EXHIBIT (2)
NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of January 31, 1997, by and between
TOTAL WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation, with headquarters
located at 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 (the
"Company"), and GFL ADVANTAGE FUND LIMITED, a British Virgin Islands
corporation, with administrative offices located at x/x XXXXX, Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx 0,
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx Antilles, (the "Buyer").
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, the Company and the Buyer are executing and delivering this
Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded
by Rule 506 under Regulation D ("Regulation D") as promulgated by the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"); and
WHEREAS, the Buyer wishes to purchase, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions of this Agreement, two convertible notes of the Company which will be
convertible into shares of Common Stock, $.00001 par value (the "Common Stock"),
of the Company upon the terms and subject to the conditions of such notes;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1. AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE; PURCHASE PRICE.
(a) PURCHASE. The undersigned hereby agrees to purchase from the Company
two convertible promissory notes of the Company in the principal amounts set
forth on the signature page of this Agreement having the terms and conditions
and in the forms attached hereto as Annex I and Annex II (the "Notes") at the
prices set forth on the signature page of this Agreement. The purchase price for
the Notes shall be payable (1) in the case of the Note in the principal amount
of $10,752,223 (plus accrued interest from February 4, 1997 on the Outstanding
Note (as defined herein)) (the "Reinvestment Note"), from the proceeds of
redemption by the Company of the Convertible Note, dated December 9, 1996, in
the principal amount of $8,000,000 (the "Outstanding Note") issued by the
Company to the Buyer and (2) in the case of the Note in the principal amount of
$2,000,000 (the "$2 Million Note"), in United States Dollars. Because the
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proceeds of redemption of the Outstanding Note will be used to purchase the
Reinvestment Note, the parties agree that such purchase shall occur
simultaneously with such redemption and no funds need change hands between the
parties.
(b) FORM OF PAYMENT. The Buyer shall deposit the purchase price for the $2
Million Note by delivering good funds in United States Dollars to the escrow
agent (the "Escrow Agent") identified in the Joint Escrow Instructions attached
hereto as Annex III (the "Joint Escrow Instructions"). Promptly following
deposit by the Buyer of the purchase price of the Note with the Escrow Agent,
the Company shall deliver the Notes, duly executed on behalf of the Company, to
the Escrow Agent. By signing this Agreement, the Buyer and the Company each
agrees to all of the terms and conditions of, and becomes a party to, the Joint
Escrow Instructions, all of the provisions of which are incorporated herein by
this reference as if set forth herein in full.
(c) METHOD OF PAYMENT. Deposit of the purchase price for the Note by the
Buyer with the Escrow Agent shall be made by wire transfer of funds to:
Citibank, N.A.
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
ABA #000000000
For Further Credit to A/C #37179446
for credit to the account of Xxxxx X. Xxxxx Attorney
Escrow Account
Reference: Advantage/TWTI
Not later than the date which is three New York Stock Exchange trading days
after the Company and the Buyer shall have executed and delivered, one to the
other, this Agreement, the Buyer shall deposit with the Escrow Agent the
Outstanding Note and the aggregate purchase price for the $2 Million Note.
2. BUYER REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, ETC.
The Buyer represents and warrants to, and covenants and agrees with, the
Company as follows:
(a) PURCHASE FOR INVESTMENT. The Buyer is purchasing the Notes for its own
account for investment only and not with a view towards the public sale or
distribution thereof;
(b) ACCREDITED INVESTOR. The Buyer is an "accredited investor" as that
term is defined in Rule 501 of the General Rules and Regulations under the 1933
Act by reason of Rule 501(a)(3);
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(c) REOFFERS AND RESALES. All subsequent offers and sales of the Notes and
the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of, or in lieu of payment of
interest on, the Notes (the "Shares" and, together with the Notes, the
"Securities") by the Buyer shall be made pursuant to registration of the Shares
under the 1933 Act or pursuant to an exemption from registration;
(d) COMPANY RELIANCE. The Buyer understands that the Notes are being
offered and sold, and the Shares are being offered, to it in reliance on the
exemption from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act provided by
Regulation D and exemptions from state securities laws, including exemptions
available by reason of satisfying the requirements of Regulation D, and that the
Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Buyer's compliance
with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and
understandings of the Buyer set forth herein in order to determine the
availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Buyer to acquire the
Notes and to receive an offer of the Shares;
(e) INFORMATION PROVIDED. The Buyer and its advisors, if any, have been
furnished with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations
of the Company and materials relating to the offer and sale of the Notes and the
offer of the Shares which have been requested by the Buyer; the Buyer and its
advisors, if any, have been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of the
Company and have received complete and satisfactory answers to any such
inquiries. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Buyer has had
the opportunity to obtain and to review the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-KSB for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1996 (the "1996 Form 10-KSB" or
the "SEC Reports"); and the Buyer understands that its investment in the
Securities involves a high degree of risk;
(f) ABSENCE OF APPROVALS. The Buyer understands that no United States
federal or state agency or any other government or governmental agency has
passed on or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities; and
(g) NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT. This Agreement has been duly and validly
authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Buyer and is a valid and
binding agreement of the Buyer enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject
as to enforceability to general principles of equity and to bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally.
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3. COMPANY REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, ETC.
The Company represents and warrants to, and covenants and agrees with, the
Buyer that:
(a) ORGANIZATION AND AUTHORITY. The Company is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, and has all requisite corporate power and authority to (i) own, lease
and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted,
and (ii) to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement,
the Registration Rights Agreement, the form of which is attached hereto as Annex
IV (the "Registration Rights Agreement"), the Notes and the other agreements to
be executed and delivered by the Company in connection herewith, and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company is duly qualified
to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in all
jurisdictions wherein such qualification is necessary and where failure so to
qualify could have a material adverse effect on the business, properties,
operations, condition (financial or other), results of operations or prospects
of the Company.
(b) CAPITALIZATION. The authorized capital stock of the Company currently
consists of (a) 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $.00001 par value, of which
6,732,027 shares were outstanding as of January 31, 1997, all of which are fully
paid and nonassessable, and on the Closing Date (as defined herein) there will
be no material increase from January 31, 1997 in the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding; and (b) 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $.00001 par
value, of which 73,000 shares have been designated Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock, of which 73,000 shares were outstanding as of January 31, 1997,
1,300,000 shares of Series K Convertible Preferred Stock, of which 25,000 were
outstanding as of January 31, 1997, 150,000 shares of Series L Convertible
Preferred Stock, of which 19,700 shares were outstanding as of January 31, 1997,
231,000 shares of Series N Convertible Preferred Stock, of which 178,500 shares
were outstanding as of January 31, 1997, 35,000 shares have been designated
Series O Convertible Preferred Stock, of which 35,000 shares were outstanding as
of January 31 1997, 200,000 shares have been designated Series T Convertible
Preferred Stock, of which 65,000 shares were outstanding as of January 31 1997,
150,000 shares have been designated Series U Convertible Preferred Stock, of
which 56,200 shares were outstanding as of January 31 1997, 100,000 shares of
Series V Convertible Preferred Stock, none of which were outstanding as of
January 31 1997, 200,000 shares of Series W Convertible Preferred Stock, of
which 46,250 were outstanding as of January 31, 1997, 150,000 shares of Series X
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Convertible Preferred Stock, of which 11,250 shares were outstanding as of
January 31, 1997, and 30,000 shares have been designated Series Y Convertible
Preferred Stock, of which 30,000 shares were outstanding as of January 31, 1997.
Set forth on Exhibit 1 attached hereto is a complete and correct capitalization
table of the Company setting forth the capitalization of the Company aa of
January 31, 1997. Set forth on Exhibit 2 attached hereto is a correct and
accurate schedule of Preferred Stock as of January 31, 1997. As of January 31,
1997, the Company had outstanding options, warrants and other rights to purchase
2,315,000 shares of Common Stock. The Company does not have outstanding any
material amount of securities (or obligations to issue any such securities)
convertible into, exchangeable for or otherwise entitling the holders thereof to
acquire shares of Common Stock, except as disclosed in the SEC Reports. The
outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued
and are fully paid and nonassessable and all of such options, warrants and other
rights have been duly authorized by the Company. None of the holders of such
outstanding shares of Common Stock is subject to personal liability solely by
reason of being such a holder. None of the outstanding shares of Common Stock
and options, warrants and other rights to acquire Common Stock has been issued
in violation of the preemptive rights of any security holder of the Company. The
offers and sales of the outstanding shares of Common Stock and options, warrants
and other rights to acquire Common Stock were at all relevant times either
registered under the 1933 Act and applicable state securities laws or exempt
from such requirements. Except as disclosed on Exhibit 3 attached hereto, no
holder of any of the Company's securities has any rights, "demand," "piggy-back"
or otherwise, to have such securities registered by reason of the intention to
file, filing or effectiveness of the Registration Statement (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement). The persons listed on Exhibit 3 attached hereto
beneficially own at least 80% of the shares of Common Stock subject to
registration rights. The persons listed on Exhibit 4 attached hereto
beneficially own at least 30% of the shares of Common Stock for which resale is
restricted by reason of the 1933 Act and are subject to registration rights as
indicated therein.
(c) CONCERNING THE SHARES. The Shares have been duly authorized and, when
issued upon conversion of the Notes, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid
and non-assessable and will not subject the holder thereof to personal liability
by reason of being such holder. There are no preemptive rights of any
stockholder of the Company, as such, to acquire any of the Securities. The
Common Stock has been listed for trading on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market
("Nasdaq") and is currently listed for trading thereon and (1) the Company and
the Common Stock meet the criteria for continued listing and trading on Nasdaq;
(2) the Company has not been notified since September 30, 1995 by Nasdaq of any
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failure or potential failure to meet the criteria for continued listing and
trading on Nasdaq, other than a notification relating to a potential failure to
meet such criteria based on a trading price below $1.00 per share prior to the
Company's reverse stock split, and there is no pending notification of any such
failure and (3) no suspension of trading in the Common Stock is in effect.
(d) NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT; REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT AND NOTES. This
Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Notes have been duly and
validly authorized by the Company, this Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by the Company and this Agreement is, and the Registration Rights
Agreement and the Notes, when executed and delivered by the Company, will be,
valid and binding agreements of the Company enforceable in accordance with their
respective terms, subject as to enforceability to general principles of equity
and to bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium and other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally.
(e) NON-CONTRAVENTION. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the Registration Rights Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the
Company of the issuance of the Securities and the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Notes
do not and will not conflict with or result in a breach by the Company of any of
the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, the certificate of
incorporation or by-law of the Company, or any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust or other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party
or by which it or any of its properties or assets are bound, or any applicable
law, rule or regulation or any applicable decree, judgment or order of any
court, United States federal or state regulatory body, administrative agency or
other governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
properties or assets.
(f) APPROVALS. No authorization, approval or consent of, or filing with,
any court, governmental body, regulatory agency, self-regulatory organization,
or stock exchange or market or the stockholders of the Company is required to be
obtained or made by the Company for (x) the issuance and sale of the Notes as
contemplated by this Agreement and (y) the issuance of the Shares upon
conversion of the Notes, other than (1) listing of the Shares on Nasdaq and (2)
the requirements of any applicable blue sky laws.
(g) INFORMATION PROVIDED. The information provided by or on behalf of the
Company to the Buyer, including, without limitation, the information referred to
in Section 2(e) of this Agreement, does not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made,
not misleading.
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(h) ABSENCE OF CERTAIN CHANGES. Since September 30, 1995, there has been
no material adverse change and no material adverse development in the business,
properties, operations, condition (financial or other), results of operations or
prospects of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except as disclosed in the
SEC Reports.
(i) ABSENCE OF CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS. Except as disclosed in the SEC
Reports, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before
or by any court, public board or body pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting the Company
or any of its subsidiaries, wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding
would have a material adverse effect on the properties, business, condition
(financial or other), results of operations or prospects of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
or any of the documents contemplated hereby or which would adversely affect the
validity or enforceability of, or the authority or ability of the Company to
perform its obligations under, this Agreement or any of such other documents;
and the Company does not have pending before the SEC any request for
confidential treatment of information and to the best of the Company's knowledge
no such request will be made by the Company prior to the time the Registration
Statement relating to the Shares which is contemplated by the Registration
Rights Agreement is first ordered effective by the SEC.
(j) ABSENCE OF EVENT OF DEFAULT OR REPURCHASE EVENT. No event which, if
the Note were outstanding, would constitute an Event of Default, as defined in
the Notes, or which, with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both,
would become an Event of Default (as so defined), has occurred and is continuing
or would constitute a Repurchase Event, as defined in the Notes, or which, with
the giving of notice or the passage of time or both, would become a Repurchase
Event (as so defined) has occurred and is continuing.
(k) PROPERTIES. The Company and its subsidiaries have good title to all
property real and personal (tangible and intangible) and other assets owned by
it, free and clear of all security interests, charges, mortgages, liens or other
encumbrances, except such as are described in the SEC Reports or such as do not
materially interfere with the use of such property made, or proposed to be made,
by the Company or its subsidiaries. The leases, licensee or other contracts or
instruments under which the Company and its subsidiaries lease, hold or are
entitled to use any property, real or personal, are valid, subsisting and
enforceable with only such exceptions as do not materially interfere with the
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use of such property made, or proposed to be made, by the Company or its
subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received
notice of any material violation of any applicable law, ordinance, regulation,
order or requirement relating to its owned or leased properties.
(l) LABOR RELATIONS. No material labor problem exists or, to the knowledge
of the Company, is imminent with respect to any of the employees of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries.
(m) SEC FILINGS. The Company has timely filed all required forms, reports
and other documents with the SEC since September 30, 1995, except that the
Company did not timely file the 1996 Form 10-KSB, which was filed with the SEC
on January 21, 1997. All of such forms, reports and other documents complied,
when filed, in all material respects, with all applicable requirements of the
1933 Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act").
4. CERTAIN COVENANTS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
(a) TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS. The Buyer acknowledges that (1) the Notes have
not been and is not being registered under the provisions of the 1933 Act and,
except as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, the Shares have not
been and are not being registered under the 1933 Act, and may not be transferred
unless (A) subsequently registered thereunder for resale or (B) the Buyer shall
have delivered to the Company an opinion of counsel, reasonably satisfactory in
form, scope and substance to the Company, to the effect that the Securities to
be sold or transferred may be sold or transferred without such registration; (2)
any sale of the Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 promulgated under the
1933 Act may be made only in accordance with the terms of said Rule and further,
if said Rule is not applicable, any resale of such Securities under
circumstances in which the seller, or the person through whom the sale is made,
may be deemed to be an underwriter, as that term is used in the 1933 Act, may
require compliance with some other exemption under the 1933 Act or the rules and
regulations of the SEC thereunder; and (3) neither the Company nor any other
person is under any obligation to register the Securities (other than pursuant
to the Registration Rights Agreement) under the 1933 Act or to comply with the
terms and conditions of any exemption thereunder (other than pursuant to Section
4(d) hereof and pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement).
(b) RESTRICTIVE LEGEND. The Buyer acknowledges and agrees that the Notes,
and, until such time as the Shares have been registered under the 1933 Act as
contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, the certificates for the
Shares, may bear a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a
stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of the certificates for the
Shares):
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The securities represented by this certificate have not been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The
securities have been acquired for investment and may not be
sold,transferred or assigned in the absence of an effective
registration statement for the securities under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, or an opinion of counsel that registration is
not required under said Act.
Once the Registration Statement required to be filed by the Company pursuant to
Section 2 of the Registration Rights Agreement has been declared effective,
thereafter (1) upon request of the Buyer the Company will substitute
certificates without restrictive legend for certificates for any Shares issued
prior to the date such Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC
and remove any stop-transfer restriction relating thereto promptly, but in no
event later than three days after surrender of such certificates by the Buyer
and (2) the Company shall not place any restrictive legend on certificates for
Shares issued on conversion of the Notes or impose any stop-transfer restriction
thereon.
(c) REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT. The parties hereto agree to enter into
the Registration Rights Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Annex IV, on
or before the Closing Date.
(d) FORM D. The Company agrees to file a Form D with respect to the
Securities as required under Regulation D and to provide a copy thereof to the
Buyer promptly after such filing.
(e) NASDAQ LISTING; REPORTING STATUS. On or before February 7, 1997, the
Company shall file with Nasdaq an application or other document required by
Nasdaq for the listing of (1) the Shares issuable upon conversion of the $2
Million Note, (2) the Shares in excess of the number previously listed by the
Company for the Outstanding Note and, (3) if required by Nasdaq because the
listing application relating to the Outstanding Note may not be made applicable
to the Reinvestment Note, the number of Shares in addition to those referred to
in the immediately preceding clause (2) which may be issuable upon conversion of
the Reinvestment Note, on Nasdaq and shall provide evidence of such filing to
the Buyer promptly after such filing. The Company shall use its best efforts to
obtain the listing of the Shares on Nasdaq. So long as the Buyer beneficially
owns any of the Securities, the Company shall file all reports required to be
filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act, and the
Company shall not, prior to the date which is three years after the Closing
Date, terminate its status aa an issuer required to file reports under the 1934
Act even if the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations thereunder would permit
such termination.
(f) USE OF PROCEEDS. The Company will use the proceeds from the sale of
the Reinvestment Note to pay the applicable prepayment price of the Outstanding
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Note. The Company will use the proceeds from the sale of the $2 Million Note (1)
to pay placement agent fees in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and (2) to redeem or prepay securities issued by the Company
prior to the date of this Agreement in transactions exempt from registration
under the 1933 Act pursuant to Regulation S thereunder.
(g) BLUE SKY LAWS. On or before the Closing Date, the Company shall take
such action as shall be necessary to qualify, or to obtain an exemption for, the
Securities for sale to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement and on conversion of
the Notes under such of the securities or "blue sky" laws of jurisdictions in
the United States as shall be applicable to the sale of the Securities to the
Buyer pursuant to this Agreement and on conversion of the Note. The Company
shall furnish copies of all filings, applications, orders and grants or
confirmations of exemptions relating to such securities or "blue sky" laws on or
before the Closing Date.
(h) CERTAIN FUTURE FINANCINGS. The Company shall not offer, sell, contract
to sell or issue (or engage any person to assist the Company in taking any such
action) any equity securities or securities convertible into, exchangeable for
or otherwise entitling the holder to acquire, any Common Stock (collectively,
"Equity Securities") at a price below the market price of the Common Stock
during the period from the date of this Agreement to the date on which the
Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) shall
have been effective with the SEC for 60 consecutive days without giving the
Buyer the first right to acquire the Equity Securities at substantially the same
terms at which the Equity Securities are to be offered to other investors;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing in this Section 4(h)(1)shall prohibit the
Company from issuing securities (x) pursuant to compensation plans for
employees, directors, officers, advisers or consultants of the Company and in
accordance with the terms of such plans as in effect as of the date of this
Agreement, (y) upon exercise of conversion, exchange, purchase or similar rights
issued, granted or given by the Company and outstanding as of the date of this
Agreement or (z) the proceeds of which are used solely to prepay or redeem
securities issued by the Company prior to the date of this Agreement in
transactions exempt from registration under the 1933 Act pursuant to Regulation
S thereunder and to pay expenses related to the issuance of such new securities.
(i) WAIVER OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS. On or before the Closing Date, the
Company shall obtain (and furnish copies to the Buyer) the written agreement in
form and substance satisfactory to the Buyer of each person identified on
Exhibit 2 attached hereto to waive any right to have securities registered under
the 1933 Act by reason of the intention to file, filing or effectiveness of the
Registration Statement.
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5. TRANSFER AGENT INSTRUCTIONS.
Prior to the Closing Date, the Company will irrevocably instruct the
transfer agent for the Common Stock to issue certificates for the Shares from
time to time upon conversion of the Notes in such amounts as specified from time
to time in a Notice of Conversion of Convertible Notes, in the form attached to
the Notes (a "Notice of Conversion") given by the Buyer, bearing the restrictive
legend specified in Section 4(b) of this Agreement prior to registration of the
Shares under the 1933 Act, registered in such name as set forth in the
applicable Notice of Conversion and in such denominations to be specified by the
Buyer in connection with each conversion of the Notes. The Company warrants that
no instruction other than (x) such instructions referred to in this Section 5,
(y) stop transfer instructions to give effect to Section 4(a) hereof prior to
registration of the Shares under the 1933 Act and (z) the instructions required
by Section 3(n) of the Registration Rights Agreement will be given by the
Company to such transfer agent and that the Shares shall otherwise be freely
transferable on the books and records of the Company as and to the extent
provided in this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement. Nothing in
this Section shall affect in any way the Buyer's obligations to comply with all
applicable securities laws upon resale of the Securities. If the Buyer provides
the Company with an opinion of counsel meeting the requirements of clause (1)(B)
of Section 4(a) of this Agreement, the Company shall permit the transfer of the
Securities and, in the case of the Shares, promptly, but in no event later than
two days after receipt of such opinion, instruct the Company's transfer agent to
issue upon transfer one or more share certificates in such name and in such
denominations as specified by the Buyer. Nothing in this Section 5 shall limit
the obligations of the Company under Section 3(n) of the Registration Rights
Agreement.
6. NOTE DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS.
The Notes shall be delivered by the Company to the Joint Escrow Agent
pursuant to Section l(b) hereof on a delivery against payment basis within one
New York Stock Exchange trading day following deposit by the Buyer with the
Escrow Agent of the Outstanding Note and funds in the amount of the aggregate
purchase price of the $2 Million Note pursuant to the Joint Escrow Instructions.
7. CLOSING DATE.
The date and time of the issuance of the Notes (the "Closing Date") shall
be 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date which is three New York Stock
Exchange trading days after the date on which the Buyer shall have deposited the
Outstanding Note and the aggregate purchase price for the $2 Million Note with
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the Escrow Agent under the Joint Escrow Instructions in accordance with Section
l(c) hereof, or such other mutually agreed to time. Such closing shall occur on
the Closing Date at the offices of the Escrow Agent.
8. CONDITIONS TO THE COMPANY'S OBLIGATION.
The Buyer understands that the Company's obligation to issue the Notes to
the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement is conditioned upon:
(a) The receipt and acceptance by the Company of this Agreement as
evidenced by execution of this Agreement by the Company and the return of an
executed copy hereof to the Buyer and its legal counsel;
(b) Delivery by the Buyer to the Escrow Agent of the Outstanding Note in
accordance with Section l(c) hereof;
(c) Delivery by the Buyer to the Escrow Agent of the purchase price of the
$2 Million Note in accordance with Section l(c) hereof; and
(d) The accuracy on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties
of the Buyer contained in this Agreement as if made on the Closing Date and the
performance by the Buyer on or before the Closing Date of all covenants and
agreements of the Buyer required to be performed on or before the Closing Date.
9. CONDITIONS TO THE BUYER'S OBLIGATION.
The Company understands that the Buyer 's obligation to purchase the Notes
is conditioned upon:
(a) Delivery by the Company to the Escrow Agent of the Notes in accordance
with this Agreement;
(b) The accuracy on the Closing Date of the representations and warranties
of the Company contained in this Agreement as if made on the Closing Date and
the performance by the Company on or before the Closing Date of all covenants
and agreements of the Company required to be performed on or before the Closing
Date;
(c) On the Closing Date, the Buyer having received an opinion of counsel
for the Company, dated the Closing Date, in form, scope and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Buyer, substantially in the form of Annex V attached hereto;
(d) No event which, if the Notes were outstanding, would constitute an
Event of Default, as defined in the Notes, or which, with the giving of notice
or the passage of time or both, would become an Event of Default (as so
defined), has occurred and is continuing or would constitute a Repurchase Event,
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as defined in the Notes, or which, with the giving of notice or the passage of
time or both, would become a Repurchase Event (as so defined) has occurred and
is continuing; and
(e) The Company shall have redeemed the Outstanding Note for a redemption
price of $10,752,223, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Outstanding Note
on or after February 4, 1997 to the Closing Date.
10. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with
the laws of the State of Florida.
(b) This Agreement may be executed in counterparts and by the parties
hereto on separate counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and
the same instrument. A facsimile transmission of this Agreement bearing a
signature on behalf of a party hereto shall be legal and binding on such party.
(c) The headings, captions and footers of this Agreement are for
convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the
interpretation of, this Agreement.
(d) If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable
in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the
validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement or the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.
(e) This Agreement may be amended only by an instrument in writing signed
by the party to be charged with enforcement.
(f) Failure of any party to exercise any right or remedy under this
Agreement or otherwise, or delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy,
or any course of dealings between the parties, shall not operate as a waiver
thereof or an amendment hereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce
such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or
exercise of any other right or power.
(g) Any notices required or permitted to be given under the terms of this
Agreement shall be sent by mail or delivered personally (which shall include
telephone line facsimile transmission) or by courier and shall be effective five
days after being placed in the mail, if mailed, or upon receipt, if delivered
personally or by courier, in the case of the Company addressed to the Company at
its address shown in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement (facsimile
number 561-997-5846) or, in the case of the Buyer, at its address shown on the
signature page of this Agreement, with a copy to Genesee International, 10500
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X.X. 0xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000 (facsimile number
206-462-4645) or such other address as a party shall have provided by notice to
the other party in accordance with this provision. The Buyer hereby designates
as its address for any notice required or permitted to be given to the Buyer
pursuant to the Note the address shown on the signature page of this agreement,
with a copy to: GFL Advantage Fund Limited, c/o Genesee International, 00000
X.X. 0xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000 (facsimile number
206-462-4645), until the Buyer shall designate another address for such purpose.
(h) The Buyer shall have the right to assign it rights and obligations
under this Agreement with respect to the purchase of all or any portion of the
Note to another investment fund, provided such assignee, by written instrument
duly executed by such assignee, assumes all obligations of the Buyer hereunder
with respect to the purchase of the portion of the Note so assigned and makes
the same representations and warranties with respect thereto as the Buyer makes
in this Agreement, whereupon the Buyer shall be relieved of any further
obligations, responsibilities and liabilities with respect to the purchase of
all or the portion of the Note the obligation for the purchase of which has been
so assigned. In the case of any such assignment, the Company shall agree in
writing with such assignee to make available to such assignee the benefits of
the Registration Rights Agreement with respect to the Shares issuable on
conversion of the portion of the Note with respect to which the purchase under
this Agreement has been so assigned.
(i) The respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements
of the Buyer and the Company contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf
of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the delivery of
payment for the Note and shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of them or any person controlling or advising
any of them.
(j) This Agreement and its Annexes set forth the entire agreement between
the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all
prior agreements and understandings, whether written or oral, with respect
thereto.
(k) The Buyer shall have the right to terminate this Agreement with
respect to the purchase of the Notes by giving notice at any time at or prior to
the Closing Date if:
(1) the Company shall have failed, refused, or been unable at or
prior to the date of such termination of this Agreement to perform any of
its obligations hereunder;
(2) any other condition of the Buyer's obligations hereunder is not
fulfilled; or
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(3) the closing shall not have occurred on a Closing Date on or
before February 7, 1997, other than by reason of a breach of this
Agreement by the Buyer.
Any such termination shall be effective upon the giving of notice thereof by the
Buyer. Upon such termination, the Buyer shall have no further obligation to the
Company hereunder and the Company shall remain liable for any breach of this
Agreement or the other documents contemplated hereby which occurred on or prior
to the date of such termination.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by the parties
hereto by their respective officers "hereunto duly authorized as of the date
first set forth above.
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF REINVESTMENT NOTE: $10, 755,334.00
PURCHASE PRICE OF REINVESTMENT NOTE: $10,755,334.00
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $2 MILLION NOTE: $ 2,000,000.00
PURCHASE PRICE OF $2 MILLION NOTE: $ 2,000,000.00
GFL ADVANTAGE FUND LIMITED
By:/S/ X.X. xx Xxxxx
-----------------------------------------
Title: President
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ADDRESS: x/x XXXXX
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx 0
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx Antilles
FACSIMILE NO.: 000-000-0000000
TOTAL WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By:/S/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
-----------------------------------------
Title:Chairman/CEO
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EXHIBIT 1
to
Note
Purchase
Agreement
CAPITALIZATION
January 31, 1997
I. The number of shares of Common Stock, $.00001 par value per share (The
"Common Stock"), of Total World Telecommunications, Inc. (the "Company")
issued and outstanding as of December 27, 1996 is 6,231,928.
II. The Company does not have issued and outstanding any (i) securities
convertible into shares of Common Stock, or (ii) securities with respect
to which shares of Common Stock are issuable, in each case including, but
not limited to, preferred stock, debentures, options, rights or warrants
of any kind, except for the following shares of Convertible Preferred
Stock of the Company:
Number Of Terms of Conversion
Preferred Shares into Common Stock
---------------- -----------------
Series A 73,000 shares author- Convertible at any time into 730,000
ized and issued shares of Common Stock on a fixed
basis.
Series L* 150,000 shares auth- Convertible 50% after 60 days and the
orized; 23,200 shares remaining 50% after 90 days at 75% of
issued the average closing bid price as
reported by NASDAQ for the five trading
days immediately preceding the date of
conversion. Stated value $100.00 per
share.
Series M** 231,000 shares auth- Convertible at any time into shares
ized; 178,500 shares of Common Stock at a strike price of
issued $15.00 per share of common. Converts
to 1,533,333 shares of Common Stock.
Stated value $100.00 per share.
Series O** 35,000 shares auth- Convertible at any time into Common
orized and issued Stock at a and strike price of $15.00
per share of common. Converts to
233,333 shares of common stock. Stated
value $100.00 per share.
Series T* 200,000 shares auth- Convertible 50% after 45 days and the
orized; 65,000 shares remaining 50% after 60 days at 75% of
issued; 17,350 shares the average closing bid price as
outstanding reported by NASDAQ for the five trading
days immediately preceding the date of
conversion. Stated value $100.00 per
share
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Series U* 150,000 shares auth- Convertible 50% after 45 days and the
orized; 56,200 shares remaining 50% after 60 days at 75% of
issued; 29,200 shares the average closing bid price as
outstanding reported by NASDAQ for the five trading
days immediately preceding the date of
conversion. Stated value $100.00 per
share.
Series W* 200,000 shares auth- Convertible 50,000 shares after 45
orized; 46,250 shares days and the remaining 15,000 shares
issued; 27,761 shares after 60 days at 75% of the average
outstanding closing bid price as reported by NASDAQ
for the five trading days immediately
preceding the date of conversion, but
never more than $12.00 for those
holders converting at 45 days and never
more than $6.00 for those holders
converting at 60 days. Stated value
$100.00 per share.
Series X* 150,000 shares auth- Convertible 50% after 60 days and the
orized; 11,250 shares remaining 50%after 90 days at 80% of
issued and outstand- the average closing bid price as
ing reported by NASDAQ for the five trading
days immediately preceding the date of
conversion. Stated value $100.00 per
share.
Series Y* 30,000 shares auth- Convertible 50% after 60 days and the
orized; 30,000 shares remaining 50% after 90 days at 75% of
issued and outstand- the average closing bid price as
ing reported by NASDAQ for the five trading
days immediately preceding the date of
conversion. Stated value $100.00 per
share.
Series Z* 55,000 shares author- Convertible 50% after 45 days and the
ized; 54,650 shares remaining 50% after 60 days at 70% of
issued and outstand- the average closing bid price as
ing reported by NASDAQ for the five trading
days immediately preceding the date of
conversion. Stated value $100.00 per
share.
III. The Company is not a party to any agreement or contract pursuant to which
any shares of Common Stock are issuable except as set forth in this
Exhibit.
* Shares of Common Stock of the Company have been reserved for issuance
upon conversion of this Series of Preferred Stock.
**The Company issued these series of Preferred Stock in connection with
the acquisition of Total National Telecommunications, Inc. d/b/a Total
World Telecom. The conversion dates and strike prices for each series are
as outlined in this Exhibit D.
In addition to the Series L, T, U, W, X, Y and Z Preferred Stock, as
noted, the Company has reserved shares of Common Stock for issuance upon
conversion of shares of Series B, C and V Preferred Stock of the Company.
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EXHIBIT 2
to
Note
Purchase
Agreement
TOTAL WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Schedule of Preferred Stock
January 31, 1997
No. Shares Stated
Type Issued Value
---- ------ -----
Series A $10 Convertible 73,000 $ 1,050,000
Series K Convertible $10 1,300,000 13,000,000
Series L Convertible $100 23,200 2,320,000
Series M Convertible $100 231,000 31,878,000
Series N Convertible $100 66,500 9,177,000
Series O Convertible $100 35,000 4,830,000
Series P Convertible $100 267,501 7,703,010
Series Q Convertible $100 250,000 5,625,000
Series T Convertible $100 65,000 6,500,000
Series U Convertible $100 56,200 5,620,000
Series W Convertible $100 46,250 4,625,000
Series X Convertible $100 11,250 1,125,000
Series Y Convertible $100 25,000 2,500,000
Series Z Convertible $100 54,650 5,465,000
---------- ------------
2,504,551 $100,369,069
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EXHIBIT 3
to
Note
Purchase
Agreement
TOTAL WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
List of Persons and Trusts Entitled to
Registration Rights Under the Terms of the
Agreement and Plan of Reorganization
Dated May 28, 1996
________________
Name No. of Shares
---- -------------
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx 93,333
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx 93,333
Xxx Xxxxxxx 396,667
J.R. Harrott Charitable Remainder Trust 303,333
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Charitable Remainder Trust 303,333
Xxx Xxxxx 256,663
Xxxx & Xxxxxxx Xxxxx 1996 Trust 11,667
Xxxxx Xxxxx 1996 Trust 5,833
Xxxxxx Xxxxx 1996 Trust 5,833
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx 1996 Trust 5,833
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx 1996 Trust 5,833
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx 1996 Trust 11,667
Xxxxx Xxxxxx 1996 Trust 11,667
Xxxxxx Xxxxx 1996 Trust 11,667
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx 1996 Trust 11,667
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx 1996 Trust 11,667
Xxxxxx Xxxxx 1996 G.R.A.T. 46,668
Xxx Xxxxx 1996 G.R.A.T. 46,668
Xxx Xxxxxxx 23,333
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx 23,333
Xxxxx Xxxxx 38,889
Xxxxx Xxxxxx 38,889
Xxxxx Xxxxxx 7,778
Xxxxx Xxxxx 7,778
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 23,333
Xxxxx Xxxxxx 23,333
Xxx Xxxxx 23,333
Xxxx Xxxxx 7,778
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx 7,778
Mich Xxxxxx 7,778
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EXHIBIT 4
to
Note
Purchase
Agreement
TOTAL WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Schedule of Officers and Directors
Entitled to Registration Rights
________________
Name and Title Number of Shares
-------------- ----------------
1. Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx 443,333
President
2. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx 88,889
Executive Vice President
3. Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx N/A
Chairman & Chief Executive Office
4. X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx N/A
Director
5. Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx N/A
Director
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Annex I
to
Note Purchase
Agreement
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"). THE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN
ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE
ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS
NOT REQUIRED.
TOTAL WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
CONVERTIBLE NOTE
----------------
New York, New York $10,755,334.00
February 7, 1997
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, TOTAL WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Delaware
corporation (hereinafter called the "Company"), hereby promises to pay to GFL
Advantage Fund Limited, or registered assigns (the "Holder") or order, the sum
of Ten Million Seven Hundred Fifty Five Thousand Three Hundred Thirty Four
Dollars ($10,755,334.00 ), on January 31, 1999 (the "Maturity Date"), and to pay
interest on the unpaid principal balance hereof at the rate of seven percent
(7%) per annum from the date hereof, until the same becomes due and payable,
whether at maturity or upon acceleration or by prepayment or otherwise. Any
amount of principal of or interest on this Note which is not paid when due shall
bear interest at the rate of fourteen percent (14%) per annum from the due date
thereof until the same is paid ("Default Interest"). Interest shall be payable
on the 1st day of each February, May, August and November, commencing on May 1,
1997, and at maturity (the "Interest Payment Dates"). Interest on this Note
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of 12 30-day months and actual
days elapsed.
All payments of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this
Note shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America, or, at the
option of the Company and subject to the provisions of this Note, (1) principal
of this Note payable on the Maturity Date and (2) interest payable on the
Interest Payment Dates, in either such case may be paid in whole or in part in
fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock, $.00001 par value, as such
stock exist on the date of issuance of this Note, or any shares of capital stock
of the Company into which such stock shall hereafter be changed or reclassified
(the "Common Stock"). All cash payments shall be made by wire transfer of
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immediately available funds to such account as the Holder may from time to time
designate by written notice in accordance with the provisions of this Note.
Whenever any amount expressed to be due by the terms of this Note is due on any
day which is not a business day, the same shall instead be due on the next
succeeding day which is a business day and, in the case of any Interest Payment
Date which is not the date on which this Note is paid in full, the extension of
the due date thereof shall not be taken into account for purposes of determining
the amount of interest due on such date. As used in this Note, the term
"business day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on
which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law
or executive order to remain closed.
The obligations of the Company under this Note shall rank in right of
payment on a parity with all other unsubordinated obligations of the Company for
indebtedness for borrowed money or the purchase price of property. This Note is
issued pursuant to a Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 31, 1997, by
and between the Company and the original Holder of this Note, as amended from
time to time (the "Note Purchase Agreement"), and the Holder of this Note and
this Note are subject to the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement. The Holder of
this Note may be entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement,
dated as of January 31, 1997, between the Company and the original Holder (the
"Registration Rights Agreement").
The following terms shall apply to this Note:
ARTICLE I
NO PREPAYMENT; INTEREST OR CERTAIN PRINCIPAL IN COMMON
STOCK
1.1 PREPAYMENT. (a) So long as no Event of Default (as defined herein) or
Repurchase Event (as defined herein) or Repurchase Event (as defined herein)
shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower shall have the right,
exercisable on not less than 20 days or more than 25 days written notice to the
Holder, at any time to prepay this Note in whole or in any part of not less than
$500,000 principal amount (or such lesser principal amount as shall remain
unpaid at the time of exercise of such right), in accordance with this Section
1.1 by payment of the amount herein provided. Any notice of prepayment shall be
delivered to the Holder at its registered address appearing on the records of
the Borrower and shall state (l) that the Borrower is exercising its right to
prepay all or a portion of the principal amount of this Note, (2) the principal
amount to be prepaid, (3) the date of prepayment and (4) that this Note must be
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surrendered by the Holder at or before the time the Prepayment Amount (as
defined herein) is paid. On the date fixed for prepayment or on such later date
as the Holder shall surrender this Note to the Company in connection with such
prepayment, the Borrower shall make payment of the Prepayment Amount by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to or upon the order of the Holder as
specified by the Holder in writing to the Borrower at least one business day
prior to the prepayment date. If the Borrower exercises its right to prepay all
or a portion of this Note, the Borrower shall make payment to the Holder of an
amount equal to the sum of (1) the sum of (A) the principal amount of this Note
to be prepaid PLUS (B) accrued and unpaid interest on such principal amount to
the date of prepayment PLUS (C) accrued and unpaid Default Interest, if any, on
the amount referred to in the immediately preceding clause (B) at the rate
provided in this Note to the date of prepayment PLUS (2) an amount equal to the
product obtained by multiplying (a) the sum stated in the immediately preceding
clause (1) TIMES (b) the quotient (expressed as a percentage) obtained by
dividing (x) the amount determined by subtracting from 100 percent the
Applicable Percentage in effect on the date of prepayment BY (y) the Applicable
Percentage in effect on such prepayment date (such sum being referred to as the
"Prepayment Amount"). Upon the prepayment of less than the entire unpaid
principal amount of this Note, a new Note containing the same date and
provisions as this Note shall be issued by the Borrower to the Holder for the
principal balance of this Note which shall not have been prepaid. If notice of
prepayment has been given as above provided, unless converted into Common Stock
pursuant to the terms hereof, the Prepayment Amount shall become due and payable
in respect of this Note or the portion hereof to be prepaid shall become due and
payable on the prepayment date and, unless the Borrower shall default in the
payment of such amounts when due, interest on this Note or portion of this Note
to be so prepaid shall cease to accrue and this Note or the portion hereof to be
so prepaid shall cease after the close of business on the business day next
preceding the date fixed for prepayment to be convertible into Common Stock and
the Holder shall have no further right in respect of this Note or the portion
hereof to be so prepaid except the right to receive the amount due hereunder in
respect of such prepayment. If the Company shall fail to make payment in full of
any Prepayment Amount as and when due in accordance herewith and the Company's
notice of prepayment, in addition to any other rights or remedies, the Holder
shall have the right to convert the unpaid portion of this Note and any such
conversions shall be taken into account in determining the remaining amount to
be paid by the Company by reason of such prepayment.
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(b) Except as specifically provided in this Section 1.1, this Note
may not be prepaid or redeemed at the option of the Company prior to maturity.
1.2 ISSUANCE OF COMMON STOCK IN LIEU OF CASH INTEREST. (a) If the Company
exercises its option (x) to pay the principal amount of this Note outstanding on
the Maturity Date (the "Final Principal Payment") or (y) to make a payment of
interest on this Note, in either such case wholly or partly in shares of Common
Stock (such payment referred to in the preceding clause (x) or (y) being herein
sometimes called the "Stock Payment Option"), then in any such case the issuance
of shares of Common Stock upon such exercise of the Stock Payment Option shall
have been authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company.
(b) The Company shall not be permitted to exercise the Stock Payment
Option with respect to the Final Principal Payment or any payment of interest on
this Note if:
(i) the number of shares of Common Stock authorized, unissued
and unreserved for all purposes, or held in the Company's treasury, is
insufficient to pay the Final Principal Payment or the portion of such
interest to be paid in Common Stock, as the case may be;
(ii) the issuance or delivery of shares of Common Stock pursuant
to the Stock Payment Option or the public resale of such shares by the
Holder would require registration with or approval of any governmental
authority under any law or regulation and such registration or approval
has not been effected or obtained; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that with respect to
compliance with the securities or blue sky laws of the states of the
United States, the requirements of this clause (ii) shall be deemed
satisfied if at the applicable time the Company is in compliance with
Section 3 of the Note Purchase Agreement;
(iii) the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon exercise of
the Stock Payment Option have not been authorized for listing, upon
official notice of issuance, on the principal securities exchange on which
the Common Stock is then listed and traded;
(iv) the Computed Price is less than the par value of the
Common Stock;
(v) an Event of Default (as defined herein) or a Repurchase
Event (as defined herein) has occurred and is continuing;
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(vi) the Common Stock is not (i) listed or admitted for trading
on a national securities exchange, (ii) quoted on the Nasdaq National
Market or (iii) quoted on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market; or
(vii) the issuance of shares of Common Stock in payment of the
Final Principal Payment or interest on this Note, as the case may be,
would result in any Restricted Person (as defined in Section 2.1)
beneficially owning more than 4.9% of the Common Stock. determined as
provided in the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.1.
(c) If the Stock Payment Option is elected, the Company shall issue
and dispatch or cause to be dispatched to the Holder one or more certificates
for the aggregate number of whole shares of Common Stock determined by dividing
the per share Computed Price of the Common Stock into the total amount of lawful
money of the United States of America which the Holder would receive if the
aggregate amount of the Final Principal Payment or interest on this Note which
is being paid in shares of Common Stock were being paid in such lawful money;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if certificates representing shares of Common Stock are
delivered to the Holder subsequent to the third trading day after the applicable
Interest Payment Date the Applicable Percentage used to calculate the Computed
Price applicable to such Interest Payment Date shall be reduced by one
percentage point for each day after the third trading day following such
Interest Payment Date to the date of delivery of such shares of Common Stock to
the Holder; and PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that if certificates representing
shares of Common Stock in respect of the Final Principal Payment are not
delivered to the Holder on or before the third trading day after the Maturity
Date, the Company shall no longer be entitled to utilize the Stock Payment
Option in respect of the Final Principal Payment, which shall thereafter be
payable in cash only. No fractional shares will be issued in payment of the
Final Principal Payment or interest on this Note. In lieu thereof, the Company
may issue a number of shares of Common Stock which reflects a rounding up to the
next whole number or may pay lawful money of the United States of America. The
shares of Common Stock issued or to be issued by the Company in payment of the
Final Principal Payment or interest on this Note are sometimes referred to
herein as the "Payment Shares."
(d) If the Company exercises the Stock Payment Option with respect
to the Final Principal Payment or a payment of interest on this Note, the
Company shall deliver to the Holder, on or prior to the date on which Payment
Shares for such payment of the Final Principal Payment or interest on this Note,
as the case may be, are to be received by the Holder, an Officer's Certificate
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setting forth (i) the total amount of the Final Principal Payment or interest
payment, as the case may be, to which the Holder is entitled, (ii) the portion
of the Final Principal Payment or the interest payment, as the case may be,
being made in Payment Shares, (iii) the number of Payment Shares allocable to
such payment, as calculated pursuant to this Section 1.2, (iv) any rounding
adjustment to such number or any payment necessary to be made pursuant to
Section 1.2(c), (v) a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment,
(vi) the number of Payment Shares issuable with respect to each $100 of
principal of or interest on this Note after such adjustment and (vii) a brief
statement that none of the conditions set forth in Section 1.2(b) has occurred
and is existing. Such Officer's Certificate shall be accompanied by the
certificates, each duly issued in the name of the Holder, representing the
Payment Shares. Such Officer's Certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the
correctness of the calculation of the number of Payment Shares allocable to the
payments to which such Officer's Certificate relates and of any adjustments to
such number made pursuant to this Section 1.2 in the absence of manifest error.
In addition, on or before the pertinent payment date, the Company shall cause
the transfer agent for the Common Stock to prepare and issue the certificates
representing the Payment Shares in the name of the Holder before being so
delivered by the Company.
(e) The Payment Shares, when issued pursuant to and in compliance
with this Section 1.2, shall be, and for all purposes shall be deemed to be,
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock; the
issuance and delivery thereof is in all respects hereby authorized; and the
issuance thereof, together with lawful money of the United States of America, if
any, paid in lieu of fractional shares of such Common Stock, will be, and for
all purposes shall be deemed to be, in full discharge and satisfaction of the
Company's obligation to pay the principal of or interest on this Note to which
such Payment Shares relate.
(f) As used in this Note, the following terms shall have the
meanings provided herein:
(1) "Applicable Percentage" shall have the meaning provided in
Section 2.2.
(2) "Closing Price" on any date means the closing bid price
for one share of the Common Stock on such date, on the first applicable among
the following: (a) the national securities exchange on which the shares of
Common Stock are listed which constitutes the principal securities market for
the Common Stock, (b) the Nasdaq National Market if it constitutes the principal
securities market for the Common Stock or (c) the Nasdaq SmallCap Market if it
constitutes the principal securities market for the Common Stock, in any such
case as reported by such exchange or market; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if during
any Measurement Period:
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(i) The Company shall declare or pay a dividend or make a
distribution to all holders of the outstanding Common Stock in shares of
Common Stock or fix any record date for any such action, then the Trading
Price of the Common Stock for each day in such Measurement Period prior to
the earlier of (1) the date fixed for the determination of stockholders
entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution and (2) the date
on which ax-dividend trading in the Common Stock with respect to such
dividend or distribution begins shall be reduced by multiplying the
Closing Price (determined without regard to this proviso) for each such
day in such Measurement Period by a fraction of which the numerator shall
be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of
business on the earlier of (1) the record date fixed for such
determination and (2) the date on which ax-dividend trading in the Common
Stock with respect to such dividend or distribution begins and the
denominator shall be the sum of such number of shares and the total number
of shares constituting such dividend or other distribution;
(ii) The Company shall issue rights or warrants to all holders
of its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or fix a record date for such
issuance, which rights or warrants entitle such holders (for a period
expiring within forty-five (45) days after the date fixed for the
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants)
to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share
less than the Closing Price (determined without regard to this proviso)
for any day in such Measurement Period which is prior to the end of such
45-day period, then the Closing Price for such day shall be reduced so
that the same shall equal the price determined by multiplying the Closing
Price (determined without regard to this proviso) by a fraction of which
the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at
the close of business on the record date fixed for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants plus the number
of shares which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares
so offered would purchase at such Closing Price, and of which the
denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on
the close of business on such record date plus the total number of
additional shares of Common Stock so offered for subscription or purchase.
In determining whether any rights or warrants entitle the holders to
subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at less than the Closing
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Price (determined without regard to this proviso), and in determining the
aggregate offering price of such shares of Common Stock, there shall be
taken into account any consideration received for such rights or warrants,
the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined in
good faith by a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company;
(iii) The outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be subdivided
into a greater number of shares of Common Stock or a record date for any
such subdivision shall be fixed, then the Closing Price of the Common
Stock for each day in such Measurement Period prior to the earlier of (1)
the day upon which such subdivision becomes effective and (2) the date on
which ax-dividend trading in the Common Stock with respect to such
subdivision begins shall be proportionately reduced, and conversely, in
case the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be combined into a
smaller number of shares of Common Stock, the Closing Price for each day
in such Measurement Period prior to the day upon which such combination
becomes effective shall be proportionately increased;
(iv) The Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to
all holders of its Common Stock shares of any class of capital stock of
the Company (other than any dividends or distributions to which clause (i)
of this proviso applies) or evidences of its indebtedness, cash or other
assets (including securities, but excluding any rights or warrants
referred to in clause (ii) of this proviso and dividends and distributions
paid exclusively in cash and excluding any capital stock, evidences of
indebtedness, cash or assets distributed upon a merger or consolidation)
(the foregoing hereinafter in this clause (iv) of this proviso called the
"Securities"), or fix a record date for any such distribution, then, in
each such case, the Closing Price for any day in such Measurement Period
prior to the earlier of (1) the record date for such distribution and (2)
the date on which ex-dividend trading in the Common Stock with respect to
such distribution begins shall be reduced so that the same shall be equal
to the price determined by multiplying the Closing Price (determined
without regard to this proviso) by a fraction of which the numerator shall
be the Closing Price (determined without regard to this proviso) on such
date less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by resolution
of the Board of Directors of the Company) on such date of the portion of
the Securities so distributed or to be distributed applicable to one share
of Common Stock and the denominator shall be the Closing Price (determined
without regard to this proviso); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in the event the
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then fair market value (as so determined) of the portion of the Securities
so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock is equal to or
greater than the Closing Price (determined without regard to this clause
(iv) of this proviso) on any such day, in lieu of the foregoing
adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that the Holder shall have
the right to receive in payment of interest on this Note or upon
conversion of this Note (or any portion thereof), as the case may be, the
amount of Securities the Holder would have received had the number of
shares of Common Stock to be issued in payment of such interest on this
Note, or had the Holder converted this Note (or portion thereof), in
either such case immediately prior to the record date for such
distribution. If the Board of Directors of the Company determines the fair
market value of any distribution for purposes of this clause (iv) by
reference to the actual or when issued trading market for any securities
comprising all or part of such distribution, it must in doing so consider
the prices in such market on the same day for which an adjustment in the
Closing Price is being determined.
For purposes of this clause (iv) and clauses (i) and
(ii) of this proviso, any dividend or distribution to which this clause
(iv) is applicable that also includes shares of Common Stock, or rights or
warrants to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock to which
clause (ii) of this proviso applies (or both), shall be deemed instead to
be (1) a dividend or distribution of the evidences of indebtedness,
assets, shares of capital stock, rights or warrants other than such shares
of Common Stock or rights or warrants to which clause (ii) of this proviso
applies (and any Closing Price reduction required by this clause (iv) with
respect to such dividend or distribution shall then be made) immediately
followed by (2) a dividend or distribution of such shares of Common Stock
or such rights or warrants (and any further Closing Price reduction
required by clauses (i) and (ii) of this proviso with respect to such
dividend or distribution shall then be made), except that any shares of
Common Stock included in such dividend or distribution shall not be deemed
"outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such
determination" within the meaning of clause (i) of this proviso;
(v) The Company or any subsidiary of the Company shall (x) by
dividend or otherwise, distribute to all holders of its Common Stock cash
in (or fix any record date for any such distribution), or (y) repurchase
or reacquire shares of its Common Stock for, in either case, an aggregate
amount that, combined with (1) the aggregate amount of any other such
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distributions to all holders of its Common Stock made exclusively in cash
within the twelve (12) months preceding the date of payment of such
distribution, and in respect of which no adjustment pursuant to this
clause (v) has been made, (2) the aggregate amount of any cash plus the
fair market value (as determined in good faith by a resolution of the
Board of Directors of the Company) of consideration paid in respect of any
repurchase or other reacquisition by the Company or any subsidiary of the
Company of any shares of Common Stock made within the twelve (12) months
preceding the date of payment of such distribution or making of such
repurchase or reacquisition, as the case may be, and in respect of which
no adjustment pursuant to this clause (v) has been made, and (3) the
aggregate of any cash plus the fair market value (as determined in good
faith by a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company) of
consideration payable in respect of any tender offer by the Company or any
of its subsidiaries for all or any portion of the Common Stock concluded
within the twelve (12) months preceding the date of payment of such
distribution or completion of such repurchase or reacquisition, as the
case may be, and in respect of which no adjustment pursuant to clause (vi)
of this proviso has been made, exceeds 10% of the product of the Closing
Price (determined without regard to this proviso) on any day in such
Measurement Period prior to the earlier of (1) the record date with
respect to such distribution and (2) the date on which ax-dividend trading
in the Common Stock with respect to such distribution begins or the date
of such repurchase or reacquisition, as the case may be, times the number
of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such date, then, and in each such
case, the Closing Price for such day shall be reduced so that the same
shall equal the price determined by multiplying the Closing Price
(determined without regard to this proviso) for such day by a fraction (i)
the numerator of which shall be equal to the Closing Price (determined
without regard to this proviso) for such day less an amount equal to the
quotient of (x) the excess of such combined amount over such 10% and (y)
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such day and (ii) the
denominator of which shall be equal to the Closing Price (determined
without regard to this proviso) on such day; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in
the event the portion of the cash so distributed or paid for the
repurchase or reacquisition of shares (determined per share based on the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding) applicable to one share of
Common Stock is equal to or greater than the Closing Price (determined
without regard to this clause (v) of this proviso) of the Common Stock on
any such day, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision
shall be made so that the Holder shall have the right to receive in
payment of interest on this Note or upon conversion of this Note (or any
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portion thereof), as the case may be, the amount of cash the Holder would
have received had the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued in
payment of such interest on this Note, or had the Holder converted this
Note (or portion hereof), in either such case, immediately prior to the
record date for such distribution or the payment date of such repurchase,
as applicable; or
(vi) A tender offer made by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries for all or any portion of the Common Stock shall expire and
such tender offer (as amended upon the expiration thereof) shall require
the payment to stockholders (based on the acceptance (up to any maximum
specified in the terms of the tender offer) of Purchased Shares (as
defined below)) of an aggregate consideration having a fair market value
(as determined in good faith by resolution of the Board of Directors of
the Company) that combined together with (1) the aggregate of the cash
plus the fair market value (as determined in good faith by a resolution of
the Board of Directors of the Company), as of the expiration of such
tender offer, of consideration payable in respect of any other tender
offers, by the Company or any of its subsidiaries for all or any portion
of the Common Stock expiring within the twelve (12) months preceding the
expiration of such tender offer and in respect of which no adjustment
pursuant to this clause (vi) has been made, (2) the aggregate amount of
any cash plus the fair market value (as determined in good faith by a
resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company) of consideration paid
in respect of any repurchase or other reacquisition by the Company or any
subsidiary of the Company of any shares of Common Stock made within the
twelve (12) months preceding the expiration of such tender offer and in
respect of which no adjustment pursuant to this clause (vi) has been made,
and (3) the aggregate amount of any distributions to all holders of the
Company's Common Stock made exclusively in cash within twelve (12) months
preceding the expiration of such tender offer and in respect of which no
adjustment pursuant to clause (v) of this proviso has been made, exceeds
10% of the product of the Closing Price (determined without regard to this
proviso) on any day in such period times the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding on such day, then, and in each such case, the Closing
Price for such day shall be reduced so that the same shall equal the price
determined by multiplying the Closing Price (determined without regard to
this proviso) for such day by a fraction of which the numerator shall be
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such day multiplied by
the Closing Price (determined without regard to this proviso) for such day
and the denominator shall be the sum of (x) the fair market value
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(determined as aforesaid) of the aggregate consideration payable to
stockholders based on the acceptance (up to any maximum specified in the
terms of the tender offer) of all shares validly tendered and not
withdrawn as of the last time tenders could have been made pursuant to
such tender offer (the "Expiration Time") (the shares deemed so accepted,
up to any such maximum, being referred to as the "Purchased Shares") and
(y) the product of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (less
any Purchased Shares) on such day and the Closing Price (determined
without regard to this proviso) of the Common Stock on the trading day
next succeeding the Expiration Time. If the application of this clause
(vi) to any tender offer would result in an increase in the Closing Price
(determined without regard to this proviso) for any day, no adjustment
shall be made for such tender offer under this clause (vi) for such day.
(3) "Computed Price" means, as of the Maturity Date or an
Interest Payment Date, the lower of (A) the product obtained by multiplying (i)
the Applicable Percentage for the Maturity Date or the applicable Interest
Payment Date, as the case may be, TIMES (ii) the arithmetic average of the
Closing Price of the Common Stock for each day in the Measurement Period ending
on the last trading day prior to the Maturity Date or the applicable Interest
Payment Date, as the case may be, and (B) $8.10 (subject to equitable adjustment
from time to time for stock splits stock dividends, combinations, capital
reorganizations and similar events relating to the Common Stock occurring on or
after the Issuance Date (as defined in Section 2.2)).
(4) "Measurement Period" means, with respect to any date, the
period of five (5) consecutive trading days ending one trading day prior to such
date.
(5) "Officer" means the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the
Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer,
any Vice President, the Controller or the Chief Financial Officer of the
Company.
(6) "Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by an
Officer.
ARTICLE II
CONVERSION
2.1 CONVERSION RIGHT. The Holder shall have the right from and after the
earlier of (a) the SEC Effective Date; and (b) the date which is 90 days after
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the date of original issuance of this Note and then in either such case at any
time on or prior to the date this Note is paid in full, to convert at any time
all or from time to time any part of the outstanding and unpaid principal amount
of this Note of at least $50,000, or such lesser amount as shall remain unpaid
at the time of the conversion, and accrued and unpaid interest on the principal
amount to be converted and on any such interest, into fully paid and
nonassessable shares of Common Stock at the conversion price determined as
provided herein (the "Conversion Price"); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in no event
shall the Holder be entitled at any time to convert any portion of the principal
amount of this Note (and accrued and unpaid interest thereon and on any such
interest) in excess of that portion of the principal amount of this Note (and
accrued and unpaid interest thereon and on any such interest) upon conversion of
which the sum of (1) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by
the Holder and any person whose beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock
would be aggregated with the Holder's beneficial ownership of shares of Common
Stock for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "1934 Act"), and Regulation 13D-G thereunder (each a "Restricted
Person" and collectively, the "Restricted Persons") (other than shares of Common
Stock deemed beneficially owned through the ownership of the unconverted portion
of the principal amount of this Note and accrued and unpaid interest thereon and
on any such interest) and (2) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of the portion of the principal amount of this Note and accrued and
unpaid interest thereon and on any such interest with respect to which the
determination in this proviso is being made, would result in beneficial
ownership by any Restricted Person of more than 4.9% of the outstanding shares
of Common Stock. For purposes of the proviso to the immediately preceding
sentence, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section
13(d) of the 1934 Act, and Regulation 13D-G thereunder, except as otherwise
provided in clause (1) of the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence. The
number of shares of Common Stock to be issued upon each conversion of this Note
shall be determined by dividing the sum of (1) that portion of the principal
amount of this Note to be converted PLUS (2) accrued and unpaid interest on such
principal amount to the date the Conversion Notice for such conversion is given
to the Company PLUS (3) Default Interest, if any, on the amount referred to in
the immediately preceding clause (2) at the rate provided in this Note to the
date such Conversion Notice is given to the Company, by the Conversion Price in
effect on the date the Conversion Notice for such conversion is given to the
Company.
2.2 CONVERSION PRICE. The Conversion Price shall be the lower of (1) the
product obtained by multiplying (a) the Applicable Percentage for the date the
applicable Conversion Notice is given to the Company TIMES (b) the arithmetic
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average of the Closing Price of the Common Stock for each day in the Measurement
Period ending one trading day prior to the date the applicable Conversion Notice
is given to the Company and (2) $8.10 (subject to equitable adjustment from time
to time for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, capital reorganizations
and similar events relating to the Common Stock occurring on or after the
Issuance Date).
As used in this Article II, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
"Applicable Percentage" means 75 percent, except that, if (w) the
Company fails to file the Registration Statement in form and substance meeting
the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement with the SEC within the
period specified in Section 2(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement, (x) the
Registration Statement is not ordered effective by the SEC within 90 days after
the Issuance Date, (y) the Registration Statement shall cease to be available
for use by any holder of this Note which is named therein as a selling
stockholder for any reason (including, without limitation, by reason of an SEC
stop order, a material misstatement or omission in the Registration Statement or
the information contained in the Registration Statement having become outdated))
or (z) the Holder having become unable to convert this Note in accordance with
Section 2.1 (other than by reason of the 4.9% limitation set forth in Section
2.1) then the percentage stated above in this paragraph shall be reduced by
three percentage points on each Computation Date (pro rated in the case of any
Computation Date which is less than 30 days after the 90th day following the
Issuance Date or which is less than 30 days after a Computation Date) unless, in
lieu of such reduction in respect of any particular Computation Date, the
Company shall have made a cash payment to the Holder on a timely basis in the
amount specified in Section 2(c) of the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Computation Date" means (1) the date which is 30 days after the
Filing Deadline if (A) the Registration Statement has not been first filed with
the SEC on or before the Filing Deadline and (B) such date is on or prior to the
90th day after the Issuance Date, (2) the date on which the Registration
Statement is first filed with the SEC if (A) the Registration Statement has not
been first filed with the SEC on or before the Filing Deadline and (B) such date
is prior to the 90th day after the Issuance Date and is prior to the 30th day
after the Filing Deadline, (3) the date which is 120 days after the Issuance
Date, unless the Registration Statement theretofore has been declared effective
by the SEC, (4) each date which is 30 days after a Computation Date, if the
Registration Statement has not been declared effective by the SEC prior to such
30th day, (5) if the Registration Statement has not been declared effective by
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the SEC within 90 days after the issuance Date, the date on which the
Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, (6) the date which is
30 days after the date on which the Registration Statement ceases to be
available for use by any holder of this Note which is named therein as a selling
stockholder, if, at any time during which the Registration Statement is required
by the Registration Rights Agreements to remain available for such use, the
Registration Statement ceases to be so available for any reason (including,
without limitation, by reason of an SEC stop order, a material misstatement or
omission therein or the information contained in the Registration Statement
having become outdated) and shall remain so unavailable on such 30th day, (7)
the date on which the Registration Statement becomes available for use by a
holder of this Note, if, at any time during which the Registration Statement is
required by the Registration Rights Agreements to remain available for such use,
the Registration Statement shall have become unavailable for such use, (8) the
date which is 30 days after the date on which the Holder shall have become
unable to convert this Note in accordance with Section 2.1 for any reason (other
than by reason of the 4.9% limitation set forth in Section 2.1), if the Holder
shall remain unable so to convert this Note on such 30th day, and (9) the date
on which the Holder becomes able to convert this Note, if the Holder shall have
become unable to convert this Note as described in the preceding clause (8) of
this paragraph.
"Conversion Notice" means a Notice of Conversion substantially in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, properly completed and duly executed by
the Holder or the Holder's attorney-in-fact.
"Filing Deadline" means March 17, 1997.
"Issuance Date" means the date of original issuance of this Note
pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement.
"Registration Statement" means the Registration Statement filed by
the Company with the SEC pursuant to Section 2 of the Registration Rights
Agreement.
"SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
"SEC Effective Date" means the date on which the Registration
Statement is first declared effective by the SEC.
2.3 AUTHORIZED SHARES. The Company covenants that, during the period the
conversion rights exist, the Company will at all times reserve from its
authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares of Common
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Stock to permit conversion in full of this Note at the Conversion Price from
time to time in effect the Company represents and warrants that upon issuance,
such shares will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The
Company agrees that its issuance of this Note shall constitute full authority to
its officers and agents who are charged with the duty of executing stock
certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for shares of
Common Stock upon the conversion of this Note.
2.4 METHOD OF CONVERSION.
(a) The right of the Holder to convert this Note shall be exercised by
delivering to the Company a Conversion Notice stating the principal amount of
this Note which, together with interest as provided in this Note, is being
converted. The Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable
in respect of any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of shares of
Common Stock or other securities or property on conversion of this Note in a
name other than that of the Holder, and the Company shall not be required to
issue or deliver any such shares or other securities or property unless and
until the person or persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to
the Company the amount of any such tax or shall have established to the
satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid. The Holder shall be
responsible for the amount of any withholding tax payable in connection with
such conversion.
(b) If the Holder elects to convert this Note in accordance with
Section 2. 1, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Note
to the Company unless the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note is so
converted. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the
principal amount so converted and the dates of such conversions or shall use
such other method, reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and the Company, so as
not to require physical surrender of this Note upon each such conversion. In the
event of any dispute or discrepancy, such records of the Company shall be
controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if any portion of this Note is converted as aforesaid the Holder
may not transfer this Note unless the Holder first physically surrenders this
Note to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon
the order of the Holder a new note of like tenor, registered as the Holder (upon
payment by the Holder of any applicable transfer taxes) may request,
representing in the aggregate the remaining unpaid principal amount of this
Note. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Note, acknowledges and
agrees that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following conversion
of a portion of this Note, the unpaid and unconverted principal amount of this
Note represented by this Note may be less than the amount stated on the face
hereof.
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(c) In case of any consolidation or merger of the Company with any
other corporation (other than a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company) in which
the Company is not the surviving corporation, or in case of any sale or transfer
of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or in the case of any
share exchange pursuant to which all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock
are converted into other securities or property, the Company shall make
appropriate provision or cause appropriate provision to be made so that the
Holder shall have the right thereafter to convert this Note into the kind of
shares of stock and other securities and property receivable upon such
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange by the persons who were
holders of Common Stock immediately prior to the effective date of such
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange and on a basis which
preserves the economic benefits of the conversion rights of the Holder on a
basis as nearly as practical as such rights existed prior to such consolidation,
merger, sale, transfer or share exchange. If, in connection with any such
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange each holder of shares of
Common Stock is entitled to elect to receive either securities, cash or other
assets upon completion of such transaction, the Company shall provide or cause
to be provided to the Holder the right to elect the securities, cash or other
assets into which this Note shall be convertible after completion of any such
transaction on the same terms and subject to the same conditions applicable to
holders of the Common Stock (including, without limitation, notice of the right
to elect, limitations on the period in which such election shall be made, and
the effect of failing to exercise the election). The Company shall not effect
any such transaction unless the provisions of this paragraph have been complied
with. The above provisions shall similarly apply to successive consolidations,
mergers, sales, transfers or share exchanges.
Whenever the Company shall propose to take any of the actions
specified in this Section 2.4(c), the Company shall cause a notice to be mailed
at least 20 days prior to the date on which the books of the Company will close
or on which a record will be taken for such action, to the Holder. Such notice
shall specify the action proposed to be taken by the Company and the date as of
which holders of record of the Common Stock shall participate in any such
actions or be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other
property, as the case may be. Failure by the Company to mail the notice or any
defect in such notice shall not affect the validity of the transaction.
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Nothing in this Section 2.4(c) shall limit the rights of the
Holder or the obligations of the Company under Article V of this Note or the
obligations of the Company under Section 4(e) of the Note Purchase Agreement or
Section 2(e) or 9 of the Registration Rights Agreement.
(d) Upon receipt by the Company from the Holder of a telephone line
facsimile transmission of a Conversion Notice meeting the requirements for
conversion as provided in Section 2.1 and this Section 2.4, the Company shall
issue and deliver or cause to be issued and delivered to the Holder certificates
for the Common Stock issuable upon such conversion within three business days
after such receipt and otherwise in accordance with the Note Purchase Agreement
(including, without limitation, in accordance with the requirement that
certificates for shares of Common Stock issued on or after the SEC Effective
Date upon conversion of this Note shall not bear any restrictive legend), and
the Holder shall be deemed to be the holder of record of the Common Stock
issuable upon such conversion, the outstanding principal amount and the amount
of accrued and unpaid interest on this Note shall be reduced to reflect such
conversion, and all rights with respect to the portion of this Note being so
converted shall forthwith terminate except the right to receive the Common Stock
or other securities, cash or other assets, as herein provided, on such
conversion. If the Holder shall have given a Conversion Notice as provided
herein, the Company's obligation to issue and deliver the certificates for
Common Stock shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the absence of
any action by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect
to any provision thereof, the recovery of any judgment against any person or any
action to enforce the same, any failure or delay in the enforcement of any other
obligation of the Company to the holder of record, or any setoff, counterclaim,
recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the
Holder of any obligation to the Company, and irrespective of any other
circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the
Holder in connection with such conversion. If the Company shall fail to issue
and deliver or cause to be issued and delivered the certificates for shares of
Common Stock upon any such conversion as and when required by the first sentence
of this Section 2.4(d), then, in addition to any other liability which the
Company may have to the Holder, the Applicable Percentage used to calculate the
Conversion Price with respect to such conversion shall be reduced by one
percentage point for each day after the third trading day following the date
such Conversion Notice is received by the Company to the date of delivery of
such shares of Common Stock to the Holder.
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(e) No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon
conversion of this Note but, in lieu of any fraction of a share of Common Stock
which would otherwise be issuable in respect of the aggregate number of such
shares converted at one time by the same holder, the Company shall round the
number of shares of Common Stock issued on such conversion up to the next
highest whole share.
ARTICLE III
CERTAIN COVENANTS
3.1 TENDER OFFERS. The Company will not itself, and will not permit any
subsidiary of the Company to (l) make any tender offer or exchange offer (a
"Tender Offer") for outstanding shares of Common Stock unless the Company
contemporaneously therewith makes an offer, or (2) enter into an agreement
regarding a Tender Offer for outstanding shares of Common Stock by any person
other than the Company or any subsidiary of the Company unless such person
agrees with the Company to make an offer, in either such case, to the Holder to
purchase the same percentage of the outstanding principal amount of this Note
held by the Holder as the percentage of outstanding shares of Common Stock
offered to be purchased in such Tender Offer, at a price equal to the sum of (1)
the sum of (a) the principal amount of this Note to be purchased PLUS (b)
accrued and unpaid interest on such principal amount to the date of purchase
PLUS (c) accrued and unpaid Default Interest, if any, on the amount referred to
in the immediately preceding clause (b) at the rate provided in this Note to the
date of purchase PLUS (2) an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying
(a) the sum stated in the immediately preceding clause (1) TIMES(b) the quotient
(expressed as a percentage) obtained by dividing (x) the amount determined by
subtracting from 100 percent the Applicable Percentage in effect on the date of
payment BY (y) the Applicable Percentage in effect on such payment date.
3.2 RESTRICTION ON DIVIDENDS. So long as the Company shall have any
obligation under this Note, the Company shall not pay, declare or set apart for
such payment, any dividend on shares of capital stock other than (a) dividends
on shares of Common Stock solely in the form of additional shares of Common
Stock and (b) so long as no Event of Default or Repurchase Event has occurred
and is continuing, regular quarterly dividends in fixed amounts on preferred
stock of the Company.
3.3 RESTRICTION ON STOCK REPURCHASES. During the period commencing from
the date on which the Registration Statement shall have been declared effective
and until the date that the Registration Statement shall have been effective for
60 consecutive days, neither the Company nor any subsidiary of the Company shall
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redeem, repurchase (other than pursuant to a Tender Offer, as defined in Section
3.1, which shall be governed by Section 3.1) or otherwise acquire (whether for
cash or in exchange for property or other securities or otherwise) in any one
transaction or series of related transactions any shares of capital stock of the
Company or any subsidiary of the Company unless such purchase, redemption or
repurchase would not be in violation of Rule 10b-6 under the 1934 Act and such
purchase, redemption or repurchase would not, by reason of Rule 10b-6 under the
1934 Act, prevent the Holder from selling its Registrable Securities (as defined
in the Registration Statement) under the Registration Statement.
ARTICLE IV
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
If any of the following events of default (each, an "Event of Default")
shall occur:
4.1 FAILURE TO PAY PRINCIPAL OR INTEREST. The Company fails (a) to pay the
principal hereof when due, whether at maturity, upon redemption, upon
acceleration or otherwise or (b) to pay any installment of interest hereon when
due and, in the case of this clause (b) of this Section 4.1 only, such failure
continues for a period of three (3) days after the due date thereof;
4.2 CONVERSION AND THE SHARES. The Company fails to issue shares of Common
Stock to the Holder upon exercise by the Holder of the conversion rights of the
Holder in accordance with the terms of this Note, fails to transfer any
certificate for shares of Common Stock issued to the Holder upon conversion of
this Note or in payment of principal of or interest on this Note as and when
required by this Note or the Registration Rights Agreement;
4.3 BREACH OF COVENANT. The Company (a) fails to comply with any provision
of Article III of this Note or (b) breaches any material covenant or other
material term or condition of this Note (other than as specifically provided in
Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3(a) hereof), the Note Purchase Agreement, and in the
case of this clause (b) of this Section 4.3 only, such breach continues for a
period of twenty (20) days after written notice thereof to the Company from the
Holder or within 60 days after delivery of such notice if and only if, within
such 20-day period, the Company has been diligently taking action to cure
default and such cure cannot be completed within such 20-day period;
4.4 BREACH OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Any representation or
warranty of the Company made herein or in any agreement, statement or
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certificate given in writing pursuant hereto or in connection herewith
(including, without limitation, the Note Purchase Agreement) shall be false or
misleading in any material respect when made;
4.5 CERTAIN VOLUNTARY PROCEEDINGS. The Company or any material subsidiary
of the Company shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking
liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to itself or its debts
under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect
or seeking the appointment of a trustee receiver, liquidator, custodian or other
similar official of it or any substantial part of its property, or shall consent
to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such
official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it, or
shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail
generally to pay its debts as they become due or shall admit in writing its
inability generally to pay its debts as they become due;
4.6 CERTAIN INVOLUNTARY PROCEEDINGS. An involuntary case or other
proceeding shall be commenced against the Company or any material subsidiary of
the Company seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to
it or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver,
liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or any substantial part of
its property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain
undismissed and unstayed for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days;
4.7 JUDGMENTS. Any money judgment, writ or similar process shall be
entered or filed against the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or any of
their respective properties or other assets for more than $1,000,000, and shall
remain unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of thirty (30) days;
4.8 DEFAULT UNDER OTHER AGREEMENTS. (a) The Company or any subsidiary
shall (i) default in any payment with respect to any indebtedness for borrowed
money (other than this Note) which indebtedness has an outstanding principal
amount in excess of $1,000,000 individually or in the aggregate for the Company
and its subsidiaries, beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the
instrument or agreement under which such indebtedness was created or (ii)
default in the observance or performance of any agreement, covenant or condition
relating to any such indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement
evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or
condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to
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cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such indebtedness (or a trustee or
agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, any such indebtedness to
become due prior to its stated maturity and such default or event shall continue
beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement
under which such indebtedness was created (after giving effect to any consent or
waiver obtained and then in effect thereunder); (b) any such indebtedness of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries shall, in accordance with its terms, be
declared to be due and payable, or required to be prepaid other than by a
regularly scheduled or required payment prior to the stated maturity thereof; or
(c) any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing under the Convertible
Note, dated February __, 1997, in the original principal amount of $2,000,000
issued by the Company; or
4.9 DELISTING OF COMMON STOCK. The Common Stock shall cease to be listed
on any of the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the Nasdaq National Market, the NYSE or
the AMEX;
then upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default
specified in Section 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.7, 4.8 or 4.9 at the option of the
Holder the Company shall, and upon the occurrence of any Event of Default
specified in Section 4.5 or 4.6, the Company shall, pay to the Holder an amount
equal to the sum of (1) the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount of this
Note PLUS (B) accrued and unpaid interest on such principal amount to the date
of payment PLUS (C) accrued and unpaid Default Interest, if any, on the amount
referred to in the immediately preceding clause (B) at the rate provided in this
Note to the date of payment PLUS (2) an amount equal to the product obtained by
multiplying (a) the sum stated in the immediately preceding clause (l) TIMES (b)
the quotient (expressed as a percentage) obtained by dividing (x) the amount
determined by subtracting from 100 percent the Applicable Percentage in effect
on the date of payment BY (y) the Applicable Percentage in effect on such
payment date, and all other amounts payable hereunder shall immediately become
due and payable, all without demand, presentment or notice, all of which hereby
are expressly waived, together with all costs, including, without limitation,
legal fees and expenses, of collection, and the Holder shall be entitled to
exercise all other rights and remedies available at law or in equity, including
all rights and remedies under or in connection with any pledge created in
accordance with Article III of this Note.
ARTICLE V
REPURCHASE UPON A REPURCHASE EVENT; PREPAYMENT
5.1 REPURCHASE RIGHT. If there shall occur a Repurchase Event (as defined
in Section 5.3 hereof), then the Holder shall have the right, at the Holder'
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option, to require the Company to repurchase all of this Note, or any portion
hereof (in a minimum principal amount of $100,000 or integral multiples thereof
(or such lesser remaining principal amount of this Note)), on the repurchase
date that is three (3) business days after the date of the Holder Notice (as
defined in Section 5.2(b) below) delivered with respect to such Repurchase
Event. The Holder shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all
or any such portion of this Note if a Repurchase Event occurs at any time while
any portion of the principal amount of this Note is outstanding at a purchase
price equal to the sum of (1) the sum of (a) the principal amount of this Note
to be repurchased PLUS (b) accrued and unpaid interest on such principal amount
to the date of such repurchase PLUS (c) accrued and unpaid Default Interest, if
any, on the amount referred to in the immediately preceding clause (b) at the
rate provided in this Note to the repurchase date PLUS (2) an amount equal to
the product obtained by multiplying (a) the sum stated in the immediately
preceding clause (1) TIMES (b) the quotient (expressed as a percentage) obtained
by dividing (x) the amount determined by subtracting from 100 percent the
Applicable Percentage in effect on the date of payment BY (y) the Applicable
Percentage in effect on such payment date (such sum being referred to herein as
the "Repurchase Price").
5.2 NOTICES: METHOD OF EXERCISING REPURCHASE RIGHTS, ETC.
(a) On or before the fifth (5th) business day after the occurrence
of a Repurchase Event, the Company shall give to the Holder a notice in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit B (the "Company Notice") of the occurrence of the
Repurchase Event and of the repurchase right set forth herein arising as a
result thereof.
Such notice shall set forth:
(i) the date by which the repurchase right must be exercised,
and
(ii) a description of the procedure (set forth below) which the
Holder must follow to exercise the repurchase right.
No failure of the Company to give a Company Notice or defect therein
shall limit the Holder's right to exercise the repurchase right or affect the
validity of the proceedings for the repurchase of this Note or portion hereof.
(b) To exercise the repurchase right, the Holder shall deliver to
the Company on or before the thirtieth (30th) day after the Company Notice (or
if no such Company Notice has been given, within forty (40) days after the
Holder first learns of the Repurchase Event) (i) notice to the Company (or an
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agent designated by the Company for such purpose) of the Holder's exercise of
such right, which notice shall set forth the name of the Holder, the principal
amount of this Note to be repurchased, and a statement that an election to
exercise the repurchase right is being made thereby in the form attached hereto
as EXHIBIT C (the "Holder Notice"), and (ii) this Note, duly endorsed for
transfer to the Company of the portion of the principal amount of this Note to
be repurchased. Such notice by the Holder shall be irrevocable.
(c) If the Company fails to repurchase on the repurchase date this
Note (or portion hereof) as to which the repurchase right has been properly
exercised, then the Repurchase Price for the principal of this Note shall bear
interest to the extent not prohibited by applicable law from the repurchase date
at the rate of 14 percent (14%) per annum until paid.
(d) If a portion of this Note is to be repurchased, upon surrender
of this Note to the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 5.2,
the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder without service charge, a
new Note or Notes, having the same date hereof and containing identical terms
and conditions, of such denomination or denominations as requested by the Holder
in aggregate principal amount equal to, and in exchange for, the unrepurchased
portion of the principal of the Note so surrendered.
5.3 REPURCHASE EVENT. A Repurchase Event shall be defined as the
occurrence of any one of the following events:
(a) For any period of five consecutive trading days following the
date hereof there shall be no Trading Price of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq
SmallCap Market, the Nasdaq National Market, the NYSE or the AMEX;
(b) The Common Stock ceases to be listed for trading on the Nasdaq
SmallCap Market, the Nasdaq National Market, the NYSE or the AMEX;
(c) Any consolidation or merger of the Company or any subsidiary of
the Company with or into another entity (other than a merger or consolidation of
a subsidiary of the Company into the Company or a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Company) where the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such
transaction do not collectively own at least 51% of the outstanding voting
securities of the surviving corporation of such consolidation or merger
immediately following such transaction;
(d) The adoption of any amendment to the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation or the taking of any other action which materially and adversely
affects the rights of the Holder;
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(e) The inability for a period of 30 days or more of the Holder to
sell shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of this Note pursuant to the
Registration Statement (1) by reason of the requirements of the Act, the 1934
Act or any of the rules or regulations under either thereof or (2) due to the
Registration Statement containing any untrue statement of material fact or
omitting to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading or other failure of the Registration
Statement to comply with the rules and regulations of the SEC;
(f) Any material change in the management of the Company, including
without limitation, the failure of Xxxxxx Xxxxx to remain as Chairman of the
Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company; or
(g) The occurrence of any Event of Default specified in Article IV
of this Note.
ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS
6.1 FAILURE OR INDULGENCY NOT WAIVER. No failure or delay on the part of
the Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall
operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of
any other right, power or privileges. All rights and remedies existing hereunder
are cumulative to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies otherwise
available.
6.2 NOTICES. Any notice herein required or permitted to be given shall be
in writing and may be personally served, sent by telephone line facsimile
transmission or delivered by courier or sent by United States mail and shall be
deemed to have been given upon receipt if personally served, sent by telephone
line facsimile transmission or sent by courier or three (3) days after being
deposited in the United States mail, certified, with postage pre-paid and
properly addressed, if sent by mail. For the purposes hereof, the address of the
Holder shall be as shown on the records of the Company and the address of the
Company shall be 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer (telephone line facsimile transmission number
(000) 000-0000). Both the Holder and the Company may change the address for
service by service of written notice to the other as herein provided.
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6.3 AMENDMENT PROVISION. The term "Note" and all reference thereto, as
used throughout this instrument, shall mean this instrument as originally
executed, or if later amended or supplemented, then as so amended or
supplemented.
6.4 ASSIGNABILITY. This Note shall be binding upon the Company and its
successors and assigns, and shall inure to be the benefit of the Holder and its
successors and assigns.
6.5 COST OF COLLECTION. If default is made in the payment of this Note,
the Company shall pay the Holder hereof costs of collection, including
attorneys' fees.
6.6 GOVERNING LAW. This Note shall be governed by the internal laws of the
State of Florida, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws.
6.7 CERTAIN AMOUNTS. Whenever pursuant to this Note the Company is
required to pay an amount in excess of the outstanding principal amount (or the
portion thereof required to be paid at that time) plus accrued and unpaid
interest plus Default Interest on such interest, the Company and the Holder
agree that the actual damages to the Holder from the receipt of cash payment on
this Note may be difficult to determine and the amount to be so paid by the
Company represents stipulated damages and not a penalty and is intended to
compensate the Holder in part for loss of the opportunity to convert this Note
and to earn a return from the sale of shares of Common Stock acquired upon
conversion of this Note at a price in excess of the price paid for such shares
pursuant to this Note. The Company and the Holder hereby agree that such amount
of stipulated damages is not plainly disproportionate to the possible loss to
the Holder from the receipt of a cash payment without the opportunity to convert
this Note into shares of Common Stock.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Company has caused this Note to be signed in its name
by its duly authorized officer on the day and in the year first above written.
TOTAL WORLD
TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By
------------------------------------------
Name:
Title:
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Exhibit A
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NOTICE OF CONVERSION
TO TOTAL WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(1) Pursuant to the terms of the Convertible Note (the "Note"), the
undersigned hereby elects to convert $_______________ principal amount of the
Note and accrued and unpaid interest into shares of Common Stock of TOTAL WORLD
TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"). Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings
provided in the Note.
(2) Please issue a certificate or certificates for_________ shares of
Common Stock in the name(s) specified immediately below or, if additional space
is necessary, on an attachment hereto:
__________________________ _________________________
Name Name
__________________________ _________________________
Address Address
__________________________ _________________________
SS or Tax ID Number SS or Tax ID Number
(3) Date of Conversion: __________________________________
Applicable Closing Price: __________________________________
Applicable Conversion Price: __________________________________
Delivery Instructions
for Common Stock: __________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
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(4) If the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Note
have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"), the undersigned represents and warrants that (i) such shares of Common
Stock are being acquired for the account of the undersigned for investment, and
not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, the distribution thereof,
and that the undersigned has no present intention of distributing or reselling
such shares and (ii) the undersigned is an "accredited investor" as defined in
Regulation D under the Act. The undersigned further agrees that (A) such shares
shall not be sold or transferred unless either (i) they first shall have been
registered under the Act and applicable state securities laws or (ii) the
Company first shall have been furnished with an opinion of legal counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect that such sale or transfer
is exempt from the registration requirements of the Act and (B) until such
shares are registered under the Act, the Company may place a legend on the
certificate(s) for the shares to that effect and place a stop-transfer
restriction in its records relating to the shares.
NAME:_______________________________________
Date__________________________ _______________________________________
Signature of Registered Holder
(Must be signed exactly as name
appears in the Note.)
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Exhibit B
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COMPANY NOTICE
(SECTION 5.2(a) OF CONVERTIBLE NOTE)
TO:_______________________________________
(Name of Holder)
(1) A Repurchase Event described in clause________________of Section 5.3
of the Convertible Note due____________________________, 1998 (the "Note") of
Total World Telecommunications, Inc., a________ _______ corporation (the
"Company"), occurred on _____________, 199__. As a result of such Repurchase
Event, the Holder is entitled to exercise its repurchase rights pursuant to
Article V of the Note.
(2) The Holder's repurchase right must be exercised on or before
__________________________, 199__.
(3) At or before the date set forth in the preceding paragraph (2), the
Holder must:
(a) deliver to the Company a Holder Notice, in the form attached as
EXHIBIT C to the Note; and
(b) the Note, duly endorsed for transfer to the Company of the
portion of the principal amount to be repurchased.
(4) Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have
the respective meanings provided in the Note.
TOTAL WORLD
TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Date_____________________________ By____________________________________
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Exhibit C
HOLDER NOTICE
(SECTION 5.2(b) OF CONVERTIBLE NOTE)
TO: TOTAL WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(1) Pursuant to the terms of the Convertible Note due ___________,
1998 (the "Note"), the undersigned Holder hereby elects to exercise its right to
require repurchase by the Company of $______________ of the Note, equal to the
sum of $_____________ principal amount of the Note, $__________________ of
accrued and unpaid interest on such principal amount and $_____________________
of Default Interest on such interest at the repurchase price provided in the
Note.
(2) Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have
the respective meanings provided in the Note.
NAME:_______________________________________
____________________________________________
Signature of Registered Holder
(Must be signed exactly as name
appears in the Note.)
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Annex II
to
Note Purchase
Agreement
THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT",). THE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN
ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE
ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS
NOT REQUIRED.
TOTAL WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
CONVERTIBLE NOTE
----------------
New York, New York $2,000,000.00
February 7, 1997
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, TOTAL WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Delaware
corporation (hereinafter called the "Company"), hereby promises to pay to GFL
Advantage Fund Limited, or registered assigns (the "Holder") or order, the sum
of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00), on January 31, 1999 (the "Maturity
Date"), and to pay interest on the unpaid principal balance hereof at the rate
of seven percent (7%) per annum from the date this Note is released from the
escrow created by the Joint Escrow Instructions forming part of the Note
Purchase Agreement (as defined herein), until the same becomes due and payable,
whether at maturity or upon acceleration or by prepayment or otherwise. Any
amount of principal of or interest on this Note which is not paid when due shall
bear interest at the rate of fourteen percent (14%) per annum from the due date
thereof until the same is paid ("Default Interest"). Interest shall be payable
on the 1st day of each February, May, August and November, commencing on May 1,
1997, and at maturity (the"Interest Payment Dates"). Interest on this Note shall
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of 12 30-day months and actual days
elapsed.
All payments of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this
Note shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America, or, at the
option of the Company and subject to the provisions of this Note, (1) principal
of this Note payable on the Maturity Date and (2) interest payable on the
Interest Payment Dates, in either such case may be paid in whole or in part in
fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock, $.00001 par value, as such
stock exist on the date of issuance of this Note, or any shares of capital stock
of the Company into which such stock shall hereafter be changed or reclassified
(the "Common Stock"). All cash payments shall be made by wire transfer of
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immediately available funds to such account as the Holder may from time to time
designate by written notice in accordance with the provisions of this Note.
Whenever any amount expressed to be due by the terms of this Note is due on any
day which is not a business day, the same shall instead be due on the next
succeeding day which is a business day and, in the case of any Interest Payment
Date which is not the date on which this Note is paid in full, the extension of
the due date thereof shall not be taken into account for purposes of determining
the amount of interest due on such date. As used in this Note, the term
"business day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on
which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law
or executive order to remain closed.
The obligations of the Company under this Note shall rank in right of
payment on a parity with all other unsubordinated obligations of the Company for
indebtedness for borrowed money or the purchase price of property. This Note is
issued pursuant to a Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 31, 1997, by
and between the Company and the original Holder of this Note, as amended from
time to time (the "Note Purchase Agreement"), and the Holder of this Note and
this Note are subject to the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement. The Holder of
this Note may be entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement,
dated as of January 31, 1997, between the Company and the original Holder (the
"Registration Rights Agreement").
The following terms shall apply to this Note:
ARTICLE I
NO PREPAYMENT; INTEREST OR CERTAIN PRINCIPAL IN COMMON STOCK
1.1 PREPAYMENT.
(a) So long as no Event of Default (as defined herein) or Repurchase
Event (as defined herein) or Repurchase Event (as defined herein) shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Borrower shall have the right, exercisable on
not less than 20 days or more than 25 days written notice to the Holder, at any
time to prepay this Note in whole or in any part of not less than $500,000
principal amount (or such lesser principal amount as shall remain unpaid at the
time of exercise of such right), in accordance with this Section 1.1 by payment
of the amount herein provided. Any notice of prepayment shall be delivered to
the Holder at its registered address appearing on the records of the Borrower
and shall state (1) that the Borrower is exercising its right to prepay all or a
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portion of the principal amount of this Note, (2) the principal amount to be
prepaid, (3) the date of prepayment and (4) that this Note must be surrendered
by the Holder at or before the time the Prepayment Amount (as defined herein) is
paid. On the date fixed for prepayment or on such later date as the Holder shall
surrender this Note to the Company in connection with such prepayment, the
Borrower shall make payment of the Prepayment Amount by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to or upon the order of the Holder as specified by
the Holder in writing to the Borrower at least one business day prior to the
prepayment date. If the Borrower exercises its right to prepay all or a portion
of this Note, the Borrower shall make payment to the Holder of an amount equal
to the sum of (1) the sum of (A) the principal amount of this Note to be prepaid
PLUS (B) accrued and unpaid interest on such principal amount to the date of
prepayment PLUS (C) accrued and unpaid Default Interest, if any, on the amount
referred to in the immediately preceding clause (B) at the rate provided in this
Note to the date of prepayment PLUS (2) an amount equal to the product obtained
by multiplying (a) the sum stated in the immediately preceding clause (1) TIMES
(b) the quotient (expressed as a percentage) obtained by dividing (x) the amount
determined by subtracting from 100 percent the Applicable Percentage in effect
on the date of prepayment BY (y) the Applicable Percentage in effect on such
prepayment date (such sum being referred to as the "Prepayment Amount"). Upon
the prepayment of less than the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note, a
new Note containing the same date and provisions as this Note shall be issued by
the Borrower to the Holder for the principal balance of this Note which shall
not have been prepaid. If notice of prepayment has been given as above provided,
unless converted into Common Stock pursuant to the terms hereof, the Prepayment
Amount shall become due and payable in respect of this Note or the portion
hereof to be prepaid shall become due and payable on the prepayment date and,
unless the Borrower shall default in the payment of such amounts when due,
interest on this Note or portion of this Note to be so prepaid shall cease to
accrue and this Note or the portion hereof to be so prepaid shall cease after
the close of business on the business day next preceding the date fixed for
prepayment to be convertible into Common Stock and the Holder shall have no
further right in respect of this Note or the portion hereof to be so prepaid
except the right to receive the amount due hereunder in respect of such
prepayment. If the Company shall fail to make payment in full of any Prepayment
Amount as and when due in accordance herewith and the Company's notice of
prepayment, in addition to any other rights or remedies, the Holder shall have
the right to convert the unpaid portion of this Note and any such conversions
shall be taken into account in determining the remaining amount to be paid by
the Company by reason of such prepayment.
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(b) Except as specifically provided in this Section 1.1, this Note
may not be prepaid or redeemed at the option of the Company prior to maturity.
1.2 ISSUANCE OF COMMON STOCK IN LIEU OF CASH INTEREST.
(a) If the Company exercises its option (x) to pay the principal
amount of this Note outstanding on the Maturity Date (the "Final Principal
Payment") or (y) to make a payment of interest on this Note, in either such case
wholly or partly in shares of Co con Stock (such payment referred to in the
preceding clause (x) or (y) being herein sometimes called the "Stock Payment
Option"), then in any such case the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon such
exercise of the Stock Payment Option shall have been authorized by the Board of
Directors of the Company.
(b) The Company shall not be permitted to exercise the Stock Payment
Option with respect to the Final Principal Payment or any payment of interest on
this Note if:
(i) the number of shares of Common Stock authorized, unissued
and unreserved for all purposes, or held in the Company's treasury, is
insufficient to pay the Final Principal Payment or the portion of such
interest to be paid in Common Stock, as the case may be;
(ii) the issuance or delivery of shares of Common Stock pursuant
to the Stock Payment Option or the public resale of such shares by the
Holder would require registration with or approval of any governmental
authority under any law or regulation, and such registration or approval
has not been effected or obtained; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that with respect to
compliance with the securities or blue sky laws of the states of the
United States, the requirements of this clause (ii) shall be deemed
satisfied if at the applicable time the Company is in compliance with
Section 3 of the Note Purchase Agreement;
(iii) the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon exercise of
the Stock Payment Option have not been authorized for listing, upon
official notice of issuance, on the principal securities exchange on which
the Common Stock is then listed and traded;
(iv) the Computed Price is less than the par value of the
Common Stock;
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(v) an Event of Default (as defined herein) or a Repurchase
Event (as defined herein) has occurred and is continuing;
(vi) the Common Stock ia not (i) listed or admitted for trading
on a national securities exchange, (ii) quoted on the Nasdaq National
Market or (iii) quoted on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market; or
(vii) the issuance of shares of Common Stock in payment of the
Final Principal Payment or interest on this Note, as the case may be,
would result in any Restricted Person (as defined in Section 2.1)
beneficially owning more than 4.9% of the Common Stock, determined as
provided in the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.1.
(c) If the Stock Payment Option is elected, the Company shall issue
and dispatch or cause to be dispatched to the Holder one or more certificates
for the aggregate number of whole shares of Common Stock determined by dividing
the per share Computed Price of the Common Stock into the total amount of lawful
money of the United States of America which the Holder would receive if the
aggregate amount of the Final Principal Payment or interest on this Note which
is being paid in shares of Common Stock were being paid in such lawful money;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if certificates representing shares of Common Stock are
delivered to the Holder subsequent to the third trading day after the applicable
Interest Payment Date the Applicable Percentage used to calculate the Computed
Price applicable to such Interest Payment Date shall be reduced by one
percentage point for each day after the third trading day following such
Interest Payment Date to the date of delivery of such shares of Common Stock to
the Holder; and PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that if certificates representing
shares of Common Stock in respect of the Final Principal Payment are not
delivered to the Holder on or before the third trading day after the Maturity
Date, the Company shall no longer be entitled to utilize the Stock Payment
Option in respect of the Final Principal Payment, which shall thereafter be
payable in cash only. No fractional shares will be issued in payment of the
Final Principal Payment or interest on this Note. In lieu thereof, the Company
may issue a number of shares of Common Stock which reflects a rounding up to the
next whole number or may pay lawful money of the United States of America. The
shares of Common Stock issued or to be issued by the Company in payment of the
Final Principal Payment or interest on this Note are sometimes referred to
herein as the "Payment Shares."
(d) If the Company exercises the Stock Payment Option with respect
to the Final Principal Payment or a payment of interest on this Note, the
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Company shall deliver to the Holder, on or prior to the date on which Payment
Shares for such payment of the Final Principal Payment or interest on this Note,
as the case may be, are to be received by the Holder, an Officer's Certificate
setting forth (i) the total amount of the Final Principal Payment or interest
payment, as the case may be, to which the Holder is entitled, (ii) the portion
of the Final Principal Payment or the interest payment, as the case may be,
being made in Payment Shares, (iii) the number of Payment Shares allocable to
such payment, as calculated pursuant to this Section 1.2, (iv) any rounding
adjustment to such number or any payment necessary to be made pursuant to
Section 1.2(c), (v) a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment,
(vi) the number of Payment Shares issuable with respect to each $100 of
principal of or interest on this Note after such adjustment and (vii) a brief
statement that none of the conditions set forth in Section 1.2(b) has occurred
and is existing. Such Officer's Certificate shall be accompanied by the
certificates, each duly issued in the name of the Holder, representing the
Payment Shares. Such Officer's Certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the
correctness of the calculation of the number of Payment Shares allocable to the
payments to which such Officer's Certificate relates and of any adjustments to
such number made pursuant to this Section 1.2 in the absence of manifest error.
In addition, on or before the pertinent payment date, the Company shall cause
the transfer agent for the Common Stock to prepare and issue the certificates
representing the Payment Shares in the name of the Holder before being so
delivered by the Company.
(e) The Payment Shares, when issued pursuant to and in compliance
with this Section 1.2, shall be, and for all purposes shall be deemed to be,
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock; the
issuance and delivery thereof is in all respects hereby authorized; and the
issuance thereof, together with lawful money of the United States of America, if
any, paid in lieu of fractional shares of such Common Stock, will be, and for
all purposes shall be deemed to be, in full discharge and satisfaction of the
Company's obligation to pay the principal of or interest on this Note to which
such Payment Shares relate.
(f) As used in this Note, the following terms shall have the
meanings provided herein:
(1) " Applicable Percentage" shall have the meaning provided
in Section 2.2.
(2) "Closing Price" on any date means the closing bid price
for one share of the Common Stock on such date, on the first applicable among
the following: (a) the national securities exchange on which the shares of
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Common Stock are listed which constitutes the principal securities market for
the Common Stock, (b) the Nasdaq National Market if it constitutes the principal
securities market for the Common Stock or (c) the Nasdaq SmallCap Market if it
constitutes the principal securities market for the Common Stock, in any such
case as reported by such exchange or market; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if during
any Measurement Period:
(i) The Company shall declare or pay a dividend or make a
distribution to all holders of the outstanding Common Stock in shares of
Common Stock or fix any record date for any such action, then the Trading
Price of the Common Stock for each day in such Measurement Period prior to
the earlier of (1) the date fixed for the determination of stockholders
entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution and (2) the date
on which ax-dividend trading in the Common Stock with respect to such
dividend or distribution begins shall be reduced by multiplying the
Closing Price (determined without regard to this proviso) for each such
day in such Measurement Period by a fraction of which the numerator shall
be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of
business on the earlier of (1) the record date fixed for such
determination and (2) the date on which ax-dividend trading in the Common
Stock with respect to such dividend or distribution begins and the
denominator shall be the sum of such number of shares and the total number
of shares constituting such dividend or other distribution;
(ii) The Company shall issue rights or warrants to all holders
of its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or fix a record date for such
issuance, which rights or warrants entitle such holders (for a period
expiring within forty-five (45) days after the date fixed for the
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants)
to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share
less than the Closing Price (determined without regard to this proviso)
for any day in such Measurement Period which is prior to the end of such
45-day period, then the Closing Price for such day shall be reduced so
that the same shall equal the price determined by multiplying the Closing
Price (determined without regard to this proviso) by a fraction of which
the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at
the close of business on the record date fixed for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants plus the number
of shares which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares
so offered would purchase at such Closing Price, and of which the
denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on
the close of business on such record date plus the total number of
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additional shares of Common Stock so offered for subscription or purchase.
In determining whether any rights or warrants entitle the holders to
subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at less than the Closing
Price (determined without regard to this proviso), and in determining the
aggregate offering price of such shares of Common Stock, there shall be
taken into account any consideration received for such rights or warrants,
the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined in
good faith by a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company;
(iii) The outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be subdivided
into a greater number of shares of Common Stock or a record date for any
such subdivision shall be fixed, then the Closing Price of the Common
Stock for each day in such Measurement Period prior to the earlier of (1)
the day upon which such subdivision becomes effective and (2) the date on
which ax-dividend trading in the Common Stock with respect to such
subdivision begins shall be proportionately reduced, and conversely, in
case the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be combined into a
smaller number of shares of Common Stock, the Closing Price for each day
in such Measurement Period prior to the day upon which such combination
becomes effective shall be proportionately increased;
(iv) The Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to
all holders of its Common Stock shares of any class of capital stock of
the Company (other than any dividends or distributions to which clause (i)
of this proviso applies) or evidences of its indebtedness, cash or other
assets (including securities, but excluding any rights or warrants
referred to in clause (ii) of this proviso and dividends and distributions
paid exclusively in cash and excluding any capital stock, evidences of
indebtedness, cash or assets distributed upon a merger or consolidation)
(the foregoing hereinafter in this clause (iv) of this proviso called the
"Securities"), or fix a record date for any such distribution, then, in
each such case, the Closing Price for any day in such Measurement Period
prior to the earlier of (1) the record date for such distribution and (2)
the date on which ax-dividend trading in the Common Stock with respect to
such distribution begins shall be reduced so that the same shall be equal
to the price determined by multiplying the Closing Price (determined
without regard to this proviso) by a fraction of which the numerator shall
be the Closing Price (determined without regard to this proviso) on such
date less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by resolution
of the Board of Directors of the Company) on such date of the portion of
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the Securities so distributed or to be distributed applicable to one share
of Common Stock and the denominator shall be the Closing Price (determined
without regard to this proviso); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in the event the
then fair market value (as so determined) of the portion of the Securities
so distributed applicable to one share of Common Stock is equal to or
greater than the Closing Price (determined without regard to this clause
(iv) of this proviso) on any such day, in lieu of the foregoing
adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that the Holder shall have
the right to receive in payment of interest on this Note or upon
conversion of this Note (or any portion thereof), as the case may be, the
amount of Securities the Holder would have received had the number of
shares of Common Stock to be issued in payment of such interest on this
Note, or had the Holder converted this Note (or portion thereof), in
either such case immediately prior to the record date for such
distribution. If the Board of Directors of the Company determines the fair
market value of any distribution for purposes of this clause (iv) by
reference to the actual or when issued trading market for any securities
comprising all or part of such distribution, it must in doing so consider
the prices in such market on the same day for which an adjustment in the
Closing Price is being determined.
For purposes of this clause (iv) and clauses (i) and
(ii) of this proviso, any dividend or distribution to which this clause
(iv) is applicable that also includes shares of Common Stock, or rights or
warrants to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock to which
clause (ii) of this proviso applies (or both), shall be deemed instead to
be (1) a dividend or distribution of the evidences of indebtedness,
assets, shares of capital stock, rights or warrants other than such shares
of Common Stock or rights or warrants to which clause (ii) of this proviso
applies (and any Closing Price reduction required by this clause (iv) with
respect to such dividend or distribution shall then be made) immediately
followed by (2) a dividend or distribution of such shares of Common Stock
or such rights or warrants (and any further Closing Price reduction
required by clauses (i) and (ii) of this proviso with respect to such
dividend or distribution shall then be made), except that any shares of
Common Stock included in such dividend or distribution shall not be deemed
"outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such
determination" within the meaning of clause (i) of this proviso;
(v) The Company or any subsidiary of the Company shall (x) by
dividend or otherwise, distribute to all holders of its Common Stock cash
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in (or fix any record date for any such distribution), or (y) repurchase
or reacquire shares of its Common Stock for, in either case, an aggregate
amount that, combined with (1) the aggregate amount of any other such
distributions to all holders of its Common Stock made exclusively in cash
within the twelve (12) months preceding the date of payment of such
distribution, and in respect of which no adjustment pursuant to this
clause (v) has been made, (2) the aggregate amount of any cash plus the
fair market value (as determined in good faith by a resolution of the
Board of Directors of the Company) of consideration paid in respect of any
repurchase or other reacquisition by the Company or any subsidiary of the
Company of any shares of Common Stock made within the twelve (12) months
preceding the date of payment of such distribution or making of such
repurchase or reacquisition, as the case may be, and in respect of which
no adjustment pursuant to this clause (v) has been made, and (3) the
aggregate of any cash plus the fair market value (as determined in good
faith by a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company) of
consideration payable in respect of any tender offer by the Company or any
of its subsidiaries for all or any portion of the Common Stock concluded
within the twelve (12) months preceding the date of payment of such
distribution or completion of such repurchase or reacquisition, as the
case may be, and in respect of which no adjustment pursuant to clause (vi)
of this proviso has been made, exceeds 10% of the product of the Closing
Price (determined without regard to this proviso) on any day in such
Measurement Period prior to the earlier of (1) the record date with
respect to such distribution and (2) the date on which ax-dividend trading
in the Common Stock with respect to such distribution begins or the date
of such repurchase or reacquisition, as the case may be, times the number
of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such date, then, and in each such
case, the Closing Price for such day shall be reduced so that the same
shall equal the price determined by multiplying the Closing Price
(determined without regard to this proviso) for such day by a fraction (i)
the numerator of which shall be equal to the Closing Price (determined
without regard to this proviso) for such day less an amount equal to the
quotient of (x) the excess of such combined amount over such 10% and (y)
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such day and (ii) the
denominator of which shall be equal to the Closing Price (determined
without regard to this proviso) on such day; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in
the event the portion of the cash so distributed or paid for the
repurchase or reacquisition of shares (determined per share based on the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding) applicable to one share of
Common Stock is equal to or greater than the Closing Price (determined
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without regard to this clause (v) of this proviso) of the Common Stock on
any such day, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision
shall be made so that the Holder shall have the right to receive in
payment of interest on this Note or upon conversion of this Note (or any
portion thereof), as the case may be, the amount of cash the Holder would
have received had the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued in
payment of such interest on this Note, or had the Holder converted this
Note (or portion hereof), in either such case, immediately prior to the
record date for such distribution or the payment date of such repurchase,
as applicable; or
(vi) A tender offer made by the Company or any of its
subsidiaries for all or any portion of the Common Stock shall expire and
such tender offer (as amended upon the expiration thereof) shall require
the payment to stockholders (based on the acceptance (up to any maximum
specified in the terms of the tender offer) of Purchased Shares (as
defined below)) of an aggregate consideration having a fair market value
(as determined in good faith by resolution of the Board of Directors of
the Company) that combined together with (1) the aggregate of the cash
plus the fair market value (as determined in good faith by a resolution of
the Board of Directors of the Company), as of the expiration of such
tender offer, of consideration payable in respect of any other tender
offers, by the Company or any of its subsidiaries for all or any portion
of the Common Stock expiring within the twelve (12) months preceding the
expiration of such tender offer and in respect of which no adjustment
pursuant to this clause (vi) has been made, (2) the aggregate amount of
any cash plus the fair market value (as determined in good faith by a
resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company) of consideration paid
in respect of any repurchase or other reacquisition by the Company or any
subsidiary of the Company of any shares of Common Stock made within the
twelve (12) months preceding the expiration of such tender offer and in
respect of which no adjustment pursuant to this clause (vi) has been made,
and (3) the aggregate amount of any distributions to all holders of the
Company's Common Stock made exclusively in cash within twelve (12) months
preceding the expiration of such tender offer and in respect of which no
adjustment pursuant to clause (v) of this proviso has been made, exceeds
10% of the product of the Closing Price (determined without regard to this
proviso) on any day in such period times the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding on such day, then, and in each such case, the Closing
Price for such day shall be reduced so that the same shall equal the price
determined by multiplying the Closing Price (determined without regard to
this proviso) for such day by a fraction of which the numerator shall be
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the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such day multiplied by
the Closing Price (determined without regard to this proviso) for such day
and the denominator shall be the sum of (x) the fair market value
(determined as aforesaid) of the aggregate consideration payable to
stockholders based on the acceptance (up to any maximum specified in the
terms of the tender offer) of all shares validly tendered and not
withdrawn as of the last time tenders could have been made pursuant to
such tender offer (the "Expiration Time") (the shares deemed so accepted,
up to any such maximum, being referred to as the "Purchased Shares") and
(y) the product of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (less
any Purchased Shares) on such day and the Closing Price (determined
without regard to this proviso) of the Common Stock on the trading day
next succeeding the Expiration Time. If the application of this clause
(vi) to any tender offer would result in an increase in the Closing Price
(determined without regard to this proviso) for any day, no adjustment
shall be made for such tender offer under this clause (vi) for such day.
(3) "Computed Price" means, as of the Maturity Date or an Interest
Payment Date, the lower of (A) the product obtained by multiplying (i) the
Applicable Percentage for the Maturity Date or the applicable Interest Payment
Date, as the case may be, TIMES (ii) the arithmetic average of the Closing Price
of the Common Stock for each day in the Measurement Period ending on the last
trading day prior to the Maturity Date or the applicable Interest Payment Date,
as the case may be, and (B) $7.00 (subject to equitable adjustment from time to
time for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, capital reorganizations
and similar events relating to the Common Stock occurring on or after the
Issuance Date (as defined in Section 2.2)).
(4) "Measurement Period" means, with respect to any date, the period
of five (5) consecutive trading days ending one trading day prior to such date.
(5) "Officer" means the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board, the
Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, any Vice
President, the Controller or the Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
(6) "Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by an
Officer.
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ARTICLE II
CONVERSION
2.1 CONVERSION RIGHT. The Holder shall have the right from and after the
earlier of (a) the SEC Effective Date; and (b) the date which is 90 days after
the date of original issuance of this Note and then in either such case at any
time on or prior to the date this Note is paid in full, to convert at any time
all or from time to time any part of the outstanding and unpaid principal amount
of this Note of at least $50,000, or such lesser amount as shall remain unpaid
at the time of the conversion, and accrued and unpaid interest on the principal
amount to be converted and on any such interest, into fully paid and
nonassessable shares of Common Stock at the conversion price determined as
provided herein (the "Conversion Price"); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in no event
shall the Holder be entitled at any time to convert any portion of the principal
amount of this Note (and accrued and unpaid interest thereon and on any such
interest) in excess of that portion of the principal amount of this Note (and
accrued and unpaid interest thereon and on any such interest) upon conversion of
which the sum of (1) the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by
the Holder and any person whose beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock
would be aggregated with the Holder's beneficial ownership of shares of Common
Stock for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, aa
amended (the "1934 Act"), and Regulation 13D-G thereunder (each a "Restricted
Person" and collectively, the "Restricted Persons") (other than shares of Common
Stock deemed beneficially owned through the ownership of the unconverted portion
of the principal amount of this Note and accrued and unpaid interest thereon and
on any such interest) and (2) the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of the portion of the principal amount of this Note and accrued and
unpaid interest thereon and on any such interest with respect to which the
determination in this proviso is being made, would result in beneficial
ownership by any Restricted Person of more than 4.9% of the outstanding shares
of Common Stock. For purposes of the proviso to the immediately preceding
sentence, beneficial ownership shall be determined in accordance with Section
13(d) of the 1934 Act, and Regulation 13D-G thereunder, except as otherwise
provided in clause (1) of the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence. The
number of shares of Common Stock to be issued upon each conversion of this Note
shall be determined by dividing the sum of (1) that portion of the principal
amount of this Note to be converted PLUS (2) accrued and unpaid interest on such
principal amount to the date the Conversion Notice for such conversion is given
to the Company PLUS (3) Default Interest, if any, on the amount referred to in
the immediately preceding clause (2) at the rate provided in this Note to the
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date such Conversion Notice is given to the Company, by the Conversion Price in
effect on the date the Conversion Notice for such conversion is given to the
Company.
2.2 CONVERSION PRICE. The Conversion Price shall be the lower of (1) the
product obtained by multiplying (a) the Applicable Percentage for the date the
applicable Conversion Notice is given to the Company TIMES (b) the arithmetic
average of the Closing Price of the Common Stock for each day in the Measurement
Period ending one trading day prior to the date the applicable Conversion Notice
is given to the Company and (2) $7.00 (subject to equitable adjustment from time
to time for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations, capital reorganizations
and similar events relating to the Common Stock occurring on or after the
Issuance Date).
As used in this Article II, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
"Applicable Percentage" means 75 percent, except that, if (w) the
Company fails to file the Registration Statement in form and substance meeting
the requirements of the Registration Rights Agreement with the SEC within the
period specified in Section 2(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement, (x) the
Registration Statement is not ordered effective by the SEC within 90 days after
the Issuance Date, (y) the Registration Statement shall cease to be available
for use by any holder of this Note which is named therein as a selling
stockholder for any reason (including, without limitation, by reason of an SEC
stop order, a material misstatement or omission in the Registration Statement or
the information contained in the Registration Statement having become outdated))
or (z) the Holder having become unable to convert this Note in accordance with
Section 2.1 (other than by reason of the 4.9% limitation set forth in Section
2.1) then the percentage stated above in this paragraph shall be reduced by
three percentage points on each Computation Date (pro rated in the case of any
Computation Date which is less than 30 days after the 90th day following the
Issuance Date or which is less than 30 days after a Computation Date) unless, in
lieu of such reduction in respect of any particular Computation Date, the
Company shall have made a cash payment to the Holder on a timely basis in the
amount specified in Section 2(c) of the Registration Rights Agreement.
"Computation Date" means (1) the date which is 30 days after the
Filing Deadline if (A) the Registration Statement has not been first filed with
the SEC on or before the Filing Deadline and (B) such date is on or prior to the
90th day after the Issuance Date, (2) the date on which the Registration
Statement is first filed with the SEC if (A) the Registration Statement has not
been first filed with the SEC on or before the Filing Deadline and (B) such date
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is prior to the 90th day after the Issuance Date and is prior to the 30th day
after the Filing Deadline, (3) the date which is 120 days after the Issuance
Date, unless the Registration Statement theretofore has been declared effective
by the SEC, (4) each date which is 30 days after a Computation Date, if the
Registration Statement has not been declared effective by the SEC prior to such
30th day, (5) if the Registration Statement has not been declared effective by
the SEC within 90 days after the Issuance Date, the date on which the
Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, (6) the date which is
30 days after the date on which the Registration Statement ceases to be
available for use by any holder of this Note which is named therein as a selling
stockholder, if, at any time during which the Registration Statement is required
by the Registration Rights Agreements to remain available for such use, the
Registration Statement ceases to be so available for any reason (including,
without limitation, by reason of an SEC stop order, a material misstatement or
omission therein or the information contained in the Registration Statement
having become outdated) and shall remain so unavailable on such 30th day, (7)
the date on which the Registration Statement becomes available for use by a
holder of this Note, if, at any time during which the Registration Statement is
required by the Registration Rights Agreements to remain available for such use,
the Registration Statement shall have become unavailable for such use, (8) the
date which is 30 days after the date on which the Holder shall have become
unable to convert this Note in accordance with Section 2.1 for any reason (other
than by reason of the 4.9% limitation set forth in Section 2.1), if the Holder
shall remain unable so to convert this Note on such 30th day, and (9) the date
on which the Holder becomes able to convert this Note, if the Holder shall have
become unable to convert this Note as described in the preceding clause (8) of
this paragraph.
"Conversion Notice" means a Notice of Conversion substantially in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, properly completed and duly executed by
the Holder or the Holder's attorney-in-fact.
"Filing Deadline" means March 17, 1997.
"Issuance Date" means the date of original issuance of this Note
pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement.
"Registration Statement" means the Registration Statement filed by
the Company with the SEC pursuant to Section 2 of the Registration Rights
Agreement.
"SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
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"SEC Effective Date" means the date on which the Registration
Statement is first declared effective by the SEC.
2.3 AUTHORIZED SHARES. The Company covenants that, during the period the
conversion rights exist, the Company will at all times reserve from its
authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares of Common
Stock to permit conversion in full of this Note at the Conversion Price from
time to time in effect. The Company represents and warrants that upon issuance,
such shares will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The
Company agrees that its issuance of this Note shall constitute full authority to
its officers and agents who are charged with the duty of executing stock
certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for shares of
Common Stock upon the conversion of this Note.
2.4 METHOD OF CONVERSION.
(a) The right of the Holder to convert this Note shall be exercised by
delivering to the Company a Conversion Notice stating the principal amount of
this Note which, together with interest as provided in this Note, is being
converted. The Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable
in respect of any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of shares of
Common Stock or other securities or property on conversion of this Note in a
name other than that of the Holder, and the Company shall not be required to
issue or deliver any such shares or other securities or property unless and
until the person or persons requesting the issuance thereof shall have paid to
the Company the amount of any such tax or shall have established to the
satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid. The Holder shall be
responsible for the amount of any withholding tax payable in connection with
such conversion.
(b) If the Holder elects to convert this Note in accordance with
Section 2.1, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Note
to the Company unless the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note is so
converted. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the
principal amount so converted and the dates of such conversions or shall use
such other method, reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and the Company, so as
not to require physical surrender of this Note upon each such conversion. In the
event of any dispute or discrepancy, such records of the Company shall be
controlling and determinative in the absence of manifest error. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if any portion of this Note is converted as aforesaid the Holder
may not transfer this Note unless the Holder first physically surrenders this
Note to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon
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the order of the Holder a new note of like tenor, registered as the Holder (upon
payment by the Holder of any applicable transfer taxes) may request,
representing in the aggregate the remaining unpaid principal amount of this
Note. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Note, acknowledges and
agrees that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following conversion
of a portion of this Note, the unpaid and unconverted principal amount of this
Note represented by this Note may be less than the amount stated on the face
hereof.
(c) In case of any consolidation or merger of the Company with any
other corporation (other than a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company) in which
the Company is not the surviving corporation, or in case of any sale or transfer
of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or in the case of any
share exchange pursuant to which all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock
are converted into other securities or property, the Company shall make
appropriate provision or cause appropriate provision to be made so that the
Holder shall have the right thereafter to convert this Note into the kind of
shares of stock and other securities and property receivable upon such
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange by the persons who were
holders of Common Stock immediately prior to the effective date of such
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange and on a basis which
preserves the economic benefits of the conversion rights of the Holder on a
basis as nearly as practical as such rights existed prior to such consolidation,
merger, sale, transfer or share exchange. If, in connection with any such
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange each holder of shares of
Common Stock is entitled to elect to receive either securities, cash or other
assets upon completion of such transaction, the Company shall provide or cause
to be provided to the Holder the right to elect the securities, cash or other
assets into which this Note shall be convertible after completion of any such
transaction on the same terms and subject to the same conditions applicable to
holders of the Common Stock (including, without limitation, notice of the right
to elect, limitations on the period in which such election shall be made, and
the effect of failing to exercise the election). The Company shall not effect
any such transaction unless the provisions of this paragraph have been complied
with. The above provisions shall similarly apply to successive consolidations,
mergers, sales, transfers or share exchanges.
Whenever the Company shall propose to take any of the actions
specified in this Section 2.4(c), the Company shall cause a notice to be mailed
at least 20 days prior to the date on which the books of the Company will close
or on which a record will be taken for such action, to the Holder. Such notice
shall specify the action proposed to be taken by the Company and the date as of
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which holders of record of the Common Stock shall participate in any such
actions or be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other
property, as the case may be. Failure by the Company to mail the notice or any
defect in such notice shall not affect the validity of the transaction.
Nothing in this Section 2.4(c) shall limit the rights of the
Holder or the obligations of the Company under Article V of this Note or the
obligations of the Company under Section 4(e) of the Note Purchase Agreement or
Section 2(e) or 9 of the Registration Rights Agreement.
(d) Upon receipt by the Company from the Holder of a telephone line
facsimile transmission of a Conversion Notice meeting the requirements for
conversion as provided in Section 2.1 and this Section 2.4, the Company shall
issue and deliver or cause to be issued and delivered to the Holder certificates
for the Common Stock issuable upon such conversion within three business days
after such receipt and otherwise in accordance with the Note Purchase Agreement
(including, without limitation, in accordance with the requirement that
certificates for shares of Common Stock issued on or after the SEC Effective
Date upon conversion of this Note shall not bear any restrictive legend), and
the Holder shall be deemed to be the holder of record of the Common Stock
issuable upon such conversion, the outstanding principal amount and the amount
of accrued and unpaid interest on this Note shall be reduced to reflect such
conversion, and all rights with respect to the portion of this Note being so
converted shall forthwith terminate except the right to receive the Common Stock
or other securities, cash or other assets, as herein provided, on such
conversion. If the Holder shall have given a Conversion Notice as provided
herein, the Company's obligation to issue and deliver the certificates for
Common Stock shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the absence of
any action by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect
to any provision thereof, the recovery of any judgment against any person or any
action to enforce the same, any failure or delay in the enforcement of any other
obligation of the Company to the holder of record, or any setoff, counterclaim,
recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the
Holder of any obligation to the Company, and irrespective of any other
circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the
Holder in connection with such conversion. If the Company shall fail to issue
and deliver or cause to be issued and delivered the certificates for shares of
Common Stock upon any such conversion as and when required by the first sentence
of this Section 2.4(d), then, in addition to any other liability which the
Company may have to the Holder, the Applicable Percentage used to calculate the
Conversion Price with respect to such conversion shall be reduced by one
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percentage point for each day after the third trading day following the date
such Conversion Notice is received by the Company to the date of delivery of
such shares of Common Stock to the Holder.
(e) No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon
conversion of this Note but, in lieu of any fraction of a share of Common Stock
which would otherwise be issuable in respect of the aggregate number of such
shares converted at one time by the same holder, the Company shall round the
number of shares of Common Stock issued on such conversion up to the next
highest whole share.
ARTICLE III
CERTAIN COVENANTS
3.1 TENDER OFFERS. The Company will not itself, and will not permit any
subsidiary of the Company to (1) make any tender offer or exchange offer (a
"Tender Offer") for outstanding shares of Common Stock unless the Company
contemporaneously therewith makes an offer, or (2) enter into an agreement
regarding a Tender Offer for outstanding shares of Common Stock by any person
other than the Company or any subsidiary of the Company unless such person
agrees with the Company to make an offer, in either such case, to the Holder to
purchase the same percentage of the outstanding principal amount of this Note
held by the Holder as the percentage of outstanding shares of Common Stock
offered to be purchased in such Tender Offer, at a price equal to the sum of (1)
the sum of (a) the principal amount of this Note to be purchased PLUS (b)
accrued and unpaid interest on such principal amount to the date of purchase
PLUS (c) accrued and unpaid Default Interest, if any, on the amount referred to
in the immediately preceding clause (b) at the rate provided in this Note to the
date of purchase PLUS (2) an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying
(a) the sum stated in the immediately preceding clause (1) TIMES (b) the
quotient (expressed as a percentage) obtained by dividing (x) the amount
determined by subtracting from 100 percent the Applicable Percentage in effect
on the date of payment BY (y) the Applicable Percentage in effect on such
payment date.
3.2 RESTRICTION ON DIVIDENDS. So long as the Company shall have any
obligation under this Note, the Company shall not pay, declare or set apart for
such payment, any dividend on shares of capital stock other than (a) dividends
on shares of Common Stock solely in the form of additional shares of Common
Stock and (b) so long as no Event of Default or Repurchase Event has occurred
and is continuing, regular quarterly dividends in fixed amounts on preferred
stock of the Company.
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3.3 RESTRICTION ON STOCK REPURCHASES. During the period commencing from
the date on which the Registration Statement shall have been declared effective
and until the date that the Registration Statement shall have been effective for
60 consecutive days, neither the Company nor any subsidiary of the Company shall
redeem, repurchase (other than pursuant to a Tender Offer, as defined in Section
3.1, which shall be governed by Section 3.1) or otherwise acquire (whether for
cash or in exchange for property or other securities or otherwise) in any one
transaction or series of related transactions any shares of capital stock of the
Company or any subsidiary of the Company unless such purchase, redemption or
repurchase would not be in violation of Rule 10b-6 under the 1934 Act and such
purchase, redemption or repurchase would not, by reason of Rule 10b-6 under the
1934 Act, prevent the Holder from selling its Registrable Securities (as defined
in the Registration Statement) under the Registration Statement.
ARTICLE IV
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
If any of the following events of default (each, an "Event of
Default") shall occur:
4.1 FAILURE TO PAY PRINCIPAL OR INTEREST. The Company fails (a) to pay the
principal hereof when due, whether at maturity, upon redemption, upon
acceleration or otherwise or (b) to pay any installment of interest hereon when
due and, in the case of this clause (b) of this Section 4.1 only, such failure
continues for a period of three (3) days after the due date thereof;
4.2 CONVERSION AND THE SHARES. The Company fails to issue shares of Common
Stock to the Holder upon exercise by the Holder of the conversion rights of the
Holder in accordance with the terms of this Note, fails to transfer any
certificate for shares of Common Stock issued to the Holder upon conversion of
this Note or in payment of principal of or interest on this Note as and when
required by this Note or the Registration Rights Agreement;
4.3 BREACH OF COVENANT. The Company (a) fails to comply with any provision
of Article III of this Note or (b) breaches any material covenant or other
material term or condition of this Note (other than as specifically provided in
Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3(a) hereof), the Note Purchase Agreement, and in the
case of this clause (b) of this Section 4.3 only, such breach continues for a
period of twenty (20) days after written notice thereof to the Company from the
Holder or within 60 days after delivery of such notice if and only if, within
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such 20-day period, the Company has been diligently taking action to cure
default and such cure cannot be completed within such 20-day period;
4.4 BREACH OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Any representation or
warranty of the Company made herein or in any agreement, statement or
certificate given in writing pursuant hereto or in connection herewith
(including, without limitation, the Note Purchase Agreement) shall be false or
misleading in any material respect when made;
4.5 CERTAIN VOLUNTARY PROCEEDINGS. The Company or any material subsidiary
of the Company shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking
liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to itself or its debts
under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect
or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or
other similar official of it or any substantial part of its property, or shall
consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any
such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it,
or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail
generally to pay its debts as they become due or shall admit in writing its
inability generally to pay its debts as they become due;
4.6 CERTAIN INVOLUNTARY PROCEEDINGS. An involuntary case or other
proceeding shall be commenced against the Company or any material subsidiary of
the Company seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to
it or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver,
liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or any substantial part of
its property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain
undismissed and unstayed for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days;
4.7 JUDGMENTS. Any money judgment, writ or similar process shall be
entered or filed against the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or any of
their respective properties or other assets for more than $1,000,000, and shall
remain unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of thirty (30) days;
4.8 DEFAULT UNDER OTHER AGREEMENTS. (a) The Company or any subsidiary
shall (i) default in any payment with respect to any indebtedness for borrowed
money (other than this Note) which indebtedness has an outstanding principal
amount in excess of $1,000,000 individually or in the aggregate for the Company
and its subsidiaries, beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the
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instrument or agreement under which such indebtedness was created or (ii)
default in the observance or performance of any agreement, covenant or condition
relating to any such indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement
evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or
condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to
cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such indebtedness (or a trustee or
agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, any such indebtedness to
become due prior to its stated maturity and such default or event shall continue
beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement
under which such indebtedness was created (after giving effect to any consent or
waiver obtained and then in effect thereunder); (b) any such indebtedness of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries shall, in accordance with its terms, be
declared to be due and payable, or required to be prepaid other than by a
regularly scheduled or required payment prior to the stated maturity thereof; or
(c) any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing under the Convertible
Note, dated February , 1997, in the original principal amount of $2,000,000
issued by the Company; or
4.9 DELISTING OF COMMON STOCK. The Common Stock shall cease to be listed
on any of the Nasdaq SmallCap Market, the Nasdaq National Market, the NYSE or
the AMEX;
then upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default
specified in Section 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.7, 4.8 or 4.9 at the option of the
Holder the Company shall, and upon the occurrence of any Event of Default
specified in Section 4.5 or 4.6, the Company shall, pay to the Holder an amount
equal to the sum of (1) the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount of this
Note plus (B) accrued and unpaid interest on such principal amount to the date
of payment PLUS (C) accrued and unpaid Default Interest, if any, on the amount
referred to in the immediately preceding clause (B) at the rate provided in this
Note to the date of payment PLUS (2) an amount equal to the product obtained by
multiplying (a) the sum stated in the immediately preceding clause (1) TIMES (b)
the quotient (expressed as a percentage) obtained by dividing (x) the amount
determined by subtracting from 100 percent the Applicable Percentage in effect
on the date of payment BY (y) the Applicable Percentage in effect on such
payment date, and all other amounts payable hereunder shall immediately become
due and payable, all without demand, presentment or notice, all of which hereby
are expressly waived, together with all costs, including, without limitation,
legal fees and expenses, of collection, and the Holder shall be entitled to
exercise all other rights and remedies available at law or in equity, including
all rights and remedies under or in connection with any pledge created in
accordance with Article III of this Note.
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ARTICLE V
REPURCHASE UPON A REPURCHASE EVENT; PREPAYMENT
5.1 REPURCHASE RIGHT. If there shall occur a Repurchase Event (as defined
in Section 5.3 hereof), then the Holder shall have the right, at the Holder's
option, to require the Company to repurchase all of this Note, or any portion
hereof (in a minimum principal amount of $100,000 or integral multiples thereof
(or such lesser remaining principal amount of this Note)), on the repurchase
date that is three (3) business days after the date of the Holder Notice (as
defined in Section 5.2(b) below) delivered with respect to such Repurchase
Event. The Holder shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all
or any such portion of this Note if a Repurchase Event occurs at any time while
any portion of the principal amount of this Note is outstanding at a purchase
price equal to the sum of (1) the sum of (a) the principal amount of this Note
to be repurchased PLUS (b) accrued and unpaid interest on such principal amount
to the date of such repurchase PLUS (c) accrued and unpaid Default Interest, if
any, on the amount referred to in the immediately preceding clause (b) at the
rate provided in this Note to the repurchase date PLUS (2) an amount xxxx to the
product obtained by multiplying (a) the sum stated in the immediately preceding
clause (1) TIMES (b) the quotient (expressed as a percentage) obtained by
dividing (x) the amount determined by subtracting from 100 percent the
Applicable Percentage in effect on the date of payment BY (y) the Applicable
Percentage in effect on such payment date (such sum being referred to herein as
the "Repurchase Price").
5.2 NOTICES; METHOD OF EXERCISING REPURCHASE RIGHTS, ETC. (a) On or before
the fifth (5th) business day after the occurrence of a Repurchase Event, the
Company shall give to the Holder a notice in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
B (the "Company Notice") of the occurrence of the Repurchase Event and of the
repurchase right set forth herein arising as a result thereof. Such notice shall
set forth:
(i) the date by which the repurchase right must be exercised, and
(ii) a description of the procedure (set forth below) which the Holder
must follow to exercise the repurchase right.
No failure of the Company to give a Company Notice or defect therein shall
limit the Holder's right to exercise the repurchase right or affect the validity
of the proceedings for the repurchase of this Note or portion hereof.
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(b) To exercise the repurchase right, the Holder shall deliver to
the Company on or before the thirtieth (30th) day after the Company Notice (or
if no such Company Notice has been given, within forty (40) days after the
Holder first learns of the Repurchase Event) (i) notice to the Company (or an
agent designated by the Company for such purpose) of the Holder's exercise of
such right, which notice shall set forth the name of the Holder, the principal
amount of this Note to be repurchased, and a statement that an election to
exercise the repurchase right is being made thereby in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit C (the "Holder Notice"), and (ii) this Note, duly endorsed for
transfer to the Company of the portion of the principal amount of this Note to
be repurchased. Such notice by the Holder shall be irrevocable.
(c) If the Company fails to repurchase on the repurchase date this
Note (or portion hereof) as to which the repurchase right has been properly
exercised, then the Repurchase Price for the principal of this Note shall bear
interest to the extent not prohibited by applicable law from the repurchase date
at the rate of 14 percent (14%) per annum until paid.
(d) If a portion of this Note is to be repurchased, upon surrender
of this Note to the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 5.2,
the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder without service charge, a
new Note or Notes, having the same date hereof and containing identical terms
and conditions, of such denomination or denominations as requested by the Holder
in aggregate principal amount equal to, and in exchange for, the unrepurchased
portion of the principal of the Note so surrendered.
5.3 REPURCHASE EVENT. A Repurchase Event shall be defined as the
occurrence of any one of the following events:
(a) For any period of five consecutive trading days following the
date hereof there shall be no Trading Price of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq
SmallCap Market, the Nasdaq National Market, the NYSE or the AMEX;
(b) The Common Stock ceases to be listed for trading on the Nasdaq
SmallCap Market, the Nasdaq National Market, the NYSE or the AMEX;
(c) Any consolidation or merger of the Company or any subsidiary of
the Company with or into another entity (other than a merger or consolidation of
a subsidiary of the Company into the Company or a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
Company) where the shareholders of the Company immediately prior to such
transaction do not collectively own at least 51% of the outstanding voting
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securities of the surviving corporation of ouch consolidation or merger
immediately following such transaction;
(d) The adoption of any amendment to the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation or the taking of any other action which materially and adversely
affects the rights of the Holder;
(e) The inability for a period of 30 days or more of the Holder to
sell shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of this Note pursuant to the
Registration Statement (1) by reason of the requirements of the Act, the 1934
Act or any of the rules or regulations under either thereof or (2) due to the
Registration Statement containing any untrue statement of material fact or
omitting to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading or other failure of the Registration
Statement to comply with the rules and regulations of the SEC;
(f) Any material change in the management of the Company, including
without limitation, the failure of Xxxxxx Xxxxx to remain as Chairman of the
Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company; or
(g) The occurrence of any Event of Default specified in Article IV
of this Note.
ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS
6.1 FAILURE OR INDULGENCY NOT WAIVER. No failure or delay on the part of
the Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall
operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of
any other right, power or privileges. All rights and remedies existing hereunder
are cumulative to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies otherwise
available.
6.2 NOTICES. Any notice herein required or permitted to be given shall be
in writing and may be personally served, sent by telephone line facsimile
transmission or delivered by courier or sent by United States mail and shall be
deemed to have been given upon receipt if personally served, sent by telephone
line facsimile transmission or sent by courier or three (3) days after being
deposited in the United States mail, certified, with postage pre-paid and
properly addressed, if sent by mail. For the purposes hereof, the address of the
Holder shall be as shown on the records of the Company and the address of the
Company shall be 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
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Attention: Chief Financial Officer (telephone line facsimile transmission number
(000) 000-0000). Both the Holder and the Company may change the address for
service by service of written notice to the other as herein provided.
6.3 AMENDMENT PROVISION. The term "Note" and all reference thereto, as
used throughout this instrument, shall mean this instrument as originally
executed, or if later amended or supplemented, then as so amended or
supplemented.
6.4 ASSIGNABILITY. This Note shall be binding upon the Company and its
successors and assigns, and shall inure to be the benefit of the Holder and its
successors and assigns.
6.5 COST OF COLLECTION. If default is made in the payment of this Note,
the Company shall pay the Holder hereof costs of collection, including
attorneys' fees.
6.6 GOVERNING LAW. This Note shall be governed by the internal laws of the
State of Florida, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws.
6.7 CERTAIN AMOUNTS. Whenever pursuant to this Note the Company is
required to pay an amount in excess of the outstanding principal amount (or the
portion thereof required to be paid at that time) plus accrued and unpaid
interest plus Default Interest on such interest, the Company and the Holder
agree that the actual damages to the Holder from the receipt of cash payment on
this Note may be difficult to determine and the amount to be so paid by the
Company represents stipulated damages and not a penalty and is intended to
compensate the Holder in part for loss of the opportunity to convert this Note
and to earn a return from the sale of shares of Common Stock acquired upon
conversion of this Note at a price in excess of the price paid for such shares
pursuant to this Note. The Company and the Holder hereby agree that such amount
of stipulated damages is not plainly disproportionate to the possible loss to
the Holder from the receipt of a cash payment without the opportunity to convert
this Note into shares of Common Stock.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Company has caused this Note to be signed in its name by it.
duly authorized officer on the day and in the year first above written.
TOTAL WORLD
TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By
Name:_______________________________________
Title:
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Exhibit A
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NOTICE OF CONVERSION
TO: TOTAL WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(1) Pursuant to the terms of the Convertible Note (the "Note"), the
undersigned hereby elects to convert $_______________ principal amount of the
Note and accrued and unpaid interest into shares of Common Stock of TOTAL WORLD
TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"). Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings
provided in the Note.
(2) Please issue a certificate or certificates for_________ shares of
Common Stock in the name(s) specified immediately below or, if additional space
is necessary, on an attachment hereto:
__________________________ _________________________
Name Name
__________________________ _________________________
Address Address
__________________________ _________________________
SS or Tax ID Number SS or Tax ID Number
(3) Date of Conversion: __________________________________
Applicable Closing Price: __________________________________
Applicable Conversion Price: __________________________________
Delivery Instructions
for Common Stock: __________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
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(4) If the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Note
have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"), the undersigned represents and warrants that (i) such shares of Common
Stock are being acquired for the account of the undersigned for investment, and
not with a view to, or for resale in connection with, the distribution thereof,
and that the undersigned has no present intention of distributing or reselling
such shares and (ii) the undersigned is an "accredited investor" as defined in
Regulation D under the Act. The undersigned further agrees that (A) such shares
shall not be sold or transferred unless either (i) they first shall have been
registered under the Act and applicable state securities laws or (ii) the
Company first shall have been furnished with an opinion of legal counsel
reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect that such sale or transfer
is exempt from the registration requirements of the Act and (B) until such
shares are registered under the Act, the Company may place a legend on the
certificate(s) for the shares to that effect and place a stop-transfer
restriction in its records relating to the shares.
NAME:_________________________________
Date_________________________________ ______________________________________
Signature of Registered Holder
(Must be signed exactly as name
appears in the Note.)
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Exhibit B
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COMPANY NOTICE
(SECTION 5.2(a) OF CONVERTIBLE NOTE)
TO:_______________________________________
(Name of Holder)
(1) A Repurchase Event described in clause________________of Section 5.3
of the Convertible Note due____________________________, 1998 (the "Note") of
Total World Telecommunications, Inc., a________ _______ corporation (the
"Company"), occurred on _____________, 199__. As a result of such Repurchase
Event, the Holder is entitled to exercise its repurchase rights pursuant to
Article V of the Note.
(2) The Holder's repurchase right must be exercised on or before
__________________________, 199__.
(3) At or before the date set forth in the preceding paragraph (2), the
Holder must:
(a) deliver to the Company a Holder Notice, in the form attached as
EXHIBIT C to the Note; and
(b) the Note, duly endorsed for transfer to the Company of the
portion of the principal amount to be repurchased.
(4) Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have
the respective meanings provided in the Note.
TOTAL WORLD
TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Date_____________________________ By____________________________________
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Exhibit C
HOLDER NOTICE
(SECTION 5.2(b) OF CONVERTIBLE NOTE)
TO: TOTAL WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(1) Pursuant to the terms of the Convertible Note due ___________,
1998 (the "Note"), the undersigned Holder hereby elects to exercise its right to
require repurchase by the Company of $______________ of the Note, equal to the
sum of $_____________ principal amount of the Note, $__________________ of
accrued and unpaid interest on such principal amount and $_____________________
of Default Interest on such interest at the repurchase price provided in the
Note.
(2) Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have
the respective meanings provided in the Note.
NAME:_______________________________________
____________________________________________
Signature of Registered Holder
(Must be signed exactly as name
appears in the Note.)
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Annex III
to
Note Purchase
Agreement
JOINT ESCROW INSTRUCTIONS
Dated as of the date of the Note
Purchase Agreement to Which These
Joint Escrow Instructions Are
Attached
Law Offices of Xxxxx X. Xxxxx,
as Escrow Agent
Penthouse Suite
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
Dear Sir or Madam:
As Escrow Agent for both Total World Telecommunications, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and the purchaser of two convertible notes (the
"Notes") of the Company (the "Buyer"), who is named in the Note Purchase
Agreement between the Company and the Buyer to which a copy of these Joint
Escrow Instructions is attached as Annex III (the "Agreement"), the Escrow Agent
is hereby authorized and directed to hold the documents and the funds (together
with any interest thereon, the "Escrow Funds") delivered to the Escrow Agent
pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, in accordance with the following
instructions:
1. (a) After receipt of written or oral notice from the Company and
the Buyer to the Escrow Agent that their respective conditions precedent to the
purchase and sale of the Notes have been satisfied or waived by the Company and
the Buyer, the Escrow Agent shall release the Outstanding Note to the Company,
shall release the Reinvestment Note to the Buyer. If the Company or the Buyer
notifies the Escrow Agent that on the Closing Date (as defined in the
Agreement), the conditions precedent to the obligations of the Company or the
Buyer, as the case may be, under the Agreement were not satisfied or waived,
then the Escrow Agent shall release the Escrow Funds and the Outstanding Note to
the Buyer and shall release the Notes to the Company.
(b) Unless the Escrow Funds have theretofore been released by
the Escrow Agent to the Buyer pursuant to Section l(a), after receipt of written
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or oral notice from the Company and the Buyer to the Escrow Agent that their
respective conditions precedent to the purchase and sale of the Notes have been
satisfied or waived by the Company and the Buyer and written or oral notice from
the Buyer that the Company shall have informed the Buyer that the Nasdaq listing
application required by Section d(e) of the Note Purchase Agreement (the
"Listing Application") shall have been filed with Nasdaq, the Escrow Agent shall
release the Escrow Funds (excluding any interest thereon credited to the Escrow
Agent's bank account), less the amount referred to in the next preceding
sentence, to the Company, shall release the $2 million Note and any such
interest in Escrow Funds to the Buyer and shall release a portion of the Escrow
Funds as provided in the next succeeding sentence. After receipt of such
notices, a portion of the Escrow Funds shall be released to or upon the order of
the placement agent for the transaction contemplated by the Note Purchase
Agreement in payment of the fees of such placement agent by the Company in such
amount as shall be specified in writing by or on behalf of such placement agent
to the Escrow Agent prior to release of the Escrow Funds. If the Buyer notifies
the Escrow Agent that on or before February 10, 1997, the Buyer shall not have
been informed by the Company that the Listing Application shall have been filed
with Nasdaq or that the conditions precedent to the obligations of the Buyer
under the Agreement were not satisfied or waived, then the Escrow Agent shall
release the Escrow Funds to the Buyer and shall release the $2 million Note to
the Company.
(c) If Escrow Funds are released to or upon the order of the
Company, the amount thereof shall be reduced by all wire transfer fees in
respect of release of the Escrow Funds. Prior to return of the Escrow Funds to
the Buyer, the Buyer shall furnish such tax reporting or other information as
shall be appropriate for the Escrow Agent to comply with applicable United
States laws. The Escrow Agent shall deposit all funds received hereunder in the
Escrow Agent's attorney escrow account at Citibank, N.A. The Escrow Agent shall
not be liable for interest on the Escrow Funds (other than such interest as
shall be paid to the Escrow Agent by its depository bank for the Escrow Funds,
less any applicable withholding taxes) for any reason, including by reason of
any delay or mistake in delivery of the Escrow Funds or any other funds held by
the Escrow Agent hereunder.
2. The Escrow Agent's duties hereunder may be altered, amended,
modified or revoked only by a writing signed by the Company, the Buyer and the
Escrow Agent.
3. The Escrow Agent shall be obligated only for the performance of
such duties as are specifically set forth herein and may rely and shall be
protected in relying or refraining from acting on any instrument reasonably
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believed by the Escrow Agent to be genuine and to have been signed or presented
by the proper party or parties. The Escrow Agent shall not be personally liable
for any act the Escrow Agent may do or omit to do hereunder as Escrow Agent
while acting in good faith, and any act done or omitted by the Escrow Agent
pursuant to the advice of the Escrow Agent's attorneys-at-law shall be
conclusive evidence of such good faith. In no event shall the Escrow Agent incur
any liability or be held responsible, if the Note, once released from escrow
hereunder, shall become lost, stolen, destroyed, mutilated or misplaced while in
transit to any person, provided the Escrow Agent shall have dispatched the same
by a means customarily used by the Escrow Agent.
4. The Escrow Agent is hereby expressly authorized to disregard any
and all warnings given by any of the parties hereto or by any other person, firm
or corporation, excepting only orders or process of courts of law and is hereby
expressly authorized to comply with and obey orders, judgments or decrees of any
court. In case the Escrow Agent obeys or complies with any such order, judgment
or decree, the Escrow Agent shall not be liable to any of the parties hereto or
to any other person, firm or corporation by reason of such decree being
subsequently reversed, modified, annulled, set aside, vacated or found to have
been entered without jurisdiction.
5. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable in any respect on account
of the identity, authorities or rights of the parties executing or delivering or
purporting to execute or deliver the Agreement or any documents or papers
deposited or called for hereunder.
6. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for the outlawing of any
rights under the Statute of Limitations with respect to these Joint Escrow
Instructions or any documents or Escrow Funds deposited with or held by the
Escrow Agent.
7. The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to employ such legal counsel
and other experts as the Escrow Agent may deem necessary properly to advise the
Escrow Agent in connection with the Escrow Agent's obligations hereunder, may
rely upon the advice of such counsel, and may pay such counsel reasonable
compensation therefor. The Escrow Agent has acted as legal counsel for the Buyer
in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and may
continue to act as legal counsel for the Buyer notwithstanding its duties as
Escrow Agent hereunder.
8. The Escrow Agent's responsibilities as Escrow Agent hereunder
shall terminate if the Escrow Agent shall resign by written notice to the
Company and the Buyer. In the event of any such resignation, the Buyer shall
appoint a successor Escrow Agent.
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9. If the Escrow Agent reasonably requires other or further
instruments in connection with these Joint Escrow Instructions or obligations in
respect hereto, the necessary parties hereto shall join in furnishing such
instruments.
10. It is understood and agreed that should any dispute arise with
respect to the delivery and/or ownership or right of possession of the documents
or Escrow Funds held by the Escrow Agent hereunder, the Escrow Agent is
authorized, in its sole discretion (a) to retain in the Escrow Agent's
possession without liability to anyone all or any part of said documents or
Escrow Funds until such disputes shall have been settled either by mutual
written agreement of the parties concerned or by a final order, decree or
judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction after the time for appeal has
expired and no appeal has been perfected, but the Escrow Agent shall be under no
duty whatsoever to institute or defend any such proceedings or (b) at any time,
to deposit the documents or Escrow Funds with any court of competent
jurisdiction in the state of New York, in which event the Escrow Agent shall
give notice thereof to the Buyer and the Company and shall thereupon be relieved
and discharged from all further obligations hereunder.
11. The Company and the Buyer jointly and severally agree to
indemnify and hold harmless the Escrow Agent from any and all claims,
liabilities, costs or expenses in any way arising from or relating to the duties
or performance of the Escrow Agent hereunder other than any such claim,
liability, cost or expense to the extent the same shall have been determined by
final, unappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have
resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Escrow Agent.
12. Any notice required or permitted hereunder shall be given in
writing (unless otherwise specified herein) and shall be deemed effectively
given upon personal delivery or transmission by telephone line facsimile
transmission or three business days after deposit in the United States Postal
Service, by registered or certified mail with postage and fees prepaid,
addressed to each of the other parties "hereunto entitled at the following
addresses, or at such other addresses as a party may designate by ten days
advance written notice to each of the other parties hereto.
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COMPANY: At the address set forth in the introductory
paragraph of the Agreement
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Facsimile No. (000) 000-0000
BUYER: At the address set forth in the Agreement
(with a copy as provided therein)
Facsimile No. 000-000-000-0000
ESCROW AGENT: Law Offices of Xxxxx X Xxxxx, as Escrow Agent
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Facsimile No. (000) 000-0000
13. By signing these Joint Escrow Instructions, the Escrow Agent
becomes a party hereto only for the purpose of these Joint Escrow Instructions;
the Escrow Agent does not become a party to the Agreement. The Company and the
Buyer have become parties hereto by their execution and delivery of the
Agreement, as provided therein.
14. This instrument shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of the parties hereto, and their respective successors and permitted assigns and
shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.
15. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the respective meanings provided in the Agreement.
ACCEPTED BY ESCROW AGENT:
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, as Escrow Agent
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Annex IV
to
Note Purchase
Agreement
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of January 31, 1997 (this
"Agreement"), is made by and between TOTAL WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and the person named on the signature page
hereto (the "Initial Investor").
W I T N E S S E T H
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WHEREAS, in connection with the Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of the
date hereof, between the Initial Investor and the Company (the "Note Purchase
Agreement"), the Company has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions of the Note Purchase Agreement, to issue and sell to the Initial
Investor two Convertible Notes (the "Notes") issued by the Company which will be
convertible into shares (the "Shares") of Common Stock, $.00001 par value (the
"Common Stock"), of the Company in accordance with the terms of the Notes; and
WHEREAS, to induce the Initial Investor to execute and deliver the Note
Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide certain registration
rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute (collectively, the
"Securities Act"), and applicable state securities laws with respect to the
Shares;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Initial
Investor hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS.
(a) As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
(i) "Investor" means the Initial Investor and any transferee
or assignee who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in
accordance with Section 9 hereof.
(ii) "register," "registered," and "registration" refer to a
registration effected by preparing and filing a Registration Statement or
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Statements in compliance with the Securities Act and pursuant to Rule 415 under
the Securities Act or any successor rule providing for offering securities on a
continuous basis ("Rule 415"), and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness
of such Registration Statement by the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC").
(iii) "Registrable Securities" means the Shares and any shares of
Common Stock issued by the Company in payment of principal of and interest on
the Notes in accordance with the terms thereof.
(iv) "Registration Statement" means a registration statement of
the Company under the Securities Act, including any amendment thereto.
(b) As used in this Agreement, the term Investor includes (i) each
Investor (as defined above) and (ii) each person who is a permitted transferee
or assignee of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 9 of this
Agreement.
(c) Capitalized terms defined in the introductory paragraph or the
recitals to this Agreement shall have the respective meanings therein provided.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
respective meanings set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement.
2. REGISTRATION.
(a) Mandatory Registration. Promptly following the Closing, the
Company shall complete preparation of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 or
other available form covering at least 3,700,000 shares of Common Stock as
Registrable Securities. On or prior to March 1, 1997, the Company shall furnish
to the Investors and their legal counsel a draft of the Registration Statement
which meets the requirements of the Securities Act. On or prior to March 17,
1997, the Company shall file such Registration Statement with the SEC, which
Registration Statement shall state that, in accordance with Rule 416 under the
Securities Act, such Registration Statement also covers such indeterminate
number of additional shares of Common Stock as may become issuable upon
conversion of the Note to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock
dividends or similar transactions or by reason of changes in the conversion
price of the Note in accordance with the terms thereof. If at any time the
number of shares of Common Stock included in the Registration Statement required
to be filed as provided in the first sentence of this Section 2(a) shall be
insufficient to cover the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on
conversion in full of the unconverted principal amount of the Note, then
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promptly, but in no event later than 20 days after such insufficiency shall
occur, the Company shall file with the SEC an additional Registration Statement
on Form S-3 or other applicable form (which shall not constitute a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement filed pursuant to the
first sentence of this Section 2(a) but which may, in accordance with Rule 429
under the Securities Act, make use of a combined prospectus) covering such
number of shares of Common Stock as shall be sufficient to permit such
conversion. For all purposes of this Agreement (other than Section 2(c) hereof)
such additional Registration Statement shall be deemed to be the Registration
Statement required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Section 2(a) of this
Agreement, and the Company and the Investors shall have the same rights and
obligations (other than Section 2(c) hereof) with respect to such additional
Registration Statement as they shall have with respect to the initial
Registration Statement required to be filed by the Company pursuant to this
Section 2(a).
(b) Certain Offerings. If any offering pursuant to a Registration
Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof involves an underwritten offering, the
Investors who hold a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities subject
to such underwritten offering shall have the right to select one legal counsel
and an investment banker or bankers and manager or managers to administer the
offering, which investment banker or bankers or manager or managers shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the Company. The Investors who hold the Registrable
Securities to be included in such underwriting shall pay all underwriting
discounts and commissions and other fees and expenses of such investment banker
or bankers and manager or managers so selected in accordance with this Section
2(b) (other than fees and expenses relating to registration of Registrable
Securities under federal or state securities laws, which are payable by the
Company pursuant to Section 5 hereof) with respect to their Registrable
Securities and the fees and expenses of such legal counsel so selected by the
Investors.
(c) Payments by the Company. If (1) the Registration Statement
covering the Registrable Securities which is required to be filed by the Company
pursuant to the first sentence of Section 2(a) hereof is not effective within 90
days after the Closing Date, (2) the Registration Statement required to be filed
by the Company pursuant to Section 2(a) shall cease to be available for use by
any holder of the Note which is named therein as a selling stockholder for any
reason (including, without limitation, by reason of an SEC stop order, a
material misstatement or omission in such Registration Statement or the
information contained in such Registration Statement having become outdated) or
(3) a holder of the Note having become unable to convert any portion of the Note
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in accordance with Section 2.1 of the Note, then, in lieu of the adjustment of
the Conversion Price (as defined in the Note) on any particular Computation
Date, the Company shall have the right to make payment to the Initial Investor
in such amount and at such time as shall be determined pursuant to this Section
2(c). The amount to be paid by the Company to the Initial Investor shall be
determined as of each Computation Date, and such amount shall be equal to three
percent (3%) of the aggregate purchase price paid by the Initial Investor for
the Note pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement (each, a "Periodic Amount"). If
the Company elects to make payment hereunder of any Periodic Amount, such
payment shall be made by the Company by wire transfer in immediately available
funds on the applicable Computation Date to such account as shall be specified
for such purpose by the Initial Holder.
As used in this Section 2(c), "Computation Date" shall have the
meaning provided in the Note.
(d) Piggy-Back Registrations. If at any time the Company shall
determine to prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement relating to
an offering for its own account or the account of others under the Securities
Act of any of its equity securities, other than on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or their
then equivalents relating to equity securities to be issued solely in connection
with any acquisition of any entity or business or equity securities issuable in
connection with stock option or other employee benefit plans, the Company shall
send to each Investor who is entitled to registration rights under this Section
2(d) written notice of such determination and, if within ten (10) days after
receipt of such notice, such Investor shall so request in writing, the Company
shall include in such Registration Statement all or any part of the Registrable
Securities such Investor requests to be registered, except that if, in
connection with any underwritten public offering for the account of the Company
the managing underwriter(s) thereof shall impose a limitation on the number of
shares of Common Stock which may be included in the Registration Statement
because, in such underwriter(s)' judgment, such limitation is necessary to
effect an orderly public distribution, then the Company shall be obligated to
include in such Registration Statement only such limited portion of the
Registrable Securities with respect to which such Investor has requested
inclusion hereunder. Any exclusion of Registrable Securities shall be made pro
rata among the Investors seeking to include Registrable Securities, in
proportion to the number of Registrable Securities sought to be included by such
Investors; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall not exclude any Registrable
Securities unless the Company has first excluded all outstanding securities the
holders of which are not entitled by right to inclusion of securities in such
Registration Statement; and PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that, after giving effect
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to the immediately preceding proviso, any exclusion of Registrable Securities
shall be made pro rata with holders of other securities having the right to
include such securities in the Registration Statement, based on the number of
securities for which registration is requested except to the extent such pro
rata exclusion of such other securities is prohibited under any written
agreement entered into by the Company with the holder of such other securities
prior to the date of this Agreement, in which case such other securities shall
be excluded, if at all, in accordance with the terms of such agreement. No right
to registration of Registrable Securities under this Section 2(d) shall be
construed to limit any registration required under Section 2(a) hereof. The
obligations of the Company under this Section 2(d) may be waived by Investors
holding a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities and shall expire
after the Company has afforded the opportunity for the Investors to exercise
registration rights under this Section 2(d) for two registrations; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that any Investor who shall have had any Registrable Securities
excluded from any Registration Statement in accordance with this Section 2(d)
shall be entitled to include in an additional Registration Statement filed by
the Company the Registrable Securities so excluded. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, if the Registration Statement required to be filed
pursuant to Section 2(a) of this Agreement shall have been ordered effective by
the SEC and the Company shall have maintained the effectiveness of such
Registration Statement as required by this Agreement and if the Company shall
otherwise have complied in all material respects with its obligations under this
Agreement, then the Company shall not be obligated to register any Registrable
Securities on such Registration Statement referred to in this Section 2(d).
(e) Eligibility for Form S-3. The Company covenants and agrees that
it shall file all reports required to be filed by the Company with the SEC in a
timely manner so as to become eligible for the use of Form S-3 at the earliest
possible date.
3. OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY. In connection with the registration of the
Registrable Securities, the Company shall:
(a) prepare promptly, and file with the SEC not later than March 17,
1997, a Registration Statement with respect to the number of Registrable
Securities provided in Section 2(a), and thereafter to use its best efforts to
cause each Registration Statement relating to Registrable Securities to become
effective as soon as possible after such filing, and keep the Registration
Statement effective pursuant to Rule 415 at all times until the earlier of (1)
such date as is three years after the Closing Date and (2) the date on which the
Investors no longer beneficially own any Registrable Securities; the Company
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shall not file any registration statement under the Securities Act relating to
securities other than the Registrable Securities until the Registration
Statement shall have been effective for at least 60 consecutive days; and the
Company represents and warrants to, and covenants and agrees with, the Investors
that the Registration Statement (including any amendments or supplements thereto
and prospectuses contained therein), at the time it is first filed with the SEC,
at the time it ia ordered effective by the SEC and at all time during which it
is required to be effective hereunder (and each such amendment and supplement at
the time it ia filed with the SEC and at all time during which it ia available
for use in connection with the offer and sale of the Registrable Securities)
shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading;
(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including
poet-effective amendments) and supplements to the Registration Statement and the
prospectus used in connection with the Registration Statement as may be
necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective at all times until such
date as is three years after the Closing Date, and, during such period, comply
with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all
Registrable Securities of the Company covered by the Registration Statement
until such time as all of such Registrable Securities have been disposed of in
accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers
thereof as set forth in the Registration Statement;
(c) furnish to each Investor whose Registrable Securities are
included in the Registration Statement and its legal counsel, (1) promptly after
the same is prepared and publicly distributed, filed with the SEC or received by
the Company, one copy of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto,
each preliminary prospectus and prospectus and each amendment or supplement
thereto, each letter written by or on behalf of the Company to the SEC or the
staff of the SEC and each item of correspondence from the SEC or the staff of
the SEC relating to such Registration Statement (other than any portion of any
thereof which contains information for which the Company has sought confidential
treatment) and (2) such number of copies of a prospectus, including a
preliminary prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto and such
other documents, as such Investor may reasonably request in order to facilitate
the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Investor;
(d) use reasonable efforts to (i) register and qualify the
Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such
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securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Investors who hold a
majority in interest of the Registrable Securities being offered reasonably
request, (ii) prepare and file in those jurisdictions such amendments (including
post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registrations and
qualifications as may be necessary to maintain the effectiveness thereof at all
times until the earlier of (A) such date as ia three years after the Closing
Date and (B) the date on which the Investors no longer beneficially own any
Registrable Securities, (iii) take such other actions as may be necessary to
maintain such registrations and qualifications in effect at all times until the
earlier of (A) such date aa ia three years after the date such Registration
Statement is first ordered effective by the SEC and (B) the date on which the
Inventors no longer beneficially own any Registrable Securities and (iv) take
all other actions reasonably necessary or advisable to qualify the Registrable
Securities for sale in such jurisdictions; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company
shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto (I) to
qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be
required to qualify but for this Section 3(d), (II) to subject itself to general
taxation in any such jurisdiction, (III) to file a general consent to service of
process in any such jurisdiction, (IV) to provide any undertakings that cause
more than nominal expense or burden to the Company or (v) to make any change in
its charter or by-laws, which in each case the Board of Directors of the Company
determines to be contrary to the best interests of the Company and its
stockholders;
(e) in the event Investors who hold a majority in interest of the
Registrable Securities being offered in the offering select underwriters for the
offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting
agreement, in usual and customary form, including, without limitation, customary
indemnification and contribution obligations, with the underwriters of such
offering;
(f) as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event,
notify each Investor of the happening of any event of which the Company has
knowledge, as a result of which the prospectus included in the Registration
Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or
omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading, and use its best efforts promptly to prepare a supplement
or amendment to the Registration Statement to correct such untrue statement or
omission, and deliver a number of copies of such supplement or amendment to each
Investor as such Inventor may reasonably request.
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(g) as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event,
notify each Investor who holds Registrable Securities being sold (or, in the
event of an underwritten offering, the managing underwriters) of the issuance by
the SEC of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness of the
Registration Statement at the earliest possible time;
(h) permit a single firm of counsel designated as selling
stockholders' counsel by the Investors who hold a majority in interest of the
Registrable Securities being sold to review and comment on the Registration
Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto a reasonable period of time
prior to their filing with the SEC;
(i) make generally available to its security holders as soon as
practical, but not later than ninety (90) days after the close of the period
covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with the provisions of
Rule 158 under the Securities Act) covering a twelve-month period beginning not
later than the first day of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the
effective date of the Registration Statement;
(j) at the request of the Investors who hold a majority in interest
of the Registrable Securities being sold, furnish on the date that Registrable
Securities are delivered to an underwriter, if any, for sale in connection with
the Registration Statement (i) a letter, dated such date, from the Company's
independent certified public accountants in form and substance as is customarily
given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an
underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters; and (ii) an
opinion, dated such date, from counsel representing the Company for purposes of
such Registration Statement, in form and substance as is customarily given in an
underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters and the Investors;
(k) make available for inspection by any Investor, any underwriter
participating in any disposition pursuant to the Registration Statement, and any
attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such Investor or underwriter
(collectively, the "Inspectors"), all pertinent financial and other records,
pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company (collectively, the
"Records"), as shall be reasonably necessary to enable each Inspector to
exercise its due diligence responsibility, and cause the Company's officers,
directors and employees to supply all information which any Inspector may
reasonably request for purposes of such due diligence; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
each Inspector shall hold in confidence and shall not make any disclosure
(except to an Investor) of any Record or other information which the Company
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determines in good faith to be confidential, and of which determination the
Inspectors are so notified, unless (i) the disclosure of such Records is
necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in any Registration
Statement, (ii) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or
other order from a court or government body of competent jurisdiction or (iii)
the information in such Records has been made generally available to the public
other than by disclosure in violation of this or any other agreement. The
Company shall not be required to disclose any confidential information in such
Records to any Inspector until and unless such Inspector shall have entered into
confidentiality agreements (in form and substance satisfactory to the Company)
with the Company with respect thereto, substantially in the form of this Section
3(k). Each Investor agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure of such
Records is sought in or by a court or governmental body of competent
jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt notice to the Company and allow
the Company, at its expense, to undertake appropriate action to prevent
disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, the Records deemed
confidential. The Company shall hold in confidence and shall not make any
disclosure of information concerning an Investor provided to the Company
pursuant to Section 4(e) hereof unless (i) disclosure of such information is
necessary to comply with federal or state securities laws, (ii) the disclosure
of such information is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission
in any Registration Statement, (iii) the release of such information is ordered
pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court or governmental body of
competent jurisdiction or (iv) such information has been made generally
available to the public other than by disclosure in violation of this or any
other agreement. The Company agrees that it shall, upon learning that disclosure
of such information concerning an Investor is sought in or by a court or
governmental body of competent jurisdiction or through other means, give prompt
notice to such Investor, at its expense, to undertake appropriate action to
prevent disclosure of, or to obtain a protective order for, such information;
(l) use its best efforts (i) to cause all the Registrable Securities
covered by the Registration Statement to be listed on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market
or such other principal securities market on which securities of the same class
or series issued by the Company are then listed or traded or (ii) if securities
of the same class or series as the Registrable Securities are not then listed on
the Nasdaq SmallCap Market or any such other securities market, to arrange for
at least two market makers to register with the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD") aa such with respect to such Registrable
Securities;
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(m) provide a transfer agent and registrar, which may be a single
entity, for the Registrable Securities not later than the effective date of the
Registration Statement;
(n) cooperate with the Investors who hold Registrable Securities
being offered and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, to
facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any
restrictive legends) representing Registrable Securities to be offered pursuant
to the Registration Statement and enable such certificates to be in such
denominations or amounts aa the case may be, as the managing underwriter or
underwriters, if any, or the Investors may reasonably request and registered in
such names as the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, or the Investors
may request; and, within three business days after a Registration Statement
which includes Registrable Securities is ordered effective by the SEC, the
Company shall deliver, and shall cause legal counsel selected by the Company to
deliver, to the transfer agent for the Registrable Securities (with copies to
the Investors whose Registrable Securities are included in such Registration
Statement) an instruction substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1
and an opinion of such counsel, if required by the Company's transfer agent, in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit 2;
(o) during the period the Company is required to maintain
effectiveness of the Registration Statement pursuant to Section 3(a), the
Company shall not bid for or purchase any Common Stock or any right to purchase
Common Stock or attempt to induce any person to purchase any such security or
right if such bid, purchase or attempt would in any way limit the right of the
Investors to sell Registrable Securities by reason of the limitations in Rule
10b-6 under the Exchange Act; and
(p) take all other reasonable actions necessary to expedite and
facilitate disposition by the Investor of the Registrable Securities pursuant to
the Registration Statement.
4. OBLIGATIONS OF THE INVESTORS. In connection with the registration of
the Registrable Securities, the Investors shall have the following obligations:
(a) It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the
Company to complete the registration pursuant to this Agreement with respect to
the Registrable Securities of a particular Investor that such Investor shall
furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable
Securities held by it and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable
Securities held by it as shall be reasonably required to effect the registration
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of such Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents in connection
with such registration as the Company may reasonably request. At least four (4)
days prior to the first anticipated filing date of the Registration Statement,
the Company shall notify each Investor of the information the Company requires
from each such Investor (the "Requested Information") if any of such Investor's
Registrable Securities are eligible for inclusion in the Registration Statement.
If at least one (1) business day prior to the filing date the Company has not
received the Requested Information from an Investor (a "Non-Responsive
Investor"), then the Company may file the Registration Statement without
including Registrable Securities of such Non-Responsive Investor;
(b) Each Investor by such Investor's acceptance of the Registrable
Securities agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the
Company in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration
Statement hereunder, unless such Investor has notified the Company in writing of
such Investor's election to exclude all of such Inventor's Registrable
Securities from the Registration Statement;
(c) In the event Investors holding a majority in interest of the
Registrable Securities being registered determine to engage the services of an
underwriter, each Investor agrees to enter into and perform such Investor's
obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form,
including, without limitation, customary indemnification and contribution
obligations, with the managing underwriter of such offering and take such other
actions as are reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the
disposition of the Registrable Securities, unless such Investor has notified the
Company in writing of such Investor's election to exclude all of such Investor's
Registrable Securities from the Registration Statement;
(d) Each Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the
Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(f) or
3(g), such Investor will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable
Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement covering such Registrable
Securities until such Investor's receipt of the copies of the supplemented or
amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3(f) or 3(g) and, if so directed by
the Company, such Investor shall deliver to the Company (at the expense of the
Company) or destroy (and deliver to the Company a certificate of destruction)
all copies in such Investor's possession, of the prospectus covering such
Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice; and
(e) No Investor may participate in any underwritten registration
hereunder unless such Investor (i) agrees to sell such Investor's Registrable
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Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by
the Investors entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements, (ii) completes
and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting
agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such
underwriting arrangements and (iii) agrees to pay its pro rata share of all
underwriting discounts and commissions and other fees and expenses of investment
bankers and any manager or manager of such underwriting and legal expenses of
the underwriters applicable with respect to its Registrable Securities, in each
case to the extent not payable by the Company pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
5. EXPENSES OF REGISTRATION. All reasonable expenses, other than
underwriting discounts and commissions and other fees and expenses of investment
bankers and other than brokerage commissions, incurred in connection with
registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to Section 3, including,
without limitation, all registration, listing and qualifications fees, printers
and accounting fees and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the company
and the Investors, shall be borne by the Company; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
Investors shall bear the fees and out-of-pocket expenses of the one legal
counsel selected by the Investors pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof.
6. INDEMNIFICATION. In the event any Registrable Securities are included
in a Registration Statement under this Agreement:
(a) To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and
hold harmless each Investor who holds such Registrable Securities, the
directors, if any, of such Investor, the officers, if any, of such Investor,
each person, if any, who controls any Investor within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act, any underwriter (as defined in the
Securities Act) for the Investors, the directors, if any, of such underwriter
and the officers, if any, of such underwriter, and each person, if any, who
controls any such underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act (each, an "Indemnified Person") against any losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or expenses (joint or several) incurred (collectively,
"Claims") to which any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such Claims (or actions or proceedings,
whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are base
upon any of the following statements, omissions or violations in the
Registration Statement, or any post-effective amendment thereof, or any
prospectus included therein: (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment thereof or the omission or alleged omission to state
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therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus if used
prior to the effective date of such Registration Statement, or contained in the
final prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if the Company files any amendment
thereof or supplement thereto with the SEC) or the omission or alleged omission
to state therein any material fact necessary to make the statements made
therein, in light of the circumstances under which the statements therein were
made, not misleading or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company
of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities law or any rule or
regulation under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities
law (the matters in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) being, collectively,
"Violations"). Subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 6(d) with
respect to the number of legal counsel, the Company shall reimburse the
Investors and each such underwriter or controlling person, promptly as such
expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for any legal fees or other
reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending any such Claim. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(a): (I) shall
not apply to a Claim arising out of or based upon a Violation which occurs in
reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the
Company by any Indemnified Person or underwriter for such Indemnified Person
expressly for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration
Statement or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto, if such
prospectus was timely made available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(c)
hereof; (II) with respect to any preliminary prospectus shall not inure to the
benefit of any such person from whom the person asserting any such Claim
purchased the Registrable Securities that are the subject thereof (or to the
benefit of any person controlling such person) if the untrue statement or
omission of material fact contained in the preliminary prospectus was corrected
in the prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, if such prospectus was
timely made available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(c) hereof; and (III)
shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Claim if such settlement is
effected without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and
effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Indemnified
Person and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the
Investors pursuant to Section 9.
(b) In connection with any Registration Statement in which an
Investor is participating, each such Investor agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless, to the same extent and in the same manner set forth in Section 6(a),
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the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the
Registration Statement, each person, if any, who controls the Company within the
meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, any underwriter and any other
stockholder selling securities pursuant to the Registration Statement or any of
its directors or officers or any person who controls such stockholder or
underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act
(collectively and together with an Indemnified Person, an "Indemnified Party.),
against any Claim to which any of them may become subject, under the Securities
Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such Claim arises out of or is
based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent (and only to the extent)
that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by such Investor expressly for use in
connection with such Registration Statement; and such Investor will reimburse
any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with
investigating or defending any such Claim; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the indemnity
agreement contained in this Section 6(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in
settlement of any Claim if such settlement is effected without the prior written
consent of such Investor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld;
PROVIDED, FURTHER, HOWEVER, that the Investor shall be liable under this Section
6(b) for only that amount of a Claim as does not exceed the amount of the net
proceeds to such Investor as a result of the sale of Registrable Securities
pursuant to such Registration Statement. Such indemnity shall remain in full
force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such
Indemnified Party and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities
by the Investors pursuant to Section 9. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(b)
with respect to any preliminary prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any
Indemnified Party if the untrue statement or omission of material fact contained
in the preliminary prospectus was corrected on a timely basis in the prospectus,
as then amended or supplemented.
(c) The Company shall be entitled to receive indemnities from
underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers and similar securities industry
professionals participating in any distribution, to the same extent as provided
above, with respect to information so furnished in writing by such persons
expressly for inclusion in the Registration Statement.
(d) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified
Party under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action
(including any governmental action), such Indemnified Person or Indemnified
Party shall, if a Claim in respect thereof is to be made against any
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indemnifying party under this Section 6, deliver to the indemnifying party a
written notice of the commencement thereof and the indemnifying party shall have
the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so
desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume
control of the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the
indemnifying party and the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified Party, as the
case may be; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party
shall have the right to retain its own counsel with the fees and expenses to be
paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel
retained by the indemnifying party, the representation by such counsel of the
Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and the indemnifying party would be
inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such
Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such
counsel in such proceeding. The Company shall pay for only one separate legal
counsel for the Investors; such legal counsel shall be selected by the Investors
holding a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities included in the
Registration Statement of which the Claim relates. The failure to deliver
written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the
commencement of any such liability to the Indemnified Person or Indemnified
Party under Section 6, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is
prejudiced in its ability to defend such action. The indemnification required by
this Section 6 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during
the course of the investigation or defense, as such expense, loss, damage or
liability is incurred and is due and payable.
7. CONTRIBUTION. To the extent any indemnification by an indemnifying
party is prohibited or limited by law, the indemnifying party agrees to make the
maximum contribution with respect to any amounts for which it would otherwise be
liable under Section 6 to the fullest extent permitted by law; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that (a) no contribution shall be made under circumstances where the
maker would not have been liable for indemnification under the fault standards
set forth in Section 6, (b) no seller of Registrable Securities guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any seller of Registrable
Securities who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation and (c)
contribution by any seller of Registrable Securities shall be limited in amount
to the amount by which the net amount of proceeds received by such seller from
the sale of such Registrable Securities exceeds the purchase price paid by such
seller for such seller for such Registrable Securities.
8. REPORTS UNDER EXCHANGE ACT. With a view to making available to the
Investors the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act or any
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other similar rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the
Investors to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration
("Rule 144"), the Company agrees to:
(a) make and keep public information available, as those terms are
understood and defined in Rule 144;
(b) file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other
documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act;
and
(c) furnish to each Investor so long as such Investor owns
Registrable Securities, promptly upon request, (i) a written statement by the
Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act, (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or
quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by
the Company and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested to
permit the Investors to sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144 without
registration.
9. ASSIGNMENT OF THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The rights to have the Company
register Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be
automatically assigned by the Investors to any transferee of all or any portion
of such securities (or all or any portion of the Note) of Registrable Securities
only if: (a) the Investor agrees in writing with the transferee or assignee to
assign such rights, and a copy of such agreement is furnished to the Company
within a reasonable time after such assignment, (b) the Company is, within a
reasonable time after such transfer or assignment, furnished with written notice
of (i) the name and address of such transferee or assignee and (ii) the
securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred
or assigned, (c) immediately following such transfer or assignment the further
disposition of such securities by the transferee or assignee is restricted under
the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, and (d) at or before
the time the Company received the written notice contemplated by clause (b) of
this sentence the transferee or assignee agrees in writing with the Company to
be bound by all of the provisions contained herein. In connection with any such
transfer the Company shall, at its sole cost and expense, promptly after such
assignment take such actions as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Initial
Investor and such transferee to assure that the Registration Statement and
related prospectus are available for use by such transferee for sales of the
Registrable Securities in respect of which the rights to registration have been
so assigned.
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10. AMENDMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS. Any provision of this Agreement may
be amended and the observance thereof may be waived (either generally or in a
particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the
written consent of the Company and Investors who hold a majority in interest of
the Registrable Securities. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with
this Section 10 shall be binding upon each Investor and the Company.
11. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) A person or entity is deemed to be a holder of Registrable
Securities whenever such person or entity owns of record such Registrable
Securities. If the Company receives conflicting instructions, notices or
elections from two or more persons or entities with respect to the same
Registrable Securities, the Company shall act upon the basis of instructions,
notice or election received from the registered owner of such Registrable
Securities.
(b) Notices required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to be sufficiently given when personally delivered
(by hand, by courier, by telephone line facsimile transmission or other means)
or sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, properly addressed and with
proper postage pre-paid (i) if to the Company, at Total World
Telecommunications, Inc., 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, telephone line facsimile
transmission No. (000) 000-0000, (ii) if to the Initial Investor, c/o Genesee
International, 00000 X.X. 0xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx
00000-0000, telephone line facsimile transmission No. (000) 000-0000 and (iii)
if to any other Investor, at such address as such Investor shall have provided
in writing to the Company, or at such other address as each such party furnishes
by notice given in accordance with this Section 11(b), and shall be effective,
when personally delivered, upon receipt and, when so sent by certified mail,
four days after deposit with the United States Postal Service.
(c) Failure of any party to exercise any right or remedy under this
Agreement or otherwise, or delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy,
shall not operate as a waiver thereof.
(d) This Agreement shall be enforced, governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Florida applicable to agreements made
and to be performed entirely within such State. In the event that any provision
of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or
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rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that
it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform with such
statute or rule of law. Any provision hereof which may prove invalid or
unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of
any other provision hereof.
(e) This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the
parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. There are no
restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth
or referred to herein. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and
understandings among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
hereof.
(f) Subject to the requirements of Section 9 hereof, this Agreement
shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of
each of the parties hereto.
(g) All pronouns and any variations thereof refer to the masculine,
feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the context may require.
(h) The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference
only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.
(i) The Company acknowledges that any failure by the Company to
perform its obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, the
Company's obligations under Section 3(n), or any delay in such performance could
result in damages to the Investors and the Company agrees that, in addition to
any other liability the Company may have by reason of any such failure or delay,
the Company shall be liable for all direct and consequential damages caused by
any such failure or delay.
(j) This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and
the same agreement. This Agreement, once executed by a party, may be delivered
to the other party hereto by telephone line facsimile transmission of a copy of
this Agreement bearing the signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of day
and year first above written.
TOTAL WORLD
TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By____________________________________
Name:
Title:
INITIAL INVESTOR:
NAME:_________________________________
By____________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT 1
to
Registration
Rights
Agreement
[Company Letterhead]
[Date]
[Name and address of Transfer Agent]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter shall serve as our irrevocable authorization and direction to
you [(1) to transfer or re-register the certificates for the shares of Common
Stock, $.00001 par value (the "Common Stock"), of Total World
Telecommunications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), represented by
certificate numbers__________________ and__________ for an aggregate
of___________ shares (the "Outstanding Shares") of Common Stock presently
registered in the name of [Name of Investor] upon surrender of such certificate
to you, notwithstanding the legend appearing on such certificates, and (2)] to
issue shares (the "Conversion Shares") of Common Stock to or upon the order of
the holder from time to time on conversion of the Convertible Notes,
dated_______________, 1997, in the original aggregate principal amount of
$12,747,566 (the "Note"), issued by the Company upon surrender to you by such
registered holder for conversion a properly completed and duly executed
Conversion Notice in the form enclosed herewith. [The transfer or
re-registration of the certificates for the Outstanding Shares by you should be
made at such time as you are requested to do so by the record holder of the
Outstanding Shares. The certificate issued upon such transfer or re-registration
should be registered in such name as requested by the holder of record of the
certificate surrendered to you and should not bear any legend which would
restrict the transfer of the shares represented thereby. In addition, you are
hereby directed to remove any stop-transfer instruction relating to the
Outstanding Shares.] Certificates for the Conversion Shares should not bear any
restrictive legend and should not be subject to any stop-transfer restriction.
______________________________
*Omit if no conversion of the Note has occurred before SEC registration is
declared effective.
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Contemporaneous with the delivery of this letter, the Company is
delivering to you an opinion of_________________ as to registration of [the
Outstanding Shares,] and the Conversion Shares under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended.
Should you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact
me.
Very truly yours,
TOTAL WORLD
TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By____________________________________
Name:
Title:
Enclosures
cc: [Name of Investor]
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EXHIBIT 2
to
Registration
Rights
Agreement
[Date]
[Name and address
of transfer agent]
TOTAL WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are counsel to Total World Telecommunications, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and we understand that [Name of Investor] (the
"Holder") has purchased from the Company [(1) an aggregate of___________ shares
(the "Shares") of the Company's Common Stock, $.00001 par value (the "Common
Stock"), represented by Certificate No._________________ and (2)] two
Convertible Notes, dated_______________ , 1997, in the original aggregate
principal amount of $_________________ (the "Notes") issued by the Company. The
Notes were purchased by the Holder pursuant to a Note Purchase Agreement, dated
as of _________________, 1997, between the Holder and the Company (the "Note
Purchase Agreement"). Pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of
____________________________, 1997, between the Company and the Holder (the
"Registration Rights Agreement") entered into in connection with the purchase by
the Holder of the Note, the Company agreed with the Holder, among other things,
to register for resale the [Shares and any additional] shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of the Notes (the "Conversion Shares") under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), upon the terms
provided in the Registration Rights Agreement. Pursuant to the Registration
Rights Agreement, on____________, the Company filed a Registration Statement on
Form S-3 (File No. 333-____________ ) (the "Registration Statement") with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") relating to [the Shares and] the
Conversion Shares, which names the Holder as a selling stockholder thereunder.
[Other introductory and scope of examination language to be inserted]
Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that [the shares and]* the
Conversion shares have been registered under the Securities Act.
__________________________
*Omit if no conversion of the Note has occurred before SEC registration is
declared effective.
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This opinion may be relied upon by the Holder as if addressed to the
Holder. [Other appropriate language to be included.]
Very truly yours,
cc: [Name of Investor]
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Annex V
to
Note Purchase
Agreement
ATLAS, XXXXXXXX, TROP & BORKSON, P.A.
Attorneys at Law
Suite 300
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Telephone (000) 000-0000
Facsimile (000) 000-0000
February 7, 1997
GFL Advantage Fund Limited
x/x XXXXX
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx 0
Xxxxxxx, XXXXXXXXXX ANTILLES
Re: TOTAL WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Total World Telecommunications, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the Note Purchase
Agreement dated as of January 31, 1997, between you and the Company (the
"Agreement"), Reinvestment Note and $2 million Note both dated February 7, 1997
(as defined in Agreement and referred to herein collectively as the "Notes"),
the Registration Rights Agreement as of January 31, 1997 (the "Registration
Rights Agreement") and related documentation provided in connection therewith.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Agreement.
As counsel in the capacity indicated above, we have examined:
a. The Agreement, the Notes and Registration Rights Agreement may
sometimes hereafter collectively or individually be referred to as
the "Documents");
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b. The original or certified, conformed or photostatic copies of the
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company;
c. The records of proceedings and actions of the Company and its
members in the form certified to us by officers of the Company as
being true, correct and complete copies of the foregoing; and
d. Certificates of public officials and such other documents, records
and legal matters as we have deemed necessary or relevant for
purposes of the opinions hereinafter expressed.
Insofar as this opinion relates to factual matters, we have relied upon
(i) the representations and warranties set forth in the Documents, (ii)
representations of officers of Company, and (iii) certificates of public
officials. Our opinion is limited in all respects to matters governed by the
corporate laws of the State of Delaware, the laws of the State of Florida and
the federal laws of the United States of America. We have made no inquiry into
the laws and regulations of any other jurisdiction or jurisdictions or as to
laws relating to choice of law or conflicts of law principles.
Based upon our examination of the foregoing, and in reliance thereon and
subject to the assumptions, qualifications, exceptions and limitations set forth
herein, we are of the opinion that:
1. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite
corporate power and authority (i) to own, lease and operate its properties and
to carry on its business as now being conducted, and (ii) to execute, deliver
and perform its obligations under the Agreement, the Registration Rights
Agreement, the Notes and the other agreements executed and delivered by the
Company in connection therewith, and to consummate the transactions contemplated
thereby;
2. The Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Notes have
been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the
Notes constitute and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery
thereof by you, the Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement constitute,
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the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the
Company in accordance with their respective terms subject, as to enforceability,
to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and subject
to general principles of equity, whether enforcement is considered in a
proceeding at law or in equity, and except that rights to indemnification and
contribution may be limited by public policy;
3. The shares of Common Stock, $.00001 par value (the "Common Stock"),
issuable on conversion of the Notes (the "Conversion Shares") and in payment of
principal of and interest on the Notes (the "Payment Shares," and, together with
the Conversion Shares, the "Shares") have been duly authorized and, when issued
upon conversion of the Notes or in payment of principal of and interest on the
Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes, will be validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable.
4. The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (a)
100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $.00001 par value, of which 6,231,928 shares
were outstanding as of December 27, 1996, all of which are fully paid and
non-assessable; and (b) 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $.00001 par value,
and at January 31, 1997, 73,000 shares have been designated Series A Preferred
Stock, of which 73,000 shares are outstanding; of which 150,000 shares have been
designated Series L Preferred Stock, of which 23,200 shares are outstanding; of
which 231,000 shares have been designated Series M Preferred Stock, of which
178,500 shares are outstanding; of which 35,000 shares have been designated
Series O Preferred Stock, of which 35,000 shares are outstanding; of which
200,000 shares have been designated Series T Preferred Stock, of which 17,350
shares are outstanding; of which 150,000 shares have been designated Series U
Preferred Stock, of which 29,200 shares are outstanding; of which 100,000 shares
of Preferred Stock have been designated Series V Preferred Stock, no shares of
which are outstanding; of which 200,000 shares have been designated Series W
Preferred Stock, of which 27,761 shares are outstanding; of which 150,000 shares
have been designated Series X Preferred Stock, of which 11,250 shares are
outstanding; of which 30,000 shares have been designated Series Y Preferred
Stock, of which 30,000 shares are outstanding; of which 55,000 shares have been
designated Series Z Preferred Stock, of which 54,650 shares are outstanding; of
which 100,000 shares have been designated Series B Preferred Stock, no shares of
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which are outstanding; and 500,000 shares have been designated Series C
Preferred Stock, no shares of which are outstanding. There are no preemptive or
similar rights of any stockholder of the Company or any other person to acquire
the Notes or the Shares. The Common Stock is listed for trading on the NASDAQ
Small-Cap Market ("NASDAQ") and to the best of our knowledge (a) no suspension
of trading in the Common Stock is in effect, (b) the Company and the Common
Stock meet the criteria for continued listing and trading on NASDAQ, and (c) the
Company has not been notified since January 1, 1995 by NASDAQ of any failure or
potential failure to meet the criteria for continued listing and trading on
NASDAQ except as indicated in the Agreement, and except that the Company was
notified of certain time limitations with respect to the filing of its Form
10-KSB Annual Report for the year ended September 30, 1996, with respect to
which the Company has complied. The Company has duly filed a notification form
with NASDAQ for listing of additional shares. The authorized shares of Common
Stock and, to the best of our knowledge, the outstanding options, warrants and
other securities to purchase Common Stock, conform in all material respects to
the descriptions thereof contained in SEC reports. To the best of our knowledge,
no holder of any of the Company's securities has any rights, "demand,"
"piggyback" or otherwise to have such securities registered by reason of the
intention to file, filing or effectiveness of the Registration Statement except
as disclosed pursuant to the Agreement.
5. Assuming the representations and warranties of the Buyer in Section 2
of the Agreement are true and correct, no authorization, approval or consent of
any governmental body, regulatory agency, self-regulatory body or the
stockholders of the Company is required to be obtained by the Company for the
issuance and sale of the Notes as contemplated by the Agreement or the issuance
of the Shares other than (a) such as may be required under any applicable "blue
sky" laws, as to which we express no opinion, and (b) the Form D to be filed by
the Company with the SEC;
6. To the best of our knowledge, except as disclosed in the SEC Reports,
there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any
court, public board or body pending or threatened against or affecting the
Company, wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would have a
material adverse effect on the business, properties, operations, condition
(financial or other), results of operations or prospects of the Company and the
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Subsidiaries taken as a whole or the transactions contemplated by the Agreement,
the Registration Rights Agreement, the Notes or any of the documents
contemplated thereby or which would materially adversely affect the validity or
enforceability of, or the authority or ability of the Company to perform its
obligations under the Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Notes or
any of such other documents;
7. Without having made a search of the title records with respect
thereto, to the best of our knowledge, the Company has good title to all
property real and personal (tangible and intangible) and other assets owned by
it, free and clear of all security interests, charges, mortgages, liens or other
encumbrances, except such as are described in the SEC Reports or such as do not
materially interfere with the use of such property made, or proposed to be made
by the Company. To the best of our knowledge, the leases, licenses or other
contracts or instruments under which the Company leases, holds, or is entitled
to use any property, real or personal, are valid, subsisting and enforceable
only with such exception as do not materially interfere with the use of such
property made, or proposed to be made by the Company. To the best of our
knowledge, the Company has not received notice of any material violation of any
applicable law, ordinance, regulation, order or requirement relating to its
owned or leased properties.
8. The Company has timely filed with the SEC all forms, reports and other
documents required to be filed with the SEC under the 1934 Act since September
30, 1995, except its Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended September
30, 1996 which was subsequently filed. All of such forms, reports and other
documents complied as to form, when filed, in all material respects with all
applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act (except no opinion is
exercised with regard to the financial statements and financial information
contained therein);
9. Assuming the representations and warranties of the Buyer in Section 2
of the Agreement are true and correct, the Notes may be issued to the Buyer
pursuant to the Agreement without registration under the 1933 Act; and
10. Assuming the representations and warranties of the Buyer in Section 2
of the Agreement are true and correct, the Shares may be issued to the Buyer
upon conversion of the Notes or in payment of principal of and interest on the
Notes, as the case may be, in accordance with the Notes without registration
under the 1933 Act.
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The opinions expressed herein are subject to the following assumptions,
limitations, qualifications and exceptions:
(a) We have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the
authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity with
originals of all documents submitted to us as copies, the authenticity of
certificates of public officials and the due authorization, execution and
delivery of all documents (except the due authorization, execution and delivery
by the Company of the Agreement, the Notes, the Registration Rights Agreement
and the Shares).
(b) We have assumed that each of the parties to the Agreement and
the Registration Rights Agreement other than the Company (the "Other Parties")
has the legal right, capacity and power to enter into, enforce and perform all
of its or their obligations under such agreements. Furthermore, we have assumed
the due authorization by each of the Other Parties of all requisite action and
the due execution and delivery of such agreements by each of the Other Parties,
and that such agreements are valid and binding upon each of the Other Parties
and are enforceable against each of the Other Parties in accordance with their
terms.
(c) No opinion is expressed as to the enforceability of any choice
of law provisions.
(d) Whenever a statement herein is qualified by the phrases "to the
best of our knowledge" or similar phrases, it is intended to indicate that
during the course of our representation of the Company in the transactions
contemplated by this opinion, and having made inquiry or received certificates
of certain officers of the Company as to such matters, no information that would
give us current actual knowledge of the inaccuracy of such statement has come to
the attention of those attorneys presently in this firm who have rendered legal
services in connection with the representation described in the introductory
paragraph of this opinion letter. However, we have not undertaken any
independent investigation or review to determine the accuracy of any such
statements, except as to such matters which can be verified as a matter of law,
and any limited inquiry undertaken by us during the preparation of this opinion
should not be regarded as such an investigation or review. No inference as to
our knowledge of any matters bearing on the accuracy of any such statement
should be drawn from the fact of our representation of the Company.
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(e) Our examination of law relevant to the matters covered by this
opinion is limited to the corporate laws of the State of Delaware, the laws of
the State of Florida and the applicable federal law, and we express no opinion
as to the affect on the matters covered by this opinion of the laws of any other
jurisdiction.
(f) Our opinions are as of the date hereof. We assume no obligation
to advise you of changes which thereafter may be brought to our attention. Our
opinions are based on statutory and judicial decisions in effect at the date
hereof, and we do not opine with respect to any law, regulation, rule or
governmental policy which may be enacted or adopted after the date hereof, nor
assume any responsibility to advise you of future changes in our opinion.
(g) The opinions expressed herein are based upon the law as in
effect on the date hereof and are subject to any change in such law, including
judicial and administrative interpretations thereof, which may occur or be
reported subsequent to the date hereof.
These opinions are limited to the matters expressly stated herein and are
rendered solely for your benefit and may not be quoted or relied upon for any
other purpose or by any other person, except that the opinions expressed in
paragraphs (3), (9) and (10) above, may be relied upon by North American
Transfer Company, as Transfer Agent for the Common Stock.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Atlas, Xxxxxxxx, Trop & Borkson, P.A.
ATLAS, XXXXXXXX, TROP & BORKSON, P.A.
JS:sjm
cc: North American Transfer Company
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