EXHIBIT 10.66
as of June 30, 2000
Fleet National Bank Bank of New Hampshire
1155 Elm Street 333 State Street
Manchester, NH 03101 Portsmouth, NH 03801
Attn: Daniel D. Butler, Attn: David D. McGraw,
Vice President Vice President
Sovereign Bank Key Corporate Capital
50 Rowes Wharf-Suite 430 One Canal Plaza-Sixth
Boston, MA 02110 Floor
Attn: Joseph Becker, Portland, ME 04101
Vice President Attn: Mark Kleinhaut,
Vice President
Re: Third Amendment to Forbearance Agreement and Credit Agreement
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Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that Forbearance Agreement made as of
the 24th day of January, 2000, as amended (as amended, the
"Agreement") by and between, on one hand, WPI GROUP, INC., WPI
ELECTRONICS, INC., WPI MAGNETEC, INC., WPI MICRO PALM, INC., WPI
POWER SYSTEMS, INC., WPI TERMIFLEX, INC. f/k/a WPI Termiflex,
Inc., WPI MICRO PROCESSOR SYSTEMS, INC., WPI DECISIONKEY, INC.,
WPI UK HOLDING II, INC., WPI OYSTER TERMINALS, INC., WPI
INSTRUMENTS, INC., each a New Hampshire corporation, WPI HUSKY
TECHNOLOGY, INC. f/k/a WPI Husky Computers, Inc., a Florida
corporation (collectively, the "Borrowers"), FLEET NATIONAL BANK
f/k/a Fleet Bank-NH, KEY CORPORATE CAPITAL INC., SOVEREIGN BANK,
BANK OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, FLEET NATIONAL BANK f/k/a BankBoston, N.A.
(each, individually, a Lender, and collectively, the "Lenders"),
and FLEET NATIONAL BANK f/k/a Fleet Bank-NH, as Agent for the
Lenders (the "Agent"), and the Credit Agreement dated as of
August 3, 1998 among the Borrowers, the Agent, and the Lenders.
All capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise
specifically defined herein shall have the meanings given such
terms in the Forbearance Agreement.
The Borrowers have requested that Lenders extend the
Forbearance Period under the Agreement, and the Lenders have
agreed to do so, on the terms and subject to the conditions
hereof.
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1. Acknowledgment of Obligations.
(a) By Borrowers. Each Borrower hereby acknowledges that it is
unconditionally liable to the Lenders for the full and immediate
payment of each of the obligations set forth at Schedule A hereto
and incorporated herein by reference, plus all reasonable
attorneys' fees and costs of collection incurred or that may be
incurred in connection with such obligations by the Agent or the
Lenders, and Borrowers are unconditionally liable to Lenders to
pay and perform each of the other liabilities and obligations
that may now or hereafter arise under the various documents
executed or delivered by any Borrower evidencing or relating to
such obligations (collectively, the "Loan Documents")
(hereinafter all such obligations are referred to as the
"Obligations"), and that no Borrower has any defenses,
counterclaims or set-offs with respect to the full and immediate
payment of any or all Obligations. To the best of their
knowledge and without providing any opinion as to any legal
issue, each Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that all of
the Obligations, and each of them, are secured by valid and
perfected, first priority liens and security interests in all of
the Collateral enforceable against the Borrowers in accordance
with their terms, provided, however, that each Borrower covenants
and agrees that, to the extent that the Obligations are not
secured by valid and perfected, first priority liens and security
interests in all of the Collateral enforceable against the
Borrowers in accordance with their terms, the Borrowers shall at
their expense and upon Agent's request, duly execute and deliver,
or cause to be duly executed or delivered, to Agent such further
instruments and do and cause to be done such further acts as may
be necessary or proper in the reasonable opinion of the Agent to
cause such Obligations to be secured by valid and perfected,
first priority liens and security interests in all of the
Collateral enforceable against the Borrowers in accordance with
their terms.
(b) No Further Commitments by Lender. The Borrowers
further acknowledge that the Agent and Lenders have no existing
commitments, obligations or agreements to advance credits or
loans or make other financial accommodations to the Borrowers
except as may be specifically set forth in the Forbearance
Agreement, as modified by this Amendment.
2. Amendment--Extension of Forbearance Period. Section 5(a)
(Forbearance and Subordinated Indebtedness) of the Forbearance
Agreement is hereby amended to replace the date "May 3, 2000" as
it appears therein with the date "July 31, 2000" in lieu thereof.
3. Line of Credit Reserve. The Borrowers agree that they did
not satisfy the conditions precedent to require the release of
the $100,000 2000 Reserve established under Section 4 of the
Second Amendment to Forbearance Agreement and Credit Agreement
dated as of May 3, 2000 (the "Second Amendment"), and that the
2000 Reserve therefore has not been released. The Borrowers have
requested, and the Agent and the Lenders have agreed that,
notwithstanding such failure, if the Sunrise Transaction Date (as
defined below) has occurred on or before the first to occur of:
(a) the Forbearance Termination Date; or (b) July 31, 2000, the
2000 Reserve shall be released (but the Agent and the Lenders
shall have no obligation to make the 2000 Reserve available for
loans unless the Borrowers have satisfied all other conditions
precedent to obtaining such loans). If on the other hand, the
Sunrise Transaction Date has not occurred by the first to occur
of the events specified in clauses (a) and (b) of this paragraph,
then the Agent may apply the 2000 Reserve toward the Obligations
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as set forth in the Credit Agreement. The term "Sunrise
Transaction Date" as used herein, shall mean the date on which
the Borrowers have both: (a) reduced the Lenders' aggregate
outstandings, on a permanent basis, to less than or equal to
$17,500,000; and (b) obtained a commitment from Sunrise Capital
Partners LLC to loan an additional $2,500,000 to the Borrowers to
enable the Borrowers to reduce the Lenders' aggregate
outstandings, on a permanent basis, to less than or equal to
$15,000,000, on terms satisfactory to the Agent and the Lenders.
4. Amendment Fee. The Borrowers acknowledge and agree that, as
consideration for the Agent's and Lenders' agreements and
commitments hereunder, the Borrowers shall pay an amendment fee
of $100,000 (the "Third Amendment Fee") to the Agent, for
distribution pro rata to the Lenders in accordance with the
amount of their Commitments, which Third Amendment Fee shall be
fully earned by the Agent and the Lenders as of the execution of
this Amendment, and shall be payable in three installments, as
follows: (a) $25,000, on July 14, 2000; (b) $25,000, on July 21,
2000; and (c) $50,000, on July 31, 2000. In the event that the
Sunrise Transaction Date occurs, then the Agent and the Lenders
shall be deemed to have waived payment of those installments
under clause (a), (b), or (c) hereof that are scheduled to first
become due on or after the Sunrise Transaction Date.
5. Certain Default Interest. In the event that the Sunrise
Transaction Date occurs on or prior to July 31, 2000, then the
Agent and the Lenders shall be deemed to have waived, effective
as of the date of such reduction, the incremental interest
attributable to increasing the applicable rate to the Default
Rate that accrued, but is presently unpaid, from and after
February 24, 2000 through and including the Sunrise Transaction
Date. Nothing herein shall constitute a waiver or release of the
Agent's or Lenders' rights to retain any payment, including any
interest payment, that has already been made. If the Sunrise
Transaction Date does not occur on or prior to July 31, 2000, the
Loans shall continue to accrue interest at the Default Rate.
6. Release of Claims. As of the date of the execution of this
Amendment, each Borrower hereby releases, waives, and forever
relinquishes all claims, demands, obligations, liabilities and
causes of action of whatever kind or nature, whether known or
unknown, which it has, may have, or might assert against Agent or
any Lender and/or their respective parents, affiliates,
participants, officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys,
accountants, consultants, successors and assigns, directly or
indirectly, arising out of, based upon, or in any manner
connected with (i) any transaction, event, circumstance, action,
failure to act or occurrence of any sort or type, whether known
or unknown, which occurred, existed, was taken or permitted prior
to the execution of this Agreement with respect to the
Obligations, the Loan Documents and/or the administration thereof
or the obligations created thereby; (ii) any discussions,
commitments, negotiations, conversations or communications with
respect to the refinancing, restructuring or collection of any
Obligations; or (iii) any thing or matter related to any of the
foregoing. The inclusion of this paragraph in this Amendment,
and the execution of this Amendment by the Agent and the Lenders,
does not constitute an acknowledgment or admission by the Agent
or any Lender of liability for any matter, or a precedent upon
which liability may be asserted.
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7. Conditions Precedent. The obligation of the Lenders to
enter into this Amendment is subject to satisfaction of the
condition precedent that the Borrowers shall execute and deliver,
or cause to be executed and delivered to Lender, the following on
or before the date hereof:
i. This Amendment, executed by all Borrowers,
together with all schedules and exhibits hereto;
ii. Payment of $25,000, to reimburse the Agent for
its reasonable consultant's fees and reasonable
attorneys' fees.
iii. evidence that the execution, delivery and
performance of this Amendment and the Forbearance Agreement by
the Borrowers have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action, including incumbency certificates of each
Borrower, with authorizing resolutions and certified copies of
articles of organization and by-laws, all in a form satisfactory
to the Agent and all Lenders and their counsel;
iv. evidence of insurance coverage required by Section
14(e)(iv) of the Forbearance Agreement;
v. evidence of payment of all outstanding property
taxes; and
vi. an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Agent
and the Lenders that this Amendment and the Forbearance
Agreement represents the legal, valid, and binding
obligation of the Borrowers, enforceable against them in
accordance with its terms.
8. Confirmation of Representations and Warranties. Each
representation and warranty contained in the Amendment and the
other Loan Documents remains accurate, complete and not
misleading in any material respect on the date of this Amendment,
except for representations and warranties that explicitly relate
to an earlier date. Each Borrower acknowledges and agrees that
it is unconditionally liable for the full, prompt and complete
performance and payment of all Obligations arising under the Loan
Documents or otherwise, without defenses, counterclaims or
setoffs of any kind or nature. The Agent and the Lenders, by
entering into this Amendment, do not waive any rights and
remedies they may have under the Loan Documents or otherwise,
including, without limitation, arising or resulting from any
existing Default or Event of Default, and all of such rights and
remedies are hereby expressly reserved.
9. Authority. Each Borrower represents and warrants that it is
a corporation duly organized and in good standing under the laws
of its state or other jurisdiction of incorporation and is duly
qualified as a foreign corporation and in good standing in all
states or other jurisdictions where the nature and extent of the
business transacted by it or the ownership of assets makes such
qualification necessary, except for those jurisdictions in which
the failure to so qualify would not have a material adverse
effect on the financial condition, results of operation or
businesses of such Borrower or the rights of the Agent and
Lenders hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents. Each
Borrower represents and warrants that the execution, delivery and
performance of this Amendment is within the corporate powers of
such Borrower, has been duly authorized and are not in
contravention of law or the terms of the certificates of
incorporation, by-laws, or other organizational documentation of
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such Borrower, or any indenture, agreement or undertaking to
which such Borrower is a party or by which such Borrower or its
property are bound. Each Borrower represents and warrants that
this Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Borrowers enforceable in accordance with its
terms.
10. Miscellaneous. This Amendment shall be deemed to be a
Loan Document. This Amendment supersedes all prior
correspondence and discussions relating to the subject matter
hereof. This Amendment shall be governed and construed under the
laws of the State of New Hampshire and is subject to all the
rights and waivers, including the waiver of jury trial, set forth
in the Loan Documents. Except as expressly set forth herein,
each Borrower confirms that the Loan Documents have not been
amended or modified and, as amended hereby, continue in full
force and effect.
11. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in
counterparts each of which shall be an original and all of which
taken together shall constitute one and the same document.
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Executed as an instrument under seal by the parties or their
respective duly authorized officers as of the date first written
above.
BORROWERS:
WPI GROUP, INC.
WPI POWER SYSTEMS, INC.,
WPI MAGNETEC, INC.
WPI ELECTRONICS, INC.,
WPI TERMIFLEX, INC. f/k/a WPI
Oyster Termiflex, Inc.
WPI MICRO PALM, INC.
WPI MICRO PROCESSOR SYSTEMS, INC.
WPI DECISIONKEY, INC.,
WPI UK HOLDING, INC.,
WPI UK HOLDING II, INC.,
WPI OYSTER TERMINALS, INC.,
WPI HUSKY TECHNOLOGY, INC., and
WPI INSTRUMENTS, INC.
____________________________ By: _______________________________
Witness John Allard, for, on behalf of,
and as Duly Authorized Officer
or Agent of each of the above-
named entities
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AGENT AND LENDER:
FLEET NATIONAL BANK f/k/a Fleet
Bank-NH, as Agent and as a Lender
____________________________ By:
Witness ___________________________________
Name:__________________________
Title:________________________________
OTHER LENDERS:
KEY CORPORATE CAPITAL INC.
____________________________ By:
Witness ___________________________________
Name:___________________________
Title:________________________________
SOVEREIGN BANK
____________________________ By:
Witness ___________________________________
Name:___________________________
Title:______________________________
BANK OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
____________________________ By:
Witness ___________________________________
Name:___________________________
Title:________________________________
FLEET NATIONAL BANK
f/k/a BANKBOSTON, N.A.
____________________________ By:
Witness ___________________________________
Name:___________________________
Title:________________________________
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SCHEDULE A
(Schedule of Obligations)*
Loans Unpaid Unpaid Late Incremental
Principal Interest Charges interest
as of July (other than as of attributable to
6, 2000 the July 6, increasing the
incremental 2000 applicable rate
interest to the Default
attributable Rate from and
to after August
increasing 22, 1999, as of
the July 6, 2000
applicable
rate to the
Default
Rate from
and after
August 22,
1999) as of
July 6,
2000
Revolving
Loans $4,812,138.06 $86,155.47 $1,597.58 $33,716.33
Swing Line
Loans $0.00 $2,450,50 $65.68 $1,024.35
Term Loan A $11,809,445.76 $223,598.31 $4,446.72 $89,750.25
Term Loan B $10,823,324.38 $212,820.89 $4,232.75 $82,255.72
* Plus any attorneys' fees or other expenses subject to
reimbursement by the Borrowers, whether incurred before or after
the date hereof, and any subsequently accruing interest, costs,
fees, or charges, and all figures are subject to adjustments to
the Agent's or any Lender's records with respect to such
Obligations, including, without limitation, adjustments for
uncollected checks and misdirected credits.
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EXHIBIT 10.67
as of July 31, 2000
Fleet National Bank Bank of New Hampshire
1155 Elm Street 333 State Street
Manchester, NH 03101 Portsmouth, NH 03801
Attn: Daniel D. Butler, Attn: David D. McGraw,
Vice President Vice President
Sovereign Bank Key Corporate Capital
50 Rowes Wharf-Suite 430 One Canal Plaza-Sixth
Boston, MA 02110 Floor
Attn: Joseph Becker, Portland, ME 04101
Vice President Attn: Mark Kleinhaut,
Vice President
Re: Fourth Amendment to Forbearance Agreement and Credit Agreement
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Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that Forbearance Agreement made as of
the 24th day of January, 2000, as amended (as amended, the
"Agreement") by and between, on one hand, WPI GROUP, INC., WPI
ELECTRONICS, INC., WPI MAGNETEC, INC., WPI MICRO PALM, INC., WPI
POWER SYSTEMS, INC., WPI TERMIFLEX, INC. f/k/a WPI Termiflex,
Inc., WPI MICRO PROCESSOR SYSTEMS, INC., WPI DECISIONKEY, INC.,
WPI UK HOLDING II, INC., WPI OYSTER TERMINALS, INC., WPI
INSTRUMENTS, INC., each a New Hampshire corporation, WPI HUSKY
TECHNOLOGY, INC. f/k/a WPI Husky Computers, Inc., a Florida
corporation (collectively, the "Borrowers"), FLEET NATIONAL BANK
f/k/a Fleet Bank-NH, KEY CORPORATE CAPITAL INC., SOVEREIGN BANK,
BANK OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, FLEET NATIONAL BANK f/k/a BankBoston, N.A.
(each, individually, a Lender, and collectively, the "Lenders"),
and FLEET NATIONAL BANK f/k/a Fleet Bank-NH, as Agent for the
Lenders (the "Agent"), and the Credit Agreement dated as of
August 3, 1998 among the Borrowers, the Agent, and the Lenders,
as amended. All capitalized terms used herein that are not
otherwise specifically defined herein shall have the meanings
given such terms in the Forbearance Agreement.
The Borrowers have requested that Lenders extend the
Forbearance Period under the Agreement, and the Lenders have
agreed to do so, on the terms and subject to the conditions
hereof.
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1. Acknowledgment of Obligations.
(a) By Borrowers. Each Borrower hereby acknowledges that it is
unconditionally liable to the Lenders for the full and immediate
payment of each of the obligations set forth at Schedule A hereto
and incorporated herein by reference, plus all reasonable
attorneys' fees and costs of collection incurred or that may be
incurred in connection with such obligations by the Agent or the
Lenders, and Borrowers are unconditionally liable to Lenders to
pay and perform each of the other liabilities and obligations
that may now or hereafter arise under the various documents
executed or delivered by any Borrower evidencing or relating to
such obligations (collectively, the "Loan Documents")
(hereinafter all such obligations are referred to as the
"Obligations"), and that no Borrower has any defenses,
counterclaims or set-offs with respect to the full and immediate
payment of any or all Obligations. To the best of their
knowledge and without providing any opinion as to any legal
issue, each Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that all of
the Obligations, and each of them, are secured by valid and
perfected, first priority liens and security interests in all of
the Collateral enforceable against the Borrowers in accordance
with their terms, provided, however, that each Borrower covenants
and agrees that, to the extent that the Obligations are not
secured by valid and perfected, first priority liens and security
interests in all of the Collateral enforceable against the
Borrowers in accordance with their terms, the Borrowers shall at
their expense and upon Agent's request, duly execute and deliver,
or cause to be duly executed or delivered, to Agent such further
instruments and do and cause to be done such further acts as may
be necessary or proper in the reasonable opinion of the Agent to
cause such Obligations to be secured by valid and perfected,
first priority liens and security interests in all of the
Collateral enforceable against the Borrowers in accordance with
their terms.
(b) No Further Commitments by Lender. The Borrowers
further acknowledge that the Agent and Lenders have no existing
commitments, obligations or agreements to advance credits or
loans or make other financial accommodations to the Borrowers
except as may be specifically set forth in the Forbearance
Agreement, as modified by this Amendment.
2. Amendment--Extension of Forbearance Period. Section 5(a)
(Forbearance and Subordinated Indebtedness) of the Forbearance
Agreement is hereby amended to replace the date "July 31, 2000"
as it appears therein with the date "August 7, 2000" in lieu
thereof.
3. Line of Credit Reserves. The Borrowers agree that they did
not satisfy the conditions precedent to require the release of
the $100,000 2000 Reserve established under Section 4 of the
Second Amendment to Forbearance Agreement and Credit Agreement
dated as of May 3, 2000 (the "Second Amendment"), nor did the
Borrower satisfy the conditions precedent to require the release
of the $122,994.00 reserve established under that certain letter
agreement dated as of June 8, 2000 (the "Termiflex Reserve"), and
that neither the 2000 Reserve nor the Termiflex Reserve has been
released. The Borrowers have requested, and the Agent and the
Lenders have agreed that, notwithstanding such failure, if the
Sunrise Transaction Date (as defined below) has occurred on or
before the first to occur of: (a) the Forbearance Termination
Date; or (b) August __, 2000, the 2000 Reserve and the Termiflex
Reserve shall be released (but the Agent and the Lenders shall
have no obligation to make the 2000 Reserve or the Termiflex
Reserve available for loans unless the Borrowers have satisfied
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all other conditions precedent to obtaining such loans). If on
the other hand, the Sunrise Transaction Date has not occurred by
the first to occur of the events specified in clauses (a) and (b)
of this paragraph, then the Agent may apply the 2000 Reserve and
the Termiflex Reserve toward the Obligations as set forth in the
Credit Agreement. The term "Sunrise Transaction Date" as used
herein, shall mean the date on which the Borrowers have both: (a)
reduced the Lenders' aggregate outstandings, on a permanent
basis, to less than or equal to $17,500,000; and (b) obtained a
commitment from Sunrise Capital Partners LLC to loan an
additional $2,500,000 to the Borrowers to enable the Borrowers to
reduce the Lenders' aggregate outstandings, on a permanent basis,
to less than or equal to $15,000,000, on terms satisfactory to
the Agent and the Lenders.
4. Certain Default Interest. In the event that the Sunrise
Transaction Date occurs on or prior to August 7, 2000, then the
Agent and the Lenders shall be deemed to have waived, effective
as of the date of such reduction, the incremental interest
attributable to increasing the applicable rate to the Default
Rate that accrued, but is presently unpaid, from and after
February 24, 2000 through and including the Sunrise Transaction
Date. Nothing herein shall constitute a waiver or release of the
Agent's or Lenders' rights to retain any payment, including any
interest payment, that has already been made. If the Sunrise
Transaction Date does not occur on or prior to August 7, 2000,
the Loans shall continue to accrue interest at the Default Rate.
5. Release of Claims. As of the date of the execution of this
Amendment, each Borrower hereby releases, waives, and forever
relinquishes all claims, demands, obligations, liabilities and
causes of action of whatever kind or nature, whether known or
unknown, which it has, may have, or might assert against Agent or
any Lender and/or their respective parents, affiliates,
participants, officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys,
accountants, consultants, successors and assigns, directly or
indirectly, arising out of, based upon, or in any manner
connected with (i) any transaction, event, circumstance, action,
failure to act or occurrence of any sort or type, whether known
or unknown, which occurred, existed, was taken or permitted prior
to the execution of this Agreement with respect to the
Obligations, the Loan Documents and/or the administration thereof
or the obligations created thereby; (ii) any discussions,
commitments, negotiations, conversations or communications with
respect to the refinancing, restructuring or collection of any
Obligations; or (iii) any thing or matter related to any of the
foregoing. The inclusion of this paragraph in this Amendment,
and the execution of this Amendment by the Agent and the Lenders,
does not constitute an acknowledgment or admission by the Agent
or any Lender of liability for any matter, or a precedent upon
which liability may be asserted.
6. Conditions Precedent. The obligation of the Lenders to
enter into this Amendment is subject to satisfaction of the
condition precedent that the Borrowers shall execute and deliver,
or cause to be executed and delivered to Lender, the following on
or before the date hereof:
i. This Amendment, executed by all Borrowers,
together with all schedules and exhibits hereto;
ii. evidence that the execution, delivery and
performance of this Amendment and the Forbearance Agreement by
the Borrowers have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action, including incumbency certificates of each
Borrower, with authorizing resolutions and certified copies of
articles of organization and by-laws, all in a form satisfactory
to the Agent and all Lenders and their counsel; and
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iii. an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Agent
and the Lenders that this Amendment and the Forbearance
Agreement represents the legal, valid, and binding
obligation of the Borrowers, enforceable against them in
accordance with its terms.
7. Confirmation of Representations and Warranties. Each
representation and warranty contained in the Amendment and the
other Loan Documents remains accurate, complete and not
misleading in any material respect on the date of this Amendment,
except for representations and warranties that explicitly relate
to an earlier date. Each Borrower acknowledges and agrees that
it is unconditionally liable for the full, prompt and complete
performance and payment of all Obligations arising under the Loan
Documents or otherwise, without defenses, counterclaims or
setoffs of any kind or nature. The Agent and the Lenders, by
entering into this Amendment, do not waive any rights and
remedies they may have under the Loan Documents or otherwise,
including, without limitation, arising or resulting from any
existing Default or Event of Default, and all of such rights and
remedies are hereby expressly reserved.
8. Authority. Each Borrower represents and warrants that it is
a corporation duly organized and in good standing under the laws
of its state or other jurisdiction of incorporation and is duly
qualified as a foreign corporation and in good standing in all
states or other jurisdictions where the nature and extent of the
business transacted by it or the ownership of assets makes such
qualification necessary, except for those jurisdictions in which
the failure to so qualify would not have a material adverse
effect on the financial condition, results of operation or
businesses of such Borrower or the rights of the Agent and
Lenders hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents. Each
Borrower represents and warrants that the execution, delivery and
performance of this Amendment is within the corporate powers of
such Borrower, has been duly authorized and are not in
contravention of law or the terms of the certificates of
incorporation, by-laws, or other organizational documentation of
such Borrower, or any indenture, agreement or undertaking to
which such Borrower is a party or by which such Borrower or its
property are bound. Each Borrower represents and warrants that
this Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Borrowers enforceable in accordance with its
terms.
9. Miscellaneous. This Amendment shall be deemed to be a Loan
Document. This Amendment supersedes all prior correspondence and
discussions relating to the subject matter hereof. This
Amendment shall be governed and construed under the laws of the
State of New Hampshire and is subject to all the rights and
waivers, including the waiver of jury trial, set forth in the
Loan Documents. Except as expressly set forth herein, each
Borrower confirms that the Loan Documents have not been amended
or modified and, as amended hereby, continue in full force and
effect.
10. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in
counterparts each of which shall be an original and all of which
taken together shall constitute one and the same document.
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Executed as an instrument under seal by the parties or their
respective duly authorized officers as of the date first written
above.
BORROWERS:
WPI GROUP, INC.
WPI POWER SYSTEMS, INC.,
WPI MAGNETEC, INC.
WPI ELECTRONICS, INC.,
WPI TERMIFLEX, INC. f/k/a WPI
Oyster Termiflex, Inc.
WPI MICRO PALM, INC.
WPI MICRO PROCESSOR SYSTEMS, INC.
WPI DECISIONKEY, INC.,
WPI UK HOLDING, INC.,
WPI UK HOLDING II, INC.,
WPI OYSTER TERMINALS, INC.,
WPI HUSKY TECHNOLOGY, INC., and
WPI INSTRUMENTS, INC.
____________________________ By: _______________________________
Witness John Allard, for, on behalf of,
and as Duly Authorized Officer
or Agent of each of the above-
named entities
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AGENT AND LENDER:
FLEET NATIONAL BANK f/k/a Fleet
Bank-NH, as Agent and as a Lender
____________________________ By:
Witness ___________________________________
Name:___________________________
Title:________________________________
OTHER LENDERS:
KEY CORPORATE CAPITAL INC.
____________________________ By:
Witness ___________________________________
Name:___________________________
Title:________________________________
SOVEREIGN BANK
____________________________ By:
Witness ___________________________________
Name:___________________________
Title:________________________________
BANK OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
____________________________ By:
Witness ___________________________________
Name:___________________________
Title:________________________________
FLEET NATIONAL BANK
f/k/a BANKBOSTON, N.A.
____________________________ By:
Witness ___________________________________
Name:___________________________
Title:________________________________
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SCHEDULE A
(Schedule of Obligations)*
Loans Unpaid Unpaid Late Incremental
Principal Interest Charges interest
as of July (other than as of attributable to
__, 2000 the July __, increasing the
incremental 2000 applicable rate
interest to the Default
attributable Rate from and
to after August
increasing 22, 1999, as of
the July __, 2000
applicable
rate to the
Default
Rate from
and after
August 22,
1999) as of
July __,
2000
Revolving
Loans
Swing Line
Loans
Term Loan A
Term Loan B
* Plus any attorneys' fees or other expenses subject to
reimbursement by the Borrowers, whether incurred before or after
the date hereof, and any subsequently accruing interest, costs,
fees, or charges, and all figures are subject to adjustments to
the Agent's or any Lender's records with respect to such
Obligations, including, without limitation, adjustments for
uncollected checks and misdirected credits.
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EXHIBIT 10.68
LOAN MODIFICATION AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made as of this 9th day of August, 2000 by and
between, on one hand, WPI GROUP, INC., a New Hampshire
corporation with its chief executive office at 1155 Elm Street,
Manchester, New Hampshire 03101, WPI ELECTRONICS, INC., a New
Hampshire corporation with its chief executive office at 1155 Elm
Street, Manchester, New Hampshire 03101, WPI MAGNETEC, INC., a
New Hampshire corporation with its chief executive office at 1155
Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire 03101, WPI MICRO PALM,
INC., a New Hampshire corporation with its chief executive office
at 1155 Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire 03101, WPI POWER
SYSTEMS, INC., a New Hampshire corporation with its chief
executive office at 1155 Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire
03101, WPI TERMIFLEX, INC. f/k/a WPI Oyster Termiflex, Inc., a
New Hampshire corporation with its chief executive office at 1155
Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire 03101, WPI MICRO PROCESSOR
SYSTEMS, INC., a New Hampshire corporation with its chief
executive office at 1155 Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire
03101, WPI DECISIONKEY, INC., a New Hampshire corporation with
its chief executive office at 1155 Elm Street, Manchester, New
Hampshire 03101, WPI UK HOLDING, INC., a New Hampshire
corporation with its chief executive office at 1155 Elm Street,
Manchester, New Hampshire 03101, WPI UK HOLDING II, INC., a New
Hampshire corporation with its chief executive office at 1155 Elm
Street, Manchester, New Hampshire 03101, WPI OYSTER TERMINALS,
INC., a New Hampshire corporation with its chief executive office
at 1155 Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire 03101, WPI
INSTRUMENTS, INC. a New Hampshire corporation with its chief
executive office at 1155 Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire
03101, and WPI HUSKY TECHNOLOGY, INC. f/k/ a WPI Husky Computers,
Inc., a Florida corporation with its chief executive office at
1155 Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire 03101 (the
"Borrowers"), FLEET NATIONAL BANK, KEY CORPORATE CAPITAL INC.,
SOVEREIGN BANK, and BANK OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, N.A., successor-in-
interest to BANK OF NEW HAMPSHIRE (each, individually, a
"Lender," and collectively, the "Lenders"), and FLEET NATIONAL
BANK, as Agent for the Lenders (the "Agent").
WHEREAS, each Borrower is an affiliate of each other
Borrower and would directly benefit and gain from any
accommodation made by the Agent and the Lenders to each other
Borrower;
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement dated as
of August 3, 1998, among the Borrowers, the Agent, and the
Lenders (as amended, the "Credit Agreement"), the Agent and the
Lenders extended certain credit facilities to the Borrowers and,
as collateral security therefor, each of the Borrowers has
granted to the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, liens on
and security interests in all or substantially all of its
personal property and certain interests in real property;
WHEREAS, prior to January 24, 2000, the terms of the Credit
Agreement were modified by a First Amendment to Credit Agreement,
dated as of October 30, 1998 (the "First Credit Agreement
Amendment"), a Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of
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December 27, 1998 (the "Second Credit Agreement Amendment"), and
a Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of August 16, 1999
(the "Third Credit Agreement Amendment");
WHEREAS, prior to January 24, 2000, the Borrowers had
defaulted with respect to certain obligations owed to the Agent
and the Lenders, such that interest on the obligations has
accrued at the Default Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement)
since August 24, 1999, and all obligations of the Borrowers to
the Lenders became due and payable;
WHEREAS, on or about January 24, 2000, the Borrowers, the
Agent, and the Lenders entered into a Forbearance Agreement (the
"Forbearance Agreement"), under which the Agent and the Lenders
agreed to forbear from the exercise of certain rights and
remedies in accordance with the terms thereof, and under which
the Borrowers, Agent, and Lenders further amended the Credit
Agreement in certain respects;
WHEREAS, the Forbearance Agreement and the Credit Agreement
were amended by an Amendment to Forbearance Agreement and Credit
Agreement dated as of March 31, 2000 (the "First Forbearance
Agreement Amendment"), by a Second Amendment to Forbearance
Agreement and Credit Agreement dated as of May 3, 2000 (the
"Second Forbearance Agreement Amendment"), by a Third Amendment
to Forbearance Agreement and Credit Agreement dated as of June
30, 2000 (the "Third Forbearance Agreement Amendment"), and by a
Fourth Amendment to Forbearance Agreement and Credit Agreement
dated as of July 31, 2000 (the "Fourth Forbearance Agreement
Amendment");
WHEREAS, the Borrowers have entered into a certain
Convertible Note Agreement between Sunrise Capital Partners, L.P.
("Sunrise") and the Borrowers dated as of July 31, 2000, pursuant
to which Sunrise will purchase certain securities from the
Borrowers, the proceeds of such purchases to be used, in part, to
repay certain amounts owing to the Lenders under the Credit
Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested that the Agent and the
Lenders waive listed Events of Default and make certain other
modifications to the agreements between the Borrowers, the Agent,
and the Lender, on the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth below;
NOW, THEREFORE, based on these premises, and in
consideration of the mutual promises contained herein and other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the Borrowers, the Agent, and the
Lenders hereby agree as follows (capitalized terms shall have the
meanings assigned such terms in Section 19 hereof or as defined
elsewhere in this Agreement):
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1. Acknowledgment of Obligations.
(a) By Borrowers. Each Borrower hereby acknowledges that it is
unconditionally liable to the Lenders for the full and immediate
payment of each of the obligations set forth at Schedule A hereto
and incorporated herein by reference, plus all reasonable
attorneys' fees and costs of collection incurred or that may be
incurred in connection with such obligations by the Agent or the
Lenders, and Borrowers are unconditionally liable to Lenders to
pay and perform each of the other liabilities and obligations
that may now or hereafter arise under the various documents
executed or delivered by any Borrower evidencing or relating to
such obligations (collectively, the "Loan Documents")
(hereinafter all such obligations are referred to as the
"Obligations"), and that no Borrower has any defenses,
counterclaims or set-offs with respect to the full and immediate
payment of any or all Obligations. To the best of their
knowledge and without providing any opinion as to any legal
issue, each Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that all of
the Obligations, and each of them, are secured by valid and
perfected, first priority liens and security interests in all of
the Collateral enforceable against the Borrowers in accordance
with their terms, provided, however, that each Borrower covenants
and agrees that, to the extent that the Obligations are not
secured by valid and perfected, first priority liens and security
interests in all of the Collateral enforceable against the
Borrowers in accordance with their terms, the Borrowers shall at
their expense and upon Agent's request, duly execute and deliver,
or cause to be duly executed or delivered, to Agent such further
instruments and do and cause to be done such further acts as may
be necessary or proper in the reasonable opinion of the Agent to
cause such Obligations to be secured by valid and perfected,
first priority liens and security interests in all of the
Collateral enforceable against the Borrowers in accordance with
their terms.
(b) No Further Commitments by Agent or Lenders. The Borrowers
further acknowledge that, except as specified herein, the Agent
and the Lenders have no existing commitments, obligations or
agreements to extend or make available credits, loans or other
financial accommodations to the Borrowers.
(c) No LIBOR Loans. The Borrowers hereby confirm that there are
presently no LIBOR Loans outstanding and that all outstanding
Loans consist of Index Rate Loans. Notwithstanding anything in
the Loan Documents or elsewhere to the contrary, , the Borrowers
will no longer be permitted to elect that Loans constitute LIBOR
Loans and the Agent will refuse to honor such request.
2. Acknowledgement of Events of Default; Limited Waiver.
(a) Each of the Borrowers acknowledges that the Specified Events
of Default, as defined in the Forbearance Agreement and the
Additional Specified Events of Default, as defined in the First
Forbearance Agreement Amendment, have occurred and are
continuing, and the Borrowers hereby request that the Agent and
the Lenders waive, subject to the conditions contained herein,
the occurrence of the Specified Events of Default and the
Additional Specified Events of Default.
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(b) Effective only upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent
set forth in Section 10 hereof, the Agent and the Lenders hereby
waive their rights and remedies arising from the Specified Events
of Default and the Additional Specified Events of Default. This
waiver shall not be deemed or construed to be a consent to any
other or future action or as a waiver of any other Event of
Default that may exist under the Loan Documents.
3. Amendments.
(a) Amendments to Credit Agreement. The following amendments to
the Credit Agreement shall become effective only upon
satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 10
hereof:
(i) Borrowing Base. Section 1.1(a) of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended to delete the fourth sentence thereof and to
replace it with the following:
"The aggregate amount of Revolving Credit Advances
shall not exceed at any time the Maximum Amount,
less the amount of the Swing Line Loan outstanding
at such time ("Borrowing Availability")."
(ii) Swing Line Advances. Section 1.1(d) of the Credit Agreement
is hereby amended to delete the third sentence thereof and to
replace it with the following:
"The aggregate amount of Swing Line Advances
outstanding shall not exceed at any time the Swing
Line Commitment at such time ("Swing Line
Availability")."
(iii) Mandatory Prepayments. Section 1.2(b) of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended to delete clause (i) thereof in its
entirety and to replace it with the following:
"(i) If at any time the outstanding balance of the
aggregate Revolving Loan exceeds the Maximum
Amount less the aggregate outstanding Swing Line
Loan at such time, Borrowers shall immediately
repay the aggregate outstanding Revolving Credit
Advances to the extent required to eliminate such
excess."
(iv) Eligible Accounts. Section 1.5 of the Credit Agreement
shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with
"[Intentionally Omitted]".
(v) Eligible Inventory. Section 1.6 of the Credit Agreement
shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with
"[Intentionally Omitted]".
(vi) Conditions to Each Loan. Sections 2.2(d) and 2.2(e) of the
Credit Agreement shall be deleted in their entirety and replaced
with the following:
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"(d) After giving effect to any Advances, the
outstanding principal amount of the aggregate
Revolving Loans would exceed the Maximum Amount
less the then outstanding principal amount of the
Swing Line Loan; or
(e) After giving effect to any Swing Line
Advance, (i) the outstanding principal amount of
the aggregate Swing Line Loan would exceed the
Swing Line Availability; or (ii) the outstanding
principal amount of the Swing Line Loan would
exceed the Maximum Amount less the outstanding
principal amount of the Revolving Loan."
(vii) Collateral Reporting. Section 4.1(b) of the Credit
Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with
"[Intentionally Omitted]".
(viii) Collateral Reporting-Events of Default. Section 8.1(c)
of the Credit Agreement shall be amended to delete the words
"Annexes C or D, respectively" and replace them with the words
"Annex C".
(ix) Commitment Termination Date. The definition of Commitment
Termination Date set forth in Annex A to Credit Agreement is
hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
"`Commitment Termination Date' shall mean the
earliest of: (a) July 31, 2001; (b) the date of
termination of Lenders' obligations to make
Advances or permit existing Loans to remain
outstanding pursuant to Section 8.2(b); or (c) the
date of indefeasible prepayment in full by
Borrowers of the Loans and the permanent reduction
of the Revolving Loan Commitment and the Swing
Line Commitment to zero dollars ($-0-), in
accordance with the provisions of Section 1.2(a)."
(x) Maximum Amount. The definition of Maximum Amount set forth
in Annex A to Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read in its
entirety as follows:
"`Maximum Amount' shall mean, at any particular
time, an amount equal to $6,500,000."
(xi) Swing Line Commitment. The definition of "Swing Line
Commitment" set forth in Annex A to the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended to add the following words immediately before the
period therein: ", but it shall equal $200,000 from and after
August 9, 2000".
(xii) Amortization - Term Loan A. Section 1.1(b)(ii)(A) is
hereby amended to strike and delete such section and replace it
with the following:
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"(ii)(A) The Borrowers shall repay the unpaid
principal amount of the Term Loan A in full and in
cash on July 31, 2001."
(xiii) Amortization - Term Loan B. Section 1.1(c)(ii) of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended to strike and delete such
section and replace it with the following:
"(ii) The Borrowers shall repay the unpaid
principal amount of the Term Loan B in full and in
cash on July 31, 2001."
(xiv) Interest Rates. Section 1.4(a) of the Credit Agreement
captioned "Interest and Applicable Margins" is hereby amended to
read in its entirety as follows:
"(a) Borrowers shall pay interest to the Agent,
for the ratable benefit of Lenders in accordance
with the various Loans being made by each Lender,
in arrears on each applicable Interest Payment
Date, at the following rates: the Index Rate plus
the Applicable Index Margin (as defined below) per
annum, based on the Obligations outstanding from
time to time. The Applicable Index Margin shall
equal: (i) one and one-quarter percent (1.25%),
from August 9, 2000 through and including December
31, 2000; and (ii) one and three-quarters percent
(1.75%), from and after January 1, 2001.
(xv) Financial Covenants. Section 6.10 is hereby deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following:
"6.10 Financial Covenants. Borrowers shall not
breach or fail to comply with any of the Financial
Covenants (the "Financial Covenants") set forth
below:
(a) Minimum Adjusted EBITDA. The Borrowers
shall not permit the sum of (the following sum,
the "Adjusted EBITDA"):
(I) EBITDA; plus
(II) an amount up to $1,000,000, in the
aggregate, that is: (A) paid by the
Borrowers in settlement of the claims
asserted by Dynatech Corporation or
its affiliates in connection with the
February 22, 2000 Share Sale
Agreement, or paid by the Borrowers
for related expenses in connection
with defending against those claims;
and (B) paid by the Borrowers in
settlement of the claims asserted in
the civil action entitled SPX
Corporation v. WPI Micro Processor
Systems, Inc., pending in Macomb
County (Michigan) Circuit Court,
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Docket No. 99-3852-CK, or paid by
the Borrowers for related expenses in
connection with defending against
those claims
for the Borrowers on a consolidated basis to
be less than the amounts set forth below for
the periods corresponding thereto:
Period Minimum Adjusted
EBITDA
(parenthesis denotes
negative)
July 1, 2000 through ($1,200,000)
September 30, 2000
July 1, 2000 through ($3,400,000)
December 31, 2000
July 1, 2000 through ($4,700,000)
March 31, 2001
July 1, 2000 through ($5,600,000)
June 30, 2001
(b) Minimum Net Worth. The Borrowers on a
consolidated basis shall have a Net Worth of at
least the amounts set forth below as of the dates
corresponding thereto:
Date Minimum Net Worth
(parenthesis denotes
negative)
September 30, 2000 ($27,280,000)
December 31, 2000 ($32,196,000)
March 31, 2001 ($35,631,000)
June 30, 2001 ($37,686,000)
(xvi) Former Financial Covenants. Exhibit E to the Credit
Agreement is each hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced
with the following: "Intentionally Omitted."
(xvii) Indebtedness. Section 6.3(a) of the Credit Agreement
is hereby amended by inserting the following immediately before
the period at the end of such section:
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"; and (vii) Indebtedness incurred by the
Borrowers under the Sunrise Note Purchase
Agreement."
(xviii) Capital Structure. Section 6.5 of the Credit Agreement
is hereby amended by deleting the word "or" at the end of clause
(b) thereof and inserting the following language at the end of
such clause:
"and Parent may issue shares of Stock,
convertible securities and warrants to
Sunrise in connection with the Sunrise Note
Purchase Agreement, or"
(xix) Instruments Division. Section 6.8 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(A) by adding the following to the end of the
first sentence thereof:
"and (d) the sale of the Instruments
Division, if: (I) such sale generates Net
Transfer Payments (as defined in the Loan
Modification Agreement entered into among the
Agent, the Borrowers and the Lenders, dated
as of August 9, 2000 (the "Loan Modification
Agreement")) equal to or exceeding
$7,250,000; (II) such Net Transfer Payments
are applied as set forth in Section 8(c) of
the Loan Modification Agreement; (III) there
are no Events of Default that have occurred
and are continuing, or that would arise as a
result of such sale; and (IV) the Borrowers
obtain the consents of all of other parties
whose consent is required to effect such a
sale.
(B) by adding the words "and clause (d)
above" to the second sentence thereof, after
the words: "clause (c) above".
(xx) Liens. The definition of "Permitted Encumbrances" in Annex
A of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the
following at the end of the first sentence thereof immediately
before the period:
"and (d) Liens created to secure the
obligations of the Borrowers under the
Sunrise Note Purchase Agreement, to the
extent that such Liens are subordinated in
priority pursuant to a written agreement
between Sunrise and the Lenders in form and
substance satisfactory to Sunrise and the
Lenders"
(xxi) Definitions. Annex A of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended to add the following definitions:
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"Instruments Division" shall mean all of the
stock or assets of any of the Borrowers that
reasonably comprise the Borrowers'
"instruments division," including, without
limitation, the stock in or assets of WPI
Instruments, Inc., the stock in or assets of
WPI Magnetec, Inc., the stock in or assets of
Crompton Modutec (Barbados) Limited, and the
assets of WPI Group, Inc. used or useful in
connection with the instruments division, but
not including any assets or stock of the
Borrowers' "MPSI division" or of any other of
the Borrowers' divisions.
"Sunrise" shall mean Sunrise Capital
Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership.
"Sunrise Note Purchase Agreement" shall mean
that certain Convertible Note Agreement,
dated as of July 31, 2000, by and among
Sunrise and the Borrowers.
(b) Amendments toForbearance Agreement. The following amendments
to the Forbearance Agreement shall become effective only upon
satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 10
hereof:
(i) Repayment Schedule. Section 6(c) of the Forbearance
Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety.
(ii) Covenants. Section 14 (Covenants) of the Forbearance
Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and replace with
"Intentionally omitted."
(iii) Events of Default. Section 15 (Events of Default) of
the Forbearance Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and
replaced with "Intentionally omitted."
4. Release of Claims. As of the date of the execution of this
Agreement, each Borrower hereby releases, waives, and forever
relinquishes all claims, demands, obligations, liabilities and
causes of action of whatever kind or nature, whether known or
unknown, which it has, may have, or might assert against Agent or
any Lender and/or their respective parents, affiliates,
participants, officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys,
accountants, consultants, successors and assigns, directly or
indirectly, arising out of, based upon, or in any manner
connected with (i) any transaction, event, circumstance, action,
failure to act or occurrence of any sort or type, whether known
or unknown, which occurred, existed, was taken or permitted prior
to the execution of this Agreement with respect to the
Obligations, the Loan Documents and/or the administration thereof
or the obligations created thereby; (ii) any discussions,
commitments, negotiations, conversations or communications with
respect to the refinancing, restructuring or collection of any
Obligations; or (iii) any thing or matter related to any of the
foregoing. The inclusion of this paragraph in this Agreement,
and the execution of this Agreement by the Agent and the Lenders,
does not constitute an acknowledgment or admission by the Agent
or any Lender of liability for any matter, or a precedent upon
which liability may be asserted.
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5. Loan Documents. This Agreement is intended by the Agent,
the Lenders, and the Borrowers, to further modify and amend the
Credit Agreement, as it has previously been amended by the First
Credit Agreement Amendment, the Second Credit Agreement
Amendment, the Third Credit Agreement Amendment, the Forbearance
Agreement, the First Forbearance Agreement Amendment, the Second
Forbearance Agreement Amendment, the Third Forbearance Agreement
Amendment, and the Fourth Forbearance Agreement Amendment, and
each of such documents shall remain in effect, except as amended
therein or herein, provided, however, that any agreement by the
Agent and the Lenders to defer the commencement of enforcement
actions is hereby rendered null and void. For reference
purposes, wherever the term "Forbearance Termination Date"
appears in any of the Loan Documents, it shall mean the
Commitment Termination Date.
6. Loans; Fees; Reserves.
(a) Revolving Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions of the
Loan Documents, each Revolving Lender agrees to make available
from time to time until the Commitment Termination Date its Pro
Rata Share of advances, under and subject to the terms and
conditions of the Credit Agreement.
(b) Intentionally omitted.
(c) Miscellaneous. All Loans, whenever made, shall be payable
on the Commitment Termination Date, and all such Loans and all
other Obligations shall be entitled to all benefits and
protections and secured by all of the Collateral. Interest shall
accrue and be paid in accordance with the Loan Documents, as
amended hereby, provided, however, upon the satisfaction of the
conditions precedent set forth in Section 10 hereof, interest
shall thereafter no longer accrue at the Default Rate, unless an
Event of Default (other than a Specified Event of Default or
Additional Specified Event of Default) has occurred.
(d) Amendment Fee. The Borrowers agree to pay the Agent, for
distribution pro rata to the Lenders, an amendment fee of
$280,000, which shall be fully earned as of the Lenders'
execution hereof, and shall be due and payable as follows: (i)
$50,000, on September 30, 2000; (ii) $60,000, on December 24,
2000; (iii) $70,000, on April 30, 2001; and (iv) $100,000, on
July 31, 2001, provided, however, that:
(I) if there has occurred and is continuing no
Event of Default and the aggregate principal outstanding on Term
Loan A and Term Loan B is less than $16,000,000 on September 30,
2000, the Lenders shall be deemed on such date to have waived
$25,000 of the fee due under clause (i);
(II) if there has occurred and is continuing no
Event of Default and the aggregate principal outstanding on Term
Loan A and Term Loan B is less than $7,000,000 on December 24,
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2000, the Lenders shall be deemed on such date to have waived
$30,000 of the fee due under clause (ii);
(III) if there has occurred and is continuing
no Event of Default and the aggregate principal outstanding on
Term Loan A and Term Loan B is less than $7,000,000 on April 30,
2001, the Lenders shall be deemed on such date to have waived
$35,000 of the fee due under clause (iii); and
(IV) if, on July 31, 2001, (A) the Borrowers have
indefeasibly paid in full and in cash, all Obligations due to the
Lenders; and (B) the Lenders' commitments to make further Loans
to the Borrowers have terminated, the Lenders shall be deemed on
such date to have waived all of the fee due under clause (iv).
(e) Effective only upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent
set forth in Section 10 hereof the Lenders will release the
$100,000 2000 Reserve and the $122,994 reserve under the letter
agreement dated as of June 8, 2000, subject to the Borrowers'
satisfaction of all other conditions precedent to obtaining
Revolving Loans.
7. Sunrise Loan.
The Borrowers and Lenders agree that the proceeds from the
purchase of securities under the Sunrise Note Purchase Agreement
shall be applied as follows:
(a) The proceeds from the sale of the "Term A Securities" (as
defined in the Sunrise Note Purchase Agreement) shall be applied
as follows:
(i) First, $1,580,000, to pay earned transaction
fees and expenses related to the Sunrise Note
Purchase Agreement;
(ii) Second, $5,500,000, to reduce permanently the
principal amount outstanding on the Term Loans,
distributed between Term Loan A and Term Loan B on
a pro rata basis (52.18% to Term Loan A in reverse
order of maturity and 47.82% to Term Loan B in
reverse order of maturity);
(iii) Third, an amount equal to then-
outstanding principal amount of the Revolving
Loansfor the repayment in full of the Revolving
Loans, provided that no permanent reduction in the
Borrowing Availability shall result therefrom; and
(iv) Fourth, any remaining balance after the
application in accordance with items (i), (ii),
and (iii), for working capital and general
corporate purposes.
(b) The proceeds from the sale of the "Term B Securities" (as
defined in the Sunrise Note Purchase Agreement) shall be applied,
when funded, as follows:
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(i) First, $2,000,000, to reduce permanently the
principal amount outstanding on the Term Loans,
distributed between Term Loan A and Term Loan B on
a pro rata basis (52.18% to Term Loan A in reverse
order of maturity and 47.82% to Term Loan B in
reverse order of maturity);
(ii) Second, any remaining balance after the
application in accordance with item (i), for the
repayment in full of the Revolving Loans, provided
that no permanent reduction in the Borrowing
Availability shall result therefrom; and
(iii) Third, any remaining balance after the
application in accordance with items (i) and (ii),
for working capital and general corporate
purposes.
(c) The proceeds from the sale of the "Term C Securities" (as
defined in the Sunrise Note Purchase Agreement) shall be applied,
when funded, as follows:
(i) First, for the repayment in full of the
Revolving Loans, provided that no permanent
reduction in the Borrowing Availability shall
result therefrom; and
(ii) Second, any remaining balance after the
application in accordance with items (i), for
working capital and general corporate purposes
(d) Waiver of Default Interest. The term "Total Subject
Interest", as used in this paragraph, means the amount of
incremental interest attributable to increasing the applicable
rate to the Default Rate that accrued from and after February 24,
2000 through and including the date that the conditions precedent
set forth in Section 10 hereof have been satisfied. Effective
only upon the Agent's receipt of a minimum of $2,000,000 in
proceeds from the sale of the "Term B Securities" (as defined in
the Sunrise Note Purchase Agreement) , the Agent and the Lenders
shall be deemed to have waived fifty percent (50%) of Total
Subject Interest. Effective only upon both: (a) the Borrowers
indefeasibly paying, on or before July 31, 2001, in full and in
cash, all Obligations due to the Lenders; and (b) the Lenders'
commitments to make further Loans to the Borrowers terminating,
on or before July 31, 2001, the Agent and the Lenders shall be
deemed to have waived fifty percent (50%) of the Total Subject
Interest. Nothing herein shall constitute a waiver or release of
the Agent's or Lenders' rights to retain any payment, including
any interest payment, that has already been made.
8. Net Transfer Payments.
(a) The term "Net Transfer Payments" means the aggregate amount
of all property, including cash or any other consideration,
received by any Borrower or any subsidiary thereof directly or
indirectly in connection with any disposition of assets, other
than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business,
whether at the time of such disposition or after such disposition
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under deferred payment arrangements, including all cash payments
received in respect of Investment Property entered into or
received in connection with any such disposition, less (i) the
amount of any reasonable and customary legal, title, transfer and
recording tax expenses, commissions and other expenses payable by
any Borrower in connection with such disposition; (ii) any
Federal, state and local income or other taxes estimated to be
payable by any Borrower as a result of any taxable gain realized
from such disposition, but only to the extent that such estimated
taxes are in fact paid to the relevant Federal, state, or local
governmental authority within 12 months of the date of such
disposition; and (iii) any repayments by any Borrower of
Indebtedness to the extent such Indebtedness is secured by a Lien
on the property being transferred that is permitted under the
Credit Agreement, if the holder of such Lien requires that such
Indebtedness be repaid as a condition to the disposition of such
property.
(b) Subject to paragraph 8(c) below, The Borrowers shall cause
the Net Transfer Payments of any sale, transfer, lien, incurrence
of debt, or conveyance of any property of Borrowers or their
Subsidiaries to be applied to the Obligations in such order and
in such amounts as the Lenders may determine in their discretion,
provided, however, that the Borrowers shall be required to apply
Net Transfer Payments in accordance with this Section 8 only to
the extent that the Net Transfer Payments from any single or
related series of dispositions exceeds $50,000.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8
or in any provision of the Credit Agreement, all Net Transfer
Payments received by the Borrowers from the sale of the
Borrowers' Instruments Division, shall be applied when received
by the Borrowers as follows:
(i) First, to the extent that the Net Transfer
Payments exceed $8,000,000:
(A) 50% of all of such excess shall reduce
permanently the principal amount
outstanding on the Term Loans, distributed
between Term Loan A and Term Loan B on a
pro rata basis (52.18% to Term Loan A in
reverse order of maturity and 47.82% to
Term Loan B in reverse order of maturity);
and
(B) 50% of all such excess, to the remaining
then-outstanding principal balance of the
Revolving Loans, for the repayment of the
Revolving Loans, provided that no
permanent reduction in the Borrowing
Availability shall result therefrom;
(ii) Second, $5,000,000, to reduce permanently the
principal amount outstanding on the Term Loans,
distributed between Term Loan A and Term Loan B on
a pro rata basis (52.18% to Term Loan A in reverse
order of maturity and 47.82% to Term Loan B in
reverse order of maturity);
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(iii) Third, any remaining Net Transfer
Payments after the application in accordance with
items (i) and (ii), in the amount of the remaining
then-outstanding principal balance of the
Revolving Loans (after taking account of any
reduction under item (i)(B)), for the repayment in
full of the Revolving Loans, provided that no
permanent reduction in the Borrowing Availability
shall result therefrom; and
(iv) Fourth, any remaining Net Transfer Payments
after the application in accordance with items
(i), (ii), and (iii), for working capital and
general corporate purposes.
9. Surrender of Warrants. Each of the Lenders agree that, in
the event that, on or before July 31, 2001, (a) the Borrowers
indefeasibly pay in full and in cash, all Obligations due to the
Lenders; and (b) the Lenders' commitments to make further Loans
to the Borrowers have terminated, then each such Lender shall
surrender to the Borrowers for cancellation all of the
unexercised Common Stock Purchase Warrants which it received in
connection with the execution and delivery of the Third Amendment
to the Credit Agreement, dated August 16, 1999. The Lenders
hereby agree that they shall not exercise any of their respective
rights under such Common Stock Purchase Warrants prior to August
1, 2001.
10. Conditions Precedent. The Agent's and the Lenders'
obligation to enter into this Agreement and perform its
obligations hereunder are subject to the condition precedent that
the Agent and the Lenders shall have received, on or before
August 9, 2000, the following documents and other items, duly
executed, where appropriate, by authorized representatives of the
Borrowers:
(a) this Agreement, with completed schedules hereto;
(b) a copy of the fully executed Sunrise Note Purchase Agreement
and the , in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent;
(c) the sum of $5,500,000 plus the then-outstanding principal
balance of the Revolving Loans, for application to the Loans as
provided in Section 7 hereof;
(d) evidence that WPI Group, Inc. has elected, pursuant to
Section 1.5(a) of the Sunrise Note Purchase Agreement, to defer
the entire Closing Fee (as defined in the Sunrise Note Purchase
Agreement) until the Maturity Date;
(e) evidence that the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement by the Borrowers have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action, including incumbency certificates of
each Borrower, with authorizing resolutions and certified copies
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of articles of organization and by-laws, all in a form
satisfactory to the Agent and all Lenders and their counsel; and
(f) evidence of payment of all outstanding property taxes;
(g) for each Obligor, a certificate of legal existence and good
standing issued by the State of its incorporation and a
certificate of authorization to conduct business from all states
listed on the Disclosure Schedule attached hereto as Schedule B
pursuant to Section 11.2 hereof;
(h) an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Agent and the
Lenders that this Agreement represents the legal, valid, and
binding obligation of the Borrowers, enforceable against them in
accordance with its terms; and
(i) payment of all of the Lender's reasonable attorney's and
consultant's fees through the date of execution hereof.
11. Representations and Warranties. In order to induce Agent
and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement, each Borrower
represents and warrants to the Agent and the Lenders, except as
otherwise set forth in any disclosure schedule attached hereto as
Schedule B and incorporated herein by reference (the "Disclosure
Schedule"), that:
11.1. Financial Condition. All financial statements and
information delivered to the Lenders in connection with the Loan
Documents, including any related schedules and notes, and any
other financial information or statements hereafter furnished in
accordance herewith or in accordance with any other Loan
Documents, have, to the best of Borrowers' knowledge, been
prepared in accordance with GAAP, except as otherwise disclosed
therein, subject only in the case of unaudited interim financial
statements to normal year-end audit adjustments, and, except as
otherwise disclosed therein, are in all respects are true,
complete and accurate.
11.2. Organization, Existence, Good Standing. Each Borrower
(a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a
corporation under the laws of the state of its incorporation,
(b) has obtained all material licenses and permits and has filed
all registrations necessary for the lawful operation of its
business, (c) has the corporate power and authority and the legal
right to own, lease and operate its property and to conduct the
business in which it is currently engaged, and (d) is duly
qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign
corporation under the laws of each jurisdiction where its
ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of its
business requires such qualification, except where the failure to
be so qualified would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
The Disclosure Schedule attached as Schedule B lists all states
where the Borrowers are qualified as foreign corporations.
11.3. Subsidiaries; Capitalization. The Borrowers do not
have any subsidiaries that are not also Borrowers, other than WPI
Oyster-Termiflex International Sales Limited, a Barbados
corporation, WPI Group (UK), a corporation organized under the
laws of England and Wales, WPI Oyster Termiflex Limited, a
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corporation organized under the laws of England and Wales, and
Modutec Barbados Limited, a Barbados corporation, (the "Non-
Borrower Subsidiaries"). The Disclosure Schedule attached as
Schedule B sets forth the authorized capitalization, the number
of shares of each class of capital stock issued and outstanding,
and the owner of each such share with respect to each Borrower
and each subsidiary of any Borrower.
11.4. Corporate Power and Authority. Each of the Borrowers
has full corporate power, authority and legal right to execute,
deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to
which it is a party and this Agreement.
11.5. Corporate Authorization. Each of the Borrowers has
taken all necessary actions to authorize the execution, delivery
and performance by it of each Loan Document to which it is a
party and to authorize its execution and performance of this
Agreement.
11.6. Due Execution. Each of the Loan Documents to which any
Borrower is a party and this Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered on behalf of such party.
11.7. Legal, Valid, Binding Obligation. Each of the Loan
Documents and each agreement, certificate, document, instrument
or other paper delivered pursuant thereto, to which any Borrower
is a party, and this Agreement, constitutes the legal, valid, and
binding obligation of such party enforceable against such party
in accordance with its terms.
11.8. No Legal Bar. The execution, delivery and performance
by Borrowers of the Loan Documents, and each agreement,
certificate, document, instrument or other paper delivered
pursuant thereto to which any Borrower is a party, and of this
Agreement, do not and will not violate: (a) any provision of the
Articles or Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws; (b) to the
Borrowers' knowledge, in any material respect, any existing law,
rule or regulation, order, judgment, award or decree of any
court, arbitrator or governmental authority, bureau or agency, or
(c) any security issued by, such Borrower or of any material
mortgage, deed or trust, indenture, lease, contract or other
agreement or undertaking to which any Borrower is a party or by
which any of its properties may be bound, and will not result in
the creation or imposition of any lien (other than in favor of
the Agent or any Lender) on any of its properties.
11.9. No Litigation. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure
Schedule attached hereto as Schedule B, no litigation,
investigation or other proceeding of or before any court,
arbitrator or governmental authority is currently pending nor, to
the knowledge of any Borrower, threatened against any Borrower or
any subsidiary of any Borrower or its properties or revenues.
11.10. Taxes. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule
attached hereto as Schedule B, all federal, state, local and
other tax reports and returns which are required to be filed by
any Borrower or any subsidiary of any Borrower have been filed,
except where extensions have been properly obtained, and each
Borrower or any subsidiary of any Borrower has paid or made
adequate provision for all taxes, interest and penalties shown to
be due and payable on such returns or on any assessments made
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against it or any of its property and all other taxes, fees or
other charges imposed on its or any of its property by any
governmental authority, including, without limitation, all
payroll withholding taxes, have been paid and no tax liens have
been filed and no claims are being asserted with respect to any
such taxes, fees or other charges.
11.11. Compliance with the IRC and ERISA. To each Borrower's
knowledge, all Plans which are pension plans as defined in
Section 3(2) of ERISA qualify under Section 401 of the IRC, and
all Plans are in compliance with the provisions of the IRC and
ERISA, and have been administered in accordance with their terms,
except that the Plans are not materially in compliance with the
provisions of the IRC and ERISA to the extent described at the
Disclosure Schedule attached hereto as Schedule B.
11.12. Lock Boxes. No Borrower or any subsidiary of any
Borrower has any lock box accounts other than those described at
the Disclosure Schedule attached hereto as Schedule B.
11.13. Other Names. No Borrower has used any corporate or
fictitious name other than the names for such Borrower at the
beginning of this Agreement, which is the same as the name shown
on such Borrower's currently effective Articles or Certificate of
Incorporation, or the name(s) set forth on the Disclosure
Schedule attached hereto as Schedule B.
11.14. Chief Place of Business; Locations of Property. As of
the date hereof (i) the chief executive office of each Borrower
is located at the address corresponding to such Borrower in the
first paragraph of this Agreement; (ii) the principal place of
business of each Borrower is located at the address of its chief
executive office; (iii) the books and records of each Borrower,
all chattel paper, and all records of accounts receivable are
located at its principal place of business; (iv) all other
property of any Borrower (except for inventory which is in
transit) is located at its principal place of business and no
other location whatsoever except any locations specified at the
Disclosure Schedule attached hereto as Schedule B; (v) the
locations of the chief executive offices, the books and records,
all chattel paper, all records of accounts, and all other
property of any subsidiary of any Borrower is set forth on the
Disclosure Schedule attached hereto as Schedule B; (vi) there are
no other persons who have possession or control of Collateral,
except if the Agent shall have received an agreement in writing
from the person in possession or with control of the Collateral
in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent acknowledging the
Agent's first priority security interest in the Collateral,
waiving security interests and claims by such person against the
Collateral and permitting the Agent access to the Collateral so
as to exercise the Agent's rights and remedies and otherwise deal
with the Collateral; and (vii) there is no other office or place
of business at which any Borrower or any subsidiary of any
Borrower conducts business.
11.15. Laws Including Environmental and Safety Matters. Each
Borrower and each subsidiary of each Borrower is, to the best of
the Borrowers' knowledge, in compliance in all respects with all
material laws, rules, and regulations, orders of court or other
governmental bodies, applicable to it, including, without
limitation, all environmental, health, and safety statutes and
regulations and specifically the Federal Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act, the Federal Comprehensive Environmental
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Response, Compensation and Liability Act, the Federal Clean Water
Act, the Clean Air Act, the requirements and regulations of the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Federal Occupational
Safety and Health Act. No Borrower or any subsidiary of any
Borrower has received written notice to the effect that it is
subject to any judicial or administrative proceedings alleging
the violation of any applicable law or regulation. No Borrower
or any subsidiary of any Borrower has received written notice to
the effect that it is the subject of any federal, state or local
investigation regarding, among other matters, the release of any
Hazardous Material into the environment, the results of which may
adversely affect its business operations, prospects, condition
(financial or otherwise). No Borrower or any subsidiary of any
Borrower has filed any notice under any applicable law indicating
past or present treatment, storage, disposal, generation,
transportation or reporting a spill or release into the
environment of any Hazardous Material. No Borrower or any
subsidiary of any Borrower has any known material contingent
liabilities in connection with any release of any Hazardous
Material into the environment which materially adversely affects
any Borrower's or any subsidiary of any Borrower's business
operations, prospects, condition (financial or otherwise) or
other property.
11.16. Full Disclosure. To the best of the Borrowers'
knowledge, neither the Financial Statements delivered to the
Lender by any Borrower, the Disclosure Schedule as Schedule B,
nor any of the Loan Documents or any list, certificate, written
statement, instrument, paper or other information furnished by
any Borrower to the Agent or any Lender in connection with the
Loan Documents, contains or will contain any untrue statement of
a material fact or omits or will omit to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements contained therein and herein, in
light of the circumstances in which they are made, not
misleading. There is no fact known to any Borrower which such
Borrower has not disclosed to the Agent or any Lender in writing
prior to the date of this Agreement, with respect to the
transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and this
Agreement, which materially and adversely affects the condition
(financial or otherwise), results of operations, businesses,
property or prospects of any Borrower.
12. Covenants.
(a) Compliance with Loan Documents. The Borrowers shall, in any
and all respects, comply fully and completely with any and all
covenants and/or obligations in and under the Loan Documents.
(b) Additional Reporting. The Borrowers shall deliver to the
Agent, for distribution to the Lenders, as soon as they are
available, and in no event later than forty-five (45) days after
the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrowers, financial
statements certified as accurate by the senior financial
officer(s) of the Borrowers, demonstrating in reasonable detail
the Borrowers' compliance (or non-compliance, as the case may be)
with the provisions of Section 6.10 of the Credit Agreement for
the fiscal quarter most recently ended.
13. Setoff. The Borrowers hereby grant to the Agent and the
Lenders, a lien, security interest and right of setoff as
security for all liabilities and obligations to the Agent and the
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Lenders, whether now existing or hereafter arising, upon and
against all deposits, credits, collateral and property, now or
hereafter in the possession, custody, safekeeping or control of
the Agent or any Lender or any entity under the control of
FleetBoston Financial Corporation, or in transit to any of them.
At any time, without demand or notice, the Agent or any Lender
may set off the same or any part thereof and apply the same to
any liability or obligation of the Borrowers even though
unmatured and regardless of the adequacy of any other collateral
securing the loans. ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO REQUIRE THE AGENT OR
ANY LENDER TO EXERCISE ITS RIGHTS OR REMEDIES WITH RESPECT TO ANY
OTHER COLLATERAL WHICH SECURE THE LOANS, PRIOR TO EXERCISING ITS
RIGHT OF SETOFF WITH RESPECT TO SUCH DEPOSITS, CREDITS OR OTHER
PROPERTY OF THE BORROWERS, ARE HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND
IRREVOCABLY WAIVED.
14. Miscellaneous Provisions.
14.1. Notices. Except as otherwise specified herein, all
notices to or upon the parties hereto shall be in writing
(including teletransmissions), shall be given or made to the
party to which such notice is required or permitted to be given
or made under this Agreement at the address or telecopier number
set forth at Schedule C hereto and incorporated herein by
reference or at such other address or telecopier number as any
party hereto may hereafter specify to the others in writing, and
(unless otherwise specified herein) shall be deemed delivered on
receipt, if teletransmitted or delivered by hand, or three (3)
business days after mailing, if mailed, and all mailed notices
shall be by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid.
14.2. No Waiver of Rights; Tolling of Statutes of Limitation.
No failure to exercise nor any delay in exercising, on the part
of the Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege
under this Agreement or the Loan Documents shall operate as a
waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
right, remedy, power, or privilege operate as a waiver of any
further or complete exercise thereof. No waiver shall be
effective unless in writing. No waiver or condonation of any
breach on one occasion shall be deemed a waiver or condonation on
any other occasion. In addition, each Borrowers, the Agent and
the Lenders hereby agree that, during the pendency of this
Agreement, all statutes of limitation and similar laws, rules and
equitable theories with respect to the time in which the Agent or
any Lender may bring any claim or action against any Borrower
shall be tolled and that the passage of such time shall not
otherwise operate to the detriment of the Agent or any Lender
with respect to such rights.
14.3. Subordination of Certain Claims. Each Borrower hereby
subordinates all claims each now has or may in the future acquire
against each other Borrower, including, without limitation, all
rights and claims of subrogation, reimbursement, indemnity,
contribution and like claims and rights, to the prior payment in
full and complete performance of all obligations now or in the
future owed by any Borrower to the Agent or the Lenders;
provided, however, that each Borrower hereby waives (not merely
subordinates) all rights and claims of subrogation,
reimbursement, indemnity, contribution and like claims and rights
as against each other Borrower to the extent, but only to the
extent, such rights and claims arise out of or in connection with
the liability of such other Borrower for the Obligations but,
unless the Agent otherwise agrees, such waiver by such Borrower
shall not be effective to the extent that by virtue of such
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waiver Borrower's liability to the Agent and the Lenders under
the Loan Documents or otherwise is rendered invalid, avoidable or
unenforceable under any applicable state or federal laws dealing
with the recovery or avoidance of so-called "fraudulent
conveyances" or otherwise.
14.4. Loan Documents. Except as modified herein or in any
other instruments or documents executed in connection herewith,
(a) all terms and conditions of the Loan Documents shall remain
in effect in accordance with their original tenor; and
(b) nothing contained herein shall constitute a waiver by the
Agent or the Lenders or of any of Agent's or the Lenders' rights
and remedies (including, without limitation, any of the Agent's
or any Lender's rights or remedies as to, or any obligations
owing to the Agent and the Lenders of, any person who may be
liable to the Agent and the Lenders on account of any of the
Obligations, whether or not such person is a party hereto), all
of which rights and remedies are expressly reserved and not
waived. Each agreement, covenant, representation and warranty of
the Borrowers hereunder, as modified by the Schedules hereto,
shall be deemed to be in addition to, and not in substitution
for, the agreements, covenants, representations and warranties
previously made by the Borrowers. In the event that there shall
be any inconsistency between any provisions of this Agreement and
a provision set forth in any other Loan Document, the provisions
of this Agreement shall govern.
14.5. Time of the Essence. Time is of the essence of each
aspect of this Agreement.
14.6. Same Debt. It is the intent of the Borrowers, the
Agent, and the Lenders that the agreements and arrangements set
forth in this Agreement do not constitute a novation of the
Obligations. Rather, this Agreement sets forth, among other
things, the arrangements and agreements by which the Agent and
the Lenders agree, subject to the terms and conditions contained
herein, to forbear from the exercise of their collection rights
and remedies for a limited period of time. It is not intended
that any new or different financial accommodations be extended to
the Borrowers under this Agreement.
14.7. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by,
and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the
State of New Hampshire, without regard to the laws governing
conflicts of law.
14.8. Jurisdiction; Waiver of Trial by Jury.
(a) For purposes of any action or proceeding involving this
Agreement or the Loan Documents or any other agreement or
document referred to therein, each Borrower hereby submits to the
jurisdiction of all federal and state courts located in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts and consents that any order,
process, notice of motion or other application to or by any of
said courts or a judge thereof may be served within or without
such court's jurisdiction by registered mail or by personal
service, provided a reasonable time for appearance is allowed
(but not less than the time otherwise afforded by any law or
rule), and hereby waive any right to contest the appropriateness
of any action brought within such jurisdiction based on lack of
personal jurisdiction, improper venue or forum non conveniens.
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(b) THE AGENT, THE LENDERS AND EACH BORROWER MUTUALLY HEREBY
KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A
TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY CLAIM BASED HEREON, ARISING OUT
OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALINGS,
STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF ANY PARTY
WITH RESPECT THERETO. THIS WAIVER CONSTITUTES A MATERIAL
INDUCEMENT FOR THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS TO ACCEPT THIS
AGREEMENT.
14.9. Complete Agreement, Amendments. This Agreement,
together with the Loan Documents, contains the entire agreement
among the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated
hereby, and supersedes all negotiations, presentations,
warranties, commitments, offers, contracts and writings prior to
the date hereof relating to the subject matters hereof. This
Agreement may be amended, modified, waived, discharged or
terminated only by a writing signed by the party to be charged
with such amendment, modification, waiver, discharge or
termination.
14.10. Expenses.
(a) Borrowers shall pay on demand, regardless of whether any
Default or Event of Default has occurred or whether any
proceeding to enforce any Loan Document has been commenced, all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation,
the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel or consultants
to the Agent and the Lenders and allocable costs of Agent's and
any Lender's staff counsel) incurred by the Agent or any Lender
and that may be incurred by the Agent or any Lender in connection
with (a) the negotiation, preparation, administration, filing or
recording of this Agreement, (b) the performance of field
examinations at the Borrowers' and Non-Borrower Subsidiaries'
domestic and foreign locations; and (c) the collection of the
Obligations and any and all other obligations of the Borrowers to
the Agent or any Lender whether now existing or hereafter
arising, or with the preservation and enforcement of the Agent's
or any Lender's rights and remedies in connection with the Loan
Documents. This covenant shall survive payment of the
Obligations and termination of this Agreement.
(b) The Borrowers agree that any such reasonable expenses
incurred or to be incurred by any Lender constitute advances by
such Lender to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, and are
included within the definition of the term "Obligations." The
Borrowers acknowledge and agree that the Agent and each Lender,
at any time or from time to time in its sole and absolute
discretion, (a) may debit any account of the Borrowers maintained
with the Lender, in order to pay such expenses; and (b) may make
advances and loans under the Loan Documents to pay such
reasonable expenses.
14.11. Severability. Any provision hereof that is prohibited
or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be, as to such
jurisdiction, ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
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unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions
hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such
provision in any other jurisdiction.
14.12. Interest Limitation. All agreements between the
Borrowers, the Agent, and the Lenders are hereby expressly
limited so that in no contingency or event whatsoever, whether by
reason of acceleration of maturity of the indebtedness evidenced
hereby or otherwise, shall the amount paid or agreed to be paid
to the Agent or the Lenders for the use or the forbearance of the
indebtedness evidenced hereby exceed the maximum permissible
under applicable law. As used herein, the term "applicable law"
shall mean the law in effect as of the date hereof; provided,
however, that in the event there is a change in the law which
results in a higher permissible rate of interest, then any Loan
Document shall be governed by such new law as of its effective
date. In this regard, it is expressly agreed that it is the
intent of the Borrowers, the Agent, and the Lenders in the
execution, delivery and acceptance of this Agreement to contract
in strict compliance with the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts from time to time in effect. If, under or from any
circumstances whatsoever, fulfillment of any provision hereof or
of any of the Loan Documents at the time of performance of such
provision shall be due, shall involve transcending the limit of
such validity prescribed by applicable law, then the obligation
to be fulfilled shall automatically be reduced to the limits of
such validity, and if under or from circumstances whatsoever the
Agent or any Lender should ever receive as interest and amount
which would exceed then highest lawful rate, such amount which
would be excessive interest shall be applied to the reduction of
the principal balance evidenced hereby and not to the payment of
interest. This provision shall control every other provision of
all agreements between the Borrowers, the Agent, and the Lenders.
14.13. References to "Lenders". All references to "Lenders"
in this Agreement shall mean each and all Lenders (whether the
Lender is a natural person or a legal entity, and regardless of
the use of the word "it" or similar term to refer to the Lender),
except where the context otherwise requires. Each promise,
agreement, representation, warranty and covenant made by any
Borrower herein is made and given to and for the benefit of each
Lender, and all rights of the Lenders hereunder are enjoyed in
full by each Lender, except as expressly set forth herein.
14.14. References to "Borrower". All references to "Borrower"
in this Agreement shall mean each and all Borrowers (whether the
Borrower is a natural person or a legal entity, and regardless of
the use of the word "it" or similar term to refer to the
Borrower), except where the context otherwise requires. Each
promise, agreement, representation, warranty and covenant made by
any Borrower herein is made and given by each Borrower, jointly
and severally, and all rights of the Borrowers hereunder are
enjoyed with respect to each Borrower, except as expressly set
forth herein.
14.15. Descriptive Headings. The captions in this Agreement
are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or
limit the provisions hereof.
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14.16. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or
more of the parties on any number of separate counterparts, and
all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to
constitute one and the same instrument.
15. Defined Terms. The capitalized terms in this Agreement
shall have the meanings given such terms in the Loan Documents
(and this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a Loan
Document), unless assigned a different meaning below:
15.1. "Agreement" - this Agreement, including all schedules
and exhibits, as the same may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified.
15.2. "Bankruptcy Code" - the United States Bankruptcy Code
of 1978, as codified at 11 U.S.C. 101 et seq., as amended from
time to time.
15.3. "Default" - any event specified in Section 13 of this
Agreement, whether or not any requirement for the giving of
notice or lapse of time or any other condition has been
satisfied.
15.4. "Event of Default" - any event specified in Section 13
of this Agreement, provided that any requirement for the giving
of notice or lapse of time or any other condition has been
satisfied.
15.5. "Financial Statements" - financial statements of
Borrowers prepared on a consistent basis in accordance with GAAP
and containing balance sheets, statements of income and retained
earnings and statements of cash flow. Financial Statements for a
month or quarter shall be certified by the chief executive
officer of each Borrower.
15.6. "GAAP" - those generally accepted accounting principles
set forth in Statements of the Financial Accounting Standards
Board and in Opinions of the Accounting Principles Board of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or which have
other substantial authoritative support in the United States and
are applicable in the circumstances, as applied on a consistent
basis. As used in the preceding sentence "consistent basis"
shall mean that the accounting principles observed in the current
period are comparable in all material respects to those applied
in the preceding period.
15.7. "Hazardous Material" - any hazardous waste, toxic
substance hazardous chemical, radioactive material, hazardous
material, oil or gasoline, under any applicable federal or state
statute, county or municipal law or ordinance, including (without
limitation) any substance defined as a "hazardous substance" or
"toxic substance" (or comparable term) in the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq.), the Hazardous Materials
Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 1802), or the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901, et seq.).
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15.8. "IRC" - the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time and including all regulations promulgated
thereunder.
15.9. "Plan" - any pension plan, as defined in Section 3(2)
of ERISA and any welfare plan, as defined in Section 3(1) of
ERISA, which is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by any
Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity, or in respect of
which any Borrower or a Commonly Controlled Entity is an
"employer," as such term is defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
15.10. "Subordinated Indebtedness" - means Indebtedness of
the Borrowers that is subordinated to the prior payment and
enforcement of the Obligations in favor of the Agent and the
Lenders.
15.11. Other Capitalized Terms. All other capitalized terms
used herein not expressly defined in this Agreement shall have
the meaning ascribed to them in the Loan Documents.
15.12. Accounting and Banking Terms. All accounting and
banking terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed,
in the case of accounting terms, in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied and, in the case of banking terms, in
accordance with general practice among commercial banks.
16. Pledge to Federal Reserve. The Agent or any Lender may at
any time pledge all or any portion of its rights under the Loan
Documents, including any portion of any note to any of the twelve
(12) Federal Reserve Banks organized under Section 4 of the
Federal Reserve Act, 12 U.S.C. Section 341. No such pledge or
enforcement thereof shall release the Agent or any Lender from
its obligations under any of the Loan Documents.
17. Participations. Each Lender shall have the unrestricted
right at any time and from time to time, and without the consent
of or notice to Borrowers, to grant to one or more banks or other
financial institutions (each, a "Participant") participating
interests in such Lender's obligation to lend under the Loan
Documents and/or any or all of the loans held by such Lender
hereunder. In the event of any such grant by such Lender of a
participating interest to a Participant, whether or not upon
notice to Borrowers, the Lender shall remain responsible for the
performance of its obligations under the Loan Documents and
Borrowers shall continue to deal solely and directly with the
Lender in connection with the Lender's rights and obligations
hereunder and thereunder.
18. Replacements. Upon receipt of an affidavit of an officer of
the Agent or any Lender as to the loss, theft, destruction or
mutilation of any note or any other security document which is
not of public record, and, in the case of any such loss, theft,
destruction or mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of
such note or other security document, Borrowers will issue, in
lieu thereof, a replacement note or other security document in
the same principal amount thereof and otherwise of like tenor.
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19. Assignment. This Agreement and the Loan Documents shall be
binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Borrowers, the
Agent, and the Lenders and their respective successors and
assigns; provided that the Borrowers may not assign or transfer
any rights or Obligations hereunder without the Agent's and all
the Lenders' prior written consent. Each Lender shall have the
unrestricted right at any time or from time to time, and without
Borrowers' consent, to assign all or any portion of its rights
and obligations hereunder or under any of the Loan Documents to
one or more banks or other financial institutions (each, an
"Assignee"), and each Borrower agrees that it shall execute, or
cause to be executed, such documents, including, without
limitation, amendments to this Agreement, the Loan Documents, and
to any other documents, instruments and agreements executed in
connection therewith as such Lender shall deem necessary to
effect the foregoing. In addition, at the request of such Lender
and any such Assignee, Borrowers shall issue one or more new
promissory notes, as applicable, to any such Assignee and, if
such Lender has retained any of its rights and obligations
hereunder following such assignment, to such Lender, which new
promissory notes shall be issued in replacement of, but not in
discharge of, the liability evidenced by the promissory note held
by such Lender prior to such assignment and shall reflect the
amount of the respective commitments and loans held by such
Assignee and such Lender after giving effect to such assignment.
Upon the execution and delivery of appropriate assignment
documentation, amendments and any other documentation required by
such Lender in connection with such assignment, and the payment
by Assignee of the purchase price agreed to by such Lender and
such Assignee, such Assignee shall be a party to this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents and shall have all of the rights and
obligations of such Lender hereunder (and under any and all other
guaranties, documents, instruments and agreements executed in
connection herewith) to the extent that such rights and
obligations have been assigned by such Lender pursuant to the
assignment documentation between such Lender and such Assignee,
and such Lender shall be released from its obligations hereunder
and thereunder to a corresponding extent.
20. Disclosure. Each Borrower hereby authorizes the Agent and
each Lender to release and disclose to the Agent's or any
Lender's affiliates, any assignee or any potential assignee, and
any participant or potential participant, any statements,
notices, financial and operating reports, balance sheets,
financial statements, consultant's reports, appraisals, and any
and all other documents and information relating to the
Borrowers, whether or not considered confidential by the
Borrowers. In furtherance thereof, each Borrower waives any
claims, causes of action, defenses, or set off rights against the
Agent and the Lenders or any such party respecting the Agent and
the Lenders' delivery of such documents or such information to
such parties in their capacities as an affiliate of the Agent or
any Lender, an assignee or potential assignee, or as a
participant or potential participant.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be executed under seal by their respective duly
authorized officers as of the date first written above.
BORROWERS:
WPI GROUP, INC.
WPI POWER SYSTEMS, INC.,
WPI MAGNETEC, INC.
WPI ELECTRONICS, INC.,
WPI TERMIFLEX, INC. f/k/a WPI
Oyster Termiflex, Inc.,
WPI MICRO PALM, INC.
WPI MICRO PROCESSOR SYSTEMS, INC.
WPI DECISIONKEY, INC.,
WPI UK HOLDING, INC.,
WPI UK HOLDING II, INC.,
WPI OYSTER TERMINALS, INC.,
WPI HUSKY TECHNOLOGY, INC., f/k/a
WPI Husky Computers, Inc., and
WPI INSTRUMENTS, INC.
____________________________ By: _______________________________
Witness John W. Powers, for, on behalf
of, and as Duly Authorized
Officer or Agent of each of the
above-named entities
AGENT AND LENDER:
FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as Agent and
as a Lender
____________________________ By:
Witness ___________________________________
Name:___________________________
Title:_______________________________
OTHER LENDERS:
KEY CORPORATE CAPITAL INC.
____________________________ By:
Witness ___________________________________
Name:___________________________
Title:________________________________
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SOVEREIGN BANK
____________________________ By:
Witness ___________________________________
Name:___________________________
Title:________________________________
BANK OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, N.A.
____________________________ By:
Witness ___________________________________
Name:___________________________
Title:________________________________
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SCHEDULE A
(Schedule of Obligations)*
Loans Unpaid Unpaid Interest Incremental Late Incremental
Principal as (other than intest Charges attributable
of the incremental attributable as of to increasing
August 7,2000 interest to August 7, the
attributable to increasing 2000 applicable
increasing the the rate to the
applicable rate applicable Default Rate
to the Default rate to the from and
Rate from and Default Rate after
after August from and after February 24,
22, 1999) as of August 22,1999 2000, as of
August 7, 2000 and through August 7,
February 24, 2000
2000 as of
August 7, 2000 (see
Section 6
(d) above)
**
Revolving $4,691,028.43 $138,380.31 $0.00 $3,778.14 $41,628.92
Loans
Swing
Line
Loans $178,315.35 $3,852.53 $0.00 $122.53 $1,240.05
Term
Loan A $11,890,445.76 $353,987.53 $0.00 $10,338.69 $109,810.13
Term
Loan B $10,823,24.38 $336,918.46 $0.00 $9,840.42 $100,640.54
TOTAL $27,583,113.92 $833,138.83 $0.00 $24,079.78 $253,319.64
* Plus any attorneys' fees or other expenses subject to
reimbursement by the Borrowers, whether incurred before or after
the date hereof, and any subsequently accruing interest, costs,
fees, or charges, and all figures are subject to adjustments to
the Agent's or any Lender's records with respect to such
Obligations, including, without limitation, adjustments for
uncollected checks and misdirected credits.
**The amount of Total Subject Interest may be greater than the
amounts shown in the table, in the event that the conditions
precedent in Section 10 hereof are satisfied after the date shown
above.
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SCHEDULE B
(Disclosure Schedule)
Foreign Qualifications:
Borrower State of Incorporation States where Foreign
Qualifications
Obtained
WPI Group, Inc. New Hampshire
WPI DecisionKey, Inc. New Hampshire
WPI Electronics, Inc. New Hampshire
WPI Power Systems, Inc. New Hampshire
WPI Husky Technology, Inc. Florida
WPI Instruments, Inc. New Hampshire
WPI Magnetec, Inc. New Hampshire
WPI Micro Palm, Inc. New Hampshire
WPI Micro Processor Systems, Inc. New Hampshire Michigan
WPI Termiflex, Inc. New Hampshire
WPI Oyster Terminals, Inc. New Hampshire
WPI UK Holding, Inc. New Hampshire
WPI UK Holding II, Inc. New Hampshire
WPI Group (U.K.) England and Wales
Crompton Modutec (Barbados) Limited Barbados
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Capitalization:
Number of Percentage
Borrower/Subsidiary Class of Owner of Stock Shares of Shares
Stock Owned
WPI Group, Inc. Common [publicly 6,056,758 0%
held]
WPI Instruments, Common WPI Group, 100 100%
Inc. Inc.
WPI Magnetec, Common WPI Group, 10 100%
Inc. Inc.
WPI Micro Common WPI Group, 10 100%
Processor Inc.
Systems, Inc.
WPI UK Holding, Common WPI Group, 10 100%
Inc. Inc.
WPI UK Holding Common WPI Group, 10 100%
II, Inc. Inc.
WPI Group UK Ordinary WPI UK 3,700,000 100%
Holding, Inc.
& WPI UK
Holding II,
Inc.
Crompton Modutec Common WPI 80,002 100%
(Barbados) Instruments,
Limited Inc.
WPI Termiflex, Common WPI Group, 10 100%
Inc. Inc.
WPI Oyster Common WPI Group, 10 100%
Terminals, Inc. Inc.
WPI Power Common WPI Group, 10 100%
Systems, Inc. Inc.
WPI DecisionKey, Common WPI Micro 10 100%
Inc. Processor
Systems, Inc.
WPI Electronics, Common WPI Group, 10 100%
Inc. Inc.
WPI Husky Common WPI Group, 1,000 100%
Technology, Inc. Inc.
WPI Micro Palm, Common WPI Termiflex, 10 100%
Inc. Inc.
Micro Processor Common WPI Group UK 100,000 100,000
Systems Ltd.
(Formerly WPI
Oyster Termiflex
Ltd.)
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Litigation:
1. WPI Electronics, Inc. v. SuperVision International,
Inc., United States District Court for the District of New
Hampshire, Docket No. C-99-426-B. SuperVision International, Inc.
("SuperVision") has filed a counterclaim to this action brought
by WPI Electronics, Inc. ("WPI") on September 13, 1999, in which
WPI seeks damages from SuperVision for breach of contract arising
from SuperVision's cancellation of a contract calling for WPI to
supply 170-watt and 270-watt modified standard design ballasts
through December 31, 2000, at a price of $1.772 million.
SuperVision's counterclaim alleges that WPI breached the
agreement with SuperVision by failing to supply ballasts in
conformance with the terms of the agreement and in breach of
express and implied warranties. SuperVision also alleges common
law fraud and statutory unfair business practice claims. WPI
seeks the balance of the purchase price plus lost profits in
damages from SuperVision, and SuperVision seeks the return of
amounts paid to date, consequential damages and lost profits in
damages in its counterclaim. The parties are currently engaged
in discovery, and a trial is scheduled for March 2001. We are
unable to give an opinion as to whether an unfavorable outcome is
either probable or remote or as to the amount or range of
potential liability should an unfavorable outcome occur.
2. SPX Corporation v. WPI Micro Processor Systems,
Inc., Macomb County (Michigan) Circuit Court, Docket No.
99-3852-CK. SPX Corporation ("SPX") filed this action on
September 14, 1999, alleging breach of contract by WPI Micro
Processor Systems, Inc. ("MPSI") arising out of a distributorship
agreement between the parties dated January 22, 1997, whereby SPX
agreed to distribute certain MPSI products to certain industries.
SPX alleges in its amended complaint that MPSI breached the
agreement and tortiously interfered with a customer by attempting
to sell MPSI products directly to an SPX customer. SPX also
alleged that MPSI has misappropriated certain SPX trade secrets
in violation of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act. MPSI has filed a
counterclaim against SPX alleging, among other things, breach of
contract, including SPX's failure to pay MPSI $243,000 owed on
account, and SPX's misappropriation of MPSI's trade secrets.
Discovery is ongoing and trial is likely after September 2000.
We are unable to give an opinion as to whether an unfavorable
outcome is either probable or remote or as to the amount or range
of potential liability should an unfavorable outcome occur.
3. On April 24, 2000, Dynatech Corporation et al
("Dynatech") asserted in a letter to WPI that it was entitled to
a purchase price adjustment of approximately $4 million under the
February 22, 2000, Share Sale Agreement between the parties. On
May 3, 2000, WPI stated to Dynatech that a purchase price
adjustment under that Agreement should be made in its favor, not
Dynatech's, in the amount of $1,535,438. The parties are
discussing these issues in an attempt to resolve them. In
Dynatech's letter of April 24, 2000, there was insufficient
information provided to WPI to enable it to determine the
validity of Dynatech's claims.
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Employment Complaints:
John Brescia v. WPI Husky Technology, Inc.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (151A00825)
Mr. Brescia, a former employee, filed a disability
discrimination charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission. He claims that while employed by WPI Husky he was
subjected on a daily basis, from April 1999 to June 6, 1999, to
harassment by his supervisor in the form of gestures and comments
which made fun of him based upon his disability. The nature of
his alleged disability is not specified. He claims that as a
result of the harassment he was forced to terminate his
employment on June 6, 1999. The Company filed a Response denying
any discrimination, but on May 31, 2000, the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission issued a Letter of Determination finding
that there is reasonable cause to believe that there was a
violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act. It is unclear
what evidence the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission relied
upon to make that determination.
Subsequently, the EEOC issued a statement that efforts to
conciliate Mr. Brescia's charge have been unsuccessful and that
no further efforts by the EEOC would be made, and that the EEOC
has decided not to bring suit against the Company based on this
charge and that the file on this matter will be closed. The Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission has, however, reserved the
right to bring suit at a later date and/or to intervene in a
lawsuit by Mr. Brescia against the Company based on this charge,
if he chooses to sue. As of this date, no such suit has been
filed.
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Taxes:
Borrower/ Amount of Liens
Subsidiary Jurisdiction Description of Tax Tax
WPI Group Inc. Federal Income
and United Tax None. None
Subsidiaries States FY 1999
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Lock Boxes:
None.
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Other Names:
None.
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Locations of Property:
Borrower/Subsidiary Address Name/Address of
Record Owner
WPI Group, Inc. 1155 Elm Street, BCIA New England
WPI Micro Processor Manchester, NH 03101 Holdings, Inc.
Systems, Inc. c/o Cushman &
WPI Instruments, Wakefield
Inc. Center of New
WPI Magnetec, Inc. Hampshire Tower
WPI Termiflex, Inc. 650 Elm St.
WPI Husky Manchester, NH 03101
Technology, Inc.
WPI Electronics,
Inc.
WPI Power Systems,
Inc.
WPI Micro Palm, Inc.
WPI UK Holding, Inc.
WPI UK Holding II,
Inc.
WPI Oyster
Terminals, Inc.
WPI DecisionKey,
Inc.
WPI Group (U.K.)
Micro Processor
Systems Ltd.
WPI Instruments, 850 Perimeter Road, 850 Perimeter
Inc./ Manchester, NH 03109 Road/NA, LLC
WPI Magnetec, Inc. 124 Joliette Street
Manchester, NH 03102
114 Allard Drive Cohen Building
Manchester, NH Realty, LLC
North Gate Road
Manchester, NH 03104
WPI Micro Processor 6405 Nineteen Mile Ledds Development
Systems, Inc. Road Center
Sterling Heights, MI 6850 Nineteen Mile
48314-2115 Road
Sterling Heights, MI
48314
Crompton Modutec New Industrial Park Barbados Investment
(Barbados) Limited Christ Church, & Development Center
Barbados Newton Industrial
Park
Christ Church,
Barbados
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Non-Material Non-Compliance of Plans with IRC and ERISA:
None.
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SCHEDULE C
(Notices)
If to Borrowers: WPI Group, Inc.
1155 Elm Street
Manchester, NH 03101
Attn: John Allard, President
Fax: (603) 627-3150
with copies to: Daniel W. Sklar, Esquire
Nixon Peabody
889 Elm Street
Manchester, NH 03101
Fax: (603) 628-4040
If to Fleet Bank- NH
or to Fleet National Bank: Daniel D. Butler,
Vice President
Fleet Corporate Administration
Mail Stop: RIDE03320A
111 Westminster Street
Providence, RI 02903
(Fax: 401-278-6004)
with a copy to: Joseph F. Ryan, Esquire
Brown, Rudnick, Freed & Gesmer
One Financial Center
Boston, MA 02111
(Fax: 617-856-8201)
If to Bank of New Hampshire, N.A.: Bank of New Hampshire, N.A.
333 State Street
Portsmouth, NH 03801
Attn: David D. McGraw, VP
(Fax: 603-433-2917)
Peoples Heritage Bank
One Portland Square
P.O. Box 9540
Portland, ME 04112
Attn: Christopher W. Emmons,
SVP
(Fax: 207-761-8660)
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If to Sovereign Bank: Sovereign Bank
50 Rowes Wharf - Suite 430
Boston, MA 02110
Attn: Joseph Becker, VP
(Fax: 617-478-6799)
If to Key Corporate Capital, Inc.:
Key Corporate Capital, Inc.
One Canal Plaza - Sixth Floor
Portland, ME 04101
Attn: Mark Kleinhaut, VP
(Fax: 207-874-7002)
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EXHIBIT 10.69
THIS NOTE AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON ITS
CONVERSION HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND
MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED WITHOUT COMPLIANCE WITH THE
REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION PROVISIONS OF APPLICABLE FEDERAL
AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR APPLICABLE EXEMPTIONS THEREFROM.
FORM OF TERM A NOTE
$14,116,875.00 New York, New York
______, 2000
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, each of the undersigned (each
individually a "Borrower" and collectively, the "Borrowers")
HEREBY JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY PROMISES TO PAY to the order of
SUNRISE CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P. ("Lender") in lawful money of the
United States of America and in immediately available funds, the
amount of FOURTEEN MILLION ONE HUNDRED SIXTEEN THOUSAND EIGHT
HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE DOLLARS. All capitalized terms used but
not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them in
the Convertible Note Agreement (as hereinafter defined) or in
Annex A thereto.
This Term A Note is issued pursuant to that certain
Convertible Note Agreement dated as of July 31, 2000, by and
among the Borrowers and the Lender (including all annexes,
exhibits and schedules thereto and as from time to time amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the "Convertible
Note Agreement"), and is entitled to the benefit and security of
the Convertible Note Agreement, the Security Agreement and all of
the other Note Documents referred to therein. Reference is
hereby made to the Convertible Note Agreement for a statement of
all of the terms and conditions under which the principal balance
of this Note is to be repaid. The principal balance of this
Note, the rates of interest applicable thereto and the date and
amount of each payment made on account of the principal thereof,
shall be recorded by the Lender on its books; provided that the
failure of the Lender to make any such recordation shall not
affect the obligations of each Borrower to make a payment when
due of any amount owing under the Convertible Note Agreement or
this Term A Note.
The principal amount of the indebtedness evidenced
hereby, together with any accrued but unpaid interest and Fees
thereon, shall be convertible into Common Stock in accordance
with the terms of the Convertible Note Agreement.
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The principal amount of the indebtedness evidenced
hereby shall be payable on the date specified in the Convertible
Note Agreement.
Interest on the principal amount of the indebtedness
evidenced hereby shall be paid until such principal amount is
paid in full at such interest rates and at such times, and
pursuant to such calculations, as are specified in the
Convertible Note Agreement. The terms of the Convertible Note
Agreement are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
If any payment on this Term A Note becomes due and
payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, with
respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be
payable at the then applicable rate during such extension.
Upon and after the occurrence of any Event of Default,
this Term A Note may, as provided in the Convertible Note
Agreement, and without demand, notice or legal process of any
kind, be declared, and immediately shall become, due and payable.
Time is of the essence of this Term A Note. Demand,
presentment, protest and notice of nonpayment and protest are
hereby waived by each Borrower.
Except as provided in the Convertible Note Agreement,
this Term A Note may not be assigned by Lender to any Person.
THIS TERM A NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO
CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED IN THAT STATE.
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, by their duly
authorized representatives, have executed this Term A Note on the
day and year first above written.
WPI GROUP, INC.
WPI MAGNETEC, INC.
WPI ELECTRONICS, INC.
WPI MICRO PALM, INC.
WPI MICRO PROCESSOR SYSTEMS, INC.
WPI DECISIONKEY, INC.
WPI UK HOLDING, INC.
WPI UK HOLDING II, INC.
WPI HUSKY TECHNOLOGY, INC.
WPI OYSTER TERMINALS, INC.
WPI TERMIFLEX, INC.
WPI POWER SYSTEMS, INC.
WPI INSTRUMENTS, INC.
By:
Witness ------------------------------
for, on behalf of, and as Duly
Authorized Officer or Agent of each
of the above-named entities
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EXHIBIT 10.70
THIS NOTE AND THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON ITS
CONVERSION HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND
MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED WITHOUT COMPLIANCE WITH THE
REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION PROVISIONS OF APPLICABLE FEDERAL
AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR APPLICABLE EXEMPTIONS THEREFROM.
FORM OF TERM B NOTE
$5,000,000.00 New York, New York
_______, 2000
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, each of the undersigned (each
individually a "Borrower" and collectively, the "Borrowers")
HEREBY JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY PROMISES TO PAY to the order of
SUNRISE CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P. ("Lender") in lawful money of the
United States of America and in immediately available funds, the
amount of FIVE MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($5,000,000.00) All
capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings given to them in the Convertible Note Agreement (as
hereinafter defined) or in Annex A thereto.
This Term B Note is issued pursuant to that certain
Convertible Note Agreement dated as of July 31, 2000, by and
among the Borrowers and the Lender (including all annexes,
exhibits and schedules thereto and as from time to time amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the "Convertible
Note Agreement"), and is entitled to the benefit and security of
the Convertible Note Agreement, the Security Agreement and all of
the other Note Documents referred to therein. Reference is
hereby made to the Convertible Note Agreement for a statement of
all of the terms and conditions under which the principal balance
of this Note is to be repaid. The principal balance of this
Note, the rates of interest applicable thereto and the date and
amount of each payment made on account of the principal thereof,
shall be recorded by the Lender on its books; provided that the
failure of the Lender to make any such recordation shall not
affect the obligations of each Borrower to make a payment when
due of any amount owing under the Convertible Note Agreement or
this Term B Note.
The principal amount of the indebtedness evidenced
hereby, together with any accrued but unpaid interest and Fees
thereon, shall be convertible into Common Stock in accordance
with the terms of the Convertible Note Agreement.
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The principal amount of the indebtedness evidenced
hereby shall be payable on the date specified in the Convertible
Note Agreement.
Interest on the principal amount of the indebtedness
evidenced hereby shall be paid until such principal amount is
paid in full at such interest rates and at such times, and
pursuant to such calculations, as are specified in the
Convertible Note Agreement. The terms of the Convertible Note
Agreement are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
If any payment on this Term B Note becomes due and
payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, with
respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be
payable at the then applicable rate during such extension.
Upon and after the occurrence of any Event of Default,
this Term B Note may, as provided in the Convertible Note
Agreement, and without demand, notice or legal process of any
kind, be declared, and immediately shall become, due and payable.
Time is of the essence of this Term B Note. Demand,
presentment, protest and notice of nonpayment and protest are
hereby waived by each Borrower.
Except as provided in the Convertible Note Agreement,
this Term B Note may not be assigned by Lender to any Person.
THIS TERM B NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO
CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED IN THAT STATE.
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, by their duly
authorized representatives, have executed this Term B Note on the
day and year first above written.
WPI GROUP, INC.
WPI MAGNETEC, INC.
WPI ELECTRONICS, INC.
WPI MICRO PALM, INC.
WPI MICRO PROCESSOR SYSTEMS, INC.
WPI DECISIONKEY, INC.
WPI UK HOLDING, INC.
WPI UK HOLDING II, INC.
WPI HUSKY TECHNOLOGY, INC.
WPI OYSTER TERMINALS, INC.
WPI TERMIFLEX, INC.
WPI POWER SYSTEMS, INC.
WPI INSTRUMENTS, INC.
By:
Witness ------------------------------------
for, on behalf of, and as Duly
Authorized Officer or Agent of each
of the above-named entities
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EXHIBIT 10.71
FORM OF WARRANT
THIS WARRANT AND THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
ISSUABLE UPON ITS EXERCISE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED
WITHOUT COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION
PROVISIONS OF APPLICABLE FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS
OR APPLICABLE EXEMPTIONS THEREFROM.
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS WARRANT ARE SUBJECT TO
A REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT DATED AS OF _________, 2000
(THE "REGISTRATION AGREEMENT"). COPIES OF THE REGISTRATION
AGREEMENT ARE ON FILE AT THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE
COMPANY.
WPI GROUP, INC.
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
________, 2000
WPI GROUP, INC., a New Hampshire corporation (the
"Company"), hereby certifies that, for value received,
Sunrise Capital Partners, L.P., or its assigns, is entitled,
subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the
Company at any time or from time to time after the date
hereof (subject to acceleration as hereinafter provided, the
"Initial Exerciseability Date") and before 5:00 p.m.,
Manchester, New Hampshire time, on ________, 2005*footnote 1 (the
"Expiration Date"), ________ fully paid and nonassessable
shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the
Company, at a purchase price per share of $1.75 (such
purchase price per share as adjusted from time to time as
herein provided is referred to herein as the "Purchase
Price"). The number and character of such shares of Common
Stock and the Purchase Price are subject to adjustment as
provided herein.
This Warrant is one of the Common Stock Purchase
Warrants originally issued by the Company in connection with
that Convertible Note Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2000,
between the Company and its subsidiaries, as borrowers, and
Sunrise Capital Partners, L.P., as Lender, and the shares of
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant are
subject to that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated
as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, Sunrise
Capital Partners, L.P., and each of The John R. Allard
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Revocable Trust of 1993, Lisa A. Dibrigida, Kim A. Socha,
The Michael E. Allard Revocable Trust of 1994, Gerald R.
Allard, The Samy Nazarian Trust, The David and Angella
Nazarian Family Trust, Younes Nazarian and Richard A. Beyer
(the "Registration Rights Agreement"), a copy of which
agreement is on file at the principal office of the Company.
The holder of this Warrant shall be entitled to all of the
benefits and bound by all of the applicable obligations of
the Registration Rights Agreement, as provided therein.
As used herein the following terms, unless the context
otherwise requires, have the following respective meanings:
(a) The term "Company" shall include WPI Group,
Inc., and any corporation which shall succeed to, or assume
the obligations of, the Company hereunder.
(b) The term "Common Stock" includes (i) the
Company's Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, as
authorized on the date of the Agreement, (ii) any other
capital stock of any class or classes (however designated)
of the Company, authorized on or after such date, the
holders of which shall have the right, without limitation as
to amount per share, either to all or to a share of the
balance of current dividends and liquidating distributions
after the payment of dividends and distributions on any
shares entitled to preference in the payment thereof, and
the holders of which shall ordinarily, in the absence of
contingencies, be entitled to vote for the election of a
majority of directors of the Company (even though the right
to so vote may have been suspended by the happening of such
a contingency) and (iii) any other securities into which or
for which any of the securities described in (i) or (ii)
above may be converted or exchanged pursuant to a plan of
recapitalization, reorganization, merger, sale of assets or
otherwise.
(c) The term "Other Securities" refers to any
stock (other than Common Stock) and other securities of the
Company or any other person (corporate or otherwise) which
the holders of the Warrants at any time shall be entitled to
receive, or shall have received, on the exercise of the
Warrants, in lieu of or in addition to Common Stock, or
which at any time shall be issuable or shall have been
issued in exchange for or in replacement of Common Stock or
Other Securities pursuant to Section 5 or otherwise.
(d) The term "Warrant" means this Common Stock
Purchase Warrant.
1. Exercise of Warrant.
1.1 Full Exercise. This Warrant may be
exercised at any time before its expiration in full by the
holder hereof by surrender of this Warrant, with the form of
subscription at the end hereof duly executed by such holder,
to the Company at its principal office, accompanied by
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payment, in cash or by certified or official bank check
payable to the order of the Company, in the amount obtained
by multiplying (x) the number of shares of Common Stock for
which this Warrant is then exercisable by (y) the Purchase
Price then in effect.
1.2 Partial Exercise. This Warrant may be
exercised at any time before its expiration in part (in lots
of 100 shares or, if this Warrant is then exercisable for a
lesser amount, in such lesser amount) by surrender of this
Warrant and payment of the Purchase Price then in effect in
the manner and at the place provided in subsection 1.1,
except that the amount payable by the holder on such partial
exercise shall be the amount obtained by multiplying (x) the
number of shares of Common Stock designated by the holder in
the subscription at the end hereof by (y) the Purchase Price
then in effect. On any such partial exercise the Company at
its expense will forthwith issue and deliver to or upon the
order of the holder hereof a new Warrant or Warrants of like
tenor, in the name of the holder hereof or as such holder
(upon payment by such holder of any applicable transfer
taxes) may request, calling in the aggregate on the face or
faces thereof for the number of shares of Common Stock for
which such Warrant or Warrants may still be exercised.
1.3 Company Acknowledgment. The Company
will, at the time of the exercise of this Warrant, upon the
request of the holder hereof acknowledge in writing its
continuing obligation to afford to such holder any rights to
which such holder shall continue to be entitled after such
exercise in accordance with the provisions of this Warrant.
If the holder shall fail to make any such request, such
failure shall not affect the continuing obligation of the
Company to afford to such holder any such rights.
1.4 Trustee for Warrant Holders. In the
event that a bank or trust company shall have been appointed
as trustee for the holders of the Warrants pursuant to
subsection 4.2, such bank or trust company shall have all
the powers and duties of a warrant agent appointed pursuant
to Section 13 and shall accept, in its own name for the
account of the Company or such successor person as may be
entitled thereto, all amounts otherwise payable to the
Company or such successor, as the case may be, on exercise
of this Warrant pursuant to this Section 1.
1.5 Net Issue Election/Cashless Exercise.
The holder may elect to receive, without the payment by the
holder of any additional consideration, shares equal to the
value of this Warrant or any portion hereof by the surrender
of this Warrant or such portion to the Company, with the
net issue election notice annexed hereto duly executed, at
the office of the Company. Thereupon, the Company shall
issue to the holder such number of fully paid and
nonassessable shares of Common Stock as is computed using
the following formula:
X = Y (A-B)
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A
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where
X = the number of shares to be issued to the
holder pursuant to this Section 1.5.
Y = the number of shares covered by this Warrant
in respect of which the net issue election is made
pursuant to this Section 1.5.
A = the fair market value of one share of Common
Stock, as determined in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 1.5.
B = the Purchase Price in effect under this
Warrant at the time the net issue election is made
pursuant to this Section 1.5.
For purposes of this Section 1.5, the "fair market value"
per share of the Company's Common Stock shall mean:
(1) If the Common Stock is traded on a national securities
exchange or admitted to unlisted trading privileges on such
an exchange, or is listed on the National Market (the
"National Market") of the National Association of Securities
Dealers Automated Quotations System (the "NASDAQ"), the fair
market value shall be the last reported sale price of the
Common Stock on such exchange or on the National Market on
the last business day before the effective date of exercise
of the net issue election or if no such sale is made on
such day, the mean of the closing bid and ask prices for
such day on such exchange or on the National Market;
(2) If the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted to
unlisted trading privileges, the fair market value shall be
the mean of the last bid and asked prices reported on the
last business day before the date of the election (1) by the
NASDAQ or (2) if reports are unavailable under clause (a)
above by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated; and
(3) If the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted to
unlisted trading privileges and bid and ask prices are not
reported, the fair market value shall be the price per share
which the Company could obtain from a willing buyer for
shares sold by the Company from authorized but unissued
shares, as such price shall be determined by mutual
agreement of the Company and the holder of this Warrant. If
the holder of this Warrant and the Company are unable to
agree on such fair market value, the holder of this Warrant
shall select a pool of three independent and nationally-
recognized investment banking firms from which the Company
shall select one such firm to appraise the fair market value
of the Warrant and to perform the computations involved.
The determination of such investment banking firm shall be
binding upon the Company, the holder of this Warrant and any
other holder of Warrants or Warrant Shares in connection
with any transaction occurring at the time of such
determination. All expenses of such investment banking firm
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shall be borne by the Company. In all cases, the
determination of fair market value shall be made without
consideration of the lack of a liquid public market for the
Common Stock and without consideration of any "control
premium" or any discount for holding less than a majority or
controlling interest of the outstanding Common Stock.
2. Delivery of Stock Certificates, etc. on Exercise. As
soon as practicable after the exercise of this Warrant in
full or in part, and in any event within ten (10) days
thereafter, the Company at its expense (including the
payment by it of any applicable issue taxes) will cause to
be issued in the name of and delivered to the holder hereof,
or as such holder (upon payment by such holder of any
applicable transfer taxes) may direct,
(a) a certificate or certificates for the number
of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock
(or Other Securities) to which such holder shall be
entitled on such exercise, plus, in lieu of any
fractional share to which such holder would otherwise
be entitled, cash equal to such fraction multiplied by
the then current market value of one full share,
together with any other stock or other securities and
property (including cash, where applicable) to which
such holder is entitled upon such exercise pursuant to
Section 1 or otherwise, and
(b) in case such exercise is in part only, a new
Warrant or Warrants of like tenor, as provided in
Section 1.2.
3. Adjustment for Dividends in Other Stock,
Property, etc.; Reclassification, etc. In case at any time
or from time to time, the holders of Common Stock (or Other
Securities) in their capacity as such shall have received,
or (on or after the record date fixed for the determination
of shareholders eligible to receive) shall have become
entitled to receive, without payment therefor,
(1) other or additional stock or other securities or
property (other than cash) by way of dividend, or
(2) any cash (excluding cash dividends payable solely out
of earnings or earned surplus of the Company), or
(a) other or additional stock or other securities
or property (including cash) by way of spin-off, split-up,
reclassification, recapitalization, combination of shares or
similar corporate rearrangement, other than additional
shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities) issued as a
stock dividend or in a stock-split (adjustments in respect
of which are provided for in Section 5),
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then, and in each such case, the holder of this Warrant, on
the exercise hereof as provided in Section 1, shall be
entitled to receive the amount of stock and other securities
and property (including cash in the cases referred to in
subdivisions (b) and (c) of this Section 3) which such
holder would hold on the date of such exercise if on the
date hereof he had been the holder of record of the number
of shares of Common Stock called for on the face of this
Warrant and had thereafter, during the period from the date
hereof to and including the date of such exercise, retained
such shares and all such other or additional stock and other
securities and property (including cash in the cases
referred to in subdivisions (b) and (c) of this Section 3)
receivable by him as aforesaid during such period, giving
effect to all adjustments called for during such period by
Sections 4 and 5.
4. Adjustment for Reorganization, Consolidation,
Merger, etc.
4.1 Reorganization, Consolidation, Merger, etc.
In case at any time or from time to time, the Company shall
(a) effect a capital reorganization or reclassification of
its capital stock, (b) consolidate with or merge into any
other person, or (c) transfer all or substantially all of
its properties or assets to any other corporation or other
business entity under any plan or arrangement contemplating
the dissolution of the Company, then, in each such case, the
holder of this Warrant, on the exercise hereof as provided
in Section 1 at any time after the consummation of such
reorganization, consolidation or merger or the effective
date of such dissolution, as the case may be, shall receive,
in lieu of the Common Stock (or Other Securities) issuable
on such exercise prior to such consummation or such
effective date, the stock and other securities and property
(including cash) to which such holder would have been
entitled upon such consummation or in connection with such
dissolution, as the case may be, if such holder had so
exercised this Warrant, immediately prior thereto, all
subject to further adjustment thereafter as provided in
Sections 3 and 5. The Company will not effect any such
consolidation, merger or sale unless, prior to the
consummation thereof, the successor corporation (if other
than the Company) resulting from such consolidation or
merger or the corporation purchasing such assets shall
assume by written instrument mailed or delivered to the
holder of this Warrant at the last address of such holder
appearing on the books of the Company (a) the obligation to
delivery to such holder such shares of stock, securities or
assets as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, such
holder may be entitled to purchase and (b) the obligations
of the Company under the Registration Rights Agreement.
2.2 Dissolution. In the event of any dissolution of the
Company following the transfer of all or substantially all
of its properties or assets, the Company, prior to such
dissolution, shall at its expense deliver or cause to be
delivered the stock and other securities and property
(including cash, where applicable) receivable by the holders
of the Warrants after the effective date of such dissolution
pursuant to this Section 4 to a bank or trust company having
its principal office in Manchester, New Hampshire or New
York, New York, as trustee for the holder or holders of the
Warrants.
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2.3 Continuation of Terms. Upon any reorganization,
consolidation, merger or transfer (and any dissolution
following any transfer) referred to in this Section 4, this
Warrant shall continue in full force and effect, subject to
expiration in accordance with Section 18 hereof, and the
terms hereof shall be applicable to the shares of stock and
other securities and property receivable on the exercise of
this Warrant after the consummation of such reorganization,
consolidation or merger or the effective date of dissolution
following any such transfer, as the case may be, and shall
be binding upon the issuer of any such stock or other
securities, including, in the case of any such transfer, the
person acquiring all or substantially all of the properties
or assets of the Company, whether or not such person shall
have expressly assumed the terms of this Warrant as provided
in Section 6.
5. Anti-Dilution Adjustments.
5.1 General. The Purchase Price shall be subject
to adjustment from time to time as hereinafter provided.
Upon each adjustment of the Purchase Price, the holder of
this Warrant shall hereafter be entitled to purchase, at the
Purchase Price resulting from such adjustment, the number of
shares obtained by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect
immediately prior to such adjustment by the number of shares
purchasable pursuant hereto immediately prior to such
adjustment and dividing the product thereof by the Purchase
Price resulting from such adjustment.
2.4 Issuance of Common Stock. If and whenever after the
date hereof the Company shall issue or sell any shares of
its Common Stock (except (i) upon exercise of one or more of
the Warrants, (ii) upon conversion of any of the Notes
issued pursuant to the Convertible Note Agreement; or (iii)
shares of Common Stock issued to employees, officers,
directors of the Company upon the exercise of options
granted under the Company's Employee Stock Option/Purchase
Plans (hereinafter defined) not to exceed in the aggregate
3,600,000 shares of Common Stock) without consideration or
for a consideration per share less than the greater of the
fair market value of the Common Stock and Purchase Price in
effect immediately prior to the time of such issue or sale,
or shall be deemed under the provisions of this Section 5 to
have effected any such issuance or sale, then, concurrently
with such issue or sale, the Purchase Price shall be reduced
to the price (calculated to the nearest $0.0001) obtained by
multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior
to the time of such issue or sale by a fraction
(a) the numerator of which shall be the sum of
(i) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately prior to such issue or sale multiplied by
the Purchase Price immediately prior to such issue or
sale plus (ii) the consideration received by the
Company upon such issue or sale, and
(b) the denominator of which shall be the product
of (i) the total number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such issue or sale,
multiplied by (ii) the Purchase Price immediately prior
to such issue or sale.
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As used herein, "Employee Stock Option/Purchase Plans"
consist of the Company's 1997 Equity Incentive Plan, 1995
Stock Option Plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Employee
Bonus Award Plan, and non qualified options granted to
certain Directors of the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no adjustment of
the Purchase Price shall be made in an amount less than
$0.0001 per share, but any such lesser adjustment shall be
carried forward and shall be made at the time of and
together with the next subsequent adjustment which together
with any adjustments so carried forward shall amount to
$0.0001 per share or more.
2.5 Option Grants. In the event that at any time, other
than the issuance of options pursuant to the Company's
Employee Stock Option Plan, the Company shall in any manner
grant (directly, by assumption in a merger or otherwise) any
rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any options for
the purchase of, Common Stock or any stock or securities
convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock (such
rights or options being herein called "Options" and such
convertible or exchangeable stock or securities being herein
called "Convertible Securities"), whether or not such
Options or the right to convert or exchange any such
Convertible Securities are immediately exercisable, and the
price per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon the
exercise of such Options or upon conversion or exchange of
such Convertible Securities (determined by dividing (i) the
total amount, if any, received or receivable by the Company
as consideration for the granting of such Options, plus the
minimum aggregate amount of additional consideration payable
to the Company upon the exercise of all such Options, plus,
in the case of any such Options which relate to Convertible
Securities, the minimum aggregate amount of additional
consideration, if any, payable upon the issue or sale of
such Convertible Securities and upon the conversion or
exchange thereof, by (ii) the total number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of such Options or
upon the conversion or exchange of all such Convertible
Securities issuable upon the exercise of such Options) shall
be less than the greater of (x) the fair market value of the
shares of Common Stock at the time of such issuance and (y)
the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to the time
of the granting of such Options, then the total number of
shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of such
Options or upon conversion or exchange of the total amount
of such Convertible Securities issuable upon the exercise of
such Options shall (as of the date of granting such Options)
be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued for such
price per share. Except as otherwise provided in subsection
5.5, no further adjustment of the Purchase Price shall be
made upon the actual issue of such Common Stock or of such
Convertible Securities upon exercise of such Options or upon
the actual issue of such Common Stock upon conversion or
exchange of such Convertible Securities.
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5.4 Convertible Security Grants. In the event
that the Company shall in any manner issue (directly, by
assumption in a merger or otherwise) or sell any Convertible
Securities (other than pursuant to the exercise of Options
to purchase such Convertible Securities covered by
subsection 5.3), whether or not the rights to exchange or
convert thereunder are immediately exercisable, and the
price per share for which Common Stock is issuable upon such
conversion or exchange (determined by dividing (i) the total
amount received or receivable by the Company as
consideration for the issue or sale of such Convertible
Securities, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional
consideration, if any, payable to the Company upon the
conversion or exchange thereof, by (ii) the total maximum
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the
conversion or exchange of all such Convertible Securities)
shall be less that the greater of (x) the fair market value
of the shares of Common Stock at the time of such issuance
and (y) the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to
the time of such issue or sale, then the total maximum
number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion or
exchange of all such Convertible Securities shall (as of the
date of the issue or sale of such Convertible Securities) be
deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued for such
price per share. Except as otherwise provided in subsection
5.5, no further adjustment of the Purchase Price shall be
made upon the actual issue of such Common Stock upon
conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities.
5.5 Effect of Alteration to Option or Convertible
Security Terms. In connection with any change in, or the
expiration or termination of, the purchase rights under any
Option or the conversion or exchange rights under any
Convertible Securities, the following provisions shall
apply:
(1) If the purchase price provided for in any Option
referred to in subsection 5.3, the additional consideration,
if any, payable upon the conversion or exchange of any
Convertible Securities referred to in subsection 5.3 or 5.4,
or the rate at which any Convertible Securities referred to
in subsection 5.3 or 5.4 are convertible into or
exchangeable for Common Stock shall change at any time
(other than under or by reason of provisions designed to
protect against dilution), then the Purchase Price in effect
at the time of such change shall concurrently be increased
or decreased to the Purchase Price which would be in effect
immediately after such change if (i) the adjustments which
were made upon the issuance of such Options or Convertible
Securities had been made upon the basis of (and taking into
account the total consideration received for) (A) the
issuance at that time of the Common Stock, if any, delivered
upon the exercise of any such Options or upon the conversion
or exchange of any such Convertible Securities before such
change, and (B) the issuance at that time of all such
Options or Convertible Securities, with terms and provisions
reflecting such change, which are still outstanding after
such change, and (ii) the Purchase Price as adjusted
pursuant to clause (i) preceding had been used as the basis
for the adjustments required hereunder in connection with
all other issues or sales of Common Stock, Options or
Convertible Securities by the Company subsequent to the
issuance of such Options or Convertible Securities.
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(2) On the partial or complete expiration of any Options or
termination of any right to convert or exchange Convertible
Securities, the Purchase Price then in effect hereunder
shall concurrently be increased or decreased to the Purchase
Price which would be in effect at the time of such
expiration or termination if (i) the adjustments which were
made upon the issuance of such Options or Convertible
Securities had been made upon the basis of (and taking into
account the total consideration received for) (A) the
issuance at that time of the Common Stock, if any, delivered
upon the exercise of such Options or upon the conversion or
exchange of such Convertible Securities before such
expiration or termination, and (B) the issuance at that time
of only those such Options or Convertible Securities which
remain outstanding after such expiration or termination, and
(ii) the Purchase Price as adjusted pursuant to clause (i)
preceding had been used as the basis for adjustments
required hereunder in connection with all other issues or
sales of Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities by
the Company subsequent to the issuance of such Options or
Convertible Securities.
(3) If the purchase price provided for in any Option
referred to in subsection 5.3 or the rate at which any
Convertible Securities referred to in subsection 5.3 or 5.4
are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock shall
be reduced at any time under or by reason of provisions with
respect thereto designed to protect against dilution, and
the event causing such reduction is one that did not also
require an adjustment in the Purchase Price under other
provisions of this Section 5, then in case of the delivery
of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of any such
Option or upon conversion or exchange of any such
Convertible Securities, the Purchase Price then in effect
hereunder shall concurrently be adjusted to such amount as
would have obtained if such Option or Convertible Securities
had never been issued and if the adjustments made upon the
issuance of such Option or Convertible Securities had been
made upon the basis of the issuance of (and taking into
account the total consideration received for) the shares of
Common Stock delivered as aforesaid (provided that the
Purchase Price used in such determination shall be the
Purchase Price on the date of issue of such shares);
provided that no such adjustment shall be made unless the
Purchase Price then in effect would be reduced thereby.
(4) No readjustment provision pursuant to paragraphs (a) or
(b) above shall have the effect of increasing the Purchase
Price by an amount in excess of the adjustment originally
made thereto in respect of the issue, sale or grant of such
Options or Convertible Securities.
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2.6 Dividends of Common Stock, Options or Convertible
Securities. In the event that the Company shall declare a
dividend or make any other distribution upon any stock of
the Company payable in Common Stock, Options or Convertible
Securities, any Common Stock, Options or Convertible
Securities, as the case may be, issuable in payment of such
dividend or distribution shall be deemed to have been issued
or sold without consideration.
2.7 Dilution in Case of Other Securities. In case any
Other Securities shall be issued or sold by the Company, or
shall become subject to issue upon the conversion or
exchange of any stock (or Other Securities) of the Company
(or any other issuer of Other Securities or any other
person referred to in Section 4) or to subscription,
purchase or other acquisition pursuant to any rights or
options granted by the Company (or such other issuer or
person), for a consideration per share such as to dilute the
purchase rights evidenced by this Warrant, the computations,
adjustments and readjustments provided for in this Section 5
with respect to the Purchase Price and the number of shares
of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall
be made as nearly as possible in the manner so provided and
applied to determine the amount of Other Securities from
time to time receivable on the exercise of the Warrants, so
as to protect the holders of the Warrants against the effect
of such dilution.
2.8 Stock Splits and Reverse Splits. In the event that the
Company shall at any time subdivide its outstanding shares
of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the
Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such
subdivision shall be proportionately reduced and the number
of Warrant Shares purchasable pursuant to this Warrant
immediately prior to such subdivision shall be
proportionately increased, and conversely, in the event
that the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company
shall at any time be combined into a smaller number of
shares, the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to
such combination shall be proportionately increased and the
number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon the exercise of
this Warrant immediately prior to such combination shall be
proportionately reduced. Except as provided in this
subsection 5.8, no adjustment in the Purchase Price and no
change in the number of Warrant Shares purchasable shall be
made under this Section 5 as a result of or by reason of any
such subdivision or combination.
2.9 Other Dilutive Events. In case any event shall occur
as to which the provisions of this Section 5 are not
strictly applicable but the failure to make any adjustment
would not fairly protect the purchase rights represented by
the Warrants in accordance with the essential intent and
principal of this Section, then, in each such case, the
Company shall appoint a firm of independent public
accountants of recognized national standing (which may be
the regular auditors of the Company), which shall give their
opinion upon the adjustment, if any, on a basis consistent
with the essential intent and principles established in this
Section 5, necessary to preserve, without dilution, the
purchase rights represented by the Warrants. Upon receipt
of such opinion, the Company will promptly mail a copy
thereof to the holder of the Warrants and shall make the
adjustments to the Warrants described in such opinion.
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2.10 Determination of Consideration Received. For purposes
of this Section 5, the amount of consideration received by
the Company in connection with the issuance or sale of
Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities shall be
determined in accordance with the following:
(1) In the event that shares of Common Stock, Options or
Convertible Securities shall be issued or sold for cash, the
consideration received therefor shall be deemed to be the
amount payable to the Company therefor, without deduction
therefrom of any expenses incurred or any underwriting
commissions or concessions or discounts paid or allowed by
the Company in connection therewith.
(2) In the event that any shares of Common Stock, Options
or Convertible Securities shall be issued or sold for a
consideration other than cash, the amount of the
consideration other than cash payable to the Company shall
be deemed to be the fair value of such consideration as
reasonably determined by the Board of Directors of the
Company, without deduction of any expenses incurred or any
underwriting commissions or concessions or discounts paid or
allowed by the Company in connection therewith.
(3) In the event that any shares of Common Stock, Options
or Convertible Securities shall be issued in connection with
any merger in which the Company is the surviving
corporation, the amount of consideration therefor shall be
deemed to be the fair value as reasonably determined by the
Board of Directors of the Company of such portion of the
assets and business of the non-surviving corporation as such
Board shall determine to be attributable to such Common
Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, as the case may
be.
(4) In the event that any Common Stock, Options and/or
Convertible Securities shall be issued in connection with
the issue and sale of other securities or property of the
Company, together comprising one integral transaction in
which no specific consideration is allocated to such Common
Stock, Options or Convertible Securities by the parties
thereto, such Common Stock, Options and/or Convertible
Securities shall be deemed to have been issued without
consideration.
2.11 Record Date as Date of Issue or Sale. In the event
that at any time the Company shall take a record of the
holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling
them (i) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable
in Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, or (ii)
to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock, Options or
Convertible Securities, then such record date shall be
deemed to be the date of the issue or sale of the shares of
Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the
declaration of such dividend or the making of such other
distribution or the date of the granting of such right of
subscription or purchase, as the case may be.
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2.12 Treasury Stock. The number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned
or held by or for the account of the Company, and the
disposition of any such shares (other than their
cancellation without reissuance) shall be considered an
issue or sale of Common Stock for the purposes of this
Section 5.
1.1
3. No Dilution or Impairment. The Company will not, by
amendment of its Articles of Incorporation or through any
reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger,
dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other
voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or
performance of any of the terms of the Warrants, but will
at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all
such terms and in the taking of all such action as may be
necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of
the holders of the Warrants against dilution or other
impairment. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company (a) will not increase the par value
or stated value of any shares of stock receivable on the
exercise of the Warrants above the amount payable therefor
on such exercise, (b) will take all such action as may be
necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may
validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable
shares of stock on the exercise of all Warrants from time
to time outstanding, (c) will not issue any capital stock of
any class which is preferred as to dividends or as to the
distribution of assets upon voluntary or involuntary
dissolution, liquidation or winding up, unless the rights
of the holders thereof shall be limited to a fixed sum or
percentage of par value in respect of participation in
dividends and in any such distribution of assets or such
stock shall be non voting and not be convertible into
shares of Common Stock or other voting stock, and (d) will
not transfer all or substantially all of its properties and
assets to any other person (corporate or otherwise), or
consolidate with or merge into any other person or permit
any such person to consolidate with or merge into the
Company (if the Company is not the surviving person), unless
such other person shall expressly assume in writing and
become bound by all the terms of the Warrants.
4. Accountants' Certificate as to Adjustments. In each
case of any adjustment or readjustment in the shares of
Common Stock (or Other Securities) issuable on the exercise
of the Warrants, the Company's chief financial officer will
compute, or if requested by the holders of Warrants to
purchase over 50% of the shares of Common Stock which may be
purchased upon exercise of the Warrants the Company at its
expense will promptly cause independent certified public
accountants of recognized standing selected by the Company
at its expense to compute, such adjustment or readjustment
in accordance with the terms of the Warrants and prepare a
certificate setting forth such adjustment or readjustment
and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment
or readjustment is based, including a statement of (a) the
consideration received or receivable by the Company for any
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additional shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities)
issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold, (b)
the number of shares of Common Stock (or Other Securities)
outstanding or deemed to be outstanding, and (c) the
Purchase Price and the number of shares of Common Stock to
be received upon exercise of this Warrant, in effect
immediately prior to such issue or sale and as adjusted and
readjusted as provided in this Warrant. The Company will
forthwith mail a copy of each such certificate to each
holder of a Warrant, and will, on the written request at any
time of any holder of a Warrant (such request shall not be
made more than once in any Fiscal Quarter), furnish to such
holder a like certificate setting forth the Purchase Price
at the time in effect and showing how it was calculated.
5. Notices of Record Date, etc. In the event of
(1) any taking by the Company of a record of the holders of
any class of securities for the purpose of determining the
holders thereof who are entitled to receive any dividend or
other distribution, or any right to subscribe for, purchase
or otherwise acquire any shares of stock of any class or any
other securities or property, or to receive any other right
or any declaration of a cash dividend on the Common Stock,
or
(2) any capital reorganization of the Company, any
reclassification or recapitalization of the capital stock of
the Company or any transfer of all or substantially all the
assets of the Company to or consolidation or merger of the
Company with or into any other person, or
(3) any voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation
or winding-up of the Company, or
(4) any proposed issue or grant by the Company of any
shares of stock of any class or any other securities, or any
right or option to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise
acquire any shares of stock of any class or any other
securities (other than the issue of Common Stock on the
exercise of the Warrants),
then and in each such event the Company will mail or cause
to be mailed to each holder of a Warrant a notice specifying
(i) the date on which any such record is to be taken for the
purpose of such dividend, distribution or right, and stating
the amount and character of such dividend, distribution or
right, (ii) the date on which any such reorganization,
reclassification, recapitalization, transfer, consolidation,
merger, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is to take
place, and the time, if any is to be fixed, as of which the
holders of record of Common Stock (or Other Securities)
shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock
(or Other Securities) for securities or other property
deliverable on such reorganization, reclassification,
recapitalization, transfer, consolidation, merger,
dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, and (iii) the amount
and character of any stock or other securities, or rights or
options with respect thereto, proposed to be issued or
granted, the date of such proposed issue or grant and the
persons or class of persons to whom such proposed issue or
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grant is to be offered or made. Such notice shall be mailed
at least twenty (20) days prior to the date specified in
such notice on which any such action is to be taken, except
with respect to the grant of options under the Company's
Employee Stock Option/Purchase Plans in which case such
notice shall be given not later than the date of grant.
6. Reservation of Stock, etc. Issuable on Exercise of
Warrants. The Company will at all times reserve and keep
available, solely for issuance and delivery on the exercise
of the Warrants, all shares of Common Stock (or Other
Securities) from time to time issuable on the exercise of
the Warrants.
7. Registration of Common Stock. If any shares of Common
Stock required to be reserved for purposes of exercise of
the Warrants require registration with or approval of any
governmental authority under any federal or state law (other
than the Securities Act) before such shares may be issued
upon exercise of the Warrants, the Company will, at its
expense and as expeditiously as possible, use its best
efforts to cause such shares to be duly registered or
approved, as the case may be. The shares of Common Stock
issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall constitute
Registrable Securities (as such term is defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement). The holder of this Warrant
shall be entitled to all the benefits afforded to a holder
of any such Registrable Securities under the Registration
Rights Agreement and such holder, by acceptance of this
Warrant, agrees to be bound by and comply with the terms and
conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement applicable
to such holder as a holder of such Registrable Securities.
8. Representations and Warranties of the Company. This
Warrant is issued and delivered by the Company on the basis
of the following:
(1) Authorization and Delivery. This Warrant has been duly
authorized and executed by the Company and constitutes the
valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms;
(2) Warrant Shares. The shares of Common Stock to be
issued pursuant to this Warrant have been duly authorized
and reserved for issuance by the Company and, when issued
and paid for in accordance with the terms hereof, will be
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable;
(3) Rights and Privileges. The rights, preferences,
privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon such
shares of Common Stock and the holders thereof are as set
forth herein and in the Company's Articles of Incorporation.
(4) No Inconsistency. The execution and delivery of this
Warrant are not, and the issuance of the shares of Common
Stock upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the
terms hereof will not be, inconsistent with the Company's
Articles of Incorporation or by-laws, do not and will not
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contravene any law, governmental rule or regulation,
judgment or order applicable to the Company, and do not and
will not contravene any provision of, or constitute a
default under, any indenture, mortgage, contract or other
instrument of which the Company is a party or by which it is
bound or require the consent or approval of, the giving of
notice to, the registration with the taking of any action in
respect of or by, any federal, state or local government
authority or agency or other person.
9. Exchange of Warrants. On surrender for exchange of any
Warrant, properly endorsed, to the Company, the Company at
its expense will issue and deliver to or on the order of the
holder thereof a new Warrant or Warrants of like tenor, in
the name of such holder or as such holder (on payment by
such holder of any applicable transfer taxes) may direct,
calling in the aggregate on the face or faces thereof for
the number of shares of Common Stock called for on the face
or faces of the Warrant or Warrants so surrendered.
10. Replacement of Warrants. On receipt of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft,
destruction or mutilation of any Warrant and, in the case of
any such loss, theft or destruction of any Warrant, on
delivery of an indemnity agreement or security reasonably
satisfactory in form and amount to the Company or, in the
case of any such mutilation, on surrender and cancellation
of such Warrant, the Company at its expense will execute and
deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.
11. Warrant Agent. The Company may, by written notice to
each holder of a Warrant, appoint an agent having an office
in New York, New York for the purpose of issuing Common
Stock (or Other Securities) on the exercise of the Warrants
pursuant to Section 1, exchanging Warrants pursuant to
Section 11, and replacing Warrants pursuant to Section 12,
or any of the foregoing, and thereafter any such issuance,
exchange or replacement, as the case may be, shall be made
at such office by such agent.
12. Remedies. The Company stipulates that the remedies at
law of the holder of this Warrant in the event of any
default or threatened default by the Company in the
performance of or compliance with any of the terms of this
Warrant are not and will not be adequate, and that such
terms may be specifically enforced by a decree for the
specific performance of any agreement contained herein or by
an injunction against a violation of any of the terms hereof
or otherwise.
13. Negotiability, etc. This Warrant is issued upon the
following terms, to all of which each holder or owner hereof
by the taking hereof consents and agrees:
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(1) title to this Warrant may be transferred by endorsement
(by the holder hereof executing the form of assignment at
the end hereof) and delivery in the same manner as in the
case of a negotiable instrument transferable by endorsement
and delivery; and
(2) any person in possession of this Warrant properly
endorsed for transfer to such person (including endorsed in
blank) is authorized to represent himself as absolute owner
hereof and is empowered to transfer absolute title hereto by
endorsement and delivery hereof to a bona fide purchaser
hereof for value; each prior taker or owner waives and
renounces all of his equities or rights in this Warrant in
favor of each such bona fide purchaser, and each such bona
fide purchaser shall acquire absolute title hereto and to
all rights represented hereby. Nothing in this paragraph
(b) shall create any liability on the part of the Company
beyond any liability or responsibility it has under law.
14. Notices, etc. All notices and other communications
from the Company to the holder of this Warrant shall be
mailed by first class registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid, at such address as may have been furnished to the
Company in writing by such holder or, until any such holder
furnishes to the Company an address, then to, and at the
address of, the last holder of this Warrant who has so
furnished an address to the Company.
15. Amendments. This Warrant and any term hereof may be
changed, waived, discharged or terminated only by an
instrument in writing signed by the party against which
enforcement of such change, waiver, discharge or termination
is sought
16. Governing Law. THIS WARRANT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS
OF LAWS.
17. THE COMPANY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS TO
THE JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR
ANY FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK FOR
PURPOSES OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING ARISING OUT
OF THIS WARRANT. THE COMPANY HEREBY WAIVES ANY TRIAL BY
JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR
OTHERWISE) AND IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS WARRANT AND THE RELATIONSHIP
ESTABLISHED HEREUNDER.
18. Miscellaneous. The headings in this Warrant are for
purposes of reference only, and shall not limit or otherwise
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affect any of the terms hereof. The invalidity or
unenforceability of any provision hereof shall in no way
affect the validity or enforceability of any other
provision.
19. Expiration. The right to exercise this Warrant shall
expire at 5:00 p.m., New York time, on _________* footnote 2.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Warrant shall
automatically be deemed to be exercised in full pursuant to
the provisions of Section 1.5 hereof, without any further
action on behalf of the holder, immediately prior to the
time this Warrant would otherwise expire pursuant to the
preceding sentence.
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]
*footnote 2 - Five years from the date of issuance
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this
Warrant under seal as of the date first written above.
WPI GROUP, INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
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FORM OF SUBSCRIPTION
(To be signed only on exercise of Warrant)
WPI GROUP, INC.
The undersigned, the holder of the within Warrant,
hereby irrevocably elects to exercise this Warrant for, and
to purchase thereunder, ________ shares of Common Stock of
WPI GROUP, INC. and herewith makes payment of $______
therefor, and requests that the certificates for such shares
be issued in the name of, and delivered to __________,
federal taxpayer identification number _______, whose
address is _____________.
Dated:
(Signature must conform toname of holder as
specified on the face of the Warrant)
________________________
________________________ (Address)
Signed in the presence of:
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FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
(To be signed only on transfer of Warrant)
For value received, the undersigned hereby sells,
assigns, and transfers unto _________, federal taxpayer
identification number _________, whose address is
___________, the right represented by the within Warrant to
purchase __________ shares of Common Stock of WPI GROUP,
INC. to which the within Warrant relates, and appoints
____________ Attorney to transfer such right on the books of
WPI GROUP, INC. with full power of substitution in the
premises.
Dated:
(Signature must conform to name of holder as specified
on the face of the Warrant)
(Address)
Signed in the presence of:
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FORM OF NET ELECTION NOTICE
(To be signed only on exercise of Warrant)
WPI GROUP, INC.
The undersigned, the holder of the within Warrant,
hereby irrevocably elects to exercise this Warrant for the
________ shares of Common Stock of WPI GROUP, INC. without
payment by the undersigned of any additional consideration,
and requests that certificates for a number of shares of
Common Stock calculated in accordance with Section 1.5 of
the Warrant be issued in the name of, and delivered to
__________, federal taxpayer identification number _______,
whose address is _____________.
Dated:
(Signature must conform toname of holder as
specified on the face of the Warrant)
________________________
________________________ (Address)
Signed in the presence of:
_______________________________
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