FIELDWORKS INC
8-K, EX-10.2, 2000-08-17
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EXHIBIT 10.2

                          KONTRON EMBEDDED COMPUTERS AG
                           Oskar-von-Miller Strasse 1
                              85386 Eching, Germany

                                 August 16, 2000


Industrial-Works Holding Co., LLC
19200 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 400
Irvine, CA 92612

Gentlemen:

         Re: Amendment to Option to Purchase Bearer Shares of Kontron

This letter confirms our agreement with respect to the amendment of the Option
to Purchase dated as of June 29, 2000 (the "Second Option"), issued by Kontron
Embedded Computers AG (the "Company") in favor of Industrial-Works Holding Co.,
LLC ("Holder"). Terms used but not defined herein are used as defined in the
Second Option.

         1.       Title of Second Option. The title of the Second Option is
                  hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

                               OPTION TO PURCHASE
                              62,000 BEARER SHARES
                                WITHOUT PAR VALUE

         2.       Increase in Number of Kontron Shares and FieldWorks Shares.
                  The first preliminary paragraph of the Second Option is hereby
                  amended in its entirety to read as follows:

                  This Option is issued for value received, in consideration of
                  the execution and delivery of that certain Purchase and Option
                  Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2000 (the "FWRX Agreement") by
                  and among, Fieldworks, Incorporated, a Minnesota corporation
                  ("Fieldworks"), FWRKS Acquisition Corp., a wholly owned
                  subsidiary of Kontron Embedded Computers AG, the issuer of
                  this Option, Industrial-Works Holding Co., LLC, a Delaware
                  limited liability company ("Purchaser"). Purchaser for such
                  consideration and its successors or permitted assigns
                  ("Holder"), is entitled to purchase from Kontron Embedded
                  Computers AG, a German corporation (the "Company"), 62,000
                  fully paid and nonassessable no par bearer shares of the
                  Company (the "Kontron Shares"; the "Company Stock"), in
                  exchange for a number of shares of Series B Convertible
                  Preferred Stock of Fieldworks and Series C Convertible
                  Preferred Stock of Fieldworks held by the Purchaser, which
                  preferred shares are convertible into an aggregate of
                  3,400,000 shares of common stock of Fieldworks (collectively,
                  the "Fieldworks Shares"; the "Exercise Price").
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         3.       Partial Exercise; Extension Expiration Date. The second
                  preliminary paragraph of the Second Option is hereby amended
                  in its entirety to read as follows: This Option may be
                  exercised with respect to 42,000 Kontron Shares after October
                  1, 2000 and prior to the Closing Date (the "First Exercise"),
                  and with respect to the remaining 20,000 Kontron Shares on the
                  Closing Date (the "Second Exercise"). The Exercise Price shall
                  be allocated between the First Exercise and the Second
                  Exercise in a manner consistent with the allocation of Kontron
                  Shares between the First Exercise and the Second Exercise. If
                  the transactions contemplated by the FWRX Agreement fail to
                  close on or before February 15, 2001, or if this Option is not
                  exercised on or prior to the Closing Date of such transactions
                  (as defined in the FWRX Agreement)(the "Closing Date"), this
                  Option shall expire and shall become null and void.

         4.       Notice of Exercise. Section 1 of the Second Option is hereby
                  amended in its entirety to read as follows: If the Holder
                  elects to exercise its rights under this Option, the Holder
                  shall provide notice to the Company after October 1, 2000 and
                  on or prior to the Closing Date of its irrevocable intent to
                  exercise this Option in accordance with the procedures
                  described below (the "Notice"), which Notice shall state
                  whether it refers to the First Exercise or the Second
                  Exercise. Once given, the Notice shall be irrevocable, and,
                  subject to Section 9, shall create a binding obligation upon
                  the Holder to transfer the Fieldworks Shares specified in the
                  Notice to the Company, and upon the Company to issue the
                  Kontron Shares to the Holder in exchange for such Fieldworks
                  Shares. Upon giving Notice to the Company, the Holder may not
                  take any action to transfer, pledge, or otherwise encumber or
                  dispose of, the Fieldworks Shares subject to the notice except
                  in connection with this Option, unless the transactions
                  contemplated hereby fail to close.

         5.       Exercise. Section 2 of the Second Option is hereby amended in
                  its entirety to read as follows: Following delivery of a
                  Notice, the rights represented by this Option and such Notice
                  shall be exercised by the Holder, for the number of the
                  Kontron Shares specified therein, by delivery to the Company
                  (or its designated representative) on the date of exercise
                  with respect to the First Exercise, and on the Closing Date
                  with respect to the Second Exercise, of payment to the Company
                  in the form of one or more stock certificates representing the
                  Fieldworks Shares, with stock powers properly endorsed and
                  signatures guaranteed, in full payment of the Exercise Price
                  for the Kontron Shares. The Kontron Shares shall be deemed to
                  be issued as of the close of business on the date of exercise
                  with respect to the First Exercise, and on the Closing Date
                  with respect to the Second Exercise. Certificates for the
                  Kontron Shares shall be delivered to Holder on the later of
                  the date such Kontron Shares are deemed to be issued and the
                  time Holder delivers the certificates representing the
                  Exercise Price. If not delivered within such time, such
                  certificates shall at Holder's option be replaced by cash
                  having a value equal to the greatest value of the Kontron
                  Shares in the period from date such Kontron Shares are deemed
                  to be issued to the date three days after the Closing Date or,
                  if later, February 28, 2001 (the "Cash Value"). Holder may, in
                  lieu thereof, require specific performance of Kontron's
                  obligation to deliver the Kontron Shares; and Holder, in its
                  sole discretion,

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                  may require that Kontron deliver a bank guarantee from a major
                  institutional bank satisfactory to Holder that guarantees
                  Holder that it will receive the Cash Value on March 1, 2001,
                  if Kontron has not delivered the certificates for the Kontron
                  Shares on or before February 28, 2001.

         6.       Conditions to Closing. Section 9 of the Second Option is
                  hereby amended to confirm that the closing of the transactions
                  contemplated by the First Exercise of the Option is not
                  subject to the conditions specified therein, but that the
                  closing of the transaction contemplated by the Second Exercise
                  of the Option is subject to the conditions specified therein.

         7.       Termination. Section 13 of the Second Option is hereby amended
                  to extend the November 15, 2000 dates therein to February 15,
                  2001.

         8.       Entire Agreement. This letter agreement supplements the
                  existing Second Option, which shall continue to remain in full
                  force and effect except as amended hereby.

         9.       Binding Effect. Upon execution of this letter agreement by
                  each of the parties hereto, this letter shall constitute and
                  create, and shall be deemed to constitute and create, legally
                  binding and enforceable obligations on the part of each party
                  to this letter.

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If the foregoing terms and conditions are acceptable to you, please so indicate
by signing and returning this letter.

                                        Very truly yours,

                                        KONTRON EMBEDDED COMPUTERS AG


                                        By: /s/ Hannes Niederauser
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                                            Hannes Niederhauser
                                            President and Member of
                                            Management Board



                                        By: /s/ Rudi Wieczorek
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                                            Rudi Wieczorek
                                            Chief Technical Officer and
                                            Member of Management Board

AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED:

INDUSTRIAL-WORKS HOLDING CO., LLC


By: /s/ Michael E. Johnson
    --------------------------------
    Michael E. Johnson
    Authorized Signatory

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