EXHIBIT F AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF MARCH 3, 2008, BETWEEN ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND NORSK HYDRO PRODUKSJON AS
EXHIBIT F
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF
MARCH 3, 2008, BETWEEN ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND NORSK
HYDRO PRODUKSJON AS
MARCH 3, 2008, BETWEEN ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND NORSK
HYDRO PRODUKSJON AS
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT NO. 1, dated as of March 3, 2008 (this “Amendment”), to SECURITIES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT, dated as of March 13, 2007 (the “Agreement”), between NORSK HYDRO PRODUKSJON AS,
a corporation organized under the laws of the Kingdom of Norway (the “Investor”), and
ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware
(the “Company”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, on March 13, 2007, the Investor and the Company entered into the Agreement, which,
among other things, provides the Investor with options to purchase the Company’s securities.
WHEREAS, Article III of the Agreement contains the terms and conditions of these options
including the Initial Warrants Call Option and the Tranche 2 Call Option. While the intent of the
Agreement was to provide for multiple exercises of the Tranche 2 Call Option to allow the Investor
to reach up to a maximum of 35% of all issued and outstanding Company Common Stock, the language of
Section 3.06 of the Agreement does not clearly provide for multiple exercises. The purpose of this
Amendment is to clarify the potential and procedure for multiple exercises.
WHEREAS, the capitalized terms used in this Amendment, unless otherwise defined herein, shall
have the meanings set forth in Section 1.01 of the Agreement or elsewhere therein.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements and covenants
hereinafter set forth, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Amendment to Section 3.06. Section 3.06 shall be amended to read in its entirety as
follows:
SECTION 3.06. Tranche 2 Call Option. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of
this Agreement, the Company hereby irrevocably grants to the Investor the right to acquire and to
require the Company to sell to the Investor the Tranche 2 Securities (the “Tranche 2 Call
Option”). The Tranche 2 Call Option may be exercised, in full or in part and from time to time,
by the Investor by providing written notice to the Company in accordance with Section
11.02, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit E hereto (the “Tranche 2 Call
Notice”) at any time after 9:00 a.m., Denver, Colorado time, on the first day of the Option
Exercise Period and prior to 5:00 p.m., Denver, Colorado time, on the last day of the Option
Exercise Period. Such Tranche 2 Call Notice shall state (i) that the Investor is exercising the
Tranche 2 Call Option and (ii) the number of (A) Tranche 2 Shares, (B) Option Class A Warrants and
(C) Option Class B Warrants the Investor wishes to purchase, and, upon receipt of a Tranche 2 Call
Notice, the
Company shall be obligated to sell the number of Tranche 2 Shares, Option Class A Warrants and
Option Class B Warrants set forth in such Tranche 2 Call Notice, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein.
2. Amendment to Section 3.07. Section 3.07 shall be amended to read in its entirety as
follows:
SECTION 3.07. Tranche 2 Purchase Price. With respect to each exercise of the Tranche 2
Call Option, the purchase price for each (i) Tranche 2 Share subject to each exercise shall be an
amount equal to the average of the closing bids for the Company Common Stock on Nasdaq during the
five consecutive trading days ending on (and including) the trading day that is one (1) day prior
to the date of exercise of the Tranche 2 Call Option (the “Tranche 2 Share Purchase
Price”), (ii) Option Class A Warrant subject to each exercise shall be an amount equal to the
average of the closing bids for the Company’s Class A Warrants on Nasdaq during the five
consecutive trading days ending on (and including) the trading day that is one (1) day prior to the
date of exercise of the Tranche 2 Call Option (the “Option Class A Warrant Purchase Price”)
and (iii) Option Class B Warrant subject to each exercise shall be an amount equal to the average
of the closing bids for the Company’s Class B Warrants on Nasdaq during the five consecutive
trading days ending on (and including) the trading day that is one (1) day prior to the date of
exercise of the Tranche 2 Call Option (the “Option Class B Warrant Purchase Price” and,
together with the Tranche 2 Share Purchase Price and the Option Class A Warrant Purchase Price, the
“Tranche 2 Purchase Price” and, together with the Tranche 1 Purchase Price and the Initial
Warrants Purchase Price, the “Purchase Price”).
3. Amendment to Section 3.08. Section 3.08 shall be amended to read in its entirety as
follows:
SECTION 3.08. Second Closing. Unless this Agreement shall have been terminated in
accordance with Section 10.01, and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions
set forth in Article IX (except for Section 9.01(a), which must be satisfied as a
condition to each Second Closing and cannot be waived), if a Tranche 2 Call Notice has been duly
delivered pursuant to Section 3.06, the closing of each issuance, purchase and sale of the
Tranche 2 Securities provided for in this Article III (each, a “Second Closing”)
will take place at 12:30 p.m., Portland, Oregon time, on the second (2nd) business day after the
satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article IX (other than those that by
their terms are to be satisfied or waived at such Second Closing), at the offices of Holland &
Knight LLP, 2300 U.S. Bancorp Tower, 000 X.X. Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000, unless another
time, date or place is agreed to by the Investor and the Company.
4. Amendment to Section 3.09. Section 3.09 shall be amended to read in its entirety as
follows:
SECTION 3.09. Second Closing Deliveries by the Company. At each Second Closing, the
Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Investor:
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(a) duly executed certificates evidencing the Tranche 2 Securities as to which the Tranche 2
Call Option has been exercised, registered in the name of the Investor;
(b) a receipt for the Tranche 2 Purchase Price; and
(c) the documents, instruments, writings and payments contemplated or required to be delivered
by the Company at the Second Closing pursuant to Section 9.02.
5. Amendment to Section 3.10. Section 3.10 shall be amended to read in its entirety as
follows:
SECTION 3.10. Second Closing Deliveries by the Investor. At each Second Closing, the
Investor shall deliver to the Company:
(a) the Tranche 2 Purchase Price by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account
specified by the Company in writing no less than two (2) business days prior to such Second
Closing; and
(b) the documents, instruments and writings contemplated or required to be delivered by the
Investor at such Second Closing pursuant to Section 9.03.
6. Amendment to Section 3.11. Section 3.11 shall be amended to read in its entirety as
follows:
SECTION 3.11. Redemption of Class A Warrants. If the Class A Warrants have been
redeemed by the Company in accordance with their terms on or prior to the date of the Initial
Warrants Closing or a Second Closing, as the case may be, the Company shall issue to the Investor,
and the Investor shall purchase, accept and acquire from the Company, a number of shares of Company
Common Stock, at a price per share equal to the average of the closing bids for the Company Common
Stock on Nasdaq during the five consecutive trading days ending on (and including) the trading day
that is one (1) day prior to the date of exercise of the Initial Warrants Call Option or the
Tranche 2 Call Option, as the case may be, sufficient to ensure that the Investor acquires the
percentage ownership of the Company that it would otherwise have acquired had the Company not
redeemed the Class A Warrants on or prior to such date.
7. Amendment to Section 7.04(e). Section 7.04(e) shall be amended to read in its entirety
as follows:
SECTION 7.04(e) From the date of this Agreement until the later of (i) the Initial Warrants
Closing, and (ii) the first to occur of the Second Closing, if any, at which the Tranche 2 Call
Option is exercised in full or exercised as to the remaining securities subject to the Tranche 2
Call Option (the “Final Second Closing”) and the expiration of the Option Exercise Period,
the Company shall promptly notify the Investor in writing of any pending or, to the knowledge of
the Company, threatened Action by any Governmental Authority or any other person (i) challenging or
seeking material damages in connection with the Transactions or (ii) seeking to restrain or
prohibit the consummation of the Transactions, which in either case would, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect prior to or after the later of
(i) the Initial Warrants Closing, and (ii) the first to occur of the Final Second Closing and the
expiration of the Option Exercise Period.
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8. Amendment to Section 7.08. Section 7.08 shall be amended to read in its entirety as
follows:
SECTION 7.08. Certain Notices. From and after the date of this Agreement until the
later of the Initial Warrants Closing, the Final Second Closing and the expiration of the Option
Exercise Period, each party shall promptly notify the other party of (i) the occurrence, or
non-occurrence, of any event or any breach or misrepresentation that would reasonably be expected
to cause any condition to the obligations of such party to effect the Transactions not to be
satisfied or (ii) the failure of such party to comply with or satisfy any covenant, condition or
agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it pursuant to this Agreement or any Ancillary
Agreement that would reasonably be expected to result in any condition to the obligations of such
party to effect the Transactions not to be satisfied; provided, however, that the
delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 7.08 shall not cure any breach of any
representation or warranty requiring disclosure of such matter prior to the date of this Agreement
or otherwise limit or affect the remedies available hereunder to the party receiving such notice.
9. Amendment to Section 10.01. The preamble to Section 10.01 shall be amended to read in
its entirety as follows:
SECTION 10.01. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated and the Tranche 2
Transactions may be abandoned at any time prior to the first to occur of the Final Second Closing
and the expiration of Option Exercise Period (the date of any such termination, the
“Termination Date”).
10. Amendment to Section 10.04. Section 10.04 shall be amended to read in its entirety as
follows:
SECTION 10.04. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto at any
time prior to the later of (i) the Initial Warrants Closing and (ii) the Termination Date;
provided, however, that, after the Stockholder Approval is obtained, no amendment
may become effective that would by Law require approval of the stockholders of the Company, without
approval of such stockholders. This Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in
writing signed by the parties hereto.
11. Other Modifications. References to “the Second Closing” in the Agreement in addition
to those addressed above in Sections 1 through 10 of this Amendment, including Sections 4.15(b),
4.15(e), 7.02, 7.03(a), 7.04(d), 7.09, 9.01, 9.02(a), (b),(c) and (g), 9.03(a),(b) and (c), and
11.01(a) of the Agreement, shall be deemed to mean “each Second Closing.”
12. Affirmation of Agreement. Except as expressly amended herein, all other terms and
conditions of the Agreement shall remain in force and effect and are hereby affirmed and ratified.
13. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with,
the Laws of the State of Delaware. All actions and proceedings arising out of or relating to this
Amendment shall be heard and determined exclusively in any Delaware state or federal court, in each
case sitting in the City of Wilmington, New Castle County. The parties hereto hereby (a) submit to
the exclusive jurisdiction of any Delaware state or federal court, in each case sitting in the City
of Wilmington, New
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Castle County, for the purpose of any Action arising out of or relating to this Amendment brought
by any party hereto and (b) irrevocably waive, and agree not to assert by way of motion, defense or
otherwise, in any such Action, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of
the above-named courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that
the Action is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the Action is improper or that
this Amendment or the Transactions may not be enforced in or by any of the above-named courts.
14. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile
transmission) in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Investor and the Company have caused this Amendment to be executed as
of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.
| NORSK HYDRO PRODUKSJON AS |
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| By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Rostrup | |||
| Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Rostrup | |||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |||
| ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. |
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| By: | /s/ Xx. Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
| Name: | Xx. Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
| Title: | Chairman | |||
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