Exhibit 4(a)
AMENDMENT AND JOINDER TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the 19th day of April, 2001 by and among
Transit Group, Inc., a Florida corporation (the "Company"), the holders of
Series A Preferred Stock, no par value per share, of the Company (the "Series A
Holders") and all of the holders of Series B Preferred Stock, no par value per
share, of the Company, (the "Series B Holders" and together with the Series A
Holders, the "Stockholders").
WHEREAS, the Company sold 5,000,000 shares of its Series A Preferred
Stock, no par value per share ("Series A Preferred"), to the Series A Holders
pursuant to the terms of that certain Stock Purchase Agreement by and between
the Company and the Series A Holders dated May 13, 1999 (the "Series A
Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to sell up to 1,870,000 shares of its
Series B Preferred Stock (the "Series B Preferred") to the Series B Holders, and
the Series B Holders desire to purchase the Series B Preferred, and the Company
desires to issue up to 1,100,000 shares of Series B Preferred as a placement or
deferral fee in connection therewith; and
WHEREAS, the Series A Holders and the Company are parties to that
certain Registration Rights Agreement by and among the Company and the Series A
Holder dated May 13, 1999, attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Registration
Rights Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the parties to the Registration Rights Agreement desire for
certain of the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement to
apply to the Series B Preferred, subject to the amendments set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained
herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree to amend
the Registration Rights Agreement as follows:
1. Upon the issuance of the Series B Preferred to the Series B
Holders, the term "Convertible Preferred Stock" shall be amended to include the
Company's Series B Preferred Stock, no par value per share.
2. Upon issuance of the Series B Preferred to the Series B Holders,
the definition of "Registrable Securities" shall be deleted and replaced with
the following:
"Registrable Securities" shall mean the shares of Common Stock from time to time
issued or issuable to (x) the holders of Convertible Preferred Stock (i) upon
the conversion thereof or (ii) hereafter acquired by a Holder as a dividend or
other distribution with respect to, or in exchange or replacement of, the
securities referred to in subsection (i) or which it hereafter obtains the right
to acquire pursuant to the terms of the Stockholders Agreement or otherwise, and
(y) General Electric Capital Corporation upon exercise of its option to purchase
Common Stock pursuant to that certain Forebearance Restructuring Agreement dated
on or about the date hereof.
3. The following provision shall be added to the end of Section 2:
"The Company hereby agrees to use its best
efforts to file a Registration Statement for the Common
Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series B Preferred
with the Commission within ninety (90) days of the date
hereof and to cause such Registration Statement to become
effective within ninety (90) days of such filing date, to
remain effective until April 19, 2002. The Company may
include in the registration under this Section 2: (i) any
authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock for sale by
the Company; (ii) any shares of its Common Stock held by
employees, consultants, directors or other advisers of the
Company; and (iii) any shares of its Common Stock held by
shareholders having the right to require such registration,
provided that in the event that such offering is
underwritten and the underwriters advise the Company that a
reduction in the number of offered shares is necessary to
successfully market such offering, then the shares of stock
offered by the Company and any other selling shareholder
shall be eliminated before reducing the number of shares of
Series B Preferred included therein."
3. The parties hereto expressly acknowledge and agree that this
Agreement shall be for the benefit of all Holders irrespective of whether they
have executed a counterpart signature page hereto.
4. Except as expressly set forth in this Amendment, the Registration
Rights Agreement is ratified and confirmed, shall remain in full force and
effect and shall not be altered, amended or modified.
5. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which taken
together shall constitute one in the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment
on the date first written above.
TRANSIT GROUP, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, CEO
GE CAPITAL EQUITY INVESTMENTS, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Managing Director
/s/ T. Xxxxx Xxxxx
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T. Xxxxx Xxxxx
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The ECD Trust
/s/ T. Xxxxx Xxxxx
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By: T. Xxxxx Xxxxx, Trustee
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Department Operations Manager
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