same tenor and
date as this Warrant but registered in the name of the transferee,
upon surrender of this Warrant, duly endorsed, to the principal
executive office of, or agency designated by, the Company set forth
in Section 19. All expenses (other than stock transfer taxes)
and other charges payable in connection with the preparation,
execution and delivery of the new warrants pursuant to this
Section 8 shall be paid by the Company.
(B)
Unless the Company has failed to pay
Obligations (as that term is defined in the Financing Agreement) in
full upon the acceleration of the Obligations or upon the maturity
of the Obligations (in the case of which failure, this clause
(B) does not apply), if the Warrantholder proposes to transfer
this Warrant, in whole or in part, the Warrantholder shall promptly
give written notice (the “Transfer Notice”) to the
Company of such transfer. The Transfer Notice shall describe
in reasonable detail the proposed transfer including, without
limitation, the number of shares covered by the portion of the
Warrant to be transferred, the nature of such transfer, the form,
amount and timing of the consideration to be paid, and the name and
address of each prospective purchaser or transferee. For a
period of ten (10) business days following receipt of the
Transfer Notice, the Company shall have the right to purchase the
Warrant, or the part thereof, subject to such notice on the same
terms and conditions as set forth therein. The
Company’s purchase right shall be exercised by written notice
signed by an officer of the Company (the “Company
Notice”) and delivered to the Warrantholder within such ten
(10) business day period. The Company shall effect the
purchase of the Warrant or part thereof to be transferred on the
terms set forth in the Transfer Notice. If Company does